THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
3 POWDER MILLS
BLOWN 10 PIECES
Explosions at Wilmington, Del.,
and Action, Mass.
TWO KILLED AT THE Dl) PONT
Officials Of the Du Point Powder Com
pany Do Not Believe the Explo
sion At Their Two Milla Caused
By Any Deliberate Action.
Wilmington. With terrillce report!
which could be heard fur mill's two
powder mills of the Du J'ont Powder
Company, at its Brandywine plnnt
three miles west of thin city, explod
ed Sunday morning killing Lawrence
Cunningham, aged 45, married, of
Henry Clay, and Hugh Gillespie, 35.
of Huzleton, Pa. The. cause has not
been determined. Several hundred
pounds of powder of a powerful brand
were stored In each mill. The first
mill to ro up was a fuse plant, the
blast from which caused the explosion
of tho second mill nearby.
The two victims were employed In
the fuse mill. Only one body was
found, but whether it Is that of Cun
ningham or Gillespie it Is impossible
to tell. It being manned and burned
beyond recognition. Th other work
man was blown to atoms, the only
remains found being a few bits of
charred flesh hanging to the branch
of trees across the Ilrandywine Creek
from the mills. Both mills were com
pletely destroyed, being swept clean
from their foundations. The force of
the explosion hurled pieces of ma
chinery, shafting and large stones a
considerable distance In all directions
nd trees were either uprooted or tw 1st
d as if in the path of a cyclone.
ACTON PLANT CRIPPLED.
Powder Explosion Believed Result Of
Plot To Halt Work.
Acton, Mass. With a shock thRt
was felt within a radius of 40 miles,
the glazing mill of the American Pow
der Company, which, since the out
break of the European war, has been
working to its capacity, blew up early
Sunday. So far as known nobody was
killed.
The actual money loss to the com
pany was not heavy, but It was stated
that work on large orders probably
would be held up for several weeks.
Property-owners In the surrounding
towns, particularly in Maynard, were
heavy lo.-ers because of the shattered
windows.
The mill had been closed down
since Saturday afternoon and the
police of this town and Maynard ex
pressed the belief that the explosion
had been caused with intent to crip
ple the plant.
FRANCE TAKES KING'S ESTATE.
Property Of German Princes Will Be
Administered By State.
Paris. The property rights of three
German princes In the estate of a
French king have been taken over for
the period of the war by the Govern
ment.. The property In question con
Kists of the interests of Prince Pierre
Auguste, Trlnce Auguste Leopold and
Trince Umis Gaston, of Saxe-Coburg
and Gotha, in the Association of the
Forest of Dreux. The society w as or
ganized to administer the undivided
property of the heirs of King Louis
Philippe.
TO INCREASE RANGE OF GUNS.
Main Batteries Of Battleships To Have
Elevation Of 30 Degrees.
Washington. Main httirles of
American battleships hereafter will
bo given an elevation of ?,) decrees,
practically doubling the present angle
if fire, according to a derision reached
ly Navy Department experts, it is
said, after close study of all available
Information on naval engagement uf
the European war. Wherever possible
ships now under construction and
those already in commission, it is un
derstood, will be similarly fitted.
FRANK INQUEST FUTILE.
Jury Returns Verdict That Lynchers
Are Unknown.
Marietta. Ga. Without being able
to elicit from any one of 11 witnesses
a single clue as to the identity of any
person connected with the lynching of
Leo M. Frank, a coroner's jury return
ed a verdict that Frank came to his
death by hanging at the hands of
parties unknown. City and county offi
cials testified that they had endeavor
ed diligently to get at the facts of the
lynching, but that so far their efforts
had been of no avail. ,
BAD SMASH UP ON N. i. W.
Fireman Killed and Passengers In
jured In Collision Near Gary.
Blue field, W. Va. Norfolk and
Western passenger train No. 1 was in
collision with a freight train near
Gary, W. Va, The passenger cars
were smashed and the engines locked
together and rolled down the bank.
Fireman T. M. Bailey was caught
under the engine and Instantly killed.
A score or more of passengers were
Injured.
THE COUNTRY AT LARGE
Nearly $20,000,000 In gold and
securities worth $25,000,000, the sec
ond large shipment sent from London
to strengthen Frltlsh credit in this
country, arrived In New York on a
r peclal train of steel ears guarded by
S8 armed men.
