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Troops Too LateTo Stop Pacifists

Gavernor Rushes Soldiers

t0Chicago,butPeople'5Council Convenes

Police ProtectionOrdered by Mayor

Pelegates. Elated, See No

Reason to Hold Another

Meeting in Illinois

rajKAGO Sept i Mayai Willlaai;¦al. Th'omp*"" tc-dai rirtaally joinedLTaaaka of th,- aaeiaata. He laaaaa'

dtcr«« aaka aoaad GaaarBaa Frank

f Lc«der bi I totfi taa Chieafa bb-

jjj, to |tra aiBtaetiaa la Iha peace

BBBaraaaaGoternor Laardafl thcrcupon ordered

tie .'.»*.« troops to take charge. He

latanij BOBt four companies of militia-

p,s 0n a special traia from Spring-ftld, but at hia racjaaat membera of

aja'ld, "th aad Ita rafiaaaata of thafeaaBAaad Katiaaal (iuard were aaaa-

kajfBj r-rdered ta report to their ar-

manii fo; raaonra duty. Tha Gorat*r.or itnt a p^a. tot aaalataaca to thaVar Dep*r::i*.< lt, aaaartiag that thePeaea Conference was "desigr.ated for

tna parpoac ol bringing an draft riota."Ta-BaSfct, daa to the viaita-

tha ('. laa ; aaaihlaa>b anr.ed camp, troop: everywherehBBBaaa n motion, MayorThomp*ma a=d GaTcrnor Lowden are at iog-nrhaads and the paclfiata themaelveiire i -.: ag sereneiy in their hotal iniae ti-.tf that after many viciaaitBBcaUey hist Bchieved their purpose."Wa are united now as ara never was

Vt'oM." said a leaaer of tha People'sLcj.ic. Ifaa Democraay aad Peace to-.lirht. "Tha failnra al Gavaraar Low-l« to get hll troops here in time toKcpour meeting has jriven ua immenseaaatarafhether we shall attempt to hold

. etings in |a do.Dtfui. Illinois is not the onlyBatt m which we can meit. Beeidei,Btr. NI orgai.uation compieted, there

rther reed ot our worrymg'Btr our abihty ta .spreac the gospeiaf p«a<t tkrenghout the !ar.d."

ayor rhompaon intended toru.'h large naibcn of poliea

afai -. case thr troopstnteriered aai il licatad when » «

Uarnad that 1,000 palicemen were

kept ..i naarri ai the \\. at ^:de Aa-lil rinn

protccted by thethe day bt fora

duptrsec then, were- holding a con-r Lowden at bprmg-'* compaaiaa af the

BB Reg.-.t ational Guard,¦ Bia »tarted them

;ago, with ordersti aartfai ea aad brenr. apt:e pacr

Pacitisu (. omplete Work. -hour con-'

aaaea aad eonj eted theii work atv-. arrival of the

Bp°ps. U | troop traintittld not re?n ..- before i>

aiffht time forHjotrr.meiit for 7 o'clock, after they

-.-ted ihe or§ of tneand eiected

ll peaceMataada.¦haa I ,:rnved

a Chicago they proceeded o the westnum when ta Bat,

¦W Ja Ib - except for¦¦X was

't'i aali tni .^ed.Apprehension that the pacifists would

fr«cipitate a conrl ct between the city]Itate au'.honties developedif of Police ik-huettler in-

^ ondent this,aormr.g that he had reeeived orders

or Thompaon to protect the

Order* i'j. iIjms PratactadUtaii i ce De-

t'"-~' | a, mstruc-ted me*° ativa all lavvfui aid to the paiWfl Chief -|f they.°Bt«t in Lhicago th«;, may do so, ar.d** "di send a forc-r to jruard themapipit l.

'-"dar . ,i)d the po-;:» »ct ;..-..¦ i) when thev diapetrsad

ted the pa<-;t,-ts from.'* hall and threatened u> ariBSt ail" .' Schuettleri*». uked.

