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ALLIES NEED NOT
OVER NEXT
BE ANXIOUS I A HOUSE QF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY
MOVE OF GERMANS AFTER THE BOMBARDMENT OF RFiEINYS
Situation is Hopeful, No
Enemy's Staff Decides
Matter What Campaign
Upon, Says Times Expert.
A despatch from London says'; 'Col.
Repington, the Times' military expert,
discussing the question, 'What will
the Germansdo next?" declares that
they find themselves in the` state of
perplexity as Napoleon did after his
success at Vitopsk, the outcome of
which was Moscow. The tenor of the
article is hopeful, if not optimistic.
The writer does not attempt to guess
what the Germans wi11 decide, but
says:
"The situation is clear enough, and
no matter what the German decision
is, the allies can, regard it with equa-
nimity. We have not been so foolishly.
generous as our present enemy has
been with initiative as a gift, and the
question is not only what he proposes
to do next, but what the allies pro-
pose to do. Time will show."
O. So RELATIONS
GROW STRAINED
Two More Austrian Officials Are
Likely to Be Sent Back to
Vienna,
A despatch from Washington says:
President Wilson's request for the re-
call of the Austrian Ambassador, Dr,.
Constantin Theodor Dumba, has
broadened into a situation involving
Captain Franz von k'apen, the mill.
tary attache of the German Embassy;
Alexander Nuber von Pereked, the
Austrian Consul -General in New
York, and: possibly Count von Berns-
torff, the German Ambassador. The
official view is that the Ambassador,.
although technically involved,is not
so seriously concerned as the military
attache or the Consul -General. It is
not unlikely that both of the latter
may be recalled or dismissed front
the country,
Coupled with Germany's disappoint-
ing and unsatisfactory explanation of
the sinking of the White Star liner
Arabic, after Count von Bernstorff
had given assurances that full satis-
faction would be given if it was es-
tablished that a German submarine
sank the. ship, official Washington
views the friendly relations with the
Germanic powers strained more to-
ward the breaking point than ever be-
fore.
Hopes that the submarine crisis
had been safely passed, and that a
break between Germany and the
United States had been avoided were
displaced to -day by misgivings. Talk
of the possibility of breaking diplo-
matic relations was heard again, al-
though this time it involved both the
central powers, on the theory that
Austria after having her Ambassador.
emetically dismissed from the coun-
hy might stand with her ally in tela -
lions with the United States.
AUSTRIA MST
RECALL ENVOY
Answer of the U. S. Government to
Dr. Dumba's Explan-
ations.
A despatch from Washington says:
The United States has informed Aus-
tria-Hungary that Dr. Constantin
Theodore Dumba the Austro-Hungar-
ian Ambassador to this country, is n'o
longer acceptable as that country's
envoy at this capital. The demand
for the Ambassador's recall- is based
upon his admission that he atempted
to disrupt industries in the United
States. The action taken in Dr. Duni-
ba's case amounts to a notice to Ger-
a many, as well as to Austria-Hungary,
that this Government will no longer
tolerate activities by aliens calculated
to embarrass the United States indts
relations with the belligerent powers
of Europe. It was the answer of the
American Government to Dr. Dumba's
explanation of his intercepted letter
to Vienna outlining plans .for handi-
capping plants in this country making
war supplies for the allies.
It is understood that Ambassador
Dumba will not be handed his pass-
, ports, but -will be permitted to fol-
low his own course and await word.
from Vienna. If he should desire to
return home it would be necessary
for the ,American Government to se-
cure a safe conduct for him from the
allies.
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MANY ARRESTS IN WARSAW.
Conditions in City Described by a
Refugee.
A 'despatch from Petrograd says:
A prominent Polish lawyer, who made
his escape from Warsaw after' its cap-
ture
P
ture by, the Germans mikes the fol-
lowing statement:
"Two days after the Germans en-`
tered the city more than 400 of the
inost.prominerit citizens who remain-
ed were arrested •without warning ,or
interrogation and sent. to Germany.
