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WOMAN RECLUSE
,M IS SHOT AFTER
^ HOME IS BURNED
Wealthy Spinster Found on
1 Couch in Road With Bullet
in Chest.
PHYSICIAN SUMMONED AT
MIDNIGHT TO ATTEND HER
Only Acquaintance Said to
Have Been Man Who Claimed
He Married Her.
Special to the Evening Star.
SUMMIT. Sept. 10.—Long Hill, a su
burb of this city, has long had a mys
tery in the person of Miss Theresa
Nicholson, a wealthy recluse, who,
with her mother, who died a year ago,
lived for twenty years in a" big house
on an extensive estate there, owned
by John J. Nicholson, her brother,
vice-president of the Murphy Varnish
' Company, of Newark. Last night
further mystery was added.
The house was burned to the ground
front some reason that no one seems
to know, and live hours later, be
i tween midnight and 1 o'clock this
morning, soneone telephoned to Dr.
5A. B. Coultas, of Madison, that sho
I was lying on a couch in the roadway |
opposite her house. Me found her
there unconscious and took her to All
^Souls’ Memorial Hospital at Morris
town. On tlie way a bullet fell out of
her corsage, and Dr. Coultas. Investi
gating found that she had been shot
in the breast. She was still uncon
scious today, although she recovered
long enough to murmur her name,
tiroup Around Couch.
I Standing around the couch in the
\ j^iadway when Dr. Coultas arrived,
' were two men and a woman. They
would tell nothing about themselves
at firs;, but finally declared that
they were nephews and a niece and
had come from Tuckahoe, N. Y., to
visit her. They knew nothing of the
fur, they said, until they arrived at
19 o’clock and found their house
burned and their aunt’ lying on the
couch in the roadway. The men said
their name was MacDonald. They re
mained there until the doctor left.
He does not know where they went
after that.
Who did the shooting no one knows.
I The prosecutor’s office went to work
cp. the case today. So little is known
of Miss Nicholson’s life, however,
that clues are scant. She has been
living by herself except for her
mother and a few servants..slrr-e she
first appeared In these parts twenty
years ago. Where she came from no
one knows.
People here have seen her drive into
town behind a fine horse, do some
shopping and go back to Long Hill.
That horse was burned to death in
the fire yesterday. It has been said
that a child sometimes accompanied
her on these visits to Summit. What j
' has becomp of the child, however, no
one knows. Even the servants at her
home—or where the home was—have
disappeared.
Another Element of Mystery.
A stalwart youthj, who used to rk
for Miss Nicholson, forms another
link in the mystery. He had several
acquaintances in this city to whom he
confided that he had spent his child
hood In a down-town mission in New
York and that Miss Nicholson had
brought hint over to her farm to work
for her. He also let It be known that
* lie and Miss Nicholson had fallen In
love and had been married, but that
she did not wish it known and there
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8AFT0FL0AI
Ntn YORK DEBTS
OF 580,000,000
Morgan-Schiff-Strong Syndi
cate So Informs Federal
Reserve Board.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—Assur
ances were given to the Federal Re
1 nerve Boardt oday by J. F. Morgan,
Jacob Schiff and Benjamin Strong,
New York bankers, that a, syndicate of
New York banks will care for $80,000,
OOO in obligations of the city of New
l York held by European creditors
J'' without requiring assistance from
* banks In other parts of the United
mates.
This means that only about $70,000.
000 need come front outside of New
York to meet other European obliga
^ lions. According to the New York
bankers, a syndicate has boon formed
to underwrite the $80,000,000, but Its
terms have not been accepted by the
city.
The. boarrj has not definitely de
cided lo adopt tlie bankers' plan for
meeting European obligations, but is
still considering its details. In prin
ciple li "’ill be accepted, tt was said
today, but the board may decline to
carry out some details suggested in it.
Distinguished Names Appear
on War’s Casuality Lists
H.> the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. 10.—Many distin
guished names appear on the role of
Casualties issued at midnight. Among
I (|,r officers of the Irish Guards re
I ported wounded or missing are Vis
/ count Oastlerosse. Lord Alastair.
