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; .fhe Bulletin'sirculation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the. City's Population: - " --T" " "

- tCondensed Telegrams FOB AID OF STRANDED AMERICANSCabled Paragragphs

POVERSIOBILIZIG, Drop in Prices

of Provisions

Billion Dollars

in Currency

TO BE ADDED TO CIRCULA-

TION IN UNITED STATES

Pass Appropriation of

BATTLEHAS BEEBoth Houses of Congress

250,000 For

ASKED FOR BY PRESIDENT

President Has Appealed to

Most Important Event in Past 24 Hours Was Ger-

many's Demand Upon BelgiumAlarmed Over any Development in Europe

WANTS PRIVILEGE TO CROSS TO FRENCH BURutR This Country is Well Prepared to Withstand any Finaincial Crisis Senate Voted to Authorize the Secretary oNavy to Establish Naval Lines to Carry Passengers, Ma3Germany Wants Great Britain

Government Has Assured

Their Relief

IN SPECIAL MESSAGE

the People Hot , o

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citing Journey from St Petersburg,ES?10 ,nnd accommodations at ahotel, he alept on the railway BtatioaSaw Russian Fleet Cleared for Action.a naa oeen on a trip to Swedesaee the midnight trealize the gravity of theuntil I saw the Rum iTifor action. This waa on July leat :Kronstadt, where the shipyards werS '.

working; overtime.Demonstrations et St. Peter.ku,.T arrived at St. Petersburg on thfollowing day Enormous demon .taiUons were taking place at the capUawas warned to ret nm ,

the night of the 28th tor EteZ rsaw Russian soldiers drillinVat :thestations and artillery !constantly on tn

Not Alio the German Fleet to Attack the French

Coast German Troops;' Have Taken Possession ofThree Towns in Russian Poland Enthusiastic Scenes

In Streets of London --German Ambassador at Paris

Ordered to Demand His Passports. -

Englishmen Attacked at Berlin.'

"At Berlin I was warned to keed 1

taken for an Englishman. At Haa!2 'burg the number of warnings i"

creased. Two Russians who rernieA '

rise in a cafe when the CrermaS.toaothern was played were attacked andbadly beaten. I also saw two Bngdsiwlfmen attacked in the street, but .finally were rescued by the police. t.S400 Offered for Second Ctess Passage

There was a harrowing- scene wherflthe Hamburg-America- n line steamMImperator cancelled its sailing Birfleft stranded 2.043 paasengersTmosc off-the-

short of money, and the womanawalling. About 150 of us were glvctsfpassage in' the second class of th 1American line steamer Philadelphiafor which I was offered 40 eraspeculator. IThe Journey to Flushing was mad;In a packed train, its occupants lack--. Iing sleeD and fond "n ,H, .

London, August 3. All . the greatEuropean powers, excerpf Italy andmost of the secondary, powers, .aremobilizing- With all their energy.Mobilization has not yet reached astage where any of the armies havemet in battle. ; . ...

Italy will begin to mobilize official-ly tomorrow .although the; " processprobably is well under way, but Italydeclares her neutrality. -

Great Britain's mobilization is near-ly completed but she- has -- not an-nounced that she will join in. the gen-eral war.

Until tonight war officially existedbetween Austria and Germany on oneside, and Russia and .Montenegro onthe other. There had been no officialdeclaration of war between" Germanyand France on either side. But to- -

' nisht the German ambassador inParis received orders to demand his

' passports. '.'-.- '

Germany'. Demand on Belgium. --

The most Important event in thepat 24 hours was Germany's de-

mands upon Belguim, iri the form ofa twelve hour ultimatum- - that, theGerman troops be permitted to crossBelgium to. the. French' frontier,coupled with ' the promise that Bel-gium intergrlty should remain-unimpaire- d

at the end of - the war andthat Belgium slrould be compensated.

To tiiis Belgium rfef used .to accedeon the grounds of her rights and hon-or. . - : ''

Sir Erward Grey, the British sec-retary for foreign affairs; made asiutement in ' the house of commonsindicating tht Great Britain s inter-ests and obligations could not permithrr to submit to the violation of Bel-gian territory. This practically leftthe decision as to whether .. GreatBr-'tai- should make war to publicopinion. . ,

British Sentiment For War.There is absolutely r.o doubt that

British sentiment Is for war. Theappeals of the pacificists got no hear-ing. Not one man in a hundred inLondon seemingly wants the' nation toremain nemra'

UNUSUAL DECLINES SHOWN' CHICAGO . MARKETS.

PORK FELL $1.75 BARREL his

N.Stoppage of Exports to Europe Was

Immediately Responsible for LowerPrices, After Temporary Advance in

atPrice of Wheat. ' .

S00Chicago, Aug. 8. Hope of betterfinancial returns for grain and provi-sions, especially . wheat, prevailed wasamong the members of the board oftrade although today witnessed astartling smash ln the price of pork.lard.hogs and corn. The reason for

renewal of confidence lay ir dew inpatches . to various firms assertingthe British government had agreed

war risks on wheat destined for Great Britain. .

