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D'ANNUNz10 IN AIR RAID.
Poet Drops Letters on Trieste-
PILOT Drops Bombs.
Special cable Despotch TO TuE svs.

Special Gable Despotch to TnE suS.
ROME, July 27.--Gabrteie d'Annunzio,
the Italian poet. few over Trieste In an
aeroplane to-day and dropped mes-
sages exhorting the citizens to await
calmly their dsliverance from Austrian
rule.
His pilot. Mraglia. dropped bombs
on the dockyard and considerable dam
age was done
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GERMAN SUBMARINES
SINK 1S MORE CRAFT
French CndcrSea Boat Hit
Eight Neutral Vessels
Are Destroyed.
,pecidi Cdbie Bsspatch 10 THr ST

LoNpoN. July II Dispatches from
various points to-day say that German
submarines have sunk one Danish steam.
British trawlcrs.
In addition 1t is learned from berlin
that the French submarine Mariotte was
destroyed by a German submarine on
July 20 In the Narrows OF the Dartia
nelles.
The ten trawlers were part OF a
fleet OF fishing craft found by sub
marine off the north coast of Scot
land. All ten We're sunk by shell fire.
80 far as known there was no loss of
lifc.
The Danish steamship Nogill, from
Gothsnburg, sweden. for the River Tyne
with railway ties, was sunk in the Nortn
Sea- The crew was landed at Will
helmshaven.
Four Norwegian, one Swedish and one
Danish sailinS vessels, all laden with
timber and petroleum. were ignIted and
burned in the North Sea, In every case
the crews were given time in which to
d dsembark. Apparently the extensive
raid WAS participated in 10y three sub
marines,
\ despatch from Berlin reports thai
the DcUtschN TdDes:eifunG is vehement
IN its gloating "a, the renewal of the sub,
marine warfare, declaring that il is a
practical answer TO the American note
The French submarine Mariotte wa
built at Cherbourg in 1911 This Is tn
second occasion on wriCh one subma.
rinr has destroyed another. The frs
episode OF the character occurred II
the Adriatic, when an Austrian subma
rine surprised an Italian submarine al,
sank IT,
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History of the battle for . Re.
ceiyership.

The municipal storm which resulted in
the appointment OF the receiver for
Nashville and the custer of the official
heads of the city began on June l2. when
the Mayor and City Commission at
tempted TO remove Comptroller Burns
from office. charging that he was re-
sponsible for the loss OF city books that
We're necessary in an audit and survey
OF the city by James Cameron and stan
OF New York city.
The suit was brought by citizens
committee which had decided that "A halt
should be called on expenditures. 1t was
disclosed that Nashville had an over
draft of 81 900. 600 as the result OF a lax
system that had prevailed for ten or
more years
Before the examination OF the affairs
OF the city could commence the lon;
suspicion and unrest OF the citizens over
city hall conditions came to head
with the reported theft OF the ad valorem
and privilege tax books for 1911, 1912
and 1913 and the loss also OF the sh
and revenue receipt books for the larger
part OF 1913. This latter period covered
the campaign In which the present city
commission secured It's election.
The significance of the loss OF the
privilege tax books relates to a period
In which the city saloons were operated
In violation of the State laws and while
there was much suspicion and scandal
Gus talk.
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While II is admitted as "A possibility
that Great Britain may wish to move
IN the direction of mediation OF ques-
tiuns Of maritime warfare, as was sug-
gestel in the German note to this Gov
ernment. nu reason - known to officials
here why any such proposals should be
expected from London at this time
Attention was called to-day to the fact
that the first British note is known
10 have been prepared many weeks
ago. not long after the receipt of the
American note Of March 80. to which
IL iS an answer,
Since IL was written there have been
many developments Of importance. in
cludlng representations by the United
States In specific cases and also "A
. general notice from the Washington
Governm mt that IL reserved the right
TO refuse TO accept any decisions of the
British prize courts not based on the
accepted principles Of international law.
Ii Is presumed that the British wish to
present defence of their acts and a
fessl Justification OF the blockade policy
against Germany IN the light of th' Sc
communications from the United States
II is not anticipated that tn, second
OF supplementary note will he radically
different In tenor from the first. now at
the state Department Ia IN" nrst hoie
Great Britain maintains that all she
has done has been consistent with the
principles Of international law AS in
terptetci 10y the Supr me Court OF the
United States, particularly In civil war
cases, and that the United States should
he willing TO await the judicial action
ON these cases by the prize courts par
ticularly aS further remedies are still
open to American claimants should the
court decisions prove unsatisfactory 10
them.
1t is known that the British ask that
the American Government consider arbi'
tration. as provided in existing treat
1 : between the two Governments, as a
final means Of adjusting claims arising
4 out Of interierences with neutral trade
In this war.
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Dispatches from pctrugrad to-n. ght
confirm the belief here that the Ger
mans are seeking to cut the COM
mum!cat.on. between Warsaw and
p,trograd and between the northern
fighting line and Iciroerad in order
to isolate the entire Russian forces N
the Nirmen, Narcw and Nistula q g.
tIicts. The pctroErad correspondent of
the Ddily Udii tclesraphs Tonight that
the Germans have begun fresh effort
aimed AT the destruction of the hctro-
grad railroad TO warsaw.
Having occupied the Shawl region,
where the Russians delayed them 80
long" he says. the Germans are now
advancing against that section of tho
railway line between wilma and Dwinsk,
at the same time threatening kONno
from three sides. The object appar-
entity +. to reach the railroad at wilma.
The General STAFF faces the prospect
with eduanimity and points out that even
If the railway line We're temporarily cut
the Germans could not hold II and II
would soon be repaired, while excellent
communication between Warsaw and the
interior would still be afforded by tho
line from Moscow through Brest-l.itovsk,
The heat of the hltt,cteldS is terribly
cxhausting and there are many cases OF
sunstroke and apopl"Xy. The sufferngs
from thirst are especially painful, but
the Russian pcasaut SpIdlers are bearing
the heat with tho same fortitude and un-
/ concern with which they bore the cold
| They are not accustomed to pay much
/ attention to the weather.
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BELL TO REVERT TO WAR TYPE.
One In Vienna, Made Of Guns, TO
he Melted DOwn-Pope Permits.
Special Cable Despatch to THE suS.

