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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-19
GERMANS RETIRING
TO SAVE SOLDIERS
Report British Worn Out from
Great Attack.

Berlin, Sept. IL. The mass attack BY
the British along the Somme front on
Friday was. according 10 advices reach
ing here, apparently carried out only by
means of the concentration OF the en-
tire British forces. The Germans de-
clare that there is hardly fresh Brit
ish division left.
The Germans, nevertheless. are not
al all disposed to give way TO any illu-
sion that the British army has been
completely weakened. although it is
asserted in ofncial quarters that the
latest battle has served TO convince
them once again that Germanys chief
opponent in the West Is France.
The belief is held in Berlin that even
II Germany's opponents have not been
completely weakened. a continuance of
the attacks with their former intensity
is an impossibility because the Anglo
French offensive. especially that of last
week. has cost them so heavily.
Reports from the front reiterate
that. little as the German troops like
TO retreat, this policy is preferred #
thereby lives can be saved at the eX-
pense of comparatively unimportant
territory.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-19
Won PAPEN SERVING
ON THE SOMME FRONT
Former Attache in Thick of
Fighting as Staff Officer.

Berlin, Sept. l8.-Captain Franz Won
rapen. former German military attache
at Washington. is now in the centre Of
the fighting on the Somme front. He
is the chief general staff officer Of a
division holding one of tine most crucial
sectors on this front, against which the
Entente Allies for weeks have been
launching their heaviest attacks.
Captain von Papen received his COW
eted assignment to the front after his
return from the United States. He
first received command of battalion,
which, as he laughingly told The Asso-
ciated Press corresp spondont during a re-
cent visit TO the front, gave him an op-
portunity to learn the new art of war
as it has developed IN the course of the
present hostiltes.
As soon as he had faniliarized him
self with the methods and fnesse Of
modern trench warfare he got the
highly important assignment OF chief
Of staff and right hand man OF the di-
vision commander. I'm Il recent con-
vcisation the former military attache
al Washington said ne was anxious 20
have his friends in the United States
know that he was serving at the front
end not in Holland or South America,
where, he declared certain imaginative
correspondents had reported he was
conducting propaganda work. These
reports. he said. were "bosh.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-19
Told Stanton Is Dead,
His Widow FaintS at Pier
New York Woman Returning After Selling Cur
to Britain, Arrives for Funeral
Instead of Reunion.

Mrs. Kathryn VI. Stanton. aglow
with the triumph Of selling the centri-
fugal gun for which she stood sponsor,
70 the British government, returned
Yesterday on the Tuscania The play
full 81 told you So with which she in
tended 70 greet her doubling husband
trembled on her lips. Eagerly she
scanned the crowd on the pier hoping
20 catch sight Of him
A woman with a tear-stained face,
whom Mrs Stanton had not recog-
nized at first. perhaps because OF her
black dress and hat. stole up to her
and embraced her She was Mrs
Stantons sister. Mrs. Marguerite Nc
MILAN.
"Why why, how YOU frighten me-"
gasped Mrs. Stanton.
Slowly her eyes focused on her
sisters somb7e garb and Crief-stricken
countenance. The light left Mrs. Stan
toms eyes and her lips trembled.
What is it?" she whispered.
Frank is dead" Mrs. Mcmillan re-
piled. and caught her fainting sister in
her arms.
At Sea when He Died.
An operation which had been per
formed OIL Mrs. Stanton's husband,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-19
NEW YORK PREACHERS
WANT BILLY SUNDAY
Evangelist's Campaign May Be-
gin Here in March.

OF the 400 churches canvassed by the
committee of thirty. which Is planning
Billy Sundays New York campaign, 320
were reported to favor the project at a
meeting Of the committee held last
night at the Madison Avenue Church.
II the evangelist agrees the revival
will star, March I, 1917.
Clergymen who attended the meet
ing declared that fund OF 100000 10
finance the campaign could be raised
in forty-eight hours. The committee
has An option on a site for a taber-
nacle at Broadway and l6sth Street, and
has under consideration another on
18TH Street, near Riverside Drive.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-19
NEW YORKER PRAISED
IN FRENCH ORDERS
n. F. Townsend Mentioned for
ValOr in Ambulance Corps.

