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1 1 IP THE WEATHER deady Satardajrj Sunday uneettledi IS YOUR BUSINESS AT A STUJDSTn Yest Well, then, it needs lubrication. I Carefully prepared ad,vertiIn will dotf tie work. We'd like- to talk 'about it. '.-.'.y r'f . "V- vol. xovi Mo.'iee. PRESIDENT IS STILL ACTIVE ON ; v. -p . f . s . '. , OF PEACI Will Continue to Gather All Information Obtainable Through Diplomats. POPE LOOKS TO U. sf Message o President Indicates Germanic Powers Ready . to Discuss Question. Belligerents Must First Seek American Efforts. Washington, Sept. 3. President '.Wil son will continue to get all informa tion obtainable through American di plomatic officers abroad regarding the attitude toward peace of the nations at- war. In Catholic circles here it was reported tonight that the , pope was hopeful the United States might make an effort to get the warring pow ers to sign an agreement to enter a peace conference. , . However, the United States wilj make no further effort to bring about peace in Europe until it receives information that its good off ices , will be welcomed by Both sides in the conflict. This was the statement authorized here to day in official discussions of the mes sage received from Pope Benedict, de livered to President Wilson yesterday by Cardinal Gibbons. From the fact that the Vatican is in 6 . close touch with Austria the construc tion placed by officials on the Pope's message was that the Germanlo pow ers will be willing to discuss peace at this time. . ' T - All Must Be Willing. :,-;;-' Statements by those in. closest touch with the administration - stated that similar word would have to bereceiv- ed from Great Britain and her Allies before the United States would make" any further move. . pr President "Wilson has made it clear several times that his original offer of services to bring about peace still stands and that he will do everything .possible to further the movement. The United States, however, will do nothing likely to endanger its position as a friend to all the belligerents, . it was said authoritatively. The pope's message will not be made public by this government. Enough of the contents of the message is known, however, to give basis for in dicating that Austria, Germany . and Turkey are not averse .to : discussing peace.' President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor announced today that in a letter to an organization Known as the Friends of Peace he had said , labor leaders were keeping in constant touch with working men in the nations at war. Mr. Gompers add ed that the American Federation of Labor at- the proper time would do everything possible to aid in the ac complishment of peace. -lr. (jromDers has seen President Wilson within the past week but he re fused today to say whether the ques tion of peace had been discussed. POPE BENEDICT IS PLEASED. Has Faith That United States Can Bring , About Negotiations. " dict today expressed pleasure over the fact that the iKnlnmnHn T1A?ntifl.ttOn8 I between thf TTTiiterf States and Ger many had resulted in a promise from Germany to modify her submarine Warfare. The pontiff said that Presi- utni Hson, having shown both groups f belligerents the fairness, firmness a"d good will of the American govern ment, could nnw nrfrpss them with au thority anH nrnhoWir iniliirp them to take the preliminary steps which uld gradually lead to negotiations for i)f. (. FVprT-l,-- , . . . - . a u - -'.vuuiiy, Dotn in Europe ana United Srtc A thn.t I, . . Y W U1U -VyA V tiiwu - S- constant fa a -tVi a onHlncr the Avar Ur4- V. c mrtlfl lr t TiIh erection is entirely disnterested, be inspred only by the teachings of Jurist anrl Viio lm KnmontT -. TTe jWed that he would be ready to give le whole support of the Catholic church to thP nprnrrn. institution or luntry that undertook the noble mis- 11011 Of endine- th war.