10 Millions of Men on Land and Sea Ready to Struggle With Each Other to Death Wild Enthusiasm Marks England's Declaration of War Against Germany Sfecial to The Telegraph London, Aug. 4. —Great Britain de clared war on Germany at 7 o'clock last night. The momentous decision of the British government, for which the whole world has been waiting, came before the expiration of the time limit set by Great Britain in her ultimatum to Germany demanding a satisfactory reply on the subject of Belgian neutra lity. Germany's reply was the summary rejection of the request that Belgium neutrality should be respected. The British Ambassador at Berlin thereupon received his passports and the British government notified Ger many that a state of war existed be tween the two countries. The British Foreign Office Issued the following statement: "Owing to the summary rejection by the German government of the re quest made by his Britannie Majesty's government that the neutrality of Belgium should be respected, his Majesty's Ambassador at Berlin has received his passports, and his Ma jesty's government has declared to the German government that a state of war exists between Great Britain and Germany from 7 o'clck p. m. Au ■ gus 4." The announcement of a state of actual war between Germany and Great Britain evoked the wildest en thusiasm, and enormous crowds thronged the streets until a late hour. Howdy scenes were enacted in the West End. After a huge demonstra tion in front of Buckingham Palace the crowds paraded the streets sing ing patriotic songs and cheering for th^ 1 King. A crowd singing the "Mar seillaise," mobbed the German Em bassy. The British admiralty announced that it had taken over two battle- ships—one completed and one nearly finished—that were being built for Turkey, and two destroyers that had been ordered by Chili. The battle ship have been renamed the Erin and the Agincourt. The declaration of war was at once communicated to the English fleet, which is supposed to he lying in the North Sea within striking distance of the German warships. It is believed here that the first blow against Ger many will be an attack on the Kaiser's fleet. . Enthusiasm Created by Historic Address of President Poincare Paris, Aug. s.—Extraordinary en thusiasm was called forth in the French parliament last evening by the reading of an address to the French nation written by President Poincare. "Our nation is in arms," said the president, "and trembling with eager ness to defend the land of our fathers. "France is faithfully supported by her ally Russia; she is upheld by the loyal friendhip of England, and al ready from all points of the civilized world go out to her expressions of sympathy and good will, for she rep resents to-day once again before the universe liberty, justice and reason. "Lift up your hearts. Long live France!" Mrs. Anna Wilson Howe, of Phila delphia, sister of President Wilson, took her place in the line at the em bassy yesterday waiting for a passport. James Gordon Bennett, publisher of the New York Herald, was among those called upon to give up their automobiles and horses to the govern ment. By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Aug. s.—Secre tary Garrison announced after a con ference with the President that his present plan for getting Americans out of the war zone was to have the nations involved designate a port from which they can be removed or to get permission to have them taken to Jtaly, Spain or some other neutrai ctuntry, where the United States could call for them. Mr. Garrison said that be had no doubt foreign governments would make such agreements. Mr. Garrison has located thirty nine available ocean-going vessels sail ing under the American flag. He is arranging to send food to American {Colonies in the war zone. German Invaders Repulsed by French; Armies Mobilizing Paris, via London, Aug. 5. The French Ministry of War to-day issued a communication stating that Ger man cavalry and infantry were cross ing the French frontier everywhere in reconnoitering parties. He adds: "A squadron of German dragoons bore down on Villers-La-Montague. In the Department of Meurthe-et-Mo selle, but was repulsed by French rifle men. "A regiment of German cavalry ad vanced as far as Morfontaine, in the same department, but fell back before a body of French infantry. "The French mobilization Is pro ceeding with the greatest order. Most of the reservists already have joined. "An excellent spirit prevails in Al sace." Santos Dumont, the famous aviator, offered his services to-day to the French government. The one-armed French general, Paul Pau, who fought in the war of 1870, has been placed in command of one of tho French armies. GRAHX AWAITING SHIPMENT AS SOON AS WAY IS POI ND New York, Aug. 5.