The evening world. Newspaper, July 31, 1914, Page 2

Ey eeF Sern a5 ee = tary authorities take charge of the situation in con- formity with paragraph 68 of the constitution of the German Empire. The kingdom of Bavaria is excluded from the operation of to-day’s proclamation and will have to issue a similar decree if it desires to do so as it is| an independent kingdom. The proclamation was signed by the German Emperor as King of Prussia. Before the decree was issued the red cards that tell all those Subject to military call that a state of war prevails and calls upon the Kalser’s subjects to rally to the colors had been sent to every town in the empire. All preparations for mobilization had been made before the meeting of the Imperiol Council at Potsdam last night. There the imperial de- cree was drawn up and it was signed to-day by the Kaiser. The mobi- lization orders sent to each district in Germany provide that all those Subject to military service should report at once. ; Crown Prince Frederick William of Germany was to-day appointed | to the command of the first division of the Imperial Guards army corps. The military authorities have posted notices that the railroads, sta- tions and tracks have been placed under military guard. Nobody is al- fowed to approach nearer than a distance of 100 yards from the tracks “and culverts, and an order says that civilians disobeying the sentry and ‘Challenge will expose themselves to the danger of being shot down. The Deutsche Tagesseltang, an influential imperialistic paper, * today declared diplomatic relations have been broken off between Russia and Austria, ' Explosions were heard on the Russian side of the Austro-Russian ‘frontier at Myslowitz early today and the Czar’s troops are reported to have blown up a big bridge on the Vienna-Warsaw Railroad. Myslowitz 4s 446 miles southeast of Breslau. All despatches regarded by the authorities as objectionable are now | ‘being returned to the senders, and a rigid censorship on telegrams to all parts of tie world have been put into operation. ‘It had been generally expected that an order for the mobilization of the German army and navy would be issued in the course of last night. The feeling throughout Germany is that only a miracle can prevent war. ‘The German Government put forth the greatest exertions to pre- *yent the spread of alarming rumors and false news. It ordered the con- fiscation of four newspapers which had printed an erroneous report that ‘mobilization had been ordered, and the authorities established the strictest na” over news and other despatches sent from Germany to places ad e Official quarters found in the Russian ukase calling out the army in their opinion, to a direct challenge to Austria-Hungary and Germany, | ewserainty. CITIES PREPARE FOR WAR. frontiers followed suit. The report that the Grand Duke Ernst of Hesse was proceeding to St, Petersburg was semi-officially denied to-day. The Grand Duke is Austr ia "8 Main Army Moves From Bosnia VIENNA, July 31.—The police authorities have forbidden the pubiiea- tion of extra editions of the newspapers, and even the regular editions have The statement was made a short time before the present crisis in| not been permitted to refer to the occupation of Belgrade, which {s still not ced against the agitation for another increase in the army. generally known, It has leaked out here that the Austrian plan of campaign is to attack A Russian spy was arrested here to-day. He is,said to belong to the Bervia chiefly by way of Bosnia, while the armieson the Danube in the nort’ simply occupy positions and remain temporarily inactive. The course of operations at the front is not knewn in any way to the| ports. public, and even officers of the reserve say they have been given no information, tstill at Wolfsgarten Castle. Germany's expenditures for military and naval purposes this year have exceeded $600,000,000, according to Col. Richard Gaedke, a retired Officer, in an article in the Socialist newspaper Vorwaerts, ro ‘st Petersburg Military Intelligence Department. Heavy purchasing for the German army this afternoon sent the price fof food staples up 75 per cent. Balkan war by Servia from Turkey. “yreserves a factor which greatly aggravated the situation and amounting,|to invade Nov! Basar and recover the territory over which she beld « Desperate fighting 1a said to have characterized the attempt of the