Special cable Despatch to THE suS.
ROME. July 27.-The Pope has granted
the necessary authorizat tion to the Arch.
bishop Of Vienna to allow the big bell
of St stephens Cathedral to be melted
for the purpose OF manufacturing am
munition. The bell. which weighs 200
tons. is dated 171l and was made on,
OF ls9 gun. captured from the Turks.
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EXPECT VERDICT IN
THE CASE TOMORROW
QuestlOn Of Legal Rights Is the
Problem for Justice Ford.

Charles Beckers motion for a new
tr.tl was not decided yesterday. nor is it
considered likely that the verdict will be
rendered to-day.
Justice John J. Ford. OH whose de-
csion rests Becker's last chance for an
other opportunity to prove his innocence
OF the murder of Herman Rosenthal. for
which the courts have ordered him to die
this week and for which the time has
been set by Warden Osborne for 5 :i5
A NJ Friday, locked himself up in his
private chamber early yesterday after
noon.
ON the desk in front of him was a
forty-eight page typewriter brief writ
ten by District Attorney Perkins and an
eighteen page brief by w, Bourke Cock
Idu. chief of Becker's counsel. To one
side was a weighty mass OF afiidavts
hled by Mr., Cochran to support his con-
tenton that new evidence which merits
new trial has been discovered and be-
meath them were half a dozen more affi-
oayl,S filed by the District Attorney to
,ontrOvert the essential statements in
the Becker atfidavits,
1t is Justice Ford's job to find out
what Is what in the law, and for this
purpose he remained In his chambers
until late last night. He had to sit In
court In the morning. but before he as
cended the bench he had put in two
hours OF so studying up the law. and on
Monday night he remained in his cham
bels studying until past midnight.
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R-cker May BE Called Yet.

