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PinLADELPIIIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2G, 1915.
Constant, 101B, t tm Poblio Lzdozs CoMMNr.
PRIOB ONJB CENT
GERMANY WILL
DISAVOW ACTS,
LANSING TOLD
Eton Bernstorff Says Berlin
Will Apologize for Sink
ing Arabic by Submarine
Rj. S. DEMANDS MET
fiCeans Ships Will Be Halted
and Searched and Pas
sengers Protected
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. Germany wilt
Jtotvow the sinking of the steamship
Kblc by a submarine on Thursday or
Mt neck. This was learned on high
re!omatlo authority following the audi
MM between Ambassador von liernstorff
4 Secretary of State Lansing today.
The Ambassador explained to Secretary
Lansing the naturo of the documents he
vfcu received from his Government In the
lt few days, which Is said to show a
jtatlnct chango In attitude In carrying on
jtj submarine warfare. Count von
Btrnstorn, aiier jeavins Duwremry ua.u
Yfaz is said to have told a fellow dlplo-
Whti that he expected the entire situation
Ble be cleared up satisfactorily in two or
jftfaree days.
T Secretary Lansing siaiea, auer i;ount
wn Bernstorff left, that there was noth
ing he could make public at this time.
He said me uerman AmuMiauur woum
remain In the city within call and would
net go back to Cedarhurst at this time.
This was token to mean here that the
German explanation of the Arabic's sink
big Is on the way.
Asked If he had received reports that
Americans wero fleeing from Germany
tnd Austria to Bwitzeriana, tno secre
tary said he had not. He Indicated by hla
manner that he did not believe there was
zriy need of them doing so at this time.
Vmm fSermnn sources hero today It was
'Uarn that Count von Bernstorff regards
!tt as certain that Germany has instructed
Ka 'submarine commanders to observe all
international rules of warfare In the
future. A note saying that this has been
t oono Is believed to be on the way to
p Washington now.
LANSING WANTS REPORT.
Count von Bernstorff was with Secre
tary Lansing for 35 minutes. He told the
Secretary that ne as yet naa receivea no
supplemental Instructions from his Gov
ernment dealing with the Arabic case, but
thte lopked for them at any time. Mr..
Lansh".explalned that, while the United
BiAidnAA withheld any action at Ger-
psnfy request. Jt could jypt ffwM?lp,S"L
pMltlon lnaeftnU'eljj. oHsbggeirflerlhat.--.fcttmurh
aera wcckC ulreddy has' passed
W the Arabia was sunk, this Govern
lt felt thnk It .should receive the Ger-
L4tn side of the matter not later than the ,
M of this week. Ana It is unaersiooa
Mat Secretary Ianslng agreed to expedite
tny exchanges between the German Gov
ernment and Its Ambassador hero.
Wi "WHAT U. S. EXPECTS
Unless It shall be proven that a Ger
man submarine had no hand In the sink
ing of the Arabic, and Secretary Lansing
mtib It plain that what seems over
whelming proof Is at his disposal Indicat
ing that It had, the United States must
tMve an adequate disavowal irom uer
many, reparation for the families of the
victims, and punishment for the sub
marine commander; otherwise It must
carry through Its program of reprisal.
E the Ambassador was frankly Informed.
t It was made plain to the German envoy
a that the Administration has fully decided
Son Its program, and that It will carry It
'" eat to the last extremity. The Ambas
ftHdor Is understood to have stated that
ftse atUl was unconvinced that a submarine
(.torpedoed the Arabic. He based this
opinion on the brief fragmental messages
he had received from his Government, but
promised that this point will bo conclu-
Continued on I'are Two, Column Two
EMBEZZLER ASKS
TO BE DEPORTED
Former Adams Express Com-
Lv'nnnv Plnrb- in C.nmAan Son-
tenced to Two Years
clean-cut, well-dressed young man
,d up before Judge Boyle In the
easrten Criminal Court today when ne
ksked what ne had to say before
JUnce should be pronounced upon him,
nd after confessing that he Is a deserter
fom the British army, asked that he bo
ported as an undesirable citizen.
