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THE SUN, MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1916.
ervlce, the United Btatos Board of
Mediation nml Conclllntlon was to
day ndvlned by the representatives of
tho employees that they would not
submit thu matters: In dltputu to ar
bitration In any form.
Tho employees further stated to the
board that they would not arbitrate
their own demands, even If the con
tingent demand of the railroads were
withdrawn, and nlso declined to sue
ge.it any other plan or method for a
peaceful settlement of the controversy.
They were Informed that their de
cision would nt once be made known
to 1'resldcnt Wilson and nlso that the
President claimed the rliiht to a per
eonal Interview with both parties be
fore any drastic action was taken.
This request won of course granted
and a largo delegation of employees,
with a number of railroad managers,
wilt be In Washington Monday for a
conference with tho President.
Early In tho negotiations tho rail
roads had Informed the Board of
Mediation and Conciliation that they
would accept arbitration.
Moth sides expect painful results In
their conference with the President. The
roads fear they may be forced to sur
render minv nf the nronn-ltlnn thpvitleun came President Cleveland an
used to offset the brotherhoods' demands
.for an eight hour day and time and a
half for overtime. The union men ex
tract President Wilson will Insist that
they consent to arbitration and Include
In the fundamental statement of differ
ences road demands they have resisted
for years.
Ntand of the Brotherhoods.
Tho stand of the brotherhoods was de
fined In this statement by Mr. Oarretson :
"The Hoard of Mediation and Con
ciliation came to us this morning with
the statement that all they could offer
was precisely what the managers offered
lis the day we broke with them. That
was a proposition that was made across
the. conference table to us by the eon
trtence committee of railroad managers
on June 15.
"In other words, after Invoking Fed
eral mediation the conference committee
had not In any way consented to he
mediated, but expected all the mediating
to be donu by the aldo that had not In
voked such office.
"In answer to the proposition to
arbitrate all pending differences, Includ
ing the managers' tentative proposals.
w rep.led: 'As our proposition for the
eight hour day and the punitive over-
time has been In the hands of the man-
sgers for many months and no proposl-
tlon has come from them direct or In-
direct towsrd settlement, we have
nothing to add to our demands as con-,
'"? '" Korm v.. . . I
'Wc refused to arbitrate cm any such
t . "u " "uw . "l
HJ.,,!n!:e. .V.! .lt!Pn.tS'lrv,ce For the movement of ,
'."!."' ,.'3L0' "'" malls President Wilson once more
".u i V '.i. ... would have to call upon the army, so the
methods of these organliatlons-by ftrM hted
withdrawing our men from the service. , New York there Bre 1 000 0()0 bab,f8
iSJ roadf; ... . In dally need of milk. Throughout the
"The mediators, then announcing they I cc,untr ther ore countlei!ll 0,her m.
the United States, requested In his be- mouthll tne Prteldent mu8t interpose his
half a conference with both parties be- haranest meMUres, say the road man
fore the final break should take place, i a,.f rB- '
Lh,XWern?li,elu.H!ln.'0,l,"l Hundreds of other contingencies, any
ccutlvcs of the organisations accom- one 0 wbcn demands extreme treatment
? S ? "WSlV tomorrow bv '"ld.nt Alison. It I. foretold, will
wou.d be In Washington to-morrow te put Mort the road managers and the
nX.M..,'i (, r,-f.r.n'' i
Men Bitter Toward Roads.
This summarisation ot the day's
vents leaves out ot the picture the
bitterness ot the 600 representatives
toward the roads, as evinced In the two
sessions held In Webster Hall In at
Eleventh sticet. It gives no conception
of the enthusiasm that uccompanled the
vote to reject all arbitration and counter ,
proposals.
The day began with a misunderstand-
tng between the mediators and the
hrotherhoods. Judge Knapp and his
colleagues had an appointment with the
men for the morning. The unions ex
pected that the conciliators would have
in form some definite concessions to pre
sent from the railroad managers. In
stead the mediators went to the hall only
to ascertain wr.elher the unions would
consider In any aspect the subject of
arbitration. The session lasted for
hours. It did not end when the media
tors left tho meeting.
As JudKu Knapp, Judge Chambers and
Hanger reached tho street it was evident
they were laboring under u severe ten
sion. Their nerves apparently were on
raw edges that were grated by the wait
ing newspaper men. As the reporters
crowded upon them with one accord they
waved their arms in tr.e air. Judge
Knapp made Known his wish to be left
alone, exclaiming:
"For the .it public Interest do not
ask us any iiucstloas. We have nothing
ay"'1 y0U T''CrC 1S nahln a
Mediators Were Clearly Unset.
They went uptown to the Grand Cen-
trul nrll i...ii.iT . 7"""" V"- '
'8Jh:"
prospect of an Invasion oF new.naoeV
mrt .1 .... m ... I ; .
V, V i.. ",;", meir agnation.
. j . '"! a telephone
call
juuge members,
ThA hnanl
Was invited to return in U'.k.... n.,i
In the meantime the med.atora hod tele
phoned their lack of success to the Presi
dent, who upparently had abandoned
nil other business to keep In touch with
tho conferences.
The men had adjourned for an hour
to dine. When they returned to the
hall at 3 o clock they took their vote on
whether they should arbitrate or strike
Only onu man stood out for arbitration.
When the mediation board rushed from
the subway to the hall they were told
of the vote.
"We won't arbitrate anything," Gsr
retson Informed them when he was up
pealed to for a reconsideration. They
fcaid that for thirty years in their tights
with their employers they had been tend
ing toward an eight hour day, and the
Issue was too Important to be left even
to adjudication by arbitration, A strike
was deemed the only measure that could
give the required relief.
At this Juncture the telegram from the
President was read. For two days this
had been In the possession of the media
tors. The message, addressed to Judge
Chambers, read :
Thank you for your friendly note.
Keep me Informed of situation and tell
the contending parties that I deem It a
right to hear both sides before there Is a
final break."
Cheers tiy UOO Delegates.
