' " V v r ; .,jsBF t ; 1 : , i-i- ' mi i ' ' ZZZZ .. ' - i Mfcn 1 i i . i ... i i I I NEWS NOTES OF CURRENT WEEK Resume of World's Important Events Told in Brief. London reports few unemployed, but recruiting Is active. J- The Japaneso govornment haB pass cd n bill Tor a war fund ot about $25, 600,000. The Italian cruiser Plemonto has been recalled from Somalllnnd, East Africa. Tho British nro roported to havo beaten a forco ot 400 Germans In Nys saland, Central Africa. English authorities announce tho British casualty list at 19,000, exclus ive ot tho last three days' fighting. One hundred and ten Chinese stu dents, including ten girls, arrived at San Francisco en routo to various American colleges. German authorities announce that the British cruiser Pathfinder, was de stroyed by a German submarlno, in stead of by a mine. The French government is furnish ing free transportation to all who will leave Paris, and It is estimated that over two million have gone. The burgomaster of Louvain says tho Germans have promised to cease hostilities against the city, and that residents may safely return. The steamer Isthmian this week sailed from Pacific Coast ports to New York via the canal with 600 tons of wood pulp for paper making. The Blnking of a fishing trawler, whloh Rtrnrk a mine In the North Sea. Is reported. The skipper and a fire man were drowned. Ten otners were rescued. A dispatch to the London Star from Newcastle says that the tramp steam er Ottawa struck a mine off Northum berland Saturday and went down. So far as Is known, none of the crew of 26 men was saved. A dispatch to the London Post from Paris says that a French military bi plane, caught in an air pocket above Bois de Vincennes fell, killing two avi ators and four persons In the street Four other persons were severely in jured. Prince Friedrich ot Hesse, eldest son of Prince-Carl of Hesse, ana an officer in theHanan Uhlans, has been seriously wounded in France, and Col onel Ernest Moritz von Arendt has been killed, according to. a Copenha gen dispatch. Minister of Avar Millerand has sent a circular note to the generals com manding the several districts of France ordering them to institute a vigorous search for all persons who have failed to respond for military service as required. Tho declaration was made by the "foreign office at Tokio that there was no -truth in the report circulated in Tokio and elsewhere that Japan had been in negotiation with Great Britain concerning the dispatch of a Japanese army to Germany. A dispatch to the London Dally Tel psxanh from Conenhaeen announces '" that a German squadron of 31 ships, including battleships, cruisers ana torpedo-boat destroyers has been observ ed at various points along the Gulf of Bothnia, steaming east. The Rome Tribuna's Vienna corres pondent says 6000 wounded arrived in Vienna on Tuesday, 5000 on Monday and 9000 on last Sunday. About a third of these are Germans. Budapest and Prague also report the arrival of large numbers of wounded. A dispatch to the London Exchange Telegraph company from Ghent says: "It is estimated that from 30,000 to 40,000 German sailors have arrived during the past two days at Brussels. This indicates that the German re serve Is completely mobilized." China officially notified the state department at Washington of its in ability to- participate In the naval ren dezvous at the Panama-Pacific Expo sition. Conditions arising because of the war were given as the reason and the Chinese foreign office expressed its deep regret. The elements have delayed unex pectedly the Japanese advance on Tslng-Tau. Floods cover tho sur rounding country and are spreading and beyond Wel-Hsien. It is said it may be months before the Japanese can begin their investment of the stronghold, which now can bo reached only by boat. That German prisoners be pressed into tho service in the highly hazard ous work of sweeping the North Sea mines was a suggestion made in the House of Commons. Great Britain now ha3 many small boats engaged in this task, and German prisoner crews under British officers would handle such craft it the plan outlined were adopted, "The cost of shoes is going up," ac cording to a statement issued in New York by a commltteo representing tho delegates to a conference of the Na tlnnnl Shoo Wholesaler! Association W tu National jteisiiers' owiQUio Kuropean coanicw wmu i hh Seriously curtailed the Jwwirlatloa of h'(k'l Mild JiklllH, Peace Must Be Permanent Declares English Official Washington, D. C Two develop ments of tho