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ESTABLISHED 1832.__ NEWARK, N. J., SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1915.—18 PAGES.WEATHER • l RAI NI OH TF A N»H PROHAbTy SIMMV. '
FLEETS IN
BIG BATTLE
OFF RIGA
Believe Greatest Naval;
Fight of War in
Progress.
GULF IS PENETRATED
BY GERMAN WARSHIPS <
—
Copenhagen Reports Russians;
Defeated and Port of Riga
Bombarded.
CZAR’S FORCES DRIVEN
OVER THE BIALA RIVER i
Berlin Officially Announces
Russian Town of Bialsk Cap
tured by Teutons.
By the Cnttrd Premt,
LONDON, Aug, 21.—The greatest
naval battle of the European war
may have been fought In the gulf of
Riga yesterday. Every effort was
being made here today to obtain more
details of the action reported by the
Russian war office in an official state
ment declaring:
"Strong forces of the German fleet
have penetrated the gulf of Riga and
fighting with our ships continues."
A German fleet of ten dreadnoughts
and battle cruisers, with a number of
armored cruisers and destroyers, ap
peared off the entrance to the gulf
on a reconnoitering expedition a few
days ago. Immediately afterward re
ports came from Copenhagen that
several units of the Russian fleet
were bottled up inside the gulf, and
that the Germans planned to pene
trate the gulf and destroy them.
Though the narrow entrance was
thickly strewn with mines, the offi
cial statement from Petrograd indi
cates that the Germans succeeded in
forcing their way through.
The whereabouts of the dreadnoughts
of the Russian fleet, the Slava, Im
perator Pavel and Tsessarevitch,
mounting 12-inch guns, is unknown.
The Germans, according to Copen
hagen reports, have orders to destroy
the Russian fleet in the Baltic, thus
making it possible to land troops
either at Riga or on the shores of
Finland.
By the Aeaoelated Press.
BERLIN, Aug, 21.. via London,
11:5fl a. m.—A special dispatch to the
Lokal Anzeiger under date of August
2n, gives the following details of the
capture by the Germans of the Rus
sian fortress of Novogeorgtevsk:
"The chief attack was carried out
from the northeast. After a bom
bardment of ninety minutes word was
received that the important fort, No.
3, was still Intact and therefore the
time had not come for the advance.
The bombardment was continued
until 1 o’clock, when a reconnoiter
ing party was attacked.
“At 3 o’clock Saxon reserves began
to storm the Russian positions. The
Russians ceased shooting and sur
rendered when the Saxons entered.
German Shoots Tell Victory.
"Simultaneously fort No. 2 was at
tacked from the north. Artillery
firing was ce- tinned until 2:45
' o’clock, at wnlch time German i
cheers could bo heard.
"Abandoned cannon were every
where, and near Aiexandrinskay.i |
cemetery were numerous batteries.
There were huge supplies of ammuni
tion in the forts.
“At 4 o’clock German shouts of
victory were heard from fort No. 1.
to the southward, and at 5 o'clock,
from the northwestern portion of the
citadel, tremendous fires broke out,
consuming the officers’ quarters, hay
stacks and the supply depot and
causing explosions nf ammunition.
"Thousands gave themselves up as
prisoners.”
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 21. — Ger
(rontlnned on Page '1, Column 4.)
East Orange Man Wants to
Know if Special Election May
Mean “Dry” State.
A. H. Ellis, of 25 Edgar street, East
Orange, has asked leaders of the
woman suffrage movement in this
Stare whether "Votes for Women”
will mean prohibition in N'ew Jersey
in the event of the suffrage amend
menl being carried. He explains the
situation In the following letter:
"To Ihe Editor:
"This Is a copy of an open letter
which Is being forwarded to Mes
dames Mina O. Van Winkle, presi
dent of (he Woman's Political Union,
and E. F. Feickert, president of the
New Jersey Woman Suffrage Asso
ciation. respectively.
