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R. R.HeadsBalkat Wilson's8-HourDauALLffiS EXTENDSOMME LINESIN JOINT DRIVE

French Win Maurepas,British Move on

Combles.

FLEURY FALLSTO PETAIN

Redoubts on the MeuseAlso Seized by

Poilus.

¦a* Cflflfla ta Tne Hftaaa.1London, I Tba German

..-blow north of the Somme has

been broken and the Allies have ts-

- .t,ady push. The French

tock by storm to-day a larpe portionof Maurepas village and drove for¬

ward thtir line to the south, while

the British advanced nearer Martin¬

puich and Con.Mes.Vft'.e lYtain struck heavily

rnr,-,. won part of the vil¬

lage of Fleury and then, wideningcarried two fortified re-

reS*, of the Thiaun-om.*. the right bank of the Meuse.

.. further east, the Ger-.vere also foreed baek.

Tho Gernu.ni are now nting their

troops iparingly and putting more

aaa in their field puns, whicn

have bflflfl i.-ftir.bU-'l in great num-

t thfl P-cardy front. This auf-aasts either that the Kaiser's com-

mandtrs are now confronted with a

n,cn or that they havei on a change of tactics. Ap-iv the C.ermans have decided

at the Allie** their turn in the

[ng-ont process which proved M

troui to the Teutons at Verdun.Allies Resurne Offensive.

In the counter-attacks last nightfollowed the Allied gains

the British were subject-ed to heavy infantry charges as weil

a- artillerv tire. But these assaultssoon ceased and the Allies passedonce more to the offensive.Operat.or.9 on a bigger scale will

-oon fo'.low the smaller actions to-day.The Crrmans may contend that the Al¬

lied drive has lost Itfl momentum and-ch warfare surprises are

But the fact remainsKfllflflr'fl generals are com-

pelied to hold IflTffl forflflfl in reserve

-rn front to mft the con-

.»f a gxeatex Allifld attack.The battle continues along the whole

from PflfldflTflfl to the Somme,foreea attacking anxj-

;.v.- passedFoch and Haig, in a joint as-

carried positions along a three-1mile front. It is highly significant thatthe advut.cp has i Bfld after so

terval, indicating the short-i the thor-'

th which the Allies havecarried opflratiom preliminary;to the assault.

( nihllfl Kxposed on N'orth.Combles is serioualy threatened by

rd advances to-day. Thetrong enemy positions

on the Pozierca line, bringing it close,rl npuieh, and pushed toward

GincV.. lemont, lying at theiah lme The fall ofp. a the way to flank

m the north.1 -, h pn»h( d for¬

ward Maurepas-Clery road.-. fllmoflt directly south

aalientin thal Bfl* which the ('< rman

.11 be assailed very effect-moreover,

li.ft.t north of Pfl-Bi ing ii strong hold

lf, Korh's troops car-

Hill, to the southeast.Iremh Win Fleury.

flttlfl the French havehand' onea more. With

of a sniiill part, the whole., which has been lost

¦von many times, is now in theirll won in a lierce as-

aault.rk to-day, thethroat hoth cast-

*ard and westward and gained in bothThi

.ii'i tr,.- \ir.r.in tronts. inte/u on

.: laat night and to-di.yon thi lina, th»v w«Hfl VflTfJ .:.

Day's Official Reportson Somme Offensive

I."nd<m. Aatg. ls..To-night's offi¬cial e,

place this afternoonwhole front from

Afl :i ie.-iilt. we**g*gturi Bg eiieiny pOfli-

toward Gindbyan.l Qnillfli ¦ moifl than 200)pri-onera during

'Jr right tha Fre'm-h fllflfl madeprogreaa.Yesterday a German aeroplane waa

brought down flfl»m« in our trenchea'Jltr an air combat, and a second ma-ciune by our anti-aircraft gune. Enemy*" aaaaBalaaaaal em. umaa i. -tal waia 2*

AUSTRIAN LOSSES IN TWOMONTHS PUT AT 830,000

1!« OflMfl to Tha Trthuna I

London, Aug. 18..Ac¬cording to ihe elaboratc cal-culations of Colonel GaSlon-sky, the Russian militrrycritic. thc Austrian losses inJune and July reached theenormous total of 830,000men. Of this number hefigures 400.000 were casual¬ties.By the end of this month,

Colonel Gablonsky estimates,the Austrian losses againstthe Russians and Italians willaggregate a million men.

