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, ' . J.-- - . J ' ' 'v- "- ' " BACK HIM UP! . whn a mannfaetnrer adverie Utt iroods In' this nwpp retailer a- win- kMu hranda akMdd'baok Um U1W It Is not philanthropy, 1 to aeli-lnteW VOL. XCVI NO. 171 WHOLE OTMBEE 38tT FIGHTING RESUMED IN THE EAST WITH Allan Liner Sunk by Torpedo, and Map of German Operations. JTO BASE AND REPORTS SINKING LINER ARABIC IS THAT HESPERIAN Generally feir UT L S i " v ' - - - : ' ' .... -.-mnJTA T F7V7F" ' -jr . 1 - : : . 1 1 viyo nrl rr N nrm m MAY H E HIT MIH E T 1- . - : German Commander Says He fired Torpedo Because of 3" Ppar Ot AttaCK DV tier. 5S f $ INDICATED BY ACTT i 'Hi yyas Pursuing a Course Di f .t lv Towards Submarinl While on Surface. Embassador Gerard, Handed Germany's Note' on Incident Berlin, via London, Sept. 8. Jhe eomraander of a German sub marine which has returned to its base, has reported to the admiral ty that he torpedoed the liner Ar abic in the belief that the Arabic's action indicated she was about to attack the submarine, and that he fired in self-defense. ; , The submarine commander said bis boat was engaged in destroy ing a freighter when the Arabic was sighted. The submarine then was on the surface. . The Arabic, the commander de clares, swung around and headed toward the freighter, as if to at tack the submarine. The com mander remained in" doubt as to her intentions when she changed her course a few points,-but still kept headed in a direction bring ing her nearer to the scene. Says Submarine Charged Him. The submarine commander said - he continued to observe the actions of the liner until he saw her again change her course and head directly for the sub marine as if she had sighted the un dersea boat. Then the commander, believing his craft in danger, he declared, submerged and fired a torpedo. This news was communicated imme diately to Ambassador Gerard for transmission to Washington. Prior to receipt of the report of the' subma rine's commander, Admiralty official believed the submarine had been lost. Xo reason for her delay in returning to port, has been given. A high foreign official, discussing the ease Aith the Associated Press, said the submarine commander evi dently had adeauate reasons for be lieving he was to be attacked and was justified in taking steps to save his boat and crew. News of the return of the submarine and the commander's report has not yet been published in Germany. lhere still is no report available here ith regard to the sinking of the Hes perian. - EXPECT 2VOTE IN FEW DAYS. Washington Officials Withholding Judgment on the Arabic Case. Washington, Sept. 8.-Germany's promised communication in regard to the sinking of the Arabic is expected here within a few days, in view of Pfess dispatches announcing that a submarine' commander had reported he torpedoed the Arabic because he thought he intended to attack him7 Officials did not comment on the Press reports. Through the German ambassador assurances have teen giv en that full satisfaction will be ac corded the United States in connection h the destruction of the . Arabic on Jj'hich American passengers lost their UVes. Some Offirinla InrHfntorf that the submarine commander's explanation kerned unconvincing, but thre will be J Judgment until Berlin is heard from formally. ..-". Believe Hesperian Struck Mine. Meantime, attention is being given le Hesperian case. Secretary Lansing tOCiaj- rnhWl A mt.o oco Any dnroril a t Berlin asking that he report any-infor . . ..Ill SC103CI'IA V ,v. mation, available there. Although all Ports from London declare the Hes enan was torpedoed the belief that naval circles here, and at the State De- An no conclusion has been reached. Xo confirmation has been received so far of reports that an American named with a member of the crew, was lost 'tn the Hesperian. It ' was pointed 1 tnat the situation would not be ranged if this proved to be true. The '""ican government has taken the liv. '? tnat the placing of American e in jeopardy by illegal acts is as tirn an offrnse as the actual destruc be i f li?e- Neither would-be case altered by the fact that Wolff was memo, r of the crew instead of a pas 'enger. i GER viU) HAS NOTE ON ARABIC, Espre.sSes Regrets and Offers to Refer Questions to The Hague. 