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ONE HALF BILLION Wall Street Reports Say That is the Sum American Fin-; anciers WilLJ-end. AN OVERNIGHT CHANGE Some Authorities Say Anglo French Commissioners Didn't Expect Billion. Xew York, Sept. 16. The proposed billion dollar loan to Great Britain and France shriveled today in the gossip of Wall Street to half its previous . size. Five hundred millions was the sum which current reports set as the amount American financiers would lend. At least one financier in close touafl with the situation was quoted as say ing that this sum would be loaned. The commission itself and its American financial aides had nothing to say as to this phase. In some manner not understood to night the situation underwent a change overnight. There was an almost unan imous opinion among bankers whose views could be obtained that a billion dollars was not needed, and that in naming this vast sum at the outset the commission sought to place itself in an advantageous trading position. This is the way some financial au thorities regarded the situation to night: Didn't Expect Billion Loan. The commission asked f or . a billion dollars, but did not expect to get the full amount. To" this request bankers would naturally make a counter offer say a half billion. ' There would then follow a series of parleys. The commission would reduce the amount by 50 to 100 millions, and the American bankers would add a few millions to their previous offer. After a period of negotiations, they would reach a common figure, and definite terms as to interest, duration of the loan and other details could be ar ranged fairly soon. The Anglo-French commissioners, in the opinion of Wall Street, are master players in the game of world finance. They do not betray by their words, what their intentions iare, nor do they place all their cards on the table at once, as Wall Street views it. Conse quently, it is expected there will be many more developments before it will tw seen what they really are striving for, and whether they wlil win. A dozen or more prominent New York bankers talked with the commission ers today at a meeting place whose whereabouts was not disclosed. . J. P. Morgan and two of his partners, Henry P. Davison, and Dwight W. Morrow were among the number. Who the others were was not disclosed. A num. ber of bank presidents were not at their downtown desks, however, at the hour when the meeting was held. Issuance of formal statements was begun tonight by the commission. It is expected such statements will be is sued daily so long as negotiations are in progress. Tonight's statement reads as follows: Formal Statement Issued. "The mission has nothing of fresh importance to say. Its members have continued largely in their individual capacities and occasionally as a body, the discussions already begun with reference to the exchange markets and kindred subjects. "Figures have been collected going to show the total exports in recent years of cotton, grain and other food stuffs to Great Britain, the total of such fig ires having such a direct bearing upon the question of establishing credits , in this country. The figures as published today give the , total commodity ex ports of this country last year to Great Britain, Canada and France as approx imately $1,600,000,000, th great part of that being for articles of normal ex- Prt. These figures, if correct, as we J "sume them to be, indicate the great volume of International trade involved in this whole situation. "As to any actual negotiations, covering- a proposed loan, it is almost too m"ch to say that they are actually un flfcr way as yet .but so much has al ready been accomplished in ascertain ing the exact facts of the situation that it is hoped that the time for some definite statement as to progress will soon arrive." , Rockefeller Studying Details. A representative of John D. Rocke feller, jr., confirmed late today the re port that Mr. Morgan had placed before Rockefeller tentative details of the proposed loan, with a view to having rrr- Rockefeller subscribe to it, al wough Mr. Rockefeller had not yet 6en asked to do so. In his behalf .it is said he had neither opposed 'nor IT ,uaed the Project, but had taken It under consideration. Considerable importance was attach visit made today by Jacob H. iff, of Kuhn, Loeb & Company, to James J. Hill, at Mr. Hill's office. Re ewai of the report that the so-called -'ifrman financial interests of New , rk !"ight participate in the loan fol- erl. their tails. Neither would dls harf excPt to say that Mr. Schiff ' caued to extend birthday congrat ntions to Mr. Hill. . : sav- 11,11 was luoted afterward as ha'iJT the commission would obtain a "air