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U.S. REPLY ON COTTON
"" WILL REJECT BRITISH
M
EMBARGO CONTENTION
Ban Recently Put on Staple Ne
cessitates Recasting Note An
swering London Order
in Council
COMMEKCE HAMPERED
WABHINOTON. Aug, 25.
Cotton growers and ahlppers openly de
clare that Great Urttaln has added In
tuit to Injury, by applying the doctrine
of the "burden of proof" to the cotton
nipper when a cargo la seised, under the
new contraband ruling.
Despite the claim of the United States
that It la an unalterable principle of Inter-
i national law that, where contraband
la seized, the burden of proof that It la
Intended for an enemy la on the nation
making the capture, the nrltlsh Foreign
Ofilco haa decided that, no far aa Ameri
can cotton or other American good la
concerned, the American ahlpper muat
shoulder thla task An n reault. the new
lirltlih note again la being redrafted to
suit thla new development. When com
pleted, It will rcalst etubbornly nil of the
contentlona of Oreat Hrllaln which ham
per American trade.
PAVE WAY FOU INDEMNITY.
Although ofllclals are convinced that
England wilt not bnck down, many de
c'are that tho ground work will he laid
for forcing tho Allien, when ho war enda,
to pay all damacrca sustained by Ameri
can exporters us a reault of the Illegal
acta that have followed each other In
rapid procee.lon ever since the original
order In council against "3ermnn trado
waa Issued.
It already Is certnln that Ihe cotton In
terests of Ihe South Intend demanding re
lief when Congress meets, with Senator
, Iloko Smith na their apokcaman. It la ad
mitted they wl'l bo able to make things
Intensely Interuatlng for the Administra
tion, should Its efforts to obtnln relief
I through diplomatic sources tall, as now
seems certain.
' nESEUVK BANK TO AID PLANTEI18.
While thla situation Is being handled
through diplomatic channels, tho Federal
ttcserve system Is preparing to pour mtl
llona Into th? South to llnnnco the cotton
crop, reducing to the minimum the neces
sity for ship.iiena to foreign markets.
The Administration Is watching closely
the cotton situation, both at homo and
abroad, and ofllclala are optimistic that
the domestic end of the proulem will be
.. handled expeditiously,
ELLIS WARD TO SEEK
PENN ROWING COACH
BERTH, LATEST NEWS
Former Tutor of Quaker Oars
men Changes Mind and Will
Put Up a Fight to Land
His Old Position
University of Pennsylvania men were
almost dumfounded today to learn from
p. signed statement by Ellis Ward, who
lor tho greater part of JO years waa the
4 Quakers' rowing coach, that he Is a can
didate for his .old position to succeed
Vhian Nlcknlla, who has gone home to
Join the English nrmy, Tho surprising
feature of Ward's entry Into the list of
candidates Is that ho assured leading
members of the College Boat Club some
time ago that under no circumstances
would he accept tho position of coach.
Ward's atntement nf bin nw rlf..UInn la
as follows:
I' "Hereloforo 1 had let It be known that
I would not consider an offer to coach
the Penn oarsmen, but t have reconsid
ered It and I nm n candidate for the
position. 1 nmi taking the step of my
J u own Initiative as a vindication of the
Ward system, which. It will be remem
bered, has won almost all tho races won
by the Penn crews."
While no members of tho College Boat
,Club pr tho University Rowing Commit
tee would talk for publication, It Is almost
positive that Ward will not .be the new
coach. Two years ago the Athletic As-
soclatlon declined to reappoint him, and
choso Nlckalls Instead. At that time tho
Pennsylvanlan, the undergrnduate dallv
newspaper, conducted a campaign against
the re-engagemnt of Ward on the
ground that the Htudents had lost confi
dence In him and his methods. One or
two members of the present Board of
Directors of the Athletic Assoclat'on
were elected on a platform of opposition
to Ward,
As thing now stand the members of th
board of directors of the Athletic Asso
elation almost to a man are opposed to
Ward. In tho College Boat Club, which
controls the rowing committee and has
the power to name the coach, there are a
good many men who supported Ward
two years ago and who feel that he Is
still available. But the fact Is that the
Influential members of this organisation
have alteady dismissed Ward from con
sideration, and, unless something unex
pected develops, will not support him un
der any consideration. They feel that to
do so would simply Btlr up another fight
and put them In an unfair light because
many of them have already announced
that Ward had eliminated himself by his
recent decision not to consider the posi
tion. To support him now would render
them liable to the charge of Inconsist
ency, would add fuel to the flames and
probably defeat Ward In the end. Even If
Ward did become the choice of a majority
i nm i.vmiiiiivicc, iw wouia nave to t
I approved by the Unlveralty Athletlo Com
i mltte.
