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. WO M AN SHOTXe Y H ER OWN
. HEAVY AUSTRIAN LOSSES
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Abandoned By, Russians 'Un
der 1 hreatened Utrensive
By Land and Sea 0
THE CONSEQUENCES X
HARD I U tol IMA 1 fc
Much Depends Un rurposes
of Germans and bize or In
vading Army Sketch of
This Important Russian
Port '
tl'.y Associated Press?) -
Riga, Russia's principal Baltic' port,
. i 1 1 A XI Tl
J2S born aoanaoneu,io iue uetiiuaus
under tli ihreat of an "offensive by
land ami soa in which.' the deciding
stroke on iho land side , was devored
the C.M-nianslast Saturday.
The fato of Riga was virtually seal
ed when German troops,- powerfully
initiating their offensive, forced a
crossing of the Dvina southeast of the
titv and began to push, northward af
ter making good their, foothold on the
right bank of the stream. : ,
Menaced by the attack of a column
of Teutonic forces moving from Mitau,
southwest of Riga, and by .the German
naval forces recently reported hover
ing in the vicinity of the Gulf of Riga,
the Russian military authorities evi
dently c onsidered the 'city no longer
tenable and decided, to evacuate . it..
The possible ultimate military' uon-
lequences of this development are dif
hnlt to estimate. The right .flank of
entire Rui-ian western frontj was
joint to the Vtest of thOxCit. and. wftK
inis anchorage apparently-' lost, tne
possible strategical developments' of
the situation seem infinite.. ;1 -
Much depends on the purpose of the
Germans and the size Of the: forces
at their disposal for operations in this
war theatre It is too early yet for it
to be made apparent wheather ' they
will be content at present with' occu
pation of the Baltic seaport,-the Rus
sians have left to them, or if the ad
vantage is to be pushed and an at
tempt made to swing back the entire
Russian line on this frpnt, creating an
other opening for operation by land
and water, with Petrograd as the ob
jective. Riga, the capital of the government
of Livonia, had a population of more
than 5iiii,0hh persons before the war,
Z i, ' ' l .i 1
most iniDoriant Russian commercial!
nn1 n n 1 . ', . - 4'.. vXn n,wn A -rtm r Tfl A
and industrial town' having access, to
the Baltic. It is situated at the south
ern extremity of the Gulf of Riga, a
stretch
stretch of water 100 miles long and 60jin 'in'-disguise
miles widr, Riga lying at the point L:1L JLf
wherp thp Dvina empties into the gulf. -Airere are m
mile
The port is ice-gound during' virtually
one-third of the year. Tt had a very
large German population belore the
opening of hostilities and it is inter
esting to note that it was fonnded in
1158 by German merchants aC'a store
house, the city passing through the
contrul of various northern nationali
ties durinir i he centuries until finally,
in 1721, it was incorporated with the'!
Kussmn Empire. Its commercial
standing is indicated by the fact that
it was the 11 1 i r tl seaport of Russia,
only IVt i!; rad and Odessa exceeding
it in importance.
The Genvans long have had their
eyes upon Ria and at the close of the
tffat campaign of 1915, when Poland
as overrun and large sections of
Russian s..il occup!?d by the Teutonic
forces, an extraordinary effort was
made by Field Marshal Hindenburg.to
break the iiiK, cf the Dvina; between
reen
iga ;ii!
SOUthe;, s
t.
D'inSk. 110 mileS tO : the !
The Rufc3ians at that time,
However, Wore a.ble to hold their grip
n the line being aided . by the advent
of winter. Daring last year no serious
offensive was undertaken by the Ger
mans on Hf. Northern front; .their'. "en
r'es in the Eastern war theatre .be-'
-tog directed elsowhere in resistinghe
pnissiloff offensive and in the Ruman
lan campaign. ' A :.,::y
..'f,VPr J;ilU;e tho Russian -revolution,-P
th ifs disorganizing effect upon 'the
jusaian armies, made the military Bit
nation more favorable to the Germans,
"e have been hints that a descent
Er?V 1)0 made upon , the Russian
"hei-n front and several ' alarms'
112 ,,M,'n s,),lnded in Petrograd -that
Th n..