Oarretson. for the brotherhoods, ac
quiesced at once In the President's re
duest. However, In the speeches that
followed it was made clear to the 00
union delegates that this obedience to
the President's wishes carried with It no
wavering from the firm stand that had
been decided upon should the President
insist u-n a concession of points that
bad been utuuued.
The cheeri mat greeted this announce
ment rang In the ears of tho mediators
as they reached the street. Judge Knapp
once more went through the performance
of gesturing wildly against the advances
Cf the reporters,
Tor the great public Interest." he re
peated, "please leav us alone. Thcro Is
nothing we can say."
Soon afterward the union conference
adjourned. In obvious kclf-satlsfactlon
the brotherhood representatives returned
to their headquarters In the Hotel Wood
Stock. Their talk was only of fight. To
Judge from the (,-eneral expressions
h:ard about the lobby and In the corrl
dors nothing that the President can say
Will dissuade thim.
The mediator went back to a confer
nc. will, tho lallroad managers. Tho
trcuble adjusters were a crestfallen
roup. The railroad heads, after they
if a!" r'V'l "f the m,lon meeting,
' f' ""lusted themselves to facing a
probable strike,
f'ot a man of the conference would
make a public statement, but In their
unofficial talks they left the Inference
that no way out could be found by I
I resident Wilson. The differences to
t heir point of view are Irreconcilable ,
they felt the brotherhoods would not
surrender the features the roads do-
nvnded, and they Indicated they would
not capitulate to tho extremo Insisted
upon by the unions.
Wllaoa Mar Be Drastic.
What the President's attitude, will bo
lo-day none of the men directly con
cerned would conjecture. Men who claim
familiarity with hla views on the crisis
vhlch has been brewing for so many
months feel that he will selxa control of
the situation and Instltuto a drastic
course. It Is foretold that he will Invest
himself with the extra legal powers of
Ms office, will employ the police func
tions with which he Is authorised and
will take command of alt the railroad
systems of the country.
In 1894. when the American Hallway
union, which really Is the parent of the
present brotherhoods, struck, President
Cleveland put Into operation a severe
programme that may serve as n prece
dent tor President Wilson. When tho
nounced he would use every ounce of
gold In the Treasury and every soldier
In the army If necessary to send a postal
card from New York to San Francisco,
lie did put soldiers on the trains and
within a few weeks the backbone of the
strike was broken.
More serious In Its relations to both
the roads and the managers la the po
tential situation of today.
On Saturday the President ordered
25.000 more troops sent to the border,
militiamen from Ohio, Kentucky und
Vermont. If the White House meeting
to-day falls to placate the brotherhoods
and a strike Is declared this necessity
alone, railroad men say, will force the
President to take the roads under mar
tial control for the shipment of the
troops.
Border Troops Food Scaaty,
Another martial aspect that would be
farced by a strike Is the plight that
would ensue to the 160,000 soldiers al
ready doing border duty. Rations for
only five days In excess of the dally need
now are stored on the International line.
A stoppage of freight traffic and this
Ia I h hrtnh la mnmt vital!., mtttA
would follow , tleup. Governmental
RUIIrC(l , mannng tralna would have
t0 be employB1 t0 aupply tha rte(Js of
tbeM tnoUMl,ds. rrealdcnt Wilson would
,ve ro alterI atlve but t0 nave the army
uke over ri)nUol ,t u tM , nUrx).i
c,rcle,
The country's mall must move despite
, Bo0(, other unforeiieen
tmgenctes, so the United States mall
brotherhood men when they meet to-day,
Recall Rooserelt'a Threat.
Nothing In the Constitution that de-
fines the Presidential powers can operate
against an assumption of control In any
emergency of this type. Another prece-
dent In this regard Is afforded In the at-
tltude taken by President Itooscvelt at
the time of the anthracite coal strike,
when he threatened to have the mines
manned by soldiers,
In France a few years ago the Oov-
ernment faced a strike relatively as
sertous as that which menaces this
country to-day. Then Arlstlde Ilrland
called the strikers to the colors and as
soldiers sent them back to their work
as trainmen, engineers, firemen and con
ductors. While there Is nothing analo
gous between the compu'sory m'lltary
service In France and union conditions
here, there are many men versed in
constitutional law who say that In cer
tain exigencies the President can order
strikers to man the'r trains. To Presi
dent Wilson at least there is vouchsafed
tho nuthor'ty to put soldiers) In com
mand of all trains.
Union men wer unwilling to discuss
anv nf these possibilities.
"That's an Idle sound," commented
Oarretson, "the talk of manning trains
with troops. When the Government
wanted on engineer In Panama they had
to train him especially for the work."
Wilson Averted 1014 Strike.
In 1914 President Wilson had to deal
with tho same condition that is to bo
put before h'm to-day. A national
strike was threatened to begin on the
day that Oermany declarerd war on
MUS
Russia. The President wrote to the
:"': conference of managers
"TVf .JrVPiLr'Vtl."''02s t0 "Ub
Ml aw HID Ml UUIVI HwVM Util IS I IUB,
i-ainotism. managers contended yes-
terday, cannot be urged now, as suffi
cient reason for them to give full com
pliance to the demands of the opposing
faction. They feel that In their previ
ous surrender they have proved their
fervor for the country and now It de
volves upon the railroad workers to show
th-lr national spirit.
"Patriotism?" remarked Oarretson.
"How can that be urged up)n us now?
That Is entirely betide the Issue. What
of the price of gasolene and the patriot
Ism of the mn who raised that price?"
It was said by certain of the labor
men that when they went before the
President they would oppose his efforts
toward arbitration by quoting to him the
results ot previous arbitration.
Four years ago when such a pacific
adjustment was determined upon the
work of the adjusters became so Involved
hat there are roads In tho West that
have not yet had a determination of
their differences, A feeling prevails
among certain branches of the brother-
lioodi that their elrht hnnr nunilnn .,!