The Collega Boat Club has appointed a
t committee to confer with the Rowing
i Committee of the Unlveralty Athletic A-
soclatlon, and It Is believed that tho two
committees will get together on the altua
1 tlon shortly, talk over the various candl
i dates and agree on some Individual. The
committee of the College Boat Club Is
composed of the following:
i Frederick V. Hallowell, '71 c. chair.
1 Kni.ia!50r,!LBBnt' Jr" ' 'S John
J maker. '08 0.. secretary.
J HER DEATH STILL A MYSTERY
J Richly Clad Woman Probably Leaped
i From Observation Car
&n solution of the death mystery of
-'- enn whos. body was found on
K?tckiihe Pennsylvania llallroad
near North Eddystone this morning was
i found by the railroad Investigator after
U hours' work. It Is believed that she
' ST ,hrew her' from the observation
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TM due that seems, to Wentlfy the
7?!"1 M i!a" a Pnger Is the
'. tt ho wore clothing of the best
quality Vot wore no hat Her dress was
f,SJf "k ni h,r underskirt pnk
' silk. Mka wore white stockings and ruwat
hos, k wa. about' years old, wlj
I ft Inches In height and had gray
eye and dark hair On her right hand
was a small blank signet ring, and she
' a wedding ring, with an Inscrlp"
tlon of which only the letter "F" could
b read,
The body was taken to the undertaking
..labluTtasW upU,y CeroaeV Drew
of liawr Pun4y, i Dsj.y, The body
w. (.J at jm ,Wkli? the Siw of
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THE WAR A YEAR AGO TODAY
Herman defeat Itnonlana In .harp bat
tle at HLIIuponm, Kait l'rnU.
Hermann rapture Are Nnmur fort.
ltnfUn spread en lirond front over
Kant I'niMla and (Jallrln and rrpnt-e
Anstrlana at Klelre.
llrllMi lne tOtW men In retreat from
Moitn,
1'rrnrh craniate Mnelhauen. A hot-
tie la now In progress from Manhrugei
France, to the Dnnon, In the central
V !.
KenUnn reoeenpy Mahals, near llrl
grade, elearlnc Servian territory of Aim
Irian troops.
(Irrman ateamhl F.lltahrth sunk,
Urrmana Mow up bridges to halt Jap
nme Invasion of Klao-ehaii.
Ambat.ador llerrlek makes arrange
ments for Americans In Nultterlaml.
Ilelilan rrfuger null to Holland.
Second Canadian army starts motilllta
tlon. kitchener appeals for ment probability
of three years' wnr discussed.
FRENCH AIRMEN RAID
LORRACII, IN BADEN;
BATTLE AT SOUCIIEZ
German Grand Duchy Bom
barded by Aeroplane; No Re
port on Damage Artil
lery Duels in Artois
PAIllS, Aug a
Violent nrtlllcry duels were fouqht by
the French nnd Germans nt vnrlous points
on the front last night. OonlllctB wcip
also wngrd with grenades and tombs, but
the communique Issued this afternoon
reported no Infantry engagements.
A French aviator bombarded the station
at I.orrnch, Baden. No Information n to
the result was given In the communique,
which follows:
'In Artois, In nil the vectors to tho
north of Arras, the cannonade was rnther
sharp during the night. .Some combats
with grenaJes were waged around Sou
chcz and Xeuvllle.
"In the region around Iloye and Les
slgny there was an artillery duel, which
was violent at the time.
"In Champngno nnd In the Argonno
only some mine conflicts woro repotted.
"In the Vosgcs thcic wore contllcts with
grrnndes at ltarrenkopf.
"One of our aeroplanes bombarded tho
station of Lorrnch, In the Grand Duchy
of Baden, last night."
U.S. WILL WAIT FOR
REPORT FROM RERUN
Contlnuril from Pace One
will wait for them If the German olllclal
explanation Is available before that time.
It was said at the State Department to
day that summaries of all of these nfll
davlta are now In the hands of Secrctnry
Lansing and that all agree that tho
Arabic was torpedoed without warning
and that at no time old nny one on board
cntch sight even of the periscope of the
submarine.
Secretary Lansing refused positively to
day to say whether a disavowal of th
sinking of the Arabic would satisfy this
Government, unless it wns nccompnnlcil
by the Inflicting of adequate punishment
on the submarine commander he "dis
regarded Instructions." Ofllcials, how
ever, take the view that. Inasmuch as
Germany voluntarily asked for a suspen
sion of Judgment, It will willingly go as
much farther ns may bo necessary to
prevent ony diplomatic break with this
Government.
