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Middletown transcript., 1915-09-04
j. S. STAND MAY
HIT BLOW At WAR
Freedom Of Seas Would Remove
One Cause Of Fight.
TO END WAR
Germany's Answer On Arabic Key
note-lf This ls Satisfactory, Ap-
peal To England Would
Follow.

Washington.-Growing belief exists
in official and diplomatic circles here
that general peace negotiations may
be set in motion among the belligerent
nations of Europe if the United States
succeeds in reaching perfectly salts
factory understanding with Germany.
That Germany's sudden change of
front toward this country and her will
ingness, as set forth by Count Won
Bernstorff, the German Ambassador to
the United States, to make her sub
marine warfare comply with the de-
mands of the United States have made
a profound impression abroad is a fact
reflected in all the dispatches coming
here from the European capitals. AS
suming that Germany's promises are
genuine, worldwide opinion would
seem to have conceded that the United
States has attained a position of pow
erful influence from which to address
new offers of mediation to the warning
powers.
1t is forgone conclusion here that
as soon as the German controversy is
put finally to rest, the United States
will address to Great Britain a vigor-
GUS demand for relief from the hard
ships imposed on American commerce
by the British orders in council and
contraband DEGREES. In doing this
Secretary Lansing will be in position
to inform Great Britain that Germany
has removed the chief excuse which
the British Foreign Office has
pleaded in justification of It's own un-
precedented restrictions against neu-
trail commerce, namely, the excuse
that Germany was conducting an il
legal form of submarine warfare
justifying extreme retaliatory meas
ures. 1t is expected that on the basis
of the success he has met with in deal.
ing with Germany, Mr.. Lansing will
insist that Great Britain modify her
orders in council and contraband de
crees and permit American cotton and
American foodstuffs to reach Ger
many. Should Great Britain, too, re
cede, it is believed that the United
States, by getting the two countries
through her, to agree to modus
vivendi for the protection of neutral
rights in the war zone, will have paved
the way for general peace negotia
tions.
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-04
Anticipated In Berlin.

Berlin.-The German Admiralty ad-
vanced the suggestion that the sub
marine which may have torpedoed the
steamer Arabic possibly had foundered
or had been sunk by the British. A
high official of the Admiralty, in again
declaring that absolutely no news on
the sinking of the Arabic was yet
available, said:
would 1t not be lamentable il the
submarine should have been lost and
we should never learn what happened
soon after the Arabic sank? l said
we should in all probability have the
details by the end of August or early
in September at the latest. Most Of
our boats which were on the west
coast of England at the time have now
returned, but none so far knows any
thing about the Arabic.
ut probably will be possible within
a very short time-I cannot say pre-
cisely how many days-to tell whether
our apprehensions' regarding the sub
marine are correct"
The official would not say whether
one or more of the submarines in ques-
tion still were out nor how long any
one vessel had been away from its
base, but stated suggestively:
"They seldom remain out longer
than three weeks and we usually get
a report on any torpedoing operations
in from to IA days-rarely later than
a fortnight after the occurrence"
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AusTRIANs RETREAT.

Milan.-The Austrians are in full re-
treat at two points. One is in the Val
Sugana, where they are blowing up
bridges and viaducts and destroying all
roads and railways as they retire.
The other is in the region Of the
uper Isonzo, where the Italian Alpini
Is wrestling an important mountain
summit from the Austrian grip.
The latest official reports show that
the Italians are now well advanced be-
yond Plezzo, and are attacking the
summit of Monte Rombon, 5000 feet
high, which overlooks the valley of
the Coritenaz. a tributary of the
Isonso, and also commands the high
way that eliminates in Predil Pass, at
a height of $500 feet, and thence de-
scends into the Zebach Valley, where
the Italians captured positions about
week ago.
The Austrians are in a precarious
position at Jarvis, as we'll as at Tol-
mino and Gorizia, not to mention the
strong series of defenses they lost in
the Val Sugana.
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GERMANS PRESS
ON TO GRODNO
Town Of Lipsk, in Poland is
Captured BY Storm.
RUSSIANS SILL IN RETREAT
Germans Announce Further Advance
On the Russian Front-The Cap
ture OF 1900 Prisoners and
Seven Cannon Announced.

