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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-23
Official Report of
French WarOHiCe

Paris. Oct. 22.-To-night's official
War Office statement says:
"The activity which the enemy dis
played yesterday did not slacken to-
day. Between the sea and La Bassee
the battle has continued with just as
great violence, without the Germans
being able 10 force back the Belgian
army or the French and British troops.
Similarly, between Arras and the
Disc the enemy has made determined
efforts, which have at no point been
crowned with success.
ain the Argonne region we have made
progress between st. Hubert and lie
Four de Paris.
"To the north of Verdun we have
gained ground at Haumont and Bra
bant, on the Meuse. In the Voevre
region we have repulsed an attack on
Champion"
The text of this afternoons Official
announcement follows:
"On our left wing German forces in
considerable strength have continued
their violent attacks, particularly in
the vicinity OF Dixmude, Warneton.
Armentieres, Radinghem and La
Bassee, but the positions occupied b.
the Allies have been maintained.
"On the rest of the front the enemy
has delivered only partial attacks.
These all have been repulsed, particu-
larly at Fricourt, to the east Of Al.
bert; on the plateau to the west OF
Craonne, in the region of Souain, in
the Argonne district; at Four de Paris.
southwest of Varennes; in the region
of Melancourt, in the Woevre district;
in the direction of Champion. and at a
point southeast of st. Mihiel, in the
forest of ALLY.
ave have made slight progress in the
Argonne district and in the southern
part of the Woevre, in the forest of
Mortmare.
Russia: The forward movement Of
the Russian forces has been positively
announced. An important success in
the region Of Warsaw har driver back
the enemy more than thirteen kilo-
metres eight miles,. The advances of
the Russians at Ivangorod and to the
south Of Przemysl are equally percep-
tible."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-23
ALLIES BUY WAR
MUNITIONS HERE
France Has Purchasing
Bureau of % Experts
Russia Big Spender.

All the Allies, il was learned def
nitely yesterday, are buying goods in
this country on a large scale. The
purchases of the several governments,
too, arc not being confined to NUM-
tions of war. though these form the
great bulk of them. They are buying
arms and ammunition, steel, iron,
blankets, boots, shirts, undercl othing,
machinery and great variety Of other
things, Russia, in particular, taking, as
one observer said, everything from
needles to locomotives" Germany, too,
is making large purchases, mostly of
foodstuffs, cotton and ammunition.
There has been some difficulty about
Russia's arrangements for payment, the
government Offering treasury bills for
thirty and sixty days-equivalent to
notes payable in London. The bills IN
a good many instances have been re-
jected by local banking institutions
because on cabling London they have
found a poor market for them there.
In the case of France payment for
supplies bought here is being made
through drafts on credits established
with bankers in this city.
The French have by far the best
organized force TO act as a purchasing
department in the United States. Al
together they have twenty-threc COM
missioners, each of whom has his spe-
cialty, as blankets or cartridges, etc,
and these are under the direction of
Consul General d'Anglade, in this city.
Dealers in the many commodities
desired by the warning nations have
found considerable difficulty in numer-
Gus instances in getting into COM
munication with the authorized agents
of the different governments. Volun-
teer agents, seeking commissions,
abound, and there have recently been
F.. noted in the financial district the faces
of a number of soldiers Of fortune who
ordinarily divide their time between
the French and Spanish hotels and
boarding houses in New York and New
Orleans and some one or other of "tho
! five republics" in Central America.
In one of the best known Wall Stree
banks it was estimated yesterday tina
/ purchases of commodities in this coun
/ try recently on behalf of the belliger
/ ent powers had amounted to not les
| than S50.000,000 or $4,000, 900. Fo
/ some time Russian rouble exchange ha
/ been practically unstable.
| Yesterday there was comparativel.
little change in sterling exchange rates
demand closing at 494% and cables a
4.95B, despite drop of several cent
| during the week, and the market beini
soft in the final dealings. Marks, how
ever, went to even lower levels thai
/ have yet been seen, cables selling a
90%, or about 4.45 cents below III
/ par OF exchange.
Payments made by the banking sub
scribers to the city loan syndicate
on the fifth instalment were made al
the offices of J. p Morgan & Co. yes
terday to the amount of S4,197,165 il
the form of gold certificates and 81,
/ 1860 in exchange, total of 1888,
( us. There was withdrawn from tn,
Sub-Treasury and shipped to Ottawa
on this account $4.625,000 in gold coin
From the Assay Office about S172,0
of which $4,000 was coin, was with
drawn, presumably for banks conduct
ing q small business in exchange.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-23
1850 MORE MEN
LOST BY GERMANY

