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VOL. XL VII. NO. 24.
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ICAN.
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
THE CONSTITUTION SUBMIT
TED TO THE CITIZENS OF TH12
COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR AP
PROVAL OR REJECTION, BY THS
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OP THE
COMMONWEALTH OP PENNSYL
VANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY ORDER
OP THE SECRETARY OF THE
COMMONWEALTH, IN PURSUANCE
OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CON
STITUTION. Number One.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section,
one, article eight of the Constitu-
tlon of Pensylvuiia.
Be It resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania In General
Assembly met, That the ; follqwbii!
amendment to the Constitution of
Pennsylvania be, and the same is
hereby, proposed, in accordance with
the eighteenth article thereof:
That section one of article eight,
which reads as follows:
"Section 1. Every male citizen
twenty-one years of age, possessing
the following qualifications, shall be
entitled to vote at all elections, sub
ject, however, to such laws requiring
and regulating the registration of
electors as the General Assembly may
enact:
"First. He shall have been a citizen
of the United States at least one
. month.
-"Second. He shall have resided in
the State one year (or, having pre
viously been a qualified elector or
, native-born citizen of the State, he
shall have removed therefrom ancLre
. turned, then six months) ImmedlawjfyV
, preceding the election. '
"Third. He shall have reslded,;in
: the election district where "flwiihall
, offer to vote at least two months Im
. mediately preceding the election.
"Fourth. If twenty-two years of age
and upwards, he shall have paid
i within two years a State or county
; tax, which shall have been assessed at
, least two months and paid at least
one month before the election," be
niUCIIUCU DU limb U1U Btllllt? OllUii 1VUU
as follows:
Section 1. Every citizen, male or
female, of twenty-one years of age,
possessing the following qualifications;
shall be entitled to vote at all elec
tions, subject, however, to such laws
requiring and regulating the registra
tion of electors as the General As
sembly may enact:
First. He or she shall have been a
citizen of the United States at least
one month.
Second. He or she shall have re
sided in the State one year (or. hav
ing previously been a qualified elector
or native-born citizen of the Slnte,
he or she shall have removed there
from, and returned, then six months)
Immediately preceding the election.
Third. He or she shall have re
sided In the election district when) he
or she shall offer to vote at least two
months Immediately preceding the
election.
Fourth. If twenty-two years of age
and upwards, he or she shall have
paid within two years a State or
county tax, which shall have been
assessed at least two months and
paid at least one month before the
election.
Fifth. Wherever the words "he,"
"his," "him," and "himself" occur in
any section of article VIII of this Con
stitution the same shall be construed
as if written, respectively, "he or she,"
"his or her," "him or her," and "him
self or herself."
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 1.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Two.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section
eight of article nine of the Constitu
tion of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
in General Assembly met, That the
following Is proposed as an amend
ment to the Constitution of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania In accord
ance with the provisions of the eigh
teenth article thereof:
Amend section eight, article nine of
the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, which reads as fol
lows: "Section 8. The debt of any county,
city, borough, township, school dis
trict, or other municipality or incor
porated district, except as herein pro
vided, shall never exceed Beven per
centum upon the assessed value of
the taxable property therein, nor shall
any such municipality or district incur
any new debt, or Increase its indebt
edness to an amount exceeding two
per centum upon such assessed valua
tion of property, without the assent
of the electors thereof at a public
election in such manner as shall be
provided by law; but any city, the
debt of which now exceeds seven per
centum of such assessed valuation,
may be authorized by law to increase
the same three per centum, in the ag
gregate, at any one time, upon such
valuation, except that any debt or
debts hereinafter incurred by the city
and county of Philadelphia for the
construction and development of sub
ways for transit purposes, or for the
construction of wharves and docks, or
the reclamation of land to be used in
the construction of a system of
wharves and docks, as public improve
ments, owned or to be owned by said
city and county of Philadelphia, and
which shall yield to the city and coun
ty of Philadelphia current net reve
nues in excess of the Interest on said
debt or debts, and of the annual in
stallments necessary for the cancella
tion of said debt or debts, may be
excluded in ascertaining the power of
the city and county of Philadelphia
to become otherwise indebted: Pro
vided, That a sinking-fund for their
cancellation shall be established and
maintained," so that it shall read as
follows:
Section 8. The debt of any county,
city, borough, township, school dis
trict or other municipality or incor
porated district, except as herein pro
vided, Bhall never exceed seven per
centum upon the assessed value of
the taxable property therein, nor shall
any such municipality or district in
cur any new debt, or increase its in
debtedness to an amount exceeding
two per centum upon such assessed
valuation of property, without the con
sent of the electors thereof at a public
lection lu such maimer as shall be
provided by law; but any city, the
debt of which on the first day of Jan
uary, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-four, exceeded seven per cen
tum of such assessed valuation, and
has not since been reduced to less
than such per centum, may be author
ized by law to Increase the same three"'
per centum In the aggregate, at any
one time, upon such valuation. The
city of Philadelphia, upon the condi
tions hereinafter set forth, may in-,
crease its Indebtedness to the extent
of three per centum in excess of seven'
per centum upon such assessed valua-'
tlon for the specific purpose of pro-!