Wlion dollars here. f IVOtXD WITHDRAW DEPOSITS Parian Organization OnniMM the ink, V n k! o-Fr e n eh Loan. :A "hnstown, Pa., Sept- 16. Alex Cov Aifi "2-ti0nal President of the Verhaboy ith 9ety' a Maeyar organization nl " -8.000 members, announced - to ent that the association had agreed (Continued on Page Elgnt. . ; , ,' V-OB -' i V ; JS Mir & - F w " I . James F. J Archibald. Archibald is the man who held an American passport and left here with messages from Dr. Konstantin T. Dumba, Austrian ambassador to the United States, to Premier Burian. These messages have resulted in the demand for the recall of the ambassa dor and his own request for his recall. He is , now on his way back to the United States, and on his arrival the United States attorney at New York will take up the case. Note From Germany Deliver ed at Washington . ADVANCES MINE THEORY Action by American Govern mcnt Not Contemplated at Present No Proof That Liner Was Torpedoed Has Been Received. Washington, Sept. 16. Germany's note informing the United States that there is no reason to believe the liner Hesperian was sunk by a submarine reached the State Department today. Secretary Lansing said no action in the case was contemplated at this time. There Is no evidence before the depart ment to prove whether the liner was attacked or struck by a mine. The German note declared all reports received-.from submarine ' commanders indicate that there was no submarine in the vicinity when the explosion which wrecked the Hesperian occurred, and expresses belief ' that the vessel wa3 blown up by a-mine. In view of the , ;nature of the explosion and the fact that It was .well forward. Although dispatches from London and Queenstown at the time stated that the Hesperian had been torpedoed, the explosion occurred when the vessel was about a hundred miles outside of the zone in which German submarines us ually operate, and so far as is known here nobody on board has claimed to have seen a submarine or torpedo. . The State Department today an nounced receipt of a message from the American legation at Berne, Switzer land, stating that the note asking for recalt of Ambassador Dumba was de livered in Vienna on September 10th. Officials were unable to explain the failure of the American embassy at Vienna to asknowledge receipt of the note, but it is presumed telegraphic communication was . interrupted be tween Vienna and Berne, Just after the message from Washington reached its destination. . NEGRO VOTERS WERE DRIVEN FROM POLLS BY- THE POLICE. Testimony In Indianapolis Trial of Election Frauds Cases. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 16. How ne gro voters were preventedf rom : regis tering by- the police who drove them away with riot clubs, was related by a number of witnesses for the state to day in the trial, of Mayor Joseph, E. Bell on a charge of election conspiracy. Among the witnesses were Arthur Rob inson, state senator and candidate for the Jtepubllcan' nomination for United States senatof; Robert H. Bryson, former 'postmaster; James F. Clearyr state representative; Sheriff George V. Coffin, Walter Pritchard, deputy prose cutor, ; and a number of negroes. Several of the witnesses testified that the riot clubB were handed the police men by Samuel V. Perrott, chief of po lice, and indicted with Bell, with -instructions to "use them." The negroes told ' of being struck by the police. Pritchard testified that when he brought up some ;negroes- to register. Officer Hulse, tone of those indicted, saldr Tn ; you, Pritchard, If you bring anymore' colored" men here, i Til beat up you Instead-of them." DISCLAIMS ATTACK European Governments Want to Know Next American Step. DECISION NOT REACHED Recognition of Any Faction Will be Fully Considered, When Pan-American Conferess Meet Sat urday In New York. Washington, September 16. Infor mal inquiries have been made by some of ' the European governments as to Washington's next step in the Mexican situation. Ambassador. Jusserand, of France, had a long talk with Secretary Lansing today. Colville Barclay, the British charge, discussed the situation with State Department officials, and notified them that British consuls had been ordered to consult with American consuls on the advisability of with drawing from northern Mexico. From high official quarters it was learned tonight that no decision has been reached with respect to recogni tion of any government in Mexico, but that the subject will be fully consider ed at the Pan-American conference, in New York Saturday. It is understood Carranza's invitation to the conferees to meet him at some border point may not be accepted, though an invitation may be extended to him to send dele gates to a