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-,.-.n-n T..,-n, .4- VVX WMTiraPWHTIHp! MM ISIII.S . lH 1 1 K 1 : I 4. EXTRA ' 1 "Clrcnlntlon Book Onen 10 I Vfg l PRICE ONE GENT. , 'tlVtZ'ti"" NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1914. 12 PAGES PRICE ONE CENT . ' 'fflg iJVLYlllwiJ 1 "Circulation Bonks Own in Alt." PRICE ONE GENT. CrrfM, 1914, by Th rm PlkllahUf Co. (TIM Mew Tnk WoriS). RUSSIAN AND GERMAN CALLED OUT; ENGLAND IS READY t 7 t NEW YORK EXCHANGE CLOSES AND BIG CITIES FOLLOW ITS LEAD First Time Since Panic of 1873 Stock Market Stops Operations J. P. Morgan Still Hopes Peace Will Prevail Among the Powers. J. P. Morgan Issued the following statement to-day: "Alarming as tha newt la from Europe I am still hoping there will not be a general war. While the gravity of the situation can hardly be exag gerated, there Is still the opportunity for the sober seeend thought of pedpl of Sarope to prevail over their first impulses. 1, "It the delicate eltuatlpn can be held in' abeycnce tor a tew days ' I eseiUdexject a rising tide of protest from the people who are to ' pay far war with' their blood and their property. "It la essentially a time for owners of American securities to keep their heads and bear In mind that actual properties represented by American securities will not suffer greatly by a European war. t Muring me issi iew aays mo Aiucntau puupiu uuvc ucvu uuyiug duck American securities ai low prices, i-resumamy nicy win pay tor those securities with their wheat and other products at high prices. "The situation of the American security market during the last two days has been a splendid Illustration ot the Inherent soundness of financial conditions In this coutry. "It Is Idle to say that America will not be hurt by a general Euro pean war. Wholesale waste of capital Involved in such a catastrophe would result In a distribution of losses the world over; but the loss here would be lnflnltesmal compared to the losses to countries Im mediately Involved. "There Is no doubt that the whole American people will co operate to restore normal condltons throughout this country at the earliest possible moment." BASEBALL , NATIONAL LEAGUE. AT NEW YORK GIANTS 2 10 0 CINCINNATI 0 0 0 0 Batteries Benton and Clark; Mar quard al Meyers. Umpires Byron and Johnsoti. AT BROOKLYN. BROOKLYN 1 0 0 0 3 PITTS BUR06 0 0 0 1 0 Baterlcs Harmon and Gibson; Ragan and McCarty. Umpires Klem and Emslle. AMERICAN LEAGUE. AT CLEVELAND. HIGHLANDERS 3 0 0 0 0 CLEVELAND 0 2 0 0 0 In order To avert a panic and maintain the value of American se curities the Stock Exchange closed to-day and all trading in stocks and bonds was suspended. The New York Stock Bxcliange was no Joneer market, bv European jnvestors. 1 The closing of the Stock Exchange saved scores of banking and brokerage firms from serious financial embarrassment if not utter fail ure. By order of the Hoard of Governors no securities were bought or sold, to-day either on other exchanges or by piivate negotiations in brokerage offices. IRroKoi-M il'-al'ny In unllNti-J wuiir. Itlcs htivn 9KiP"il to n-frnln from "J,.J bnylnE or solllnc www mo mupk ...