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I SATURDAY EVENI??GREVIEW OF THEWEEK EVENTS HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE
Q! , w-- . , 5 zt-zz i 1 politics in Pennsylvania
IN COMMERCE
AND FINANCE
Happenings That Throw Light on
Present nnd Prospective Busi
ness Conditions.
Of paramount Importance In the com
mercial and financial news of the week
are the preliminary steps toward a (100.
000,000 Bld Pl for 'ho re,,e' ot tho
foreign exchange ultuatlon, the success
ful placlnff of the $100,000,000 loan ot the
cty of Now Tork and the decision of
the Interstate Commerce Commission to
reopen the 6 per cent, freight rato case.
These favorable omens In tho business
world were further augmented by tho
lifting of tho ban on trading In Now
York, Boston, Baltimore and Philadel
phia, providing that salesmen may be
tent out to solicit business for listed nnd
unlisted slooks nnd bonds.
Following tho sanction of the Federal
Heserve Board of tho plan that ,the
$100,000,000 bo raised to placo tho foreign
exchange market on a firm basis, banks
throughout tho country came forvvnrd
with the announcement that they stood
ready to advance whatever amount It
was considered they should. This
amount. It Is believed, will only totnl
about $25,000,000. which will bo placed In
the Bank of Kngland's Ottawa branch.
The $100,000,000 loan In New York and
tho rapidity with which It wns placed Is
one of the best Indications of a grndual
return to normal conditions. Tho loon
was more than live times oversubscribed,
ni It Is understood that foreigners, par
ticularly British Investors, put In bids
for as large allotments as they could get.
Ilcferrlng to tho threat made by Secre
tary of tho Treasury McAdoo tlmt he
woiild publish tho names ojf banks hoard
ing cmorgency currency and would with
drew Government deposits from any banks
found to be doing so, tho new York
World asserts: "Secretary MeAdoo's
warning to the national banks against
the extortionate use of emergency cur
rency Is a wnrranted Interference by tho
Government In their practice."
On Monday Postmaster General Bur
leson announced that ho had under con
sideration a plan to make tho 2-cent
rate for lotter postage effective through
out the 'Western Hemisphere. This an
nouncement Is hailed with satisfaction
among business men, who are now work
ing to build up n South American trade.
Without a doubt this proposal Bhould
become operative. The plan, of course,
would result In smaller revenue for the
Government, but It undoubtedly would
Increase our trade with the entire South
America.
Tho New York Times says on this
subject: "Postal treaties nnd conventions
looking to tho establishment of an ef
ficient money older business with all
Central anil South American countries,
Including the British, Danish, French
and Dutch "West Indies, should follow
the measures already taken to extend
banking facilities tq merchants of this
country In South American cities."
Turther to Increase the trnde of the
I'nlted States with South America steps
are being taken In Chicago for the or
ganization of a r,000,0OO banking nnd
trading corporation. Trade experts dur
ing tho week took a trip on a special train
of the Lehigh Valley, telling the needs
and advantages of Iatln America. The
.Yew York Sun holds that Americans at
the present tlmo are not adapted to
trade relations In South Amerloa as tho
Germans nnd the French nre, because of
the fact that tho lattor "become In lan
guage, manners, etiquette, both social
and commercial, often in law by naturali
zation. Brizlllans or Peruvians. Longer
credit is nnothor condition precedent to
American trade In South America."
It Is estimated that the totnl wheat
production In tho European war zone this
year will be about 2,601.000,000 bushels, or
9J.S per cent, of last year's crop, This
should be encouraging to the American
grain man, considering that this country
will have a large surplus of wheat over
her needs this year.
' The cotton situation assumed a brighter
aspect this week. Five Cotton Exchanges
in the South, at Dallas, Memphis. Mont
gomery, New Orleans and Savannah
cponcd. This should lead to considerable
buying of cotton throughout the country.
New warehouses nre now under construc
tion to enro for tho cotton hought, and
there Is every Indication that there will
he ample room to store the cotton whore
It can be held until tho price advances
and there is a demand for It. Tho South
ern Cotton Association will meet In New
Orleans next Tuesday, and it will prob
ably name a minimum price at which
cotton can be sold. The price now being
held to Is 10 cents a pound.
WATERWAYS AND PORK
On Monday evening, after a weok of
continuous fighting, the allied filibustering
forces in the Senato overwhelmed the ad
vocates of the rivers nnd harbors bill and
forced them to an unconditional surrender.
