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SATURDAY EVENING REVIEW OF THE WEEK'S EVENTS HERE. THERE AND EVERYWHERE
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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
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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
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STRIKING ASPECTS OF THE NEWS AS BROUGHT INTO RELIEF BY THE CARTOONISTS
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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
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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,
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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
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