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| IN UTTLE TILT AT
“MOOSE” MEETING
Pair Cannot Agree on Method of
Supporting Outside Party
I Candidates.
ROOSEVELT ACTION
IN NEW YORK APPROVED
Progressive Leader to Deliver
Address in Ocean Grove
on August 25.
ASBURY PARK, July 29.—Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt is to speak at a
monster Progressive rally in the
, Orean Grove Auditorium the after
noon of Tuesday, August 25, if present
plans of the New Jersey State Pro
gressive Committee materialize. At
the meeting of the State committee,
held iRst night, it was decided to ask
\ the colonel to come to Ocean Grove
on that date, and indications are fa
vorable that he will do so. The for
mer President will confine his re
marks in the auditorium meeting,
should ho consent to come, to national
topics, but at a banquet planned for
the evening of the same day an effort
Is to be made to have him discuss
State Issues.
Colonel Roosevelt's action in In
dorsing Harvey Hinman. Republican,
as candidate for the governorship in
New York, was generally favored,
former Governor John Franklin Fort
and Mr. Colby both commending him
for the step, although they differed
radically In their opinions as to the
indorsement of Republican candidates
for office in New Jersey by Progres
sives.
After*the open meeting of the com
mittee an executive session was held
at which the resignation of Krnest A.
Shay, of Sussex county, was accepted.
The committee also accepted the re
signation of A. V. Robinson as a
member of the Mercer county com
mittee and named in his place A.
Crozler Reeves, of Trenton. Mr.
Robinson announced that he was now
residing i- Morris county.
C hair III. Jess, who had tendered
his resignation to the committee, an
nounced that he would continue to
serve until after the primaries.
The committee indorsed the candi
dacy of George W. Moy, mayor at
Plainfield, as senator from Union
' county.
l-’ort Makes Address.
The tilt between former Governor
Fort and \Jr Colby came near the
close of the open meeting. Chairman
Jess introduced Mr. Fort as one of
the best governors the State of New
Jersey had ever had. The former
■' governor rather reluctantly. It seem
ed, took the floor. He said lie had
been working bard of late and bad
not been keeping in close touch with
the trend of politics.
"While I am still a staunch Pro
gressive and am not lukewarm in the
cause, I am not in sympathy with all
the Progressives in the State nor with
all that has been done," said the
former governor. He admitted being
a bit puzzled as to the proper man
ner to proceed, but declared his en
tire approval of the course taken by
Colrtnel Roosevelt in New York State.
"I would like to see New Jersey
take the same course,” he said. "I
strongly favor what Mr. Roosevelt is
doing with Htnman and I believe
there ar,' some men in New Jersey,
like Pierce, Smalley and Colgate,
against whom the Progressives
should place no nominations. These
men have made splendid records in
the Legislature and I don't believe
we should sacrifice such men for
those who may be diametrically op
posed to our views.
"Party doesn’t rest heavily on any
bodyVj. shoulders these days, at least
it doesn't on mine. When we get the
right kind of men running for office it
Is best to try to bring about their
election."
Mr. Fort said it was almost impos
sible to fuse with the present ballot
law in effect. He referred to the pres
ent administration in Newark and ad
vocated fusion to bring about a
chunge. "The Republican party alone
can’t do it." he said, "and the Pro
gressive party alone can't do it.”
During his remarks the former Gov
ernor mentioned casually that he had
some time ago suggested fusion on
congressional candidates.
"It isn't going to make any differ
ence to a man. if he is a man, what
ticket he is elected on," he saJd.
"Where we find a really good man we
should make an effort to get him on
the ticket.”
Mr. Fort declared his intention of
remaining in political seclusion. He
said his mind was firmly made up not
to seek or take any office.
"I want to be free to go to Europe
if I like or go fishing if I am so dis
posed. I want to go fishing with Ev
erett Colby up In Maine, if he’ll let
me."
The former executive said he was
foolish enough to think he could have
had two nominations thin year if he
had w-anted them. One of them was
for the Assembly.