(Continued nn Third Pace.i FEDERAL LEAGUE. AT BROOKLYN. BROOKLYN 0 0 0 0 0 0 INDIANAPOLIS 0 0 0 0 0 1 Batteries Falkenberg and Warren; T.aflttc and Owen Umpires Mc Cormlck and Shannon. . mm CZAR DEFIES GERMAN WAR LORD: GERMAN SHIPS CALLS OUT WAR ARMY AND FLEET IN ALL PORTS Hamburg-American and North German Lloyd Ordered Not to Risk Liners at Sea. VESSELS ARE RECALLQD. Thousands of Tourists Are Ma rooned Steamers Ordered to Remain Idle Indefinitely. CZAR, WHO SEEMS BENT ON WAR FOR DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF GAMES SEE BA8EBALL EDITION. WARBURG WILL APPEAR FOR SENATE QUIZZING Banker Notifies White House He Gives Way, Out of Deference to President's Wishes. WASHINGTON, July 31. Paul M. WurburK of New oYrk notified the Whltu House late to-day that "out of deference to tho wishes of the President" In- would appear to-morrow before the Senate IJanklnK Com mittee nnd answer questions bearing on IiIh qualifications to pit as a mem ber of the Federal Reserve Hoard. The establishment of martisl Isw if errhanjr te-day rssulttd in the Hamburg'Amsrlpan line and the. North German Lloyd temporarily re tiring from the business of transport ing passengers and freight across the Atlantic. All eteamihips of these two lines In this port, or in Hamburg Bremen, or approaching any of RECEIVERS FOR RAILWAY. AUSTRALIA BEATS GERMANY IN DAVIS CUP TRIALS. luly Jl lather KtlKlUll temilx PITTSHIIt'ill. I'm., an AtiMriilKxInn ' IC Hill "III UK' tll In tho lliml I'lmtit fur tho D.ivli. iip WINNERS AT HAMILTON. I'lU.ST HACK 1'nrno 500: two. yent-olilH foaled In Canada: Bellini: tlMi fuiloiiKH. Hampton Ufiine. J07 (Hanover), 7 to 20. l to S nnd out, won; Hartley, 9(.Metrnlf), 25 to 1. ii to 1 nnd 8 tu .i, weronil: .luhif Peel, 9.1 (Smyth). 7 to 1, t to 5 nnd t to 3, third. Time 1.01 3-5. .John Thump noil, Otero nnd Photocniphor II. also r.in. Aiuvili'iiii ehimiplniiK SKl'ONH HACK. I'urne J'.iiOj three. 1 vciir.uiiiii - ii i uiiwiiid: Meiiinc: mW Hnnkrro' Trunl Aitnlnal llunil Coniiinr Acta In Illinois. ri'.OKIA, III., July 3I. The Chlcaco, Pom la und St. I.ouls HhIIi ohiI went Into receiver' liiinds tn-day. The action wan bioiiBht by the llnnkeix' Tnmt Com pany of New Voik (nllowInK the fnlluie of the rnd to pay Inteient on tiOOO.ftOO bonds due on June I'ht'thln year. The amount m pari ot a tw.ww, iinue largely taken by IIukIIsIi Investor In July, 1913. Major Uluford Wilson, president of the load, and William Cotter, repre entlnK the ninjiiilty bondholder! f New Voik, were niiined as ucelveis. Kneh tiled bond of PO.000. In It an swer to the plea for lecelvcrshlp the road admlti lnnolvenny. I Ml t v Otto Kroltr-lielin nnd O-nir Kieiizer, o"""u""K; . iMiinp- . .eprerent.iig .lnnm.. were ellmUm..,. j, ' - ' - - ' this arterimon when Nor.,,,, I. I.. H'ooke ,.,,, , fl M 1 " nnd Anthony 1' Wilding, the Aimtrn- , t ( am n , , (bird Time ?rlSn'itl,:ml'G"",l,"," ' 5-- M """tor. linstnnt ami iZl f - ' " ' nMiiuit n tiiL ii.. .. BUSINESS TALKS (No. II.) Knowledge Is the l.cjiiou ul succeis in any ninU'rUkliin. The general who enters tnefrJUM o olds: Hayvlew pnr.se: ona and one elgbth mlle. Polly H lin (Smyth). 7 to 10, I to i und out, lliMt; Paint Ui uhIi. I1 (.Meti'alf), S to 2, 3 to S and (tut, second: Itav n Light, ll." (Hnn over), 13to I. 5 to 2 and 3 to .I, third. battle without knowing UlWuuml. "Klj. ff,p UAnt- ""'Niagain the Uwer who pleads, without a Mnndieap; tltree-yenr-olds and im- trfect unrterstaiKiing ot nts cas,.' ana wiml; iio and u half furlongs..-Pan 'nretn, I2M (ISunis). 2 to 1, 7 to to and I to 4, won: 1' See It. Kin (Shlllln-;), ! to I, 11 to and G to u, Kcioiuli Knights Piffer. Hi3 (Ainlime) "FURIES" STOP ALL RAIDS. Ilreliir In Suoiipuil Mllllniicr llur- Iiik Wsr I'rlaU. I.ONUON, July 31. All militancy on the part of the women endeavnilng to secure equal suflrngn in England will be suspended dur'ng the present war ci Ills, Ordris to this effect were to-day issued from the headquarter of the Woman's SocIrI nnd Political Union, The orders for the cessation of mili tancy cover alt of the Vnlted Kingdom, tu 1.05 1.5, nl