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GEAR WILLING TO AID POLES.
Hut Enemy Nations win Not Agree,
lie Tells Wilson.

P~ErRoGnAp. Aug. 27.-Emperor Nicho-
las replied to-day 10 the message sent
las; MONTH by President Wilson to the
Emperor. in common with the heads of
other European Governments. urging
their cooperation In measures to make
possible the forwarding OF food supplies
from the United States to the starving
people OF Poland.
The Emperor expressed his apprecla-
tion OF the efforts OF the American
people and said he regretted that ma
lions AZ war with Russia would not
agree To a plan for provisioning the
Poles, He assured the President OF his
willingness to cooperate as far as pos
slble in any future efforts.
The American Ambassador. David II.
Francis. forwarded the reply 10 WASH
ington to-day.
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RUSSIAN PRISONERS
STARVING IN CAMPS
Driven by Hunger to Search
for Anything That Can
Be Eaten.

BosToS. Aug. ?7.-Storios Of suffering
and Illness among Ru stan prisoners OF
war in German detention camps, said 20
lie due TO lack Of sufficient food. were
told by G. Oberoutchef, secretary of the
central committee organized in Swi,zer-
land for relief Of Russian prisoners, in a
statement given out mere to-day through
Alice Stone Blackwell, editor of the
WOm0n's Mdgd:inc.
THE daily ration Of the prisoners is
very scanty," he said. 'ln the morning
they receive coffee without milk or sugar
gyd 200 grams OF potato bread 10 last
ceive a small quantity of sou,,, with
some vesetables. and sometimes, but not
often, a piece of meat. supper is much
the same.
The English. French and Belgian
v%'.soners often receive supplies Of food
rom their governments, relief societies
or relatives and friends. but 1t L. not 80
with the Russians. Russian prisoners
often beg he,C. not only nj ,heir own
richer countrymer. but NJ prisoners Of
other nationalit,eS. Many of these would
be glad To give Il. hut II IL forbidden.
The hungry Russians. nowever. take
their sorc plates 10 the French and beg
for their leavings. Driven to dcsp,rt-
ton. they sometimes even search tho
earbasc and devour every ching they find
there that can possibly he eaten. We
have heard Of this from l,ng,ifh and
French prisoners who saw Il. ami ! have
been Old OF Il by the Russians who have
actually been Obliged to 40 it."
OF 1000 or more prison cauHs In Ger
many and Austria only about 100 are re-
coiving help from relief committees, Mr.
Oberoutchef says.
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LIGHTNING KILLS BOY
AT BAT IN BALL GAME
Another Bolt Hits Hotel
Abingdon and Hailstoncs
Fall in Longacre So.