Berlin, Oct. % (By way Of The Hague
and London A German casualty list
issued to-day contains the names of
about II 800 killed, wounded and MISC
ing.
Emperor William has conferred on
the Pioneer Company of Lorraine
battalion the right to wear the skull
and crossbones on the cap, which here
tofore has been a distinction n onopo-
lized by the famous Danzig Deaths
Head Hussars. The action of the Em-
peror WAS taken AZ the instance of the
Grown Prince, who reported the valor
of the pioneers in building bridges and
constructing earthwcrks under particu-
iarly dangerous circumstances.
II is announced that tic Hrupps are
making over for the use of the Ger
man army 500 cannon that have been
csptu-ed from the enemy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-23
EXPERT ON RATES
SPEAKS FOR ROADS
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion Hearing Turns from
War Conditions.

Washington, Oct. 22.-The hearing on
the application OF the Eastern railroads
for an advance in freight rates before
the Interstate Commerce Commission
to-day turned from questions Of condi-
tions arising out of the European war
to consideration Of rates themselves.
". c. Maxwell, general traffic man
ager Of the Wabash system, appeared
in the interest of the Central Freight
Association, and presented figures TO
show that even with the relief granted
under the commissions previous de-
cision the lines of that territory were
in urgent need of greater revenues.
Louis Brandeis, special counsel for
the commission, suggested that nothing
short of radical revision Of all the
rates, such as was recently undertaken
in New England, would aid the rail-
roads involved. The witness promptly
agreed.
Anything else is just playing with
the situation" he said. "The condition
Of bankruptcy is there, and is going to
stay there"
Attention was called to Mr.. Max
wells figures for maintenance of way
and equipment for 1914 on the various
roads. In some instances these showed
a decided increase over similar stats
tics for 1913. Commissioner Clark
sought an explanation and the witness
agreed to supply it. He hazsrded an
opinion as to equipment.
1--WE are using a lot of old shoes,
patching them up" he said. with
new equipment that expense would be
cut down"
He added, however, that the roads
needed improved credit before new
equipment could be bought.
Clifford Thorne, representing several
railway commissions of Western and
intermountain states, assured the com
mission the state bodies would not OPP
pose the increase Of any inadequate
intra atatn ratea
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-23
CONGRESS UNABLE
TO ADJOURN

oil on the troubled waters the Demo
Gratis supported a motion TO recess
until $50, largely in the hope that the
snarl in the House would convince the
cotton Senators that their demands
were in vain.
When the recess ended the hope for
adjournment had frightened. The Pres
ident, il was announced, was on his
way to the Capitol to sign the war rev.
enue bill and other measures. He ar
rived hurriedly and affixed his sigma
ture TO the revenue bill at 5:4S.
In the remaining lively, minutes the
hope of the majority leaders went
glimmering. Motions to adjourn, to re-
cess and to go into executive session,
on all of which the roll was called,
were defeated. In the mean time, the
House adjourned without a quorum,
and Representatives Underwood and
Mann, the majority and minority lead
ers, took word to Senator Martin that
further fight was useless. The Senate,
after a brief executive session, ad-
journed until tomorrow.
In the House the adjournment
troubles were at first less acute than in
the Senate, but the lower body finally
became involved in a parliamentary
tangle from which it could not extri-
cate itself tonight. After agreeing,
following considerable opposition, to
adjourn the session sine die at o'clock
this evening, the House found itself at
that hour without a quorum and un-
able to pass an amended adjournment
resolution, even il the Senate sent one
over
When the hour of o'clock arrived
the majority leader, Mr.. Underwood.
faced his impatient colleagues and
rather hopelessly said:
ar | make a statement in the abb
sence of quorum l feel / should tell
the House that l have just returned
from the Senate, and the situation
there is such that the contemplated
adjournment tonight is impossible.
There is nothing left for US TO do ex-
cept to quit until tomorrow noon"
Disappointed Representatives.
Disappointment was written on the
faces of the majority of the members
of the House. Many had brought
packed travelling bags 70 the CLOAK
rooms and Hobbies, and were prepared
TO catch night trains from Washington.
Mr. Mann, the minority leader, had IN
formed Republicans earlier in the day
that their presence here was no longer
necessary, and he did not retraet that
statement after the unexpected situa-
tion developed. ,
The House situation became involved
curing the afternoon. The basic
trouble was the fight between members
of the Banking and Currency Commit
tee and coterie Of Southern Demo.
Gratis, led by Representative Henry, OF
Texas, chairman Of the Rules Commit,
tee. The Currency Committee had
pending certain amendments to the
currency law. The Henry faction was
willing TO vote for these amendments
provided the Hardwick-Pou cotton loan
bill was attached TO the rider. This
bill was defeated yesterday, and the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-23
100000 NOT FOR
READY MONEY" MAN
James II. Montgomery, Play
wright, Eliminated from
Cutter Will Contest.