Berlin (via London). - German
forces have made further advance on
the Russian fortress of Grodno, the
only one of their fortified positions
near the German border which still re-
mains in their possession. Official an
nouneement was made here Of the cap
ture OF Lipsk, in northern Russian
Poland, about 20 miles to the west of
Grodno. The statement follows:
There are no special incidents to
report from the western theater of
war.
Eastern theater: Army group of
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg: The
troops of General Won Bessler are sta
toned in the region surrounding the
bridge head south of Freidrichstadt
In an engagement east Of the Niemen
the army of General Won Eichhorn
reached point northeast of Olita. An
additional 1900 prisoners and seven
cannon were captured. In the direc-
tion of Grodno the town of Lipsk, on
the Bohr River, was. taken by storm
and the enemy forced to surrender
The Widra, tributary of the Sukelka,
was crossed by our troops. The east
ern border of the forest directly east
of Bialystok has been reached at sew
eral points.
Army group of Prince Leopold: In
the Bielobiezh forest fighting goes on
for possession of tine crossing over the
upper Narew. German and Austro-
Hungarian troops under General Won
Woyrsch drove the enemy out of his
position at Suchodol, on the eastern
border of the forest, and at Szereszowo
and are now closely pursuing him.
Army group of Field Marshal Won
Mackensen: In order to render DOS
sible the retreat of their rear-guard
divisions through the marsh district,
the Russians made a stand once more
on a line in the Koddubno district,
south of Kobrin. They were defeated,
although they brought back and threw
into the battle some divisions which
previously had been falling back"
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8 POWDER MILLS
BLOWN TO PIECES
Explosions at Wilmington, DEL,
and Action, Mass.
TWO KILLED AT THE DU POINT
Officials Of the Du Point Powder Com.
pany Do Not Believe the ExpIo-
sion At Their Two Mills Caused
BY Any Deliberate Action.

Wilmington.-With terrifice reports
which could be heard for miles two
powder mills of the Du Pont Powder
Company, at its Brandywine plant
three miles west of this city, explod-
ed Sunday morning, killing Lawrence
Cunningham, aged 45, married, of
Henry Clay, and Hugh Gillespie, 35,
of Hazleton, Pa. The cause has not
been determined. Several hundred
pounds of powder of a powerful brand
were stored in each mill. The first
mill to go up was a fuse plant, the
blast from which caused the explosion
of the second mill nearby.
The two victims were employed in
the fuse mill. Only one body was
found, but whether it is that of Gun
ningham or Gillespie it is impossible
to tell, it being mangled and burned
beyond recognition. The other work
man was blown to atoms, the only
remains found being a few bits of
charred flesh hanging to the branch
of trees across the Brandywine Creek
from the mills. Both mills were COM
pletely destroyed, being swept clean
from their foundations. The force of
the explosion hurled pieces of ma
chinery, shafting and large stones a
considerable distance in all directions
and trees were either uprooted or twist
ed as if in the path of a cyclone.
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-04
RUSS FORTIFYING
FOR ANOTHER STAND
Germans in Possession Of Entire
Brest-LitoVSk Line.
RUSSIANS STRIP COUNTRY
Throwing Up Barriers To Hold tho
Germans While They Prepare
For New offensive-LittIe
Booty Taken.

London.-The Germans, in full pos
session of the entire Brest-Litovsk
line, have resumed the offensive in the
Baltic provinces and are pressing the
Russians both in the districts south
east of Mitau and to the east of KovnO
in an effort to reach the main line OF
railway which passes through wilma
and Dvinsk to Petrograd.
This may, in time, prove the most
important of the German operations.
although at present they are using
more troops in the pursuit of the Rus
slams, who are retiring from Brest-
Litovsk and the line on either side
OF the fortress.
1t is expected, however that with
the fall of Brest-Litovsk, which has
been followed by that of Olita, south
of Kovno, the armies of Field Mar
shal Won Hindenburg will be rein
forced and make another attempt to
cut off the retreat of the Russians. 1t
is believed here, however, that it now
is too late to accomplish this pur-
pose.
The Russians apparently have
evacuated both Brest-Litovsk and
Olita before the Germans arrived, as
the latter make no claim to the cap
ture of guns and booty. The Aus
trian official report states that Arch
duke Joseph Ferdinand found the town
of Kamieniez-Litovsk in flames when
he arrived. There are indications
therefore that the Russians still are
carrying to the rear everything
movable that might prove of use to
the invaders and burning what they
are unable to take with them.
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-04
HAITI TO RATIFY TREATY.
Prompt Acceptance Of U. s. Protec.
torate Expected.

