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JAP IAN

limited Press Leased Wire Service ]
TOXIC, Aug. 23.-Tokfo newspapers
today hinted that an agreement had
been reached between Japan and Rus.
ola, whereby the Japanese will furnish
large supplies of war munitions to
Russia, Their information, they said,
came from official sources.
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ENGLAND

UNITED Press Leased Wire Servicel
LONDON, Aug. 23.-The three
masted British schooner Martha Ed
monds, has been sunk by German
submarine, It was announced today.
Her crew has been landed.
The Martha Ecimonds was ono Of
the oldest schooners In service, built
In 1879. She has q tonnage of 1875.
UNARMED PAssE NIGER.
LONDON, Aug. 23.--The foreign Of
flee today issued . statement declar-
lnn that the Arabic neither attempted
to ram tho German submarine that
sank her nor attempted to escape.
"The Arabic was an unarmed pas,
senger ship, outward bound for neu-
traI port" said an ofscial statement
issued In reply to Inquiries. "Thus
II was impossible for her to have been
carrying eontraband to this country.
"She was sunk by German sub
marine without warning. She neither
attempted to attack the submarine
nor to escape t."
Though no further statements was
made, It was assumed that tbe for
eIan office based its declarations on
an official report from Captain Finch
OF the Arabic.
Tho foreign Office was asked II the
London steamer Dunsley, torpedoed
Just before the Arabic was attacked,
could be considered a convoy. Tho
reply was that the Dunsley was a
peaceful trader, that she did not at.
tack tho submarine and that neither
she nor any other vessel conveyed
the Arabic.
A DOZEN CAPTURED.
NEW YORK, Aug. 23.--Twelve Ger
man submarines were captured by
Great Britain during July, according
to w. D. Gregory, an attorney, OF To-
ronto, who arrived here today, on the
Anchor liner Tuscania.
Greoory's story bears out q state
ment to the United Press Saturday
niat,t BY passenger arriving on Tho
cyn,ric that England has found 4
deadly foe for the German undersea
boats in nets which now guard the
Irish sea.
There were thlrty-three Americans
aboard the Tuscania.
TEN WERE KILLED.
LONDON, Aug. 23.-Ten persons,
Including the captain, lost their lives
In an attack on the Blue Funnel liner
DIomed BY two German submarines,
according to dispatches received hero
thIs afternoon.
The two submerslbies sheited the
liner when she sought safety In flight.
the captain, quarter-master and ste
ward were killed on the 0iomed's
decks. The crew then took to the
boats, but ono boat upset az It struck
the water and two sailors and five
Chinese from the engine room were
drowned.
The Diomed was built In 1895 and
displaced 4,672 tons. She was owned
by the Ocean Steamship company Of
Liverpool and registered at that port.
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Abe Ruef Is Free.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service.1
SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, Aug. "a
Abe Ruef, one time San Francisco
political boss, stepped forth from San
Quentine prison today and headed
for Ukahia where he must stay nine
ty days under promise not to get into
San Francisco or its politics.
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GE ERMAAY

l
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 23.-Ths Am
sterdam Telegram. not eonetdered
friendly TO Germany, 10 authority for
the story that the German chancellor
and other government heads despair
soon secured.
sessions last Thursday, Or. Helf!erIch,
and Chancellor Won Bethmann.Aoll-
veg, according to the Teiesraaf, call
ed German political leaders Into Sec
ret conference and told them OF Ger
nany's plight. The reichstag 1eadero
were urged to "soft psdal' annsxa-
tion talk In the reIehstaq and TO sup
port peace discussion. Or. Heifferich
was quoted ~ saying that the new
German war loan would exhaust tho
nations resources and that an early
poaee was needed.
Or. Bernard Dernbur0, the TeIe-
graaf reported, explained why he had
failed to capture the sympathies o.
the United States and other neutral
countries.
BULGARIA. SATISFIED.
BERLIN, (via wireless to sayvllle)
Aug. 23.-Official circle. here today
claimed receipts Of positive Inforna-
tlon from both Sofia and Constantl-
nople that Bulgaria and Turkey havs
signed an agreement assuring 6ul.
Saria's neutrality.
official statements given out In both
Sofia and constantinopie, Il was
stated, proved the definite failure Of
the allies attempt to bring Bulgaria
into the war. Turkey has granted
Bulgaria the direct railway connection
to the sea desired by the Sofia gov
crnr1ent.
WILL MAKE NO CHANGE.
BERLIN (vla wireless to sayvlile)
AUG. 23.-The Berlin press today took
the View that ltalys declaration OF
war against Turkey viii In no way al
ter rei!e muitary sseustton At tho OAR
daHelies or the political situation IN
the Balkans. The majority OF the
that italy declared war as the result
OF England's urs'n0e. They also cu9-
gested that I1aiy, fndino u Impossible
to break the austrian lines, desired
to turn 20 new ne.ds sor eonquests.
The newspapers SAID ehat Ieaiy prob
anly Will attempt 70 occupy some ter.
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TOOK ANOTHER FORTRESS.
BERLIN (via wireless to London)
Aug. 2a.-The Russian fortress city Of
ossowetx has been captured by the
Germans, It was officially announced
this afternoon. The capture Of Os-
sowetz, which has been under inter.
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PETRGRA0, Aug. 23.-An official
statement from the admiralty today
regarding the Russian naval victory In
the Gulf Of Riga eonfiicted In some
respects with the announcement made
In the duma yesterday.
The admiralty statement said that
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.SUITOR SHOOTS GIRL,
THEN KILLS HIMSELF
Rejected, He Attacks Nurse on
Riverside Drive-She Shields
Three-Year-Old Baby.

