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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. Germany has accepted the declarations of the 1 1 1 1 1 i- l stitcs in the submarine warfare controversy, c t von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, yes terday gave oral and written assurances to Secretary Lansing that no mor imssenger ships will b sunk without warning. After a conference at the state department Ambassador von Bernatorff enl Secretary Lansing this letter over his official signature: My Dear Mr. Secretary: With refer enee to our conversation of this ssoming, i beg 1o inform you that my instructions concerning our answer to your la-d l mitania note contains the following passage: Liners will not be sunk by our submarines without waning and without safetj ol the lives of noncombatants, provided that the liners do not try to es ape a- offer resistance. Although I know that you do not wi-h to discuss the Lasl-tania uuestion till the Arabic incident lias been definitely and satisfactorily settled. I desire to inform you of the above b cause this policy of my government was decided on before the Arabic incident occurred. 1 have no objection to your making any use you may please of the above In format km. In ennection with the letter Secretary Lansing made the following statement: in view of the clearness of the foregoing statement, it seems needless to make any comment in regard BO It, other than to say that it appears to be a recognitl in of the fundamental principle for which we have contended. Count vim BemstorfTs letter was forwarded to President Wilson as goon as it was received at the state department. Concerning Russian provisions for the further ex-i use oT the war. a Petrograd dispatch of yesterday says: The finance committee of the Duma presented a bill today extending the rights of the slate bank to issue paper money. The committee report, discussed the entire problem of meeting war expenses, stating that the sums needed were so large that nit possible sources of revenue must he used — taxation, internal credit operations, an Issue of paper money ami foreign loans. 1or 1915. the report stated, the estimated war expenses are £3,621,000,000 and other expenses ,423,500,000. making I total of 83,000,000.000. The revenue from ordinary receipts is estimated at ,398,000,000, while credit operations up to the present time yielded ,000,500,000, leaving more than ,500,-000,000 yet to be provided. The government must prepare the ground fur another Important loan in foreign markets to pay for material 01:1 based abroad, but in view of our agreement with our allies, there is in doubt of our success. In the whole financial history of Russia there never has been a moments delay in paying creditors. Regarding the proposed development of the issue of piper money, the report said: ompared with other nations Russia holds the greatest cover in gold for her paper money, with the possible exception of Great Britain. A statement from Berlin says; During the month of August the number of prisoners taken by Jordan troops in the eastern and southeastern theaters of war and the quantities of war materials captured during the same period, totaled BBOre than 2.UIM officers and 269.839 men taken [prisoners, and 2.300 cannon and 50 i machine guns taken. Of these 20.000 prisoners and *27 cannon were taken at Kovno. About 90.000 prisoners. Including-fifteen generals and more than 1,000 other officers, and 1,200 cannon and 180 machine guns were taken at Novogei rgievsk. The counting up of 11. e cannon and machine guns taken at Novogeorgievsk has not yet been finished, however, while the count of machine guns taken at Kovno has not yet begun. I he figures quoted as t fab. therefore, vt ill be considerably increased. The st.M-k of ammunition, provisions and oats in the two form ssea can not be estimated. The number of prisoners taken by German and Auatro-Hungarian troops since May 2. when the spring campaign in Galtcia began, baa therefore increased to considerably more than 1.000.000. English money, already depreciated to figures wiiii..ut parallel In the history of finance, took another i. in nominal drop yesterday. The pound sterling sold down, witbia the first hour of dealings. to .50. a break of -ii cents overnight and a di p of 11 cents within two days. The drop caused the gravest anxiety as to iis possible effect on American exports, in w a: top figures. Continued and unchecked depreciation, it was thought, would affect tens of thousands of American workmen, possibly by ultimately dosing down factories now supplying Great Britain with commodities. The Immediate effect of the gieat drop son-,. Tuesdays dose was the virtue! paralysis of the foreign exchange markets. Sterling steadied later in the day and quotations reached 452%. 