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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-21
WAR A GOOD THING
FOR LONDON SHOPS
Women Hold the Family Purse
Strings Now, Explains r..
Gordon Selfridge.
AND ALL BUYING FREELY

English women are spending more
money In the department stores than
ever before, according to H.. Gordon Sell
fridge. who owns one OF the largest con-
Germs OF the sort in London. and their
patronage is keeping business in a ON
dition OF prosperity that was not ex-
pected at the outbreak Of the war.
Before the war the English woman
got what her husband chose TO give her
out of his weeks wages" said Mr.. Sell
fridge, who arrived yesterday on the
Philadelphia. "Now the husband Is at
the from and she receives an allowance
from the Government in addition to what
he sends her. She spends It freely, too.
and Of course the department stores get
a large share of her patronage"
Mr.. Selfridge, who is an American.
expressed regret at the number OF
| failures OF concerns in America He at
tributed the failures to the exorbitant
overhead expenses.
THE great problem in department
store Management now is expense he
explained. The gross profits from my
London store are far below hos earred
by American stores. but in London ex-
penses are kept strictly in hand and we
get 100 per cent. efficiency In every de-
partment. My expenses are less than
90 per cent OF my gross receipts. and
In London they think I'm a spendthrift.
| don't believe there Is a department
store on this side that is operated as
low ms that"
lie added that England IL taking VI
the manufacture OF toys that were for
merly made in Germany and will In
future he Independent Of that coun-
try. Retailers who AZ the beginning
of the war were doing a big business
with the Government. he said. now were
cut out by the fact that agents were
doing all the buying direct from the
manufacturers. The Selfridge store for
the first six months Of hostilities bought
more than $4,000. 900 worth OF blan-
k.tS, woollens and other goods and
turned them over to the army at cost
Since that time the store also has
given 5G5 OF it's employees To the army
and women for tho most part have taken
the place Of men behind It's counters.
Alfred Turner OF London also ar
rived on the Philadelphia with ''Quin-
ucy's.' the new drama OF English If"
which has Just finished "A run Of $50
nights In London. Among the other pas
sengyrs were Mr.. and Mrs. Ronald
Whiteway of New York. who were orig
iually passengers on the Allan liner
I Hespcrian. They did not know whether
the liner was torpedoed or struck "a
mine. hut they were positive that the
crew of the ship had only one thought
after the explosion. and that was to
save themselves. Mrs. Whiteway broke
AN arm when. she said. one Of the fire.
men or stewards used her as "A stepping
block on get into "A lifeboat.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-21
FRANCE SELLS U. S. STOCKS.
sioo.ooo, o00 worth sold 4" \id
Foreign L~xchnngr.

NI-"'ai 'n'i' ",'po',. 10 Tur So
PARIS. Sept 9U-M Dupont, head OF
the Dupont a Fullaud Bank. which took
the most prominent part iu the intro
ducilon OF American securities here, told
THE correspondent tonight that his
hrms campaign In the form ~ opcu
letters TO the newspaper urging French
Investors TO sci, Their American holdrGs
for the purpose Of @ftvor'Ng tho foreign
exchange status Las resulted Iu "a daIlS
average OF sales ranging between 1000
t. l,vo".o 90" francs Dt2Up to S2oo .puol
since Juh'. one Of the mos; notable
transactions was tho sal, OF a hunircl
thousand shares OF I'tth Copper.
VI. Dupont said the total sales of all
houses could not exceed 500. GOO, 400
francs GlOo,O un,o 0ul out of "a total Of
five mliliards ca billion doIlarsJ held
here He considered that exchange could
not be materially strengthened by the
means of these sales of American secur-
ties even n an should he sold. which is
impossible.
THE SrN's Informant estimated that
Il will he suue years after the war he-
fore exchange Will regain IT'S normal
status, despite frequent loans, and
thinks that it is best To borrow a hlrf
billion dollars nov ami more later AZ a
higher rate of Interest.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-21
L. S. BANKERS CRITICISED
German writer says Loan Could
he Made DIMcuIt.