TEUTONS TO RECOGNIZEAUTONOMY OF POLAND

Agreement Already Reached,Dispatches Report.

London, Aug. 19..According to t-pe-c.ial dispatches to Dutch new.papers,says the Exchange Telegraph's Amster-dam correspondent, Germany and Aus¬tria havo reached an agreement pro-ri___f for thc recognition of autonomyof Poland.The dispatches add that an announce¬

ment to thia effect has been made inWarraw.

HE SANK 100 SHIPS,WORTH $150,000,000

German Submarine CommanderHonored by Kafser.

Amsterdam, Aug. 18. In recogni¬tion of his slnldng one hundred ves¬

sels of the Entente Allies, WalterFor-tmnnn, commander of a Germansubmarine, has been given the orderof pour le m-rite by the German Em¬peror, says a Berlin dispatch receivedhere.The ships sunk by him. including war

vessels. aggregated 260,000 tons, andtheir total value ia estimated at 80,-000,000 pounda sterling ($160,000,000),the dispatch adds. I- »

SOMETHING AILS ONEOF VIOLETS LEGS

Poor Creature Must Now HobbleAbout on Five Only.

"Something ails Violet," said a tele-

phone message yesterday to Dr. Mat-

thew Pierce, a veterinarian. of Pater¬

son, N. J- "Fort-inetely, it's only one

of her legs, but I'm afraid it may

spread."Dr. Pierce knew Alfred Meyer, the

speaker, who has a stock farm at Tea-,.eck ti, J. Hc also knew Violflt. and

realiaed how aerioua an epidemicamong her legs might bc \ Mgtaa¦ix-leffl-ed -ow,t_c pnde of __r._Io.erb

*?>r Pierce four.d the poor creature

hobb'ling about on five legs, and

dia_j.nox.ed her troubl« as rheumatism.He gave ner a pill, an 1 deelared there

seemed to be no need of an amputat.on.Tr. Mever got Violet at an BOCtion

in Lancaster, Penn. Her extrri legsIre in front. She ia five years old ,..d

is of Virginia stock._BURGLAR RIDS PRETENDTHEY'RE CAPTAIN KIDDS

Three Newark Boys Bury TheirLoot in Ball Park.

Taking a lcaf from Captain Kidd's

book. Joseph Palmick, fourteen years

old- Joseph Winenaky, sixteen, and

Willion Cyman.ky. twenty-one. three

of the most active of Newa-k's youngerburplara. buried their spoils, togetherwith the revolvera and other imple-ments by which they were obtained, be¬

neath the grardstand of the IronaideBaseball ClubYert.rdHV the three were arrested,

and. after onfes.ing. led the way to

their treaBUffl trove. Two lilCttl fil edwith flilverwate, a camera, three loadedrevolvirs and mueh ammunition were

uneartbed.On. burg.arv lo which the lads con-

fesaed was committed in the hime of

Benjamin Liaanflr, 16 Hillaide Avenue.There thev took notes and bonus val-

ued at $18,000.

PRESIDENTVETOES NEWARMY BILL

Objects to ExemptionFrom Discipline ofRetired Officers.

ATTACK ON WOODWAS THREATENED

Measure Now in House to

Suit Mr. Wilson'sViews.

Fr-ra The TrtMm. Bun-flU ]

Washington, Aug. 18.-PresidentWilson shocked Congress to-day by.'toing the army appropriation bill, on

which Senators and Representativeshave been struggling since early spring.The President's objections were not

to the bill as a whole. but to a com-

paratively minor provision exempting

retired army offleer. from discpl.newhile on the retired list for their ut-

terances or acts. In hia mcssage re¬

turning the measure to Congress the

President deelared that he regardedthis provision not only as si.bvers.ve

of authority, but unconstitutional, be-

cause it limited the Executive'a controlover the army and navy, supremelyvested in him by the Constitution.Chairman Hay of the Military Com-

mittee immediately reintroduced the

measure, but without the section ob-

jected to by the President. He ob¬

tained unanimous consent to bring the

bill before the House on Tuesday.Revialon Left Out.