Administration officials saw hardly a
chance today that the Arabic Incident
will loom up ngaln ns n threat against
continued frfendly relations between tho
United States and Germany.
It was recognized that explanations
are yet to come that, technically, the
United .States Is only suspending Judg
ment and that Germany's uccount of the
linking of tho White Star liner, with the
Inctdcntnl loss of lives of two American
passengers may. In theory, not be satis
factory when It comes.
The truth Is, however, It was learned on
reliable authority, that the Administra
tion has not nt any time believed Ger
many would be unable to make a satis
factory explanation If she choso to do
so. That Is to say, tho Piealdcut did not
want the T!nltri Ktnti ripuvi.. in. l.
European struggle nnd wns convinced
that the people were similarly averso to
participation In the war and Intended to
accept as satisfactory nny reasonable
explanation Berlin might make, If It was
offered obviously In a conciliatory spirit.
Officialdom's chief nnxlcty. however,
waa that Germany was not In a concili
atory mood, that Its answer would be un
satisfactory or that there would be no
answer at all.
In such an event It waB conceded the
United States was committed to a line
of policy which would leave tho Ad
ministration no option but to break off
dlplomntlo relations, and such a break in
relations, it was agreed, could hardly be
but a prelude to war.
Tho German request that nothing be
done until the Kaiser can make an of
ficial report to Washington was looked
on as completely eliminating this danger.
If the German Government had not In
tended to do everything possible to sat
isfy the United States, It was felt cer
tain that It would have made no such re
quest as the one received by the Stato
Department from Ambassador Bernstorff
.A.n1.,J.aermany doe "everything pos-
!lmV U ?;" Ut..edl the Un,tel 8t"te
wll be satlsflad-there will be no dlplo
matlc break and certainly no war.
GERMANS WANT NO WAR
WITH U. 8., OFFICIAL AVERS
Accuses Enemies of Attempts to Fo
ment Trouble
., . JlEnMN, Aug. 25.
Her.m.ny f no w with the
United States." was the emphatlo asser
tion made by a high official of the Ger
man Government today.
"We are confident that there will be
no war," he continued. "The enemies of
Germany, are doing everything possible
to ?cwe. difficulty, but we trust to the
falsafcidedneas of tho American people
to ee through these efforts."
Heferrlng to the Arabic the ofllclal
called attention to the German Admiralty
statement of June Zl "that German ub
marines are using every precaution to
prevent loss of life on ships they attack "
i "ThJr.J,.S.n no ene n the pol
icy of the Admiralty since that state
ment wM issued," he went on. "If the
Arab o wae Intentionally sunk without
warning, the commander of the subma.
rlne violated the Admiralty. ordeV. and
his act will be disavowed. According to
reports that have reached here, the com.
mender of the Arabic admitted that he
changad hie course to approach another
vessel-the Dunsleythat had been at
tacked by a submarine, but which waa
till afloat.
'It Is possible that the Arablo crossed
the path of a torpedo launched at the
Ounsley In such a caee the submarine
commander waa pot responsible. Only
the aptaln or the Arablp can be flamed
for the leae of hie efeip,
"We regret that any llvee were lost
when the punk. Germany
is not warafat we non-combatants."
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Tho Stnto convention of tho Patriotic Order Sons of America Is now In full swing nt Reading. The pro
ceedings will last three days.
P. O.S. OF A. FAVORS
ARMY OF 500,000 FOR
NATION'S DEFENSE
State Convention Discusses
Question of Preparedness
and Suggests Means
of Assuring It
DELEGATES VISIT SHOPS
1MCADING, Pa., Aug. 23.-The crisis the
United States is now facing, the Increas
ing of tho regulnr nrmy and tho pcrpctu
nting of tho order wero among tho im
portant topics discussed at today's ses
sion of the EOth annual State encampment
of the P. O. S. of A. hero today. It was
the opinion of speakers that the United
States should hnvo at lenst a standing
nrmy of 500.000 men, and an Increase of
from H5 to $25 n month was advocated
In the pay nf soldiers
A. h. Noncmakcr, of Altoona, wus elect
ed State President without opposition this
morning. In tho course of his Inaugural
address, he suggested the organization of
Junior camps, and wns certain thai with
proper Instruction of the youth of tho
country, tho nation would be in such a
stntn of preparedness at oil times that no
country would dare to offend.
DELEGATES ENTEItTAINED.
Last evening tho delegates were taken
over tho two mountains In special cars.
The cadet band rendered a program at
4th and Penn streets. The ladles were
also taken on trolley rides.
This morning they visited the school
museum nnd storea.