BERLIN. via The Hague, sept. 20
The Tossischc Zcifunp. in m article
written by George Bernard to-day. BIT
terly criticised American financial in
tercsts for participating in tn" Anglo
French loan.
America not only supports Ger
mauy's euoinies with arms, but with
money" said the article, The Amori-
can Goveryment possibly cannot pro-
hibi, the loan. nj like other Govern
meuts, it could render the success of
the loan difficult II II chose to.
president Wilson seems u know
thar he can 60 "A step further through
tolerating his loan than he originally
intended"
The VoSsiSchc ZcitWng added that
America H. being placed i'm u most
difficult economic position because of
the flood Of English. French and Rus
sian drafts in the American market
which has caused "A violent change in
the foreign exchange rate.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-21
Big LINERS TURNED
INTO HOSPITAL SHIPS
Aquitania and Olympic Doing
War Duty-Maurctania
Now II Transport.

Transatlantic liners which In former
days were regular visitors to New York
are now doing duty as hospital ships
and transports, according to Alexander
McNabb OF Bridgeport, Conn, n retired
naval officer of the United States. who
arrived yesterday on the lunar liner
Orduna. The Aquitania OF the Cunard
Line and the Olympic OF the White Star
Line, each OF them the biggest ship of
their feet, have been painted white with
a big red cross on the side, m are In
hospital service. The Mauretania of the
Cunard fleet is now carrying troops
to the D%ardanelles. One more dread
nought OF the Queen Elizabeth type has
been put into commission recently and
named the Barham.
Austin c.. Parker OF Chicago. another
passenger, returned from service with
an ambulance In France. He said that
England IL getting ready for a big drive
on the French front and Is sending great
numbers of troops there daily in prepa-
ration. He described the accuracy of
the French guns In an engagement at
Pont au Moussons In which the German
trenches were shelled at IA range OF
three and a half miles, Only two out
of several hundred shells fired missed
the target, he said, and the guns that
failed to hit were examined before they
were fired again.
Miss Ethel Il. Davis. head nurse at
Bryn Mawr College, after serving for
Ave months with the American Hospital
in Paris, returned on the Orduna for
the opening OF the college year. Facial
she said, has reached n perfec-
ton hitherto unknown in the field hos
pitfalls. A common operation II the re-
moval OF a portion of a soldiers rib to
make him a jawbDne after the lower
part OF his head has been shot away
Noses and ears are grated on and often
the whole side OF n victims face Ii re-
placed with new flesh and skin.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-21

fall on him while they were b~onhardlng
a German stronghold. NJ lie Franc said
he hoped to recover the use Il his leg
later and return to the fIo
George Brentano. the pvhlisher. saw
Bernard shaw and George Moore while
he was In England. lie said that Mr..
Shaw had written another chapter Of
"Pysmalion'' and that Moore would
bring out a new novel in which the
hero would be a sort Of modern Christ.
Mr.. Brentano said that never before
since the beginning OF tho war had there
been such optimism in France and Eng
land.
Princess vetsern Returns.
The Princess Alma Vetsera. who
eloped with Donald :. Andrews, a Yale
senior. last April and spent a London
honeymoon lasting a month. after which
her husband came back & New York.
arrived by the Rotte' dam. determined,
80 she said. to GO on the stage. She
was accompanied 10y her manager. The
Princess corroborated a story sent by
cable from London in which she as
serted that young Andrews had threat
ened to kill himself If she would not
marry him. and hat she consented TO
do so to save his life. She said she
had been unhappy during the month
they lived IN London because OF his re-
peated threats 10 make away with him
self. She averrej II was not true that
she had received any money from I'm.
but that on the contrary she had spent
about $4,000 on him
She has a seven-year-old son that; she
is bringing up In an English school, The
Princess will stop at the ST. Regis. She
does moi know when she will appear IN
the stage. All the arrangements. she
said, were IN the hands of her manager
and her solicitor, John Reilly OF l7O
Broadway.
Other passengers by the Rotterdam
were Prince poniatOwsh, II. Granville
Barker, dramatist, whu Was met at the
pier BY his collaborator. Percy Burton,
who arrived here last week Prof. Pau
van Dyke, Francis Nelson, VI. l., Frank
c. Page, son OF the American Ambas.
sador at London William ODonnc.
Iselin. Major John W. Taylor OF tn,
British army. c. Haddon Chambers and
J. Van Allen Shields.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-21

