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why Dye Exports stopped.

Herman A.. Metz, a large importer Of
German dyestuns, said he had heard Of
Herr Waet2oldt, but never had met him.
He said that Germany had stopped the
export Of dyestuffs after the British
orders in council" as a means of pre-
venting any OF the dyes falling into the
hands of the Allies. He said that the
last ship carrying sue products arrived
mere I'm April.
Mr., Metz explained that he had writ
ten "A letter to President Wilson ON June
l6 setting forth tn him the German view
point on Withholding dyestuffs from ex-
port. lie quoted to the President a letter
written by Dr.. Adolph Haeuser, presi-
dent OF the Verein Eur Wahrung der
Unforeseen de chemischen lndustrie
Deutschlands in Berlin, who wrote as
follows
II note that you have carried out
our plan to organize an American
Dycstuff Consumers Association. We
here are gladly ready to send dye
stuffs to America, but we rest on the
standpoint that We cannot accept this
AS a favor or gracious act on the part
of England. but that we can send dye
stuffs when England recognizes the
right of America to receive goods from
US and you send US cotton in exchange
for such dycstufs, This also is the
standpoint of the German Government,
ANY other standpoint would he un-
worthy OF America or Germany. We
are, of course, somewhat accustomed tC
| seeing the American Government look
at situations through two pairs of spec.
tacles according TO whether Germany OF
England Is concerned in the question
England can simply deny American sug-
gestions offhand and the American PEG.
pie yield with astonishing submission
| although the entire carrying on of the
war on the part OF England and her
allies depends entirely upon the good
will of America. When Gel. any, how.
ever. does anything toward using her
own good rights, the act is decricd in
America. ] hope America will succeed in
forcing England TO stop interfering with
| commerce between Germany all Amer.
lea, and If so you will fnd Us only toe
glad 10 give you all the dyestuffs that
you need"
Regarding the letter of William r
Jerome to Arthur Won Briesen. published
yesterday, Mr., q Briesen, asserted yes
terday hat his talk with Mr.. Jerome
had nothing to do with any German
! propaganda. He insisted that the mat.
ter discussed had something to do with
a criminal prosecution.
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TAKES DACIA;
RENAMED THE USER
American Steamer. Condemned
by Prize Court. Now Sails
Under TricOlOr.
>s,aoi caJie Despa,ch TO The 5 y

PARIS. u lS.-France has sold the
American steamship Dacla, condemned
by a French prize court because OF her
transfer from German to American regis
try. Her new French owner has re-
named her the User. Under the tricolor
she sailed to-day from ~Cherbourg 10
Cardiff, to take on a cargo OF a for
Brest,
The Frenc.. p,ize courts judgment in
the case of the Dacia ~ based upon ar
ticle SO of the Declaration OF London, the
prize court ruling that no sufficient PROOF
had been produced to inralidate the
nullity of the transfer as regards beIliI-
erents. such nullity arising from the
transfer having been made during war
time.
Furthermore. the authorities argue the
shin continued traffic with the enemy and
was not at the moment of her capture
pursuing the voyage for which she had
been chartered when under the enemy
flag and To which she had been trans
ferred 10 "A neutral flag,
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Bros. Company, who signed one OF the
most remarkable agreements. In the opln-
OF b leaders here, that any manu-
facturer OF prominence made with his
employees. Mr.. Warner granted the
elght hour day, wage increases Of 12a
per cent, established a minimum OF
1890 for learners who formerly made as
little as VI "A week. abolished labor of
girls under l6. abandoned the practice
OF charging operators IL cents more than
the Wholesale price for the thread they
W with, dropped the system Of charg-
ing operators for repairs made OF any
goods passing through their hands and
agreed to let the American Federation
or LABOR arbttrate any disputes between
him and his employees. As "A result 1900
girl strikers will return to work to-
morrow.
What do you think of thta?' asked
Miss Mary Scullys general organizer Of
the American Federation OF Labor, who
with John Roche. a fellow r%oganizer. is
conducting the strike. "Why. the girls
working In the garment shops In New
York have been fighting ten years and
they haven't got anything like that"
We'll get 1000 more out tomorrow -
Miss Scully said of the Salts Textile
Company.
The Salts company Ia the firm that re-
Gently had trouble with the Government
over differentiation OF exports.
About 100 girls left the American
G~raphophone n Yost Typewriter com
ranies to-day. A general laundry strike
Is also threatened. The girls in the
Lowe Laundry Company quit to-day.
Others are expected to leave the other
concerns in the city. George r. Craw-
ford. president OF the Crawford Laun-
dry Company. acceded to the demands. Of
his strikers this evening and the girls
will return to work tomorrow.
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FLAT THIEF TEACHER
CAUGHT, SAY POLICE
Three Men, Posing as Delivery
Agents From stores.
Fall Into Net.