- 'MAN GKRMAKV FROIW RT.OfTKADE Dr. Rath enau Says in Speech that tler- many is Xo Longer Afflicted. I.OTlr3rr c j. Walter German hpnau, president of the . a hf Fal Electrlc Company, delivered in r-'L' '.optimistic speech" at a meet tJ f the company FridaT regarding r'!anxs industrial and economic J Editions, according to Reuter's Am-lr(-am correspondent. -"o", Ilf,thenau is quoted as , saying: ial l "lJVIO-y concerning raw -Ion vanished. The blockade no nger- afflicts us. On the contrary, 'Iuf'-1Kl who nPel to destroy us in-ferVrt-ally and economlcally, now suf-' ad-p heavlest from her own block are v."hile we desPlte the blockade, of af'i,; t0 continue our immense work . Prod'jciner unnrpcpilpntPf! nuantities ori? r,rnaterlal- "We see that England thP ",hard to raise the means. to meet Vb.ils for thousands : of millions, bave PendinS on home ; production, and " v-ttyeu economic emoarrassmeni UW' the - hop. that Ttin "uuaunpuons to xne war loan ' CCn f 1 Vr t -i . : JS M lu uuc inaepenuence urvau. QUESTION W ""J """" Lennewada Bridgehead Claim- s - ' .. t ed to Have Been Taken. CRITICAL FOR RUSSIANS j . ; ' ;! . . - " 1 Germans Cross the River the Rus sians Would be Compelled to Bvacuate Riga and Possibly Lose Command to the Gulf :bH--HhK' M..I..I..l..l..l.j. f. ACCEPTS IN PRINCIPLE X PROPOSALS OP ALLIES JL Athens, (via Paris), Sept. 3. It is announced here that Ser- bia has accepted in principle the entente proposals for territorial concessions ta Bulgaria with the reservation that the new Serbian - frontier remain in contact with Greece in some part. The Greek chamber adjournes tomorrow- until October 14. t M"M"M-I 4 London, Sept. 8. The Germans in their official report todays claim to have carried by assault the fortified bridge head at Lennewada on the Dvina river between Friedrlchstadt and Riga. This is considered for the Russians the most critical point on their whole front, for. should the Germans succeed in crossing the Dvina Russians would be I compelled to evacuate Riga , and their positron between Dvina-and vtma. and even Southwest of the latter, cjty' would be Jeopardized. ' " ' y However, the " Germans do not yet claim to' have crossed the river, which is being defended by a reinforced army commanded by General Ruzsky, who stopped the previous German advance on the Bzura river in front of Warsaw. Military critics believe that if the Russians fail here the German fleet would gain command of the gulf of Riga and by landing troops at Pernau considerably shorten the protracted march to Petrograd, which is under stood to be the ultimate object of the German higher command. " In view of the importance of the battle raging along the lower Dvina, the - fighting elsewhere loses some of its interest. Grodno, which the Rus sians evacuated, apparently proved an empty shell to the Germans as they captured only 400 - prisoners. To the northwest of Vilna the Russians are on the offensive, and while the Ger mans say the Russian counter-attacks have been a complete failure, Petro grad says the counter-offensive se riously threatens the German left flank. Center Still Retiring. The Russian center is still retiring (Continued On Page Eight) SOLDIERS ENGAGE l 1 HGHT WITH BATJCITS One Mexican is Killed and Three Are Captured. Mexicans Fire Across Rio Grande at American Aeroplane and Later . !'. ' Turn Guns on Soldiers Guarding Brownsville. Brownsville, Texas, September 3. A detachment of the 12th United States Cavalry early tonight had a short flght with four Mexican bandits, one of whom was killed and the other three captured, about 12 miles north of here. None of the cavalrymen was injured.. The prisoners were taxen to San Ben ito. .-'-J' . '; "; ' ' ' Two :' hundred cavary and infantry commanded by Captain S. H. Hawkins of the third cavalry tonight are guard ing the old jBtage . coach road and the railroad leading to San Benito. Detachments are stationed- at every bridge and crossing. Likewise irriga tion and; power plants throughout this region are guarded. V It was learned today that , a band of twelve Mexicans crossed - into Texas last . night and robbed two Mexican stores at Ojo de Aguas. -?3 A detachment of United States cay-, airy arrived- on the scene just as the last of the band stepped from a boat onto Mexican soil. ; ' ' Safely across the river, the Mexicans jeered the troops and dared them to shoot. . ' - fji . Mexicans on the Mexican side , of the Rio Grande late today fired nearly a hundred ' shots at an American army aeroplane flying, over. Brownsville and then turned their guns against a squadron of American soldiers on guard at the Brownsville electric light plant. The soldiers got behind shelter and returned the fire.; There were no Casualties. United- States soldiers stationed at '- v (Continued on-Page J3Xjtnt.) WELMEfrQTCXN, ill i ii in n urnnnrn .. .... ... : n DCLItVtD RtMUtD ED ROBBERY Dr. and Mrs. Mohr Were Both Victims of Conspiracy? IS LATTER'S DEFENSE Sirs, Mohr Accompanies