“Dear Madam: From time to
time there have appeared articles
from the pens of well-known suf
fragists in New Jersey, in which
it has been attempted to prove,
or at least to make the public be
lieve. that the. anti-suffragists in
New Jersey have the sympathy and
support of the brewing interests of
thi" State. From the tone of these
articles one would Judge that such
support would lie a stigma upon the
anti-suffrage movement. Also it will
he remembered that James A. Brad
lex ot Asbury Park, refused the anti
suffrage ladies the use of the Audi
torium, his refusal being based upon
the fact, as claimed by him, that the
anti-suffragists were financed by the,
brewing interests.
"Now all this being true, does It
mean that the suffragists of New
jersey want the voters of Now Jersey
.to understand that if 'Votes for
Women’ Is successful at the polls on
October 19. that the outcome will be
jirohibition in New Jersey?" __
. /
MANOINI SAYS /
Declares Rival Italian Political
Leaders Are Behind Mrs.
Van Winkle's Attack.
HAS LEFT MR. RAYMOND;
IS NOT PAID BY MR. NUGENT
Produce Letter from City Coun
sel Frazer, Showing No Money
Was Paid Him.
Highly indignant at the attack
made upon him by Mrs. Mina C. Van
Winkle, president of the Woman's
Political Unlpn of New Jersey, to the
effect that he was a hired mercenary
in the service of James R. Nugent, ]
the lacol Democratic leader, Fred
Mnncinl, of 185 Market street, a real
estate man and a campaigner against
woman suffrage, issued a reply In
which he challenges the suffragist to
make good her charges.
Incidentally, Mr. Mancinl charges
that the attack was inspired by Mayor )
Thomas D. Raymond's followers as I
part of a carefully conceived plot to
discredit him with his fellow Italian
American citizens In this city. Be
cause of this he makes public chap
ters of the story of what he declares
to be the secret distribution of city
offices and patronage by Mayor Ray- |
mond. »
The attack which roused Mr. .uan
cint to action was part of a letter
written by Mrs. Van Winkle to the
Evening Star under the date of Au
gust 17, nnd published in this paper
at her request. In the course of the
letter she remarked:
"We have read in the local papers
that the Association Opposed to
Woman Suffrage has engaged the ser
vices of an Italian named Mancinl.
In the Italian quarter it is stated
that Mr. Nugent is paying Mr. Mancinl
$40 a week to work against the suf
frage movement.”
Mr. Mancinl was out of the city at
the time that the attack was made
upon him, hut hastened back in order
to defend himself. He issued the fol
lowing statement at his office today:
"I herewith state that I do not know
Mr. Nugent at all; that 1 never had
occasion to talk to him.
”1 heard of Mr. Nugent while T was
campaigning for Mayor Raymond at
the last election. * defy Mrs. Van
Winkle or anyone else to prove that
I am engaged by Mr. Nugent or that
I ever received a penny from him.
”1 can prove that 95 per cent, of the
Italian vote of the State of New Jer
sey is opposed to woman suffrage.
"However, 1 will have occasion,
perhaps, to meet Mr. Nugent during
the coming election, when I will tight
in the First ward in support of Dr.
A. R. Bianchi for alderman on the
Democratic ticket, in an effort to
prove that there is no man or group
of men who can control the Italian
vote.
"No Mon Can Control Italian*.”
“I am willing to make an affidavit
to the effect that Mr Nugent has not
been connected at all with our anti
suffrage movement. I am fighting
Mavor Raymond and his adminis
tration in the first ward for the pur
pose, as stated, to prove that nobody
can control the Italian vote. That
Is the reason why I am opposed by
the few' piofessional Italians who
claim the Italian vote in the First
ward as their personal property.
"Before 1 go into the story of the
facts underlying this charge which
has been falsely made against me,”
continued Mr. Mancinl, "let me say
once and for all that I am being paid
by the Association Opposed to Wom
an Suffrage. There is no disgrace
in that. Most of the suffrage agi
tators are also paid workers. I have
been campaigning for the ‘Antis'
through Monmouth, Morris, Somerset
and Essex counties and I can assure
Mrs. Van Winkle that the bluff and
noise and automobiles of the suffra
tContlniieri on Page *. Column t.)
