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VOL. LXXXIII. NO. 46.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
NEW YORK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1915. ,,
1911. ht thr Ptni PnnrtQ nvt Ptiblinhino A o t (rn
mmo
CHIEF KENLON'S
$10,000 PAY
MAY BE CUT
Bkliffiutnl Official Threat
ens lo Rwitni Whetl Sur
priwil by Mote.
inn Imm K KMPLOYEE8'
jobs i;k in DAKGEB
Thr rtnatrd of 1-Xiin.il' s HurcHU of
Itanitard 1 1 commended reterday that
the Miii 17 of John Kenlon CTitef of Um
Fir Department ' 11 ; from iin.oon
to $7. ft"" n eai ' 'iii'f KtnkHii to
henv fell M 0 Kif' Comrolssloftef
Adti'-" thi nctlon WM a startling
iirp: Vlrtuall) threatened i resign
if n .t spproved by the Board of Ml
tuna
Tin buiTiiU also recommended ttigt
Hi Minn of 1 ii Phlef Thomii
ln. irha entered tin- esrvtos in is7ir
end who now. oldest f the deputies, if
li chart "i llrooklyn'i lira Lighting be
Hisced from IT.. t H000 year.
gorougn. Presidents Koundi ami Ma
fttweun, the latter atou holdtm the
pj-ix of I'reeldeni M Am ny of thr Al
gWfnen. wen Bitting uih the budget
iub-''tnMi:t whati tti1 Kan Ion and
Uti'v prupoaalii wan revealed. Although
majority of the i ilmste Board! main
t n i k committee was thus represented
ami a eete could hsve been taken r.K-n
ttit-it it wa decided lo have the omn
e( Kenton and i-iii specialty oonatdarad
by tht full ininittfi at a RMWXlnfl to
bi? boM in a ffw da a
Kisrhrr in Iht daj UM Milcoinniii;-f
it 'iiim,M(ii that ii' ' ratar) lllp of
u. Patfc department, hold at Mii a
rar by Will'. on I. Matona. father of
ColU' t-r of the Port Dudlej Ptetd Ma
tuj.' .t fri mi of May or Ifitchal. te
iboluibed. About i lhar Dock Da
ptrt mant wi re ."lut'-d for elimina
Km.
pltuattoa I nrllii-r I oiitltHlftl.
Iirtbor confualni the salary ettuatloii
ti Bureau of Municipal Raaaarvh.
Wh"-ii I"- I wo ) earn haa worked "in
the ilaaai0caUoii plan with the Bureau
of HtandnnlH, rrpiidiatcd tin tnt'thmt of
Ifplylnf the new Htandarib Adopted bj
Ua ittuiic i iutwoinmittee. In it letter
i Um Hayor, Kr'i.-nk a. Cleveland
ftreetot "f the Research Bureau, aald
that tandafdttatton improperly Hpplied
m h iMed a u nan instrument f
turtur."
When iommlMiloner Adamaon. rep
rcsniing iii kh . j wpiuimeut at
tortidi' m eating f thi budget tommtt
f-e, h-Hi'l t hi propniHpd K 1 1 reduc
tion nMnttanad he aaked abruntly i
"Wiiri reeommandi iir,-
"iMrtn't you know about tins '' said
Prr-Mtirh! Pound
"Of courM 1 dtdn'tt" Mild tn Kin
Cmmh m( oner.
George Tlrrell, director of 'in- Bureau
af gtandarda, explained that i he ap
pi .ii tf the in re Lepartment wan
PaJaaed mi late yaaterday morning that
"he nadnt bad time to t . k- tip -vr
ilnnjc arlth the CommlMilonet " Ne aiti
th' eaatnln . after comparing tha
Hut i. .f tit- it re rhlel hi re ami in
Man) r t-itteei hail found that Kan
km wei Ui beet pan) chief in the wrld
mhI that bin ;iiary waa out of tti pro
portion t' hie work.
."!.. fi K- !.i . hie fail ii ami opverod
tii p. ppirui on, Jumped up.
Mli tin my body here" he naked
"ah" - took : foi a la w Chief of Vttr
i ii f Uepartnu nt 7"
President Usthewson said soothlugljr :
Oh. dpn i lisntl .n your reelgnatlon
Ulef, unt!: the main hij,ij(t:t committee
ntudled the quest on "
"I'm much Interested In th!a matter
aa I'.n purnuid, ooking ul T.irfell. "May
1 gi ik- a Htatenient '"
lit' wai persuaded to hold hi? peace
aii-. tl itti r w.if et tied
ire i bapla i ne Kail uced .
Coiumienioiier Adamaon Nimself had
W' nmmi nded t hat hli eexruta i . Thep
ior Htitt, t- reduoed from ljlsoo ti
J,..ti(j LonCurmity with the new stand
i tilM secretarial grade, Thu
Bull nun me subcommitteo, ir went
furt . i net nuut thai St it ; ought Ul bi
pu: down to 13.310,
I don't think that's right," mikI Com
g ei Adamson. "siirt $ competent
nd riiithful end deaervas M.fiou1
Win reuiou Prentdents I'ouuds and
pltithwon overruled thi ubeommlttee
al niuiut'iided IS.ruu for Mtltt,
Are chuplalm weru each reduced
'r 1 I $!"" m year. This was
- i by OommiMeioner Adamaon
Mid thi von wan unaulmouM Pour vol
ompsnlas In vYbttestone eere
;; 1 ii .l saving of 3,400 Pom
Jjitv i-1 Adameun wsnted nre MurMhal
". .1 from $:;. i to 14. 500,
1 ttsun by the bureau --f ntmul
fc' I 1 in 1 hut tha main budget
' will prohably head th1 Adam-n
not Mayor Mltchel knew
hudget xub committee proposed
Win. .uiii' Ma lent from th
lid not be learned an he
led fpr Ashokgn when the
tatloii w i- made on the advice
j '.! a .f i 'ontraot Supervision
icctoi i- THdeii Adamaon. No
f tin Bo H'l of IX. male was
m the nut aninlttee accepted
' Hon Hnding
'oinmlHsloner fetmith bad ssked
,r5 for nexl yoar. The allow-'
i tiy the Rubcommittae in
v hit h In I536.I&6 less than
W'propi iation.