As presented by Chairman Hay. the

army bill no longer carries the revisionof the Articles of War which Presi¬

dent Wilson and army men have urgedaa necessary. It was to one of these

amendments that the President took

exception.Chairman Chamberlain of the Senate

Military Committee announced that

thc Senate would reinsert the revision

approved by the Preaident and the War

Department but strieken out in the

House. and that the situation had re-

BOlVfld itself into a contest between the

Senate and House on one hand and Mr.

Hay on the other.The tangle threatens to delay the

adjournrr.nt of Congress, and, inci¬dentally, completion of the prepared¬ness programme, as well as to hold upappropriations for the army increasesand all the extra expenses invoived inthfl Mexican service.

To Protect an Officer.

Admir.istnition officials were partic¬ularly surprised at the President's ac-'

tion, bec.iuse on previous occasions hehar deelared that he was unable to

reta bill* merely because they con-;tained sections or riders that he dia-

approved. Rather than hold up meas¬

ures he has thus permitted many itemsto which he objected to go through.(hairman Hay incorporated the pro¬

vision exempting retired tfflcers from

discipline by the department to pro¬tect a certain officer, it is understood,who has prepared propaganda directedaguinst the present army stafT. A

book awaiting publication is also un¬

derstood to make Central LeonardWood, commander of the Departmentof the Kast, a special target.The Presid.-nt's veto, one of the few

h has cxereiscd, marks another stage

in the long fight between the army and

Chairmr.n Hay. The army charges Haywith the d.'feat of the continentalarmy and univ ers.il training plans, and

the substitution of National Guard rc-

orgai-ization, which it opposed. Armyofficers also say certain features of thebill Wfltfl injicted in conference and

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Convicts Wait Beneath Starsto Seize Escaping Companion

Sing Sing Welfare League Guards Courtyard to CapturePrisoner Hiding Within-Leader Sees Sky at Night

for First Time in Sixteen Years.

For the tirst time in sixteen yearaMartin Sweeney sleeps this week where

he can see the stars. Which is one |way of saying that a new method is

being used at Sing Sing to find a con-

vict who has been hiding in the prisonsince Wednesday, awaiting his chanceto escape.Warden Osborne has detailed Swee¬

ney and thirty other Mutual WelfareLeague members to sleep in thc prisonyard, in thc hope thal Frank Grabow-ski, the "hide-out," may be caughtwhen he comes out for water. Sweeney,'who is aerving a twenty-year sentence,haa alwaja occ__>ie a cell from wbich |

the sky is not visible. Among Sweeney'asubordinatcs are aeveral men aervinglife aentences.The privileged ones have organized

watcl.es. wme keeping on the lookoutfor Grabowski while others enjoy the

novelty flf slumber in the open air.

The missing man, who was janitor in

the prison print shop, vanishcd

Wednesday noon. Warden Osborne is

poaitive he is hiding within the wa!ls.Prison officials have discovered that,Grabowski prepare i for a long atay in

hiding. He drew his aavinga from thejprison bank and invested them in foodwhicJi aa couid cai***Y wivb ku»*

DEUTSCHLAND SAFEIN BREMEN, IS REPORT

Skipper Says He Saw U-BoatUnder Sail August 10.

Geneva, Aug. 18. A private telegramreceived to-day from Berlin by the"Neue Zuricher Zeitung" saya the Ger¬man aubmarine Deutschland arrivedsafely yesterday at Hremen from the

United States.

Newport Newa, Va., Aug. 18. Thecaptain of a Norwegian steamer whicharrived in Hampton Roads for bunkercoal atated to-day he passed the sub¬marine Deutschland August 10, theneight days out of the Virginia Capes.The Deutschland was under full sail.Thc captain said he took her for a sail-ing ship in distress. The vessel saidshe was the Deutschland.The Deutschland had collapsible

masts fore and nft when she lay at herwharf in Baltimore.

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Baltimore, Aug. 18.-Several negro.tevedores who helped to load the Ger¬man merchant submarine Deutschlandat this port say they have been ap¬proached by agenta of the Eastern For-warding Company and asked to go toBoston to do similar work there. Thisis the first hint that the next Germanmerchant submarine, said to be theBremen, is goinjc to Boston.