SLOAN & CHACE
STRIKERS WILL
RETURNJO WORK
Sentiment in Favor of This
Course in Vote Being
Taken Today.
The strike at the Sloan & Chace
plant, corner of Thirteenth Street and
Sixth avenue, which has been in prog
ress for the past two weeks, was
broken this morning, when the
strikers, in a stormy meeting at
Smith's hall, corner of Fourteenth
street and Sixth avenile, voted to re
turn to work. There were about 350
men to walk out at the start of the
strike.
Carl Larsen, organizer of the
Brotherhood of Metal workers, who
has been in charge of the strike,
stated after the meeting that the
strike was still on, although permis
sion had been given to the strikers to
return to work If they so desired
without being classed as strike
breakers.
The strike was for an eight-hour
day and a ten per cent. Increase in
wages. When the men walked out of
the shop they were unorganized, and
labor leaders state that this was re
sponsible for the failure of the
strikers to secure their demands.
Then, again, many of the skilled ma
chinists who were at work In the
plant secured Job9 in other shops
while the strike was in progress, leav
ing the strike drop flat.
It is generally understood by the
strikers that Peter Weber, president
of the* Sloan & Chace company, is de
termined to refuse work to many of
the men who were instrumental In
having the strike called and who were
active on the picket line.
Several of the strikers applied for
work this morning and some wore
told to return Monday, while others
were notified that they could not come
(Continued on Fnge 3* iiahtmm Ml
RUINS AFTER THE FIRE IN ATLANTIC CITY
—Copyright by Underwood A Underwood.
ATLANTIC CITY
LOSS $250,000
Mayor Riddle Largest Loser in
Fire That Destroys Solid
Block.
Special to the Evening: Star.
ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 21— Dam
age estimated at more than a quar
ter of a million dollars was the re
sult of the Are on the Board walk
here yesterday afternoon.
An entire Boardwalk block. Xorth
Carolina to Pennsylvania avenues,
was razed in the conflagration, which
at one time threatened to spread to
other squares of valuable structures
The sole fact that the easterly wind
was a light, one played up to the llre
raen in a grave situation and mado it
possible for the entire city lire de
partment to Anally check the ad
vance of the Are and localize the
danger. Even had the wind shifted
two large hotels, Haddon Hall, owned
by J. Haines Lippincott and H. VV.
Leeds, and Strand, owned by Frank
B. Off, millionaire Philadelphian, al
ways in grave danger, must have!
been destroyed.
Young men were marshalled as the
gravity o fthe situation dawned on
the department to aid in Mghting the
Aaines. The junior llremen were
utilized in playing the hose on thej
Aaring premises from the verandas.
Everyone available came to the res-|
cue and united effort Anally con
quered, after three hours of tenacious
work.
Another structure threatened was
the famous Steeplechase Pier, owned
by the George C. Tilyou estate, di
rectly opposite the Are. Guards
stopped serious damage here, too,
the damage being narrow'cd only to
the mere scorching of the structure.
Chop Up I’art of Boardwalk.
The boardwalk also began to smoul
der and flame during the long antf
stubborn blaze. Danger here, how
ever, was quickly halted by chopping
out sections about the square.
The block razed contained the
Mayor William Kiddle chain of
stores, eight in number, with costly
exhibits. The fire started In the Porto
Rico shop, where lac.cs became ig
nited. The flames spread first to the
basement of the photograph galleries
of Charles Dietrich, 1107 Boardwalk,
where chemicals and other combusti
ble stock fed the blaze, and soon the
entire square was enveloped.
The resort was thrown into confu
sion over the fire and crowds threat- i
ened panic in surging to the scene.
The police department creditably1
handled this phase. Alertness at;
one time avoiding a real catastrophe)
as several of the huge electric signs
toppled over and were noticed barely j
in time to crush the people biutk.
Joseph Harrock, a fireman, was
knocked from a roof by a fire-hose
nozzle, but not seriously hurt.
The efforts of the Hotel Strand In
playing eight streams of water on the
Are, together with a number from
Haddon Hall, to the south, and the
Seaside, to the north, received com
mendation from all sources. The
hotel people also had men on their)
roofs beating out sparks as fast as
they landed.
