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THE ARIZONA. REPUBLICAN,
AN INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL
I
TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR
12 PAGES
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1914
12 PAGES
VOL. XXV. NO. 116
CR UCIAL BA TTLE HAS
NOT YET REACHED
ANY DECISIVE RESULT
Field Marshal Sir John
French Reports Germans
Have Been Driven Back
All Along Line, Germans
Suffering Severely
MEN ARE IN
EXHAUSTED STATE
Notwithstanding This Re
port of Commander of the
British Forces, Military
Experts Not Rushing t
Sweeping Conclusions
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
LONDON Sept. 10. The crucial
battle of the war in France has not
yet reached any decisive result. Field
Marshal Sir John French, commande".
of the British forces, reported the tier
mans have been driven hack all a inns
the line; that the British crossed the
river Marne; that the Germans sutl
rel severely and that their men are
supposed to be in a very ecli i is c.l
condition. Notwithstanding this ic
port. the military expert will not i u '.i
to sweeping conclusions.
Military writers in the London pap-
ers report that from the eonservativ
terms of the French official statement
it is too early to anticipate the result
f the battle extending over the front
for nearly 100 miles. Three million men
Is the number estimated to be engaged
actively or as reserves and three great
battles' at least are in progress. Prob
ably the fiercest struggle is against
the Fiench center between Rheims and
Verdun, while the British army is con
testing a second hard fought engage
ment against the German right.
The Germans are believed to be at
tacking the French right from Verdun
to Nancy. Lesser fighting is in prog
ress in Alsace, from which province the
Germans appear to have drawn away
rart of their army, the French now
taking advantage of this .opening. The
German western armies have been
fighting almost continuously for 25
days, until the last phase of the cam
paign and are now on the offensive
Field Marshal French's view that they
are becoming exhausted finds reai?y
credence among the military experts ;
here. A German official wireless to
night says that no report has been
made public in Berlin of any event in
France for the past three days.
That the German navy has not
been without enterprise was revealed
in the admiralty announcement today
that the British cruiser Pathfinder
was destroyed by a German subma
rine, not a mine, as at first sup
posed. A German craft which ven
tured so far from its base is given
.redit for its enterprise.
Another mine disaster, the victim
rt which was the tramp steamer Ot
tawa, was added to the list, and the
cdvisability of closing the North
sa to merchant shipping has been
oiscussed.
Both England and Germany suffer
through strangulation of their trad?
: nd England Is losing food supplies
from Scandinavian countries, while
Holland has promised to be Ger
many's principal avenue of commerce
with the outer world.
That the Germans are concentrat
ing all their strength in 'the western
litld of warfare against the main
French front appears to be confirmed
by reports which arrived through
Holland. Most of the troops left in
Belgium are said to be men past the
irime of life and the landstruni.
while 30.000 or 40,000 naval re
rerves are marching to replace the
depleted garrisons.
An Ostend message says the Bel
gian army at Antwerp has taken the
aggressive and driven the Germans
back to the environs of Louvain. An
other message says the Belgians de
feated the German garrison, com
posed of the landstrum. at Aerschot,
n short distance from Louvain.
The house of commons today voted
vr.animously for a half million mo'e
recruits. . The country was surprised
by the announcement that 450,000
men had already enlisted since the
beginning of the war.
" When the government's plans are
completed, the British amy for con
tinental and home service will con
sist roughly of the following: Regu
lar army, 1,200,000: territorials,
300.000; reserves, 214,000; Indian con-
(Continued on Page Six)
Czar Of Russia Now Rides
Daily Among His People
associated pbess dispatch
LONDON, Sept. 10. Newton
Footh Knox, an American mining en
gineer of San Francisco, who veached
London from Russia, relates that
Emperor Nicholas may be seen mo
toring through the streets of Petro
grad. unattended, and apparently he
has no more fear of his people than
President Wilson has of the citizens
of the United States.