- .7 T w.1 wmv.o . .
v,; . ,UI-Sf-'iumanian
armies --are
"""wing
III.. T.
a- nnich firmer resistance on
e nunianian front, repelling all the
doli uii lcks. several such were
ces r7! "st0,day' the attacking for-'
toWi!" "K larse losses and gained
On
Da wi,
along
i al wn front General . Cador
fonfirming -bis activities
il
' 0 i')ndiin
- - i icm, wi me iiiiu lum li
the Austrian positions
ther n,' .. A gun8 has -effected a fur
?. deterr
J hp Italians here' hav mnda
ne "lJ.n"d attack and pushed their
auPV ler ast in the Bresto VIzza
Rumors ; .That Russians Willi
Abandon Rega, Followed by
l Evacuation of Petrograd
r-VV-' -:'- '
TO MOVE NATIONAL
CAPITAL TO MOSCOW
Little to Be Gained By , Ger-
mans - In Hhis Move- May "
' 1 . Arouse the Rus- : i
sians
V RUSSIANS ABANDON RIGA.
t- - '
v (By Associated Press).
Petrograd, Aug. 3. The Rus'
5- sians-have abandoned Rigaj "the
war office announces. The state-
ment says an order; has been giv-
en for the abandonment of .the
; Riga-' region. ; on : account- of ; the
y- threatening situation.;- ' -w
' x Some Russian detachments' voi
' wa'rfepor.t87'k are etrr-
ik ihg towards the'north. t: "V'r v.-
.-. ': ' ": : ' '
.
Washington, Sept. 3. Abandonment j
of Riga in the face of the new German'
rlrivo intr T?naa!o on1 ava-ri tho nTgnn.!
. -n . . ' , , , . line, more renauie auuioiiiy me. ueii
ation of Petrograd itself, , have been seBSion ot the German Reichstag will
forecast as possibilities in confidential e devoted exclusively to the question
advices to i the American government of peace. The majority has decided
-during the' last two weeks. Such a lo challenge the statement of the gov-
development is not .regarded with so1!?
. . program and it is said the govern-
much alarm as might be supposed. ' ment will yield, with a view to peace
With Riga abandoned and German' negotiations before 'Christmas. The
occupation of Petrograd in prospect,! German government,; according to this
the seat of the Russian provisional : authority favors the plenipotentaries
BowWi uuuoumtfuiy wm ue moy-
ed to Moscow. Much as they may re-
Sret seelnS the Russian capital occu-
. . , -
pied by a German a.rmy, forceful think
ing men of Russia working to set up a
government, may regard it as a bless-
many advantages in mov-
ing the . capital to Moscow. It is
the center of the conservative group
and commands the sentimental al
most religious regard of the Russian
populace the ! ancient capital of the
old empire, surrounded with traditions
of Russia's greatness, the triumphs of
Alexander; ".Catherine ; and Peter the
Great ' A- .-'f:- ' A 1 -I J -- :A .'
' Furthermore some Russians of the
new government ae,said y to think
that a German occupationof Riga, and
.even : Petrograd. r-.ht be a" whole
some" object lesson for the .radical ele
ment which" has been haniDerine the'
new Government, and . thV n .vno.lwiU give away hundreds of dollars in
" . A- - .
rience under the military beel of Ger-
many, might convince them of the need
Af subnortiner the eornmpnf ' a a haw
constituted to' save theif fathWa rA .
Ii..',;... ', '. j':.. ? :
tm. hp,;;ai,no : v -A- P . - -
. As military achievement,, a capture !o anything else that would pay you
of Riga and Petrograd: amounts to al:jag weir for just your spare -time?
most nothing; ,: With Support of .the Think wnat a pleasure an automobile
werman fleet in-the Baltic; a GermanvouI(1 De to y0u! You have always
armyc takeRigaalmost: without wanted one-arid a good one butjdid
lit SSS?1 1trBam ;waSte3-Now is theVtime to get one with but
tedJy ,f -the German . army uttle eff ort and without costing a pen-
could traverse them although not eas- . - v . . :
' I 'V The Dispatch never' does things by.
