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Here Is the statement issued by Mr..
Hogan. counsel for the bank. who drew
the affidavit on which the indictments
were based
"The indictments returned to-day, in
my opinion. furnish conclusive proof OF
that malicious persecution which the
riggs National Bank charged in it's suit
against Messrs. MrAdoo and Williams.
ION "A purely technical construction Of
the wording OF AN affidavit by which
nobody was or could have been deceived,
with no question Of moral culpability in
volved. and while the civil suit of the
bank against two Government officials
Is still pending. this action is taken.
1T o dangerously like an attempt
to invoke the operation of the criminal
courts to punish the officers of tn. COM
munity IN which they live for protesting
against official PROSECUTIONS in inducinG
the Department of Justice to obtain
these indictments, MesSrS. McAdoo and
Williams proved that malice against
which the bank sought protection in
court"
The indictment charges the three Of
fcers with having sworn '!elouiously.
w~ilfully. falsely. m~aliciously and cor
ruptly that the Riggs bank never at any
time bought or sold any stock whatever
from or through the firm of Lewis John
son N Co. that the Riggs National Bank
never at any time from its organization
10 the present ever made short sales Of
stock to or through Lewis johnson 4
Co"
This declaration is false" the indict-
ment AYERS, lin that the Riggs National
Bank between June, 1909, and October,
1913, aid buy and sell stock through
he firm of Lewis johnson n Co. and
that the entries showing such transact
tiuus on the books of no Johnson firm
are true entries and not false entries. AZ
alleged by the officers of the Riggs
bank.'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-02
EVENTS IN THE WAR
ONE YEAR C TO-DAY
OCTOBER 2. 1914.

French make progress in the Ar
gonne and defeat a German force
near Roye. French advance In AL
SAGE and Lorraine,
German forces attempting to cross
the Niemen between Drusseniki and
Grodno suffer evere defeat. An
army Of 1000, 900 Russians Is ad-
yanclng from Warsaw into Silesia.
Germans are closing in on Antwerp
from three sides. The King of the
Belgians makes a balloon flight over
the city.
A German torpedo boat destroyer
IL SUM IL, tho havbor Of TsinS-tao.
German land and g forces open a
bombardment OF the Japanese troops
intrenched In kiao-chow.
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CYMRIC, WAR LADEN, SAILS.
American ms Aboard, but Convoy
May Meet Her in Danger Zone.

The White Star liner Cymric. with 100
cabin and 23l steernge passengeIs. I'm
Guiding several Americans. sailed yes
terday afternoon for Liverpool with 49,
600 tons of cargo. chiefly munitions. i'll
Guiding 100 motor trucks and l22 cases
of ~aeroplane parts. She is expected to
reach Liverpool in about ten days,
II is said that the value of her cargo
70 the British army Is so great that she
will be met several hundred miles from
her destination by a squadron of war
vessels and conveyed to Liverpool.
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TURKS SINK TORPEDO BOAT.
Coast Batteries Destroy Vessel
Near KcreNes Derr.

BERLIN, via Amsterdam, Oct. THE
Overseas News Agency gives out the
following official communication issued
in C~onstantinople under date of Septem-
Der 81 and received hire to-day:
Turkish coast batteries sank a tor
pcdo boat of the enemy near Kcrevcs
Derc."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-02
GREEKS MAKE PACT.
Agree with Bulgaria ON Three
Mile Neutral Zone.

ATHENS. Oct, 1.-The latest Informal
ton from Sofia indicates "A constant
growth of German influence. The fact
that Ministers Tontchelf and Badaloff
are remaining in the Cabinet is one of
the many evidences Of this tendency.
The general opinion here is that the
entry Of the Balkans into the war is
almost inevitable and immediate. The
risk Of an accidental clash between the
Greek and Bulgarian armies has been
averted by an agreement establishing IA
three mile neutral zone along the
Greco Bulgarian frontiers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-02
CABLES TO EUROPE DELAYED.
Those to Neutral Countries and
Russia Affected.