"That w.,< done because Mayor''wmpjor, eould not be located. I,BsiRunicate.i m th Governor Lowden,^be told me if the pohce did not^.P the meeting he would aend troopsj* **f it -rdered the.titist. gitpi I have to**l tha VUter Chief Sehuettler so informed

;-rr;; Hillquii and Dr. Judah L.BBBae, oi Nl v V.rk.

v. aa indigmantatt'n, npaiB'a

d to Major Gen-ier ..f

^ c"1,ra nt Bt r ort ^ner:-.neir | for parmis-

pa into:»- ramp. Whether this per-won aaa . thhald was not atated,

¦ai '"r Governor consulted withFrank S. Dickaon. Aput in readlai

f the state mili-"ar''r'' »*' '' ;'""' atrrica were;,. ffc '¦."- Sprinrfiald, under Ma-¦B/tilU **.*.". They were armedJI ''"*" and tructed to brook no

he pacifists re-

Thompson, who was\^r* end at I.ake\, *' .<-r the telephone

et the police toaaty.">'a>or la Jlefiant

'¦.,,'V r tO\ II the liovrr' 01 tl.,. ,/ thoritiea?" I .¦ ii

re law abidsl,a|| not have it sorea.

C°i>tinued on Last Page

No AnnexationsBy Force. PlankOf Peace Council

CHICAGO, Bept Some of th*of ;hc eon*titut:on of thr Peo-

p>'"= CbbbcII for Deraacraei nnd FVaofallen:

To Btrivc for a specdy democratieard general peace baaed upon thrprinciple* < fNo forcihlc annexaMon*.No pualtive indemnitiea.Fire drvclopment of al] nationali-

ties ana »n inter;int:onal organiza-tion for t he malntenance of worldpeaee, Including diaarmaaaeat.To arge that our goTernmeal makr

n r-peeilie nnd concrrte statement ofwar aim* :n harmony with the above

Te defend our eonstitutional rightsof free apeeeb. free press, pcacefulBaaeaablaaa, and ;he right to petition

government, aad te secure demo-eratie C4 ntroi ot* foreign policirs anda popuh.r referer.dum of all ques-tions of war and peace, and to workfor the repeal of the conscriptionlaara.To Bphold the civi 1 and political

righta of the workers, to prrvent de-teriora'ion of their ceonomie stand¬ards and tiif susper.sion or abroge-tion ol labor law«.

To demand that r.ore of the rer-rnne required for thr prosecution ofIhe w?r shall eom» from the taxationof the neeeaaitiea of life.

Loyal LaborDelegates Off

For Convention

5.000 Peraona Cheer ThemWhile Bands Play

Patriotic Airs

Cheered by five thouaand persons whor-owded the Grand Central Terminal.one hur.dred delegates to the AmericanAlliance for Labor and Democracy con¬

vention in Minneapohs left New Yorkat noon yesterday. They arill reach theconvention eitjf Tuesday, and be in ses-t.on Weebiesdap ar.d Thursday.

Prior to the departure of the special,two bands -one of them the Caledomakilted pipers playcd patnotte iTrTTBrr.n hour. war hymns of the Campbeils,alternatir.g with "Dixie," "Columbia,the Gem of the Ocean," of Civil Wardays; "Yankee Doodle" nnd "A HotTime in the Old Town." which the fight-irp men of '98 sar.g in Cuba and thePh.lippines. The climax of the enthusi-asm came when .Miss Louise Wagner,surrounded by a group of soldiers andsailors, Amencan, Bnt;ah. Freneh andRelgian, a< a jruard of honor, underLieutenant Perry. V. S. N\, sang the na¬tional anthem, the crowd joining in thethorus.There was more skirling of thr piprs

and b ray ing of the bra*se«, while,aingly ar.d in groups, men and women,prominent in the iabor and th<» Social-lat movomrnts, arrived to take their

in the bunting-covered train.First of those to arrive was Thester M.Wr:ght, former editor of "The Caii";Henry L. Slobodin, state chairman ofthe Socialist party until he declared forAmerica as against a German peace;John Sparg-o, William Kng-liRh Walling,J. (I. Phelps Stobea and P.ose PastorBtokea. Later came Lucien Sanlal, vet-cran of the French Commune and wellknown in the American Socialist move¬ment.