vlding for all or any of the following,
purposes, to-wit: For the construe-,
tlon and Improvement of subways,
tunnels, railways, elevated railways,)
and other transit facilities; for the
construction and improvement of.
wharves and docks and for the recla-
matlon of land to be used in the con-i
struction of wharves and docks, ownedi
or to be owned by said city. Suchj
Increase, however, shall only be made;
with the assent of the electors thereof
at a public election, to be held rn suchj
manner as shall be provided by law.t
In ascertaining the borrowing capacity
of said city of Philadelphia, at any
time, there shall be excluded from the
calculation a credit, where the work
resulting, from any previous expendi-i
ture.'lpf'any one or more of the spe
cific purposes hereinabove enumerated,
slmljbe yielding to said city an an
nual current net revenue; the amount,
of which credit shall be ascertained
by capitalizing the annual net revenue
during the year immediately preceding
the time of such ascertainment. Such
capitalization shall be accomplished
by ascertaining the, principal amount
which would yield each annual, cur
rent net revenue, at the average rate
of Interest, and sinking-fund charges
payable upon the indebtedness incur
red by said city for such purposes,
up to the time of such ascertainment.,
The method of determining such
amount, so to be excluded or allowed
as a credit, may be prescribed by the
General Assembly.
In Incurring indebtedness, for any
one, or more of Baid purposes of;
construction, improvement, or recla
mation, the city of Philadelphia may
issue its obligations maturing not
later than fifty years from the date
thereof, with provision for a sinking
fund sufficient to retire said obliga
tion at maturity, the payments to
such sinking-fund to be in equal or
graded annual installments. Such ob
ligations may be in an amount suffi
cient to provide for and may Include
the amount of the interest and sinking-fund
charges accruing and which
may accrue thereon throughout the
period of construction and until the
expiration of one year after the com
pletion of the work for which said
indebtedness shall have been Incurred;
and said city shall not be required
to levy a tax to pay said interest and
sinking-fund charges, as required by
section ten of article nine of the
Constitution of Pennsylvania, until the
expiration of said period of one year
after the completion of such work.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 2,
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth,
Number Three.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section
twenty-one of article three of the
Constitution of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Bo it resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
In General Assembly met, That the
following amendment to the Constitu
tion of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania be, and the same is hereby,
proposed, in accordance with the
eighteenth article thereof:
Amend section twenty-one, article
three of the Constitution of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, which
reads as follows: '
"No act of the General Assembly
shall limit the amount to be recovered
for injuries resulting in death, or for
injuries to persons or property, and
in case of death from such injuries,
the right of action shall survive, and
the General Assembly shall prescribe
for whose benefit such actions shall
be prosecuted. No act shall prescribe
any limitations of time within which
suits may be brought against corpora
tions for injuries to persons or prop
erty, or for other causes different
from those fixed by general laws reg
ulating actions against natural per
sons, and such acts now existing are
avoided," so that It shall read as
follows:
The General Assembly may enact
laws requiring the payment by em
ployers, or employers and employees
jointly, of reasonable compensation
for injuries to employees arising in
the course of their employment, and
for occupational diseases of employees,
whether or not such injuries or dis
eases result in death, and regardless
of fault of employer or employee, and
fixing the basis of ascertainment of
such .compensation and the maximum
and minimum limits thereof, and pro
viding special or general remedies for
the collection thereof; but in no other
cases shall the General Assembly limit
the amount to be recovered for in
juries resulting in death, or for in
juries to persons or property, and in
case of death from such injuries, the
right of action shall survive, and the
General Assembly shall prescribe for
whose benefit such actions shall be
prosecuted. No act shall prescribe any
limitations of time within which suits
may be brought against corporations
for injuries to persons or property,
or for other causes, different from
those fixed by general laws regulating
actions against natural persons, and
such acts now existing are avoided.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 3.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Four.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Con
stitution of Pennsylvania abolishing
the office of Secretary of Internal
Affairs.
