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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-10-23
ALLIES MORE THAN
HOLDING THEIR OWN
HOLD GERMANS IN THEIR AT
TEMPT TO REACH THE
FRENCH CAPITAL.
Armies Engage In Battle All Day on
Sunday, the Allies Claiming to
Have Advanced Their
Positions.

From Dunkirk to Belfort the great
battle upon which hangs the fate OF
the Germans second drive on Paris
is raging with undiminished fury.
The lighting in France has now been
In progress over five weeks.
New activities reported in dispatches
from the front have in every case
turned TO the advantage OF the allies.
On the French left the allies have
driven back the invaders distance OF
ten miles and have assumed new po-
sitions In front OF Givenchy and
Fromeles Also they have retaken
Armentleres, one OF the most impor-
tsnt cities near the Belgian border
and railroad center OF great strategic
value.
To the north of Arras the French
and British troops succeeded in break
Ing through the German Gordon esfab-
lished there for the purpose of con-
trolling the lines OF railway stretching
TO the east. and so far have been able
to hold the ground thus gained. Also
between Arras and the river Disc the
allied lines had been advanced per
ceptibiy.
Recognition Of the active co-opera-
ton OF the Belgians in the fighting
on the border was contained for Ahe
first time In official dispatches when
their success In repulsing repeated at
tacks directed by the Germans against
the crossing Of the river User was re-
corded.
Fighting has been renewed at Bel
fort, where the Germans once again
are assailing the Notifications with
mortors, and two violent night at
tacks by the Germans to the north
and again to the east OF st. Die were
repulsed by the French with severe
losses to the enemy.
The Germans are reported to have
suffered new reverses in the fighting
In Lorraine and to the east, where
the army OF the crown prince is in an
extremely difficult position.
Not only have the French been able
to hold the advantage gained in their
advance against the outer works of
Metz, but they have now pushed for,
ward their advanced positions to
within nine miles of the fortresses.
Heavy reinforcements are being
rushed to their aid to meet the In,
creased strength being thrown both
in the German line in this action.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-10-23
HUNDRED MILLION
ADDITIONAL TAXES
THE WAR REVENUE MEASURE
APPROVED BY SENATE BY
VOTE OF "a TO 20.
Southern Senators Make Vigorous
Fight to Postpone Action Upon
Measure by Coalition With
the Republicans.

Washington. ~ The administration
war revenue bill, levying approximate
ly 100000, 900 additional taxes to meet
the emergency caused by the war in
Europe, was passed by the senate Sat
urday night, "a to %, after southern
Democrats, in coalition with the Re
publicans of the senate, fought to In
definitely postpone consideration of
the measure because cotton relief leg
islation had been decisively defeated.
Democratic leaders, by supreme eff
fort in the climax of the cotton fight,
gathered their faltering forces, and,
squirting them on with eloquent APP
peals for party solidarity, defeated the
coalition, in it's move to indefinitely
postpone action, thirty-two to twenty
five. Senators Clark of Arkansas,
Smith of Georgia, smith of South Caro-
lima, Vardaman and White, were the
Democratic senators who fought to the
end, voting with the Republicans to
postpone action. This would have
killed the bill for the present session
OF congress.
Despite urgent pleas of Senators
Williams, Stone, Shively and James,
who demanded united Democratic sup
port for a Democratic measure fos-
tered by the administration, these five
southern senators, under storm of
oratorical denunciation, persisted to
the last ditch in their determination
that the bill should contain some COZ
tor relief provision.
The enlivening contest that marked
the passage of the bill foreshadowed
the end of the long-drawn-out session
OF congress, which has kept flags fly
ing almost continuously for the past
two years.
The vote on the revenue bill fol-
lowed party lines with one exception,
Senator Lane of Oregon, Democrat,
voting against it.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-10-23
PREPARE FOR LONG STRUGGLE
Soldiers Introduce Many Comforts In
Underground Homes.