- r Smith, who hai money 1
e commended that h: own
i d from ' 1 1 15,000
Kit at Uoputy Commisalonar
i irrition raised from I6t000
tim BubHa 'tnmtttefl had no
iprovo su'h a request.
ioU'i- In tame JubS
' d uilai st reuse ceehiei of
i lepN ' i men! at M000 i year,
mended or abolition as were
of nine! seven stokers who
HVSrage of 11.010 a eai ami
needed . hen oil repl "'p
' M i on ii municipal ferries,
iter lendi re, i ighteeil marine
ttn live ton im n were slated
iiitulllnu IIS.IOO,
letter 9q the Maor. tHrectOf
of the I hi esu of Municipal
Mayo I
who an- looking for opportunl
ouoinlae nhould find these very
1 in iti i iq 1 1 eratlon which
plred througl tasurae which
ironiote the welfure and Miyalty
1 r urinj of men and women
knrking for Hie public good In
op t he method which o now
tployod and which pute Into the
thi
Mei
Hi
e ii
foi
ft
th,
I
hand! or the stair t ihe Board ol Ksii-i
mate .i mi Apportleninanl tin- iaer to
prOpOM, mil m effect o decide on, :
Individual salary Incraaata and decrease
IS hot a pri per application of Itlf prin
ciple of standardisation, nor is this n '
pro par use of information gained fori
purpose of standardisation."
Tiip Research Bureau's memorandum,
ani to all members of the Board of
Hal imatr. siya ;
"There i no one who i. qaallfMI to
determine how aaraoewi shall i,e aaglf nst
! work except officer who are ressin-
slble for thp dally conduct and Direc
tion of the work to .la- done, When a
budget making i,i puts Itself into the
attitude of continuing lo deprive its own
members as executives of the right to
eswrulse discretion in this matter
through conditions attached to approprl-
atlona it use its power t" a manner
arhleh ultimately must defeat a-msi ad
ministration and makes It .mpoaslble to
conduct the affairs or the city In the
moat efficient and economical manner. h
ALAN SEEGER UNSCATHED.
touiiK It H ) In I'orrlun te
uton Writes iir'M w'ti.
Vaeclaf Caai freeaafeA f- Tai hi
PAaiS, i ct. IB, Alan Set-ner. Ill' oung
American member of the Foreign ie
gion ehoee vivid nccounti of the light
ing In Prance have appeared from
time to time In Tin; BVM lltd who hM
been mleaing for more than sreelu
is safe. Th i Bun'i correspondent r
celved lodo) t w following inner from
htm, writ leu from "Home when in
Champagne.'1 under date of October i-:
"iur regiment ha been i the thick
Of the ofteriplvc m Champagne ever
since the morning of September 1$,
We have lost a number of men. hut
have had the plea mi re of ,nl ancinR
several kilometers taking lota of pria
onem and letting them know that It
aaa the 'Promdenlegion' t terman for
Pot eign LeRion i that eacoTted them to
the reir.
"We are mui on the front i am i-
waye tn good health and ip the beat of
spirits. Kivt Apiericans were wounded
to my knowledge. Sweeny, Boutiaiy,
Casey, Trlnkard and Blnn. Moat f the
others are frolnv to Take Advantage of
the opportunity to pa? into the ioth
of the line, hut 1 havt decided to Stay
with the Moroccan division with which
1 think there will he the beet ChanCQg
i-f variety of action and adventure."
SCHWAB GETS CONTROL
OF $49,000,000 PLANT
Peunsyhania If It. Sells I7,
IflleOOO Block of Pennsyl
vania Steel Co.
PHitsApgLPNia Oct. IS. - Ownerohtp of
i he Penneylvanls Steel Compan) , which
one ratof the big Workt t Steelton Pa .
and the Hparrowe Point, Md.. shipyard,
s to paai to the Interests headed by
Charles M Schwab al prices tmt the
Mocks Which make t he prop rtles lOat
Mg.SSI.OOO,
At a special meeting today the hoard
of dlrectorn of the Pennsylvnnle i 'nm
jmny authorised the -ale tot lTttl,9C0
of the Ml.310.ro0 otock owned by the
Penney Ivai is Railroad Intereets for nooig
yearn. No official announcement of the
deal In ) et made.
BaM of -ftntroi of the Cambria Steel
Compan) throUStl the stock market In
spproachlng completion, The Donner
party will probably get thli property
at a turnover valuation of shove $,!,,.-
"mi for the 4A, 000.000 outata tiding
capital' itock. n - expected that his
nnanclal and developmMit plans will t'
carried out with the Cambris Steel Com
party af soon ss the transfer of control
in completed
Following the Pennsi Ivanla Company
board meeting thli morning Henry Tat
nail, hnanolal vice-president of the Penn
pylanls Kkllroad won) to see tVtlllam
It. i 'onner. president or the I ambrli
Step I'ompHfiy. who hoht in option on
LfftfiO shares more of t he stock to be
pant for at SUCh prh-en an can ob
talned from any other buyer. In the
ei d nnrket Quotations will probably fi
the price at Which thin hloek of ntock
win change ownership
Action takeii more t linn a ye i r ago
bj Sa muel I tea. president of the Pepn
Ry Ivan la Railroad has worked out no
that th system of Which he in h ad
re i Usee about $g000(000 more in the
eaie "f it big Intereets In steel prop r
ties than would have been accented a
year ago.
U S. NAVY STATION WRECKED.
Three Marl ' r.pli.i t
tlaakaa Wlrel-sa Plasil.
Washington, Oct i:. The expin...n
r I,, alcohol ink erecke4 the nary
wireless station at Cordova. Alaska, to,
day :iid iii!"ii the Injun of three an
listed men, a nlliiK to .1 report rerelsed
.it th Navy Depa imenl tonlght.