Government CloselyWatching Pacifists

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2. Federal in-tervention in pacifist meetings, such aiGovernor Lowden of Illineia sent statetroops to ditperse in Chieago to-day,arill not be ordered, unless overt actsoccur or seditious utterances are made.Then action would be taken under thei^pionage act.

Officials admitted to-night, however,that a close watch on all auch assem-

blages as the Chieago meeting wouldbe kept. Federal agents attend allmeetings of this character.

Officials here applaud the act of Gov¬ernor Lowden. It was authoritativelydeclared that steps would be taken bytbe I-'cderal government to deal rigidlywith persons or group.-- of persons iftheir acts should be construed as fol-lows:Condemnation of any act of the Pres¬

ident as commander in chief of thei.rmv and navy.

i or.demnation of any act or orderi.f tht government relating to conducto' the war.

Inciting interference with the mobi-lization of men selected for the drafti.rmj- or inducing drafted men to re-aiat.

Cttcrsng treasonable viewa or state¬ments that might aid or comfort thei iemy.

Bernstorff Sees Kaiser

Reports Continue That HeWill Be Envoy to TurkeyAMSTFRDAM, Sept. 1 Count von

Bernstorff, former German Ambatsador to the I'nited Statr-. wa« recrivedtt German (ireat Headquarters by Em¬peror William Thursday.

Reporta from Herlin said Count von

Bernstorfl would be appointed GermanAmhaBBador te Turkey.

Peace Work Exhausta PopeAll Audiences Suapended So

Pontiff May RestROME. Sept. 1. Tope Benediet's la

|,.,r- have been so arduous lately, ee

peciallv Mnce the receipt of PresidentWilaoa'f repljp to the Papal peace note,

that he was feeling very fatigued to-

i- iAi! audiences wen huspended.

MISPLACED MISSIONARY WORK

President Scores Enemies Within;._.. "PacihstsDeaftc AmencasVoice««

Wilson Regrets in Letter to Gompers That He Will Be Unable to AddressMinneapolis Convention.Says Peace Intriguers Do Not

Understand the Language of DemocracyWASHINGTON, Sept. 2. Hearty ap-

proval cf the cor.ference of the Ameri¬

can Alliance for Labor and Pemocrncvto be held at Minneapolis on Tuesdayand the task it will undertake of sup-

pre«smg di*loyalty has heen given byPresident Wilson ifl B letter to SamuelGemper*. president of tba American

Federation of Labor and chairman of

the alliance.The letter follows:"My Dear Mr. (iorr.prr*: I BBS suri

that you understand that my inabilitv

to accept the invitation to address the

Mir.neapoiis conference of the Ameri¬

can Alliance for Labor and Pemncrary

il due only to official necesMty, and not

in any degree to lack of appreeiation of

the importance of the occasion. The

cause you and your fellow patriots up-

hold is one with the cause we are de-

fending with arrflfl. While our soldiersand sailors are doing their manfulwork to hold back reaction in it= most

brutal and aggres.nive form, we must

oppose at home the organued and in¬

dividual efforts of those dangerous ele-

ments who hide disloyalty behind a

screen of specious and evasivr phrases."I have read with real pride the

r.ames of thr men and women who are

to take part in the Minneapolis con¬

ference. Not one but has a record of

devoted service to fundamental democ-

racy; not one but has fought the long.hard fight for eoual justice, bravinr;every bitterness that the humblest life

mlgbl know a larger measure of happi-ness.