Washington.-Prompt ratification of
the proposed American protectorate
treaty by the Haitian Parliament was
forecast in dispatches to the State De-
partment from Charge Davis at Port
au Prince.
President D'Artiguenave, head of the
new government, is committed to the
convention, and is believed to have
assurances of sufficient support from
senators and delegates to secure favor
able action within a few days. He
presided over the Senate for several
years and is popular among his former
colleagues.
1t became known here that plans
of the United States for putting Haiti
in order contemplate calling upon the
War Department, if necessary, to fur
nish officers for the island police from
its fine corps of non-commissioned Of
ficers who have developed and COM
manded the Philippine Constabulary.
The pending treaty would provide not
only for complete financial protec-
torate and the administration of Gus
tom-houses, but for a native police
force oficered by Americans.
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-04
GERMAN SOAP FROM SUGAR
Discovery That Promises to Be of I'm.
mense Importance to Country In
the Midst of War.

The discovery is announced Of a
method Of manufacture of soap from
sugar, Of which Germany has plenty,
instead of from oil, which is scarce. In
the past it has been possible to use
sugar only in soaps that had little
value. By the new method, it is
claimed, the soap produced is not
only fine and delicate. but it acts as
efficiently in salt water as in fresh
a fact that may make the soap valu-
able for the navy.
Articles that formerly had to be
sent to chemical laundries can now be
washed with the new kind of soap
The finest kinds of silks, it is alleged,
not only are not harmed by it, but
their colors are brought out brilliantly
and as new. In addition, the sugar
soap seems to be responsible for a
minimum of the wear and tear occa-
stoned by old-fashioned cleansing
soaps.
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-04
ACTON PLANT CRIPPLED.
Powder Explosion Believed Result OF
Plot To Halt Work.

Acton, Mass.-With a shock that
was felt within a radius of 40 miles,
the glazing mill of the American Pow
der Company, which, since the out
break of the European war, has been
working to it's capacity, blew up early
Sunday. So far as known nobody was
killed.
The actual money loss to the COM
pany was not heavy, but it was stated
that work on large orders probably
would be held up for several weeks.
Property-owners in the surrounding
towns, particularly in Maynard, were
heavy losers because of the shattered
windows.
The mill had been closed down
since Saturday afternoon and the
police of this town and Maynard ex-
pressed the belief that the explosion
had been caused with intent to Grip
pie the plant.
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-04
THE COUNTRY AT LARGE

Nearly $2O,OOO,O0O in gold and
securities worth $25,OOO,OOO, the Sec
ond large shipment sent from London
to strengthen British credit in this
country, arrived in New York on a
special train of steel cars guarded by
38 armed men.
General Scott will report to Secre-
tary Lansing the result of his visit to
the Mexican border.
The crew of the tug Coleraine was
rescued when the vessel sank in the
Hudson River after a collision with
the tug Moran.
Postmaster General Burleson an
nounced he would cut the cost of
rural delivery by $4,00O.0OO during the
present year.
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-04
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
The wise man has doubts, but the
fool is always positive.
Most of US have loose purse strings
when the purse is empty.

The easier a man takes things the
easier 1t is for him to let them slide.
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-04
TERRIBLE BLOW
TO GEN. PERSHING
His Wife and His Three Children
Perish BY Fire.
ONLY ONE SON is RESCUED
Believing All Had Escaped From
Burning Quarters At Preside,
Fire Department centered
Energies On Flames.

San Francisco.--Warren Pershing,
five years old, will be the only member
of Brigadier General John ]. Perish
ing's family to welcome the officer
when he returns here from Ell Paso.
Mrs. Pershing and the three other chill
dren, Mary Margaret, six; Anne,
seven, and Helen. eight, were suffo-
Gated and burned in fire which con-
sumed their quarters at the Preside of
San Francisco.
Warren is being cared for by nurses
at the Lettermann General Hospital,
at the Preside. He was taken there
when he was picked up unconscious on
the floor of his bedroom by rescuers
who crawled through the burning
house searching for Mrs. Pershing and
her four children. Warren revived
quickly. The others were dead when
the rescuers reached them, suffocated
and their heads, hands and feet
burned.
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-04
Sept. 2, 1914.

Government Of France trans
ferred to Bordeaux.
Germans reached crieI, near
chantilIy, and then turned away
from Paris.
German and French aeroplanes
fought above Parla.
Russians captured Lembers, CAPT.
tai of Galicia.
Lodz, Poland, taken by Germans
and Austrians.
Montenegrins defeated AustrIans
near Bilek.
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-04
THE TURKISH REPORT.