' ih tune thr tiirh.iKf was nled i'1
station Mill wsth burning, hut the are
was said i" be under control. A iuntier
named Kolton seriously burned, but
the names "f 'he rthei Injured men .ire
noi Kirn in t tm despatch.
Alcohol I iik.-iI ss part ,f the sanding
equ pment at the Cordova station.
RYAN TAX PUT AT $584,400.
in; I n In HelMirl H I
Millions in kovi Mat.
1 1 1 ' -II MUM'. Va.i
inond, examlnar
port ith Mats
Uiday showltuj
Thomas Portun i
h glnla. mill Ni
rt. is. R II Drum-
records, til.'ii
a ri-
tudltor C Lee Moore
that fur tin yaars
lyan nf Nelson eountyi
w Vnrk han ninittr.l
from laaatlon bonds, money and Hhare
nf -in. u to the ralus of 146,115,000 and
Income totalllnc v. W0, j. the total
Mtate 'ax due being I14S.0H and the
amount due Nelson county ItlO.ITS.
judge Bennett T. Oordon and the lo
os I board of review approved the report
An corrections Will have to he made hy
the Circuit Court 'if Nelson county.
FORD IRON DIRECT FROM ORE.
Mti Mnnmrr Irtn1m't,
Dhthoit. uvi fi, Phurlts A Biownll
'f tht Krd Motor PumiNUiy Hnnounctd
lo-ulffht tiiat henceforth the 7(10 or more
iun nf iron dnlly coniUtned at the ptuni
Will lilt'. t lit' lllilMl fill II I' CS III ItH
. i n. i. tate unci be refine! by " heetlni
into both iray and nialleivbie Iron.
MVhsi Meniei to be u InitKMMlblllty
Iihi been ui,i,oinillhediM staid M i
Itrownell "The element! while t 1 1 1 In
ii moll en vtate are Dhutured Anally
Hnlehed and poured direoi Into moulda.
Thli new prooeei nol only effaoti great
econom) . but producae Iron ol ntnoh
greater Rtrenain ano auranimvT
'"j'liin diaoovery win prove of (femen
itiuH Importanee in ii nv of manufao
t nr. In which grii und m. ilk-able iron
Oft UhHil "
TRAINED ARMY
OF i, 000,000 IS
GARRISON PLAN
Wnnlil Orgnniie Ytm-r of
M fnitiiieiitals" With Six
Vfsr KiiliMini'iit.
twin imn piiTI i lie 1w
. ill, i i,.i i
PART OF PROGRAMME!
w ashimi ton. Oct, II. Beerstar) Oar
rlsan'a plan ror trengthnltm the mill
lary fHtimatf. whUh has la-en apprnveft
ii President Wilson and m tie r ui-1
Bittted to Congrass at the heuinnins; oft
the msl seas Ion In Decern pot, will at !
the rnd of six yeirs glTS the I'nileil
statcM a trained force of considerably
mora t an l.oea.aoa men suhject la a
call t' arms in : he event of war.
The Jet. ilia nf the Damson petagramRM
which President Wilson i going to try
to push through Congreaa In the face of
determined opposition became known
definitely to-day.
Tlie creation of a new military force .
tn i-e composed of young men of ap
proximate!) collese a-iv Is the cardinal
feature t' the new prograrama.
This new force, now ileslunated as the
"ContlnenUlls." Sill tie made up ofj
young tn.-n sertflng an anllstmenl term,
of six yearn, during the nrsi ttiree ysirs I
of which they are to spend two months
out of every twoive In Raid service The
int three yaars the are lo be "or fur
lough,'1 enaraahig la no active service
Through tit." entire six years they are
tn u, subject to a call to the colors lii
case of war
Mr. Ctrrifon regards tins plan as the
fundamental of hie ne Klicy. He he
Iteves it will hive the United States a.-
surance that scvsral hundred thousand
nieri who have had some military in-
otructlon will be available for aervlce
with the Federal troops the Instant they
may he called Into service.
e, rrepneeiliiefta Kra.
He regards ii as the besTtnrHng of a
new kind of military preparadneea In the
fulled State and the moat iiniortant
phase of the n. w policy which lll he
presented to Congress
in general outline Mr Harrison's
ia provide.-- for the folkrajrltlgl
tlret line defen, e of more than
fOO.Oto Instructed men. Including r,rii
Inr army, militia ami continentals, In
three years and more than l.oaO.OOt)
in six yestra,
Increaae of tlie reirulur army to ,
alsiut llO.aae tliihtniK men durlnK the
next two yeaVs
A hi year term of enlist menl la tlie
regular armv. two yea is of whtoh Is
to be spent with the colon, and fOUT
years on furlough, tubjeot to a call to
the ,slors .n .-iui if wur
Six leiir term of enlistment for the
SO-called continentals, three years to
be siienl In active service and three
;r.i. on .i furlough.
Increased irederal suptinri of th
National tluard,
lncreaeis in const detences and re
eerve supplies of ammunition and
eojulpmant.
In. r. il-c of ll. tllllin.
Th
regular arm) la
0 he effe-ted h the addition
nexl two e-,irs of the followtni
laattons to the present fore:
Ten reel ment Of infantry.
10 he Si peace strellKlh and
t he
irsjan-
. it
t liree
at war wtrenKt Ii
Pour realmentu of Held artlllorj
Klftytwo companlee of
coast artll-
lery.
Klfteen engineer companies
Four aero squadrona.
This entlrs plan has heon sorked ait
with a view to the creation of a furea of
it least 100,000 men. with which a pos
sibl Invaalon if the Un ted Htates might
lie met In case of war with a first class
Power. It han neen estimated that a
first claaa military Power could land at
Icaat 500.01"' men on the coa-t .if the
t'nlted states in a month, if it gained
control of the seas
.ir Qarrlson early reached the con
clusion thai it was Impossible to proposs
t.i Congress the creation of a large
standing army. He thereupon decided
that the additional men needed, after the
I'Mutai army and the mllltla, must he
obtained tnrougn
new foroe,
This he KNUfh
the
reatlon of some
tn bring Into being
for niviiiK young men
IntensIVS military hi- ,
tnrougn ins tuan
Short pel lods of
Htructlon In a term of six yaars.
riiree ihii-e- Ivallastle,
ii, sstlmatas tha
classen . f men whos
nbtalaed f-1" 'he natli
i here are tinee
pervlces mlsht he
ml defei These
Me
to wlmni
regulai army serin-
willing in give
vice appeal!