He may yet decide that II is advisable
To- him TO hear the makers OF the ann
davlts on the witness stand, and if he
directs this Becker himself would be one
OF the first to be summoned. Others
who made aflidavits In support OF the
new trial motion who would probably be
called are Hartford Marshall, Benjamin
kaufman. for twenty years an Intimate
~ ROseuthal. Joseph Murphy, serving
term In Sing Sing for second degree
murder; Louis Harris alias Dan the
hn1c; Harry Apelbaum, for years sec
re'ary 10 the late Big Tim sullivan {;
Father Curry Of ST. James's Church,
Bec.cr's spiritual adviser John +. Nc
lntiie and Martin T. Manton, Becker's 5
counsel respectively at the first and sec
ind trials, and possibly Jack Rose.
The question OF his power to Nrant a
new trial except on evidence limited by
the statutes was a moot point one Mon
dd' during the argument on the motion
between Robert c. Taylor, Assistant Dis
lrict Attorney. and Mr.. Cochran Mr..
Taylor contended that the courts only
powers in this direction are those
granted by section 465, subdivision 7, of
me Code Of Criminal Procedure. while
Mr. Cochran argued that Justice Ford
mas an inherent right, handed down from
Wv h'nSS Bcncn OF Englanu, 10 SET
aside the verdict OF the court OF which
he Is member.
II can he stated that Justice Ford
agrees with the District Attorney that
MS powers In this instance are limited
~ the code, which says that the cour,
'ah grant new trial;
B""k-r's Fate Rests on This.
When it Is made TO appear by afh-
nsflt that upon another trial the de-
lenIant can produce evidence such as
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The Germans and Austrians from
all accounts are feeling the weathe"
more The battle continues at every
point Nith the greatest vigor and de
termination on both sides owing 10
the vast issues which hang upon tho
results the German thrust to within
twenty miles OF Riga : scarcely
noticed This movement is not com
sldered to be connected with the opera
ton agains, Warsaw, but rather AZ
having a political object by showing the
activity o. the Germans IN the region
nearest the capital of the empire.
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The loss OF the books for the cam
paign period of 1913 was accounted for
by Comptroller Burns when he charged
in a bill in Chancery that City Finance
Commissioner Lyle Andrews had made
an expensive campaign financed by city
funds with the connivance OF J. b.
(Doc) West, Jr, Assistant City Treas
urer.
When Mayor Howse began to move to
dismiss Comptroller Burns, whom he
charged with responsibility for the
safety OF the books. Burns obtained the
services of Stokes a. Stokes and said that
he would curl the hair OF the city COM
mission" by the disclosures he would
make.
The Chancery Court prevented the
Mayor and his friends from dismlssing
Burns after the Comptroller had testified
that he had gone to the heads Of the city
government with the story of the dis
appearance OF the books. He said the
only satisfaction he got was a promise
that the matter would be looked into
Burns reported that his life had been
threatened, but he purposed to tell the
people everything.
The Mayor pressed the case. however,
and Burns was arrested with Andrews
and West. All three were charged with
the larceny OF the books and were In
dicted. West disappeared.
Denied Charges, hut Didnr Fisht.
Andrews. who Is a brother-in-law OF
Burns, said after his indictment that
the charges OF Burns were false as well
as any other charges OF wrongdong
made against his fellow commissioners.
but he did not resist to n large degree
his removal from Office.
In the recevership proceedings
which lasted six weeks. Burns charged
that in the letting OF street contracts
Nashville had been defrauded OF be-
tween 100000 and s2.000.O00 He
alleges that Mayor Howse had spen,
city money by building a useless mar.
ket to increase the value OF his own
property. As the result. petitions were
started for the recall OF the Mayor and
| Commissioners.
Expert Cameron found that clever
| cash and receipt hooks from 1909 until
| 1912 were missing
A bankers committee recently gave
out a statement to allay the fears o
holders OF Nashville's securities. say
ing that all were strong and could no
| he endangered.
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Continued on Fourth Page.
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Would Take 100000 Of
Cars Troops in Great En-
vclOping Movement.
LINES DRAW CLOSER
TO POLISH CAPITAL
TcutOnS Strike at Railways
in Effort to Cut Off
Supplies.
Special Cable Despdich 10 Tmt SuN.


LoNroN. July 27.--Early morning re-
ports from Pctrograd to-day brought tho
first encouraging word for the Allies In
the Warsaw situation for weeks. The
official statement from Rerlin this eve
ming gives another Interpretation or per-
haps a later development II rs reported
there that the check temporarily admin
istered to Field Marshel von linden
burgs army across the Narew has been
ended and that the iermrus are once
again advancing toward the Bug River
aio the Petrograd railroad a few miles
Cn the other side of Il.
The German official report on tho
operations IN the eastern theatre issued
to-day AT berlin IL as follows:
An attack from Mtau was repulsed.
Between Poswol. south of Mitau. ana
the Nlemen River. We are closely FOL
lowing the retreating enemy.
Russian attempts Yesterday 10 push
back our troops advancing across the
Narew River by great simultane-
ous attack from the line of t;uworuwo
,cast OF Ruzau). Wyszkow and Serock
,south of PultuskJ completely failed.
We captured 33i9 Russians and thr-
teen machine guns.
To the east and southeast Of lsozan
our troops are pursuing the dcteated
enemy. who advanced from an eastern
direction
Fighting for the prut. southeast of
Pultusk, is proceeding.
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B""ker's Fate Rests on This

When it Is made TO appear by aff-
dsrIl that upon another trial the de-
lendaut can produce evidence such as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01
GAMBLERS CHEAT
POLICE IN DEN RAID
Fine Outfit Rounded Up, but
Players We're AbSent-Lessee
and Wife Arrested.