The motion of Senator Bankhead, of Ala
bama. Democrat, to recommit the bill to
the Commerce Committee with Instructions
to report a new bill -nrrytng a totnl ap
propriation not exceeding ,0no,000, was
debated eight and a half hours The
motion prevailed by a vote of 27 to 22,
exactly a nuorum. Sixteen Demoernts
and eleven Republicans voted to recommit
the bill. Seventeen Democrats, four Ite
publlcans and one Democrat registered
themselves ns In favor of It us It stood
The success of the filibuster, which was
l(d by Senators Burton, of Ohio; Ken
yon, of Iowa, and N'orrls. of Nebraska,
was warmly upplauded by administration
newspapers ns well as by the press gen
erally The New York "World nnd the
Brooklyn Eagle, whlrh hnve been con
spicuous In support of thp Wilson ad
ministration, joined with the New York
Bun, the Buffalo Commercial nnd other
papers in declaring that the filibusters
had done a real and lasting service to
the country. There seem to he what
approaches unanimity of opinion on the
ethics of "pork bills." The new maxi
mum of JW.onO.fKiO wns set by President
Wilson, but. sa.vs the World. "It is grvat
'v to be regretted that he did not take
earlier n definite stand on this out
rageous measure." The Springfield I'nlon
harks Hack to the Democratic national
platform In these words: "It must seem
to nil fair-minded critics that the record
of the Senate Democrats Is n flagrant
abandonment of the party's professed de
votion to economy."
The compromise plan fur tho remaking
of the bill rails fur the reduction of the
nlal appropriation fiom jil.0nil.fVM after
It had been cut from one original $91.
lOO.nno. anil authorizes exiendltures only
for projects that lue already received
the approval of Congress. The Wash
ington Times comments: "The heretofore
authorized' clause makes it possible that
pork heretofore apportioned may cnnllniie
to be paid for from the new nppropil.i
tlon Nobody know. Just what pinjeets
are needed and righteous. A step
has been taken In the right direction,
but a longer one is needed. There should
-if a general und sweeping overhauling of
the whole system" of apportioning money
for purposes that come under the head
of rivers and harbors Improvements. The
reduced sum, by the terms of the com
promise, lb to be spent ' on i-mmmir wutei
way protects in the discretion of the Sec
retary of War and the Board of Army
Engineers "
River and harbors bills are not ull of
the character of the one now under dis
cussion, we are reminded by the Detroit
Free Press. "Indeed, they have inaugu
rated many of the most advantageous in
ternal improvements that we have today
n the I'nlted States. ' Seeing some good
n the bill, the Free Puss remarks. "ThU 1
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is not n. time for reckless squandering of
money, when that money must ho raised
by extraordinary means, but It Is not n
time to abandon nil its improvement
work." Besides, "there nre millions qf
men out of work, In times of depression,
who can be made self-supporting If they
can find employment In these public
works."
At tho nnnunl convention in New York
of tho Atlantic Deeper Waterways Asso
ciation, the rivers and harbors bill wn
dlsciused. Mayor Mltchel, ns well ns
the speakers who followed him, deplored
the successful filibuster and drrlnrod tliat
It would work ngnlnst the boot Interests
of the country, especially nt the time
when the United States wns reaching out
for her shnre of the world's trade. "While
favoring economy in municipal and na
tional government, he decried this move
ment to kill new wnteiway projects, and
termed It unwise economy. Continuous
Inland waterway routes connecting Phila
delphia, New York, Cape Cod Canal nnd
Southern points by the menus ot a ship
canal across tho State of New Jersey
were advocated.
EMERGENCY TAXATION
The war tax revenue hill, agreed upon
by the Democrats of tho Ways and Means
Committee nnd framed in accordance
with the President's suggestion that "such
sources of tevenue bo chosen as will be
gin to yield nt once nnd yield with a
ceitaln nnd constnnt How," wns intro
duced into the House of Representatives
Monday. On the following day the com
mittee presented Its report, saying that
"the necessity for this legislation grows
out of tho reduction of revenues derived
from customs receipts, caused by the
disturbed conditions resulting from the
war In Kurnpo."