An electric storm which circled around
New York for an hour yesterday after
noon with vivid bursts OF lightning and
IA shower OF hails,ones killed one person,
injured another and damaged several
buildings. 1t killed Joseph Harding.
10. an inmate OF the Mission OF the
immaculate Conception ut Pleasant
Plains. Richmond. The injured young
ster was Frank PERI. 10, another In
mate.
With other boys from the institution
they were playing ball when "A lightning
He died instantly. Peri. who was
pitching. was knocked unconscious. but
at the institution hospital 1t was ex-
pectcd that he would recover.
Tn weather man received word that
hallstones were seen in Longacre
Square. lightning struck the roof OF
the Hotel abingdon. 2 Abingdon square.
and ruined u seven story electric sign
on the structure. Nupners Of bricks
were dlslodged from n chimney and
several window awnings were burned.
the damage totalling about 5000.
A large motorboat with eight per-
Sons or board became helpless In the
heavy sea that was whipped up on
Manhattan Beach and signalled for
aid. Other Graf, put out to the rescue
and the boat was towed into Sh~eepshead
Bay.
The storm cooled the air for "A time,
but did not lessen the humidity. which
lad been growing oppressive. Ono
heat prostration was reported. tho vic
tim being Albert Eramich. 20. OF 2320
Prospect avenue. The Broax. who was
overcome At Fifty-ninth street and Elev-
crth avenue.
THE torn threw n crowd OF 200. 600
persons at Coney Island INTO an urroar
and reserves from the Coney Island po-
lice station had to be called to prevent a
panic. as thousands rushed for the trains
to escape the wet. Several women
tainted in the crush.
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large provision 40 the sixty.third and
Sixty-fourth Congresses have been
forced TO authorize In order to make up
for the lack under both Roosevelt ana
Taft. There isn't n defect In the navy
to-day that was not Inherited from for-
mer Administrations"
. In case OF emergency the President has
power now TO make the enlistment IN
the navy $1,000 men. as against the
$1,000 authorized when he entered OF
fee, which will be "a SUFFICIENT number
to man all ships. which has not been
possible in this generation" Mr.. Dan
iels continues:
THE Roosevelt Administration added
1900 men to the navy. The TAFT ad-
m!nistration authorized 1000 men
tthough Secretary Meyer asked for
only 4.000). but only 5000. were act
ually enlisted. In the first two years
Of wilson's administration 5.S24 men
enlisted. and increase authorized Is
y1.bOO.
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SHOES SIS APAIR
IN CONSTANTIN0PLE
Passengers on Ryndam Say
All Jews Have Been Driven
From Jerusalem.

Among the passengers on the Hol-
land-America liner Ryndsm. which ar
rived yesterday from Rotterdam. were
ihr"e teachers from American colleges
In Turkey. who told OF war conditions
In the ottoman Empire. They were
Dr. william y. Keith. instructor in med
icine at Robert, College. Constantine
pie william Hoffman. instructor in
architecture at the Syrian College at
Beirut. n G. Butler. instructor In
commerce at Roberts College.
After leaving Beirut on June &c and
travelling by way OF Damascus they
met at Jerusalem Capt. Upton. the
noted ilcr OF the British aviation
squad at Kut-el-Amara. He was cap.
tured after hts aeroplanc had been dis
ablcd by a bullet through the petrol
tank. He old the Americans that the
Turks had hown the captured British
officers every courtesy n that the
British Tommies had been imprisoned
under the same conditions that were i'm
posed by their troops on Turkish
capt!vcs.
Mr.. HOFFMAN said they saw conHrma.
ton OF this ell route. for whenever they
stopped at a station a railroad official
would put his head In at the door Of the
carriage in which they were riding with
Capt. Upton and ask which was the
prisoner. After the officer, who had
been put on parole. maze known his
identity the Turkish official would de-
part without troubling him further,
All the Jews. the returned travellers
said. had been dcported from Jerusalem
with the exception Of n few who had
accepted the Moslem faith. Every pub.
&c building In the city has been con-
yerted to military use. When the
Governor of Tarsus desired to give a
dinner in honor Of Den. Townshend. the
British commander at kut. he had 10
borrow "a tablecloth from Americans TO
do so.
Al Constantinople they said they
found conditions much the same as in
Beirut. where no business was being
done. and orange growing was at n
s~tandstill because OF the high price for
petroleum for spraying the trees. a Ave
gallon can costing from 325 to $40.
At the Turkish capital food was very
dear, they said. and IA pair OF shoes
COS; SIS. The journey from Constant.
aoplc 10 Berlin occupied ten days
Whereas normally II takes only forty
eight hours. They repeated the reports
of stringent food regulations at the
German capital.
Another passenger was Nine. Signe
I.und. an American woman who has
made a specially OF composing Scan.
dinav,an folk songs, h was commits.
STONED by Norwegian Americans re.
Gently to go to Norway and compose
n cantata to celebrate the centenary
Of Norwegian Independence. While
there she was decorated with n gold
medal by King Haakon for a cantats
IN honor OF lbsen.
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WOMAN CAR ROWDY NABBED.
Three Com % nions. who Attacked
n Conductor, Escs Pc Arrest.