sThe prisoner Is Albert Merrill, tho
.Camden clerk of the Adams Express
iCornpany, captured at North Adams last
ijreek two lays after he had fled with
PW0 that had passed through his office
' jm the way from a Wlldwood bank to
Hals city. Merrill was arralcned today
J1h characteristically swift Jersey Jus-
KJudge Boyle sentenced Merrill to an In
iKttrmlnate term of from two to three
!JJrs In Btate trlson, the maximum pro-
fc?Wed bv the kw In n slncle case of
fbezxlement It was proved In the trial
wv Aierrm naa been stealing irom me
-wihs express qompany for more than
fear, mil no was .prosecuted on only
jungle count of taking the sow,
I am a deserttr from the British
y," said Merrill when ho had a chalice
peak. ''I have lieen In this country
out three years, tnd I would like to
- yfur nonor (inori me unaer inp
((ration laws naan undesirable cit-
Teu inay spend a few years In the
msoti at, Trenton nrst," said juago
-run ii you visn to leave mi
StfvIvfH,' mav alii uauraolf"
. tfc (burl announced Ithat If the man
I Veen prtaecuted on all counts against
the MnWnra would tiave been much
MUr. Witnesses agalist Merrill fur
gfJR time, tottlme by the .prisoner, they
that totAed in valun ItttO.
THEWEATHER
nUECAST
Fr PhiUtdUphi and vicinity
ftir and continued cel t anight find
rnuagj pfHtUJtortliWt wind.
GERMANS TAKE
BREST LITOVSK
AND SLAV LINE
Czar's Grand Base and
Fortress Falls Before
Onslaughts of Teutons
RUSSIANS PURSUED EAST
Evacuation of Grodno Begun.
Surrender of Bielostok
Now Imminent
TEUTONS TAKE EIGHT
FORTRESSES IN 21 DAYS
The Auntro-Gfrman armies In the rant
em theatre of nur hove ceompllMied the
unpnrnllrlrd feat of rapturing eight
mighty ItuDnlan fortresses within three
weeks. -The utrongholdii taken by the
Teutonic Allies from the Ituiulans follow!
Warsaw, August 0 Irangorod, August
6 1 Berock, August 7 1 Lomia, August 10 1
Ostrolrnka, August 11 Korno, August 17)
Novo GrorgleTsk, August 19) llrest
Utovsk, August 23.
BERLIN. Aug. 26.
Brest Lltovsk, the mighty Russian fort
ress behind which the Grand Russian
army retired after the fall of Warsaw,
has been captured by tho Austro-German
troops after one of the shortest Bleges
In history.
The capture of the fortress was an
nounced today by tho German War Of
fice. The victory Is considered one of the
most brilliant since tho war began.
Brest Lltovsk was the pivot of the
second Russian line of defence. It was
one of the strongest fortresses In
Europe.
Tho fortress of Brest Lltovsk lies im
mediately east of the Bug River, 110 miles
east of Warsaw. Five Important rallw?
lines paBS through Brest Lltovsk.
The official report of the German War
Office announcing the capture follows:
'Tho fortress of Brest Lltovsk has been
taken by Austro-German troops.
"The Teutonic forces stormed the forts
defending Brest Lltovsk on the western
and northwestern fronts last night.
"As we entered the central works the
enemy gave up the fortress to our pos
session.' frtjffiYO JCmiUREATJSNSP.. , -
With Brest uiotik in possession ui
the Germans and Grodno and Bielektok
threatened with Immediate capture, the
Russians are now expected to, retire for
1N mites beore they attempt to make a
serious stand to stem tho Austro-German
Invasion of interior Russia.
Grodno Is the only fortress remaining
In the hands of the Russians upon their
second line and It Is reported that tho
evacuation of that stronghold Is under
way.
The glory for the capture of Brest
Lltovsk goes to' Prince Leopold, of Ba
varia, whoso Bavarian troops took War
saw, and 'Field Marshal Von Mackensen,
whose groups of armies worked north on
both sides of the Bug River, smashing
the Russian lines wherever tho Slav
forces made a stand.
The great swamp region east of the
Bug and northeast of Vlodava, which the
Russians thought would check the ad
vance of the Teutonic forces, were
crossed at the rate of five miles a day.
Engineers worked day and night building
bridges and plank roads, over which the
big guns were carried.
