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LOAN TO ALLIE
HITS NEW SNA(
DEAL FAR AW
Possible Underttaiu
H ithin a Week. Bank?
Rest Hope Now.
CONFERENCE HF.LD
AT ?MO KIAN HO
AngloFrcnch Agents \v?a:
' vice fr??m London as |
Participation of Russia.
??..ont"
7
A I
'
t a billioi
I
a working t
that the
? both s;
? ? '?e taken as exp
? than of cor
were confident
'.. -.'. could
hours
.r.dcrsti
ing "within a week."
I be.?i innumerable te'
made in the ?wo w?
mission has be<\ hero,
few r red the day ?'f tl
Term? that were n.
?re found Impossible w
r pro] -. and
-. arrange? ? ?.hi;, ?
body a eons.iierable number of spec
for t-i early agr
anything !
learned vest
v the conviction of hi
sides that the loan has to be mi
h is makii.g possible a continuar
of the discussions. Even bankers w
have little enthusiasm for the loan i
agreed that the empi?te failure of t
negotiations is almost unthinkable.
( onfer at Morgan Home.
r? was a meet;r.? ye'terday a
Morgan library betwei
Lord Beading and Sir F.iward Holde
r? presenting tie An?lo-French mi
., and J. T. Morgan, Henry P
son and others representing the Ame
group. But this was only one of
? :? ? ? r.gs, and there Wi
nothing li to show that th
hud teen advanced a single ste]
While the Anglo-French mission ai
?Mstood to have lu ? f?<?v.er to ii
t Russia m tie negotiations c
-, mtry out at a ill, the at
- progress in th
loan disc. believed to be du
in part to their reluctance to take a del
itcome of th
Pisi r
L Bark, Russian Finance Minister, an
. .-.aid McKenna, British Chancello
ira.
A lea'fer of th" American group sai
that the inclusion of Bus.-:;
participant! in the loan wa
a possibility. Asked if he though
to risk the los.? o
. of Jewish bank
: ? ? ring 7 g in Russia
a sous answer. Re
: .- ? ? et later, he seic
;. that Russii
. ? ' The credit ol
? Britain snd ? ? a:.I. Mii
Nothing of irnpor
sdding P.us
i an Plan Gaining Friends."
This same banker, when asked
? he lueeess of the
.oan I -..id: "I don't be
'ieve . ai 'innsaction whos?
itrms are an be called
an assured He denied that
'.in between the
French delegates and the Ameri*
leaders.
"The loan is gaining friends all the
"The number of
them is consta?il lag."
? -ids among the bankers or
among the Investors- the ultimate con.
tumors?" he was asked.
"Among people with ?noney?ultimate
fonsumers, certainly," he replied.
lie ?ras told that a iarge number of
ionJ dealers and others had said that
B a 6 per cent income
,?0 with investors; that
t would have to yield 5s-* per cent at
"1 think that is a mistaken ides," he
ed.
?till a lack of definite
nnel of the c??m
? ? of bankers who will constitute
i? actual American negotiators when
? a?Oi ? ? ? st, th.-te Is
a practical certain';,- that the fol low -
?se chosen:
J. iv M< rgan and Mem y V. Davison, of
I P Morgan 4 Co.; Prank A Vander*
?
??ie Guaran*
'v Trust H. Wiggm,
imeroej William ,
ward, president of the Hanover
AT.ci? I Mine, presi
snal.
huhn. I .?eh A Co. Mat N.it Join.
V? httthi r any rerresrntativ?? of Kuhn.
found inn?. ..
.?tors is thought i" be doubtful.
t, . , .- king house Is not ex?
pected to particpate In the loan, al
. Ovo II Kiih-i and Mortimer L.
Sch.lT. of its partners probably v.
- 's.-nbers .lac.?!? I? Schiff, senior
oeably
corr.mittfrl ?gainst the loan, not because
? pro-German sympathies, but bo
cause Russia, in his view, is the chief
?tion among the war
? ions.
Mr. S sirs as to Ganuany, say
his friends, have Veen mad?' plain in
his letters answering those of Presi?
dent-Emeritus Kl)?'' of Harvard His
? l.ir? are with the German peo
bul he believes that "Prussian
militarism" JBUSj be erushed for the
good of humanity.
AIR RAIDERS HIT
U. S. CONSULATE
Bomb Struck Building in
Stuttgart During Attack
by French.
