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EVEtflHa LEDeEB-PHIUADEIiPEiA SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER T3, yfflS.
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SATURDAY EVENING REVIEW OF THE WEEK'S EVENTS HERE. THERE AND EVERYWHERE
BOURSE OF THE
EtillOPEAK WAR
, Tho Mo9t Important Battle So Far
' nnll Wiat it Mentis to tin Gen-
feral Situation.
purine? sjx days a titanic sttugRle. upon
which the flnnl'outeomo of the nnr tuny
rest, has been In progress nlons a 1M- (
hli $bMIo lino in northern France. To
;onprohend the sltuntlon ns n whole It
la necessary to cllmlnnte single engage
ments, the ebb and flow of victories and
defeat, and regard the battle of the
AUtt as a. whole
This battle Is, Indeed, the most Impor
ialit,. thus far fought In the war fpon
the outcome shall rest the falo of Ctetnintl
rtrmA In Prnlice. In one short week tin
'world lifts seen the mightiest army over
gathered virtually routed, driven from the
J'pVj- gales of Paris and forced to tnke
the' defensive at a time when vlctorv
'seemed certain. K61 ntofp than elv weeks,
not rounilng Hie temporary check at
l.tffge. thf Onrniaii" swept mcrythlnt; he
ore them The seventh wrk nw a t.n 1
Jrr tin- tide, whPti tie nlUni .irnu ildmtt
Uterjd a crushing .Wet 10 the Ueimnua
alonir the Mnrne. 'September S saw the
hlgh-wutci ip irk hi th" Itivnsion. from
that, date the I'rotich iiml Itrltlsh h.ivo
been victorious.
Ar iho beginning of the present week,
the -eighth of the vuir, the allies were
found pushing the Germans far from
Parts, 1 outing the German right wing,
renewing the campaign In Alsace and
driving the German" centre away from lt
poltloni near Verdun. Tup Alsne wim
crossed by the nllles, the Hermans were
dlsloUgd from the hi Is to the north of
the river and fotce.l to take entrenched
positions hetween t ie nii unit the Mouse,
covering a turritory hounded bj the 1 Ivors
and the storied fnr.-st nf tlic Argonne.
Jpon this hattletleld the .irmlex are tlll
engaged. Again taking the offensive, the
Germans have lepeatedly hurled their
forces against the allies. 't upparentlv.
to no avail Th- battle Is 0111 of artil
lery, of long-inngo lighting, of nmneuvet
Irtg for positions The outcome wl.l prob
ably not bo known for several days.
Disinterested military experts the world
over are of the opinion that the allies
are In a favorable position to drive the
Invaders Into the Valley of the Meuse
and evontuallv out of Kinncc. Should
the prpsrnt battle become n victory for
Germany, the sltuntlon would be vir
tually the ame ns existed three weeks
ago. Ano'hor slow retieat would be made
to the fortifications at Paris The British
niid French liavc proved themselves nw
ters In the art of retiring, while the
panic which followed the flanking move
ment of the British demonstrated that the
Germans failed In conjuctlng a with
drawal. The losses of the allies upon
their retirement from Belgium wore Infini
tesimal ns compared to tho-e sustained
by tho German", while the eontlnunl har
assment of thp armies of von Kluk, von
Huelow and von Hnuen the withering
fire of the French artillery upon the
fatigued soldiers and the dogged fighting
of the British and Indian troops wrought
frightful camago In the German ranks
upon their retreat to tho present posi
tion. Bhould the tide of bottle turn to the
allies, a complete defeat for Geiimrv
la virtually assured. The Kaiser realizes
that victory Is never attained by those
on the defensive. France nnd Uusla
must bo brought to terms before Kngland
can bo reckoned with. With the French
campaign a falluie. with t'us-slnn victor!
ous In Gnllcla. with Great Uiltnln master
of the seas and In a position to iclnf iree
the French lines for at least a year, the
position of Germany would be untenable.
.'ChAM'-the crisis In tho war has been
reached.
Whatever may be the contents of the
dispatches passing between 'Washington
and the American Ambassador at Ber
lin, sufficient official confirmation has
been made public to warrant the belief
that Germany would welcome the good
offices of this country In bringing about
peace. The moral effect of the commu
nications made public at Washington has
Its reflections in London nnd Paris
yhls week has also seen vast strides
made by the Russians in Galicla. While
Berlin rejoices over the check of the
campaign of invasion In eastern Prussia,
the defeat of the Austrian, the concen
tration of Russian troops against Gor
man Silesia nnd the panic at Vienna in
be received alone ns indications that the
Czar's forces are attempting the German
invasion from Poland rather than from
PiUBsla, Thl3 week has brought the hosts
of, Russia to the very door of Germany.
