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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-10
WILSON AND FIANCEE
AT WORLDS SERIES
President and Mrs. Gait More
Absorbed i'm Each Other
Than in Game.
BIG WELCOME BY FANS
Strains of "Thc Star Spangled
Banner" Temporarily Lost
Upon the Couple.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. "a worlds
series baseball game. especially one that
ends in a score OF 2 to 1. is supposed
to be exceedingly interesting. but 1t ap-
parently cannot compete against the in
terest that an engaged couple-baseball
fans both--have I'm each other.
At any rate that's the conclusion
occupied by President Wilson and Mrs.
Norman Gait at to-day's game. There
seemed TO be moments when the Presi-
dent was oblvious TO everything and
everybody else except the woman at his
side. In fact. both the President and
Mrs. Gait appeared to be so much in
terestcd In each other that they not only
overlooked some of the most stirring
points of the game. but also the fact
that the band was playing THE Star
Spangled Banner
All of which led one fan. who was
trying hard to watch both the game
and the Presidential box at the same
time. to remark:
There's no use In trying IL. You
can't stack anything against the woman
you're going to marry. Not even "a
worlds series game counts. The Prosi-
dents a good fan, but he's up against
i hopeless proposition to-day"
Mrs. Gait for the PhiIlies.
At the outset it should be made clear
that Mrs. Galt had made up her mind
before she went to tnc ball park that
she wanted to see Philadelphia win.
IL is not known how much pressure she
exerted ON the President to divert him
from his attitude OF neutrality. but at
amy rate In the seventh inning the
President with Mrs. ialt and about 49,
900 Philadelphia fans stood up In the
grand stand in a sort Of votive cere-
mony to bring good luck to the home
team.
Technically speaking the President Is
involved in the defeat Of the Philadel-
phia team. At the same time il may
be said that the manager OF the Phila-
delphIa team seems to have learned 4
lesson as to the cost.iness of permitting
courtesy to the President Or anybody
else to figure in a contest for the world $
baseball championship.
II had been planned that the Presi-
dent should have the first pitched ball
as a souvenir of the game. The gam,
started when Mayer, the Philadelphia
pitcher. tossed ball one" TO the phi!a-
dclphia catcher. The bail. it is said.
was thrown wide purposely In order that
the catcher might walk over to the
Presidents box and present 1t to him.
which was done. IL was really a gif.
10 Boston.
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Bankers i'm This Country to
BE Asked to Finance the
First Chief.
CONFEREES AGREE
AS ONE ON THE STEP
Protection Guaranteed to
Clergy if They Keep
Out of Politics.
CHANGE IN POLICY OF
WATCHFUL WAITING
Northern Chief Says L. S.
Has Plunged Mexico
Into Anarchy.

WAsHrNGroN, oct. 9.--Thc United
States and the Latin American rcpuh.
lies will very shortly recognize Venus
tiano Carranzs as tho head of the only
faction in Mexico possessing the essen
uals for recognition as the lie facto
Government in Mexico.
American bankers will he called upon
to supply the funds for establishing the
Carranza Government upon "a solid
foundation.
Formal announcement of the selection
Of the Carranzistas as the faction to hc
r ,ugnized was made late to-day at the
conclusion OF "A session of the Pan-Amcr-
1, conference. Secretary Lansing on
behalf of the other members. me AM
bassadors of Argentina. Brazil and chile.
and the Ministers of Bolivia, Uruguay
and Guatemala made public the follow
ing statement
The conferees. after careful oonSid-
GRAFTON Of the facts. have found that
the Carranzista party Is tho only
party possessing the essential for ret
ognition as the lie facto government
Of Mexico. and they have so reported
to their respective Governments.
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Novel proposal to turn falls of and on at
will by means of huge dam above cat
aract described and illustrated in THE
SUN to-day. See Page I, Part S.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-29
British Blockade
Stirs Up Sweden