The delegates assembled at the Ameri
can House at 7:30 o'clock 'and boarded
special enrs to the Beading tallwny car
shops. Ofllcinls of tho company conducted
tho visitors on an Inspection of the Indus
try, nnd special guides have been pro
vided by tho Beading Baltway oftlclals.
This evening nnother trip will be taken
over tho mountnlns. The Veterans' As
Koclatlon will have a banquet at Ma
aonlo Temple, nnd apeclnl attractions
have been provided for Cnrsonla Tark.
COMMITTERS APPOINTED.
Tho following committees were appoint
ed by Retiring President Miller:
Auditing Clin r lea L. Packer, Camp 317,
Philadelphia; Oscar Helm, Camp 183,
Beading; Isaac U. Mitchell, Cump 4U.
Philadelphia.
Appeal Gabriel II. Moyer, Camp 191,
Palmyra ; William Lawson, Camp 176,
Philadelphia; W. I, Swoope, Camp 691,
Clearfield.
Crcdentlnls-Dlstrlct Presidents David
H. Jacks, Howard F. Cralgo, George W.
Wlngard.
Itesolutlons Past State President Eu
geno F. Hendricks, ncadlng; Thomas C.
Knowles, Camp 88, Pottsvtlle; Benjamin
Ilnlnts. Camp 270, Philadelphia.
Constitution H. V. McFadden, Camp W,
Itoxborough, Philadelphia; John II. Nu
gent, Camp 218. Philadelphia; II. II.
Bhomo, Camp 89, Beading,
Appropriations Claude T. neno, Camp
11, Al'entowni 11. A. Dill, Camp US, Ash
ley; H. M. Helms, Camp 49, Pine Grove,
Press George J. Resold, Camp 330,
Beading; J. M. Bteever, Camp 137, Tly
mouth; Frank Small, Camp 407, Easton.
A motion was adoptod authorizing the
forwarding of a message of sympathy to
State Secretary William Weahd, who Is 111
at his home In Philadelphia,
United States Senator Boles Penrose, a
member of the order for two years, ar
rived here thla afternoon and delivered on
address. The senior Senator spoke on pre
paredness, and denounced the present ad
ministration's foreign policy,
SERVICES FOR AUGUST LOEB
Former President of Tradesmen's Na
tional Bank Buried Today
Two funeral services were held today
for August B. Loeb, former president
of the Tradesmen's National Bank, who
died Monday at his residence In Ventnor,
Atlantlo City, from a complication of dl.
eases superinduced by an attack of pneu
monia, Men prominent In business, finan
clal and Judicial circles attended the serv
ices. Itabbl Henry M. FUber conducted serv
ice at 10J South Frankford avenue, Vent
nor, this morning, after which the funeral
party procoeded to this city, and srv
Ices were held by the IUv. Dr- Joseph
Krauskopf In the Henry 8. Frank Memor
ial Synagogue, on the Jewish Hospital
grounds, York road and Tabor street. In
terment wag made Jn the Chelten Hills
Cemetery. "
The honorary pallbearer were Judge
Mayer BuUbtrger, George 11. Karl Jr
Clarence Wolf, Richard Y. Cooke. Jam
Y Sullivan. Dr. Kdwln A, J.reckl. w"
ii. l.m i "" B' Wll"en ana cWr- ,
enc MllheUen, A
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P. 0. S. OF A. CONVENTION AT READING
MUNITION ESTIMATES
TOO LOW, SAYS CR0ZIER
Ordnance Chief, Inspecting
Frankford Arsenal, Tells
of Army Needs
Three or four times more nmmunltlon
will be required for each Held gun In
the United States Army than wns thought
necessary by ordnance experts prior to
the European war. In the opinion of
C!enrrnl William Crozler, Chief of
Ordnance, United States Army. General
Crozler motored to this city todny,
accompanied by Mrs. Crozler, for his an
nual Inspection of the Frankford Arsenal.
The arsenal. In the general's opinion,
should be supported better by the govern
ment In view of tho fact that It Is the
only arsenal In the country making
ammunition for field guns, General
Crozler expressed the opinion that the
adjoining tract of land should bo
purchased to make room for additional
buildings.
The nrsennl Is In excellent condition,
General Crozler found, but new buildings
nre needed to facilitate ndequato manu
facture of munitions of war.
The General snld ho could not comment
on the European war In any detail, ns
that would be unneutral. Ho did sny that
trench warfare has Indicated that rifle
lire Is almost useless and that more
i artillery Is necessary.
