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1 .-.;, -Vv' -W J - ; " .";-,.. v. -.'-r ;.-l"T:r.' -' v- J : : i 5 THE WEATHER 'OKKRIXK-OSKlEBAIh' 1 Tohe people of this city That's has tbo wut ads. are. They brln buyer and sell er torether come time from the remote corners of the city, sometimes from adjoin ing blocks. - i. Forecast for North .Carolina: Partly cloudy Monday and Tuesday; light to. moderate variable winds. - " : s , mi VOL. XCIV KO. 118. WILMIXGTON, X C, MQJirXMOK 1914 WHOLE DUMBER 13,709. TROUBLE AGAIN BREAKS OUT IN ULSTER COUNTY ARREST OF ASSASSIN WHOSE DjED LED TO POSSIBILITY OF WAR IN EUROPE; THE TWO RULERS MOST CONCERNED , . ... -ji .- V- AV - : Vv...:- r . S m S P ASS PORT S RB r AU ST R I A Action TsJcen is Equivalent Servia Did Not Subscribe Patriotic Demonstrations Large Crowds Gather and Cheer RUSSIA INFORMS GERMAN MINISTER THAT SHE WILL INTERVENE IF SERVIA IS INVADED Italy Declares Her Intention to Side With Austria if Trouble Results in War Rumor of First Encounter Between Forces Reaches . Vienna Servians Fire Upon a Vessel in Danube River Bearing Austrian Infantry Fire is Returned - London, Julyv 26. Today's develop ments appear to furnish new proof that Austria is determined to make war on Servia. The possibilities of a general European war seem- greater than ever has before confronted the present generation. The Servian reply to the Austro Hungarian ultimatum was an accept ance of almost all the imperious de mands, except that Austrian officials shall participate in the inypstigation and fix the responsibility for the anti Austrian propoganda. Servia propos ed an appeal to the powers at The Hague for the settlement of this fea ture. Notwithstanding this humiliation of surrender, which was more than Eu rope expected of the proud little na tion, the - Austrian ; government - today gave the Servian minister his pass ports, which may be construed as ' a virtual declaration of war. Austria committed an aot of War by arresting the Servian general of staff, General Ptttnik, near Budapest. A formal declaration of war is not expected because Servia. is not a party to The Hague -convention; 'which re quires this. " is-;. -Iron-clad Censorship. The suspension of all parliamentary and judicial instances has been decreed in Austria and an iron-clad censor ship has drawn a cordon of secrecy around the country. Even now the Austrian armies may be closing In upon Servia and launch ing a sudden blow, as Japan did when she sent her fleet against the Russian ships without warning. While Austria announces a "partial mobilization" v the Austrian ambassa dor at London has issued a significant notice to all Austrians liable for sre vice to return home. , The only pos sibility of averting war at the eleventh hour which .Austria recognizes is that Servia shall reconsider her reply to the Austrian note and bow to all the demands. Even then Austria proposes to exact payment for all her expenses inconnection with her military meas ures. , The question as to whether Russia take up arms to save . her Slav protege is the feature on which the Peace of Europe hinges. The same- de gree of secrecy which Austria has im posed has-been established in Russia also, therefore it cannot be known 'hat military preparations are in progress there. The Russian govern ment has permitted messages to go forth quoting" the St. Petersburg pa pers as considering ""intervention in evitable and demanded by the popular sentiment. Germany has informed the other Powers that she considers the Austria Servian quarrel concerns those na tions alone. If any other power takes it up, she declares, serious con sequences must follow. According to the Dally Telegraph, the German ambassadors at the capi tals of the triple entente London, St. tersburg and Paris when asked to press their governments to" act as a check on Austria, replied simply that they would forward the request. x Germany Would Check Russia, return Germany invited the cabi- Rf-T:- of London and Paris to do their utn.ost to keep Russia in check. An oPciai st. Petersburg message says hope still are entertained there that Pe.'M-e may be preserved. 'tiiotic demonstrations continue throughout a uctrf a . n-nri the censored ii!-iEres convev the impression that thi- nrf.iilo o .nthiioloiiti fni txra r- ' British admiralty issued' or- d twieiu kfifnine the British fleet or. war footing. ' , Summary of Reply. s'-via's reply to the Austrian ulti- )'i::tiiin ii . 