Austrians to force a way into Servian territory by way of thie defile. The Fear that, in case of mobolization, the German railroad system would] logses on both sides have been heavy. This ta the second or third day of be blocked for ordinary traffic caused a number of municipalities to take} *#hting, and the Bervians claim to be holding thelr own, Steps to increase the stocks of grain in the districts within their jurisdiction, | _ * despateh from Vienna states that strong force of Servians attacked an Austrian post near Klotlavatz, on the Bosnian frontier, The Servians “The Berlin city council commission advises a number of firms to Purchase] were repulsed with loss of one officer and twenty-two men. The Aus- 4nd bring in supplies of grain and flour, and many of their clients on the| trians suffered no casualties, _BVENING woann, vyarpay, SULT 81 German Liners Held in Port by War Scare; Their Captains; Ruler Who Commands Them It appears to be the aim of Austria ~The German imperial rallway administration to-day informed the| crantnate nt see ieceanayinatata to-day that Russia must cense to pro- Sigg into Germany had been suspended. * German Army Is Active At the French Frontier “*""" PARIS, July 31,—Military movements on tho German side of the frontier ‘were very active to-day angywhe French covering troops sent out outposts, t A German patrol! at Point actually crossed the frontier, probably owing tou mistake, In no case has any considerable force of French troops advanced doser Whe German frontier than a distance of six milen, Telephonic communication between France and Ge: —_——>— (Continued from First Page.) rmany has been in- terrupted since 4 o'clock this afternoon, The Temps to wy relates detalls of the conversation between Count | Von Pourtales, the German Ambassador, and Sergius Sazonoft, the Russian | Foreign Minister, in St, Petersburg yesterday. Count Von Pourtales firat | aaked whether in cam Russia were assured Austria would not retain any territory conquered In Servia, Russia would stop her mobilization, To this M. Bazonoff replied “No,” and suid that Ruawia could not permit the “exccution” of Servia, which had been announced by Austria. Count Von Pourtales than asked M. Sagonof under what conditions Russia would de M. Suaonoff answered that any question of thix sort must first be} morrow. raised at Vienna, which had committed acts of war and made declarations | FEARED which alone hud determined Kussia to mobilize, ‘The conversation did not continue any further, LONDON, July 81.—-Despatches trom Nish in Servia and Vienna tell of to eh saxements between the troops of Austria and Servia at separate | burg--imeric in Lh point» on the Servian border The Servian advices stated that the Austrians | ken. The pi ° had been repuined repeatedly while trying to force an entrance into Servia, | 10sed and all passes have beeh calfed + A big all-day battle, it i» reported, is on near Semendria, Servia, on the |i™ Ne one is slowed on Ane: Y ater Danube Kiver, in the northern part of Servia, For the past three daya athe Austrians have been seeking to eap pass there which would give | piers, stheb: ivtess tv ile Muiava River valley, Which leads divect v Nish, the} in explaining the tie-up of the great A present Servian capital, steamships of the Hambur; ‘The Niey despatches say that the Austrians have lost heavily in the| Line. W- ‘attack. at Semoudria, Despatches from Vienna deny that any engagement ual Cousejuence has taken place at the point mentioned. crastinate and say distt management of the Belgian State railways officlally that all international) An appeal for Red from 1,000 women and gir Archduchess Maria 'T mission to be enrotted aw a Red Cross nurse. this morning commanding him to turn around and come back to Hoboken. » Is expected In about noon to- REACHING GERMANY. In recalling the President Grant, the Hamburg-American ° 5 e the fear that Germany will be 4 Austrian and Serb Armies |= wins seven toys or vtore se “ vessel would have a chance to rea Engage in All-Day Battle's’: tsi to's vvssea Grant consigned to ¢ ur conditions prevail on the Ham- jocks in Hobo- land without credentials and a guard | has been put around the ship and the G, Van Bickel, Vice-Dir tor, made the followlag statement: “In view of the uncertainty of the present European situation we have ctly and unreservedly what she intends to do, ‘ross nurses has met with longing