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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-24
r-Zeppelins Will
Have 3,000-Mile Radius

London. Aug. 24.--1n a speech deliv-
cred at Bury ST. Edmunds last night
Baron Montagu Of Beaulieu, former
yice-chairman Of the Joint Naval and
Military Board, told of new monster
super-zeppelins which Germany is
building.
ave have obtained some details Of
the super-Zeppelins which Germany is
now building" said Baron Montagu.
"The principal features of the craft
are a capacity Of 100000 cubic feet,
a length Of $50 feet, a beam of so feet.
maximum speed of eighty miles an
hour q cruising speed of thlrty-hVe
miles an hour and a radius of action
Of 5000 miles. The engines, six or
seven Of them, have a total OF l5,OOO
horsepower.
The arships can carry a load OF
bombs Of five tons. They are able TO
ascend 1900 feet. They are armed
with machine guns at bow and stern
and on top of the envelope. They
carry a crew of thirty-fve men.
These particulars show how largely
the Germans are relying on Zeppelins
as means for harassing us. Two of
these new craft have already been
completed and four will be available
N October"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-24
WILLS CAR, UPKEEP, TO WIFE
Gulden Leaves Mustard Business to
Son, 100000 to Daughters.

Charles Gulden. mustard manu-
facturer, in his will, fled yesterday,
directed that his wife, Mrs. Mary Cath
crime Gulden, should have his limou-
sine, and that the upkeep for three
wears should come out Of the estate.
Mrs. Gulden also receives $4,000 in
cash. and is TO have the income from a
sos. 600 trust fund. The testator made
other provision for his wife when alive.
Mr.. Gulden directed his executors TO
incorporate his business and turn over
two-thirds of the capital stock 20 his
SON. Frank Gulden, of Garden City, and
one-twelfth to each of four daughters,
who also receive cash bequests aggre-
eating 100000. Mr.. Gulden also left
beouests Of $3.50 or $500 to several of
his employees.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-24
COnfers with Chairmen of Senate
and House Committees on
Higher Freight Charges.
BROTHERHOOD DELEGATES
CHAFE UNDER DELAY
Peace May Hinge on Ability of Executive
to Effect Bargain with Presi-
dents of Roads.
From Staff Correspondent Of The Tribune.1

Washington, Aug. 23-Presdent Wilson made earnest
effort to-day satisfy the plea of the railroads for def
that they will be recompensed by rate increases
legislative relief from burdensome if they accept
his settlement plan providing for eghhour day. Whether
promises made by the President will satisfy the roads
mains of the next few days to determine
Meanwhile outspoken dissatisfaction and growing impa
thence among the $40 delegates of the four broherhoods chat
ing at the railroads delay threaten serious complications The
employees stirred by strong minority urging immediate
on held in check by their leaders to-day but was
clearly apparent that the leaders task getting harder and
harder each day.
Whatever progress made by the special committee
of eight railroad presidents who considering the problems
involved in the Wilson plan kept secret They were in
session all day and again tonight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-24
SENTENCE LIEBKNECHT
TO d YEARS SERVITUDE
Appeal Only Wins Socialist
Harder Terms.

Amsterdam, Aug. 23.-The result OF
DR.. Karl Liebknecht's appeal against
his sentence for war treason has been
the imposition of new and seVerer
sentence of four years and one month
penal servitude and expulsion from the
army, according to a dispatch from
Berlin.
The appeal Of the Socialist leader was
heard to-day before supreme ccourE
martial, presided over by naval cap
tain.
In addition to his prison sentence DR.;
Lebknecht is deprived Of his civii
rights for six years. In announcing
the verdict the court declared that the
sentence was imposed "for attempted
war treason, severe disobedience and
resistance against the armed power OF
the state" The court announced that
as the prisoner has already served one
month Of his sentence he has the privi-
lege of an appeal from the present
Judgment. The original sentence I'M
posed was thirty months Imprisonment
and dismissal from the army.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-24
Millionaire Called Father
Of Poor Girls He Adopts
My Wife Confessed They Are Not My Daughters Says
Junk Deaer-Adoption Declared Ruse to Keep
$0000 900 Bequest from City of Chicago.