mi inn and 3 tn 5. third. Time. Hack liny mid Mlnimlcha V the business man or housewife who undertakes to hire, work, buy, sell, rent, Invest, &c, without such knowl edge of demand and supply as World ads. present, is Indeed In a sad plight. II is with persons who make the first overtures in a business way that one can-deal to the best advantage , w in ship M..r.. on And Is this not an excellent reason why you should consult and profit by World ads.? Every- week Tl'.e World prints more want-fillinu advertisements than the Herald, Times. Sun and Tribune ADDED TOGETHER. GERMANY SENDS TWO WAR ZEPPELINS TO SPY ON FRANCE. I'AltlS, July 31. A lepoit from ,1 ,0 Nnney to-night ntntvx that two war in rope To avoid contingencies,,, get vour Sun Wru adi.' ready totUy Xeppelinn left Krledi lolwbafen this evening and started In the direction of Strnsfburg. Ilurliiu Whp. " ,s "eiieveu iney win swing soum ITrTSIt;'l!lll, Julv 31 The Hum. to the I'lcnch frontier to leconnulter. burir (lierminyl auenl nl tl'n St'imlnril AH I'liiich .tviiitlon coipa Htatlona on (ill I'nmp.iav Iims edvl.ed otllel its in llio tho frontier have been Inatriietrd tn Culled St-u..i to ,iiiip nru rude ' we tch for th" Zeppelins und prevent oil iihioail v.'lili" the Ciuupcnn win .iltu. wr cronslng, atlo:i hung.i In tin- balance, aecordlng to announeeinent at tho ottliuH t (lie J Cardliml l.ucnrl Dead. rr vlr.br'"r. '"-any. IJII 1 i.iiME. Julv 3t.-.r!rrilnHl l.uirl. a.. nen ine.areir inai. nils wnuirt undniibt-' , r ' . , ' .V : . j ' . fdly end present' illivhka by Htaiiaaid ht"nT of no Hol Office, dld to-day st nen ihclared 'that. tills would undniibt- teiy enu prcaeni' imrviiSkea ny tHaj oi sgtuti for Kurcpsaa satatn( the three ports, wilt be tied up at their piers for sn indtfinits psriod.. The suspension of business was or dered by tlio German Government. The Imperator Is tied up In Hn'm burg, the Vuterland Is tied up In Ho boken and the Amerlka at Boston. These are Hamburg-American ships. The President Grant of the HaniburB Amerlcan line, which sailed from Ilo boken yesterday, was recalled by wireless this morning nnd Is now headed back for New York. The North German Lloyd, In addi tion to holding vessels In port, sent a wlrcles.1 from the New York office to tho captain of tho Grosser Kurfuorst, which sailed for Uremen from Ho-, , boken yesterday morning, ordering him to return at once. Tho vessel will be back at her Hoboken dock some time to-morrow. Of the North German Lloyd vessels the Princess Irene, scheduled to sail for Bremen to-monow: tho Kron prlnr Wilhclm, scheduled to sail next Tuesday, and the linrbarossa, sched uled to sail next Thursday, nrc, tied up at their Hoboken piers. The George Washington and tho Kaiser Wllhelm II., bound here from Bremen and duo' to arrive neat Sunday and next Tuesday, respectively, will bo tied up at Hoboken. All tho vessels of the two lines In German ports havo been taken over by th Government for uso If thoy should bo rn a red In the approach ing wnr. Hundreds of persons who havo engaged paHsago on tho Vntnr land and Princess Ireno arrived In Hoboken to-day from tho West and beselged thfl steamship plera. Tho Vaterland had booked over 3,0n0 pas sengers. Loading and coaling of ships In Hoboken has censed and thousands of longshoremen and others employed on the piers havo been thrown out of employment. PROVI8ION MERCHANTS ARE FACING HEAVY L088ES. Provision merchants In Hoboken and New York who have been supply. Ing German ships face lieuvy losses. They (ire loaded up with uppllr, much of which Is perishable. Nearly 1,000 Immigrants arc In Hoboken or on the