1 The war also has shown that estimates
I nf experta, based on previous wars, ns to
tho amount of ammunition required for
u gun, are much too low. General Crozler
j said.
a pian to increase the army Is now
being worked out by the Secretary of Wur
nnd his advisers, according to General
Crozler. This will be submitted to Con
gress nt Its next session. The plan will
involve many changes In both the regular
army and the Stato mllltlns, but General
Crozler declined to dlscufcs these in detail,
CROOKS BORROW PURSE
TO PERFORM A TRICK
Scheme Was to Beat Man Out
of $50 That He Refused to
Spend for Mining Stock
Samuel Yorter, 2553 nichmond street, ex
changed 150 for his Initiation Into tho
methods employed by confidence men nnd
gold-brick peddlers this morning, When
nt 6th nnd Spruco streets on his way to
work ho was approached by two fault
lessly attired and extremely affable young
gentlemen, who, nftcc determining tho
extent of his bank account by a few
ndrolt questions, tried to Interest him In
some mining stock.
Falling In this, they offered to demon
strate a clever sleight of hand trick If
he would lend them hlB pocketbook for the
purpose. Yorter, overcome by curiosity,
passed over his pocketbook nnd saw It
carefully wrapped In n handkerchief and
Juggled deftly by the performer. Hud
denly It disappeared. His curiosity Imme
diately was transformed Into anxiety for
the vanished purse and ho demanded Its
reproduction,
The mysterious passes wore repeated,
and a second later Mr, Yorter received
his purso, enveloped as before In the hand,
kerchief, an attractlvo piece of silk which
the men generously offered to give him
Thanking him hurriedly for tho accom
modation the shadowy masters of the
"Black Art," slipped down 60th street, nnd
Yorter, stuffing tho package Into hie
pocket, proceeded contentedly to his work,
i Ab' ,..'c!ocit-th,a mornl"K he rushed
Into Magistrate Yate' offlco and recount
ed his adventure, with the additional
statement that the silk handkerchief con
talned nothing more than a bulky piece of
harness leather. Frank Troy, of 904 South
8th street, was arrested on suspicion, but
had no money In hi possesion.
PEIRCE SCHOOL RECEIVES
Business College Celebrates, Establish
ment in New Pine Street Home
A "house warming" was held today at
the new home of the Pelrce School. 1420
Pine street, with several hundred stu
dents, alumni and friends In attendance.
The Pelrce School, one of the largest bu-
w-..nw ,,, ... bvumjr, WaS JOT-
merly located on Chestnut street, above
It moved Into the building of the De
Lancey Bchool when that Institution wa
merged with the Episcopal Academy. The
new home Is a seven-story structure
equipped with the most modern educa
tional facllltlt.
At the reception today guest were en
tertalned by Ioul B, Moftett, director of
the Pelrce Bchool, and Mis Mary Plrr.
Its principal, The Rotary Club, which
usually hold Us weekly luncheon In the
8t, James Hotel, dined today on the sixth
floor of the Pelrce School.
VILLA TURNS ON FOE;
WINS DECISIVE FIGHT;
1000 OF ENEMY SLAIN
Ten Thousand Conventionist
Troops Hurled on Obregon
Army at Monterey Wound
ed Fill Hospitals
CARRANZA TROOPS FLEE
EL PASO, Tex., Aug. 23. Vllln forces,
numbering nenrly 10.000, have inflicted a
decisive defeat on tho Cnrrnnzistas
around Monterey, driving them from Villa
Gurcls back to the Nuevo Leon capital,
advices today said.
Tho Carrnnzlslas are reported to have
lost moro heavily In this engagement than
jn any for several months.
Moro than 1000 wero ' reported killed.
Tho Monterey hospitals are. filled to ca
pacity with wounded and private homes
have bocn commandeered for tho
wounded.
This battle, apparently the Bame one
outlined briefly In dispatches to the State
Department this week, followed Carran
zlsta successes In that region.
At the outset the Villa forces, under
General Mndero, were driven In from their
outer fortifications, but a reorganization
of the Vllllstas resulted in a sweeping vic
tory. Mndero has announced that he will not
follow his present ndvnntago by captur
ing Monterey, as ho regards It too grcnt a
responsibility 10 hold the city with food
extremely scarce. Such holding, he de
clared, would seriously hamper other mili
tary operations he plans In that vicinity.
BORDER BANDITS RESUME
DEPREDATIONS IN TEXAS
U. S. Soldiers Pursue Two Parties.
Moro Troops Requested
BROWNSVILLE. Tex., Aug. 25.-The
United States military authorities have
appealed to Washington to send more
troops to the Brownsville region.
A band of Mexicans has crossed tho Itlo
Grande at Banchora and another at
I.alsle.
A detachment of tho 12th Cavalry, un
der Major Carter, Is pursuing the Mexi
cans. GERMAN HOSTS PIERCE
BREST LITOVSK LINE
Continued from I'uge One
be carried out and the supplies In the
fortress transported to safety,
Kovel (s a rnllway centre of Importance
lying B5 miles southeast of Breat Lltovsk.