Stufgart, Germany, Sept. 23. Dur?
ing the air raid by French aviators over
.art yesterda) morning fragments
of a bomb struck the American con?
sulate. C onsul lliggin* and the other
occupants of the building were not in?
jured.
?\ .?-hington, Sept. ?71 The American
consulate at Stuttgart was struck by
a fragment of a bomb during the re
. ;. French air men. accord?
ai? to-day from Consul
Higgins.
Ihe consul said that no one in the
..ate had been injured, but did not
Indicate whether the building ?as
damaged.
Geneva. Switzerland, Sept. 23. Newa
has reached Roma Switzerland,
a i ight wing of the roj al ?>al
ace at Stuttgart wn., badly damai
ay? ilr raid. One bom
ploded In the salon. It is known that
of the royal family
were in the residence.
The French ::vintors, after bombard?
ing the station barracks, wher.
ere fifteen seri?
ously injured, divided, some flying to
Friedrichshafen, when- the Zeppelin
factory was bombarded. The
othard hastily left 1 ;
richshafen for the Swiss shore with?
out taking her passengers on board.
U.S. NOW AT WAR,
SAYS DR. BUTLER
In Life and Death Struggle with
Forces That Would
Stifle It.
i
Lake Placid, N. Y.. Sept 28. Before
a large audience in Forest Hall, at the
Lake Plac:d Club, Nicholas Murray
Butler, president of Columbia Uni?
versity, rave an interesting adilress
to-nitzht on "The War and the Future."
"For many years," said he, "this na?
tion has managed to maintain its po-.
sition, following well the course es?
tablished by George Washington and
entering into no entangling alliances
with other nations. We have attended
strictly to our own affairs, but now
the time has come when the older point
m must be supplemented by an?
other. The time has come when this
nation must direct the course of civ?
ilization as it should go. We face a
situation in which we are to take the
principal part in shaping the future of
the world.
"This nation has been made the cus
odian of international law; it is incum
Qent upon us to see to it that our rights
us neutrale are not invaded by eager
belligerents. This ?oe3 not mean com
butiveness, but rather the use of a
fores that shall work for the
pood of humanity. Especially is it in?
cumbent upon us to see to it that we do
r.ot fall into that warlike spirit which
hag its grasp upon Europe. There is
the reaction of imitation and the re
iction of avoidance, and I am for the
latter. Every true American feels that
he is called out for service from with?
in rather than ordered out for service
from without.
"Thif conflict is one of the great
wars of history between principles.
Foi the third time the civilisation of
the Western world is having a life tnd
death struggle with force? that would
stifle it. That is the reason why this
nation, although neutral, dare not be
imlifferent."
Starving Man Saw Lincoln Shot.
Weakened by an enforced three days'
fast, George Westphalia, sixty-three,
wandered to the fourth floor of an
empty building a
yesterday in search of a place to sleep.
Bis threadbare r'othes wars no protec?
tion aga.r. -?? th- codd in the building
no he built a flre of old papers. Pa?
trolmen of the Mercer Street station
put out the blaze and took him to the
: house, wher? he was held on a
rhsrge of arson. All that the pusoner
could remember of hiB past life was
?hat, when he ?as twelve, ne saw !'??
Lincoln assassinated.
B. Al?man $c do.
Women's Ready-to-wear Dep9t
(Third Floor)
TAILOR-MADE SUITS FOR AUTUMN
are now displayed in unusually generous
sortments. Smart youthful models are
I given special prominence.
A large selection of new sty.es is now being
of/ertid.
$38.00 L $48.00
Wiftl) Annul* - illivblaan Aurm?
.3411? ?mb 3511? &txtttB JXrui Bark
'3,000 OPEN WAR
HERE ON LOAN
Pledges to Thwart Allies'
Credit F.ffort Made at
Truth Meeting.
RIDDER ATTACKS
TRIBUNE AS BIASSED
German Alliance May Strip
Banks That Aid Deal of
Many Teuton Depositors.
The first o? a ?crie? of meetings
'with the avowed pur]
the proposed Anglo-French hillion
dollar war lean was held last night
ander th.- ?uspieei of the American
?Truth Society at Terrace G-ird.-n.
Three thousand enthusiast!? mi
of the society, mostly Germnn? and
their 'he hall, 1.
to f:rry speeches ef protest ?fall
loan, unanimously adopted resolutions
protesting against the participation of
American banking Institutions in the
. dged then
' to do ? ? " ? ?: in their powei to
thwnrt the loan.
