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No. 20.086. WASHINGTON, D. C? SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 25, 1915-TWENTY PAGES. ONE CENT.
CAPITAL IS READY
FOR G. A. R. HOSTS;
VANGUARD IS HERE
Headquarters Opened and
Business of Encampment
Already Is Under Way.
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF DUE
EARLY MONDAY MORNING
I
Meeting of Citizens' Executive Committee
Called to Clear
Up Details.
FINAL PLANS FOR PARADE
Lieut. Gen. Miles and Lieut. Col.
Baker Visit Chief of Staff
Hosley at Headquarters.
i
Grand Army Encampment business
is in full swing today.
Every incoming train is bringing
its quota of veterans and visitors
attracted by the conventions
of patriotic organizations.
The headquarters of the commander-in-chief.
Lieut. Col. David
J. Palmer, in the oak room of the
Raleigh Hotel, is open and in
charge of Miss Katharine R. A.
Flood, secretary of the commander-in-chief.
Camp Emery is wide open for;
the reception and rendezvous of
the old soldiers, with registration
and information booths busy and
with police, fire and hospital
headquarters established and a
full-fledged United States post
office doing business.
O. A. S. Vanguard Arriving.
Crowds forming the vanguard of the
G. A. R. encampment began, to arriye
at the Union station early this morning.
Every incoming train brought its
quota of Grand Army men as well as
large crowds of their friends and other
viattors.
The "big rush" is expected to start
this evening and last through tomorrow
and Monday. This will include
special delegations and visitors from
points far west and north.
Everything is in readines at the station?the
gate of the capital?to welcome
the wearers of the blue and their
friends. A large group of high school
cadets as guides and information givers:
another group of boys from the
Sons of Veterans, and a large squad of
police and plain clothes men are ready
to look out for the welfare of the members
of the G. A. R. and their friends.
Information booths have been placed
at convenient points in the station
and at one end a hospital station has
been estalished in case medical attention
is required.
Most of the Grand Army men who
arrived this morning were met by
friends. Those who did not received
attention from the High School Cadet
guides, and were taken to rooms listed
by the citizens' committee.
Final Committee Reports.
The citizens' executive committee
v.-as tailed together today by Chairman
William F. Gude for the receipt of final
reports from al! subcommittees and
for the clearing up of its affairs preliminary
to the opening of the en*.ampment.
Col. D. R. Stowltz. quartermaster
general of the Grand Army, was at- j
tending to affairs at Camp Emery. ; nd t
a tout the grandstands relative to t^?e 1
duties of his office, and arranging as
Jar as possible the matter of escort.
George A. Hosley, chief of staff, and
S. C. Spear, senior aid-de-camp, were
in conference with the national encampment
secretary, with Chairman
Gude and Secretary Grant of the citizens*
committee and with Col. Charles
C Royce, chairman .of the campfires
committees, who has been arranging for
the seating of the 1,200 official delegates
in the Grand Army business sessions.
W. B. C. Headquarters Opened.
The president, secretary and treasur- J
er of the Woman's Relief Corps, the :
auxiliary of the Grand Army, opened
up headquarters at the Raleigh today.
Commander-in-chief Palmer notified
hsdquarters today that he will be here
with special trains bringing more
than 2,000 veterans Monday morning.
Adjt. Gen. George A. Newman of
Des Moines, Iowa, will reach Washington
tomorrow morning.
Mrs. Lula M. Carlln. national president
of the Daughters of Veterans,
reached Washington this afternoon and
opened her headquarters at the Raleigh.
Col. J. D. Walker, adjutant general of
the ex-prisoners of war, came in from
Pittsburgh today. He reported that
Capt. W. J. Patterson, a member of the
excutive committee and candidate for
commander-in-chief, will reach here
tomorrow.
Ellas R. Monfort, past department
commander of Ohio and a prominent
candidate for commander in chtef at
the present encampment^ arrived at the
Raleigh this afternoon, accompanied
by his campaign committee.
Discuss Parade Plans.