—A meeting of the membern of the grain trade of the New York Produce Exchange was held yesterday afternoon at which the export situation was discussed. James Ward Werner, president of the ex change, presided and there were a dozen or more speakrs. After the meeting Mr. Warner said: "The export grain merchants of New York and throughout the coun try are confident that the government will provide some means of exporting a considerable part of the grain crop of the United States, much of which has been contracted for already in Europe. No spirit of pessimism was shown here to-day: in fact, it was quite otherwise. With vessels pro vided, as no doubt they will be. the only difficulty will lie In obtaining payment for the grain, and this mat ter will be arranged in some satis factory way." WEDNESDAY EVENING [Continued From First Page] WAR BULLETINS [Continued From First Pago] liOiidon, Aug. s.—Detectives during a raid on houses occuped l)j Germans In London, In one place discovered a large number of bombs ami rilles. Sev eral arrests were made. _ Vienna, Aug. s.—According to tlie Neue Frle I'resse, a Russian aeroplane carrying a pilot ami two Kussian of ficers was sighted on the Husso-Ger maii frontier near l<cml>crg, an im portant military station of Austro llimgary, and was lired on by Aus triuns. The machine crashed to the ground and the two ollicers were killed. Wasldngton, 1). C., Aug. s.—Post master (General Burleson announced to-day that before the entrance of Greatß rltaln into the general Furo |M>an war, American mails were being transferred to ships of the United States, Sweden and other countries not Involved. Washington, I). C., Aug. s.—As an Influence for peace in such a time of war in Kurope. the Senate foreign re lations committee to-day ordered fa vorably reported Secretary Bryan's twenty peace treaties with foreign na tions. urged for ratification by Presi dent Wilson before Congress adjourns. Berlin. Aug. !>.—An embargo was to-day laid on Russian balances at the great banks in Germany. These funds are considered by Germany as pro|>erty belonging to a hostile force. Paris. Aug. r>.—An official an nouncement to-day says seventeen Al satians while endeavoring to cross into I-Vance were raptured by the Germans and summarily shot. Philadelphia, Aug. 5. The North German Lloyd liner Brandenburg docked here to-day alter running Tor the past two days under forced draught and without lights. The Prtna Oskar. of the Hamburg-American line, also arrived to-da.v. Both ships were a day ahead of their schedule. Shanghai. Aug. 5. —The squadron of United States warships in Chinese waters has discontinued its cruise and Is now on the way from Chi-Fu lo tills port. London. AIIR. s.—The Pall Mall Ga zette to-day makes public reports cur rent in the city to the effect that the heavy selling orders from Germany during the past week or two really were a deliberate attempt to smash the London market and cause a scare in the financial nntl commercial world so as to keep Gerat Britain out of the war. I*aris. Aug. s.—lt is reported from Montl>elinrd, In the Department of Doul)s, that the Germans have violat ed the neutrality of Switzerland. \rn York, AUK. •*». Messa (ten llM tinol to Austria-Hungary or tiermnny idny nn longer lie sent over the West ern Union entiles. I'nrlM, \ng. 5. The French I nntom* mill telegriiiih offices at Honiecoilrt nml JiMMif, In Mrurtke-rt-Mmelle, have lieen mickeil by Uermuny Infantry, according •t<> (IIN |>(ITCIICM received here. At >lnr fontnine, n (ierilian officer «ns taken prisoner when the French Infnntry re- IMIINCII H party of (lermany eavalry. Washington. I). C„ Aug. 5. The State Department does not credit the report of an attack on the Russian embassy in Berlin. Its information comes from St. Petersburg in diplo matic dispatches. Washington, D. C., Aug. s.—Because of the desire of several senators to study the bill amending the Panama canal act to admit foreign built ships to American registry and to perfect the measure so that International com plications might be Impossible, passage of the emergency bill was itostponcd until to-morrow. Washington, D. C., Aug. s.—Ar rangements are lielng made to return the $10.(1110.000 gold aboard tin- liner Kronprlnzessln Cecillc at Bar Harbor to the iMinkcrs in New York by reve nue cutters. West Point, X. Y„ Aug. s.