The evening world. Newspaper, July 28, 1914, Page 2

A | $70.000 <-% -73.200.000, alates aC auxkiem a had notified Sir Edward Grey, the British Foreign Minister, oftheir refusal to join in a mediation conference, © it ts assumed that the efforts to the European nations will now be ‘ifecte? toward localizing the area of hostilities, The actual cause of Austria-Hungary's decision to declare war was reply sent by the Balkan State to the note from Vienna demanding ‘Bervia takes steps to put a stop to the Pan-Servian propaganda on Austrian territory, and also punish those Servians indirectly concerned in “the assassination in Bosnia on June 28 of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. The attitude of Russia was watched carefully to-day in oficial circles Where, and the firm belief was expressed that Russia would enter the lists in “‘aupport of the little Slavic kingdom as soon as fighting started in earnest. Preparations for war proceeded on all sides, Even Hngland's battle © squadrons have al! been mobilized in readiness for eventualities and the spublication of oficial news as to movements of British warships has @eased. The first and second battle squadrons have taken on their full i stores and are ready to slip their anchors at a moment's notice, while destroyer flotillas around the coast also have been prepared, ak @espatch from Rome says word has been received from Bucharest Germany has asked for positive assurances from Roumania of her in- © Mentions in connection with the Austre-Hungary-Servian situation. »0 Austrian Army Corps Rushed Toward Frontier' BERLIN, July 28—Reports from the Austrian border state that tho! iport of the Eighth and Ninth Austrian Army Corps from Bohemia the Servian frontier began yesterday and that there was no other | ‘on the Bohemian railroads except troop trains, The two army corps | ia consist of thirty-two battalions of infantry, with a large number thine guns, six regiments of cavalry, two regiments of field artillery A toro regiments of the army service corps, phic communication with Carlsbad and Marienbad was atill| to-day, but only one direct line from the Saxon frontier. Tho tele- 0 service betweer Berlin and Vienna was demoralized and on some yas completely interrupted, ‘The Militar Wochenblatt, the official military weekly newspaper, to-day its a noteworthy article comparing the Austro-Hungarian aud Russian to the disadvantage of the latter. It says the fighting strength of | tbe Russian army ts usually overestimated and that numbers alone are| WA BSt decisive. More important factors, it pointe out, are morale, higher ip and armament. The writer says it may well be remembered that in recent times Rui mever defeated any army of equal rank and would not have been suc- fl in defeating the Turks in the war of 1877 if sho had not been aided Roumania. It says in conclusion that the five army corps reported to been added to the Russian army aro still non-existent, One of the newspapers here to-day recelved a despatch declaring that | had declared war on Austria, but declined to print it, as there was| confirmation. ermans Reject Peace Plan; Army on Move in Berlin > BERLIN, July 28.—Large bodies of troops in field uniform and equip- i moving through the streets of Berlin to-day aroused the greatest | ent and indicated the sudden tur for the worse taken in tho oServian situation. it was officially declared that the movement ps wee of no significance, as they were merely changing quarters, this explanation was not accepted by the crowd in the streets, roused wild outbursts of patriotism. The German Government to-day returned an unfavorable reply to the proposal for a conference of the ambassadors In London of the B powers ip an endeavor to bring about @ settlement of the Austro- difficulty. In its communication Germany declares that it considers the suggestion Sir Edward Grey, the British Foreign Secretary, as well meant and good principle, but not feasible in practice and impossible to carry out, The German note says it cannot be expected that a great power having ‘@iepute with a smaller neighbor will submit the matter to the decision of ie Wuropean areopagus. Far less can it be hoped that two great powers will : to be summoned in the role of accused before such a tribunal, *) Germany makes the counter suggestion that negotiations for peace be | jucted between the cabinets instead of by a conference, “Germany