to all classes of society. su applied to Emperor Francis Joseph for per- immediate response Hoboken for Hamburg to-morrow and the Amerika from Boston for Hamburg to-morrow. Due notice will be given of the eventual sailings later on.” Accommodations had been resorved on the Vaterland for 720 first clase, 450 wecond class, 750 third class and 1,000 steerage passengers. Among those who had engaged pusan’o were the Duchess of Marlborough, Mrs. William G. Rockefeller, Louls C. Tit- | fany, Charlos 11, Duell and wife, and Herr von Masiowich, Secretary of the Austro-Hungarian Embassy as Wash- ington, Among the prominent Americans now in Europe who aro likely to be discommoded by the suspension of transatlantic travel ar KE. H. Gary, Chairman of the Steel Tru Mortimer L. Schiff of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.; Janes Speyer, banker, who is in Berlin; Frank A. Munsey, publisher, who is caught tn Carlsbad; Dantel G. Reid, financter; E. B. Thomas, President of the Lehigh Val+ ley Re 4; Andrew Carnegie, L. KL railroad president, and Walker D, Mines, railroad lawyer, P. A. B. Franklin, Vice-President of the Shipping Trust, 1a in Europe, wut he has the opportunity of sailing on the American Léno steamers, which will not be interfered with, Walting In Hamburg and tn Loy don are some 700 Americana who had hooked passage for New York on the Imperator and expected to sail toe day. They were not notified until this morning that the Imperator would be held in port. HUNDREDS OF AMERICANS ARE how te H bahay yo |bas IMPERATOR: —_————____—___. per cent. of the accommodations.tamong the most important in the ‘Thomas Nelson Page, United states! Ambassafor at Rome, who wants to come home for @ vacation, is among who were unable to travel on the Imperator. Shipping suspension is general in Europe among the German lines. attempt Is bein made to send ships| from England or Germany to Baltic No less than twenty-fivé bie ocean Mners—German, Dutch and Austrian—will be tled up in this port {f a general wa. clared In Europo, | No. 49 Broadway, assigned shortly bi Here is a completo Mst of the scheduled satlings of the , largest bouts for the next two weeks: Prinaess Irene, Vatecland, Zeeiand, “| Oceanic and Saxonia, Aug. 1; Kron- pring Wilhelm and Lusitania, '|have been liquidating the firm's af- Adriatic, | fairs, with the intent of retiring from Barbarossa, Aug. 6; Paul (American fected), Aug. 7; Pennsylvania, Vader- Europe, | conditions Mr. Charles H. Werner of Washlagton the law firm of Hatch & Sheehan of at tating that end and to conserve our and Kalser Wilhelm L., Provence, Aug. 12; and President Lincoln, Aug. 15. Tho Mauretania, sailing from Liver-| pool to-day, left more than 400 p sons clamoring for first cabin pa sage on the pier. | loaded to ber Despatches frum London and Paris state that the nows that the Ham- burg-Amorican Line had suspended gallings has thrown American tour- lets into @ wild rush to get home, and steamship offices are overwholmed with applicants for early As this is a rush west-bound season im normal time, it ts plain that hun- | even thousands—of Americans pneed to a long term of rosi- dence in Europo if the war conditions do not Improve. LA PROVENCE SEIZED BY FRENCH ORDER FOR USE OF TROOPS, Cedric, Aug. 13, The big ship was {1ate Gov. Flower; Benjamin C. Van PARIS, July 31.—La Provence of the Traps-Atlantic requisitioned to-day Minister of Marino for the service of Hhe is to be armed at once and has been withdrawn from the trans-Atlantic service, The France, which is not an auxil- Jary cruiser, will sal! on Tuesday, Jean Jule Jusserand, French Am- bassador to the United States, and bis wife had booked passages on hegre Sa sha Morviek and Mrs, Mar: mld BROKERAGE. FIRMSFORCED TO THE WALL Flower & Go, and S. H. P. Pell| & Co, Among Quartet of Failures. FEAR FELT FOR OTHERS. Inability to Daliver Cotton Puts the Pell House | in Distress. Four New York brokerage firms failed to-day. Two of them—Flower financial affairs of Wall street. The other two were Homer, Howe & Co. and F. J. Frederickson & Co. The suspension of the Pell firm, which was announced on the floor of the Cotton Exchange, was 2ported to be due to the inability to deliver on cotton contracts, The firm made an assignment to Theodore H. Price and J. B, Wychaft. Flower & Co., which bad office fore noon. Tho assignee was Charles H. Werner of No. 31 East Thirtieth stre Mr. F. 