"There are about three thousand
people in thi? audience," said Jeremiah
. i'l . ary, th.- r resident of the American
Truth Soeietjr. "They all belong to th"
thrifty, ?avinp elass of people. Rough?
ly estimated, they represent about
twenty million dollar? of deposits in
our banks, ?hey are in full sympathy ?
with our plan to wit*draw their sav? i
Ingl from any -anking in.-titution
which participate?' in this financial out- ?
rage "
Mr. O'Leary then read a letter re?
ceived from the German Savings Har.k,
t savings instil
to ??
query fron the Ameriean Truth So
? d that it would
its deposits from any national bank
which -icipate in 'he loan.
<;. orj t Whitefleld Mi I iry of:
.meric?n Truth Societj acted si
?nan of the meeting and intro
s G. Koelbl,. ;
the German-Americ-in Alliance of
. which reprcs.-nts a n
- re thnn a hundred thi
man-Americans. Mr. ..
rj the participation of Am
ng institutions in the loan the
ince committee is trying to
I s In this country, an "an 111
.:?..'? deliberately unfriendly act
entrai P< i
"If America pul ' >nto
the pockets of the Allies it will pro
tsrrif?c slaughter in 1
indefinitely and place G(
allies at a decided disadvantage," bs
Barnard Bidder, managing editor of
"The New Yorker Staats-Zeitung," as
?ailed ??? ; h Mew York dailies in
New York Tribune in
particular, for their "unqualified and
unneutrai support of the British cause."
"In view of the close relationship be?
tween the owner of The New York Trib?
une and the British authorities." said
Mr. Rl tie may be expect
The Tl 'he ?ray of unbiassed
presentation of the news."
Mr. O'Leary, who is a lawyer, told his
audience just how far they Co..
n an endeavor to stop
the materialisation of the big loai
?lip ?'?? ?
among "the andiene* with a
nil in name and address of the
where the signer had money on deposit
and a declaration that he ?a
to the participation of American bank?
ing institutions in the loi
Mr. O'Leary : aid: "This is a fight
between bank depositors and bank bur
glars. 1 want to say to the gentlemen
of the press, if there are any iiere who
represen! Mr. Morgan, that I don't
England, for the prc-ss has givi i
England ?.art? blanche over us. 1 don't
blame England for thinking she ha*
stolen away our sen. en and that we, in
a wave of partisan feeling, have thrown
wisdom to the winds."
Letter* protesting against the loan
were sent ". Wilson, State
Treasurer Wells, Mayor Mitchel. Con?
troller Prandergast, City ( nambeilain
Bruers end the Mate Banking Depart?
ment. Over the signature of G. W.
Mead, of the American Truth Soeiety,
the following satement was contained
in the letter to the President:
"We ask yu to have a definite state?
ment issued by the Federal Rsserve
Bank that it will not rediscount anv
in of this proposed $1,
loan."
Resolutions were unanimous^
adopted characterizing the proposed
loan to Great Britain and her allies in
"unsound, hazardous and Improvident,
subversive to the interests of deposi?
tors and corruptive of the purpose of
our Federal banking laws.' It was
further resolved to appoint a financial
committee "vested with full power t..
investigate our hanking conditions, '
wait on public officials and to continue
organisation of bank depositors
and to do every lawful act and thin?
to the erd that the banking resources!
of our city and country shall be eon
served for tlie normul. ordinary bank?
ing business of the nation."
Another mass meeting will be .held
to-night at Laurel Garden, and other*
tin will be called in various sec
? I th? city.
I? conclusion of the meeting the
folio? ii .- : ?"?"'? introduced bj Mr.
? ouslj adapted:
"This meeting extends its thanks and
atulations to W. R. Hearst for
. pposition to the pro?
? dollar loan and evj ?
the hope that with the aid of his gnat
. ? swspspers he Will help arouse
the people of this country to the tru'h
as to the loan and thereby assure its [
complete defeat."
He Should Worry.
Watertown, N. V., Sept. 23. Robert '
Lansing, Secretary of State, to-day
want over dispatches from Washington
rning both the Mexican und Lu
ropean situations. Later he fished in :
rie with his father-in-Uw, (
John W. Posta r, ex-Secretary of St?l .
ary Lansing hopes to spend sn
Other week at Henderson Harbor.
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EXCELLENT COFFEE
BEST AT 24C A POUND
Mansion Blend
Quality Cottee?Quantity Prices
At Retail, Direct from Importer.
