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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-19
ALLEGED SPY IS HELD
BROOKLYN NAVY YARD

New York. July lS.--Unusual vigil
lance is being exercised at the Brook
lyn navy yard following the spy"
scare at the League Island navy yard
at Philadelphia on Saturday. and early
this morning George McLachlan. Of
Brooklyn, was arrested in the yard.
The man was wandering about in an
aimless manner when one Of the
guards saw him. He followed the
man for some distance. and when he
had doubled on his tracks several
times, was accosted by the guard.
The arrest was made near the ma
rine barracks. and the time on the
reports was given at 1855 A. NJ. Nc
Iachlan was placed In the guard
house He appeared to be demented
and could give no reason for his pres
ence.
McIAchlan was then taken before
the commandant. Rear Admiral Usher,
and during the course OF his uues-
tioning he said that he was former
workman In the yard. The COM
mandant ordered him held pending
further examination. His record will
also be looked up.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-19
JUDGE ROGER A. PRYOR
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY

New York, July 18.--Judge Roger
Atkinson Pryor who was a brigadier-
general In tho Confederate army. viii
celebrate his eighty-seventh birthday
tomorrow &C his home. West Sixty
ninth Street.
The Judge. whose nery speech
caused the attack on Fort Sumter and
precipitAted the Civil War, command
ed = brigade at Bull Run and was
later captured 40 d spy. He says that
Secretary Of War, Stanton was bent
upon hanging him and that he was
spared only because Lincoln heard OF
his. kind treatment of Northern
prisoners.
Born in Dtnwiddie County, virginia.
Judge Pryor was graduated from
Hampden-Sydney College and the
University OF Virginia. He once did
newspaper work on the Washington
Union. and after the war he came to
New York to practice law, becoming
a Supreme Court Justice.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-19
SAYS ALLIES COULD
FLOOD u. S. WITH GOLD

Paris. July 1s.--The weekly hnan-
cial column OF the Journal des Debats
draws attention to the fall in foreign
exchange during the week just past
A pound sterling has been lowered to
2e.4o. three per cent below the high
point recently rsadned.
The DebAts argues that tho great
importance has been given TO the
high exchange rate in d country which
possesses tSoo, 0oo.eoo Of foreign Sc
curitIes and no foreign debt Such q
the paper says. need not fear
for the future Of its exchange.
THE aiiies possess formidable
stock Of gold" the article continues.
which would allow them, II they
agreed. together to pay for the pur-
chases In America with gold 20 free
~ that the American market would be
loaded with this metal Before our
gold supply would have been seriously
encroached upon America would be
trying TO place sums due In Europe
instead OF exacting gold - payment"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-19
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LORD FISHER HEADS
INVENTIONS BOARD

London, July 1.-THE admiralty
announced today that the appoint-
ments to the inventions board. estab-
lished to assist the admiralty in CO.
ordinating and encouraging scientific
effort, have been completed. with
Lord Fisher as chairman. The state
ment sAysi
ss.gyssrhe board will comprise o. central
committee and q panel Of consuItants
composed OF scientific experts. VINO
will advise the named committee on
questions referred to them
"Ihe central committee will consist
of Lord Fisher. as presidents Sir J.
EJ. Thomson, sir G.. A, Parsons and
%. T. Beiihy.
THE consulting panel will com-
prise; Professor H. b. Maker. Pro-
lessor w, C. Bragg. Professor II. G,
H. Carpenter. Sir Villain Crookes, w.
Duddell. Professor Percy Frankiand
Professor Bertram Hopkinson. sir
Oliver Lodge. Professor w. ]. Pope,
Sir Ernest Rutherfnrd, @. Gerald
Gtsnsy and Rrsfssssr Il. J, STRUT. "
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-19
DR.. ORv|LlE ". OWEN
BEATS AEWTON's LAWS
Nsiin VINO &Fsreved Bacon Wrote
Shakespeare Neutra1ises Crawl
tatf0n.