8. Flower made the follow- | ing statement as to his firm's action: “Since the recent death of one of, the active members of our firm we business. For the purpose of facill- assets under the existing financial No. 14 Wai #tréect, has ‘been request- cd and hfa'Gnsented to act as our ussignee, Liquidation wiil proceed as rapidly 4s possible.” Mr. Werner said: “I am not suff- ciently familiar with the facts to warrant a statement at this time, I understand that all the collateral loans are amply secured.” ‘The members of the Flower firm are Frederick ‘8, Flower, nephew of the Dyke and John 8. George. Flower & Co, was organized more | than thirty rs ago by the late Roa- well P, Flower. Two years or more | ago it was regarded as the largest | and strongest firm in Wall street, ‘| representing among other great inter- ests, the Standard Oil Company, Of late years It had not commanded as prominent a place in the street as formorly. One of its most noted tran- ULDEN'S 2 Try it on Sandwiches | | Roast Beef, Corned Beef, Hard Boiled ‘SIGNIFICANT WAR MOVES BY FOUR GREAT POWERS |GERMANY-—-Orders all reserve steamships of the mercantile marine held in the ports in which they are now lying and sends wireless messages recalling liners that have sailed or ordering them to make the nearest neutral ports. This 14s done to prevent their capture in the event of a sudden declaration of war with Russia, France or England. (xe portation of food supplies or necessaries that may be useful in war is prohibited. Mobilization of the army gees steadily on. *cOek RUSSIA—As a reply to Germany's note of inquiry orders the complete mobilization of her army and navy. Patrols on the frontiers are strengthened. ENGLAND—Also takes the first step in regulation of her naval reserve ships, which are ordered to be ready for use as transports. Publication of news about the moverhont of her troops is forbidden, | FRANCE—Takes over the ocean liner La Provence for cruising purposes. Orders for army equipment two hundred thoue sand pairs of shoes. Telephonic communication Germany cut off since 4 o'clock this afternoon (11 o' A. M. American time). Quietly moving its armies in bad general direction of the German frontier. sactions was the B, R. T, oe ws BRITISH WAR MOVES ‘The firm of 8. Ce. : was established on July 1, 1908. The ARE MADE IN O@INA partners are 8. H. P. Pell, Oharles A. Kittle, Howland Haggerty Pell,| , HONG KONG, Ching, July mae. preparations for war who ts @ member of the New Yorks] (14 Popes Paci ora: Stock Exchange, and Robert M. By Empress of Asia has been chartered Thompson, special member. by the Garernmient sa guns are be- ‘The mata office of the firm ta at Ho. iw * mounted on 43 Hxchange Place, but it hag aj, At the dockyards work ts proceed- branch office in the Waldort-Astoria| lve Bean ntaced oncduen Ainine Hotel and also in other cities. yore Mey yea ieee ag barracks Stephen H. P. Pell, the head of the ve has mn stop! firm, is a director in the following | 4,7 he Hrituah battleship Trlumph, te. took on her war stores and is companies: American Mines Devel-) Srapared for action. opment, International Nickel, Nas-| All the boundaries of the colony are sau Light and Power, North Butte |suarded by pp gy ad . Mountain Copper, Rome Wire, 8. Os-|iotday Wenerted Wel-ticl Walt ep s00d Pell & Co., Ticonderoga Nation-| sailed at midday with seal al Bank, Virginia Portland Cemeat,| The British considered the me not Waclark Wire, Warren- herp worth defending. Company, Maseey Station Mi ining Pell's Spot Cotton Company. T He 1's President the Cotton & Wampage concerns and Vice-Presi- dent of the Massey Station Mining HOW 10 REMOVE Company. Col. Thompson, the special member of the Pell firm, was at one time UNSIGHTLY President of the New York Athletic Club and is wel) kgowa ag a patron ot sports. The office of Homer Howe & Co. is at No, 60 Broadway, with another office in the Cotton Exchange bye ing. The failure is believed to due to conditions which have vailed in the cotton market aii beginning of the European war. The members of the firm are Homer Howe e nario: “hie, Horses end ar. hur lowe, The per nership was formed on May 1, As bulk tea good or bad may be, The offices of the Frederickson firm aro in the Cotton ange Building. | This packet is your certainty. eee. e ENGLAND REQUISITIONS CANADIAN PACIFIC LINER FOR WAR DUTY. 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