HE Zeppelin raid of the night Of September 8 all but cost London
1 her historic st. Paul', many bombs falling close to the famous
edifce. In the same district, designated in the accompanying map as
No. 1, is the post Office and not far distant are the Mansion House
and the Bank of England. Fire in a Wood street warehouse added to
the danger in this section. The flames were at first taken to indicate
that st. Pauts wa on fire.
Charing Cross Hospital (o. p, Charing Cross Road mo. 81 and
as a result of the explosive bombs, and 1t was necessary to remove
the Ophthalmic Hospital had practically all Of their windows broken
patients while the debris was being cleared up. The Hospital for
Paralytics and Epleptcs and the Homeopathic Hospital suffered SINH
larly.
Sugs from Zeppelin shells hit the roof Of the Alhambra Music
Hall INC. ~ while the performance a going on. Houses near
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-21

dows smashed to bits, the National Penny Bank being one of the most
conspicuously damaged buildings.
Grays Inn (No. y had a like experience, while in Hoborn
INC. 81 a row OF buildings is reported to have been demolished. Win
dows we're broken in Aldersgate INC. 81.
From the military point of view the most serious damage was
done at the Liverpool street railway station (No. 1), part of which
was made impossible of use until the wreckage had been cleared away.
Shoredich mo. ~ was reported hit, also Great Russell street No.
l2), the latter being a hotel and boarding house district well known
to American travellers.
The raid was witnessed by many thousands of persons in the cen
trail districts. Some of the known observation points in the heart of
London were the Savoy, st. Jamess Theatre reported hh), Trafal-
gar Square and the Carlton. The American Ambassador witnessed the
spectacle from his home in Grosvenor Square.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-21
WAR RELIEF VOYAGE
RESULTS IN WEDDING
Government Representative
Meets English Girl and
They Marry Here.

When Assistant Secretary ~ War
Breckenridge carried gold t" Europe
on the Tennessee for the relief " Amcri.
cans stranded abroad al IN" beginning
Of the wal he started an international
romance that had It's climax Yesterday
when tho American liner Philadelphia
reached port from Liverpool.
one principal In the roman" IS John
\. MacLaugh him. confidential clerk 'f the
War Department. "A graduate OF Harvard
in 1911, national duelling sword cham.
p'un and runner M In tho iuIis cham
p!onshlp. member of the last Olympic t,ur.
ing team and all around athlete, Mr.
mclaughlin went with the relief ey.
petition and met Miss Constance sam
ders. a pretty English girl
The two saw each other for o'Iy tN0
weeks while the expedition was % Eng
land, but II was apparently n case -
love at first sight. They were engaged
by the time tho Tennessee departed and
a week ago Miss Saunders sailed to-
America.
Passengers on board the philadelphia
said that she wept when New YORK hH'
gan 10 appear on the horizon Tor Tear
that there might he no one At the dock
TO meet hcr. Her worry was needless
for Mr.. Macl.auGhln boarded the rev
euuo cutter az & 30 \. NJ. with TIE n'NS'
paper men and surprised her 10y, climb
ing over the philadelphia's rail AZ guar
antine.
The latter part or the story e AZ
full 81 quick action on the part Of the
prospective hridcg' as the first. We
hustled his fanCec of the sh y a. soon
As the %gaugplauk was out and WhiSk"i
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-21

bushels. The demand Of England.
France and Italy could bc satisfied
without taking a hushcl of wheat from
US.
Exports are paid Tor on the basis u
the pound sterling with Canada, Aus
tralia and India. London exchange is At
par \ pound viii buy it, face value
o. wheat. hut when exchange went re-
Gently 20 sijo fnr the pound it meant a
difference ~ more than Q cents a bushel.
II it should geo 81. as 1t might II nothing
Is done 10 stabilize exchange. 1t wouli
mean about - cents a bush,l OF w5eat
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-21
GERMANS GET SWEDISH LOAN.
banks Advance sIO.OOO.O 1000 to Pa
for TcutOn Purchases.

lpNpoN. Sept. 2O-Ftvo Swedish
banks hav agreed to lend GERMANY
10000 600 kroner ,about $40, 900 .OouD to
be used in payment for goods bought
by Germany in sweden. according to 4
Copenhagen despatch.
Germany, In turn. has consented to
permit the expectation to Sweden Of
coal and other specified items.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-21
HILL URGES LOAN NEED.
Thinks II Necessary for Prosperity
of nation.