Be it resolved by the. Senate and
House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in
General Assembly met, That article
four of the Constitution of Pennsylva
nia shall be amended by adding there
to section twenty-three, which shall
read as follows:
The office of Secretary of Internal
Affairs be, and the same Is hereby,
abolished; and the powers and duties,
now vested in, or appertaining or be
longing to, that branch of the execu-
tivedepartment, office, or officer, shall
be 'transferred to such other depart
ments, offices, or officers of the State,
now or hereafter created, as may 'be
directed by law.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 4.
ROBERT McAFEE.
Secretary of theommonwealth.
Number Five.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Con
stitution of this Commonwealth in
accordance with provisions of the
eighteenth (XVIII) article thereof.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
in General Assembly met, and it is
hereby enacted by the authority of
the same, That the following is pro
posed as an amendment to the Con
stitution of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, in accordance with the
provisions of the eighteenth (XVIII)
article thereof:
AMENDMENT.
"Laws may be passed providing for
a' system of registering, transferring,
Insuring of and guaranteeing land
titles by the State, or by the counties
thereof, and for settling and determin
ing adverse or other claims to and in
terests in lands the titles to which
are so registered, transferred, Insured,
and guaranteed; and for the creation
and collection of indemnity funds;
and for carrying the system and
powers hereby provided for into effect
by such existing courts as may be
designated by the Legislature, and by
the establishment of such new courts
as may be deemed necessary. In mat
ters arising in and under the opera
tion of such system, Judicial powers,
with right of appeal, may be confer
red by the Legislature upon county
recorders and upon other officers by
It designated. Such laws may provide
for continuing the registering, trans
ferring, Insuring, and guaranteeing
such titles after the first or original
registration has been perfected by the
court, and provision may be made for
raising the necessary funds for ex
penses and salaries of officers, which
shall be paid out of the treasury of
the several counties.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 6.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Six.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section
eight, article nine of the Constitu
tion of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be It resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
in General Assembly met, That the
following is proposed as an amend
ment to the Constitution of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, In accord
ance with the provisions of the eigh
teenth article thereof.
Amendment to Article Nine, Section
Eight.
