SITUATION AGAIN
BECOMING GRAVE
———————
German Military Attache’s Let-
ter Offensive to U. S.
ARABIC NOTE RENEWS CRISIS
Consul-General Also Slated To Go.
Diplomatic House Cleaning May
Result In Qusting Von
Bernstorff.
Washington -President Wilson's re.
quest for the recall of the Austrian
Ambassador, Dr. Constantin Theodor
Dumba, has broadened into a situation
involving Capt. Franz von Papen, the
military attache of the German em-
bassy: Alexander Nuber von Pereked.
the Austrian Consul-General in New
York, and possibly Count von Bern-
storfl, the German Ambassador,
The official view that the
bassador, although technically
volved, not so seriously
Am-
in
concerned
as the military attache or the Consul-
General t 1s not unlikely that both
of the may be recalled or dis
is
is
latter
fication of Germany's explanation an
American note will reach Berlin which
will set forth the views of the United
States in a brief and unmistakable
manner,
Germany's declaration that, while
she regrets the loss of Americans, she
recognizes no liability for indemnity,
even if the submarine commander was
mistaken in believing the Arabic was
#bout to attack him, and practically
offering to arbitrate the principle, is
cally where it was left by the Berlin
Government's unresponsive attitude
toward the Lusitania negotiations and
in remarkable contravention of the
favorable view which State Depart-
ment officials had been led to take by
the statements of the German Ambas-
sador,
LAST ARUGMENT FROM CHAIR.
ginia Debt Case.
of
Virginia
Relatives
the
Washington.
Holmes Conrad,
hwas hastened by overwork in
Virginia-West Virginia debt cone
troversy involving $14,000,000, which
the Supreme Court of the
States decided in favor of his clients,
the old debt certificate holders. Major
Conrad made this case the chief work
of his declining years. When the Su.
preme Court heard final arguments in
deat
the
missed from the country,
Criticized U. 8. Offisials.
Captain von Papen is involved in the
Dumba case because he forwarded by |
James F. J. Arc hibald, the American |
correspondent under an
a personal letter in
traveling
American passport.
which
about
offensive st
officials
Jumba's
ne made atements
American Moreover
Ambassador 1 letter the |
Office,
to
found
Papen
State
Vienna Foreign on |
|
as
Pe
Austr
Von
the
mentioned
approved what
ent In its
Hungarian
note to the oO
Government
#8 a conspiracy to cri
of the U
Nuber is
tuse the
1 1 ;
ple the legiti
mate industries nited States
Consul-General
the case bee
closed that he
drawn into
Dumba letter
was connected wit}
strike
Editor's Case Considered.
High
Government I
kind of a Hungarian
newspaper in this country from whom
a in € |
Dumba outlining carefully pre. |
pared plans for putting into effect the
for
officials indicated
would take steps of some |
against the editor
memorandum was inclosed th
1
letter
scheme
plants
Count
munitions
handicapping
von Bérnstorff is
because Archibald
a letter for him. but it
of a statement previously
Ambassador by
wholly of an innocuous character,
cials do not regard the
bassador’'s status
3
involved
technically carried
as Was a copy |
made to the
Secretary Lansing.
off
Am
German
in ap
in affair
proaching that of his militar
or the Austrian Consul-General
the as
attache
Waiting On Vienna.
It is
Vienna
quite probable that until the |
replies
Foreign
for the withdrawal
nothing further will
in his case, nor in
Papen or Nuber
documentary
information
Office to the
of
be done
of Von |
of
the
request
Dumba
Dr
the
It
evidence
cages
the
bears
receipt
out
of
would not
both men with
Government or, |
dismissed from the |
now in the hands the |
State Department, officials
be to
drawn by
as a final
country
BERLIN'S ARABIC NOTE
IS DISAPPOINTING
surprised Oy
their home
resort.
Defense Of U.Boat Comes As a Shock. |
Regarded As Repudiation Of {
Von Bernstorff's Pledge
To United States.
Washington. —The sinking of the!
Arabic by a German submarine looms |
up again an incident which still
may be denounced by this Government |
as a “deliberately unfriendly act.” |
Germany's diasppointing and un-|
satisfactory explanation of the tor
pedoing of the liner after Count von
Bernstorff had given assurances that
full satisfaction would be given if it!
was established that a German sub
marine sank the ship has strained this
country’s friendly relations with Ger.
many more toward the breaking point
than ever before, in the belief of om.
celal Washington.
Second Note Rumored.