ST. Paul, MINI, Sept. 20.-In n state
ment issued Tonight James J, Hi said
that the proposed loan TO Enrland and
France would he made and that it would
In no way encroach upon neutrality, lie
added
There is 10 doubt that the loan
will he made, to a total not less than
$500. 600. 600. The whole o of this
credit will be used to pay for purchases
OF grain, cotton provisions In this
country, No part OF 1t whatever will
be used for munitions of war. And II is
probable that such arrangements will
be made as will largely insure the spend
ing In each district Of the money con
tributed in that district. In this "A
there cannot he the slightest disturb
ance in our domestic finances,
IL find that men of differing SYM
pathies In this war and differing hnan-
cial Ideas approve heartily Of this loan,
as they appreciate the reasons why We
should make II, On it's face, IL Is IA
grant of credit to Europe.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-21
CASH OF Big LOAN
NOT TO GO ABROAD

Continued from Fnst Page.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-21
wounded Aviator Here.

Probably the mr. st diNident passenger
on the Rotterdam was VI lie Franc, mill
tarN aviator, whose left leg was enca sed
In n steel frame, lie refused to talk
about himself, but one OF his friends
said that NJ. lie Franc. who IL slim,
wen KNIT and about 80, with brown hair
and blue eyes, was mentioned four times
In the orders of the day for gallantry.
His leg was broken and torn at the
battle II the Marine. where he shot down
a German airman who had wounded him.
on another occasion his right leg was
broken and otherwise hurt by the ex-
plosion of "A bomb that his assistant let
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-03-10
IGNITE COAL RATE
Law IS ANNULLE[

Washington, March 9.-The North
Dakota Ignite coal rate was annulled
by the supreme court as confscatory
and unconstitutional when applied to
the Northern Pacific and the Mime
apolis, st. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie
railways.
The supreme court of North Dakota
has held the rates valid because the
roads had not shown there was a
less on their entire state business.
That was. reversed by the supreme
court, all but Justice Pitney concur
ring. In concluding and summarizing
JUSTICE Hughes said;
"The constitutional guaranty pro.
tects the carrier from arbitrary &C.
ton and from the appropriation of its
property to public purposes outside
the undertaking assumed, and where
it is established that commodity, or
a class of tariff, has been segregated
and rate imposed which would com
pei the carrier to transport it for less
than the proper cost of transporta-
ton, or virtually the cost, and thus
the carrier would be denied a. reason
able reward for it's service after TAX
ing into account the entire traffic to
which the rate applies, it must be
concluded that the state has exceeded
it's authority"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-03-10
CRUISER IS
DAMAGED BY TURKS

London, March 9.-One French
cruiser was put out of action and an
English cruiser badly damaged dur
ing the latest bombardment of the
Dardanelles, the Turkish war office
claimed in an official statement trans.
mitted here by wireless.
Unofficial dispatches confirmed the
Turkish claims. Turkish shells ex-
ploded on the deck of the French war.
ship, killing many of her crew. She
steamed slowly out of the fighting line
with her upper works in flames. The
Turkish statement follows:
During Sunday afternoon the al
lied cruisers, including the Majestic
and Irresistible, bombarded the inner
forts of the Dardanelles. They suf.
fered heavy damage.
Zone French cruiser was put out OF
action. An English cruiser was badly
damaged. The enemy ceased firing
within a few hours and withdrew
The Turkish batteries suffered no
damage of any description
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-03-10
HOUSE TAKEN BY SURPRISE.
Resolution Asks Submission Of Pro.
hibition Amendment.

Taken unawares by the introduction
of concurrent resolution submitting
to the people in the fall of 1916 pro-
hibition amendment to the constitu.
tion the lower house of the legislature
came dangerously near finding itself
face to face with the necessity of vot-
ing on the measure and for more than
an hour scene of intense excitement
prevailed.
Finally the opponents of the resolu-
ton, becoming aroused to the situa.
ton, succeeded in postponing consid.
Grafton for one week, but it was a
close call.
The resolution which stirred up all
the trouble was introduced by Repre-.
sentative John A. Larimore of Mime.
apolis, who voted against county op-
ton. Representative Levi M. Davis
of Long Prairie, who also opposed the
county option bill, joined with Mr..
Larimoce.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-03-10
News Of Especial Interest to.
Minnesota Readers.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE DEFEATED
Loses Out in Upper Branch Of the
Legislature by Marrow Margin
of One Vote.