highest importnnco in connection with preliminary peaco ne gotiations which havo been in pro gress hero havo taken placo. First President Wilson received n communication direct from tho onv poror of Germany protesting against tho use by tho allies of practice? con trary to tho laws of war, doplorlng tho shedding ot blood and tho destruction ot property through n war brought on the Gorman omplro and intimating a deslro for peace. Second Sir Edward Grey, mlnlstor for foreign affairs ot Great Britain, sent a reply to tho informnl penco overtures mado on behalf ot tho Ger man ambassador to tho United States, through Oscar Straus, ot Now York, and Secretary of State Bryan, to tho representatives hero of tho allies' gov ernment. Tho message of tho Gorman ompor or Is under dato ot last Friday. On tho same day Dr. Van Bethmnnn-Holl-weg, chanoellor of tho emplrd, advised Count Von Bernstorff, tho Gorman ambassador here, that Germany had not gono Into tho war for further ad ditions of territory. It is apparent there is a movement on tho part of Gormany to obtain: Peace on tho basis ot tho present war status quo. To place on tho allies responsibility for the war. To relieve Germany of tho charge of wanton destruction ot life and prop erty. To explain that tho wiping out of the city of Louvain was necessary, as a result of tho conduct of the Belgians. As establishing the character of the warfaro conducted by tho allies, tho emperor refers to tho use by them ot dum-dum bullets, abundant proof of which, according to his letter, exists. Sir Edward's reply was mado to Am bassador Pago in tho course of a con ference. In accordance with tho me diatory role which ho has assumed Secretary Bryan will ncquaint tho Ger man ambassador with tho nature of Sir Edward's response. This probably will lead to another conferenco In the next few days. It now will bo for the Gorman am bassador to drop tho informal charac ter of his presentations and if ho real ly Is acting in accordance with tho in structions ot his government, to make representations under which the, pres ident and Secretary Bryan can pro ceed with their efforts to terminate the war. The British communication is sig nificant in several aspects. It says that Great Britain, quite as earnestly as Germany, is willing to move for the restoration of peace. This in spite of the fact that Germany has won a succession of victories on land. It shows that Great Britain will not be content with a peace which will be merely a truce; that as far as possible she proposes to end war through the conflict now in progress. It shows finally that Great Britain is determined to stand by Belgium and to insist that Germany compensate that little nation for the terrible losses in life and property which sho incur red in the defense of her neutrality. The reply of Sir Edward Grey un doubtedly was made after consulta tion with France and Russia. Germans Deny Mining of North Sea; Ports Open New York. Count von Bernstorff, German ambassador to tho United States, denies that there are mines in the North Sea. German ports are not blockaded, he declared, and neutral ships can enter them and can replen ish their coal supplies in these ports, as there is no embargo on bunker coal. "Neutral ships which wish to enter ports in the North Sea must go to a point ten miles north of Heligoland, where they will find German pilots to take the ships Into the harbors," he said. "Harbors in the Baltic can be approached directly and there are pi lots before every port." The ambassador gave out an extract from a letter sent from Belgium by his son, who is in a cavalry regiment of the guard, as follows: "In every village there are bombs and wo have to make people drink wa ter they offer us. They are trying to poison us." Belgium Will Aid Families. New York. Fifteen cents a day will bo paid by the government of Belgium to every Belgian woman in America whose husband is with the Belgian army. If sho has children, sho will receive, in addition, 5 cents a day for each child, which will be increased to 10 cents a day in case the husband bo slain, Pierre Mali, the Belgian consul general announced Saturday. This ap plies to all families of soldiers, regard less of their financial situation. Lassen's Violence Grows. Redding, Cal, Lassen Peak contin ued in a state of eruption Saturday, two violent disturbances occurring, which wero pronounced tho greatest of tho Merles of 42 since last May, Clouds of ashes descended at Mineral, 10 miles from the peak. Several per sons reported that