Conductors on the u. II. r. thought
they knew all about car rowdica, but
they ran across a new type yesterday
these were young women. Four women
returning from "A picnic In Queens created
a noisy disturbance on a broadway. VIII
iamsburg. car nv II neared the Williams
burg Bridge, At the plaza. broadway
and Havemeyer street. they attacked the
conductor, Morris Adclstein OF 3O4 Du-
|, mont street. Brooklyn.
He Was ;rnchcd and kicked. but man
nged to hole on to one OF the women,
who gave her name at tho police station
rs Mrs. Rose McIIRle. 20 yearr old. of
92f Kent avenue Magistrate Esterhrool
In the Bedford venue police court re-
leased her on suspended sentence, hu,
reprimanded her when she admitted using
bad language.
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TROY FLOODED BY STORM.
Lightning strikes schnghticOke
Powder Mil, which BiOws Up.

Troy, Aug. e7.-One of the worst
storms this section has experienced In
years swept ovcr Troy and portions Of
Rensselaer, county this afternoon.
AZ S~chashticoke "A powder mill was
struck by lightning and blown w. M
one was injured, but the property dam
age was heavy, Nearly every window
In the village was broken and plate
glass In "A score of stores was shattered.
Several buildings in the outskirts OF
Troy were struck 10y lightning and
burned. In this city some OF the streets
were impossible, being filled with water
whicn "Heri'owed curbs and entered
buildings.
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May Cell for italian Troops.
BRITISH FIRE ON FORTS.
Warships In kavala HarbOr At
tack the CAPTURED Defencca.

LONDON. Aug. 2S.--"Desplte German
assurance TO Greece that Sores. Drama
and kavala would not be occupied by
the Bulgars.'' says Reuters Saionica cor
respondent. IA Greek order sent last
Tuesday to the commander of the forts
- Kars!s said y tho nu,-c-s advanced
h forts were to be handed over to
them.
Friday the Buigars entered the town
and took possession of the forts. British
warships In the harbor then opened fire
OH the forts, but details OF the results
o. the fighting are not permitted to lie
sent"
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WILSON BEST NAVY
BOOSTER
Secretary Says Service Is Bet.
ter Than in Roosevelt
Taft Regimes.
ALL DEFECTS INHERITED
President Declared to Be Sa-
viOr Of Branch From Il
16 Year Slump.

WAsHfNGToH, Aug. 27.--The navy Of
the United states has received a greater
impetus and has been better taken
care Of during the administration Of
President Wilson than was ever the
case in the previous sixteen years OF
Republican Administration. according
TO Josephus Daniels.
The Secretary OF tho Navy. In an
swcr to u recent letter In which Rep
resentative william Eliza Williams of
Illinois asked Cor information about
the country's defence at sea, has la
sued a 5000 word statement in which
he Charges n d%eplorabie depreciation
during The Administration OF President
Taft. stasnatlon during that OF Theo-
dore Roosevelt and general ineniciency
before then. wir,ing vi with the re-
Election that those who believe in n
strong and well proportloncd navy will
rejoice that, at this period in our
history. the country was blesse,. with
the good fortune OF having In the White
House "A man resolved to secure n
powerful navy. and with a Congress
In sympathy with the demand Of the
American people for an adequate navy,
n navy large enough to defend the
coasts Of this country and to uphold
the policies and interests Of the re-
public"
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GERMAN CAPTURE NOT PRIZE.
sweden Orders Tcuton Crew Oa
swedish Vessel.