Roasted Fresh Daily
Money Bach on Request
Five Pounds Delivered Free
ALICIi POOH; MACDOLQALL
"Tbt Only Woman Cafft? Importer"
138 Front Street. joil.s ?
.?.? swans - -- -
RUSSIA AGREES
TO END EMBARGO
FaXports to America To he
Allowed I'nder Proper
Guarantees.
GOODS MUST NOT
GO TO ENEMIES
; Agreement to Last for Three
Years or Until Peace Has
Keen Declared.
[Fnm T - Tttl
Washington, Sept. ?S. The Russian
government doos nol expert an early
.? ion of hostilities, if the
ment lifting the tmbargt en ? I ports to
, the i has bean
. Ury Lan -in?r and the
Rnsslan Ambaaaador, Is ary Indication.
Formal snnonncement of the agreement
! was made at the Department of ?"in
merce to-day.
I'nder its provisions, American im?
porters have to Al? h ?ecured bond
covering the shipment i.t the port Of
importation. This bond, ma?!e out to
rnment. is "to run for
. d Of three years, or until peace
-hall have been declared by the im- j
???rial Russian government with all its
enemies." Hilarantes must also be
given against re-export, Coods thus re?
leased are to he consigned to the com?
mercial agent in charge of the New
York offlee of the Bureau of Foreign
.?.I Dom'' tic Commerce.
Negotiations between the two govern?
ments have been carried on for several
week: through Daniel E. Casey, of the
/n and Domestic Cotn
E, C. Portar, commercial
? ?. nr i William B. Fleming, foreign
sdviaer, for the Uni
[edzihovsky, commercial at
for the Russian Embassy.
The principal imports affected by the
agreement ara dressed and undri '
!.i :es, skins and furs.
Mr. Casey, of the Department of
erce, this afternoon made public
the circular sent to American im;.
the form of application to bi
with the New York bureau to secure
the release of goods.
"In consideration of the approval of
lepartment of Commerce and the'
IS of shipment," the Amtr'.can im-I
porter is required to guarnntee and I
.s follows:
"That no part of the shipment, either j
in its present form or in any form, will :
b?? exported from the United States.
"That prior to the arrival of the
aforesaid shipment we will tile |
e amount of the value
of the shipment, at the port of impor?
tation, one day prior to the arrival of
the shipment This bond will be made
out to the imperial Russian govern?
ment and will run for a period of three'
years, or until peace shall have been
declarad by the importa] Russian gov- ;
trnment with ail its enemies.
"That in case any part of this ship?
ment is exported from the T'nited j
States of America, except with the spe?
cial permission of the imperial Russian
government through the proper officials,
this bond will be forfeited to the im-'
ptr?al Russian government.
"That we will upon request at any
and all timas furni.?.h to the Bureau of ;
"n '.m! Domestic Commerce do
I statements in regard to the salea
made by us of any part of the shipment
t to this agreement.
"That are hereby agree that approva,
of th's application by the Bureau of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce and
ertain authorities of the imperial
? n government does not signify.
' ? permission for the release of the
si ipment of goods has been secured and
that we realize that the release of such
enti will be made at the discre?
tion of the imperial Russian govern- ?
ment. ?
"That we will not attempt to hold
? ither the Department of Commerce,
impel , ? inn government or
any individual connected with them re
ible or liable in any way in con?
nection with this shipment.
"In case this form is approved and
permission Ib granted by the imperial
Russian government, wa agree to sub- j
. ? i -!er to the commercial agent
in charge of the Kam York office of the.
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com- |
merce of the Department of Commerce
for approval, and we agree that such
goods wil be unsigned to the order of
the Secretary of Commerce, the Bu
of Forain and Domestic Com
merce, 40S Custom House, New York."
BRITISH AUTO DUTY
HITS ONLY AMERICA
Import Tax of 33 1-3 Per Cent
Causes Price Increase on
All Cars but Fords.