J Robert Edward Inneskerr, brother of
f (lie Duke Of Roxburgh?, and the Hon
V Herbert. Captain Lord Desmond
i'iugeraid. reported wounded, is the
iV |r presumptive of the Duke of Lien
Sl| Veutenant C. N. Champions .le
' % CresDlgny. of the Queen’s Bays, killed
hi action, is a member of a family
descended from the Crusaders. Hon
W D Slater-Booth, . of the Royal
Horse Artillery, Among the wounded,
is a toother of Lord Basing
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FISH SUPPLY IS
AGAIN SOLD OUT
IN SHORT TIME
Three-Ton Supply Disappears
from Municipal Stands in
Three Hours.
NEW CARGO OF FISH
READY FOR TOMORROW
City Sealer Arranges tc" Have
Several Tons More—Per
manent Market Planned.
Newark's municipal fish market to
day again proved that It. is a suc
cess. As a result City Sealer John
H. Sullivan, who has been In charge,
made the announcement that he
would recommend to Mayor Hauss
Iing that the municipal tlsh market
be made a permanent Institution. j
Less than three hours after the j
.Ish was placed on sale today at the
fish depots In the city every pound
of it had been sold at six cents a
pound. *
Another boatload of 5,000 pounds
will reach Newark this afternoon
and will be put on sale tonight ami
tomorrow at 50 Ferry street, .320 Bank
street and 40 Belleville avenue, the,
three local depots.
The fish boat from Raritan bay
reached Newark yesterday, hurriedly
unloaded, and immediately went bac k i
for another load. The boat is due i
back late this afternoon.
Policemen on Ouard.
The crowds at all three places were <
so gTeat this morning that It became j
necessary to have policemen care for j
the women and children, in order lo |
prevent them from getting hurt. This ;
was especially so at the Bank street
store. Fully 100 people were turned
away without fish at this place. The
last pound was sold at Ferry street
at 9:45 o'clock, and the Bank street
and Belleville avenue stores had to
lock their doors at 10 o’clock.
For hours later Mi-. Sullivan was
kept busy telling the people that he
had sent for another supply of Ash
and that all patrons would be taken
care of tomorrow. However, many
women pleaded for an opportunity to
make a purchase today, and Mr.
Sullivan decided that if the boat re
turns in time he will open the Ferry
street store early tonight. There is
a. possibility that the boat may bo
delayed, as it lias to back-beat a head
wind and tide the entire length of the
thirty-mile sail from Belford.
It was plain to be seen today that
each of the three municipal stores
could have handled the total shipment
of 6,083 pounds, had It been available.
This' means that at least nine tons of
rtsh could have been sold. The de
mand for tile tlsh has been surprising.
In the crowds could be seen men.
women and children, of nearly all
Cleeses.
Many came from Jersey City and
Elizabeth, but few of them made pur
chases, as they arrived too late for
the sale. There was disappointed
looks on their faces and one said
that was a shame that their own of
ficials didn’t do as Mayor Ilaussling
is doing in Newark. Two women
from Elizabeth who were fortunate
enough to arrive early bought ten
pounds each, and remarked that their
families would live on fish for a few
days at least, and that it would be
welcome, as beef is extremely high in
their home town and it is now a lux
ury on their table Instead of a neces
sity.
The Newark shipment consisted of
weakfish, porgles, butter tlsh. fluke
and a few small bluefish, but tlie peo
ple didn’t stop to ask the names, till
they cared about was to get the fish.
The salesmen would place the num
ber of fish asked for on the scale and
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ARE UNABLE TO |
Misses Wolfs, School Teachers,
Still Isolated at Liege
With Relatives.
Jean Wolfs, of 916 South Sixteenth j
street, lias enlisted the aid of Con
gressman Walter I. McCoy in an ef
fort to get into communication with
his two daughters, Misses Marie and
Helen Wolfs, both of whom are be
lieved to be marooned in I,iege, Bel
gium.