The Commercial Gable Company is-
sued the following statement yesterday
"Cablegrams for all neutral countries
in Europe, also Russia n Serbia, are
subject to forty-eight hours delay.
Cablegrams for Switzerland will be for
warded To the border and held there UNI
til otherwise decided.
"cablegrams to Great Britain, France
and Italy will not he purposely delayed"
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I Is expected that events sin the Balkan peninsula will develop rapidly
In the next ten days, due to the massing Of Austrian and German
troops. estimated to exceed 5OO,0 in number, at Temesvar, seventy.
W miles northeast Of Belgrade in Hungary. Bulgaria's mobilization
along the Serbian border Is said to be nearing completion and clashes
oetween Serbian aud Bulgarian patrols are already reported.
Sir Edward Grey In a statement yesterday said that the Allies were
bound to support Serbia In case Of an attack. Berlin reports say that
large allied forces have already been landed It Port Katrin, near Salonica.
"A gnnce at the map will show this point as well as the distance in a
straight line from Scmcndria to Constantinople-475 miles. Allied troops
on the GaIirOi peninsula re much nearer the ottoman capital.
Dispatches from the Near East yesterday said that Serbia had
offered the district In the neighborhood Of Dorian to Greece Is compcn-
saton for Grcece's aid.
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GALL GREY "CLUMSY."
German Omcials scOn at Ills
U~tterances on Bulgaria.

BERLIN, via Amsterdam, Oct. l.
Clumsy Is the characterization APP
piled In official circles here to Sir Edward
Grey's u%tterances regarding Bulgaria a
few days ago. The Overseas News
Agency says the British Foreign Secre-
tary's assertion that Germany intends
TO s%ubjugate the Balkans lis regarded
as all the more surprising since Eng
land Is the ally OF Russia and appar-
emily has already promised Russia the
Dardanelles."
AS a matter OF fact" the agency's
item concludes. 1T is pointed out here
that no great Power has moro interest.
than Germany in seeing the Balkan
states maintain their independence"
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ALLIES LIKELY TO SEND
AN ULTINATUM
Sir Edward Grey Says Teuton Officials Are Going to
Sofia and Situation Is One of Utmost Gravity
Report Serbia Invaded.

krupp made. but II is understood that
she has great difficulty in getting am
munition.
Serbia's reconstructed and reorganized
army in the field exceeds 100000 men.
1t is stated that she has an abundant
equipment OF modern French artillery
and abundant ammunition.
What force the Entente Powers are
likely TO land in the Balkans In the
event that such "A step IL taken is not
known. Recent reports placed such an
expeditionary force at W 800. 600
and 500. 900 men. The Austro-Germans
already have massed 100000 men on
the Serbian frontier. The northeast
corner of Serbia, adjoining Rumania
and separating the Austrian and Bull
garian frontiers Is only thirty miles
wide.
Ferdinand WRvering.
A ray of hope for an eleventh hour
reversal OF Bulgaria's attitude Is seen
in some quarters here in dispatches
from Rome. which say that the 7Iibtupd
has reports from Sofia that have escaped
the Bulgarian censor to the effect that
King Ferdinand has apparently changed
his mind. He Is said to have rescinied
the appointment of Crown Prince Boris
as army chief. Russian sentiment
is reported to be growing, especially in
the rural districts.
Another leading Italian paper, the
GiOr,dle alfalfa. learns hat Serbia has
offered Greece the districts of Guivgeli
and Dorian. in Macedonia, for Greek
military support against Bulgaria.
From Vienna comes the report that
Premier Radoslavoff of Bulgaria pro-
poses a trip to Berlin lp the near future.
The explanation given is that he wishes
to visit his s~on-in-law, who is in the
German capital.
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ITALIAN ATTACKS FAIL
Vienna Reports Three Vain At.
tempts TO Occupy NryhiOhr.

Special Gable Despatch TO The SuN,
VIENNA. via London, oct. 1.-The fol-
lowing official bulletin was issued by
the Austrian War Office tonight with
regard to the operations against the
Italians:
The Italians thrice vainly attacked
Mrzhiohr. suffering heavy losses.
An attack against the TOlmlno
bridgehcad was repulsed.
Attacks upon our fortified lines west
of Bombash were repulscd.
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ITALY EXPELS AMERICAN.
Henry M~ontaRnirr VIII Protest Z.
L.. =. state Department.