'lln' Sept. 8. Germany's note to ine f'1 states concerning the sink Arab t!le White Star Line steamer ii.t lc by a German submarine was de ar'ii'i "to American Ambassador Ger rJ,aa' night. - - the Eote ascribes the destruction of n"er to an act of self-defense on Continued On Page Eight,) ,. -fillllK THF IRlRin ii. milium III SELF DEFENSE Says Note fro m Germany to the United States. WAR NEWS SUMMARIZED Action of Emperor Nicholas Surprises Allied Nations Hard Fighting on Eastern Front and in France Report on Hesperian. Germany, in a note to the United States, haa acknowledge that the White Star liner Arabic was sunk by a Ger man submarine. The. note declares self- defense was the motive of the sub- marine commanded Regret is exprsss ed that American lives were lost and offer is made to ; submit questions of reparation to The Hague. . The transfer of Grand Duke Nicholas to the Caucasus and the Russian Em peror's assumption of command of all his land and sea forces has caused sur prise, among the Allied nations, but the opinion is expressed that the Emperor merely is following Russian traditions that the Russian troops will give a bet ter account of themselves in the knowl edge that ."the little father" is per sonally directing their efforts. JHard fighting is in progress along the eastern front, as well as in France. Germany has made another air raid on the London district, loss of life and material damage resulting. Heavy fighting has been goin on in Gallipoli, the troops on land being assisted by the fleet. It was a German submarine that sunk the White Star steamer Arabic August 19 withthe loss of 39 lives, among them two Americans. The com mander of the U boat responsible for the disaster, at last has returned to his base and has-so reported. He de clares that while the submarine was sinking a freighter, the -Arabic swung around and headed toward the scene as if to attack or ram the submarine and that he fired in self-defense. '. Germany also has spoken officially concerning the recent sinking of the Allan Line steamer Hesperian. In a message to Ambassador Bernstorff, the German foreign office says it appears .improbable that the Hesperian was torpedoed and that it is much more likely the boat ran on a mine. Wash ington, however, still is awaiting Ger many's formal statement. For the first time in several weeks on the western, line there has been infan try fighting and in it the Germans were, successful in gaining a foothold fn some advanced French trenches in the western Argonne region. Paris ad inits the gain, but says the new Teuton attempt to break the French front was repulsed. On the Russo-East Galicia front, run ning from Radziwilow to Podkamien, the Russians, according to Vienna, have been forced to retreat on a line of 56 mlies to behind the river Ikwa? The Russians, however, are on the offen sive and eriving'hard battle to the Teu tons alone the Sereth and South of Tarnopol. In Courland. in the region or Tiea richstadt. the Germans are making progress in'thei fighting directed toward capture of Riga. Farther south, in ad dition to the capture of Wolkowysk, a railway junction east of Bialystok, the Teutons on various sectors are con tinuing their gains. . VAST INCREASE SHOWN IN MUNITIONS EXPORTS Greatest Increase is in Shells and Other Ammunition. nrnnition Plant . of the Country Are Getting: Into Full Swing Mulco and Aero- plane in Demand. washlnirton. Sept. 8. American ex- J ports of war; supplies are increasing enormously now' that converted muni tions plants are getting into full swing. Figures made public tonight by. the bureau of foreign and domestic com merce show that shipments of horses, mules, automobiles, aeroplanes and ex Dlosives, all classed as war supplies, aggregated nearly 550,000,000 in July. The principal increase compared with June exports was in the classification of' "all other explosives," including shells and other ammunition of special manufacture which Jumped from $5, 911.929, to $9,329, 303. - Automobiles, the only item to show a material de crease, dropped from U4.500.000 to $11.- Hors"es i and mules to the value of S12.600.000 were 'exported in July as against $10,500,000 ; 188 aeroplanes, valr ued at $880,886 , were shipped, com pared with 62 machines worth ?283, 212 in June. July exports of cart ridges were valued at $2,427,761 about !. 6" A nrAAArlinr' month: of Samr $100,899. a slight increased and of 'gunpowder $4,567,929 compared with $3,234,849.. in: June., . 