Constantinople (via London) The
following communication on the prog
ress of operation in the Dardanelles
was issued by the Turkish War Office:
"The enemy on Saturday renewed
stubborn attacks in the district of Ana
farta, which were repulsed with losses
to the enemy. Counter-attacking, we
recaptured trenches before our center,
killing occupants.
"Our airmen, who took part in the
battle. successfully dropped bombs on
hostile camp positions"
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-04
A PATROL BOAT
AVENGED ARABIC
U Boat Which TOrpedOed Liner
Sent to Bottom.
ANTICIPATED IN BERLIN
Caught In Attack on Another Ship.
Entire Crew Of Submarine
Perished When It
Sank

Liverpool-The German submarine
which sank the White Star liner
Arabic was sunk the following day by
a British patrol boat. This fact was
confirmed here.
While the submarine was engaged
in trying to hold up the Leyland liner
Nicosian a British patrol boat came up
and shelled the submarine. All the
members of the submarine lost their
lives.
The Arabic was sunk on August 20.
The Nicosian reached Liverpool on
August 81 and reported that she had
been attacked by a submarine, but
had managed to escape safely.
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-04
PRUssIAN LOSS 1,74o,sss.
Latest Casualty List includes Names
OF 42,245.

Amsterdam, via London.-The Prus-
sian casualty lists, from number SO2
to number 300, give the names of 4O,-
245 killed, wounded and missing, ao-
cording to the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche
Gourant. The total number of Prus-
sian losses published up to August "a
amounts to 1,74O,s36 killed, wounded
and missing, says the paper. To the
above must be added the Bavarian
casualty list No. 214, the Saxon list
No, 1874, and Wuerttembergian list No.
24f and the naval list No. A.
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-04
POLK TO BE COUNSELOR.

Secretary Lansing Announces New
Member OF State Department.
Washington. - The selection of
Frank L. Polk, corporation counsel of
New York city, to be counselor of
the State Department, was formally
announced by Secretary Lansing. The
President has rendered the position to
Mr.. Polk, who has accepted. Mr.. Polk
will succeed Mr.. Lansing, who became
Secretary on the resignation of Will
liam Jennings Bryan last June. The
counselor's Office has been vacant
since Mr.. Lansing took his place in
the Cabinet and there has been much
gossip as to who would fill it.
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-04
HleroaIYphics.

-You seem interested in that Egyp.
tian obelisk"
Il am" said the man with the faint
grin. There's no doubt that the pic
lures are funny. But the artist ought
to have put in some reading to show
what they're about"
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-04
MRS. EDITH sPREcKELs WEEDS.
Frank w. WakefieId's Bride a Few
Hours After Divorce.

Honolulu.-Mrs. Edith Spreckels,
who Wednesday secured a final de-
cree of divorce from John d. Spreck-
els, Jr., of San Francisco, was mar
ried here Thursday to Frank w. Wake
field, also of San Francisco. The cere-
mony was performed at hotel where
Mrs. Spreckels had been residing by
Gilbert Waller, presiding elder of the
Reorganized Mormon Church.
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-04
U. S. LEADS IN EXPORTS.
Country Foroes Ahead OF the United
Kingdom.

Washington.-The United States for
the first time in its history now leads
the world as an exporter.
Figures just made public by the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce show that American exports in
the fiscal year ended June 80 last
totsled $2.768,6 100000, compared with
$2,170, 100000 for the United Kingdom,
the next largest exporter. This was
an increase of II per cent. in the case
of the United States, when compared
with last year, and a decrease of 80
per cent. for the United Kingdom.
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-04
BAD SMASH UP ON N. q w.

Fireman Killed and Passengers In
Iured In Collision Near Gary.
Bluefield, w. Va.-Norfolk and
Western passenger train No. l was in
collision with a freight train near
Gary, w. Va. The passenger cars
were smashed and the engines locked
together and rolled down the bank.
Fireman T. M. Bailey was caught
under the engine and instantly killed
A score or more of passengers were
injured.
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-04
Relatives Saved.

Mrs. Walter o. Boswell, relative,
wife of Lieutenant Boswell, Twenty
first Infantry, and her maid leaped
from the porch roof to the ground
after throwing Mrs. Boswell's two
children down to officers and men,
aroused by her cries and the noise of
cracking wood.
Mrs. Pershing and her children were
to have left here within week to join
General Pershing at Ell Paso A home
to receive them had been prepared by
him.
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-04
Sept. 4. 1914.

Germans crossed the Marne and
attacked the French center.
Severe fighting between AIost
and Termonde, Belgium.
British cruiser sank Austrian
steamer 5athori In bay Of 6iseay.
British gunboat Speedy sunk by
mine in North sea.
U. S. s. Tennessee took American
refugees across channel and U. S.
S. North Carolina sailed for
Smyrna.
General 5obrlnsI<y appointed
Russian governor Of Galicia.
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-04
"coPs" SENT TO UNIVERSITY.
Police OF Berkeley, Cal, To Stud,
criminology.