General Scott will report to Secre
tary Lansing the result of bis visit to
tie Mexican border.
RIISS FORTIFYING
FORANDTHERSTAND
Germans in Possesslonof Entire
Brest-Litovsk Line.
RUSSIANS STRIP COUNTRY
Throwing Up Barriers To Hold
Germane While They Prepare
For New Offensive Little
Booty Taken,
the
London. The Germans, In full pos
session of the entire Tircst-Litovsk
line, have resumed the offensive In the
Baltic provinces and are pressing the
Russians both In the districts south
east of Mltau and to the east of Kovno
In an effort to leach the main line of
railway which passes through Vilna
and Dvlnsk to Petrograd.
This may. In time, prove the most
Important of the German operations,
although at present they are using
more troops In the pursuit of the Rus
sians, who are retiring from Brest
LltovRk and the line on either side
of the fortress.
It Is expected, however, that with
the fall of Hrest-Lltovsk, which has
been followed by that of Olita, south
of Kovno, the armies of Field Mar
shal von Hlndenbnrg will be rein
forced and make another attempt to
cut off the retreat of the Russians. It
Is believed here, however, that It now
Is too late to accomplish this pur
pose. The ' Russians apparently have
evacuated both Brest-Litovsk and
Olita before the Germans arrived, as
the latter make no claim to the cap
ture of guns and booty. The Aus
trian official report states that Arch
duke Joseph Ferdinand found the town
of Kamieniez-Litovsk In flames when
he arrived. There are Indications
therefore that the Russians still are
carrying to the rear everything
movable that might prove of use to
the Invaders and burning what they
ire unable to take with them.
Russians Strip Country.
Petrograd. The main mass of
Russian army deployed between
the
the
Bobr and the Prlpet marshes is fall
ing back on another general position
along the greater part of a front of
150 miles. The retirement Is being
carried out Independently of any local
pressure of the enemy, who Is sup
posed to have 20 corps concentrated
oij the line of Brest-Litovsk.
For some weeks past the work of
stripping the country In the Immediate
rear of the Czar's armies of all ma
chinery, stock and supplies that might
be of any use to tne enemy has been
vigorously prosecuted and the forti
fications evacuated are nothing more
than heaps of debris.
The Russians, in fact, are adopting
the policy which proved fatal to Napo
leon. As the line of battle drifts east
ward conditions are bound to become
progressively more favorable for the
Russians and less so for the armies
of Germany and Austria. Not until
something like equipoise of armament
and munitioning has been restored
will the Russians accept the risk of
a really decisive struggle.
Meanwhile the enemy will be check
ed and retarded and hia energies
wasted away wherever topographical
conditions afford a favorable oppor
tunity for making a temporary stand.
RUSSIANS TO FAST.
No Music Or Entertainment For Sev
eral Days.
Petrograd. The Holy Synod haf
prescribed a period of fasting ot tnree
days, beginning September 8. The
Minister of the Interior has been n
quested to forbid entertainments aim
the playing of music throughout that
time, although work is to continue as
usual.
Sertember 8. is the day of the cnurcli
relihta'ion of Itussia's liberation from
the Invader Tamerlane, the Mongol
leader, who made his way at the head
of V.iy men alnwmt in Moscow in l?.0.r.
visiting unusual cruelties upon the
pC.oplp
CONFIDENT OF FINAL VICTORY.
Millerand, J oft re and Grand Duke Ex
change Messages.
Paris Minister of War Millerand
and General JofTre recently sent the
following joint telegram to Grand
Duke Nicholas:
"We are full of confidence that final
victory will be won by your arms and
we are proud to cooperate with such
glorious soldiers."
The Grand Duke replied as follows:
"The agreeable relations existing
between the supreme commands of
all the allied ' armies are certain to
warrant the glorious end, which, with
God's help, we will attain."
READY FOR WINTER CAMPAIGN.
German
Army Supplied With
Weather Clothing.
Cold
Berlin, by wireless to Sayville, N. Y.
The Army and Navy Departments
announce that a sufficient supply of
woolen garments, shawls, underwear,
socks, gloves, fur coats and ear pro
tectors for all requirements of the
winter campaign has been provided.
BULGARIA TO STAY NEUTRAL.