"I noted the wonderful change of
feeling In the Russian people since
my last visit." said Mr. Knox. "A
r.cw national feeling has sprung into
being. I met the first evidence of
this in Siberia, where political pros
cnera are being liberated. Tolerance
1 PLACE PRISONERS AT
HAZARDOUS EMPLOYMENT '
LONDON. Sept. 10. That Ger-
man prisoners should be pressed
I into service in the highly hazard- j
ous work of sweeping the North
Sea of mines, was the suggestion
made in the house of commons to-
day. .Great Britain has many
j small boats engaged in this task, "
and German prisoner crews under
British officers would handle such 1
craft if the plan outlined were 10 j
he adopted.
.'
Sharp Fighting
Reported From
Points In Africa
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
I.ONIx.N, Sept. 10. There has been
von.c Miarp fighting between the
I 'itish and Germans in Africa. This
''.'is indicated by the list of casualties
issued tonight. In Cameron, (Kame
nm) a German colony in western
,..llp(J four wounfled nn(J f()ur missinf.
Piitish troops met and defeated a
Oman force of 400 which entered
Nyassaland, British Central Africa, ac-
cording to an official press bureau.
Support Is Promised
CAPETOWN, Sept. 10. Premier
Botha today promised whole hearted
support of the union to the British im
perial government in the present war,
in a stirring speech to the assembly
and declared the racial hatchet has
been buried. As a proof of the union's
determination to assist in maintaining
the integrity of the empire, he an
nounced the government would under
take to carry through military opera
tions in the German southwest of Af
rica. The premier said the imperial
government would come to the union's
financial aid, loaning it $31,00(1.000.
ENGAGEMENT AT AERSCHOT
ROTTERDAM, via London, Sept.
10. A dispatch to the Courant. dated
Breda, Holland, reports a heavy en
gagement took place on "Wednesday
at Aerschot, Belgium, nine miles
southeast of Louvain, when the Bel
gians attacked the garrison there.
As a result of the fighting the Ger
mans evacuated the town, the Bel-
gians hoisted their colors and liber'
ated twenty-six priests found in a j
church.
A a 1
LATEST STATEMENT OF '
BRITISH CASUALTIES I
I
LONDON, Sept. 10 Additional ,
British casualties have been made
public, covering the period up i
to September 7, bringing the to-
tal for the campaign close to
19,000 killed, wounded and miss i
ing. The British prime minister
has called for more men . to
serve the country and when the
the British
1.854,000.
army will number
BLAMES LOW WAGES ON
CLIMATE OF LOS
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHJ
LOS ANGELES. Sept. 1". The even
climate of Los Angeles is responsible
for low wages in many crafts here, C.
R. Gore, business agent of the Carpen
ters' District Council testified today
before the federal industrial relations
committee.
"Men can work here about ten
months out of the year while in cities
like Chicago and St. Louis they cannot
work more than seven months in crafts
like mine," he said. "Hence the wages
are lower."
"Do you think God made the climate
for the benefit of the employer only?"
Commissioner Garretaon asked.
"I hardly would subscribe to that
theory." the witness replied.
is being' shown toward the Jews, and
there are greater liberties for all the
people. I saw Emperor Nicholas
driving in a motor car through the
streets of Petrog.-ad like a private
person. All classes are full of enthu
siasm for the war. I visited prison
ers of war in their camp at Polegda.
The men apparently are well treated.
I also saw two German bankers of
Petrograd in this camp. They had
furnished their -ooms luxuriously,
expecting an easy life, but instead
they had been sent out to work on
the roads."
'Mr. Knox said the government was
paying Russian peasants double pay
for their horses.
CRACK RIFLEMEN
if dVifa i j&gk n rf ilferw ::SS " cSXITT
Americans will follow with great interest the activities of Canadian
soldiers who will soon land on European soiL The thirty thousand Canadian
volunteers now in mobilization camp at Valcartier, near Quebec, are among
the finest riflemen in the world. Photo shows one of the Canadian regi
ments, which is to depart for the front about -September 15, marching
through the mobilization camp on its way to rifle practice.
