ft EVEsriyq ledger-philadelphia, sattjbday September iff, idu. SATURDAY EVENING REVIEW OF THE WEEK'S EVENTS HERE. THERE AND EVERYWHERE EV 1 , COURSE OF THE EUROPEAN WAR The Mosl Important Battle So Vav and Wliiil it Menus to the Gen oral Situation. During sit days n titanic struggle, upon vh cli the tltul outcome of thu war tuny rest, lias been In pi ogress uloiig a tM ml!i battle line in noriherrt France. To co, iptehrnd the pit m t i'ii ns it whole It Js n-cssarj to eiliv'iinto slnfilo engage lticntf tiio ebb ami flew or victories nml tit ft at s, nlld ifK.tr.l tho bnlllo oC this Alsnc ns n whole. THIji Initio K indent, the Most lit'ttnr ta H hm fur foiul't in the ttnr. Upon t'io outcome s ml' rcJt the fnlo pf Cloimnli iiih tn France. In one fthnrt w-t?el tho w rid 1 ns soon the mightiest nrm rver t itiiixi.it virtualH routed, driven from the vn Riles nf l'n-ls and fotceil tn tnl,e tli il-teiisiic n( n time when victory Pti imd certrilii. For i, ot-e thrtn lx Weekl, not v nitlnc t ii" ' 'n'i'rnry i he k nt 1,1 if tin CiMiiinm v i pt tnri vthitcr be for t hi ,n. . Tin Fcventh week caw n turn lf I flip Vln t' Tl-l"ri .11111 .1 ' - let. i i a cruim wr defeat to tho flertrwins aim- the Marre. entember saw tho hie'' it, r n.ir'4 n' tin Invasion F m thai i' ii,' the Trench and British have tlei n .,l io'iS At t r beginning of the present week the , Mth nf the war. the allies were f"i 'i I 'ishltig the ieimH! far from P.I 11- ulltlnff thn OVl'tintl ll-ltlt Wlllll rcn, . nir the e.unpnlw In Ala ire and clriMii ''ic German centre nn finm its po it i m niar Voirtun. The b-no was err --i .1 iv the allle. the German were 6h dm 1 fiom t'u- hl'l to the north of , th. ' i m,l forced In take entieiii-hi'd ri - nit, Ol.l il I ar- mi a inv nkij a ml mi tho ! i -i Ger ii i ,i tuali- ih ago A lr to the toi M pnii.eii- 'irtwcon t lr Oie anil the Meu.e. con rnw a teriltur.v bounded bv the !! em an J tin storied fuient of the Arnmine. T".on ill's hattlefe'd the armies are till en-u..i 1 .Attain taking the offensive, tie Drr'i mix have repeatedly htind theli foi, icilipt the alllt-. lull, apparently, to n, , p ill. Tin n.itlie l. one of nrtll 'et oi in' B-iftiiHi- riaht'iig. of mnncuver 1 u I. i p .."itlons The nittcoiiie wl'l piob all ii t i. known i in ."I'Vi'i.il ilit ileil uillitntv npell.- the wnrld ol the opinion t iat the allies favornl le Mfitlnn to rtrhe tlie into the alloy of t'le Mease ntuftllv out of Fiame. Should nt battle beci me a victory for the altnit'nn would he vlr- inmc as exlotd three neiks lrhcr slow ii lii'.tt would b" ii' ide tortl.lrntions at l'ar'.". Thn Ttrltlsh and 1 i , mli hae piovtd themselvs mm tefs lr ili. art of retlrlnif, while th pam ' ini'i follnmcd the llniklns move ment " t r I "rli lull ilemointi.ited that tlv Gerrmi s ri!l'd In eondncilns' a with- j urn" a i nc ioies or tii alllei upon their lr'iu-iient ipim nelKliitr were InOnl tetnial t l-M'.n-od to those gust lined by the ; i in in wh !e the i intlnual liar .lssment o- the armlos of von Klult, von Hueloiv it vim llausep the w tin nnC fire of the Prenuh artillery upon the fatigued soldiers and the doffsed tlRht'ncr of the BrltNli and Indian troops wrnucht frightful cirnnffo In the Qermon ranks upon the-r retreat to tho prevent posi tion. Should tho tide of tnttle turn to the ellif" -iri', I, iji , ii ' c, la virtually assured The Kaler realizes that victory Is never atflned by thoie on the defensive France and TIuss a must be broucht to term 'leforo Kng'aud can he reckoned with With the Trench campaign a failure, with Ruwlan victori ous in O.iVla. with (li,it Rrltuln niaater of Ihp -.en- and in ! riitlon ti irln'iri th- French lines for at least a year, the position of Germany would he untenable. -1 e-i-te' In the war haa been - -yed ...never imv he the contents of the tclie-. ;,il'ie hiwrvn Wnihlncton th" 'n ican Amii.i-'sjdor nt Dnr siifln I' nt of Mi I'll I- iiiliinotion ln Tm'l r iiblic to warront the belief Ge'm.my would wi lcome the nooi "s of this country In brlpcinfr about . I lie mornl ntTict of the s P' g& .rTtcsr-i. r i. wv "fRMilflLL-fr-i'"'"iv I -SlV -'--a I Uft.l I "-" H fc... T 1 - - . . - c ewemo ofiy rfiouNC S ion ;ew II nt to Is "Xn vote 110 t.l liotiliid Hie Guii iimient Thursdav that lt ini'iiuu'is have iloilded to puv ta.e!