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Official announcement of resumption cf "conversations" at St. Petersburg and Vienna,, between the Russian and Austrian governments, came today at a moment when pessimism had taken possession of all Europe. .The hope that it might lead to a peaceful solution was grasped with des peration. The news was offset later by a proclamation of mar tial law in Germany, which was regarded as pre&xunary td mobilization of the German forces for War. E,verybody seemed to settle down to await news that the great European powers had decided to engage in a struggle for supremacy . There was nothing to give the public hfe ihat general war might be averted. The London stock exchange and the big provincial city exchanges, as well as those on t&e continent, were closed, owing tt a breakdown of the credit ystem, which was made mlef feyf pojtpo This, it was pointed but, would necessarily be foilowect by fail urc of some fifty members of the London Stock Exchange. Precautionary military and naval measures taken by the British authorities are almost completed. The prevailing public opinion here is determined that England must observe her unwritten obligation to assist France, in ' her dimculties with Germany, but a small body of radicals continues to utter objections to England's involving herself in quarrels of con tinental powers. The House of Commons met at noon to clear up belated business and the King gave his assent to the bills already passed. f . Dispatches from Nish, in Servia, and from Vienna told of encounters between the Austrian and Servian troops on the fronties, but authentic details of the fighting were lacking. It seems certain these conflicts bejtvircen the frontier guards have occurred, but the military menHere point out that the stories f fighting with heavy losses, such as said to have occurred at Fotcha, are absurd, as it would be impossible for the Serv wns, in the time at their disposal, to cross the river Drina and advance twenty miles into the Austrian territory. It is also argued that announcement that half million Austrian soldiers were on the march into Servia is practically incredible. It is (v.d Austria cannot have half million men on the move in less than six weeks. Americans visiting Europe received a shock today when it Wa announced that sailing of the steamship Imperiator, from Hamburg for New York, had been cancelled, owing to the un ettled situation. There was rush to the steamship office, in an endeavor to book passages, but few or none were to be had, 85 all ships were filled to capacity until the middle of Septem ber The business men, to whom it was imperatively neces !ary to get back to America, offered premiums for berths, but yen then could not get accommodations. Lond on. July 31 It wan officially I snnou tions" ucffl here today that "conversa-1, ha-l been resiimprt hotwoon Run. 3la and Austria. Fighting Desperately. tb e.3pcra,f3 Hghting continues along ch6 ,1VPr. Drina.. according to an Ex Bot6 T"legraph dispatch from Nish. tain h StrianS Servians have SU3' 'hfto ,.hfiavy l088es- The Austrians, mg fiercely all day. failed to for m PrioPolis. lanth,er Xish dispatch says UP tm not 1 Ule Austrian invaders had by thee'lf:d in Arcing the pass held rive. J bervians at the head of Morava 'i va .... . . feet roa(i to Nish. Market Closed. The '-Hern i excnange of London, Edinb ; Mancnester, Glasgow and fieDort.fWere closei today. exchange of A Ben y Has Dec,ared War. ZiTr Tartf Pah to the Reuters few U1patch to the Reuters Z&lPlPEfiHRQ and the military authorities will take charge of the situation in. conformity with, the German constitution. ' A Sign' Of Peace Report that Prince Henry, of Prus sia, had- gone io St. Petersburg, was regarded as a strong favorable sign for peace,' as "Emperor J William's brother, is believed to have more in fluence over the Emperor of Russia than any one else. Austrian's Repel Invasion. Vienna, July 31 The Austrian fron tier guards today repelled a strong at tack by Servians, near Klotievatz, on the Bosnian frontier, without sustain ine loss. The Servians lost an oincer and twenty-one. men. Tension Great "in The Capital Tension in theUustrian capital was greater today than at, any time since th trt. :: of the .international crisis, although nothing 'definite had occurred ? SS s" c - stock exchanges closed New York,. July 