16 Germany Proclaims Martial Law; Preparing to Mobilize Her Troops [Continued From First Page] Germany Believes That Situation Is Much Worse Than It Was Yesterday By Associated Press Berlin, July 31. The morning passed without a break in the heavy war cloud over the European horizon, and there was no relief to the almost despairing uncertainty existing in the German capital. Excitement con tinued to increase. It had been generally expected that to-day would bring the decision for peace or war and when a decree was promulgated proclaiming martial law and consequent military government all began to think that ar led conflict could be the only outcome. Government officials, however, re frained from making any definite declaration, saying they preferred to wait until all the resources of diplo macy had heen exhausted. It was well 'understood that the issue of an order for the moblliization- of the German forces would be tantamount to a decla ration of war, and it was decided to postpone this action until the last pos sible moment in which there was aj ray of hope for peace. It was admitted that the situation [ had become worse during the last twenty-four hours, but the fact that both Germany and France issued of ficial denials of their intention to mo bilize was regarded as a sign that everything possible was being done to jirevent a clash. It was evident everywhere to-day that the military authorities were quickly preparing for the speedy mov ing of troops in case the order for mobilization should be given. Mobilization of Entire Dutch Army Is Ordered j By Associated Press The Hague. July 31.—Queen WU helmina of Hollafid this afternoon is- 1 sued an urgent decree ordering the! general mobilization of the Dutch | arm}'. Great Demonstrations Mark Night in Russia By Associated Press St. Petersburg, July 31.—The popu lation of Russian capital kept awake throughout the night and the streets resounded with the din of patriotic demonstrations. A quick succession of special edition of the newspapers' kept the excitement at fever heat and I the vendors had a hard time in sup-1 plying those anxious to see the latest; which in many oases were read out! aloud to the public round about. Great processions paraded the streets, the, demonstrators carrying banners. Loud cheers were shouted for the Emperor j and Russia. Impromptu meetings were held in all parts of the city and suburbs and orators were heard everywhere. Striking sce.nes were witnessed at the mobilization offices, whither peo ple of all classes flocked to register their names. The tension of feeling was so great that utter strangers in the street in their patriotic excitement greeted and embrased one another. The seriousness of the situation ap peared to be fully realized. Aviators Will Take an Active Part in War By Associated Press New York. July 31. —Members of j the Aero Club of America are watch- ■ ing with keen interest for news of the aviators' activities in the war between Austria and Servia. They expect that the general practical value of aircraft in times of war will be shown as never before. Aeroplanes were used by the Italian army in Tripoli; by the French | in Morocco and by the different armies | in the recent Balkan wars, but never' to the extent that is likely to result I during the present crisis. Austria, with her six dirigibles and! more than 100 aeroplanes, has a big! advantage over her opponent. Her pilots are among the best in the world. Servia is practically unknown in aeroplane records. The little power has twenty machines and one dirigible, It is known, is privately owned there. Much of the Austrian aviation equipment is said to be patterned after that used by France and Germany. The Hotchkiss rapid firing gun is in stalled on many of the flying machines. A conservative estimate made by a member of the Aero Club on the num ber of aerocraft that would be called into use in the event of a generhl Eu- , ropean war is 1,260. More than 500 1 more are on the reserve list, and in l the event of emergency 250 aircrafts, I , privately owned, and on which the f | governments have no ties, could be 1 commandeered. Captain Thomas S. j Baldwin, the veteran aviator, who re cently returned from a tour of the i prominent aero clubs, said that Ger- • many and Austrian aero forces were i the beet in Europe. < J. P. Morgan Admits Situation Is Grave I By Associated Press 11 New York. July 31.—A statement] on the war situation was issued to-day I by J. P. Morgan. Mf. Morgan ad mits tbat the situation is grave, but! he feels that there is still an oppor- j tunity for sober thought of the people of Europe to prevail and prevent a general war. He says: * ' "It is essentially a time for the 1 owners of securities to keep their ] heads. Bear in mind that the actual properties represented by American securities will not suffer greatly by 1 European war." < Invaders Fail to Get ;! Possession of Pass • ( By Associated Press London, July 31. An Exchange , Telegraph Company's telegram from Nl»h, Servia, via Saloniki, savs that up until last night the Austrian Invaders 1 st Semldlrl had not succeeded In forr- < Ing the pass held by the Servian troops, I possession of which would give tnem ( access to the Morva river valley and thus open a direct road to Nlsh. t Both Sides Reported to Be Losing Heavily \ By Associated Press < London, July SI. Another dispatch from Nish to the Exchange Telegraph i Company says desperate fighting con- « tlnues along the River Drlna Both ' Austrian* and Servians have sustained : heavy losses. The Austrian divisions. ' after fightinr fiercely all day. failed to * force the defile leading to Plevlle and i Prlepoile. ( FRIDAY EVENING. BARRISBURG qfgfcA TELEGRAPH H I V M, 1014 ] Reservists Assembling in New York; Ready to i Leave on First Liner By Associated Press Jj New York. July 31.