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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-26
PLEASE LOCK NE UP"
BECS SING SING TRUSTY
Afraid He'd Run Away to See
Dying Father.

"Giggles" Guglielmo, convict, pre-
sented himself to Spencer Miller, dep
uty warden of Sing Sing, Thursday.
In his hand he held a little yellow
envelope.
"My father is dying. Mr.. Miller"
he said, gravely. 81 just got tele-
gram. Would it be possible for a
guard to take me back to New York
to see him before he goes? ! think a
lot Of my father"
Less than an hour after the deputy
warden had denied his request Gugli-
elmo came back to the Office. He is
q trusted member of the Mutual We'll
fare League. and had been assigned
to work outside the prison walls.
81 want to be locked up in my cell
right away" he said, quietly. Maybe,
if you leave me out, iii run away to
see my father. Please put me where
| can't get away"
Yesterday Guglielmo was still
locked in his cell when word came that
the father he thought lot Of" was
dead
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-26
U-Liner Bremen Taken,
English Officer Says

The German merchant submarine
Dremen was captured in a steel net IN
me Straits of Dover and thirty-three
u her crew were taken prisoners, ac-
eOiding to a story told yesterday by an
omcer Of the British Royal Naval Re-
serve, recently serving in the North
sea patrol, who arrived on the Baltic,
Oi the White Star Line. The officers
lame cannot be divulged, but Captain
rineh, commander of the Baltic, ad-
NOR
4. Inc Royal Naval Reserve officer said
Inas the Bremen was on her way TO
nmerea and submerged in the danger
tone In the Straits Of Dover TO avoid
o'Iiisn patrol boats, and as sne dove
Sae OF her propellers caught IN the
eei mesh net. As her stern sank her
Wv liited out Of water, and the crew
,SSne up from below and took refuge
'"Tle T1 until patrol boat arrived.
p.tne oiheer said that the reason the
i.sn government had remained ST.
NJ, ABOUT the capture was that the
.sNh Admiralty hoped to trap the
Al transatlantic submarine, the
rra,.tisa' ron.' which, IT is believed, took the
M 70 the north of Scotland. Patrol
as Well as large numbers Of steel
continued on page 3, column 2
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-26
FLIES 600 NILES
IN $40 MINUTES
u. S. Aviator Sets World Record
for Carrying Passenger.

Newport News, Va, Aug. pa new
worlds record for distance covered in
ten hours, carrying a passenger, was
made to-day by Victor Carlstrom, Of
the Atlantic Coast Aeronautical Sta
ton. who flew Gel miles in a Curtiss
twin motor land and water machine.
His actual flying time was s hours and
40 minutes-520 minutes.
Officials of the station expect
Carlstrom's feat to win the Curtiss
Aviation Cup. which was awarded last
year for a flight of less than 500
miles. They said the other prizes or
bonuses won by the aviator to-day
would amount to $1,000.
The machines engines were stopped
only twice during the day. A heavy
fog made steering by the compass
necessary. The fight was made in
laps of fifty miles each, covering a
trip from the station to Fisherman s
Island and return.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-26
H. c. WILLCOX'S SON,
lS, DIES OF PLAGUE
Had Lately Returned from
Plattsburg in Good Health.

Stannard Anderson Wilcox, only son
of Henry c. Wilcox, vice president and
general solicitor of the American
Surety Company, died yesterday a vic
tom Of infantile paralysis in the home
of his father, SOB West End Avenue.
He was eighteen years old, graduate
of the Cutler School, and had passed
his entrance examination for Princeton.
His career had been planned for him
by his father, who has been twenty
five years an official of the American
Surety Company. His son was to fol-
low in his footsteps.
1t was not until Tuesday that the
young man was stricken. He had been
home only two weeks from the Junior
Camp at Plattsburg, and had returned
in the most rugged health. Since his
return, although he had done some mo-
toring, he had never passed a night
away from home, nor had he stopped at
any town on his trips.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-26
Serbs and Russians
Advance on West
Flank Points.
GREEK TOWNS
ARE MENACED
Athens in Turmoil as Re-
ports of Attacks
Are Heard.