—Major •lames A. llyati and Captains Julian It. Lindsay, Herman Glade anil Frank R. Wilcox, on duty at the United States Military Academy here, have been de tailed as military observers in Europe. They left West Point to-<lay for New York, where they will hoard the cruiser Tennessee. Washington, 1». C.. Aug. s.—The army general staff Is investigating the neutrality of the German-owned wire less stations at Tuckerton, X. ami Sayvllle, I/. T. New York, Aug. s.—The French liner Ija. Ijorraine. liearing more than 700 French reservists, left her pier for France shortly before noon to-day. Tokio, Aug. s.—Considerable activ ity among the vessels of the Japanese navy followed the announcement of the war between Germany and Great Britain. The lighthouses along the Siberian coast have been extinguished. Chicago. HI.. Aug. 5. Although weakness seized the wheat market as the first result here of England's dec laration of war, prices were not long In making a complete recovery and then showing a rise all around. The opening, which was '/, to 2 cents lower, was followed by an upward turn that carried prices % to % above last night. I/ondon. AUK. s.—The price or l>ccf stcak. wliich was 32 cents a |>oiind. to-day rose to 42 cents. On Mark Inne the priee of wheat advanced to day from $1 to $1.25 per quarter (eight bushels), while maize rose from $2 to $2.50 per quarter. Brussels, via Lxindoii, Aug. s.—The Belgian minister of war In an official statement to-day said : "The Belgians arc successfully combatting: the Ger man invasion. The Belgian losses are trilling compured with those of the Germans." Quebec, Auk- r>.—The newnpapern „f rnnmln were to-dny Riven Inntructlon* not to puhllnh any Information reicnrd- Ing the HtepH taken hy the inilltnr.v au thorities for the defence of Quebec or any ctlier port In Canada. I'ortHmouth, >. 11., Aim. 5. The henvy firing off the Maine eonnt, re ported from Portland to-dny, eoiild not have hern calmed hy a Men fight be tween foreign warNlilpn, It wan ntated by officer* at the Navy Yard here. The office™ nay they were abnolutely cer tain Hurt no foreign venneM were In the vicinity. Washington, B. 0.. Aug. !>. The German Embassy in St. Petersburg has been destroyed by a mob, inflamed by a report that the Russian Embassy in Berlin had been attacked. One German employe was killed. Dover, Eng., Aug. 5. A British warship seized the German bark Per kco, which left New York July 18 for Hamburg. Brussels. Aug. s.—The Belgian Min ister of War announces that the for tifications of I .lege and the vicinity are firing vigorously at the German troops. Vancouver. B. C., Aug. s.—The big double-headed eagle al»ove the door of the German consulate was torn from Its supports to-day by a crowd, which threatened the consulate with destruction. (EE! IT WIS GOOD TO BE (II OfiPHl TOW Motor Club of Harrisburg God father to 258 Youngsters of City Institutions Two hundred and fifty-eight or phans. from the Home of the Friend less. Sylvan Heights Home, Children's industrial Home and from families under the care of the Associated Charities and "Charlie" Bover, left Market Square shortly after 10.30 this morning for Hershey Park, where the annual orphans' day outing was held. Owners of sixty-one motor cars were in line an hour before the departure this morning. Each orphan was given an American Hag, furnished by Bowman & Co.; a "lolly-pop," fur nished by the Witman-Schwarz Com pany, and some pretzels, given by the Harrisburg Pretzel Company. L. W. Cook provided ribbon badges. The supplies were hauled to the park in a large truck furnished by George W. Coppersmith. Mumps prevented 30 children from the Nursery Home from attending, but they will have an outing at Hershey later. On the return to-night the ears will leave Hershey at 5 o'clock. On their arrival in this city the orphans will form on the Mulberry street bridge and will parade over the Mulberry street bridge to Fourth, to Market, to third, to Maclay, to Front, to Market. l nose who pave their autos for the outing- were: I W. Spry Hurlock, John W. Few, Jr., I r teht, J. W. GeiKer, Charles |E. Covert, J. C. Monn, R. L. Dare, |C. M. Forney, George B. Zeeh, R. E. Holmes, M. D., F. H. Bomgardner, James H. Lutz, Jr., J. C. Myton, A. H. 1-raim, Lewis M. NellYer, L. C. John son, Augustus Lutz, John C. Orr, Jo seph H. Benfer, W. A. Wengert, James McCormick, Jr., O. K. Eshenauer, J. C„ Stevens, Harry Miller, J. H. Wil liamson, Harrisburg Auto Company, J. J. Maclaughlin, Mrs. Cora E. Brit ten, George R. Bentley, H. H. Hefkin, R. I'. T