Miss Marie Wolfs is assistant to
Principal Thomas F. Kennedy, of the
South Side High School. Her sister
is a teacher in the same institution.
Mr. and Mrs. Wolfs last heard from
their daughters in a letter postmarked
“Liege, Belgium. August 3.” At. that
time the young women wrot' thui
they were in no danger because of
their being in a neutral country. Since
then, however, the German army has
taken possession »f the town. Tt is
known that the Newark girls wanted
to lie home in time for the school
term and it is felt they cannot leave
Liege under present conditions.
The Misses Wolfs are visiting their
uncle, Joseph Mignon, chief of police
of Liege. Kvery effort to get into
communication with him also han
failed. The Wolfs recently received a
letter from a cousin In Antwerp. It
was dated August 13. It gave no
dertnite Information concerning the
Misses Wolfs, however.
Both of the Newark girls have
registered at the American embassy
in Belgium.
While Mr. and Mrs. Wolfs ur>
somewhat worried about their
daughters, they feel sure that they
are safe and eventually will be able
to leave the country for America.
It was said at the Wolfs residence
today that the Misses Wolfs had
hooked passage on the steamship
Bremen, but that they must hi. ■
been obliged to surrender their
tickets.
Belgium Estimates Damage
by War of $200,000,000
ANTWERP, Sept. 10.—The govern
ment estimates t-haL the actual mone
tary- damage resulting from the war
totals 1200,000,000.
BATTLE IS STILL RAGING EAST OF PARIS;
RUSSIAN CENTRE MOVING TOWARD BERLIN;
AUSTRIANS REPORTED TO HAVE LOST 120,000
A MESSAGE FROM ESSEX
/ To REPORT \
/ general that \
f WE HAVE THE \
'ENEMY COMPLETELY
\SURfeOUNDEC> and /
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BUGBEE PLANS
STATEWIDE TRIP
TO UNIFY PARTY
Republican State Chairman In
tends Visiting All Parts of
New Jersey.
HlMM'ial to the Evening Mar.
TRENTON. Sept, lo.—In order to
unify the campaign of the Republi
can party in this State, Republican
State Chairman Newton A. K. Rug*
be * will visit every Republican conn*
ty committee before the general" elec
tion.
Mr. Bugbee wants to create a mors
Intimate relation between the State
and county organizations. fie will
announce his itinerary shortly. Dis
cussing the conference of the Repub
lican county commit ter men here yes
terday, Mr. Bugbee said the Repub
licans expected to carry seven of the
twelve congressional districts.
The congressional districts which
the Republicans consider in the
doubtful column arc the Third, Sixth,
Eleventh and Twelfth.
North Sea Mine Blows l)p
When Ship Pries to Tow
Lifeboat Left as Decoy
|f\ Hu* .iNNOrlatrd I'rrss.
LONDON, Sept. 10.—The, matter of
the Grimsby steam trawler Agatha
reports that while fishing In the
North Sea he sighted a ship's boat
afloat, and supposing that some dis
aster had occurred went towards it,
put out a boat and found the. dere
lict to be a life-boat supplied with
sails, mast and oars. The Agatha
tried to tow the prize home, but im
mediately an explosion occurred,
luckily too far distant to harm the.
trawler.
A careful examination revealed that
a mine had been attached to the life
boat by ropes and wires in such a
manner as to explode and blow op
any ship which steamed alongside
the lifeboat to pick it up.
More Historical Spots
Marked by Unveiling:
of Tablets in Baltimore
By the Am»orlaD‘tl Vrrn*.
BALTIMORE, Kept. 1.0. —Among the
memorials unveiled today in connec
tion with the “Star-Spangled Banner”
centennial celebration were tablets on
Lexington street, west of Charles
street; to mark Crooked lane, the last
remaining link in the old national
highway between North and South in
Revolutionary times
An elaborate breakfast was given
today by the Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution in honor of their
president-general, Mrs. William dim
ming Story. Among the guests were
Mrs. Clarence L. Bleak ley. president
general of the Daughters of the Revo
lution, and Mrs. William Gerry Slade,
president-generai of the t'niied States
Daughters of the War of 181".