I ? ??> ?/> The TrtMirvu )
London, Sept 23. The "Daily Ex?
press" sayg that the 3-'l 1-3 per cent ad
valorem import duty on all motor cars,
ind their parts will at presei.t aff.'Ct
only Ameritan manufacturar*. Bar
?ral London representatives of French
I nd Italian manufacturers said:
"The ' ew duties will not afi'oct us at
. ? .- ' i lame with us as with
your manufacturara All the cars we
can m-ik.' are wanted by our govern
: ? ' '.. home eonsum]
Purchasers of American car.? will have
t'i pay the new duty except in the case
nf Ford cars. "Wl have not increased
the price of our cars at all," ?aid the
manager of the London branch of this
tirm. "Only one-third of each Ford
car sold in this country comes from
America, so that we have to pay duty
I third of the value of each
car. This is a email ?urn, even if we
do raise the price later on. The in?
crease will be a vary small one, prob?
ably well under II
The Buich and Studeb.iker ears '.?ill
be Increased in price, but the a?
amount of increase has not ;et been
?ietermincd. The price of the Overland
was raited $2C0 yesterday. This In?
crease apnlies to all the firm's csrs.
.-. which on Tuesday cost
12,475, plus 10 per cent, owing to the
ratt Of '?change, will now c<>st about
IS.2M.
-.
U. S. Surgery Britain's Hope.
London, Pent. 2.1.- "There will be
no course onen but to apply to the
tod States to fill up the neceasary
complements of medical men if thia
country cannot produce the r-quisite
doctore," writfs Sir James Barr, vice
in i -'?lent of the Brit th Medical A???>
ciation and a lieutenant colonel in the
Royal A) my Medical Corps. "Two
?iii.iisand live hundred of 'hem are re- ?
- : JiiRj"*, who adds: t
"Conscri]?' BR."
U. S. Mails to Europe Small.
?Washin?."-. I'ni'ed States !
mails to Europt have fallen off at such
h rate ?nice the war began that the
I'ostofnce Department has decided not
to ask for the usual 10 per cent in?
crease in the appropriation for the
transportation of such mail.
?. S. FIXED NO SEA TONGUE
ilflirer? May Speak Any Language that
Oew Inder-tands.
Washington. Bapt. 28. The govern*
interpretation of the language
?
by th? la I Coagre i ?at announced to
niiflit by ?he Merttary of ?ommerce.
It set .? ,.?
?the '?re ' ticular Ian*
? 'in tin- pai ?
of any vtoael, but 'hn* "tny languagt
which mead
are by ? (Been and the proper propor
' the craw ?.?ill comply."
The requirement that members of
the crew shall I
any oii:??r . ' . by their ??
?s construe,i a? "meaning only at
?lern as may normally be given to mem?
bers of the ci?w in ?sen department
of ?he vessel in the course of the usual
performance of their regular dutiet.
IAmong ?h??e dutiet, howweer, sh?>ilil
..:'r. nr emergency
work for tuch members ot" tht
i.? may be called rforra theee
rIn ae < '
In ??"? Secretary Redfield says
the la
quirt ?? el "in
*-iich a inu;.rier as -!.?!! bl I
mil hurtful '" our m i
and that il la in r.? tens.
? I'm im eat? emban I or to
?*aus.. unnecessary tXptntt or delay."
ITALIANS SEIZE
MOUNTAIN POSTS
Drive Enemy from Monte
Cost?n, Held for
Months.
Paris, Sept. 28. The Austrian* have
evacuated their positions on Mont,
ton, a border mountain in the Falz
rego zone, which they have held for
months. Vienna tells of the rttreat
of the brave garrison, atta??k?-?l by a
force over ten timos stronger than it
was.
With th.- of the fourth
month of the Italian war, Vienna says,
the Austrian front la stronger than
e\?r. The day's aetivitiea were con?
fined to attack-, in local Home
tells of the repulse of assaults north?
west of Monte Cost?n.
ITALIAN OFFICIAL
Rome gave out this statement:
Duri.ig the night of September 21
one of our dctachmentt pushed for?
ward on Monte Melino, where the
Valley of the Daona joins the Valley
Of Glulicaria. Favored r..
it reached positions which the en?
emy was engaged in 87reng'.henirg,
an?! by b bo attac ltd i i
tearing up tht barbad vire lysttm
uni ig part of the m
trtnehmtnts.
During the day of the 22.1 and the
v.ng night our troop? i ? . ? 1
an enemy a":.ck againtt our advance
positions of Malmea and Brad? 1 Ber
toldi, northwtsl of Montt Cost?n,
near Sasso di Stria, in the Falzrego
zone, and at Santa Maria Heights, in
the Tolmino section.
AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL.
The statement given out at Vienna
says:
In the Tyrolean border region we
repulsed several smRll attacks by
feeble Italiin detachments in th??
region of Tonale und north an :
of Condino.
The plateaus of Vielgeruth and La
fraun bavt again been under the lire
of the enemy's heavy artillery.