31 The con- solidated and curb exchanges here closed today. The ex- changes in Boston, Philade phia, Pittsburg and Chicago also closed on report of New York's closing. Russia must cease to procrastinate and must say distinctly and unreserv edly what she intends to do. Popular enthusiasm in connection with the war against Servia 'shows no signs of abatement. An appeal for Red Cross, nurses today met with a response of a thousand women and girls of all clashes of society. t Newspaper . Extras Suppressed. : Police authorities have forbidden publication of extra editions of news papers and even regular editions have not ben permitted to refer to the occu pation of Belgrade, which is still gen erally unknown here. The Austrian plan of campaign, it is understood here, is to attack Servia chiefly by way of Bosnia, while the armies on the Danube, in the North, simply occupy positions and remain temporarily inactive. The course of operations at the front is not known to the public and even the officers and reserves have been given no information. Dutch Army to Assemble.' The Hague, July 31 Queen Wil helmnia issues urgent decree orderin general moblization of Dutch army. Steamers Wont Sail. Hamburg, July 31 Sailing today of the giant trans-Atlantic steamer Im periator for New York, with eight hundred passengers "was : cancelled. It is " reported, the steamship Vaerlam! 'should he held in New York until'iur- ther orders. Not Mobilizing as Yet. Berlin, . July 31 The German For eign Office today gave assurances that no mobilization order would be issued in Germany today. The officials ad mitted, however, that the situation had not improved, but had became aggravated since issuance of the Rus sian mobilization order. War Clouds Heavy. The morning passed without a break in the heavy war cloud over the Eu ropean horizon and there was no re lief to the almost desparing uncertain ty existing here. Excitement continu ed to increase. Russia Wild With Excitement St. Petersburg, Russia, July 31 The population of the Russian capital kept awake throughout the night and the streets resounded with the din of pat riotic demonstrations. In quick suc cession special editions of news papers kept the excitement at boiling point. Great processions paraded the Btreets, with banners and portraits of the Emperor, whose picture was cheer ed. Striking scenes were enacted at the mobilization offers, where all classed flocked to register their names. The-flelin g was so great that utter strangers on the street in patriotic enthusiasm greeted and embraced each Either. fteealls Steamer By Wireless. New York, July 31 The Hamburg steamer, President Grant, which sailed from here yesterday with 317 passeng er!, w.8 recalled by wireless today, Germans Active On the Frontier. Paris, July 31 Military movements oh " the "German side of the frontier were very active today and French covering troops sent out outposts. A Qermjln patrol at one point actually crossed the frontier, but probably ow: ing to 'a mistake. COTTON Hi STOCK BROKERS GO TO WALL - New; York, July 31 The cotton ex change here and in New Orleans clos ed today till Tuesday. The cotton brokerage firms of S. H. P. Pell and Company, F. J. Frederickson and Co.; and Homer Howe and Company sus pended business. The stock broker age firm of Flower and Company als6 assigned. , The Vitagraph company others a side-spliting comedy today . at the Gjfalad -entitled "The Wjdow of The Red Rock. Advertisement. l (WMi bottles at MTim - mm ' 5T! ' ' J V 11 ... it' - - iiiflpilS North Carolina's Laboratory .for Sup plying Culture For Legumea How in Full BlastGettio'fl Ready Open Democratic Headquarters. r Dispatch News Bureau, Raleigh, N. p., July 3 1st Col. Alex. J. Feild has received the glad tidings." that he is duly appoint ed to a Federal job in the shape of a special agency for the United States Department of Justice and is now waiting for specific instructions as to where and in what manner he must take up his duties. The notification came to Col. Feild from Attor ney General McReynolds, who promis ed the Colonel the place some weeks ago. The place is understood to be Worth, something like a couple of thousand- dollars per year and Colonel Feild's family will continue to reside in Raleigh, much to the satisfaction of the many friends here. Col. Feild expects to have to be on the go in various parts of