with vhavfng, declared he could take
Petrograd any - time he .decided to do
so.'and having -added that there wa
oiuer. .iuaniattins possession OI Uie,
.ammunition factories-
: At any rate, ;a Oerman army placed
in'Riga and Petrograd now will soon
have its rear cut off by ice, for all wa-
ter communications, will be cut off . J
Those who are not disposed to
gard the extension of the German line
further into Russia as being of .a
tary again for, Germany, recalling the1
old adaged that King "Winter was tooiwnonaye no use ior an auiomouiie, orj
mucn vior- iapojeonr -pomi.. oun , mail" ou wuuu,, ,u
German v onlr,- tages on - her already hands, you could sell it. The one who
burdened establishment the task of &ets the Briscoe will' not have any
carylng for an army frozen In. far trouble .gettir.r at least $700 -,in cash
from base. tj ' ' 'A for ' it, and rpally . should be'able to
The chief object would seem to b get the full price $775. The one who
the effect on the poljlical situa'Ln In"
Russia. 1 , '
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(By -Associated tPressSt i
oncora, ; N. -SXP Sept. :3.--Mrs; 4
Maude ' KingA ot ; Chicago; T sh6t 4
ear here r, Thursday night; last,
rmet, death, as the result of an ac-
cidental pistob wound by her own"
hand, . according Hp f the verdict
Arots, the coroner's jurvJ'f.v''. Mrs:'"'
King -and - several ' friends . drove
H'-into the country Thursday even-J
tJZ' luT1 t
Concord,, to walk to
:y. a . .nearbv
i.
. H""6( . iviea.ua was " t laKiner.- a f
drink of water when .he heard a f -
; fallingiUMcmbers ol. the i partyfe; ! vOE CONTROVERSY
testified v tbat her pistol was ly-
, ing by her. side. The; bullet en- "
tereC her ? head behind they lef t
ear and she died 'several hours
later. : -; .: '.. '.:; :4
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INCOIE TAXES
imissioner s f Keport-r
; Slight Difference in Parsons
andrCorporations
(By Associated Press.)
Washington. Sept. 3. Individual t
and corporations paid the government -
. I
$359,681,228 in t income taxes during
the past, fiscal-'year,V the. preliminary
report of "Commissioner of l 'Internal
Revenue Osborne shows, the sum be
ing almost equally "divided, between
corporations and individuals. The
exact J returns - show corporations,
$179,572,888 ; ; individuals $180,108,340.
New York, as expected, remained
far in the'1 lead of all the States, with
payment -of- $46,566,952 - in corporation
taxes, and 1 $81(495,783 in individual
incomes. " Southern States made, re
turns as follows for corporations and
individuals, ; respectively: ' Alabama,,
$887,906.92, ?: $200,385.29; Arkansas,
$306,310.84, $179,413.47; Florida,
$327,655.05, $305,879.91; Georgia, $1,-
128,831.39, $611,777.89; Kentucky, $1,
252,485.55; $393,271.63; Louisiana, $1,
269,121.11, $813,542.12; - Maryland, $!"
401,954.27, $1,947,336.47; " Mississippi,
$246,829.38 $197,456.70; North Caro
lina; $13209.13 $551;18g.51i South
Carolina. .4498.116.1T.-$81,874.28: Teih-
neseeei? $942,$43884jTBpSyJ
asr i$2;6ll453.93 t2.781,7769; ; v Vir
gfnla.1 $1,837,125.64, $621,507.06. . : :
GERMAN PEACE MOVE
BEFORE RICHSTAG
(By Associated Press.)
Amsterdam, . Sept.. 3. According to
itnflai Tlio Vtatrno at Rem o
.. hut nrefprahlv Tho
Hague.
I
DISPATCH
. Two Automobiles and Hundr
GREAT VOTING CONTEST
'. . . - .. V .-V.- .-. . . .;; :- . .,-.-( - ' . ; -
Awards to Be. Given the Women and Gins ot w ilmmg
ton and Surrounding Territory There -
. . Will'Be No Losers .