%IoNpoN. Aug. GA Reuter- DESPATCH
from Stockholm says the German prize
crew which took the swedish steamship
TENTS, captured by German warships,
into the Swedish port of iotland has
been ordered to quit the vessel. After
long negotiations the decision has been
reached that the steamer and her cargo
were not legitimate prizes.
The Swedish Government has pro-
tested to Russia against the capture OF
the Gcrman steamship Dcsterro BY a
Russian submarine In Swedish territorial
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- Years Years 2 Year.
Rnpsgvpit Tng, ~
Totals

Blu this does not beg to ,.I ,ho
story OF the h,g things tho Wilson nd
min!siT,tion has done To Increase ,ho
navy. For the first time in the history
OF inc republic II th.cr Magistrate
went heforn Congress ana advocated
'hr nc" lol'N OF "A continuing construc-
tlN" programme instead OF the au,hori-
cation year 10y Gear.
AS n result Of President Wilson's
policy, approved by Congress, wide
departure has brcn made and hy tho
authorization -. a three wear pro-
grninme the WilsoH Administration has
authorized IN edition to tn. l2l shIns
enumerated above. tho construction or
p" more ship. including q dreadnourhts.
, battle cruisers, Il scout cru s.rs. NJ
submarines and 80 torpedo BOAT de-
ftroycrS."
This programme passed Congress hy
so large "A majority as to show induhi.
tahly that President Wilson had the
support o. the entire nation, demo-
crnts and l,cpuhIcans joining I'm de
handing It's passage. he says, ana add,
as {, contrast the iolIowins figures from
the two previous Administrations.
THE total amount for the CONSTITUTE
tion Of new ships authorized hy tho
wilson dTinistration is S6i5,aSg S06
The total in Roosevelt's four years was
sA3,l'2,'3S, and IN" total during Taft's
Administration was $l27,7a7,IIa.
THAT il to say, Wilson In a little over
three years has secured authorizations
more than three times AK much To- IN
crease the navy as did both Roosevelt
and Taft in their eight years.
III his two predecessors had shown
half as much interest in strcngthening
the navy as Wilson has shown, II would
not be necessary now. in-a period Of
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stoL hOd Crossings Under Fire.

rETHoGRAn, Aug. 27.-Thc Russian
WA office statements says;
Enemy aIrsh.ps flew over our posi-
Tons ON the Drcswia'y LAX" and
dropped bombs. killing n Chaplin.
Father Joakim Scdletski. while he was
fulfllirg his pastoral duties.
ON the River Stnkhod. in the region
of the village NJ Tobol, the enemy
opened fierce artillery fire on our
crossings. Here The gallant rcgi-
mental commander Col. Mykov MAS
killed,
In tho Cerpathians, IN thc region Of
knyerla Mountain Con tho frontier.
ten miles southeast ~ korosmezo).
our troops drove the enemy out Of his
positions on I'm li2a. three miles
northeast OF Hnycr!a Mountain. and
occupied this height. In this opera
.ion We CAPTURED three officers. I7J
incn and four machine guns. Our
advance continues.
Caucasus Front-In the direction Of
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terms one year should have been given
for consideration before its renewal or
abrogation. This was practically the
last tie binding the two nations.
There ave been other evidences that
Italy was soon to square her stand with
that OF her allies. Not long ago a
German court in rendering n decision In
. damage claim held that though Ger
many and Italy were not officially at
war. In equity they were ut war. There
have been many bitter speeches directed
at italy by German statesmen, notably
Dr. Won Bethmann-Hollweg the German
Chancellor. In Italy anger at Germany
has been on the increase.
German Troops In Action.
II has been "A question for some time
whether or not German and Italian
troops had not already fought each
other. though It has been generally as
sumed that they had not. Reports have
had II that In the region around Lake
Garda, on the italian front. the Aus
TRANS were reinforced some months ago
by 10000 German troops. mostly Neck
lenburgers. There have been other re-
ports that Germany was TO take charge
OF the defence Of the important seaport
OF Trieste. which the Italians now
threaten.
" utthIN IItD III Mn uk W
Of italian troops. who have lande at
salonica and Joined the allied army
under Gen. Sarrail. which has Salonica
as Its base. was a fresh indication that
italy would soon fight Germany as well
az Austria. German officers are in
command Of the Bulgarian troops who OPP
pose Sarrail. and II Ia thought there are
some German troops there. The Italians
and Germans could hardly help coming
face to face In the big battle impending
In the Balkan theatre.
Also In Albania there was n situation
that could not last once the allied Balkan
offensive started. At the seaport of Az
Iona. on the southern Albanian coast. Ia a
detachment Of Italian troops. aid TO
number 5000. which has been there
since early In the war. Two days g
dispatches told that these troops had
been active, there had been fighting and
the Italians had seized heights farther
south.
Dispatches received here last night tell
OF the entrance OF Bulgarian troops into
Albania from their positions in con-
nuered Serbia. and the occupation of the
Albanian town Of Malik. ten miles west
Of the Greek border. II seems that Ital-
ians and Bulgars must clash In Albania
soon. II Indeed they have not already.
and so war between Italy and Bulgaria
would be inevitable.
May Cali for Italian Troops.
1taly's action will enable the French
and British to draw upon her for re-
endorsements for the western front. where
they oppose the Germans. and for the
Balkans.
At tho beginning. when Italy decla red
war upon Austria. her army had been
mobilixed for some time and was nearly
at . war footing. II comprised a million
OF more men. Now Italy probably has
100000 men under arms. Her MAXI
mum war strength has been estimated at
100000 men.
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BREMEN HAS CARGO OF DYES.
Or Her Way to A'iericR Vow, Says
Cologne ''Gnsette."