Hopes that the submarine crisis had
been safely passed and that a break .
between Germany and the United |
States had been avoided were dis- |
placed by misgivings. Talk of the pos- |
sibility of breaking diplomatic rela |
tions was heard again, although this
time it involved both the central pow. |
ers, on the theory that Austria, after |
having her Ambassador practically dis.
wie from the country, might stand
as
:
witly her ally in relations with the
Ualted States,
Unofficial reports that a second note
had been started from the Berlin For !
about the only basis of optimism in
official quarters, so far as the sub.
marine controversy was concerned
There was no official intimation that
another communication was on the
way, but the American reply to the
note on the Arabic probably will be
delayed until officials ean learn
whether to expect anything additional
from Berlin.
Sharp Reply Expected.
It may be stated, however, that if
the last spring Major Conrad,
the of his physicians,
carried |
from
made the final argument
case
advice
1
nto the
being
where
insisted upon
room, a chair he
PRODUCES COLORED COTTON.
Staple Soon,
1iarkable results
hieved by A
»
seem about
who ha
snow white to a
» planter a
sought for
deep olive gr ers
by s ne
1
be a reall y
no id
manufacturers,
That
le dream
ages
about the
statement of Brabham is
borne out by the receipt in Savan
his colored cottons
framed and hung
ton E
» exhibit has been
the walls of the Cot
8 occasioned gener
terest and comment
FIRE LOSS $2,500,000.
Of Grain Destroyed.
Newport News, Va
will
Although it
an ac.
damage
weeks before
of
probably be
curate estimate total can
loss the ele
be made, the propert
fire
in
will total about $2.500.000
$500,000 more
All that is left
the fowering
smoldering moun
rain, metal and costly
The office of United
g Company and the gen
eral offices of the Chesapeake and Ohio
both of which were
were deat royed
elevator A is
and a
f sheet
g
machinery the
"
n
States Shippi
Railway Company
frame structures
RIGA'S PLIGHT GRAVE.
Germans Moving In To Force Evacua
tion Of Baltic Port.
The Riga,
Ru seaport in
Jaltic, is becoming more serious
Germans still hold bridge-head at
Friedrichstadt, the occupation
which effectively cuts off Riga’s rail
way communication south, while
aircraft active in the
London menace to an
important sian the
the
of
or
are
complete the
and
and sea to
of the
land
city
Electric Trains Collide:
With Excursionists.
Sandusky, Ohio.—From 40 to 50 per-
injured when two Inter
trains collided on the Lake
road An
limited crashed into a westbound local
at Sage's siding, near Huron. There
were no fatalities. Many of those in
Jured proceeded on their way after
receiving attention following the ar.
rival of relief trains.
urban
TWO MORE SUNK.
Danish Steamer and Norwegian Bark
Sent Down.
London.—Llgyds announces that the
Danish steamer Frode has been sunk.
Captain Clemmeson and 18 members
of the crew of the vessel were saved.
The Norwegian bark Glimt has been
sunk, but its crew of 14 was landed
safely.
The Glimt was a vessel of 884 tons
gross and was built in 1875. It was
owned at Arendal, Norway.
TRAIN HITS AUTO; FIVE KILLED.
Another Occupant Of Motorcar, Which
Was Cut In Two, Injured.
Albany, N. Y.—Five people were
killed and one man was injured when
the automobile they occupied crashed
into a speeding Deleware and Hudson
Railroad excursion train at a grade
crossing near Glens Falls, The auto.
mobile party were returning from an
outing at Lake George to Whitehall,
nothing comes in the nature of a modi.
where they all resided.
§
i
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BERLIN DEFENDS
AGT OF U-BOAT
Sends Note to U. S. on the
Sinking of Liner.
NO OBLIGATION ADMITTED
This Even if Commander of
Submarine Erred,
Communication Says the Officer
Charge Of the Submarine Was Con.
vinced That British Steamship Had
Intention Of Attacking and Ram.
ming Him—Loss Of American Lives
Deplored—Would Submit Any Dif.
ference Of Opinion To The Hague.
In
Berlin (via London)
tates on
the White Star liner
man government
deeply regrets
the sinking
Arabic the Ger
says that it “most
that lives were lost
1mnder;
it particularly expresses this regret
to the government of the United St
on account of the death of An erican
Citizens,” and adds:
“The German Eovernment is unable
ales
however, to acknowledge any obliga
tion to grant indemnity in the matter,
even if the commander should have
been mistaken as to the aggressive
(reorm
bearing
Star |
19,
American Amba
Any's note t
on the
ine steamer
which was o«
Submarine Feared Attack.