Chief of Staff George A. Hosley was
In conference early today with Lieut.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles, grand marshal of
the parade, and Lieut. Col. Chauncey B.
Baker, who has been arranging for the
War Department the details of participation
by men in active service in the
encampment activity. Both of these
officers called on Mr. llosley at the headquarters
In the Raleigh Hotel, and together
they went over the route of
\jprade, and the roster of those who
*111 participate.
wioirie of thoae who had been appointjfcl
on the staff of Chief of Staff Hosley
Reported to him at headquarters this
fiomlng.
Corp. James Tanner. nast commander-in-chief
of tiie Grand Army,
Vas one of the early visitors at heade-uartars,
welcoming the gathering veteran*.
Mr. Hoaley said today that ail reports
(Continued on Fourth Page.)
WOULD REVISE LAWS
TO HELPBUSINESS
President Not Opposed tc
Changing Tariff Acts if
Conditions So Demand.
STATES VIEWS IN LETTER
TO FORMER GOV. COX
Is Non-committal, However, as to
When He Thinks the Time Is
Proper for Change.
PrpsiHpnt Wilsnn tint rmn
niittcd to the present tariff laws
enacted by the democratic party
and approved by himself, if they
should show the need of revision
or of adjustment to facts that reveal
themselves with the progress
of the business of the country,
and whenever change is advisable
he wishes it considered
through the instrumentalities oi
a tariff commission or the existing
organs of the government,
which he considers fully authorized
to handle tariff subjects.
That is the interpretation placed
upon a letter made public at the
W hite House today.
Former Gov. James M. Cox of Ohio
recently wrote the President a letter
recommending the creation of a tariff
commission that would keep in close
touch with business, note the effects of
the present tariff laws and be able to
present to Congress data that would
enable that tody intelligently to make
changes, if advisable.
The answer of the President to Mr.
Cox, made public today, although written
nearly a month ago, is as follows:
President Wilson's Views,
"My Dear Governor:
"I sincerely appreciate your letter of
August 24.
"The matter of which it speaks has
been very much in my mind and my
thought is this: The full powers of a
tariff commission are already lodged in
existing organs of the government;
?? ?kAtv.
*?vd* vi luviu, ttiiu i cauj iiivic man iiic
former commission had,- in the bureau
of foreign and domestic commerce of
the Department of Commerce, and
others (powers of investigation chiefly)
in the hands of the new federal trade
commission. Perhaps it would be better
if these y^rjpus, pewters were assembled
in the hands of one bureau or
department, but aside from that I think
the machinery exists for a thoroughly
scientific treatment of tariff questions.
If anything is lacking to give these
powers efficiency, I am, of course,
heartily in favor of doing it.
"Please accept my warmest regards
and my sincere appreciation of your
interesting letter.
"Cordially and sincerely yours.
"WOODROW WILSON."
The letter is non-committal, it is
pointed out, as to when the President
thinks the time is proper for a tariff
commission or a kindred body with authority
to take up the subject, but
nearly a year ago the President wrote
a letter to Powell Evans in Philadelphia,
stating that "until the present
European war Is over and normal con(Continued
on Second Page.)
OF PARTICULAR
INTEREST TO
| G. A. R. VETERANS
! "RELICS OF CIVIL WAR DAYS !
i IX SMITHSONIAN IN ST ITU
| TION" should appeal to every
J survivor of that conflict.
"WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS
AIDS G. A. R. VETERANS
AND THEIR DEPENDENT
ONES.''
'FAMOUS WOMAN SECRET
SERVICE AGENTS IN THE
CIVIL WAR.''
"A TEN-YEAR-OLD SOLDIER,
! ONE OF THE YOUNGEST IN
I THE CIVIL WAR."
*'WASHINGTON MAN A SURVIVOR
OF THE FAMOUS
ANDREWS RAID.'"
In -an interview with RICHARD
K. CAMPBELL. COMMISSIONER
OF NATURALIZATION,
ASIIM UN BROWN
describes the making of better
citizens.