wney, W. E. Koons, Frank Morrett, George C. Tripner, John H. Tripner, H. J. Fornwalf, Andrew Red mond, N. S. Ratdorf, J. Stephen Mar shall, Augustus Wildman, L. F. Popell T. H: Bogar, J. H. Kellberg, H. W. Baker, S. S. Pomeroy, W. R. Houser, Mrs. Charles Prince, C. P. Turner, H. I. Whiteside, George W. Coppersmith, iA. W. Myers, E. Z. Wallower, W. C. Starry, A. W. Andrews, H. F. Gramm, H. B. Lau, J. J. Hargest, Jr., C. L. Long, W. R. Blough, T. B. Wilder inuth. PRESIDENT OFFERS GOOD OFFICES [Continued From First Page] rupted in the absence of an agreement to the contrary." Secretary Bryan hns called a eon lerence of representatives of all the Kuropean powers for lute to-ilay.wlien It Is believed messages will be de livered supplementary to those ot President Wilson urging an acceptance of the tender of "ood offices. The first step which the United States would lake in the event of a general acceptance of its proposal would he to suggest a suspension or hostilities. It is expected that England and France would agree, but all eves are on Germany. JACK JOHNSON GOING TO WAR Paris, Aug. 5. Jack Johnson, the negro pugilist, champion heavyweight of the world, said yesterday that he is going to enlist for the most active ser vice. He added that he would give all his automobiles to be used as ambu lances. MAP SHOWING EUROPEAN MILITARY OPERATIONS SINCE WAR'S OPENING Sjf WT7 o / I ;.»«/ V™ rc,pL ~ Z7\j >CX > v x I vCBaMILCS PARlft*^ I PR ° AG,UC , \ ' J * "t'OtLBMO, I \V, J- j \ \ • rcAJ,cl 6'VAflF/ z i iL> v£\ .. /•**•-% >. \ | ' L \ V"*- /XnnL " STorrciAßT \ 90HSMIM i ,T*/> 1-V #/ ""V\ N \ \ t —N, ;'\fr,a.|nck', : " > ,*t f ~ f? "" *^7^\ ' VV, Vi \ ~~~ f x;v" EN^ A 'S ' -'ihiJ 'iSv f£ c *& e *'•? / US T R.I A / H/U NGA RY% N \ OOE *t '(/$* "-X 'Vjy \ 1 // I i\ TR I i' * f S I J> ~A jf' TvtN.ce p V-i r h < C'"""" J Sfeom -•*■*— ) \/§i cro \ s^T ,: \ * " f r V vl-' v5 v ROu HANIA -—-ft > <n C T . v <> 805N,A^ N \ \ I *or r \ \ V WH»^>>AA M ( * lwn I « A £C*&jlvo I A. V .3- -v 1$ n I \ r" /// *7 (# *r \ I j v; \ I / 50Ti A 'a**' / °C'i<L \ -.V BULGARIA t\ V W L \A' X / A J ,v M AP ARE SHOWN THE GERMAN LINES OF ADVANCE THROUGH THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBURG INTO FRANCE AND THE POINTS AT WHICH THE fiIAN TROOPS INVADED GERMANY HARRISBURG *££££& TELEGRAPH HIE. WITH 1,10 FRENCH OH BOARD, STARES FOR PARIS Vessel Sails From New York in Face of Capture by Ger man Cruisers New York, Aug. 5. With bands blaring the Marseillaise and a tumult of cheering afloat and ashore, the French liner Lorraine sot sail to-day for Havre probably the last for some time of departing liners to fly the French flag. In cabins and steerage she carried nearly 1,000 passengers, most of them French reservists bound for Paris. She was the only ship to leave port I to-day in a trans-Atlantic voyage with | the exception of the Cunard liner Lu jsitanla. which slipped past quarantine with darkened lights during the early hours of the morning. All other sailings of the French line were cancelled to-day. All sailings of the Fabre line whose vessels ply be tween New York and Mediterranean ports likewise have been cancelled. Several vessels reached New York from European ports to-day, among them being the President Lincoln from Hamburg and the Kaiser Wilhelm II from Bremen. Their passengers told stirring tales of the fears of merchant ships at sea. La Lorraine and the Lusitania sail ed in the face of danger of capture by hostile war craft, German cruisers having been reported off the American coast, but with their officers apparent ly confldent that English and French war vessels could and would keep open a trans-Atlantic lane for their mer chant shops. Reports were that Lusi tania was to be convoyed by a British cruiser. French line officials said La Lorraine would have no convoy. Nevertheless La Lorraine delayed her sailing two hours beyond the schedule so that the captain might hold a last minute conference with the captain of the Olympic which reached New York last night. It was reported that the Olympic came into the barbor under the guns of the British cruiser Essez and that the Essez would await the Lusitania off Sandy Hook. Wall Street Settles I Down to Attitude of Waiting For Present New York, Aug. 5. —With the spread of hostilities abroad, Wall Street has settled down to a waiting attitude, convinced that the resump tion of normal conditions lies in the indefinite future. It is virtually cer tain that no attempt to reopen the Stock Exchange will he made while the London Exchange