The Wilmington' Dispatch has in-
aiifriiratPd a erand voting contest, and!
H -
prizes to the ambitious women, ana
giri3 0f Wilmington and vicinity.
The first-prize is a $775 Briscoe au-
tnmnWlP. : Think of it- a $775 Bris-
coe automobile for just a few weeks
tnmnh;ia: fnr inet a fpw WWks'
work. And it's a five:passenger tour.
nn nllv oniiinnprf. . DrtVOll knOW
and. vicinity know well,- and it - has
arranged for1-two automobiles and
' . .t, ttAa 'to
eiyone.Kuuwa wi r .u
?h:Lffi.Ye?aSSen 'in ,
in Wilmington, costs ' $383.10. -
or course' you may ne one o tbtfSe
fortunate people- who own an aqtomo-
. . . 1 : V. i m T7mmk.A . r v A
re-'bue: ;: MayDe me one .-wnicu-.you, n-.y
not rs good as the Briscoe, or you jwj.i,Vi 4
mili-would like to have a new-Ford. If. . ; American League. ,
you - happen: to be one -of .those, people j .-AFCIeveland 9r St" Louis 3.'-'
wins the Ford can 'sell the car for the
full ' price $383.10-the minute, if is
J f
EE
Vr iTfe
T'',TS:'.y ' -in ' ; V 'mL''V
Is being .Waged hjetween ' I wo
:;:?.rpr.-
Rival School Book Publish
MHouseslj;
prpi Tf I A O PI4 AQ17
:..---'r;..:r.
As to Attitude of Members of
- feobkk Commission Con-
4 'munity ' Seryicev.,v ;;
(Special to The Dispatcn.
Raleigh, Sept. 3. Inquiry at State
offices discloses the. fact that; to date
the controversy , overdue i State's new
readers furnished by. Row, ; Peter
son ,&Co.r of Chicago; rages between '
two companies: Factis, the "rage";is
thus far on-one side, the B. I, Jojin
son ; Publishing : Company paving
raised the issue. J The-, Chicagoans
have not yet arrived in 'the State and
many of their books .have gone out.
The reduced margins, which' make a
smaller book than the original series,
are accounted for by the State , which
allowed them : to use this style; but it
is not admitted that the smaller type
. . a . . t l T. . . " '
in wflica inese uooks nave oeen print-
ed for their North "Carolina edition,
the type referring solely to the North
Varoi a mauer, ml a puiauon ana
the alleged inferiority of paper is, of
contract if the paper: is inferior, - ' -One
of the contentions of i the, rival
company is that the" paper is. so in
ferior that? 5 of the 4old books will
weigh as much as 6 of the new, . This
salvage of - paper is therefore ; enor
mous arid ; if the quality of, the new
paper is inferior, theC item - must
amount to something1 ; tremendous,
-The ; embarrassing thing right now
is ' inevitable. If the State's printing
expert should have . to condemn the
paper- as inferior, the question would
then be : What is to be done with the
books that have gone out? It is esti
mated that more- than' 20,000 have
now. been" sent to the schools. DoubU
less ten', times that 1 number , either
have
ttia fintrrtcrEf ia' thnf nnotYiKii'f.c ff
ibeen, sent rorl they are.' fonthel - "s ,j"r , . 0r ,ThcpsQn- instructed ; tne, . ponce
-to0rtbCarolintW W' ' W.?UP t yesterda.to. allom the-essions -to-, be L
!
the" Textbook Omimission- who purpose of . their assembling
not vote for : this series of readers do f I,lacmS ' of authority on the,- Secretary as. been accomplished; that the skele
not see any merit, in the point raised k th! -'has
by the rivals, while those who . voted f
fAwf.-iaJi hM
lul . aauu. . y
expert some time this week and the
schools will know where they are. .
Judge J. Crawford Biggs, successor
to E. J. Justice m the recent assign-
ment to the" big cases for. the govern
ment in California, 'left yesterday for
the far west to begin . his work for
the United States. He . expects to be
gone about . 8 months, with perhaps
one intermission for a trip home. His
work may require bis being out there !
flnriTiir . th 'sntf r Wilson administrn-!