BERN. oct, When Henry FalrhaIks
Montagnier. the American alpinist
of Terre Haute. Ind, arrived at
San Reno from Nice last Sunday he was
informed by the Italian authorities that
his presence CONSTITUTED a danger to
public safety BY order of the Minister
OF the Interior he was locked up In
prison, where he spent two nights and a
day, whereupnr h" was permitted 10
communicate with his wife and an at
torney,
Later in the day he was taken before
the chief of police. who informed him
that he would be expelled from Italy,
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that malice AGAINST which the bank
sought protection I'm court"
Following the announcement OF the
indictment of President Glover and the
Messrs. Fathers 1t became known that
cashier H.. II. Father had presented
his resignation to the board OF direc-
tors of the Riggs bank and that It had
been accepted.
The acceptance OF the cashiers resig-
nation was brought to the attention Of
the Treasury Department to-day by the
directors In accordance with the pro-
visions OF The national banking act.
Inc statement made In behalf OF the
bank Is In part as follows:
'on a purely technical construction
or the wording OF the afiida Wit, by
which neither the court nor any one
else was deceived. and without any
charge involving loss or injury to the
property or business of the bank. this
long threatened action Is taken at the
instance of the Government and. con-
trary to what Is understood TO be the
usual course in such cases. while the
suit of the bank against the Govern
ment officials Is pending"
The statement then explains the
bank's habit of aiding its depositors
customers in making their invest
ments. by attending to the execution Of
orders when received through one OF
It's officers.
These orders were upon a cash basis
and not Upon margin and for the ac-
count Of the particular depositor. the
bank says. No transaction was ever
made by the bank for it's own behalf or
profit.
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LORD PETRE KILLED IN WAR.
Days Casualty List Of the British
Totals I,7t7.

LONDON, oct. 1.-The British casualty
list issued to-day contains the names OF
Al officers, of whom 10 were killed, and
Loo men. of whom 203 were killed.
Onicial lists OF the casualties In the
recent fighting on the western front have
not yet been issued, but the deaths of
"A large number of officers are announced
in the newspapers. The officers killed
included Lord Petre.
Lord Petre was the sixteenth baron
to bear the name. The first baron's
father was "A principal secretary Of State
under Henry vii, Edward VI. Mary
and Elizabeth. Lord Intre twas "a
years old ard euc"c"dcd his father IN
1905. lie was a Lieutenant in the Cold
stream Guards. Ills real estate holdinss
were about 1900 acIrs. The heir is
the Hon. Joseph William Lionel Petre,
born June 6. 1914.
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Bulgarian General with Germa ms,

Speciai Cabie Despd,ch 10 Tur SrN.
LONDON. oct, lit is reported that
the Bulgarian General, Savoff, has been
at German army headquarters the last
few days.
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UAMADE VISITS A
sfench >trategists Expected Il
Replace RUSSIA Officers.

fETEoGRtp. via London, Oct. l.
net \. g. l.. d'Amade, heading a spe-
eia' french military mission to Rus
.d mas reached the Cars headquar-
@Ts at the front.
Con. d'Amade was for some tim.
yo'Ii 'ha"r of the French forces at the
."'u'h"I'"s, In May he was recalled
70 France for a Government mission.
'he nature Of which Was not announced
III" H'"Ilner LokdIun,eiGcr said last
mon" mat France and England We're
.po"' 20 send expert strategists to Rus
"s 70 lrplace Russian officers.
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In Defence Of the bank,