chair, painting. Burnstein took up the
thread of his testimony calmly.
"The first time ! met Mr.. Morrison
he said, twas at my wife's funeral
two years ago. We went in the same
carriage to the cemetery. told him
my wife had confessed to me on her
deathbed that was not the father OF
the two girls. told him that she
had named him as their parent. He
admitted the relationship and said'
Never mind. will make it all right
| will take care of them"
Action Over Property.
The action before Judge Lands grew
out of a petition to appoint receiver
for Morrison's properties, which are
believed to be worth sS,000,0O0. II
was contended in this that the city OF
Chicago, under the will of Morrison
father. would receive. if the man died
childless, the entire property for edu-
cational purposes. 1t was also alleged
that Morrison had adopted these two
girs, Anna, eighteen, and Alice, SIX
teen, to prevent this bequest.
The millionaire is said to have given
away more than S2,OOO,0o0 of his es-
tate to friends in the last seven years.
When, after a severe cross-question-
Continued on page 4, column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-24
BORDEN.LANE ARCTIC
EXPEDITION OVERDUE
Coast Guard Cutter Searching
for Party's Vessel.

Nome, Alaska, Aug. 23.-Some anxiety
is felt here for the safety of the Bor-
den-Lane Arctic expedition which left
Seattle on the schooner Great Bear
July 26 and is almost two weeks over
due at Nome.
The expedition. heated by John Bor-
den, of Chicago, with Captain Louis
Lane, of Seattle, an experienced Arctic
navigator, was last -7orted leaving
Unalaska for Nome August s. There
have been terrific storms off the Aleu-
tian Islands, and it is feared the ves-
sci has been driven far out Of her
course or disabled. The Coast Guard
cutter Bear left here yesterday TO
search for the schooner.
II was Captain Lanes intention, after
picking up other members OF his party
here. TO go into the Arctic in the ex-
nectation of making a junction with
Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the Canadian
Arctic explorer, at Banks Land.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-24
WOMAN BEATEN:
HUSBAND GONE
Mysterious Attack in Home
Wife Unable to Tell
of Injuries.

Caldwell, N. j., Aug. 23.-The sound
of choking and whimpering woke Mrs.
Laura c. Post, of Two Bridges. N. j.,
early this morning. She listened for
a moment, then crept downstairs and
opened the front door. At the bottom
of the porch steps a woman lay. She
had been beaten terribly about the
head, and it was not until she had
been carried into the house that Mrs
Post recognized her as neighbor
Mrs. Frank Miller, forty-two years old
That is the half of the story upon
which the police are working. What
Immediately preceded the appearance
of the woman on the Post doorstep
no one can learn. Mrs. Miller had
gone to bed with her husband early
that evening In her dazed state she
cannot remember anything more until
she found herself in the Posts home
Miller has disappeared. His clothes
still hang on chair beside the bed as
he placed them on retiring.
In the pockets of his trousers the
police found 500. Small change, a
watch and jewelry on the bureau were
untouched. The loose carpet on the
floor was not even rumpled.
How the woman could have been bat
tered by a club or blackjack until her
jaw and her nose were broken, without
arousing the house is a mystery to the
police. In the room next door to the
one the Millers occupied slept their six
vear-old grandson, Oliver. He was not
aroused by the attack on his grand
mother, who. the police believe, was
thrown downstairs by the man, or men
who attacked her.
A deep cut on Mrs. Miller's scalp is
believed to have been caused by her
being thrown heavily against the radi-
ator in the lower hall. Here, appar-
emily, she lay for some time, before
crawling from the house. A pool OF
blood on the floor testified to this.
The woman's nose and jaw were bro
ken and her face badly lacerated.
Most puzzling of the details connect
ed with the mystery is the utter disap-
pearance of her husband. William Gan
non, caretaker, who slept in the
Miller barn, advanced the only theory
heard yesterday regarding this. Sew
eral days ago, he says, Miller had a
quarrel with two men in a hotel at
Singac. Both of these swore vengeance,
according TO Cannon. 1t is his belief
that the man was dragged from his bed
killed, and the body carried away.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-24
HUNGARIANS ARM
AGAINST RUMANIA
Budapest Pessimistic Over
Balkan Prospect-Guards
Her Border.