Washington Diplomats Get Unofficial
Advices.
Washington Unofficial advices to
representatives of the Balkan nations
here say Bulgaria has signed an agree
ment with Turkey, which includes the
provision that she remain neutral, and
that the attempt to form a Balkan
league has failed. News of the for
mation of the new Cabinet by Minis
ter Venlzelos reached the Greek Legation.
TWO SOULS WITH BUT
(Copyright.)
TERRIBLE BLOW
10
His Wife and His Three Children
Perish By Fire.
ONLY ONE SON IS RESCUED
Believing All Had Escaped .From
Burning Quarters At Presidio,
Fire Department Centered
Energies On Flames.
San Francisco. Warren Tershlng,
five years old, will be the only member
of Brigadier General John J. Persh
ing's family to welcome the officer
when he returns here from El Paso.
Mrs. Pershing and the three other chil
dren, Mary Margaret, six; Anne,
seven, and Helen, eight, were suffo
cated and burned in a fire which con
sumed their quarters at the Presido of
San Francisco.
Warren is being cared for by nurses
at the Lettermann General Hospital,
at the Presidio. He was taken there
when he w as picked up unconscious on
the floor of his bedroom by rescuers
who crawled through the burning
house searching for Mrs. Pershing and
her four children. Warren revived
Quickly. The others were dead when
the rescuers reached them, suffocated
and their beads, bands and feet
burned.
Relatives Saved.
Mrs. Walter O. Boswell, a relative,
wife of Lieutenant Boswell, Twenty
first Infantry, and her maid leaped
from the porch roof to the ground
after throwing Mrs. Bos well's two
children down to officers and men,
aroused by her cries and the noise of
crackling wood.
Mrs. Pershing and her children were
to have left here within a week to join
General Pershing at El Paso. A home
to receive them had been prepared by
him.
HAITI TO RATIFY TREATY.
Prompt Acceptance Of U. S. Protec
torate Expected.
Washington. Prompt ratification of
the proposed American protectorate
treaty by the Haitian Parliament was
forecast In dispatcher to the State De
partment from Charge Davis at Port
au Prince.
President D'Artiguenave, head of the
new government, is committed to the
convention, and Ik believed to have
assurances of sufficient support from
senators and delegates to secure favor
able action within a few days. He
presided over the Senate for several
years and Is popular among his former
colleagues.
It became known here that plans
of the United States for putting Haiti
in order contemplate calling upoa the
I Department, if necessary, to fur-
nish officers for the Island police from
us nne corps oi non-commissioueu ui
llcers who have developed and com
manded the Philippine Constabulary.
The pending treaty would provide not
only for a complete financial protec
torate and the administration of custom-houses,
but for a native police
force officered by Americans.
AIRMAN DROPS 2,000 FEET.
Sublieutenant John McLarty Falls Out
and Is Killed.
London. Sublieutenant John Mc
Larty, of the Royal Naval Flying
Corps, was killed while flying a sea
plane over Southampton water on the
English coast. The machine met with
a mishap and McLarty fell out, drop
ping 2.000 feet.
MANNING NEW DIRECTOR.
Succeeds Dr. Holmes As Head
U. S. Bureau Of Mines.
Washington. President Wilson
Of
ap-
pointed Vannoy II. Manning, of Holly
Springs, Miss., director of the Bureau
I 0f Mines, In the Interior Department.
He succeeds Dr. J. A. Holmes, who j
died recently. Mr. Manning was a
sistant director of the bureau.
THREE WEEKS MORE FOR HAITI.
Has Till September 17 To Accept
American Control.
Washington: Haiti's Parliament
has been given until September 17 to
act upon the proposed treaty by which
the United States would extend a
financial protectorate over the un
stable little republic for 10 years. In
the meantime the American marines
will continue to occupy the principal
cities of the Island to prevent a re
currence of anarchy.
PERSHING
A SINGLE THOUGHT
GOVERNORS REVIEW
NATIONAL
GUARD
The Massachusetts Militia
Marches Through Streets.
MOB LAW HAS NO DEFENSE
Gov. Goldsborough Declares That
Sentiments Expressed By Blease
Are Un-American, Irreligious
and Un-Churchllke.