Shotting down of exports to Europefelt more acutely tod:y than atprevious time and started a col

lapse first in lard values, then ln hogspork, and later in ribs and corn,

with' oats and wheat also undergoingnoticeabie tremor. The fact that one

banking condition had been af Oldfected iby the war upheaval continued

the depression, but in an indirectrather than a primary manner.

8omo Unusual Decline.Unusual declines shown tonight as

compared with Saturday night were:Pork $L75 per barrel: lard $1.12 1

hundred pounds: hogs 50 cents Y,hundred pounds and corn 3 1- -8 abushel. At the most, wheat was offonly 1 1- -4 cents a bushel for the day.

War Brings Price Down.War developments jolted provisions

prices down almost as hardtoday as wheat had been tem itsporarily rushed up on account of theexcitement over the first outbreak ofhostilities.

PORT OF MONTREALIS VERTUALLY CLOSED.

Lower Harbor is Patrolled by TugFleet First Time in Its History.

Montreal. Aug. 3. The port ofMontreal was virtually closed tonight.for the first time in its history. Today a tug fleet patrolled the lowerharbor, and a force of two hundred tomen sworn in this evening to exclude

landsmen from the wharves, bailors in vessels in port wiU be allowed

leave their ships only under escort.No vessels will be permitted to comeinto port or to leave, without an express writ being granted. Five . million dollars worth of grain in the elevators has been placed under specialguard.Precautionary war measures have re

sulted in a complete disorganization inMontreal port. All concerned werenotified of the immediate calling out

the navv reserves and that all mustreport to the collector of the port. Themen "are ordered home and will takethe Victorian which sails tomorrowmorning, but the captains may be allowed to go back in their own vessels.

Local ships congestion has alreadybegun. Three tramp steamers thatshould have cleared bein;loaded with grain then, are still indock. Twelve tramp vessels are onthe way here" for grain cargoes forcontinental ports and will swell thnumber of detentions until they findorders for British ports instead.

GERMAN TROOPS CAPTURETOWNS IN RUSSIAN POLAND,

Took Possession ef Czenstochowa AfterShort Skirmish

Berlin, Aug. 3. The German bordertroops from Lublinitz, Silesia, today,after a short skirmish with Russians,took possession of Czenstochowa, Rus-sian Poland.

Bendzin and Kalisz, Russian Poland,also have been occupied by the Gel-man- s.

Czenstochowa is a city of some 50,-0- 00

inhabitants, situated on the RiverWuethe. near the Silesian frontier. Itis noted chiefly for ita manufacture ofwoolen and cotton cloths and papr.A picture of the Virgin in a noted con-vent there attracts thousands of Pil-grims to Czenstochowa annually.

Bendzin is a coal and zinc miningcenter. It has a population of slight-ly over 20,000, about half of whom areJews.

Kalisz is the capital of the provinceof the same name. It is the most west-erly city in Russian Poland, lus popu-lation of, 20,000 is engaged in variousmanufactures.

Informed of Italian Neutrality.tendon, Aug. 3. The French em-

bassy In Iondon has been informed ofthe declaration of Italian neutralityand that Italy will probably call outone or of the army, outwith no aggressive idea, such actionbeing simply to defend her neutrality.It is added that Italy does not int--

to reinforce her troops on either tneFrench or Austrian frontiers. It is alsoofficially announced that Turkey willproclaim herself neutral in the presetsituation.FRENCH RESERVISTS

IN SOUTHERN STATES

Three Thousand Report to ConsulGeneral at New Orleans.

New Orleans, la.. Aug. 3. Threethousand of the 10,180 French reserv-ists in ten southern states had reportedto the French consul general here ata late hour tonight and were await-ing transportation to France. TheFrench steamer Mississippi, whosecaptain today received orders to re-port to the consul general here, wastied at the dock at midnight, althoughshe had cleared earlier in the day forHavre.

British Government Assumes Risks.London. Aug. 3. The governmett

has decided to guarantee war rlsKs.on Wlirai unu uour uwm

lantie or Canadian ports to the Uniie.l

White Wolf, the Chinese: brigandleader is reported active again.

The estate of Jamee J, Fallon, former warden of the Tombs is valued at160,000.

The Philadelphia clearing house association decided . to issue clearinghouse certificates.

Baron Henry - de Rothschild, withseven friends, sailed for New York on

yacht, the Eros.

A turtle caught at Sorina Valley.Y- - bears letters carved by Alfred

Talma n, 51 years agp.

Apprentices on the .'.training shinNewport were feted by the populace

Marseilles, France.Mager Hendry, a farmer of Golden- -

dale, Wash, killed a bear weighingpounds in his pigsty. '

The Grand Opera House in Chicagoentered by thieves who locked an

attendant ln a vault and escaped withsu.OUO. i

Morris Voss, of New York was held$10,000 bail on a charge of homicide

after his automobile killed an unidentified man.

Bank committee of the Senate finished its examination of Paul M. Warburg nominated for the .federal Reserve Board. '

John Savage, the actor who was wasof the original quartet in "TheHomestead," died in Brooklyn,

aged 5 years.

Fire destroyed a section ef thstables ata West point, at a loss of$50,000. Many cadets turned out tofight the fire.

Edward F. Hilton, of 'Nelsonville. N.gave his watch to a robber, who

fled throwing away a revolver. Ithad no trigger.