Its overtime appendage will not bo given . Iand- Dr- Maloney talked with a num
gcneral treatment, but will be worked 1 l"r men wl, wr touch with the
out on Individual bases. Settlement will ,rl'1' situation, and he said a feeling of
string far Into the future, they fear. intense resentment prevailed anion:; all
If the President forces an arbitration 1 daMes over the hanging of Roger Case
It probably will be bound by the Iron-1 t"6"'-
clad provisions of the Newlands law. en- Another passenger was the Rev. Dr.
acted to cover labor strifes. Such an I JsPh F. Newton of the Liberal Chris
agreement, of course, will keep the roads "'n Church at Cedar Kaplds, la. In
to their present schedules and the men ,ne course of a series of sermons recent
to prevailing labor conditions. 1 1 delivered In Kngland he preached at
However, If there Is a strike, some of ,ne famous City Temple In London,
the roads are ready to combat It. The Others among passengers aboard the
Pennsylvania system, for Instance, has st- Lul were 11. Gordon Belrrldge, Jr.,
been canvassing Its men for loyalty In BOn ' lho we" l"10wn London depart
Just such an exigency. It Is said In ment ",ore ow"rS William R. Leeds,
their behalf that they will keep their Bon of lhe lat' manufacturer of tin plate,
tracks open and their trains running and Philip Osier, nephew of Dr. Wlll
Of course there will be u limitation of lni Osier, the eminent physician. Mr.
service, particularly In the passenger de- Osier and Mr. Selfrldge said they were
partment. It Is not expected that the h"0 to v'H,t relatives. Mr, Leeds In
limited trains and the fliers will be tended to go to the Adlrondacka for his
imio to run, nut a commuting service
win pe carried forth so far as dos-
ble-
Preparations for IIIsT Tleap,
Other roads are making open and
covert preparations for ti tleup. Men
aro being trained, have been In training
for months, for a strike. Just how many
of theso there are In the country cannot
be learned, for obvious reasons.
Ono fact In apparent. The utmost In
freight service will be given to muni
lions manufjeturers. Most of these
shippers urn bonded for deliveries, und
as they have been the heaviest con
trlhutors to the freight revenues in the
Isst two years they probably will get a
preferential service,
Perishable food shipments also will be
given primary consideration by most of
the Kastern roads. So far as known the
crops or tne farmers also will be handled
with the utmost expedition.
Both sides are confident of quick vie-
t . - If I. rt .Io.'.Imu 1.1.
'I'li-yn'otherlioods feel that the lack of
"men will so cripple the roads that they
will have to come to terms. The view of
the managers Is that public opinion a
sentiment that will grow out of the
Rcncral Inconvenience will be the club
that will marshal the men back to their
work. It was with this confidence that
the factions headed toward Washington
last night with Secretary Tumulty,
WILSON TO BE NEUTRAL.
President Will Take No Stand o
Merits ot Dlspate.
Washington, Aug. 13. When the
railroad men arrive at the White House
It-morrow President Wilson Is prepared
to make an Insistent personal appeal to
employers and employees alike for an
rmlcuble settlement of their differences.
The President has taken no stand on
the merits of the dispute and the gen
eral opinion Is he will not when the
conference takes place to-morrow. His
plea Is expected to dwell principally
upon the grave responsibility which will
rtsl upon the shoulders of whichever
faction Is responsible for tying up the
nation's trnlllc. The President Is In close
touch with the situation and has been
from the beginning.
Mr. Wilson made no official statement
on the strike to-day, but It Is stated
with seeming authority that he Is con
vinced the differences can be obviated
satisfactorily without a strike. He Is
reudy to go to great lengths to avert u
break.
Tho President Is ready to see the dele
gations as soon as they arrive and will
devote all day If necessary to a discus
sion of the subject.
CZAR'S ARMY NOV AT
SECOND TEUTON LINE
Continued from Flrtt rage.
tacks were warded off. while south of
Smorgon and near Lublcsxow they were
unsuccessful.
Southwest of Btanlstau the situation
Is dismissed with the statement that at
tacks by the Russians "were thrown
back partly by our counter attacks."
BATTLES ON ISONZO.
Aastrlan Defence Stronger on the)
ailddle Hirer.
Romr, Aug. 13. Although publlo at
tentlon Is centred on the righting along
the lower Isonxo, Important encounters
arm In nrn.i... nn . V. . Mia.ll. W
the river. The Italians are. meeting with
fierce resistance, and in several sectors
the Austrlans are launching heavy at
tacks, presumably In an attempt to di
vert the efforts of the Itallar.s from tho
Monfalcone and CJorltz operations.
In the vicinity of Tolmlno, north of
Oorlts, the fighting Is particularly severe.
According to reports reaching Rome, the
number of Austrian dead or wounded Is
very large. The Italians also have taken
prisoners In this area.
King Victor Emmanuel, In an order of
the day, thanked the army to-day for
the victory It achieved at Oorlts. This
the King characterised as "another great
step along the arduous and glorious way
toward the completion of Italy's holy
aspirations."
SEW LINE FROM ROTTERDAM.
Service to America Soon to Be
Started, It Is Said.
Ths Haouc. via London, Aug. 13. A
new steamship line will soon be put Into
service from Rotterdam to America, ac
cording to an Amsterdam newspaper.
A Rotterdam company Is negotiating
for the purchase of the former Oreek
steamer Macedonia, which can accommo
date 2,000 passengers and has a freight
capacity of 6,000 tons. It la proposed to
open the new service with tills ship.
ITALY ARRANGES FOB COAL.
Great Britain to Furnish Com
modity Next Winter.
Milan, Aug. 13. An arrangement
has been completed by Italy with Oreut
Britain to obtain cheaper coal for Italy
next ivlnter.
The Ilrltlsh Oovernment, with the co
operation of France, will provide for the
transportation or coal to this country
and Italian goods
to England and
France.
PRIEST DIES ON FIRING LINE.
The Rev. .. M. iTolettl of St
Charles t'ollear Killed In France.
Uai.timorb, Aug. 13. The Rev. Niiler
M. blolcttl. formerly prefect of the
Junior division ut Ht. Charles College.
rue ueen aiueu nt the rront In France
News of hla death was received to-day
(it St. Mary's Seminary.
For fifteen months Father Rlolettl had
been engaged In hospital work. He made
an appeal to (Jen. Joffre to be put In the
nring line, mis request was granted.