Boston. A demonstration of the
preparedness for active military serv
ice of the Massachusetts National
Guard was given before the visiting
Governors and a great throng of clti
lens In a parade through the streets
of the city of the entire State militia.
Governor Walsh, on horseback,
headed the parade as commander-in-chief
of the State's forces. The visit
ing Governors and former Governors
were In automobiles. Each Infantry
regiment had Its machine gun com
pany, and after the foot soldiers came
the field artillery, the naval brigade,
signal and hospital corps and a long
baggage train.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and
Lleut.-Gov. Nelson A. Miles (retired)
were with Governor Walsh and the
visiting Governors and former Gover
nors on the reviewing stand while the
militiamen marched past.
A statement by former Governor
Cole L. Blease, of South Carolina, that
when "mobs are no longer possible
liberty will be dead" called forth
brief response from Governor Golds
borough, of Maryland, who said:
"Such a statement Is un-ChrlBtly. I
cannot sit quietly and let it go un
answered. If capital punishment Is
wrong how much more so Is capital
punishment at the hands of a mob."'
Papers advocating abolition of the
death penalty were read by Gov. W.
P. G. Hunt, of Arizona; Gov. Edward
F. Dunne, of Illinois, and former Gov
ernors Malncs, of Maine, and Adams,
of Colorado.
Gov. Richard I. Manning, of South
Carolina, said that when a lynching
took place In his state the, county had
to ray 12,000 to the family of the vic
tim. U. S. LEADS IN EXPORTS.
Country Forges Ahead Of the United
Kingdom.
Washington. The I'nited States for
the first time In its history now leads
the world as an exporter.
Figures just made public by the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce show that American exports in
the fiscal year ended June 30 last
totaled 12,768,600,000, compared with
$2,170,100,000 for the United Kingdom,
the next largest exporter. This was
an lncreaae of 17 per cent. In the case
of the United States, when compared
with last year,, and a decrease of 30
per cent, for the United Kingdom.
BATTERY FOR U-BOATS TESTED.
Officer In Charge "Much Pleased"
With Edison Invention.
New York. The first official test of
the nickel batteries designed by Thos.
n. Edison for use in submarines, In
an effort to eliminate the generation
ot chlorine gas, was made at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard. At the conclu
sion of the test on submarine K-6,
Lieut. J. E. Ballty, in charge, said he
was "much pleased" with the bat
teries. Within a few dav,s the sub
marine will be submerged for several
hours as an additional test of the bat
teries. U. O. A. M. COUNCIL MEETS.
Order Has 26,316 Members and $739,
941 In Bank.
Concord, N. H. The annual session
of the National Council, United Order
of American Mechanics, was opened
here. Reports showed that there were
13 state councils and 381 subordinate
councils, with a total membership of
26,316. The treasuries of the sub
ordinate councils contain a total of
$739,941.
TEXAS STORM DEATH LIST 275.
102 Other Persons Still Unaccounted
For, Says Record.
Houston, Texas. According to a
careful checking up of all published
figures based on official statements
from the cities, larger towns and lo
calities Involved, and accounting for
all persons Hated as missing who sub
sequently have been found safe, the
tropical storm that visited the Texas
coast 10 days ago took 275 lives 206
on land and 69 on water.
MEXICANS
MAY
OLD
ELECTIONS
Desire to Select President in
Peaceful Way.
DEMAND OF U. S. IS HEEDED
According To Advices' Favorable Let
ters Have Been Received From
All Of the Mexican Lead
ers Except Carranza.
Washington. The Tan-American-conference
on Mexican affairs will
shortly be reassembled to consider
carrying out the peace plan proposed
to the various factious In the re
public. Fsvorable replies' have h'-cii
received from Villa, Zapata and their
military leaders and the Influential
civic authorities and prominent citi
zens to whom the note was addressed,
with the exception of Carranza and
his military commanders. The great
majority express a desire to meet In a
peaceful way and select a provisional
president who will be acceptable to
the United States and the other
American republics
Although Secretary Lansing would
say nothing about the conference Just
held, a general Idea of whnt transpired
Is known. The replies thus far re
ceived were considered. A tentative
arrangement was made looking to an
early reconvening of the conference,
when the tenor of the responses will
be made publlo, and the Mexican peo
ple will be told to call their conven
tion and elect their man. This con
vention naturally will not be held In
Carranza territory. The State Depart
ment Is advised that If the Mexican
representatives are permitted to meet
unmolested they will gite voice to
their real choice for the first time
slnoe the overthrow of Diaz.