About' 700 families were deprived oe'.
their heads and of knowledge of their
whereabouts. Arrests " .continued
daily. The only known reason was
)that the names of the victims ap-
peared on- a list compiled b , i
p Y nform-
ers arid' -e -at . to 'Germany tnonteis ago.
houee to trnuse search was made.
end eve>,:y ccepper vessel was confiscat,
ed, Metal wasstripped from any
places ;n wh;ich''it had been left. Arti-
. cies of vettee,,` and wool were gathered
simile/ea free: houses and. shops.
RUSSIANS FIGHT
FOR INITIATIVE
Conflict on Eastern Front is Resumed
With the Greatest
Intensity.
A despatch from London says.
Almost simultaneously with the an-
nouncement that the Emperor has
personally replaced Grand Duke
Nicholas as commander of the Rus-
sian forces, the fighting along the
easern frontier, despite the beginning
of the Autumn rains, has been re-
sumed with the intensity which char-
acterized it throughout the Summer
on both wings in Ceurland, in the
north, and hi Volhynia, Podolia and
East Galicia. In the South the Rus-
sians are making determined efforts
to regain the initiative, while in the
centre the Austro -Germans continue
to increase their advantage,
Thus Field Marshal von Hinden-
burg and his commanders in Courland
are still being denied their objective,
the Dvina River, while von Mackensen
and the Austrian generals at the other
end of the line are engaged in oppos-
ing the Russian offensive. In the
centre, on the other hand, Lieut. -Gen.
von Eichhorn and Prince Leopold of
Bavaria are pushing forward, and, ac-
cording to the Berlin official report,
have occupied Wolkowysk, an import-
ant railway junction immediately east
of Bialystock, It is for these railways
that the Germans are now fighting, as
when the Autumn rains turn a great
part of the country into an impassable
morass they will need every line of
railway to keep their armies supplied
with provisions and munitions.
The Petrograd correspondent of the
Daily Mail remamksthat the Czar has
pluckily undertaken the responsibility
of the chief command at a time when
the retirement from Grodno is still in
progress under difficult conditions.
The enemy at the same time is ad-
vancing through the marsh region
with the object of occupying the rail-
way running north and south. He is
using a ready-made railway line over
the swampy ground, the rails attached
to ties put down on narrow roadways
which are sufficiently firm to allow a
speed of ten miles an hour.
STOPPED CHRISTIANS
LEAVING TABRIZ 1
A despatch from Tiflis, Trans-
Caucasia says: After the exodus from
the Vilayet of Van the Christians
fled to the plains of Urumia and Sal-
inas, on the north-west shore of Lake
Urumia, in Persian Armenia. Christ- I
ians were preparing to leave Tabriz,
but their flight was forbidden.
The presence of numerous German
agents' in Tabriz and elsewhere in
Northern Persia is occasioning alarm.
ENEMY SUBMARINES
This interesting pictn:o was received by The Deily News from Mfr. Paul Rochat, topper fange unaster of
Harbord Collegiate Instituto. nh o, as a reservist, returned to ]`ranee at the outbreak of the war, Re en,
teres the hostilities as a private soldier but for gallantry in service be bas been decorated and promot.
ed and ho is now adjutant of the 9th Company limbi Regiment of infantry In the French army. Writing
trim Argonne he states that he is much interested in seeing oopiea of The Daily News and wishes thin
paper evert, success. The picture shows the ruins or a house on rue des Trois-Eat:duets. Rheims, wbleli
was built in tho istiff, century and eurvived the ravges of time until a recent bombardment,
1i!arkets Of The World THE DARDANELLES OPERATION
Breadstuffs.
Toronto, Sept, 14. -Manitoba wheat
-new crap -No. 1 Northern, $1,01;
No, 2, 99e, on track lake ports for
Prompt shipment.
Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., immix: -
4
on track lake ports,
American corn -.No. 2 yellow, 88
on track lake ports,
Canadian earn --No, 2 yellow, no
final, on track Toronto.
Ontario oats -New crop -No.
white, 38 to 39c; No. 8 white, 87
88c, according to` freights outside.
Ontario wheat -New -No. 2 WI
to; per car lot, 92 to 95c; old, sligh tough, 85 to 90e; sprouted or smu
ty, 70 to 80e, according to samples an
to freights -outside,
Barley -Good malting barley, No,
feed and feed barley, all nominal, a
cording to freights outside.