the country much of the time giving attention to depart ment matters. Col. Feild was private secretary to Governor Kitchin and later editor of The State Journal. The laboratory for the division of soils, State Department of. Agriculture, in which there is to be manufactured Tf'Wl- whIc the. banks can get upon a tilled tofar&WiUie -BUt abT prime cost, fifty cents per acre, is al most completed now and orders for the culture are coming in every day. A single order received today was for a sufficient quantity to inoculate six hundred acres. This came from Z. V. Pace, of Laurel Hill, who writes the department that he will put four hun dred acres in crimson clover alone early in September. There are orders for the culture on file now for 1,439 acres and every section of the State is represented. The laboratory, as it is being equipped, will be equal to any to be found anywhere in the country and will meet the demands of North Carolina farmers for years to come. It will be suDDlylne unlimited mrnnHHp within ffiw wpoka nnw in i ample time for inoculating the seeds of peas, clovers, vetches and other legumes for the fall sowing, this cul ture taking the place of nitrate of soda in improvement of soils. Charles E. Johnson, Jr., yesterday afternoon won the finals in the annual golf tournament of the Raleigh Coun try Crab, defeating R. D. W. Connor, nine .up in a thirty-six hole match. Tournament play began two months ago with sixteen golfers qualified, eli mination narrowing to Johnson and Connor with the result that Johnson gets the championship 16 golfers who won places. The in the tournament play were Charles E. Johnson, Jr., R. D. W. Connor, Gor don Smith, Baxter Durham, Dr. Joel Whitaker, C. A. Johnson, T. H. Briggs, Dr. Moncure, S. Brown Shepherd; Theo. Webb. W. J. Martin, A. P. Bau- man, B. F. Dixon, E. C. Hillier, Latti mer Williams, and J. L. Primrose. Chairman Thomas D. Warren, New Bern, and. Secretary J. R. Collie, Louis burg, of the State Democratic execu tive committee, spent the day in Ral eingh making preliminary arrange ments for the opening of -State head quarters here in Yarborough Hotel September 1st. The Democratic Hand Book for the campaign is to be ready by that time. Chairman Warren says North Carolina democracy, was never stronger and the fall elections will establish new and greater records of the dominance of Democracy among the people of the State, leaving scarce- ly "toe holt" for Republicans and Bull.be represented at the gathering. Be Moose forces. sides the usual church ceremohies: and ' - fparade there will be a banquet a re- Road In Receiver's Hands. Peoria, 111., July 31 The Chicago, Peoria and St. i Louis Railroad went Into the hands of a receiver today. The action was brought bythe Bank er's Trhst Company; of New York, fol lowing -failure oil; the 'road to pay in terest on two million dollars of bonds, due June 7st, , r v If yonwant to aeee bistictures tht:fiic 0HIP Secretary of Treasury Issues Statement to That Effect. ftEAD Y TO AID AMERICAN INTERESTS Millions in the Treasury Can Be Immediately Turned Over to Banks Upon Appli- cation. Washington, D. C, July 31, 1913 Secretary of Treasury McAdoo issu ed a statment today saying the trea sury department will help as far as "it legitimately may" In New York and elsewhere during the present situation. Secretary McAdoo's statement add ed that "The Aldrich-Vreeland act, as is still in force and the terms where by currency may be issued, under that act, are now so favorable that a resort may be made quickly and effectively to it to meet any emergency. It must be remembered that there is in the treasury. Printed and ready for issue five hundred million dollar or clrrreh- plication under that lawr ' iWsTMTot6rs the' tffgeHey-rgofftf oyejo addition to the resources of the treas ury". ' The Secretary declared the closing of the stock exchanges temporarily was a reasonable measure of protec tion to the American interests. - - PRINTERS TO HAVE BASEBALL. T00BII Cincinnati, O., July 31 On edge and ready for the annual tournament of the National Union Printers' Baseball League, a dozen teams of union types have arrived in Cincinnati or will in an appearance before the formal open ing of the tournament tomorrow. Each team appears confident of winning the championship flag and the Garry Her rmann Cup. The contests will extend through the greater part