is prepared to welcome any further suggestions to localize eonfiict so far as they are consistent with her duty to ber ally, \ The police authorities of Berlin to-day announced that they would not any more patriotic processions in the streets of Berlin, Hitherto had not been interfered with, ICA NEUTRAL, CABINET DECLARES, IF BIG WAR COMES. “WE'VE STOOD ENOUGH,” COMMENT OF THE CZAR ON KAISER’S ACTION ST, PETERSBURG, July was reported to-day that the olf prompt.” the firm stand by Mussit in retumng to coun- the destruction of Servia by Ponfidential reports of the Amer- Nati with © FADY backing up Aiplomatic representatives at {ie dual monarchy and threatening Paris, Berlin and Bt. Peters. (2,Nat YPou any power that might in- IABHINGTON, July 28.—The cab- pat to-day briefly discussed the out- in Europe for a general war. of State Bryan presented wie Y ROOTING, peace FOOTIN” arms: cavalry regiment, tslepho | accounting by directors of the Broak- lier and to ask him his intentions con- RMV— $90,000, ARMY JAR FOOTING 2000.000. RMPERGR RNA JOSEPH 32.000. ARMY WAR FOOTING KING PETER OF SERVIA. 1,000,000 Men Are Called CANADIAN PACIFIC To Colors by Franz Josef }ARDFST HiT WHEN The mobilization of eight army “corps” by the Austrian Government| calls approximately 1,000,000 men to the coloré—more men than there are in the peace establishment of the Austro-Hungarian army. The Austrian, as well as the German, Russian and French armies, have not the si tactical units as the American army, though there ts no such official designation as “army corps.” That organization officially | ie designated in all countries as a “fed army” and not as an “army| corps,” as it 1s popularly called, According to the best information available in New York to-day, aj field army, ¢ ‘army corps,” in all the larger European Powers consists of about 125,000 men, troops. A field army would be equipped In addition to the quota of machine 2,700 gune of 3.1 and 4,7 CANNOT NOW EXAMINE GAS COMPANY DIRECTORS Brooklyn Court Vacates Order to Quiz Rockefeller and Other | Officers. The fight started by Thomas Read and other stockholders to force an lyn Union Gas Company of $7,000,000 was given a setback to-day when Justice Blackmar, in Brooklyn Su- preme Court, granted an application by William N, Dykman, the com- pany's counsel, to vacate an order by Justice Crane for examination before trial of a number of directors, Hourke Cockran, Read's counsel, had sought to quiz William Rockefeller, owner of one hundred shares of stock; Vice-President James H. Jourdan, | Treasurer Elverton R, Chapman and Director David C, Leggett. When the first order was secured, Dykman con- temptously referred to Cockran and Read as “Don Quixotes of finance,” to which Cockral? retorted that the as company directors were “Captain Kidds of finance.” ‘Tho plaintiffs hoped to show strong influence by the Standard Oil Com- pany in the gas company affairs, de- claring directofs’ meetings were held there, It was charged that the gas company earnings averaged 17 per cent, for nineteen years, but dividends only amounted to 8 per cent. poset ee iclaiaay FRENCH SOCIALISTS OPPOSE GENERAL WAR. PARIS, July 28.—Fifty Socialist Deputies of the extreme group, which has 104 members in the Chamber of Deputies, met to-day and discussed the relations of France to the Austria- Hervia conflict, They iasued a decla- ration to the effect that the interven- tion of Russia would extend and ag- gravate the evils of war without offer- ing any benefit to Servia, The declaration says that France, which has foregone for fifty years in the interests of peace her desire to recover Alsace-Lorraine, ought not now allow herself to be drawn into a confilet, A committee consisting of Jean Jaures and others was appointed to call on Bienvenu Martin, Acting Prem- cerning the calling of an extra session of Parliament. Hienvenu Martin replied that the divided into divisions, brigades and regiments of all tillery, cavalry, engineers, infantry, signal service, service of sup- plies and service of communication, together with a large body of sanitary The total of the eight field armies thus mobilized by the Austrian Government would, if thoroughly equipped with field artillery, have about available for slege as well as for fleld work. This immense army would be equipped with wireless telegraph, field #, dirigible balloons and aeropinnes. with approximately 435 