Cracow alone bars the way to enter the
Kaiser's domain on a lino to Berlin which
Is, far easier to take than along the
stronglv tortifled northern mute.
Bervtn. however, has lost ground dur
ing the lust six diys on Austrian soil
Semlln. from which the Aiistrlans bom
barded Belgrade, lau-r taken by the
Herbs, has been evacuated. Against Bos
nia the Servians are now manning wllh
the Montenegrin troops. Fr four days
they have been victorious
In the Far East the theatre nf war
presents a drama of remarkable heroism
a mere hnndful of men entrusted in de
fending tho city of Tsing-Tao tn the
German Province of Klno-i'liuu. holding
the Japanese fleet and land forces at
bay. The developments of the week hare
ben of litt1 1 - i'ii 1 . .. f'ii as 1 .111
he ascertained
The most Important diplomats feature
of the week has been tin failure of Ger
many to induie Italy to remain In the
Triple Alliance. Italy has mobilised her
arms . thn reserve fone has been (ailed
to join the colors on September 28 ami
the puitlclpation of the courit-v In the
vvjii with the Triple Kntente. demanded
by popular sentiment, will proUably take
place during the present month
In short, ai unbiased seiutu of tho
vents ot tin- 1 t wi-tk "! v. tint Ger
rnnnv l In u perilous pciti"n. that sh
muit administer a quick defeat to the
nllii .r l,r .1' iv en ne olid tlio Ithine.
nnd that encompassed by foes, unalild
by Austria, she faxes the crista of her life
TJi. mlghtv army has proved to be fatli
)Ae. the !ni? o' the Allien Pave ! n
lajsed and the Kaiser, instead of riding
ti v 11 n r in Paris, finds hW own th.-one
in danger
IIOMC HUr.E AND THE WAR
in Knclatid the course of events this
T'eek ha il'ustruteil the rn-.4rkabe fll
l.llitx r V f constitution The leaders t
the parties in Parliament talked of mak
ing an usieement whereby the i'int
u,, ?&i.sote wmmmm "WMmmmwmmk
1 mi 1 1 ' rf"- -, wiKKL:Vx.mzzi'M&i -w" -v"Yn'-""f"-'t rc-'-iMftfin
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motto Is "Xo vote, no ta.' notified the
Government Thursday that Its members
have decided to pay tn.ves this year on
uccount 'f the wnr.
COURTING AMERICA'S FAVOR
The fnor of the T'nlttd States. Its Gov
ernment and Its people lontlnuos to be
courted by tho warring nations ot
Euiope.
On Wednesday formal notice was given
to tho world by President Wilson that tho
United States at this time cannot pnss
Judgment upon or take any part In con
troversies between the warring European
nations over alleged violations of the
rules of civilized warfare and humanity.
Ho said that settlement of these ques
tions would have to wait until the end of
the wnr, which he pinved might be very
eft. -in Thn rrntil,lMt o i,irt,tim.l tin. t.iisl-
tlon of the American Government tlist In I The pending rivers and haiboi.s bill will
an address to the commission sent to him ! "raw a laige part of the tlio of the Rc-
S7 Ws?? 1CTAT
STRIKING ASPECTS OF THE NEWS AS BROUGHT INTO RELIEF BY THE CARTOONISTS
by King Albert of Belgium to protest
aealnst alleged atrocities committed by
the German army. Later In the day he
sent n cablegram containing similar ex
pressions to Empe'or William, replying
to the lattei's recent protest that the
allies were usl'.g dum-dum bullets.
A resume cf the finding of the Belgian
Commission of Inquliy appointed by tho
King of the Belgians to Investigate the
alleged atrocities committed by German
troops was made public by the Belgian
Legation nt Washington Wednesday
after the leport had been presented to
President Wilson.
SECONDTHOUGHT TREATIES
pressive object lessen In behalf of peace.
Treaties between tho United States and
four other nations. Great Britain, France,
Spain nnd China, were signed simultane
ously at the State Department by Secre
tary Brnn nnd representatives of the
foreign countries named They have
been called, very aptly, "breathing spell
treaties." the reasun fQr this designation
publicans, and thev. also will battln
agalufct expenditures this vcar in tho
election of public buildings. It will be
shown also that a caiving of KS.OOO.OOO
could be made In the anticipated ap
propriations should the State Depaitment
abandon Its plan to pay Colombia $23.