Section 2. Amend section eight, ar
ticle nine or the Constitution of Penn
sylvania, which reads as follows:
"Section 8. The debt of any coun
ty, city, borough, township, school
district, or other municipality or in
corporated district, except as herein
provided, shall never exceed seven
per centum upon the assessed value
of the taxable property therein, nor
shall any such municipality or dis
trict incur any new debt, or increase
its indebtedness to an amount exceed
ing two per centum upon such as
sessed valuation of property, without
the assent of the electors thereof at
a public election in such manner as
shall be provided by law; but any
city, the debt of which now exceeds
seven per centum of such assessed
valuation, may be authorized by law
to increase the same three per centum,
in the aggregate, at any one time,
upon such valuation, except that any
debt or debts hereinafter incurred by
the city and county of Philadelphia
for the construction and development
of subways for transit purposes, or
for the construction of wharves and
docks, or the reclamation of land to
be used in the construction of a sys
tem of wharves and docks, as public
improvements, owned or to be owned
by said city and county of Philadel
phia, and which shall yield to the
city and county of Philadelphia cur
rent net revenue in excess of the in
terest on said debt or debts, and of
the annual installments necessary for
the cancellation of said debt or debts,
may be excluded In ascertaining the
power of the city and county of Phila
delphia to become otherwise Indebted:
Provided, That a sinking-fund for
their cancellation shall be established
and maintained," so as to read as
follows:
Section 8. The debt of any county,
city, borough, township, school dis
trict, or other municipality or incor
porated district, except as herein pro
vided, shall never exceed seven per
centum upon the assessed value of the
taxable property therein, nor shall any
such municipality or district incur
any new debt, or increase Its indebt
edness to an amount exceeding two
per centum upon such assessed valua
tion of property, without the assent
of the electors thereof at a public
election in such manner as shall be
provided by law; but any city, the
debt of which now exceeds seven per
centum of such assessed valuation,
may be authorized by law to increase
the same three per centum in the
aggregate, at any one time, upon such
valuation; except that any debt or
debts hereinafter incurred by the city
and county of Philadelphia for the
construction and development of
wharves and docks, or the reclama
tion of land to be used in the con
struction of a system of wharves and
docks, as public improvements, owned
or to be owned by said city and
county of Philadelphia, and which
shall yield to the city and county of
Philadelphia current net revenue in
excess of the Interest on said debt or
debts and of the annual installments
necessary for the cancellation of said
debt or debts, may be excluded in as
certaining the power of the city and
county of Philadelphia to become
otherwise indebted: Provided, That
such indebtedness incurred by the
city and county of Philadelphia shall
not at any time, in the aggregate, ex
ceed the sum of twenty-live million
dollars for the purpose of improving
and developing the port of the said
city and county, by the condemnation,
purchase, or reclamation or lease of
land on the hanks of the Delaware
and Schuylkill rivers, and land adja
cent th'.'reto; the building of bulk
heads, and the purchase or construc-
tlon or lease of wharves, docks, sheds,
and warehouses, and other buildmgs
and facilities, necessary for the estab
lishment and maintenance of railroad
and shipping terminals along the said
rivers; and the dredging of the said
rivers and docks: Provided, That the
said city and county shall, at or be
fore the time of so doing, provide for
the collection of an annual tax suffi
cient to pay the Interest thereon, and
also the principal thereof within lifty
years from the incurring thereof.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 6.
ROBERT McAFEE.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
F. RITCHEY,
ATTORN E Y-AT- L A W,
Tionesta, Pa.
MA. CARRINGER.
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law.
Office over Forest County National
Bank Building, TIONESTA, PA.
CURTI8 M. SHAWKEY,
ATTORN K Y-AT- LA VV,
Warren, Pa.
Practice in Forest Co.
AO BROWN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office In Arner Building, Cor. Elm
and Bridge Bts., Tionesta, Pa.
fRANK 8. HUNTER, D. D. 8.
Rooms over Citizens Nat. Bank.
TIONESTA, PA.
DR. F.J. BOVARD,
Physician & Surgeon,
TIONESTA, PA.
Eyes Tested and Glasses Fitted.
D
R. J. B. SIGGINS.
rhysiclau and Surgeon,
OIL CITY, PA.
HOTEL WEAVER,
H. E. PIERCE, Proprietor,
Modern and up-to-date in all lis ap
pointments. Every convenience and
comfort provided for the traveling public.
pENTRAL HOUSE,
R. A. FULTON, Proprietor,
rionseta, Pa. ThiH is the moHtcentraliy
located hotel in the place, and has all the
modern Improvements. No pains will
be spared to nmke it a pleasant stopping
place for the traveling public.
pHIL. EMERT
FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER.