Buckwheat --Car lots, nominal, a
cording to freights outsici
lac
ON EVE OF A GREAT SUCCESS
Within Little Distance of a Triumph That Will
Affect Alt World, Says Lord Robert Cecil,
A despatch from London says; It 4
2 ; will die recalled that Winston Church-
to x11, formerly First Lord of the Admir-
alty, now Chancellor of the Duchy of
n- Lancaster, said shortly before the
t- Cabinet changes that the allies were
to within a few miles of final victory at
d the Dardanelles.
3 : Although these few miles have not ,
e- yet been covered, the belief evidently*
still grips the British Ministers. Sir '
c- Robert Cecil in a speech at Croydon
4 that the Anglo-French forces
- are within little distance of a great
success in the Dardanelles which "
rn would have an enormous effect on all
ni parts of the world.
Rye -No. 2 nominal, 75 to 80; ac
cording to fr oiglits outside.
Manitoba flour -First patents,
jute bags, $5.75; second patents, i
jute bags, $5.25; strong bakers', i
jute bags, $5.05, Toronto.
Ontario flour -New -Winter, 9
per cent. patents, $3.80, seaboard, o
Toronto freights mn bags, prompt ship
nient.
Millfeed-Car lots -Delivered Mon
real freights. Bran, $25 per to
shorts, $27 per ton; middlings, $28
per ton; good feed flour, 81.80 p.
bag.
According to information received
in Bulgaria from reliable sources, the
allies are now concentrating large
forces, including heavy landing artil-
lery for a new general attack on the
Dardanelles. The presence of mine-
sweepers at Seddul-Bahr, near the
entrance to the Straits, is regarded
as foreshadowing increased activity,
including'a vigorous bombardment of
the outer Dardanelles forts. Ac-
cording to a despatch to the Temps
from Dedeaghatch, the Bulgarians are
actively fortifying that port and its
environs. Heavy guns are being
plaeed at all stragetic points.
0 lambs, $ 7 to 87.75; Spring Iambs, i
cwt., $8 to $8.50; calves, good to
- choice, 'Sato $11; hofs, off car , NICHOLAS
to $9.65; do., fed and watered, $0.25,
to $9,30; do., f.o.b., $8.90,
Montreal, Sept, 14. Bute
pe
: cher
bulls, $4.25 to $6; canning bulls, $3.50
to $4. Butcher cows -Choice, $6 to
$6.25; good, $5.50 to $5.75; fair, $5
-• to$5.25;
n poo, to medium, $4.25 to
$4.75; canners and cutters, $3 to
83.50 per cwt. Sheep, 43 to 5%c,
and lambs 7 to 7%e per pound. Hogs
-Selects, $9.50; roughs, $7.50 to
$8,50; sows, $7.50, 'and stags, $5 to
$6 per cwt., all weighed off cars.
Calves, $3 to $13 each, according to
size and quality.
n= IS SUPPLANTED
} her steers
Country Produce.
Butter -Fresh dairy, 24 to 26c; i
ferior, 21 to 22c; creamery prints
281 to 29c; do,, solids, 26 to 273$c.
Eggs -No. 1, 23 to 24c per dozen, in
case lots; extra at 26 to 27c.
Honey -No. 1 light (wholesale), 10
to 11efic; do. retail, 12% to 15c
Combs (wholesale), per doz., No. 1
$2.50 to $3 • No. 2, $1.50 to $2.
Poultry -Chickens, yearlings, dress-
ed, 16 to 18c; Spring chickens, 20 to
21c; •fowl, 12 to 13c; ducklings, 17 to
8c; turkeys, 23 to 25c. •
Cheese -Large, 14 to 143 c; do.
twins, 141!¢ to 14%c.
•
-Good, $7.25 to $7.50; fair, 6.75 to
$7;; medium, $6.25 to 6.50• �ut
Famous Leader Relinquishes Com-
mand of the 14lain Russian
Forces,
A despatch from London says
Grand Duke Nicholas has relinquishe
Business in Montreal.