conference here. It is said the conferees wil give au diences also to representatives of oth er Mexican factions, who already are en route to Washington, so that the en tire situation may be carefully studied. Much depends on the outcome of the present struggle for military suprem acy. Villa's agents here are confident he will . turn the tide near Torreon, where Obregon is advancing for battle, hoping to completely crush the Villa movement: The Pan-American confer ees will take under consideration the amount of territory controlled by each faction, but it is understood several weeks probably will elapse before re cognition of a government is decided UPOn.' .,r : - ... Carranza's proposal that, ifrecogniz ed, he will give due attention to the matter of claims through joint commis sions, is , believed to have been one of the purposes of Ambassador Jusser and's call today. It is unlikely,' how ever, that the question of claims wil be taken up by the United States until after a government is recognized. ON WAY TO WASHINGTON. General Garsa Goes As Commission From General Villa. El Paso, ' Texas, Sept. " 16.-t-General Roque Gonzales Garza, former presi dent of the conventionalist government in Mexico, arrived at Juarez from Tor reon today en route to Washington as a commissioner from General Villa. "I am going to find out something about the international situation," said Garza. General Felipe Angeles, also at Juarez, is expected to accompany Garza to Washington. Garza was appointed provisional president by the Mexico City conven tion in January, 1915, upon the defec tion of General Eulalio Gutierrez. He remained in office until July when he was succeeded by Lagos Chazaro. FURTHER MEXICAN RELIEF Red Cross Receives Contribution From Rockefeller Foundation. Washington, Sept. 16. Further relief work by the American Red Cross in Mexico City, where wiousanGs are de pendent upon charity for food, has been made possible by a contribution of $25,000 from the Rockefeller Foun dation. . The Red Cross Mexican relief treas ury had been empty since September 1. At that time Mr. O'Connor was notified that funds were exnaustee. -and that It might be necessary to discontinue his work. - He replied, however, that lie had sufficient supplies on hand to last about three weeks longer. FOREIGNERS ARE LEAVING. Special Trains Being Provided to Bring Them From Mexico. El Paso, Texas, Sept. 16. A special train was sent south today to pick up foreigners and bfing them to the bor der here. Another special is being made up at Chihuahua City to pene trate along the main and branch lines of the Villa railroad. From it messen ger sare to ride into isolated camps to conduct foreigners to stations where they can be picked up. GERMAN RAILROADS BUSY Transportation of Merchandise In July Greater Than Same Month in 1914. Berlin, Sept. 16 wireless to Say ville). The Overseas News agency to day says: "As indicating the healthy state of German life, the agures giving details Of railroad traffic during July,. 1915, are cited. . These show that the trans portation of , merchandise was 2.8 per cent, in excess' of July, 1914, exceeding all records. Only 7.39 per cent, of the total represented goods for the army. BODY FOUND IN RIVER Dean of Harvard Law School - Pro nounced a Suicide. -Boston, Sept. 16. The body of Prof. Ezra Ripley Thayer, deali of the Har vard law school, was found in the Charles river today. He had been miss ing two days. - Medical Examiner Mc Grath said it was a case of suicide. Dean Thayer was born In New Hamp shire in 1866. He had been under the care of a physician for some time. : Rio Janeiro, Sept. 16. The report circulated" in -the United States that a revolutionary plot has been discovered here : is erroneous. It .was the? out growth' of ; an ; alarmist rumor which lacks foundation,' i . t - - . - v British Prize Court Declares Forfeiture to Crown. VAUUED AT $15,000,000 American Packers Will Appeal to Privy Council and if Relief . ts Not Given Will Seek Further Diplomatic Aid. London, Sept. 16. Virtually all of the American meat aboard the seized Norwegian steamers, Kim, Alfred No bel, Bjerstjerne BJornsen and Fridland was condemned by the British prize court today and declared forfeited to the crowd. The cargoes were valued, at aboutyl! 