Three men who the police say have
confessed to rObbing a number Of apart.
ments recently by means of dumb
walters, were arrested yesterday after
noon when they ran out of the Holland
Court, 31j West Niuety-ciEhth street.
near Central Park West, INTO the arms
Of detectives III were waiting for them.
They said they were John Murray, II.
of 2l24 Eighth avenue; James Duty.
%, OF 500 Amsterdam avenue. and John
Connolly, 80. of l39 West Nincty-cighth
street. Murray, the police say. has been
known to them for some time under the
name Of SkintoN as a man who had
led "A band Of apartment house thieves
through the Eastern States. Most of his
band ar" now IN prison.
Murray and Duf, went into the IIul.
land Court basement YESTERDAY. dressed
as delivery men, with aprons and big
baskets In which were N~,getlhlcs. They
went up the d~umbwaitcr shaft 20 the
second floor and got into the apartment
Of Mrs. Henrietta Marvc. Tney had
packed up about $500 worth of silver
ware ON the dining room tab. when
Mrs. Marve walled in. according to
III" police. She had returned from a
two weeks stay at Long Branch.
The men rushed down the hart to
find hat tho gate out of the basement
had been closed and locked. Mrs. Anne
Fiuk had heard them going up the
shaft and notified the ianitor before
~telephoning for the police. They went
back up to her apartment aud after
warning her to be quiet went down tn.
stairs and ran out to the street. wncre
Connolly had been waiting for them.
Then all three plunkcd into detectives
Higgiu. MCGEE aud Boyle, who had been
sent from the Fourth branch IN re-
sponse to Mrs. fink's alarm.
The men admitted three recent part
mcnt robheries. the police say. IN which
they got an average of 81 600 worth Of
loot each time.
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NO MUNITIONS STRIKE.
LABOR d DECIDE
Machinists' Heads Repudiate Plan of
Keppler for a General Walkout, but Will Give
Him a Chance to Tell His Views.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1S.-The execu-
i've board Of the International Associa-
ton Of Machlnists in session In Wash
inston to-day repudiated the declaration
OF policy announced in Few York by
D. j. keppler. vice-president of the In
ternational association, wherein he de-
ciared In favor Of a general strike in
munitions plants throughout the coun-
try to enforce an eight hour day. KEEP
pier Is expected in Washington and will
be heard by the board tomorrow. lie
Is the representative OF an aggressive
minority Of the m~achinists who want
10 force a general strike in munitions
factories. but his element vas repudi-
ated early I'm the meeting of the board.
President Johnston said to-day after
reading the interviews attributed to
keppler In the New York morning news
papers:
This statement by Vlce-President
keppler is Unauthorized by the Inter-
national Association and IL wholly At
variance with the policy OF the associa-
ton. We rave declared for a general
campaign to bring about an eight hour
day, but we do not advocate a general
w IL IL hboul alu VIII uSo
every means In our power to avert a
general strike"
The executive board received word to-
day that 500 machinists and metal
workers had gone out on "A strike at the
plants OF the Potter x Johnston Com
pany at Pawtucket, X. l. This Is "a ma
chine tool industry and n representative
OF the international association has
been delegated to go to the scene. The
executive board to-day ordered "a repre-
sentative to Wilmington, Del, where the
strike is said to be spreading and has
already involved three or four plants.
y. l.. Alias. president of the division
OF machinists in the Government service,
was before the executive board to-day
on the situation at the Watertown Ar
senal. where the workmen have been
lighting to have the Taylor system abol-
ished. The board asked Mr.. Alias to
go to WATERFOWL and assure the men
OF the support of the International as
ISOLATION in their efforts to eliminate
this obnoxious and unfair method of
compensation
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WILSON HEARS OF Big
u.s.. CHANCES IN CHINA
Minister ReinSch Outlines
Trade Possibilities for
American Money.