1 n . Pi rst. Servia agrees to the publica n its official lournal of the-for- t:.,: l! :-o)aratIon by the "Austrian gov- '-; pr, f nt condemning the subversive s?sr,ila anrl rlnlnriner "its - fatal '""'jfnees, regretting the. participa tion r Servian officers in this propa- fc"'-'fJa. rpnuriinfiTiir on, fnvthar Intel. If"rtr.V: ith Austro-Hungary in this " arning all Servians that, rigor- sfs nt oniu nf i persons Buiiijr w ".ujuinqnn, - ' ; -cond Servia are to communi- 1 to a Declaration of War as to The Hague Conference. Continue in Vienna and Before the War Office Officials cate this declaration to the army in the form of an order of the day. Third. It promises to dissolve those societies which may be considered ca pable of conducting intrigues against Austria. Fourth. Revision of the laws gov erning the press.- Fifth. Dismissal from the army and navy of officers and the removal also of civilian officials whose participa tion in an anti-Austrian propoganda may -be proved. The Servian govern ment, however, protests against Aus trian officials taking part in the. in quiry. Sixth. The Servian government asks for an explanation as to just what part the Austrian officials are to be called upon to take' in the inquiry into the Sarayevo plot and it is announced that Servia can only admit such par ticipation , as would be" In accordance with international law and neighborly relations. , Seventh. To sum up, Servia ac cepts all conditions and J- demands : ot Austria and makes reservations only regarding the participation of Aus trian officials in the" inquiry. It does not give its formal refusal to this point, but confines itself to asking explanations. Finally, if the Austrian government finds this reply inadequate Servia ap peals to The Hague tribunal and to the powers which signed the declara tion of 1909 relative to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Servian government, the note continues, "cannot be held responsible for manifestations of a private charac ter such as are common in all lands and escape official control. It expected to be invited to co-operate in the In vestigation of the Sarayvo outrage and was ready to prove by deeds the earn estness of its action against all per sons concerned. ; 1 Further on the note says: "The government condemns all as pirations to detach from the Austro Hungarian monarchy territories which form a. part thereof. It regrets that certain Servian officers and officials, according to the Austrian communi cation, have participated In these." War Virtually Declared. Vienna, July 26. No declaration of war has been issued and it Is believed none will be, since Servia never sub scribed to the Hague conference. The sending of His passports to the Servian minister, M. Jouvanovitch, by the Aus trian Foreign Office, however, is deem ed equivalent to a declaration of war. This action was taken today, the re port that the Servian minister had left Vienna yesterday being incorrect. M. Jouvanovitch will leave immediately. In his absence the Russian ambassador will take charge of Servian Interests. There were patriotic demonstrations throughout the day, although a heavy rain tell. Great crowds gathered in front of the War Office and cheered the officers who appeared. Processions filled the streets. A general mobilization in Montene gro . is reported. Italy 1 has Informed Austria that in the event of an armed conflict with Servia she will adopt a friendly atti tude in accordance with her relations with the Triple Alliance. Proclamations have been posted or dering" partial mobilization. The Aus-tro-Hungarian bank has raised the bank rate from 4 to 5 per cent, and the committee of the Bourse has de cided to close the Bourse Tuesday and Wednesday. ' France Holds Back. The Neu Free Presse says the Minis ter of Finance will raise $65,000,000 for the government's immediate require ments and adds that negotiations be tween the 'powers for localization of the conflict will continue. It was said by one, diplomat today that "France has ho intention to expose herself too much on Servia's behalf." - The imperial ; decree issued yester j l.m a Yia crovprn ment enormOUS .powers to ensure the secrecy of its measures. The authorities are euuv nn.n nil letters. Only telegrams approved by the censor can be