Paris, Sept. ls Young American
members Of the field ambulance con-
tinue TO attract the attention Of the
French military commanders for their
efficiency under fire Herbert F. Town
send. OF New York, is mentioned to-
day in general orders for his work
before Nerdun.
Engaged voluntarily since March.
1915. as assistant chief Of American
Section No. l." tho orders read. che
has never hesitated personally to con-
tribute largely. by organization and
direction. 20 the removal OF the
wounded under continuous hostile fire.
He is courageous, devoted and OF rare
modcsty.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-19
200 TROLLEY WIEN
STRIKE IN QUEENS
Say Road Violated Agree
ment-FOurteen Lines
Are Tied Up.

A strike Of 200 union motormen and
conductors on the New York and
Queens County Electric Railway was
voted at midnight. and put into effect
Immediately. Union men ran their
cars into the Woodside barn and left
them.
The walkout demoralized service, and
all cars were called in. At , a. m. not
a car was running on any of the four
teen lines Of the system. William o.
Wood. president Of the Queens road,
said service would be resumed this
morning with the 300 non-union EN-
ployes who remained loyal to the COM
pany.
The strike is sequel TO the general
walkout on the surface lines in Man
haitian and The Bronx. Before Daniel
J. Haley. chairman in charge Of the
Amalgamated Union members IN
Queens Borough, opened the meeting
at which the strike was voted. he came
TO New York and conferred with Will
lam B. Fitzgerald.
He told Fitzgerald and his aids that
fifty motormen had been taken from
their runs on the Queens lines and dis
patched to Manhattan to help break the
strike on the New York Railways.
This was the reason given for the
strike. It was declared that President
Wood violated his agreement by lend
ing aid to the green car line in New
York against the striking union plat
form men. Mr.. Wood denies this is the
case.
The strike meeting was vociferous
Haley recited his grievance to the
workers, and they declared themselves
20 man in favor Of immediate strike
After the gathering word was sent 70
union men to take their cars TO the
Woodsde barn, and Captain McNally
Of the Hunters Point Police Station
was notified of the action. Police dis
positions 10 take care of the situation
after DAYLIGHT were made hurriedly
from headquarters.
Mr.. Wood asserted he had sent no
men 20 Manhattan 20 aid In breaking
the trolley strike there. He said thirty
men recently had taken vacations and
had been drawn into the service in
New York by the offers of increased
pay.
The traction head added that the
employees who have gone on strike
have automatically severed their con-
nection with the company. New men
will be recruited at once, he said, TO
fill their places.
81 want the public to understand.
he said. that this strike is not the
doings Of this company. It rests en-
trely on the shoulders Of the union" "
Haley asserted that traffic was CON
gested all day yesterday on the Queens
lines because Of the motormen he al
legged the company had spared TO rein
force the New York Railways.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-19
CAR DODGES SPEEDERS,
HITS TREE, FIVE HURT
Chauffeur Goes Through Wind
shield in Post Road Smash.

Greenwich. Conn, Sept. ls. Trying
to get out Of the way of another auto
mobile said to be travelling at seventy
miles an hour on the wrong side of
the road. William Brown, chauffeur OF
large car. drove into tree at the
side of the Boston Post Road, opposite
the residence Of william II. Conroy, in
Port Chester, yesterday.
Brown and four other occupants
were thrown out. At the United Hos
pital. in Port Chester, the injured we're
said 70 be Aron Bsyles, a clothier. II,
broadway. New York City. owner OF
the car. hand injured and cuts and
bruises about the body: Mrs. Bayles,
his wife. hand and leg hurt; William
Brown. chauffeur. face and mead cut
and bruised; julius Greenfield, POS
Bowery. leg bruised, and julius Green
field. ir., eleven years old
The chauffeur was thrown through
the windshield.
The other car did not stop.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-19
DAVIS Official Reports
on Balkan Operations

Paris, Sept. fS.-To-ddy's Official
report on operations IN Mdccdon'l
says:
Eas, OF the Cerna Serbian troops
have reached the approaches 70 Mount
Ve,rinik and rcpulsed violent Bul-
oarian attacks. Taken under barrage
ard machine gun fire. the enemy con
,irgents suffered heavy losses. Further
west Serbian detachments continue 20
advance. despite the difficulty OF inc
ground. and have with single rusi
carried along the crest OF kalmakcaiah
the first Bulgarian line, whlch W.
strongly organized and deiehded D
num,1ous wire entanglements. Enemy
foutiuued on pngs J, column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-19