"You may think this odd,” he said,
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East Orange
or
Ampere
If you want to buy real
estate in either of these
localities read the ads
in today’s Star. You’ll
find lots of bargains,
and many of the prop
erties advertised can
be bought for very
little cash and balance
on easy terms.
REBEL Cl IF AND
ON PfJE TERMS
Jose Castellot, in Washington,
Announces Success of
Negotiations.
IMMUNITY TO ALL
EXCEPT MADERO FOES
Provisional President’s Dele
gate Instructed to Carry Out
Preliminary Plans.
WASHINGTON, July 29.—General
Carranza and Provisional President
Carbajal have agreed on a basis for
the arrangement of peace In Mexico,
according to a message received here
"today by Jose Castellot, personal rep
resentative of Carbajal.
Mr. Castellot showed Secretary
Bryan his latest advices from Mexico
City, which stated that General Vil
lar and Justice Allende, Carbajal's
two delegates to Carranza, have been
instructed to carry out in detail the
general basis of peace “already agreed
upon."
That was interpreted by Mr. Castel
lot to mean that through private
channels and through Reginaldo
Cepeda, advance delegate of the Car
bajal government now with General
Carranza, a definite understanding
has been reached for a peaceful trans
fer of the government at Mexico City
to the Constitutionalists.
With respect to amnesty and guar
antees, General Carranza, it is under
stood, will promise immunity to all
except those directly responsible for
the overthrow of Madero. Practically
all those said to have been guilty have
flex Mexico and that exception will
not be opposed by the Carbajal gov
ernment.
It is expected that within a few
days the Carbajal delegation will
have worked out the details of an
agreement. Diplomats here expect
that one of the first questions will be
on recognizing the protocols signed ut
Niagara Falls between the United
States and the Huerta government.
Approval of those by the Constitu
tionalists probably would mean recog
nition by the United States, Argen
tina, Brazil and Chili.
An agreement by which Zapata's
forces are to co-operate with the Con
stitutionalists in restoring peace
I throughout Mexico has been arranged
by delegates at Vera Cruz, and now
requires only the signatures of Car
ranza and Zapata before being made
A delinite idea of General Villa's
public.
BIG THRONG ON
/
Fifth Ward Association and
Friends Off for Day’s Fun
’ to College Point.
___.
Nearly 1,000 strong the members
of the John F\ Monahan Association
and their guests, on board the com
modious steamer Majestic, went gayly
down the once beautiful Passaic River
shortly after 9 o'clock this morning,
bound for Witzel’s Point View Grove,
on I,ong Island Sound, there to enjoy
a shore dinner, chicken dinner or
some other kind of a dinner, but a
tine feast under any circumstances.
It's a way the Monahans have, to
enjoy a good dinner, good company
and return home as happy and con
tented as men can possibly be:
They have had outings galore, have
the Monahans, and all have been of a
I classy order, but never in the his
tery of the popular organization has
its handsome standard bearer had
the opportunity of being accompanied
by such a Jolly throng as that of to
day
There was tooting of factory whis
tles as the Majestic steame* toward
the bay, river craft shrieked their
delightVnd along the .river banks and
on bridges crowds gathered and
cheered and waved salutes to the
excursionists. Those who couldn't go
were satisfied to shout hurrah to the
fortunate ones who did go, wish them
luck and a safe return.
A Way They Have.
That's a way the people "Down
Neck” have. If they can’t get away
and have fun themselves they Just
join in wishing others all the joy in
the world and cheer them to it.
But let the remainder of this nar
rative deal with the excursionists
themselves. It just did seem as if
everybody Known to newarK ana J&.S
sex county oftieedom had managed
somehow to get aboard the mam
moth Majestic. While the Monahan
Association is what can truly be
termed a Democratic organization
there were lots of Republicans and
no small sprinkling of Progressives
aboard ship. And they all mingled
like one happy family, Joking, laugh
ing, chatting while "the band played
on."' Very little attention was paid
to the weather, even though it was
very fine. The Monahans never do
pay attention to weather conditions.
The sun could shine or the rain could
rain, it is all the same to them, so
the sun shone, on unmolested up to
the time of departure.