Austro-Hungarlari troops played an Im-
Contlnued on rage Two. Column Flie
ONE BURDEN OF BROPHY
FAMILY NOW RjEMOVED
,25 - year - old Husband and
Father Dies After Many
Months of Agony
One of the many troubles of the Brophy
and Weldon families, for whose benefit
Kensington gavo a block party early this
month, Is ended. One of the financial
burdens, at least, has been removed in
the death of John T, Brophy, tho 25-year-old
husband and father. The family Is
so bowed down with the grief of seeing
him suffer for many months that today
Its members have almost forgotten the
shock of his death In the relief of know
Jng that he will suffer no more.
Mrs. Brophy, the widow, Is HI from
tuberculosis. Her two children, Marie,
four years old. and William, two years
old, are almost blind. Her father, Michael
Weldon, 70 years old, lame since child
hood, Is suffering from a fracture of
Ms good ankle. Her mother, Mra. Mary
Weldon, 9 years old, Is stiffened from
rheumatism.
Brophy died yesterday. He wag so
weak just before death came that he
could not lift his arms to his wife, and
he had to lean close to hear him whis
per, "Good-by, and God bless you."
Today an undertaker took away the
body, and the younger chljd. mystified,
started to cry.
-Hush," said 4-year-old Marie. "You'U
woke papa. They're taking him to the
hospital In the biff box, and maybe he'll
get better there." . a
The funeral will be held Saturday morn
ing with services In the Church of tho
Nativity, Burial will be at Holy Sepul
chre Cemetery.
The pallbearers wll be James Wilson,
John Leary. William 8harkey, Joseph
Sharkey, Charles Roger and Dennis
Jurns. They are old friends of Brophy,
the young men who arranged and man
aged the block party In Clearfield street
August U and 15, out of which several
hundred dollars was realized. The money
Is on deposit In the Kensington Trust
Company, 3 each WMk beln to
Mrs. Brophy tor the support of herself
and the rest of the two (.Kill".
Neighbors who have unselfishly given
their lime and scanty funs to (he same
end went quietly Into the home at S0
East ClearfUld treet to comfort Mrs,
Breefcy. They found her jrfrancely calm.
He can't gutter any )ior," she tM
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caption for this picture, since each guard, male and female, Weighs
225 pounds. The lady in the case is Miss Blanche Payson, only
policewoman at the San Francisco Exposition, where the picture
was taken. On her left is James Quirk, former bodyguard of Mayor
Blankenburg. On the other side is Joseph Frank, former Phila
delphia reserve policeman.
PORTER AN IDEAL, INVINCIBLE
CANDIDATE, SAYS BLANKENBURG
The following telegram Wat M9nt by Mayor Blankenburg to hit
secretary, Cyrut D. Foe, Jr., todayt
"Pleate lay to my friend of the Public Service Committee of 100
that I deem early action on the mayoralty of first importance. We
should unite upon one candidate and among- the name mentioned I
would strongly urge that of Dir.ectojrGeotge,' DtPprtet.U,iminentlx,fitted'
for the position.
"Four year bf the closest association in almost daily contact with
him, hi untiring seal and energy, the tact displayed in settling the
labor strike, his unquestioned integrity and his five year' service in
Councils make him not only an ideal candidate, but an invincible one.
"Let us unite in determined action and success will crown our efforts.
"RUDOLPH BLANKENBURG, Mayor."
ROTAN NOW UP
AS "HARMONY"
HOPE FOR MAYOR
McNichol and Vare Said to
Be Considering His
Availability
MAY BE CLEVER TRICK
Word went out from the rival McNichol
and Vare camps of the Republican Or
ganization this afternoon that the big
leaders were making a last desperate ef
fort to achieve harmony on a Mayoralty
candidate aiid that with this end in view
they were considering District Attorney
Samuel P. Itotan's availability.
It was declared that Itotan's name had
been advanced by McNichol and that It
had been received not uncordlally by the
Vares, and that as far as forecasts could
determine In tho chaotic condition of Or
ganization politics, Mr. llotan was at this
time .the one best Organization Mayoralty
bet.
