The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 20, 1914, Page 6

sak a SENATE PASSES _ SHIPPING BILL President Wilson May Now Ad-; mit Foreign Vessels to American Registry. WILL RESTORE SEA COMMERCE Measure Designed to Enlarge Mer chant Marine of United States and Also Avoid Paralyzing Effects of European War, Washington, Aug, 18.—Congress hag Dassed the emergency shipping bfll which will authorize the President to admit foreign built ships to American stry so that commercial figets may sail the seas under protection of the American flag while belligerents oi Wurope are at war and scouring the oceans fr pri President Wilson] will sign the bill at-once, 8, Culmination of the eifort to enact this legislation fellowed repudiation by the senate of the conference repori on the measure, which previously had been radically amended in the senate. As it goes to the President, the t Was the same as it passed the house more thar week ago, Admiral placed in supreme command of all the Jellicoe who has As finally agreed to, the bill, beside: providing for the registry of foreign Duilt ships, authorizes the President in his discretion, to suspend provis jons of the law requiring all wate officers of American ye i the oreign trade to be « of the] United States, and requiring survey | inspection and measurement of vessel adinitted to registry by officers of t United States, The Dill fits into the admi Y plan to trans-Atlant 3 paral. {by the European w | i | i i Government Passes Through Waterway In Nine Hours. sre the -anama, Aug. 17.—Th it o designed to enlarge ua open to di of the Aterican merchant marine. Alre: } w Hence 1 i ay pass the Hamburg-American line has re through the great watery hich es- celved proposals for certain of its ves-| tablished a new_ocean highway for sels now in Amorican waters and thi e North German lloyd line has an nounced that it will sell some pf ite United States war lepartnient, ships. Administration officials eXpect to see many foreign ships come under the American flag soon, any notable people on board, $ made the official signalizes the receded from all its amendments, but receded from ulli:s amendments, but subsequently 1 ed a joint resolution granting permission to the American Ned Cross to charter a ship which may fly the American flag. This provision was included among the senate amend- ments to the house bill but=made a Separate matter by today's action that the registry bill might not be delayed Opponents of the conference report) when she landed her passengers, began the final attack on the measure The Ancon will remain at the as soon as the sen&te convened. Pe- titions were presented signed by thou- sands of employes of the Cramp Ship- building company of Philadelphia, the New York Shipbuilding company of Camden, N. J., and other companies,| protesting against the proposal to aid- mit foreign built ships to American coastWise trade, The petitioners as- serted this would deprive them of a means of livelihood, in nine hours. Pacific beyond the fortified voyage made through the canal. The canal having will thus shorten their routes. the Pacific, homeward bound, The trip of the Ancon was the fast- est yet made by a large ocean-going Steamer, the locking operations being quicker, owing to greater experience, The steamer went through a Gatun locks in seventy minutes, a speed never before equaled. The other lock- ages were equally rapid. Col. George W. Goethals, builder of the canal and governor of the zone watched the operations vlosely and was manifestly pleased at the im- } 1 handling of the locks. He de- clared that even this would be made “We would ask the American Press| better in time, Capt. Hugh Rodman, and America in general, to be careful superintendent of transportation, who in giving credence to war reports, now) directed the trip, ‘voiced similar opin- circulating in the United States con- ion. German Americans in Berlin Declare Everything Quiet There and For. eigners Fully Protected. Washington, Aug? 15.