p~troit Mich Julv 1s-Dr. Orvi1le
uy over ~ De,roit. who says he
nrovea that Bacon wrote Shakespeare,
Ia. ha.n delvinr deep into nature, and
ha.. 1ust Announced that he has con-
cluded hts experimental work upon q
machine which. by absolutely neutral
ixinr xravitation through ionic VI
bration. will revolutionixe warfare,
commerce and all the arts and sciences
of the world. will literally raise man
kind to the stars
DR.. Owen declared that In his desk
lay letters from J. e. b. seeiey. for
mer war minister Of England. offering
to pay any price for the secret OF his
invention.
..p,. W. o~r co,n,rv however nm
~,,lf,rv ~ prheadtnr ~ ITS own needs
80 ~ o6.r. .haiI have the chance
- 49,, NV d,.roveyv ana control II
ss..srs.t., !" .sid tba doctor
q. d.ri.ved ha ernectea to place
-. .whni. rrettar hafors tha recently
$3.50 .s,,s.sr,, noara ~ Inventors
-. =.
Or. OWens inven.lon 70 puns On .as
principie tnat Az tn,nss "a Aos..uss
bration cannot touch. nose "a oppo.
site vlora,Ion al"ays iu ~ NJ
togetner Thus 10 exptaiheu. saio -.
owen. the aeath OF mahs o. .ne . .nos.
daring aviators VINO nav M.
planes INTO Zones ~ sen snra.sa..
In the air, Wnere .here 10 10 VT - sNa.,
nut vacuum tha' sauseu '''en - -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-19
BROODS OVER KILLING
AND COMMITS SUICIDE

Fort Plain. N Y, July 1s.-The
body of Robert Neliis. thirty years old.
was found in the Erie Canal this
morning. He was the nephew OF
Harper II. Benedict. OF wychofr, Sea-
mans & Benedict. of the Remington
Typewriter Company. The authors
ties do not know whether Neilis COM
mitted suicide or met with foul play.
It was known that Neilis had
brooded for years over the accidental
killing OF an unknown man, which
occurred while Nellis was living In an
isolated spot a few miles from here
About midnight one night he discov-
cred the man trying to get into his
house. He shot and killed him in-
sfantiy. The mans body was never
identified, although Neilis was COM
pieteiy exonerated. It is.tfought that
this may have caused him to commit
suicide.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-19
STRIKE IS
DEFERRED FOR A DAY
Leaders Who Planned Tabor War In
New England Mako Sudden
Change.

bridgeport. Conn, July 1.-THE
international labor leaders who havc
planned huge labor war throughout
New England. suddenly announced
that the strike on the Remington
works and the subcontractors nliing
large orders for war munitions. which
was scheduled TO begin tomorrow
least pending m attempt on the part
Of influential manufacturers to ar
range conference between them and
the Remington ofhciala
The disastrous possibilities Of q tie
up Of the enormous war contracts
held in this part OF the country have
grown 20 alarming. II n believed, that
every effort u to be made to avert the
contemplated strike. AT least that 10
the only reason assigned tonight for
the unexpected postponement Of the
wAlk-out.
According to the announcements OF
the labor leaders, an influential New
Yorker, having large manufacturing
interests In Bridgeport. asked that
the strike be deferred until he hAs .
chance to try to hiring about amicable
negotiations between the workmen
and the Remington officials. He pre-
fers. for the present. the labor lead 2
attempts to obtain his name have
been futile.
The postponement Of the walk -out,
which up TO 4 o'clock tonight was
definitely arranged for tomorrow noon
with q big demonstration on the part
OF 500 strikers, wae ~ much = aur-
prise to the Bridgeport strike leaders
as to anyone else. They announced
their decision 70 hold on Tor day
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-19
PRESENT AhT|-ENel|SH
0UTBURST SPONTANEOUS
Faithful Followers Quit Redmond
when He Becomes Recruiting
Officer.
DIsLOYAITY IN IRELAND
is WORRYING BRITISH
Noted IRISH Writer Declares Patriotic
Modcratcs More Violently Active In
This Crisis Than Sim Fein Party.