(ierman Consul al Abo, Finland,
Said to Have Been Shot as Spy
By the Atotueiated
COPENHAGEN (via London). Sept.
10.—William Gaedeke, the German
consul at Abo, Finland, is reported
to have been shot as a spy by the
Russian authorities.
BRITISH HARD PRESSED,
OFFICIAL DISPATCH OF
GEN. FRENCH SHOWS
Field Marshal Describes Series of Enforced Retreats and Four
Days’ Battle Around Mons—Praises English Commander
Who Saved Corps^rom Annihilation.
By tin* Amiocfatrri I’roNN.
LONDON, Sept. 10.—The text of the
report of Field Marshal Sir John
French, in command of the British
forces In France, covering the British
operation# since they landed In
France, was made public today.
The report Is addressed to Far I
Kitchener, the secretary for war, and
its publication indicates that the gov
ernment is responding to the public
demand for fuller information on the
progress of operations, so far as the
British forces are concerned in
France.
The report is published in the Lon
don Gazette, the official organ. It
follows:
"The transportation of the troops
from England by rail and sea was ef
fected in the best order and without
a check. Concentration was prac
tically completed on the evening of
Friday, August 21, and I was able
to make disposition to move, the force I
during Saturday to positions I con
sidered most favorable from which
to commence the operations which
General Joffre rogues ed me to under
take. The line extended along the j
line of the canal from Condo on the j
west, through Mens and Jiinehe on I
the cast.
'During August 22 and 23 the ad
vance squadrons did some excellent
work, some of them penetrating as
far as Soignles (a town of Belgium,
ten miles northwest of Mans), and
several encounters took place In
which our troops showed to great
advantage.
Atluok on Mono Itegiu*.
"On Sunday, the 23d, reports began
to come In to the effect that tho
enemy was commencing an attack on
the Mens line apparently In some
strength, but that the right of the
position from Mons was being par
ticularly threatened.
"The right of the third division un
der General Hamilton was at Mons,
which formed a somewhat danger
ous salient, and X directed the com
mander of the second corps, if
threatened serloimly. to draw back
the center behind Mons. Tills was
done before dark.
“In the meantime, about 6 in the
afternoon, I received a most unex
pected message from General .loffre
by telegraph, telling me that at least
three German corps were moving on
my position in front and that a sec
ond corps was engaged in a turning
movement from the direction of
Tournal. He also Informed me that
the two reserve French divisions and
tho Fiftli French army corps on my
right were retiring, the Germans
having on the previous day gained
possession of the passage' of the
Sambre between Carleroi anil Na
mur.
"In view of the possibility of my
being driven from the Muns position
I had previously ordered a position in
the rear to be reeonnoitered. This
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j TODAY S WAR MOVES
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i AUSTRIA—It Is officially admitted that Austrian losses to date
I t each the enormous total of 120,000, or one-fourth of the total effective
I
strength of the active army operating against Russia. The internal sit
| oat ion Is admittedly very grave, as the government has heen unable to
I ttoat a war loan.
(1KKMAXV—it is stated that the troops released hy the capture of
: Maulienge have been sent to reinforce General von Kink's hard-pressed
j right wing, which is now fighting the combined French and British
i forces northeast of Paris.
FRANCK—Official reports from the front state that the French
offensive movement continues and that the rentro is holding"well. The
French are reoccupying upper Alsace hy way of Belfort,. Official* at
Bordeaux say they hope to be able to move the capital hock to Paris in
the near future.
KNGLAND—General Smltli-Dorrien Is being acclaimed ms one of
the greatest heroes of the war because of General French’s admission
that It was his division which held off two und one-half German army
corps for two days and prevented the annihilation of the allied left wing.
Premier Asquith lias asked that the regular army be increased hy the
House or Commons by 500,000 additional men.
RUSSIA—Further successes over the Austrians in northern Galicia
‘ are reported, an entire Austrian division being declared captured in the
I -ighting near Kawa. The Russian centre is reported invading Hi
lesla and to be moving toward Breslau preparatory to beginning the
j advance on Berlin.