1 Some Other Agency Besides Torpedo Assigned as Cause of Liner's Destruction OPINIONS ARE POSITIVE Theory Seemingly Advanced on Knowledge of Recent In structions to Commanders Berlin, via London, Sept. 8. Persons in a position to speak with authority here assert positively their conviction that the Hesperian was not torf edoed by a German submarine; at least, under the conditions thus far described. Although authorized- quoted com ment is withheld for the time, the posi tiveness of the opinions expressed in formally by individuals who may have obtained authoritative information is noteworthy. In these quarters it is be lieved the Hesperian must have struck a mine or possibly was destroyed by some agency from within; that it may be regarded as certain she was not torpedoed, by a German submarine un der the conditions set forth in press dispatches and in accounts given by passengers. It is pointed out that details given in press reports such as the shock of the impact, . the column of water thrown up and the flying fragments of metal may be adapted quite as well to the theory that the Hesperian struck a mine as the assumption that she was torpedoed. The assurance with which this theo ry is advanced seem to be based on knowledge of additional instructions issued to submarine commanders since the Arabic was sunk. BERNSTORFF GETS MESSAGE. Says It Appear Improbable Hesperian 4 " Was Torpedoed. New York, Sept. 8. Count Bernstorff, the German ambassador, received a wireless from the Berlin foreign office today saying that it appears improba ble the liner Hesperian was torpedoed. and .that it was much more likely the boaA ran into a mine. The dispatch, as given out by the ambassador at his hotel here, follows: "According to information available in Berlin it appears improbable that the Hesperian was torpedoed. Much more likely the boat ran on a mine." ONE AMERICAN DROWNED. Established That New Jersey Man, a Member of the Crew. Wast Lost. Queenstown, Sept. .- It has been es tablished that an American named Wolff, was lost on the Hesperian. Wolff signed as an able seaman of the Hes perian's crew. He came from Newark, N. J., and was of Dutch parentage. NO DOUBT AS TO GUN. No Secret Being Made as to Its Pres ence on the Hesperian. Queenstown, Sept. 8. There is abso lutely no doubt that a gun was mount ed on the Hesperian. It is understood the gun was visible, no secret being made of its presence. PEARY OFFERS SERVICES Retired Admiral and Discoverer Sends Letter to Secretary Daniels. Portland, Maine, Sept. 8. Robert E. Peary, who was retired by act of Con gress with the rank of rear admiral in recognition of his discovery of the North Pole in 1909, today offered his services to the Navy Department for any duty he may be called upon to per form. The offer was made in a letter to Secretary Daniels. Use Trench Warfare Tactics to Rob Bank ROBBERS ERECT BARBED WIRE ENTANGLEMENTS AROUND THE BUILDING WHICH SERVES AS A BARRIER. Jefferson, Okla., Sept. 8. Tactics borrowed from the trench warfare in Europe enabled three robbers to loot the Farmers' State Bank here early to dayl Before entering the bank the meh broke into a hardware store and procured several coils' of barbed wire, with which they erected entanglements about the bank. Four charges of explosives were used to wreck the safe. The first aroused the townspeople, but before the citi zens could devise a way of overcoming the wire barrier, the robbers had taken $2,000 and escaped in a motor car. Posses followed them as far as Hunne well. Kas., but they lost, the trail. fr.fr.I..HMrt. .l..M..M..l..l..fr RUSSIANS CAPTURE 8,000 PRISONERS AND SO GUNS JL Petrograd, Sept. 8 (via London, JL Sept. 9 J. Near Tarnopol the Rus- f sians have defeated the third Gee- man division and the 48th re- A. serve ' division with an Austrian brigade, capturing 8,000 prison ers and SO guns besides a quick- L flrer,; According to tonight's war J. office statement . - - -I S'MK 4 VrV Mfjg' - SPEND TOO LITTLE TO PREVENT DEATH Secretary Redfield's Speech Before Health Association. PAPER BY DR. RANKIN Urges Need of Improving Rural Sani tation Declares it Should be Init iated by the Various State Governments A Waste. Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 8. Speaking tonight before the American Public Health Association, William C. Redfield, Secretary of Commerce, urged Ameri cans to view with sober minds the waste of war abroad and consider ways of preventing the waste of peace. i "It has always seemed a sad "thing to me," he said, "that while there are many among us ready to denounce the slaughter of war, they do not get ac tively excited over the needless slaugh ters of peace. We spend', and in my judgment we spend wisely, millions for a battleship against the possible com ing of war. We do not spend, in my judgment, most unwisely fail to spend, sufficient sums to meet the certain com ing of needless deaths in times of peace. - Speaking of the waste caused in in adequate industrial economy, Secre tary Redfield. said-- - 'We are among the world's great in dustrial peoples: striving mightily for our place- in -the commercial situation, but we omitu necessary thing to win and hold the position for which we strive. The great problem of teaching the artisan's sons and daughters how to labor productively is all but left, un touched." Paper by Dr. Rankin. The need for improving rural sanita tion was strongly urged by Dr. W. S. Rankin, Secretary of the North Caro lina State Board of Health, in a paper read before the association, when he pointed out that the field of rural san itation embraces more than 99 ier cent of the area of the United States and more than half of the country's popu lation. Dr. Rankin declared that the work Of improving rural standards of sanita tion should be initiated by the State governments and conducted by the lo cal or county governments. He pointed out that there are 2,953 counties in the United States, an average of 66 to a State, and that this multiplicity of gov- (Continued on Page Eight.) - ARE ANXIOUS TO BUY Offer to Take Million Bales at Fifteen Cents, Delivered Intending Purchasers Would Provide Guarantees That the Cotton Would Not , be Used for Military Purposes. Berlin, via London, Sept. 8. German cotton men are taking up earnestly the plan to purchase American cotton." They sent a wireless to the German consul ate in New York August 31, offering to buy 1,000,000 bales at 5 cents per pound on delivery in a German harbor. The message was signed by the Deutsche Dresdner and Disconto Bank of Berlin, and the National Bank of Bremen. The intending purchasers, through the president of the Bremen chamber of commerce, have assured the consul ate and the embassy at Washington that they were in a position to provide adequate guarantees that the cotton would not be used for military or naval purposes but purely industrially. -They added, as substantiation,! that the mili tary and naval authorities have on hand cotton enough for over, two years, and that cotton for explosives is not included in this, as new processes have enabled the ; government to dispense with the" use of cotton in making ' ex plosives. " - , ' COTTON mm " l " ' O- 5 flO ft -r,Q'K -A NCE The Hesperian. The Hesperian, the Allan line steamship, -on . herway- from Liverpool to Montreal with many passengers and a crew among . whom was . one Atner-. lean, was sunk by a German torpedo -p. few -days after German Ambassador von Bernstorff gave his word in writing and the the word of his government- that no more liners would be. sunk without warning. The officers and passengers on the Hesperian say no warning was given. This raises anew complications with Germany. The strained situation which was alle viated by the statement of the German ambassador again exists. The map shows the operations of the German submarines around the British Isles. More than 150 vessels 'have been sunk since February 18, when the German war zone decree went into effect. The map shows where 11 ships have gone down between February 18and June 1. MAY ALSO ACT IK BEHALEOF RUSSIA Anglo-French Financial Cdm mission May Seek Joint Loan. IS NEARING- NEW YORK Delegates Last Night Were Believed to be Within Few Hours' Sail. Name of Vessel Bearing Them Yet Unknown. New York, Sept. 8. The six English and French financiers on their way to this city to borrow half a billion dol lars or more to pay for American sup plies for the Allied armies and other imports were believed to be within a few hours' sail of New York harbor at 10 o'clock tonight. The exact date of their ; sailing fwm England and the name of the ship they took have been withheld1 by the British censor. It was learned from unofficial sour ces tonight that not only would the commissioners represent their own countries