Berlin.-The German army which
besieged Antwerp is now free, and
the invading forces have been
strengthened otherwise for an as.
sault against some point in the ex.
tended battle front. Rigid secrecy is
preserved as to this offensive move
ment
That the intrenched positions in the
Senters have become full-fedged
fortresses is indicated by reports from
the front The infantry is lodged in
such deliberately protected shelter pits
that damage is done only when a
heavy shell strikes squarely. Shrap
mel or shell fragments do not pene.
trate. The soldiers have introduced
mattresses, tables, monographs and
other comforts into these under.
ground rooms, in which they live in
comparative comfort, except when 1t
is necessary to man the trenches
against infantry attacks. Heavy ar.
tillery Is planted in masses near the
line. These guns include the twenty.
five which were captured from the
fortresses at Givet, France.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-10-23
EARTHQUAKE IN GREECE.
Great Damage Done, Twenty Distinct
Shocks Being Felt

Paris.-Great damage was done by
the earthquake Saturday, the villages
of Kaparelli and, Pyri, near Thebes.
being destroyed, according to dis
patch from Athens. AT Thebes the
shocks were accompanied by subter.
ranean rumblings. The Grecian prov
ince of Boeotica suffered most. TWEEN
ty distinct shocks were felt there. The
number of casualties is not known.
Provisions and tents are being hur-
ried for those who have lost their
homes.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-10-23
ESTIMATES COST OF WAR.
French Economist Believes World
War viii Cost Ten Billion Dol
lars in seven Months.

Paris.-Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, the
French economist, estimates that
each of the greater belligerents is
spending an average equivalent to
$200.OOO.O00 monthly.
In presenting these figures to the
Academy of Moral and Political
Sciences Saturday, he said that he
considered it probable that the war
would continue for seven months from
August /. Accordingly the five greater
powers engaged were committed to
an expenditure of $7,000,O0O,O0 Each
of the smaller states, including Japan.
Will have expenses of from $500, oO0,-
600 to $500, 100000 to meet.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-10-23
watterson Visits president.

Washington.-The White House
peace pipe, hardly cold from the
heavy smoke of several weeks ago.
was lighted again Sunday and passed
from President Wilson to Colonel
Henry Watterson, the veteran jour
nalist long estranged from him. They
lunched together at the White House.
Colonel Watterson would not discuss
the peace powwow either before or
after luncheon. The two men were
alone and whatever passed between
them in the way of reconciliation
was unwitnessed by mortal eye
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-10-23
Fears Massaere by Yaquls.

Phoenix, Ariz. Governor Hunt
wired the secretary of war on Satur-
day, asking that the federal govern
ment grant permission for the re-
moval OF wounded soldiers from the
garrison of Naco. Sonora, to the
American side. The governor urged
this action on the ground of human
ity, saying that not only the wound
ed, but American doctors attending
them, were in danger of massacre by
Maytorena's Yaqui Indians, should
the latter capture the town.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-10-23
Germans Stop Swedish shlps.

London.-lnformation has been re-
ceived here that during the last week
German cruisers and torpedo boats sta
toned south of Falsterboe, stopped
eighteen Scandinavian steamers and
searched them for contraband.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-10-23
Youngest French General Wounded.

Paris.-The youngest French COM
mander, General Malletterre, aged As,
lies wounded in Paris. His left leg
has been amputated and his left arm
is shattered. He is being nursed by
his young daughter. His wife, who
served with an ambulance at the bat
tie front, had her shoulder torn by a
shell. His son, dragon officer, was
also wounded.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-10-23
Labor Leaders Issue Manifesto.

Washington. Dispatches to the
British embassy on Friday gave an
abstract of a Manifesto issued by lead
ers of the labor party declaring their
sympathy with the action OF the Brit
ish government in the present war. The
labor leaders urged that German vic
tory would mean the death of democ-
racy In Europe"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-10-23
says carranza is First Chief.

Mexico City.-Ysidro Fabela, the
Mexican foreign minister, in an inter
view Saturday, said that General
Venustiano Carranza still is the first
chief of the constitutionalist party.
The foreign minister declared that, the
Aguas Calientes convention had not
discussed General Carranza's resigna-
ton, but had considered only general
questions affecting the nation.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-10-23
RIotlne in London.

London. -Anti-German rioting in
London Saturday night caused the de
struotion Of a score OF shops Dam.
age was done In the Deptford borough
and in old Kent road. In thu former
district several stores were attacked
and one was set afire.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-10-23
Cholera serlous Monaco.

Paris.--A Havas dispatch from
Rome says: Cases of cholera are
multiplying rapidly in Galicia. Tran
sylyania. North and East Hungary.
The disease may prove serious men.
ace to military operations"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-10-23
Colonel Grey Captured.

Berlin. -Colonel Grey, brother Of
the British secretary of foreign ar
fairs, was made prisoner when the ae-
roplane on which he was acting as OBJ
server was brought down by we'll
directed shot near Peronne, France
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-10-23
COLOMBIA leader AssassInated.