MONTKNEGRO—The Montenegrin army under General Wuco
Isateh lias captured Fortaeh, an important city in Bosnia, anil is now mov.
i ing to combine with the Servian army, also invading Austria.
BKIiGIUM—The government estimates that the total monetary
| losses to Belgium hy the war have already reached $-100,000,000.
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NATION REQUIRES
SOUND RAILROADS,:
Prosperity Depends Upon Them,
He Says, but Will Not In
fluence I. C. C.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—Presi
dent Wilson acceded to the request
of the railway executives who asked
him to "call the attention of the
country to the pressing necessity for
support of railway credits ny the co
operative and sympathetic support pf
the public and all governmental au
thorities."
Today he sent a letter to Chairman
Frank Trumbull, of the Chesapeake1
and Ohio board, pointing out that a |
great measure of the nation's pros- l
perlty is dependent upon the condi
tion of the railroads. The President, 1
however, Is understood to take the
position that It would be improper:
for him to seek to Influence the In- ;
terstato Commerce Commission on
questions of rate Increases.
The President believes the roads
are basically sound. The letter will
he made public at the White House
later.
British Wounded Many,
hut Injuries Are Slight
and Recoveries Rapid
M.l till* AniMM'iul «*<l t*rrNN.
LONDON, Sept. 10, —The Bordeaux
correspondent of the Exchange Tele- ;
graph Company states that accord- |
ing to a statement made today by a
member of the health department in
ithe ministry of war, the present Bu-I
ropean war was not resulting in a
> very heavy loss of life
“Of every hundred men placed hors |
do combat only two are killed.” this
official said. "Our wounded are nu
| mel ons but their injuries art- gener
juliy slight, the most men being hurt
l in the arms or legs and the wounds
| heal rapidly. Many of those wound
[ ed have already returned to tits
front. However, our low mortality
rate niuy he attributed In part to the
poor aim of the Oermno
I Germany Is Treating
Belgium as Integral
Part of the Empire
By the Annorlat«*il Pr*M.
LONDON, Sept. Id. Dispatches
from Berlin say that the incorpora
tion of Bejgium as a part of the
German empire already is being
treated as an accomplished fact by
a large part of the Berlin populace.
OlHials state that It will at least be
included In the Zollvereln - the Ger
man Customs Union, to which it Is
also suggested Austria may be added, j
Emperor Joseph’s Health Good,'
Considering Age, Rome Hears j
II.V the AsKtirlatrd Press.
HOME, Kept. 10, via Haris. Official
reports received hero say l hat the
health of Emperor Francis .Joseph is
good considering his advanced age
and worry over the work necessitated
by the war.
Every day he grants several audi
ences, receives detailed reports of the
situation and gives general directions
I which he desires followed.
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Germans Are Believed Reinforcing
Centre for Tremendous Effort
to Regain Lost Ground.
REPORT STATES GERMAN FLEET
HAS SAILED TO MEET RUSSIANS
Petrograd Reports Austrians Evacuating
Cracow in Galicia, Where They Had
Planned to Make Stand.
Meagre dispatches today indirate that the great battle Is-ing fought
east of Paris and along a line of a hundred miles or more is still raging
without decisive result. The silence of Bordeaux and Berlin emphasizes
(lie derisive character of the struggle.
The only announcement of the war oilier in I.ojidon referred to the
successes of the allies in yesterday's lighting. That the allies are doing
little more than holding their own in today's lighting is the opinion of
ICnglisli observers, linsed solely on reports from British and French
sources.
There are indications that the Germans are reinforcing their centre,
which is bearing the brunt of the British-French onslaught, and are
making a tremendous effort to regain the ground lost to the ullies, es
timated by tlie latter to he twenty-live miles. There are evidences also
Hint the allies are strengthening their left wing.