- this ,nai on a count "f the war. COURTING AMERICA'S FAVOR The faor of tho TnlteJ atatf, It Gov ernment and its people continues to be emu ted by tho wntflnu nations of Turope. in Wednesday formal notice was given t" the world bv President Wilson that the 1 "nited States at thli time cannot pns Judgment upon or take any inrt in inti tioiorden between the warring Kuropean nations over allouid Vnhitlons of the rules of chllir.ed wmfaie and humanit. lie said that settlement of these nues tlons would Ivivc to wait until the end of the war. which he prayed might he veiy soon. Tho President announced the pnu tlon of the American Goxc-nment llrst In an address to the commission eent to him by King Albert of Belgium to protest against n'leged atrocities committed hv the German nrmv. Later In the day he sn nt n cablegram cortalnlnc- similar ex pies!ops to Tmpe'iir William, leplying to the lattcr's recent protest that th allies were uh.g dum-dtim b illet. A ieurr.o rt the Hnding of the Belgian fommNslon of Inquiry appointed by tho King of the Belgians to Investigate the alleged ntrocltles committed hv German troops was made puhUe bv the Belgian Legation at Washington Wednesday after the report had been presented to l't evident Wilson. , 7S MA77AT?J'P7T?OTJrt AT. y. WORLD SPSSv .1 -ti.fcSy.'--5' SpiSfiS 'i. "-at-" ' 'Si'i.-c V, &zghJ&L ?''v rlr"!'" ' fe 'CIS 'si WASHINGTON WTrfVC STfSZ 7 W7& yCTA7 STRIKING ASPECTS OF THE NEWS AS BROUGHT INTO RELIEF BY THE CARTOONISTS .ons made public i it W . H f r. ttia. i tra commu- at Washington has 'eflectlons In London and Paris. Js week lias alo seen vast strides by the P.ussl.ius in Gallolu While ,n rejoices ovir the iheek of the ,iaign of Inviiiiun in Ei".tern Prushin, defeat of the Austlians the cuncen- ilon of Husslun troofiu against Ger- n Sih's'u and the piinle at Vienna can renivid alone ns indications that th iar's foicea are atu-mptlng the German ivasion from T'u'and rather than from .."russla. This week has broucht the hosts ,Vof Russia to the very door of Germany. 'f. Cracow alone bars th" way to enter the Kuisei's domain on a line to Birlln which Is far t.isier to take than along the tiii''v "" "i"l n" In ri' mute. S, .Ma, however, has lott ground dur ing th lat ! diy. on itstrlan soil Serollii, from which the Austrian bom baided JJelgiade, later taken by tha Serbs has been evacuated. Aaainst Bot. ii. a the Servians are now maichlpg with , the Montenegrin tioopn. For tour days thev liaie ti-en v'ctoilous In the Fur Rust the theatre of wir piesents a drama of remarkable heroism a mere handful of men nntriisted In da finding the eltv of Tslng-Tao In the Otrman Province of Klao-Chau. ho'dlng the Jopannse tleet ami land forces at bay The ilf ve'.opments of the week have. Peer ' eom in e, su I ir a tan be asccit. i.ned. The most impoitaiit dinloimtU fnature of the uo-k h,i lifn the fallur of Ger tnuiiv tn Induce Rah to remain In the Tripie Alliance. Italy has mobil'ssi-d her arinv. the reserve fori" hus been enUc-d tn loin the oo'ors on Septemtier ii and the paiticipntloii of the country In the war with the Triple Kntent" dmaneleij by po'iular sent'ment. will jiriibably tako rlace durliiB the presunt month. In slmrt. an unbiased scrutiny of the nein i' tin i ' ' ' i ,v... h ,. ( many Is in a perilous position, that sh rr .it aiiniinlstr a fjulek defeat to the all.