Husbands Body to CemeteryWeeps Convulsive lyMiss Burger Gives De tails of the Shooting. Providence, R. I., Sept. 3. The de fense of , Mrs. Elizabeth Tiffany Blair Mohr to the charge that in a jealous rage she plotted the death of her hus band, will be that both Dr. C. Frank lin Mohr and herself were victims of a conspiracy, unless ' present expecta tions 'are disappointed. In an interview today, which was terminated when she lost her compo sure for. the first time since Tier ar rest, she declared her belief that the three negroes who now accuse her had planned to waylay Dr. Mohr and rob him. She holds that when they broke down under the grilling of the police, they hoped to mitigate their punish ment by representing that they had been Incited by her on promise of a reward. . The body of Dr. Mohr today was placed in a receiving tomb at Swan Point cemetery after briefl ceremonies at the Mohr home in the presence of several relatives and neighbors. Mrs. Mohr and her two children, Charles Franklin, Jr., and Virginia1 Blair, were present and accompanied the body to the cemetery. Mrs. Mohr did not look at the body. Only once did she show any emotion. Then for a few moments as she stood near the casket, she wept convulsively.- - ..V-t: ;" Miss Emily Q. . Burger, the doctor's secretary, jealousy ofwhom, It is al leged, Inspired" the crime, has not yet been told of the death of her employ er. She is at the hospital recovering from bullet wounds received while on the automobile ride with Dr. Mohr. After visiting her today,- her brother-in-law, George Rooke,said her feel ings' f orj.the -phyBidafc::we.f etefrithat knowledge of his death 'Wud"-Jcill heri "For a long time,'4ne said, "Miss Burger did all in hef power tore-unite Dr. Mohr and his wife. She found that he was bitter against Mrs.' Mohr and would not entertain any such idea." Miss Burger gave Rooke a statement which was in substance as follows: : Details of the Shooting. "Dr. Mohr was suspicious during the ride. , Healis ran the machine from the Stewart "street office at a high rate of speed. Several times the doctor remarked about it. "We did not stop until the chauffeur brought the machine under the trees on the Washington road. George then switched off the headlights and turned on the sidelights, remarking 'I am hav ing trouble with the gas.' "We sat in the tonneau of the ma chine and neither questioned him. "I was startled by the first shot but thought It was the, car back-firing. A second shot did not make me realize my danger. Then three successive shots caused me -to feel pain behind my ear and in my shoulder but even then I did not realize that I was wounded and thought .that some accident had occur red to the car. . - r "I Jumped up when I saw the blood streaming from Dr. Mohr's .wounds, but all this time I had no idea of the ' (Continued on Page Eight.) CONSIDERED MOMDPOLY Brief is Filed in Government Anti-Trust Suit Proceeds Upon Same Theory of Law as That Filed in the Supreme Court Against the Harvester Com pany Last Spring. . Baltimore, Sept. 3. A brief on be half of the government in its anti-trust suit against the American Can Com pany was filed in the United States district court here today by the De partment of Justice officials. The doc ument proceeds upon the same theory of the law as the brief filed last spring in the Supreme Court in the Harvester case. SUIT INSTITUTED LAST YEAR. Brief Filed Yesterday is in Support of the Complaint. Washington, Sept. 3. The anti-trusi suit against the American Can Com pany charging it with being5 a monop oly in restraint' of trade, was instituted last year and 'voluminous testimony has been taken since. - The brief filed today is tns support of the complaint and , declares that the American com pany. Is not a natural growth but an artificial combination which "controls more than 50 per cent of the trade. . The government" contends that such a construction; oh the one hand, will preserve from undue restraint the free aoflon' of competition1 in interstate c ?" me re e which was the . purpose of the act, and on the -,- other hand, will gtve full scope to business develop ment by . every" normal and legitimate means and will in no manner inter fere i"wlth th 'creation . of - business units large -enough, to. obtain the high est economic efficiency. - s"" MERG1 CAN COMPANY "N. O., SATXJBDAT MORG. SEPTEMBEK 4, 1915 German Chancellor and-Minis ter He Overcame 