BERLIN. Aug. 81 ,by wireless to Say
WILLIE According to the Cologne Ga
.etfc, as quoted by the overseas News
Agency. the German merchant submarine
Bremen Is on her way TO the United
state now with a cargo ~ dyes. Dlrec-
tor Lohmann OF the company ownlnR
the Bremen. further said that trad" ny
means OF "A submarine fleet will soon
he materially increased.
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There have been many reports con-
corning the Bremen, whose arrival al an
American port has been expected for
some time. Last week passengers ar
irving from England gave a report that
she had been captured by the British,
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ErBi4 3. Aug. @7.-,iernan Army Head
quarters issued to-day the followins
statement
North Of the somme. after strong
artillery preparation In the early hours
Of Yesterday morning and during last
night the British repeated their at
,aois south Of Thiepval and north
ives, Of roz.ercs. They were repulsed
after desperate hand to hand fighting
a. sonc points. In these operations
une officer and sixty men were
captured. Enemy attacks north OF
Ba2rntiu-lc-l'etit and assaults with
hand %Ereuades near Foureaux Wood
were unsuccessful.
IT, the Maurepas-Clery section.
after violent artillery fire ard the use
"f the flame throwers. the French
advanced to the attack with heavy
forces. These attacks were without
success. North of rlery enemy troops
which had penetrated our lines were
elected by "A swift counter attack.
South Of the Somme hand grenade
attacks from west OF Nermandovlllers
We're repulsed.
ON both sides of the Meuse CVer-
dun 'front.' the enemy displayed in
creased activity at times. In the
'N'lltUE NN'NN WV ''Aht HNNi
Th!aunont and Flcury. They broke
down under our fire. West of Graomie
and in Apremont Forest attacks by
small ~detachmrnts Of the enemy were
rcpulsed. Near Arracourt and Radon-
Niller patrol enterprises undertaken
by the French wer" unsuccessful
In the region Of the Soinm", in
aerial engagements, an enemy aero
p,ane was brought down near Ba-
paume and another west Of Wisel.
DIr anti-aircraft guns also brought
down II a~eroplanc west OF Athies
and northwest Of Mesls, In addition
TO the above, enemy machines also
fell into our hands northwest ~
peronuc and near R!hclnout. south
cas-, Of -. Quentin.
Eastern Front-Army 81 Field
Marshal Won Hi~udenhurg On the
By.na front repeated attempts by the
Russians 10 cross the river in boats
east Of FrledrichstaGt and near Len
uewadsu were frustrated,
Southeast of kiscl.u en- Nolhyuia,
twenty-five miles southeast Of koNcl)
small German deturhments penetrated
a. far as the enemy : third Line and
after destroying trenches. returned
10 their own positions in accordance
with their plans, bringing with them
II. prisoners ana three machine guns,
Front Of Archduhe Charles Francis :
Apart from patrol engagements north
oc tho pniester. in which we We're
successful, there were no events IT
Importance.
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New construction Compared,