—The Ameri. can Association of Commerce and Trade of Berlin, through Ambassador SE St a requested the state depart- ment /to make public the following telegram: cerning conditions in German The —$ $$$, = prices ate nofatal Forsigness, Ceo | RESCUE SHIPS SAFE IN PORT cially Americans, are fully protected The state department also received a cablegram (from the embassy in Ber- lin, transmitted via Copenhazen, say- ing: “A great meeting was held at the 3 city hall, Berlin, for the purpose of zs Falmouth, Eng., Aug. 17—The United extending encouragement and sympa-| States cruisers Tennessee and North thy to Americans now there. Travel | Carolina dropped anchor in Falmouth to the south is practically imposaible | harbor yesterday evening. The North at the present, but a special train is|arolina reached port at 7 o'clock, being sent -to the Holland frontier, | 2Dout a half hour before her sister Boats between Holland and England | ship. 2 are still running. The embassy is as- Scores of boats quickly swarmed sisting in the selling of tickets to around the cruisers, their ‘occupants _ Americans desiring to leave by this} cheering and waving ‘handkerchiefs, means.” When some of the Americans landed, field. the people greeted them warmly and told them that had due notice been given of their coming they would have received a formal welcome. Assistant Secretary of War Henry 8. Breckenridge, acting as the direct representative of the government, said that the voyage was uneventful: Two warships were sighted, one English and the other French. They steamed rapidly in the direction of the Tennes- immigration Cut a Half, see, but when they observed the Stars ington, Aug. 18.—War’s effect| and Stripes they halted and the ad- hele tila 8 laabiigtation thtn'¢us|wairal: anoer€ the Sonat ship fired a ‘United States was indicated by of-| salute. ads : cial figgures. From August 1 to 14 ts. .numbered 20,986, com pared wi 0 last year. wa American Cruisers are Warmly Greeted at Falmouth, Eng. i Canal Earns $25,000 a Day. Panama, Aug. 18.—The sum of $25,- 000 was taken in one day in tolls by the Panama Canal, which was official: ly opened August 15. Three more steamers already are going through the waterway and four more probably will start before night. mouth on a special train just issued says: are making methodical, progress in! Upper Alsace, retiring in greater disorder, some to- Ward the north, others to the east, This is amount of shells, wagons and provis- ions abandoned. ily in this region than we at first thought. ‘ber of bodies found. been TO COMMERCE OF WORLD “Our troops are gaining ground all along the line of Lorquin, Adondange | and Marcal, Steamer Ancon frontier from Belfo have established ot Ca- pushed on through Schirmeck and is | now following the railroad line in the seneral direction of Urmatt. | The objective is Strassburg, but it | fs not believed that there will 1 real advance against that heavily for- tified position while a good part of | southern by the Germans. Germans Strong Near Mulhausen, It is The steamship Ancon, owned by the passage which opening of the canal, She left Cristobal at 7 o'clock in the morning and reached Balboa, on the Pacific end, -at 4 o'clock in the after- in the vicinity oo Mathausen and along noon, having navigated the waterway the Rhine from Basle north. has been no attempt, so far as can be learned, on the part of the Frenrh forces to test out the actual strength of the Germans at any ‘point except West of Mulhausen and in the Vosges mountains, The Ancon did not anchor at Balboa, but proceeded into deep water in the island, where she anchored in the channel of the canal until her return to Balboa, Balboa docks for some time, discharging her cargo, this being the first commercial London, Aug. 18.—The Paris corres- pondent of the Reuter Telegram com- pany sends the following dispatch: ““In a review of the military situa- tion the Temps points’ out that the French troops cannot debouch on the plain by the which is barred by the fortress at Mol- Sheim in Alsace, twelve miles south- west of Strassburg, but says it has been necessary to occupy the valley as, otherwise, it might be utilized by the Germans, “The Temps suggests that the fact that heavy artillery has been found in that region may be construed as indi- cating that the Germans are massing troops behind the Rhine preparing to force the passes of the Vosges moun- tains,” been officially opened, it will be used at once for the transfer of four cargo ships, which The private yacht Iasata, owned in Log Angeles, also will be transferred to SWISS SEEK LOAN FROMU:S. Minister Ritter ‘Makes Representations to State Department in Behalf Washington, «Aug. 18.