field pieces, guns carried by each infantry and inch calibre, the latter guns being WOULD GIVE $3,650,000 A YEAR FOR HER EYESIGHT Central America’s ‘detty Green Is} Here on Way to Paris to Consult Specialist. Mrs. Isabel Lara, the Hetty Green of Central America, arrived to-day from Ban Jose, Costa Rica, on the steamer Pastore: Mrs. Lara is a widow, seventy-six years old, and is, reputed to have an income of $10,000! a day, She made her money herself} in farming and real estate. Notwith- standing her years, she is pry and| as keen of perception as a girl, | Mrs. Lara is almost blind. Her) destination is Paris to consult eye) specialists. She declared to-day she would give all her money for the re- turn of her eyesight. The widow was accompanied by Dr. W. Jorge Lara, her nephew, and two companions, Misses Genoveva and Pacifica Iglesias, two beautiful girls of the perfect Costa Rica type. SHOT MAN AND WIFE. Resort” Saye Slayer, mitting Double Crime. SCHENECTADY, N. ¥., July ”— After shooting and seriously wounding | hia sister-in-law, Mrs. Simon N. “Last Aa-| nam, at her home in Pattersonville to- farm day, Charles B, Henry, Henry, ‘when a fter the shooting, ad- here an hour mited the crime. ‘The police were told that Henry had been drinking heavily of late and that his wife had been residing with the Putnams, Friends asert that Henry at- tribute: ig wife's leaving him to the iaslugnce of the Putnams. This ud bub to have prompted th crt “it waa the. inst. resort ont enation Henry would Give hs | pol his acts, DIVIDEND ON U. S. STEEL. Regular Qu y Plum Is De- clared by Corpo: The United States Steel Corporation foo of of 1% per cent. on the common stock and 1% on the preferred, ‘The total earnings of the Corporation for the quarter ending June 30 were $20,467,596; the net income for the quar- ter $18,297,628, and a deficit for the quarter, provided from undivided sur- plus Dec. $1, 1918, of $5,159,287, ‘These returns ‘compare ‘with total earnings st the end of the previous guariee of $17,994,381; the net income for the quartel 58, and a deficit for the quarter, provided trom. undivid- Ts f $6,289,644. ed surplus Dec, ling together of Parliament immedt- ately would be useless because the Government had no statement to sub- mit to ft, He said the Cabinet was endeavoring to make effective the | English proposal for mediation, which sought the best means of averting an extension of the conflict. ————— SAILING TO-DAY. Te was agreed If war involving) | “Wo have stood this sort of thing . for woven year # enough,” the pf she vitates will eecumal Cast i® reported to have declared, ume The mobilization orders were then UAL NO REPUBLICAN FILIBUSTER. Senators Will Oppose Tra but Not Block Ac WASHINGTON, July 28.—Senat: Republicans in conference to-day de- cided not to flibuat Bills, | ers frantically shouting in an effort to Put | to-day declared its quarterly dividend | against the trust PEACE FOOTING " 240.000, L.290,000_ Pr 5,500,000 UA ARMY i WAR FOOTING THE czaRn or RUSSIA. WAR IS DECLARED (Continued from First Page.) stuffs. On the Chicago Board of Trade some of the extraordinary rises during the day were as follows: July wheat up 8%, September up 9, Decem- uly corn up 1%, Beptem- tember up 1%. On the other hand, the coffee and cotton markets in New York expert- enced considerable decline in prices, Cotton was off 34 points, while coffee sold off 53 points to new low levels of the year. While foreign banks were still bid- ding for more American gold there ‘was demoralization im the foreign ex- change market. Nobody knew what rates were safo to quote and tl was little business done in exchange. Two millions of gold were engaged for shipment abroad, but insurance brok- ers hesitated to write the risks. (For Quotation: Page 11.) —— WHEAT JUMPS SIX POINTS AS CHICAGO GETS NEWS CHICAGO, July 28.—Immense ex- pansion of the trade in wheat fol- lowed the announcement to-day that war had been officially declared. Within a few minutes the market touched a point about 3 cents a bus! higher than prices earlier in the ses- sion and 2% above last night. Wild fluctuations resulted, The rise in the market was soon mure than doubled, the September delivery jumping up to % or above 6% above the minimum © near the opening of business, hen the big gong sounded three times announcing the close of the day the pit was packed with brok- < execute as many orders as possible be- fore the expiration of the time limit at the close. September wheat was quoted at 92% cents a bushel, and it was estimated that business was being transacted at the rate of $1,000 a minute. The oldest traders declared that acted on the Board since May, 1698, !when Joo Leiter ran a corner in | wheat, and the price of the product rose 14 cents a bushel in a few hours. | It was estimated that the volume of business done in wheat during the day was from 12,000,000 to 16,000,000 bushels, —i | EMBARGO ON GRAIN CARGOES TO GALVESTON. DALLAS, Texas, July 28.