in negotiations here but in all probability would act for Russia. Passengers reaching here . on the steamer Ryndam told of reports of the imminence of the commissioners' de parture from England when they left Rotterdam and brought word of their plans which the British censor appar ently had barred on the cables. Acoording to this , information a meeting had been arranged in London for the latter part of August by Regi nald McKenna, British chancellor of the exchequer; Alexander Felix Ribot, French minister of finance, and Pierre L. Bark, Russian minister of finance. The. conference, it was reported, con templated joint action by the three governments in obtaining a mammoth credit loan in the United States. Was Discussed in France. v This matter had been discussed a short time previously at Boulogne-Sur-Mere, 'France, at a meeting between Chancellor McKenna and M. Ribot, and the two commissions were organ ized to visit America with a view to es tablishing a credit " here, the like of which the western' world had never seen before, which would solve for months to come the vexing question of paying for supplies bought in America and shipped abroad. -sit- was- agreed, it was reported, to present the plan to the Russian finance minister . when he should Join his col leagues in London and- ask for his ap proval of joint action by, the Anglo French commission on behalf of Russia,-too. -,- - M. Bark's visit to London, according Lto ,?.reDorts, was deferred.: because .of pressing ' duties at .Petrograd. When V . (Continued un .rage xugnij - OPPOSES STANDING OF Webb is Against $500,000,000 Appropriation for Navy. NOT NECESSARY, NOW Says There Blight Have Been Sense in Such Expenditure Two Years Ago But European Nations Have Enough of War. (Special Star Telegram.) Washington, D. C, Sept. 8. Repre sentative Yates Webb, chairman of the House judiciary committee, is opposed to an appropriation of .$500,000,000 for the navy and is also opposed to a stand ing army of 500,000.- He. Tike Represen tatives Claude Kitchin and Robert Page, favors a strong, adequate navy, equal to the necessities of the coun try. "I certainly ' shall .not vote for any 500,000 standing army nor an appro priation Gi r500,000,000 for the navy, as some of the advocates of a larger navy favor," said Mr'. Weto. ?'There might have been some sense in such expendi tures two years ago , but if ever there was a time when we need riot waste money for the army and navy it is now. With all Europe in a deatty-like strug gle and with billions, of dollars of debts hanging over them and increasing ev ery day, we need have no fear of any of. the European countries making war against lis for years to come. "I am in favor of a strong, adequate navy, equal to the necessities of our country, but, I do not want any over grown, bullying army and navy. I want both to always be subordinate to the will of the American people." Will Call on President. Mr. Webb came liere today to attend to departmental matters. He will call on President Wilson tomorrow to dis cuss matters of legislation which will be handled during the coming session of Congress and will also call upon, Di rector of the Census Rogers and Secre tary of the Navy Daniels. Mr. Webb said the people in his sec tion of the oountry are incensed over England putting cotton on the contra band list. He hopes the note of protest will soon be on its way to London and that it will be . strong enough to con vince the British government that we mean business. P. R. A. Indianapolis, Sept. 8. Eleven of the twelve men to try Mayor Joseph E. Bell for alleged election conspiracy, "had. been tentatively passed by the State when court adjourned today. Three, new men', had entered the jury box . since it was passed ' by the de fense this morning. . . -. ARMY .00 In Southern Galicia Russians Are Making Determined Efforts to Gain Initiative. STILL HOLD THE D VINA Austro-Germans Continue toe Increase Their Advantage in Center of the Line. London, Sept." .8 Almost eimultan-j eoualy with tpje announcement that Emperor Nicholas personally had rej placed Grand Duke Nicholas as comi mander of the ' Russian forces, the fighting along the eastern frontier ha.sa been resumed with great intensity. In the south the Russians are making de-i termined efforts to regain the initial tive, while in the center the Austpo Germans continue to Increase their