London. Aug. 24.-The Hungarian
newspapers are being flooded with the
most pessimistic information concern
inc Rumania, and tina. country's posi-
bile action is absorbing the press ana
public, according to a Budapest dlS-
match to "The Morning Post" The
Hungarian public believes, says the as
match. that the liberty they ENJOY at
the hands Of the censor is designed 10
prepare the people for the worst.
The military expert of the "Pesu-
Naplo" says: "The entry Of Rumania
;rto the war will not at first affect
the military situation in the Balkans
for the Rumanians will have to adhere
20 the united strategic plan of the
Allies and will not be permitted to go
straight for Translyvania. DobrudJa
and Bulgaria will be their immediate
aim. Five hundred thousand or SIX
hundred thousand men of the Ruman-
ian army are not the chief factors for
the consideration of the Central Pow
ers. but rather the problems presented
bv the new territory which the Rus
SLAMS will be allowed to use freely IN
the invasion of Hungary.
Meanwhile, the anxious hours OF
waiting are not being spent in idleness
in Transylvania, whence every able
bodied man suspected Of Rumanlian
svmpathies is being shifted to other
narts of the country. The Rumanian
newspapers in Transylvania are under
the strictest control, and Rumanlah
priests and churches are under mlltary
supervision. All along the kumahlan an
frontier the military forces nave Deen
reinforced, defences strengthened ahu
every precautlon taken.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-24
z. K. Heads Fight for Rate Increase
CANNOT BE HASTY,
SAYS RAILWAY HEAD

Washington, dug. 23.-
Hale Holden, member Of
the committee of eight rail-
7cay erecutiUes, gaze out
this statement tonight:
The railway executives
who have met here at the
request of President Wilson
are proceeding as rapidly as
practicable with their work.
1t must be understood. how
ever. the problem with which
these men are wrestling is
the most important and
gigantic ever presented to
any body Of men in the in
dustrial history of the coun-
try.
They cannot. therefore.
consistently with their duty
to their security holders.
their employees or the public.
reach a final conclusion re-
garding what action they
should take without much
discussion. study and thought.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-24
tBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune ]

Chicago, Aug. 23.-Joseph Burnstein,
a junk dealer. whose two daughters
were adopted by Edward n. Morrison,
eighty years old and owner of millions
Of dollars of Chicago property, faced
the old man in the United States
District Court here to-day and ac-
cused him OF being the eral father of
his newly made wards.
Edward n. Morrison is himself the
father of the two girls he adopted,
he told Judge Kenesaw NJ. Lands.
my wife confessed it to me on her
deathbed."
Judge Lands gasped and blinked
Then he turned to the old millionaire
who sat near, collarless. and twisting
his long beard with thin fingers.
"a Lie," Declares Morrison.
"Did you hear that?" he asked.
81 don't quite understand" Morri-
son faltered.
"He says that you are the father OF
these two girls"
The old man almost shrieked as he
leaped from his chair. He shook his
fists in front of the witness, who
gazed back stolidly.
It's false" he cried. "It's lie"
He choked and dropped into his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-24
New Air Giants Powerful
Enough TO Fly to America

The distance travelled by a Zeppelin
rom Bremerhaven 70 New York would
ee approximately the same as the dis
WShee logged by steamships of the
IsoNh German Lloyd Line coming TO
M nls port. In the spring, when the YES
se'S take the long course, the distance
Is about 3,l3S miles.
"hen the Deutschland reached Balti-
more II was said that super-Zeppelin
service would be established soon be-
Gaeeh the United States and Germany.
asllSsnllps with 1900 miles flying radius
VOuId begin such a service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-24
Rows Fall Darkens Town.

Pitman, n. J., Aug. 23.-Ihis town
was plunged into darkness last night
when the body of William Dilks, four
teen wears old, fell thirty feet from
the ton OF an electric light pole, struck
a wire and caused the whole system 10
he short-circuited. Dilks is supposed
70 have touched live wire at the top
of the pole. He died at midnight from
a fractured skull.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-24
IERMAN LINER NAY
&C TO MEET BREMEN
remission for Ship to Traverse
Cape Cod Canal Asked.
lBy Telaraph to The Tribune J

boston, Aug. 23.-It was reported to-
- go mat application had been made for
"e Passage Of one of the North Ger
R@u Re-. Lloyd steamers, now laid up in
bSs'on' bn, on through the Cape Cod Canal,
s,r. @ VIaeiais ~ Of the line refused 70 con-
an, ms. The steamer Willehad, fitted
10 ,or sea voyage, was towed back
iioan n.r perth yesterday. Agents of the
xss would not admit that the Willehad
,Yb, 10 70 o meet the German merchant
h,s ,sr,he "nnI. bremen, well on her way TO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-24
VILLACRUSHED,
SAYS PERSHING
Army Will Withdraw
Soon, Is Belief in
Washington.
[Fron The Tribune Bureau J