000.000 as a balm to her wounded pride
for the loss of Panama and j.l.OOO.OrtO to
Xlcaiuguan Canal route and other naval
pitvlleges in thoj-o waters.
A "conference" of all House Republi
cans was called for last evening to form
a united front In opposing what they call
a "war ta In time of peace "
When the rivers and haiuors bill came
up in the Senate Thursday the filibuster
was continued. Senator Kenyon, of Iowa,
Tuesday was the occasion of a most Im- lnlHle "ls IO" "". u,' iJcut ' "" "
HlCilSUIl. ,11111 11IJ -'flllUl.i IU3 tturniriu
to compvl him to continue his ictnarks
without furthei Interruptions fiom his
col leu g lie.. ho weie thus allowing him
brief rests. They resurrected a prece
dent established by tx-Vice President
Morton dining a Pemocratlc filibuster
against the "Force" bill. On Friday tho
question pending was whether the Senate
should reverse Its decision that n Senator
iiiPIHAt Irttal li Olinflia tl'lltlil t1 (I 1 t II C
lv ng in the fact that th. ptovtde that apceclli 'esceTlX. hv unanimous consent,
a I disputes which cannot be settled by A sor!ous nttempl ,0 i,rnK to n on.i
diplomacy shall be leferred to a perma- , ,,. ,iihlic:, mii.aster l.v menus of a
compromise was begun yesterday A
lump sum appropriation, amounting to
SiO.fflO.OuO to $25 fiW.Ou'l. to bo expended
largelv nt the discretion of the Socret.u y
of Wnr in continuing nnd making tlver
and harbor Improvoironts, was the sug-
tluit we should not be In a huiry to
leave
The so-called fcelzme of the Xntlonal
Railways system by tho Constitutionalists
took plnco early In the week. Thut theie
nnd been a conllscallon was denied later,
with the statement that new officials had
been substituted for the Clentllicos In
conttol: "The Mexican Government owns
about 5J per cent, of the controlling In
tel et In the National Railways, a cor
pointlon chartered by tho Mexican Con
giess. With its mnjorlty Interest the
Goveinniont has the right to remove tlio
dlrectois and otrtclals of the company and
to dictate Its policy.'
made public during the week, computed
v- rj unfavorably with tho same month of
the previous year, but tills Is to be ex
pect In view of the Kuiopeau wur. The
merchandise tiade decreased In Impoits,
and fell off very heavily In Imports, with
the result of an excess of Imports of $19,
k"1,931, computing with an excess of mer
chandise expotts In the samo month of
the previous year of ?30,SJ7,tG7. The value
of txpoits was less than In any other
month for five years. Tho export ot gold
duilns tlio mouth was $13,123,017 as against
M.19 1.1137 In August, 1013.
Among tho annual toports ot lallioads
nent om.'iislon for Investigation, and
thut in no case fchall hostilities begin be
frre the expiration of a ear
The Cabinet officers. Ambassadors nnd
Ministers who witnessed the signing of
the treaties were given a luncheon nt tho
University Club, at which Secretary
Bryan provided the following menu of
his own arrangement:
Nutralliy Soup
Franth olives White radish"
Ppanlfh omelet
nnnllsh mutton chop
Uk troqimtM a la PeKIn French neas
Corn O'Brien Miami lalad
AmerlcHn lio cream
Oolong tea
I'ndir the Ico cream tho Secretary had
Issued durhiK tho week were those of tho
The Information that Genei.il Curuinza Remllng Company, the Philadelphia nnd
would not assume olllre as Provisional Reading Railway and the Chicago, 5111-
Presldent of MeMco came stniuttaneousiy . waukee and St. Paul. The St. Paul earn
vvlth the announcement of the early evac- ' nt 0.3 er cnt. on $110,S33,100 common
nation of Vuia Cruz. It is his under- I slock, as compared with S.G2 per cent, on
stood purpose to turn over tho executive SIIG.SIS.WO stock In 1911, while the Reading
power in Mexico to the Provisional Prcsl- ) Companj earned 12.17 per cent, on $70,
dent to be named at the Constitutionalist (J0 0M) common stock, ngailiht 17.37 In the
Convention of military leaders to ne held , previous year. The gross and net earn
on October 1. This Cniranza is doing i-o 1 lugs of all fell below those of last year,
that he may be a candidate at the subse- 1 while operating expenses generally In
qucnt election. ' ci cased.
i;.uly In October, it was said Thursday. ' The Stai and Stilpes vveto hoisted to
tho American Government will be for- , the masthead of one of tho steamers of
mally nsked to extend iccognltlon to the
new Government then in executive con
trol In Mexico,
Slate Committee of the resignation of
Dean William Drnpcr Lewis, the Wash-
I Ington putty nominee for Governor, nnd
1 the iiitlflcitlou of Vance C, McCormlclc,
Democtntlc nominee, ns the Progressive
gubeinatotlal candldntc, gave added Im
petti!, to tho fusion movement.