The fight over the estate OF Mrs.
Amelia Gertrude Cutter, valued At
more than 81 100000, came To trial IN
the Surrogate's Court yesterday, ana
testimony was offered regarding the
execution of several wills by the tes-
tatrix. her will of March u last being
the one now contested. Some of the
testimony tended TO show that Mrs.
Cutter. who was seventy-twc years old,
was in good health when she made the
will in which she gave most OF her
estate TO charity. Nothing of posi-
tive nature was brought out 20 show
that she did not understand the nature
of the instrument, the contest being
based on her alleged mental incapac-
lanes II. Montgomery, author or
"Ready Money" was eliminated as one
If the contestants or the ground that
os grandson of the late Henry I. Cut
ter husband of the testatriX, his inter
est was insufficient. The will under
IRE left Montgomery $4,000. George
w 6. Lent and several other cousins
ere the contestants.
Henry T. Cutter was one OF the
founders of the drug firm OF Hegeman
q Co. now the Riker-Hegeman Com
nanv. He died short time before his
wife. leaving her practically his entire
eetate. The will left 90 W. McMaster
Mills, manager of the Plaza Branch
IF the Union Trust Company, and 10
Ceorce Ramsey, executors Of the viii,
siOo 600 and 5000, 600. respectively; TO
Frank VI. Tichenor, attorney and
friend. $4,000. and 10 Charlotte Gut
tar a niece. $4,000. About S150,000
VAS left specifically 20 public insti-
The contest is based on the further
allegation that Mrs: Cutter was under
the influence Of Mills and Ramsey,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-23

Tribune last night something about the
requirements OF the French and kus-
sian armies.
at seems that they have come to the
conclusion that the war will be q long
one" he said. "That is shown By the
fact that the question OF delivery does
not loom up to the same extent u did
at first.
"An interesting feature is that the
French and Russian army officials con
slider that truck has paid for itself
IL it makes one trip from the base OF
supplies to the front. No less than
fifty trucks OF one model will be pur--
chased. This is because 20 many OF
them are likely to be damaged that 1t
il necessary to have the parts inter-
changeable and the mechsncians thor
oughly conversant with the machines"
Mr.. Chase said that n number Of ar
mored trucks had been purchased in
the United States and that there was n
buying commission in Detroit to pur-
chase automobiles for the Canadian
government.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-23
could Have Been Accom-
olished This Month
Except for War.
r,IJAN NAVY GETS
WARCONI APPARATUS
.,;,;sh Admiralty Interested in
n.vice Making Conversation
Among Ships Easy.
fpr cable to Tho Tribune.