For there were "lashins and lavins”
aboard and no one could find an ex
cuse to go hungry or thirsty. There
was everything to eat with a lively
bunch of waiters insisting upon serv
ing choice viands and "chasers" that
never failed to score.
It will bo the same way coming
home. While the excursionists are
doing Justice to the feed that Mine
Host Witzei places before them
through the medium of a small army
of welMrained and athletic grub dis
pensers, the caterer on the boat and
the “barkeeps” will be restocking the
,lunch emporiums and placing every
I (Continued on Page ». Column 1.)
BELGRADE BOMBARDED BY THE AUSTRIANS
AND BRIDGE AT SERVIAN FRONTIER BLOWN UP
iAUSTR/A
HUN6ARYA
/ s' . ItM
SPARKS
All EXCEPT FOUR
CONTRACTS ARE [ET
Commissioners Endeavor to ]
Rush Passaic Valley Under- j
taking to Completion.
With all but four contracts awarded
for the work of constructing the Pas
saic Valley sewer, the Passaic Valley
Sewerage Commissioners are making
rapid strides toward the completion
of the big flume. Bids for four sec
tions of the work have not yet been
requested.
Already contracts for the construc
tion of twenty-two sections have been
awarded. This represents an outlay
of about *9,000,000. The part of the
sewer remaining uncontracted for is
the more simple and expensive work.
There are twenty-seven sections of
the sewer and there will be about
thirty contraots awarded for their
construction. The sewer is expected
to be ready for use by January X,
1917.
Two sets of bids were opened yes
terday by the commissioners.
Bruno & Petltti. of Belleville, sub
mitted the lowest figures for the work
on section 14 of the big flume. Their
bid was *172,1*0. The other bids sub
mitted were: Beaver Engineering & i
Construction Company, of New York, |
*179,966: Merrlli-Ruckgaber Company, I
and Mason Hilton & Company, of |
New York, *1*6,756: the Whiting j
Turner Construction Company, of
Baltimore, *214,327; the New York
and New Jersey Construction Com
pany, of New York, $243,400; the
Cauldwell-Wlngate Company, of New
York, $253,500; and the Fusco Con
struction Company, of Newark, *266.
172.
Section fourteen is located in Pas
saic. Tt extends from a point in
Main avenue", near Gregory avenue,
and runs north to the corner of
"Washington place and Hope avenue.
It has a total length of 3,246 feet.
The sewer will consist of both open
trench and tunnel.
Bids for the construction of the
Passaic river crossing of section 27
were also opened by the commis
sioners yesterday. The greater part of
this contract consists in the.construc
tion of a tunnel under the Passaic
river. The section is located in Har
rison, Kearny and Newark.
Charles A. Haskin. of Charlestown.
Mass., was the lowest bidder; hia
figure was 155.420. The bids sub
mitted were: Booth & Flinn. of New
York, *59,965; New York and New
Jersey Construction Company, New
York, *vj,325; Merrill-Ruckgaber Co.
and Mason, Hilton & Co., of New
York, *76,090, and the Fusco Con
struction Company, of this city,
*191,305.
The latest date at which the con
tracts are to be completed is Novem
ber 15, 1916. This ts the date the big
flume under the Newark bay to Rob
bins Reef is to be finished, according
to the terms of the contract. The
sewer is to cost a total of *11,250,000.
There are four contracts yet to be
advertised for. Bids were received
on section *, located near the Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery. They were later
rejected a* excessive. In addition
there are contracts for three small
sections in Paterson yet to be
awarded.
2. . . .c’ V. jr.
HOW EUROPEAN NATIONS
ARE PREPARING FOR WAR
_ I
RUSSIA—Troops being massed on eastern frontier; czar in
forms kaiser any invasion of Servia will be signal for general
mobilization orders.
GERMANY—While kaiser endeavors to adjust situation with
czar, orders for army mobilization are drawn up ready for is
suance; battleship fleet concentrated in home -waters.
ENGLAND—British fleet sails for unknown destination.
Government officially still hopeful of peace, but making ready for
any contingency.
