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If: AM PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION SUBMIT TED TO THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR AP PROVAL OR REJECTION, BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OK PENNSYL VANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY ORDER OP THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PURSUANCE OF ARTICLE XV1II OF THE CON STITUTION. Number One. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing: an amendment to fiction, one, article eight of the Constitu tlon of Pennsylvania. Be It resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania in General , Assembly met, That the following 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 (orr having pre viously been a qualified elector or native-born citizen of the State, he shall have removed therefrom and re turned, then six months) Immediately preceding the election. "Third. He shall have resided in the election district where he shall offer to vote at leaBt two months im mediately preceding the election. "Fourth. If twenty-two years of ago and upwards, he 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," be amended so that the same shall read as ffillows: 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 State, he or she shall have removed there from, and returned, then six mdhths) immediately preceding the election. Third. He or she shall have re sided In the election district where 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 ns 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 increaso 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 he 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, shall 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 tuch manner 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 tion for the specific purpose of pro-, viding for all or any of the following, purposes,-i-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-l mation of land to be used in the con-l structlon of wharves and docks, owned: 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 in such manner as shall be provided by law.l In ascertaining the borrowing capacity! of said city of Philadelphia, at any time, there shall be excluded from the calculation a credit, where the worty resulting from any previous expendU ture, for any one or more of the spe-l clflc purposes hereinabove enumerated! shall be 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 such 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 said 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. Be it resolved by tthe 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 he, 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- tlve department? 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 the Commonwealth. 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 shasj. 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. 4 Section 1. Be it resolved by tne 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 of 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, i in the aggregate, at any one time, I upon such valuation, except that any J debt or debts hereinafter Incurred by j tne city ana county 01 rmiaueipnia 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 or Philadel phia, and which shall ylold 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, j may be excluded in ascertaining the j power of the city and county of Phlla- j ueipiua to Decome otnerwise 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, 1 the debt of 'which now exceeds seven per centum of such assessed valuation, may bo authorized by law to Increaso 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, Tiiat such indebtedness Incurred by the city and county of Philadelphia shall not at any time, In the aggregato, ex ceed the sum of twenty-five 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 rivf.vt, and land adja- I cent thereto; the building of bulk heads, and the purchase- or coiieruc- tlon or lease of wharves, docks, sheds, and warehouses, and other buildings 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 fifty fears from the incurring thereof. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 6. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE WAR The third week of the battle of the Aisne finds the forces of France alio England and the allies in deadlock Reinforcements are being rushed u( by both sides and it may he that speed will determine the winner of this, the world's greatest battle. The allief claim they can bring up more ue men than the Germans. The battlu line extends for a dls tance of about 120 miles. General Vot Kluck's army composes the right wing, General Von Buelow the centel and the crown prince the left Hank ol the kaiser's force. The allies, it ap pears, htve been making strenuous ef forts to turn Von Kluck's wing an i force his army back on Von Buelow who would ihus be at a disadvantage Such a turning movement would be fatal to the Germans, experts hold. Paris and London reports claim that the German right wing has weakened and that the allies are gaining ground daily. Thesa same reports nay that the Germans are vigorously pounding at the center of the allies without sue cess, while the crown prince on the left is not giving much trouble. Berliu advices report that the Teu ton line is withholding against ever) attack and that while Von Kluck It standing off the tremendous attack at his end the center and left of the German army