Berkeley. Cal.-Policemen of Berke-
ley are required to attend the Uni
yersity of California. This, it is be-
lieved, is the first time any city in the
world has made preparations to have
"collegebred police department" " Thd
course of study is in the relation OF
mental disease to criminology.
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-04
Sept. 8, 1914.

Martial law proclaimed In Paris.
Serbians defeated Austrians at
Jadar.
Germans approached the valley
Of the Marine, and took La Fere.
Prince Of Wied left Albania.
Russians took czernowltz, capital
Of 5ukowina.
China protested violation Of her
neutrality by Japan.
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-04
Sent. I, 1914,

Allied left wing fell back in north
ern France.
Germans reached compIegne, 20
miles from Paris.
Germans took many Russian prls-
oners In East Prussia.
Turkish army msbIIlzed.
More bombs dropped on Paris
from aeroplanes and on Antwerp
from ZeppeIins.
Name Of st. Petersburg changed
to Petroarad.
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-04
Curb on Swiss LEGISLATORS.

In Switzerland. on the demand of
10000 voters, or of eight cantons. any
law passed by the federal parliament
must be submitted to the general body
OF the people for acceptance or re-
lection.
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-04
COTTON CROP FIGURED AT ss.2.

Government Estimate Brings Sharp
Break In Prices.
Washington.-The condition of the
growing cotton crop on August 25 was
69.2 per cent. of normal, it was an.
nounced by the Department of Agri-
culture. Leon NJ. Estabrook, chief OF
the Bureau of Crop Estimates, an.
nounced unoficially that the report in.
dicated a yield this season of approx
imately 11,sOO,0OO bales OF cotton, as
compared with an actual production OF
IL, 1885, $3.50 bales last season.
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-04
BIG GERMAN BID FOR COTTON.
One Million Bales Ordered C. o. D. In
Harbor OF FatherIand.

Berlin, via London.-German busi-
ness men have transmitted to the
United States an offer to buy 100000
bales of cotton. The price offered was
Is cents a pound, payable on delivery
OF the cotton in German harbor
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-04
Heat Oranges Before PeeIIna.

Before peeling oranges, set them
in the oven to heat for few minutes
and you will find that the tough white
skin can be easily removed with the
yellow rind. This makes the oranges
much safer to give to children.
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-04
RUSSIANS TO FAST.
No Music Or Entertainment For Sew
eral Days.

Petrograd.-The Holy Synod has
prescribed a period of fasting OF three
days, beginning September 8. The
Minister of the Interior has been re
Quested to forbid entertainments ano
the playing of music throughout that
time. although work is to continue as
usual.
September 8 is the day of the church
celebration of Russia's liberation from
the invader Tamerlane, the Mongol
leader, who made his way at the head
of his men almost to Moscow in 1896,
visiting unusual cruelties upon the
people.
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-04

When a man starts on the down
ward path he seldom buys return
rrlrof
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-04
THE EUROPEAN WAR A
YEAR AGO THIS WEEK
Anniens,
Auu. 90. 1914.

Aug. 80, 1914.
Germans captured Amiens,
France.
Germans advanced In line from
Amlens to Laon, forcing back the
French left.
Bombs dropped on Paris from
German aeroplane.
Japanese troops landed near
klaochow.
Preparations made to defend
Paris against siege.
Russians bombarded Thorn and
Graudenz.
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-04
100000 HORSES FOR ALLIES.
C. G. o. Railroad Has Hauled 6,15C
Cars, Valued At $51, ,00O, 900.

Covington, Va.-According to sta.
tistics at the general offices of the Gin
cinDau and Ohio Railroad in this city
6,156 cars of horses and 720 cars OF
mules. approximately 100000 horses
and $4,000 mules, have been shipped
through here to Newport News
whence they were shipped to the
allies. The entire cost of placing
these animals on the European battle
held Is estimated at s51.OOO,OOO.
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-04
FLEET OFF FOR PRACTICE.
Third Division Leaves Norfolk For
Work of Virginia capes.

Norfolk. Va.-The third division of
the battleship fleet, with the third and
fourth groups of destroyers of the At
lantic hotilla, passed out to sea Mon
day for target practice off the Virginia
Capes. The entire Atlantic feet, "a
battleships, destroyers, cruisers and
auxiliaries, will leave Hampton Roads
"Wednesday for the Southern drill
grounds for extensive target practice.