Men who would
brief periode for Intensive Inatruetlon
hi during the lummer monthe.
Men who are la encaged In Industry
or buetneee thitt the ran nol kIvo any
protracted ierlodii t military lervlce,
but who rould give night or ho a
waolc.
Kor the ftritt olaoe t ht regule r army
service will ! malntalnett: for tha aeo
oiul clash the no-culled oontlnentoJ foroe
, rjasigned, while for the third elooo, the
mllltla. w-iii remain If r Oar r I oo n faeti
thai thu he hai opened opportunltj to
even claaa "f cltlsan who would can to
receive military Instruction or would be
likely to volunteer in COM of wa:.
w hile the War Department han sought
to obtain n tir1 line dafenca of at leant
(100,1 men, after the proposed SChtmt
Is in full operation it g believed Ii will
produce pretty close m a million man at
nil ttmn available for service.
The ton, noil force of cltlien ooldlen ih
to be c res tad b the enlistment of 131,000
men each yar, and after the third year
j that number would pass to the status of
those on furlough' Al Ihe and 'f throe
I yean ihe numbi r on furlough would
total 180,000 men i or the same mh thone
in active ssrvloe. malting a grand total
n vim, (mim men available to call in thiH
force alone.
Hi1 her I'orr f gB0OUO
(in tlie Other hand, it g QOtimatSd that
eucti year under tht m-w scheme, one
ii.tif of tin regular army would pass LfltO
itif status of ihe furlought to be on
tall for four veuiN. TbiH would make
at the end of m years another force
' of about 950,000 men graduated from the
retular army service and subject to h
call to the POlOrS
Tboos wo reserve forosi combined
Wlttl tl itgUlar army and the mllltla.
onflHiird en Thir4 Peiee.
Extent of
T" UK accompanying map. reproduced by courtesy of "I, 'Illustra
tion" of Paris, shows the extent of the recent Krench offensive
in Champagne on a front extending from Auberive to Ville-sur-Tourbe.
The objective in this advance is the railway running through Somme
Py paralleling the German line. This railway not only acts as a supply
road for the German troops fighting even as far west as Kheims, but
also supplies the German Crown Prince's army in the Argonnc.
The black line in the map is the old Krench battle line, before
J .ii m Jin ' -rr- . 'm n ri.,., Mr' -tlM :: .. ,, m 11 aw " x s- VI
lb. Milaire
BIG GUNS CLEAR WAY
ruKGEKMAN GAINS
Home f the Points LobI to
French Reeaptared in
HeaTy Piflrhtlnir.
VOSUEfl DRIVE Pl'RIOrs
Veecfei VtibU DeejMfcs ri Tin i
l'Ahij, Oct, ' -In an attempt to ;
gain a pan of th- trenches In Cham
pagne lost to them tn the French at
tack on September 15 th Qermam last
night and to-day followed Up terflflc
two days bombardment by launching .i
violent infantry attack upon th- estrone
left wing of the new Pifjeh frotit. oii-
cent rating it upon a point Just eoot of
Auberive, They succeeded, according to
the night COmmUnWU, In gaining a foot
hold "at one point In their old trenrheV'
In this neighborhood
For geverol days paat the German a
heavy gone nave been battering the new
Krench front. and t".d t.v- attack
Hgninst tiie left wing- i belten ed b re
to be but the Porarunnei f mora at
tempti
S1multatieou! with i ht- tion m Ihe
Champagne the Germane atarted a furl
oue drive" In the Voeges to-day bringing
them partial sucocm After deapatchlna
an avalanche of shells and bombs t all
allbreti Into the Fremh linen t hey
flashed forward on a front of a little
more than three mtlag with t he muo
contested Hartmannswallerkopf again as
their objact Ive gome t reiiohes taken
from them on Beptomber l&, eituated
the MjmtniT of tht hilt, were retaken by
the attacker and two Hetenlns poets
!-. ween t he summit a nd the rug d of
uuentteim wen reached. Raoapt for
the, gains th- attack WOO repulssd
Tite French claim local euoceoeei ..t
other paiUn of the front
t'retieli He port II eH I tulitl nu.
The nigbt communl)u follows:
Bombardment of unabated Inten
Slt continued tinting the greater part
of the day before Uooe, -H the Itolg
en-Hauhe and In the forest of (liven
chy
In i 'hampagic . ax a renult of thli
morning's bombordmsnl east of Auh--
t ive. the enetn luooeeded bi gaining
a fotdliopl at one point m tde Old
trenches forming n salient in front of
the extreme left wing of the pt.s,-
tlmiH taken by uh in ou
tacks.
In tlw Argonnc the exp
of our mlnee destroyed oi
recem al-
rn'ui I. n
mar Hill IIS
On the I. or: a . ne front w
lure! parts of trenches whet
tap-
the
enemy h.td maintained nifflSSIf Rince
i ictober H, north of Ret lion, and re
pulsed several lotinter attacks l-'ifty
prisoners remained m our ha nd.
i n t in- Vosges i he Germans tins
morning launched a very strong at
tack on a front of live HomeiOI
i three ml lea and an eighth) between
Rehfcleen, eouth of Hartmannswaller
kopf and Hudelkopf, The attack wan
precede by violent rains of ehelle of
all calDires ami of tug bombi with
projectiles tilled With gasolene.