dispatched,- Newspapers ; publishing de tails of military preparations or move ments can be suppressed. ' . " ' ' All the railways are guarded by sen tries with orders to use their armson any person who fails ' to stop - when commanded. : ! . The prospect of war is not regarded here as child's play. The Servians put 400,000 men into the field, during the Balkan wars. Both officers and men are passionately patriotic. It is ex pected that Servia wilt attempt to hold ) frniit ftionr ma- wauuuo ou . A w ITw ' r ..iV -ffsree while I unlit " 7 7 -, ".,-, ; (Continued. w TaS'v'" ARRCST OF PRINZiP, ASSASSIN '2 "' mjBPST- OF ARCHDOKC AY1D WIFE. J'iKfi' Z& IL This Ilustratlon includes the first picture to reach America of the actual arrest of Prinzip, the assassin who shot Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife to death at Servalero, Bosnia. The slayer Is seen strugging in the hands of his captors, while the popu lace and soldiers are frantically run ning in the street. Lattest pictures of Emperor Francis Joseph, the aged ruler of Austria, and of King Alex ander of Servia are also shown. The double assassination led to Austria's ultimatum to Servia and the prospect of a general war in Europe. TO GIVE TESTIMONY . : v South Atlantic Congressmen Await Result LAST MOVE A SURPRISE Southern's Decision to Built Coal Pfer at Charleston Shows That Com pany Ready to Make Concea- -sions, Says Tillman. Washington, July 26. Congress men from the Southeastern Atlantic States tonight were awaiting with much interest the testimony of Presi dent Fairfax Harrison, of -the South ern Railway, who is to appear tomor row before the sub-committee of the Senate naval affairs committee which is Investigating "alleged discrimination of the Southern Railway against ports south of Norfolk in ' coal rates. The announcement of N,' A. B. Thorn, general counsel for the South ern Railway, that the' company imme diately would construct a coal pier at Charleston, S. C, came as a surprise to the sub-committee Friday and Is regarded by Senator Tillman, who in stituted the present investigation, as an indication that the Southern Rail way is willing "to grant-, concessions. "The Clinchfield . is already building a pier at unarieston, saia senator Tillman. . "The Southern has made many promises heretofore. It has been in control, of the "Virginia coal. fields for ten years without affording an outlet at Charleston, but I think the company is sincere in its promise for an immediate outlet. The Southern bought the Magnolia cemetery site for a pier just the day after the Senate passed the resolution for an investiga tion of Southern- coal rates . and I think the South is about to enjoy' privileges it should have had long ago.'' .. V ; ' The coal rate, from the Virginia . coal fields to Charleston is 2.05 a ton for coal to be used locally, and $1.40 a ton for coal .whidfis to be. transhipped. This is the same rate that Pennsyl vania and West Virginia and Virginia coal consumers enjoy at tidewater in New York, . Baltimore, ' Norfolk and other ports north of ' Norfolk. Char leston is much nearer than New York tx Cuba, which consumes - a - large amount ;of co2H. .''..."' . ' RAIN AT GREENSBORO. Greatly Relieves Suffering from Heat Wave Temperature, . 104. Greensboro, N. C., July 26. Rain here this afternoon brought relief from one of the 'two ! hottest days of . "the year. The maximum " temperature was re ported by the government station at 104, which equalled "the record 'estab lished in June, this 'year. A dispatch from Lumberton, N. C, tonight says that the government Vstattion there re ports a -maximum temperature of 108, two degrees hotter- than yesterday. l Clock Dance. . .';'-f t mVilna tonight, v v Join the happy tonight. Join the Ldvertisement; EMP&ROft f RftNOS jGSePH.Of AUSTRIA. CONGRESSMEN ARE ANXIOUS TO QUIT Constituents Urge Them to Return Home for Politics SENATORS NEED A REST Republican Members of Upper House - Announce Their Intention to Rush Trust .'Legislation Polities Calling. Washington,- Juiy 26.