ROBERT F. WILSON writes of the
American bank as a trade-getter
in South America.
FRANK G. CARPENTER interviews
the cattle king of Brazil.
CHARLES M. PEPPER tells how
French-Canadians arc contributing
their share to the war.
"IS THE KAISER PLANNING A
SEVENTH GREAT POWER IN
EUROPE t"
"BEHIND THE BOLTED DOORt"
ARTHUR E. McFARLANE'S
great mystery story with a 1500
reward for the first correct solution.
"THE TALE OF THE TIP," by
EDWARD HUNGERFORD?an
expose of the "outstretched
palm."
"THE DOLL BABY/' by GERTRUDE
BROOKE HAMILTON,
a striking story.
"THESE RICH KIDS HELPED
THESE POOR ONES"?o twopage
spread of child photographs.
And these arc only a fete of the
features well worth reading tomorrow
in
The SUNDAY STAR
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GREEK AND BULGAR
I EXPECTED 10 BEGIN
HOSTILITIES SOON
Athens Forces Will Go to Aid
of Serbia if Invasion
Is Attempted.
GREAT CONFLAGRATION
IN BALKANS NEARER
Rumania Also May Join War When
Fuse Is Touched
Off.
GREEKS RUSH PREPARATIONS
Parliament to Be Asked to Declare
Martial Law and Other Flans
>
Made?Mobilization Goes
on Quietly.
LONDON, September 25.?Although
Bulgaria still refuses to
make known the definite purpose
of her mobilization, the action of
Greece in making all military
preparations for conflict, indi- h
cates an early clash between
these countries. A general Bal- tfi
kan conflagration is expected to
break out hourly, as Bulgars already
are massed on the Serbian
frontier, and in case of a clash
Greece, it is expected, will come
to Serbia's rescue. Rumania also
will fall in line with Greece and
Serbia, it is declared. ?
Great relief has been caused ?e'
throughout Greece by the order g^
calling for the mobilization of the
arm}'. The people apparently are
glad to exchange the uncertainties
of politics for the possibility
pf war, dispatches declare. In uu- ku
official circles at Athens, it is believed
that a struggle between 8pc
Greece and Bulgaria cannot be wh
avoided eventually. Bu
Greek mobilization is uncter |
way today, and is proceeding: ^?a
quietly. The people are some-1 pre
I what bewildered bv the latest! ga'
! * - , ant
turn ot events, not knowing
whither it may lead them. the
King Constantine, who recently on'
passed through a severe illness, tea
is indisposed, and his conferences Gei
with Premier Yenizelos have been
postponed for a day.
Will Proclaim Hartial Law.
A Ilavatl dispatch from Athens via ,ie'
Paris says: p0*
"Parliament will be called upon at Bal
its session next Wednesday not only nal
to proclaim martial law, but to vote
upon declaring a state of siege in Mace- cor
donia and other measures the situation
may demand. sa5
"The National Bank will advance COi
funds to meet the present needs. hel
"It is reported from Sofia that Bui- der
garian mobilization is being carried me
out normally, but without enthusiasm." istl
A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
Company from Athens says:
"Without distinction of parties the dis
press unanimously approves the meas- wo
ures taken by the government in defense
of Greece. pea
"All Greek steamers have been reoul- Fei
sitioned. A moratorium will be im- tin
mediately established." lift
Spurn Bulgarian Call. fa?
Reuter's correspondent in Moscow J?"
says that Bulgarian colonists in that
city have declined to obey the call to T
the colors. They telegraphed to King we
Ferdinand and to Bulgarian statesmen. int
messages deprecating a campaign ?ro
against Serbia, stating that they would
neyer participate in a fratricidal war.