The enemy WOS repulsed on a 1 most
the entire front of attack, ihe enemy
ucceedlng onlj In reox'cupylng some
t re nc lies Hit ua ted on the very sum-
mi t of Hartmannswallerkopf and in
penetrating two llatenlni postg be
tween he summit ami the rood of
Wuenhelm
(Hir aiilller tire destntyed !et-
man trenches and demolished two
hlookhouses al VIolUi between the
Ool de ste Ifarle ami the Col du Bon-
boiutne
11 Ih la u ill Work In letols
The text of the afternoon eommu-
nnpje is it s follows :
In the Artois dtStrlcl there WSH H
violent bombardment last mght In
which both Hides took part In front of
l.oos ami to the northeast of guuehes.
Then have been reported also spnited
engage ment h with ha ml gr tiudei in
the trenches to the south of tin liti s
en Hoeho.
There wci e severe arl illci cx-
ohanges In the lector of Ulhons, o
well as bet ween t he Utss and t lie
Aline i in tlie regions of t'uisaleine ind
Qusnnsvlsreii and un t he lVou run
plateau.
in iiw Champagne dlatrlct our bat
tsrtss have replied with gre.it energy
to i concentration of Ihe enemy's ar
tillery tire on our positions to Ihe cast
of Auberive.
Along tin- front in Lorraine a
French curt. tin of tire put an end, III
a point In front of ladticourt, to a vio
lent tire in which the artillery, the
In'antrx gnd the machine guns of tin
Germum took part We have fur
i her more, directed an - ffeotlvs fire
against the works of the enemy to ihe
north of Hellion.
In the VoSBSS there ha- been very
Hpirlted fighting With trench w apons
in itie suburbs of Cbapelotps, to the
northeast af tiadont tiiern, a nd on (he
belghtH of the l.inRC and of the Tbir
renkopf. There hes been aloo a vle-
the Recent French Advance in Champagne
LOA N A GREEMENT SIGNED;1
$300,000,000 MUKb iUUUH 1
Lord Reading Announces That New Financial Arrange-'
ment With Americans Will Be Asked Likely to
Affect Only the Big Banking Houses.
Lord Reading, chairman of ihe Anglo
Fier. Ii loan commission, ItAtOd Dual I
tlvel) yesterday afternoon following the;
nvning or ine agreem.-nt Tor me
ISOO.OtO.tOtl loan, that another edit'
arrangement nouhi probabl) Id effected
for th account of Knitland anil Krance
within a month or two. He would not
make en) deftnlti itatamenl regarding
the amount of the now credit, hu: said
it would probably lie more In the nature
"f .i pural banking arrangement 'han
an out gnd out iiau.
i'r,i Reading aald the Brltlah Uoern
men) would "moat aaauradlir" ell e.
change to Individual of that eountry
sgainat th credit ju.-' obtained Thi
w the first lira a deflnlta statement to
that effect hae been made, glvitia aa
suranve that th British Oovtrmneat
does not intend In mills.- entirely for
Itself its portion uf the isoo.ooo.ooo
loan, but is wining to promo t 'rade
bstweea Urcit Rlrtarh end the I'nltedj
tate bi providing Individual alth the
m ressary exchange with which to meat
tln-ir obligation Incurred in thi eoun
try through the purchase nf goods
It i believed thai lord Reading had
in u Ind when he xm ke of a new credit
., r. iiiKeni.nl an issue if bankers' ac
cept, incoa. which haa recent!) I n the
subject ,d considerable discussion be
tween the commission and American
bankers Tt.e amount involved in thta
.ii rangemenl
n Is i tsirliood
null um,
would probabl)
of If&O, 1,000
in the
J0O,
Head i ou
Th formal sign
ment ! ok pi n..
-Inner
th
n agra
II
! M in oils nf
l"iatd 1. 1. ens mi tne second tbir of
th, new Morgan building. Although -he
signing was don.- with an little ceremony
.is possible the scene was nevertheless
unprseaive. uasnered m tn room wee
I all the numbers of the mission, several
of the uartners ot th firm of 1, P.
Morgan A Co. and repre sen tat Ives from
every prominent bank and private hank
ing bouse in the city winch is Interested
in tiie loan,
i l.nr,i Ite .ding was the Ural signer of
the agreement, writing his Itle, "Read
ing ol Brlelgn," as the official repre
senlalive of Ureal Britain and Ireland
, in the left hand corner nf the last sheet i
'i ihe agreement. Octave llomberg ami
Urns: Mullet, representatives of the
l-'reiM h liovsmment, added their signa
tures beneath ami a little to tlie right of
l.nrd Reading's, . Then j. f Morgan,
whose Arm Is acting as agenl for the
managers of the loan ayndlcata, signed
I "J, iv Morgan & Co., agent of matia
g ra." Kran.-is l.ynde Htetsnu, K V Mc
iuteheon, lleorge W Oardlner and Basil
i P. lllackett then added th-n ilgnaturaa.
Tiles.- were ihe nnl) signatures pui to
tha agreetnenl yesterday, but lo-da) the
total will be brought un lo algty-aavan
i names, as all of the New Ynrk banks i
i and blind houses represented in the syn
dicate will sign. There will be sixty-
saven differeni iwttracta signed, he ess 1
sitaiuiK t.i-: slgnaturaa.
Juai before the signing of the ggrao
meni -i P. Morgan made a short speech,
I In which he said that If Stl) credll Were
' due in an) one in this country for the
success nf the Inall It belnilKed In the
1 hankers, whose earnest und activ
I operation had made the gigantic under
! taking possible.
1 Lord Bvadlng then addreaaad the gs
semi, led bankers as follows.
"Mr. Morgan and lientlemen We are
' met here this afternoon on a historic
occasion. We have just slened the con-
tract for the 1500,000,000 loan, I
1 want 10 pari from you "h tins sjoc
tslon
allium; tcllltui )'OU how much W
indi'hted to yOU for your as-lHtance
, tliis matt. r.
"We rciiliBed from tlie lira: that
lent cum adlng ul Uartmannewell-
erkopl and iii this vicinity,
"JOFFRE ORDER" DENIED
lg r la Ml Hoeilg
1 11 m 1 r 11 1 1 1 o 11 m Im
! ( O II III II It)
I llll II I III 111 If.