ad-1 vantage. Von Hindenburg and his commanders in Courland still i re being denied thelr objective, the Dvteia river, while vom Mackensen and the Austrian generals at the other end of the line are engaged in opposing the Russian offensive In the Center Von EiohhOrn and Prince Leopold are pushing forward, and, ac cording to Berlin, have occupied WoI-j Kowsk ,an important railway juno-i tion immediately east- of Bialystok. Its is for the railways the-Germans nowx are fighting, for when the autumn rains' turn a great part of the country into an impassable morass they will need! them to keep their armies supplied. Another day of heavy artillery en gagements is recorded on the western front where also there has been a series of air raids, as well as a bom bardment of German coast batteries by the British fleet. The Italians claim to have captured, several Austria ft positions on the Ca dore frontier. On the rest' of the Aus-tro-Italian front artillery actions con tinue. Long distance fighting appears, also to be a feature of the operations in the Dardanelles, where, according to Con stantinople, th Turks have successfully bombarded the Allies' positions at Ana f arta and Seddul Bahr. Zeppelin Raid on England The Zeppelin raid on England Tues day night resulted in the death of 13 persons of whom ten. were women and children and the wounding .of 43, of whom 80 -, were, women and children. This brings the grand total of casual ties from Zeppelin raids up to 102 killed1 and 26S injured. ... - ; AIR RAIDS ON ENGLAND. Casualties and Fires. Caused by Bombl Dropped Wednesday Night. London, Sept. 9. Air raids on than eastern counties of England and on the London district were continued last; (Wednesday) night. Aircraft dropped! a number of bombs, and casualties and fires resulted. An official statement says: "Hostile aircraft . visited the east-, ern counties and the. London district, Wednesday ntght and dropped incen-. diary and explosive bombs. At mid-; night a few casualties had been report- ed and some fires which were theivj well under control. "The number of casualties will be communicated through the press in thai course of the day." ; FIVE PASSENGERS ABOARD. French Steamer Bordeaux Was .Warnedo Before Being Torpedoed. Paris, Sept. 8. There were five pas sengers on the French steamship Bor deaux, whose destruction by a subma rine oft the Western "coast of France was announced' yesterday." The Bor deaux was. on "her way from Morocco; with a cargo Of Wheat." , The submarine' 'first fired two shots. then hoisted signals' ordering the pas-, sengers and crew to leave the Bor deaux. It was 6:20 o clock in the morning and the captain of the Bor deaux could not distinguish the signals clearly. The submarine fired eight or ten more shots, some of which struck the Bordeaux. Thereupon the captain , or-i dered that the boats be lowered. With-; in ten minutes the boats were clear ofj the vessel. The submarine then d!a-; charged a torpedo which struck ' the ship near the boilers. NEW DUPONT COMPANY HAS $240,000,000 CAPITAL. Financial Re-Organlsatlon of Perfected Yesterday. Firm Wilmington, Del., Sept. 8. Financial re-organization of. the Dupont Powder Company, in , accordance with recently announced -plans, was accomplished today. The directors of the E. I. Du pont de Nemours Powder Company held a meeting at which all the assets and business of the company were sold to .E. I. Dupont de Nemours & Com. pany, it was announced. "The purchasing company," an offi cial statement said, "was recently in corporated with a capital of $240,000, 000 under the laws of Delaware. The re-organisation meetings were held to day ati which the directors and officers were elected. The personnel of the of ficers and . directors of the new com pany are the same as those of jthe ol company. . ."The new. company will take posses sion of the assets and business as of October -1, 1916. and will assume and discharge all-the liabilities of the old company including the bonus, pension, benefit and welfare , plans of the old company. ; .The .effect is merely a finan-i cial re-organization of the business." . 1 i nerre o. uuponi is president. ; f if , 15" ! III- H it w, - Si"! w lv j i if5 $ I if If;: 8? if W f I . 'in M ft 5. t 1.1 ! .I 1 'I IS' J f: f ,J u T i 3 h" - $ : 'it 1 i . ! if H. ! h ( i I? r r i r - -J 3
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