The United States will give official
recognition to the new President and
his government and extend Its moral
support. Similar action will be taken
by the Latin-American republics. The
provisional government will be per
mlted to buy arms in this country If
necessary to sustain Itself and an em
bargo will be established against the
exportation of munitions of any kind
to Carranza.
El Paso, Texas. General Pascual
Orozco, wanted by the Department of
Justice for defaulting his bond, when
held with General Huerta on charges
of conspiracy to violate American
neutrality, was here spent the fore
noon with his family at his residence
and disappeared 15 minutes before
Department of Justice representatives
appeared there to place blm under
arrest.
62 AIRMEN DROP BOMBS.
French Squadron, In Raid On German
Arms Factory.
Paris. Sixty-two French aviators
flew over- a German arms factory to
the north of Saarlouis, throwing down
a total of more than 150 shells. Thirty
of these were of large calibre. The
report of the raid says:
"On August 25 an aerial squadron,
composed of four groups and includ
ing a total of 62 aviators, flew over
the heights of Dellingen. Here there
Is a 'factory where shells and armor
plate are made. The location of this
plant Is to the north of Saarlouis, In
Rhenish Prussia, 30 miles southeast
of Treves. The aviators threw down
with precision over 150 bombs, 30 of
which were of .large calibre."
19 SHIPS SUNK IN WEEK.
U-Boats Send Down 14 Steamers Of
47,698 Tons In Two Days.
London. During the week ending
August 25, 19 British merchant ves
sels, with a total tonnage of 76,000,
and three Ashing vessels were destroy-
I ed by submarines or mines. The week
was one of the most successful Ger
man under-water craft have had since
the commencement of the war. Four
teen steamers, with a total gross ton
nage of 47,698, were sunk by German
submarines August 19 and 20. The
largest of them was the Arabic. Ten
of the vessels were British and four
sailed under neutral flags.
GERMAN RESERVIST HELD.
Gustav Kopsch Arrested For Taking
Pictures Of Fortress.
Washington. Gustav Kopsch, a
young German employed as an Instru
ment maker by the Carnegie Institu
tion here, was arrested by agents of
the Department of Justice, charged
with violating the Federal law for pro
tection of the national defenses by
making pictures of military reserva
tions. He was held In $5,000 ball, and
will be sent to Norfolk for trial In the
United States District Court there.
MRS. EDITH SPRECKELS WEDS.
Frank W. Wakefield's Bride
Hours After Divorce.
a Few
Honolulu. Mrs. Edith Spreckels,
who Wednesday secured a final de
cree of divorce from John D. Spreck
els, Jr., of San Francisco, was mar
rled here Thursday to Frank W. Wake
field, also of San Francisco. The cere
mony was performed at a hotel where
Mrs. Spreckels had been residing by
Gilbert Waller, presiding elder of the
Reorganized Mormon Church.
BROTHERS KILLED BY TRAIN.
Two Sons Of Scranton Pastor Are
Run Down.
Scranton. Pa. Ralph and Harry
Lutz. sons Of the-Rev. John G. Lutz
pastor of the First German Methodist
Episcopal Church, of thin city, were
killed by being struck near here by a
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
nuRseneer train. They were on a nsn
lng trip, and stepped out of the way of
a freight Into the path of the otner
train.
STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
Latest Doings in Various Parts
of the State.
PREPAREDFORQUICKREADiNG
Find Big Vein Of Coal Under Base
ball Park Robbers Enter Home,
Tie Inmates, Flee In Auto
mobile. Three robbers, who traveled by auto
mobile, took advantage of a church
celebration at Wilmore to rob the
home of aged William Doran, three
miles south of Wilmore, on the road
to Ebensburg. The men entered the
farm house about seven o'clock, tied
the old man and his sister, Mrs.
Leahey, to bedposts, and gagged them
so that they could make no outcry.
They then searched the bouse, but
found little of value. They were fright
ened away by the approach of a neigh
bor, Lincoln Roberts.