A dispatch to the Paris Temps from
Saloniki states that Bulgaria has been
sending troops toward the Serbian
frontier for several days. Five cavalry
regiments, recruited on a peace basis.
have been dispatched toward the border,
the dispatch says, and infantry ,
regiments on the frontier have been reinforced
by troops taken from regi- ffrs
ments in the interior. tha
A battalion of sappers from Sofia has offl
been sent to Duynltza, near the Ser- t
bian frontier. Mounted artillery has int
departed for an unknown destination. ;
cat
Crown Prince to Head Armies. leg
The Paris Temps says that operating Thl
against Serbia will be intrusted to the tro
direction of Gen. BoyadJiefT as com- me
mander in the Held. It is said Crown '"J
Prince Boris will be at the head of the ,!
Bulgarian armies, and that the chief
of the general staff will be Gen. i f,
Bestoff, now commander of the seventh
division, or the minister of war. Gen. f\
JecofT. who would be replaced by Gen.
Koutincheff. now inspector general.
The Temps correspondent says the r?
strength of the army is estimated at '
.??* ? rnn won ifith 1 AfiA />onn/v? C'i..
uOO,ilUV ??* "? " "" *IVUV VU.1IHWII. ClU- I n ,
dents at the military school have joined I Dl
their regiments. j
Call on Sir Edward Grey.
The Greek. Rumania and Serbian
ministers successively visited Sir Kdward
Grey at the foreign office. The A
Greek minister formally communicated do1
to the secretary of state for foreign tl"
affairs the telegram from his govern- Ge
ment announcing that "in view of the th<
mobilization of Bulgaria, the Hellenic "
government considers it a measure of Ru
elementary prudence to order a gen- lin
eral mobilization of the Hellenic naval flni
and military forces." Th
It is-estimated that in addition to the o'ui
Tn
* i
# *
;ek navy. 050.000 Hellenic troops will
mobilized within a few days.
jlgarian King Is Told
Life Will Be in Danger
if He Continues Policy
[ILAX, September 25.?Additional
ails ?f the recent interview between
~ig Ferdinand of Bulgaria and a
nber of opposition leaders are given
a dispatch from the Sofia corre ndent
of the Corriere Delia Sera,
0 says he received his information
m a trustworthy source in Nish. The
Igarian statesmen who went to the
:g representing the parties opposed
the Radoslavoff ministry were M.
linoff and Dr. S. Paneff. former
miers: M. Geschow, former Bul'ian
minister at Berlin; M. Zanoff,
1 M. Stambuliwsky.
rhe audience was an historical one,"
correspondent writes, "since seldom
? royalty heard such plain speaking,
e by one the opposition leaders proted
against the adventurous policy
throwing Bulgaria into the arms of
-many and attacking Serbia, stating
t this was contrary to popular sentjnt
and the interests of Bulgaria.
Xing Held Responsible.
They warned the king that they
d him responsible for the disastrous
icy of 1913 (Bulgaria's defeat in the
Ikan war), which they called crimifoliy.
They protested solemnly
linst the present policy of making
nmon cause with Germany against
ssia. Bulgaria's friend and liberator,
ring it would be the ruin of the
intry, and that Ferdinand would be
d responsible. "All were agreed on
nanding the convocation of parliant
inasmuch as the Radoslavoff minry
was supported only by a small
nority, and asserted that if the goviment
continued its present course
turbances of the gravest character
uld be provoked.
M. Stambuliksky, representing the
isants and the agrarians, told King
rdinand that if he obstinately conued
his policy his dynasty and his
i would be imperiled.
The king showed resentment at the
ikness of his interlocuters. He conited
himself with replying merely
it he would inform the premier of
sir opinions."
lie correspondent added that these
re the precise facts in regard to the
erview, though it was to be expectthat
the Bulgarian government
uld deny any such statement.
ilgaria Mobilization
Officially Announced,
Says Minister Vopicka j
merican Minister Vopicka at Bucliait.
also accredited to Bulgaria, teleiphed
the State Department today
it Bulgaria's mobilization had been
cially announced.
he statement that Bulgaria does not
end to enter the European war was
led late yesterday to the Bulgarian
ation here by Premier RadosloiT.