—The first body ' : of reservists and volunteers to prepare • | to leave this country to fisht for Aus 1i trla-Hungary in the war against Ser ;,via is assembling here preparatory to • sailing on the first liner bound for j Austrian ports. A majority of these [ r men, it was said to-da.v, are Croatlana. ! The 200 reservists from Wheeling, )! W. Va.. and Columbus, Ohio, and oth !er points west of Pittsburgh already ;! In the city wej-e expected to be joined 'to-day by men from Philadelphia. 'Pittsburgh. Harrisburg. Scranton and i ; Wilkes-Barre and other points in Pennsylvania. About a hundred Austrians and Hungarian volunteers from this city ..will be the first to return to Austria. I At the offices of Austro-Hungarlan | consulate the addition of several hn | dred names yesterday increased the | list of volunteers for active service i from various sections of the country Jto n\ore than 3,000 men. Dr. Charles| | Winter, acting consul general, stated j that he expected to know by to-mor row how many of the reservists In thl? country had received summons from the Vienna war office. Much Activity Shown There Is much activity about the German consulate here concerning the general European war situation. To I callers who expresses a desire to re- j turn to Germany for military duty, P. H. Falke, the consul general, explain ed that all reservists drawn by the German war office would be notified directly by mail and that credential upon presentation at the consulate is ; good for transportation to Germany. Michael M. Custlnoff, the Russian ! Consul General, had as yet received no ! word as to Russia's intention in the | Austro-Servian war. Many Russians I had offered their services, he said, jbut until definite word was received Jno plans for their transportation . abroad would be made. Anxious Over Situation Officials of foreign steamship lines . are admittedly anxious over the war jsituation. The American line vessels, ; four in number, and two of the Red Star line carrying the American flag, it was pointed out today were the only lines that may cross the Atlantic with out fear of being held up. except at blockaded, points. Reports at local steamship agencies and offices of ex press companies given out to-day show I that more than 150,000 Americans are I now travelling In Europe. This is , based on figures of steamship com-1 ! panics which show 166,000 persons' j went abroad up to July 24. Of these about 16,000 have returned. In the event of a general war it would re i quire many trips of the liners that | would not be affected to bring the 150,000 Americans home. At several hotels it was said that' many persons who had come to New | York to embark for Europe had can celled their passage, while others, had postponed their departures until as sured that conditions In Europe made travel safe. CENSORSHIP ESTABLISHED By Associated Press Berlin. July 31.—A1l dispatches re garded by the authorities as objection able are now being returned to the stnders and a rigid censorship upon telegrams to all parts of the world has been put into effect. London Stock Exchange Decides to Close Doors "Until Further Notice By Associated Press London, July 31.—The London Stock | Exchange has been closed until further j notice. The decision to close the ex ! change was taken by the committee I at a meeting held this morning. The committee also announced that i the settlement due August 13 has been postponed until August 27 and that the consols settlement due August 6 has been put over until September. Stocks which have yet to be deliv ered for account just closed must, however, be paid for. The chief reason for the unprece dented action of the London Stock Ex change committee was the fact that the system of credit had practically broken down and it was impossible to carry on business in the ordinary way. This situation did not arise through ovorspeculation, but because hankers [could not collect margins, which had gradually shrunk, while at same time the continent continued to pour stock into London. Bankers here had tried for days past to get their customers to take up this stock, but the impossibility of finding cash and the inability to sell the se curities caused credit automatically to cease and the closing of thfc exchange became necessary. The Street to-day was full of deal ers and they stood discussing the sit uation in more or less mournful tone. German Troops Cross Border by Mistake ■By Associated Press Paris. July 31.