Feara of MilitarismProved Basrless"With al! my heart 1 want them to

feel that their' devotion to coun'ry illn no wise ¦ netrayal of principle, andthat in lerving America to-day they are

serving their cause no less faithfullythan in the past. I myself have had

avmpathy with the fears of the work

e'rs of the Cnited States. fot the lea-

dency of war ifl toward reaction. andtoo often military necessitie* have been

made an excuse for the destruction of 1

laboriously erected industrial and *o-

cial standards. These frars, huppily,aae preaed to be basrless."With qunkened BJWBStltiea and ap¬

preeiation, arith a new sense of the in-vasive and insidious dangers of oppres-sion, our people have not oniy heldevery inch of ground that has been won

by years of strugglc, but have added to

the gains of the twrntieth centuryalong every line of human betterment.QueMion, of %ra*JOa and hours of latmrar.d industrial readjustment have founda solution which giaefl to the toiler B

new dignity and a new eenae af socialBnd economic security. I hrg you to

feel that my support has BOl been lack-:ng and that thp government haa not

failed at any point in grantmg every

just requrst advancrd hy you and yourBealstanta ifl the name of the Americanworker.

Pacihsts IgnorcOur Gricvanres

"No one who is not bluwl can fail to

see that the battle line of democracyfor America stretihes to day from thefields of Flanders to every house andworkshop where toiling, BBWBrd atria*ing men and women are cour.tmg thetieasures of right nnd justice and lib¬erty whieh are beinrr th reatencd i.y our

present enemns"It has not been a matter of surptise

to me that the leadera in certain groupshave sought to iciore .ur grievancesagainst the men who have equally mis-led thr German neople. Their insiat-enco that a natio.i V/hoae rights haveheen grossiy vioiated. whose eitiaOBShave heen foully murdered under theirown flag. who-e r-eighbors have beeninvited to join in making conquest ofIta t.'rritory, who^e patieBCO ia press-::ig the claims of iUBtiee -ir.l humanityhas been met with the most shumefulp.liry of tmeuleaee and treachcrytheir' insistence *hat a nation so out-raced does not know its oa n m.nd. thatil has r.o comprehensible reason for de-fending itself or 'or joining with allits might in mam'aining a free futurefor itaelf and ita ideala, ia of a pieeewith their deafne«* to the oft repeatedsta'ement of our na'ional purpo'es. j"h it, perhaps, that these force- af

nn'Hgonism have rot yet learned toknow the voice of 'hat America we lo\eand serve? It may well be that thoseBflBOBg us who stand ready to forwardthe plans of aggre-sion bred in secretdo not understand the languagr of de-tnocracy when it proclaims the pur-poses of war in terms of a peace forthe peoples that shall be untroubled bythose to whom m*n are hut pawns inihiir irnggle for power and gain. Buttrue Americans. tho*e who toil herefor home and the hope of better thu.gs,whose lifted eyes have caught thevision of a libera'ed wo.ld, have saidthat of the policy of blood and ironthere shall be an end, and that equalju-itice, which is the h*art of democ-racv, shall rule in its stead.A IAn lnspirationFor America"May not those who toil and those

4\ho have made common cause of the'lorger hope for the masses of mankindtake renewed heart as they think on

theae days when America has taken usstand for the rights of humanity andthe fellowship of social and interna¬tional justlce? Sincrrely yours,

"WOODROW WILSON"Among thr speakers at the confer-

ence will be Samuel Gompen, JohnHall. presideat of the Minneaota StateFedrration of Labor; Charles FdwardRussell. John IL Walker, president ofthe Illinois State Federation of Labor;Frank P, Walsh, Governor Burnquist ofMinneaota, John Spargo, John Lind,Rose Pastor Stokes, Rabbi Stephen S.Wise, William Fnglish Walling, HughFrayne, of Nrw York, Eustern reire-

re of the American Federationof Labor; Praak B. Wolfe, w. j. Ghent.Max Frederiek Meyer, professor ofpsychology at the 1'niversity of Mis-.soiiri; A. M Simons, editor of a So-cialist weekly, who has resigned fromthfl Soeialifll party. and Winfield R.Gaylord. f.rst Soci'alist State Senator!elected in Wi«consin, who also has re

signed from the party.