remains closed. The stress of the financial situation led the directors of the American To bacco Company to-day to declare their regular quarterly dividend of 5 per cent, payable in scrip instead of cash. The scrip is due one year from September 1 and bears interest at 6 per cent, payable semi-annually. The directors announced that they would need ready cash for marketing crops. American securities valued at $15,- 000,000 to $25,000,000, most of which were sold for foreign account in this market last week, were brought in by the steamship Olympic to-day. A bankers' conference was held here at which further arrangements were made for the shipment of gold to aid American tourists abroad. It i is probable that the amount may ex | ceed $8,000,000, as outside bankers have asked to participate in behalf of their clients abroad. More applications for emergency cur rency were received at the subtreas ury. Another large amount of cur rency Is expected from Washington to-murrow, bringing the total up to about $75,000,000. At the clearing house business was proceeding as usual, but in smaller volume. Railroad companies reported a fur ther piling up of freight for foreign ports at this and other nearby coast wise centers. The Stock Exchange situation was much clarified in the early afternoon by the statement of a prominent bank president that arrangements had been made by the. bank to take care of all the securities brought over by the Olympic. «r.00,000 STEEI, CONTRACT VANISHES IN fiRKAT W AR CLOUD Philadelphia, Aug. 5 L,oss of a $500,000 contract for Libau, Russia and inquiry for ordnance steel are the only incidents in the steel trade traceable to the war, it Is stated at the Philadelphia offices of the larger companies. COMMUNICATION WITH GERMANY SEVERED BT EOAEUAR VESSELS Commercial Cable Company De nies That British Are Responsible By Associated Press New Tork, Aug. s.—Direct cable communication with Germany was stopped to-day. The German Atlantic Cable lines from New York to Emden, via the Azores, were cut about 1.30 a. m. at some point east of the Azores, possibly by British warships. The Commercial Cable Company, which operates the American end of this line, made announcement of the cut ting to-day and refused to accept messages for Germany. It was denied that the lines had been cut by British warships on this side of the At lantic. The cable was working, ac cording to announcement, as far as the Azores. The cutting of the German cable between Emden and the Azores vir tually completes the isolation of Ger many from communication with the outside world, except insofar as mes sages may be exchanged by wireless. All direct communication with the United States is severed: hereafter all news of happenings in Germany will have to filter through hostile countries Russia on the east; France on the west and England on the north. Others May Be Cut All the submarine lines in the Medi terranean sea belong to the Eastern Telegraph Company, a British concern and any German news that did make its way to Southeastern Europe through Austria-Hungary would not be transmitted over the lines of this company. News of the cutting of the German lines between Germany and England may be expected at any moment. Al ready these lines are in the hands of British authorities where they land on British territory. The only other possible outlet for Germany is to the east, but on this side she is hemmed in by Russia. All the land lines from Germany in every direction except to Austria-Hungary already have been severed. Any cable communication from Ger many to the north and to Sweden, which may still be In operation, is comparatively valueless .for the reason that news so transmitted, to reach the outside wcrld, would have to be re layed to England. The last direct Berlin message re ceived by the Associated Press was between 12 and 1 o'clock last night. It was the official account of thj Brit ish ambassador's formal announce ment to the German Foreign Office of the declaration of war and the ambas sador's request for his passports. German Troops Fire Frontier Belgium Town Liege, Belgium, Aug.s.—The cap ture of the frontier Belgium town of Vise was effected by German troops after an engagement lasting several hours. It is stated that the victor set Are to the town killing those of the population who resisted them. The town of Argentoau is also in flames. One hundred thousand Germans arc reported to be marching on Liege. Germans Reported to Be Firing Many Towns St. Petersburg, Aug. s.