Shop over R. L. Haslet's grocery store
on Elm street. Is prepared to do all
Kinds of custom work from the Burnt to
the coarsest and guarantees his work to
give perfect satiHtautlon. rouipt atten
tion given to mending, and prices rea
sonable.
JAMES HASLET,
GENERAL MERCHANT.
Furniture Dealer,
AND
UNDERTAKER.
TIONESTA. PENN
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Who Will be Pleased to Explain the
Above in Either Language.
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Curei Colds, Croup and Wtiuoplug Cough.
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ENGLAND HOLDS
BACK DECISION
ON WAR POLICY
Disagreement In Cabinet Said
To Cause Hesitation
RESIGNATIONS ARE REPORTED
Until Members of Government Can
Agree Among Themselves Official
and Definite Announcement Wilt Be
Withheld r'ublic Opinion, In Favor
of War, May Force Hand of the Gov
ernmentBelgium Reassured.
The hour of suHpcnse fur England is
prolonged indefinitely by the stute-UH-iit
of Foreign Minister Sir Edward
Urey In the houue of commons thut
the government was not yet prepured
to announce Its decision as to partic
ipation In the European war. It is
understood there, is a division of sen
timent lu the ciiliinet and the resig
nation of two members who favor a
peace policy Is reported. Until I lie
government lu uble to unite upon i
delinite policy there will be no oliiclul
announcement, unless public opinion,
which Is warlike in tone, should force
action sooner.
Great Dnta n has mobilized her for
ces and awaits eventualities.
Today she is not a belligerent pow
er nor la she a neutral one.
The government has given France
assurance thai the British fleet will
not permit the German fleet to uttacli
the French coust.
England hits not yet pledged itsell
to contribute an army to the couli
nental war.
The llritish government regards with
the deepest distrust Germany's viola
lion of Belgium's neutrality, but makes
no declaration as to whether it consid
ers that meusure provocation for wur.
A German licet met a Russian squad
rou oil the Aland islands In the North
sea and is reported to have driven
tliem buck to refuge in the Gulf of
Finland. Three German armies are In
vudlng France, one from Ihisle, Switz
erland, on the north: second from
Mctz and tlu grand duchy of Luxem
burg, and the third by way or the lie!
glim town of Arlon. Altogether tin:
three armies comprise about 1,000,000
men. lu each cuse they are crossing
neutral territory in their advance upon
France. Three German army corps ure
moving against Russia. Their advance
guurds are said to have driven buck
the Russian advance guards.
French troops with machine guns
succeeded In repulsing a large force
of German Uhlans at 1'etlt Croix, on
the Lorraine frontier, Indicting heavy
losses on the Germans. Reports in
Ilorlin say that 75.000 French troops
have invaded Germany on the Alsatian
frontier, meeting with some resist
ance. President l'olncaro has pro
claimed martial law lu France and
Algiers.
It was olllclally announced thut tin'
llritish army will be mobilized today.
Sir Edward Grey, the lirltish foreign
secretary, told the house of commons
that England could not stand aside
and see the French coast attacked not
could she disregard with honor her
obligations to uphold the neutrality of
Iielgium. The (piestlon whether Eng
land shall enter the war was left witli
the house.
The leaders of the opposition as
sured the government of their support
and a coalition ministry Is expected
with Lord Kitchener as war minister.
The llritish fleet is still In the North
sea, where also are the German and
Russian lleets.
Three Russian army corps are cit thc
German border ready for an Invasion
of Germany. A Russian column utf
tacked Johannlshurg and were driven
hack, according to German repor'.s.
The Russian naval port of I.lbau has
been bomhnrded by a German cruiser,
which reports that the city is in
flames. One of the Russian columns Is
said to be marching on Lemberg.
Austrian troops which had begun an
Invasion of Serviu have been with
drawn and are now marching toward
the Russian border.
Italy formally notified tho powers of
her neutrality.
Britain To Guard Shipping.
I'pon the power of the liritlsh navy
rests the only hope that remains to
tho United States that ships will b'l
available for transportation of Ameri
can goods during the war.