CASEMENT HANGING
STIRS IRISH ANGER
Dr. Maloney Found flesent
nient Amonsr All Classes
in Ireland.
On board the American liner fit.
IvouU, which arrived yesterday from
Liverpool, was Dr. J. W. Malonev of 40
I Kast Sixty-second street, who had gone
on a business trln to England and tre
neattn,
BIG SILK ROBBERY NIPPED.
Police Catch Three Men Loading
2,500 Worth on Wagon. '
Policeman Htohl of the IJast Twenty
noiid trect station saw a delivery
.vagon standing In front of the loft
building at 229 Fourth avenue. Calling
two other patrolmen, he entered the
building to find a number of bolts of ex
pensive Japanese silk from thu show
rcoms of Jansen & Pretsfuld In the hall
wuy, tied up and ready to bo carted
away.
On the second floor the police came
ujiori three men, who they say, were
carrying more bolts of the material
down stairs. The men described them-
selves as Samuel Long, 20 of D6 Lewis
street : rioiomon lloldsmlth, S3, nt 123
Uoerck street, and William Toder, 26
of 127 Goorck street. They were ar
retted charged with burglary. The
good packed up were valued at l,S0O.
MILE FRONT GAIN
HADE BY BRITISH
Advance of 300 to 400 Yards
In Face of Baking Fire
of Germans.
TEUTONS LOSING 3 FOR 1
Offensive on Sonimo Front
Far From Halted Foo
Stubbornly Resists.
London, Aug. 13. Tho Rrltlsh troops
near tho Somme River pushed forward
their lines to-day from 300 to 400 yards
on a front of almost a mile, according
to the ofllclal announcement of the War
Oltlce.
The gain was made northwest of Po
tleres. Another action on the plateau
north of Ilaxentln-le-Petlt resulted In
tho capturo of Qerman trenches In the
direction of Martlnpulch.
The German artillery kept Bp a heavy
barrage fire, It Is remarked, but tho
Ilrltlsh losses were exceptionally light In
spite of It.
Any one who might think from reading
the Ilrltlsh ofllclal reports that the British
offensive is over If he went out on the
field would conclude, Judging from tho
unceasing nnd enormous volume of tpe
gun fire, that h terrific battle was still
In progress. No one the Associated Press
correspondent meets ut the front thinks
that the offensive h over, or that any
thing but winter will stop It.
Though no village or considerable
frontage of trenches has been stormed In
tha last few days, every day has found
some strong point taken and some new
spur of trench thrown out In the course
of the same kind ot operation which
followed and preceded each big blow.
"The question this week," said a staff
officer, "Is whether our guns have killed
more Germans than their guns have
killed ot us. and we know that the odds
are In our favor, at least two, If not
three, to one.''
For six weeks the Ilrltlsh have main
tained a torrent of shell lire which Ger
man prisoners who havo been ut Verdun
say surpasses anything they endured
there. At tho different munitions depots
the piles of shells seem as plentiful as
the day before tho grand offensive be
gan. Advantage With British.
It has been a week all to the taste of
the gunners. They have had such an
advantage of position over the tlennans
as they never hod before, thanks to the
possession of Pozlercs ridge, which was'
crowned by a windmill at the highest
point, the wooden structure ut which
has long since been blown to splinters
by shell fire, and Its stone base cracked
Into bits. Incalculable and Inconceiv
able Is the amount of shell fire spent on
this ridge, whose Irregular sky line Is
ever changing as a result of the pummel
ling, but the British keep their domina
tion by tactics and methods of fortifica
tions not permitted to bo mentioned here.
The Australians described the latest
German counter attack, which was made
last night, as comic If the result had
not been so tragic for the two bat
talions which made It. Apparently tho
Germans were mostly recruits. When
assembling for the attack they were
caught by British howitzer fire, then
charged across the open spare to be
caught by both British gun and ma
chine gun fire. Some forty survivors
who got to the trenches held up their
hands when tho Australians called thm
to come In.
Cermnn linns Retiring.
Ilrltlsh guns aro screened behind the
conquered elopes of Poileres ridge, w'hllo
from tho crest the British ure able to
see nil the way to llapaume. Thus ex
posed, the German guns have been grad
ually retiring, for once the British locate
a German battery they go after It with
a ci ncentratlon of flro like pack bounds
after a cornered fox. The British are
hammering every village on the way to
Bapaume and Dapaumo Itself, und nt
the same time their superior numbers of
aeroplanes continue dropping bombs on
the same targets that the artillery bom
bards. Wherever the Gormans are quartered
they are subjected nlxht und day to this
nerve wrecking bombardment. A Brit
ish artillery commander has unly to say.
"Put twenty rounds of eight inch Into
Courcellette" or "A rouplo of salvos of
twelve Inch Into Thleoval" or "We might
as well stop that working party digging
In Martlnpulch f r the evening," und
away go messengers roaring like railroad
trains through the ulr with their tons ot
explosives.
"We don't make many changes In the
map this way," said a gunner, "but us
u matter of bookkeeping in casualties
the balance Is all In our favor. It softens
things up for cur infantry before they
attack. It Is as demoralizing as con
tinuous nlghtmaro and explains why the
Germans can put no more spirit Into their
counter attacks."
Casualties Are Knormens.
As some illustration of the power of
artillery fire when tha shells are ample
and the guns numerous It Is estimated
that during this last week the Germans
In the Somme battta area hud 15,000 cas
ualties from mortar tiro und gun lire
alone,
After three days of cooler weather an
other heat wave has come. For four
weeks thero has been no rain except a
slight shewer now and then. The ground
Is parched with the drouirht and tha
leaves are beginning to fall from trees
at some places.
One result of the widespread shell fire
over a great depth of tho German front,
. whether twelve Inch shells Into distant
villages or eighteen pounders Into tho
I front lino nnd support trench, Is to pre.
'vent the Germans from bringing water
as well as food up to tha thirsty men
penned up In trenches of burning hot
earth In this fierce August u father.
I Most of the villages this side of Bapnuuie
are tilled with debris of houses which
the Ilrltlsh shell fire has battered down.