Two great rail systems pass through the
city, ono running from Odessa to Petro
grad; tho other hading from Warsaw to
Kiev. There Is u short line running south
ward to Vladimir Vollnsk, which town Is
also In possession of tho Austro-German
forces.
For the time being, attention Is cen
tred upon the operation around Brest
Lltovk to the exclusion of activities
elsowhore In the eastern theatre even
those In the north In the Hlga zone.
The single railway line from Bre.t
Lltovsk remaining In tho hands of the
ItUMlan run to 8hablnka, where It
bronchos off. one road leading Into In
terior Itusala by way of Mlnk and
Smolensk; the other traverelng Plnsk and
nielschlza.
The campaign against Brest Lltovsk Is
assuming the same characteristics as that
against Warsaw. The Autro-German
force are fighting hard to draw a circle
around nret Lltovsk and they are sue
ceedlng. It 1 confidently predicted that
the next 72 hour will mo the fortress
evacuated by the Hussion, or taken by
the aermans. with their artillery and
NO TRACE OF MISSING MAN
Employes of F. Roe Searing Prepar
ing to Wind UpHIa Business
No trace has been found of F. not
flonearedv;l;..".'"",?f!.w''0'''
S;s;
Atlantlo City, but a Ve.Tch VlK&
In the urf was futll xf- u..:'.7 .a"
merly lived In Philadelphia, but hi mov.ii
Jo Atlantlo City rec.ntly. ' A t hi! H
In the Perry Building today employe!
said preparation, were being mad t
-wind up the buelne." a to
Mr. Searing wa building an mn -the
Morton Publlo Bchool' " T.tr.!?
and Elmwood avenue. He also was i'
atructlng a .chooi in QIouce?.r "d ,n'
suit In the wMn,7nr"cA..w'
theie project.. fw on
1
25, 1015.
GERMAN CASUALTIES
ESTIMATED TO JUNE 30
Killed .. ""
.Ml..lng or totally disabled "'"
Wonndeil W
Total '"'14
The killed, wounded and ;nls!ng since
June SO will bring this total to more than
t.000,000.
SERVIAN CABINET
IN SECRET SESSION
ON BULGAR TERMS
Allies Are Confident Nish Will
Accede to Sofia's Demands,
Thus Renewing Balkan
League
KING PETER PRESIDING
LONDON, Aug. 25.
Everything In the Unlknha now hinges,
apparently, on the decision of the
Servian Parliament, now In secret Bcsslon
nt Nlsh, In tho matter of concessions
to Bulgaria In Macedonia. The gen
eral atmosphere hero Is ono of con
fidence that tho allied diplomats have
succeeded In bringing the matter to a
successful Issue and that Servla will
ncccede to tho counsels of her greater
allies
There Is a general feeling that tho
decision may be mucli more conn
1 dently left to Servla. where tho dlsturb
i ing counselo of Germany nnd Austria
i hnve no chance to be heard, than to tho
; still neutrnl Balkan powers, nnd It Is be
I Moved that In securing Xrom Bulgaria a
statement or terms to wnicn ocrvia cmi
honorably accede, the nllled diplomats
already hnvo won their victory.
The announcement of Servla's decision,
howover, is not expected for two or threo
days, as In view of the momentous nature
of tho- caso tho Pnrllnment Is, It Is under
stood. Insisting on going fully Into nil
the details of the matter. A neuter's
dispatch from Nlsh says that tho
Government has encountered considerable
opposition, but that It Is expected that
substantial agreement will be reached nnd
tho proposals of tho Intermediary powcia
ntcepled, with at moat n few minor
reservations.
The final decision, this dispatch states,
will probably bo reached today at an
extraordinary council of tho Ministers of
State, King Peter himself presiding.
At the same time It is the view In dip
lomatic circles hero that Bulgaria, In
view of the depnrturo of an Italian ex
pedition for the Dardanelles, cannot af
ford to delay much longer her acceptance
or rejection of the terms offered, with all
tho chances favoring her acceptance.
It Is pointed out In military, na well as
diplomatic, circles that with the arrival
of a largo Italian forco at the Dardanelles
tho valuo of Bulgarian co-opcratlon Is
bound to decrease, Is, In fnct, already
decreasing almost dally, and with It tho
chance of Bulgaria for obtaining better
terms for her services. Consequently, tho
reports that Bulgaria Is already massing
troops on her Turkish frontier aro gen
erally credited here.