Washington, Aug. 23.-General Perish
ing's troops probably will be ordered
out of Mexico il a very short time, Of
ficials said to-day, following a report
from the general that Villa had been
eliminated as a serious factor in the
situation. 1t is believed that when the
Mexican Anne erican commission meets
the retirement will be at once arranged.
Villas "late attempt to obtain a fol-
. lowing" Genera, Pershing says, "is re-
ported as almost total failure"
Pershings dispatch, sent from the
expeditionary headquarters at Colonia
DublGn, reads:
"My last report regarding Villa at
tack on Parral is now reported incor-
rect. Villa had only small following
He avoided Parral and places occupied
by Carranza troops. He $ making lis
way south into Durango. Probably now
hidinC in mountains.
"Villa's Prestige Gone
Until recently Villa has been hiding
since being driven to mountains OF
Southern Chihuahua by our troops last
April. His late attempt to obtain a fol-
lowing is reported as almost total
failure. The opinion seems general that
Villas prestige is gone, and that he can
never again become a serious factor In
Mexican affairs"
Secretary Lansing and Ambassador
designate Arredondo arranged to-day
that the commission should meet the
first week in September, somewhere on
the New England coast. Secretary ane
and the two new appointees, Judge
George Gray ard Dr. John r. Mott, will
meet at the State Department next week
to receive their instructions. 1t is prop
able that the Mexican commia sioners
will also BE here TO confer with Mr..
ArredondJ before proceeding north.
The belief expressed by Pershing
that Villa was no longer dangerous is
regarded by Administration supporters
as of the greatest Importance.
Coupled with Funston's recommends
tion that the forces be retired, 1t is
held to absolve President Wilson from
all blame if the withdrawal later
proves to have been mistake.
Fear Repetition of Raids.
The principal reason, it is declared,
for keeping the troops in Mexico in
active has been the fear that If they
were withdrawn Villa or his bands
might repeat the Columbus raid and
make necessary another punitive ex-
pedition. The country, President Will
son is said to believe, will not dis
approve the withdrawal of the troops,
but it would resent using the army
twice to punish the same bandit.
1t has been practically settled, there
fore, for some time that Pershlng
would be ordered home as soon as the
Administration could be sure the sltua-
tion would remain tranquil without
him.
Besides the fear of another Villa
outbreak, there has been another rea-
son for keeping Pershing in Mexico.
That is that CarranZs has, in the eyes
of the Administration, behaved" much
better recently than ever before. Just
now the First Chiefs policy is to do
as he is told by Washington, until
President Wilson has consented to
withdraw the troops. Once the troops
are called home, however, 1t IS feared
that Carranza will again become in
tractable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-24
GEMS IN OLD SHOE
VANISH, C0BBLER HELD
Woman Forgets Hiding $1,000
Jewels for Several Hours.

Mrs. Fannie Schusterman, Of 937
Hoe Avenue, The Bronx, sent her
daughter, Rosie, 70 a cobbler yesterday
with pair OF shoes to be repaired.
Several hours later Mrs. Schusterman
recalled she had hidden jewels worth
81 900 in one OF the shoes.
The cobbler, at 1896 Southern Boule-
ward, denied having seen the jewels
Mrs. Schusterman called Patrolman
Armstrong, who, after questioning the
shoemaker and his assistant, arrested
the latter, Angelo Camarato, Of 352
Brook Avenue, The Bronx
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-24
Bargaining fer Peace.

Although none of the railroad execu-
that the Acceptance Or rejection Of tho
Wilson proposal by the roads depends
upon what kind of bargain they can
make with the Administration. In the
meanwhile, individual presidents are
attacking the Presidents plan without
gloves. But it is more likely that il
the burden can be passed to the public
by some arrangement now in the
course Of discussion the Wilson plan
will be accepted
Faced by this necessity, President
Wilson sent for Senator Newlands and
Representative Adamson this morn
ing. The President was assured. first,
that the bill increasing the Interstate
Commerce Commission TO nine men,
bers instead of seven. already passed
by the House, would be approved by
the Senate before adjournment. Sec
ondly. all three discussed the power
Of Congress TO give relief to the rail-
roads in the event that the Interstate
Commerce Commission failed TO recog-
nize the justice of the roads demand
for increased rates after the report OF
the examining commission proposed
by the President.
The Importance OF the first Of these
two matters is not patent at first
glance. The last per cent rate
increase was obtained by the roads
only after two new Interstate Com
merce Commissioners were appointed
by President Wilson and after he had
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-24
HIS COUGH AIDS
In DRIVE THEFTS
Elegant, but Hoarse, Mr.
Bfennier LOOts River
side Apartments.