New York, July lB.-The English
cable. which has made q lasting rep
utation for truth. both about Ireland
and England's other friends on the
Continent, tells us that the latest
banishments from Ireland fell upon
the members of the Sim Fein party
that 10 to say the Young Irish party.
This 10 particulxrized for fear the OUT
side world may get an mixing of the
truth that the patriotic moderates In
Ireland, who had been most faithful
followers of Mr. Redmond up till the
time that he offered himself as re-
cruiting sergeant for England are
more violently anti English Id the
present crfsia and more anti-Redmond
than are the "S;nn Fein" tseif-
reiiance) people. The Sim Fein
party. as party. Is not carrying on
the present anti English movement In
Ireland. 1t il q spontaneous outburst
on the part Of patriotic men OF all
parties, an outburst precipitated by
what they consider the betrayal OF
Ireland on the part of Mr.. Redmond.
..Of the three latest men to come
under the English ban In Ireland. one
Mr.. PIN, was an ardent Redmondite
and opponent OF ''Sinn Fem" The
other two were not identified with
"Sinn Fem"
The significance of the English
cable reporting the hanishments at all
is that the anti-English propaganda
among all nationalist bodies In Ire
land has reached such serious proper
lions that there is no longer any use
In trying to hide II entirely. To tens
OF thousands Of readers 1t will prob
ably he news to learn that Ireland.
since the wars outbreak. has been a
seething pot Of what the English
would call disioyalty. and that the pot
liz boiling over.
Love Their ireland Better.
1t will be news to many to hear
that every day women. as well as men.
are arrested and imprisoned fcf
patriotic propaganda: that raids by
the British authorities are made some
times In the middle OF the night upon
the houses Of people suspected OF the
crime of lowing Ireland better than
good stepmcshar England. their papers
runsacked and stolen, themselves ar
rested or ordered TO depart; that
hundreds hclding posts over which
Dublin Castle has direct or indirect
control. are threatened. coerced. dis
missed; that the jail doors ars open
Ing for fresh prisoners every day In
every county.
While the chief part Of the existing
newspapers Of the island have been
subsidised and are run to suit the views
OF the English government. no less
than eight independent Nationalist pa
pers have seized or suppressed. The
English authorities. failing to recruit
an army In Ireland. have instituted a
reign OF terror that has not been par
aileieda In Ireland since the revolution
DAYS OF the forties.
BY the agency Of the mendacious
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-19
BOMB IS FOUND IN
COAL FOR CUhARDER

Trenton, N. j., July ia bomb
Wa found late this afternoon In a
carload OF coal consigned to the Cum
ara Steamship Company in New York
The rar. over the Pennsylvania
Railroad, had been damaged In transit
from the coal region OF PennsyivnniA.
When It reached the Worthwhile yArdA
IL Was decided To transfer the coal TO
another car. Tho coal had to pass
down : chute and tho bomb was seen
a. II slid along the iron Way.
The Internal machine Is made Of
hard tin. and 10 shaped like carr
tridge. IT In twenty inches long and
ten inches thick. tapering down TO
about six inches. II contains black
substance ana weighs five pounds
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-19
FEAR OF KIDNAPPERS
GUARD VANDERBILT

Lenox, Mass, July 1s.--Guards
have been placed on the ground and
at the entrance to Shadowbrook, the
big estate that Mrs. Alfred @. Wander
bilt has leased three miles west OF
Lenox. No one can drive into
Shadowbrook grounds without being
halted by an employee who guards the
east entrance to the grounds.
: The report Is that Mrs. Vanderbilt
fears that someone might enter the
grounds by automobile and kidnap
George and Alfred q, Vanderbilt. Jr..
who are romping over the lawns. A
corps of servants are constantly about
the children.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-19
GRIM REAPER HOLDING
OWN In GAY NEW YORK

New York, July 18.--Eight persons
were drowned in or near New York
city today. and the toll of the mid
summer Sunday casualties also In
clude one death by heat. another
death in an automobile accident. a
dozen hurt in accidents; a total OF
fourty-four accidents. as reported to
the police: six prostrations from the
heat. twelve persons taken sick In
the street, and one attempted suicide.
and Ave sudden death with no cause
assigned.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-19
WHALE Is SHELLED AND
KILLED BY DESTROYER

Rome. July ia large whale was
sighted or the island of Gorgana, OPP
posite Pola. yesterday. and was mis-
taken for a submarine. says the Tri-
buna- 1t was shelied and killed by
destroyer.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-19
Au,omobsie Runs Into store.