are buttering down the enemy's resistance and are making appreciable gains. It is admitted by all. the war otllcei that the losses during the great battle are tremendous, lu some places th trenches being piled high with dead The losses to the allies are said to b grgater than the enemy for the reason that the French and English have been on tlie offensive. The Russians are continuing theii successful invasion of Calicia, every duy reports of captures of new town coming in. The great stronghold o the Austrhins, rrzemysl, is reported as fallen. Przemysl was the last forti fled town of any consequence In Ga Hcla and now the czar's great armit'f can advance on Cracow, the old capi tal of Poland. In east Prussia the Ger mans have oeon able to keep back the czar's soldiers. A new Russian army I. reported on Its way, however, which may combire with the army now re leased from Gullcla for a march into Germany. Zeppelin airships and German aero planes have been busy, (lying over Paris, Warsaw and cities in Belgium In Paris a man was killed and hit daughter was crippled. In Warsaw three of the czar's soldiers were slain and in Belgium an aged man was mor tally wounded by a bomb. Several important naval battles have taken place during the week. The j greatest disaster that has befallen the j English fleet since the war began oc j curred when a German submarine boat, U-9, sank three English cruisers, With an estimated loss of life of 1,133 The ships were the Ahoukir, Creasy and Hogue. Each was torpedoed by ; the submarine and sank within a few 1 minutes. English survivors say that there "were several submarines and j that at least two were sunk by the 1 Hogue before that vessel was sent to ; the bottom. The German admiralty i announces, however, that only one Bub marine was engaged. The English alsc lost a cruiser when the Pegasus, which was in the harbor of Zanzibar, wat put out of commission by the German ship Koenlgsberg. It Is reported Ger many suffered the loss of a cruise' and two torpedo boats when a Russian cruiser discovered the vessels laying mines in the Baltic sea. These encoun ters, it is believed, are only the begin nlng of a series of great engagcmcnti between the contending countries. H. K. Thaw Will Get $142,124. Payment of $142,124.28 to Harry K. Thaw was ordered In the orphans' court in Pittsburgh by Judges J. W. Over and Thomas P. Trlmple. This is the accumulated Income with Interest from the coke trust created by the will of Thaw's father, William Thaw, In which all his coal landt wero placed lu the hands of three trus tees. Hinitt to Head W. & J. College. Dr. Frederick William Hinitt was elected president of Washington and Jefferson college in Washington, Pa., at the meeting of the hoard of trus tees. He will till the vacancy caused by the resignation of Dr. James 1). Moffat. He lias previously been at the head of Parsons college in Fairfield, la., and had served eight years ill the Presbyterian ministry. Oil Industry on Again. The Joseph Seep agency, a Standard Oil concern, notified producers that until further notice It will buy not only ull current production hut all accumu lated balances. This means thut the oil Industry In Pennsylvania, West Virginia and southeastern Ohio is put hack on practically the same basis It was before thojiuroueua war. HAND-TO-HAND FIGHTING ALONG BATTLE FRONT Allies and Garmans Engage Li Deadly Bayonet Charges COMBAT RAGES WITH FURY Night and Day For Three Days Teu tons Maka Assault on Enemy'i Lines, Hoping to Break Through. Doth Sides Claim Gains Loss of Life Extremely Heavy Battle I of Unprecedented Fury. Despernte attempts made by the Germans on the western end of the long line of battle to break through the allies' forces, which are engaged in a turning movement, have resulted iu the most furious lighting thai hue taken place since the beginning of the campaign along the Aisne river In France. Alter fighting without respite night and day corps after corps of Germane were hurled against the (lower of the French and English armies, only to be thrown back. The attack was made witli such numbers thut it is evident that order hud been received to euueavor to end the battle with a clearly decisive victory. The Germans are once more in tlielr trenches after giving ground slightly between the Oise and Sommo. They lost prisoners, (lags and guns und the spirit of the troops is broken. At their center near Rheims the Ger mans launched a determined blow at the allies, but were thrown buck ncai tho fort of Nogent L'Abbesse. Farther eastward, toward the Ar gonno, they gained ground but were obliged to surrender it. Along the Mouse tlielr position im proved, but they have not broken through the barrier of Verdun-Toul Nancy. There have been no decisive engagements in Alsace-Lorraine. Tho government report contains the assurance that tho allies' Hanking movement is vigorous In spite of in creased German resistance and that the severest lighting Is now with the bayonet. Germans and allies have been strug gling back und forth over the same ground ami the loss of life is frightful. Tho allies' center holds while tho right strives to clinch victory. Adequate understanding of the but tie of the Aisne, now in its fifteenth ! duy, is impossible. One is bankrupt j of superlatives. Such endurance, valor . and determination wus never before 1 seen on any Held of buttle. I Combats of greater violence than Austerlitz or Leipzig urn mere inci dents of this unprecedented struggle. There is undoubtedly u large Inde pendent force of