—Military movements j on the German side of the frontier' were very actlv to-day and the French troops sent out outposts. A German patrol at one point ac tually crossed the frontier, probably owing to a mistake. In no case has any considerable 1 force of French troops advanced closer ] to the German frontier than six miles. ' The French foreign office officials ' were considerably more pessimistic to- 1 day because, as they explained, the 1 gi avlty of the situation was increasing ' with the lapse of each day. At the ! •same time It was said that It must not ' be assumed that all hope of a peaceful solution had vanished. The French I government. It was asserted, would leave nothing undone to further this object. France, it was pointed out, rather than seem to be in the least provo cative, is foregoing the justifiable ad vantage an early mobilization of he» .< army would give her and will not 1 make any move until after Germany 1 has done so. The Blight amount of hope is based on problematical contingencies. There has been much talk of Ger many's approaching Austria and Rus sia. it is explained, hut the fact is, ac cording to official Information, that Germany has done nothing, and clear and definite action on the part of Ger many alone can open a way out of the crisis. Servian Chief of Start Arrested by Austria The petty polities of the Austrian attack on Servia were Illustrated in the j arrest of General Putnik, chief of staff | of the Servian army, who was arrested : at Gratz while he was making prepa rations to return to his country. He was in the Austrian town legally and he had committed no crime. But just as soon as he learned of the strained relations of the two countries he sought to return to take charge of the army of his native land. Mobilization Orders Will Not Be Issued in Germany Today By Associated Press Berlin. July 31.—The German for eign office gave assurances this morn ing that no mobilization order, would be issued in Germany to-day. Offi cials admitted, however, that the situ ation had not improved hut had be come rather aggravated since the is sue of the Russian mobilization or der. It had been generally expected that an order for the mobilization of the German army and navy would be Is sued in the course of last night. The governments postmonoment of this drastic action gave rise to-day to hopes that something might happen to evert the necessity of doing so. The general feeling throughout Ger many was however that only a miracle could prevent war, and another anx ious day of waiting for a definite solu tion of the existing doubts as to whether the crisis would result in peace or war was passed by bankers, business men and the laboring classes, the latter of whom would have to bear the brunt of the burden in case hostilities should be decided on. Meanwhile the German government put forth the greatest exertions to prevent the spread of alarming ru mors and false news. It ordered the confiscation of four newspapers which had printed erroneous news that mobilization had been ordered. In official quarters the Russian Ukase calling out the army reserves was a factor which greatly aggravated the situation and amounted in their opinion to a direct challenge to Aus tro-Hungary and Germany. Take in Supplies Fear that in case of mbilization the German railroad system would be blocked for ordinary traffic, a number of municipalities took steps to increase the stocks of grain in the districts within their jurisdiction. The Berlin city council commissioned a number or firms to purchase and bring in supplies of grain and flour and many of the cities near the frontiers fol lowed suit. The financial markets reflected the general pessimism. Trading has been almost suspended except for cash business and even this is listless. Money ia almost impossible to ob tain and it is known that at least a dozen brokerage and banking firms are in difficulty. American visitors, after at first treating rumors of war lightly have begun to realize the gravity of the situation. Their German friends oc cupying Influential positions have ad vised them to quit the country at once, as a mobilization order might tie up the railroads at any moment. The report that Grand Duke Ernest, of Hesse, is proceeding to St. Peters burg was semiofficially denied to-day. The Grand Duke is still at Wolfsgarten Castle. Imperator Will Sail When Situation Clears By Associated Press London. July 31. The Hamburg- American Company sent notices to the 800 first class passengers waiting hero for the Imperator that the companv had been compelled to postpone the sailing of the vessel owing to the clouded po litical situation The passengers, of whom about 80 per cent, arc Americans returning from European trips, have been told by the company to make their own arrangements. The company, however, says the moment the situa tion clears up tho Imperator will sail for New York and the passengers will be given notice of the date of her de porture. Among those who had tickets for the Imperator, was Thomas Page, who was returning to America for a visit. President to Declare Vera Craz Natral Port By Associated Press Washington, D. .. July 31.