A n intorviow with Gompon on *keaetivities of German $]/mpathiieraagaiaai .-Iwencan labor on latt

page.) i

U. S. Watches Bank Accounts of Alien EnemiesWASHINGTON. Sept. I. -Hark ac-

counta of alien enemies. and intern

tional banking transactions involvinj:possible exportation of gold sre undercareful scrutiny by the Federal Ke-

serve Board. The board ia cooperatingwith the State Department to preventany part of the gold accumulation of

the I'nited States reaching the enemy

through neutral countries."The board has auggested that each

hanker doing businras in this eountry."says a buHetm made public to-day."should scrutinize with particula'- care

such accourts a1- might be hel.l by hubank for any re^iHrn' alien enemy, andin thr event any iBapicioUl transac-

rions occur in connection vv.th such ae-

counta, that they he reported immedi-atel] ta the board for transmission tothe proper department."The traaaactiana which are inter-

eatiag to the State Departmeat may bedivided into thraa clasaes:

"First Foreigr? rxci.ange tranaac-tions between BBBha ifl thil eountryand banks ifl neutral countries in Fu¬rope."Second Ordinary banking trar.sac-

tiona. such as the obtaining of creditaby alien enemiea resident in the I'nitedStatea"Third Bans[ing tran-art :ons be¬

tween this eountry and Mex:»o or Cen¬tral AmeriCHii and Sou'h Americancount riaa

.¦The S'a'e DapartBiaal ii eapeeially,....-. ¦', r.«

ol niomv bv cable. draft or *biom<:r.U

I curreney or otherwise for the ae-tount of alien enemies."

ln transmitting its suggestions toAmencan banker*. the board called at-tention t» a letter from Secretary Mc¬Adoo, wntten before the height of thegold export movement was reached,urging that close attention be givenihipmenta of gold and to remittancesto foreign lountnes."For the last five weeks," the bul-

ll tifl adds. "net exports of gold. mainlyto the Far Fast and to Spain, have eon-

t.nued on a large scale. These exportsarere eapacially heavy during the weeksir.ded Ju!v 'JTand August 3, when goldexports ex'ceeded imports bv $20.04*5.000and $'JT.5.^.000, respectively. The net

ird n:'..rmrnt of gold during thiswa« IW.Ol2,000 imports. amount-I

ing le llB,t4S,000, aad *xports to $73,-;."

Kerensky Crushes ConspiracyTo Restore the Monarchy;

Many Leaders ArrestedGermans Cross Dvina River

In Double Drive Against RigaConquer Town on Western Bank Despite RussianCounter Blows; Reserves Fling Back GasAttacks on the Kovel Front

LONDON, Sept. 2 German forcesunder Prince Leopold are moving on

Riga from two direetions. Sixteenmiles to the southeast of the Livonianeapital they have forced the barrier ofthe Dvina River at 1'skull, eonqueredthe town of Kupfermammer, on the op-poslte bank, and, despite Rusaiancounter attacka, the failure of whichPetrograd admlts, are developmg theiraucceaa to the north. Berlin merelyreports that the Ruaaians are evacuat-Ing the bridge head on the western

bank of the river. Petrograd an-

nouncea, in addition to the loas of theDvina croasing, that the Germans havebegun an offenaive at Mitau, twenty-eight miles aouthwest of Riga, precipi-Itatiag a battle which ia not yet de-j'clded.

The er.emy movement on Riga, fore-shndovved by recent naval and nerialreconnoissance in the Gulf of Riga,hna been masked for several days byactivity at other points ulong the Rus-sian west front clear down to the Ga-lician border. I.ight attacks were da-l.vered by the Germans yeaterday inseveral sectors, preaumably to hold theRussian rcserves in place, but nowherewas the fighting of sufficient im-

portance to indicate a smash at thewhole Russian line.On the extreme northern front, how¬

ever, if the Germans are making a se-

rious effort to oecupy Riga and 'he

croasing of the Dvina suggests thn'they are they will no doubt be com-

pletely successful. The Ilvina Riverwas the main obatae'e to a German ad¬vance, and the fact that they are now

acroas it indirates that the railroadwhich runs along its northern bank,and affords the Russisna their mainaupply Hne, has been cut.

