The Intelligencer, 1915-09-23

ENGLISH PAPERS REFRAIN FROM COMMENT ON DE DEVELOPMENTS - VELOPMENTS DEVELOPMENTS BRITISH BELIEVE BULGARIA NEUTRAL , . , .. .". Dispatch Denies Germans Asked Serbin to Remain Quiet While They Moved South. London, Sept. 22.-While Bul Bulgaria's - garia's Bulgaria's mobilization, the war move that may solve tho riddle of the Bal Balkans. - kans. Balkans. sCruck Ixmdon suddenly, after afternoon - noon afternoon papers remained silent editor editorially - ially editorially and England was none the wiser as to whether the development was considered a preliminary victory for Germany or merely another turn in the Balkan negotiations. London is inclined, to believe Bulgaria ls still neutral, still walting but armed. The Bulgarisn minister hero says general activity Jr reported on the Serbian frontier ana Nish denies that the Germans asked Serbia -to remain quiescent while the Germans moved southward. On tho eastern front the Germans claim ^ progrese save at the northern tip of the Polish* front where the Rus Russians - sians Russians are on the offensive near Fried Friedrienstat. - rienstat. Friedrienstat. Indications are that the German attempts to encircle the re retreating - treating retreating Russians south of Vilna waa unsuccessful. ' Violent bombardments continue in *he^ Flanrlprs. section we^terauJinnt* Italian artillery 1B active in- Dolo Dolomites. - mites. Dolomites. Tho Bulgarian premier as assured - sured assured his supporters yesterday that Rumania and Greece would remain neutral. Athens. Sept. 22.-On : receipt of news that Bulgaria has ordered a gen general - eral general mobilization < her troops. liing Constantine summonded to conference Premier Venizelos and the army gen general - eral general staff. The premier was subse subsequently - quently subsequently called to a 'ublnet meeting. QnVt activity arnonu Jie entente rep representative?. - resentative?. representative?. . British, Prend.?) and Russian ministe;b conferred. It ' is understood here that four divisions totalling 200,000 infantry and several cavalry regiments will bo first mobilized'. .Several cavalry regiments have already left 8ofla for unknown destination. The entente diplomats generally re recognize - cognize recognize that their cause ts lost and Bulgaria is manifesting clearly a ten tendency - dency tendency toward the Germanic powers. This ls duo to dissatisfaction of the government at Serbia's reply In nego negotiations - tiations negotiations for territorial concessions in Macedonia and the conduct of Greece 'in the same connection. - Government circles stated today that military measures are preventivo In nature and designod solely to guard against circumstances which might threaten Bulgaria's position in 'present situation, which is developing with extraordinary rapidity. These meas measures - ures measures consist, in turning over the rail railroads1 - roads1 railroads1 to the military and suspending ordinary traffic. Reports from many parts of Bul Bulgaria - garia Bulgaria tell ot enthusiastic demonstra demonstrations - tions demonstrations favoring the government. This ls considered symptomatic of public feeling. . German Opinion. Berlin. Sept.. tl.-German newspa newspapers - pers newspapers -interpret tfte news from tbe Serbian frontier as the beginning on a large scale of an offensive against Serbia. A final reckoning with the state is regarded hom as responsible for tho war. . Newspapers make guarded references to Ute strength ot the army gathing on the Danube. Te Ley Kew Hine Field. Amsterdam, Sept. 22.--Berlin des despatches - patches despatches announce thai a naw mino Held will be laid at the outlet rtian rtiannels - nels rtiannels between tho Banish island^of Zetand and Sweden which connects the Bertie with Cattegat and Ibo Berti ssa; AMERICAN PH i CONQUER Bl Naples. Sept. 32. -^Dr. Riobard Strong, head Of the American sani sanitary - tary sanitary commission In'Serbia, on his way home here, said that the Ameritan doctor?, wonidi leave Serbia October tenth feeling assure?! that another epidemic is unlikely to afKiei Ser Serbia. - bia. Serbia.