WASHINGTON, Aug. lS.-President
Wilson conferred to-day with Paul $,
Reinsch, United States Minister to China,
regarding the interests of this country
In the Far East as they have been
affected by the Japanese encroachments
in the Chinese nation. There were indi-
cations afterward that the conference
was an important one and that at least
consideration was given by the President
TO a suggestion hat the United States
toward American financing in him as
a means OF coping with the advantages
Japan has obtained for her citizens In
the weaker republic.
Minister Reinsoh, it became known, Is
convinced that the condition OF the
world money markets to-day, due to the
war, furnishes an unexcelled opportunity
for American capital TO enter the chi
nese field with hope OF profits to itself
and OF benefiting China The American
Minister is believed to have called the
Presidents attention to the fact that al
though China needs no foreign money
for administrative purposes. she IL inVlt-
ing loans for Industrial expansion.
II is the minister's idea that Ameri-
can h~nanciers II imbued with sufficient
confidence I'm the support OF this Gov
would gladly avail themselves
OF the opportunities held out by the tie
up OF the other big financial powers.
Should this support be granted and
American capitalists thus be inspired to
activity In tine Fan East he believes such
a policy would prevent the closing OF
Chinese opportunity to all foreign in
yestment save japanese. such as fire.
auently has been said was the purpose
of the Japanese Government had In mind
in forcing its now famous demands on
the Chinese Government.
President Wilson never has indicated
any inclination to reoede from the policy
he disclosed "A short time after his in
auguration, when he announced that the
Government could not guarantee the
venture OF American participants in the
proposed five Power loan.
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"PIANNY TUNER" HERE
FROM HOOSIER HAMLET
Carries His Wardrobe Along
Broadway i'm Bandanna on
End of Cane.

A quaint little man of rs. with duck
trousers, ruddy face. twinkling eyes and
a big zane from which swung a change
of linen wrapped in "A bandanna, ambled
into the Hotel McAlpin yesterday. NUT
tered 81 swan as he glanced about the
lobby and then registered as Darwin De
Wolf OF Valparaiso, Ind.
Mr.. De Wolf Is here to take n post-
graduate course In his profession. lie
tunes pianos. travelling from town to
town through the rural districts OF his
state. After forty years of this york
II might he thought that he knows some-
thing about pianos. but not long age he
struck into the yitals of "A new tangled
thing that played by itself and was actu-
ally stumped, b'gosh. When he got
through 1t sounded as IL the cat were
walking on the keyboard.
So he saved up S40O. pinned It inside
a trousers pocket to keep II from the
wolves of Broadway, and came to town.
Now he is n student in a player piano
school and when he gets through In two
months there won't be a music box in all
lndianny that he can't fix.
Mr.. de Wolf is more than an itinerant
tuner, he is n peripatetic philosopher and
composer as well. Way back in 1876
he wrote a song. "A perfectly good song,
If n sang II on Broadway now 1t would
attract attention. The chorus goes:
when Sis IL In the parlor with the one
she calls her beau.
when Sis Is in the parlor, in the parlor
with her beau.
when in the parlor with her beau, with
her Teller, with her beau.
with n Teller, with a %fcller. with a Teller
that's her beau
The music IL also good.
And as for his philosophy. he offered
as proof of 1t that he has never mar
ried, and laid down a rule of conduct for
easy living,
'Some folk always run to "A fight or
20 a fire." he said. but | run the other
way, and to that ! attribute my present
health and contentment."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-19
PSEUDO HUSBAND IS HELD.
Man Who Deceived soldiers Wife
Must stand Trial.
SpeciaI Cable DespatcA 10 TIE suN

w $50 'NFf
MANCHESTER. Aug. 1S,-The British
soldier who recently called on the wife
os a sergeant named Dandy and. playing
on his resemblance to Dandy, todd her he
was her husband, finally convincing her,
has been held for trial. The real Dandy,
who was wounded in the fighting at the
Dardanelles last June. Is missing. Mrs.
Dandy at first demonstrated against the
visitors arguments and his attempts to
pose as her husband, but finally believed
him.
Two charges are formulated against the
soi-disant Dandy, one under the army
act, Of falsely representing himself as
Sergt. Dandy. and the second. of hav-
ing impersonated Mrs. Dandy's husband,
which Is a criminal offense.
Mrs. Dandy testified In tears that she
originally doubted the mans story be-
cause although he certainly resembled
her husband he lacked "a scar on the
neck and other body marks.
Ada Hall. Il resident OF Manchester.
testified scornfully that the prisoner was
her husband. having married her sixteen
years ago lie enlisted as a private.
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Property Owners Must Pay.