I'akik, Oel 5. -Thi !cnnan version ,
I of lien. JotTre'S oilier of tlie lny lie-
' fore the ruriit allied offenslvs tn Cham !
' MtgUe " Hiatli iiih;c recentlv hy the '
oerman Wai Office, wan cjrtaraotetiaed
I an unauthctitl'- In an ofHoial announce-
tnehi hers lo d.i The Iter II n ntate-
inetl I was to the effect that file order
has been found un a dead ofHcer and
ih;ii 01 it It'll J Off re had asked the'
1 Kii'inh onicti-H to explain the proposed
(IrlVS aimed al 'V tearing Krench soli '
; t-i niiietci of tt enemy" ami an going
a long wa toward dooldlng 'he war.
j Tin ofAelal staiomeiil nolutii nul Ihal
I there Is onl) Ihe Mlurhtssl chttuce thai!
an order of this kind would he found 1
! under sin h rirciiiiiHtanccH. as ofth'erH '
uHitJiiiv destryy suoh litatruottoui before I
1he gu Into action.
A not her version of -the now fa mnus
order, puhllahsd in i s nssjftspapergs
the advance of September 25. The
territory gained by the Krench last
line shows the new battle line. Since September 25 the Krench have
advanced at two places, in the direction of N'avarin farm and north
of Tahure.
The Germans delivered a heavy attack, which was partially suc
cessful, yesterday just east of Auberive. This action is indicated on
the map by an arrow.
3? . 3ef3
wan On!) hikm kit U
out a trans
tf there wu
Ml b all con
and all their
action of this magnitude
lovul and devotetl csmrra
i ei ned. from Moreen a- 'i
oaeoclotes in Ihe s nd
From them arc have had nothing but
tha greatest ass lata nee ami congelontlous
and sin ere advice, and it Is for that
rsaoon i daalra lo express our alncere
Kratitude. This haa not been an easy
task on the whole, and taking Into ac
count ihe tnagnitUds of the transaction
the t,-eult lias been vtr) oredhable, se
pedally as we have carried t rb rough
thi' date orlglnall) lined for the liret
payment on the bonds.
"It ma) not has,- l,.ii the exact date
we Intended, bul are have got there The
credit for that is due to the work s,.iiu.r
DughU' ami earnestly performed by Mor
gan Co, ami miu who sa-e aagoctated
with them, and M the staff .,f Uatrgan
Ss Co.. which i know luis been working
dav ami night
"Ma i add another observation whi h
i think will t.e of Interest to the public
al large thai ifter a close stud) of
conditions here, after having made our
selves acquainted with the difficulties
of thi transaction. In a country where
the people are nt familiar with external
loans, the advice given t.i Us Was con-
sclent lousl) and honestly aiven. not only
In the best tmere-:s ,,f our own country,
bul we believe in the best IgtgresIS ff
thr United States "
x.ii liolng tu a i, a, in
Octave Itomberi
I'rencli i; ,1 -eminent
speech, thanking ih
f ir their .-irnr:. n
flotation
reprasei tina
then made a slmil
syndicate in inage
h.-half ,,f in.- I
1.1
Basil iv Blackett
berg will remain he:
members of the mlgS
1 tn their respective c
ind ' i tae Rom
- aftei Hi- other
on haw 1 tinned
unt 1 as.
learned rront ember of the mlaaion
that the Hritisli Oovernmeni will shortly
semi (,, tin. rountr) a treaaur) official
to cooperate with Mr. Blacketl and M.
llomberg in cloaing un the dels 1- 1
sar) tn tin- completion of the l&oo.ooo,
000 loan ami arranging for tin- addi
tional credit which is tn h, .staid-shed
The other members nf Discission will
not
an to Canada, as Ii ad been nreviouslv
intended
1,1
speaaing
thla
land
much
ma : v
c feel
Reading sa.
like to un to
things to b
Unit wc are
"We should
ana, la. hut ht
very
lone iit h
ed d thai
11, 'I w
Anions thus.- present a' the signing
of tim loan agreement were Thomas w.
Uinrnnt, W II Porter, Dwlghl W. Mor
row, Alexander .1 Hemphill, Oeorg r
aii Tuyl, ,lr. Lewll I,. Clarke, Steven
son b! Ward. Charles Rich, James
Brown, Krederiek Strauss an.) franklin
i Brown
There was ., rush of investors and
members of th syndlcati yesterday to
tajks on the bonds it was reported
that more than half of the loan bad been
l iken hy subscribers, Icavini; only about
1140,000,000 to h,. off red to th,, public
RIDDER STARTS EXPOSURE."
Prlata Masses i tier ma a Plrai
aba.rlbna la Loan,
s pan ,,f t-.e Oerinan Amen
palgn against the allied loan
country and In denunciation of
am-
this
let mn ii
American liankei- and tirtna th
ha vi
sill, scribe, I to
the Munis XrifUMfl has
--ii what its
editor. II rmaii lii.hb-r.
a ttnoui CSd a
sxpoeure" of these
concerns
Kvery morning on the flrsi pass of
his paper Mr, Bidder prints at Ihe top
of his iia.it Bnglish column ihe names
of four Arms winch have subscribed lo
lon'tlthe loan, tin names being purely ijer-
names being puraly
man I lie
lameg are en,-! ised it
heay mourn
conspicuously
1 IK hold- V, stamlinK
mi
ag ilnsl t he
lest ,if
the
pane Not
a wind nf comment goes with
the n, itne-
t- described h the preei bureau
better Imitation f Jen JotTru'i
hut as equally unauthentic.
a m ;
wtyle
BRITISH LOSE GROUND.
Uermsgs Report Hsoaptars of ro-
IllOgS 111 tee Ilea RsglOUi
HattbiK, via Amsterdam, Oct, l The
il. riiian Win Office report Issued thla I
afternoon follows :
Northeast ami east of Vsrnisllss
the iiriiish have again been driven
out of our positions. The) hate been
ubls to retain only a small imrtinn of -
a trench on the western fringe uf the
gravel iiunrry,
in Ohumpague, oaal of aubortva.