HAS ASKED SAFE CONDUCT AND WANTS TO LEAVE SEPTEMBER 28. VIENNA'S REPLY MAY BE DELAYED Official* May Not Agree That Of Offender - fender Offender Be Recalled By Gov Government - ernment Government "On Leave?" Washington, Popt. 22.-After a confcronco between President Wilson and Acting Secretary Polk lt became knovn tonight that tho United States will make no effort to secure aafe conduct from tho United: States for Dr. Dumba' until Vienna has replied to tho request that the ambassador be recalled. . . ,; The American attitude was Indi Indicated - cated Indicated when Dr. Dumba today tele telegraphed - graphed telegraphed the state, department that ho had been recalled on leave. He ask asked - ed asked safe conduct and said he planned ?to sall on September twenty-eighth. W?lle the delay In Vienna's. reply is believed due to the difficulty In communication between Washington and Vienna, lt ls not known whether Washington will be satisfied if Aus Austria - tria Austria grants Dumba's request that he bo withdrawn "on leave." The president ts still considering the case of Captain Von Papen and other German and Austrian officials involved in the Dumba InoMUmt. DUMBA i-ETTF/Bft APPEAR TO INVOLVE COX. E. M. HOUB?. New York. Sept. 29. -Colonel Ed Edward - ward Edward M. House. President Wilson's friend and unofficial Adviser, whoas nama appeared hi a letter that Dumba wrote to tr - Aua tro-Hungarian for foreign - eign foreign ministe, which was made public last night, s aid today that be had spoken to Dumba on several occas occasions, - ions, occasions, hut the only tims fae could re recall, - call, recall, when tho question of ammuni ammunition - tion ammunition came up waa some tune ago when he said he did not think the United States would stop tho expor exportation - tation exportation ot ammunition to any coun country. - try. country. He did not quote President Wil Wilson, - son, Wilson, but gave his personal opinion. Dumba in his letter referred to House as follows: The true ground for discouraging tho attitude of the president Hes, as his confident Mr. House already in informed - formed informed me In January, and baa now repeated in tact, that the authori'lss in a serious crisis would have to roly on neutral foreign countries, for all their war material. At no price, and In no case will Mr. Wilson allow this source to dry up. SPECIAL SESSION MAY BE CALLED President Map Call Senate to Meet Within Mouth to Coaattaf Matters of importance. Washington, Sept. 22.-The presi president - dent president is seriously considering the ad advisability - visability advisability of calling a special session of She senate within the next month. Today he ?iskod Senator Stone, chair chairman - man chairman of the foreign relations commit committee - tee committee for hiB opinion. The senator told the president that U ls believed a special session ehonld he celled to consider executive business and a re revision - vision revision of mles to curtail debt, lt ls rioted at the White House the presi president - dent president will reach a decision in a week or t?n days. Hockia Asks Pardon. Leavenworth. Sept. 22.-Herbert S. Hockln ol Detroit, former secre secretary - tary secretary ot the Iron Works.? Union, con convicted - victed convicted at Indianapolis in the dyna dynamite - mite dynamite conspiracy cases, appeared be before - fore before tho federal parole hoard here. 'He was the only one ot the ,13 con convicted - victed convicted who did not appeal. He re refused - fused refused to ask for- a parole declaring he wanted a pardon. Ill health oe Us Used - ed Used today':', appeal iSESROLL R PENSIONERS A total of three Wund red and ninety six thousand three hundred and seven seventy - ty seventy union v?t?rans remain on the roll which is thirty-4hree thousand.-two bnadred a?d fifty-flye lose than a year ago, The pension payment de decreased - creased decreased about fUtaan mn ilona.