—OfMicials ‘ot the Rock Island Railroad here to- day state they have received orders |not to accept any more grain ship- ments to Galveston, Texas, until Aug. |2, It was sald the railroads claimed the port overstocked. Santa Fe Railroad officials here to- day declined to discuss reports of an embargo on grain shipments to Gal- | veston, but it was learned from other |sources that an ombargo has been placed, effective until Aug. 2, Reports from elevators, grain companies and steamship men say there is sufficient room in the elevators for more grain, nothing like the scenes had been en-| market here wants to absorb the of- ferings which are persistent from Berlin and Paris, The opening hed weaker, and emporary which occurred at midday was eA followed by fresh declines. The mar- ket closed flat and depressed with | prices practically at the lowest. One small failure was announced aa others are feared at to-morrow's Wy- | day. | Consois touched 711-2, recovered | a half point and closed at 713-4. Rio Tintos showed a loss of 6 points and foreign rails and bonds were 1 to 8 lower. The American department) opened uncertain and after o alight) rally broke smartly on Continental and New York selling. The close was weak. Money and discount rates were! dearer, The Bank of Engiand trans- acted a large business in loans and discounts. Paris bought $1,600,000 of the $5,000,000 bar gold marketed to- day and will probably take the bal- ance, There was a heavy slump on the street market after the close of the Stock Exchange, especially in Ameri- can Securities, which were led by Canadian Pacific. These touched 166,! but later recovered to 168, BERLIN, July 28.—The stock mar- ket was discouraged to-day as It saw its hopes of a special mitigation of the war tension disappointed by Ger- many’s failure to agree to Sir Edward Grey's suggestions. It opened gener- ally weak, particularly in Austrian specialties, The changes generall, | Were small, the attitude of the Berlin bankers having reassured their cus- tomers and checked the tendency of investors to sacrifice their securities at any price. The Bankers’ Agsu- elation held another session to-day ard decided to ~ret regularly dur- ing the crisis. They resolved to sup- port home eecurities by heavy pur- chases if necessary. The decline of prices continued, as firms unable to secure the necessary funds to carry over their engage- ments were forced to unloa Ger- man Government bonds registered a further fall. Three per cent. rentes started at 78%. Vienna, where the Boerse was closed, was said to be unloading on Berlin, This contrib- uted to the highly nervous state of the market. At the close of the market prices had risen and the tone was firm. The public was very nervous and late. The runs on the savings banks |in which the poorer classes ¢onosit their money was resumed this morn- ing. At 5 o'clock there were long Mnes of depositors outside the Munici- pal savings banks and the people in- | alsted on having their money regard- leas of the reassuring statements by the officials, PARIS, July 28.—Transactions on the Bourse to-day were limited aud the quotations ally were about the same as yesterday's, but the tendency was downward. French 3 per cent. rentes were quoted at 78. Prices at the close of the Bourse were low. Exchange on London and pri- vate discounts were not quoted. ‘The suspension of all trading in fu- tures was decided on at a general meeting of the Comme! Ex- change, dealing in grains, sugar and all commodities in bulk, ——-___ GOODHUE MADE ARCHITECT. : city ing for San sco Exposition, Henry Bruere, chairman of the New jand enough steamships here to handle it promptly. TOPEKA, Kas. July 26.