London, Aug. 25.-The Entente
forces in Macedonia, rallying against
the counter attacks which were bend
ing back both of their flanks, have
forced the Bulgars to retire at sew
eral points. Thee first Bulgar blows
evidently found weak spots in the
Allied line, but these gaps were filled
and the counter blows checked.
British cavalry patrols have pushed
beyond the Struma on the right flank
Of Sarrails army and destroyed three
bridges over the Angista, east Of
Tshinos Lake. This would seem to
indicate that the passage of the
struma are still held by the Allied
forces and that an attack in this Sec
tor nay prove intimately to force the
retirement Of the Bulgars moving
toward the Aegean coast.
Serbs Continue Advance.
The Serbs, aided by the Russians on
the western end of the line, are also
advancing to the attack. They have
succeeded in winning more ground in
the neighborhood of Lake Ostrovo and
have halted the Bulgar offensive south
Of Florina. In the centre Of their line
they are forcing the enemy back toward
the border.
The French official statement TO-
night reports that as yet Kavala and
Drama have not been attacked
though the Bulgars apparently are
moving forward toward the Aegean
coast.
Volunteers continue to flock to the
colors. The commander at Seres, who,
according to last reports, was defying
the order of his superiors and resist
ing stanchly the advance of the Bull
gars, has received many recruits. The
continued march of the invader doubt
less will bring many more troops to
the Greek leaders.
Berlin recognizes the menace in the
Pulgar advance. Dispatches from Ber-
lin, which still lack confirmation, state
that the Germans have ordered the
Bulgars 10 evacuate Greek territory,
on the ground that further advance
into Macedonia will rouse the Greeks
into war on the side Of the Entente
Allies. But the Bulgar generals ap-
parently have decided to ignore any
such orders and are pushing on.
There came no indication to-day of
a change in Rumanias attitude. Re-
ports of Russian mobilization on her
border and the massing of large forces
on the Danube for thrust from the
north into Bulgaria have been followed
by no definite information as TO when
this drive is to be launched.
Greece Centre of Interest.
For the moment Greece is the centre
Of interest. Military observers here
feel that her move will determine
Buchsrest's attitude in large part. Thus
to-day the question is this: Can Con-
stantine, under the continued Bulgar
pressure, keep his people in check?
The Bulgars seem determined to take
hayals. For them it is the only Egan
port that is desirable. By the terms
Of the peace that ended the first Balkan
war, they received Dedeaghatch, which
Is at best an inferior port. Kavala lies
south Of Sofia, and the railway down
the Struma Valley links it up with the
bulgar capital.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-26
Fleet of Six Zeppelins
Raids England, Killing 8
[By Cable to The Tribune.

London, Aug. 25-Covered by the
darkness of a cloudy ard windless
night, a fleet Of six Zeppelins raided
the east and southeast coasts OF
England between midnight and 3
o'clock this morning. The fiiers
dropped one hundred bombs, killing
eight persons and injuring thirty-six.
One of the sirships-and possibly
another-reached the city of London
itself, breaking through. the elaborate
system of defences constructed by the
Air Board, of which Sir John French
is the head Not since October, 1915,
when ffty-fve persons were killed and
one hundred and fourteen injured, has
the War Office reported a Zeppelin at
tack on the capital.
One of the coast raiders, it is be-
Continued on page 3. column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-26
WOMAN, 73, BOUND
BY ROBBERS, DIES
Shock Kills Her as Thieves Loot
Apartment.

When Hans Hoelmreich, clerk in
the store of Herman Tiark, returned to
the home of his employers mother
Caroline, with whom he lodges, early
this morning, he found the woman, who
is seventy-three years old, dead on her
bed. Her hands had been tied behind
her with telephone wire.
The soda clerk summoned Mrs
Tiark's son, who called policeman. !,
was found that the second floor apart.
ment at SIS West l36tn Street, in which
the woman lived, had been ransacked
II is not known what was stolen.
Physicians from Knickerbocker Hos
pital believe she died from shock.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-26
They Insist Executives Delay
While Campaign of Publicity
Is Being Carried On.
ALL THREATEN TO LEAVE
FOR THEIR HOMES TO-DAY
Managers Have Until This Afternoon to
Present Counter-Plan, but They Are
No Longer in ConciIiatOry Mood.
From Staff Correspondent of The Tribune