Our brave sari ?? 1 on Mo
ton, which for months had main
tamed thin border mountain, far in
advanc-i ui' our lin? . . ' su?
perior tntmv forces, eti'y this thorn
ing evacuated the pojition, h -
been attacked by a force over ten
times stronger than i* was.
Artillery battles in the region of
the Dolomites continue with gr^at
intensity. On the Carinthian l'roi t
a detachment of Alpi) ? npted
to breal ti i ugh on Mon a Perabla
but va repulsed v? th lo? -
On the littoral front the activity'
of nur troops his been co::ineJ to
artillen vVe g.iined some suc-i
To-day, the eonclusi >n of *he
fourth mon'h of tht Italian war, tht
enemy undertook no big battle, butI
attacked only in local sectors. All ?
the attacks wert vain, ami our front j
is stronger tha7i ever.
LONDON ACCEPTS
BUDGET TAXATION
Rich and Poor Favor
Added Burden as Neces?
sary at This Time.
AMERICAN AUTO
MAKERS IN LINE
Import Tax on Foreign Cars Re?
garded as Ho!p to British
Manufacturers.
[Hi- CaMo to The Tribun* I
London. Sept. 28. Although all the
budget! of the laut six years have
been reecived with a positive tornado
of abuse Mr. McKenna'o hns been ac
.- ted in utter peace. A long tour
around London disclosed not a single
murmur of complaint, merely a stoical
euriosity to ?iiscover how much the in?
dividual cost is going to be. Every?
body sat down to discover precisely
! .,-?? much his Income tax will be and
(he amount whereby his living ex
; he increased. But never
has there been such an entire absence
of grumbling. Everywhere there is
mi attitude of cheerful and even en?
thusiastic sacrifice. Rich and poor
of the Mame mind on this occa?
sion.
Superfax Approved.
Sir Fortescue Flannery, director of
the London and Southwestern Bank,
one of the wealthiest London finan?
ciers, said, "I regard the increase in
the supertax as just and wise."
.Sir Thomas Dewar suid. "It is an ex
t budget. I is only right that
the man with superfluous money
hould pay and pay now. None has
tha right to withhold wealth in a time
like this."
Tim Healy, member of Parliament
repreesnting a poor Irish district,
said, "We make no complaint."
Sir Harry Samuel, member of Par?
liament and well known as a banker,
laid. "Th?* budget Is very fair."
Sir Thomas Whittaher, president of
a great insurance corporation, said,
"It is nn eminently fair budget."
W, Crooks, a famous labor leader,
? a different note, "Heavier tea
and sugar duties r.re a most serious
g to the poorest classes, who 'live
from meal to meal.' Some means
ihould have been found to modify
duties in the interest o? men
who earn $5 or less weekly"
Points which arouse the greatest dis?
cussion a.-o the import duty on auto?
mobiles and the abolition of the half?
penny postage. Julian Orde, secretary
of the Automobile Club, said: "Any?
srhich will help the British manu?
facturer will be welcomed. Unless some
? tax is put on foreign cars and
parts foreign manufacturers soon will
have taktr. all our market, lea-Hag the
!: makers after the war with an
impossible task."
American Car Makers In Line.
One of tha heads of the Ford Motor
Company said: "It is a most serious
n-.-.tt.?r for importers of purely Ameri?
can cars, but the Ford doesn't come
:7-.(i.-r that head. We employ 1,600 men
assembling imported parts. The Ford
car will survive the tax." A represen
tativ? of fhe Overland cars said: "Our
cars continue to hold their own even at
the higher price charge. The people
hit will be those financing mushroom
ventures for booming American cars
hen-."
One of the managers of the Harley
. i". Company said: '"We are
astounded and can hardl?, believe that
so heavj .-? ;ax will be passed by Parlia
If so it will have a serious
? on our business "
Among dealers in cars the feeling
-.oie optimistic. The general view
obtained that if a man really wanted
a tiptop American car he cheerfully
will pay the tax rather than buy an
inferior and cheaper car.
A trade which probably will be killed
bv the abolition of the half-penny post?
age is that of the picture postcard
rs. These trailers generally be
their industry.
Stationer- and news agents through?
out the country are preparing to offer
floreeot opposition. Advertising
sens which specialize in sending
.? reulars with half-penny stamps
II be hit badly.
Tob?ceo and cigars advanced in price
to-day, but tea and provisions still ara
unaffected. In the^e there probably
will be no increase for a fortnight.