-- or b it ie i' nd the ih'"e and that, eneompassed by foe, unaided by Austria. ht fai es the erisis of her llf Tha ndghtv arnu has proved to be falll. ble th spiiit " riie allies I,av ii-n raised und the Kalaer. instead of riding tv iiioiv In Paris, tinds hi own throne In danger HOME WUli: AND THE WAR In I.'rt'land the i ursi; of ei.rts this T-cek ha Illustrated tl. remarkable tlf-xl-Inltti of ths Constitution The leaders of thu parties, in Parliament talked of imtl: Jng an agreement whereby the jirtatnt Oivernment should be kept in power until the end of the war. There was not such barman), however, when on Tuesday piemler Amulth'a bill for suspending the opeiation or the Home Rule bill for one ve.ir was presented to the Ilouso of Commons. Bonar Law, Jfider of the L'ntoniats, made a kpeech In which he charged tht Government with I reach of faith in taking advantage of the tojal desire of Unionists nut to create trouble In the prteni national crisis, and nt Its conclusion led the members of his party out of the chamber. The Suspen sion bill In connection with thf Home Rule bill passed the llouke of (.'oroniun that evening, and the House of Lords agreed to tho Supeiiuii bill un Wedues U4 ' The Home Rule bill was. signed by Jvinf George Jtsterday. John Redmond, the Irish leader. Usued a naniftsto Wednesday evening in wbuh tr called on all Irl.hmuii to bear their lire In the war In uhlch the empire is agaged The ! nun i ii of Gnat Ililt am have kept i tilth with Ireland and it t i-ow the dun- t in.nur f"r Ireland to is fp faith with them." o said Ti men t TaX nitee Leagje fcurufesi it a n.t y i.i -' ' ipttes, hm. SECONn-TIIOFGTIT TREATIES Tuc-dn was the ocenwon of n most im oiesslve r.hji rt !'in In belinlf of pca'o. Tre.u'is between the United Ptatcs and four other nations, Gieat Britain, Trance, Spain nnd China, weie signed simultane ously at the State Department by Secre tary Bryan and representatives of the for!gn countries named. They have 1 een called. Vtry aptly, "bieathlng spell Ueatie.V the reason for this designation King in the fact that they proiide that ill disputes which cannot he settled bv diplomacy shall be icfeired to a perma nent commission for investigation, and that in no case shall hostilities begin be fore tlie expiration of it )ear The Cabinet oillcers, Ambassadors and Ministers who witnessed thn signing of the treaties wnv given a luncheon nt the University Club, at which Secretary Bryan provided the following mmu of lilj- own arrangement: Neutr.iiitv oup French oly White radish"! .spHniih nmtilei nngtUh mutton chops Illr-e croiiuem a la i'ekln French na3 Corn O'Brien Jllaml aalad American ice cream Oolong tea Tnder the ico cream the Secretary had this quotation: Diplomacy Is the art Of keotiilll? eonl " At thn ,ni1 nf tli. menu cnid was written, "Peace hath her i Tuesday it was announced in Washlng mi lories no less renowned than war." I ton ,liat tho troops would be soon wlth and nt the foot jn heavy type was ".oth- ' dKiwn arid the city and port restored to imr Is tin.il between frlemis Th- ii.si the Mexican Government. The decision The pending rivers and haibors bill will draw a lar'e pait of the Hie of tho Re publicans, nnd thev also will bnttli agdlriit expenditures this year In the election of public buildings. It will be bhown also that a caivlim ol &.g,tO0.0OU could be made In the antic pated aii propr ations should the State liepaitnieut abandon its plan to pay Colombia S25, OOO.OuO as a balm to her wounded pilde for the loss of Panama and $3,000,000 to N'lcaraguan Canal route and other naval privileges in those waters A "conference" of all House Republi cans was. called for last eenlng to form a unlit J front In opposing what they call a "w.ir tax i'l time of peaie." When the rheis ind hnihois bill en me up in the Scn.t'e Thui-day tiio llllbiitei was euiitinu'd Senator Kcnvon, of tow a, made his foui tli day's s-peei h against the incasuie. and the Demoii.its attempt, d to compel hlrn to continin Ilis leninism without further interruptions from his colleagues, who were thus allowing him br oi list". They resurrected a piece dent established by cx-Vlco President Morton duilng a Democratic filibuster against the "Force" bill. On Friday the question pending was whether the Senate should reverse its decision that a Senator cannot )ield to another while making a tpeecli, except b unanimous consent. A serious attempt to bring to an end thu Republican filibuster by means ot a compromise was begun yesterday. lump turn appropriation, amounting to tJO,G0O.tiO to 5-j 00 0rl, to be expended largely