—Vera I Cruz undoubtedly will be declared a I neutral port under the neutrality' proclamation President Wilson will! issue in the event of a general Euro pean war. Restrictions on giving refu gees supplies to foreign ships there will apply the same as in American ports. German. British and French ships already there probably would be ordered out. Germany Plans Ban on Export of Many Articles By Associated Press Berlin. July 31. The German Fed eral Council tn-day issued a decree pro hibiting exports of grain, flour, food stuffs. meats, animal products, auto mobile tracks, motorcycles, petroleum, coal tar and coal oils. This step goes Into effect immediately. 1 The step taken bv the -Federal Coun cil. whose members represent the rulers of the Federated States compos ing the German Empire, was said to have been necessitated bv the news of the past few days reported by the Chamber of Commerce. It was semi officially announced that the matter dealt with by the Federal Council were of "secondary importance." EUROPEAN SITUATION 1 CLOSES EXCHANGES [ContlniM-d From First I'age] York for the last few deys had been the only great market of the world to carry on business as usual. The de cision to close came suddenly and un expectedly a short tli tm before the usual hour for opening. Kp to that time, although the street was in a state of great excitement, the general Impression was that the exchange would open. Slret In Morgan Offices It was at a meeting of bankers at the offices of J. P. Morgan A Co. that the decision was reached. The meet- ! ing was attended by Mr. Morgnn and H. Davidson, Frank >.Vanderllp, presi dent of the National City Bank; A R. Hepburn, chairman of the Chase Na tional Bank, and Francis L. Hlne, pres ident of the First National Bank. These men were In close communica tion with the governors of the ex change and after r long discussion It was decided that the strain upon credits might reach a dangerous degree If the exchanges were open. While it Is understood that there was small opposition to the closing of the exchange, it is learned that a majority of men whose advise was sought decided thrt as a precautionary measure the action should lv / % Summer Suits. I his is a golden opportunity yjf \ V\ ifllw for men to purchase a summer suit of the finest fj Mwj/ VL* \\V quality at an immense saving. \ yj rf* Suits of fine quality worsteds in grays, fancy jIP3Rk%./\-~. J/Jk. mixtures and novelty stripes; fancy cassimeres W t W'f~iV-i-V^C and Navy Blue Sunproof Serges. Unquestion- \\) J • ' /"N ably a splendid lot of suits at very low prices. Not all sizes of each style, but every size in the K]Hi lot from 33 to 46 including "stouts." / 7 m v \| Boys* Clothing T/jflH tOf Every Description 1 V|WI I Marked DownForthe i suits that were $7.50, .%5.()0, s((.<)<>. $7.25 and $8.50 If Boys' 50c wash suits in striped mate- . ' rials. Special at ....' ll)f* Third Moor Boys' linen Knickerbockers, were 65c; now MAN a. Servian Soldier to Fight Aastro-Hangary Here Is the Servian Roldier, who must tight one of the six great powers of Europe. There are not more than 240,000 of him. but there are more than 2,000,000 Austrlans. He has seen war In the Turkish campaign and those against Bulgaria, and Individ ually he Is perhaps more experienced than the Austrian soldier. But there are more than a half-dozen against him in the war his country is now engaged in. 1,000 Women and Girls Ready to Co to War Vienna, July 31.—The tension In Vienna to-day was greater than at any time since the international crinls, although nothing definite had occur red to change the situation for the worse. The Neue Trie Prease insists that Russia nuist cease to procrastinate and must say distinctly and unreser vedly what she intends to do. Popular enthusiasm of war against Servia shows no signs of abatement. An appeal for Red Cross nurses to day met with an immediate response from 1,000 women and girls belonging to all classes of society, who called at the hospitals and registered their names. Arch Duchess Maria Theresa ap plied to Emperor Francis Joseph for permission to be enrolled us a Red Cross nurse. Vienna was overflowing to-day with people who had deserted the summer resorts and were hastening to their homes. Philadelphia, July 31. Another shipment of $10,000,000 In gold coin was to-day sent by parcel post from the United States mint here to the sub treasury In New York. The gold weighed more than nineteen tons. A similar shljunent was made yesterday when the experiment of using the par cel pest for this service was made for .the first lima. , CALDRON SEETHING WITH MANY RICHES [Continued Prom First I'njte] phla Mint after It has been extracted at that place from articles of jewelry arid other pieces of silver and gold ware, have begun to your In to Mrs. Mabel Cronise Jones, president of the Central Pennsylvania Suffrage Asso ciation, at her home, 105 Locust street. The first contribution came from a pretty and devoted adherent of the cause, who rummaged among heir looms In the family and found that a part of grandfather's old watch was stlil kept. Of what use was a watch, one-half of the lid of which was miss ing, and Its crystal broken in? So to the melting pot the chronometer was sent. It is an old-time watch, with a double case. The two back pieces are intact, and so are the works. It Is heavy with gold. Just