Quif__i_aco,FUNSTON PLEA

General Drops Bombon Administration's

Border Plans.

(Fnm Tha Trlbun* Bureau 1Washington, Aug. 18. General Fun¬

ston haa dropped a bombshcll in the

carefully laid plana of the Administra¬tion for a joint commission to solveborder problems. In a telegram re¬

ceived at the War Department, andwhich the Administration is makingevery effort to keep secret. GeneralFunaton reeon mends the immediatewithdrawal of the Perahing expcdi-tionary fo.ce from Mexi-an territory.

In a long report the American com¬

mander bases hia recommendation on

the following reasons:

The purpose of the expeditionaryforce has been largcly accomplished.The main Villa bands have been broken

up and diFpersed, nnd those still at

lar_je General Pershing is no longerable to pursue. I'nder War Depwt-ment order." is.ucd after the Carrit'l.affair, it is und-rstood. to prevent ai.

further clashes.he cennot move from

his line of communication except in

case of attack.Not Needed to Prevent Raida.

For more than three months the

troops have been held in Mexico with¬

out aetion of any kind. With themilitia on the border the expeditionis no longer necessary to prevent ban-

dit raids into American territory.Therefore he considers their with¬

drawal advisable.The health of the troops also weighed

in General Funston's decision. He is

understood to be considerably worried

over the approaeh of the hot season

in Mexico and the hardships to which

the men will be subjected. With the

physical str-in they have undergone ifltkfl campaign, coupled with the bad

climatic conditions, the outbreak of an

epidemic is fearcd. Already the rate

of sickness, it is understood, is con¬

siderably higher than among the troopson thc border.War Department officials were dum-

founded when the Funston telegramwas received. It is understood copiesquickly were transmitted to the White

House and State Department, where

the commission negotiations with Car¬ranza are in progress. Orders were

immediately issued to keep the mes-

s«_c from becommg public. and Gen¬eral Funston was advised, it is under¬stood, not to wire any further recom¬

mendations of a similar character.Might Hamper Negotiations.

Should Carranza discover that Gen¬eral Funston was in accord with himon the withdrawal of the Americantroops, Administration officials realized,the basis for the joint commission'swork would be largely swept away. Onhis in; ister.ee, that issue was to be thetirst taken up by thc commissioners.

Carr_nza's final consent to thebroadening of the powers of the com-

misfion, it is pointed out, was condi-tional on the taking up of the troopquestion first. With the Americancommander himself recommendingwithdrawal, it is feared Mexico miphtdisregard the commission plan alto-gether. .

The Administration has been quick torealize the advantage to be gained byusing the expeditionary force as a leveron Carranza. On the First Chiefsextreme desire to rid his country of theAmerican troops the State Departmenthas been enabled to exact effective as-

surances for cooperation in the borderpatrol. With that weapon. even aftertha military' necessity for the crossinghad ceased to exist, President Wilsonhoped the commission would work out

coiiperative measures leading to theestiiblishment of stable government inthe southern republic.A withdrawal of the troops, officials

realize. besidea its disastrous effect on

the campaign. would defeat the Presi¬dent's purpose of obtaining permanentorder.

Funston Refuses to TalkAbout Withdrawal Request

San Antonio, Aug. 18. GeneralFunston to-night declined to discuss a

report that he had recommended thewithdrawal of the American troopa in

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CAR MEN ASKAID OF STRAUSAND MITCHEL

Unions and DirectorsRefer Difference toOld Arbitrators.

HITCH OVEROLD EMPLOYES

Road Officials Insist Con¬victed Rioters Shall

Not Return.

Unable to reaeh any agreement aa

to tlie fourteen men to whom re-

rmpleymcnt was refused at the terml-nation of the recent strike because

they hnd been convicted of misdemean-ors. the directors of the New YorkRailways Company and the representa-tivea of the car men's union decidedyesterday to appeal to Mayor Mitcheland Oscar S. Straus, who arranged the

recent strike agreementThe company wishes the Mayor and

Mr Straus to decide whether or not

the reinstatemer.t of these men is

properly a subject for arbitration. The

appenl of the union is that the men be

reinstcted at once under that clauseof the settlement providing that all

employes shall be returned to their

old posts "without prejudice."Pending a decision, there will be no

break in the relations existing betweenthe men and the company, and in con-

formtty with the latest agreement a

committee will meet this morning withFrank Hedley, r-eneral manager of thflcompany, to diseuss the demands for

highir wtges and improved workingconditions recently presented.