at the discretion of the Secretary oi War in continuing and making river and harbor lmprove.iro.nts, wan the suggestion. that wc should not bo In a hurry to leave. The so-called selrure of the N'atlonal Railways system by the Constitutionalists took place early In the week. That theie had been n confiscation was denied latet. with the htatemi'lit that new ofllcialii had been substituted for the Clentilieos In control: "The Mexican Government owns aliout 52 per cent, nf the controlling In terest in tlie N'atlonal Railways, a cor poration chartered by the Mexican Con gress. With its majority Interest the Government has the right to remove the dlreetm-s and oHli'lals. of the companj and to dh tate its policy " The Information that General t'tirrnn-a would not assume office ns Provisional .Vrosldi nt of Moxmi c.mie slniultnnroiisK with tlie announcement of the early eiac iritnitr of eia Ciuz. It is Ida uud'----trunl purpose to tutn over the executive power in Mexico to the Provlsionn. Picsl deiit to he nnmid at tlie I'on.siluitlonallst Convention ot military leaders to be held on October 1. This Cnrranza Is doing o that he mav be a candidate at the subse quent election. Rally In October, It was said Thursday, the American Government will be toi mally asked to extend recognition to the new Government then in executive con trol in Mexico. UNCLE SAM AND MEXICO The subject of American occupation of Vera Cruz has had. in the last few weekd. considerable prominence In tho editorial column!, of the press, and the events of this week seem to have answered the questions most frequently asked. On quotation was tho answer which Secre t.iry Brv.in oavt to Viscount Chlndu, tho Japanese Ambassador, Inst year when the latter inquired il a ceitnin note on the alien land controversy was "tho lu-st wonl. ' The tour "sober tecond-thought trea ties" whim wue signed Tuesday are like the !2 prevlouslj made with Central nnd South American nnd a few Ruropean countries Germany, Russia, Japan, Turk'-y and Greece have indicated their approval of the principle Involved in lh-ie instruments and tho Amerfvan Department uf State expects them to become parties to similar compacts WAR TAXES AND PORK Nana from Congress during the week l bou to do mostly with the proposed war j tax and the Senate filibuster against the , rivers and harbors bill. Tho war tax measure which was agreed upon by the maturity of the Democrats of the Ways and Means Committee of the House last we-'k was held in abeyance until the i return on Tuesday of President Wilson. ' who had ben at his summer homo In Cornish. N. H. Much opposition on tha pan of the Democrats of House and Sen. I ato. oa well as of tha Republicans, had i arisen over tho provision for a 4 per cent, tax on freight shipments. Tutsday evening a caucus of House Democrats v ithdrew the freight tax i provision from tho bill, and ac- I cepteel terms which had been agreed upon at a White House conference by Predld.-nt Wilson. Mr. I'nder wood, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee; Senator Simmons, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. Secre ti ry MeAdno and Postmaster General Biirleson. To Mr. underwood fell the task of revising the measure In accord ance with the decision of the caucus, and It was said Wednesday that the new bill would call for taxes on beer, domestic wines, licenses for tobacro manufac turers and dealers, gasoline, a special tax along the lines of the Spanish-American war tax on bonds, certificates, shares of stock, bills of sale, drafts checks, mort gages, telegrams and the like The total estimate revenues from these sources would be Sl0S.000.tyO. WIHi party differences smoothed aver. Administration leaders yesterday were determined to push the bill to a final con clusion in the ilouje On the Senate side however the bill is ernerlerl tn h deiaed because of the opposition from iiepuoucans. They plan to attack the the measure on the ground that jlemo i t " revision of the tariff Is responsible ; . ,r, ,rg, ',11;,, nf oi y jyen.ij.. I was cabled Immediately to