_

Ruaaians ln Awkward Poaition

The failure of General Letehitsky'sforces to cheek the enemy onlv alxteenmilea away from the city leaves theRveaiaai a narro-.v area to defend, and

jn an awkward corner. It would not be

aurprising if the Russlana. hard

U-537s CommanderSinksMerchantmenGerman Semi-Official Agen-

cy Sneen at AmericanSubmarines

AMSTKRPAM. cept. 2. Lieutenent-.

Captain Hans Rose. the submarine com¬

mander who after a seventeen-day voy-

age appeared in German submarine1-5.1 at Newport ifl Or.toher. 1916, sub-

eequently returning across the Atlantir,

is at present bus- slnking merehant-men. aeeording to nlvices from Rerlin.

The German sem.-offlcial r.ews agency

appends to this announcement a note

saving the I'nited States naval authori¬

ties conaidered th- U-HI double tripso improbable that the experta declared

in CoagTeee in February. llll, that thesubmarine was urmistakably acr-om-

panied by a provision.ng ahip, which

had remained undiatover .1"This incredulity of the Americans.

adds the agency, ",s the imore compre-hena.ble, see.ng that it bad to ha ad-mitted bv the American naval »uthori-ues on the same ocras.on that the best

performance of an American submarineat that time coven-d only tefl days.

Teuton Poison CandyKills Many Children

Ohioan, in Letter to Father,Deacribea New Atrocity

by Enemy AirmenPLYMOUTH, Mass.. ?ept. I -Ger-

Bvafl airmen, flying by night over a

Frer.eh town near Rheims recently,

dropped poi.oned candy which cauaed

the death of many children who ate

it aeeording to a letter from Brown-

.ce Benael Gauld. a former Harvard

l'niveriity atudent. now driving an

an-bulanee on the Western battlefront.The commumcation waa made p.tb-

l.r to-day by his father, the Rev I-

1 Gauld' of Toledo. Ohio. who I

apend.ng the .ummer here. The let-

tei also .tates that the "Germana ara

continuallv ihellm* ho.piu.a. The

young man told hia father that he had

reeeived the CrBBB of War from the

French government._New Poliah Council

Governing Body to Take OverAll State Affairs

COPENHAGEN. Sept 1 The Berlin

"Kreuz-7.eitung" learns from Warsaw

that a l ounci! of Regency has been sub-

stituted for the Polish State Counei!,and con'ista of three member*. Pnn">

Rubeninki, as chairman. and General

Tdementovaki and the Riahop of War-. aw.

The bbbi eaaaeii, '-* r'-r*r says, wi'i.

take o.er a.l Mill affairs.

I Bteeeed, decidrd to evaeuatu the e;ty.as they have done in the past. It is too

early to say what may be the scope ofthe German operat.or.*, or whetherthe* intend to drive for the BBflfliaflcapital. But to ccver tho 312 aaileflwhich separate Riga from Petrogradbefore winter sets in would be n faatt.re.^umably beyond even German ambi-tion and tenacity. Though Russia, inthe present demoraliited state of herarrnies, may have little resistance to

offer. the latene-s of the season andher vast territorial reaches protect theheart of the nation.The crossing of the Pvina was mad*

yesterday and BBCeeasfBllf maintained.The fighting nesr Mitau began to-daynnd evidently is an attempt by theGermans to link up with their recent

gaina arst of the Aa Kiver, and so to

constrlct the narrowing circle aroundthe Baltic port. Berlin is reticent as

to the operations, merely statirg thatsoutheast of Riga, at Cskull. ard Fried-richstadt, on the Pvina, forty-threemile-i from Riga, German cnterprise*arere successful.

Gas Attaek Near KovelPetrograd reports that east of Kovel

the enemy let loose a cloud of gas,which he followed with an attaek inmoderate strength. This was repelledby newly arrived Russian reserves, but

Presh waves of gas continued to come

over the Rus<ian trenches. Furthersouth there was a German bombard-ment with gas sholls and an attaekwhich penetrated the Russian lir.es.The ilefenders, however, reatored '.!...position by a counter attaek. In Fast-ern Bukowina Berlin reports a sus-

tained cannonade of destruction be-jtween the Pruth River and the SuchawaWatrpy.-Trtth fT> Juent skirmishinr;.