of next week and will be played on the local grounds of the National league. The league, the most unique in the national pastime, is composed1 -of twelve clubs, representing the' follow ing cities: New York, Boston, Phila delphia, St. Louis, St. Paul, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Chicago, Cleveland De- troit- Washington and Cincfcinati. Hiacn year an elimination lournameut is held in a different city in the league circuit. Besides baseball, running, jumping, "hammer-throwing ahd other field sports are held. As the annual tournaments are gala occasions de luxe, the typesticking baseball players try hard for, team po sitions, and the keen rivalry exhibit ed gives those in charge of . the club ample opportunity to select the best diamond pastimers in the printers ranks. Knights of Columbus. to Meet. St. Paul, Minn., July 31 Prepara tions on an elaborate scale were com pleted today for the receptioh nd en tertainment of the hundreds of dele gates and visitors expeted here, next week for the international contention of the Knights of Columbus. . Ail parts of the United States and Canada will ception and ball and numerous; auto mobile and boat trips to places 0f in terest in and about, the "Twin -cities. The business sessions of thecsccenyen- tion will begin Tuesday and .centinue until rnuay. ... Wallie Van the funniest tuan-on the Screen is at the Grand, theatre today with Hughle Mack Harry t Dav enporfc and enport, and William Shea,lThe Widow of. The; Red Rockaa" . "v - ' -v. :" ' " COLD SOME IN VIRGINIA r ..... - ; ' - ' , Washington, July 31. Lynch- burg and Elkins reported tem- peratures . this morning lower than ever- recorded in those -places during July in their his- tory. ' Richmond equalled its law record. 8DSIi":UlllE Municipal Ring f Politics Gets Knock ed Out Even in Japan Reformers Do the Job Neatly. Tokio, July 31. The political ma chine which for ten years has dom inated municipal government in To kio was demolished by the reformers at the recent 4nunlcij)al elections. So serious was the reverse that the or ganization, which was known as the Tokiwakai, and which has been call ed "Tokio's Tammany," has been dis solved altogether. The good government party re garded overthrow' of the organiza tion as a signle victory, and indicative of the general reform J A T. ' . mpvemeni wnicn . is sweeping over Japan in all branches of political ilfe. For the last ten years they had fought to eliminate the Tokiwakai majority in the munic ipal assembly, but . each successive at tempt met with, failure . until this year they have not only .removed the objectional majuority but also de feated its leader, S. . Morikuba, in whom they saw all of the. party's cor ruption personified. .The . charges were similar to those, which have charactered so many municipal mn- heavals in America harmful patron age, corruption in the distribution of contracts for public woijks. 'and gen eral graft. . ... The success this yean -was due largely to the. younger element, which was organized' into an antl: machine v body. Public tneetinga-were held- and almost evjery: means of -po- litical publicity; .utilized to arouse fho I . . - . . . a .... ment. The 'election continued rfor three daySj, tt the end. of which the reformists had captured all but 21 of the 75 seats in the assembly, Mori kubo, the ousted - leader, thereupon in vited his fellow victims to a -meeting at which it was voted to dissolve the association. The - nfew organization now In power is known as the Municipal Govern ment Club. j They are . not content with reforming municipal politics alone, however, , and have, already be gun a vigorous campaign . to . estab lish themselves in the. National House of Representatives, where, the Sei yukai, or Conservative party will be the object of its attack. The Seiyu kai has a large majority in the Diet, and since it was linked with the now defeated Tokiwakai it appears to be in danger of losing its power. The present Okuma cabinet is backed by grpups hostile to, the Sei yukai. If unable . to carry through his program in the face of an oppos ing majority, Count Okuma would be likely to dissolve the Diet and give the people and oportunity to regis ter their Will at the new election. An interesting phase of the suf frage question was seen in the re cent municipal elections. The suf frage is' very restricted, there