1% a German submarine
makin
sieamer,
Arabie
CNemMy ves:
flag and
“When
her
pointed directly
rom
not
mark
el
be He Nid
she ar p
roached she altered
original
course, hut ther
Again
submar
toward the " ne
this the con hecame con
vineed that the
steamer had
{ the inten
tion of attacking and ramm
“in pa
he gave orders for the subms
1
dive
er After firing he
order to anticipate th attnck
wring fe
and fired a torpedo at the steam
convinced }
that tha people board
15 be
ng
commander was
the Arahie
without saving y Hi
on wore being
rescued in
“Accordi
not allowed ¢
tack without warning ]
ves unleas the
offered
ship attempted
He
from
or
resistance
ide
was ced, hawever
to conc attendant cir
Arabic
the submarine
mare ob
at
cumatances that planned a
violent attack on
“This conclusion iz all
vious as he had been fired
in Irish
a few
he
upon
the Sea on
before
steamer, ap
British
Company,
14-—that is
large
August days
by a
parently
Royal
Darsengar
belonging to the
fail Steam
he had
Packet
neither
stopped
Regrets, But No Indemnity.
“The government
regrets that were lost
through the action of the commander
It particularly this
the government the
States on account
German mont
lives
expresses
of
of
regret
the death
“The German government fia
however, to acknowledge
un-
matter, even if the commander should
have been mistaken as to the aggres-
sive Intentions of the Arabic
“It it should prove to be the case
and American governments to reach
a harmonious opinion on this point,
the German government would be pre.
pared to submit the difference of opin.
fon, as being a question of interna.
tional law, to The Hague tribunal for
arbitration, pursuant to article 38 of
The Hague convention for the pacific
settiement of international disputes,
“In so doing it assumes that as a
matter of course the arbitral decision
shall not be admitted to have the im
portance of a general decision on the
permissibility or the converse under
International law of German sub
marine warfare”
§ USED WAR
Btretched Barbed Wire Around the
Bank They Were Looting.
Jefferson, Okla.--Tacties borrowed
from the trench warfare in Europe en.
abled three robbers to loot the Farm.
ers’ State Bank here. Before entering
the bank the man broke into a hard.
ware store and procured several coils
of barbed wire, with which they erect:
ed entanglements about the bank
Four charges of explosives were used
to wreck the safe. The first aroused
the townspeople, but before the citi
gens could devise a way of overcom-
ing the wire barrier the robbers had
taken $2,000 and escaped in a motor
ROBBER TACTICS,
wo
|
TWO QUESTIONS |
One question is uppermost in the
mind of every patriotic American at
this moment. That is:
“Will President Wilson succeed in
his effort to uphold the national
honor and to protect the rights of
neutrals, without taking up arms
against Germany?”
Another very different
absorbing the thought of
nut politician. That is:
question is
every pea-
party be able to make
tal out of the most
perplexing international
since the War for Independence?
Between those two attitudes
mind is all the difference between
political
unselfish and unprejudiced devotion
to the country’s best interests,
the mean, calculating hope of profit
ing from the country's
between frank, courageous
tion of fine public and
cowardice and Jealousy bred of hun
service, the
qQuats fen
provided, is
faintest partisa
ter. and one
all, much le
it is made a
There are
in any parts
of adequate
who
in
ficiencies
naval
of th
are not eir aid
give ti
rts de
and
inet
and
military
But the
for
every
correcting
of our present
establishment
Ww
lamoring
in
how
an in
direc
much
will
en are 5 5
of
tion, before
past and future expenditure
made futile and fruitless
devices and methods disclosed by the
inments
of
be
hiew
know
they
by the
war
What
scientific
arms
all good citizens want is
well-balanced buildingup of
of the service the point
the country secure
against sudden attacks unprinci
pled aggression, and have an
adequate and efficient first line of de
which can withstand the first
shock of war, while slower pro
cess of mobilizing the nation’s vast
resources men and money and
moulding them into an effective fight
ing force can be carried on in safety
The nation’s experts in the crafts
of war and peace have been sum
moned by the President to determine
the nation’s military and naval needs
and to formulate a policy and plan
for meeting those needs. When the
naval doctors of every government in
the world are at odds as to the future
usefulness of dreadnoughts, the most
serviceable types of battle cruisers,
the relation of submarines to naval
warfare, the most important phase of
national preparedness is the deter
mination of actual necessities, and
the framing of a safe and sound pol
fey of construction. For months that
has been the daily task of the ex.
perts of the American navy, and when
that is done, and only then, can the
American people be sure of an ade
quate defense,
To act in haste and rashly is just
as perilous and foolhardy as to strike
In anger. It certainly is not the
province of men who failed while in
authority to correct the abuses and
remedy the defects of our service,
how to criticize those who are mov:
ing sensibly and effectively to that
end.