It Is ostimntul that the new taxes will
bring $103,000,000 Into tho Treasury in a
year. In general, tho measure follows
the lines ot tho Internal revenue laws of
the Civil nnd Spanish Wats, but while it
Imposes many ot tho old and some now
stamp taxes, it omits altogether bank
checks, some other kinds of commercial
paper, also medicines nnd perfumes. In
place of these are taxes upon gasoline,
parlor car and sleeping car tickets and
various kinds of wine. Beer pays less
than heretofore, whisky Is ignored and
tobacco's burden Is not much changed.
Bankers, brokers nnd nmusoment pro
prietors nre levied upon, and Insurance
policies nnd telegraph and telephone mes
sages nre Included nmong sources of rev
enue. Republican opposition to the bill has
been manifest in Congress and in tho
press since it wns first proposed. The
Boston Ilernld calls attention tn tho
fuct that Canada, which Is a partici
pant in the Kuropean struggle, is im
posing a war tax no larger in proportion
to our own. The Chicago Herald objects
strenuously to the provision concerning
Insurance policies: "A tax on life and
casualty Insurance policies is a tax on
small savings. Why don't the lawmakers
put a tax on savings bank deposits and
be done with it? They are doing about
the same thing." Limited praise for
the tdll Is given in the New York
World, In the remark that it does not
Increase the exactions upon incomes and
omits wholly the mischievous Idea of
taxing domestic freight bills. Support
and opposition, both In Congress and
out of it. Is divided on strictly partisan
lines.
Tho principal criticism of the war tax
measure Is that It is wholly unneces
sary. "The new tux Is not a war tn.,"
says the Ilrooklvu Citizen, "it Is a tribute
toDeinocratlu Incompetence and oMrava-
re-cniploy nil striking miners not found
guilty of violence, rejected the scheme
for an Impartial grlevnnce committee, nnd
claimed that they had never violated the
"constitutional" mining laws of the State.
The New York Evening Post, which,
like practically all oignns of opinion, had
ir l god the .icceptnnco of the truce, legret
ted Hint tho rejection "makes the pros
poet of a return to normal conditions less
promising " nnd that the companies
should show n lack of a "hearty and sin
cere desire tn bring about a settlement."
At tho ame time It felt that ns the truce
terms were only "tentatively" submitted,
tho President might he able to adjust
them to the desires of the operators.
The Now York World wroto editorially:
"There Is nothing In Hie plea of Mr. AVel
born which change"! in tho slightest de-
FOREIGN" RELATIONS
The steamship Robert Dollar sailed
from Wo de Janeiro, Wednesday, flying
tho British colors. Two weeks ago the
Robert Dollar made application nt Rio
for a transfer of Canadian registry to
American, tinder the registry law of
August 18. The British Consul protested
nnd tho transfer wns refused. The inci
dent derives Its Importance from Its ex
pression of the British attitude toward
President Wilson's plan for tho purchase
of foreign steamers to be operated by a
government-controlled coritoratlon. The
President, on Thursday, s'ald that the
ship purchase bill would not be taken
from the Administration's legislative cal
endar. It was announced In Washington that
President Wilson had determined to toler
ate no longer the offensive public iom
ments of foreign dlplomutlc representa
tives concerning matters of domestic con
cern. This announcement relates particu
larly to tho alleged statements of Sir
Lionel Carden, former British Minister to
Mexico, criticising our Government's Mex.
Icnrr policy: of Baron Wllhclm von
Sclrocn, of the German diplomatic serv
ice, who is sold to have declared that
.Tnpan wants war with this country: nnd
of A. Rustem Bey. the Turkish Ambas
sador to the United Stntes, whoso refer
ences to lynchlngs In the Southern States
and "water cures" In tho Philippines
were not kindly received at the White
House. It Is believed that the Amerlcnn
Government has asked for Rustem Bey's
recall, or Wll do so, and that It will
take official action with reference to tho
von S"hoen and Cnrdcn Interviews.
Russia and Sweden this week Informed
Washington of thulr Intention to sign
pence commission treaties with the fulled
Slates. These treaties will be like thne
which hnve been negotiated with Great
Britain, France, Spain, China nnd 22 other
nations of tho world, and which provide
that nil disputes which cannot be set
tled through tho ordinary diplomatic
channels shall bo referred to a perma
nent commission, and that hostilities
shall not begin within a year after such
reference of the questions nt Issue.
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS
.The way Wilson maintains pence sug
gests that ho would have been a holy
tenor on the firing line. Columbia
Stato.