Louis Leipzig, an elevator runner. Of
200 West 130th Street, shot and killed
himself on Riverside Drive yesterday
morning after he had fred two bullets
at May Dougherty, an eighteen-year-
old nurse, who rejected his proposal
Of marriage. The girl, who is en-
ployed in the family of Frederick
Lewis, a lace importer, Of 628 West
l14th Street, is at St. Luke's Hospital
and will recover. Leipzig died in
Knickerbocker Hospital.
Residents Of Riverside Drive apart
ments and passengers on buses were
startled by the four shots, and a
crowd rushed 10 q spot just opposite
the Cliff Haven, where Leipzig had
been employed and where he had met
the girl. She ran when she saw him
draw the revolver and, shielding the
three year-old son of Mr.. Lewis, re-
ceived a bullet in her neck. Her en-
ployer called taxicab and had her
taken TO the hospital.
Miss Dougherty was seated on a
bench. she said when the elevator run
ner approached. They had been friend
" until two weeks ago, when they had
a quarrel The girl told him she would
have nothing more to do with him,
whereupon he drew the revolver. Pa
trolman Coleman ran toward Leipzig
Just as he fired shot into his head.
Mr. Lewis said the girl had been in
his employ six months and was ca
pable and Trustworthy. He added that
he knew Of her quarrel with the ele-
vator runner. who has been employed
al the Gin Haven for two years. The
day after, Mr.. Lewis said, Leipzig met
the girl and struck her in the face.
He had intended to have the youth ar
rested.
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small canopy. Mrs. Becker was re-
markedly composed. John Becker was
much affected. There was no burial
service until after the grave had been
flied. While the earth was being
thrown in thousands of people leaped
across graves, stood on monuments
and otherwise acted as if it were a hol-
iday. A woman stood near by with
white poodle dog in her arms. Men
were standing about IN their shlrt-
sleeves smoking cigarettes, laughing
and talking loudly. Many attempts
were made to steal flowers INTENDED
for Rockers grave, as souvenirs
When the flowers had been banked
unon the grave. the undertaken held a
large cruclhx above his mead and re
peated "Our Father" and three "hal!
Marys." The relatives then started
home. while the crowds showed and
wrangled to get close to the grave ana
TO Mrs. Becker's carriage. Women even
pushed their heads in through the open
window to see the dead policeman
wife.
The photograph of Mrs. Becker
which her husband wore when he was
put TO death was buried with him. his
wife pinned il TO his shirt bosom be
fore the coffin lid was finally screwed
down. Before that time line o. PEG
pie almost half mile long crowded
and pushed to the apartment house and
filed through the Lynch apartment IN
order to see the dead man N his CONN.
MANY who had no evident business
there swore they were friends of the
family. Mrs. Becker finally had TO
have the doors closed. 1t was noted
that the coffin plate abiding to Gov
ernor Whitman, and taken oil by the
police, had been replaced by one with
the inscription: Charles Becker; died
July 80, 1915"
Many policemen attended the funeral
services, and evinced sorrow for Mrs.
Becker She was SAID to be IN a highly
excited condition yesterday, after her
long, hopeless fight.
Stories that she might be dismissed
by the Board Of Education because OF
the Murdered by Governor Whitman
name plate on the coffin were set at
rest by General George 5. Wingate, a
member of the boards executive com
mittee, yesterday:
Mrs. Becker is on her vacation he
said. What she does now IS her own
business. She has been under terrific
mental strain for three years. What
woman will do under the stress she has
suffered does not affect her standing as
a school teacher. She has my sym
pathy | wouldn't take the bread out OF
that woman's mouth for anything. She
has suffered inexpressibly. | am conf
dent the other members Of the board
feel as do"
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hurst. Long Island Pros,rated Sunday died
yesterday. , o..
moRRIs Frederick, SIXTY. sls East ION street, street
Found dead IN his apartment HViu "''''
caused by tho heat.
or-INtAN. Thomas thirty eight. 552f Ihird Avenue
Brooklyn. Died on Bush docks
sHAPtRO Edna. four. 90 Cedar Street BroohIyh'
Died at her home 49, A..
An unidentified negro. pros'rated on SSr'S NV
nus car. died soon after"afn
A, unidentified man, prostrated a. Broadway ana
Forty hrst Street. Died In ambulance
In Manhattan there were recorded a
dozen prostrations. Most OF them were
taken TO hospitals.
rne course taken by the mercury
Yesterday was peculiar. Az clocN
In the morning it was at 70 degrees
and II gradually worked its way 10 the
AZ mark by 10 o'clock. Then II dropped
slightly. while breeze swept over the
city. lasting until noon. Then ther-
moneters showed higher figures, the
s3 notch being reached at 3 o'clock IN
the. afternoon. An hour later the mer--
curv was at "a, and there II stayed
until the showers came. After that ~
dropped gradually, and was u at "
o'clock.
Mr.. Scarr, forecaster said he excc
nectod Yesterday would be the last OF
the warm days. lie added that IT was
cooler in the Mississippi valley ana
in the upper Lake region.
Washington. Aug. 2.-The heat wave
has been broken. A cool wave .ap-
nroaching from the northwest has
brought lower temperatures which me
Weather Bureau officials predict wiliI
continue in the East until the enu Oh
the week. Higher temperatures. now
ever. will prevail over the PACING coast
and Northwest states.
A windstorm over Florida to-day
brought relief from the heat IN the
south Atlantic states, but indications
tonight pointed to a return OF high
tenn peratures there. Washington was
the hottest of Eastern cities TODAY is
official temperature being 81 degrees;
Jacksonville. Fla. was only 70; Sayan-
nah, 80; Baltimore and Phil adj 9si.
90: Boston. p; Pittsburgh 81; M
cago. 10; st. Louis. 90; Kansas City,
50. and Omaha. 70. At Sioux City 1t
was 62.
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ers in the Tombs, ms compared with 800
the same time last year. He attributed
this to the four parts of the court sit
ting during the summer months. There
were only three last year.
He said New York was the only city
in the world where four criminal courts
were held during the hot season. OF
the PIP prisoners in the Tombs, 1873 are
awaiting trial. while the other "a are
awaiting action of the grand jury.
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"a Auto Deaths Here in July.