No official word was vouchsafed In con
firmation of the llotan talk by McNichol
or the Vares. District Attorney flotan
is known as a supporter of the Penrose
McNlchol branch of the Organization,
but he has not been unfriendly to the
Varea. In the distribution of appoint
ments after his election as District At
torney he did not 8Rht the Vares. One
of his assistants, Joseph P. Rogers, now
a candidate for Judge, Is an out-and-out
Vare man and other membera of the Dis
trict Attorney's staff. Including his first
assistant, William Flndlay Brown, have
strong Vare affiliations.
It was reported that an agreement
suitable to the Vares had. been made
and that they were Inclined to look upon
notan with favor. This, of course, would
mean the elimination of Congressman
Vare from the n.ayoralty race.
In some quarters it was said that the
llotan boom and Its apparent acceptance
with favor by the Varea was merely the
playing of clover politics by the South
Philadelphia leaders for tho purpose of
" Continued en Tate Two.jColomn Your
RANSLEY FOtt SHERIFF
Nomination Petitions Circulated by
Friends of President of Select
Council
. Petitions for Jhe, nomination Of .Harry
for Bherl were circulated throughout
the City loaay, jar. Jianiey, yuio icauer
of the 2d Ward, has, been spoken of In
connection with the shrievalty for many
months.
Politicians pointed out, however, that
he would probably not press his can
didacy if Congressman William 8. Vare
should be selected by the Organization as
Us nominee for Mayor. In that case,
they said. In an effort to. attain harmony
the Varo brothers would relinquish claim
on all offices other than that of Maor.
If the Congressman falls to .become the
choice of the Republicans, and dissen
sion arises In the Organisation, It Is ber
Ileved. that Mr- Ransley will fight C
uut neriK' jui. as a measure or re-
GUARDS BELL
MAYOR CALLS FOR
UNITED EFFORT
TO ELECT PORTER
Blankenburg Urges Com
mittee to Support "Ideal,
Invincible Candidate"
1000 IN NEW COMMITTEE
Announcement that a committee of 1009
representative Independent citizens has
been formed to conduct a vigorous cam
paign for the election of Director Oeorge
D. Porter as the successor of Mayor
Blankenburg, and publication of a mes
sage from the Mayor indorsing Porter,
was mado today, following a meeting of
the Executive Committee of the Public'
Service Committee of 100.
The announcement of the Oeorge D.
Porter Citizens' Committee, and of the
Mayor's Indorsement, Is preliminary to
an Indorsement of Porter's candidacy by
the Committee of 100. ' This action will be
token within a few days.
At tho meeting, which was held In the
Mayor's office, the Executlvo Commltteo
decided to Indorse no candidate for Mayor
until after next Tuesday, the last day for
filing nomination papers. In order to leave
a clear field for all candidates. Another
meeting will bo held next Wednesday,
when Porter wll probably be Indorsed.
The committee discussed plans today for
putting, forward a complete ticket, but
no Indorsements for candidates on this
ticket will bo made before Wednesday.
The Mayor's Indorsement of Director
Porter waa made In the following tele
gram, sent to Cyrus D. Foss, Jr., his
secretary, today from Pocono Pines:
"Please say to my friends of tho Pub
lic Service Committee of 100 that I deem
early action on the Mayorallty of first
Importance. We shall unite upon one
candidate, and among the names men
tioned I wpuld strongly urge that of Di
rector Oeorge D. Porter as eminently
fitted for the position. Four years of
the closest association In almost dally
contact with, him, Tils untiring seal and
energy, the tact displayed In settling the
labor strike, his unquestioned Integrity
and hla five years' service In Councils,
make blm not only an ideal candidate
but an Invincible one. Let us unjte In
determined action and success will crown
our efforts.
"RTJDOI.PII BliANKBNnORQ,
"Mayor."
REPRESENTATIVE COMMITTEE,
Prominent business and professional
men are Included among the 1000 Inde
pendents who are members of the new
Porter committee, The committee was
formed from the, nucleus of 'the smaller
organization bearing the same name and
of which Frank I. Relszner was chair-,
man. Mr, Relszner Is. chairman of the
executive committee of the. new organi
zation. The new committee announced Its plans
Jn the following statement;
"One thousand citizens, comprising thn
Oeorge P, Porter Citizens' Committee, to
day forwarded to Oeorge D. J'orter,
Director of the Department of Public
Safety, a request that he announce him
seU as a candidate for Mayor.