5x m l$$gw iiMli raff " : ' in i mi . ijh i ni'ini miuj. mnivmiimmmmmmwimmmmmnmtmvnr- air" Dr. von Bethmann-Hollwegr, '. Chancellor of Germany. GREWWIIiy And PermirShipment of Ger man Goods to America. RESULT OF CONFERENCE Definite Announcement of Conditions Expected Within Few Days at Washington -Statement Is sued byState Depart met. : Washington, ' Sept. 3. Conferences now in progress between Great Britain and France in regard to trade ;out of neutral European ports, are expected to result in a definite announcement of conditions under which": Great Britain will relax its orders in council , to per mit the shipment of German or Austrian-made goods to the United States. A statement issued tonight by the State Department revealed that . Am bassador Page a, London had . been in formed of these conferenc.es and -told that an answer might be expected at a later date to his informal inquiry as to what treatment would he accorded applications for shipment permits made through the department's foreign-trade advisers as .unofficial representatives of Americans owning millions of - dol lars' worth of merchandise now held up at Rotterdam ' , In its statement the department says: Sany Importers. Mistaken. "Many importers are laboring . under a mistaken irnpresslon in regard to Great Britain's 'attitude touching the bringing forward 6f "goods of German origin. They seem 'td "believe - .that goods contracted for' prior to MarclrALl wiin legal iiauiii.y uj. pajpieui are now freely coming "forward and that ' ap plications will be received by the Brit ish embassy at this" capital.. This is an error.';- ; ' V ' .' "The. American consul general, at; London Informed the department" that attorneys on tne4.ground'were obtaining permits for 'such1 goods upon' certain conditions which, were " not specifically stated. v ; v,v-w. ; - '-:v'-V -- , "The department is now' sending a cablegram tdAmtassador;Page at Lon don stating that- the American' import ers not represented by private attor neys in London feel that they should receive notice of any relaxation of the application of.1 the British order in council in regard to; goods owned by them In Rotterdam and are . now : en titled to full -information as to whether their applications would be received, in London or by the British' embassy-here through the lunofficiaj? aid of. the for- eign trade advisors War News -at a Glance The great battle' being waged in Courland, upon the outcome of which hinges the fate of the important Rus sian port of Riga, at present a closed gate to a possible German advance on Petrograd, is the dominant feature of the latest war news. Further success by' the Germans in their attempt to force a crossing of the Dvina river is reported from Berlin, but the Russians are defending this -most crucial line stubbornly. -" Along the rest of the eastern line fierce fighting is continuing at various points. Northwest ana went of Vilna the Russians have been making coun ter attacks but the Germans claim that this Russian offensive undertaken in an attempt to arrest the Teutonic advance, has resulted in failure. -.Vienna 'an nounces that at several points near the Galiclan frontier, the Russians - again are, offering resistence along the en tire front. , In the western theatre there has been at many points violent cannonading. . . On the Austro-Italian frontier the main activity has been in the Tolmine district where, Vienna asserts, an at tack against the bridgehead was re pulsed! . It is announced in Athens that . Serbia has accepted in principle the proposals made by the entente powers for terri torial, concessions to Bulgaria. Serbia is said to have made the reser. vatlon that her new frontier remain in contact with Greece in some part. Ac cording to a semi-official announcement from Nish, the Serbian reply will be presented at an early date.. The .efforts of the Pope in behalf of peace continue to foe an absorbing ; topic. . The , pontiff has expressed the be lief that .the United States is now in a position to address groups of belli gerents in the matter of peace with the probability of . inducing them to take the preliminary steps which would lead to negotiation, for the ending of the war. , ; . In London the rumors of peace ov ertures are exciting considerable inter est but It is authoritatively stated that the rumors have no foundation in any step taken by the British government or in, any .statement issued