Ten Concern* Burned Oul.
The occupants of the block were; !
Harriman & Co., stock brokers;
American Chop Suey Restaurant,
Quaker Inn Restaurant, Van Ault's
toy store, Dietrich photograph gal- ]
lery. Shill rolling chair stand, Roth
schild’s Jewelry shop, Huyler's candy
store. Lee Hung Co., Importers;
Sammy's cigar store.
Mayor Riddle, the owner, placed
his personal loss at $65,000 in the
buildings with but $12,000 insurance.
He places the loss In the stocks of
the stores at between $100,000 and
$125,000 and the equipment of the dif
ferent establishments will send it up
another $25,000.
Mayor Riddle carried insurance on
the $70,000 rents a year which will'
cut down his loss. Louis Keuhnle i
owned a third interest In (he block, I
Tenants had a little loss than fifty |
thousand Are Insurance aggregate on
all.
“Abe" Ruef !
Is Pardoned
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21.—Abra
ham Ruef, once a power In San Fran
cisco politics, serving a fourteen-year
sentence for bribing a San Francisco
supervisor, was paroled today from
San Quentin penitentiary by the State
of prison Directors, ...
HAVE DIFFERENT
.Will Put Up Complete County
Ticket, but May Indorse
Others’ Candidates.
Internal dimensions are not confined
fo the local Republican party by any
means, ns was apparent today when
representative Bull Moosers were ap
proached in regard to their views as
to the party policy in the approach
ing camtwign. Whether a rock-ribbed
Progressive ticket shall be nominated
or a coalition slate indorsed is the
vexing question.
The ultra-radical party men,
headed by Walter A. Simpson, secre-,
lary of the executive committee, are
inclind to the belief that only tried
and true Progressives should be
named, while the more conservative
are equally convinced that they
should indorse candidates already in
the field as the nominees of an exist- j
ing faction or league.
The latter element is not disposed,
to indorse the full ticket of any party
or organization, hut to select such:
candidates on any or all tickets as]
seem best fitted to bring about the,
overthrow of the alleged special privl- |
lege in Essex county politics. The!
head of the coalitionists is Howard S.
Dodd, Progressive State committoe
tnan from Essex county, who re
marked this morning in regard to the
situation:
"By indorsing such candidates on
other tickets as meet the approval of
the rank and file of our party mem-1
hers, we will rid ourselves of the]
stigma of being office seekers and at i
the same time will contribute sub- j
stantially toward the election of men
who will give the people of this coun- I
ty clean, honest and decent govern- j
inent. Although my name has been]
several times of late mentioned as
the Progressive party candidate for
register, 1 want to say that I was (
never consulted and that such use of]
my name was wholly unauthorized, i
I am not and will not he a candidate
for any office on tlie ticket this year, j
"The altitude of the Progressive;
party in this and other counties," con
tinued Mr. Dodd, “is best indicated
hy tlio text of the report of the com
mittee on resolutions at the Asbury
Park conference last. July.”
The report in question is ae fol
lows: ]
ProffTMUive Position.
"The Progressive party of New .ler- i
sey inteude to place a complete ticket i
In the field in every county at tho j
coming fall election. If the advance- j
ment of our principles can best be ac- I
complished by nominating a non-pur- I
tisan ticket, it is our intention to .
nominate such a ticket. The reasons !
impelling (,000,000 citizens to turn
from the leadership of the Ropubli- I
can and Democratic parties in 1912 |
are the reasons why the Progressive j
party should continue to exist today.
"Conditions in the old parties have |
not been bettered—in some cases boss- i
ism is more prevalent and open, and j
the leadership as reactionary ae ever.
Nowhere have conditions become so
changed that there is no longer need
for a party whose chief aim 1h to fight
special privilege, corruption and tins
ism In every form.
“The Progressive party was the
(Continued on Pax* 2, Column S.)