Twenty-four persons were killed IN
New York City by automobiles last
month, the National Highways Protec-
tive Society reports. In the. entire
state during July ffty-nine deaths we're
caused by automobiles, SIX by trolie,yys
and seven by wagons. Trolleys of this
city killed five, and wagons six. In
New Jersey automobiles killed twenty
eight, trolleys four and wagons, two.
Highway crossings were responsible Tor
nine fatalities in New York and six IN
New jersey.
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Humidity Fells Many in
Citv-Showers Promised
for To-day.
20 INCHES OF WATER
COST CHILD'S LIFE
Crowds Again Storm Parks and
Beaches-Man Driven
Insane.

Showers and unsettled weather are
promised by the Weather Bureau for
the metropolitan district to-day, where
Yesterday ten persons lost their lives
in the heat wave, and many were over
come. The highest mark reached by
the mercury yesterday was "a, but the
humidity was more noticeable than in
any Of the preceding hot days, espe-
cially in the morning. At o'clock the
percentage was 81.
A slightly cooling breeze and show
ers brought some relief to the city late
Yesterday afternoon. This, according
to the Weather Bureau, is the fore
runner of spell of cooler days, for
variable winds are predicted, and there
is a promise that by tonight or to-
morrow at the latest the heat wave
will have left New York.
The showers of the afternoon and
evening did much toward alleviating
the suffering on the East Side, where
several prostrations were recorded.
For a Monday, the crowds that
Aocked to the seashore resorts took
on an appearance of holiday proper
lions All the New Workers who had
the opportunity of visiting the beaches
made the most of it. large numbers
choosing Brighton and Coney Island.
But the other resorts were not neglect
ed, and at most Of them the beaches
were filed with bathers.
Little Girl Bather Lost.
At Long Branch Mrs. Charles Dill
lone and her seven-year-old daughter,
Lena, seeking relief, went TO the beach
yesterday morning. A few minutes
after the two had entered the surf the
girl disappeared beneath the Monolith
Pier. Her body was found in twenty
inches Of water.
Mrs. Elizabeth Seissenschmidt, fifty
five years old, of il DeKalb Avenue,
White Plains, died a rev minutes after
she had been overcome by the heat on
South Broadway, that place.
Other victims of the heat were:
FoRsCHNER. Freda. sixty. AS Hamburg Avenue.
Brooklyn. Stricken In subway Sunday. died yes
terday.
HILL. william. lO7 Ash Avenue. Yonken. Died in
bis bathtuo from heart trouble Drought on Oy the
heat
KELLY. Catherine. nf,y-nvo. 40 Hoyt Street.
Brooklyn. Died at her home.
KIsCH. Frances. thirty-nve. IS Dewey Street. Elm
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POWER PLANT SINKS
IN QUICKSAND; DIE
Building and Three Acres =.
Land Cave In to Depth Of
Thirty Feet.

Hudson, y. Y, Aug. 2.-Thr..
men were killed and eight injured. ~
Of whom may die, when the 49,
plant Of the Knickerbocker Co..
Company at Greenport, half a mil. 49,,
Of here, was submerged in a quiet,,.,
to-day.
Just before O'Clock, as n. 49,,
gang was about 70 be relieved -
plant, together with three a,,.,
land, sank thirty feet. Official, =.
company, which employs betws.. y
hundred and seven hundred mo, "
II would be seven months befo,, ~
plant could resume operations q
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BREAKS NECK IN DIVE
Fifth Avenue Glove Merchant
Dying in Nyack.

Nyack, y. Y, Aug. John A. Salve,
member Of the glove firm of John VI.
Salve & Son. Of 200 Fifth Avenue. New
York, is az the Nyack Hospital with a
broken neck. Surgeons say death is
but question OF hours