Inspector Bolan followed up the raids
on gamblers i'm the Tenderloin last
night by entering, with five detectives,
the house at % West Fifty-frst Street
and capturing large amount Of
gambling paraphornalia.
At the time of the inspectors raid
the place was deserted with the eXcep-
ton of Michael Buckley and his wife,
who say they are lessces of the house.
On the second floor of the building
Bolan found a roulette wheel, racing
charts and other accessories Of games
Of chance Buckley became angry when
the articles were contscated. and he
and his wife attempted to resist the
police. They were arrested, charged
with disorderly conduct.
The house was deliberately wired,
having burglar alarms at every win
dow and door. 1t is believed the
gamblers were tipped off shortly be-
fore the police arrived, for neighbors
said they had seen men issue from the
building and drive away IN automobiles
just before Bolan and his men came.
When Jacob Luban, president Of the
Flower and Feather Social BENEFIT Club.
and the two men who were arrested
with him on Friday in Lieutenant Dan
Costigan's raid on the clubhouse, al
IA Sixth Avenue, were arraigned be-
fore Magistrate Murphy, in the Jetfer-
son Market court, they were held in
$500 bail each for a hearing on FRI
day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01
Annual August Sale OF
SILVER-PLATED WARE

Special prices for this great ' a,s,,I
boon 70 housewives who love pre-"
table necessities reliable makes
Rogers Tea Spoons
bright and gray finishes s,. IS
reg. 40 u dozen......sa'e
Rogers Table, Spoons and Forks
bright and gray hnishes-Pre,. pre-. IS
patterns-reg. .95 u DOS a'e
Rogers Dinner Knives plated on
tempered steel-fancy handles IS
reg. sl.99 y dozen...'saIe
Rogers Sectional Plate Berry S spysvs.
Gravy Ladies' and Cold He"I az.
Sectional plate provides esps
cially heavy plating on POI,
tions exposed to greatest "eS s6
reg. 40. Sale, eSeh =,
Rogers Soup Ladies' gray OF
fnish-favorit designs 80
reg. Sl.49..........''Ss'e
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01
ADMITS KILLING FARMER
BUT CAN'T FIND BODY
Farmland Points Out Places to
Sheriff in Hot Sun.

Albany, July 31.-Clyde Robinson,
a farmland, told Sheriff Peasley to-day
that he had slain his employer, Arthur
Brown, twenty miles southwest of here,
and aided by Mrs. Brown hidden the
body. After an all-day search of the
premises, the body had not been found
tonight and the authorities now
doubt if Brown has been slain. He
has been absent from home a week
According TO Robinsons first story,
he struck Brown down because of his
jealousy. He said he hid Browns
body under some loose hay in a barn.
With the temperature above ninety
in the shade, the sheriff and his aides
pitched out eleven tons of hay and
failed 20 find the body.
Robinson was told 70 point the spot
where he had buried the body. lie
designated places, but digging in them
awaited nothing. Late tonight Robin
son decided ne must have buried
Browns body in potato patch. Il
may be dug up tomorrow.
Irs. Brown declines TO talk except
to say that she has not aided in kill
ing her husband.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01
Explosion Startles PaSSen-
gers so Feet Up at Man
haitian Street.
HAT ABLAZE, MAN
FLEES TO GROUND
Fearing Electricity, Crowds
Rush to ExitS-One Taken to
Hospital Badly Burned.

-Four persons were burned about the
face and hands, traffic on the Broad
way division OF the subway tied up
for twenty minutes and n small panic
ensued shortly after o'clock yester-
day afternoon when switchbox in a
subway train, approaching the Man
haitian Street station, exploded.
The injured are:
Albert F. Ritter, twenty years
old, a clerk living at 2136 La Fontaine
Avenue, The Bronx; severely burned
about the face, hands and body; taken
to Knickerbocker Hospital.
VALERIE Braquehains, sixty-three
years old, a restaurant keeper at Fort
Lee. n. j.; attended by DR.. Padulla, Of
Knickerbocker Hospital.
Amaze Cesaveo, forty-three years
old. of 30 Grove Street; attended for
burns.
The Rev. DR.. Gustave Gright, forty
FIVE years old, of Hillcrest, Tuckahoe,
n. Y; refused medical attention.
The four men were standing on the
rear platform of the first car Of the
train that left the Borough Hall sta
ton of the subway in Brooklyn az 1888
o'clock. When Motorman Sayre shut
off the power at the Manhattan Street
station, which is eighty feet above the
ground, there was an explosion over
their heads and a shower of sparks, &C
companied by intense heat, shot from
a switch which controls the fans.
As the explosion came the train
stopped The doors were opened, and
Ritter, his straw hat ablaze and his
coat smouldering, ran down the long
flight of stairs to Broadway. Passen-
gers in the steel car in which the short
circuit occurred, fearing the entire car
would become electrified, rushed for
the exits.
Power on the fans was turned off and
the sparks and smoke subsidized, but as
a precaution a fire eXtinguisher, with
which each car is equipped, was
brought into play.
An ambulance surgeon from the
Knickerbocker Hospital attended the
four injured men in a drug store. Rit-
ter was seriously burned and was taken
TO the hospital. The others injuries
were not so bad.
Traffic on the Fourth Avenue Brook
lynn subway was also delayed several
minutes at about the same time the tie
up in Manhattan occurred. John Danna,
a track walker, was killed by q train
bound for New York with Coney
Island crowd and thrown on the third
rail.
Frank Cordell, motorman of the
Brooklyn train, applied his brakes
when he saw the track walker few
feet ahead, but could not stop the train
in time. Danna was thrty-one years
old and lived at so East Eleventh
Street, Manhattan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01
Annual August Sale of
BED SPREADS