Saxon Iroopa look tl , i, main- ;
ing Prenoh fortlflsd posiiiou from i
winch a great attack could he i i,.
h ur posiinms captured five 1
ufHi'era ami :i i n. as well as several
machine suns
I luring i he ulgln ,,r i icinher I :i-1 I
the stations nf I'harbins and Viti .
KimucoIs, of military Importance for
operations now under way, aers'bom
liarded by on of our all, -hips
dotted line undernenth shows the
Kebruaty
The double hatched
kfiratrjiiiil
tcrteua
BRITISH 0. K. HEEDED!
TO SFtNU CASH HtRt
Committee in London Must
First Sanction All PurchaaeH
ti f Munition-.
DINHEOARUEII ONLY ONCE
if . ii thi v i t sums
are ependlng in this
which the Mhos
ountry for war
mater
i-, -.i it was said here yesterday
, teemingl) exotllenl authority, Ml
i cent can be paid out unless tlrst the
British OovernmgBt oflletall) consents
1. 1 ; lie expenditure.
A loiim.ittee
London, it way
ttivi-s such is net
case on record
with headquarter In
furthgr learned, alone
on, i 'tie and only one
eould be found where
the dictates "f tin- committee in the
111, tier of expenditures had been rtis
1 regarded, the oountr concerned in that
parti uiai being Russia.
Iteprssentatlves nf all the countries
allied against Uermany and Austria are
represented on the committee, bul o
far it has bssn ImpOSStbls to learn the
namea of tin- eontmlttaomen. Tin- eom
mlttee h is a French name which might
ne translated t- the International War
supplies 1 'otntititlsa.
The body does not seek to control pur
chases nf wav materials made m tlie
h inayketa nf a nation nf tin- Allies, '
Ian its sanction is n.--e-ar where ma
terials are Is, tight from ottterS than the'
nations at war or their colonics. Nol
on!) pur -bases of arms and ammunition,
hut of all supplies needed by All army,
such as food, clothing, tie are super- 1
vised i the committee. 1
The area; I,. uik.r for Ihe Allies, Ureal 1
Britain, dominates the body, As one
of us chief duties the committee act,
for the British Treasury in allotting
in the Other nations nf the Alias the
amount ilrsal Brttaln will allot in
given case for buying war materials
in America. I
The onl) time
in led of ope ratio
ago. and the effe
the committee's plan
was atsiul six months
Is of tiie failure h ive
- ,,t -t bean sradlc
Bed. This was 111 run-
neel on wltli purchases by Bussla in the
L'nited states
Ruaala had been : .01, ti.-d b) the Brit
ish members of tin- commlttea that eh,
might spend a certain sum of money
for war supplies In tills country. The
sum was not ills losed ,c.-terila . but It
is believed to have bean between ItOO.
.aim and II00.000.0O0, Whether tha
allotment was fully understood by the
Rusg.gn Uovernmant is not known, but
what Russia did wgg to spend the BUUI
allotted, and. in add. 1:011, make buite
iHimnvltmetlta in this country for further
supllles The-,- commitments, OOVOrlhg
matt) months, wars said to run tut,, th,
hundreds of mllllona of dollars a sum
tar In exceaa of the .mount allotted her
by the British Oovarnmant,
in making these contracts apparentl)
Ruaala tailed 1,1 consult th- commutes.
i hen the contracts came due in part
Ruaala had Ineufflclenl funds to mset
tli.-m and the committee, Itol havinc
authorised tin- niaktng of the contracts,
had to ,1, vise quickly some tin thod ot
paying ihe btlla. This was extremely
difficult, atni th.- demoralisation of the
foreign exchniiRc markets in this coun
try recently was attributed In 110 small
mi aauru 10 this cause.
S in,- that time Russia has adhered
strictly to the wishes of the committee.
Not a dollat - worth of war supplies Is
purcliaacd by her In this country with-
out in,, con mltteei approval
in return.
tlrcat Britain is paying bet iniin
b.
Nnl onl) these hills, hill those of
and. more recently, r ranee, are
Italy,
being
p id to-, lay by 'ir.at Britain,
a single Ruanda! houas .1. r sforsjan
k i,i. acts as the disbursing xgancy of
1.1, British Uovernmeni in tins oountry.l
t etr disburaementi are understood to,
1,111 I pa v ment of all Hoods purchased I
for the Allies here.
Tin- moo, , Anglo-French credit
lam just negotiated, it is said, win pro
vide payment for a Igrgg quantity .if!
e,oo,ls purchased here for Russia.
Kdward It HtettlnlUS, who represents
.1 r Morgan x. Cq in the purchase of
supplies fo: the Allies, was asked by a
reporter for Tin- Hun l-it night about
ihe workings nf the committee which
had Just come tn light
"I have nothing t 1 say on the matter,"
Mi MtSttlPlU replied "I can till you
absolutely nothing,
KING'S LETTERS STOLEN.
llOOUWeSJtS iHelHSle Knhrr't ll-
elies to f 4 rook stoggrekt
sfifnt' Vahfa t0$ntch tn Tni fi v
ito.MK. rci i -a despatch from
Atheiui iays some hlgnly Important con
ndenilal disuments, Including private
cnrresio mle nee between King i 'onstan
tine nnd the Kaiser i have been stolen
f mm i he King's desli in l he Ho . I
Palace.
Pomplicit) Hinong tiie Kiug sntour
ngr i Huspeoted The tiesk wan npened
with a falsi kej and oulV Important
documeiili were utolen
Ueerfeot faraji Uausagei
t iIih fo in .ti Mutnaereush, sjt-
i'ti pound perohntenl psi Kgs
t.i Ir
i 4e;
luf xd nrni a Dun
ONBULGARS BY
GREATBRITAIN
I Russia Italv Llkeh to
Take Himllnr Step With
out DbIbx,
SERB KKsisTANt T.
SURPRISES TMI TONS
Berlin Announces occupa
tion of Posarevac by
Assault.