Meanwhile, the general feeling In Con
stantinople, according to dispatches from
Sofia, Ir rapidly becoming one of great
depression, verging on hopelessness. Both
bread and coal nro becoming Increasing
ly short, and the constant stream of
wounded pouring In from the Galllpolt
Peninsula, where violent fighting contin
ues, exercises a depressing influence on
the populace.
The Exchange Telegraph Company re
ports from Amsterdam that tho Wolff
Bureau of Berlin enys that Bulgaria's
negotiations with Turkey have como to
an end, and thnt whllo some of tho papers
Interpret this as meaning that nn agree
ment has been reached, there Is llttlo
hope that such an agreement bears on
Bulgaria's attitude In tho war.
Tho Cologne Gnzette says a dispatch
from that city reports that tho railways
of Rumania have received orders to place
all their rolling stock ut the disposal of
tho Minister of Wnr on September 14.
RUSSIA EMBOLDENED SERVIA,
GERMAN PAPER SAYS
"Documents" Allege Notion Was Suro
of Czar's Support
BEBLIN, Aug, 23.
The Norddeutsche Allgemelne Zetltung
hns published further extracts from se
cret documents found by the Germans on
taking possession of Brussels. The latest
Instalment deals with tho period of the
Balkan wars. The Overseas News Agency,
In a summary, says;
"Concerning Russia's policy, the Bel
glan Minister to Berlin (Baron Beyens),
In a letter written on October 21, 1912,
repeats statements madq by Jules Cam
bon. then French Ambassador at Berlin,
wilting as follows:
" 'Tho French Ambassador, who appar.
cntly has special reasons for spoaking
as he does, told me repeatedly that tho
greatest danger to the maintenance 'of
European peace was tho lack of disci
pline and the personal conduct of Bus
slan diplomatists in foreign countries
They are nil ardent pan-Slavlsts" and
they have largely to carry the burden of
responsibility for present event. .They
will, without doubt, secretaly Instlca
Busslan intervention In the Balkan cSn"
4 'i7m .tSo Amba"adr wrote on April
V: J'.! "rrogance and contempt with
wh ch the Servians receive the compjamu
StnnMem?a aovern"'ent can be under!
stood only by reason of the support thev
hope to find In Petereburg.' worl lny
"The Servian Chargo d'Affairea h.r
ald recently that hi. government wSSid
not have maintained It attitude otthi
at lx months, without regard to Aui-
X&OTff 'J? so'by'tne ft
BRITISH BUY LEATHER HERE
Purchasing Agent Says Stump Speak
ers Stimulate Enlistment
Oordon Chatheway, of Leicester p.
and I, ,,,, cl today to nurchSfe'
leather from nhii-i-i-i.. ' purcnae
Uh and Servian army officer.
Mr. Chatheway would not .. ..
amount of orders he haa i!lle iha
hinted that they would total mini 'tho!!1
and of dollara. Commenting? nth?iU
war, he ald that recru tin in r 2u "
had not been a extensive aa r.iC?,e.r
ney crate, haa gone on th. ," '3lt"
peated effort, to t qioraKr "j
member have failed. Fuiiv I Liqf. ,he
K Jitney. In this c .vT.'ha .'? the
I', 'r!. 'u.n"!n emir V A"' hr ;
QUlt h;inf'ZW' "" h'y '
TlTOMmrilsT ttMfO T A tirirnrw
FirvHTSnWfFlVTTWjl
TO DEFEAT ORDINANCE
TlruMn PnntviaAnHnM i"l. .
""-i kyiwwiwn8 owners,
uoniors witn tjity solicitor
Ryan Money Raised to
Carry on Battle
WOMEN DO THEIR SHARE
Philadelphia jltneymen aro jubilant to.j
day In anticipation of action to ba i.w.J
In the courts which they believe will fJ
store tneir cars 10 mo streets within the
next lew anys.
Michael Francis Doyle, attorney for t'
Joint committee of the Philadelphia JUner
Association nna in noutn Ph tind-i-v,
Jitney Owners' Association, Is busily env
gaged today preparing for a new itMJ;
light. Ho met representatives of tho Joint
i;uiiiiuiticu o,,u. .. Uviu,u nuuii una went
over the situation thoroughly.
Lnter he made arrangements fop ...
fcrenco with City Solicitor MIchaH i 4
Ryan this afternoon. In order that iffl
muy uiiuciniuiiM fcvwfluj' wnai Mff
Ilvan believes that tho new Jitney orei:
nnnco requires. Following thla com..'
enco Mr, Doyle will outline his plan fo
court action. ,
The Joint Commlttco In charge of. the
nght Is composed of John F. Lieb, Jr
Thomas MacFarland, Harry Kuweit. i
Roadcs and II. Oste, of tho Philadelphia'
uiiney rtsputmuuiii unu uuuiub x'oiey, V
J. Bush, John E. Burt, William Ku
nnd William Alexander, of the South
rnuancipnin juney uwncrs- Association.