—Dr. Paul Rit- ter, the Swiss minister, again has made representations to the state de- partment in behalf of his government for a loan of gold from the United States, i Switzerland, ina state of siege with practically her entire man population under arms, is facing a serious ques- tion in regard to feeding her army. The impression that his country might implicate the United States in a violation of neutrality by using the ac- quired money as a loan to belligerent nations was declared preposterous by Minister Ritter. He said that aside from the questton of national honor, Switzerland’s domestic financial strin- gency was such that she must have fluid currency to restore normal condi- tions at home. ANOTHER PRIZE CAPTURED Santa Catharina Caught by: British | Secretary | Breckenridge’ left Fal-|’ FRENCH MAKING — -GHINS IN. ALSAGE Lines Have Been Pushed For- ward Six to Twelve Miles From Belfort. STRASSBURG THE OBJECTIVE ; @ prearranged plan, General Obregon Official Paris Statement Says German} P - Loss Heavier Than First Reported —Kaiser's Force Strong Near Mulhausen. Paris, Aug. 18—An official statement | “The situation continues good. We The German forces are | proved- by the enormous thusiastic Crowds, ~ | ly oce! REBEL ARMY PEACEABLY ENTERS MEXICAN CAPITAL) Gen. Obregon’s Veterans Greet- ed With Cheers by En- Ny The City of Mexico, Aug. 17.—The national capital is in the hands of the Constitutionalists, In accordgnce with marched in with his army and took peaceful possession of the city this rnoou. The citizens greeted him and his so'diers with cheers. The evacuation by the Féderals was completed and Constitutionalist troops are now quartered in the barracks which the government soldiers recent- Sunday morning eight special trains left for the front, carrying a reception committee which will formally wel- come. General Carranza, first chief of the Constitutionalists, who will as- sume the presidency as soon as he enters the capital, “The Germans lost much more heav- | This is proved by the num- | :‘We are making the same progress | in the valleys of Sainte Marie and | Ville. Our troops, strongly based. on | the Danon down the Valley of Bruche toward | Strassburg, that the Germans in this region are | completely disorganized. i position, are marching | Everything goes to show | French Troops Gain Ground. | We have gained ground? ing from ten to twenty kilometers | to twelve miles) all along the} to Chambrey anil lves solidly both | in. Alsace and Lorraine.” eral Obrevon’s army swing into the Late in the afternoon the war Office | Pe Ea eth a agit ang Me une announced that the French column has | ™4rea to the National Palace. any | Alsace remains dominated | admitted at the war office that a very strong German colunn | There Molsheim Guards the Plain. valley of the Bruche, _——____ L, of His Government. American flags flew Beside the Mexi- | city a decree threatening the immedi- ate execution of any officer or enlist- ed man who disturbed public order, Crowds early paced the streets ulong which it bad been announced the Cons-ituticnalist troops would people were re PROSING FISH COST OF FOOD State and FederalGovernments Begin Inquiries. forces, state and federal, all over the country, got into aciion, carrying out the President's suggestion for an in- vestigation as to whether food prices! . are being increased artificially on the pretext of criminal that is found to be the case. started the campaign with a grand jury investigation to which commis- sion merchants, wholesalers and re- tailers, buyers for hotels and restau- rants were subpoenaed ‘and citizeng having evidence were invited. ginning in many localities by United States attorneys and state and county authorities are pouring into the attor- ney general's office. the department of justice have begun their search for evidence of manipula- tions or other methods of price-fixing, and Secretary Redfield sent detailed instructions to agents of the ‘depart- Ment of commerce on carrying out their part of the investigation. Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 18.—Dr. R, was fatally injured and his wife and son Were badly hurt when their motor car collided with another machine. - Madrid, troops in Morocco are being sent to Tangier owing to the outbreak of un- rest among the Moors in the neutral zone. EE With the resiznation of the military governors of the states of ‘Chiapas, Vera Cruz, Tabasco, Campeche and Icatan, the lasi vestige of the old gime will disappear, - The city everywhere was decorated for the occ For the firs time in many months can colors, With a view of: prevent- nz any disturbance General Obregon ised to be posted throughout the After « hours of ‘wafting the erded by seeing the rent ranks of the main force of Gen- , artillery and infantry Washington, Aug. 15,—The legal the Européan -war, and prosecutions will follow if The national capital authorities Reports of other investigations be- Special agents of May Die From Motor Crash. Vail, leading physician of this city, A Moor Outbreak in Tangier. 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