Mr.. Salve, who lives in Oradell, y. j.,
motored to Nyack 20 visit relatives,
and with his wife and others went 20
Fort Comfort. an amusement park,
three miles below Nyack. TO 20 bath
ing. M Salve dove from the dock al
low tide and landed in two feet Of
water. his head striking the bed Of
the river After being examined at the
hospital by Dr. George A. Littner spe-
ciaists from New York were sum
moned
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While you re in, see whats
doing in the bargain Summer
suits at SIS, so and SIS.
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WOMAN, HURLED
OFF TRESTLE, DIES
Lives Two Days After
Skull Was Fractured by
Fifty-FOOt Fall.

Paterson, y. j., Aug. Miss Paula
Schwerter, thirty-eight years old, Of
128 West Eiehty-second Street, New
York, died here to-day from fractured
skull and other injuries sustained Sat
urday night, when she was knocked
from the high trestle over the Bergen
County shortcut of the Erie Railroad
at Glen Rock by trolley car. She was
thrown to the ground, fifty feet below
The greatest secrecy has been main
tanned about the accident at the Gen
eral Hospital. where the woman died
and by the undertakers, Dufort & Van
der WORT. who said they had been in
structed by the person paying for the
funeral not to discuss the case.
Paul Voss, a New York purchasing
agent, was with the woman when she
was killed. He said he lived in the
same house that she did in New York.
To County Physician Armstrong to-day,
Voss said he and Miss Scnwerter had
set out at o'clock Saturday evening
to visit friends in Ridgewood. They
alighted from the trolley at the wrong
station and decided to walk back, fol-
lowing the tracks.
at was so dark" Voss said, that we
did not know we we're on the trestle
until Miss Schwerte.'s umbrella fell
between the ties. Suddenly We saw the
headlight of a car coming toward US. |
thought the trestle was not high, and
as Miss Schwetter and ! were about
forty feet out on II, | crawled TO the
edge and hung by my hands, believing
nv feet would reach the ground.
expected to help her down when /
landed"
Voss explained that because of a
long curve the cars searchlight did not
make the figures of himself and Miss
Schwerter visible TO the motorman. He
remained suspended and shouted TO the
woman to come near him.
"All ! remember is that she screamed
as the car passed over me. She was
thrown over my head, and ! thought she
had leapcd from the trestle. Then |
yelled and the trolley crew came back,
picked Miss Schwerter up and took her
to Paterson
From the many injuries, DR.. Arm
strong believes the woman was knocked
from the trestle by the car, and did not
/ throw herself to the ground below. The
/ officials Of the trolley company this
morning refused to give any informa-
ton about the accident AT the hos
pital it was said that as the woman
had been a private patient no details
could be given out
At the address, 12S West Eighty-sec-
ond Street. it was said last night that
Miss Schwerter had lived there two
years, having arrived from Germany
lust before that time. She had been
employed by the Transatlantic Import
Company for the last seventeen years,
fifteen in Berlin, and the last two as
secretary TO Carl Liebert, its president.
Voss, it was explained, was married,
and his wife and twenty year old
daughter were spending the summer in
Vermont. He had always taken an in
terest in Miss Schwerter, and frequent
~ went on short trolley trips with
her. Voss is a purchasing agent, en-
ployed by G.. Amsinck e. Co.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-03
HEARS BECKER'S SPIRIT
Medium Says She Got Message
of Innocence.