WAR REPORTERS
FINALLY FREE
S
American Correspondents
Who Accompanied (Jer
man Aimy Across Bel
gium to France Now Safe
" After Being Prisoners
associated press dispatch
ROTTERDAM, Kept. 10 American
correspondents who accompanied the
German army for nearly two weeks
across Belgium to France, found them
selves -safe on Dutch soil today after
being held prisoners by Germans for
four days under unusual circumstances.
The Associated Press correspondent
reached Rotterdam late last nisht.
For the last week the party had been
under surveillance at Aix La Chapelle
whither they had been brought on a
train with prisoners from Beaumont,
Belgium. The party included Roger
Lewis of the Associated Press: Irvin S.
Cobb of the Saturday Evening Pos
and Philadelphia Public Ledger: James
O'Donnell Bennett and John T. Mc
Cutcheon of the Chicago Tribune: and
Harry Hansen of the Chicago Daily
News.
With them on the trip to Aix La
Chapelle were three other correspon
dents, Maurice Gerbauld, a Belgian
correspondent; Lawrence Stein Stev
ens, an American artist, formerly of
Detroit, and Victoria Hennebeard,
King Alberts' special photographer.
The party of five Americans left
Brussels on August 23 with special
military passes and were the only cor
respondents who were successful in
following the German army. The
party succeeded in marching along
with the army sometimes in sight of
fighting, until Beaumont was reached.
(Continued on Page Two)
Mr. Gore's testimony was to the ef
fect that union carpenters here got $4
a aay wniie they make more money in
other cities; notably San Francisco J
where $5 is the rate. Unorganized car- I
penters here do not always make $4
but more frequently from $2.25 to $4, I
Gore said.
The witness also said that employers
lured men here from the east with
word pictures of gold and sunshine. '
"When I reached here they separ
ated me from the gold, and I had more
sunshine than 1 needed" he remarked,
Mr. Gore declared only six per cent
of the workers in, his trade own their
homes here, while P. J. McDonald,
lumber dealer, testified sixty-five per
cent of his men, who were unorganized,
own their property.
That there is less efficiency among
nine hour men here under open shop
conditions than among organized eight
hour workers in San Francisco was the
cotention of A. J. Mooney, editor of
"Union Labor", a local paper.
In Thomas Haverly, plumber, the
commission found an employer who
works his men unorganized, eight
hours and pays them union wages re
gardless of what they may lie. When
the union raises the scale, he advances
his men accordingly. He objects to
union working rules in some particu
lars and is against strikes, he testi
fied. -
"Much labor trouble would be done
away with if the unions would work
by rule or reason and recognize that the
employer is a human being," he de
clared. Incidentally, he expressed the opin
ion that the belief that, plumbers
charged exorbitant prices was created
by funny papers rather than by finan
cial reports.
ROM
FROM CANADIAN PLAINS
OPPONENTS OF INS
HAVE NO SORT OF SHOW
With forty-two precincts complete
out of the total of fifty-one in the
county the lead of the administration
and the ins over the opposition an!
candidates in Maricopa county is in
creasing. The counting yesterday was
about all completed but there are a
number of precincts that are still to
be heard from bWore the entire
county returns can be announced.
The state legislature is practically
certain as far as this county is con
cerned now. The leaders will not be
overtaken in the enumeration' of the
vote yet to be counted in. It will
make no difference in the final totals.
Therefore The Republican this morn
ing gives also the tabulation on the
forty-two precincts on the legislative
candidates also, as well as the entire
state ticket. It is expected that the
entire totals of all parties for the
county will be given tomorrow.