I The thing most noticeable to be mar-
elled Is how little ico Is supplied either
to the British or the French. army, where
It Is found only In hospitals. The com
mon uso of Ice Is hubltuul to neither
peoplo, et It Is surprising, that the heat
prostrations ure so few,
Tho significant vulun of Inoculation
to prevent typh Id Is shown by the fact
that despite the hn.it and battle condi
tions, where burying the dead and sani
tation are hard to control, according to
the lost report there were only seventeen
cases In the Immense army In France.
BRITISH STILL CHASE TURKS.
Cavalry Forces Them Hack Toward
Dlra-el-Manra.
Lonpon, Aug. 13. British forces In
Kgypt aro still driving back the Turks
who weru defeated In tho recent battle
east of tho Sues Canal. The foil wing
announcement In rrgard to this campaign
was given out here to-day:
"Our cavalry la still In pursuit of the
Turkish rearguard and yesterday eve
ning had driven back tho Turks to u
position east of Blrs-cl-Manca, Although
no materials or stores were found at
Blr-el-Abd, there were large heaps 6f
ashes In the vlclfllty of the abandoned
Turkish position.",
WAR EVENTS OF DAY
AS TOLD OFFICIALLY
Strong Attack by Germans on
Left Bank of Meuso,
Repulsed.
ITALIANS FUSHING ON
Carry Hill 181 and Debeli
15,723 Austrian Prisoners
Taken Since Aug. G.
Titnts, Aur. 13. The text of the
night French communique follows:
North of the Komme no action by
the enemy was attempted during the
day. Minor combats enabled us to
progress on the slopes of Hilt 10,
southeast of Maurepas. . Artillery
lighting continues somewhat violently
In the sectors of Barleux and
Chaulnes.
On the left bank of the Meuse a
strong German attack ugalnst Avo
court Wood was stopped by our bar
rage lire und grenades. Thero was an
Intermittent bombardment on the right
bank. On the remainder of the front
the day was culm. In the afternoon
one of the enemy's long range guns
tired four large calibre shells In the
direction of Nancy.
North ,of the Somme the night was
comparatively quiet. Our troops con
solidated their positions on the con
quered ground. A German attack
from the direction of Combles against
the church and cemetery at Maurepas,
which we occupy, was stopped by our
machine gun flre.wlilcli Inflicted heavy
losses on the enemy. Eighty prisoners
remained In our hands.
On tha right bank nf the Meuse
(Verdun front) we have progressed
slightly to the southeast of Fleury.
Tha enemy attempted several small
attucks In the same region, which
weru repulsed easily. The artillery on
both sides was very active all along
this sector.
Adjt. Lenoir yesterday brought
down his seventh enemy aeroplane,
which fell near Glncrey, Department
ot the Meuse, In the German lines.
Last night French bombarding squad
rons dropped 120 large bombs on tVte
railway station at Metz-Sablons an I
on the railway, workshops and bar
racks In Metz Itself.
Germans Attack With Bombs,
Lonuos-, Aug. 13, Tho oIllcl.il state
ment Issued to-night by tho British War
Offlco follows;
Southeast ft Gulllemont the enemy
last night made an attack with Umb,
which we repulsed, on our rlirtit flank,
cxiept for some fairly heavy shelling
of our front trenches and minor n
counters 1th hostile detachments near
rvivllle wood, thero was no event of
Importance.
North of Iozleres the enemy was
observed by aeroplane to bn concen
trating larxe numbeis behind Monacu
farm, our artillery was directed at
them and was seen to,bc very effective,
the cufiuy scattering wildly in all di
rections. No hostile attack developed.
In the sa-re iiflMorhood a working,
party of 200 Germans was surprled
by our machine guns and lost heavily.
On the remainder of tha front thero
was nothing of Importance except
some hostile shelling ut our back vil
lages. Yesterday our flying corps carried
out it long distance raid and did great
damage to some railway works and
sidings. Several short raids and
rcvunualesanccs were undertaken with
good results. Hostile aircraft, al
though fairly active, avoided combat.
Wc drove down one enemy machine
nnd one of our own Is missing.
The afternoon statement follows:
On the plateau northwest of Bazen-tlri-le-Pellt
we gained ground toward
Martlnpulch and captured enemy
trenches. Northwest of Pozlercs we
ulso madd a further Important ad
vance of 30') or too yards over a front
of nearly u mile. Our losses were
light in rpltc of a heavy barrage by
the enemy's artillery.
Last night we carried out three suc
cessful raids on trenches of the
nemy: tho first southwest of La Foils
Farm on Vlmy Itldge. the second op
posite Culonno nnd the third east of
Armcntleres. Wc Inflicted many ensu
ultles on the enemy and captured ;i
rn.rchlne gun and prisoners.
The enemy attempted u raid near
the Hohenzollrrn redoubt, which was
repulsed with loss by our Infantry.
Several Bavarian prisoners were cap
tured, The enemy exploded a mine
fast of Cabaret Bouge, but we occu
pied the Hp of the crater. Wo tired
thiee mines north of Ncuvn la Cha-
pelle ami uiso south of the quarries
northeast of Hulluch. The enemy
made no ittcmpt to occupy the
craters.
Ilusslans Cross Nlrrauis.
PxTnooRAn, via London, Aug. IS. The
communication of tho War Ofllce Issued
to-night says:
Our crossing of the rivers Strips,
Koroplco and Zlota Llpa Is continu
ing. Wc have occupied the town of
Podgalcy.
On the Dniester our cavalry has
captured the town ot Mariumpol.
In the legion nf the Bystrltza wo
druve the enemy back to the left bank
of the Itlver Byttritza-SoUitvlna, dur
ing which operation olio of our In
fantry regiments captured twelve offi
cers and l.ouo men und seven machluo
guns and ono trench gun.
