WARBURG TELLS
OF HIS POST LIFE
Banker Named As Member of Re
serve Board By President Is Cross
examined By Senators.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—Paul
Warburg, nominated as a member of
the Federal, Reserve Board by Pres
ident, Wilson, was subjected to a
cross-examination today by the mem
bers of the Senate Committee on
Currency and i Banking which is in
vestigating his qualifications for the
position.
The senators were especially anx
ious to know of the relations be
tween Warburg and the firm of Wall
street bankers, Kuhn, Loeb & Co.,
with which he was connected.
REBELS ADVANCE
ON MEXICO Gin
Gen. Obregon Starts From Guadla
jara—Will Disarm Federal
Troops as He Proceed*.
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GUADLAJARA, Aug. 3.—Gen. Ob
regon today notified Provisional Pres
ident Carbajal that he would begin
marching on Mexico City today and
that he would disarm all federal
troops met on the way and If op
posed would fight.
Gen. Villa, the commander-in-chief
of the rebels has been notified by
Gen. Obregon of his contemplated
campaign and has been asked to
join. The Invitation will force Gen.
Villa to show his hand and may re
sult In a # break between the rebel
chieftains.
M’REYNOLDS MAY
GO ONTHE BENCH
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—President
Wilson may name Attorney General
McReynolds for the vacancy on the
Supreme Court bench made through
■whe death of Justice Lurton. A ma
jority of the senators approve the
choice and no opposition has devel
oped to the cabinet officer.
A. C. Baldwin, the mineral land
surveyor, who is making the sur
vey of the Galena bay copper claims
owned by the Galena Bay Mining
company, arrived in Valdez yesterday
for a short visit.
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Cabinet Votes To Join With Russia and France Against Germany—One Million
r,wm»n« Headed for France—German Army in Three Divisions—One
Starts From Metz, One Crossing Belgium and Another Strikes Across Switz
erland-French Aviator Destroys German Armoured Train and Blocks
Railroad—French Aviator Rams Zeppelin Airship and Destroys It Causing
Loss of Twenty Germans and Meets Death Himself—Six German Warships
Sunk in North Sea—Two British Ships Lost—Germans Rout Russian Ships
—Famous German Uhlans Are Overwhelmingly Defeated By French.
LONDON, Aug. 3.—The English
cabinet voted to declare war today.
Prime Minister Asquith asks House
of Commons for *250,000,000 to carry
on the war. The army has been or
dered mobilized not only in England
but in every section of the world.
English warships at sea have been
ordered to capture any German or
Austrian ships and'to be prepared to
take Italian ships as well should that
country enter the conflipt. „
Million Germans Marching on France.
One million Germans are march
ing on France. The big army of in
vasion is divided into three parts,
■one army crossing through Belgium
in spite of the protest of the Bel
gium authorities, another is spread
fan-like from Metz while the third
is crossing into Switzerland to strike
France near Besancou.
German Scout* Use Automobiles.
The German scouts are using au
tomobiles and bicycles, while the
French are depending upon their
aeroplane service, which so far has
beefl able to warn them of every
attempt of the Germans to concen
trate troops on the French border.
French Aviator Destroys Train.
A French aviator poured shot in
to an armoured train in Germany
which was being sent to the front
and destroyed the train and all the
troops dP it. The train was demol
isned and the track blocked for many
hours.
Big Naval- Battle Is Fought.
The English and German naval
ships met in the North Sea and the
Germans lost six of their largest ves
sels and the English lost two. The
Germans were forced to seek cover
in German ports.
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Germans Defeat Russians.
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 3.—In a na
val, battle In the Baltic the German
ships routed the Russian vessels and
forced them to seek refuge In t^e
Gulf of Finland. The losses on both
sides are reported to be heavy. An
English fleet Is said to be- between
the German.fleet and Germany and
may attack them as soon as possible,
While they are short of ammunl-'
tlon and crippled from the fight with
the Russian ships.