Yesterday was candidates' day
; around the town again and the sue
I cessful ones were busily thanking
' friends for support granted and fa
vors extended ror me primary cam-
paign. The test of strength for the
general election conies next and al- I
ready tne camuuaies -e 5"""""' I kins, 39; Ross, 44; Hughes, 24; Hunt,
themselves for the spurt under -toe,,.,. 0sl)0rrli 65; Callaifimn. r,5; Orme,
final tape in November. ,5; ,,.irr r,7; simms. 16; Hardy, 7;
The vote as at present counted to- ' ,s. Linn 1;. C(U?ei 3,. Rob.
tals as follows on me state iickci:
The State Ticket
Ling
Smith
Hayden
Cunningham
Franklin
Hawkins
Ross
Hughes i
Hunt
O C 1 u
'09
'o'o
l";"
3,522
:!,l.ri8
3,20.1
;'!!!!'!
Osborne 4,597
Callaghan 2.305
Orme 3.361
rarr 1.8"
Simms 2,949
Hardy 1,224
Jones 2.S82
Linney 1.030
Case 3.110
Robertson 2,075
Babbitt 3,142
Bradner 1.869
Cole 1.934
Geavy .' 2,611
Jor.es 3,248
Weatherford 2,008
Bolin 2.71S
Hanson 1,861
Miller 3.950
Zander 3,211
The State Senate
Davis .
Irvine .
Johnson
Staolev
1.999
1,972
1,839
2,215
Webb 2,164
The Legislature
Acuff 2,851
Austin 2,577
Conners 2,144
Erilmans 1,259
Frazier 2,180
Goodwin 2,956
Powers 3,187
McClain '. . 2.529
Vaughn 3.186
Watkins :.; .: 2,168
Whipple 1,716
Greanle County
CLIFTON, Sept. 10. Sheriff, Kreu
der 130, Shannon 271, Webster 465,
Boyles 358, Cash 613; clerk of court,
Crawford 1283, Sellers 459; supervisors,
Dutton 795, Gravely 544, Hampton 566,
Kane 271, Sidebotham 236, Witt 978,
Young 553. Await 98S, Campbell 234;
treasursr Anderson 1111, Fitzgerald
759; recorder, Ellis 686, Kline 477,
Moon 592; attorney. Wall 965, Horton
825; assessor, Crawford 791, Kirby
975; school superintendent, Nygren
373, Pudrum 558, Aker 898. Blue pre
cinct not included in above. 1
Navajo Legislators
(Special to The Republican.)
HOLBROOK, Sept. 10. Practically
complete returns make nominations
for legislative candidates as follows:
J. AV. Flake, democrat, and D. D.
Crabb, republican, . for senate, and
S. W. Proctor, democrat, for repre
sentative. Republicans had no can
didate for representative in the field.
Returns on state offices have not
been kept and the result is not
known.
Heard
Smith. Mark A. 16; Ling. Reese. M.
13; Hayden, Carl 30; Cunningham, D.
IN MOBILIZATION CAMP NEAR QUEBEC
L. 18; Franklin, Alfred IT; Hawkins.
John J. 15; Ross, Henry , D. 14:
Hughes, H. A. 8; Hunt, Geo. W. P.
27; Osborn, Sidney P. 25: Callaghan.
J. C. 14; Orme, ,Lin B. 16; Parr, AV.
A. 8; Simms, Mit 16; Hardy, Leslie
C. 6; Jones, Wiley E. 13; Linney, R.
H. 5; Case, C. , O. 21; Robertson, H.
Q. 7; Babbitt, Don C. 14; Bradner,
Sam B. 6; Cole, A. W. 11; Geary, W.