Montreal, Sept. 14.--Corn-4nieri-
can. No. 2 yellow, 89 to 90c. Oats
--
Canadian Western, No. 3, 57c; No. 2
oval white, 43c; No. 3 local white,
42c; No. 4 local white, 41c. Flour -
Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts,
$5.85; seconds, 35.85; strong bakers',
35:15; Winter patents, choice, 35.50;
straight rollers, $4.65 to •$4.85; do.,
bags, $1.75 to $1.85. Rolled oats -
Bbls., $5.45; do., bags, 90 lbs., $2.60
o $2.70. Bran, $26. Shorts, $27.
NO RELAXATION
the command of the Russian military
forces and has been appointed Viceroy
of the Caucasus and Commander -in- I
Chief of the Russian armies in the
southern theatre of war. This an-
nouncement from Petrograd follows
the action of Emperor Nicholas in
personally taking over the command
of his forces.
REFUSES TO PAY
FOR LIVES LOST
Germany, in Note to U. S., Sees No'
Obligation in Arabic
Care,
A despatch fron Berlin ears: Ger-1
many's note to the United States bear4
ing- on the sinking of the White Star:`
Line Steamer Arabic, which was come!
municated to the American Ambassa-'
dor, James W. Gerard, for transmise'
sion to Washington, is in the form of
a memorandum under date of Sept. 7,�
the text of which follows:
"On Aug. 19 a German submarine
stoped the English steamer Dunsley'
about 16 nautical miles south off'•
Kinsale, and was on the point of sink-
ing the prize by gun fire after the
crew had left the vessel. At this
moment the commander saw a. large
steamer making directly towards him -
This steamer, as developed later, was
the Arabic. She was recognized its,
an enemy, as she did not fly any flag'
and bore no neutral markings.
"When she .approached she altered
her original course, but then again.
pointed directly towards the subma-
rine. From this the commander be.
came convinced that the steamer had
the intention of attacking and ram-
ming him. In order to anticipate this
attack lie gave orders for the anima.
rine to dive, and fired a torpedo at
the steamer. After firing he con- ,,r--
vinced himself that the people on
board were being rescued irk fifteen
boats,
"According to his instructions the
commander was not allowed to attack
the Arable without warning and withM
out saving the lives unless the ship
attempted to escape or offered resist-
ance. He was forced, however, to con-
clude from the attendant cireum-
h stances that the Arabic planned a vivo
lent attack en the submarine.
"This conclusion is all the more ob-
vious as be had been frcd upon at a
great distance in the Irih Sea on Aug,
14 -that is. a few days before -by a
large pasenger steamer, apparently
belonging to the British Poyal Mail
Stearn Packet Company, which he had
neither attacked nor stopped.
"The German Government most
deeply regrets that live.; were lost
through the action of the comnxander.
It particularly expresses this regret to
the Government of the United States
on account of the death of its citizens.
"The German Government is un-'
able, however, to acknowledge any
obligation to grant indemnity in the
matter, even if the commander should
have been mistaken as to the aggres-
sive intentions of the Arabic.
"If it should prove to be the case
that it is impossible for the German
and American Governments to reach
a harmonious opinion on this point,
the German Government would be
prepared to submit the difference of
opinion,
a
4'
asa
Pquestion -
} being q 4 of iter -
national law, to The Hague Tribunal
for arbitration, pursuant to article
38 of The Hague Convention for the
pacific settlement of iternational dis-
putes..
"In so doing, it assumes that, as a
matter of course, the arbitral deci-
sion shall not be admitted to have
the importance of a general decision
on the permissibility or the converse
under international law of German
submarine warfare,"
INVADE THE BLACK SEA.
Middlings, $32 to $33. Mouillie, $29
to $33. Hay -No. 2 per ton, car lots,
17 to $17.25. Cheese Finest west-
erns, 13% to 13%c; finest easterns,
3% to 13%c. Butter -Choicest
reamery, 28% to 28%c; seconds, 271/
o 27%c. Eggs -Fresh, 29 to 30c; se-
ected, 28c; No. 1 stock, 23c; No. 2
tock, 20c. Dressed hogs -Abattoir
illed, 313.60 to $14.15. Pork -
Heavy Canada short mess, bbls., 35 to
5 pieces, 329; Canada short-cut back,
bis., 45 to 45 pieces, 328.50. Lard-
ompound, tierces, 375 lbs., 10c; wood
ails, 20 lbs., net,' 10, %c; pare, tierces,
375 lbs., 111,E to 12e; pure, wood pails,
20 lbs. net, 123 to' 13c.