FRANCE—Troops unobstrustively being moved toward east
ern and northern borders. Gold withdrawn from circulation by
Bank of France.
ITALY—Warships ordered assembled in home waters.
AUSTRIA—Vast movement of troops on to override Servia;
Danube river border under control; battleships ordered to Fieume;
reservists called to the colors.
SERVIA—All able-bodied men, regardless of age, called to
military service; Nish officially established as capital.
MONTENEGRO—Preparing to invade Bosnia and Herzego
j vlna‘ _/_
DISCOVERS THAT
"BECKY" GETS IK
FOOD IN TABLETS
Commissioner Davis Finds Un
usual Methods Used by
Hunger Striker.
NEW YORK, July 2S.—Becky Edel- j
son, the anarchist and Industrial j
Workers ot the World orator, who
has been on an Intermittent hunger |
strike in the penitentiary on Black
well’s Island, has been taking food
In tabloid form, according to an an
nouncement today by Miss Kather
ine Davis, commissioner of correc
tions.
Yesterday. Miss Davis said, she
had discovered the young woman
took two tablets containing nutrition
equal to that in a glass of milk. |
This, the commissioner said, ex
plained Why Miss Edelson was in I
such good physical condition when I
she testified yesterday in Tarrytown j
at the trials of the nine leaders of |
the Industrial Workers of the World I
Dr. Ernest S. Bishop will visit the
penitentiary- today as consulting phy- J
siclan and if. in his opinion, Miss,
Edelson is In need of nourishment
she will be forcibly fed.
S. B. Jackson,
Lawyer, Dead
Schuyler B. Jackson, of 646 High I
street, died yesterday afternoon at
Narragansett Pier. Word of his deatli
was received today In his law office in 1
the Prudential building. He was of
the well-known Jackson family of
this city.
Mr- Jackson was a brother of the
late F. Wolcott Jackson, of the Penn
sylvania railroad.
German Emperor Has Ordered
Austria to Withhold Invasion,
According to Report.
Special to the Evening Star.
BERLIN, July Kaiser Wil
helm's hand today held back the
Titanic war wave which menaces all
Europe. Austria has not struck the
first blow in any concerted war cam
paign. So far as can be learned with
the rigid war censorship in force at
Vienna, no Austrian troops have set
foot on Servian soil. It is reported
here unofficially and generally cred
ited that the Kaiser has ordered Em
peror Franz Joseph to withhold the
invasion of Servian territory by Aus
trian troops until the word is given
from Potsdam.
Meanwhile Wilhelm and Czar Nich
olas are in constant communication.
This is admitted at the foreign office.
The Kaiser has forbidden all dem
onstrations calculated to rouse the
war spirit. War news is being sup
pressed in the press. The Kaiser is
bending every personal effort in the
(Continued on Page S, Column «.!
Denies State Suffrage
Association Contemplates
Removing to Newark
Mrs. Edward F. Feickert, of Plain
field. president ot the New Jersey
Woman Suffrage Association, today
denied •» rumor that the organization
~ *tQ headquar
ters to this city. She said:
uacfc to Newark.
In iaut, we have no headquarters, but
a State executive office, which is at
Plainfield and will remain there.”
The rumor has been circulated that
in the fall the association would come
to Newark and re-establish Its head
quarters here at? more convenient to
Uie various branches.
LONDON MARKET
REFLECTS CRAVE
%
Majority of Continental Bourses
Are Closed as War Clouds
Hover.
LONDON. July 29.—The eeriousness
of the European situation was re
flected today on the 1 -undue, stock
exchange, where British consols
dropped at one time to 69%, the low
est point reached since the early years
of last century. They opened at 71,
or % below yesterday. Soon after
ward they dropped to 70% and then
lost a full point, bringing them down
to 69%.
A government broker came into the
market at this point and commenced
buying all the consols he coo'd get
at 70%.
Three small failures were reported
early in the morning session and two
later on, making the total five.
None of them was of much impor
tance, but it was reared that more
would occur later in the dav.