Consul John R. Sllllman, at Mexico City, who de livered the messago to General Cnr j runza. The people were celebrating Mexico's Independence Day, und tho 1 news was received by them with en thusiastic demonstrations. Rafael Cut i vas y Garcia, the official orator of tho I da, referred to the Tnlted States and I President Wilson In terms of the highest l praise. "I invite you," he said, "to give I "viva" for Professor Woodrow Wilson, President of Xorth America." Tho in ! vitatlon was quickly and loudly accept ed Garcia made slighting reference? to European Influence In Mexico. On the next day Sir Lionel Carden. formerly British Minister to Mexico ana recently appointed Minister to Brazil. I was quoted as haying, that "It Is n des perate shame that the United States hai seen tit to abandon the decent people of Mexico when tliey most need help." Ills 'alleged statemint was a very seveie cilticlsm of President Wilson's action. He hud previously, while in Mexico City, criticised the Mexiian policy of tile I United Mates in the htiongest language; I yet It was through President Wilson's In ' flumce that '.ater he was not handed his I passports by General Carranza, w ho be I lieved that the Englishman was largely ' responsible for Huerta's dogged reals ! tace to diplomatic pressure. The British Ambassador at Washington, Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, expressed to Secretary Rryati the deepest regret for the latest Carden Incident, and characterized the statements attributed to the former Min ister li Mexico as "unauthoritative " Spring-Rico has made a report on the matter to the London Foreign Office. The American Government, It was said Thursday, has decided to ignore the al leged lnd'scrttton. Several newspapers ceelare that if Great Britain wishes to satisfy our people it should put Sir Lionel out cf the business of bo-called diplomacy, and they assert that he did not represent the British Government In Mexico, but Lord Cow dray and tha Pearson oil Inter est!. The news of our decision to withdraw from Vera Cruz was, received with great favor In South American countries, ac cording to dispatehes. On Thursday Secretary of War Garri son ordered transports south to bring the American troops back to the United States. President Wilson had expected to remove the troops before October 1, but General Funston suggested that Oi -tober 10 would be a mora suitable date un account of the largo number of ref ugees in Vera Cruz. In some quarters It is asserted that there Is yet no ade quate assurance of protection ot f'gitl nsate European interests In Mexjittand TOWARD PEACE IN COLORADO Tiio end of ouo war, fortunately, seemB to bii in sight. That Is the labor war in Colorado. On Tuesday President Wilson received a letter from the officers of the United Mine Workers of Ameiica. ac cepting tho Presldant'b plan for an ad justment of the differences between the mine owners and the workers, mich ar eeptance being subject to the approval of tlie miners themselves. A convention ot the miners was held the following day at Trinidad and the letter of tho ofllcials was formally ratified. Tha President submitted his plan to the parties concerned on September 5. The basis of agreement offered by the President Includes tho establishment ot a three-year truce, subject to the Inforce ment of the mining and labor lawB of Colorado, the return to work of miners who have not been convicted of law vio lations, the prohibition of Intimidation of non-union men, the publication of the current scale nf wages nnd rules and the pppuintment of a Grievance Committee b) the timploycs. The agreement pro vides tli.it in cases where the ofllcers of the- company or the Grievance Commit tee cannot settle differences, a commis sion of three men named by the President shall step in and act as the final referee of nil disputes. That tlie request of representatives of tho Colorado coal operators for a con ference with President Wilson next Wed netday had been granted was made known yesterday. mado public during the week, compared v.'i.v unfavorably with the same month of the previous year, but this Is to be ex pect in view of the European war. The mi'ichnndlse trade decreased In Imports, .mil fell off very heavily In Imports, with ilie lesult of an excess of imports of $19, ' 1,33', comparing with an excess of mer chandise exports in the same month of ' the previous )enr of KO.SdT.