I
United States Markets. •_
Minneapolis, Sept. 14 Wheat-
No.: 1 hard, 96%c;' No. 1 Northern,
90ee to 95%c; No. 2 Northern, 87% to
92%c; September, 88%c; December,1
89%e. Corn -No. 3. yellow, 75% to!
76c. Oats -No. 3 white, 32 to 321/%c,
Flour and bran unchanged. I
Duluth, Sept. 14. -Wheat -No. 1
hard,.94c; No.'1 Northern, 93c; No. 2
Northern, 91c; • Montana, No. 2 . hard,
92c; September, 91c bid; December,;
9011c. • L'inseed' cash, , $1.63%;' Sep-
tember, $1.63 bid; December, $1.63.
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, Sept. 14. -Best heavy
steers, $8 to $8.10; butchers' cattle,:
choice, 37.60 , to $7.85; do., good,
$7.20 to 37.45; clo., medium, $6.40 to
$7.10; do., common, $5 "' to $5.50;
butchers'bulls; choice, $6.50 to $7.25;
do., good bulls, 35.90 to $6.35; do.,
rough bulls, $4.75 'to 35.25; butchers'.
cows, choice, $6.50 to. $7• do., good,
$5.25 to 36; do., medium, 45 to $5.75;
Armenians common, 34.50 to $5; feeders,
geed, 36.50 to $7.30; stockers, 700
to 900 lbs.,'36.25 to $7.25; canners
and cutters, $3:75 to $5; milkers,
choice, each, $65 to 3110; do,, common
d medium, each, 335 to $50; Spring-
s, 350to395; light ewes, $6 to $7;
., bucks, 33.50 to 34.50; yearling.
A despatch from Petrograd says: $
Russian torpedo-boat destroyers and
seaplanes have been sent in pursuit of
German submarines operating near't
the Crimean coast in the Black Sea, -:1
according' to, an, official statement is s
sued at the War Office. k
AUSTRALIAN MEMBERS BUY `f b
NO GERMAN GOODS. C
,A despatch from Melbourne, Aus- p
tralia,• says: The entire membership
of the House of Representatives of the
Federal Parliament, _the legislative
body of the Commonwealth of Austra-
lia, has. pledged itself never again to'
purchase German goods.
NON STOP, BERLIN,"
SIGN ON LONDON; BUS
A despatch'from
London says: Y A
curious sight near the Strand was . a
London nebtor 'bus'returned from the
front marked, "Non stop, Berlin." It
was' on one of,,these that the :Can-
adians rode into, Ypres.,
French 'Politeness.
As a truly polite nation the
French
undoubtedly lead, • the world, thinks a
contributor to a. British weekly. The
other day ' a Paris - dentist's servant
opened the door to a woebegone
patient. •
"And"
wo
who, he queried in
a tender tone, "shall I have the misery
of announcing?"
Life hasIts uss
P and dOWY1S, and
a 1ot of folks seem'. to refer an
P the er
downs.
do
ONONEAST FRONT The text of the order issued by
l� Grand Duke Nicholas transferring
Battles Continue Intense at Many
Points Along the Russian
Line.
A 'despatch from London says:
An exhaustive official statement issu-
ed by the Russian War Office, cover-
ing practically every essential sector
of the front in Galicia, Poland and
Russia proper, permits of but one
conclusion -that the Czar's forces are
no longer continuously retreating, but
that they have made ..a determined th
stand virtually along the whole front,
checking the onrush of the Austro-
, German armies almost everywhere
and pushing a thus. far successful of- n
Pensive in Galicia.
Only at one point does the official
Russia war bulletin admit success on
the part of the Teutonic adversary,
!namely in the district east of Vilko- v
mir, north-east of the captured fort-
ress
of Kovno, and not; far from the n
Vilna - Dwinsk - Petrograd railroad.