6,000,000. A small part was re leased to claimants. The case has been pending for sev eral months. Thei steamships were seized last November, and efforts by the American owners to obtain an early trial failed. The hearing began in June and closed last month. Tne court said it was plain,. these ships were carryinar towarrin rvnAT,h. gen, when seizes, more than thirteen times the amount of goods which un der normal circumstances would have been taken to tiiaz port. The fact gave practical and overwhelming assurance that the goods were intended to find their way to Germany. One circum stance throwing light on the real des tination of the goods, the court said, was that the exportation of lard by one American company alone to Copen hagen in three weeks after the out break of the war was twenty times more than in periods of peace. '"Neutrals are ' expected to conduct their neutral trade during the war without false papers and with can dor, and belligerents are" entitled to expect from neutrals a frank course of conduct," said the decision,. The decision aroused intense Interest among all the representatives of Amer ican packing firms here as well as those Immediately : Involved, as no American meat products have been shipped to European neutrals since last May and the unfavorable result of the packers' case is likely to cause fur ther stoppage pf.-tbis trade. .. " " "We intend to carry the case to the privy council, where we expect to win," said Alfred R. Urlon, attorney for the Chicago packers. Will Make Further Appeal. It is known that the packers, in the event of losing in the privy council, will make further appeals through di plomatic channels with an Interna tional commission as a possible court of final appeal. The packers contend that as the orders in council of last March were not In force when (the ships were seized, it Is not even incuni bent upon them to provethat the car goes were not destined for a nation at war with Great Britain and they ex pect this contention would be upheld by an international tribunal. An additional ?7,0O0,O00 worth of products, consigned to and already paid for by Danish consignee's has been turned over In great part to the own ers. The Cudahy consignment, valued CContinued On Page Eight) American meat products, owned by Chicago packers and valued at nearly fl5,00O,00O, have been forfeited to the crown, by the British prise court. These products composed the cargoes of the four Norwegian steamships seised last fall. The judgment! was based on evi dence that the products were destined for Germany. Hard fighting continues on the east ern war front. Additional German suc cesses In the region of Dvlnsk, In Northwest Russia, are reported by Ber lin. The Russians are strenuously re sisting on many fronts, but the Teutons are making progress, according to their versions, at all points along the east ern battle front. In the Dvlnsk section the Germans have moved nearer to Jacobstadt, and 25 miles northeast of Dvlnsk they have forced the Russians across the right bank of the Dvlna.. In the central sec tor, due east of Warsaw, Plnsk has been taken by the Austro-Germans, and It Is declared the territory between the Prlpet and Jaaolda rivers also Is In their hands. On the western front and along the Austro-Itallan lines of battle there has been nothing but heavy artillery en gagements, which seemingly are with out important results. Constantinople, In reporting on the recent fighting on the Galllpoll penin sula, says the Turks, near Anaf arta dis persed the ; Allies by a surprise attack and that the Ottoman forces have suc cessfully bombarded Allied" positions near Seddub-Bahr, Cape Helles, the landing place at Lake Burnu, and bat teries at Hisaarllk. Up to August 21 the British casualties in the Dardanelles were 87,630. Of this total 17,608 officers and men were kill ed. The British submarine E-7, which had been carrying on important opera tions in the Dardanelles and the- Sea of Marmora, has been given up for lost by the British admiralty. The Russian Duma has' been prorog ued, until the middle of November. The only opposition to the proroguatlon was on the part of a section of' the Labor ltes and Radicals, Russia has called j to the - colors the Reserves of the Territorial Army. France, it is stated, also proposes to call out a contingent of 400,000 youths of 18 and 19 years of age, who in peace would begin their military service In 1917.' The line contingent already la In camp; waiting : to be sent to rein force the'army in the Mtunu-v , War News at a Glance r. n" n M,.t mm.,,,, i .... llP 1 1 r - - ?w - v I t J German 42 Centimetre Shell. Herbert Corey, the famous war. cor respondent, who has ; been with the Frenoh army at" the front.has written that the Germans ' have their 42 centi metre guns planted; sp near Nancy, in France, that they could drop 42 centi metre shells into the city, and per haps destroy It. These are the shells SOUTH AMERICA OPEN FOR TRADEWITH 11. S. Disappointment that Oppor tunity Has Not Been Seized' Dr. Rowe Declares American Exporters Have Failed to Adjust Themselves to Changed Conditions Brought on By European