1 rains, however, depreciate. 1 to a new level Of 6.09, a drop of 0 cents from the opening quotations and 1 cents lower than the previous record. Scores of bruised and haltered passenger! limped from the 1iillm.uis of the Panama Limited train of file Sanfa Fe system when the train arrived at the Folk street station shed yesterday afterno n several hour- late. The delay was i-an-cd by .1 bead-end eolision below .loliet mi the Chicago 8 Alton tracks. One woman, finally hurt, i- in a .loliet h Bpital. A si ore r more Injured passengers were brought to Chicago on the belated train, one of the fastest. in the Santa Fe service. More than 2nd Chtcag i passengers wire aboard the train when the coUision occurred. All were shaken up and badly frightened. The train was going at high speed at the ! moot the crash. it- schedule cuts out Jo! let as a stopping place and the coUlsioa took place four miles south of J i liet. at Flaiivs, 111. Two regiments of Infantry and one of eavalry have been ordered from Galveston to reinforce American tioops pafrollng the Mexican ! Secretary Garrison announced that the war department was sending the additional forces at the request of Maj. Gen. Eun-ton. commanding the border patrol. The secretary explained that no esaergencj existed ai this time so far a be knew, and imli eat..; that the troop movements comprised merely a part of a general plan evolved by Gen. Funston for strengthening his positions. From Liverpool yesterday a dispatch said: The German submarine which sank the White Star liner Arabic on August 10 wn- Itself sunk by s British patrol boat the day following the sinking ot tin-liner, it was reported here. It is said the submarine continued iis raiding the day after it sank the .arable. When il attacked the Ilouler liner Nico sian. the report says, and while il was holding up that steamer, a patrol shin suddenly appeared and immediately began shelling the submarine, which sank with all its crew. yesterdays baseball results — National League: Cincinnati 4. Boston 0; Neu York o. Philadelphia 5; St. Louis 4. Pittsburgh ". first game: Pittsburgh ". St. Louis i. second game. American League: De troit 5. Chicago 4: Washington 2. New York 1: Boston 0. Philadelphia o. Federal League: St. Louis 7. Pittsburgh 2: Baltimore 7. Brooklyn !: Buffalo 5. Newark 2. AI Louisville yesterday the Kentucky democratic stale convention indorsed WoodroW Wilson fir the presidency in 1916, The cinventiou declared in favor of continuing in force the county unit, or local-option law. as agmlnsl -tale wide prohibition. W. R. Ilahlcman of Louisville was named national committeeman to succeed i ivy Woodson of Owens born, Reliable compilations of the damage done by the typhoon winch swept over Shanghai au E e night of July 29 show that at beast 500 lives wen- lost, largely through drowning, and that about ,000,000 worth of property was destroyed. Shanghai has no: Buffered such a storm in thirty yearn. Successful Buasiaa counter attacks on a vide front in the Strips river district, eastern Gal Ida, are reported in a Bussian official statement The Russians claim to have captured 3.000 prisoners, thirty cannon and thirty-four machine guns. At Pittsburgh yesterday Harry K. Phaw, through his attorneys. Stone - stone, filed a petition in Common Plena coin: a-kii.g a divorce from iiis wife. Evelyn Nesblt Thaw, charging misconduct with John Francis of New York. Cant. -lolin Reiiiu of t. e West lake street station and Capt. Patrick ,1. Gibbons of the Shakespeare avenue station, veterans of tic police department, handed in their stars yesterday to Chief Healey. I:i return they were given retired captains stars. Marquis Karon Inouye, one of the • der state--men of japan, is critically ill and his death is bell red t Ik imminent. The marquis, win. u one of the most Influential figures la the Japanese financial world, is .SO years old. Ti - Serbian government has Informed Greece that ii iltiinls i,, eompl] wit. i tin- requests ot the quad ruplo entente « Deeming the concessions demanded by Bulgaria.