Here the Austro -Germans, with the
aid of strong field • and siege • artillery,
are advancing thus far without checlk
command of the Russian armies to th
Emperor is forwarded by the Petro
grad correspondent of the Havas
News Agency as follows:
"Valiant army and fleet: To -da
your august supreme chief, his Ma-
jesty the Emperor, places himself at
your head. I bow before your heroism
of more than a year, and express to
you nry cordial, warm and sincere ap-
preciation. I believe steadfastly that
because the Emperor himself, to
whom you have taken your oath, con-
e LOST SINCE WAR BEGAN
41 NORWEGIAN SHIPS
I A despatch from Washington says:
Y, The State Department has made pub-
lic a report from the American Mini-
ster at Christiania, Norway, disclos-
ing that Norway has lost 41 vessels
since the war began. Seventy-six
sailors have perished.
Of the number of vessels flying the
Norwegian flag lost 13 were destroyed
by mines, 24 by torpedoes, three dis-
appeared in the war zone, and one
was crushed by a German warship.
Still another was taken as a prize to
Hamburg.
The losses have been so heavy to
Norwegian shipping that war risks in-
surance rates have been increased and
restrictions imposed. Up to date the
_Norwegian War Risk Bureau has in- a.
curred risks aggregating $2,000,000
aincl collected in premiums but 31-
820,000.
ducts you, you will display achieve-
ments hitherto unknown. I believe
at God from this day will bring to
him final victory.
"Gen. Aide -de -Camp Nicholas."
The transference was made in con-
ection with a general reorganization
of such importance that it has stir-
red the nation deeply.
The Grand Duke replaces the fa-
mous Viceroy of the Caucasus, Count
on Vorontzoff-Dashkoff. Emperor
Nicholas addressed to the Count a
ommu`nication acknowledging the val-
e of his labors, and stating that he
yields to his request to be permitted
o devote his energies to work for
which his state of health is more
the statement declares. e
qual. The Emperor, `eerefere, re-
eves him of the post of Viceroy and
attaches him to his personal staff.
The decision of Emper, ` Nicholas
o take chief command regarded
n Petrograd as the b; a possible re-
ly to recent talk of t,nae proprosals,
and as showing clearly Russia's de-
, to bring victory to her-
self and her allies.
As for the rest of the entire front, e
li
however, Petrograd, in summing up
the situation, asserts.the Austrians
and Germans have been ."dashing
from one part of the line to the other
in an effort to strike a decisive blow." p
ge
SAYS 14,000 ARMENIANS
MASSACRED BY TURKS.
t despatch from Rome says: Three
Armenian girls have'been ; rescued
from Turkish massacre. An American
physician' on his return to -New York
said before his departure that the
Turks practically massacred 14,000
in Trebizond alone,where
they looted and burned the houses. •In
Leson 100 families were saved.
News from the interior of Asiatic
Turkey is appalling. The massacres
are continuing "'systematically, y, since
he Moslems ` are determined to rid
Turkey of all Christians.
GERMAN, FALSIFIER
GETS PRISE . ;.RM
A despatch from SS.. eo
rb says:
Gustav Stahl, the duan reservist
who swore lme;eaw fotr guns on the
Lusitainia just before shesailed from
here on her last trip, but later admit-
ted his affidavit was false and enter-
ed a plea of guilty to perjury, was
sentenced by Federal Judge Hough to
18 months' iinprisonment in, the Fed-
eral prison at Atlanta and to pay a
fine of: $1.
BRITISH AIR SERVICE
UNDER FLAG OFFICER
A despatch from London says:
Owing to the rapid expansion of the
Royal Naval Air Service, both with
respect to personnel and material, the
Admiralty has decided to place it tin-
der the direction of a flag officer, with
the title of director.of the air service.
Rear -Admiral C. L. Vaughan -Lee
has been selected for this appointment.
Commodore M. F. Sutter, the present
director of the air service, will be in
charge of the material side of the
naval aeronautical work, with the
title of superintendent of aircraft con-
struction.
CUNARDD STEAMER SUNK
NEAR COAST OF SPAIN
A despatch from Paris says: • Tho
British steamer Alexandra, 'owned by
the. Cunard Steamship Company, was
P .,
torpedoed, 70 miles from Cape Palos,
near Murcia,- Spain exceeding to .'the
Madrid correspondent of the .lavas
Agency. Twenty-eight of the crew
have been landed. at Mazart�on,
Spar