in London from" authoritative sources. It is ad ded that England has no intention of making at present any concessions other than those enumerated in Prem ier ; Asoulth's ' speech on November Bth when he i said "The - irreducible mini mum of terms included the restoration Of - Belgium, security for France against aggression, the- rights of exis tence for small nations and the over throw of - the -Prussian military ma chine." - San , Francisco, Sept. 3. William Howard "Taft,"who as president- of , the United States broke ground for the; Panama-Pacific- Exposition four' years ago, tonight v burned the exposition mortgage in - a .ceremoney ? whiclf sym bolized . payment ; of all indebtedness. The ashes were cast to -.the! wtnd -rom an' illuminating: aeroplane;, q . jiv's in Arabic Case. Grand Admiral von Tlrplts, . Originator of "Frightf ulness." Chancellor yon Bethmann-Hollweg, chancellor of the German empire, has proved the victor in the intense fac tional fight, with Grand Admiral von Trpita, n command of the Geri.ian navy, over. the submarine policy, with the result .that Germany has virtually apologized to ; the United States for the sin kin gr ' of ' tn"eTiirsltahla and" the Arabic The chancellor" ahd. the author of the policy of rightfulness" met the kaiser on the eastern battle front the other day, and fought out the question. The result has been what President Wilson hoped for. The German policy which caused the sinking of the,Lusi tania and the Arabic, forthe continua tion of which von Tirpitz struggled, has been abandoned. Such is the tenor of the note , "delivered by Ambassador von Bernstorff to Secretary of State Lansing, Wednesday. BIG SECRET LOAN - t TO ? To Temporarily Correct Ex change Rate on Sterling. WALL STREET REPORT The Amount is Said to Have Been from Fifty to Hundred Million Dol- lars Exchange. Rate Makes T Spectacular. Rise. , New York, Sept. 3. All indications today tended ; to confirm a report cur rent in Wall Street that Great Britain had borrowed from $50,000,000 to $100, 000,000 'temporarily, in this market to correct the exchange rate on sterling until such -time as her : commissioners shall reach New York and consummate negotiations looking-toward the flota tion -of a much larger credit loan here. There was no confirmation or denial of this report by the" big men of New York's financial world. Two of the shipments of collateral on ' which this preliminary loan was issued, totaling about $55,000,000, were brought from Great Britain to Halifax, it was report ed, aboard' British men-of-war and shipped thence to New York with about $4)0,000,000 in gold within the past 30 days. . The other securities were said to have arrived here yesterday on the Adriatic and St. Paul. Spurred by an unseen stimulant, rates rallied in a spectacular manner today, sterling soaring ten cents or more at the opening of the market. They fell back later, but on the day's transactions a substantial gain of three and one-half cents was recorded. Sterling closed at $4.66. Conservative . estimates of Great Britain's needs, here in the form of credit placed the sum today at a mini mum of half a billion dollars with twice that sum mentioned as an outside to tal. A billion dollar loan if floated would not, it-is thought, be raised on one huge issue. But a half billion, dol lar loan, it was - thought, might be floated. ; i To furnish this staggering sum, It was said, the bankers , of. all the chief cities of the country would be called on to participate. 'AH 'reserve centers and some cities where there are no re serve banks' would be represented In conference with , "New" York. , BThey wouig joe - asKea to - contribute sthelr :r? 7 (Continued on Page Bights IDE BRITAIN WHOLE DUMBER 39312 THIRTY MILLIONS TO HE CARE OF THE COTTON CROP Reserve Board and Secretary McAdoo Take Definite s , Steps to Aid Growers. . OTHER CROPS INCLUDED Government Will Extend Aid, if Necessary to Handle Any Staple Crops. .Washington,. .September. 