Syracuse. Aug. 2.-Charles Becker
has communicated with her, according
to Mrs. Nora Van Vleet, a Spiritualist
medium. Mrs Van Vleet claims that
the former policeman appeared before
her during a church service to-day.
81 am innocent. l want the world at
large to know that / am innocent. |
am over here now working out my sal
walton, but | say again before God that
| am innocent"
This is the message Mrs. Van Vleet
SAYS she got from the executed man.
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For $4.35 you may pick
from $50 Bangkoks, Leg.
horns and Panamas that WEI.
$3.50 to $1,000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-03
$I.65 now,

For $2.65 you may in.
dulge your fancy in a $50
Panama or Leghorn. 736 q;
EN- reduced.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-03
5000 Want to Be Firemen.

More than 5000 applications have
been received by the Municipal Civil
Service Commission for the position
of fireman. This establishes a record
for civil service examinations. The eX-
animation of candidates. which is 10
begin November Is, will probably take
two TO three months.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-03
Dillingham; a Deputy Sheriff.

Charles B. Dillingham;, the theatrical
manager, is the latest addition TO Sher-
if Wiesendanger's staff of gold badge
deputies. Mr.. Dillingham; spends much
of his time at his summer home IN
Harrison.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-03
TOMBS POPULATION FALLS
Extra Summer Court Stops
Crowding, Says Grain.

In charging the regular and add.
tional grand juries for the Court OF
General Sessions yesterday Judge
Grain said there were only 2l2 prison
The Washington herald., 1915-01-17
THE WASHINGTON HERAID.sUNDAY JANUARY H. 1915

virtually ignored the dog insofar as his
value as a sentry was concerned, al
though not a little attention had been
paid to training dogs for ambulance
work. A few officers tried in vain to
induce the French war office TO estab-
lish training branch, in which to pre-
pare dogs to do sentry duty. It is now
thoroughly understood that the absence
of such dogs is a distinct lack. Especial
ly is this true in the case of big fortresses
during night attack.
In one instance the French procured a
few trained sentry dogs, and after these
had become accustomed to the men they
were found to be of great service In
giving warning of the approach of the
enemy some time before the sentries were
aware OF the fact Since the use OF SEN
try dogs at this fortress was instituted
there has not been one successful night
attack by the Germans.
In spite of the absence of Official en-
couragement Maj. Richardson has sent
a considerable number of sentry dogs
from England to the allied armies. and
has at present~dogs serving with thirty
The Washington herald., 1915-01-17

establishment of an international court
of arDItral justice and a system OF in
ternational police. The forum specifies
that this conference shall be called at
the close of the present war to take
steps toward preventing further war.
It is recognized that an attempt at in
reference in the present war would
be treadIns on the high ground Of
diplomatic relations and governmental
policy.
DIR. John Wesley Hill, active president
of the forum, arrived in Washington yes
terday. The plan as stated by him is to
organize a committee Of delegates from
all peace organizations in the country to
work toward one end. This committee,
P he says, is to include such men as David
Starr Jordan, James Brown Scott, Theo-
dore Marburg, Charles W. Fairbanks.
John Hays Hammond, former President
William H. Taft Alton B. Parker. An
drew Carnegie. Senator James Y. Sher-
man, Senator Theodore e. Burton, former
Gov Warren g. Harding, OF Ohio; Gov.
Whitman, of New York, and majority
of all the college presidents Of the coun-
try.