Otherwise there was nothing doing
on the exchange and no other quota
tions were available, the market be
ing in a condition of animated sus
pension.
Dealers on the stock exchange after
wards began to do a little business,
but sales were effected only after
ouch negotiation.
A rally in consols in the afternoon
brought the price back to 71% and
helped a little to cheer the market.
BERLIN, July 29.—The Rankers'
Association met today and decided
against closing the bourse but re
solved to suspend dealings in securi
ties handled for the settlement. This
includes all the principal stocks.
(Continued on Page Z. Column 6.)
YOUTHFUL FANATIC’S
ACT CAUSE OF GREAT
WAR THAT THREATENS
Special to the Evening Star.
LONDON, July 29.—A fanatic—
a mere stripling of eighteen years
—is directly responsible for the
gigantic war that threatens to
envelop Europe.
Gavrlo Princtps, the Serb, who
tired the shots that killed Arch
duke Francis Ferdinand and wife,
has really brought on the great
est crisis that ever confronted the
European nations.
This youth’s act may cause the
loss of thousands of lives and
millions of dollars and even the
ruin of nations. When he fired the
shots that ended the lives of the
heir to the Austrian throne and
his wife, this Serb touched a
match to the tire that has been
smouldering for years in Austria.
The feeling between the two coun
tries has ever been bitter.
Princips's act was all that was
needed to bring down the wrath
of the Austrians on the Serbs.
Dispatch Announcing Actual Hos
tilities Reaches St. Petersburg
from the Servian Capital. \
ALL EUROPE MASSING ARMIES ]
FOR THREATENED CONFLICT
Russian Troops Mobilizing at Austrian
Frontier While Germany and France
Are Also Making Ready.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 29.—A dispatch from Bel
grade says the Servian capital has been bombarded and
the bridge over the River Save blown up.
HkKlilN, July 29.—.\ rumor in cirrulAtion her<» till* evening, which
cannot foe confirmed at the Foreign Office, lias it that the interchange of
messages between the C zar and the Kaiser have resulted in the latter
pledging that Austria will guarantee the territorial integrity of Servia
in event of Russia holding aloof and permitting localization of the war.
LONDON, July 29.—Reports of the maasing of armies in strategic
positions came from all points of Europe today,
total, so that 1.280.000 inen are affected by the order.
Diplomats concentrated their attention on efforts to confine the war
to Austria-Hungary and Servia, the two nations immediately concerned
in the quarrel, and the attitude of the (German and Russian emperors was
closely watched owing to the near relations to the countries engaged.
Premier Asquith referred to the international situation in the House
of ( ominous, but all the information he was able to impart was contained
in a few words.
SITUATION GRAVE
"The situation at this moment." he said, “is one of extreme gravity
and I ran only usefully say that the British government is not relaxing
its efforts to do everything in its power to circumscribe the area of con
flict.
"The British government has received no information as to an at*
leged revolutionary outbreak in Russian Poland."
Austria-Hungary and Servia resounded today with the march of
troops towards positions of attack and defense, while military aviator*
on both sides flitted through the air along the frontier in an effort to
discover their opponents’ positions.
The Montenegrin soldiery, evidently preparing to support their
brother Serbs, also concentrated along the Bosnian frontier.
The stork exchanges everywhere in Europe were demoralized and
where they were not closed business was almost at a standstill.
Ilavid I.loyd-tieorge, British chancellor of the exchequer, today made
the financially tranquillizing statement In the House of Commons that §
the Hank of England saw nothing in the present financial situation to
make It necessary to call a meeting of hankers to deal with It.
PARTIAL MOBILIZATION BY RUSSIA
Partial mobilization of the Russian troops in the southern and
southwestern districts was ordered by the Russian war office last night,
according to dispatches received here.
It is argued in official circles that although tills action dangerously {
diminishes the chances of maintaining European peace it does not
necessarily imply a rupture of relations between Austria-Hungary and
Russia. The hope is still expressed that some European power may yet
succeed in bringing about an understanding between those two states.