Promised Rain Merely
Delayed; Sure to Come j
-. . — f
The rain which was promised by
I he forecaster for either las\ night or
today merely lms been detained on
the way, it was said at noon today,
and probably will be here tonight or
tomorrow, and perhaps both tonight
and tomorrow. The wind will con
tinue from the south. Yesterday's
highest temperature was 70. At noon
today it was 75. The lowest of the
preceding twenty-four hours was »J3,
registered at 7 o’clock this morning.
The highest temperature of the
week just ending at midnight Friday
was 90 and the lowest 54. The aver
age for the week, 71, was three de
grees lower than the average for the
preceding week and six degrees lower
than the average for the correspond
ing week last year Only a trace of
rain fell during the week. The pre
vailing winds were from the north
and west and the miximum velocity
was thirty miles an hour.
Gas Meter Robbed
A gaa meter in the cellar of tli»
home of John Hoff, at 6 5 South
Seventh atreet was broken into and
robbed of its contents some time
yesterday, r _
, j)
TRADES COUNCIL
BACKS BILLERS
AGAINST COLGATE
Delegates Co on Record as Ap
proving Secretary's C»,t*rse
on Legislative Matters.
Labor men In Newark and Essex
county, as represented in the Essex
Trades Council, are solidly behind
Secretary Henry Hilfers, of the State
Federation of Labor and of the
Trades Council, in the latter's con
troversy with Senator Austen Col
gate over legislative matters at Tren
ton. Delegates to the Essex Trade*
Council last night by a unanimous
vote reiterated their Indorsement of
Secretary Hilfers’s course before the
Legislature, and by the same token
placed their sign of disapproval on
the action of Senator Colgate In writ
! ing a letter to the State body which
i requested that Secretary Hilfers be
eliminated as the labor representative
at Trenton because he was persona
non grata in the Senate and that the
work he did he delegated to Henry
J. Oottlnb, another local labor leader.
The controversy between Senator
Colgate and Secretary Hilfers lias
arisen over Mr. Hiifers's criticism of
Senator Colgate's stand on labor mat
ters at tlie last session of the Slate
Legislature, and particularly with the
Senator’s support nf the state con
stabulary hill, which the federation
opposed and which failed of pnssage
by the Legislature. Mr. Hilfers has
taken occasion to publicly oppose
Senator Colgate's cenriidacy for gov
ernor, and furthermore, he was a
memher nf the legislative committee
of the State Federation, which made
a report to the annual convention of
the State Labor Federation at Jersey
f'tty this week, criticising Senator
Colgate and declaring him to be the
representative of the Manufacturers
Association, which is declared to be
against the unions In legislative mat
ters.
Tt was largely this report to the
State Federation which brought fortli
a letter of reply from Senator Col
gate on Thursday of this week con
taining the attu<;k on Hilfers. Mr.
Colgate gave the letter to the press
and declared that he had also mailed
a copy to the State Federation of
Labor, to which body the communi
cation was addresses. So far, ac
cording to the statement of Secretary
Hilfers, the letter has not been re
ceived by the State body or by any
of Its officials and that he has no
official knowledge of It
The federation will hold ^another
meeting within a month, when the
communication may he received. Un
til then Secretary Hilfers says he will
not make a reply. At last night’s
meeting of the trades council, though.
Secretary Hilfers in a brief way told
of his duties at Trenton, and It was
following this explanation that the
delegates again Indorsed his course,
although they had done so several
tContlnuofl on Pnge Column S.)
Complaint Made That Regula
tions Are Not Being Lived
Up To.
The Board of Health haw gotten
after refuse and fat wagons, of which
there are more than thirty-five In the
city, and intends to compel their
owners to keep them In accordance
with the sanitary code. The crusade
is being carried on by eighteen sani
tary inspectors, under Health Officer
Charles v. Craster end william if.
Young, clerk in the sanitary depart
ment. Complaints have been received
by the department that the wagons
have an offensive odor and are dan
gerous to public health. The rule to
l>e enforced is that either the vehicles
shall be metal-lined or that their
contents shall he carried in gal
vanized metal containers, with lids.
The wagons must he closed.