-WT. The value of exports wns less than In any other month for five years. Tho export of gold during the month was $18,125,617 as against $1,101,037 In August. 1913 Among the annual report.1 of railroads Issued during the week were those of the Reading Compnny the Philadelphia nnd Read'ng Ralhvnv and the Chicago, Mil waukee and St Paul. Tho St. Paul carn rd it. 3 per cent, on 116.s15,-l00 common stock, ns compared with s.12 per cent, on SllC.ris.2iiO stock in 19in, while tho R. ndins Company enincd 12.17 per cent on 570.- CXJAO common stock, against 17.57 In tho previous year. The gross nnd net enrn i Ings of all fell below those of last year, I while operating expenses generally In creased. Tho Stars and Stripes were hoisted to tho masthead of one of the steamers of the United Fruit Company, nnd tho com- j pany plnns to place all of its own 2.1 ves- fcels under American registry. In addition to 37 other vessels which the company controls. The Metropolitan Life Insur ance company reported one or the largest realty louns In years, tho nmount being I 2'iniyiO. while In Philadelphia a loan of JSO.ooc) on a piece of realty was made bv the Glrard Trust Compnny. Philadelphia grain men will apply for a chaiter for a new export company to engage, in ex porting wheat and wheat Hour. The New York, New Haven nnd Hart ford Railroad Company and tho New Eng land Navigation Company filed their joint answer to tho Government's suit under tho Sherman nntl-trust law, denying that tha law had been violated. Tie filing of the answer was largely formal, as tho suit, by agreement with the Attorney Gen eral, Is to be settled out of court by dis solution of the New Haven. A better feeling In tho Philadelphia money market wan shown during the week and out-of-town banks made Inquiries of their city correspondents for good name commercial paper, thus showing that the better feeling has penetrated to tho coun try Institutions nnd that they have de cided to let go of some of their surplus funds. There 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, and commercial paper is quoted 7 to 7'4 per cent. Tho rate for commercial paper In New York Is 7 and 8 per cent., but paper has been finding a sale In New York as low as 7 per cent. State Committee of tho resignation of Dean William Draper Lewis, the Wash ington patty nominee for Governor, and tho ratification of Vance C. McCornilck, Democratic nominee, as thu Progressive gubernatorial candidate, gave added Im petus to tho fusion movement. Chaigcs of a "dcnl" behind tho with drawal of Denn Lewis were mado by United States Senator Boies Penrose, who il. clniod that the Dean Is to bo made Attorney General It McCornilck wins. 'lli.it the withdrawal has not m t with imlversu sanction In tiio pnit' was In dicated I.) the action of Rlchuid R. Quay, son oi the late M. R. Quay, tn lu.indliv; H. A. Van Valkeriliurg and William Fllnn ns foes to the Progressive cause. Will iam F, Dcuykne, of this city, and other noted Washington party men followed the lend of Quay and Intllcntcd the be ginning of a stampede from the party Fred 13. Lewis, Progressive Congies"nnn-nt-Largo nnd Washington party candi date for Secretary of Internal Affn'i piedlcted that there would bo general fusion against Pi nrosc. Glfford Plnchot. the Washington party nominee for United States Senator, In one of his speeches of the week. Indicated that he would withdraw If he believed Palmer had a chance to win. Tn the Democintlc ranks the Federal Administration took Its first lactlve step In the State fight, Secretary of Labor William R. Wilson delivering a speech at the meeting of tho State Federation of Democratic Clubs at Scranton. Dr. Mnrtln G. Brumbaugh, tho Repub lican nominee for Governor, met