Bogota, Colombia.-General Rafael
Uribe-Uribe, member of the Colombian
senate and chief of the Liberal party
who was attacked by two artisans
Thursday afternoon while on his way
to the senate, died Saturday Wounds
which were inflicted upon his head and
neck with an ak proved fatal.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-10-23
AmerIean Steamer selred.

Halifax. N. S.-The steamer Brin.
dilla, fiying the American flag. was
brought into port Sunday as prize
OF war by the British auxiliary
cruiser Caronia. The Brindilla was
formerly the German steamer Wash.
ington.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-10-23
French seize German concerns.

Bordeaux.-The French govern
ment, pursuing the campaign against
German-owned businesses, on Satur-
day seized six concerns. One was a
department store and the others
wine establishments.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-10-23
Advocates Government Ownership.

Washington. Government owner
ship of railroads was advocated by
B. F. Yoakum, one of the ablest rail-
road men in the United States, testi-
flying Saturday before the interstate
commerce commission investigating
the Rock Island
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-10-23
Motor Company Fails.

lndianapolis.-The Premier Motor
Car company, one of the largest auto,
mobile manufacturing concerns in In.
diana, is in the hands of the Fletcher
savings & Trust company of Indianap-
oils. as receiver.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-10-23
Hombard Tsinatau.

London.-A dispatch to the Elk
change Telegraph company from Pc
kin says that the British and Japanese
Friday bombarded Tslngtau from the
sea. attacking the Kaiser and Iltis
forts. The British casualties were
one killed and two wounded.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-10-23
Warns eeIIlaerent Nations.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. stone, chair
man of the foreign relations commit
tee, on Saturday made speech in the
senate warning belligerent nations to
respect the rights of the United States
as neutral nation.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-10-23
German Crops sufficient.

Berlin.-The German agricultural
council has issued the declaration
that this years crops will be suff-
cient to support the country until next
years harvest.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-10-23
price Taking Vacation.

Panama.--W William ]. Price, United
States minister to Panama, left Satur.
day for New York and Washington for
visit of six weeks. Secretary Ores
son will be in charge of the legation
in his absence.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-10-23
RussIans LIanalna Jews.

Berlin.-The Berliner Tageblatt
learns from reliable sources that the
Russians at Radon hanged three
Jews, despite the fact that their in
nocence was proclaimed by others.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-10-23
Guilty OF Book swlndle.

New York.--Romeo Nathan and Ed.
ward MARI. charged with defrauding
wealthy bookloyers out OF nearly ST..
100000. on Wednesday entered pleas
of guilty In the United States district
court
The Washington herald., 1914-06-20
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.
WASHINGTON PRODUCE.

Quotations given below are for large lots Of good
marketable goods only. Jobbcrs' prices higher.
Lower grades may be sold for less- Fancy goods
brought higher prices.
Receipt Of lambs and calves quite liberal
yesterday: figures fer these goods made no change.
Poultry ruled firm.
light activity reigned for fruits and vegetables
in the face Of scant receipts Potatoes. lettuce and
beans again constituted the basis o the trade.
bringing high prices for all clisses Of goods. Other
goods appeared in light receipts ard the wholesale
houses had little 10 deal with compared with the
supply that usually appears. Receipts o. all goods
were:
EGGS-Nearby hrsts per doz-. %; Southern. is
BUTTER-Best print. new. per H.. 3lh: tub. per
H.. 3oh: process. psr H.. q: under grade. per
h.. 2aaz7: store-packed, per H., lsals.
LARD-Tib pure per H.. llksllk: do. COM
pound. per h.. eh Cottonseed OIL per can, SIS.
CHEESE-New York. new, per lb.. Is; fiat. per
h.. -: Swia. domestic. pet b. o: DO. foreign. psr
ib., M
LIVE PoULTRY-Hens. per h.. Is; roostcr.
per h.. Ilal2: ducks per lb. lsas; turkeys per h..
Halls: spring chickens. Per b., 2a52
GREEN Go0DS-Yams, per bbl. l0a25o;
potatoes. per ack. 25oA2eoa do, No. =
per bhi.. Lcoal25; Florida. new potatoes. per
lima, per bbl. 3.5oaIo; bcans, per basket. Ia
Is: cabbage. pc, crate 0al.oo; carrots. Southern.
per bunch, sa3; radishes. home srovc Per ioo looa
100: lettuce. per basket. 5oa22 cJmblinss. per
crate looal; celery. per dozen. 6o7lW; do. Flor
ida. kmalI crate. Li5a25: cucumbers. per basket,
f5al3 Bermuda onions per crate. 215a3,5: beets,
Per bunch, la2: egEpanfs per case H@as0; To-
mztoes. Fiorids per crate. choice looai7s. fancy.
lSaza; spinach. per bbl.. a@s,9; ssae. ee.. -;
The Washington herald., 1914-06-20
bond Safe Unsatisfnctory.