Another amendment provides that:
9TH cost OF any local municipal i'm
provement may be imposed In whole or
In part upon the private property bene-
flied thereby by special assessment.
which shall he subject to review by the
Supreme Court"
1t Is provided that neither the credit
nor the money of the State shall in
any manner be given or loaned TO or
in aid of any individual" association.
corporation or private understanding I;
NOR shall public property be granted
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-19
HELD UP IN THE BRONX.
Contractor Tells OF Robbery That
Little Girl Interrupted.

Daniel J. I.ahey. a building contractor
OF 2021 Ellis avenue. the Bronx. re.
ported to the Westchester police station
last night that he had been held up and
robbed by three men at Westchester and
Pugslcy avenues about . O'Clock. Two
of the men. he said, carried revolvers
and he had grabbed for one OF them.
when the third man hit him over the
head with a blackjack.
The robbers got only $3.50. A little
girl came up the street just as the hold
up occurred and the three men ran,
apparently fearing she would make an
outCry,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-19
HOLDS UP CUBAN LINER.
The Havana Kept In Port for a
pa, u, - Miles mn Hour Blow.

The Ward liner Havana arrived yes.
terday morning from Havana after hav-
ing been held up there for Il day by the
hurricane which swept tho cuban
coast last Friday night, The wind
blew - miles an hour.
Among the passengers were James l..
Rodgers, United States cousul-,ieneral
at Havana. and Gen. Pablo Mcndieta,
commander in chief of the cuban
army. The latter was accompanied by
his wife and his daughter, Miss Maria
l.. Meudieta, Manuel tarreuu. father
in-law Of Nicholas Perez Stables, the
Cuban Consul-Genoral ut Canada. who
arrived last week, was also a passenger.
The White star liner Baltic sailed
yesterday with fourteen first cabin pas
scngers n ninetv-iivc M the second
cabin. Among those ON hoard were
Dr. William Roam, Mrs. oliver Harvey.
W. T.. littletou, charles \. Stiles. Will
son Tuphclme and Dr. " Valance.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-19
CANADA HOLDS SUPPOSED SPY
u. =. wouldn't Admit Him-May
he Brother of Man shot In London.

ToRoTo. ont, Aug, 1S.-Karl Leib,
believed to be the brother of the German
spy OF that lame who was executed in
London, was arrested at Brighton, Ont.
to-day and taken to the military deten-
ton camp at Kingston. lie is accused
OF being a spy,
His apprehension resulted from the
action OF the United States immigration
authorities at Charlotte, n. Y. Ieib had
crossed the border on the steamer Cas-
plan, but his suspicious actions caused
the American officials to turn him back
and To notify the Canadian authorities.
An examination OF his belongings dis
closed photos of military stations, rail
way bridges and plans Of camps in
Canada. lie admits his German ma
~tionality, but says he has been In Cam
ada three years and 10 a photographer
by trade.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-19
THREE U. s. SOLDIERS
MEET DEATH IN RIVER
Trio Drown OFF Rifle Range at
Sandy Hook: swept Into
Current.

ATLANTIC HIGHLANps, y. j., Aug IS.
-feorge Howard Of the ICED Company,
Light Artillery, Fort Hamilton. with
W companions whose names have not
been learned, of Companies So and 81.
Fort Totten, l.. l., were drowned to-
day off the rife range.
A strong tide was running and the
three bathers were swept from their
feet and INTO the river by the current.
Lieut.. Englehart, commanding the
l22d Company. Immediately formed a
chain of 100 men. Hand in hand they
made an effort to rescue the bodies. but
without success. lie then ordered the
men to station themselves on a bridge
below where the drowning occurred To
catch the bodies II they appeared.
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en1ments to be passed by the Con-
to-day. They provide:
For the substitution of civil court
Jurisdiction over the Indians for the
present tribal courts, making them
subject to u divorce laws.
For Constitutional recognition of
the present method Of the appoint
ment Of military officers by the Gov
ernor
For Constitutional recognition of
the methods provided by the Legis-
lature for the election of military
officers. .
For Constitutional recognition Of
the present method Of removing COM
missioned officers of the National
Guard for absence without leave.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-19
RESIGNS AS COMMISSIONER.
Public Works Head in Richmond
Gives IN Ills job.