Senator Gallinger introduced a resolution deeply deprecating the Europe an war and expressing hope for

speedy ending.

Rorans Butkie of Waterbury, whowas injured in a dynamite explosionn East Windsor Saturday, died at a

Hartford hospital.

Prince Adalbert, third son of theKaiser, was betrothed to Princess Adelaide, grandaughier o fthe Duke ofSaxe-AIeineng-

Jesse Joplin was found guilty of themurder of Dr. D. W. Dunn, formermayor of Duquoin. 111., and sentenced

life imprisonment.

Carl V room an, of Bloommgton, III.,was appointed as Assistant Secretaryof Agriculture, succeeding Dr. B. T.Galloway, resigned.

Five assistants, to-t- he CorporationCounsel were appointed by Corpora-tion Counsel Polk of New York. Thesalary is $3,000 a year.

"Bonnie Murphy", one-tim- e starpitcher of the Brooklyn Nationals, diedof heart sdiease at Worcester, Muss.He was 53 years old.

A Colorado Stats tablet was unveil-ed at the Washington monument inhonor of the 38th anniversary of itsadmission to the I'nion.

Emergency legislation removing re-strictions o liissues of currency andAmerican registration of oceanwas taken up by the House.

Four persons were killed at Whits-bur- g,

Ky in a feud between the Halland Guillen families growing out fthe election of a school trustee.

James A. Parsons, Deputy Attorney-Genera- l,

will be appointed successor toAttorney-Gener- al t.'armody whose res-ignation takes effect September 1.

Albert McQiuglan, of Terre Haute,Ind., 32 years old, was arrested on acharge of forgery. He has no handsand does the writing with his teeth.

Senator Duncan U. Fletcher of Flor-ida and about 50 Americans represent-ing the Southern Commercial Con-gress are at the American embassyat Paris,

While touring in a red automobile atCaldwell, N. James E. Brightonwas attacked by a bull. A collie dis-tracted the bull while the automobilesped away.

The criuser North Carolina landeda hydroaeroplane at Old Point, Vafor the expected aeroplane flights ofRepresentative and Mrs. Fred A. Brit-ten, of Chicago.

Vincent Astor has presented to thevillage of Rhinecliff, N. Y a strip ofland to be used as a highway to theXew York Central Station. The landis worth $25,000.

John Mclnerny, aged 45, beach sup-erintendent on the John I. Crimminsplace at Collenders Point, lMrin. vasdrowned last nisht when his ramupset in the Sound.

The National Tighways ProtectiveAssociation reports 141 persons kill-ed bv vehicles in the New York jitystreets since Jan. 1. This is the low-est record since 1 009.

The Board of Trustees at Gary, II- I-have appointed a bathing censor toslop Tangoing ana ao away wun oe-pie- ce

bathing suits. The beach ac-commodates 5,000 persons.

Before leaving to attend the PeaceConference in Stockholm, Represent-ative Edwin S. Underbill, of Corning,N. Y., announced he would not be acandidate for rencmination.

Charles F. (Daredevil) Niles, the av-iator, startled Coney I.llsnd crowdsby dropping a dummy from his aero-plane. Thousands rushed to the beachthinking a man had been killed.

The Canadian government has - de-

cided to put the cruiser Niobe intocommission if possible. It Is recog- -mzert mat tne servic es or me esseiwould oe ot grem vaiue in emergency.

. .inr.rC Lakevilte.j.o.uuu

Ijikcvllle. onn.. Aufc 3. ! Irr. in

i by Jerome Alexander 01 lorK,was burned tonight. Loss (10,000.

Johr Burns Resigns.' London. Aug 3 Jo'in Utiles, pres-

ident of tin; government board, baslesigneu, he is in withths war policy of thu government.

Earthshock at Jamaica.Kingston, Jamaica, Aug. 3. A 'severe IS

earthshock was felt.here at 6.32 o'c'lo-- a

this morning and caused considerablealarm among the inhabitants. Littledamage, .however, was reported.

Oriental Trade Affeied.Tokio.1 Japan, Aug en

.iawan, China and Europe hasbeen t to a standstill by thecessation of exchange, "vhile rado be-

tween Japan and America hits, be eigrei!y affected.

liberals by exposing some milestonesIn the history of the rapprochementrevealing it as essentially a natiana'one with Franch, without definite onligations. a"Finally, on the one tremendouslyvital question a question upon theanswer of which the British emp'ioand the whole world are hangingwhether the government considersthat Germany's policy compels GreatBritain to war, the foreign secretaryleft an impression of doubt. Ttiatdoubt may reflect the mind of a cab-inet not wholly unanimous, and theInterpretation drawn by many is thatSir Edward Grey' speech, to Germanywas a hint that if she will keep hersoldiers off Belgian soil and her bat -

away from the coast of Francethat will be the price or ureal Bri-tain's armed neutrality.V Patriotic Enthusiasm in London.

The first outbreak of patriotic en-

thusiasm since the possibility aroseof England becoming involved in tuewar occurred in London tonight.Crowds of Englishmen and Frenchmenmarched through the streets in tnewest end, waving flags and singing t ienational anthems.