..son. Oct %. Had il not been fer
80 ,be human voice would have
,srown across the Atlantic Ocean
ssa H. this month. according 20
N N.'.,crt made to-day by III. j..
: s~s'. w. Of William Marconl's lieu
kesas, vbo perfected p wireless tele-
'.iah's;, s.rprcnt Just adopted for use
Fsoas I,olion navy. This apparatus
y parnd SAWS is guaranteed Tor forty
". s,S under favorable conditions
~. .sid make voice audible at Sixty
r, yss british Admiralty has displayed
l ;ntereSt I'M the invention, and 4
fi.'s ,sn demonstrated aboard English
~ II makes possible the trans
shYs., Of All orders from the admiral
nsSS, esntains I'm the feet by word of
and. should miSunderstand-
1ea', .;.e even during a battle u car
5esre1 away simply by ringing M
\ sseship and talking the matter
"a ~ multiplying the power and cost,
- Of the materials. MT. kouha
.-.,teS. "the same device could cas-
!. -ske words spoken IN New YORK
y ,lIe here. and that is what we had
''.'s.,sd 10 demonstrate this month. L
- have been wholly scientific
80 ss..,.,stration. without present COM
- value. owing to the excessive
- But the restrictions governing
E..i.ss are so numerous under war
u, conditions that experiments OF
~ lind are cat Of the question"
n Rounds apparatus is simple and
80 extensive than amateur wlre-
y biography outfits. In order to get
= s.sseetion with any particular point
elective scheme has been devised
: rsieh an serial wave of n certain
..,,.gtb sets q pendulum attuned to
, h. strength swinging sufficiently to
90 bell ST the receiving point. Thus
~ raller can ring any one Of about
.,s,fy different receivers without the
,,.siring nineteen hearing the call.
0-re connection is established, con-
,.-.stion across forty miles OF air is
ser even than by wire, except when
81. is lightning IN the atmosphere,
80 has the effect OF causing slight
Il blurring sounds.
4 completed my experimenting sew
ii weeks ago iu Italy," Mr.. Rounds
Nd ~snd the Duke cf the Abruzzi,
10 attended many demonstrations.
IA little difficulty in persuading the
rilsn government 20 purchase the de-
h, FOR the navy. IL is interesting
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-23

Henryites banded together to-day 70
defeat the original proposition so-
Yanced by the Currency Committee.
The Henry faction first opposed me
resolution 70 adjourn the session a,
o'clock. but tho adjournment resolu-
ton was adopted early in the after
noon. While waiting for the adjourn
ment hour the Currency Committee
called up it's amendment, and there iol-
lowed parliamentary skirmish, wnien
ended with a point Of no quorum, MADE
late to-day by Representative Moore
a Pennsylvania Republican, who OPP
posed both the cotton plan OF the
Henryites and the amendment proposed
by the Currency Committee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-23
May Resort to Bryan Treaty.
m Cable 10 The TrIbune. |

London, Oct. 22.-It was officially re-
ported to-day that a British cruiser
seized the American oil ship Platuria
and took her to Stornoway, Scotland,
where she is being detained pending
investigation.
1t is believed that the Platura is
Standard Oil ship which recently
changed her register. She was bound
from New York to Denmark with
cargo of petroleum. Her case will un-
doubtedly be thrown with others pend
ing concerning which the two govern
ments are now in the midst of lively
yet perfectly friendly diplomatic ne
gotiations for the purpose of a settle
ment, if conflicting interests make
settlement possible at this time, of the
whole question ef contraband and the
transfer of a ships register.
Britain contends she has a perfect
right to halt cargoes and that her ae-
tion is legitimate and free from inter-
ference. Curiously enough, this pre-
cisely reverses the attitudes of the
British and American governments
during the Civil War, when America
claimed the right TO halt cargoes whose
ultimate destination il considered to
be the Confederacy, and England dis
puted this point.
1t is understood that England has
now presented a revised contraband
list and is awaiting Americas views
on the new list.
The negotiations on this important
technical question are proceeding am
icsbly, although a final settlement of
all points is by no means in sight, sug-
costing that the possible final result
will be recourse to Mr.. Bryan's new
treaty for the arbitration of these
points. Three times weekly Ambassa-
dor Page and Chandler Anderson, for
merly counsellor to the State Depart
rent and now adviser 10 the embassy,
cbnfer with Sir Edward Grey. Strong
hopes are expressed that some rules
covering a working agreement will
L Ill. hn InEnad
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-23
WHITMAN EVIDENCE
CONNECTS HUSSEY
Former Inspector, Again
Ousted from Police, Will
Appeal to Courts.

On the very evidence that District
Attorney Whitman gathered when he
started on the trail Of the real heads
Of "the System" following the murder
Of Herman Rosenthal by the four gun
men who were hired by Charles Beck
or, James +. Hussey, one of the four
inspectors of police sent 10 the Island
for year by Nh. Whitman. was dis
missed from the police force yester-
day.
Hussey. the only one of the four
inspectors to have his conviction re-
versed, was dismissed by Commission
er Woods on the charge that ne had
accepted brides while inspector in
charge of the West Harlem District,
between October 1, 1909, and March l,
1911. Hussey was convicted on all
counts.
With Inspectors Murtha, Sweeney
and Thompson, Hussey was convicted
Of conspiring to keep George A. Sipp,
one of the witnesses against "the Sys-
tenn out of the jurisdiction Of the
state when Sipp was under subpoena
by the grand jury.
The Appellate Division reversed
Hussey's conviction. This act of the
court reinstated Hussey, and he was
given full pay for the time he spent
in prison. He collected $3.50. Imme-
dately after he was reinstated Com
missioner Woods suspended him, and
flied the charges against him on which
ne was found guilty yesterday
The specific charges were chat Hus-
sey took money from James Dougherty.
y hotelkeeper, and from one Ashley
Shea. Shea did not put in an appear
ance at the police trial of Husscy
Dougherty and former wardmsn o.
Iiussey, James Wrenn. testified against
Eussey. Wrenn testified he collected
SIS monthly from resorts in Harlem
and gave IS per cent OF the graft to
uussey.
Hussey, who owns a fine home az Far
Rockawsy and is reputed wealthy, will
appeal TO the courts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-23
BRITAIN PROTESTS
AGAINST MINES