tho offer nf support by the North American If he would declare against Penrose by re fusing to he a party to anv "deal." In so doing he called nttentlon to the pint form on which he Is making his eam pilgn. The nctlon of the Antl-Paloon League In Indorsing McCormlck and Pinrhot nmn as a surprise, ns It Is said Mr. Palmer had been rlnted for Indorsement. Charges have been made by Independent temper ance men since thnt the convention of the league wns "padded" to favor McCor mlck and Pinehot. During the week thn Brumhnucrh sunporters pnve out conies of nn nddroi p which he nllgmd him self definitely in favor of local option IN PHILADELPHIA A committee of locnl business men was named to go after tho South American trhde. Dudley Bartlctt, chief of tho for eign Trade Department of the Phlladoj. phla Commercial Museum, detclarcd that Canada was a fertile Held for American goods. Dr. William (j. Jacobs was mentioned Monday at the successor to Dr. Martin Governor. Mr. Jacobs Is now acting Su. G. UtUmbatigh should tho tatter bo elected perlnteiulont of Schools. Monday night tho Franklin Institute School of Mechanical Arts started Its 01st year. Tuesday Secretary Redfleld, of tho De partment of Commerce and Labor, named Alba B. Johnson, president of the Bald win Locomotive Works, as a member of a committee of business men to co-op. crate with existing bodies in seeking ttndo with South America. Business men from nil parts of tho city attended the nicotinic called by Transit Director A- Merrltt Taylor to protest ngalnst further delay In getting Improved trniisit facilities for Philadelphia. Appeals from the South to Philadelphia for financial nld in handling tho cotton crop wero mado Wednesday. On tim samo day tho Philadelphia Rotary Club Blnrted tho "Mado In America" movement, nnd urged a study of trade conditions In South America. Councils made possible n start on the power work preliminary to tho subway on Thursday by appropriating ?500,tt) from the $11,700,000 loan for this purpose. Drastic cuts weio made In other appro priations to secure this nnd tho total of the loan wns leduccd $100,000. Tho Arf Museum project may bo crippled ns. tha lesult of a. $200,000 cut mado In tho ap propriation for It. Mayor Blankenburg criticised Councils' efforts to hinder hint, denounced dual oillcc holding nnd summed up plans for South Philadelphia developments In llti annual messago to Councils. A port' boom began with tho sailing of two vessels with full cargoes of grain, ..mother with oil and a fourth with coal. Tho prlco of citric acid dropped 40 per cent., breaking tiro "corner" that had In en started In It. Orders for large quantities of blankets, saddles and bridles for tho armies In Europe were :orel veil by local firms. Study of the plans for tho sedimenta tion basin nt tho Torresdnlo filter plant indicated that tho cut of $100,000 In tho municipal loan appropriation for this work will not cripple tho project. A city-wide war on rats wus called foe by Doctor Harte, Director of tho Health Department. Tho liner Ancona sailed with a large number of reservists for tho Italian army. COMMERCE AND FINANCE Optimism of the most unmistakable kind was this week Injected Into the financial situation of the world. Tho Europian war. of course, naturally con tinues more or less of a disturber of the general business equilibrium of this coun try and the world at lurge, yet the dark clouds of financial and commercial de pression are slowly but surely being pushed aside, and there has corno In their stead a brightening on the horizon which forecasts an early return to nor mality everywhere. Among the more Important events of the week were the floating of a JlOO.OOO.OoO loan of the city of New York with which to pav otf the city's obligations maturing abroad: tho shipment of 5,000,0 In gold by J P. Morgan & Co. to Ottawa to help In the tame 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 Europe: the application of the Eastern railroads to the Interstate Commerce Commission to reopen tho & per cent, freight rato 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 