e mobilization of the Bulgarian
ops, according to the view of the
ssage, is that Bulgaria intends
rely to protect her own borders,
hortly after the message was reved
here Minister Panaretoff called
the State Department to. speak of
cablegram. He explained that his
rernmerrt's action Is parallel to that
;en in other countries adjacent to
belligerents, like Switzerland and
Hand, which have been under arms
their own protection.
tterness Manifest
Against Rumania in
All Parts of Germany
MSTERDAM, September 25, via Loni,
2:25 p.m.?Voicing the bitterness
it is being manifested throughout
rmany -at the attitude of Rumania,
? Cologne Gazette says:
Whatever happens in the Balkans,
mania is played out. Her role as a
k between Austria and Turkey is
ished. We shall pass through Sofia,
at will teach Rumania to side with
r foes/*
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REGISTRATIQN DAYS. ^ j>
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Sign Posts for G. A. R. Veterans in National Capital. ^
A remarkable map of Washington and environs,
showing points of interest and plan of the city. It n
will be of practical value to every veteran. Look 1
for it tomorrow in The Sunday Star.
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V
U. S. TO INSIST OH NO EXTRA SESSION 5
RECALL OF DUMBA OF S0WTE UKELYE
Merely Summoning Him Home Possible Agitation Over Muni- ?
"on Leave" Will Not Sat- tion Sales Might Hamper 11
isfy Demand. Handling Foreign Affairs. *
~~ tl
Following recent exchanges of mes- Prospects of an extra session of the ?
sages between this government and Senate to pass cloture rules, consider b'
Ambassador Penfleld at Vienna, the important treaties with South Ameri- a'
Austro-Hungarian % government will can republics and "clear the decks" b
learn informally from the United States generally for quick legislation next s
ambassador that the United States in- winter have dwindled materially in
sists on the recall of Dr. Dumba. Aus- the last few days, and the . chances )l
tro-Hungarian ambassador here, and now are against the President calling tl
that a "recall on leave of absence" the Senate together before the regular b
would not be satisfactory. session of Congress in December.
All messages for the Vienna govern- The situation has been a most puz- Vt
ment relating the history of the case zling one for the President and demoof
Dr. Dumba and the intercepted let- cratiC leaders. If there is no extra tl
ters carried by James F. J. Archibald session and the republicans this win- b
have been delivered in Vienna, it was ter wlsji to block legislation they do v!
learned today. Messages have been not favor the democratic majority in r<
sent to Ambassador Penfleld also for both branches of Congress will not be A
his own guidance by the State Depart- abie tfe do much. Many of their main **
ment. legislative measures will fail without
__ , revision of the Senate rules and cloture tl
May Have Misunderstood. enabling the closing of debate and a 111
... , vote. For this reason it is extremely tl
It is probable the Austrian govern- advisable that there should be an extra
ment misunderstood the desires of the session.
United States, as negotiations over a _ *.-? * -x
request for a leave of absence for Dr. Democrats Fear Agitation. d
Dumba have been reported for the last But whatever might be gained from s<
few days. this facilitation of the democratic a
If Dr. Dumba goes avyay on leave he legislative program might be lost by ft
will still be the accredited representa- the agitation that would begin in the nernment6
Austro-Hungarian gov- j Senate regarding sales ot ammunition ?