The afternoon ttatuuicnt follows:
In the region of Novogrudok, Garo
dlschc and Htolboy, enemy aeroplanes
flew over our positions. They dropped
ten bitubs on the dressing station hos
pltal In the village of Adumov, to the
west of tho town of Mlr. A German
nreoplane which apppeared over tho
town of NesvlJ was attacked by our
Aviator Htnff Captain Kruten nml
brought djwn nfter u brief Hunt. Wo
raptured the machine and Its onu
pants. On the uppr Sercth the troops of
Gen. Sakharoff, developing their suc
cess, drove oft the enemy from a
series of fortified positions and reached
the lines of the villages of Kvyjaii,
Oleuv, Bzovlca and Bialkowe. Our
breaking through on the Itlver ritrlpa
forced the enemy to abandon strongly
fortified positions.
Pursuing the enemy, the gallant
troop of Gen. Schorhatchnff captured
the town of Kzeniu nnd, continuing
to mlvancf to the west along the whole
front, reached the upper Kereth from
the village of IMavinha Velska up to
Plotychc, where they are crossing to
the western bank. To tha south of
I'lotycho vie i cached the lines nf tho
villages of Lobod.i, Zlota und Uvse
und urrived before the town of Pod
glacy and the little town of Kliolk
hoche. Detachments which In the
puiault ot tha eiinno doused the KUei'
Koroplce by the lower stream cap
lured the strongly fortlfjed Ksltlon
on the hekln between the rivers
Koroplce, Zlota Llpa und Khorovanka
und, continuing to tho south, reached
the Dniester und Marlampol.
On tho rivers llystrltza-Navvorna-skol
and Bystrltza-Snlotvlnu the con
struction of bridges ami tha passage of
our troopH to tho v. ester n banks Is
going on continuously. The enemy is
firing from tho wrotern bank of tho
Blver Bystrltza-Solotvlna nt our posi
tions and our troops which ure cross
ing, To the south of Delutln. In tha
wooded region of the Carpathians, our
advance near Voroksta. Magura and
Jablonltsa continues. Here we con
solidated positions on several heights.
Attempts by the enemy to resume tho
offensive were repelled everywhere.
In view of the great military Im
portance attached to the capture to
day, August 13, of the final remaining
positions on the enemy's winter lino
of fortifications, tho several armies
are endeavoring to glvo details ot
prisoners and booty taken In tho re
cent operations. One corps of Gen.
Sakharoff's troops took, between Au
gust 4 and 11, a total of '307 officer
nnd K,6t4 of tho rank and file, and
captured four tuns, 47 machine guns
and 16 bomb mortars. The troops of
Gen, Hcherbatchoft have taken, from
June 5 up to the present time 1,263
officers and CS.ISS of the rank and
file, and have captured GS cannon, 211
machine guns, S3 bomb mortars and
mine throwers and 128 limbers. The
troops of Oen. Lechltzky took, from
August 1 to 10 .a total of 171 officers
and 10.4S0 ot the rank and file, and
captured nine guns and 77 machine
guns.
Caucasus Front On the western
bank of Lake Van, in the region of
Tndval, wo launched a counter attack
against the Turks, who were driven
to the south.
Lines Firm, Kara Berlin.
Bkru.v, via London, Aug. 13. The
War Office statement of to-day follows:
Between Thlepval and the Sommo
our allied opponents yesterday, after
tho previous restricted fighting, com
bined their wholo forces In tho Ovll-lcrs-Pozlercs
sector In a united at
tack along the entire front. Tho at
tack between Thlepval and Gulllemont
broke down with the heaviest losses
to tha enemy. Further south, as far
as the Homme, It came to heavy hand
to hand righting with French forces,
which attacked repeatedly. This
fighting continued throughout the en
tire night, and near Maurepus and to
the east of Hem It Is still In progress.
Directly south of the Komme the
French made an attack against
Blaches, which broke down completely
under our tire. On tho remainder of
the front thero wcro no developments
of Importance.
North of Vermelles, near Combres
and south of Lusse our patrols took
prisoners In the enemy's line. At sev
eral positions expeditions of enemy
reconnoitring detachments wero re
pulsed. A British biplane was shot down
southwest of Bapaume. The Emperor
has bestowed tho Order Pour le Merlto
upon Lieut. Frank), who took part In
a successful aerial encounter south
of Bapaume on August 9.
Front of Field Marshal von Hlnden
burg: Husslan attacks south ot
Kmorgon and near Lubleszow wero
unsuccessful. West of Zalocze enemy
attacks were warded off.
Front of Archduke, Charles Francis:
West of Monasterzyska and also on
the Bystrltza front southwest of Stan
Islau, attacking Ilusslans were
thrown back partly by our counter
attacks.
Balkan front: Nothing of Impor
tance haa occurred.
Austrian Mronaholds Taken.
ItnMr, Aug, 13. The statement It-sued
to-day by the War Office says:
Yesterday on the lower Isonzo our
troops, always Indefatigable, met with
further success. In the Monfalcono
sector, after two days of severe fight
ing, they carried Hill 151 and Debeli.
Further to the north they crossed tho
VaUone and pushed forward one kilo
meter to the east of Oppacchlasella, on
the northern edge of tho Carso. In
fantry Division 23 carried positions
on Nadlogem (Hill 212), which were
defended strongly by the enemy. Wo
took 1,565 prisoners, of whom fifty
seven wero officers, nnd also two me
dium calibre guns und borne machine
guns.
In tha hilly region east ot Gorltz
Hill 174. to the north of Tlvoli, was
captured, 533 prisoners and some ma
chine guns being taken. On the re
mainder of the front thero were tho
usual demonstrations by tho enemy,
which everywhere were disposed nf.
Altogether since August 6 15,333
prisoners have been counted. Including
330 nttlcers. In the same operations
we have taken sixteen guns, a large
number of machine guns and war ma
terial of all kinds.
Knemy aircraft last night dropped
u large number of bombs on Gr.ido
nnd Campaltn, wounding three sailors,
One of our small dlrlslbles was burned
and some private houses wero dam
aged. Dolran Battle a "Shnm.'
Son.v. viu London. Aug. 13. An ofll
clal statement Issued to-duy by tho Bul
garian War Oltlce says:
After a day long bombardment of
our positions south and southwest of
Dolran Lake August It), tho enemy,
ursler the protection of u similar bom
bardment, attacked our positions nil
tho morning of tho 11th. Our artil
lery dispersed the attacking parties,
inflicting considerable loss by a cur
tain lire. Our guin then directed their
nre against the enemy artillery, which
was sltenced.