In combination with the French fleet
It Is believed file llritish Meet will not
only be able to seek out tho German
lleet and give it battle, but will als
bo able to spare enough ships to pro
tect the com im rco of her ally, France.
France has sent a feet of twelvo
vessels through the straits of Gibral
tar Into the Mediterranean. These
vessels, with the llritish Meet, will, it
Is believed, keep the Austrian and
Italian navies from doing any great
damage to the shipping of their ene
mies. English and French steamers
will therefore be free to go unywhere
they please, and particularly to tho
United Stales, solely because of tho
assumed ability of the English and
French navies to protect such com
merce.
German ships, on the other hand,
nill remain bottled up in neutral ports,
sitae to risk a voyage during hostlU-
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ties would almost certainly result In
capture by Hrltish or French vessels.
Italian vessels, many of which are
engaged In trade with the United
States, will bn similarly bottled up
and likewise the few vessels Hying the
Austrian flag which ply between Eu
ropeun and American ports.
Naval Battle In North Sea.
Wireless reports of the firing ol
heavy guns at sea led to the belief In
London that the German and English
fleets are engaged lu tho North sea
A news agency announced tho re
celpt of a wireless communication
stating that such a buttle was being
fought.
The first engagement" of the great
European var was fought In tho air,
according to a report received hero.
The report says that German and
French aircraft have been flying just
over the frontier. The Germans are
using the Zeppelin type of dirigible,
while aeroplanes are employed by the
French lllers. One of the latter sight
ed a German dirigible on tho French
side of tho border line. The French pi
lot drove his machlno straight at the
dirlglhlo, which was manned by
twenty-five soldiers, and dashed
against the gas bag.
The dirigible was wrecked and all
aboard as well as tho Frenchman were
dashed to death. It Is believed that
tho French flier deliberately sacrificed
his llfo to deal destruction to the Ger
mans.
Germany having Invaded Franco, It
Is felt In London that tho time for ac
tlon on the part of England has ar
rived.
Mobllizatlon Order In France.
The organization already has begun
lu Paris of battalions of foreign vol
unteers, notably llelglans, Slavs and
Syrians. Several hundred Italians pa
raded through the downtown section
carrying Itrlian and French flags ar I
shouting, "Down with Gertnuny!" and
"Long live France!"
Tho fateful order of mobilization
consisted of only seventeen words and
read as follows:
"Ministry of War. Order of general
mobilization. Extreme urgency. First
day of the mobilization, Sunday, Aug
ust 2."
The words were written In a large
hand and appeared on sheets of while
paper about 8x12 Inches. These post
ers appear to have been manifolded b;1
a duplicating machine and not printed
From ull parts of France news was
received In tho capital that the order
for mobilization had been received
with feelings of great relief.
WAR MOVES
Great armies clashed on the Rus
sian, German and French borders to
day and German and French uir craft
fought in midair.
Germany's Invasion of Franco will
compel the French parliament to de
clars war today.
All Europe stands aligned Russia,
France, Kngluud and Servla alliud
against Germany and Austria four
against two. Twenty millions of men
offer their lives.
England's vast Heel is mobilized In
the North sea ready to pounce upon
the German squadrons should they
venture from Danish waters.
A German troop train traversing Al
sace Lorraine was blown up and 200
troops were killed.
A German cruiser bombarded the
liusslan naval port of Lilian on the
llullic and fought a battle with a Rus
sian cruiser.
A corps of Uhlans, the vanguard of
a German army advancing from Me',
upon Nancy, were defeated in u liat.le
with French troops at Petit Croix, a
post on the Lorraine frontier. The
Uhlans' charges were halted by ma
chine guns, which put them to rout.
Many dead were left on the in Id.
Germany !s reported in one dispatch
to have lost seven vessels and Eng
land two In a battle in the North sea.
German unil Russian lleets engaged
in battle oil' the Aland Island lu the
Gulf of liothnla, and the Russians,
driven hack, took refuge in the Gulf
of Fin laud.