Mrs. Young wants peace taught In tho
public schools. Incidentally, the school
board might note thnt Chicago wants
tho public ""chools tnught In pence. Chi
cago Herald.
Tho German Emperor has conferred 1
iron crosses on his soldiers, and no telling
how many of the other kind on tho help
loss nnow at home. It Is the way of war.
Nashville Banner.
And Colonel Cynrtnh, of Cyartnhsvllle,
strolling forth to gaze upon "the finest
mint-bed In V'glnln, sun," slowly shakos
his head, tuo sad for utterance. New
York World.
The problems of politicians may be
.S'V Vork Sun.
BORED
THE MEXICAN UNREST
Mexico's restlessness l manifest ngaln,
and Indications point to .another revolu
tion, unless it is prevented through Pres
ident Wilson's moral Intervention. The
causes of the blench between Cnrinnza
and Villa date back to the latter days
ot the revolt whlih gave Cnrranza con
trol of the Government and hnve to do
principally with cotrllielln.,' nmbltlons.
perhaps not entirely personal and with
divergent conceptions ot what form and
character should be given to the new
governmental system. According to ac
counts yosteiday. Villa' has massed fi"m
10 000 tci 60,000 seasoned troops In Chi
huahua and Sonora, many of them ex
Federalists. The attitude of the t'nltrd States Gov-
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The shifting lines of bnttlo-torn armies
have advanced nnd been repulsed, flist
one and then the other, with ttemendous
Insxos, on the whole 120-mlle front. On
ral;t-be fogged fields they linve fought,
each day being marked by eninnge prob
ably iinptrnlloled in hlt,ir. Neither the
German forcex nor tho Allies have gained
a decided ml vantage.
The gre,it buttle of the Aisno has re
solved Itsulf Into an artillery duel, and
the result cannot be foreseen. A victory
for the Germans would ennble them again
tn menace Pari". A victory for the
Fiench virtual! would ntmire the re
tirement of the invaders fiom France.
Out of tho conflicting official state
ments concerning the eastern field of
war, and weighing Vienna's general de
nials against Petiogrnd'.s specific details,
advantage i.s Indicated for the Russians
In Galieln. The high point In the Gallclan
camp.ilgn was the rapture of .Inroslnii. In
the North. This Important fortification,
behind which the letrentlng Austrian
army of finnkl found a protection while
Its Investment occupied the Russians'
attention, opened the coiintiv west of the
Sun to the Invading forces and gave them
control of many miles of rnilrond The
In politics the week brought about ft
start In the Irivetlgatloh of the primary
campaign "slush fdnd" of Sknator Pen
rose by the Senate Commutes on Prlvl
leges and Elections, a stronger oranl
zatlon of the opposition (o tho Fllnn
Van Vnlkenburg machine In tho Wh
Ington party as the result of the Washington-Democratic
fusion on the Gov
ernorship, and the announcement that
Philander C. Knox will come to the aid
of Senator Penrose In tho campaign and
that ho Is planning to be a cnndldale to
succeed Sonntor Oliver In 1915.
The Senate Committee, meeting In
Unshlngton eslerdny to decide whether
the Senate shall Investigate Senator Pen
rose's tampalgn fund, called before It
several Phllndtlphlans. among them tht
officials of the Pennsylvania Protective
t'nlon nnd the heads of the brewers and
Ihiuor dealers' associations
Talk of fusion on the Senatorshlp was
stopped on Tuesdaj when Olfford Plnchot,
Washington party nominee for United
Slates Senator, and A. Mitchell Palmer,
Democratic nominee, each announced thnt
he would not withdraw to combine the
Democratic and Washington party fights
against Penrose
Washington party leaders In Philadel
phia and several western counties, In
cluding Washington and Fayette, on
T"osda nnd Wednesday assured R. R
Wuav. of Pittsburgh, who led the revolt
.-iiriiliist the Flinn-Van Valkenburg lead-
i ershlp following the completion of fusion
i with the Democrats on the Governorship,
that opposition to the Fllnn element Is
being well organized, and that Colonel
Unosevelt will be appealed to In an ef
fort to overthrow the present party lead
ership. ll during tho week mn of the stand
Inc of Isnac H Clothier flocked to tho
standard of Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh,
Republican nominee for Governor, In
cveiv county In the State. Doctor Brum
baugh continued his campaign through
the central counties of tho State.
He callvl upon the people to "stand up
for Pennsylvania." and pledged the up
holding of moral standards In politics as
noil ns a business administration.