The officials of the Philadelphia &
Reading Coal & Iron Company are
elated over the discovery of a rich vein
of coal under the Shenandoah baseball
park, said to be thirty-two fet thick
and to extend f-r miles along the
mountain. The coal will be prepared
at ShenandoHh City colliery breaker,
close by, giving employment to many
more men and boys.
Fred Brsedon, of the firm of Weeks
and Braedon, of Corry, decorators,
hot and killed his wife as she re
turned home with a girl friend. He
then turned the revolver on himself.
No reason for Braedon's action is as
signed by his friends. He was forty
four years old and his wife was twenty-four
years old, being the step
mother of his three children.
Suits for coal and coal royalties
mounting to $328,906 were started
against the Iackawanna Coal Com
pany by the Wlnton Coal Company and
others. The cases are based on money
alleged to be due for coal possessed
or taken from the Griffin tract In
North Scranton by the Lackawanna
Company as lessee.
Iter, and Mrs. David F. Lefever,
celebrated their fifty-eighth wedding
anniversary at their country home,
Riverside. Rev. Lefever Is seventy
six, and Mrs. Lefever, seventy-four
years old. Rev. Lefever for many
years served as a Reformed minister
In various mission fields.
Howard Proctor, eighteen years old,
of Colllngdale, was killed In a fall at
the Eddystone plant, of the Reming
ton Arms Company, Chester. Proctor
was working on a scaffold, about thir
ty feet above the ground, and made t
misstep.
Horace, Neumover. of Macungle,
candidate for Commissioner of Ihlgh
County, caught a three-pound black
bass In the Terkiomen which gave
him such a fight that he has a sprained
shoulder. r
Dr. Ethelbert D. Warfteld advised
the Board of Trustees of Wilson Col
lege that he had accepted the presi
dency and would assume charge at the
opening of the term next month. ,
L. Harold Llrhtenwalner, of Ce-
Ironla, disappeared mysteriously, and
his mother has offered a reward Tor
Information leading to the discovery of
his whereabouts.
Allentown's playground season
closed with a romper day on the fair
eroiinds. In charge of Elmer Manning,
the playground Instructor, attended by
6,000 school children.
Morris Segel. of Northampton, on
entering his store, found a fuse at
tached to a pile of goods soaked with
oil. Mr. Segel was burned out by an
Incendiary fire three weeks ago.
Hatfield officials have authorized an
Issue of bonds amounting to $15,000,
to be used to establish a water plant
for the town."
More than 1,500 persons took part
In a civic parade held at Watsontown
In honor of Old Home Week visitors.
William Reuther. motorcycle officer,
of Allentown. blinded by the glare of
an auto headlight, fell from his ma
chine and broke an arm
Florence, daughter of Walter Schaf
fer, of Danlelsvllle, broke an arm while
playing on a park slide.
Fifty residents organized the West
Lawn Volunteer Fire Company. A new
engine house will be erected.
,Mrs. Mary Lancona, fifty-five years
oM, was run down and instantly killed
at Reading by a Jitney owned ' and
operated by Richard Goodhart, a local
automobile dealer. A son of the wom
an, John Lancona, flvs years old, was
hit' at the same time, bnt escaped with
minor injuries.
Members of ZIon Lutheran congrega
tion, Northampton, held a meeting to
discuss an anonymous letter, complain
ing that the salary of the pastor Is
too high, and should bo reduced from
$1,200 to $1,000.
Marietta. M. R. Hoffman, of May
town, has been elected to the board of
trustees of the Mlllersvllle State Nor
mal School. Mr. Hoffman has been a
director of the East Donegal district
for 25 years, and for 19 years, has been
the president. He also Is a member
of the State Committee on Education
al Institutions.
Mixhnot 7.hnskr. flftv-flve vesrs
old, of Malzevllle, was Wiled when he
stepped ont of the way of one fast
train In front of a second on the Penn
ylvanla Railroad.
U.5.
HIT BLOW A! I
Freedom of Seas Would Rem
One Cause of Fight,
ANXIOUS TO END W
Knl. IS TLI. I- O . I I S
peal To England Would
Follow.