TROLLEY DROPS IN HOLE CAOSED BY EXPLOSION DYNAMITE EXPLOSION WRECKED SUBWAY CAR IN NEW YORK BODIES OF SIX WERE RECOVERED Surface Car Carrying Eighty-Five Passengers Fell Fifteen Feet in Bebri?. Now York. Sept. 22.-dix bodies, two passengers and four laborers were removed tonight from fie wreck of tho section of tho Seventh avenue subway excavation which was de destroyed - stroyed destroyed today by a dynamite blast. The passengers wero on the trolley which plunged into tho excavation when tho explosion destroyed its temporary supports. Comparatively few passengers were dangerously in injured. - jured. injured. Four Investigations are under way. New York, Sept. 22.-Soven, as re reported - ported reported by tao police, have been killed, and over a score of others seriously Injured, when a dynamite explosion in an excavation of the new Seventh street subway caused a cave in on ongulfllng - gulfllng ongulfllng a surface car and numerous pedestrians. It occurred shortly be before - fore before eight o'clock. Over half of the Injured are women and girls on tho way to work. There were seventy seventyeight - eight seventyeight passengers on the car which fell fifteen feet. The entire block on Seventh avenue, between tho twenty twentyfourth - fourth twentyfourth and twenty-fifth street caved. The car waa partly burled although standing upright. Many naas engere were badi? crushed. - People In a nearby sky-scraper, said there was a great roar_bB tho street caved, water and ga's mains -were broken and prompt work of city employees in shotting them off, saved a hundred or moro persons. The police reserve was called, there were two fire alarms and ffltecn m mbulances - bulances mbulances were called. The police and firemen carried out t'..e dead and injured, while the contractors em employees - ployees employees frantically dug away the .debris. The first body' was found, however, later, after fifty injured bad been taken out, two died on the way to the hospital. SLAVS ESCAPE GERMAN RING Some of Russia's Finest Troops Were Risked in Eluding Teu Teutons-Main - tons-Main Teutons-Main Body of Russian Forces Safe. London. Sept. 22.-Specials from Petrograd agree that the Russians have withdrawn safely from tho Vilna aaltent, the strategic value of which was considered so great that the rus russian - sian russian staff left justified In risking some of its beststroops to defend it to tho lost possible moment. The withdrawing Russians are said to havo destroyed everything of military utili utility. - ty. utility. Although the main arm is probably safe it is hardly likely that the whole Russian force will escape without heavy-losses of men and gun?. Hin Hindenburg's - denburg's Hindenburg's cavalry, which was expect expected - ed expected to complete the encircling move movement - ment movement atlll ls held up between Smor Smorgon - gon Smorgon and Moolodochno, on tb? Vilna, Lida and Slomln flank. The German advance 1? proceeding steadily, but Prince leopold's progress is slower, while Mackensen ha? come'to a pause beyond Che Perl pet marshes. If the Russian retreat is to be stopped successfully, the swiftest H.nv Amen t must come from the south and the Germans must reap the full advantage of their efforts within a week. The Zamatvo conference at Moscow as predicted petitioned Rm per or Nich Nicholas - olas Nicholas to recall tHe durna and snrnmon a cabinet responsive to the people's Tho protracted duels along tho western front ?ht.ve been relieved by cerera! infantry attacks. ?feen Ffrktlng In West. Paris, Sept. 22_Artillery fighting on tho western front bes broken out in Belgium, according to a French oillclal report,. an<* ahm near Arras, between Somme ?..:'? Oise, between the Aisne and Argonne aa J in Lor Lorraine. - raine. Lorraine. Bight French aeroplanes bom bombarded - barded bombarded a railway station ? between Verdun and Meit.