-Members of Congress are ijeariiig 'frbrrf their con stituents, urging 'them "to get through with their legislative business as soon as possible and come home to look after their political fences. This ap plies to more than thirty of the. Sena tors as well as to the Representatives, for this Fall comes the first general election for United States Senators under the seventeenth constitutional amendment. - , Many Republican - Senators have signified their Intention to rush x the delayed trust legislation, mostof them explaining publicy that Congress is tired and that statesmen are not in condition to do their best work. "We need a rest" is the declaration of the Republicans; likewise it is the slogan of some of the Democrats. Jt Is an opinion secret,- however,- that behind the desirde for rest, it is a desire on the part of Republican Senators as - well as the ; Democrats to doff the toga for campaign 1 togs.- ; - There will .be little-rest ahead even when Congress does adjourn, for. the folks - back home already are' calling for help in the political "battles" that are coming. , . Politics Calling All. Such- Republican leaders as Senators Smoot, Gallinger and Cummins,'all of them vitally interested in trust-leglis-latlon, are also, interested in their own campaigns. The popular election of Senators lis a new thing, for them and they believe that it will be well to - get on the home, ground early. Hence - they . Intend to prevent filibus tering against v trust legislation, and Republicans generally believe that the debate will be a straightforward one from." now until the three bills are passed. V ' '' ' Discussion of the Interstate ': trade commission bill will be resumed to-, morrow." Democratic leaders hope that it may be passed within the next ten days. Such a rate they believe would be progressing" well toward completion of the legislative program early, In September. That is the time that most administrations leaders now are set ting for- adjournment, it . being -prac-vj tlilly settled ..--thatj -there w ..wljl .be no more important legislation after1 trust bills and vapropriattpn . measures are disposed of. When, the trust bill go - to conference there may be an effort .made to - consolidate them into one and vthat :, might requite; a "little more than is. no V being figured on. ; The only , serious problem .' ahead is that of keeping a ' quorum . j and the Democrats must see to it jr the. Demo-f (Continued on 'Page Eighth KN3 AteXAWDR OF GASES ARE Conditions in New Orleans Do Not Improve BOTH VICTIMS NEGROES Three Infected Rats Captured on the Water Front Yesterday Eight Thousand Five. Hundred Ro- -dents Caught in Week. New Orleans, July 26. Two cases of bubonic plague were reported here to day by Dr. W. C. Rucker, in charge of plague eradication work, making a to tal of 13 since the contagion appeared a month ago. Rosie Southern, aged 15, a negro girl, and Joseph E. Williams, aged 24, a ne gro, developed the malady,' today. The girl was taken ill on July . 22 and Wil liams on : July 23. Th.e former lived without and the latter within the orig inal focus of infection. " . Of the thirteen cases reported to date seven" have been discovered in.thie past eight days. One death occurred last week, bringing -, the total number of deaths to .four.' None of the , patients has been discharged, although three of them are believed to be out-of ; danger. i Dr. .Rucker announced "' today that Passed . Assistant Surgeon Hugh de Va llh,; who arrived this morning from Washington, had been placed in. charge :of the .fourth sanitary district. , The .workj of, exterminating rats is being ' intensified in spepial . districts, 'all of which are adjacent to .the river front. . . The rat ; catch for the , past .'week according to official figures giv en out today was 8,500. ; Three infect ed ats were, reported today.' ' ? " The fl.rst case of plague was reported here, June 27. ' ' DANIELS ORDERS REFORM ' IN NAVY REGULATIONS. Abolition of Imprisonment for Deser tion Is One of Features. Washington, July 26. Abolition of imprisonment for desertion' from the navy in times of , peace was. ordered today, by Secretary of the Navy Dan iels. Bluejackets who overstay their leave or "commit similar breaches of discipline will be dismissed summar ily instead of being sent to prison, while men'who become dissatisfied and want' to : quit may have, an honorable discharge by. merely refunding, certain enlistment allowances. Th's reform has been - under . consideration -r by. the secretary "since he came into office. Ha announced today, that' the; navy now" had practically a full quota, 51,348 en listed men, compared with a. shortage of more than 4,000 eighteen