Of all things, the defense of the
nation’s rights and vital interests, the
lives of its men and the happiness
of its women and children, offer the
poorest conceivable basis for partisan
politics,
a
to
be
and
will
will
the
of
BRUMBAUGH HELPS BOSSES
By Appointing Contractor Vare's Men,
Strengthens Boss's Grip.
Harrisburg, Pa. Bept. 7-—Governor
| Brumbaugh has glven another evi
{dence that he has forgotten his prom
{18 to “scotch the bosses” by appoint
{ing another contractor-boss-picked
{ Philadelphian to a fat state position
| The latest addition to the bosses’
{trophies under Governor srumbaugh
{18 a job on the Public Service Com
mission, which he has Just given to
Thomas B. Smith, a Philadelphia
ward leader and former postmaster
In notifying Smith of the appoint
| ment, the Governor explicitly stated
that the appointment was suggested
{by the Vare Brothers, who
one-half of the notorious contractors’
{ machine, and who help run
State Senate ring at
every two years
This is the fourth fine appointment
given directly Vare followers by
the Governor. The Attorney General
j has been for years personal at
jtorney of Senator Vare: Public Sery
Commissioner John Monaghan is
ia Vareite, and was formerly attorney
{for City Committee:
| Harry A the Workmen's
| Compensation a Vare ward
{ leader
| The
pers
control
10
to
the
ilce
the Republican
Mackey,
loard, is
of
published by local
the Smith appointment
a a plan which
| Brumbaugh was a party to
‘illiam 8. Vare as
report,
that
8
part of
pa
wa
to Governor
clear the
| way mayor of
the by
Governor
ing
any
noth
Af
ion bot
that the Gover:
fy $1
rengthened
bosses
JUDGE HEAD A WINNER
Gets
Reelection
Court Stros
Endorsement for
Superior Judge
not
RYAN OUT FOR JUDGE
Late Candidate for Governor Expects
to Turn Trick in Philadelphia
WAS 1 #
ations of the week
tested
for
year
ivan who Or
the Democratic nomination BOver
as the
against
fo
rin ithe primaries last
of the Old
McCormick
not
andidate
Vance C
ive substant
Guard
recy ial support one
| w ing of t
was
Year
he Jocal Republican machine
friendly
when it
which to his
{ last
!
{that It
ocratic
became
dis
apparent
would create ord in Dem
ranks
| We are
| Republican,
{ Hadley,
iw isdom and prophe« ¥
“A party representatives
indebted
exdjovernor
for
to a distinguished
Herbert BR
Missouri this
of gem
whose
affairs,
confidence
aR
state
in
the
{ being. reactionary
annot command
American people
give party.”
This commended
its progres
the
ia to the consid
Penrose in Pennsylvania, of
in New York, of Lorimer
of
Barnes
and Foraker in Ohio, of Fairbanks in
Indiana, to blossom forth as a pro
gressive party in 1916, and to draw
to its bosom the genuine progressives
of the country. Governor Hadley has
well stated one reason why the Re.
publican party cannot win in 1916.
Another reason is its record at Wash.
ington, both when in power and when
in opposition.
Abraham Lincoln once suggested to
some prominent and influential critics
of his administration, that sensible
people did not shout either abuse
or advice at a man crossing Niagara
on a tight-rope, especially if they had
intrusted to him their sacred for
tunes. Lincoln's critics of that day
would gladly have given all their
worldly possessions, in later years, if
they could have blotted out the mem-
ory and the record of their ungen-
erous and ill-tempered attacks upon
the patient, noblespirited man whose
task they had made infinitely more
difficult and more bitter,
Senator Penrose, during a mental
lapse the other day, admitted In a
formal interview that manufacturers
like to have their raw materials
come into the country free of duty,
because it reduces the cost of such
materials to the manufacturer. The
last we knew, it was the foreigner
who paid the tax on raw materials
as on everything else, and the tariff
made no difference with the price.
There's a bolt loose somewhere.
ERR ——
_RTTON NEYS,
Bb. 5 roaveny
Penns Valley Banking Company
Centre Hall, Pa.
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