Why Appeal Ia Made.

The decision of the company to eallMr. Straus and Mayor Mitchel was

reached after a long discussion be¬tween the rcpresentatives of the men

nnd ¦ majority of the directors, thisin turn being followed by a long exec¬

utive session of the board. The de¬cision of the men to appeal Is in linewith the strike vote of Wednesdaynight, in which the officers of theunion were instructed to confer withthose officials before putting into effect

the order to discontinue work.

At yesterday's meeting of the repre¬sentatives of the union and the direc¬tors the discussion hlnged on whetherjection five of the peace agreementshould be read alone, or in conjunctionwith section four, and whether con-

victioti of n misdemeanor in the recent

troubles affecta an employe's etficlency.The contention of the men is that

the rcmployment clause mean* no

more nor less than it actually says.Called to meet at 2 o'eloek. William

B. Fitzgerald, organizer of the Amal-.naaatfld Aflflflciatien of Street Rail¬way Kmplov.'s. in charge of NflW York;Httgh Frayne, renre-enting the Ameri¬can Federation of Labor, and LouisFridiger. counsel, went to the com¬

pany's ottic 1 flritll a committee of em¬

ployes, headed by William Conway. AF«W minutes later they were escort-Jto the oftUe of James L Quacken-bflJflhi general attorney for the com¬

panv.Directors Alao There.

Meantime a quorum of directors hadgathered in the board room. The mem-

bt-rs present were John Candler Cobb,of Boflton; Charles P. Howland. GoorgflB. Lflighton, W. Leon Pepperman, Will¬iam H. Remick and Mr. Shonts. AugustBfllmont, Fdward J. BflTwind and Rich¬ard M. Swartouk, absent from the city,arranged to keep Ifl touch with theboard by telephone. Mr. Quackenhushpresented M.-srs. Fitzgerald, Frayneand Fridii*er to the directors and toFrank Hedley and Secretary Fisher.

Mr. Fridiger began by explainingthat the union sou;:ht to avoid trou-

bl.ng them, but had been compelled todo so by the declaration of Mr. Hedleythat he lacked authority in the matterof the men refused reinstatement.

Mr. Shonts flflked that everything thecommittee had in mind for the di-rectors to pi s upon be submitted be¬fore the bflflrd went into executiveaaaaifln. hu*. this the union .<pokesmen

.[ bc not done.Mr. Fridiger then proceeded to pre-

taat the union side of the question,labfltantiall* as on Thursdav. Fitz-gtrald follow ed with a declaration thatthe strike would r.ot have been endedwhen it wa.-. if the men had any ideaihe company w .uld set up the rightto refuse employment to any of the¦tfl who had struck.

Charles P. Howland, a new memberof the boird and the representativeon it of the bondholders of the com¬

panv, asked if any men had been re¬

fused reinstatement because they hadbeen arrested, tut not convicted. M r.

Fr.diger cited two cases of mer whohad not even been arrested. Mr. How¬land asked if thoae cases should notbe considered -eparately Mr Fr.digeragreed that the directors might con-

gider the cases us they saw ttOfficers Hard to Find.

Proceeding, M r. Fridiger told offruitle-ft flffartfl to get into touch withminor official* of the company beforeprcsentino- a demand that thoy beheard by Mr. Shontfl, when Mr. How-land. who did moet of the talking forthe cirectors, intermpted.

"All that conversation," aaid he, "ia

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NEITHER SIDE SUREOF THE NEXT MOVE

Daniel Willard. head of theBaltimore & Ohio Railroad,said at Washington last night:

This is the biggest in¬dustrial problem that anybody of men were ever

called upon to solve. Wedon't know now what we

shall do. We expect to see

President Wilson again to-morrow.