HON ELBERTON NEGRO KILLED BY POSSE Had Wounded Sheriff Haley and Chief of Police and Barricaded Self tn House. Elberton, Sept. 22.-helson Stat Statham, - ham, Statham, a negro, was Bhot to death by a :>^sso after wounding Sheriff Haley and Police Chief Irvin in a fight to dislodge tho negro from a house w.V.ere be wns barrlrcaded. Ho was finally smoked out. Tho negro wounded ThohMK Robinson, a ruilroad conduc conducto - to conducto Wednesday. None of thc white m e fatally shot. DUTCH STEAMER SUNK BY MINE Was Kept Afloat and is Being - Towed Up Thames--Pas Thames--Passengers - sengers Thames--Passengers Transferred. London, Sept. 22.-The !?^iAh steamer Kenigen Emma, which struck a mine while en route to Amsterdam from Batavia, Jeva, kept afloat and ls being towed up the Thames river. Her two hundred and fifty pasaengws were transferred to the Dutch steam steamer - er steamer BaLavier Fourt'i, whick is pro proceeding - ceeding proceeding to Tilbury. It ts reported I bene that the Danish steamer Thor ThorI - I ThorI valedon has been sunk and her crew saved. ?iv;-.; f?roNeitvEssEL f?roNeitvEssELAIDS - AIDS f?roNeitvEssELAIDS ARMENIANS iFire Thousand Rescued After ] Holding Turks at Bay Since Jury. Paris, Sept. 22.-Rescue by French warships of a large- band of Armen Armenians - ians Armenians from pursuing Turks ls recount recounted - ed recounted in a statement issued last night by the marine ministry, which says B? B?0C0 - 0C0 B?0C0 Armenians Including 3,000 wo women, - men, women, children asd old men, took re refuge - fuge refuge in the Djehel Mouses mountains at the end of July, and- kept ?he Turks off until the beginning of Sep September - tember September when ammunition and provi provisions - sions provisions gave outi They succeeded in getting word to a French crulaer. Immediately the French cruiser ot the blockading squadron off the Syrian coast went to their aid, and took them to Port Said. SAYS IB WILL CAUSE GENERAL DEPRESSION Former Senator Burton Predicts j Higher Interest and Loss Capi Capital - tal Capital as Result of Conflict. . .Denver, --- Denver, .Denver, Sept. 22.-Higher rsto of Interest, doorcase in capital avail available - able available for Investment, decline in ral^ ! road building and temporary shrink- j age in the volume of commercial and industrial activities will be results of j the. war in the opinion of Theodore E. Burton, former United States sen senator - ator senator from Ohio. Burton ?poke St i a banquet of Hie Investment Bankers association. Ford rosiers With Da? lets. Washington, Sept. 22.-Henry Ford, of Detroit, discussed peace with the president, means of PA: feeling gasoline motors for submarines and aeroplanes with Secretary Daniels. Daniels premised to finnish Ford with a ? t story of the difficulty .fhe navy has with ga soi toe motors. Ford promised to try to correct defects, rSiCIANS EADLY TYPHUS The entire Serbian anny, (RC said, h .id mxi? inoculated against cholera and typhus and the people informed as to tba best way* to prevent con contagion. - tagion. contagion. Tho epidemic was virtually, sup supprescad - prescad supprescad in August and the spread of typhus in Montenegro . prevented.

Villijalrour Stefsnsson. Altor eighteen months, during whkfr time he had hean given up as lost lu the "wilds of th? Arotic, Vilh*nVmur Stofanssott, who went i'^ir the Cana Canadian - dian Canadian govornment to gel more infor information - mation information about the white race he found in tte ice, has sent word iie is safe. Stefansson set out n.^ro than two years ago to make further research among tho blond Eskimos whose ex existence - istence existence he discovered on a previous Arctic trip. His message, via Nome. Alaska, was tho first direct tidings since April 17,1914, when Stefan sson'a supporting party turned back from Camp Separation, tho explorer atv* his two companions tanking for Banks Land. WITHWILSON ormer Secretary ol State sad Pr?sident Met For First Tor*. Since Bryan Quit Cabinet CabinetSubject - Subject CabinetSubject Discussed Not Revealed Washington. Sept. 22.-President Wilson and William Jennings Bryan met et the White House today for the first time since Bryan resigned. Bryan, who sought the interview "to pay his respects," declined to reveal what the president said. As Bryan in contemplating s trip to Europe in peace interests and has already expressed opposition to large expenditures for national defense, official Washington assumed that these subjects were dlscnssed. It ts understood tho president is not dis disposed - posed disposed to approve Ute trip to Europe. Brysn left today to continue his peace lectures. Treaty Ratified. Buenos Aires, Sept. 22.- The sen senate - ate senate approved bio arbitration treaty signed or. May 28 by Argentine. Chllo.i.iW" Bravll. lt also ratified the protocol ?ntered into by Chile and Argentine, regulating the Beagle channel. * Postmasters Meet. Cincinnati, Sept. 22.-About ono thousand postmasters were presont at the opening of the annual conven* tlon ? of the National association ot Postmasters of the third and fourth class. It-will continue three days. DE^H^ECRE/ OF CIVIL WA Washington, Sept. 22.-Death de decreased - creased decreased cae government's dell war pensions roll nearly tea per cent dur during - ing during last year, according to tho anneal report of th'o commissioner of pen pensions. - sions. pensions. DMMNH I BHB HQ