At t In the afternoon the enemy re
newed the bombardment, tiut thero
was no Infantry attack. All these
action were pure mock engagements.
An enemy detachment attempted to
capture a height northwest of the vil
lage of Pahovo but was repulsed by
r. counter attack. The enemy suffered
lorses.
Tor lis Claim Victories.
Co.NSTANTiNori.i:, Aug! 13 (via Lon
don). The statement Issued to-duy by
tho War Oflico follows:
Irak Front There were no develop
nieuts of Importance,
A portion of a British force which
attacked our volunteer detachment In
tho vicinity nf Mnssjrleh, In tho Ku
phr.itts sector, retreated nfter two
hours of fighting, leaving behind :i
certain number of de:ul or wounded.
In Persia our detachments dislodged
the Itusslans from positions west of
Kankiiver nnd drove them eastward.
We took some prisoners. The enemy,
pursued by us, retreated with the
main force to Kssadodabad, on lhe
Hamadan road. Our advance detach
ments reached Bahmcdnhnd, seventeen
kilometers northwest of Kankaver, and
Husselnabad, ten kilometers east nf
Kankaver. Our troops, which on
August 5 dislodged the enemy from
Songur, ejected him nlso from the
KxIMb Puss, twenty-thrnn kilometers
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east of Hongur, nnd occupied tho pass.
Prisoners state that In the lntter en
gagement one howitzer, one machine
gun and four Held guns wcro disabled
by our lire.
Caucnslun Front Our operations on
tho right wing nrc being developed.
Our troops i-oulli of Fntuati, by n sur
prise attack, drove to tho north the
Hussions still remaining on tho west
ern bank of Lake Van. The territory
extending to tho Muhud ltivcr, north
of Mush, was cleared of tho enemy. In
the sector of Ognott nnd west of Klglil
the enemy troops contlnuo to retreat
In various directions. In the centre
nml on tho left wing the pressure of
our troops In hindering the enemy In
his nttempt to dig Intrcnchments In
certain sectors.
On August 10 eighteen men of war
of various clnsscs, In sevcrul groups,
shelled Marmerls, Fethle, Fcrnlk and
Stcrslnn (on the Mediterranean coast
of Asia Minor) for ninety minutes, nnd
then retired. They merely damaged
some buildings nt Merslna.
Kgyptlan Front On August ! the
British, with cavnlry nnd Infantry, rr
enforced by artillery nnd machine
guns, attacked our positions In the
environs of Katln. Tho engagement
lasted for thirteen hours nnd resulted
In our favor. As a result of violent
attacks we made on both the enemy's
flanks ho sustained enormous losses
and retreated In tho direction of
ltoinanl.
East African Campaign.
Lonoon, Aug. 13. An ofllclal state
ment Issued by the War Ofllce to-day on
the fighting In German Kast Africa says:
The forces under Gen. Mmuts began
a simultaneous forward movement on
August 5. A strong mounted force
under Brig.-Gen. Knslln undertook n
wide enveloping movement north und
northwest of the Ngura Mountains.
After traversing the Ccntlr Mountains
Ocn. Knslln'a troops emerged on
August 8 at .Mhouda Mission, between
the mountains und the Kanga Hills
overlooking tho MJuiisa Valley, com
pleting an arduous march of fifty miles
whero wheel transport wus Impossible.
At tho same tim strong Infantry
forces moved Into tha MJonga Valley
from the north, und to the eastward of
the Kanga Hills. On August 1) stub
born actions developed ut Mhondu und
Matamonda In the valley, lasting until
August 11, when tho enemy's reslst
n nee wus broken ut Matuinotida und
pursuit started down the valley.
Further west Lleut.-Col. Vundeven
ter, nfter occupying Kltlnatlnde, Do
doma und Klknmbo, on tho t'elitnil
Hallway, pushed eastwanl through
Kwanyangalo on the main road to
Mpwapwa, und ut nightfall on August
position In u road dclllu at Tschungo,
position In it road ilefllie at rischuugo,
ten tulles west nf Mpwapwa. Tho
enemy was defeated nnd pursued by
us. In all these engagements thu
enemy's losses were relatively severe.
In the south our columns, utter in
flicting severe losses on the enemy ut
Mnlungull, ui now upproachlng Iilug.i.
On Lake Tanganyika wo occupied
Klrnudo Island, ulso Kate. On tli"
road from Blstnarckburg, parallel to
the eastern sholu of tho lake, tho
Belgians occupied Karema, fifty miles
north of Klrando. South of Lake Vic
toria Nyanza the British und Belgian
columns uru closely pressing the
enemy on the roads to Tubora.
BERLIN DENIES FINING BUTTON
Farther Asserts Tlint lletlrrd Mu
rine O nicer Is .Nat In llrlulum.
Tilt: llAurr. via London. Am- 1.1
Th. Itpt-lltl 1'1t.r.,Ji y. lluttrt ,lunl..u
story from French source, which np -
renred In tho middle nf Julv thai Maior
Dutton. an American, wus fined In ttrou.
cls for Insulting 11 German ofilcer. Tho
Votsisrie Zrltiinn savs there In no sml.
American In Belgium.
On July IS It was stated ut the London
office of the American Commission for
Belief In Belgium that Mujor Hubert M.
Dutton. u retired odlcer of the t-'nlled
.States Marine Corps, who wus attached
to the commission, had been fined In ,
Brussels after Ills automobile hud fright- !
encd 11 German olllctr's horse. Accord
ing t" a press despatch Major Dutton
wus lined .'00 nmrks for "illTepectful
conduct toward 11 German utllcer.
TWO KILLED IN AUTO SMASH.
l'nur Others Are Injured In n Col
lision .Nrsir I tlen.