way, all holding tickets on the Vuterland or the Princess Irene, I The Imperator, wnicii was to nave sailed from Hamburg to-day, and the Vnterlanil, largest ship In tho world, which was to have sailed from Ho boken to-morrow with about 3,M0 passengers, will remnln at their piers Indefinitely. The Amerlka, which was to havo sailed from Boston to-morrow, m ro hld The President Grant left Hoboken yesterday morn. , Ing with 110 first class, ll second i class und 14ti third class pasbengers. A wireless message was sent from New York to her captain at 11 o'oiock v I r.i, ii Jirijjk HslliB if 1 ii liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiW iK sk?liiiiiiiiiiiiHs)M'J:T."ii .aliiiiiiiiBiiiiiB ll, II HPIs' '" Kaiser Issues a- Decree Proclaiming Martial Law in Germany, Mob ilizes His Army and Is Ready to Strike, and England Expects War at Any Moment. ENGLAND ORDERS ALL RAILROAD TRAINS HELD.-f Russians Blow Up Railroad Bridge to Check German Advance ? Kaiser's Troops Active on French Frontier. England and France LONDON, July 31. The Government to-night notified all railways in England to hold their equip ment ready for the movement ot' troops. Announcement was made by Premier Asquith in the House of Commons to-day that Russia had proclaimed the general mobilization of her army and fleet. , Premier Asquith's statement was as follows: We have just heard, not from St. Petersburg but from Germany, that Russia has proclaimed the general mobilization of her army and her fleet and that in con sequence of this martial law is to be proclaimed in Germany. ( We understand this to mean that t mobilization will follow in Germany if the Russian mobilization is general and is proceeded wjth. In these circumstances 1 prefer not to answer any further questions till Monday." ST. PETERSBURG, July 31. An imperial proc lamation calling all the army reservists in St. Pet ersburg to the colors was placarded to-day. ' Commanders of all Russian ports on the Black Sea and the Baltic have been ordered to seize all coal and fuel oil supplies, and to furnish no foreign merchantmen with more than enough fuel to reach the nearest foreign port. The Czar gave an audience to-day to the German Ambassador and subsequently presided over a full council of ministers attended by the chief of the army general staff. The mail train for Germany will not leave Qt Pptprshiirt) tn-n Irt h f irwl Hio lino of hnnf. Orders have been given for the mobilization of the,runnlnft tQ Stockholnif Sweden, has been stopped. ft WAR BULLETINS entire Russian army and navy in Europe. A "State of War" has been declared in Germany. The entire nation except Bavaria is under mar tial law. London expects a formal declaration of war by Germany against Russia at any moment. Active movements of the German army at the French frontier are reported. French outposts have been strengthened. Telephonic communication between London and all German and Dutch cities and between WASHINGTON, July 31. Diplomatic des patches from Berlin late to-day say the German opinion is that a European general war seems cer tain. They also report that the British garrison at Gibraltar has been mobilized. 1 State of War Declared by the German Emperor tas M tUty-elatat. (Coatlaaed oa iKsad rasa,) BERLIN, July 31. Germany was to-day de- France and Germany has been suspended. 'dared in a state of war. The action does not con Commercial cablegrams from London to thelstitute a declaration of war against any other Continent are subject to delay. All code mes-1 European power. , . aagi arc refused. It means that marUal law urtderwkkhtkensieV k Jr; ill A" skXssCsM