The Virginia Carolina Chemical Com
pany's S.Oo0.GC0 issue of S per cent sink
ing fund convertible gold debenture
bonds. IL is learned. was not very well
received and large proportion of the
issue will be left on the hands Of the
underwriting syndicate. The period dur
ing which stockholders were privileged
to subscribe to the bonds at par expired
Wednesday.
The debentures are convertible into S
per cent preferred stock Of the company
at the rate of Sll0 face value of the de-
bentures for each 500 par value of stock.
They may be called for redemption at
1os per cent and interest on and after
October Is 1910
On May l. a special meeting of the
stockholders of the company approved a
proposed 100000 GeSenture bond issue
of which half. the 100000 under dis
cuSsion, was TO be issued Immediately.
Directors of the Norfolk and Western
will meet in New York on Wednesday
next when action will be taken on the
dividends on preferred and common
stocks The action on the latter will be
anticipated by a month by reason of the
summer vacation.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-20
PUPILS IN RECITAL.
Mrs. A. W. Lester Conducts Annual
Festival of Music. y

Pupils of Mrs. Alice wyndham Lester
gave their annual June piano recital
Thursday night in Pythian Temple, af-
ter which they entertained with a
dancing party.
The program opened with the March
Hongroise." to which the pupils en-
tered the auditorium and was followed
by the Toreador's song given on three
pianos by Misses Hazel Thompson,
Helen Osborn. Dorothy Osborn. Blanche
Patterson Ruth Kunkel, Howard
Thompson, Helen Rothery. Myra Ker-
win. and Annie Wells
The features of the program were the
piano solos played by Anna Lee Wilson
and Alice Keliher, two tot virtuosos.
Mrs r. w. Isdell gave several vocal
selections and the other pupils who
rendered solos and accomplishments on
the piano. assisted by Misses Ivy May
Parks, Marie Raeder. and Margaret
Kunkel were: Misses Pauline Phelps.
Margaret Frazier. Garnette Curtis. Ruth
McKeever, Brosnan. Tippett. Cusack
and Hicks and Elmer Raeder. Wilfred
Brady. Joseph Soper. and Harry Shish-
manian.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-20
THE COST OF "SOME-
THING-FOR-NOTHING"
CCopyrisnt 1911. by C. NJ. Key. New York;

tCopyr$nt. 1914. by C. NJ. Keys New York;
A few days ago a woman came into a
banking house in New York with 8, 900
par value of bonds. They were An in
dustrial bond, issued by a company in the
Middle West some years ago. Along with
them she had the April coupons which
had been returned TO her by her bank
with the statement that no funds were
available for the payment of the interest.
She laid the bonds on the desk of one of
the partners and asked him to tell her
what they were worth. He did not know
the issue. but he asked one of the clerks
to look it up and let him know what the
news was about this corporation as
quickly as he could.
While this information was being OBJ
tained he talked to the woman. He asked
her how II happened that she had bought
these industrial bonds. She explained
that they had been sold to her by a sales
man for a Middle Western house some
years ago. She had never heard of the
corporation before and knew nothing
about it. but had been induced to buy
because along with her 5000 bonds she
got $4,000 stock of the company. The
salesman said that the stok was going
to be very valuable some day. and that
1t would pay dividends. She had IT less
than a year when 1t began to pay divi-
dends of / per cent quarterly. This last
ed for three years. She considered the
stock a good investment and the bonds
she considered absolutely safe. When
the dividends on the stock stopped it did
not shock her confidence in the bonds,
as she received a letter from the COM
pany explaining why the dividends were
not earned. When the interest also STOP
ped OH the bonds 1t was a terrible shock
to her.
Il liked them" she said. because
get so much stock for nothing and
had chance to make a great deal of
money l thought l had a safe invest
ment in the bonds and that got the
stock for nothing"
Her case is an illustration of the
great underlying principle upon which
unsound finance is based. and which
makes unsound fiotations possible.
Very rarely indeed are really unsound
securities made attractive to the public
without being accompanied by what looks
like a chance to make a lot Of money
Sometimes the chance TO make lot OF
money lies in the price at which the s4-
curities are offered. Quite recently, for
instance. an issue of per cent bonds
was offered at 80 cents on the dollar in
the investment pages OF various maya
zines. The price was advertised as
snecial price, which would continue only
for a few weeks. and II was broadly
nronised that these bonds would be
selling at 100 within six months.
Again the chance to make a large
profit is offered in the form OF partici-
patton in stock. In a great many cases
The Washington herald., 1914-06-20
Under the Capitol Dome.