Clint ges of a "deal" behind the with
drawal of Dean Lewis were mado by
United States Senator Bules Penrose, who
declined that tho Dean Is to be made
Attomev General It McCormlck wins.
That the withdrawal Iiub not met with
unlvcisnt sanction In the pntty was In
dicated by the action of Richard R. Quay,
son of the late M. S. Quay. In branding
E. A. Van Valkcnburg nnd William Fllnn
ns foes to the Progressive cause. 1VI11
Inm V. Dcoykne, of this city, and other
noted Washington party men followed
tho lend of Quay nnd indicated thn be
diming of a stampede from the party.
Fred 15. Lewis, Piogresslve Congressman-al-Lurfto
and Washington party candi
date for Secretary of Internal Affahs,
predicted that thore would be generul
fusion ngnliiBt Penrose.
Glflord Plnchot, the Washington party
nominee for United States Senator, In ono
of his speeches of tho week. Indicated
that he would withdraw If he believed
Palmer had a chance to win.
In tho Democratic ranks the Fcdetal
Admlnlsttatlon took Its 111 st (active step
in the State fight, Socretary of Labor
William B. Wilson deltvcilng a speech
at thu meeting of the State Federation of
Democratic Clubs at Sctnnton.
Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh, the Repub
lican nominee for Govornot, met the offer
of support by the Xoith American If ho
would declaie against Penrose by te
fuslns to be a party to any "deal," In
so doing he called attention to the plat
form on which he Is making his. cam
paign. The action of the Anti-Saloon League in
Indorsing McCoimlck and Plnchot came
ns a surprise, as it Is said Mr. Palmer
had been slated for Indorsement. Charges
have been mndo by Independent temper
ance men since that the- convention of tho
league was "padded" to favor McCor
mlck and Plnchot. During tho week tho
Brunibntigh supporters gave out copies
of an address In which he nllgued him
self definitely In favor of local option.
gestlon.
UNCLE SAaI AND MEXICO
j The subject of American occupation of
I Vera Cruz has had. In the Inst few weeks,
considerable prominence in tho editorial
columns of tho press, and the events of
, this week seem to have answered the
this quotation: Diplomacy Is the art ; aUPStlonB TO0St frequently asked. On
of keeping cool." At tho end of the 1 ' iirnoi,i
menu tard was written. "Ptate hath her , y-'" j "" """""",,"."' "" "...T
victories no less renowned than war." " that the troops would b, soonw. th
and at the foot in heavy tvpe was "Xoth- "I"1 lh clty '"?J,orTi ie lim
tag Is final between ft lends." The last tl'" 3Ieca", fiov"n "? ' ''" floh
quotation was the answer which Sec re. ' Vblel1 ,mm a'l'y n,onu, J '"
t'vry Brvan ..v. to Viscount Chlnda. the , '" 1J10W" C " "V tl
Jnpanese Ambassador. Inst year when ' ". .;,..""? ;,., ..rii,eT n
iait,n ill' " jsv
ll,.i al,n lf.n.1 n,nlmvmi' wn "thn Insr , w hiu:juiiuiii.i.-
ihi - instrument and ,tho AinerA'an
Department of State expects them
.t i .- -. a 1. i runz.ll. i.lirj lieu ijic ciu n;utiiiii
me lautr in. Jireu 11 n c-ruiiii """ on .. ,,,,. T1nv ... ,i.
...... ..,. AAnlanI K1I IX l 11 IIII OII
..i. II" 3 il rtcuni ui (.. . vi.-
The M.,r ' sober fcecond.thought trea- I ''"H'X'ofllSliri' ollVoTrf'
.!.. thirty -r. .i"n,i Tnes.iav . nv vuB Onrcla, the oMlilal orator 01 tno
the a previously made with Centra, and ! .' , lrot ,1 e W8I !
,outh Ante. lean and a few European ,rni8e "I Invite you." h said, "to give ,
countries. ermany. ftawla. Jain. !, o$ ,,rofPS,,r woodrow Wilson. .