Washington Aug 25.-The country tonight is again
threatened with immediate nationwide railroad strike.
President Wilson's efforts bring the railroads to his terms
of settlement appear to have failed utterly He will have be-
him within the next twelve hours the ongdeayed reply
the roads the proposal that the railway unions have
cepted.
The roads do not accept the Wilson pan They propose
which not the most optimistic of the Presidents
friends believe the unions will ratify
The train service brotherhoods have notified Presi
Wilson that unless the railroads act by tomorrow night
the delegates will leave for home with strike orders in their
pockets.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-26
MRS. w. C. M'AD0O I'LL
WITH TYPHOID FEVER
Secretary Hastens to Bedside of
Presidents Daughter.
tBy Telegraph to The Tribune. J

Spring Lake, N. j.. Aug. 25.-Mrs.
William G.. McAdoo, wife of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury and daughter Of
President Wilson, is i'll at her summer
home with a light attack of typhoid
fever. DR.. William G. Schauffler, the
McAdoo physician at Spring Lake,
made this announcement tonight after
consultation with DR.. Cary T. Gray
son, President Wilson's physician.
Secretary McAdoo arrived here to-
dag from Utica, ". Y, having cancelled
all engagements, to remain with Mrs.
McAdoo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-26
Closes on GuillemOnt,
Links Line with
FOch'S.
BRILLIANT DASH
WON MAUREPAS
Rapid Advance of POilus
Surprised Prince Eiters
Troops.
BY FRED B. PITNEY.
[By Cable to The Tnbune.l


Paris, Aug. 25.-The British drove
forward eastward and northward to-
day, in the first movement closing on
Girchy and Cuillemont, and in the
second on Flers. This advance joins
up their line with the French, who
seized the important strategic base OF
Maurepas yesterday.
In the brilliant dash which forced
the French line we'll beyond the out
skirts of Maurepas, General Fayolle
did his part toward the capture of
Combles. When Haig succeeds in
similar movement at Guillemont they
will drive forward together to the apex
of the triangle formed by Maurepas,
Guillemcnt and Combles.
The British gains to-day prepared
the way for this movement. They ad-
vanced their line in the eastern and
northern edges Of the Delville wood,
northwest of Guillemont, and then re.
PEELED q heavy counter attack. Further
north they moved forward several
yards on each side of the road running
out Of Longueval toward Flers.
Haig Moving on Flers.
Haig's troops now have the advan-
tage of advancing downhill toward
Flers. This village presents strong
defences, though they are hardly OF
the character of Guillemont. 1t is
likely that progress will be faster in
this direction and that the French
victory at Maurepas soon will be
equalled by Haig.
At the opening of the Somme often
sive Msurepas was a magic name, rep
resenting the chief fortifications of the
German line between the French troops
and the promised land. Since then it
has lost some Of its glamour, its ulti-
mate fall before the French artillery
preparation having become certain dur
ing the last fortnight, when it was the
object of relentless assaults by Foch's
troops and guns.
On August IL Foch's staff showed it
was ready to make a bid for this
stronghold, and every day and night
since then Maurepas has received a
drubbing such as no town has ever be-
fore suffered. Although its spectacu-
lar Importance faded as the fate Of the
village became more and more certain,
its strategic Importance as barrier to
Combles remained the same until the
last detail of defensive work was IN
possession of the poilus-for Maurepas
is perched on the edge of the heights
which guard the communications feed
ing this portion of the front.
Roads Screened by Fortifcations.
On a lower level runs a road and a
little railway from the Fortress Of
Combles, which is the most important
reserve and provision centre Of this
sector. These thoroughfares are
screened by German works north of
the village, and traffic has continued
with comparative impunity.
The French reached Maurepas by the
end of July, and by August IL had be-
gun cutting their way through the un-
derground strongholds prepared dur
ing the last two years. Yesterday at 8
o'clock they fixed their bayonets and
charged the last defences, crossing the
holes and ruins which had been Maure-
Continued on page 8. column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-26
Railroad Plan Fails;;'
Strike Situation Qt GrQDeSt Crisis
CARRETSON SAYS MEN
HAVE NOT CHANGED

Washington, Aug. 25.-
The railroad dispute hinges
now on counter-proposal
made by the railroad execu-
tives. which the trainmcn
are asked to accept. Austin
B. Carretson. brotherhood
chief. said to-day. after con-
fcrring with President Viii
son:
The situation. as far as
we are concerned. is abso-
lutely unchanged. No COM
plete concrete proposition to
which the railroads will agre9
has been presented to US. !
tell you, absolutely no new
proposition has been submit
ted to US. except the one that
we accepted last week. Our
position is exactly what it
was when we accepted the
plan. We have not deyiat-
ed from it in any way
whatsoever.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-26
New Plan Of Managers.