being three classe sof voters, classified ac cording to the amount of tax they pay. Taking the city as a whole about one householder in thirteen has a vote. Each . grade of voters electes 25 assemblymen. The voters of the first grade number only 1,187. The second category has 6,136 electors. The great majority of voters, namely 49,948, out of the total of 57,271, are found in the third grade. To be qual ified for this grade the citizen must pay a land tax or else an imperial tax to the amount of 2 yen yearly.. ! The election of the assemblymen of the third grade was regarded as most closely expressing the popular will. In every street leading to the voting booths the candidates had es tablished committee rooms where there was a good deal of smoking and talking- Formerly tea and re freshments were at the disposal of the thirsty or hungry voter but to day te government following the ideas of the West permits only moral suasion. The voter approaches the quter office of. the election; hall, gave his name an address and Was supplied with a, ballot: Another official check ed and stamped the ballot The voter, then passed' upstairs to the vot ing room where his ballot was agin annervised. Finally he wrote the name of his . candidate r and handed i i i "p-vsn ! Crisis Showed the Stability of American Finances. w be no Hopes That Sentiment In Europe Will . Arouse Itself and Prevent the Great Catastrophe. New York, July 31 J. P. Morgan today issued a statement saying alarming as the news is from Europe we are still, hoping there will not,bV; general war. While the gravity of the ' situation can hardly be exaggerated there is still opportunity for sober second thought of the people of Eu- ' rope to prevail over their first lm pulses. If the delicate Situation can be held of abeyance for few days I should expect rising tide protest from.; the people, who are to 'pay for war with' their blood and their property. "The situation of the' American se curity market, during "the past few days, has been a splendid illustration -of the inherent soundness of financial conditions in this country. While tre earnestly hoped the titsw York stock exchange might be kept . open . ;tK ' situation is fraught with so much un certainty that it seemed necessary -in the interest of the whole country, ; to close the exchange."- Ordsr Issued For Flfty-flue Thousand,' yv j Firemen "and Engineers ..to Qultt l l til 1 ft I . , ' ' . J w orK next weeK. - . Chicago, 111., July. 3J. A strike of 55,000 firemen and engineers of the ninetyeight Western i railroads has been set for. August 7th, it was of ficially announced tbday. The broth erhood chiefs declared the order would be put in effect, unless the rail' roads accepted the plan of settlement proposed by the Federal Board of Mediation. Will Appeal to Their Patriotism. Washington, July 31 President W1I-. son plans to appeal to .the patriotism of the managers and employees of the western railroads to ayetf a strike,- in face of the threatened European war and consequent paralysis of crop A ' moving. Chairman Chambers, of the Federal Mediation Bqaf d, . with Com missioner Knapp, arranger at . tlja White House today conference forto- morrow between the board aijd" representatiyes of the- men and the railroads, at which the, President will seek to settle the differences. FORT SMITH tO BE ORY For Smith, Ark., 7uly 31 -Midnight tonight marks the passing of .the sa loons and other liquor establishments in Fort Smith. Court proceedings In stituted in behalf of the saloon, inter ests failed to act as a stay until' the matter could be carried to the highest court. In consequence, the "dry" era wiH be inaugurated tomorrow and.it is doubtful if any attempt will be mado to obtain liquor licenses until next . . c year. The most of the dealers 'are prepared to close, having disposed of i their stock at "specialsale prices" at-'..;.. ter the ruling of the court that they ; must qi.it business ;About fifty s'a-; loons and wholesale houses are af- r V fected. '-,:.-" -rv FIRST Tlf,lE III;- HISTORY OF EXCHANGE New Orleans, July 31The closing of the cotton exchange today was tfi; first in the history l the exchanged Price fluctuations ranged from l one. ; hundred and twenty. to, one hundred. and,Z thirtyrfonr pointa,V . and . .when, ; ') .i i U ; 4 X t ! ; ( i m :.-? ar . Companv says a state of rtussia ! u ..' - "n3 oeeii