The indications are that within a f"w
weeks Borough President Van Name Of
Richmond borough viii have an en-
tirely new Cabinet. Commissioner o'
Public Works pitou. who was appointed
by the late President Mccormack. ton
d,red his resignation yesterday. to take
effect September Il, and It was accepted.
Mr.. Pitou said last night that he re-
signed because he was not an eng nccr.
and he realizes that President Van Name
wanted an engineer as his Commissioners
OF Public Works.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-19
strike On In Hobokcn Motor and
Lighting Works.

Fifty men went on strike yesterday at
the BLUR Motor and Lighting Company
plant in Hoboken. Shortly after the
men walked out OF the plant an organ
izer OF the International Machinists' As
addressed them Mt a meeting
near the plant urged them to organ
ize. The men have been working nine
hours a day. They were urged to seek
an eight hour day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-19
CHINA AND JAPAN AGREE.
Question of TsinR-tRO Customs Ia
VepOrted settled.
Special cable Despatch 10 THE suS.

LoHpoN. Aug. 1S.-Tokio dispatches
say that China and Japan have reached
an agreement respecting the customs Of
Tsing-tao. 1t IL officially published
that Japan assents to all the conditions
which existed previously between Ger
many and China and undertakes to re-
store all documents. money and property
owned by the Chinese Government at
Tsing-tao, and to refund all customs
collected since tho capture OF the port
minus 20 per cent.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-19

ALBANY, Aug. lS.-The first an
stitutional Convention were adopted
For an executive State budget.
For the substitution of serial for
State Sinking Fund bonds, effecting
a saving Of $50, 600 900.
For the elimination from the pres
ent Constitution Of the provision per-
hitting the passage Of bills by the
Legislature under emergency mes
sages from the Governor, without the
bills being on the members desks in
printed form for three days.
For a prohibition against the pay
ment to, or acceptance by any pubic
officer. servant. agent or contractor
Of extra compensation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-19
Australians Here Celebrate.

The ~eighty-fifth birthday Of Emperor
Francis Joseph of Austria Hungary. was
celebrated yesterday by "A luncheon at
the Whitehall Club given by Alexander
von Nuber. the Austro-Hungarian Con-
sul-General in his city.
Prominent members of the Austro-
Hungarian colony of this city were pres
ent. Dr. * Il. Dumba, the Ambassa-
dor. proposed a toast to the venerable
monarch.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-19
sixty Men In Midland Linseed
Products Plant on strike.

H~AcKESsAcK. y. j.. Aug. ls.-The
threatened strike non the manufac-
turing plants along the Hudson River at
Edgewater was started this afternoon
when sixty men employed in the press
room of the Midland Linseed Products
Company went out. their demand for an
increase of two cents an hour being re-
fused. They are now receiving - cents
an hour.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-19
MORE STRIKERS OUT
Bridgeport Make Demand
Workers Win.

BRIDGEPORT. Conn. Aug lS.-More
than 500 weavers AT the plant of the
Salts Textile Company walked u this
afternoon. They are on strike for an
hour day and better wages. The
numbes will he increased 10 1900 to-
morrow morning. IT is expected.
child labor was abolished to-day nv
D.. II. Warner. president OF the Warner
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-19
A. O. H. WITH THE ALLIES.
DcVlin. VI. r., says Many
Members Are In Army
SpeciaI CabIe NespatcA Io Tmr

special Cdbhe DeSpdtCh 10 the Sun,
LONDON. Aug. 1S-At a convention OF
the Ancient Order of Iiibernians at Dub
lin to-day, Joseph Devlin, NJ, r., leader
of the Ulster Nationalists, cited as proof
of that soclety's sympathy with the
Allies the fact that a large number of
the members have enlisted and that the
society has invested 100000 in the war
loan.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-19
FELICITATE AGED EMPEROR.
Austrian Army sends Birthda,
Message 10 Francis Joseph.

NpttIdT tdOIe UespdTcN 70 ne SIN
VIENNA. via Amsterdam. Aug. IS
The Archduke Friedrich arrived al
Vienna to-day from the northern war
area to report the progress of events
to the Emperor and to congratulate him
on behalf of the army on his eighty
fifth birthday.
All the newspapers print felicitatory
articles and assure The aged Emperor
that the armies are prepared to make
all sacrifices for the fatherland.