Finally they reached BucKmgnaaipalace, where in response to a greatoutburst of cheering tne King a.uuqueen and Princess Mary appeare-- onthe balcony and bowed in acknowl-edgment of the enthusiastic demon-stration of loyalty.

This did not satisfy the crowd..which chanted: "We want tv.nsGeorge" to the tune of the Westmin-ister chimes, and sang "Rule Brl.an--

This finally brought the King anaqueen out again. . They were accom-panied by the Prince of Wales, on 1

they received another noisy "welcome.The demonstration lasted some minutes, and for a long time alter tneroyalties' relief the people continuedto sing patriotic songs.

King and Queen Heartily CheeredKine- Georere and Queen Mary also

were heartily cheered when they drovein the parks in the aiternoon anauroat crowds remained lor noi.rjaround the palace, the house of pai- -liament and Downing street.

The people generally were unaemoi:strati ve: apparently being more i -rious than excited.. - Occasionally fSerewas cheering as some caoinei numt-.-was Keen leavine his office for theheadquarters, on. his return from thhouse and when the guards at tUenalnpo rales were changed. But outhe whole, Londoners preferred tospend the holiday asa their usiTa'quiet manner. 4

People Become Excited.As evening drew on. however, and

anxiety as to the attitude the govern-ment intended to adopt increased, thepeople became more excited, and Win-ston Spencer Churchill as he walkedfrom the admiralty to the commonswas greeted' with cries of "good oldWinston."

Premier Asquith was greeted In asimilar manner and escorted from hishome to the precincts of the house bya cheering crowd and other memoersof the cabinet, as well as members ofthe house, received a cheer as theypassed into the historic builamg tohear what England intended to do inth hours of her crisis.

John Redmond, the Irish Nationalistleader, came in for a splendid recep-tion as he left the house, the newsof his speech, in which he said everysoldier would be withdrawn from Ire-land, having preceded him.

Field Marshal Roberts Cheered.Field Marshal Lord Roberts, the

Marquis of Lansdowne and AndrewBonar Law, leader of the opposition,who visited the prime minister inDowning street, were soon surroundedby a great crowd which followed andcheered them, but the ambassadors, in-

cluding the German representative whowent tor the foreign office severaltimes, and the Russian representativewho sat in the house during Sir Ed-ward Grey's speech, being little knownto Londoners, passed unnoticed.- When parliament adjourned, a pro-cession was formed, composed mostlyof young men, carrying union jacksand the r, and marched throughWhitehall Trataigar square. Leicester Square and Picadilly Circus, singing all the way.

Busy Scenes Throughout Day.The railway stations where the con

tinental trains arrive and depart, pre-sent busy scenes throughout the day.Each incoming train brought refugeeAmericans and Englishmen from thecontinent. As rew porters were onhand, owing to the holiday, all of themhad to carry their own baggage,, andsome amusement was afforded by theirmethod of trundling heavy trunks fromthe cars to waiting cabs.

It is announced that the extensionof the holiday only applies to banks,which will give the government timeto complete arrangements to meet thefinancial situation so other businesswill continue as usual.

MANIFESTO ISSUED BY

EMPEROR NICHOLAS.

Outlines the Events Leading, Up toDeclaration of War by Germany.

St, Petersburg, Aug. 3. EmperorNicholas today issued a manifesto inwhich his majesty outlines the eventsleading up to the declaration of warh fifrminv and then says that "Russians will rise like one man and w'Urepulse the insolent attack of the ene-my."

The text follows:"By the grace of God, we, Nicholas

II, emperor and autocrat of all theRussians, king of Poland, and grandduke of Finland, etc, to all our faith-ful subjects make known that Russia,related by faith and blood to the Slavpeoples, and faithful to her liiatoric.iltraditions, has never regarded her fatewith indifference.

"But the fraternal sentiments of theRussian people for the Slava have beenawakened with perfect unanimity andextraordinary force in these last fewdays, when Austria-Hungar- y knowing-ly aldreued the Servia claims inacces-sible for an independent state.

"Having paid no attention to thepacific and conciliatory reply of theServian government, and having re-jected the benevolent intervention ofRussia, Austria-Hungar- y made hasteto proceed to an armed attack and be

ACTION OF CONGRESS

To Meet Situation Resulting from tmEuropean Crisis Issue Available

'Should More Than Meet the Emer-

gency. 'Washington. August 3. More thanbillion dollars In currency is to be

added to the circulating medium inthe United States, --by the? action ofcongress today, to meet tne situationresulting from , the European crisis.The new money, backed by the primeassets of the banks, may be issued aunder a modification of the bank law,passed in both house and senate, then thtcompromised in conference, and ap-proved

toby the administration for finaj

action in both houses tomorrow.All national banks and ail state was

banks and trust companies, members anyof the new federal reserve system andthose who haw agreed to join, may andissue notes under the Aldrich-Vree- -

land section of the: bank law, up to aone hundred ,and twenty-fiv- e percent, of their combined capital andsurplus. ' - to

There Is approximately i, ibu.uuu000 such capital and surplus uponwhich issue of notes may be based.Of that, about $800,000,000 invested in

banks is not available.Approximately $900,000,000 plus

twenty-fiv- e per cent, is therefore ready peras the basis of issue. Inasmuch asissues of , clearing house certificatesin this country never have exceeded$500,000,000 in time of more dire distress, the issue available should morethan care for any situation.

gan to bombard Belgrade, an openplace.Forced to Take Precautionary Meas

ures."Forced bv the situation thus ere

ated to take necessary measures ofprecaution, we ordered the army andthe navy put on a war looting, at tnesame time using every endeavor to ob-

tain a peaceful solution. Pour parlerswere begun amid friendly relationswith Germany and her ally, Austria,for the blood and the property .of oursubjects were dear to us.