4'urkey and Greece have Indicated thtlr ,;",.,. t vr,u 4m.if..." The ln-
approvvl ..f the principle Involved tn v.ri,, ,..,,, ;Iu,ll and loiuilv ULceut-
1 .i linrcia made sllchtllig references to i
..' I r...r.r.nnn I ., Ot ,,, A 111 MpVlCfV
become parties to similar compact On tho next day Sir Lionel Cirden.
, formerly British Minister to Mexlo ana
M'AH ta i.c A vn uriin.' . recently umiuimcu ..iiui.ti ,,..,
TOWARD PEACE IN COLORADO
Tho end of one war, fortunately, seems
to bo In sight. That Is the labor war In
Coloiado. On Tuesday President Wilson
1 received a letter from the officers of the
United Mine Wot kern of Ametica, uc-
ceptlng the PresliHnt's plan for an ud
, Justment of the differences between the
mine owneis and tho workeis, such ac
ceptance being subject to the approval of
the miners themselves. A convention of
the miners was held the following day
at Trinidad and the letter of the olllciuls
was formnlly luttflcd.
Tho President submitted his plan to
the parties concerned on September 3.
The basis of agreement offeivd by the
President Includes the establishment of
a three-year tiuce. subject to the Infoue.
nunt of the mining and labor InwH of
Coloiado: tho letum to wotk of mlnet.s
who have not been convicted of law vio
lations, the prohibition of Intimidation of
non-union men, the publication of tin
current scale of wages and rules and the
appointment of a Grievance Committee
by tho employes Tho agreement pio
vldes that In cases where the officers of
the company or the Grievance Commit
tee cannot settle differences, a cnnimls
aion of three men named by the PreMdont
shall btvp In and act as the final icferee
of nil disputes.
That the request of ieprct,eiilatlvcs of
tlio Colorado coal operatots for a con
feienco with President WiUon next Wed
nesday had been gtnnteil was made
known jesterday.
News from Congress during the week
hdj to do inojtlj with the proposed war
tax and the Henate filibuster against the
rivers and ha r bo is bill. Tho war tax
mtdsuie which was agreed upon by the
majorlt of the Iiemocrats of the Wain
whs minted as saving, that "It Is a des
perate (.name that the United States has
seen Ot to abandon the decent people of
Mexico when they most need help." Ills
alleged statement was a very hevere
ciiticlsm of President Wilson's action.
Me had previously, while In Mexico Clt,
policy 01 me
erttlclriHrl tho MeXlCUIl
and Means Committee of the House last 1 I'nitwl States in the strongest language
vek was held In aheynnco until tho , m jt Wus through Pi esident Wilson's in
return on Tuesday of President Wilson. , fluttiLe that later he was not handed his
ho had been at his summer homo In poHsuorts bv General Curruuza, who he. '',",' '"7 "" ' "l " 1
Crnnd,. X. II. Much onnosltlm. on the Pf!.',.or.VM,.,,ll ,pi,m, ,, inrcelv I,U8I,C' aside, and there has com
len- 1 '...1..- .. ........ .i,....i .!,. " . . """'""" " i.ei
Prtt of the Democrats of House ami Sen-1 ,fcgr,orisible for Ttutrtl..a dogged rests
COaIMERCE AND FINANCE
Optimism of the most unmistakable
kind way this week Injected Into the
financial situation of the world. Tho
Kuropean war, of course, naturullv con
tinues mote or less of a disturber of the
general business equilibrium of this coun
try and the world at large, yet the dark
clouds of financial and commercial de
pression ate slowly hut surely being
in
horizon
tho United Fiult Company, and the com
pany plans to place all of Its own 25 ves
sols under Amcrlcnn registry. In addition
to :i7 other vessels which the compnny
contiols. Tho Metropolitan Life Insur
ance Compnny tcporled one of the largest
realty loans in yenis. tho amount being
$1,200,000, while In Philadelphia a loan of
JSO.OOO on a piece of realty wai mado bv
tho Glrard Trust Compnny. Philadelphia
grain men will upply for a charter for a
new export company to engago In ex
porting wheat and wheat flour.
Tho New York. New Haven nnd llait
ford Railroad Company and tho New Kng
land Navigation Compuny pled their Joint
answer to the Government's Milt under
tho Sherman nntl-tmst law, denying that
the lavv had been violated. Tho filing of
tlio answer was largely formal, as tho
suit, by agreement with the Attorney Gen
eral, is to be settled out of couit by dis
solution of tho New Haven.