Styles for daily use and dress up"
ones as well-every one rellable-Au-
gust sale prices will leave an excellent
margin for your savings bank account.
Use this list as
your personal guide!
Crochet Spreads -quarterbed
sze-worth 90. Sale 81
Crochet Spreads-full size
new designs-worth $l.49. Sale .S4
Extra Heavy Crochet Spreads-full
size-hemmed or fringed-excellen
patterns-worth $3.50. Sale %
Crochet Spreads -hemmed, fringed
and ut-corner-choice designs
Full size-worth sl.98. Sale 1.37
Satin Finish Marseilles Spreads
full size-fne variety
worth S2.98. Sale 1.S7
Satin Finish Marseilles Spreads
suitable for brass beds-hemmed,
fringed, scalloped and cut-out
corners-worth $685.. Sale 2.64
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01
Annual August Sale of
HOUSEHOLD NEEDFULS

o,Codar oil or Dust Mons Sale.
long handles-75 CT. size..... -"
O'Cedar Oil-5Oc bottle......... 81
Side Hemmed Window Shades
Holland % to 81 in. wide
7 #. long before hemmine)-
sold without rollers-reg. 40. 80
OPAQUE Window Shades
7x3 fall tints-reg 3D.. ~
Table Oil Cloth-all colors-
IL yds. wide-reg. 10 and %. II
Shelf Oil Cloth-l2 in. wide
all colors-reg. 3 cts......... o12
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01
$50 for 10-Cent Guess.

Ice must be sold by weight, as pro-
vided in the city ordinances. 1t is not
enough 70 buy a or 10 cent piece
because it looks about the right size
IL must be weighed
Commissioned Hartigan Of The Blu.
reau Of Weights and Measures will
begin a rigid inspection tomorrow Il
see that the order is obeyed As a
rule the customer who buys by The
piece does not get his moneys worth.
the commissioner says. A fine Of $50
tor each violation OF the e'dinance is
provided.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01
Annual August Sale
and Ciearances in
UPHOLSTERY DEPT.

Irresistible inducements TO buy now az
these wonderful economy prices You
are sure to find just what you want,
too, an added delight to the particular
housewife.
New Easement Draperies-
About forty styles-86-inch-nov-
city borders, Orientals, fiorals and
many other dainty patterns.
New Cretonnes and Art Draperies-
worth .25 and 90. Sale 10
Full line of color schemes, includ-
ing black and white stripes, also
chintz, horals, Persians, Delft and
others.
Fine Drapery Yelours--
reg. Sale LIZ
50-inch-rose, olive, crimson, blue,
myrtle, wood tones and other want
ed shades desirable quality.
New Curtain Madras-reg. 25 Sale III
White and cream-double borders
and all-over detached figures
large variety.
Lace Curtains (CieGTdHceS) }
Were 1898 TO S798. Now 1.9S
Marie Antoinette, Irish Point,
Lacet, Point Arabe and Cable Net
styles-choice patterns.
Lace Curtains
Were sos and sS.98. Now Cos
Marie Antoinette, Lacet, Point
Arabe and Irish Point styles
variety of designs.
Lace Curtains
Values $99s and sl0.9s. o.. 7.0S
Marie Antoinette and Irish Point
styles-prettiest designs.
Sunfast Portieres-
Were S3.9o. Now Ids
One and two pairs Of a style
brown, blue, sea green and rose
Madras patterns.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01

sented from the Appellate Division
opinion. Hussey, who was one Of the
police officials convicted in the Harlem
graft trials, and subsequently rein
stated with the salary of Inspector, has
said he will retire If his reinstatement
is confirmed,