GERMANY PLEDGES
VESSELS' SAFETY
I onliriueil f*-??m page 1
ing in a neutral umpire in caso the two
ts fail to agree on the question of1
in |. mn iirmly re?
jected by th:? German government
Ollicia'.s say liiere will be no objec?
tion to conducting thr . rel
stiv? to the. signing of the compromise
or statement of th? ss? to I
el to the court "f arbitration, in Berlin,
rmany suggests. The (?erman
government is at a -rent disadva
in conducting negotiations in Washing?
ton because of the ?'?faculties of wire?
less communlcatio** with i's Ambassa?
dor, while the United States is able to
communicate with / tnbassador Gerarl
by cable.
Text of the Note.
The German note foil.
V* ith regal the ascer?
tainment . experts,
the German ? -.-es
that it should d - srith the
nomination of an umpire. In the
":e ascertainment of dam
? hitherto arrar god between the
(?ermun government and a neutral
government from similar causes,
the experts named by the two
parties have always reached an
agreement as to the amount of the
damage without difficulty; should
it not be possible, however, to
reach an agreement on some point,
? ubi prob,. . tied by
diplomatic negotiation. Assuming
that the American governri?ent
agrees to this, the (itunan gov
?rr.ment names as it-, expert l*r.
Kepr.y, of Bremen, director of the
North German Lloyd; it begs to
await the designation of the Amer?
ican expert.
The Cern?an government declares
that it fign-e*- to the proposal of
the American government to sepa?
rate the question of indemnity
from the question "'" the Interpre?
tatioi Imerieaa
tieaties of 171 : -28.
It therefor? isly states
it does
not scknowiedge the violations of
the treaty as contended by th?
A:.:er:i-.?n side, but it will admit
that the settlement of the fiuestion
of inde:n: I not prejudice
the arrangement of tha differ? rices
Of opinion concern,.-.g the ?uterpr?*
??n of the treaty right?, and
that this dispute li left to be de
S Tribunal of
Arbitration.
Stions relative to the
Lag of the compromise pro?
vided by Article LII of the Hague
arbitration convention weald best
be romlu. ? sei the Foreign
Office snd the American Embassy
at Berlin, In view of tht difficulties
in the way of instructing the Im
I erial Ambassador at Washington.
In ca-e the American government
agrees, the Foreign Orhce Is pre
! o submit to the embassy a
dralt of such a compromise.
The American governments in?
quiry whether the German gov?
ernment will govern its naval op
ions in accordance with the
G-trman or the American interpre?
tation of the treaty .stipulations in
question pending the arbitral pio
Ctedinga has been carefully consid
: by the German government.
From the standpoint of law and
equity it is not prevente?!, in ita
opinion, from proceeding against
?American ships carrying contra?
band ftci-ording to its interpreta?
tion until the question is settled
by arbitration.
For the German government does
not need to depart from the appli?
cation of generally recognized
rnlea of the law of maritime war,
i.? the Declaration of Lomlon, un
and in so far as an exception
ba.-'-il on a treaty is established
.". til?' eise of
the prisent ?litference of opinion
G unan and the Amer?
ican governments such an excep
t:?m could not be taken to be es?
tablished except on the ground of
the arbitral award. Moreover, the
disadvantag?s to Germany which
would ensue from the American in?
terpretation of the treaty stipula?
tions would be so much greater at
to be out of proportion to those
which the German interpretation
would entail for the United States.
For, whereas the American IntOF
ition would materially impede
any in her conduct of war
:.?re, hardly any particular disad
vantagt to American citizens would
!t from the German interpreta
. tinct tiny receive full repara?
tion for any property damage sus?
tained.
N?rrtrtheleae, the German gov.
trnmtnt, m order to furnish to the
American government evidence of
its conciliatory attitude, hns iraued
th? Gtrmaa nav.ai farces
not tu .le -troy American merchant?
men which have loaded conditional
contraband, even when the condi?
tions of international ?aw are pres?
ent, but to permit them to continue
thi'ir voyage unhindered if it is not
possible to take them into port.
On the other hand, it must reserve
to itself the right to destroy ves?
sels carrying absolute contraband
wherever such destruction is per
according to the provi?
sions of the Declaration of London.
One thing which attracted attention
in connection with the German note
? necessity of submarine
commanders' under their new or?lera to
ex reise the right of visit and search
with respect to all American vessels
tu determine tho nature of their car?
goes.