The right of a government to demand j abroad and other subjects that would tl
the recall of an ambassador because j greatly embarrass the President's p:
of his personal acts is unquestioned, handling of the foreign complications. 1,
according to officials here. \ not to speak of the excitement and |
? j i s {feeling that would be ^ engendered I **
Would Be Handed Passports. . throughout the counttry. o:
If the Austrian government nersists' From a political point of view the
If the Austrian government persists greatest asSet of the administration, ra
in refusing to recall Dr. Dumba, pass- the one upon which it is most likely to ,
ports could be handed to him. There ' rely for indorsement in November, 1916,
is no indication as yet that this course I is thc President's work in the crises
will be necessary. Much of the delay I that have arisen over the European tl
is Incident to the trouble in transmit- conflict. So long as everything in that n:
ting cable messages to Vienna. field remains satisfactory to the demo- ti
crats they do not wish to invite com- m
! plications. ?,
TO MAKfl CAMP PERM A HEHT. j Naturally the discussions that are ni
. j feared at an extra session will come
-mr , , ' forward at the regular session, but the P'
Movement to Perpetuate Training of aim of the democratic leaders in both p
rimliawe iw Wiliiarrr Ta/t4in> ' boc*iGs will be to hasten legislation and w
Civilians in Military Tactics. to avoid talking about the foreign sit- P'
CHICAGO, September 25.?A move- uati?n a? much as possible. They will d
ment to make the civilian military Sersto^kl- *** *? countr5' is un" ^
training camp at Fort Sheridan a per- AI
manent institution has been started by To Avoid Foreign Subjects. la
Representative Martin B. Madden, "a A ^
private" among the 446 men now learn- i?t;on hpfnro S ?F I"6 ,F e
ing their first lessons in military tac- "TZTT'T '' ""t
. summer. We aie going to devote our
ii . # *?_ energies and time to straight business
The evident success of the present Q?, % ? 8 , ?uai"ess,
camp is responsible for Representative there are embarrassing things
Madden's plan. He proposes to ask said on foreign subjects and the time is
authority at the next session of Con- frittered away on these, the responsigress
to keep the Fort Sheridan post bility will not be ours" b<
open as an army training camp all the Wu.? ,, rl
vear around, with a regularly detailed ?1 Jk ca"8 lnto ?!
staff of army officers in charge as in- y. congressional 1,1
? democratic leaders he will advisr> ? v.
struciors. strict application to business and the m
setting aside of subjects that would inConservation
of Oil Fields Urged. ?<% Z
Further recommendations for the the country now existing. Mr. Wil- fe
conservation of oil fields in California son's hand will be laid heavily on any *h
and if po.sible in Oklahoma are in- u^rLb fe?and invo\ve "he"Unit'2 '
eluded in Secretary Daniels plans for gtateSi j$e wants the ship of state to
the navy in connection with the study tloat easily and comfortably, as at
of national defense problems. Navy present.
officers and officials of the Department Senator Kern is understood to have th
of Justice and the general land office written the President a letter setting
are now engaged, the Secretary said forth the views of democratic senators er
today, tn* a study of the situation In on an extra session, and it is under- to
California, where recent court deololons stood that the letter contains opinions as
have helped n^y projects. opposed to such a session. se
[0 VISIT THE WEST
ON SPHG TOUR
lif aaI/a in Pifn Cn
eucuui itccro hi wii) ui
Route to Missouri and
Other States.
S URGED AS AVAILABLE
PRESIDENTIAL TIMBER
tassachusetts Statesman Discusses
Politics. Incidentally Condemning
the Seamen's Law.
Senator John W. Weeks of Massachuetts,
who, while not thus far finding
. expedient or necessary to declare his
andidacy for the republican nomlnaion
for President, is yet accepted in
olitical circles as towering high as
vailabte presidential timber, is in
)wn today. The senator is on his way
> St. I^ouis, where next Tuesday he
rill by invitation address the City Club
nd the same evening make a speech
efore the republican state committee.
He also will make speeches at Incpendence,
Kan., October 11; Wichita
le 12th and at Oklahoma City and
ulsa, Okla., the 13th and 14th. The
[>eech before the meeting of the Mis?uri
republican state committee, which
ill be the occasion of a "love feast"
f Missouri republicans, will be of a
olitical character.
Senator Weeks is not one of those
^publicans who think that President
.'ilson's popularity through patriotic
jpport of his stand in the kusitania
agedy has put the republican party
Lit of existence or destroyed the fundmental
principles upon which the next
ational campaign is to be fought,
ourteen months intervene before elecon,
and he thinks there is ample
me for the country to take into conderation
the basic differences beveen
the policies of the republican
nd democratic parties.
issues oi .Next campaign.