"Contrary to our hopes ln our goodneighborly relations of long date, and alldisregarding our assurances that themobilization measures taken were m topursuance of no object hostile to hr,Germany demanded their immediatecessation. Beiny rebuffed in this de-mand, Germany suddenly declared waron Russia.

Must Safeguard Honor."Today it is not only the protection

of a country related to us and unjustlyattacked that must be accorded, butwe must safeguard the honor, the dig-nity of

and the integrity of Russia andher position among the great powe.s.

"We believe unshakably that all oarfaithful subjects will rise with unaii-mit- y

and devotion in defense of Russian soil, that internal discord will oeforgotten in thie threatening hour, thatthe unity of the emperor with his pej-pl- e

will become still more close, andthat Russia, rising like one man, willrepulse the insolent attack of the en-m- y.

"With a profound faith in the jus-tice of our work, and with a humb--hope in omnipotent Providence inprayer, we call God's blessing on holyRussia and her valiant troops.

(Signed)"NICHOLAS."

GERMANY CLAIMS FRANCEWAS THE AGGRESSOR,

ay it Violated' Belgian Neutralityand Provoked Defensive Measures,

Berlin, Aug. 3. A further officialcommunication, regarding French actsof hostility against Germany waspublished here tonight. It said:

ihe German troops hitherto haveobeyed the orders given by the German commanders not to cross the.French frontier. French troops onthe contrary, since yesterdav havemade several attacks on our frontierposts without any declaration of warhaving been made.

"The French have crossed the fron-tier at several places in spite of thefact that the French government afew days ago informed us that itwould not infringe on the. unoccupiedzone of .six mile3 from the frontierand since last night companies ofFrench troops have toeen in occupa-tion of a number of German villages.

"French army aeronauts have beenflying over Baden and Bavaria yes-terday and today throwing bombs andhave iolated Belgian neutrality byflying over Belgian territory into theprovince of the Rhine in an effort tod.eetroy raiways.

"In this way France "has opened theattack upon us and has establisheda state of war which has compelledthe German empire to take defensivemeasures for the security of its ter-ritory."

INTERNATIONAL TENNIt ,MATCHES TO BE CONTINUED.

Schedule to Be Played Notwithstand-ing the War in Europe.

New York, Aug 3. Xotwithstandmgthe war in Europe, the internationaltennis matches for the Davis cup willbe played as scheduled, in ail probabil-ity, according to announcement byRobert D. Wrenn, chairman of 'teDavis cup committee. The Australasimis will meet the British Isles team atthe end of this week in Boston and tiiewinning nation will meet the Ame-i-can- s

next week at the West Sidecourts in this city.

Because of Wrenn's announcement, J.S. Myrick of the club committee wentto Forest Hills. L. I, with a corps ofcarpenters to add 1,200 seats to thestands, as the demand for accommo-dations continues! . The finals are to oeplayed Aug. 13. and 15.

SAN FANCISCO BANKS BigTO GO ON GOLD BASIS.

At Least Until the Arrival of Emer-gency Currency from Washington.

San Franc-Uc.o- , Aug. 3. Th6 han.s-formln-

the San Francisco clearinghouse association decided before iheclose of banking hdurs today that all(the members will remain on a gildbasis, at least until the arrival ofemergency currency from ,Wahingt n.This action, it is expected, will de- - !

ternnne that of all other 1ank oa the I

Pacific coast '

Germany, through ncr diplomats, nas England must at once throw her fleettried to k.ep Great britain out by a against Germany for the one chief pur-virtu- al

offer to refrain from Using her pose of maintaining her own positionnavy again ft trance as tne price oiireai nn;am s ncuinim.v. . om mo

the British people clearly are con- -.

vinced that their honor and vital in- -,

t rests comnel them to- protect rsei- -Cium, France and the other nationswho are tneir closest' neign dots.

There is a report tonight that Hoi- -

encountered onthe frontier.Vessel Stopped'by Shot Across Bow.:--Arriving at Queenborongh at son- -' sset yesterday, the much captain, ofthe cross channel steamer ignored thewigwag; signals on atyre and was stop- -'ped by a shot across the vessel's bow, --The boarding officer explained lhafthi was caused by the failure of theDutch boat to display her flag."

MANY AMERICANS INPARIS DESIRE ASSrSTANCS

American Ambassador Unable to Tsllt'with Them Individually.