Another German Defeat
PARIS,' Aug. 81.—It was officially
announced here today that the fa
mous German cavalry regiment of
Uhlans was overwhelmingly defeat
ed when they attempted to capture
Ptitcroix. The wildest Joy. wasshown
by the French, who have a remem
brance of .the famous Uhlans and the
part „ they played in the OCrman
Franco war when they were invinci
ble.
German Ship Has Millions.
The big German liner Kronprin
czessin Cecilie, with $15,000,000 in
gold from New York, is reported as
trying to run the blockade into Ger
many. The English and French war
ships are on the lookout and hope to
take the prize.
Germans Invade Luxemburg.
BRUSSELS, Aug. 3.—The German
army yesterday invaded the duchy of
Luxemburg headed across the small
buffer state for the French country.
It is expected by the Germans that
because of the existence of the buf
fer state the French will not ex
pect them at the place selected to
strike and that the Kaiser’s army
will enter France without trouble.
The ^German army is reported to have
come from Metz.
German Ships at Kiel.
The Baltic Sea, near Kiel, the big
German naval station, is teeming
with warships and transports of all
kinds, pointing to an invasion of Rus1
sia between Lithuania and Kron
stadt or possibly to Invade the east
ern coast of England.
Fighting In Poland.
The Prussian police provinces on
the Baltic Sea are the present scene
of operations for the German, Russian
and Austrian armies. The Russians
crossed the border into Germany Sat
urday night and found no army op
posed to them. The few guards on
the frontier fled upon the arrival of
the Cossacks.
wavai same in same.
If England, declares war a big
naval battle will be fought in the
Baltic according to- naval experts
here. The Russian fleet now in the
Baltic, in conjunction with the
French and Russians, more than out
number the entire 'German navy,
while if the Kaiser’s fleet turns and
runs into the North Sea the French
and English again have superior
forces and are expected to give bat
tle.
Turkey May Attack Servia.
PARIS, Aug. 3.—A report was re
ceived-here yesterday Btating that
Turkey was preparing to attack Ser
via from the rear. The report is
doubted, as it is pointed out that
if Turkey attacks Servia, Russia will
certainly enter Constantinople and
the day of the Turk ip Europe will
be at an end. The Turkish army is
demoralised, while the fleet is a mat
ter of only a few ships, while Rus
sia has a Black Sea fleet of twenty
large vessels besides many small
ones. /
Germans Leave France.
The German residents of Paris made
i wild stampede to the depots yes
terday to leave the country before all
trains are stopped. The majority of
them leave via Spain or Switzerland.
All are searched and questioned be
fore being allowed to leave.
Paris Streets Deserted.
The streets of Paris were desert
ed last night but all of yesterday and
today the people paraded the streets
cheering the English and Russians
and singing the “Marseillaise.” The
men have all joined their regiments
and are en route to the front as fast
as the trains can take them.
Kaiser Tried to Prevent War.
BERLIN, Aug. 3.—The Kaiser is
sued a statement to the friendly
powers today claiming that he ap
pealed to Emperor Nicholas to pre
vent war, while Germany negotiated
with Austria, but that Russia contin
ued to mobilize her army and when
France ordered mobilization Germany
was forced to declare war in order
to be prepared for both countries.
Many Cheer Kaiser.
More than 60,000 people gathered
oefore the palace of the emperor
last night cheering the war lord. The
Kaiser appeared at a window in the
palace and appealed to the people
to be loyal and not to withdraw
their money from the banks. He al
so appealed to the factions of the
German Reichstag: “All parties at
tacked me In time of peace, and I
forgave them, but now In this grave
period of our history all must stand
united for the fatherland.”
Every preparation Is being made
for a desperate struggle and the na
tion is determined to win.
Russians 'Cheer for War. '
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 3.—The
Russian people cheered the news
from Berlin that the Kaiser had de
clared war on Russia. The wildest
outbreak of patriotism ever witnessed
in this city followed, the people
cheering the flag and the emperor,
and thousands parading the streets.