Will the tenants of Riverside Drive
apartments to whom Frederic j. Bren-
nier has displayed his cough assemble
at the Tombs this morning and deter
mine whether the Mr.. Brennier at pres
ent occupying a cell in Tier 8 is ne
whose bogus checks they still hold?
Messrs. Boyle and McGee, Of the
Fourth Branch Bureau, extend this in
vtation to all those prospective rent
ers of furnished apartments to whom
Mr.. Brennier told the sad story Of his
palatial yacht and how he fell over
board from it. The two detectives
have been pursuing Mr.. Brennier and
his lucrative cough for the last six
weeks.
A Tenant at Last.
Imagine yourself the tenant Of q
Riverside apartment which you ardent
ly desire to rent furnished. Picture
yourself after weeks of hope respond
ing to the door bell rung by a pros
pective tenant.
It's Mr.. Brennier, son Of Judge
Brennier, of Ulster County, you know,
a contracting engineer of great wealth
and huskiness of voice. Mr.. Brennier
is slim and elegant. His speech, de-
spite his heavy cold, is fluent. He likes
your apartment. He merely yawns
when you mention the price. "Ill write
you a check" he remarks indolently.
You like him.
The check is written and Mr.. Bren-
nier walks toward the window. Be-
ware, o trustful apartment owner, he
/ is about to cough!
THAT is my yacht out there in the
river" he says. That is why | want
this apartment 1t is near the landing
stage. | spend most of my time on
my yacht. Yes, it is quite expensive,
but don't bother about such things. |
caught this cold aboard it. | fell into
the river yesterday as | was coming
ashore. This cough have is most an
noying"
Then Mr.. Brennier coughs to prove
how annoying it really is. He coughs
enthusiastically and long and loud.
Water" he gasps at length. his face
purple.
Water Causes a Loss.
You rush into the bathroom and re-
turn with a glassful. Your prospective
tenant drinks gratefully. His cough
is appeased and he departs, promising
to return next day. Perhaps his
faultless costume appears more bulky
than when he arrived, but you don't
think anything Of that until the check
returns from the bank and you begin
to take inventory of what you have
lost. Usually among the missing
articles is the best looking woman's
photograph you had in your parlor.
Meanwhile Mr. Brennier is coughing
for some one else who has a furnished
apartment 20 let.
Boyle and McGee pursued that cough
from one end of the drive 70 the other.
They were always able to find fresh
evidences of its havoc. They were
never able TO catch up with il.
Last night they received an anony-
nous letter. IL read, THE Brennier
/ you are looking for is in Tier 5, the
/ Tombs." On calling up the prison the
/ detectives found out that a Frederic ]
/ Brennier had been arrested in Kings
ton and brought there, charged with
| the theft of s35. Tomorrow they are
going to visit him. The warden says
Mr.. Brennier has a bad cold.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-24

Hale Holden, president of the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy, their
spokesman, visited the White House
after dinner this evening. President
Wilson had talked the situation over
in the interim with Chairmen New
lands and Adamson, of the Senate
and House Committees on Interstate
Commerce.
Statement by Holden.
The only statement Of progress
during the day was issued by Mr..
Holden after his committee Of eight
had reported at brief session Of all
the fifty-odd executives and man.
ayers early this evening. The state
ment was this:
"The railway executives who have
met here at the request of President
Wilson are proceeding as rapidly as
practicable with their work. 1t must
be understood, however, the problem
with which these men are wrestling
is the most important and gigantic
ever presented to any body of men in
the industrial history of the country.
"They cannot, therefore, consist
emily with their duty to their Sc
curity holders. their employers or
the public, reach a final conclusion
regarding what action they should
take without much discussion, great
study and profound thought, and
such discussion, study and thought,
when participated in by practically
one hundred men suddenly called to-
gether from all parts of the United
States, require time.
"If our deliberations seem to pro-
ceed slowly it is due to the facts that
/ have mentioned. For us to act
hastily would be a betrayal of the
great responsibility we owe to all the
parties concerned, and most of ali to
the public"