Philander ('. Knox, It wm announced
on Wednesday, will enter the campaign
on behalf of Senator Penrose by speak
ing nt a Manufacturers' Club dinner oil
October IT. on the eve of Colonel Roo0
velfo entrv into tho campaign. It be
came known on Tuesday thai the former
ecretnri of Stnte will soon no to Pitts
burgh to' live Political leaders in Phila
delphia took this action to mean thnt Mr.
Knox Is preparing to be the Republican
candidate to succeed Senator Oliver.
Representative Palmer carried his Sght
ncalnst Penrose and Penroselsm Into the
anthracite regions. Starting on Tuesday,
he dn'lv took up ntw counts of his "In
dictment" against Penrose, and on
Wodneprtny drew from Penrose a reply
In which Penrose called his attacki
"garbled. Insincere and Intentionally imp
leading "
POLITICAL BREVITIES
The voter! of Virginia this week de
cided to put the State with thp nine
others in the "dry" column. State-wide
prohibition, which will go into effect
November 1. IMS. won by a majority of
35.'i"0. The Issue was decided by the
oountrj districts, though onlv four Im
portant cities voted In opposition to the
Russians also occupied Wislnk. another constitutional amendment on which it
important railway centre on the Hun- I ningoa
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IT'S GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING WINTER
Chicago N-g.
greo tho opinion which mi'Sit men have
formed ns to the true situation m Colo
rado. He Is pleading n bad case. He
represents absentee owners. The Rocke
feller family is, behind him, and if the
Issue of elUl war In Colorado must be
met by the National Government the pen
pie of the United States should know nt
once who is making tho war and for what
purpose."
In answer to the npaintnii., the Presi
dent Mimmnrlli refui fl change ln,s at
titude and Indicated that they must ac
cept the tru.'e or srnnd ic.sponslhle befoio
the country tor the result. Supporting tho
President, the New York Tribune said:
"Tho mine opei.itois will h,no to show
sponger objettlons to It than they havo
if thev expuet the public to sympathize
with them in their refusal of Us terms."
grouped under to general he.ids. How
to get money Into the public trtasui. and
how to get It out Life
Cutting the pork out of tho rivois and
harbors bill seems almost like cutting a
pound of flesh from next t the heart of
many a statesman. Indianapolis News.
Theie Is one i onsolntion. Now York
will not have any worry about ticket
speculation nt the world's championship
series. New York Sun.
Senator ilurlou won his gret light
ngnlnst the rivers und hniburg bill with
out making n single humorous speech
nnd should gir.de his future conduct ac
cordingly. Ohio Journal.
ernment i known to bo strictlv neutral.
It Is reported from Washington that the
evacuation of Vera I'ruz by the troop
under General Funston will proceed ne
ordered.
In discussing this newest, phase of the
.Mexican trouble, the New York Sun,
garlnn border, and moved toward Tar
now, on the north, occupation of which
will affoirl complete mastery of communi
cations to Cracow. Next in importance
Is the Russian advance on thl ancient
nnd strongly fortified city near the Junc
tion of the German, Austrian nnd Ru-
si.in borders. Cracow, affording a short
route to Herlln, is dlruady In peril, no- ,
cording to Petrognid olficlnl reports,
which state that troops h.ive penetrated
to the outer fortifications. The famoi
university library has been removed to
Vienna, 240 miles southwest, whither
mnnj of the Inhabitants hive fieri.
"meow i.s i'l v.i -t -ti.itin unpoi tun, e,
as its possessors control the io.td both
n, the Get trim anil A l-tii.m npitals T.ie
Russian plan of campaign contemplates
fulfilment of th" Czar's threat of last
week to enter Berlin at the hend of his
iroops. Possession opens the un to
Breslnu, which is 1" miles from Berlin,
ro whle,h the Rusians are preparing a
wintet march. The investment of Prze
mysl. still under heaw bombardment, has
beep left to n silff if lent forte, while the
main Russian mtm repl.n es bridges
across the San In ordei to move through
the marshy tetntory on rhe south,
where the Austria ns. under on Auffen
berg. nre endeavoring tn shape their
shnttered for es fur a last stand before
fnlling back nn Cracow Occupation of'
Przemjsi Is no longer essential to the
main Russian objective, Cracow, hut af
In the New Jersey primaries nearly all
of the present congressional delegation
of Wilson mn were renominated. There
were fnvv contests on anv ticket. The
Progressive vote wns verv light.