The resolution for submission OF
woman suffrage to the voters of the
state was defeated in the senate by
a vote of "a to 49, This is believed
to foreclose the possibility of the
women of Minnesota getting the fran
chise before 1920
This senate holds over and if it is
called on to vote at the 1917 session
on submitting the suffrage amendment
to the people the result probably will
be the same. 1t is even likely that
two or three members who voted for
the bill will not do so again.
This means that it will be necessary
for the proponents OF the measure to
win the senate elected in 1918, and
which will assemble in 1919 Should
suffrage pass that body the amend
ment will be submitted at the 1920
election and should it be approved
will become effective Jan. 1, 1921
Thus it will be at least six years be-
fore the women OF Minnesota can ex-
pect to vote.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-03-10
ENTER PLEAS OF NOT GUILTY
Abarno and carbone Held in Bail of
$4,000 Each.

$2o,UUO Each.
New York. March 9.-FTank Abar-
no, the young anarchist arrested in
st. Patrick's cathedral after detec-
tives had stamped out the fuse of
lighted bomb which imperiled the
lives OF 800 worshippers, pleaded not
guilty to the charge of attempting to
explode the bomb, felony upon con-
viction of which he could be sent to
prison for twenty-five years.
Carmine Carbone, the eighteen
year-old boy arrested as the maker of
the missile, entered a similar plea.
Both were held in $4,000 bail for
trial r.,
Judge Swami allowed the men until
next Thursday to withdraw or change
their pleas. The court took under ad-
visement motion to allow their
counsel to inspect the minutes
Of the grand jury which indicted
them.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-03-10
FLOOD OF BEER LET LOOSE
Federal Agents Destroy Stock OF
Bemidji Brewery.

6emidJi Brewery.
Beer valued at $4,000 flooded the
Bemidji brewery and ran in a stream
to the lake, the shore line of which
was covered with pillows of lager
foam
The beer was destroyed by the
squad of government agents enforc.
ing the Indian treaty liquor provision
under the direction of Chief Special
Officer Larson.
Six enormous casks were tapped
The beer gushed in great streams and
became seven inches deep on the
floor. The government men waded
about in boots. The destruction OF
the beer took place at this time be.
cause the injunction obtained by the
brewing company had expired. The
brewery had attempted, under the
protection of the injunction, to ship
its product out of the restricted zone
but could not dispose of it.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-03-10
COUNTY OPTION NOW A LAW
Anti-SaIoon Forces Plan an Energetic
ampaign.

ampaIgn.
Plans for an energetic campaign to
make Minnesota dry under the new
county option law are already be-
ing made by leaders of the anti
saloon movement. The bill became a
law when Governor Hammond affixed
his signature. Within short time
definite plans will be formulated to
obtain an expression of the people in
several counties.
1t was announced by anti-saloon Of
ficials Immediately after the signing
of the bill that they hoped to make at
least thirty counties in the state dry
within the next year. Among these
is Hennepin county, they admitted,
although it is probable that no effort
will be made to bring about a vote
there for several months.
ST. Paul, it was announced also,
will not be made the battle-ground OF
any anti-saloon fight probably for sew.
eral years. Officials of the county op.
ton movement admit that Ramsey
county does not appear fruitful field
for county option activities and, one
official is said to have asserted, that it
is doubtful if the necessary Is per
cent of signatures could be obtained
to petition to submit the question
The county option bill was signed
without any ceremony and no one.
was with the governor when he affix.
ed his signature to it except his ste.
nOgrapher.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-03-10
CALLS WAGE SCALE COSTLY
Statistician Says Railroads Have Suf.
fered Since 1901.

Statistician Says Railroads Have Suf.
fered Since 1901.
Chicago, March 9.-Because the la
boring man gets more from the West
ern railways than he used to and rail
way securities have decreased these
roads are suffering financial hard
ships.
At least that is how l.. E. Wettling.
railway statistician, figured the situa-
ton before the interstate commerce
commission hearing in the railways
petition for increased rates.
He estimated the extra wages paid
from 1901 to 1914 meant $4,000, 900
greater outlay than if the 1901 wage
scale was in progress. In the mean
time 340.000,000 had been lost in de-
creased freight and passenger reve-
nue..
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-03-10
SFIALE TREES WILL BE IEpT
TRIMMED.

The committee. appointed recently
by the Commercial Club to take up
with the city authorities the matter of
having the shade trees along the side
walks trimmed to q proper height,
conferred with Mayor L. A. Fritsche
and he promised that he will see to it.s'
that the ordinance will in future be
strictly enforced. The committee who
had charge Of this work consists Of DR..
A. V. Rieke, Hugo Schleuder and Aug.
Dahl.