Losing control Of his automobile.
William Heck. OF s23 st. John Street.
Yesterday morning, about Sis o'clock.
ran into the fruit store conducted by
C. Pincus. 1875 North seventeenth
street. Both the building and the
automobile were slightly damaged.
No one was hurt, nor was an arrest
made.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-19

Rome. July lS.--One OF two acre
planes that bombarded Bari was hit
by rife firs during its return journey.
and fell into the sea near Barlettas
The aeroplAne and two Austrian e.
fsrs were captured
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-19
Sir John French Reports Bomb
Throwing Parties Defeat En-
ployers of Gas Shells
GERMAN OFFENSIVE Is
CONTINUED IN EAST
Won Mackensen and Won Him
denburg Credited With Adj
vances-G ermans Thrice
Replused Claims Petroarad
MILLIONS ENGAGED FROM
BALTIC TO BEsSSARAHIA

London, July ia trcn,en-
dous German offensive against tho
whole Russian front dominates
the war interest tonight. lie il
figured that between 5000, 900 and
7.oOO,O0O men are engaged from
the Baltic TO Bcssara1Dia. The
German operations In the north
are In the hands of General Won
Hindenburg, while General Won
Mackcnscn controls the southern
armies, and General Won FaIken-
hayn, apparently. is I'm supreme
charge of the task Of coordinate
ing the movements Of both groups
of armies.
correspondent of the Times. whs
has been allowed to visit all the Rus
sian armies from Bukowina to War
saw, telegraphs from Warsaw that
in his opinion, the most decisive acs
tion OF the war on the Russian front
Is pending on the hundred-mile-w fde
tract between the vistnla and the Bur.
The correspondent heard everywhere
of the piecemeal disappearance 81
Austro-German forces and the con-
centration of great army in thai
area. General Won Mackensen's stroka
reported in the German Official state
ment probably Is the beginning Of thIs
action.
The Times correspondent writes
HE ont;ynts,,, hss s.sadti,, = Us soLr
" ,aFt tba ,.s, - - ~ .An 4 |.
vis,tAa ha 60 s,,,th .a.I 49,
~ securttv =. rsgsras IN Mr.
outcome of the war In the east than
at any time since the Galician movos
Y1onacn r,,sv q E4e,a Hx.r.,,.s -.
.Tohn Eranch ,orw. rSirS ~ara-. ~
events nj the Rrttish srnut sars thss
the Germans axain are ,asinr ssnhvr-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-19
EVELYN DOESN'T CARE;
She WANTS TO REST


Malone. N. Y. July is.-Evelyn Thaw
was told this afternoon that Harry
Thaw had said in Atlantic City that
he was going to get divorce from her.
II don't care" she replied. and then
refused to say another word on the
subject OF Thaw. she declared that
she wanted to be quiet and to rest in
this delightful part Of the country. She
appeared to be in good health and
cheerful But II was apparent that
her feelings had been too strongly
aroused for her to smother them. and
finally she said:
IT don't want Thaw.s name. and ]
don't want his money.
.rIe IL evidently . cad. besides be-
ing Americas pet murderer. II had
not volunteered to lay bare to the
world all of the details OF my life.
there would not be anybody In posi-
ton today to- throw mud ut me. But
II ID one of the most incomprehensible
mysteries OF this universe that hu-
man being who calls himseif q man
can 30 quickly forget the sacrihce I
made for him. and nonchalantiy re-
mark that he has no interest In the
woman who saved hss life.
"A man who can do that 10 either
insane, or an ungrateful cad. Tell this
man whom saved from the electric
chair that all ask OF him ID that
he leave me In peace 70 continue my
stage career prefer to earn my own
living ut my own work. can truth
fully say OF my work now that 1t
has earned me place on the stage
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-19
TAis week to See Reply.

lhB week VIII record the most import
ant step by this government In the
Is the expectation here as n result of
the news that President Wilson is on
his way back to Washington.
II Is well known that he 10 coming
solely for the purpose OF directing the
answer which this government is to
make 10 the German note Of ten days
ago. In which the German government
failed to meet any Of the demands
twice made upon her by President Will
SON In regard to submarine operations
There 10 little doubt that the end
Of the week will see the American
note on its way TO Berlin
The President Ia expected to confer
with Secretary Lansing tomorrow and
will meet all of his cabinet At the
White House on Tuesday. Both the
President and his advisers have had
week In which to consider the prob
lem confronting them. and there IL no
doubt here but that Tuesday noon will
see the basis Of the American course
agreed upon.
While the Presidents advisers are
for the most part convinced that the
American people are not demanding
rash or drastic action at this time.
the conviction 10 shared by all Of
them that the country has certainly
made 1t plain that there must be no
yielding OF the stand on principle
taken In the earlier notes. "
To Determine Upon Course.
Members Of the Presidents oflicial
family are also keenly aware Of a
phase Of the situation OF which It Is
believed the general public has taken
less thought: that In, that the time has
come FOR the United States not only
to answer the last German note, but
also to determine upon the course to
be pursued should Germany again
cause the destruction of American
lives In violation OF the hitherto un-
questioned rights OF neutrais on the
high seas. It is this phase OF the
situation which il causing the deepest
concern here.
II is felt that while IT is not DIM
cult to outline the kind OF reply which
the last note from Germany merits,
1t IL a delicate problem to determine
what further action this government
should take In the event of more
Americans being made victims OF
German submarines.
Ortluna Case Significant.
The Orduna case. II was said here
today. makes even more Imperative
careful decision as to the course in
the future. The attack on the British
liner without warning when she was
bound away from. not toward. Eng
land has served completely to dispel
the Illusion that Germany was not
really going to attack any more pas
senRer ships This case shows. II In
declared, that the President and his
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-19
Vacation Over President Is Pre-
pared For Early and Decisive
Action on Situation
PRESENT WEEK TO SEE
MOST IMPORTANT STEP
Presidents Advisers Convinced
American People Not De-
handing Government I o
Take Drastic Action