P. 19; Jones, ,F. A. 18: Weatherford,
J. W. 11: Bolin, 11; Hanson, 12;
Miller, IS; Zander, 17; Brooks, 11:
Corrigan, 10; Jack, 10: Luke, 2u;
Moeur, 15; .Peterson, 6; Ray, 4:
Roach, 7; Stanford, 20; Clark, 7;
Hawkins, 6; Shamhart, 1; Miller, 5;
Thomas, 25; Walton, 19: Lyman, 13;
Wilky, 10: Adams, 26; .Macdonald,
13; Garnett, 13; Standage, 11; Rig
gins, 20; Vaughn, 24; Bone, 24;
Johnson, 13; Irvine, 13: Stapley, 5:
Webb, 13; .Davis, 8; Acuff, 16; Erd
mans, 11; Frazier, 8; Goodwin, 19;
Powers, 10; McClain, IS; Vaughn,
21; Austin, 17; Conners, 15; Wat
kins, S; Whipple, 1". ,
Wickenburg
Smith, CI; Ling, 19: Hayden. 63;
Cunningham, 36 Franklin, 39; Haw-
ertson, 22; Babbitt, , 31: Bradner, 32;
Cole, 25; Geary. 30; Jones, 42:
Weatherford
44 : Zander,
24: Hanson. 46: Miller,
34: Brooks. 2S: Corrl-
igan. 15; Jack, 7: .Luke. 58; Moeur,
33; Peterson. 29: Ray, 11: Roach, 13;
Stanford, 17; Clark, IS; Hawkins,
Shamhart, 10:
Miller, 23: Thomas,
-1f AClmn T.vmrm 41" 1 KV.
j 16; Adams, 48; Bowler. 4; Macdon-
Riggins, 43;. Vaughn, 60; Bone, .-4:
Johnson, 18: Irvine, 20; .Stapley. 12;
Webb, 35; Davis, 41: Acuff, 26; Krd-
mans, 2; rrazier, is. uuuunm, -o.
Powers, 31: McClain, 32: Vaughn, 30:
Austin, .21: Conners, 31; Watkins.
31; Whipple, IT: Wood. 1
Aguila
Smith, 4; Ling, 2; Hayden, 6;
Cunningham. 5; Franklin, ,5; Hawk
ins, 5; Hughes, 1: Hunt. 6; Osborn.
5: 'callaghan. 1; Orme, 4; Parr, 3;
Simms, 2; Hardy, 1: Jones, 4: .Case,
4; Robertson, 1; Babbitt, 3; Bradnew,
3; Cole, 1; Geary, 2; Jones, 3: Wea
therford. 3; Bolin, .4; Hanson, 1; Mil
ler. 4: Zander, 3: Brooks, 4; Cor
rigan, 1; Jack. 1; Luke, 1; Moeur, 5;
Ray, 3: Stanford, 1; Clark, .1: Shum
hart, 2; Miller, 2; Thomas, 2: Ly
man. 5; Wilky, 2; Adams, 3: Bowler.
1; Macdonald, 4; Garnett, .1: Stand
age, 1; Riggins, 5; Vaughn, 5; Bone.
5; Irvine. 2; Stapley, 2: Webb, 2;
Davis, 1; Acuff, 3; Frazier, .1; Good
win, i; Powers, 4: McClain, 3;
Vaughn, 4: Austin, 2: Conners, 2;
Watkins, 5; Whipple, 3.
jwr , Buckeye
Smith. 22: Ling. 27; Hayden, 51;
Cunningham, 26: Franklin, 31: Hawk
ins, 32; Ross. 30; Hughes, 36: Hunt,
23; Osborn, 48; Callaghan, 15; .Orrne,
38; Parr, 11; Simms, 33; Hardy. 11:
Jones, 29; Linney, 7; Case, 42: Rob
ertson, 7; Babbitt. 20; .Bradner, 21;
Cole. 16: Geary, 16; Jones, 29; Wea
therford. 24; Bolin, 19; Hanson, 16;
Miller, 38; Zander, 40; Brooks. 14;
Corrigan, .10: Jack, 8; Luke. 21:
Moeur, 44: Peterson, 61; Kay, rt,
Roach, 15; Stanford, 4h; utarK, a,
Hawkins, 8; Shamhart, 1; Miller, 14;
Thomas, 30; Walton, 29; Lyman, .25;
Wilky, 15; Adams, 45; Bowler, 2;
Macdonald, 38; Garnett, ll ; stanu
age, IS: Riggins, 33; Vaughn, 46:
Bone, 46; .Johnson, 13; Irvine, 10:
Stapley, 29; Webb, 27; Davis, 30;
Acuff, 24; Erdmans, 17; Frazier, 13;
Goodwin, 33; Powers, 28: McClain,
28; Vaughn, 39; Austin, 31 ;. Conners,
14; Watkins, 30; Whipple, 13.