At present numerous of the wagons
are open, and In some Instances have
no other covering than a dlrtv piece
of cloth, Mr. Young said today. No
tices have been sent to all the owners
tiiai the law must bg uoaydustl
LONDON DENIES ARABIC HAD CONVOY;
E. S. TO INVITE BERLIN TO EXPLAIN;
ONLY TWO AMERICANS WERE LOST
BRITAIN DELAYS
FACTS REGARDING
May Be Necessary to Withhold
Certain Information, De
clares One Official.
By thy flnited Fryes.
LONDON, Aug. 21.—Full details of
the circumstances surrounding the
attack on the White Star liner Arabic
with a loss of life now estimated at
between forty and fifty were prom
ised today as soon as Captain Finch
makes an official report.
"It may he necessary to withhold
certain facts from the public for the
present," said one official, “but this
Is only because it would not serve our
best interests to imparl certain in
formation to the enemy."
None of the news dispatches re
ceived here from Queenstown or Liv
erpool has described the precautions
taken to safeguard the Arabic from
submarine attack. The admiralty
permitted it to become known some
time ago, however, that certain meth
ods had been adopted, but their na
ture, naturally, was not disclosed.
Only Two Americans I.ost,
At/ 10:45 today the White Star of
fices here gave out another revised
list of missing and survivors. Mrs.
Josephine Bruguiere, of New York,
and Dr. Edmund W'oods, of Janes
ville, Wis., were the only Americans
on the list of missing, which included
twelve other passengers, and officials
said they were satisfied the final lifts
will show only two Americans per
ished.
All persons accounted missing by
the Queenstown consulate are posi
tively declared by the White Star
officials here to have been saved. Offi
cials said today that in their hafte
to leave Queenstown for Eondon sev
eral Americans probably foiled to
register with the consul.
Fourteen passengers and forty
members of the Arabic's crew arc
not accounted for in the White Star's
latest revised list issued today. Of
ficials, however, believe that several
passengers may have gone to the
home of friends In or near Queens
town Immediately upon landing with
out notifying the White Star agent
ae Queenstown
Practically all the American sur
vivors made affidavits concerning the
Sinking of the Arabic upon their ar
rival at Queenstown. Other state
ments lvere taken here, and Ambassa
dor Page today cabled a summary to
the state department at Washington.
The exact contents of Ills message
were not given out, but tt was under
stood he reported all the Americans
agreed the ship was torpedoed with
out warning.
AVIATION IE!
i ON ANNIVERSARY
Cost Will Be About $3,600 and
Will Cover Aerial Mail
Carrying.
A letler lias been received by Wil
son .T. V'ance, secretary of the Com
mittee of One Hundred, in which
Henry Woodhouse, of the Aero'Club
of America, indicates it Is possible
Newark will have a l)ig aviation meet
at the anniversary celebration next
year.
The cost will be about $3,800 and a
feature will bo the first mail-carrying
for the United States government be
tween this city and Sheepshead Hay.
For the $3,BOO expended the service
will be provided every Saturday for
three months.
The proposition has not yet been
considered by the Committee of One
Hundred, as the letter was received
only today. The committee, however,
has alwuys been deslrlous of con
ducting an aviation meet in thn
course of the celebration, believing
for one thing that aside from the en
tertainment afforded the residents
and visitors, nothing else would so
serve to center the attention of l he
country upon the city and its cele
bration, In view of the present in
tense interest in aeronautics in the
United States resulting from the
marked success achieved by Ibis now
weapon of wnrfare in the Erunpcan
conflict.
Besides this, thousands on thou
sands of letters would go out all over
tContlnuerl on Page 3, Column I-)
BEATS M’LOUGBLIN
(
NEWPORT, R. I„ Aug. 21 R.
Norris Williams. 2d., of Philadelphia,
defeated Maurice Mcl.ougblln, the
California "comet,” three sets to one
in the final round of the tennis tour
nament here today. Williams con
tinued the sensational piav he bus
shown throughout the tournev and
after the first set McLoughlin was
overpowered. Williams was in great
form, and it is was his second vic
tory of the big tournaments, lie hav
ing annexed the Achelis cup at Hen
bright, N. J., recently. As a result
of his victory today he is nn» ruled
the favorite in the National cham
pionship which will take place at
Forest Hill, L, 1„ next month. Will
iams is the present national tille
fepl<A«5. . _____
Germany Given Opportunity to
Present Facts That Tend to
Mitigate Attack.