The Equitable is filling
up on merit
In considering the tremendous size of the Equi?
table rent roll, it is pertinent to remember that
there is no dearth of space in the Downtown dis?
trict, so that the Equitable may claim to have
secured its tenants on merit and not merely as
the result of favorable economic conditions.
Equitable Building Corporation
120 Broadway
m:
?ESeflsnvftteii-c?,
?War M*-fM?Ba9Mt If i(ih Avenue A** *??>??..? w; %*\
* Fashions for the Younger Set?
An unusuaI showing of styles
adapted from Paris models.
^^>
Demi-tailleur S nils in ultra smart
models, adapted from latest Paris
models, richly trimmed with fur.
Stilts?for trampinq and utility wear,
a wide range of unusually chic style?,
including fur-trimmed effects.
Tailored Frock? for class-room wear
?Silk and Veivti Frockt for serni-dreas
occasions?also charming Parti/ Froekm
{ Coats?introducing silhouette.t entire?
ly new, which afford a pleasing de
? X \ parture from styles previously irttro
11 duced.
<[' Youthful Hats ?In -sj^rlea decidedly chic
Delightful Designs in Misses* Furs.
Red Fox, Cross Fox, B!u? Fox, Beaver and other
Fashionable Pelts
NEW TROOPS LAND
AT GALLIPOLI
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Berlin Reports 110,000 Re?
inforcements Arrive at
Lemnos Island.
Berlin, Sept 23.?( By wireless to
; Sayville, X. Y.)-A new army of 110,
000 men has been sent to the assistance
j of the Allied forces at the Dardanelles,
according to the Overseas News
Agency.
This information was contained, the
? news agency says, in a dispatch from
Athens. Trie reinforcements for the
French and British forces are said to
have landed at Mudros, on Lemnos
Island, in the ?-Lgean Sea.
The original expeditionary force on
1 the Gallipoli eninsula has been
strengthened by lar'ie consignments of
troops, principally British. If the in
1 formation from Athens is correct, how?
ever, it may mean that the new armv
has been gent by Italy. Several trans?
ports departed from Italian port? with
large consignments of troops last
month. They sailed under sealed or?
ders. A dispatch from Rome at th*
time said it was generally believed
they were to be employed for opera?
tions against Turkey.
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DENIES CRITICISING WILSON
Austrian Consul Explains Message?Did
Not Know Archibald.
Dr. John B. Schwegel, Austrian Con?
sul at St. Louis, whose exequatur, it
was rumored, would be revoked be?
cause he had criticised the President
in documents taken from James F. J.
Archibald, Dr. Dumba's unofficial mes?
senger to Vienna, denied last night at
the Biltmore that his correspondence
was improper.
"I did not even know of the existence
of Mr. Archibald," he said, "until I
read of him in the newspapers. My
papers, among those taken from Mr,
Archibald, consisted merely of an in?
formal report a mere discussion of
President Wilson'? refusal to nlace an
embargo on the shipment of munitions
to the allied nations. It was inipa*
sionate and respectful In every way,
and far more impersonal than messages
sent daily bv consuls and attache.? in
all parts of the country to their am?
bassadors."
Dr. Schwegel denied that he was
called to New York for conference in
tht Dtnnba case.
If you could realize the mar?
velous results of .Methot Feitncr
Reconstruction?you would be
astounded:
Any old feathers ? fade4
dishevelled, cast a<ide, can ht
made into the most beautiful
new plumes, fancies, boas, etc.
The cost is much less than
the price o? new
Here is an economy that no
woman would ignore?once
she realized what i*. matnt.
Brin? in your old feather?
and find out for U'urselt.
H. METHOT
29 W. 34th St. New York
EAKTH SHOCK IN ROME
Slight Disturbance Lasts Only a fee
Sounds snd Doe* No Damage.
Rome. Sept. 23. A alight earthqut'?
shock occurred here at 1:99 o'clcc?
this evening. The dist?rbente lastei
a few seconds. No damage was don<
No reports *eve been rtceived from
the provinces.
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Capt. Draper Slain; Wed U. I Girl
London, Sept. 23. Captain R<?rr
Francis Draper, son of the Rev. Will?
iam H. Draper, of Leed?, ha? bee?
killed at the Dardanelles. Captain
Draper was ?aarried last Pect?mber to
Mitt Anna Lowell Gtrdintr, dsufhtir
of Robert H. (lardiner, of Boiton-_
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