The railroad executives and mana
gers, having received an ultimatum
in turn from the White House, have
prepared counter proposal, which
grants less to the unions than they
would receive under the settlement
plan espoused by the President.
This plan provides three things:
/. Concession of the eight-hour
day as far as it is practicable.
2. Arbitration of the question Of
how much money shall be paid for
the eight-hour day in relation 20
the present ten-hour schedule of
rates.
8. The proposed arbitration
board to be appointed Immediately
by President Wilson instead of, rs
originally planned, arbitration by
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion or a commission authorized
by Congress.
Would Bring Arbitration.
The railroads, under this plan,
would obtain their principal demand
arbitration of the wage question.
The employees would get substantial
ly what they demanded in the way
of an eight-hour basic day. Whether
they would secure the other point,
ten hours pay for eight hours work
in all cases and pro rata overtime
or time and half pay for overtime
beyond eight hours in all cases,
would be decided by the arbitrators.
Scarcely any one believes that the
four brotherhoods, chahng for days
under the delay Of the railroad execu-
tives, will agree to these terms. The
men are too confident of winnig all
that they ask by a strike, il would
seem, to accept less than what the
President offered them and publicly
proclaimed as fair. They nave main
tanned all along that the eight-hour
day was not arbitrable; that they al
ready had it on many roads. 1t is
expected that they will say the roads
plan comedies the eight-hour basic day
only in principle and wherever practi-
cable" but not as an absolute rule.
Executives Will Hold Out.
On the other hand the railroads ex-
ecutives insis, that these terms are
all that they can yield. Their conten-
tion is that the eight-hour working day
urged by President Wilson is not appli-
cable 10 train service as it is TO other
industries. They have fought the Pres
icCnt's plan on the argument that what
he proposed meant simply a $50, 1000. 900
wage Increase to one-sev.nth Of their
employees. Now they have devised this
SCENE to work out a schedule that they
hope will not cost them that much
money.
The money question is the vital issue.
The roads say that under the plan de-
vised by the President, a man now
working a regular ten-hour run would
begin to collect overtime at the end
of the eighth hour instead Of at the end
Of the tenth, and that the rate of pay
for the eight hours and for the over
time would be increased 25 per cent.
Some OF the runs are less than eight
hours. Therefore their Plan proposes
an arbitration Of the differences be-
tween the two so that L more equitable
application Of the eight-hour basic day
and overtime charges may be arranged.
The reception that such a plan will
probably receive from tie unions was
forecast to-day, even before the rail-
road executives-praetically driven by
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-26
CHANGER. R. PLAN
WILSON IS URGED
Politicians See Yielding to
Executives as Only
Hope of Peace.
[From The Tribune Bureau ]

Washington, Aug. 25.-No psychology
expert was needed to sense to-day as
the "Black Friday" Of the railway strike
negotiations. The outlook was darker
than at any time since the conferences at
the White House began. Everywhere
there was the tension Of a situation
within a few degrees Of the breaking
point.
The undercurrent of optimism, appar-
ent heretofore, that some way would be
found to end the deadlock, was absent,
and in its stead among both executives
and union officials, there was spirit Of
resignation to what might follow. Each
side felt it had gone the limit in con-
cessions to meet the Presidents plan,
and that to yield further would be more
costly than to fight.
From the comparatively clear-cut is
sues first presented to the President,
when the main questions were the
eight-hour principle and arbitration,
each day has added fresh elements to
the controversy. From labor prob
lem, involving merely managers and
men, it has attained new complexities.
1t has become a political problem,
which campaign managers are already
considering as material for an tissue"
Through the Presidents suggestion to
the railway executives, it has become a
rate problem, and as such it has set to
work not only forces representing great
financial interests, but manufacturers
and shippers, who would have to pay
the bill.
Many Men Watching Situation.
Thus, in the lobby of the New Willard,
the vortex of the negotiations, one
finds not only the railway men di-
rectly concerned, but politicians, rep
resentatives of big commercial and
manufacturing associations, influential
members of Chambers of Commerce
from all over the country, and shrewd,
silent men, watching and reporting de
velopments to the great unseen powers
directin.; the whole play.
And it is these outside forces, repre-
sentative OF the general public, that
offer hope for the situation. The influ-
ence of organizations like the United
States Chamber of Commerce and the
National Manufacturers Association,
thrown powerfully on the side of q
peaceful adjustment through arbitra-
tion. may yet compel both contestants
to yield or to accept a draw.
Through the support which business
men generally have given TO arbitra-
tion, the attitude of the railroads has
been stiffened during the last few days.
They feel that il break comes I +.
justice of their position will win public
support. Used to public misunder-
standing generally, they have been sur
prised and gratified at the result. Even
the alignment Of the President on the
side of the unions, as the railway ex-
ecutives consider it, does not shake
their confidence that in the event OF a
strike they will win. For the hrst
time, as one Of their executives declared
to-day, "the railroads feel they have q
moral ISSUE" and in fighting for it they
have found something of thTjoy sup
Continued on page ., column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-26
6 Zeppelins Bombard
London Twice;; 8 Dead
Defences Are Inadequate Berlin Decares-Hundred
Bombs Dropped in Two Nights-One Of
Raiders Believed Super-Drgible