Paris..Aug. 3. The nreasura f Avnleans deeiriug assistance became soi'great today at the embassy that Am-- ibassador Herrlck. who w&atalk with them individually, made aspeech to them. In substance he saidOthat Paris was as safe a place fori!Americans as London. He would bhpleased to aid them to leave Paris. 1but ln view of the French mobillaa Jtion order it would be difficult forithem to depart from Paris for several ,days. The ambassador added t hef Ywas sorry he could not supply anyonewith money or cash their checks, fonJhe had not a franc left of the con-- rtu 1.1. . , . . 1menuuo mum ox money ne naa oo-- s 1

talned Sunday. All this money had'been used in cashing checks of hiscountrymen or countrywomen. 4

The wide halls of the embassy offlca .

building are piled high with the bag-- 'gage 01 Americans who have bees,turned out of hotels. fChauncey M. Depew and John H. iHarjes were today given membership --

in the American- relief rnmmittesi-- J

MANAGERS OF RAILROADSCONSENT TO ARBITRATES 1

In Response to President Wilson Asx j

Washington, ng. 3. Managers of Jt 'western railroads, urged by PresidentWilson to place patriotism above prop., '

to Hold Aloof , But British

France the English Fleet Will

Belgium as an enemy. The time limitwas fixed for the reply."

This statement was received withmurmurs from all parts of the houseand then Sir Edward continued:' "Belgium answered that an attackon her neutrality would be a flag-rant violation of the rights of nations;that to accept the German proposalwould be to sacrifice her honor, andbeing conscious of her duty, Belgiumwas firmly resolved to .repel aggres-sion by all possible means."

?The Belgian reply was received withloud cheers by the members and SirEdward concluded with the declarationthat the British government had takenthe information received into graveconsideration and that he would makeno further comment.

KRONPRINZ WILHE'LM ORDERED "

TO PROCEED TO BREMEN

Will Carry No Passengers Holds AreFilled with Coal.

New York, Aug. he North Ger-man XJoyd liner Kronprinz Wilhelmwas ordered to proceed tonight to Bre-men from this port. Her bunkers andholds have been filled with coal. Nopassengers-wil- l be allowed to sail. Thesteamer is 'ne of the fastest of 'thetransatlantic; liners..

Usually, of a brownish-blac- k color,the shiptJbaj; hadher- - sujjerstructure I

paimeq., grey, as soon as sne getsbeyond the three mile limit, it wassaid, her hull would also be paintedgrey. Officials of the North GermanLiloyd said that they did not knowfor what purpose the ship had beenordered 4o return.BLEIEVES ENGLAND'S FLEET

' MUST MEET GERMAN

Opinion of Rear Admiral Mahan, anAuthority on Naval Affairs.

New York, Aug. 3. Rear AdmiralAlfred T. Mahan, U.S. N., retired, au-thority on naval affairs, today evpress- -eri thp fini ninn at CJilnp-n- T. T flint

as a world power. For England, hesaid, it - was a question, if she remajned out of the war, of sacrificingj.ier empire in the next generation to I

the Interest of this generation.Rear Admiral Mahan also holds the

view that Italy must join .the warwithin a wook's tim nt am a mrtiur

. threatened by Turkey and sure to bethe prey of the Turks unless the Austrian navy can be kept from the shoresof Greece.German and French Reservists Loyal.

San Francisco, Aug. 3. The Ger-man consulate was fairly stormed to-day by hundreds of Germans respond-ing to the call of arms of all reservists.Enlistment at the French consulatewas also active. ,7-

GREAT BRITAIN MOBILIZED -

NOW AWAITS EV.EfTTS

Has Given France Assurance That hBritish Fleet Will Not Permit Sor-ma- n

Fleet to Attack French CoastGerman Trying to Have Great

Britain Kept Out ef It.

London. Aug. 3. Great Britain hasmobilized her forces and awaits events.Today she is not a belligerent power,nor is she a neutral one. '

The government has given Franceassurance that the British fleet willnot permit the German fleet to airtack the French coast. It has not atpledged itself to contribute an army tothe continental war., ,

Distrusts Germany.The British government regards

with the deepest distrust Germany'sviolation of Belgium's neutrality, butmakes no declaration as to whetherit considers that measure provocationfor war.

This pronouncement of governmentpolicy, the result of two days' almostcontinuous deliberation, was made tothe house of commons this' afternoonby Sir Edward Grey, secretary of sttefor foreign affairs. Therefore the try-ing hour of suspense for the Britishpeople is prolonged indefinitely.

Want Great Britain to Hold Aloof.Meanwhile the German embassy in

London is exertlnjt every effort of diplomacy to Induce Great Britain tohold aloof from the conflict and tobring public opinion to Germany sThe counselor of the German embassyissued a strong appeal for the neutrality of Great Britain, asserting thatGermany would agree to keep her fleetfrom attacking tne northern ana western coasts of France if England woi.Mpledge neutrality, and : argued thatKiuflmid would gain more in the endby standing outside-th- European w irand using her influence as mediatorwhen the moment was ripe

lieferring to-- , this suggestion theBritish foreign secretary said: '

"1 have only heard that- - shortly !.e- -foive 1 came to the house.

-- He raised his voice and rapped thetable before him sharply, declar.r.."But that is far too narrow an engage-ment."

fair Edward Grey dispelled theshadow of doubt Which flickered : tr'the triple entente In the minds of many

and Freight.

Wasington. Aug. 3. President Wil--on and congre'ss moved promptly to

day to afford relief to Americansstranded in the war tones of Europeand to preserve the financial equilibrium of this country in view 01 thedisorganization of credit systems toabroad.