destruction. '1 ue plan for tha buying up of all South ern cotton Is that the nine Btatea Involved shall Issue t250.0u0.0Ci0 3 per cent, bonds and buy and store 5.000,000 bales of cot ton, the purchase price to be 10 cents a pound. The plan also Includes the cutting down of next ear's cotton acreage 50 per cent By another plan, Introduced in the "buy-a-bale-of-cotton" movement, a large quantity of cotton has already been dis posed of at 10 cents a pound. The report of the foreign trade of tjie UuiUd etatts tor the month ot August, "AS GOES MAINE" The election held In Maine Is nignlfie.int of three things' tho deeionro In the Pro gressive vote, the corresponding Increase of the Republican vote and the fact that the State, which Is considered a political barometer for the whole country, went Democratic by nn Increased p'ural'ty over thnt obtained bv Mr. VI!on In 1912. The Republicans gained Si, oil and tho Progressives lost ?0,K1. Hnlnes, the Republican candidate for Governor, received 57. n2, as oomnared with 20121 votes cast for Taft In 1112; while Gardiner, the Progiesslve candi date, leceived only 17,143, ns compared with 47,901 votes cast for Roosevelt In 1912. POLITICS IN PENNSYLVANIA The prospect of general fusion against Penrose furnished tho main toplo of political speculation in tha wcok Just ending, which has been marked by events of considerable import. Gubernatorial and senatorial nominees continued their up State campaigns and made speeches in numerous towns and cities. Figures obtainable for the second reg istration day on Tuesday indicate that the Republicans havo held their lead in both city and State. The enrollment for the second day in tha city Is given as 63.073, making a total for .both days of approximately 160,000, Of this number the Republicans claim 123.000, the Democrats I3.t0, the Washington party SO00 und about 35,000 are non-partisan. In the State the Republicans also held the lead, but the proportion is not as large as in the city, due probably to the lack of the same effort made here. It is claimed, however, that the Republican State figures are larger than for the first two registration days of 191. The acceptance by tho Progressive szrftf1 A1 IT'S ABSO LUTELY CORRECT TO DINE Before Theater, After Theater, In Fact, Anytime, at the Hotel Adelphia CL'ISINK bEKVICK ANI ENVIRONMENT meat with the ideas of the most futldlous CHESTNUT STUKET AT 1STH Political Campaigns in Other State The campaign In New York State has reached the mildly excited stage, due principally to the Indoisement by Mayor Mitrhel of John A. Hennessy's candidacy for Governor on the Independent ticket, on which Franklin D. Roosevelt Is run ning for United States Senator. Progiesslves were greatly exercised over the possibility of William Sulzer's obtain ing tho nomination for Governor on their ticket, and many nro leported as having threatened to bolt In case of tho ex-Governor's success. .Newspaper straw vqtes seoni to indi cate the success of Glynn and Whitman at tho primaries. Ambassador Gerard has sent word from Berlin thnt he Is willing to run foi United States Senator on the Denioi-rntlc ticket provided that he cm remain at his post so long as thu situation de mands it. William F. McCombs, ehaliman of the Democratic National Committee, visited President Wilson and discussed the New York situation. It Is apriounced that tho President will leinaln neutral n tho light between Tammany and its antagonists. MeCombs Is .said to favor Glynn and Geraid. In tho Maryland piimanes, held last Tuesday. United States Senator John Walter Smith was ie.nomlii.ited by tlie Democrats. Tho Republicans had no prl mary contests and their candidates will be ccrtllleil by the Boards of Election Supervisors. Democrats of Connecticut mot in State convention in Hartford and Indorsed tho Administration's policies. Governor Bald win was selected fur United States Sen ator. Arkansas went Deinociatlc by the usual majority, Governor liuja being re-elected by 30,000. 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