Hardly one-third of the fiOO.OQn registered
voters in .Massachusetts went to the polls
on prlmnr day Ex-Congressman Sam
uel W. McCall wns nominnted for Gov
ernor bv the Republicans. Governor David
I. Walsh wns renominated bv the Demo
ctats and Joseph Walker, formerly Re
p ibllean ".pecker of the Massachusetts
f-Ioii'-e of Representatives, was the choice
of the Propiesives Congressman Gard
ner, In the Sixth District, was renomi
nated by a narrow- margin over A. Piatt
Aniir-v.
At the Progressive convention in Dela
ware the Rev Georce Edward Reed, for
mer president ot Dickinson College and
at present pastor of the Grace Methodist
ICplscopal I'hunh at Wilmington, was
nominated for Congress
IV PHILADELPHIA
A significant event was the beginning
of work on the new shlpways at the
rhlladelphin Nav Yard, at which
Secretary of the Navy Daniels broke
ground earlv In the week The work is
now going forward
It has been announced that ships from
New Orleans. Seattle and San Francisco
are being carefully watched bv Dr.
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pnnce." Thu Alnaro Journal calls it " , i-c&3irSte&s3ij '"A e- ' S ' w ' I
war tax in time of inure.". nnd declares , jsJaaypg?yS5... -v7 ... --"SSw. " '
that Congress framed it In the hope of " '"VAT "W ' .' ' iglgf ffic,lli7f24'' l"",vr 5. .tfK-'s.
concealing the effects of -Its. free-trado- ' i i'lU 9 ' " ', . .1 '! fWl "IPlrtv-v -'.T X ' "'Jvferi'&SSw
ward policy." The proposal fo, the . b- -TH ' .V- -i ' ij$&3b$f V ' V .?V7; " '&k
tabllshment of a taxation commission, ,.--lliJ -itii If V S "'-'
In which would bo committed the eiitiie ."! ' .,..---' k y''- '"'fti
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Carpathians. More than ,i million Rirs
slans nre now nctive In Gahcia, where
the third great battle of th" lampaign is
ripened shortly. righting in Galicia
which has bee,, consistent.,- .U,.ad,.ni- , ZL wt.h tlTe" lTT tn"
tration, snvs "On no battlefield where i successful storming of .Inrnslau The
Villa triumphed was Governor Carr.inza AuMri.m Unr office minimizes fill
rorus passage inro nuugan thioirgh the i liHrlo. director of the Health Department.
in his effort to prevent an outbreak of
bubonic plague here. The disease Is car
ried hi tats.
In th textile ti-sde "tidironi were
considerably Improved bv rhe reopening
over seen: the way ro u now capital wu.--always
hewed for him. as ii were, bv the
Illiterate man sprung from the people for
whom he had u peii-in.il dislike which
wus reciprocated with Interest." The
Boktnn Transcript declare. "The dc-lu-ration
of Villa that he will not submit
to the tule of t'uirana i n mobt lu
mmous (ommentarj on the failure of
oi'v administiatton orthor to keep out of
Mexico ov get ou' of Mexico."
It is a omeu hat different view that Is
tilken by the New York World: "Tho
President r to be commended for hit,
refusal to change hi Mexliun policy as
ports of Rtsaiiin progiess mill mivi that
the Austrian armies have united between
the Pan and the Vistula and an- prepared
to take the offensive.
Paralleling the sie.u inflict on the
Aisne in point of number en mined ind
strut Sir n'poit.Miii .111 I'Jin, ndini: imt
tie on the Potind-i:.t Prussia hunlt r.
where Russia hi. nbjed a i'.u,. ,,f
I.VOao a' me 1 -,'mde front Vetnr
tn this nvtm will m - the checking of
t'u Qfiiin campaign .. 'nst Wursaw
whteh vva announced mh n the week
to he General Htndenhurc - objective
Th Russians under Rennenk mif lurnj
tho enemv miufh to tne I'ohsh rmntirr.