—Russian troops have established contact with the enemy along the greatest part of the Kusso-German frontier in North eastern Prussia. The Germans are reported to have fallen back and to be burning villages over an enormous stretch of the coun try which they have invaded. HORSE MARKETS EXPECT DOOM Horse dealers throughout the country are looking forward to a big boom in their business as the result of the great demand that will be made for horses for cavalry, artillery and draught uses by the warring nations of the Old World. Already, It Is understood, agents of European Governments are scouring the Western and Southern States for options on horses and mules. \\ \H MAY POSTPONE RHi FAIR New York, Aug. 5. Much doubt was expressed yesterday as to what ef fect a general war in Euro- \-ould have on the Panama-Pacific Interna tional Exposition In San Francisco. There was a report that because of the war the exposition would not be open ed on schedule time. AUGUST 5, 1914. SONS OF ST. GEORGE GLAD FOR LONG PEACE Order Passes Resolutions of Satis faction That England and Amer ica Have Kept Sword Sheathed Sons of St. George in annual Grand Lodge session at the Board of Trade building, Market street near Second, this morning passed resolutions of satisfaction on the approaching hun dredth anniversary of the hundred years of peace between the United States and the British Empire. The Sons of St. George said that the American and the British peoples should congratulate themselves that there has never been the least danger of conflict, especially since there are more than 3,000 miles of unprotected border between the United States and Canada. The grand lodge determined at Its morning session that at adjournment this afternoon to proceed in a body to the grave of John Harris, founder of Harrisburg, to place a bouquet upon his resting place. Late this afternoon the Sons of St. George will go to Her shey. Supper will be served at 7 o'clock in the Hershey Cafe. In the absence of a local lodge of the order the Scranton and Wilkes-Barre lodges of the order will be the hosts of the day at the Hershey outing. Most of the guests will leave for their homes to-night or to-morrow. Vaterland Will Make Dash Across Ocean New York, Aug. 6. The Vaterland. carrying from 8,000 to 10,000 of the flower of the German reserves here, will defy the warships of Kngland, France and Russia in a desperate dash across the Atlantic for the safety of a home port. Off Sandy Hook and outside the three-mile limit she will be met by the swift German cruisers, the Dresden, the Stuttgart and the Karlsruhe, one or more of them, and at sea will be con verted into a cruiser. Each of these cr-uisers are supplied with an extra equipment of rapid-lire and machine guns, torpedo tubes and small arms. These will be transferred to the Vaterland, the largest steamer in the world and one of the fastest. Orders to this effect were Hashed in cipher cables yesterday to German special agents in this city. These or ders were received following the dis covery and frustration of a plot by- French and Russian secret service men to blow up the Vaterland as she lay at her pier in Hoboken. Acting under prior orders of the Ger man Government the Vaterland has been loaded with a supplv of coal suf ficient for from three to four ordinary trans-Atlantic voyages. Luxuriousstate room suites have been converted into coal bunkers. Ihousands of tons of provisions have been taken on board. Thev are not of the quickly perishable variety. Wilson College Girls Believed to Be Safe Chambersburg, Pa., Aug. 5. —Belief that none of the Wilson College girls now touring Europe are in any dan ger was expressed this morning by Dr. Anna J. McKeag, president of the college. Dr. and Mrs. Orlando A. Mansfield, are at their home in Torquay, Eng land. Dr. Mansfield is head of the music department of Wilson. Miss Adelaide Bird, teacher of biological science, and Miss Mabel 1. Banhore, teacher of music, both of Wilson, with Miss Mary Mclivaine, are in Spain, and consequently are not in the trou ble zone. Miss Nancy J. Criswell, of Cham bersburg. secretary of Wilson College and instructor in Latin, expected to spend this week along the Rhine with Mins Laura C. Green, a former Wilson teacher, of Granville, Ohio. Miss Virginia M. McComb, German instructor at Wilson, is in Berlin. No word has been received lrom Miss Nell Nace or the Misses Bell since the shipping troubles began. FINANCES OF U. S. SOUND Washington, D. C., Aug. s.