Utica. Aug 13, Two young rtlcans
urn dead, four uio In ho-pltals severely
Injured und several others were less
seriously hurt near tho Yahnumlas.s
Golf Club on thu nutsliilM of this t ity
early lo-day when two niitomob.le's
traveling nt IiIkIi speed crashed head
on. Tin) dead ale .1 -lin Buck, Jr., and
.1. Albeit Otrdeu. Wan en II. Sexton,
Kdvv.rrd DouuhiK. Call I'evans and
Hubert Weaver suffered Injuries, but all
will probably lecover,
Two oung women In one of the c.irs
were catapulted Into the roadway, but
sintered llttlo beyond shod.. Both uu
tomoblles were wrecked,
WAR ON "ENEMY" WIVES.
Deputy tVsnlt llnllnn () liter rs llnv-!
Init Thrill Depnseil.
Special Cat It 'r)icA in Tiir r '
Homk, Aug. 13. Deputy Col.iJ.ln 1
has presented an Intel roif.itloii In tne
Ministers of War and of .Marine, the
t bject of which Is to force thu Govern-
ment to depose from all responsible com
mands army and navy nttlcers who havo
married Austrian or GerTun wives.
The Deputy did nut state what par
ticular officers he has In mind.
THREE SHIPS REP0RTEB SUNK.
One n Itnsslnn Sleniimlilp nml Tito
llnllnn filling Veurli,
Lonpon, Aug, is. Howl's reports
the Russian steamship Kovda, 1.223
tons gross, und two small Italian sailing
vessels, tho Lorenzo Doiiato und tho S-un
Antonio, havo been sunk.
Fire Hnitlnn Kills .New Jersey Mnn
John Mlchaljio, tS years old, a laborer
whoso lioimi was ut IN 'ampli..ll ave
nue, l'assalc, N. J was killed Inst night
by a fire engine at Oakland and .Java
streets, in tho Greenpolnt section nf
Brooklyn. The truck vva.s on Its vtay
to ,i tiro nt 113 Java street.
FURIOUS FIGHTING
ON AT MAUREPAS
Germans Mnko Heroic anfl
Costly Counter Attacks, lmt
Fail to Hold.
FKEXCH TAKE THIM) MNE
Hand to Hand Sfnipprle Occurs
as Teutons Yield (.iron ml
Only Inch by Inch.
Paris, Aug. 13. Terrlrio flulitln? in
the village of Maurepas nnd southern
of It raged throughout last niRlit aii
to-day. Late to-night the War Ofllfe
unnounced that furious German counr
attacks had resulted only In Ihiw !o-j.
for the Teutons, and that the I'ren.h
had made further progress In the vi. Iti.
ity of the village.
The principal German counter attar
was directed at tho cemetery and (Lur
at Maurepas. It was ttopped by ma.
chine gun (lie.
North of the liomine the treri ti
which were taken yesterday were r.,n.
solldatcd thoroughly. In the offtnmit
carried out successfully yesterday tier..
Ing the French troops ilahed through
three and In come cases four lines if
German trenches,
Bombardment Was Terrific.
"Tho capture of the third line ..f th,
OctniHii defence from Ilardi otirt t,
tho Somme was preceded by a bombuM
ment so Iritensa that for it radius n
twelve miles the ground seemed to b
fchuken by tin uninterrupted eartllu.lk''
says La lAltrtc't correspondent In ths
north of France.
"In the trenches the Infantry wabhei
for formidable artillery preparation"
tho correspondent udds, "wultitig Im
patiently for the moment to rush to the
assault. Finally, us If obeying an order
which had been heard simultaneous on
the entire front, the batteries suddenly
ceased fire. The silence which suicviW
tho great uproar lasted only a fe m!n.
utes. Several blows on the whl-tleeM
given and the order was pas.-cd algr.t.
Tho clanking of bayonets bcin ad
justed could be heard. A few feeuMj
more nnd there was a tumult cf eon
fused forces and a shout of 'I'm avant:'
(Forward !)
"Human forms eurced from the Warlt
holes, running madly forward. The no!
of the warning sirens of the adversary
and the crackling of their m.uhlne sum
told that tile buttle had bigim T,
positions which the French captured,
which w ere exceedingly strong and a m?
the entire front of tin- defensive s)r(-i
of tho Hermans, comprised two or thre
lines of tienche", uccordiug to ih,r
locality, and even four lint at s,.rr
points.
Armored Forts Kneounterril.
"Numerous works and ami' red f"r:
nnd fortified redoubts completed , 5
powerful organization, nnd 11 fell Irto
French hands, from one 1 ml t. tu
other In exactly one hour and ter.ty
minutes. The French losses were nr
less than had been expected. At M.iur.
' ,UM. Vlcy dl'1 "ot havc 30n ''I ',!
' a.,lu 11 Wl13 hls point of th 41 teJu,
the southern riart of which had l'es
occupied the day before, tbrt the n:
bat was hottest. The Germans hutirr
defuidlng the ground inch by Inch, tryt'i
to cope with the Fir null and hurried,;
bringing up rcenforcements.
"Their resistance was vain T
French, after furious hand to hard ftcht
Inc. pushed forward and eutere i t
village, which had been cnmplttrU- d.
stroyt d tiy tho French shells. The Frr h
ure continuing their progress, unj
possession of the entire vlllacc sien-.i
probable."
In the Verdun region the Kren h r.
juilsed a German attack south Ai-.
couit Wood and they made s tne r
ress unalnst the Germans near the v.
lage of Fieury. The artb.ei lur
thundered with ut rest on both s.jef
Arrested In Monkey limine.
Knileo Vattesta of I4"i Arthur
rn . Th" Bronx, was arrested l.i-t eve
ning In the monkey house in Brorx I r .
attuned of molesting several "in" Hi
was held in JlOu ball for exuimnaiim to
day. A bargain tide caught
'em!
Rods, reels, lines and
hooks good but discon
tinued patterns.
Together with a quan
tity of odds and ends of
Sporting Goods. Such
things as camping shirts,
ponchos, hunting coats
and canteens.
Marked down anywhere
from 25rt to 50 for quick
clearance.
Madagascar, Yeddo and .9
linen helmets for goit and
fishing.
Several hundred most
ly $3.00 formerly.
$1.00
While you're in, 'twill
pay to get a line on the
reduction in men's Sum
mer business suits: espe
cially those now at S:o
and $25.
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