In a special message earlv ln theday the president asked for $2a0.000to care for Americans in Kurooe.Both houses promptly passed the ap-propriation and wi!l vote more if nec-essary.

The house and senate passed a billremoving technical restrictions on theissuance of :oa.Ono.OOO of reserve cur-rency. The bill Is ln conference on Iamendments which are expected to beadjusted tomorrow.

Red Tape Abandoned.Everywhere there was a disposition

to abandon red tape and overcometechnical obstructions.

The house pssed the billsuggested .by the 1 resident waivingrestrictions of American registry forforeign built ships to assist transailantie commerce. It will be ztcted onby the senate tomorrow.

This Courry Well Prepared.Presiaent . ilson appealed to the

people of t';e country, through theWashington corre.spot dnt.". noi tobecome alarmed dvit developments lne. u rope. s tr.n cni.ntiy uas we, I pre-pared to v. :th.-:-t :nl an-.- - financialcr:ris. .

. The prefidcr.t v,n.- -. yuccessfi:! In hisappeal tj ihe wistrrn ra.i:op.d man-at-r- s.

engincmpn nnd to avoida tie-u- p in railroad tvafiic :n view ofthe present sr, Theyformally agreed to evert a strike andsettle their differences bv mediation.

Secretaries McAdro and I'ryan conferred tonigrht with rerr-sentativ- es ofAew nri ba!i.i!i-.- hourcs- - to .arrangeTor financial" accommodation of Amer-icans nbrdcrt.

Ta Ottain Ships.Representatives of th International

Mircantile ilj-rint- . wi'l oisenrs withSecretary liryrn tomorrow the ques-tion of obtaining- ships for Americansto leave Europe.

May Establish Naval Lines.The senate voted to authorize the

secretary of the navy to establisanaval line. to carry pa?rr.nsers, mailand freight to America andEurope.

The iiil is before the house.President Wiison summoned Sen-

ators Gallin'-c- r. t'aio.,1 :n1 Hrandegee,republican lesd'-i."!- . :i nr'.i tht ir aid inexpediting a'l ieztp'.ation so that con-gress niii;lit adjourn at n early dateand re'ievc uac ir:a'n'y about pendinganti-tru- st measures.

Postinystor Gc: cr.-:-l Bur!, ron an-nounced that Egyrt had requested thatno further money orders be issued toher account. .7r. Harlrwn aiso in-structed postmaeltrs tliroufhcut theI'nited States to ieiine to receiveparcel post packages fur mailing toFrance or Germany until further ad-vised. This followed official noticefrom France av.d German- - that par-cel post service had been susiended.

MEETING OF AMERICANSrTELD IN LONDON

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Upwards of 1,003 Take Steps to HelpTheir Fellow Countrymen.

London. Aug. 3. A meeting of up-wards of a thousand .Americans washeld here this afternoon to take stepsfor the amelioration of the conditionof their fellow countrymen.

Fred I. Kent, of the BankeitR Trustcompany of Xew York, who called atthe meetinsr. said that his nompanyalone was sending several million dol-lars gold to Europe to redeem travellers' checks and that other companieswere doing likewise. Theodore Hetz- -ler. of the Fifth Avenue bank, wasappointed chairman of the meetingand committees were drafted to interview officials of the shipping om- -panies and of the hotels, to search forlost baggage, to make arransemelwfor honoring all proper checks andnotes, and to confer with the member3of the American embassy.Working to Get Americans Out ef

France.Oscar Straus, who has just arrived

here from Paris. h'.1 that the UnitedStates embassy there was workinghard to get Americans out of France.Great enthusiasm prevailed at ther rencn capital, lie said, owing to tneannounce'ment that the nited Statesgovernment was considering a plan tosend transports to take Americanahome.

Warned to Leave France.Chandler Anderson, member of the

international claims commission, arrived in London today from Farts. Hesaid he was engaged with the workof the commission at Versailles whenhe was warned by the American embassy that he had better leave France.He acted promptly on this advice andthe commission was adjourned untilafter the wpt. Mr. Anderson had toleave his baggage behind him becausethe railway could not register U.What' impressed Mr. Anderson mo.was absence of any hostile feeltnaragainst the German individually. The

; Germans mingled freelv with the peop,e am dinrU f()Pnv at the popu.ar

J restaurants wtOmi:t any attempt bc- -jinj. ma.le to mnlesi them.

Americans Without Funds.Some seve;l hundred Americans reg

iMerni at t!ie American embassy inLondon today. Many of thrnn addedto their blgnatures the note -- withoutsufficient' funds" meaning that theywere unable to pet tneir checks ornotes canhed.

School Girls Marooned in Austria.One traveler reported that ra;l7

of girls from a scnool in America wasmarooned in Austria.