Correspondence Of Tie Associated Press
Stockholm, July Dissatisfaction
with the British blockade of neutral
trade has been running high in Sweden
and Denmark since the early months
Of the war. Swedish newspapers of
the Conservative party have been par
ticularly strong in denunciation Of the
British naval policy.
In May the Swedish government de-
cided to prohibit the transit Of all
goods on the British contraband list.
This step was expected to ease the mar
ket so that there would be sufficient
supply available for the use of Sweden.
But England has placed such him
ORANGES on importation that there are
not sufficient supplies obtained for
Sweicls own use.
Sweden's prohibition Of the transit Of
contraband goods has proved severe
blow to Russia, which had received
enormous quantities of copper, nickel,
tin and of machinery by shipments
through Swedish territory. Shipments
to Sweden fell of by so per cent.
-Four special commissioners from the
British government arrived in Stock
holm unexpectedly on June 27. They
have shown willingness to establish ac-
ceptable conditions for Swedish com
merce.
These steps have caused great salts
faction i'm Sweden, and there is general
hope that an understanding will be
reached
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-29
Wagner Widely Known
Among German Americans

The Offices Of the American Trans
atlantic Company are on the twenty
sixth floor of the Whitehall Building.
at Il Battery Place. They were opened
less than a week ago, and the clerical
staff is working overtime establishing
an Office routine.
Richard q. Wagner, president and
general manager of the company, came
to New York from Milwaukee about
seven weeks ago. He was born IN MIL
waukee in 1862. His father, julius u.
Wagner. came to the United States
from Germany in 1852. Mr.. Wagner
was graduated from the Rensselaer,
Polytechnic Institute, in Troy, y. !. IN
1887, with the degree of civil engineer
lis first employment was with the
Architectural Iron Works. Later he
was with the Milwaukee Bridge and
Iron Works. In 1891 he bought an IN
tcrest in the latter company and be-
came It's manager
Mr.. Wagner first came into promi-
nence seven years ago. when ne entered
the beet sugar industry IN Wisconsin
and successfully established three
large refining plants after other eff
forts had failed. lie is widely known
in German-American circles in the
Middle est and Northwest. and has
large business connections in Germany.
Mr.. Wagner could not be reached
last night. but it was practically adj
mitted by friends that the S2.O00,000
capital Of the American Transatlantic
Company was largely raised in Ger
many.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-29
WAR HATS LINE
TO SOUTH AMERICA
Pacific Steamship Company ~
Open Canal Service when
Ships Are Released.

The service of the Pacific Steam
Navigation Company between European
and South American ports viii be ex.
tended TO New York by way Of the
Panama Canal after the war. Before
the war began the project was about TO
be launched. The company's vessels are
now in the British governments en-
ploy.
The itinerary will be:
Liverpool; French. Spanish and
Portuguese ports; Atlantic Islands;
Brazilian, Uruguayan and Argentine
ports; through the Straits Of Magellan;
CHILEAN and Peruvian ports; through
the Panama Canal; Havana and New
York. The steamers. which age OF the
twin and triple screw type, are OF l9''
600 tons register and have accommoda'
lions for 1000 passengers.
With their supplementary service 20
northern South American ports the
company believes the need for adequate
steamship connections between The TWO
Americas viii be fulfilled without .
government owned line.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-29
GERMAN BACKING
FAILS TO BLOCK
SHIP REGISTRY
American Company May
Enter Vessels, Despite
Source of Capital.

Washington, July %. Secretary OF
State Lansing and Acting Secretary
Sweet, of the Department Of Commerce.
agreed in conference to-day that Amer
lean registry could not be denied -
eleven foreign built steamers purchased
for the American Tran5atlanuc Com ,
many. a corporatlOn headed by Klchald
G.. Wagner, OF New YORK =.
The freighters, according to the IL
formation i'm the Department OF CoH-
merce, were purchased IN BRUSH scan
dinavian and Mediterranean ports by
a Danish acont named Jensen and Inc
odore Lair, Dutch merchant, wl'h
money supplied by a capitalist OF bsseh'
Germany, named SHINES.
Prompted by the discovery that Ger
man capital was back of the enterprise
and that Jensen had been convicted IN
Denmark of having violated that coun-
trv's neutrality in trade with Germany,
the applications for American registry
were held up by the Bureau OF NaVl-
CATION pending investigations, ~,
The department is satisfied that the
steamers. valued at more than S2,OOO'-
600 represented German capital, put
the Wagner company, offering the shlpS
for regi stry. is Delaware corporaIioh'
capitalized at $250,O00, and Wagner an
American citizen, is its president. Mem
hers of his family hold the other ON
ces in the corporation, and at the tune
of the applications for registry only
81 900 of the stock had been paid up;
Law officials Of the Commerce De-
partment held that the fact that an
American corporation with American
officers owns a vessel entities IT to
registry. no matter where the bulk or
the stock Of the corporation may De
owned or where it secures It's working
funds. ,.
warned Wagner that if his vessels
sought to engage in European trade
they probably would find their way to
A prize court. Wagner said he knew
nothing of the financial arrangements
made by Jensen and Lair, but II Ger
man money had been used 1t would be
repaid by subscriptions to the stock OF
his company in this country. lie also
said that some Of the ships were to be
used in the South American trade, ana
he insisted that they be registered.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-29
PREPARE TO LIFT
RUSSIAN EMBARGO
PetrOgrad Asks u. S. TO Take Up
Details of New Plan with
Cars Ambassador.