3. Definite s.teps were taken -today by the Federal Reserve Board' and Secretary McAdoo, of the Treasury Department, to ex tend aid to cotton producers of the South and to clear the way for hand ling the fall crop without the uncer tainty and difficulty experienced last year. The board issued new regulations au thorizing Federal reserve banks to give special re-dlscount rates on prom- I issory notes secured by warehouse re ceipts for. staple agricultural products with the restriction that member banks must not charge more than .six. per cent to the borrower. Secretary McAdoo announced he would soon deposit $5,000,000 in gold as an initial deposits in each of the Federal reserve banks at Richmond, Atlanta and Dallas. Fifteen million dollars more is to be deposited later. In a statement he said .that if' con ditions showed the. need .of deposits elsewhere to aid in handling any oth er crop, he would extend similar gov ernment aid. ; Applies to Other Crops, Too. The- new regulations are broad enough to apply to all staple readily marketable crops but it is well known that the cotton crop is the one which has given concern of late. The board announced that" the reserve banks in Atlanta and Dallas already had re quested a. discount rate of 3 per cent, on .the sort of paper mentianed in the regulations. The announcements tonight followed meetings that have occupied the time of the board" and Mr. McAdoo most of the last two . days. Although when the Secretary originally - proposed i de posits of government funds In South ern reserve banks alone, many months ago, the plan was not favored by sev eral members of the board, it was not opposed during the recent discussions. Some members indicated, however, that as the total cotton crop probably would be worth about $800,000,000, they did not think $30,000,000 would go far towards handling it. THE SCHEME EXPLAINED. Practically the Same, as. Announced by Mr. McAdoo. .Recently. ; (Special, Star Telegram.) Washington, D. C, Sept. 3. Secre tary of the Treasury McAdoo decided today to deposit $30,000,000 In gold In the Federal .Reserve banks at Rich mond, Atlanta and Dallas to assist the cotton producers of the South. He or dered $15,000,000sent to the banks im mediately, $5,000,000 to each as the in itial deposit. Mr. McAdoo several days ago an nounced that he would deposit the. $30,000,000 in the South to aid the cot ton growers If it became necessary He determined today . . that the step would be advisable. . The scheme is the same as announced, except that Mr. McAdoo decided that it would be better to place the money with the Federal Reserve banks instead of the member banks of the Federal Reserve system The Federal Reserve Board today adopted regulations whereby all Na tional banks and state banks whth are members of the Federal Reserve system may lend money to farmers and others on notes secured by cotton which' is properly warehoused and in sured, and have the notes re-discount- ed by the Federal Reserve banks. The rate of interest charged, including commissions, must not exceed 6 per. cent. The notes must not run for mora than 90 days. Mr. McAdoo Intends to take the $30, 000,000 in gold from the' fund of gold, coin and gold certificates in the Unit-, ed States Treasury and the sub-treasuries. The Treasury statement of Thursday shows the fund, of gold coin to be $60,095,503.99, and the fund of gold certificates to be $29,947,240. How Farmer Gets Money. To illustrate .how the proposed relief is avialable to the cotton producer, the following is given, as an example:" A borrower asks his local bank for a loan on : his note, secured by ware house receipts for cotton. If the bank is satisfied that. the. cotton, is in a re sponsible wa.reho.use, properly insured. and that, the note, is good,. It may make the loan. If the. local, bank charges the borrower a. rate. of interest, includ ing commission, . not. exceeding 6 Pr cent per-annum, it .-. may endorse the note over to the Federal Reserve bank of its district, and the Federal Reserve bak may advance to the local bank the full amount of the loan. - The rate of interest which, the Feder al Reserve t bank will charge the local bank will be sufficiently low, say 3 per' cent, to enable the local bank. to make loans at a. rate of interest notj exceeding 6 per cent per annum, and; have a liberal margin of profltbn such, transactions. ' It must not be inferred that the regulations- adopted by- -the Federal ! Re serve v board - concerning commodity loans apply only- to- cotton.- These reg ulations apply' vto - all '' non-perishable and staple commodities in all parts of the country and- -like -credit facllitl : f continued on rage juignuj x .-- -1 - 1 1 l ;;)! i i i T.i: M . -, ... S .a i t i i v I i It' 1 H.. (&!: ! I. ; . u ' 5 i r f i 'I r is I ir ! f 4 If I 'i - it.
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