—An em- bargo on 8 all grain shipments to Gal. veston, . for export, until Aug. 2, was \asuca by the Atchison, To- peka_and Santa Fe Raitway, and the Chicago, Rook Island and Pacific Rallway and connecting lines here to-day. The reason assigned is an alleged shortage of steamers at Galveston. ——- LONDON PRICES FALL AS OFFERINGS POUR IN bills, ‘They are opposed to them and| FROM THE CONTINENT will say #0 im speeches, but their main M. "| Bi'Eoce as possibig, “oUt Sdlournment) 1 Oxon, July 28—With the Paris a see ae od to-day! Bourse demoralised, and the war ) York City Commission of the Panam Pacific Exposition, announced to- that Bertram G Goodhue of No. 2 Wei Forty-seventh street has been selected ae architect to design the New York City ubilding for the exposition. Mr. Goodhue was one of the architects who Gestaned Bt. John's Cathedral. pThe, building, which will be 160, foot 0, will coat $60,000, just half of t ropration voted by the Hoard of En- ea te for the York City exhibit. Me plans ‘will’ be ‘vubmitved o'er cnavisory committee of fourteen rehitects, headed by Guy Lowell, de- rar‘ot the new Circular Court Hou! approval, sein emnenentiipreieshoe bene anreniee Ordered Home. ; War Talk Lats to Demonstra- | handbags and torn overco: alarmist rumors continued to circu-| |x band of young brokers who raised the cry, “To Berlin!” me whole house took up the ging the “Mareeillais: aa of excitement. Inkpote and | other missi rained on Rosen- | bures Bale wae obliged to seek police ‘GERMANS MOBBED IN PARIS; POLICE lc | RIOTERS rye amid @ Prreaident Poincare has decided to jomit his visit to Copenhagen and 's hurrying to France on the battleship {Jean Bart. He was expected to reach | Dunkirk eariy to-morrow morning. The approaches to the Russian and herpabbat Embassies are less crowded, t still strongly guarded. To-day Nene feeling was distinctly more hope- | ful, owing to the British and Italian tion in Which Many Are j ffers of mediation, and chiefly the Injured. | yeported changed attitude of Ger- 2 eee PARIS, July 26—After a com-| $3 400,000 SWINDLER JAILED. paratively quiet day as far as out- wscaial ward excitement is concerned, Paris! metgian Ranke: Who Had many Jate last night broke out into violent; victimes, Gets Ten Ye: anti-German demonstrations, which| prt: 8, Relgium, July 2s. it took the untted efforts of the ee | tor Wilmart, Belgtan banker, railroad to suppress. man, newspaper proprietor end sports- man, was sentenced to-day to ten years The latter were forced to charge! imprisonment and $800 fino on a cl time and time again and numerous | of swindling the public out of $3,400, Persons were severely injured. The |W?) PY over-lssuing sha: s tn the Ghent: disorders culminated around cafes Termcusen rallway jn Tle Hive ace whose patrons are moatly Germans. (co ‘ime ‘Traits Manager, to seven Several of those were met by mobs | years and $800 fine; Waechter to fou excited by the singing of the “Mar- yours and threo others to three year seillaise” and other revolutionary | each. songs, The railway is ‘The tables on the sidewalks in front | owned line in Belgium, and the opera of these places were overturned and |tions of Wilmart and his associates smashed and finally cordons of police | placed @ number of small banks in dif- had to be thrown around the blocks | *culties. Tie disappeared in 1912 and on which the cafes are situated, SSR Rortaea ice Sateen wad Arregted Mounted Republican guards were" ——— called on to help the foot police and many were trampled on by the horses |N. Y. DEMOCRATS SEE ae they charged. | WILSON TO-MORROW. At the end of the demonstrations = many of the streets were littered! with broken canes, umbrellas, hats, Ala number of the police received injuries while repressing the demonstrators, arrested. | eiment here} during the day the attitude of the press and public toward the Austro-| McCombs, Chairman of he Demo- Servian situation remain unchanged, | cratic National Committee, has rec- On the Bourse a Vienness banker | ommended to yd Pessldene vas the 7) | endorsement of at least some of the named Rosenburg, rightly or wrongly regular Democrats from New York suspected of playing for a panic, was City be accepted in filling Federal po- suddenly surrounded in his box by altions. the only privatel, WASHINGTON, July 28.—Presi j dent Wilson to-day promised to r ceive to-morrow afternoon Represen- jtative Fitzgerald and other New York members of the House whu want to talk of recognition in the distribution of patronagee. It is understood that William F. 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