but or re.-elvins hrnvv rrlnfonvntiiu
from the Interior nave token the nst. -
Hvc, an described. uci-es in this mot-o
of the Dobson mills to fill large blanket
and cloth eiders from the Canadian and
I'nlted Stntes Governments
Th Bcti' 11 of ! '",, mt " 'niimi-sioners
in preparing an ordei requ rltm that the
weight he stnmped on each loaf of bread
old In this cit.v was hailed as a victory
foi the loc-.il civic oi sanitations
Councils. .11 a sf,n ial nirctinc passed
the $11 .ion on" limn bill. Incltidinc despite
rhe Mavoi's veto, the it, m for a new
Municipal Court building
Frederick A Fenton, e,re'at of th
Investment Rankers' An,oria'mn was
here thi3 ek planning for thr gather
ing of banner to h held In this c"t at 1
date to l ruitini later It was an
nounced U'.fC Philadelphia'.' shire In the
IWt.flOMOO sold pool being formed to ro.
li.y 'in "i-i ii.il -hilts. Olua'ion w II
he IVOOO.OfW the first pas mem of which
will be J.'OnO.OOo National banks are tn
. result of the reported nuarrel between 1ir;.?,;'rn,r,'"n nni,h" "'" fw h" ""' I f'nrn.s .ked fo ei.ers this
CarrfWZA and Villa. 80 fur as tit I'nlted , The , hlel i.t,il .i,Bii-.'ement of lb.. u..k weel. nnd ill one . use. thai of Merrltt
States U concerned these men represent' a the destruction 111 .tin v,irth a-n of! "" ' cmdn ii"n i-nmein. the ren
tho ine idea. It ts the principle of self, j hi l:ut'sh cmilaer bv Oeimar ki,i- 1 -'" ''''" ,n Kuiopeitn ai The
rulf. If they must tight In urdr to
subject of revenues bv tho Government
is seconded by the ('hie State .luurn.ii
ns the way out of such muddles ns that
which now exists: "It will be a forward
step when Congress yields its right to
legislate for revenues, for then such
laws will be basM upon principle and
not upon selfishness, which characterises
the field today."
Yesterday the war tax bill came up
under a rule limiting debate to seven
horns This rule, reported from com
mittee on Thursday, was denounced by
the opposition as a "gag" rule
The bill passed the House by a vote nf
233 to 13
uoniirr. ii w mati'ii in nci-"n trill a
BintTle sir,nmt Itiw. tinrf u-v. . , I, . I.n l...
settle the personal iue. the fact is to, hut, other lepeit sad five The Blit
he regretted, but the principle remains Ish Inst o;.-r than ''id men, in-ludinj;
the utM." I ' o.iiieik r,. ,jfc3s, ,. ,.!vved lm.
iruniait'iv n siauoi.-ni ir,.m VVi,wt,,
That the levolt a ill be lesK Kitrioun
than former nies U the opinion of the
Washington Time, which remoiks that
thne will bo no foreiun pwire this
mm- Tilt- Nnv V'k Times intimates
that iliiancial intertms air behind Villa.
,inl that In all probubilits the "anjiel,"
is the principal bai km Is failed. i tlu)
s urn who financed I'arramn s revolution.
The St laous Post-Hispmdi hints tiypit.
111.11 an .wnrricaii hm svnuiiaie
1 nurcnill Wrkt lord of thp Umlnlu.
that the licrman warship did not dr.
fijht and wi r i'ke "ittte- in a hole "
JnpaiUFe litiid fnrcis n-ii-e uv.-r,-,i.-riilll.-ulli.
i.r travel hint uiir-htil co.se
lit on th- o Itet foillti'jtl ,110 n the Iter,
n-nii leasehold ,.f UiuuJ'h.ui , in Prnla-'
(I l.rriHe boiplMrdm. lit uigae l, 11, f.
inan ili-fei,:li ipijina .ij.iit.usii i,.
111 the hirM,r .than Tin-T.iu evi.nil
have ki-ru the Jni an.,,- itcti at j rt.
TIIK CASK OF COLORADO
At the end of tho lli;st year ot the Colo
rado coal and iron strike, Se)tenilH.-r 22.
the conference of operators lrtuull re
jected the terms of truce druvvn up
Secretary Wilson, of the Dopartmi-nt of
Labor, with the aid of a mine operator
and a miner, submitted by the President
to both parties in conflict, and aciepii'd
the strikers Mr Wilson, representa
tive of the mine owner,, gave President
Wlllson an acceptance of onl a portion
of the terms. The companies refused to
an American oi svnUiiate in
I .iiitr lit li.u th.. itit i-fi.tll
lieilarlnu that It I- not too latr for1" r''"1 ' h' '-
Hie Cnited State to tnieivene -pnvvb... ' .,"', , v P'mI m-,i th. f.,,t
ikiKillv ' thr llaltii.iou- Sun (vwai ' "'.. ",,,i,,,rt """'a' dammit, to wr
the tcnileniiB of th gond olllc of mr i ,"H l"""""' " f.rm.nt hei!tls,
i.oveinmcnt to avoid hluotlshecl Two ,, ." 'J'l1,,' J"1 r'Wl".iios.