A better feeling In the Philadelphia
money market was shown dining the week
and out-of-town banks made inquiries of
their city correspondents for good name
commeiclal pnpei, thus showing that the
better feeling bus penettatcd to tho 101m
try Institutions nnd that they have de
cided to let go of some of their surplus
funds. Thero was no change In rates,
however. The rates for call and time
money In this city are 6 per cent., the
highest legal rate In Pennsylvania, nnd
commercial pupef Is quoted 7 to 7'j per
cent. Tho rate for commeiclal paper In
New York Is 7 and S per cent., but paper
has been finding u sale In New Yoik as
low as 7 per rent.
Hte. as well uu of tha Republicans, had
arisen ov r the prov imon fur a 3 per cent.
(ioveinm nt should be Wept in power unit' 1 lux on freight shipments.
the end of the war
Theie was not sJuh aimoir. . liuver.
it)icn n Tuesiia Piemier pilih bill
for suspending the opeiatlon of th Home
ttule till for one eai was presented to
the House of Commons- Bonar Law.
lender of the Unionists, made a speech
In which he charged the Government with
breach of faith ip taking advantage uf
the loyal desire of I'ltfonlsts not to creat
trouble in the present national crisis, and
at Its .ondusion led the members of his
nam out of the chamber. Ttu Suspen-
rV. slpji oill in connection with the Hume i
E. - ,., ., A ,. A ff.1..BA A . .. r. -.B
IIUIO I'm imiwru nir uvu.c u . vuiuem
that . renins, and the House of Lords
agreed to the Suspension bill on Wednea
4i The Home Rule bill was Signed by
Kirur George jesterday.
John Redmond, the Irish Ifcader, UJued
a manifesto SVednwdav evenlii? in winch
lie called on all Irishmen to bear their
thjsrv In the war In which the empire is
rngaged. The demucruj of Girat liilt
!n have Wept faith with inland and it
j now the dutv of honor for Ireland to
Ktep faith with them." tie tatd
Tlii Women Tax RcMelan. L. j,- i-rctHJoed-
iuaLnl- cf sulfragettea. whese
'I'U'Sdv rveniris a caucus of HoU9
pemoci.its t-.tlidrew the freight tax
prov'mon from the bill and ac
cepted terms which had been 11 meed
upon at a White House conference
by Pieaident Wilton. JJr I'nder
wcad, 'lairman nf tae Ways and Means
Committee. Benatoi Simmons, chairman
of the Senate Finance Committee. Stcrc
1. rv M.Adf.u and Postmaster General
Burleson To Mi Underwood fell the
tu.k of reviving the measure in accord
ance with tn iectsKin of the cavjcu. una
tace to diplomatic pressure tne jiriusn
Ambassador at Washington, Sir Cecil
Sprliig-Ulce, expressed to Secretar
Ijevan the deepest tegret for tin, latest -, hH ty"of Nw' Ymk
Caiin incident, and chaiacterUed the . ,, . biiMtini
statements attributed to the former Ml,,- ' ',BIlfob' fc'
Istrr to Mexico as "unauthotltatlve
Spring-Bice has made a report on the
matter to the London Foreign Office. The
American Government. It was said
Thursday, lias decided to Ignore the al
leged lud'scretlon. Several newspapers
ccclaro that If Great Britain wishes to
ealUfy our people it should put Sir Lionel
out cf the business, of .so-called diplomacy
it was said Wednesday that the new bill ' and" assert that lie did not represent
would call for taxes on beer, domestic
wines, licenses for tobacco manufac
turers and dealers, gasoline, a special tax
along the lines of the Spanish-American
war tax on bonds, certificates, shares of
stock, bllU of sale, di-ifts. checks, mort
gazes, telegrams and the like The total
Mttmate revenues from these sources
would be 5lfS.(f"0
With partj diff' renews smoothed iver,
the British Government In Mexico, but
Loid Cowdray and the Pearson oil Inter-
ICPtO.
The news of our decision to withdraw
from Vera Cruz was received with great
favor In South American countries, ac.
cording to dUpatches
On Thursday Secretarv of War Garri
son ordered transports south to bring the
Vmrrlcan troops back to the United
Administration leaders vetteidav were States President Wilson had expected
determined t push the bill to a final con- I to remove the troops before October 1.
elusion In the Hou-,e On ih Senate I but General Funston suggested that O' -
side however il.e bill is exueeted to be I tober 10 wjulil be a. more suitable dae
delajed because of the opposition from
me iiepuonc&ns They plan to attack
the measure on tlte ground that demo
cratic revision of the tariff is responsible
for the large billing off of the revenues.
on ac ount of the laige number of ief'
which forecasts an catly if turn to 1101
mality everywhere.