Washington, July o. To hasten res
toration Of trade. details Of the ar
rangement under which the Russian
embargo on exports TO the United
tates will be lifted will be worked out
with the Russian Ambassador. George
Bakhmetetf. A request that this course
be taken was cabled TO the State De-
partment to-day from Petrograd.
Under the proposal accepted by the
Russian government in agreeing to lift
IT, embargo Russian shipments will be
consigned to Secretary Redheld Of the
Department of Commerce, who Will
distribute them to importers and mer-
chants in this country under guarantee
that no Russian products viii find
their way into countries at war with
Russia.
Negotiations with the Russian Am
bassador are expected TO develop a
method of distributing shipments under
bonds TO be held by the Secretary until
the merchandise has been consumed.
At present the only port open in
European Russia. Archangel, on the
White Sea, is used only for govern
ment shipments. The Asiatic port of
Nladivostok is jammed with freight.
The Department of Foreign Com
merce has suggested to shippers three
overland freight routes through Nor
way and Sweden TO Russia, with fairly
good rail connections with the Russian
interior. An understanding was
reached by the State Department to-
day with the Swedish Legation by
which American shipments to and from
.uSsia through Sweden Will not be
subject to the Swedish embargo
aUaiuS. RECOMMENDATION
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-29
German Submarines
Sink 9 More Ships

London, July Fisherman subma-
rines, according 70 a telegram from
berlin, had sunk in the war zone up
to July % 800 English vessels, 30
other hostile ships and 6 neutral craft.
The latter, the message says, were sent
to the bottom by mistake. Twenty
seven additional neutral vessels were
examined and sunk because they car
ried contraband.
The U-boats, continuing their actlv-
ity in the North Sea. sank nine more
vessels to-day, a British steamer, two
British trawlers, British smack, a
Swedish steamer, a Swedish bark and
three Danish schooners.
The British steamer Mangara, OF
Glasgow, bound from Bilbao for Har-
tlepool, has been torpedoed and sunk
by a German submarine near Loves
toft Eight members of her crew were
saved.
The Mangara was a vessel of 1921
tons and belonged to the Margara
Steamship Company of Glasgow.
The Swedish steamer Emma and
three Danish schooncrs, the Maria
the Neptunis and the Lena, were sunk
+ in the North Sea to-day. The crews
have been landed at Blyth to-day.
The British trawlers lceni and Sala-
cia were sunk to-day in the North
Sea. The crews were landed at Loves
loft, England.
The crew Of the Swedish bark Seq
nadalen, which was set on fire by &
German submarine in the North Sea
arrived at Grimsby to-day.
The creN Of the Lowestoft smacl
! Westward Ho, sunk by a German sub
marine, also was landed to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-29
Germans Baltic Raid
TO Relieve Main Front
IBy Gable 10 The tribune. ]