—Secre tary McAdoo issued a statement upon the passage of the amendment liberal izing the Aldrich-Vreeland act, in which he said an end had been put to any question that might have existed as to the ability of the banks of the country to take care of the financial situation. He added that the situation throughout the country is excellent. U. S. IIAS GRIP ON GOLD • New York, Aug. 5. The United States fastened its grip still more firmly on its $1,155,000,000 gold yes terday. So strong was the grip' at nightfall that it was said on high au thority that emergency currency may not go generally into circulation. tCH! LOUIE THERE'S STILL GERMAN BEER! Aber Himmel! No More That De licious Smell of Dear lightful Limburger Ach! Wohl es macht's nichts aus! That's how Harrisburgers who are fond of German brews feel to-day. For the glad news came from local hotelkeepers and liquor dealers that there is plenty of Pilsener, Muensche ner, Hoffßrau, Wurzburger and other foreign brews of beer in this peaceful land of the free, and that the supply will not be cut off for at least six months. At the Senate, Ellis P. Gourley, the proprietor, said there is enough Ger man beer in cold storage in Harris burg to supply the demand for the next three months, and that at the distributing agencies in New York the announcement was made that the sup ply Is sufficient to meet the demand for at least six months. Limburger cheese, another German product, in the opinion of local deal ers, however, will be scarce. Local jobbers announced to-day that word had been received that an increase in prices of all foreign makes of cheese would come within the next few days. This will include sweitzer, limburger, roquefort and other makes. Dealers were unable to say what effect the war would have on other foreign goods, such as frankfurters, sardines, fancy seasoning ingredients and a hundred other articles in the way of fancy canned goods. Peace Conference Ends; Mexico's Fate in Doubt Washington. Aug. s.—Sudden sus pension of the peace conference be tween federal and constitutional dele gates at Saltillo, and reports that Villa in the north practically had proclaim ed his independence from the Car ranza movement, threatened to-day to .upset plans for the .speedy settlement [of unrest In Mexico. That the Con stitutionalists, however, might take ; possession of Mexico City without fur .ther fighting was a possibility as in- I dicated by the convening of a federal of war where unconditional surrender to Carranza was discussed. Foreign Recruits Are Leaving Families Helpless Philadelphia, Aug. 5. Director Harte of the Department of Health and Charities of this city, issued an appeal to the citizens to form a com mittee to protest against the action of the foreign cor.suls in this city in re cruiting men for the armies of their respective countries. The director states that many married men. for eigners by birth, are leaving the city or are about to leave and that the families that remain behind are or will ' e in destitute conditions. The foreign consuls have assured recruits that their families will 9 taken care of, but this statement tile director says he is inclined to doubt. CAPIT.VI/S FATE IN DOUBT Mexico City, Aug. s.—The fate of the capital remained in doubt to-day. The 112 generals of the federal army, constituting the council of war, had not decided whethe" to tight or evacu ate the city. The generals were in conference un til a late hour last night and failing to determine their policy, separated jto meet again late this nfternoon. MAY CAUSE OPEN' BREAK El Paso, Texas., Aug. s.—The fail ure of General Carranza and the peace delegates of Provisional President Car bajal to agree on the terms of trans ferring the national government in the constitutionalists' hands will result in an open break between Villa and Car ranza according to even the most opti mistic opinions of persons who reach ed here from the south to-day. EMERGENCY CURRENCY ALLOTTED New York, Aug. 5. Up to noon to day $32,800,000 in emergency currency had been alloted to New York banks. An involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed in the Federal District Court to-day against Adolf Mandel, a private banker of the East Side. COFFEE PRICES .ICMP New York, Aug. 5. There was much excitement on the Coffee Kxi-hange to day when the price of Rio No. 7 touch ed the high figure of ten cents. CUTTER TO HRINIi RACK OOI,D Washington, D. C„ Aug:. 5. The cutter Androscoggin was ordered to Bar Harbor to-da.v to bring the Cecilie's treasure to New York under an escort of naval vessels.
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