Among the more important eirnts of
the week were the floating of a HW.OOO.ofW
with which
lions maturing
abroad: the shipment of $5,000,ouo in gold
bj J. P. Morgan & Co. to Ottawa to help
in tne samo purpose; a fall In foreign
exchange rates being the first general
decline since the unprecedented high
rates which have been prevalent since
the outbreak of hostilities in Rurope.
the application of the Eastern railroads
to tho Interstate Commerce Commission
to reopen tho S per cent, freight late
case ,and the agreement to a conference
between the Governors of nine Southern
cotton States In Washington on next
.Monday to discuss a plan to take this
year's cotton crop off the market and
thus save It from low price destrut tlon
The plan for the buying up of all South
ern cotton ls that tho nine States Involved
shall Issue 13SO.400.0O4 3 per cent bonds
and buy and stuie 3.000,&CiO bales of cot
ton, the purchase priie to be 10 cents a
pound. The plan also Includes tho cutting
down of next gear's cotton acreage 60 per
cent. By another plan, Introduced In the
"buy-a-bale-of-cotton movement, a large
POLITICS IN PENNSYLVANIA
The prospect of gcneinl f Union against
Penrose furnished the main topic of
political speculation In tho week just
mllng, which has been maiked by events
of considerable Import. Gubeniutoii.il und
fccuatorial nominees continued their up
State campaigns und made speeches in
uuuibruUH towns and cities.
Figures obtulnnble for the second ieg
Istratiun day on Tuesday Indicate that
the Republicans have held their lead In
both city and State. The enrollment for
the second day In thu city Is given as
SJ.078. making a total for both dais of
approximately 180,000. Of this number the
Republicans claim 113,000, the Democrats
H'.UiO, tho Washington party SUM ami
about S5,O0O are iion-pattlsan. 1
hi the State the Republicans aho held 1
the lead, hut the proportion is not ns 1
laige as In the city, due piubabl to the I
lack of the same effort made here. It is
claimed, however, that the Republican
State figures are larger than for the flist
two registration days of 1912.
The acceptance by the Progressive
"AS GOES MAINE"
The election held In Maine Is significant
of tluee things: the deciease In the Pro
gifsslve vote, the corresponding Increase
nf tho Republican vote and the fact that
the State, which Is considetod a political
barometer for the whole country, went
Democratic by an Inci cased, plurality over
that obtained by Mr. Wilson In 1912.
The Republicans gained 31,311 and the
Progressives lost 20,1(11.
Hnlnes, the Republican candidate for
Governor, lecelvcd 37,66.', us compared
with 20,121 votes enst for Tuft in 1912;
while Gnidlner, the Progie.sslvo candi
date, tereived only 17,413, ns compared
with 4".ieil votes cast for Roosevelt in
1912.
Political Campaigns in Other Slate
The campaign In New York State has
reached the mildlv excited stage, duo
principally to the Indoisemcnt by Mayor
Mltchel of John A. Hcnnessi's candidacy
for Governor on the independent ticket,
on which Urnukliii D. Roosevelt Is run
ning for United States Senator.
Progiesslves weiv greatly exeiclsed over
the possibility of William Sulzer's obtain
ing the nomination for Govetum on their
ticket, and many nte repoited aH having
tlitentened to bolt In case of tho ex-Gov-crnoi's
success.
Newspaper straw votes eem to Indi
cate the success of Glynn and Whitman
at the primaries.
Ambassador Geiuid has sent woid fiom
Berlin that he Is willing lo inn for
United States Senator on the Democratic
ticket piovlded that he can remain at
Ids post so long as ihe situation de
mands It.
William F. Mi Combs, chub man of the
Democratic National Committee, visited
Piesldent Wilson and discussed the New
Vol I; situation. It Is announced that the
President will icinain neutial In tho fight
between Tammany and Its antagonists.
Mci'onibs Is said to favor Glynn and
Geiard,
In the Mat viand prlmniles. held last
Tuesday, United States Senator John
Walter Smith was loiiomlnated by the
Democrats. The Republicans had no pri
mary contests and thcli candidates will
he certified by tho Boards of Rlectlon
Supei visors.
Democruts of Connecticut met In Stnte
convention In Hartford and indorsed the
Administration's policies. Governor Bald
win was selected fot United States Sen
ator. Arkansas went Democratic by the usual
majority, Governor Hujs being re-elected
by 30,000.