how much is in the old cases will be hard to deter mine. There may be some valuable jewels also in the works. At any rate this was the very llrst piece to go Into the melting pot. Want Contributions Now Other articles received Include sev eral bracelets much dinged but of con siderable value,and backs of combs and the sterling silver trimmings from military brushes. Among some the Impression prevails that contributions should not be made before August 15. That is Incorrect. The date named is that on which the collection gathered here will be sent to Philadelphia, but Mrs. Jones asks the faithful to be sure to send contributions as early as possible to her home, 105 Locust street. These contributions are separate and distinct from the money to be raised on sacrifice day, August 15. Dr. Shaw, president of the National American Woman Suffrage Associa tion, has offered as a prize for the best suggestion on money-raising for self-sacrillcc day, August 15, a needle book made out of the famous garnet velvet gown worn by Susan H. An thony on many of the most Important occasions of her life. If the best sug gestion Is made by a man, he will receive a pincushion made of the same famous velvet. All suggestions must, be received at National Sultrngo Headquarters, 505 Fifth ivenue, New York city, on or before August 10. JUNE-JULY VffiITHER BREAKS ILL RECORDS [Continued From First Page] temperature and humidity. The most noticeable prank of the weather wnn the contrast afforded between the ex treme cold this week and the extreme humidity of last week. The uncom fortable and almost unsufTerahle weather of the preceding week has been replaced by a most unusual cold wave. Anothor contrast was afforded between the dry June this year and the rainy July. The reason for the cold weather— and It Is likely to continue for a day or two at least—is high pressure to the north sending the cold winds from the Great hakes and the coast of Maine. During the storm last evening a bolt of lightning struck the home of R. X. Sutton, 8107 North Fourth street, the same residence against which a telephone pole blew lust week. The holt tore a hole out of the roof, but set nothing aflre. The shock wan felt by members of the family. FORn RESULTS 111 LEARNING TO SWIM Little Lady Just Wouldn't Stop Wailing Till She Could Go to Camp Camp life on MeCormlck's Island isn't necessarily always one Joyous duy after another; it has Its palna and sorrows, too. This is a story of tho latter: Among the earlier playground groups of small misses who went Into camp a few weeks ago was a 9-year-old, yel low-hatred, blue-eyed pride of an up town home. She liked the life im mensely and stoutly protested against | returning home at the and of the week. 'She was Just learning to swim, sho ! declared, anil if she could remain an other week she iwns sure she could learn. Hut a law's a law- and besides that there were crowds of would-be sister-campers who were awaiting to put in their week on 'he island. So the 9-year-old came home. Upon her arrival she found tho house empty for the time being; Mother bad gone calling. Mone> —was all that was necessary for a wtek's boarding at camp and tiie small lady got out her own little bankbook, went to bank and drew out 12. signed her mother's name and got home In time to tell an outraged parent of the attempt to rnlse funds. (Followed prl j vate session In Mother's room btiWMh the one whom "it hurt Just as much," etc., the sorrowing victim and tho hairbrush—business end up.) Wliat Sobbing One* Daughter's sobs were more than piercing; an inwardly quadlng mamma wasn't so sure that maybe she MAI) laid It on too well. She tried to soothe the soliblnb daughter. Daughter met the advances with louder walls: Mother grew apprehensive and thought of bribes of one kind or another; she ten tatively suggested these; the walls rose to a mild shriek; the tentative offers were made absolute. The maid let loose actual bellows—small, lady like, perhaps, but bellows neverthe less-. "What Is It. dearie? Can't Mother dc ANYTHINcJ for her little daugh ter?" offered the distracted parent. "Ye-ah, you can. mamma." the bel lows softened to wails, the walls to sobs and the sobs to unite evidently stage snidles with remarkable rapidity, ".•,es'm. you can—let ntc go back to earnp this week''' 1 And that Is the story of how that i 9-year-old lady returned to camp. The I result. Incidentally, shows tip in the I records of J. K. Staples, the play ground supervisor. At the end of tho i week she bad learned to swim. And next week the boys will go Into II amp! t To-day begins the last week of tho I MeCormlck'a Island camp for girls. 1 The last party Is made up as follows: | Twelfth street. Hattl. Harris. Sarah ; and Edith Ijine; Reservoir. Virginia 1 Morrow. Margaret Chainberlln. Mar- IJorle Russ. Fdlth Wagner, Mlllan Wag ner, Kllxabeth Wagner. Mary K. Sny der, Ruth Dowdell, Clare Van Dyke, F.va M. Jane Heard, Helen For sythe; Penn. Orace Stoner; Hamilton. Hrrenlce Wells: Fourth street. Miriam Johnson and Bessie Williams. DISCOUNT RATIO tiOEs CP flv Attnciatrd Prtu T-ondon, July 81.—The Hank of England to-day Increased Its rate of discount to eight per cent. Try Telegraph Want Ads.