& iuc 5"" c "Duu auiuiuioiiu-
ers of Dollars in Additional
turned over to her. Think what you
could do with all 'this , money! Think
of the things' you could buy!
The third, prize is $200 in gold and
the fourth prize" is -$100 In gold. The j
Dispatch figured , that np; prize. listsom'e; also in Petrograd. The. names of
would be complete without ' some real- the arrested persons, the .authorities,
American money to spend or savers for the present, refuse to divulge.The
thewinners .might witsn. i Think or (
the .vacation you could have !, Think
of,; the i trousseau-? you Vcould ,buy! j
Thinlc of the things you could buy for
the-, home!. Think what a ; start it j
wold make toward that home . ; -'; -- 'At
. And ' then comes the ; $93 furniture
suite four: pieces of i solid mahogany;
$75 Columbia. Grafonola ; $50 worth of.,
merchandise at the Department Store
of J,; W. H.-Fuchs', in Wilmington, iOr
Lumberton ; $25". wrist , watch ; and the
two special prizes, which are $60 dia
mond, rings. , -
i The crowning - feature of the . enter
prise is the fact that there will ; be no j
losers in' The Dispatch contest. All
who : take an active;: part and do not
x - Cqntinued on Page Eight) :
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V- - - " r; Ci xAAt: AA,A'iA:A:;rA 9
;'TH18: MORNING'S GAMES.
Ti
At Chicago 7; Detroit 7.
At Boston 0 ;:New - York ; 1. A A
'',: National League. r N
At Pittsburgh; "CiricinnaU 0.
'At New:York "7;, Boston 0. -v
Southern : League. '
7 At Birmingham 2; New Orj
Orleans 5.
-$M ;tBy fAssociatedi: Press).
4: y7ashiiigtony Septr 3.-ustrian
losses the fighting on: the 4-
lS.,road .to. Trieste are ; 125,000. men
VCand - 3,500 officers, according .to
t' gispatcnes received today, at the
Italian ''mbasi;;;J.i
M Germany itis said tobe pending
.large forces to the ; aid of . the
;Austrians,' especially; in r the "re-
gion of ;the. carso, k large ec-
1 tion; reported to be wholly de-
;f ended (by German troops. Geri-
eral Borovic is reported to have
been removed and General- Koe-
' vess namedas? his,- successor. '
f-"'.
Despite National ; Holiday
. Senate Holds Session To-
day for Discussion I Z
(By "Associated Press.) :
v Washington, . Sept. v 3. Despite the
holiday, the Senate continued work on
the war tax bill: todayin; the hope of
disposing 'pf the war tax profits sec
tion not later, than Wednesday..
The fifth week; of debate on the bill
opened with ' both . advocates and op
.ponents of 'higher war profits taxation
asserting confidence An LTie outcome.
ar ho'eTf tnat the FI.
. . . , .
'total & $1,286,000,000 'will be ' retain
ed. , ""'-".
' Action on the war profits section
will clear the way for consideration
of. the income tax provisions , which
will be taken up under an agreement
for ': their disposal Friday. . . Although
.other important contests . apparently.'
are ahead among, them 'th consump
tion taxes on sugar, - coffee, tea and
cocoa, the proposed .- sugar drawback
repeal and the. freight and pr.rcei post
.tax provisions, : it is possible that the
bill will b(e in the hands of Senate and
House . conferees .before Saturday
nSht.