months ago, and that - the time to take the' Btep had come. v. "v; ', -' s v:..' - j:v;;;": ."' : V ALII- Wilmington Assembles. I At that -gayest- of places Lumina. ad At that gayest or places lamina. aa vertisement. FOUND GAILLAUX TRIAL A REMARKABLE ONE Parisians Looked Upon It as Daily Melodrama TWO DUELS SCHEDULED President of Court and One of' His Colleagues on Bench Will Cross Swords As Result of Remark Made In- Court. Paris, July 26. Parisians look upon the trial of Mme. Hnriette Caillaux, for the killing of Gaston Calmette, as a daily melodrama. There have been mysterious diplomatic papers and elu sive photographed "love letters to give mystery to the case. " Two women have striven against each other Mme. Caillaux, who thrill ed the court room with a confession of her emotions before she shot Calmette, and Mme. Gueydan, who . moved her hearers stil more strongly by the tragic testimony of a deserted wife. Joseph Caillaux, former premier, now leader of the radical groups which govern the republic, sprang at once to the defense of his wife, and has been confronted by another former premier, Louis Barthou. Remarkable things-have occurred at this trial,- not the least being the threatened duel between the president of the court,' Judge Louis Albane, and one of the other judges, Louis Da goury. The duel awaits the decision of the minister of justice; meanwhile the judges pass each other scornfully. M. Caillaux called the counsel for the Calmette family to terms for a suggestion made in the court room and people are now wondering whether the ex-premier and M. Chenu, who de clared that he was not to be menaced, also will meet at the sword's point. Germany Suggested. A heated suggestion of Germany was brought into court. M. Calmette had i'Charged M. Caillaux ; with having fee- I tra-yTM' Ffehcli v interests 'u.. the vM6'r- rocan affair, and M. Caillaux told the jury that the Figaro, of which Cal mette was the editor, that Calmette had been the instrument of France's enemies in. causing discord to the French capitol. ."It is only letting cats out of trans parent bags," the monarchists say. "We knew it all before, but now the squalling of the cats make everybody look." High finance has had its place in the proceedings, through the insistence of Caillaux's radical partisans that it was his pressing of the income tax that caused influential interests to use Calmette to break Caillaux in public esteem. There is a cynical disposition in Paris to take the trial lightly, as something pre-arranged. The aged empress Eugenie, at- a dinner party of imperialists, having listened to much talk about how the ministers and their wives lived and how the stage; was set for the acquittal of Mme. Caillauxi rebuked the gossipers by saying: . " "No, I cannot imagine that the judges of France will act otherwise than according to their intellects and consciences' The impression aroUnd the palace of justice, quite without the sugges tion of improper' influences, is that Mme. Caillaux wlli be acquitted or re ceive a short suspended sentence. III FORMAL AMNESTY YET Is Disposed to Wait Until He is Fully in Charge John R Silliman, Personal Representa tive of President Wilson, With Carranza Doubts Rebel Chiefs Intentions. Washington, July 26. Advices that General Carranza is not disposed to grant a f ormal amnesty in advance of his actual assumption of power reached Washington today from Con stitutionalist headquarters. Thisi if in sisted upon , may disrupt proposed peace conferences in Mexico at the be ginning. Provisional President Carbajal has been urged generally to obtain an am nesty and numerous offers have been made to him for support in case he cannot obtain proper guarantees for j the lives and property of Huerta sup- j porters. Informal assurances - came recently to the United States , from Carranza that, excepting for, those directly re sponsible for the murder of Madero and Suarez, he would not prosecute supporters of Huerta. Within the last few days, however, John -R. Silliman, personal representative of President Wilson, with Carranza, has reported his doubts on the subject. - Carranza has told Silliman that am nesty i was- an act , of srenerosity not an act oi surrenaer. jtie insists that an act of V surrender": JHe insists that (Continued on. Paare Elsrht.) CARRANZA AGANS ' ' Three Men and One Woman . Killed and Sixty Others r Are Wounded SOLDIERS FIRE ON MOB Nationalist Volunteers Smug- gle in 10,000 Rifles . - SEVEN EXPECTED TO DIE Excited Crowds Fill Streets Last Night Some of Then Carrying Rifles Soldiers Confined to Barracks . to ' Prevent Trouble. , . Dublin, July 26.