English and French striking at German communications witli Belgium. A column from the allies' left wing attempted a stroke were unuble to drive the enemy out. The French communique, Issued at Paris, was us follows: ' "It is confirmed that from the night of Sept. 2G to 2ti up to today the enemy bus not ceased night or day to j renew his attack, his manifest object j being to try to break our lines. The attack was madu with such an Im j meuse number of men that it is evl-i dent that orders had been received I from tlie highest source to seek to end the battle with a decisive victory. I "Not only has tho attack failed, but 1 in the course of the action we cap tured a standard and several guns anil ; many prisoners. Ail our army com- i manders report the morale of our j troops is excellent. Tho officers are ' even forced to restrain their men from , dashing on the enemy sheltered ill his organized d fensive positions." j Tlie German war authorities Issued this statement ut Berlin: 1 "Tlie enemy, by utilizing his rail roads, made an attack on the German ; right dunk, but was repulsed by an In-1 ferlor force of Germans. The Frcncii forts south of Verdun have been silenced by the artillery. The German forces before llapauine engaged a French division. Otherwise in the western theater of war conditions ure unchanged. Tim lighting around Ha paunio Is between the Frencii forces which have been trying to swing around the army of General Von Kluck in an enveloping movement in order to attack the German line." ALLIES CAPTURE LISSA City In Dalmatia Changes Hands After ! Bombardment. j A dispatch from Rome says t!i , Austrian seaport of Mssa in Dalmatia was bombarded by a French ilect Sept 19. Later troops landed from the French warships and went into gar rlson. British and French Hags were hoisted over the semaphore station at Lissu. Boctsb Dropped Into Shipyard. A dispatch from Boulogne says: "A German aeroplane Hew over Boulogne tt a great height. The aviator threv a bomb Into 11 shipbuilding yard. Nc one was injured." Mother Sees Child Decapitated. In sight of her mother May Sum mers, live years old, was deca Dilated by a trolley car iu Philadelphia. AUSTRIANS ARE BOTTLEDIN FORTS Russians Occupy Most of the Fortified City of Przemysl GARRISON'S POSITION CRITICAL Cossacks Are Only Fifty, Miles From Cracow and Are Overrunning the Country In That Part of Galicla. A dispatch from Petrograd says the Russian general BtoXt announced that the Russian advance toward Silesia is proceeding irresistibly and that tho Calicia campaign lias been successful. That the Russians are uow lu pos session of tlie greater part of the city of Przemysl is stated in a dispatch from Vlenne, which says: "The Russians approaclied tlie city from the southwest, forcing tlie Aus trlans to take shelter iu the eastern torts, where tlie entire, garrison is con centrated, and Is preparing to make a final resistance. The situation of the garrison is critical, as it Is eutlrely surrounded. "Russian troops are advancing from Grodek 011 the Austrian positions, wlille the right wing continues to at tack from the north. Troops ure bulug poured into the city of l'rzoniysl to press tlie uitack from the southwest." "Germany is reinforcing her army in east Prussia ut the rate of one army corps per day," says a dispatch from Petrogrud. "These reinforcemeuls nre being curried by 150 trains 011 all fcur avail able railroads. Other troops are being hurried from Berlin and Schneldemull to Baltic p.irls and thence by sea to east Piusuhi. "All this is iu preparutlou for the great ur.d ieclsive battle soon to be fought along the whole western lino. "At least SOO.OOU German troops are now gathered lu an effort to balance the'Austrluu failures. The armies are already lu touch and the grand battle is bound tr come soon. The Russian will have the advantage, however, I cause the lighting will be on ground chosen by the Russian leaders." Tlie Petrogrud correspondent of the Dally Telegraph has forwarded the fol lowing Beiui olllrlul statement regard ing the operations In Russian Poland: "The niownicnt of German troops from east Prussia in the direction ol Wursuw has come to nothing. In tlie government of Suwulkl (Russian Po land) the Germans have suffered a serious repulse. The left Hank of tho Russian army has defeated the Ger man troops under the command of General Von Hindeiiburg neur Stl walkl." URGES MORE SUBMARINES Secretary Daniels Sees Lesson In Eu ropean Naval Battles. The need of intrueonstal canals ami the wisdom of building more sub marines und fewer dreadnoughts are the lessons the United States should druw from the naval activities of the Europeun war, according to Secretary Daniels, who was addressing tlie At lantic deeper waterways convention. Tho secretary said: "If wo had war wo could rely upon a great Infracostal waterway in which we would have the advantage of send lug the effective submarines up und down und letting them slip from the numerous exits to catch the enemies' ships unawares wherever they might be attempting to bombard our coasls or shell our great ships and bring them to terms. It would enable us to bring our r sources to bear In the con test, and if we can do that wo would be almost sure to win. If not we would probably lose the war." FLEET OF ZEPPELINS READY Raid on English Navy to Be Made On of These Days. j Tho Chicago Daily News prints the following as a dispatch from Berlin: "It was ated by a high authority! that practically ull Zeppelins are centered around the North sea, where