fully shelled by numerous guarding
forces. During their attack they were
fired on by anti-aircraft batteries. All
have returned"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-26
WOMAN SHOOTS
GUARD CAPTAIN
Killed Georgia Doctor to
Avenge Insult, Her
Husband Says.
lBy telegraph to The Tribune ]


Macon, Ga, Aug. 25.-Mrs. H. c.
Adams, wife of laundryman of At
lanta, Ca, stood outside the tent Of
Captain f. ]. Spratling, of the 5th In
fantry, National Guard of Georgia, en-
camped here, to-day, and when the off,
GER appeared shot him twice through
the body.
Captain Spratling, who was an eye, ear
nose and throat specialist Of Atlanta,
dropped dead, and the woman calmly
turned the revolver over TO those who
leaped for her and suffered herself to
be led away without protest.
at Had to Be Done"
81 hated to do it," she said quietly,
"but it had to be done"
Mrs. Adams was placed in the guard
house at Camp Harris until Sheriff
Hicks took her into custody.
She is tonight in Bbb County Jail.
and has refused steadfastly to make
any statement.
Her husband, however, when ap-
prised tonight in Atlanta of what she
had done, appeared little surprised. and
gave as her motive improper advances
on the part of the physician when she
had gone to him for treatment.
Husband Defends Woman.
"I didn't know she was going 20 do
IL" Adams said, "and had tried my
best to persuade her not to take any
action. She told me all about it when
she came home from the doctors cffice.
7 advised her then to keep che matter
secret.
"She threatened to expose the man,
and he laughed at her. 1t became
nightmare to her, and | believe that
il unbalanced her reason. She had
everv right in the world to kill him II
she chose"
The woman and her husband lived
with their three children in a LITTLE
house in Lovejoy Street. This morn-
ing the wife left the house and ,ook
the train for Macon, arriving there
shortly before noon. She at once made
her way to the mobilization camp and
asked TO be directed to Captain Sprat-
lins's tent.
She had the revolver concealed under
q wrap and she aimed carefully and
deliberately when she fired. Those
who stood about her say she shouted
something about running my home"
as she pulled the trigger.
CAPTAIN Spratling, who was forty
seven years old and married, was one
of the foremost specialists of Georgia.
He was well known in Atlanta society
and an expert on insanity. For time
he was attached to the sanitarium at
Matteawan.
Camp Mourns Victim.
Flags were placed at half mast in the
mobilization camp tonight and prepa-
rations are being made tc take the Of
Gcer back to Atlanta under military
escort. His associates in the regiment
saw that the woman had come TO him
for treatment for nervous disorders
and that her unbalanced mind had led
her 10 think that the physician had, by
his examination, made improper a6
yances toward her.
The woman is thirty years old and
not especially attractive in appearance.
OfHciais at the county jail said tonight
that she appeared calm and normal In
mind. Her husband will arrive here
and tell his story of why
his wife shot down the soldier TO the
county prosecutor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-26
W EATH E R

GENERALLY FAIR TO-DAY AND To-
MORROW. NOT MUCH CHANGE
IN TEMPERATURES. LIGHT
VARIABLE WINDS.
Fun Report on Page IL.