-Three men and one woman are ; dead .'and more than 60 persons, are 1ft the hospital, wounded, as the result of a battallion of the) Kings Own Scottish Borderers late today firing on a mob on the streets of Dublin. Seven of the wounded are ex- pected to die. Among them are three V. women and a boy of ten. . - The affray was the result of a gun running exploit- of the Nationalist volunteers, raided by a mob composed largely of women and youths. A con signment of rifles said to number 10, 000, was landed last night at Howth, nine miles from Dublin, from a private yacht. The Nationalist volunteers cut . the telegraph wires and stopped 'travel on the Dublin roads and according to. reports, sent , away, most :f the rifles, together with 70,000- rounds of ammunition In motor cars. V A battallion of the King's ; Own , Scottish Borderers was ordered to cap- xure the arms today when the authori ties heard the volunteers were bring ing them into the city. The soldier's encountered a detachment of volun teers at Clonmell Bridge. Soon a great ' crowd collected and followed the troops jeering them andL. cheering for John neumgna ana , nome rule. " Throw 'Bottles and Stones. ft; 1 Finally the mob. began throwing-bottles and stones, . Injuring several soldiers, j-To. the attaek the battallion' replied with a r scattered-; fusillade,--In an instant the street, was covered with wounded, while terrified men, women and children ran In all directions. . St. Juras. Hospital is located only 200 yards from the scene of the af fray and the wounded were quickly taken there, where four of them died. The soldiers and police seized a hun- . dred rifles from the volunteers. j Excited crowds filled the streets of v Dublin tonight, -some of the men car rying rifles. The Borderers are con fined to barracks to prevent the peor pie from attacking them. A street car in which a soldier was ridding was wrecked tonight but the soldier escap ed. Further rioting is feared. i- Among these seriously wounded in the affray is M. J. Judge, a prominent officer of the Nationalist volunteers. Arms Landed at Noon. ( The arms were landed at noon to day, Instead of last '. night as first reported. A thousand volunteers marched openly from Dublin-, to rer ceive ' the arms. : After local police and the coast guards, who tried, tp prevent the landing were driven off the Dublin authorities sent sixty police to make a seizure. 'They later were reinforced by 200 others. When the volunteers saw the mobilization most of them scattered through the fields. The police and soldiers tried to ' dis arm the remainder. r In the resulting affray revolver shots were fired by volunteers and a corpo- (Continued on Page Eight.) - .. v IT 10 MOVING -OF CROPS Wilmington Will Get Slice of " Federal Loan Secretary of they' Treasury Announeea That He is Ready to Deal Out , ' Thltty-Four Million Dollars' to Aid the Farmers. Washington, July 26. Money from " the Federal Treasury will be deposited . In National banks throughout the coun try again this Fall to facilitate? the -movement of . crops and promote busi ness generally. Secretary McAdoo an nounced tonight he . would put out ap proximately 134,000,000, and that he stood ready to increase the amount to any extent to. meet the country's needs. The Secretary's estimate of what will " be needed is based on replies from five thousand' National banks to a recent Treasury Department circular asking whether any unusual demand for mo ney was . expected : this year, and for what purposes. Last year the depart mont "inaugurated, .the custom -of dis tributing funds in the crop-handling centers, depositing about 135,000,000 of -the $50,000,000 Secretary McAdoo had r decided to use for the purpose. A statement from the department to night said:-- ... - ' ;: f' "These repass : (frpm the National ' bank's) fully 'confirm optimistic bull- " tins of the Agricultural Department aa -to-prospects for unusually large crops. They also Vlndlcatt , A. decided promlas ;. (continued on age igau . , GHII 0 '3 Civ . . i " I A 'J ' 'A ; J ... I V - i
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