tboy had soon flames emanating from the crater, but tho forest bureau's observer, stationed not far from ilio crater, said he saw no tiro, GERMANY ASKED TO SEER PEACE Kaiser William Known to Havo f nf fnr flrnm Wilcnn Great Britain Declared to Oppose Temporary Truce France Unwilling at Present. Washington, D. C -Emporor Wil liam has had undor consideration for several days, an Informal Inquiry from tho United States govornment ns to whether Gormany doslrca to dlscuBS terms of peaco with her foes. Up to a lato hour Mondoay no roply had come, but on Its tenor dopends to Bomo extent whether tho informal peaco movement inaugurated a week ngo can bo pursued further with Groat Britain, Franco and Russia. Tho inquiry was not a formal one, such as President Wilson's original tender of good offices, but was an effort of an official character to detormino whether Germany's reported willing ness to talk peaco was based on fact. The chronology of tho peaco move ment was revealed after a conferenco of officials, diplomats and others di rectly concerned in the incident. Tho story of tho seven days of poaco talk, as told by some of the principals. Is as follows: "On Saturday, September 5, Count vonBcrnstoriT, tho German ambassa dor, dined with James Spoycr, tho banker, at tho latter's rcsidenco in Now York. Oscar Straus, American member of Tho Hague tribunal and former cabinet officer, was prcsont. In the course of tho evening, as tho con versation turned to tho subject of peace in Europe, the German ambassa dor said that, while ho had no advices from his government since leaving Berlin, ho recalled a conversation with the Imperial chancellor thero, in which tho latter said he believed tho emperor would be willing to discuss measures of peaco through mediation. Previous to the ambassador's con versation with the chancellor, Emperor William had already acknowledged President Wilson's tender of good offices, but had been non-committal as to its acceptance. Mr. Straus immc dlatley asked the German ambassador for permission to repeat tho conversa tion to Secretary Bryan at Washing- I ton. Count von Bernstorff gave his consent. Millions in China in Need Because of Flood Washington, D. C Twelve months' famine, which only outside aid can avert, faces tho Kang Tung and Kang Si provinces of China, which wero devastated by flood in July, with a loss of 3000 lives and more than 100,000 homes. Consul General Cheshire re ported from Canton that more than 8,000,000 people suffered losses and many millions would need food until the next harvest. "In many places whole villages have been blotted out, inhabitants and all," says the report. "The loss of life may never be known, but tho suffering caused is appalling. The West river still, at the end of July, is exceedingly high, the fields-and lands aro undor several'feet of water. Banks require rebuilding, houses re-erecting, fields to be pumped dry for planting. Taxes are remitted and other government aid is given, but even thus, the peoplo have lost all and stand helpless. "At first wo hoped the water might recede more rapidly and fields be avail able for the second planting. This now appears not to be possible. In such event the peoplo face a 10 or 12 months' famine. "This is, only the beginning. What the near future has in Btore only God knows. Help is needed now. Delay cannot be long if these people are to be saved." Big Battle in Africa , Is Thought Inevitable London A dispatch to Reuter's Tel egram company from Nariobi, British East Africa, says a strong forco of Germans from German East Africa crossed tho border at Mohoru and occu pied Karangu, and is now advancing on Kisii. "British forces," tho correspondent adds, "have been dispatched from Kisampu and from Port Florence, on tho northeastern shore of Lake Vic toria Nyanza, to check them." German Sees Long War. Rotterdam A dispatch received here from Berlin contains the comment of a military writer in the German camp on the situation in the western theater of war and the retirement of General von Buelow. "It is nccenaary to remind the public," says the writer, "that the road to the goal is still long and that we are merely at the begin ning ot making wcrlflce awl undergo Injf suffering' Incomes Made to Bear Share of "War" 7 ax Washington. D. C An Incomo tax InoroaBo of one-half of 1 per cent nnd a reduction of tho minimum exemp tion from $3000 to $2000 and tho maxi mum oxomptlon from $4000 to $3000 woro tentatively ngrood on by Demo cratic mombors of tho ways nnd moans commltteo