War. New York, Sept. 16. Dr. L. S. Rowe, secretary general of the" Pan-American Financial Congress, who returned to day from a three months' investigation of financial, industrial and commercial conditions' in' South America, declared that in Peru and in Chile especially, he found- a feeling of disappointment that American exporters had not taken ad vantage of the opportunity to build up clcser trade relations. Dr, Rowe.. who is professor of politi cal science at the University of Penn sylvania, , also was entrusted with a special mission by Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo to confer with fi nance ministers with a view to giving early effect to the resolutions passed by the . recent Washington meeting of the Congress. American exporters, Dr. Rowe de clared, failed to adjust themselves to the changed conditions brought about by the European war. He found they 'appeared unwilling to grant credit such as South American countries were ac customed to receive. Manufacturers here must overcome this, if they would capture the trade of South America in the opinion of Dr. Rowe. DEFAULT OF TREASURER CAUSES A RUN ON BANK Police and Fire Departments Called Out ; to Disperse Crowds. Ansonla, Conn., Sept. 16. Ansonia's entire police and fire departments were called .out tonight to disperse a crowd of about 5,000 persons that gathered after I the announcement that State Bank. Commissioner Sturges had taken charge of the Savings Bank of Ansonla. The treasurer of the institution, former Mayor Franklin Burton, is under arrest, Charged with embezzling $36,000 on bo gus notes during a period of 15 years. -A run on the bank started Just before business closed, and the directors in voked the sixty days notice rule. The bank's last;, statement, January, 1915, showed deposits of $3,075,216, and surplus of $63,000. t The bank issued a statement, saying that all depositors would be 'paid, . " i ,:-::-:-S:a-. i which would, tear the place to. bits' and ruin phe of ' the r beautiful cities of France! , Rut'.th'e Germans fear to try. French guns" are trained on Metz, a larger, city.'. Mr.. Corey saw a number of these already set up. and aimed at Metz ready to fire the moment the Germans dropped one of their shells fn the . French city. INTENDEDJY BRITISH Against the American Foreign Trade Advisers Policy Now Is .to Release Goods of German or Austrian Origin Con signed to United States if X Purchased Before War. tondon, Sept. 16. -The government deified tonight that it had any inten tion to discriminate against the Amer ican State Department foreign trade advisers in favor of representatives of private trade Interests in securing re lease of goods of German or Austrian origin consigned to the United States from neutral ports. .The government here points out that its policy , how is to order the. release of any such goods , on proof that they either were paid lor before March 1 or that the American consignees order ing the goods foerore that time ulti mately will be compelled to pay for them. foreign Secretary Grey explained in the House of Commons today that the government was. not Interfering with shipment from Germany of such goods. Sir" Edward said also that Great Brit ain was permitting free passage of drugs and certain chemicals produced only in Germany for which neutrals had an imperative need. KILLS HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN THEN HIMSELF ailssissippl Man Mentally Deranged, is Verdict of Coroner's Jury. Hattlesburg, Miss, . Sept. 16. After Killing his wife early today with a shotgun, and almost severing the beads of his two young daughters, Monroe M. Liee, aged 35, a farmer residing near here, placed the muzzle of the gun in his mouth and blew the top of his head off. A coroner's Jury returned a verdict that while mentally deranged, Lee killed his ' wife and children and then took his own life. The children, aged 6 to 4, apparently had been killed while they slept. Their throats were cut with a pocket knife. Mrs. Lee evi dently had struggled with her husband, the -authorities said, as one hand was severed at the wirst by the load of shot which took effect in her breast. Persons who testified at the inquest said Lee had been in poor health for several months. Washington,- Sept. 16. Captain Jas. Henry Glennon, now on . the special board of naval , ordnance,' has bee ap pointed by Secretary Daniels command ant 'of the .Washington ; navy yard and superintendent of th'egu factory.; - rain BACK BYJIISSIAtIS Forced Across the Stripa and Retire Westward North of Galician Frontier. DVINSK IS ENDANGERED Teutons Continue to Advance Slowly in the North and Center of the -Lines. London, Sept.- 16.