Otis B. Kent, an attorrey for theInterstate Commerce Commission, ofWashington. L. ' arrived In Londirnat a o'clock this morning after as cx--

land has Invaded through the of the trlpie alliance, bu as an allyprovince cf Linrburg. The people of of jprance an(j Russia. Italy must takete Dutch kir.gdonv resplved to go to tnls stePi he sald and hold the Aus-th- e

extrimilr, are said to be openings triana ln crleck for the salvation ofthe dyk?s and flooding the country , the Balkans, which are already

erty interests consented today to arbi- ,trate their differences with o 5,900 en-- 1 ,glnemen and firemen and prevented) 'what threatened to be one of the most! 'extensive transportation strikes thcountry has seen. -

The railroad men consented to pre- -

sent the case for settlement in thsway already approved by the employes '(and the federal board of mediation. 1 -

to avert what tne presiaent cnarac- - ;.tPrized as "a national disaster," al- - .thnnrh thav re.alixd inH Preirinn'lWilson pointed out that all the merits) '

of their side could not he taken lnta hconsideration. )

Chairman Chambers of the board of Imediation at once began preparations)for bringing the dispute to arbitrationand the railroad managers and the J '

v o wnuid maw me paata.Se ui anarmy impossible.

PRINCE ROLAND BONAPARTEOFFERS TO SERVE IN ARMY

Puts His 8everal Homes at theDisposal of French Government.

Paris. Aug. 3. Prince Roland Bon-aparte, a former lieutenant of infan-try hi the French army and a mem-ber of the French institute, who is 54jears of age, offered in a letter sentto President. Poincare today to servein the army, although, he said, he es

that the law prohibits, princesof a family, once reigning in Francefrcm enlisting.

The prince also puts his severalhemes at the. disposal of the govern-ment.

The police- today began arrestingttrangers in Paris who were thoughtto be suspects. .. . .

GERMAN CRUISER LEIPZIG OFFCOAST OF LOWER CALIFORNIA

Confidential Information in Possessionof Naval Authoritiee.

San Francisco, Aug. 3. Confidentialinformation in the possession of navalauthorities here today was that theGerman cruiser Leipzig is somewhereofT the coast of lower California. Noneof the arovernment wireless stations onthe Pacific coast has been in touchwith her. however, since iast Satur-da- v.

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Nothing is known of the whereaboutsff th? German cruiser Xurnberg sinceher departure last week from Hono-lulu, ostensibly for German Samoa..

BELGIUM FIRMLY REPELSGERMANY'S AGGRESSION

Announcement Received with Cheersin the House ef Commons.

London. Aug. 3. Sir Edward Gray,In a second statement in- - the houseel commons after the conference ofMinisters in regard to- - the German

uaunatum to Belgium said: '"The British government Is takingj?nta grave coiiniiierution the informa-tion received and I will make no fur-ther

'comment." ...

The entire imiiumnic mii.n made bythe British foreign to theboiler f rnni4.ns riir Uln sei nnd

Ikere today wiis a toll..:"A mumage lias been received tiv.rnthe Belgian legation here stating that

iJse-n- to Belgium at seveno'cltu-- iH.st evening a n.te proposingto Belgium friendly neutrality coupledwith tlie free passaae throusrh Be'glanterritory of German troops, promisingth maintenance of Belgian independone at the conclusion of dmlca andthreatening in case of refusal to treat

labor leaders left the city. ?

WILL RESPECT NEUTRALITY ' i

OF THE NETHERLANDS,!.a ..... 1 n ..1 . 1 'viermsn minisrer rise uivtn rosmvQ

Assurance. 4The Hague, August i. The Germaif 1

minister has given the government, ipositive assurance that Germany win. 'respect the neutrality of the Netherlands, provided it is strictly observed. 71

At a meetmg today of the lowwphouse of partlament the leaders of allparties, lnefudtnr the socialists promt,lsed the government full support inwhatever exertional steps It desiredto take. i

The president of the council of 'mirrifTtrws in a speech announced thatthe Qneen and the ministers were in 'perfect accord and that the . country)was ready and determined to maintainneutrality s.t sil costs.

France te Respect Belgian Neutrality. 4

Brusstla, Aug. It was ofHdalTy

Kingdom under existing contracts, tiie wlmt is uiiown as tnr iiiiiiipremiums in lie paid by lli importer i building at Ho-- '.mircticut School forand to be charged by him against the I Imbeciles did llii.o.iii daniaae early

receiver. Tills slep Is being ; night. Thr children, lumutes attaken to secure 8,000,000 (piarters of'Hi instilulimi. wr marshalled toOuiadlan wheat. ' places of safety ly itts teachers, wltli- -

'". ! ..lit incident. The lire started in ther Paris Socialists to Defend Country. ! drying room of the laundry., and had

llt - ' discovery wasParis. Aug. 3. At a mass meetingof socialists held today li was ununi- - , mHOe.mously resolved tht they should do ' Bar" Burned at Colebrook.their duty to defend their country and i

attempt n reprisals for the killing by Colebrook, Corn.. Ausr. 3 Th- - larsePaoul Vaillain last Friday of Joan barn at the Mlsh RM?e farm, an-ne- i

iannounced tonight tnat had;undertaken ln the event of-- hostilities)tn fulfil her obligations to preserveBelgian neutrality. --The Belgian - cab AMinet has decided not to appW to tha-,-powers as yet. but wflt await develop.,

rt"Vi if, 1 mmmm fea .

to the present time no Germans have;entered Seigism. -

u.laures, the socialist leader in thechad. 3

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