IN PHILADELPHIA
A committee of local business men nan
named to go after tho South American
trade. Dudley Bnrtlett, chief of the For.
elgn Trado Department of the PhlladcU
phla Commercial .Museum, detclared that
Canada was a fertile field for American
goods.
Dr. William O. Jacobs was mentioned
Monday as tlio successor to Dr. Martin
Governor, Mr. Jacobs Is now acting Su.
G. Brumbaugh should the latter be elected
perlntendcnt of Schools.
Monday night tho Franklin Instttul
School of Mechanical Artn started Its gist
year.
Tuesday Secretary Redfleld, of tho De
partment of Commerce and Labor, named
Alba B, Johnson, president of tho Bald
win Locomotive Works, as n member of
a committee of business men to co-op-erato
with existing bodies In seeking
trado with South Amorlca,
Business men from all parts of the city
attended the meeting called by Transit
Director A, Merrltt Tnylor to protest
against further delay In getting Improved
transit facilities for Philadelphia,
Appeals from tho South to Philadelphia, '
for financial aid In handling the cotton
crop were made Wednesday. On thn
sntno day the Philadelphia Rotary Cini
started the "Made In America" movement,
and urged a study of trado conditions in
South America.
Councils mnde possible a start on th
sewer work preliminary to tho subwnv
on Thursday by appropriating ?5000i
from tho J1I.700.000 loan for this purpose
Drastic cuts were mndo In other appro,
priatlons to scattro this nnd the total of
tho lonn vvns reduced $100,000. The, Art
Museum project may bo crippled ns the
result of ft $200,000 cut made In the np
rroprlatlon for It.
Mayor Blntikcnhurg ctltlcised Councils
efforts to hinder him, denounced duni
ofllco holding and summed up plans fer
South Philadelphia developments In l,ti
annual message lo Councils,
A port boom began with the soiling
ot two vessels with full cargoes of grain
nnother wltlnoll and a fourth with coal
The price of citric ncid dropped 40 per
cent., breaking the "corner" that hn.1
been started In It. Orders for Intg
quantities of blankets, saddles and
bridles for tho armies In Europe were
received by local firms.
Study of the plans for the sedimenta
tion basin nt the Torresdalo filter plant
Indicated that the cut of $100,000 in Hie
municipal loan appropriation for this
work will not cripple tho project
A city-wide war on rats was called fo
by Doctor Hnrtc, Director of the Health
Department.
The liner Ancona sailed with a large
number of reservists for tho Italian aimy.
JUST OUT
A New
Novel by
George W. Gable
Author of "Old Creole Days,"
"The Cavalier," etc.
GIDEON'S
BAND
A TALE OF THE MISSISSIPPI
$1.3S Net, Postage Extra
William Dean JHowells.
tn speaking of Mr. Cable's rarlin no A.
tu 'lleiolnvs of J Utlon," says
i or a .ertJlli blend of roman.e , 1
irallty wlil.li 1m no uroiiK to en r
component pioperty. 1 il" not luion ns
like tn Anuikun Iktlon. nnd I reel n..t
this Is iulng fai too little I miin -a
In all fktluii. and not ac. ui.e nrjsel' of
etruJ(,an. c."
The New York Tribune:
' Tliro ate few Ililnu Vrierltan um -who
can produce fin- us more 1 ei r. 1
than Mr f'ablo doej. In liis bcr m n, . -the
tpee I). Ihe manner, ilie vli.,1- j'
-itmosphire of a icmote time nn.l 11
cullar people A delicious flavor of 1
inor penetrates tils htoilcs. anil " '-'.
puitiony me handled Willi l.ue sli.i'K 1
The Edinburgh Review:
"L'ubli! possesses the vein ot vmv. u 1
Iniag' native feellni! that enables li " M
conjuie up a picture so laden win 1
iranranie of the past us to cuminuin 1
his meaning palpabb 10 1I10 senses
Charles F. Richardson,
irt "American Literature," sn-ys-
'.V Ueen observer an I a fearless , a. 1
for fearlessness Is needed If nna would
faithfully depict tho lift of 11 senlu
folk Cable Is also a line artist In Ins
Loud! and at the same time a wholn iu
moralim."
Charles Scribner's Sons
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usees In Vera e'ruz. In some quarters I quantity 01 cotton ns aireauy oecn urn
It la asserted that thero I yet no ade- posed of at 10 cents a pound,
quale assurance of protection of tegitl- -The reports of the foreign trade ortbe
mate European Interests tn Mexico, and I UniUd States tor the, month, of August,
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