who nro framing tho omur gonoy bill to rnlso $100,000,000. It la catlmatod that tho proposod Incomo tax eliangos would produce $35,000,000 annually. In deciding on tho Incomo tnx In crease, tho commltteo conHldorod tho fact that rovonuo from this source would not bo nvallnblo until next July, but tho opinion wno general that tho Incroasod rovonuo from othor sourcoH would moot any deficit until that tlmo. Undor tho proposed changes tho In como tnx would bo Vj per cent on In comes ot alnglo porsons In oxcosn of $2000 nnd tho saino on married per BonB in excess ot $3000. In nddltlou tho ono-hnlf per cent In cronHO would bo ndded pro rata In ac cordance with tho Incroasod nur-taxos on incomoa in oxcosa ot $20,000. Tho committoo ngrood also that tho Increased tax on beer and mnlt liquors should bo fixed at CO cents a barrel, bringing In $35,000,000. On domostlo wines an extra tax ot 20 conta a gal lon will ratso $10,000,000. Dlstlllod spirits will cscnpo an oxtrn tax, but It wub decided to tax rectified spirits 2 cents n gallon, realizing $2,000,000. Opponents of an Incroasod tax on whiskies won their fight after throo ballots had boon taken. PropoBals to lovy nn additional tax of 25 and 15 conts a gnllon wero dofcatod. On n proposal to mako tho tax 10 contH a gallon, thoro was a tlo voto. Finally It was ngrood to mako tho tax apply only to rectified spirits at 2 contB. WHEAT BONUS PROPOSED TO BLOCK FAMINE PRICES London. ExtonBlvo farming throughout tho British Isles and tho plowing of Innd at every placo whero it is available Is urged In nn open lot tor issued by P. Lloyd Grnuro, Bccro tary of the Unionist agricultural com mltteo. "If stops nro not taken to nsauro a supply of wheat from May to August," Secretary Graurc Bays, "wo may seo wheat riso to famino prices. To avoid this, tho government should offer a considerable bonus to all farmers to keep tholr wheat In stack until May of noxt year, at tho samo tlmo rcsorvlng tho right to. purchnso all tho wheat at a prlco equal to tho present prlco plus the bonus." Mexicans Agree on Plans for Holding New Election Washington, D. C Tho basis for tho recent assertion of President Wil son that ho believed Carninzn and Vil la would co-opcrato In restoring con stitutional government In Mexico was revealed Wednesday, when It becamo known that Genornl Obrcgon, personal friend of Goneral Carranzn, had sign ed tho proposnls of Gonornl Villa for an electoral program. Tho program In full Is as follows: That a convention of tho dologntos of tho constitutionalist army bo called to arrange tho dato of tho election for CongrcsB, President and Vice-President. That no military mnn bo a cnndldalo for President or VIco-Prcsldcnt or Governor ot any stnto. That a civilian tako chargo of tho provisional government to hold elec tions. That ,a general amnesty bo declared except an to thoso who committed tho crime or participated in tho assassina tion of Madcro and Suarez. That tho officers of tho old fcdornl army who can show clean records shall bo taken Into tho now national army. That all reforms shall bo put through in an energetic mnnnor, but on a legal and constitutional basis. General Carranza already has com piled with tho first proposal by calling a general convention for October 1 to select a provisional president. Art Protection Urged. Washington, D. C President Wil son took under consideration a sug gestion from Ambassador Herrlck at Paris that the United States approach tho powers in an effort to have tholr armies' regard historic buildings, mon uments and works of nrt as "Interna tional property." Ambassador Herrlck cablod tho sug gestion after tho diplomatic represen tatives in Franco of several neutral countries had Indicatod the deslro of tholr governments to support the pro ject. Import of Treaty Noted. Rome. Tho Corriero d'ltalla, com menting on tho undertaking signed by tho powers of tho Triple Entente, in which it was agreed that nono of tho three would accopt terms of peaco without tho previous consent of tho other two, says that tho undortnking will havo enormous importnnco. In addition to Its effect on Germany, It will servo ns a warning to cortaln states, tho paper declares. Australia Halts Exports. London, A dispatch to tho Post from Melbourne says that tho govern in out Jiih prohibited tho export of wheat, flour, tinned and othor moats to anv nlacfl outsldo tlm TJnlturi ICIntr. dom, excopt with tho Kovormnont'a nmiunnt. Tlilu diw.iunt lu ilnn in 1i Husplclon that Australian cargoes, nVl iviiMHiy ior nouiH America, are