EXCHANGE OF DIPLOMATIC NOTES
INDICATED BY ANNOUNCEMENT
Understood That State Department’s Policy
Is to Show Utmost Deliberation Con
sistent with Delicate Question.
Bf th* AMndntfd PrpM.
LONDON, Aug. 21 (12:33 p. m.).—The British government'today au
thorized the statement that the steamship Arabic was not being <convoyed
when she was torpedoed by a German submarine.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—Ft was announced at the state'department
today that Ambassador Gerard probably will be directed to call i/he German
government’s attention to the sinking of the White Star liner Ai’abvt and to
invite an explanation.
This was the first indication from any official source thatt Germany
would have an opportunity to give the reasons for the attack apparently in
disregard of President Wilson’s solemn warning that such an act would b«
regarded as deliberately unfriendly.
Italian Airmen
Victors in Battle
Fought in Clouds
Three of the Austrian Machines
Said to Have Been
Destroyed.
Il,v Ilif* \Mftoriiit*d PrMI.
PAIRS, Aug. 31, 4:51) a. m.—Italian
aeroplanes defeated an Austrian air
squadron off tho Adriatic coast, ac
cording to a dispatch to the Figaro
from Turin- Three of the Auslrian
machines were brought down and
! their crews were either killed or made
prisoners.
The Figaro's correspondent says
that the !t(ihnn f*qua*3ron forced nn
engagement upon the Austrians after
a. long, stern chase The Italian avia
tors returned to their base without
| loss or injury.
150,000 Bulgars
on Turk Frontier
By the Aanoelaled Pr®*».
NAPIJSS. via Paris, Aug. 21. 5:45
a. in—A dispatch to the Mattlno
from Salonlki says that Bulgaria has
concentrated 150,000 troops on tho
Turkish frontier.
lteeent news dispatches from Sofia
have agreed that Bulgaria Is satisfied
with the territorial concessions offered
her by the Entente Powers as the
price of her aid in the war. The con
sent of Serbia and (Irceee to these
terms Is awaited before the nllles can
bring their negotiations with Bulgarin
to a successful conclusion. Tf Bul
garia declares war upon Turkey It is
understood that she will receive gen
eral financial assistance from the En
tente Powers.
[Liner Traversed Virtually the
Same Course as the Ill
Fated Arabic.
N’KVV YORK. Aug. 21. Passengers
and crew of the White Star liner
Cymric asserted upon their arrival
here today that the Cymric had been
convoyed for thirty-six hours after
leaving Liverpool August 11 by re
lays of British warships, live In num
ber. and that site had not been per
mitted to sail unaccompanied until
| the war zone had been left behind.
| Several passengers said the periscope
| of a submarine had been seen, but of
| (leers of the steamer declined to dis
cuss the assertion.
The Cymric took virtually the same
I course as the Arait', which also flew
j the White Star flag, on the latter’s
| last westward trip, which ended
[ Thursday morning with her destruc
| lion by a German submarine off the
southern coast of Ireland. The Cym
| He carried 1X9 passengers, of whom
| tor, were in the steerage.
From the time of casting off till
the war zone was cleared, the, pas
| sengers said, the Cymric sailed In mo
: mentary readiness for a death blow.
1 When tho steamer left her dock the
high flagpole recently erected at the
mouth of tin' Mersey, where all out
going vessels could not fall to see it,
displayed the warning that German
submarines were lurking in nearby
waters.
This warning, the passengers said,
was in the form of a big black ball
hoisted at. the top of the pole, it
had been agreed among ship owners
al Liverpool, it was said, that the
black ball was to be the sign of
danger when the admiralty's warn
ing of nearby submarines came to
port too late to warn outgoing craft
by messenger or telephone.