. .oiic iipimon i.r the President's , " . , " '" ni "maMnv t iat
vifkuiirr i"iru. ui
1 1 nt-u events am
..lU Tribune anil the vn- 11 ....... " "l the ruuntr). n Fruiai
1 nion-Journal The Tribqn itsuru '" ' nw Hat It, Jhiimi
hat it ha utterly collapne.i u "''d ""struct rilruaii ,.n thtm-st-
1 nion-Journal thinks tli4t the ui. ok m '' "'''it" r.o e 01 ih u f
ensuring ami notes for the ion-1 . It .. '"""" w urfi ri i.
other nun 1 lush Hiothers. coal dealers
01' this city, the reason aligned being
A d4ie to protect the -Jcl.s of the dun
"1 Ik nirv thnt ll'l ' In in' 'il llenrv SJ
I'Uiiilef'a dream of direct r.11' onntctio
bi'tveeri the I'nlted Klines ,m1 1'uba was
iHijivh-'1 mi 1 'ramp this week .-.hipping
itfi'os irisM" tip,re Inlenst-il n he news
that l'ollet'i of tile I'oit lleiiv has been
iiuthorlfc-il tn lenlve apiilx .ilooi- from
Kteamship nitrrnt fot w.n 1 -k uimir.
ius for vMselii ,-ailint; undi 1 the I nlted
l.uv. Har
plan f'u- ;i faruur inmket a the
'Hi Mirpt e't vateil turiiU'i van .id
- rrt ll-.i week Th I'lniadr inh an 1
Hosini iml lb lhih i'iev Tioiflt
t'oiriuiny r tneii'tl t" "- p-rate in
judged in tlu? luilit I UW aiTirT W',,. f '" !,""u'11 m'" hf
those of the v?w ' L"nrttM Jaiins uisr. 4hh1 f p. m,.-, ,n
fioiieirng of the opponents of
waning
'uati-hfui
I k'hlua l ,top 4r-
THE WEEK THE WAK
This week bu- mi the . iiinuation.
j with unremitting vigor of the hene bat-
tie vt the Auue, nuvv m na itih da
1 like d. inonstratioit. n,, irei .. a au,.
tutors lu-uig order- l
I Ituiuania treanhlos oa Hie bjinfe of vr
pun ii.Miiu inac i-ounti 1 tukr
in III, U. j . .., ,. 1 ,
Stales wuuld be t-rc, limai. ,1 nit"
mil 01 au-e 1,1 1 cent tltatu
1 thtm to a lummun vau-v
!.. . . .
"'"" I llltf ll'OV. llll'llt
iii'i-.i 1,1 utilt- ',.ik.- 1 '..ok- wni
Hutill.1 ti it lit I'lyi.l ( I'tllltle ' "1111113
'Ion wi'l I hi cooio'ihi i-sin-! ihn
Phi'si-'rlphi i r:'irti I'oinpcio' N-vemb r
IT Tin- 'Oini'1 nt (! oi.t ,.f ih ottti
)i-iiii "a 1 1 -l Ii I for eh Il n li-h'ni; 1
this 1 ilv
f, fi- . 1 .),tt lull, ii.o'aiiiiK or"
iirflon f 1 fV-vn-0 fur rie' w ik p "
' lunula. . u SU'lVV'l' lllsl',n . 1 lfrl
this aSjtU v 3U" I 1 nun il ,i-.i j;ik j
b.v the sll'ii ami no . -..I 1,1 t
voltd on hi ih i' mile i;.i, ai .on
ini wa ijnl hi tlu 'iti"n i.r .111 -el's
m pata'u-: tm t'M'.tta i'ph ', 1 r .tr v
MoBicltfl Cwi.it i.var lli Mn ..1 . vt.,,,
ioial 1 ii'i'ili ri ui 1111 11 u,ie nir-tr
m I tii- tit - fi i liiiul 11 i a i'tr i jf
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