Among some of the issues which he
hinks will come to the fore for delibration
by the voters will be the tariff
uestlon, the merchant marine, reasonable
preparedness for national defense,
tie co-operation of government with leitimate
business rather than oppresIve
restriction, the alleged looting of the
iplomatic service by the present adlinistration
in behalf of office seekers
nd 'Hie Mexican policies.
In conversation with a Star man at
he Capitol today Senator Weeks dropped
ational politics long enough to pay
rib-ite to O. E. Weller, the republican
andidate for governor of Maryland.
"I have known Mr. Weller intimately
?r nearly forty years," said Senator
V'eeks. "He is one of the best organsers
and most thoroughly competent
usiness men with whom I have ever
ad relations. One of the best argulents
that could be made to sustain
lis proposition is tbe fact that a demoratic
legislature in Maryland approbated
16,000,000 to be spent under
Feller, a republican state official, and
is universally agreed that Maryland
as received a dollar of value for every
ollar expended."
Says Seamen's Law Is Harmful.
Senator Weeks in his recent speeches
as taken occasion to impress upon his
udiences the great harm which he
;els has been worked upon the coun*y
by the seamen's law, a measure
nacted at the last session of Congress,
nd which he hopes to see materially
mended at the forthcoming session.
"The seamen's bill seems to be one of
le most harmful and disastrous pieces
f legislation put upon the statute
ooks at the last session of Congress,"
lid Senator Weeks. "It was demanded,
t the time, in the interest of labor,
ut I shall be surprised if any responible
labor leader this winter will opose
the efforts to be put forward for
s reasonable amendment, as it has
ot only resulted in great harm to
lose whom it was intended to benefit,
ut also resulted in great loss to
iborers in other fields, such as those
mployed in the great lumber indus ies
of the west.
"It is very evident, by this time, that
le effect of this piece of legislation
as been to strip the American flag
ractically from every transpacific
essel, and to turn over great trade
>utes that have been developed by
merican energy to the Japanese. But
lere are many who do not realize the
arm it has done in other directions
irough disrupting long established
larkets for American-made goods in
le far east.
Lumber Industry Cited.
"Take, for instance, the lumber inustry
of the west. One large mill at
eattle. I am informed, has just lost
n oriental customer who purchased
om it $100,000 worth of lumber every \
lonth, or $1,200,000 a year. It is j
laimed that this loss is on account of j
le seamen's law. This customer has .
laced his future orders in British Cotmbia,
where he can secure transporition
facilities not subject to the rigrous
requirements of the 'seamen's act.
"This represents an annual loss of
tore than a million dollars to a single
imber mill of the northwest, and as
lis is only one instance it indicates
lat the total loss because of the sealen's
act must be enormous. This cutng
down of orders must necessarily
lean a cutting down of employment;
i the effect of the new law harms
lanufacturer and employe alike.
"That is why I say 1 shall be surrised
to find labor leaders opposed to
roper amendment to the law. What
Itli the abandonment of the open door
olicy in China, the passage of the Unerwood-Simmons
tariff law and th.e
loption of the seamen's bill, it will
ike us years to remedy the injury inicted
upon American industry and
bor by the present administration."
iNTI-TREATING ORDER
SIGNED BY KING G%>RGE
LONDON, September 25.?King George
is already signed an order which will
i issued next week, applying the
auses 01 me control 01 iiquvt an iw
le London area. The order will pre:nt
"treating" in public houses, clubs
id hotels in London. A similar order
hick lias been applied to other areas
ider the powers conferred by the dense
of the realm act has decreased
,e number of cases of drunkenness
salt with " i 'vlio. by 40 per cent.
Tobacco Merchants Organize.
NEW YORK, September 25.?More
lan a hundred retailers, manufactur- '
-s and jobbers of tobacco were here
day to organixe a tobacco merchants'
isociation. The total capital reprented
was estimated at 9^600,006,000.
CZAR VICTORIOUS
AT THREE POINTS
ON EASTERN UNE
Russians Greatly Improve
Positions From Vilna to
Galician Frontier.