Frank Mcmillan Stanton. shortly be-
fore her departure for England, had
not sufficed TO save him. Although he
seemed to be recuperating rapidly when
his wife sailed, he suffered relapse.
He died on Saturday.
When Mrs. Stanton had been revived
she was taken TO her home, in White
stone. Long Island. The afternoon
that she had planned during the lonely
voyage as devoted to the relation OF
her triumphs over British military sci
entists was spent at the funeral OF her
husband. The Rev. William jenkins,
rector Of Grace Protestant Episcopal
Church at Whitestone, conducted the
services. Interment was in Greenwood
Cemetery.
Mrs. Stanton sailed for Europe six
weeks ago. Although she had no fears
for her husbands life. she was reluc-
tant 70 leave him. The demands of
the British government were impera-
tive. however, and Mrs. Stanton's faith
in the new weapon demanded vlndics-
ton.
Met Inventor of Gun.
Albert c. Albertson. Of 51s West
il1th Street, inventor Of the centrifu-
rsl gun. was introduced to Mrs. Stan
fonfinued on nage column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-19
J IN BLACKMAIL
TRUST CONFESS
Racetrack SWindles Added
to Accusations Against
Band.
b, telegraph 70 tn, rribun. J

Chicago. Sept. IS On evidence sup
piled to-day by two members Of the al
legged blackmailing gang. said to have
used the Mann act as their lever 20 ex-
tort money from wealthy victims in
New York. Philadelphia and this city,
the Federal authorities will arrsign to
morrow seven Of the prisoners for a
preliminary hearing.
The two who have made full confes-
sions. "Dick" Bsrret and Edward j.
Thompson, probably vii. get immunity
They have given to the agents OF the
Department Of Justice an abundance OF
information relative to the movements
Of II. c. Woodward, alleged director OF
the blackmailing syndicate, and 1t IS
believed he will be arrested within
twenty-four hours.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-19
FRIGHTENED BURGLARS
LEAVE MONEY IN SAFE
Ransack House, But Miss Chance
at Several Thousands.

The home Of Or. Edward II. Squibb.
at l4s Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, was
found to have been ransacked by
burglars when Adolph Berghom, the
caretaker. entered yesterday.
A French clock and large quantity
of clothing we're missing, and a pair
Of gloves. found in front OF the safe.
which contained several thousand dol
lgrs. gave rise 10 the belief that the
burglars had planned 70 crack It but
were frightened away.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-19
Advance on Front of
Mile North of
SOmme.
FRENCH TAKE
DENIECOURT
Narrow Chaulnes Salient
Six Thousand Ger
mans Captured.

r.ca.'- '- TIE T'Oursl
london. Sept. 1S.-Both Alliei
armies ON The Somme moved forward
ma combined offensive to-day. The
shifting attack. striking once south
q the Somme and then north of the
,yer. has given way to a concerted
ozensiye a steady push in both sec
tors.
The British took to-day an eX-
tenely strong work between Ginchy
and the Bouleaux Wood. This fort,
known as the ''quadrilateral,
blocked the road TO further advance
north Of Combles, and prevented the
epyelopment of the town by cutting
it of on the cast.
By this success the British were
snssled to move forward for thou
sand yards along front Of more
than mile. Combles. far outfanked
from both the north and the south,
row is threatened with complete en-
orelement.
British Push Nearer Thiepyal.
On the northern front the British
also made progress. They pushed
toser 10 Thiepval, which has proved
he greatest stumbling block in this
sctor. and advanced north OF Flersi
further east.
Meanwhile the French continued
ter stroke south of the Somme to-
CAY. In the fact of bitter counter
attacks, they narrowed the ring
which is squeezing the Germans
tgt Of Chaulnes. The village OF
Dniecourt, which was encircled by
he advance Of yesterday, was capt
ued.
Biggest British Success of War.
The assault last Friday and Sat
t-day is called the most important
British success Of the war by the
Var Office. It's chief value lies n
te iact that the German trench sys-
ten was smashed and positions won
from which the offensive could be re-
'ewed easily.
With the British maintaining the
Pressure and the Germans massed 70
is.Esrk their weakened line, the time
ens for tho French 70 advance. That
'1Fls.ns the heavy assault south Of the
Sonne yesterday and to-day.
Some Of the heaviest fghting Of the
tsensiys has taken place in this sec
tr. Attack has succeeded attack and
counter blow has followed fast after
,osnier blow. Berlin describes this
isiiIng a. extraordinarily bitter"
SiI Thousand Germans Captured.
10 he lat two days the French have
tssn 1900 prisoners. Added TO the
British eapuyes, this makes almost
'1Ho since H2ig's big attack was made
q Friday. Ia addition. the German
H'ies under Allied FIRE are reported
have been enormous. Two battalions
f''e lost IN counter attacks south Of
~ Somme yesterday.
ne French gains to-day brouIh,
,'thf line much nearer 20 Chaules,
isn Berry, taken yesterday, the line
typss westward DeniecoJrt WAS the
PtNne % tnis sslicnt. When - fell
.e@y iong step Was taken toward
shY out the whole wedge.
Diier lighting followed It's capture,
We French pushed ahead and sue
'sso 10 driving bach the Germans
- nan half mile % tn south and
.lpn capturing three small woods
. mad been strongly fortified.
,'fs mo British the Germans eyi-
10y have concentrated great mum
a., N 'fpops. General Haig reports
-. N ths lighting since July the
,,m have defeated not less than
p''y-hins divisions 10000 men
49, counter attacks north Of F'lers
h we're hurled back By the Brit
d. p@y rgtify 20 the strength OF
- cpylfffa t..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-19