The President sent to the Senate the
following diplomatic and consular nomi-
nations:
To be secretaries Of legations: Cyrus
F. Wicker. of New York (now secretary
Of the legation at Panama.. at Managua,
Nicaragua: Sheldon whitehouse. of New
York Cnow secretary Of the legation Al
Managua. Nicaragua. to Greece and
Montenegro.
To be consuls general: Robert P. Skin
ner, Of Ohio NOW consul general at Ber-
lln). at London. England: julius c. Lay,
of the District Of Columbia (now consul
general at Rio de Janeiro). at Berlin.
Germany: Alfred L. NJ. Gottschalk. of
New York NOW consul general at large).
at Rio de Janeiro. Brazil.
To be consuis transfers): Frank Deed
MEYER of Alabma Jnow consul at Pra-
guel, at Chemnitz. Germany; Wilbur T.
Gracey, OF California (now consul at Pro
gresol. at Seville, Spain; Charles S
winans. of Michigan Cnow consul at Sc
viIleI. at Nuremberg, Bavaria: Charles
X. Moser. Of Virginia (now consul at Co.
lombo). at Harbin, China
To be consuls new appointments
Henry II. Balch. of Madison. Ala. at st.
stephen. New Brunswick. Canada: George
h. Donald. of Mobile. Ala, at Mara
caibo. Venezuela; William L Jenkins, of
Gwynedd. Pa, at Guadeloupe, West In
dies; George s. Messersmith, of Dover.
Del, at Fort Erie. Ontario, Canada, and
Harry G. Seltzer, Of Hamburg, Pa. at
Breslau, Germany.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge will sail
for Europe today on the Olympic. II was
reported that Senator Root. Senator Lip
pitt. and Senator Oliver have all made
plans TO sail shortly.
The Senate. in executive session yester-
day. confirmed the nomination of Will
lam G. Sharp. of Elyria. Ohio. a Repre-
sentative in the House and a member of
the Foreign Affairs Committee. as Am
bassador to France. There was no oppo-
sition. Mr.. Sharp will succeed Myron T.
Herrick, of Cleveland.
The President yesterday nominated
Representative William F. Murray, OF
Boston. as postmaster at Boston.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-20
Swartzell, Rheem &
Hensey Co.,
727 Fifteenth Street 1'orthvest
BILL FOR SEA SAFETY
REPORTED TO HOUSE
Substitute for La Follette's Measure
Proposes Many Improvements on
Navigation Rules.

A substitute for the La Toilette sea-
mans bill. passed by the Senate some
months ago. was reported to the House
yesterday blythe Committee on Merchant
Marine and Fisheries, OF which Repre-
sentative Alexander. Of Missouri. is
chairman. The bin Is designed primarily
to promote the safety OF life and prop
erty at sea and tc promote the welfare
OF American seamen. 1t provides for the
use of a greater number OF life craft on
passenger vessels and reduces the hours
Of work of seamen- What are regarded
as harsh measures in the treatment OF
seamen are prohibited. The bill requires
the whole crew to participate in and
perform the fire and lifeboat drills.
The bill creates new requirements for
able seamen.' specifying that they may
he nineteen years of age and over. and
have three years sea service. Drastic
regulations are laid down for the protec-
ton of life at sea-
The bill provides that an officer, petty
ofhcer, or able seaman shall be placed
in charge of each nfeboat. or pontoon
raft, and he shall have a list of its crew,
and see to il that the men placed under
his orders are acquainted with their
duties and stations. At the beginning OF
each voyage the master of a vessel must
certify to the proper authorities that all
regulations looking to safety have been
observed.
Discussing the wreck of the Titanic, the
Monroe and the Empress of Ireland. the
committee expresses this opinion:
I'VE are of the opinion that a lifeboat
is the best form of safety device under
favorable conditions. but It rarely hap
pens that they can all be launched safe
ly in the event of fire or shipwreck. The
Titanic sank under favorable weather
conditions and after time enough to
launch them had elapsed to have made
it entirely practicable to save all on board
IL sufficient lifeboats had been provided %
The opinion is expressed in the report
that in the instances of the steamships
seem that collision might have been
avoided il the navigating officers had
observed the rules of safe navigation"