Austin B. Garretson, theunion spokesman, said:

We are just sitting onthe lid. We are going tohold another meeting ofour committee to-morrowmorning, but the nextmove must come from thePresident or the railroadmanagers.

STOMWRECKSTEXAS CAMPS

New York Guard LosesTents and Many Are

Shelterless.

San Antonio, Tex., Aug. 18.-Terrificrains driven in from the Gulf on a

West Indian hurricane have battereddown lents of the United States troopsat Brownsville and have caught theNew York militia, stationed at Mc¬Allen, Pharr and Mission.Fort Sam Houston, at 11 p. m., re¬

ported the following message from a

field wireless station erected at Mc¬

Allen, Tex., via the big radio at

Brownsville:"Half of New York National Guards-

men's tents down, and nearly thatmany at Llano, Grande, Mercedes andMission. Thirty thousand soldierssleeping in public buildings. Four andone-half inches of rain fell here. Thereis a lull now, but new storm is reportedcoming from the east."Wire communication with all the

border camps has been delayed by thewind and downpour, and only the most

rr.eaf.re accounts have dribbled in bywireless of the havoc worked atBrownsville. lt is known that thetroopa have sought refuge in thc CityHali and other public buildings andthat the storm is continuing with fullfury.For several days the hurricane hns

been brewing over the Gulf. ShortlyBftflT* reville this morning it drove in

upon the troops, who. by onlers of Gen¬eral Funston, had already moved theirwounded from tents to more secure

quarters.Storm I-ess Violent.

General Funston at 9 o'clock to-

night received a wireless message fromGeneral James Parker. at Brownsville,in which he said that tho storm at

that hour seemed to be abating andthat he thought perhaps the worst waa

over. The wind was then reported at

fifty miles an hour.General Parker later wirelessed that

he had ordered temporary abandonmentof all military encampments. Th<-wooden buildings of the Iowa campwere blown down, thc Illinois campwas under water. the horses of theIllinoifl guard sufTered greatly from et-

posure, mueh equipment had been lostand all roads were impassable.

Advices from Dallas say that wordwas received there from CorpusChristi, however, the gale had earriedalmost everything movable before it.In its wake it had left demolished sum¬

mer cottages along the beach fronthere, thousands of dollars' damage to

buildings in the business section and a

heavy sea running in Corpus Christi

Waves whipped over the beach in thenorthern section of the city, beachmgsmall craft r.nd carrying up on th*shore de'iri? from a score of docks andsmall bathing pavilions. Lloyd's Pier,one of tr..- iargest pleasure resorts on

that section of the coast, which juts outover the water 1,000 feet. had been al¬most comple'ely demolished at IIo'clock to-night.

One Structure ______

The only portion that remained wa*

a two story structure adjoining theshore. ...

So far as eould be learned there hasbeen no loss of life. Ample warningof the storm, it was said, had beengiven all residents.No further word had been receiv.d

ofthe fate of the crew of the steamerPilot Boy, which was sunk in the Gulfof Mexico to-day in the storm. ltwas reported, however, that three men

of the crew of twelve had been washedashore at Port Arkansas, twenty milesfrom here. '

PLAN ACCEPTED BYUNIONS;31PRESMNTS HOLD BACKWill Consfder Proposal, They Tell

Executive at White HouseConference.

TO CONSULT MANAGERS,BUT INSIST ON ARBITRATION

Brotherhoods Vote Three to One to Ap-prove Settlement Plan.Publicity

if Mediation Fails.

[From a Staff Correspondent of The Tribune ]Washington, Aug. 18..The plan of settlement submitted

by President Wilson this afternoon to thirty-one executives ofthe largest railroad systems in the country amounts practicallyto an ultimatum. The four railway brotherhoods delayed theiracceptance of the President's proposal just long enough tomake it that.

The railroad presidents now have these courses open tothem:

They may stand by their managers" conference com¬

mittee, refuse to accept the proposed settlement and gobefore the people on their insistence on arbitration.

They may resist the President as long as they dare inan effort to shift to the President the responsibility forwhatever may befall the roads as a result of their ultimateacceptance of his plan.The conference of the railroad heads with President Wil¬

son was the shortest of any of the conferences since the Presi¬dent opened negotiations with both sides last Monday. Mr.Wilson simply presented the proposition which the union* were

then accepting.The railroad presidents did not accept or refuse it. They

merely stated that they stood by their managers' verdief that an

eight-hour day was impracticable, but would give the planearnest consideration and consult with the committee.