Legal action TO prevent the opening
Of the public schools on September
% was threatened yesterday by tne
League Of Parents Associations OF the
eighteenth school district, following
tho refusal Of Health Commissioner
Emerson to yield to demand tns'
the date be postponed until OCTOBER =
David Rothschiid, Of 335 West Six
teenth Street. chairman Of the league
said the organization represented the
narents Of l6.500 children, who at
tended the three high and the SIX
grade schools of the district. This
embraces the territory between lO9tn
and Eighty-frst Streets, and the Hud-
son River and Central Park West.
Making Canvass Of Doctors.
"Ny family doctor has advised me
not to send my children to school on
September %" said Mr.. Rothschild'
"and similar advice has been given
bv many other physicians of the DIS
trict We are now making a canvass
If phvsicians. and If most OF them feel
l. would be dangerous for the children
20 attend school while the Infantlie
naralvsis endemic is still raging, We
shall undoubtedly consult an attornej
with a view 20 taking legal measures
to prevent the opening OF the schools.
Mr. Rothschild intimated an inJunc-
tion directed against the Department
of Health and the Department OF Edu-
cation. 20 compel them to keep the
schools closed until all signs OF the
endemic had disappeared. probably
would be sought. In letter TO the
Denartment of Health. made public
Yesterday. Mr. Rothschild said:
"We wish TO register strong pro-
.ost against the reopening Of the pub
lie schools. particularly the ele-
mentary schools. on September 20. We
base this protest on the fact that the
state Board Of Health has advised
through the newspapers that parents
Who are still out of the city should
not return until after October ! with
their children. We are informed that
this * likewise the attitude Of the
New York City Board Of Health.
Told There Arc Many Cases.
"Wc are also informed that the
present daily number OF infantile
naralvsis cases reported is far above
the number your department figured
would be prescn, in the city at the
present time. and that. therefore. the
renorts Of the next several days will
likewise be larger than anticipated,
particularly with the present warm
weather We feel that the health and
wellbeing of our children are superior
and more important than any school
opening. and therefore ask you to eX.
ercise your police power and forbid
the opening Of the schools before
October .. at least"
In reply 70 this letter Commissioner
Emerson wrote that the date for the
opening of the schools had been fixed
for September 20 after consultation
with the Department Of Health's ad-
visory committee on poliomyelitis, and
that il would not be changed. He re
iterated that statement yesterday af-
ernoon. declaring that the Il usually
small number Of cases reported yester
day and Sunday sustained the convic-
tion of the department that he bot
Continued on page s. column )
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-19
Hindenburg Stops Rumanians.

The Rumanian forces in Transyl-
vania apparently have been halted
again. Hindenburg is reported to have
assumed charge Of the Austrian cam
paign in this region and to have con
centrated nearly half million men 10
check the onrush Of the Rumanian and
Russian forces.
The capture Of Florina. dispatches
received here tonight state, was MADE
nossible bv the complete coordination
Of the Allied forces and the secrecy
with which the entire operation was
carried out. Russian, French and Ser
bian columns advanced on the town
from three separate directions by
forced marches. So perfectly were the
plans followed out that the Bulgars
we're beset on every side at the same
moment and fed in great disorder
abandoning all their arms and supplies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-19
Days Official Reports
on Somme Offensive

."~' sept. Is.-To-nighrs oGctal
yemen, says:
M. OF The Sornrne = brisk attack
me mastery Of group Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-19
Parents League, Fear
ing Paralysis, May
Ask Injunction.
NEW CASES TAKE
BIGGEST DROP
Reports for Last 2 Days
Indicate That Epidemic
Is Waning.