"Every mall brings additional nanwa
of prominent citizens who wll( to algn
Cnailaams: i teem Vwe, Cassea Asm
FRENCH MAKE
GREAT AIR RAID
UPON GERMANY
Dillingen, in Rhenish Prus
sia, Shelled by Sixty-two
Aeroplanes
150 BOMBS DROPPED
Munition Factories and Ar
senals Destroyed Aviators
Flew 150 Miles
PARIS, Aug. 26.
The greatest air raid Blnco tho war be
gan was reported today by tho French
War Otnco.
Dillingen, In Rhenish Prussia, Germany,
was attacked by 62 war neroplancs of
the French. Tho aviators flew a distance
of more than 150 miles and return.
Ono hundred and fifty bombs were
dropped upon tho town.
Great damage was done to the blast
furnaces and arms factories.
Dllllngcn Is 8 miles south of Treves,
and since tho war broke out has been
an Important manufacturing centra In
western Germany for war supplies.
The great furnaces and mills at -llngen
at the outbreak of the war were
all turned Into arms and munitions fac
tories. Artillery duels are reported from Artols
and the region of Roye.
Near Ncuvllle St. Vaast and Souchez
(north of Arras) and In the Argonno
there have been violent encounters with
hand grenades.
The text of tho official communique fol
low: "In Artols, around Ncuvllle St. Vaast
and Souchez, there has been a sevcro
cannonade and combats with hand
grenades.
"In the region of Roye artillery duelling
continues.
"Jn the vicinity of Kllle Morte In the
Argonne there has been a violent en
counter with had grenades.
"Nothing of lmportanco occurred on
the balance of the front. t
"On August 21 one of our aviators
bombarded the railway station at Offcn
burg, in the, Grand Duchy of Badem,
Germany.
"On the following day a licet of four
separate squadrons of aeroplanes, 62 In
all, flew over Dillingen, where are located
factories for the manufacture of shells
and armor plate.
"More than 150 shells of largo calibre
were dropped by the French aviators with
unerring precision."
GERMANS ' CIiECrT FRENCH -
ATTACKS IK VOSGES
Regain Trenches Lost Near Sonder
nach, Says Berlin
BERLIN, Aug. 26. Army headquarters
today Issued the following statement re
garding the western theatre:
"In the Champagne we. successfully ex
ploded several mines.
"In the Vosges an attack made by the
enemy on Schralmannelo was repelled
with hand grenades and southeast of
Sondtrnach that part of the trench sec
tion which we lost on August 17 was re
captured. "A German battle aviator shot down a
French biplane near Nleuport."
MEXICAN PLOT
TO TAKE EL PASO;
MANY ARRESTED
City Virtually Uiider Mar
tial Law, Fearing Huer
tista Uprising
U. S. TROOPS ON GUARD
By LEWIS T. MATSON
EL PASO. Tex., Aug. 26. This city Is
virtually under martial law today after
a night of anxiety, due to fears of a
Mexican uprising. United States soldiers
aro stationed in various sections of tho
city, particularly In tho Mexican quar
ter, and also are on guard at the inter
national brldgo,
Many Mexicans were arrested last night
and early today after apparently reliable
reports had reached tho authorities that
Huerta or Orozco and Carranza adher
ents were planning to capture El Paso
and loot the city.
General Pershing, commander of the 8th
Brigade, ordered out two regiments of
Infantry. Deputy sheriffs and deputy
United States marshals were also sent
to the sections where trouble was feared.
About midnight several shots were heard
In the Mexican section, but It was learned
later that these were fired by officers to
halt Mexicans who attempted to escape
when ordered to halt and submit to
search.
Heavy guards were placed about Gen
eral JIuerta's quarters at Fort Bliss, and
every Mexican found In that vicinity was
arrested and held for investigation. There
was considerable excitement at the in
ternational bridge when American sol
diers turned back several hundred Mexi
cans who sought to cross the Rio Grande
from Juarez during the night.
WOOD MUST EXPLAIN WHY HE
ASKED ROOSEVELT TO SPEAK
Attack on Administration Result of
Invitation to Camp
WASHINGTON. Ayg. 36. General Leon
an) Wood probably wilt be asked by
the War Department, It was learned to
day, to explain why he Invited Theodore
Roosevelt to the PlatUburg military
camp and permitted him to make a speech
there considered a practically a con
demnation of President Wilson's foreign
policy.