REVIVES WOMAN, THENSHOOTS HER AND SELF

Widow Had Swooned as JiltedLover Confronted Her.

Mrs. Catherine Gallagher, whos-

husband, Charles Gallagher. a letter

carrier, thirty-nine years old, died a

week ago, ventured to leave her moth-

er'a house at M Hart Street, Brook¬

lyn, last night for the first time since

the funeral. She had gought refugewith her mother. Mra. Mary Long-street, because of the attentions of

Charles Huddy, twenty-one years old,of 181 Palmetto Street, who had been

infatuated w.th her a long time. Mrs.

Gallagher, *vh0 is thirty-nine, had her

seven-year-old daughter Loretta with

her.While still in sight of her mother's

house Mra. Gallagher caught sight of

Huddy. Mindful of threats he had

made, she nought to avoid him. Heovertook her and at the preasure of

his hand on her arm she fainted."Get some water, Loretta," Huddv

-ommanded.With the water he rcvived the woman

and whispered a question into her'ear."Never!" she cried in answer.Grasping Lor«*tta's hand, the mother

started to run toward her mother'shouse. Huddy drew a revolver andtired. Two bullets struck the woman

m the baek and lodged near her heart.He sent two more through hia own

chest.At Bushwick Hospital it was said

both were probably mortally wounded.

FOREIGNERS BARREDFROM IRELAND

New Order Hits British SubjectsAbrcad Since March.

I.ondon, Aug. 18. By a new Orderin Council the government is empow-(ered under th* defence of the realmact to "prohibit from entering Irelandany person r.ot a British subject, or

who, beirg a British subject, haa since

the 1st of March, 1916, come, or mayhereafter come, to the Cnited Kingdomfrom part- beyond the Heaa."Any such persons embarking for or

found in Ireland flrill be regarded as

guilty of a Merious offence, says theorder.

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It comes to you without extra thought if you re-

member to tell your newsdealer that you want the wholebig paper for five cents.

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9 When the meeting of the execu-tives and managers* committee endedto-night, one of the railroad presi-dents summvd up the status of thecase for the railroads as follov-3;"There is no change in the deter-

mination of the railroads to insistupon the maintenance of the prin-ciple of arbitration, which they helieve to be at stake. They believethat they should not be swerved fromthis course hy any coercion from astrike threat or from other influ-ences."

H-esident Wilson gave them to un-

derstand, however, that ho is deter¬mined to prevent a national railwaystrike at any cost. He is resohedto reaeh some agreement acceptablalo both. If both refuse to come toterms, he said, he will submit tlieentire situation to the public. If onoside accepts, as the case stands now,he will tell the public the facts andlet the people say where the blamelies.

Preaident'a l Itimatum.

The ultimatum that President Wil-so. is understood to have deliveredto the railway heads came about inthis way: Hale Holden, presidentof the Chicago, Rurlington & Quincy,spokesman for the executives, toldMr. Wilson that the railway headswere willing to couperato with him,hut that their duty was threefold,first to the public, second to the greatinterests for which they were trus«tees, and third to the 82 per cent oftheir employes not repre.iented bytne four brotherhood-.

President Wilson is said to havereplied that the paramount interestlo bi considered was that of l'n),.000.000 people fa this country whowould be affected by a genera! tie-up,Then he added that although he waa

opposed to government ownership ofthe country's transportation facili-ties, there was a very perceptiblemovement in its favor supported bya certain element throughout theland. He impressed upon the dele.gation his belief that this sentimentmight get added impetus by a greatrailway strike.

It was aiso recalled to the execu-»tives by the President, according tothe version of the nieetmg whichgained credence to-night, that severalyears ago Krance. faeing a generalrailroad strike, called the employeato the colors and ordered them baekto their trains. This was mentionednot as a threat. but merely as a com,ment on the situation here.

This veraion of the afternoorimeeting with the President was do,nied at the White BotiM to-night,Despite the denial it was assertedfrom railroad sources that the reportwas correct.No one can tcil to-night which ent|

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