Washington. Growing belief J
t mnt.l -.1 .11.,.. . i i
in uujuihi auu uilumauo CI rclei hi
that general peace negotiation! J
be set in motion among the belli,.
nations of Europe If the United Suj
succeeds In reaching a perfectly.,
factory understanding with GernJ
I hat Germany's sudden chan
front toward this country and hen
Ingness, as set forth by Count
Bernstorff, the German Ambassador
Ihu f'nltoH Gtalo. Ia ... 1,
iiiicu Liinico, iv inane ner il
marine warfare comply with the
mands of the United States haven.
a profound impression abroad Is a
reflected In all the dispatches con
here from the European capitals.
sunilng that Germany's promises
genuine, woriu-wiue opinion wtj
seem-to have conceded that the I'd.
States has attained a position ot l
erful Influence from which to add:
new offers of mediation to the m-
powers.
Next Protest To England.
It Is a forgone conclusion be-e
s soon as the German controvert'
put finally to rest, the United Sti
will address to Great Britain t v ,l
ous demand for relief from the, k,l
ships Imposed on American commH
by the British orders in council il
contraband decrees. In doing
Secretary Lansing will be In poi;
to Inform Great Britain that Genii
has removed the chief excuse !
the BrlttBh Foreign Office
pleaded In Justification of Its own J
precedented restrictions against ti
tral commerce, namely, the etc.
that Germany was conducting u
legal form of submarine warlv
Justifying extreme retaliatory w
ures. It Is expected that on the b
of the success he has met with In d-l
lng with Germany. Mr. Lansing
Insist that Great Britain modify
orders In council and contraband
crees and permit American cotton i
American foodstuffs to reach
many. Should Great Britain, too.
cede. It is believed that the I'd;
States, by getting the two countr
through her. to agree to a m
vlvendl for the protection of neu
rights In the war zone, will have pi
the way for general peace negc
tlons.
POLK TO BE COUNSELOR.
s-rarv Lamina Announces "1
Member Of State Department
Washington. The selection
Frank L. Polk, corporation counsel
New York city, to be counselor
the State Department, was fortm
announced by Secretary Lansin?.
President has tendered the positiot
Mr. Polk, who has accepted. Mr. F
will succeed Mr. Lansing, who bec
Secretary on the resignation of V
liain Jennings Bryan latt June.
counselor's office has been vici
since Mr. Lansing took his pl
the Cabinet and there has been ffi
gossip as to who would fill it
ARABIC SURVIVORS SAIL.
St Paul Leaves Liverpool With
Berths Occupied.
London The American Line it
er St. Paul, which sailed for New u
f rnni Uvernool Wednesday, nan
board a number of survivorB ol tj
teamer Arabic. Virtually all
berths on the St. Paul were occup
number of naasengers who hsa
gaged accommodations, however,
celed their passage at w
moment owing to what were conir
eii here the more acute relations
TInlted States and Gernii1
arising from the sinking of the Art'
PRUSSIAN LOSS 1,740 836.
Latest Casualty List Includes NH
Of 42,245.
Amsterdam, via London. The FY-j
.1.. ....noli liotn frnm number I
. nnmhor 300. ctva the names 01 'I
245 killed, wounded and missing, 'I
cording to the NIeuwe Rotternani
Courant. The total number1, of M
slan losses published up to Aug"" 1
i i 7in ai trilled, wounoi
and missing, says the paper. To j
above must be added uie Ba'"J
casualty lift No. 214, the Sawn i
. w i.oliin list 1
NO. 184, anu wiierucuiuois
247 and the naval list No. 44.
ACCUSED OF WRECKING BAN
President and Cashier Alleg T
Have Taken $100,000.
.. if t nnllnn. P"!
Houston, iexas. n. j. m
dent, and B. B. Taylor, cashier s
Wharton National Bank, of W,r
Tfxas, were charged with eonSllfti
to embezzle and misapply fund! I ot (
bank amounting to $100,000. TW
stitutlon was closed recently W
Comptroller of the Currency, l" f
cused officials were held In bono
$15,000 oach.
4,320,000 TEUTONS FIGHTING'
..ii. ai r . m.,u ftn the EJ,lf'i
Front
t n intrl here th' 'l
German strength on the western ft
.j .u- .o stern 'r0
IS l.BUU.UUV BI1U uu I"" ,(i(
1,400,000; In addition there r J
trluns numbering 1,120,000, n'",f :
total on the eastern front of M" ' ,
and on both fronts of 4,320,000.
Germany had available at the ,
nlng of the war 8,000,000 me"-