ne aUluaNlt was nled IN the court. ac-
cording to the banks statement. to cor
rect an impression which II il charged
had been created by the counsel for the
Government in the trial last May to the
effect that the bank itself had specialized
In stocks.
The bank is careful TO point out tina
The perjury PROCEEDINGS relate To the
three officials Of the institution person.
ally and do not involve any moneys or
other properties of the institution. II
IL explained that the board Of directors
appointed a special committee tn inyes-
tigate the matter. This committee en-
ployed the American Audit Company of
New York to examine the records of the
bank OF Lewis and Johnson n co. This
Audit company found that not one Of the
transactions in controversy was made
on account OF the RIGGS National Bank.
Frank J. Hogan. who as counsel for
the bank drew the affidavit on which the
indictments are based. characterized to-
days proceedings as conclusive proof
OF that malicious persecution which the
RIGGS bank charged in its suit against
Messrs. McAdoo and Williams
The Grand Jury returned our ndict-
ments, one against the three officials
Jointly and one aeairst each as an in
dividual. BY between coun-
sci and United States District Attorney
Laskey the bank officials were not ar
rested. They have given bonds OF $1,000
each.
Secretary Mc.Adoo and Comptroller
Williams did not issu" a statement in
reply to the charges OF Mr.. Hogan. nor
was any comment made ON his state
ment that ''in inducing the Department
of Justice to obtain these indictments
Messrs, McAdoo and Williams proved
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-02
RUSSIAN A FAIL.
Aus,rinn~. Claim Gains mt Two
Points In GnlIcIn.
Specai 'abIe Despafch 10 TuE suN

'P"'di 'dbte DesDdfch 10 THE Sun.
tNN\, via London, Oct. 1.-The fol-
."'"t "0i'ial statement was issued by
az Austrian War Office tonight with
lcia
Russian attack near Novo Alcxei-
N''h failed.
w." Austro-Geimans gained ground
o. Va" kormin front, where Russian
@oal'er attacks were repulsed.
~" officers and 400 men and one
H"'''n" u were captured. making
'''a. Of 400 men captured during
We 10 days fighting.
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~'''Ai>, VIA Amsterdam, oct. THE
n''' "a Government has apologlzcd to
sweden for The sinking OF the Swedish
Steamship Mainland and has offered
COMPENSATION to the owners. according
!" a. patches from Stockholm.
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PRINCE DE POLIGNAC KILLED,
French Captain slain While Fight
ing In Champagne.

PARIS oct. 1.-The name of Capt,
Henri de Polignac Is included IN the list
az those killed in the lighting in the
Champagne on September %. He was
81 years old and was an officer in an in
fantry regiment.
Prince Henri Marie Joseph de Po-
,ipnac was the second son of Heracltus.
fourth Duke Of Polignac, head of the
house of Chalenoon.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-02
THREE IGGSBANKSH HEADS
INDICTED FOR PERJURY
President, Vice-Prcsidcnt and
Cashier Accused in Me-
AdOO Controversy.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-The Federal
Grand Jury Of the District of Columbia
returned indictments for perjury to-day
against President Charles G. Glover,
Vice-Presiden william j. Father and
Cashier Henry II. F'lather of the Riggs
National Bank.
This Is he latest development in the
controversy that has ragged for months
between officers OF the bank and Sec
rotary McAdoo, Comptroller of the Cur
rency Williams and other officials In the
Treasury Department.
Friends OF the men indicted assert
that the Treasury's attitude toward the
bank will be made the subject of an in
vestigation by Congress at the forth
coming session. Although It has been
known for several days that indictments
against Mr.. Glover and the Messrs. Fla
Their were imminent. announcement Of
the fact created a sensation In Wash
ington financial circles.
The Grand Jury's presentment de-
clares that the three officials in an af-
hdavit filed In court during the hearing
or the injunction suit brought by the
bank against Secretary McAdoo, Comp
troller Williams and Treasurer John
Burke embodied statements material to
the issue Of that case which they knew
to be untrue.
Denied short sales.
The affidavit referred to denies that
the Riggs National Bank had ever
bought or sold stock through the frm
OF Lewis Johnson Il Co, or made short"
sales through that firm. and declared any
entries which might be found on the
books OF that Arm. now bankrupt. tend
ing to show that the bank had engaged
In such transactions should be regarded
as false. The affidavit stated that since
the failure OF Lewis Johnson & Co.
many fictitious accounts had been dis
covered upon the firms books.
The issue in the case apparently re-
wolves around the question whether stock
transactions. which the indicted officials
declare they conducted as individuals in
behalf OF patrons of the bank, are to
be regarded as having been authorized
by the bank itself.
The bank in "A statement issued to-
night declares that no intent to deceive
can properly be ascribed to the bank
officials who made the affidavit referred
to. inasmuch as the Government au-
thorities were known to have hal full
information as TO the stock transactions
which had been conducted through the
firm of Lewis johnson a Co.
Ii is stated that the bank officers knew
at the time their affidavit was submitted
that representatives of the Comptroller's
office had made a thorough examination
Of the books of the Riggs bank and Of
the defunct Lewis johnson 4 Co, in or
der to ascertain the character of the
stock transactions
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-26
STATE CHARITIES AID
AGAINST BOARD PLAN
Association Sends Constitution
Makers Brief Opposing
Central Control.