mittee for ascertaining the capital of
is " unworkable. Th
. sii. , w .iomn,t' frt
he insisted, would be. tantamount;, to
3CCepting the statements of the corpo-
be a physical impossibility to make
investigation in the time this bijl
would be effective. --,
Simmons by declaring it was proposed
K take "the lives of our boys, the
heads of our families and all the peo
ple have gotj but leave "these money
making corporations their profits, tak
ing only 72 per cent, and leaving them
28 per cent, of their blood profits to
add to the normal peace profits' jand
tneir capital unimpaired
; senator Simmons aeniea , tnat . tne
j bill would exempt , corporation; r ; sur
i plus. from taxation and intimate d that
Senator Lafollette was "attempting to
! hookwink the Senate." A'A: :;'-.v
i Honntnr T-aTTnl lotto flomaTilorl.': fhoi-
LMr. Simmons be declared out of order, j
't '"I - will not yield- to any man who j
im'miirno: mxr"m irtntivoQ li a ; "KtTnrlxifart
XUJ XXXV 1X J j . XXV .lUUUUVl Vl
I Senator Simmons later disputed Sen
ator Lafollette's statement - that - the
.bill, as recently amended, "would, not
eake more taxes from 4 the United
. States Steel Corporation than it would
have as originally reported. ., 4 ,
RUSSIAN CONSPIRACY
. RESTORE AUTOCRACY
: " (By Associated Press.) ; ; ; '.'
Petrograd, .Sept. 3. -The attorney of
the high courfr of Moscow has unearth
ed a counter, revolutionary; monarchis
tic conspiracy, the design of which, ac
cording to a report presented to the
cabinet last night, was to accomplish
a coiip d'etat by " arresting the pro
visional government. Many arrests
have been, made of .officers, and . civil
ians in Moscow and the-provinces and
headquarters , of ;the conspirators j was
the villa- district'outside of -Petrdgrad.
Premier Kerensky is personally 7 con
ducting a : preliminary inquiry; "A, "
POSTAL EMPLOYES
ANNUAL CONVENTION j
(Bv-Associated, Press.) . '
Memphis, :Tenn., Septo 3. The Na-1
tiqnal' Federation of Postal Employes
opened a-three days' session here ten
day. . Only a brief - forenoon discus
sion,' devoted? to addresses of . wel
come;"was held, as the delegates par
ticipated in the Labor Day parade, v
MINE OWNERSHOT;
FROM AMBUSH
, - (By Associated Press.) - - - f
Middlesboro. Kv.. 1 September 3 L.
D. Gunn: owner of the" Lower Hignite!
Pnnl M hp npar Mlnnlesooro ana SIX
repairmen were fired on this morning
by .unknown parties. ; i Mr.' Gunn and
two of the men were injured. The as;
'gallants were: concealed in ambush,
'ear; the,rmduih 6f the mine, and the
.volley was - discharged as uunn ; ana
his associates Here :J about- .to enter
the coal operation. The mine has "been
closed since the United Mine Workers
of -America strike was inaugurated in I
tthis district. In August 11. ,
iR TAX BILL :
night.;
. r
I I a M Ml 11 - fiL
llMi BeuAisu;! mm y u m
llilteiiiKllii
aw ..I- -' - ' .-i , i , r. i, " . , . - i.i., ., ,,V ..'f'i i
HGOWVEWTION PLAGE f
i uu niLinuii iuiu .
0BTIIIIE0 AT LAST
i.-ri" " f i : " i I : 'Terms
f The Mayor of-Chicago Orders
Police to Allow the Meeting
'1: InThat City ;
CONFLICT BETWEEN
GOVERNOR AND MAYOR
Former Hurried State Troops
to the City to Prevent Meet
ing Arrived Too .
, 1 j Late
.... j". '- (By Associated Press.) ? ':
Chicago,'- Sept' 3.r-Four companies
of Illinois National Guardsmen under
Adjutant General Dickson, were in
Chicago "today '" "awaiting .develop
ments"' in the pacifist t program ? as
pnunciated by the people's . council of
America for democracy and terms of
peace, j ; The soldiers came under or
ders from Governor Lowden,.. who de
cided upon ; military .interference to
prevent the peace meetings after May-
h Meanwhile, the peace delegates1.-
been - established and that no" imme
diate Sessions of :the council are con
templated. , Many ,pf ; the delegates
were today said to be' en route home.
' The turbulent events Of the past
few days in which the . delegates fonnd
themselves ; forbidden haven in three
States took .a - sudden turn .yesterday
when Mayor ' Thompson sent word to
the . police to permit them, to meet
here. Saturday .,; these same officers,
acting under orders - from Governor
Lowden - had dispersed the delegates
meeting in a ' We?tside" "auditorium.