Before th ' Cymric was out of the
Mersey sailors provisioned the life
boats and swung them outward. The
passengers were assembled and as
signed their respective places in the:
boats, so Hint there might lie no con
fusion in emergency, ,
I lie state department?'* attitude is
that if the German government ha*
any facta, which, in itm opinion, go
to mitigate the circumstances »f the
attack, such as an attempt to escape
or an attempt to rests*, or attack the i
submarine, the Berlin foreign office
should have opportunity to present ;
them.
Today's announcement, moreover,
Indicates that before. President Wil
son takes any aptlan there may be
some exchange of diplomatic con»
rmunications.
It is understood that the state de
partment's policy in lo show the lit
irnost deliberation consistent with the
delicate question and to omit, no op- ■
■portunity of avoiding a severance of
relations with Gormany so long ae
there is a reasonable expectation that
n sufficient excuse can he given for
the sinking of the Arabic.
Secretary Lhnefng said he coi )f[
no more no#- than he had done and
was continuing to await official In
formation necessary to determine th«
government's cosirse.
Although it. has been reported that
t he German embassy had evidence
that Catp&in Finch of the Arabic had
heen warneq and attempted to escape
before the torpedo was discharged. It
was said at the state department that
no Information of that kind had been
received from the German embassj or
any official quarter.
Vice Consul Thompson's dispatches
from Queenstown tilts morning con
firmed the White Star statement that
it hod definitely determined that only
two Americans were lost. They ace
Mrs. Josephine Rruguiere, of Ne.w
Vork and San Francisco, and Dr. Kd
mund F. Woods, of Janesville, Wls.
It was the first official agreement on
American losses. Nothing new was
received from Ambassador Page.;
I.onk for Explanation.
In high official quarters emphasis
was laid on the eagerness Germany
has displayed to gain American •sym
pathy. The very fact that sh/i has
restored in her efforts to accomplish
this, to methods which have heen
critlzed in thiR country, was pointed
to as an evtdence of the sincerity of
her wish to earn and retain American
good will.
At the very time when tUe Kalsef
was spending $2,000,000 weekly, as
charged, for this purpose, the inten
tional destruction of American liv»s
at sea, In defiance of President Wil
son's Inst note to Berlin would in
volve so meaningless n contradiction
in policies that these officials believed
there must be some sort of on ov.
planatlon bnck of the Arabic incident.
Reports were current that all ex
planation of tlie kind had already
been foreshaded in messages via Sav
ville. They could not. be confirmed.
So far as appeared on the surface
such hopes as were expressed of an
amicable settlement of the Arabia
matter were based on mere theoriz
ing. Nevertheless, hopes were enter
tained by men in positions which on
tided their views to consideration.
The suffcreation mostly common ad
vanced was, dial Germany would ilo
clare:
U hut tier many 'lay Claim.
The Amble was torpedoed when
still within its armed convoy's pro
tection zone.
That the White Star liner tried t*
| ram the submarine.
That tlit* merchantman either tried;
to escape, in disregard of a warning
[ to heave lo for a search, or at least,
executed some maneuvers which fair
ly entitled the German commander to
hellevo an escape was being at
tempted.
Pessimists agreed that none of
these contentions could possibly bo
made good, but the optimistic element
replied that only one side of the story
had been told and, besides, even if
the explanations referred to could not
be proved, they would eliminate ilia'
idea of a deliberate "unfriendly"
German act against the United
States.
Summed up:
The situation was te.nse.Tt was rec
ognized that, it might be, a breuk was
inevitable. The administration, how
ever, was determined to avoid one if
it could creditably be avoided. Hopes
were entertained, based on coticlu
| -dons rather than known facts, that
this would be possible.
I l)r. Woods, Arabic Victim,
Was Returning from
Ambulance Service in Franc:
By the \N«o(’iatfil Pres*.
LONDON. Aug. 21. 11:50 a. ni.-D '. j
Kdmurid F. Woods, of Janesville, j
Wis., who lost his life on the Arabic,
was returning to his home from Ours
months’ service with the America*
ambulance ai. Neuiliy, Franc*. _j;
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