HOUSE PASSES
UNDERWOOD BILL
Admits Foreign-Built Ships ta
American Registry
URGED BY THE ADMINISTRATION
Notwithstanding Doubtful Attitude ot
International Law Experts Messurt
Receives Unanimous Vote Intend
ed to Relieve Embargo on American
Commerce Some Fear It Will In
volve Us In Complications.
The admission of foreign-built ships
to American registry has received the
unanimous approval of the house and
will without a doubt pass the seuate
and bu approved by the president, at
whose suggestion the action was tak
eu. Tlie meusure Is designed to ro
lieve tho embargo on the foreign com
nierce of the United States which
has resulted from the war lu Europe
The meusure was messaged to th4
oenate this morning and will receive
immediate consideration in that body
It Is understood that the usual di"l
slon on party lines will not be permit
ted to hinder the progress of the bill.
International lawyers expressed thfl
opinion that the pannage of the bill
will not yleid any substantial relief in
the present situation. The danger lies.
It was pointed out, In the fact that any
ships transierred under the proposed
arrangement will run the risk of seU
ure, Inasmuch as the probabilities are
that tho bel'igcrents will not recognize
the transfei of the flag as valid.
The bill was supported by Itepn
sentativo Mann of Illinois, who de
clared that It would give Americans a
chance to it vest In foreign ships.
The alarmist views were scouted by
Representative Underwood. He de
clared that the provision repealing tha
law admitting to American registry
only ships (if forolgn build of not more
than live years and waiving the law
that ships flying .the American flsg
must be officered by American citi
zens and prescribing federal survey.
Inspection and measurement, might af
ford temporary relief p the present
ocean situation without putting tin
United States In the danger of invit
ing trouble.
Ho warned the house that if the bill
fulled to pss American goods would
be bottled up in American storehouses,
cotton 'would drop to 6 cents a pound
and wheat to 25 cents a bushel. He
declared that everything possible
should bo done to prevent such a ca
lamity from falling on the country.
Mr. Underwood produced figures
showing there are many foreign ships
owned by American citizens and cor
porations that might bo brought under
the American Hag.
Tho secretary of tho navy was given
authority in a bill passed by the sen
ate to use navy vessels to carry pas
sengers, mall and freight to South
Amerlcun countries and to Europe.
UNCLE SAM TO RESCUE
Will Assist American Tourists Who
Are Stranded In Europe.
The state department at Washing
ton has evolved a plan for financing
Americans who have been marooned
abroad.
Announcement was made by Secre
tary of State Ilryan that the state
department will accept deposits of casli
to bo placed to the credit of Amer'-
cans lu Europe. Consular and dip) -uiatlc
agents of the United States
will thereupon be Instructed to issue
to Americans thus provided with n
credit ut Washington cash to the
amount of credits deposited. If con
suls ure unable to secure cash to dw
liver to the Americans thus provided
for they will issue a special certificate
guaranteed by the United States gov
ernment to be offered as legal tender.
Mr. Ilryan Is of the opinion that In
cases where actual cash Is not obtain
able by t lift American ofllclals abroad
these certllicates will bo accepted gen
erally In payment for food, lodging
and transportation.
Tho opinion was expressed that the
certllicates will bo readily accepted.
One banker said that he believed the
certllicates would be welcome, as they
will represent a value unaffected by
commercial rates of exchange and will
be backed by the United States gov
ernment.
AMERICAN FINANCE 0. K.
Its Soundness Put to Test During
Week.
Dun's Review of Trade says this
week:
"A notable demonstration of the
fundamental soundness of American
finance was furnished this week when
foreign conditions were extraordinarily
ritlcal. The Kuropeuu political com-
ilieations caused acute unsettlement
there and as a precautionary measure
the domestic securities markets were
closed Friday, following similar action
ut the leading centers abroad.
"Early Investment buying and vigor
ous banking support testified to confi
dence in thc situation here and it was
ncouraging that money remained on
a fairly stable basis. New York is
again being called upon for large
amounts o gold and conditions in
sterling exchange have been without
parallel, raa-s moving upwurd In a
sensational manner."