Unable to get into communication with
Major-General Carter to obtain ' Fed:
eral : troops stationed in Chicago, Gov
ernor Lowden called upon the Illinois
National Guardsmen at f; Springfield.
Within 35 minutes after the order
went ' out,' 250 men .were en route
LtA Chifnern- nn n. snp.r.ial train with 1n-
structions to disperse all meetings
"tending . to incite riot or treasonable
nlots"
Meanwhile the pacifists were hur
rying through the session -in the same
t auditorium from which they had been
ejected. Permanent.: organization was
effected i with ; Seymous Stedman i as
chairman, and (Louis P. Lochner as
secretary. . The delegates were in ses
sion 4 hours, addresses being made by
Congressman . William- E. - Mason, i,of
Illinois; former United States Senator
John ; D. Works, i of California,; and
,Judah L. Magnus, of New York. , '
Resolutions looking towards outlm -
Ling terms; of peace; and other matters
pertinent to.;. tneir; gatne.ring were
adopted and at 6:30 o'clock the. meet
irig disbanded ; , ' Chairman Stedman,
'-while the meeting was In progress had
counseled s against: a show of resis
tance if the troops appeared ' ' .; )
At 9 o'clock the guardsmen were in
the; city: - Adjutant. General Dickson
was met ' by . John 1 E. vTraeger, sheriff
of . Cook county, who gave assurance of
complete co-operatioa. of large .forces
of dephties. ' t; 4 ' -
Governor Lowden arrived here to
day : to take personal vcharge of the
situation arising out; of the. conflict 6f
authority between himself and ; May
or" Thompsoh, wi th whose ' ai d & ' the
People's, council of America for dem-
ocracy aua leriua-, ui yeavjc w a,o uic
to hold a meeting here yesterday, af t-
er
it had beejn interdicted by -the
Governor. ' ; .. .. ------ A;-: ' ; .-
FINANCE CONDITION aAa
OEUNTRYGOOD
'A -AA (By.A.ssociated Press.) ti'.; '',-
r Washington, Sept 3. The country's
financial system, the Federal Reserve
Board announced today is t stronger
th a ti - i t has hvgt. hepn hpf rr . A
. "Adjustments necessitated by re
serve transfers from member banks to
Federal Reserve banks,; with the icon
sequent shifting, of funds have j been
completed," says the board's ' state
ment "The banks of the country are
now, : therefore,, definitely upon. . the
new reserve basis established by the
act of June. 21. Federal reserve banks
have continued the' policy of maintain-J
ing- their resources '.in as strong" and
liquid condition as .possible, showing
on August. 24 a percentage, of reseryes
against deposits of S0.6 per -cent, and
again notes of 86.5 per cent. J
1 1 W: 4: v
In Repudiation of the. Position
Taken By President Wil-l tf ;
Son in'His:RepIy(ltq!J?6
GERMAN GOVERNMENTS
A PURE DEMOCRACY
According tolfC
Berlin Presi On America's
Attitude Towad ; Peace -
Absence of and At- .
tempted Sarcasm " at - Mrl
Wilson's Expense";';.;' .;;M ,
v , . T, ' (By Associated -Presg.)" ; t ' .
' Berlin, (via London), : Sept.- 2. -The
Vossiche 'Zeitung,t r commenting - 6n,"
Ptyl
President Wilson's reply, to the Pope ?
peace proposal, says : , -';-,V !
. "InMts ; style the no recalls tl9
pompous political blossoms with which
Lloyd-George hertof ore has remember- ' y
ed ; the? German ' people. ' Since tho ;
breaking -off of - relations, . Mr. Wilson ,:
has - appropriated l this manner ' .of -;'..;
speech and in a measure has Amerl ; r
canizedit y V-J '( .v '..s-'' .:' 1. .--.'; -'.';
'.VThis language is probably the out
ward expression of solidarity with- A
England. . He employs the same weap- .
on as his ally, holds, the alleged Ger- ; r.
man;autpcracyvresponslble for; the war .