In Soutn-.vegtern Moldavia the T.-n-tons have had no I' B '

,-apitals apeak of bitter fighting on -. »nMaekenaen'a front. espeetally aroundthe viiiage of Ireshti northwest of'which the Rumanians stand, but lt isitill indecisive.

German AirmenRaid Kent Coast

Drop Only a Few Bombs in

Night Attaek on

England

LONDON, Sept. I A German a:r

raid on th* coast of Kng'.ar.d to-ni)fht\4.is announced by the official bureau.Bombs were dropped as the airplanescn.ssfd Fast Kent.Thr text of the statement reads:"Heetilfl airplanes erossed the Fast

Kent coast at 11:15 o'clock to-night.They flcv seaward a few minutes la¬ter. A few bombs were dropped. Th-casualties are believed to bt small."'

Toscanini LedThe Band When

Monte Santo FellROME, Sept. 2. Arturo Toscanini

the no'ed Italian conductor, for manyyr.ir-, up to I9i,">, maaical diraetthe Metropolitan npera House in NewYork, has been doeorated by the Italiangovernment for irreut bravery underfire. Sigr.or Toscanini. the accountsfrom the front disclose, kept h;-; mili¬tary band playing ilBrtBg the battle ofMonte Santo in the prceeat offensiveon the Italian fr.j';- tha - dien <torm-ing the poaitiona of the en«my to the

of this oaartial ::.In the midst of the fighting and at a

time when the Austrian banagfl.vas at its height Signor Toscanini ledhis band to one of the fldvaBced posi-tions, where. sheltored only hy a nugerock. the Italian musical celebnty con-ducted a concert, which did not stopuntil word hnd h«en brought to h.mthat the Italian soldiera had «tormedand taken thr treaehej of the Aus¬trian? to the ranaic of his band.The medal, which is engrave.i with a

suitable inscriptiori, is made of si'.vrr...-

Italian Airmen Visit Vienna

Five Machines Drop PapersTelling of Victory

TCRIN, Sept. 2. Five Italian avia-tors hav* returned from a successfulflight over Vienna.Leaving the Italian front, the five

machines passed over th* Austrianiines unobserved, and Rear etraight tothe Austrian capital, where the avia-tors dropped pamphlet* ir.forming thepeople of the city of thfl great Italianvictory-

Germanamericaniama.. n aata SeiBaaaj BepaeaiBei i)

Since they ar* atill «*». rr-.n|g for a ;>opuIaroTr-tiv* nam* for our troop, "aom*»h»ra inFrance," it ia propo.*.i << sheoee th* niek-.nama "KAis*rlianii»r ("aPt th* Kaiaeri.

Won't do. Vrr the .-*aaon alor.* Ka-cauae if ,om* on* ¦fcOaaM happen to put an.*" BBtloa ! the (i^eation, th«

am^rr *i,uld be r.a can.

Government Officials AreSeized in Petrograd

and Moscow

Premier ConductsRigid Investigation

Conspiracy Aimed at Re-public During Moscow

Conference

PETROGRAP, S*pt. 2 The ettom*Tof tha H:gh ('ourt of Moscow haa un-

earthed a counter revolutionary, mon

archistic conspiracy, the design ofwhich, according to a report presente-lto tha Cabinet laat night, was to BB*complish a coup d'etat, by arresting theI'rov.sional Government. Many arrest,hav* b*en mad* of officers and eivillansin Moscow ar.d the provinces. and som .

also in Petrograd. Tho names of thearrcsted persons the authorities forthe prcent re'use to dtvulge. Thaheadquarers of the conspirators was

*he viila district ouUide of PetrogradPremier Kerensky ifl personally con-

ducting a prcllminary inquiry.The "Bir:heviya" drclarcs that thi

authorities fir>t receie .1 n*ws of theconspiracy from the Council of Pepu-ties. A conference of reprcsentative*of the army committees at Moscow has

Bfl .'.1 a reaelBtiea, demanding tw»nereileflfl suppression of the co.