-5tern battles are being fought all' aidng ' the eastern front from Riga to the Rumanian bor der and, while the Germans continue to advance slowly in the north and center, Russian successes continue in , -the South. The Austrc-German armies are being driven back across the river Stripa in Gallcia- and have been forced to retire westward, north of the Ga- lician frontier. While these Kusslan victories natu rally are Welcomed in Russia and the allied countries as-, an evidence that the Russian armies still are able to take the offensive when well supplied with ammunition, there is no Inclina tion to exaggerate their importance. The engagements at least keep the Teutons busy and make it imperative to send . reinforcements southward, which could be used to better advan tage in the North where operations of much greater moment are being di- : rected by von Hlndenburg. This general who began his offensive 7 against the VllnaOvinsk railway a week ago, has not yet established him self on the line. His cavalry, which did reach it, has been driven back. Nev ertheless he has driven the Russians across the Dvina river, north of Dvinsk, placing that city in a rather dangerous position, and also has made some progress north of Vilha. Russians - Re-Occupy - Villages. South of Vilna, toward" Grodno, the Russians are offering stubborn reels- i tence and have the Germans firmly held. In the center also, Prince Leo pold has been delayed in his advance. Von Mackensen has passed his forces through the -fMpet marshes and now is in possession1 of Pinsk. From this point southward the Russians are ad vancing and re-occupied several vil lages but they are not expected to push their advantage much- further, as to do so would make- their-northern flank vulnerable. Much importance Is-attached to Rus sia's decision to call to the colors the reserves of the territorial army. Should the age limit be fixed- at 35 years, this fresh call would mean the possi ble addition of eight million men to the Russian armies,- including the men who had passed through the first line and the reserves and those who here tofore have been exempted as students, or only sons, or- men - who are not quite up to the -physical standard. Naturally, all of these could not be armed and equipped, but -Russia could have the pick of them.- - With Russia now well supplied with munitions, her allies, who have been supplying her, are able to turn their attention to their- own awnies and, in consequence, there is no cessation In the artillery engagements- which have been so marked in the west for several years past. British Submarine Missing. In the .Dardanelles 'the British losses have totalled -67630 up- to August 21, including . 17,608 killed. The British submarine E-7, operating in these wa ters, which the Turks claim to- have sunk, is admitted by the British ad miralty to have been missing since Sep tember 4. The E-7 did much damage to Turkish shipping in the sea of Mar mora, and, after blocking the railway line near Kara Burnu, by bombarding it from the sea, shelled a troop train, and blew up tnree ammunition cars at tached to- it. Evidence reached London today that the situation of the neutral Balkan states is becoming more and more acute. Berlin newspapers are said to be publishing sensational telegrams In timating that Kumania's participation In the war may be expected at any minute, and that Glornale d'ltalia, of Kome, says that because of the con centration of Greek and Rumanian ' troops on the Bulgarian frontier, Bul garia has instructed her representa tives at Athens and Bucharest to re quest an immediate and definite ex planation. ' CLAIMS FRONT IS UNBROKEN Vienna Statement Says Russian At tempts Unsuccessful. Vienna, (via London), Sept. 16. "All Russian attempts to shake our front remain without result," says the official statement. "Yesterday the enemy di rected his main attacks against our front on the middle Stripa river. He was repulsed everywhere. "Our troops co-operated In flank at tacks on the Buczacz bridgehead and in the region south of Zolocze. The village ' of Zebrow, south of Zolocze, was taken by storm and 11 officers and 1,900 men and three machine guns were captured." PATRONIZING HOME FOLKS Only Raleigh Architects and Contrac tors to Get Part of f 100,000. (Special Star Telegram.) Raleigh, N." C, Sept. 16. Raleigh: ' public school committee voted tonight' to receive bids only from Raleigh ' ar- : chitects or contractors for either plana or construction of new "school build- '; ings to be erected with the 9100,000. bonds just voted.'-. The new Murphy-, school is;to?c6st? 10,000 and -Glenwood; r f 30,000. balance- to. improve other builds ' jlngs. - ii1? 1 -.2-
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