Washington, Oct. 22.--The British
Embassy to-day made public copy o.
communication made by Great Brit
ain to the representatives of the Allies
and neutral powers in London protest
ing against the laying of mines by Ger
mans on the high seas and in trade
routes. which is described as IAN ille-
gitimate means OF conducting war
fare
The communication states that mines
have been found in several cases as Tar
as fifty miles from the English coast,
and that since the beginning OF the war
eight neutral and seven British mer-
chant and fishing vessels have been de-
stroyed by mines, The loss of some
sixty lives of neutral ard non-com-
blatant persons is further alleged.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-23
MILLION GERMAN
TROOPS IN MONTH

London. Oct 22.-An Exchange Tele-
graph dispatch from Petrograd says 1t
is semi-officially stated that the num-
Der of German troops sent to the east
ern and western theatres of the war
since the middle OF September is one
million.
The dispatch also states that the ex-
mort of any stores from Germany is
prohibited, and that this may seriously
affect Switzerland, which heretofore
has received potatoes from Germany.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-23

Through Warsaw, being brOugh hit up
fresh and full of fight at the right mo-
nent Reing accustomed to the track
less forests of Siberia, they went
Through the forests west Of warsaw
with the bayonet, dong 1esriui oam-
age TO the Germans.
Further south other troops from the
confines of the empire were doing WORK
for which they obtained we'll deserved
mention from the commander IN chlef.
These were troops from the Caucasus
region. who held the trenches on the
left bank of the Vistula. The Germans
had approached the Vistula in this
neiOhborhood, and the Caucasus troops
were under heavy continuous hrt from
bio gums for three days and nights
I;pS i'm trenches full of water from
beavv rains and overhowing streams,
thew took this terrible gruelling with
unabated ardor, and when the time
came they were not the last IN attack
Never Yielded an Inch.
The ground these men held was
priceless for the development OF the
Russian strategic scheme, and they
never welded an inch TO the Germans,
who had heavy artillery and all the
advantages Of the terrain.
The nth and Goth German corps are
known to have suffered very severely.
Prisoners, both Germans and Austrl-
ans. have the appearance OF men aDso-
lutelv exhausted. They are famisned,
and are said to talk of nothing but
when peace will be declared.
ON the extreme south the Austrlans,
under German command are suffering
much more severely than the Germans
on the Vistula front. South OF RE
mysl the Austrian corps are only Il
balf-organized force, the regiments pc
ing split up among various corps III
confusion, caused either oy distrus'
Of mixed natiOnalities or as conse-
ouence of enormous losses suffered last
month in the great Galician field.
All along the front of over 200 miles
tho Russians are now advancing, and
German rear guards are being driven
ont of forests and villages at the pay
onet point ..J
The official communication issued
bv general headquarters tonight
says:
;'The rapid retreat Of the Germans
from Warsaw continues. The lombard
ment by the enemy's heavy artillery
has caused no essential damage to the
Notifications of Ivangorod or the
! bridges.
an Galicia desperate engagements
are still being fought. During the ad,
vance in the region between Przemysl
and the Vistula we captured more
than thirty officers, two thousand SOL
diers and many rapid fire guns.
"To the south Of Przemysl the Rus
sian operations are developing, also
with success"
London. Oct. 22.-The Russians report
that they have driven back the first
German offensive move against the Pol.
ish capital, Warsaw. and the fortress OF
Ivangorod. All the Russian accounts
refer 10 this as a great victory, and say
that the Germans, besides losing many
prisoners ard guns, have left large
quantities of ammunition and provl-
sions in the treiches.
German headquarters heretofore had