y on Mexican Border. \mor.\ r across "from" Brownsville, nunn Fra m International Bridge. j graph was taken on thc International B 1dge. It shows American soldiers finding t'.re rango for the cannon near nearby. - by. nearby. Now everything 's in place and an attack from Matan, JTOB may mean serious trouble. RCHYWILL OGNITION OF BY CONFEREES retreated before an attack by Yaqui Indians, is reported pre'parlag to make a stand a^ Molina, twenty-five i miles west of Cananea. Tilla Troops Moving. Washington. Sept. 22.- State de department - partment department sdrtlccs confirm reports that j Villa ls moving all bis available; forces In northern Mexico into Sono Sonora, - ra, Sonora, with the evident. purpose of at attacking - tacking attacking Carranza troops under Calles. Reports says over a dosen V"!a troop trams have roached J us. ox, and proceeded toward' Sonora. DtWYSHhLl.tNGWARCAW tm RUSSIANS LEFT j Officiel Denial Made That Resi Residence - dence Residence Portion of City Was Shelled By Germans, Berlin. Sept. 22.- The Gernun? [deny officially they shelled Warsaw lefter its evac?e J lon by the Russians. Sys an Gvoraeas Agency report. It serta that the German.-, never shell shelled - ed shelled residential Warsaw and the for fortresses - tresses fortresses were not bombard eui ofter the russians left, but the Bullens shell shelled - ed shelled 'Warsaw from the other side of the j Vistula and systematically destroyed j lits factories. ItKPHHT'hT BFL.141UA HAS AGBKEft TO KKMAIN NEUTRAL London. St,^t" 2*.-M. Radeal RadealI - I RadealI avoir. Bulgarian premier, announce d j to supporters tba signing of a con- j j ventlon with Turkey for future main maintcttance - tcttance maintcttance ot armed neutrality, says the j Times' Sofls correspondent. French Bombard ?fattaart. Paris, Sept. 22.-French aviators I bombarded Stuttgart, tfta capital of ? Use kingdom of Wurt em burg, accord according - ing according tn tonight's official. report. Their drop ?.eil a hundred ho'abs on the royal place and raliway station. ?MBsa5hl**&* . '^ilinWHBIliwni'HII^IMII if IM?

I -^rpTWrx^amatmTintftted to MaiM Loweri-Finding range for car Cannon have been placed tn position j near Brownsville for tho expected at attack - tack attack of Mexicans on the city. T-'iose shown in this photograph are trained' on (M&tamoras waiting for tho first j sign of trouble. The lower photo- ; BELIEVES ANA FOLLOW REC CARRANZA Washington. Sept. 22.-Urging that a convention bc held and a pro provisional - visional provisional government pet up in Mexi Mexico - co Mexico despite Carranza'a refusal to par participaste. - ticipaste. participaste. Roque Gonzales Garza, once president of tho Mexican con conventional - ventional conventional governtpent issued a state statement - ment statement tonight predicting that anarchy would follow recognition of Carranza In a military ?en i. Ho said neither neitherVilla - Villa neitherVilla or Cofranxa control the situa situation - tion situation and the peace convention plan means'1'protracted warfare with both factions exhausting ono another. Nogales, Ariz., Sept. 22.-Gen. Cal-. Iles, Carranza commander, whoso army iNGLO FRENCH LOAN il YE! ARRANGED Bankers Intimate There Might Be Elevcnlh Hoar Changes in Plans. New York. Sept.. 22.-The antic!- I pated announcement of the success of Anglo-French loan commission's work here was not forthcoming to- I day.' The commissioners were in sos- I sion until lato tonight but the mat matters - ters matters discussed were not disclosed: I Several American bankers ventur ventured - ed ventured the opinion that ihero might be an eleventh hour chango in plans. Germ ans Deny Action. Amsterdam, Sept. 22.-A semi-offi semi-offisftaSetpont - sftaSetpont semi-offisftaSetpont issued from Berlin says after inquiry tho German ad ad?Hy - ?Hy ad?Hy contradicts the statement of| C e British admiralty and it caa b ited thal no German submarine responsible for the attack on tb Hesperian. Another Sot* on Wai. P. Fri*. \ j Washington. Sept. 22. -Another note from Germany on the sinking of tho American ship Willam V?y? by Iho commerce raider l'rin;: !? .vi d?partaient president. the i