A dispatch received in London tills afternoon states that the Aus
trians have been evacuating Cracow. Cracow link been described as the
point in Galicia at which the Austrians, aided by German reinforcements,
intended to make a determined stand ugainst the Russians. This repot*
followed an earlier one, which declared that the advance guard of the
Bussians Imd begun to nmrrh toward Berlin.
That the Austrians in attempting to resume the offensive against
the Russians had met further great losses was the information coming
from Petrograd today.
^ One re|M»rt In Koine says that in Vienna It 4s officialty admitted that
the Archduke Frederick lost 120,000 men In the recent Galician battles.
The reports from Koine, however, have been untrustworthy.
London hears today that a German fleet is steaming to attack a
Russian fleet or ports in the Baltic, No continuation lias been ob
tainable.
Premier Asquith today appealed to the British parliament foe
500,000 more men for the army.
By the Associated Press:
LONBON, Sept. 10.—That the allies are doing u little more tliun
bolding their own is the deduction of Knglish observers made today
from file meagre available news of the momentous struggle which al
ready lias progressed for four days in the region of the River Marne.
This conclusion is based solely on reports exclusively from British
and French sources, the German general staff not huving revealed an
inkling of their views of the battle since the advance of their forces met
its first check.
Tin* official press bureau today gives out the following:
“The butile continued yesterday. The enemy lias been driven Imrk
all along the line. Sir John French reports that our First corps has
buried 200 German dead and taken twelve Maxim guns. Home pris
oners also were taken.
“Our Second army corps lias captured 050 prisoners und a battery.
The Germans suffered heavily. Their men are stated to be very ex
hausted.
"British troops have crossed the River Marne in a northerly di
rection.”
By the Associated Press:
LONDON, Kept. 10.—A dispatch to tile Reuter Telegram Company
from Petrograd ways that the Austrians have been evacuating Cracow.
Cracow lias been described as the main rallying point of German
and Austrian forces In Galirlu. It Is the old capital of (he kingdom of
Poland ami is situated in a broad plain on tile left hank of the Vistula,
thirty infles from the centre of Silesia. It is a city of about 100,000
people anil Is about 100 miles west of Lemberg. Between Cracow and
Lemberg is the very strong Austrian position of Przoniysl, still in pos
session of the Austrians.
By the United Press:
PARIS, Sept. 10.—The war office at Bordeaux failed to Issue any
statement concerning (lie battle now in progress at 3:80 this afternoon,
the first time since the lighting began that an official statement review
ing the operations had not been made. It was stated at General Gal
lieni's headquarters that the situation remains unchanged front (lie niil
Itary standpoint, and tlial the general battle continues.
By (he Associated Press:
IWRIK, Kept. to.—Tiie left entl of the curved German battle line
which on September 7 extended In the segment of a wide circle from
Meaiix to Vitry-le-Francois, about 100 miles to the east of Paris, was
hit by the Fiiglisli trip-hammer yesterday and forced to double back for
u distance of approximately twenty-live miles. The outcome of the light
ing has aroused great satisfaction In Paris. It is argued here that it
probably has resulted in an equal degree of anxiety for the German gen
eral stalf concerning its line of roniniunications.
In spite of tiie continued soberness of the French official communi
cations on the progress of these engagements, it Is evident that the ac
tions of yesterday and tiie day before constituted one of the hottest bat
tles of tiie war.
Yesterday evening a large number of automobiles, loaded with
stretchers, speeded out of Paris toward tiie east. This faet might sug
gest also that yesterday’s action was one of the most costly advantages
so fur gained by tiie allies.
Tiie Germans seem to have realized that they have been let! into a
dangerous position, for they have brought up reinforcements for their
left. In spite, however, of these attacks, the Kuglish troops not only
held the ground already gained, hut forged ahead. While the official
icports fulled to indicate the direction In which the Germans have re
tired, It Is believed here that they have withdrawn to the northeast in
the direction of Kpernaj, a town about seventy miles from Purls.
The Itrit isli troops, haring crossed the River Marne, are now iu it
position to follow up their success. They are menacing the German • |
constantly with a turning movement. This is particularly true, inasmuch
us they have the support of the French forces left on the bonks of tin)
f