The military officers have no trouble
In securing the full enlistment of the
army, all seeming willing to fight
Germany and Austria for the Slavs
of thp south. The entire country is
under martial law. The mobilisation
of the Russian army will require
some time. Three million men ★111
be put in the field in sixty days ac
cording to present plans. An army of
260,000 is now on the German fron
tier, while & similar army is -on the
Austrian border. To these train load
after train load are being sent from
the interior and the entire armed
strength of the nation will be sent
south as fast as possible. Russia,
having the longest distance to send
her troops, will be the slowest to
mobilize, but the appeal of France
that the Russian army invade Ger
many at once so as to prevent the
entire strength of Germany being
sent to the French border, has been
heeded and the first invasion start
ed yesterday. The army will strike
before the arrival of the Austrian
army in Germany.
German Zeppelin Destroyed.
Aviator Garros lost his life when
he rammed the German Zeppelin and
caused the ship, with twenty Ger
man officers aboard to explode. The
gallant Frenchman headed straight
for the big German airship, which was
preparing to take observations of the
French’troops, but never was able to
makfe many reports, as the French
man left the French army and as
cended to an altitude of several thou
sand feet, starting at a terrific rate
for the German ship and In spite
of the fact that thousands of shots
were fired at him he drove stra’ght
into the big gas bag and caused its
destruction. Both armies witnessed
the fight. I •
Austria Want* Peace.
LONDON, Aug. 3.—The Austrian
government at the last moment Sat
urday sent to the foreign office of
England an acceptance of the. Eng
lish offer of mediation. The Aus
trian reply proposed a conference.
The reply, however, came too late
and is taken here to be an effort on
the part of Austria to justify her po
sition and also to secure time.
English Forts Manned.
All the forts on the English coast
have been manned to the full
strength because of the fear of an
invasion from Germany, the German
fleet having concentrated at Kiel,
where they might strike at England
or Russia.
England May Remain Neutral.
! Since Italy, a member of the
Triple Alliance, has announced that
she will remain neutral, it is possl
b'e that England may also remain
neutral, allowing Russia and France
to fight Germany and Austria.
England Must Fight
Much, however, as English states
men would like to keep out of the
.war, it is pointed out by them that
if Germany is allowed to win the
present conflict the position of Eng:
land will be hazardous in the ex
treme and that the German empire
welded out Of the .German speaking
provinces of Austria and with the
control of the Balkan states and
fjosslbly a large slice of France and
all of Holland and Belgium, which
Are only kept Intact by England’s
Refusal to allow Germany to acquire
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MAY SETTLE THE
RAILROAD SUE
President Confers With Representa
tives of Both Sides and Makes
Proposal.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—Pres!dent
Wilson held conferences this morn
ing with the employees and with the
railroad operators in the hope of es
tablishing a settlement of the strike.
The conferences were held separate
ly.
The president asked the men and
the operators to agree to a prop
osition to restore the schedule of last
year and to submit to arbitration the
question of the new schedule of
wages.
Both sides are expected to give
their answer tomorrow.
U. S. TRANSPORTS
JO GET AMERICANS
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Only Way to Get the Americans Out
of Europe—Congress Must
Approve Plan.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—President
Wilson will submit a plan to con
gress, for the approval of the legis
lative branch of the government that
he be authorized to send American
army transports to all European
countries Involved In the present
war or to such places as Americans
are held because of lack of transpor
tation. The president suggests that
the Americans who have ihoney pay
their passage, the government tak
ing up the travelers checks and hold
ing them until they are payable.
The State department today wired
to all American consuls in the trou
ble zone to cash travelers checks and
to aid them until arrangements can
be made for their leaving the coun
tries engaged in war.
PRESIDENT SIGNS
CIVIL SUNDRY BILL
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—President
Wilson today signed the civil sun
dry bill carrying appropriations for
all the departments of the govern
ment excepting the army and navy.
Many appropriations for public build
ings are contained in the bill.
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