Secretary Garrison said he was "not
(jMHH44 t discus the qiMwUon" y.eC
QUICK NEWS
TURKEY THREATENS SEPARATE PACE
PARIS, Aug. 20. An Athens dispatch stilted that It Is reported
in seml-ofiiolnl oiroloe thnt Turkey has threatened to negotiate a
sciinratc peace unloss Germany formally declares war against Italy.
GERMANY RELEASES U. S. SHIP DUNSYRE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. Germany has released the American
ship Dunsyre, Ambassador Gerard has so reported, but did not soy
what disposition hnd been made of the vessel's foodstuff cargo. One
other shl;), the Pass of Balmahn, now is detained In Germany.
SERB AIRMEN SHELL HUNGARIAN TOWN
NISH, Aug. 20. A Servian aeroplane has bombarded Peter-
varad (Petorwardein), Hungary, It was announced today. Peter-
vnrnd lies on a peninsula formed by the Danube River and is forti
fied. It has n population of S000 and is on the Orient Railway.
BULGARIAN DEMANDS GRANTED, IS REPORT
PARIS, Aug. 26. Scrvla is reported to have given a favorable reply to th
Powers of tho quadruple entente relntlvo to tho demands of Bulgaria for Mace
donian territory. Acceptance of Bulgarian demands by Servla is expected to
line up Bulgaria on the Bide of the Allies.
SERVIAN BATTERIES CHECK AUSTRIANS
N1SH, Aug. 26. Servian batteries have effectively shelled the Austrlans
at several points along the frontier, the War Office announced today. Near
Drenutz, Austrian detachments attempting to intrench were dispersed.
CONFESSES PLOT TO CORRUPT INDIANA ELECTIONS
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug." 26. James ("Bud") Gibson unexpectedly pleaded
guilty to tho charge that he had conspired with others to corrupt tho Marlon
County elections. Gibson wns Indicted with Mayor Joseph E. Bell, Thomas
Taggurt and more than 100 other politicians on a conspiracy charge. Gibson
asked to be sent to Jail with the Sheriff for protection.
BRITISH SUBMARINES PROWL ABOUT BALTIC
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 26. The increasing number of British eubmarlnes
In the Baltic Is causing much anxiety td the German Admiralty. German traw
lers are being equipped with guns for protection against the under-water craft.
MANY JTAP GUNS USED BY RUSSIANS
LAUSANNE, Aug. 26. Dispatches to Vienna newspapers from the Eastern
front stnte that the Russians are now employing many Japanese guns and
great quantities of Japanese ammunition against tho Teutonic allies. A con
siderable number of guns captured recently by the Austro-German forces were
of Japanese manufacture.
EDISON'S SIGHT ENDANGERED
WEST ORANGE. N. J., Aug. 26. Thomas A. Edison received a spray from
a mild solution of potash in his eyes yesterday when an assistant turned on a
spigot, releasing tho substance with which the inventor was experimenting.
Mr. Edison wan blinded for a few moments, hut recovered after washing his
eyes with water.. It-is thought the danger to-his Hlght.hnu been'.averterirfe
MOSLEMS MOB U. S. EMBASSY TO GET ITALIAN REFUGEES
ATHENS, Aug. 26. Dispatches received from Salonika today stated that
Constantinople advices reported Turkish mobs have attacked the American
Embassy at tho Ottoman capital hroo times in nttempts to capture Italians
who tool; refuge there during the outbreaks that followed Italy's declaration
of wnr.
"Several members of the mobs wero killed by troops sent to the Embassy
at tho request of Ambussador Morgenthau," nald one dispatch. "The soldiers
are still on duty. The American Ambassador has declared his Intention of pro
tecting the Italians while they seek protection under tho Stars and Stripes."