Petrograd, July 2S dispatch to "The
London Daily Chronicle) All the Bal
tic province operations Of the Germans
must be regarded for the moment, for
all their territorial scope, as attempts
to throw dust in the eyes OF Germdnys
opponents. The centre of the struggle
is not there; 1t is on the Narew and
the Bug, whore bigger things than even
the fate OF Warsaw are being decided.
The Germans have crossed the Narew
at two or more points where the river
bends inward between Roam and Pull
tusk, but SO far they are being held
there and on the greater part of the
front they have occupied. On the left
bank they are even being pressed back
ward. South of Pultusk they are
being held on little river called the
Prut, and their success in crossing on
the centre has not enabled them to
dislodge the Russians from positions
farther to the northwest, where be
tween Ostrolenka and Lomza the Rus
slams are beating back German attacks
not so very far from the Prussian
frontier
The Germans, as usual, are trying
to cast shadow Of terror before them
by sending Zeppelins over Bielostok
and Maxim and are keeping up "A con-
slant buzz of aeroplanes over Warsaw.
None Of these aircraft has done any
great damage.
Perhaps the main German blow is
TO be dealt BY Field Marshal Won Hin
denburg from the north. but it Is i'm
possible to tell yet, for the tension is
equally great on the Narew and Lub-
lin fronts. At any rate Won Macken-
l.
mated, and possibly Mackensen is SIM
ply trying to push his front far enough
north TO enable him at given mo-
ment either to fling reserves over in
support of Hindenburg or else to cross
the Vistula and close in on Warsaw
from the west. But the Russians are
giving him very little breathing room.
His attacks in the centre and on the
left have been foiled again and again,
and at one critical moment the Rus
SLAMS very nearly upset his whole plan
By driving the Austrians across the
Bug. appearing on the heights above
Sokal and threatening his main line OF
communication with Lemberg.
Then the battle on the main front
died down for a day or two. ana the
Germans were hastily sent 10 relieve
the vaccillating Austrians at SOkal. and
Macker sen, 10 improve his position on
the Bug. advanced, only to be held up
again on the front VOislavitze- Ho-
rodlo Now the big battle has blazed
up once more on all the fronts between
the Vieprz and the Bug. Yet, for all
the ferceness of these various con-
ficts. the final tremendous struggle
has not yet come, though now it can
no. be very far off
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-29
GERMANS SUSPECT
CAPTIVE'S CURIOSITY

Berlin, July 1S.-Because letters
received from German prisoners OF
war in France apparently have been
tempered with by the French censor,
il is charged. the authorities have
issued a warning against including
any information of military char
acter in communications from rela-
tiyes to prisoners.
A recent letter from prisoner
contained the surprising request to
his relatives TO write him all they
could about the war. Examination
of the writing showed that the pris-
oncr had written exactly the oppo-
site, and that his handwriting had
been initiated in changing his in
junction.
The German authorities declare
they are convinced il was the in
tention of the French government
10 get, in this manner, military
news of value, advance word OF in
tended operations, troop positions
and the like.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-29
ENGLAND PLANS
10 MORE PLANTS
FOR MUNITIONS
Commons Hears Govern
ment Will Soon Have 26
Factories at Work.

London, July 2S.- Sixteen national
munitions factories have been estab-
lished in England, and after consulta-
ton with the French Ministry the
British government has decided TO set
up ten more large establishments.
This announcement was made IN the
House of Commons this evening by the
Minister of Munitions. David LLOYD
George, who told of the progress made
by his department in overcoming the
shortage in shells that had been a
hindrance to the army on the Con-
tinent. According to Mr.. Lloyd George.
when. in a few weeks, the government
has completed the developments now
in progress the supply Of shells viii be
doubled.
This" said the minister, will not
merely enable US to support our men,
but will enable them to cleave their
way through to victory"
The government at first, said Mr..
Lloyd George, had been faced with a
grave labor shortage. and some ma
chimes were lying idle because no one
could be found to work them. One
third of the machines were not being
utilized at night. During three months
his department had succeeded IN adding
nearly 10000 men and women nearly
half Of the men skilled TO the ranks
of the workers connected with arma-
ments. His department had also en-
rolled 100000 volunteers, but II had
been found difficult TO remove the ma
jor.ty of these from their present en-
ployment. Thousands of skilled men
in field service had been traced and ar
rangements made with the War Office
for the return of these men to the
factories.
While the trade union leaders had
agreed to the relaxation of trade union
restrictions, he had not been able to
convince the men without giving fig
ures, which he dare not give. We're all
restrictions relaxed, hundreds Of thou
sands of men could be added to the
works. The national factories erected
and those to be erected would be under
government control, and he believed
that this would have an influence on
the men, who would not object to a
temporary relaxation of their trade
union rules when the government and
not an individual was prohting.
The government had taken over the
control Of the machine tool factories,
so that no delay would arise in equip
ping the new establishments. Within
a few months the government would
be able 10 equip the armies in way
which would leave them IN no way
inferior to the best armies on the Con-
tinent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-29
Leelanaw Crew Praises
U-Boat Mems Courtesy