The State Charities Aid Association
has sent to the Constitutional ConNen-
ton a brief opposing the plan Tor q
board Of control for state institutions,
row before one OF the committees
Reports from Albany have set forth
that twenty-six boards, commissions ana
officials have something to do with the
management Of the state charitable IN
situations and that such a serious situa-
ton exists that a board OF control for all
he state institutions, including prisons.
charitable institutions proper and all
hospitals for the insane, should be es-
tablished.
Three OF the boards have been abol-
ished,' the brief reads, $50 there are
only ~twenty-three of the twenty-slx
LEFT" II contends that there are only
four officials or commissions that V
any actual powers OF control OF state
charitable institutions, viz, the hsca
| supervisor, the sites. buildings and
grounds commission, the building i'm
provement commission and h salary
classification commission.
The change proposed In the establish.
| mcnt of "A board OF control Is opposed
In the brief for four reasons:
The present State hospitals for the
insane are operating at the per caplta
cost of 81 cents a day "A patient-an ex'
| trefnolN low rate anu upNtl 'H"' "'s
| other institution of the same type or
record.
They are operating with such extraor'
| binary efficiency that they have estao'
llshed standards for virtually the whoi'
country.
A study made in three states ny
Henry G. Wright, now Deputy Commits
sioner of Public Charities In New forl
| city, proved fully that the central pur
| chasing of food supplies for all the In
situations OF all kinds fails TO Obtain
lower prices for food In fact the prices
under central purchasing are hlghel
than under separate buying.
In many of the eighteen states wher'
the board of control has been estab
lished II has proved to be "A device 10
injecting politics into the Management
OF the institutions. The standards o
care in most OF them have actually de
Perforated and movements are unde
way In many OF them for a change II
system.
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FIREMAN KILLED ON COMANCHE
Eouud with Knife Wound In
u.,rt, AsyniIant Arrested.

After an argument with ~.eohharo'
pirhIein. a fellow fireman. In the stoke
vi. ~ The Clyde liner Comanche yester-
a. morning Heinrich Hoschle, 20 years
Old of 9S5 Park avenue, Hoboken, wa
,o'rd dead with a knife wound IN tht
heart B.rklein denied that ne mao
stabbed Hoschle, and no kniie cou'u p'
found. - - ,,rred
SO 10 detectives Lesson and Donahue
nubo we're summoned by wireless. Or
Lazerby of 31 West ffftieth street, 9
n"ssnnger. declared that the knife hac
p"ns,ra,ed the heart. Two other hre'
- - and Two coal passers saw the fght
hut because they could speak no Engilsi
were unable to testify at the time no"
the wound was given.
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SHOT DEAD BY POLICEMAN.
Corona Machinist killed - Com'

Allen Michaels, a machinist, 23t
Kingsland avenue, Corona, was shot ana
killed shortly before midnight saturday
by aPtrolman George A. Lehnhon or
the 277th precinct, Newtown. At the
time of the shooting the policeman was
fighting with alf adozen Of Michaels'
companions and had Michaels under ar
rest.
Lehnhoff was arralgned before Mag
istrate John A. Leach in the Flushing
notice court and was paroled In the GUS
tody of Capt. Price OF the Newtown pre-
clnct. He is charged with homicide
Edward Schneider, Is, OF $ Tieman
.,rea, Corona who was being arrested
when the shooting took place also was
naroled on a charge of disorderiy con
duct and resisting an officer.
Iehnhofr was on his way 10 repor!
for duty when he saw Michaeis ana
several of his companions intercept a
man who was passing, he walker up W
the group and words followed. tIhally
Nichaels was arrested and his com
nnnlons attempted to rescue him
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