The present moliilization order affects only the Russian frontier
contiguous to Austria and not the (lerman frontier. It is confined to the
military districts of Kiev, Odessa. Moscow and Kazan. The peace foot
ing of each of these districts is four army corps each numbering 40.000
men or a total of 040.000 men. The command to mobilize doubles this
In France the statements from St. Petersburg that Russia will
surely Intervene are taken as a direct challenge to the Triple Entente
!>y the Triple Alliance. French troops are gathering on the border)
prefiared to resist the blow- which it is believed certain Rermany will
aim at the republic as one of its first war moves.
_ —A.
WAR BULLETINS j
Special to the Evening Star
FRANKFORT. Germany . July J9.—Ef
j forte of the kaiser to loealtie the Autrtro
> Servian war are being nullified by exten
elvc military mnvrmeat« of Russia, ac
cording to a Berlin diepatch published in
an extra edition of the tlaxette here late
1 today. The publication Is evidently In
| spired, ne the government official paper
> alway s l» In Issuing semi-olBrial new*.
| The Berlin dlspatrb deeinre* rendition*
arc rapidly beromlng worse.
PORTLAND. Eng.. July *»■—The Brlt
! i.h fleet sailed from here today for an
j unknown destination. No information
I erold be obtained from narol officials as
j to the movement* of the war vessels.
BRUSSELS. July •».—The Belgian rah
i Inrt derided today to call out Immediately
three clMftes of the army reserve*.
VIENNA. July 29.—All Scrviaa* liable
I to military service residing In Austria
Hungary are being arreetnrl and handed
over to the military a* prisoner* of war.
DRESDEN. July 29.—All Saxon troop*
were today recalled from the field ma
neuver* which have been In pro grew*, by
an order received from the war office.
VIENNA. July 29.—The Au*trian war
I office today l**ued It* first official war
bulletin, reporting the blowing up of the
railroad bridge between Kent Hu and Bel
j grade over the Save river. ITnofficial re
port of the destruction of thi* bridge by
j Servian* wae received Monday.
HT. DETERSBIRG. Jul> 29.—It I* con
sidered probable that if Ru**ia goe« to
I war. Fmperor Nicholas- will become gen
I eraliaolmo of the Ru**ian force* with hi*
-nee oii«| couuln. Grand Duke Nlchola*
; Mcholaievitch and General SoukhomltaoR
| the minister of war, a* *ecoad® in rum
maud.
*
In the meantime dispatches from $
Vienna showed that the movement of t
the Austrian forces toward the Ser
vian frontiers was proceeding stead- /
ily, but a strict censorship concern
ing the military movements prevent
ed the exact destination of the troops I
from reaching the outside world All J
the Austrian and Hungarian rati- J
wan were taken over yesterday for J
military traffic and transportation for
the general public was suspended.
Servia. it was known, was just as C
active in moving her troops. Strong -T
forces were distributed to the forti
fied towns of Valyevo and Uzhitza, oa
the Bosnian frontier, and to Svtlaj
natz. in the eastern part of the coun
try, while strong divisions of voluo- J|
teers, reinforced by regulars, were ?
gathering along the River Drina, near |
Rosnitz. on the Bosnian frontier. jan
The Montenegrins also were making 1
preparations and had stationed a bH- m
gade with a mountain battery near *
Priboj. where women were busy build* 3
ing earthworks.
Aviator* Watch Troops.
Servian and Austrian aviators at
the same time were flying along the jm
frontiers trying to locate the posl
lions of the opposing forces.
As far as a genera] Rtiropesn war |
while they confess the situation to b« f
most grave, consider there is hope of
averting a conflict, so long aa the
Austro-Russian •conversations" cun- m
tinue at St Petersburg.
Another danger has arisen owing :||
to the uneasiness in Germany at the $
preparation* being made by Kusala
along the frontier Ordinarily, it is
pointed out Germany and Austria
have the advantage over Russia in j
being able to mobolize more quickly J
and they do not wish to lose this ad- J
vantage
Reports have come through from
Vienna that the Russian Poles hava
organised a revolution and blown up
ItMHaMd «•«•* *. Cetaata AS