UNITED STATES EXPORTS OF WAR SUPPLIES INCREASE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. Analysis by the Department of Commerce of
the country's commerce In June showed great gains in the export of manufac
tured products. Juno exports of explosives reached a value of $11,690,000, aa
compared with $394,000 In June, 1914. Exports of brass and its manufactures
were $3,242,000, against $301,000 in June, 1914. Animals, principally horses and
mules, were exported In June to the value of $11,099,000, as against $344,000 in
June, 1914. Raw cotton exports for the year ended with June were valued at
$376,218,000, as compared with $610,475,000 In the previous year. Reduction in
price waa responsible for the greater part of this loss, for by bales the exports
were 8,426,297 In 1915, ngalnst 9,165,300 In 1914
GLI ITALIANI DIFESI
DAGLI S. U. IN TURCHLA
L'Ambasciata Americana a
Conslantinopoli Attaccata dai
Fanatici Turchi Italofobi
Telegramml da Salonlcco dlcono che una
folia dl fanatici turchi ha attaccato VAm
basclata amerlcana a Costantinopoll nella
speranza dl Impadronlrsl dt alcunl sud
dltl Italian! che si Bono rlfuglatl sotto la
protezlono dcllo bandlera degl! Statl Unltl
sin da quando e' scopplata la guerra tra
1'Italla e la Turchla. L'ambasclatore
omcrlcano Morgenthau ha ottenuto che
l'Ambasclata fosse protetta dalle truppe
turche e patccchl dlmostrantl Bono atati
ucclsl dal soldatl, Lo Sheik ul Islam ha
proclamato ta guerra santa del maornet
tanl contro I Italia.
Alcunl ufllclall dello Stato Maggioro
ltallano gluntl u, Hoina dal fronte del
VIsonzo dlcono che la caduta dl Gorilla
e dl Tolmlno e" da attendcrsl 'In breve
tempo, forse da un glorno aU'altro,
Dal rapiorto del generate Cadorna,
pubbllcato lerl sera a Roma si rlleva che
le truppe Itallane operant! nella reglone
del passo dt Tonale hanno occupato, dopo
unavlgorosa ozlone preparatorla dell'ar
tlgllerla, la testa delta vallata dl Strlno.
In questa vallata si trova la fortezza
austriaca dl Strlno che sbarra appunto la
strada del Tonale, E probablte qulndl
che II Comando italtano Intenda dl por
tare la sua artlgllerla contro le batter!
della fortezza. Gil 'austrlacl che dlfen
devano la testa della valle sono atatl rl
cacclatl verso le loro upere fortlflcate o
tuttl i loro tentaUyl dl rlprendere le
perdute poslzlonl fcono statl frustratl
dagll Italian!.
Notlzle da Londra dlcono che la situa
tions diplomatics, nel Dalcanl e' oggt plu'
favorevolo asll a leatl, avendo la Serbia
accettato In mass I ma le domande delta
Quadrupllce Intesa.
(Ueggere In (a paglna le ultimo e plu'
dettaglate notlzle sulla guerra, In
ltallano.)
Destroyer Back Frem Beeteti
The United States torpedoboat de
stroyer Downes arrived In the Delaware
River tbls morning from Boston har
bor, where H recently participated in th
Governors' naval review. It will He at
the yard of mo new yoric
Company for minor- repairs,
LIBERTY BELL GAINS
675 'COPPER POUNDS
Heavyweight Policewoman Ad
ded to Guard of Relic
at Exposition
Miss Blanche Payson, the only police
woman on tho Exposition grounds at
San Francisco, has been 'added to the
Philadelphia guard of the Liberty Bell.
She Js an all-round athlete, 6 feet 3
Inches tall and weighs 223 pounds, ex
actly the same weight as James Quirk,
formerly bodyguard of Mayor Blakrn
burg, who stands at her left in tho pu
graph. The guard at her right Is Josh
Prank, a former Philadelphia reserve
policeman. The picture has been desig
nated "S7R pounds pf copper added to the
Liberty Bell."
Miss Payson, who is a native of Ken.
tucky, Is an expert horsewoman and has
participated In cattle round-ups of the
West. She is also an accomplished swim
mer, and In a 100-yard swimming race at
the famous Sutra Baths In Frisco she
easily defeated the two Philadelphia
guards shown In the photograph
Miss Payson declares that she may, at
the close of the Exposition, come to Phil
adelphia and apply for a place on the
reserve police force, taking care of trof
flo on some busy Philadelphia street In
tersection. The KensingtentaH Says:
John tovelty A uncut was numbered
among Jhe many prominent Ktnting.
tonian registered at (he Hotel 0' MIUm0
Chair, in Atlantic CUv. last Se4wrdem
night.
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