The presidents of tho rcapective assocl
tlons, William McGIU nhd Joseph C. Tall
man, aro ox-offlclo members of the com
mittee.
$500 1VAU FUND.
At nn nnen mass-meeting in Fnrm.i '
Market Hnll, 172 Columbia, avenue, lot
night, nearly $500 was raised to carry f
their caso to tho courts.
,... -..I.... .m 4U 1m. 1..I.1 1 ... V "
i ut) jiiwLiuti who tuu nmi Hum uy jiuicr Tj
owners, of which nearly 200, Including i
several women, wero present, at wh ch 3
there wns complete co-opcratlon. Per-
sonai nna puiuicai prejudices were laid s
nside. nnd tho grim determination nf v. 1
men to make ono last effort to raise the I
funds nt times aimosi Dordered 6a 1
tragedy. i
Spenkcrs for employes of the Phlladel- "4
phln Navy Vard, lawyers and one or two 4
business men urged a union of the Htn J
forces for the benefit of their patron at 4
well as ror tnemseivcs.
When tho tlmo came for making con- &
tributlons, ono after nnother they stepped a
up iu mi- iiiuDuiu imu utrpusuea meir j
mites. When tho men hesitated, tht
"widow' mlto" was presented by Mn. i
Annie Itowan, of 1S35 Pine street, and "
concerted rush followed.
"Mr. Chairmnn," shouted one man from !
tho iloor, "I Invested my all In a car. 1
Tonight I gaVo the last $2 I had to rayi
wife all that stands between ua and
su.rvnuon. i can i contriDuto now, but
if , you will lake my name I will rain
my jo lowaru mo causa it i nave to pawn
tho only suit of clothes I own and brlnj
It to your committee tomorrow."
One man contributed $25, and It was
announced that a business man "known
to every man. woman and child In the
city of Philadelphia" had written a let
ter to tho chairman of tho Joint commit-'
tee pledging $100 toward the fight pro
viding tho committee would not announce
his name.
Todny members of the Joint commltfM
will sit at 673 North Broad street and
rccelvo other contributions, and It li
predicted that fully $1000 will be raised
before Saturday. '
Tho speakers at last night's meeting In-
eluded John Alien, representing navy -lii
yard employes: William McGlll. oresWent i
nf the Phlladelnhl.l .Tltnir Aaantttan 5
and Michael Francis Doyle, an attorney
who was retained by tho committee taJJ
It wns announced today that tho Union
Motorbus Company had retained Joseph
L. Kun and Harry M. Berkowltz, who,
after a meeting In tho Parkway Building
tonight, will tako steps tomorrow to hare
tho men put back on tho streets unUl
after the hearing, September 20.
City Solicitor nyan, In an opinion to
Director Porter, has stated that not a
public passenger automobile In the city,
except the 30 licensed Jitneys anJ thoso
cars operating exclusively from garagei,
Is doing business legally tn (ho city, Thli
decision, It Is said, will be the basis for
Immediate action by tho police.
STATE PLANS INSPECTION
TO PROTECT FISH IN STREAMS
Watersheds Will Bo Studied to Pre
vent Pollution
HAnitlSnuna. Aug. 25. Plans for sys
tematic inspection of the watersheds of J,
me mate, with a view to stopping tn I
pollution of streams with matter Injurious .'
10 nsn me, were announced by tne hum
Department of Fisheries today. The whol
State has been mapped out and each
watershed will be covered by the Inspec
tors. All plants discharging Injurious matter
Into the streams will be ordered to discon
tinue the practice at once. Twenty plant
have already been so notified and It of
these brought to tho attention of the At
torney General for failure to comply with
the order.
N. Y. VOTER'S LITERACY TEST
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
After Stormy Debate Constitutional
Convention Again Favors Young
Measure
ALBANY. N. Y Aug. 25.-After tb
stormiest debate of Its session, the Con
stitutional Convention here today ad
vanced to third readinir the Young lit- '1
eracy test amendment, It provide that
auer January j, jms, nrst voters nau
read and write the English Ungual,
The advancement was made by a "9 ,j
61 vote, after two unsuccessful attempt"
to kin the proposal by striking out tn
enacting clause.
We have two kinds ofj
bloodhounds: the limb-!
tearing beasts in novels
and the harmless trail-
sniffers in realitv. Rr
Zieglp's "Man - Hunters
Not Man- Eaters -shows
you the bloodhoiinaj
as he is. Next Sunday
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