N the item Of new construction lie
has this to say
What has the Wilson Administration
uon" Tor this chief need? Three naval
b'lis nav" passed, In the frs, two hills
Appropriation were made for five dread.
h~""gh's, az against three in the last two
Years or Ihtts Administration There
were Ike increases in destrnvers a,,
submarine.
The following is a comparative tah,e
ho"ins the number OF the yarIo,s
classes of vessels for which apnrorrIn.
tons were made during the Roosev.l,
Tart and Wilson administrations:
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MEN who sought to influence Italy. To the left Prince ven Buelow,
- sent by the Kaiser t. Rome to exercise all ms dipiomsS,c XII .
ablest statesmen. To the right, Baron Sonpino, Minister for Foreign
Affairs in the Italian Cabinet, who has from the outbreak OF the war
thrown his influence in favor Of the allied Powers.
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Representative Williams wanted TO
know. among other things. the relative
position Of tho American navy among
the nations, what was It's condition
when the present Administrator began
an! what has been lone since TO I'M
prove II. Mr.. Daniels considers these
points In sequence.
In point Of displacement the navy
advanced from third to second place
In 1907 and fell back again in 1911.
he explains. In point OF displacement
Of ships built n also IN course OF
construction II reached second place
In 1909. held II briefly and dropped
back the same yea In active per-
sonnet II was second in 1908. dropped
10 third In 1911 and To Fourth in
1918. Early in 1914 Il, went up IN
thiri again. only to sink to sixth place
when the European war started the
oelligerents to hulll extensively.
THE United States lost second place
because Germany built ships rapidly
while the United states contented itself
with a small programme OF naval cor-
struction,' the Secretary says. Com
men'ing on the plea Of the General
Board In 1903 for two ships a year, he
adds that "f that c,ac Rad tcc, ear
risl out by lsi? we would have had
forty-eight battlcsh,ps and would have
kept our place.
But Secretary Bonapartc In 1905
asked FOR only n bat;lesh!p. and Presi-
dent Roosevelt advocated Il one ship "A
year programme and two years later cx-
pressed himself as industrious Of in
rreaslng the unit strength and only
anxious 20 keep II At its existing figures.
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a that time the General Boa ri was
Insisting upon two TO three new battle
ships each ear. but their recommended
ton was carefully p~lReonholed and not
permitted 10 reach the public. And yot.
though successive Republican adminis-
iraiions had kept It as a sealed book.
while gave II circulation. certain critics
declare ! have suppressed reports. II
FORMER administrations had done as
much for the increase % the navy year
hy year as the Wilson Administration
did during lis Nrs; 40 years. tn. Amer
lean navy would not have dropped from
second to third place
one OF the ways In which the navy
mas been improved. according TO tho
Secretary. IL in efficiency of large, prac.
lice, This was good up to 1903 at
the short ranges then used" he admits.
but fell on between 1909 and 1919. while
quoting Admiral Fletcher. the r.rent
target practices were held at ranges OF
5000 10 $4,000 yards. the ~lonyes,
ranges fired In the present war. with
higher scores han ever recorded before
Il do not claim any credit fo- this -
the secretary modestly adds. '',xc.nt
that ] have sought tho leadership ~ tho
best equipped experts and given them
every opportunity and cncouraremen,
for practice and practice. and stiil NOR,
practice