Broadway
Smith, 19; Ling, 17; Hayden, 30;
Cunningham, 17; , Franklin, 20; Hawk
ins, 16; Ross, 17; Hughes, 11; Hunt,
28;' Osborn, 33; Callaghan, 13; Orme,
23; Parr. 7; Simms, 23; Hardy. 13;
Jones, 12; Linney, 4; Case, 24; Rob
ertson, 10: Babbitt, 19; Bradner. 12;
Cole. 10: Geary, 17; Jones, 25; Wea
therford, 20; Bolin, 16; Hanson,
Miller, 28; Zander, ,19; Brooks,
Corrigan, 7; Jack, 17; Luke.
Moeur, IS: Peterson, 18; Ray,
Roach, 7: Stanford, 19; Clark,
12;
12;
23;
7;
12;
(Continued on Page Five)
WEI' SENDS
TIES
Formally Notifies United
States and Other Nations
She Will Withdraw the
Privileges Extended to
Foreigners
associated press dispatch
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. Turkey
formally notified the United States
and the nations of the world that
she abrogated the series of conven
tions, treaties and privileges, origi
nating as early as the eleventh cen
tury, whereby foreigners in the Ot
toman empire have been exempt from
local jurisdiction in civil and crim
inal cases. Foreign subjects no long
er will enjoy wVat is known as ex
tra territorial rights, through which
they have lieen tried by their own
judges, diplomatic representatives or
consuls.
This practice was abolished by
Japan several years ago. through the
negotiations of new treaties and
Turkey has removed it by a stroke of
the pen and her purpose, it is declar
ed, is to assert her independence and
free herself from the domination of
;the great powers. I'pon the rights
revoked has rested the legal status
of the American missionaries in Tur
key, permitting them to maintain
churches, hospitals and schools in
religious freedom.
Administration officials declined to
night to discuss the effect of the
action . on American missions. A.
Rustem Bey, Turkish ambassador to
the United States, said tonight:
"This war is Turkey's opportunity.
No intimation was given by the
ambassador as to whether the action
foreshadowed war on Great Britain,
without whose consent in the past
no such radical action would have
been attempted. Among the diplo
mats of the allied powers, however,
the belief prevailed that Turkey ap
pealing to the nationalist sentiment of
her people, was ready to seize upon
any difficulties that may arise with
Gre.Tt Britain as a pretext to declare
war.
CONVENTION OF MINERS
associated press dispatch
DENVER, Sept 10. The policy
committee of the United Mine Work
ers of America called a convention of
the miners for Trinidad on Septem
ber 15 to act on truce terms submit
ted by the president for ending the
Colorado coal miners' strike. The
mine operators expect to call a con
ference next week to frame a reply
to the president.
TRANSFER FRUIT BOATS
NEW YORK. Sept. 10. Formal an
nouncement that its twenty passen
ger and five freight vessels have been
transferred to the American registry,
was made by the United Fruit company.
W TREA
ARE ABROGATED
Progressive Campaign Is
Launched In California
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 10. Governor
Johnson launched the progressive state
campaign here tonight with an address
at the Shrine auditorium. "Progress
versus reaction" clearly was the issue,
the governor said, and he pointed to the
nomination of his running mate, John
M. Eshelman, as a candidate for lieu
tenant governor, also on the republi
can ticket, as conclusive evidence that,
however reactionary Captain John D.