reaiiy Intended for the mmy, RUSSIAN FORCES". ' ROUT AUSTRIANS Sorvians Also Assumo Offensive and Take Austrian City. Siege of Belgrade Ends Germans Victorious In EastAuslrlana Also Beat Back Russians. London. Nowb from NIhIi, Survln, that tho Servians had captured 8m 1 In and nn official announcement from Potrogrud thnt ltusBlan troopM had Biiccooded In dividing tho Austrian nrmy In Poland, domlnato tho situa tion concerning tho Eastorn scene ot wnr. Tho Potrogrnd dlBpatch nays: "Tomaszow has boon taken nftor n dooporuto- fight. ' ' "Tho aormnn troops near Mynlncc and Chorzolo, Russian Poland, havo boon repulsed with heavy losses. "Tho RuBslan forces have token by oBHaulf tho fortified positions of Opolo . and Tourbluo, RuHiilan Poland, and pursued tho onomy n distance ot 25 mlluH. ItiiBBinn cavalry In still driv ing in the rearguard or tha onomy, '"It In nnnouncod thnt tho RiiHHlait trnniiu Iiiivm Hiicnnniln.l In iinnurut Inir tho loft wing of tho Austrian army from tho troops which woro opiirnung around Tomnflzow nnd Rawn. In Rus sian Poland." Tnloiirnnhlm: from PotroKrad. tho corrcBpondont ot tho Morning Poet Bays: "Tim Anntrlnn rntlrnmcnt on tho Vlntnln In Ititltii? rnnilnntfld with n HCtllt bianco of order, but the caao Ih differ ent with tho right wing operating nenR Tomaszow. Tho Austrinns uoro nrw, rnutni! mill f1oilmr In (tin UtlllOHt dls order. Driving In between tho two wlngfl, tho RuHslnnii have cut oil thin Austro-Gorman nrmy nnd completely surrounded It on tho front and rinnk. The ItiiHiiliinii hnve Kiimmoncd thl right wing to surrender. "Tho Russian cavalry na goi no- lihwl Mm rnfronllni? nrmv with KUHS nnd tho Bituntlon of tho AuHtro-aor-mans now in desporato. To cross marHhcH nnd rivers with cavalry ana artillery hammering It from tho fear in mnrn than nnv beaten nrmv ever nncnm nllnhcd slnco Nnnolcon's time. Moreover, tho AiiHiro-uormnim navo LVO nd in f loBt tho bulk of tholr supply trains and tho men must bo stnrving. "Tim nnmhnr nf tirlKnnnrfl now tliinutu la an nnnrmnillt thnt. It lit llO- comlnK necensary to naml them further, afield. A largo number nro being Bent towards Siberia." Tho taking of Somlln wnfl rcportod In a Router dlupntch from Homo trans- -mlttlng.a message received from Niah, the tonmornrv cut) I tnl of Sorvht. The dlspntch said: ' "Tho taking of Somlln has caused great enthusiasm throughout Sorvlu. Tho peoplo aro proud that their army, aftor Bovon weoks of war, not only has prevented a poworful enemy captur ing Belgrade but has Inflicted humili ation upon them by forcing thomtb evacuato their baso of operations against Sorvla. Tho victory has had a most wonderful moral erred upon tho nrmy and people." Somlln Is nn Important town ot 4ms-triii-Hungary in SInvonla. It Is IcMt od on tho tonguo of land formed bwo: junction of tho Danube nnd tho Snvo opposite Belgrade, Sorvla, with which It wnn connected by n railway brldgo- across tito uavc. nnrtvrv nnrtMAAirA Dill GARIA FORM ALLIANCE J. wB London. Telegraphing from Roi, a correspondent of tho Dally Toje graph declares ho has learned from diplomatic sources thnt RoumanlaT Greeco nnd Bulgaria havo signed niiV agreement which may bo rogardod anx. n real nlllance, under tho terms of which theso three nntions ongago to interfere whenever necoBsnry in order to provont Turkey aiding Gormany nnd Austria In tho present wnr. If Turkey remains neutral, however, theso threo states will do tho same. It is reported in Homo, the corre spondent continues, that Berlin has become resigned to tho idea of Italian noutrnllty, but sho la determined that Italy shall at least Tomaln neutral un til tho end. Russian Corps Defeated. I. London. A Router dispatch froinj' Berlin says: jt "Tho general staff announces lhaF tho Twenty-second RusBinn Army Corps, of Finland, haB tried to force. nn entrance into East PrusBla by wayi of Lyck. Tho Russians wero defeated dl at Lyck." Lyck Is in East Prussia, on Lnli Lyck, CG miles south or aumuinon ion. , ( Britain Gets Greek Base. Tl mnn Tlin Trilnina mihllHlinu n Int. cgrnm from Brlndlsl nsBortlng that tho. a reek govornmont has conceded to Great Britain ponnlHHlon to oHtabllHh a naval baso In Port Mudros, Inland off Lomnoii, a rent Britain can threo naval dlvlfllous thoro, cQnm Senate Extends Vrccland Act,4" ; WfiHhlnglon, I), C, An aiiioiidiiintijCt to (ho blinking jaw porinlttliig4lat1 banks and IniHt compMidoaJwIthCHpl tiiof f2G,0a4jjtm iHsroetit muyhIhs, or wor7 (o tsMrfeleral currency uh dor Uim VrtfolHHd section was passud by tho seiiato, .4 . 1