revolutionary movementThe Bewepapeffl announee that th*

p'.o* was first discovercd in Pe'rograd; thfl meeting of the Moscow con¬

ference. Tho leaders are said to BB«arell known po'.iticians ard sev¬

eral officers A seareh of variousbeaaea led to proofs of the existenc*of the p.ot.

of the arrest, effeeted in eon-

r.ec'ion with the p'.ot were outside ofrrad, says a statcmetr from an

authori;:ed source to-dav. Ko atarm.n.;factfl, il is gaid, were discloaed in theuneartiiiag of the activities of theplottCTB.

Russian Plot RevealedTo Ambassador Francis

IYASHINGTON, Sept. £ Neara¦ plol intar reaolation ;n Rus-

id been aipped in the bud and?ha* the gereaehp government araalhowing a strong hand hy makingarholeeale arroats. cause.l prefeaae

i-tion in F.ntente circlcs her....i

it la beliered some ladleatiaa wa,

given Ambassador Francis by th« h.'renekv administration of its ki-.owledgeof this movement and Itfl p'irp<-«e tes'amn N'cretary Laneing s*v-eral daya ago. recelred aoaae che*r;.ginformation from Raaaia, tne natumof which he deeliaed to divulge. II*laid, however, that hr waa being k*ptcloaeijr Informed a* to the aitaatlon

far that reason discoBflwfl reporta.

BakhmetiefF GratifiedAt Failure of Plot

To Restore CzarBoris A. Rakhmetieff, the Kusiian

Arnbas«.vlor. when informed at Bnar-cl:ff I.odge last night of the discovervof ii plat to re«tore the Czar, said hecould not comment upon it, as he hadnot been informed of it by his govern¬ment.

"It Ifl very probabl*. however. and fBflfl .¦'..''¦ ¦ ich mterested la the re¬

port," bfl said.The fac' that the flpich i-uppre,a;on

of the plol .i. tu iadlcate that theKereneaji rovernflieat was in full pow¬er wa-. flri news to the ambassa¬dor. howe\

"Russia's present unsettled condi¬tion makes ¦ '.mpting baekgrOBBd forcounter revolutiona, but I feel confi-dent that the people tKre are i

enounh to realiflfl .hat, bad as condi¬tions now are they would be WOI Munder a reetoratlBn of the old r^gime."

This was the comment of A. J Baek,director of the semi-otficial RussianlnrWrraation bureau, ".T3 Hroadw .¦¦;.,last night, when BOWB of the plot wa,

brought to him"I am sure the disturbance was not

serious," Mr. Baek said. "I am notaurpriee report, 'or I knowwhat fl lliatfl ifl *heworld'4 DBWi aej Because of

fferiag aad far rarioaa otherreasons, there are to-day many non-confor- -its ifl Raaaia, whoBBVfl little or no sympathy for theKerensky government. Such a divis.onof opinion fnrniahefl matenal for thepiotter and the counter r.--. ^lu'to work with..of eaarae, l car.not say for eartaia,

until more BOWfl reachrs me, pr*- .

¦>. iat greap eaused the la'e-'t rbanc- ln Russia. But, knowing thesituation there Bfl I do, I | .

tiiat certain pr'.es's and ceri* n armyoileera arete apaaBora of thia drive

.'.ry irov-rnmenv"I regard the latest outbreak as no

cause of worry Every one antielpatedsuch trouble. but I am sure th*Of the Russian peop> wll| i.*..fooled into belief in the value of < tar-ism h to the revol itJust a, It «*. ii-e.l inevitable thala counter revolu'ion a'nou d rear itshead. so it was inevitable that .t shouldfBU."_

Russian GovernmentPuts Faith in Korniloff;

Won't Supersede HimPFTRoCRAP, Sept o Tn .n 0*nc;ai

Rtatement ma te to the newspapers to-day Vice-Premier Nekrasoff dentea al!reports that there was in contemplaion a movement te supersede GeneralKornil.,iT. commander in ch.e' of theRuaaiaa army. On the contiar.^ u*