Fredericks and the principal republican
leaders might be, the rank and file of
the ' republican party were bent on
keeping California in the path of true
uemocracy.
FOR RELIEF OF
HEY PROBLEM
DUE TO THAR
United States Banking and
Commercial Interests Set
Afoot Movement to Meet
the Present Sen ous Con
ditions
GOVERNMENT, TOO,
HAS PROGRAM
Democrats Agree on War
Revenue Measure Which
Will Tax Freight Trans
portation and .Increase
Tax on Liquors
associated pebs dispatch
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. Indus
trial and financial problems in Latin
America, due to the war in Europe,
were outlined to representatives of
the United States banking and com
mercial interests, who immediately
set on foot a velief movement. After
members of the diplomatic and con
sular corps of the distressed coun
tries set forth their needs, the con
ference, organized under the aus
pices of the departments of state and
commerce, authorized Secretary Red
tleld to name a committee to deter
mine upon the concrete recommenda
tions and decide whether another
general conference would be neces
sary. ,
In agreeing . on a war revenue
measure which will tax freight trans
portation and increase the revenue
taxes on beer and domestic wines,
the democrats of the ways and means
committee paved the way for reliev
ing the government of a financial
stringency due to the wa. The bill
contemplates an annual revenue esti
mated at $70,000,000. The tax on
beer will be increased from one dol
lar to one dollar and a half a bar
rel; wines an additional 20 cents a
gallon; a 3 per cent, tax on freight
transportation bills, including rail
road, steamship and express freight
will be made, the transportation
companies to collect the tax for the
government and receive a compensa
tion of 1 per cenU of revenue col
lected As additional relief for war condi
tions," the senate leaders announced
the determination to prune the riv
ers and harbors appropriation bill
from $53,000,000 to . approximately
$30,000,000 An effort will be made to
include in this cut some new projects
assailed as extravagant by the op
posing senators, thus ending the re
publican filibuster against the bill.
The war revenue bill will be intro
duced in the house tomorrow and a
debate started early next week. The
t'dministration leaders of both houses
predicted the bill as framed will be
passed without prolonged discussion.
Although the problem of readjust
ing the foreign exchange market has
not been solved, reports to the fed
eral reserve board from New York
bankers indicate conditions are great
ly improved and there is little cause
for concern. The bankers told tho
board that the New York banks are
obligations of New York city in the
bands of European creditors, which
mature within the next few months.
In return, the members of the board
expressed the view that New York
bonks will not be requested to con
tribute to the porposed general fund
of $150,000,000 to take care of the
tr tal American obligations in Europe.
Eighty million dollars was included
In the original plan. The hoard has
rot taken formal action on the pro
posal. Wall Street Inclines Ear
NEW YORK, Sept. 10. Wall street
inclined a willing ear to the many
peace rumors current in the district,
cven though they were accepted with
reservation in high banking circles.
Altogether, however, the financial
situation made further progress tow
ard betterment, as was shown by the
decision of leading banking houses
and bond dealers to resume business
in high grade securities, subject to
certain necessary restrictions. Inter
est centered mainly around the
Washington conference of bankers
and the federal 'reserve board, from
which came the announcement that
a syndicate of New York bankers
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"Of late," said the governor, "re
peated onslaughts have been made by
our republican opponents upon every
instrumentality of popular rule and we
find the direct primary assailed and
its repeal advocated; the public util
ities act denounced and the work of
the railroad commission belittled and
abused So that at the very outset we
have the questions concertedly pre
sented. " 'Do the people of California desire
to abrogate the direct primary law?'
'Do they wish the railroad commis
sion as at present established and the
public utilities act, under which it has
4 done its marvelous work repealed?
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