CAPITAL MAY Hi:
MOVED FROM MSH
Are; HreTvep' ,m"
ly a Few .Miles Insjdc
Frontier.
fp ,,i i thlr trpm . f Tgl St
LoKOONi Oct 15. treat Hi it i
d-
j Clare. 1 wur on Bulgaria to-iiiElit Krnnca
I and Ruaala are expected to take a similar
j ftni at on e
Announcement of the British declara
tion of war against Bulgaria was mule
m the following statement laaued h the
Official press bureau I
Tne foreign I Uli. e announce that
III VleW Of the fact hal HuIkmiIi 1 i i 9
announced that she is at war with
Seibla and is an ally Of th central
rowers, the British tlovrrmneni lias
informed the Bulgarian tJcvcrnmeni
through the Swedish Minister, who II
looking alter Bulgarian Interest that
a state of wa- exists between it eat
Britain and Bulgaria from I'l r M
October 15,
Serbia also has declared war -.n Bill-
garia. announcing that th.- declarnl a
made as a result of Bulgarian nttackg
on Serbian armies the Kaltchen and
Radovltch fronts. Athena despatches of
yaaterday announci 1 that Bulgaria bad
declared war on Sethi,, asserting that
the laiter was the aggrcs ir,
It is expo te, thai Caar Nlil ih, sa
"Olllet protect, ir ,.: all the Slavs." Will
issue a manifesto to tn,- Bulgarian de
claring thai King Kcnllnaml is guilt) of
treason In Joining tin- Teutonic allies.
the enemies of Russln.
Tiie itusslan Uovernnieiil has i.-t -t
become known that a llusslall arm) a ll
he sent to the Balkan.- at auxin an Hit
necessary trooiai .1
declaration nf w.n
Bulgaria ami the
si. in army will In
close iiKin the mut
Italian
Italy's aid in de
th- Teuton ,-Bu'.i!.
regarded a- assu
iitallnul
formal
b) t
Cgur against
nf this II US
ihtllty lo low
ding
proli
..iiri-il.
nc Serbia ug.itnat
i-Turklsh allies -a
In I till) .- cast
there ,s the
Itaio-i lemtait
Since iltese t a
pea, e w itti ea
1
e uliar i-11-.'iimsiaii, -
relations to Ih- consult i
nations arc nomllliUI)
.1 other in suite nf It. 1
al
y'a
'War with Austrltti Ucriuiiny ' uH
This
oiuicuuy con,ii.i u 11 he Hurmountf
d by
iher
1 Italy 1 aenwng n-tHiiw hitm tint
Turke) tr Bulgaria thua not iIuah
reetly slth the i lermun invudc
Berbla.
; Tin Italian Ministry iii take
a Cabinet council toinorroa th
up
Cffe
oil Italy'H part in the war of the )
I development! in the Italkuiui ami Ital?
1 (uturs course. The count II la speci d
J to he om "f ihe moel ImiKirtuiii In Id
I since the v. ar Isjigan.
1 No direct new has been made puhlif
there regard Ini the AnglnPrencn forvHi
1 at Saloni a, and it is tun known OH etS r
j they haVS advanced or nut The 1.,. k of
positive Information regantiug ihr inov
' nient s of theee iroo)te i .1 tt r buted t. 1 1 es
censor. A recent report coming through
Oermaii houiph vtated that the Ktitcnte
J forces wtrc still cncatnd with:: ,1 .t
jnlle area at Sahm.- M. ejieo1 wi.;. It.
I acttniinK tu German inform ition,
j Serbia' 1 twin utater a t- with
Ureses a report that Sir Ian Hamilton.
I commander In chief f the British forvcji
jet the Pardanellee, hue gone to KInIi lies
I not been couflrmed, v V'icnnn tleniiatcii
quotes information from Hahmicti n
qgts f October 19 to thi' effpiM that "im
landing (f AttglKrencji iruotm cun
t mi-- at tin ctrcrk port untlcr the iio-
tpctlou ot a l-'v : crulsri und the
Russian cruiser Askol I,
The position
msui com inues
ga Ion tea deepati
Tuesdas 's date
the
h, ,i
to the
M in i
' ct cm -
ii
Ti
iin
1 H
twk Mil
been declared throuirhout
donia and that theie an ( rsletent h ii
ho far unvr:tteil renr' thai Mulait
troops ure uottcentraUng on ti- ;i- i
frontier.
An Athens dsapatrli to puMiere
tit tin gera of Milan rays thr itrecktf ur"
cooperating itti the Knteute Powers by
keeplni their arms inobllisetl, ihun ard
inK t'fl' any possible Itulgurtun uttiick on
the bass of niieratioMn nf th a n- n
Pranch sapeditionar) forc Tlio de
patch addi 'hat tn returu foi vn
eiktancH ijrsece ! t" receive futuln for
malnts Inlng her armament und H
credit of M.000,000 han been pJitendcd to
the National Hank ii r i. mn
Hud Parli
Jn iu ii
u,a i ntl I'll r I le I m i loo
Th. probali
tltUdfl nf ipJtli
gn rdlng ' he littlk in s tu 1 1
In a Ttkio itespstch to i In
n s indleate1
1 1. -I whah
nays that t'oth tiie in . 1
H authoitl
am) puhhi' op niot n Ja
i oppose ' he
suggestion mi le in Knstlleli iewsuiiH
I that a Japanese ami) be sen! to lOurnp,
i risgpatchi h receivitl hi oiidon how
that Serina u undergolnu lucrttsing
I nrrssurr on thiei from, The mrm.
le ctKNMltng VlMie-ahle HilltM and !s en
deavoriug to cm ttie iterlilati ml
catloin. The Se'hi.ms r. r
gtrongly. ylsldiuu inch h incli Tiis
snettii his nM i-ei iTachnl t1'- rail
roads t id Willi h h.
t Ims
to the dee 1 1
have (telle i
itchei
Hied
I tn
K.i i la in
th'
' f
Only 'mc pit III to th
iter) in unuounceN
grrblan iwi of '
outh uf siciuendi hi
i ma)i
IfflCO IS) I furl ll
ir:i