Fewer cases OF infantile paralysis
and fewer deaths were reported by the
Department of Health yesterday ana
Sunday than on any days since the
early part of June. Yesterday there
were fifteen new cases and six deaths,
and on Sunday there we're nineteen
new cases and nine deaths.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-19
Union Chiefs Vote for General Strike
Car Men Ask Mayor TO Effect Peace
CAR SERVICE BETTER;
So GAIN IN 3 DAYS

The following table shows three
days Improvement in the opera
ton of surface cars. as checked
up at Police Headquarters:
Number Of cars running
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-19
Resolution Is Amended.

But before the resolution could be
carried General Organizer Fitzgerald
of the Amalgamated Association Of
Street Railway Employees and Hugh
Frayne. organizer for the American
Federation Of Labor. pleaded that in
asmueh as the Mayor had intervened
in the car strike. his plans should have
further time to mature. The resolu-
tion was amended by a section defer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-19
Danube Bridges Threatened.

In the opinion Of army experts IT IS
;nconcoiyable that the Rumanians
would allow the railroad bridges over
tho Danube at Cernavoda to fall into
the hands Of the invading troops, but
il is pointed out that if the victorious
advance of the Bulgars even compelled
the destruction of these spans a seri-
Gus blow would have been struck TO
Rumanian military plans
Mackensen apparently is trusting to
a swift forward thrust 70 put him IN
possession of the Cernavoda bridges
before they are damaged beyond re-
nair. This would give the German
Bulgar army an opening for an ad-
vance into the heart of Rumania which
the Danube offers at no other point,
flanked rs it is by marshes throughout
the southern part Of the DobrudJa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-19
Macedonian Town Re-
captured in Sweep
ing Drive.
BULGARS PUSH
ALONG DANUBE
Russians Mass in Do
brudja to Check
MaCkenSen.
rBy Gable 10 The Tribun, ]

London. Sept. lS-The Allied forces
in Western Macedonia arc sweeping
forward across the Serbian frontier
toward Monastir. After desperate
battle that continued without pause all
Yesterday and last night, the Franco
Russian army on the left wing carried
by assault the town of Florina and
drove on north OF that point.
The Serbs also continued their ad-
vance and in single charge captured
the strongly defended Bulgarian first
line. along ;he crest Of Kaimakcalan'
southeast of Monastir. Further to the
west Serbian infantry crossed the
Broda River and flung the enemy back
The road to Monastir Is now open
The further the Allied troops drive
north the weaker the Bulgar resistance
grows.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-19
,lachensen Pushes On.

Meanwhile. in the DobrudJa the bul'
car.Co-man forces continue TO pene-
trate deeper into Rumanian territory
The Russian and Rumanian armie'
have retreated to a line running from
the Danube at Rasova through Copa-
dinu to the Black Sea at Tuzla. here
they evidently intend to make stgd
20 protect Constanza and the railway
running west from that port TO Bu-
charest. Russian troops from the north
have already reinforced this line.
Mackensen's troops have come into
contact with the Russians at Rasoya
and Copadinu, pointing to an advance
of about twenty miles along the whole
front since Saturday, when the Teuton
forces we're reported at Lake Oltins
ard Mangalia.
Military observers here believe that
Nackensen's drive will be halted by the
Russo Rumanian troops within day
or two. The Importance Of holding
the Rasova-Tuzla line will spur the
Allied forces to desperate efforts. On
an effective resistance at these points
hangs the fate of Rumania's most ac-
cessible route for operations against
Bulgaria and of the chief supply depot
of the Russian army lii the DoorudJa.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-19
Sixty in Syndicate.

Sixty suave blackmailers we're IN
the syndicate, according to Bsrret and
Thompson. and twenty Of them were
women. In silks and jewels the
women stalked their prey, hnding VIC
tins among justices. lawyers. bank
ers, merchants and even clergymen'
So we'll developed was the system tina.
few prospects" nosed out by the
scouts escaped
The men were scarcely less impres,
sive than the women in appearance and
address. and frequently were able to
edge their way into supposedly eXclu-
sive circles by reason Of the acquaint-
ance they claimed, which was seldom
denied. To their share fell the sub
sidiary plants Of the system, including
gambling houses, poolrooms and opium
resorts. all lavishly furnished and ac-
cessible only 10 the initiated.
Bar Harbor. Newport. Narragansett
Pier, Lake Forest. Walnut Hills and
Palm Beach were included in the cXten-
sive hunting grounds of the pack.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-19

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