I they ure to assist in an attack on ihe British lleet. The outcome of such a buttle will bo Important, for It will do-1 termini whether a dirigible can mem-! ure up against a warship. If it can tho German lleet will not bo greatiy outnumbered in the conflict about to tuke place, for the British lleet Is In-, sufficiently supplied with aeroplane ; guns. j "We hear remarkable stories ubout the number of Zeppelins. At the out-! breuk of the war there were twenty-! two on record. Today the report of; tlielr number vailes from llfty-six to, sixty." j CANADIANS GO TO FRONT 32,000 Volunteers Started Away to Re lief of English Forces. Minister of Labor Crothers of the dominion of Canada announced Hint Hli.OOO Canadian volunteers "have gone to the froiu u day or two ago." .M". Crothers inadi tlie announcement iu a speech before the Canadian Trad"S and Labor congress In convention here. Mr. Crothers extolled the patri otic spirit of the Canadian voluntcc-i. Tho foregoing brief dispatch Is the only announcement which tlie Car i illan Connor lias permitted to go over the wires j,arding tin disposition ol tiio ;oluuteers for more than a week. VILLA CALLS HIS ARMYJTOGETHER Every Man In Torreon Pressed Into Nsw Revolt QUICK MOVE ON CARRANZA Constitutionalist Chief Promise! Presi dent Wilson to Defend Only and Not Attack Wirei to Mexico City Cut. Now that he has declared revolt against the Currunza government Gen eral Francisco Villa Is mobilizing his army. Every man In Torreon has been called Into service and the concentra tion movement Is going along rapidly. All the garrison commanders of the smaller towns have been commanded to send their men to Chihuahua. The old tederal contingent in Mex ico w ill swing to Villa lu the present revolution, according to Carranza agents. Rumors at tlie border said Carranza was rushing men north from Zacut" Ctts and westward from Monterey ogalnst Villa's men at Torreon, con trary to Carrauzu's assurances to tlm United States that he would not at tack Villa but would prepare to resist If Villa should attack him. First blood lu the revolt against the Carranza government in Mexico was shed lu a battle between troops commanded by Jose Maria Muytoront, governor of Sonora, and tlie commanl of Cnrranzu troops under General Ben jamin Gill at Santa Barbara, Sonora. Maytorena's strength was estimated at about 3.000. Gill's troops are de clared to be somewhat superior numer ically. Maytoremi has issued a formal proclamation renouncing Carranza and declaring allegiance to Villa. Carranza Won't Attack. General Carranza has informed the United Stales government he will not attack General Villa, but will order his forces to bo on tlie defensive and resist attack. The first chief's communication de clared tho national convention would bo held as scheduled on Oct. 1, when a provisional government would be established which, he hoped, would ho satisfactory to the United States. Tho Isolation of Mexico City from coniniunlc; tlon and the cutting of all wires between the United States ami points In northern Mexico were re ported to the government. As a result the administration Is without news ..s to events in Mexico City cither iu Cur runza or Villa territory. Tho cutting of railroad and tele graph lines from Mexico City to Vera Cruz Is attributed to General Villa. Tliis formal statement wus Issued by tho war department: "Numerous Inquiries were mndo hern and of General Funston with re spect to the date of the departuro of tho American troops from Vera Cruz, hi view of Lho matter which must be first settled no date can at present ho fixed, but In no event can the de parture take place within tlie next ten days, and General Funston wus so ad vised." OIL PROBE ASKED Senator Gore Wants Standard's Af fairs Looked Into Again. An investigation of the Standard Oil company was proposed us tho first duty to he imposed upon the newly created federal trado commission In a resolution Introduced by Senator Gore of Oklahoma. Action was delayed. Tlie resolution calls for a probe ot relations between the various brain li es of tho company, as dissolved by the supreme court, and of the meth ods employed by their respective ru nning und transportation agencies to ward Independent producers. Atten tion also Is called to alleged efforts to control the price of crude oil on the part of these companies and the com mission would be instructed to inuko a comparison of tho capital and divl (lends of the company for three years prior to dissolution with those of In dependent concerns. GERMANS BLAME FRENCH Reasons Given For Firing on Cathe dral at Rheims. Tho German headquarter staff in further explanation of the bombard ment of the cathedral of llhelms suy:,: "Since Sept. 20, when a white Mag wus hoisted In the steeple, tlie cathe dral bus been respected by our artil lery. We soon discovered that ti.e French had used tho steeple as u poi'-.t of observation which Bulliciently ex plained tho good shooting of the French artillery. "It became necessary to remove the observation post which removal was cfl'ected by shrapnel." Spain and U. S. May Ena War. Negotiations between the United States and Spain aiming nt tlie co operation of these countries, and pos sibly of Italy, in efforts that will be tnado to end the Kuropcan war are re ported to be under way. Pennsylvania Has 6,000 Students. With an enrollment approximating C.000 students tin University of Penn sylvania entered upon Its 174th year. R-ne Gilbert Dies. Reno ii'ttlieit, the painter auJ paateiilst, died iu Paris. i