Aberdeen. July 2s.-"They could NOT
have treated us more courteous!y tnan
they did" was the unanimous Nerulct
Of Captain Eugene Delk and the ere"
of the American steamer LeelanaW IN
telling of their encounter with ger
man submarine. They travelled ABOUT
sixty miles on the deck OF the SUP,
mersible and became well acquainted
with its crew, several OF whom hau
been in America. ,.
One member of the Leelanaw's crew
remained aboard the submarine al ms
own request He was mess boy OF
German nationality. and preferred
Joining the crew OF the uhaeI""'e.
craft to the probability OF lnteIhmeht
in England. At Kirkwall another Oh
the Leelauaw's mess boys was Iouhu
TO be a German. and detained. NJ,
Cantain Delk. resident of Phila-
delphia, made a matter-ot -fact state
ment on the sinking OF his ship. and
was not inclined to add details.
There is no story in 1t. he SAID
I've stopped when shot was hred be-
hind us, and then we had TO cave
Our ship was shelled, bombed and tor.
redoed. but il took an hour and nall
10 sink her. The Germans took us
aboard the submarine, carried us ABOUT
sixty miles and then gave us directions
for getting to Kirkwall, which we
reached safely in about twelve hours.
The thirtv-two members of the crew
explained that the German commander
apologized for the necessity of sinking
the ship. but said that II was forced on
him. because the Leelanaw carried con-
traband and because he was not IN the
habit of throwing overheard contra
band cargoes. The crew Of the German
boat conversed affably in good Eng
lish with the Leelanaw's men. The
Germans had no idea of the contents
of the latest American note on the
sinking of the Lusitania. for their
newspapers were two days old.
The sailsrs from the Leelanaw were
cold and wet when they landed after
their twelve hours row in lifeboats, as
they had been almost swamped several
times in the cross tides of the Orkney
Islands.
The crew will sail for New York next
Saturday on the steamer St. Paul.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-29
Dutch Newspaper
UphOldS u. 5. Note

The Hague, July 28- In an editorial
on the American note to Germany the
"Nieuwe Courant" upholds the Amer
can viewpoint.
"Warring nations" says the paper.
1smust at all times and under all cir
cumstauces abstain from interference
with the sovereign rights of neutrals.
II America or any other neutral nation
abandons that standpoint it would be
unable any longer to consider as an in
Justice the wrong committed against
Belgium.
THE Netherlands would then have
to recognize even the violation of its
territory as permissible if Germany
foInd 1t necessary 20 commit such an
act in order TO preserve its own exist
cnce"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-29
German Submarine May
Make Answer to
Wilson Note.
U-BOATS SINK
NINE MORE VESSELS
Berlin Puts Total to July % at
229 British Ships and
SO Others.
from The Tribune Bureau J

Washington, July 2S.-The 0rduna
with seven Americas on board is now
in the war zone, and as German sub
marines tried to sink the Cunarder on
her way over, officials here fear that
another effort to torpedo her will be
made, in spite of the solemn warning
given in President Wilson's last note.
Such action by the Kaiser's U-boats
would add greatly &c the tension of the
situation between Germany and the
United States and might cause an I'M
mediate break. The submarine fleets
recent activity has already increased
anxiety.
Should the Cunarder be sent to the
bottom and any of the Americans
Perish crisis riyalling that Of the
iusitania incident would be created.
Washington is inclined to regard the
Orduna as test case. If the Germans
should attempt again to sink her, the
capital would regard the move as an
answer to the recent note to Berlin.
Captain Thomas McComb Taylor,
who brought the 0rduna successfully
through the attack with torpedo and
shells on July 9, on the ships last voy-
age from Liverpool 10 New York, is in
command.
Among the items on the ships mani
fest which might tempt German sub
marine commander to keep special
watch for the steamer are $500 cases
of cartridges, $50 cases of empty shells,
seventeen cases oil revolvers, iO7 auto
mobile trucks, 900 cases of fuses, sixty
cases Of aeroplane parts, and hundreds
of tons of metals.
The Orduna's destination is Liver
pool, but wireless orders from the
British Admiralty may cause Captain
Taylor to change his course. The be-
lief has grown in .cme circles that the
Cunarder is a marked ship. An escort
of torpedo boats may be sent out to
convoy her into Liverpool, as has been
done with many Of the liners from
New York taking supplies to the Brit
ish government
Mr.. and Mrs George F. Dean, of Bos-
ton; Hilda Hogg, ten months old, ana
four persons in the steerage are the
Americans on board