On Board President Wilson's Special.
New Haven. July iA-Hts vacation
over and prepared for early decisive
action I'm the German situation. Pres
ident Wilson paused through here to-
night en- route to Washington To-
morrow he will confer with Secretary
of State Lansing. exchange views re-
gardinK the note to Germany. and on
Tuesday place the whole question be-
fore his cabinet. The President left
Cornish at 3 o'clock this afternoon. He
will arrive at the capital at s:45 Mon
day morning. His only travelling COM
panion was DIR. Cary Grayson.
Residents of Cornish and Windsor
gave the President an unusually en-
thusiastic send-off this afternoon. Two
hundred gathered at the Windsor sta
ton to cheer an adieu. Although eff
forts had been made to keep secret
the time of the Presidents departure
and his train schedule. citizens of many
New England towns had been evidently
tipped off," and congregated about the
Presidents private car at stations The
president shook hands with admirers
at several places.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-19
Victories Over RussIans.

London. July 1S.---Two official Ger~
man statements were received FROM
Berlin today. yesterdays statemeut
have been delayed in transmission ~
way of Amsterdam. In these state.
ments the chief Importance Is placed
on the Operations in the casters
theater, where the Germans claim
continued victories against the Rus.
SLAMS with further advances all along
the line from the Baltic provircan
south to the sector between the Hu9
and the vistu1a. where General ven
Mackensen Is in command Of thN
operations.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-19

London July 18.--General Won
Hindenburg's offensive against Mlawn;
and Riga. in the Baltic provinces. 4
continuing. The Germans claim line
portant results. In this district, and
the Russian ofisciai statement says
that the Germans have retained their
positions on the right bank Of the
Windau and venta Rivers, and are
continuing their advance toward
Tekum and Autz The German state
ment says Mat General Won Bueicw'a
army, which crossed the Windau
north Of Kurshany has met with sue
cesses. capturing nearly $500 ofiicers
and men.
Russian troops turned defeat int
victory on tho Orxyc, east Of Przasnysxs
Siberian detachments from Turkestan.
greatly outnumbered. displaying 49,
pecislly great courage. Three German
regiments had captured the village y
Podossi. taking ave Russian Euns ands
crossing the river. The Russian bAyoss
net charge drove the enemy back ouS.
OF the VILLAGE and recovered the gums
The Gsrmans undertook Esnsrn1
offensive on the night ct July III
against the Russian line between thu
yistulA and the Bug Rivers Accord
ling 10 the Petrograd reports they wefe
lrepuissd al three towns N this dtss
trict.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-19

Pittsburg: July lS.--Asrs. william
Thaw, although steadily assuring
auestioners that she was not worried
about Harry's trip to Atlantic City
instead Of coming 50 his home here.
had talk with him ~ ion6 distances
tsisphens this afternoon h3fors Harry
had lsss that resort fer PhilAAelahia
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-19

Philadelphia. July ls.--Harry X.
Thaw arrived here lats this afternoon
on the second leg Of HIS trip to Pitts
burg to visit his mother. who proved
such friend In need during his nine
years tight for liberty following his
murder OF Stanford white. He was
getting quite anxious 70 ae& HIS mother.
from whom he had received q teie-
phone message earlier In the day At
Atlantic City. whore he had the time
OF his life bathing and posing. that
the house was ready for him and all
were rejoicing over his homecoming.
Thaw Is expected TO start for Pitts
burg tomorrow unless hs changes his
mind at the last minute.
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