SLAVS' POSITION LESS
FAVORABLE IN NORTH
*
Approaches of .Novo Alexandrovik
Appear to Be in Hands of 0
von Hindenbnrg. "J
VON MACKENSEN IS BEATEN
Thrown Back and Grip on Pinak la
Shaken?Buss Hosts Press
Advantage Near
Lutsk.
LONDON", September >5.?The
position of the Russians from
Vilna to the Galician frontier appears
to have been improved
greatly, three distinct victories
having been recorded almost
simultaneous!}- at widely scattered
points on the eastern front.
East of Vilna. north of Pinsk
and in the vicinity of Lutsk, the
Russians have scored heavily.
The Germans characterize their
reverses east of Vilna?that is, at
the Vileika railway junction?as
of a temporary character, notwithstanding
their losses of guns
and prisoners.
Near Pinsk Field Marshal von
Mackensen was thrown back in
an engagement that has shaken
his grip on the city. Further
south the Russians now holding
Lut'sk are pressing their advantage
and seem to be assuming the
dominancy on the southern end
of the "lie in a manner recalling
the fighting of last spring.
Situation in the Worth.
In the far north the situation is leas
favorable for the Russians. They are
resisting: Field Marshal von Hindenburg's
men with characteristic stubbornness,
but the admission that fighting:
is proceeding at Smielin, three
miles from Novo Alexandrovsk, indicates
that the approaches to the latter
town are in the hands of the Germans
and that the fate of Dvinsk is in doubt.
The battle north of Lutsk was a
great success for the Russians. We
took 4,000 prisoners and recaptured the
town of Lutsk." says the Petrograd
correspondent of the Reuter s Telegram
Company.
German Failure Cited.
The London morning papers all comment
more favorably on the news from
the Russian front, interpreting it as
meaning that the Germans again have
failed in their objective?the smashing
of the Russian armies.
The Daily Mail says that, while unhappily
it does not yet mean that the
tide is on the turn, it does mean that
the Russian armies still are in being
and still are able to come back at their
adversaries. The Germans, says the paper,
are no nearer the decision they
seek.
The Chronicle says that tlie military
situation in Russia is affected in a considerable
degree by the political situation,
and the settlement of burning domestic
problems is urgently needed if
the nation is to do its best in ths
fighting line.
Great Artillery Duels
Rage Without a Stop
on the Western Line
LONDON", September 23.?There has
been no cessation ill the continued artillery
activity along the battle line in
France, according to the announcement
Riven out at the French war office
this afternoon.
Among the points mentioned where
there have been artillery engagements
is the Artois district, south of the
Kiver Somme, north of the Aisne and
alone the canal from the Aisne to the
Marne. and in the Champagne district.
A report from Field Marshal Sir John
French, commander-in-chief of the
British armv in the field, was given out
bv the war office last night, as follows:
'"Hostile artillery during the last
three davs continued to show activity
on our front. To these bombardments
we replied effectively. There has been
some mining activity, but without important
results.
"Our aircraft yesterday carried out a
successful raid on the enemy's communications
near Valenciennes. A railway
train was hit and the line was cut
at several places."
The French also report that a fresli
German attack near ManliofC was completely
repulsed.
CARDINAL GOTTI INJURED.
Prelate Has Concussion of Brain aa'
Result of Fall.
ROME, September 25. via Paris.?Cardinal
Jerome Mary Gotti. prefect of ths
propaganda.-fainted and fell in his office
yesterday, striking his head violently
on the floor, says the Idea Xazionale.
He suffered a slight concussion
of the brain and his condition is
considered grave because of bis great
age?eighty-one years.
Cardinal Gotti was appointed to the
cardinalate in 1905. The office he holds
is one of the most influential in the
Catholic church. All strictly missionary
lands, such as some parts of America
and of Africa, are under the propagan*
da. Cardinal Gotti was one of those
mentioned as a possible successor to
Pope Pius X. ^
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