and wants to liberate .the world from - ,
this : menaces Perhaps President ,;Wi C;
son isnot yet informed of the di3 : ,
closures made by r General Soukhomli J ;
iioft.tthe former Russian war minister
nowott'trial. for treason) and General '
4AncMexitch " reardine Ahe real' in : -X '
iIdenti that lidto'4iie ;6uttreaj &f tad lU
war ; :otherwise; hevwould liate altered
his tactics. . One-oan-no .Monger charge
the 'autocracy - systemV.V of Gemany:
with responsibility of ' the ; war . when
the whole world knows "that the irre
sponsible despots of the" Czar's Russia ,
wejfe used as tools for "the purpose of.
unleashing the - dogs of war A : " '
'In the face" of. such .evidence, 'tja r -further;
words, need' be s lost' over th . ;
question of whether Germany- was' re-
sponsible f or the war. This accusatiori .
is especially ridiculous, and comic out . ;
of the mouth v of ; Mr: ? Wilson, thlali ' A
'democratic;.' ally '' of democratic Eng
land, which Used Oligarchical Russia . -as
an . accommodating accessory. , If,;... ;
Mr.; rWilson'svdemocratlcS consciepc
had always been as susceptible as ' he -mow
pretends, he-would haye declined
to play, an; important -role ; in anglo-i '
Russian pians. ? In ,a ; word, "he .t would ;
,not nowibe;an this , war, which , is the
product otarbitrary.. world despotism; i ;
and stand where he. now actually does. - ;
He ; .vould not-; them employ; against :
Germany that poisonous-weapon which 1 -is
. so abhorent ;tv t-the principles of ;
democracy namely , a conscious liar, f
"Fortunately we . are,- no ; longer de--
f enseless 1 against this style of fight
ing.' Our answer had been; given and ; -our
' witnesses I are ; not under suspi
cion. President Wilson-is no Monger ,
addressing' i neutrals spectators ; as he '
formerly , did. He is "now; talking; at :
Germany,' which, 'as he full well knows,
is not called upon, to, 'undergo an in-'
ternal crisis and which; Is demanding
for, itself . a larger .measure of he : y
right of self government, in, a differ
ent sense, however, from. that conceive
led by Mr. WilsohJv r A' a a-
'Mr. Wilson has attempted .to araw .
tow his side the German;peoplewhlch
is now striking for recognition of: lt&
niajorlty.; He; differentiates n between
the government and ; people ;pf . - Get
many. . The former he opposses, ,the"
latter . not. HiSr refusal of the 'Pope's
offer, therefore; isspCious'.;: : He; de--
cllne8 to 'negotiate .'.with . 'autocratic'
Germany, but ; that ' with the German
people. He Is - willing to accept, as- 1
surances ' from the German govern;
ment,' if they' are substantiated a8 rep'- .
resenting the expressed , will of the.,
German people. , ' i ;- ;'.';. l-'AA'A
"11 Mr. Wilson has 'Jn mind the aec-
L'laratidns heertof ore. made by the Ger- '
man government his demand is super-
fluous. . These declarations have been .; ,
substantiated by, the uerman people;
Vthey have emanated from tne uerman .
people and .the government has ap
proved them. ; , T j -'- ; , ' -
VThe first condition for that system"
of government which'; Mr. Wilson i has
in mind; is therefore given; 'namely,
,the nation's will :to determine the di-;
reciion of its politics. , . This Ms demon
.strated in the Reichstag's peace reso- '
Mutiom The ? movement ; is a genuine v
.movement for r liberty, rand; this path
which' Germany vhas. taken without1 ad-
j,vice-from her -foes does not lead to a
sham democracy,TsiThe movement re
spects the rights of a-nation :and op- ,
poses every oppression of a people. ;
For this very reason andMn; contrast
to England and the United States.tthis
movement does not content itself with
Lmerely; giving to the nations the right
,to,T decide their own - destiny, ror, ti.3
purpose of disintegrating and deliver- .
ing them up to the despotism of a few ;
over-poweriui iacuons. ;; -; ; t
- "This' movement , purposes' also 17,
virtue of this self-determinatloa it 3
T;. (Continued on Page Eisht). ,