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The Washington herald., 1914-08-31
HAITI PAY BILLS
FIRMS APPEAL TO u. S.
New York Merchants Want State De-
partment to Recover MiIicu
Dollars Due Them.
MAY TAKE IT FROM CUSTOMS

Information has come to the stEts De-
partment that several merchants IN New
York City are considerably worried be-
cause Of their inability to obtain pay
ment for 100000 worth Of merehandisO
they have shipped to Haiti within the
last few months. Their trouble Is eansed
by discontinuancs OF specie payments
| In Haiti. and the impossibTity under
present conditions Of having drafts hon
ored in London and France.
The men affected are small expoFtsrs.
They are trying to induce the government
70 take an interest In the situation IN
order mat bills due them may be collect
ed without further delay. They also be-
lleve that this is the time for the United
States to extend its trade with Haiti,
measure by England, Germany, and
France
his matter was called to tha Stten-
lion OF the State Department by Repre-
sentative Townsend Of New Jersey. some
Of these New York merchants ar resi-
dents OF the district in New Jersey rep
resented by Mr.. Townsend. Mr. Town.
send has suggested in behalf Of thess
merchants that the government ADVANCE
approximately a million dollars to be
used as a credit in discharEfnE the
debts OF the Haiten buyers There Is
no suggestion that this money shall be
taken out Of the Treasury. It's use e.,
desired only as a temporary credit to
bridge over the ditnculties of the New
York exporters involved.
To carry out the plan proposed by Mr..
Townsend. II will be necessary TO gee
the assent Of the government OF Haiti
II is suggested that Haiti agree to.
guarantee the United States against
loss by pledging its customs or other
reve 7hes to the amount named. NJ.
Townsend has received assurances that
the State Department will use its good
offices in the matter
The Washington herald., 1914-08-31
Commander of British
Fleet Goes Home Piqued

London. Aug. 3O-Vice Admiral Boue
de Iayryrere, admiralissimo OF the
French fleet, has assumed command OF
the combined English-French Mediter-
ranean fleet according to an oficial an
nouncement issued today. In consequence
of this Admiral Sir a. Berkeley Milne,
who was senior to the French admiral.
has given over the command and re-
turned home.
The conduct and disposition Of Admiral
Milne regarding the tGerman cruisers
Goeben and Breslau. was the subject Of
a careful examination by the admiralty
board, which approved the measure taken
by Sir Berkeley.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-31

The principal value Of aviators is to
foretell where the enemy means TO
strike the hardest blow by watching
from the skies the moving masses be-
low. I have talked with one German
aviator prisoner and another French
aviator scout, who has been up daily
over the whole region from Luxem-
burg to Brussels and from Charleroi
to Mons.
The German was Uncommunicative.
but I ascertainsd two extremely sig
nificant facts. First. Germany accom-
plished her greatest movement of
troops by forced marches. AT night
100000 men moved without a single
light. while small detnChments OF troops
were sent with lights in the contrary
direction expressly to fool the aviators
The second fact is that French avia-
tors are under strict orders not to
fly lower than a mile and a half. At
that height even by day II is impos-
sible to distinguish between German
and English troops with most powerful
glasses. Both wear khaki uniforms
with not a single helmet or buckle
showing. The guns have been made
llt C0lOI VI SIdss anu NHllG nOEets IN
the cavalry have been painted green
all over. When marching no flags are
shown.
French troops. on the contrary. are
distinguishable anywhere by German
aviatOrs because of the red in their
uniforms and the metal helmets shin
ing like calcium lights. Considering
the wonderful up-to-dateness OF the
French artillery and cavalry in other
respects 1t is amazing that this was
not thought Of.
The bodies Of German dead were
cremated in some places the night
after the battle. Funeral pyres light
the skies even while the bate is rag
ing. The German army knows no
night. Their artillery maintains inces-
SAINT shelling and their cavalry some
times attacks in force in the middle of
the night. German soldiers apparently
require no sleep.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-31
Soldiers Get Hottentots'
Rifles by Missionary's Ruse

London, Aug. 30-A special dispatch 20
the Exchange Telegraph Company from
Capetown, says:
The Germans in Southwest Africa
gravely alarmed by the attitude Of the
natives. determined to disarm the hiiher-
to loyal tribes. A German missionary
was instructed TO summon a tribal gath
erIng and the HOttentots flocked from
the surrounding country. They brought
along their rifles. which they stacked
prior to the meeting and while the mis-
sionary gave an eloquent address. Ger
man soldiers Confiscated the rifles.
The tribes furiously resent this
triCkery."
The Washington herald., 1914-08-31
Friendly with Frenchman,
German Aviator Executed

Copenhagen (via London). Aug. 30
Helmuth Hirth the well-knOwn German
aviator was shot :oday in Berlin as a
spy because OF his friendliness with
Roland Garros. the French aviator. with
whom he had been in correspondence be-
fore the war.
A Danish subject and an English
clergyman are reported to have been shot
as spies in Hamburg. The Dane was
charged with intercepting wireless mes
saEes from the German feet at Kiel
through a wireless station established on
his roof. The clergyman was living in
the house with the Dane.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-31
SAY ADRIATIC WILL SAIL ON
SCHEDULE; ENVOY PROTESTS

New York, Aug 30-The protest entered
in Washington against the admission OF
the White Star liner Adriatic with four
inch guns mounted fore and aft, was
followed tonight by the rumor that the
Adriatic plans to slip out of New York
Harbor as soon as she receives her
clearance papers tomorrow and head for
Halifax to embark reservists for Eng
land. Oficials OF the line denounced the
rumors as untrue, and declared the Adri-
attic would sail on Thursday as an
nounced The customs authorities de-
clared that her new armament does not
make the Adriatic, in the eyes OF the
law, a man-of-war.
Count Won Bernstorff, the German Am
bassador raised the point that the Adri-
attic could not stay in New York Harbor
longer than twenty-four hours. because
she carried guns and accordingly must
be regarded as q warship. 9
The Washington herald., 1914-08-31
German Paraphrases "GOd Is
With Heaviest Battalions'

Rotterdam. Aug. 3o.-A. r. Miller. OF
Louisville, KY, tells story illustraf-
ing the practical view the Germans take
Of the war While Mr.. Miller was in
Hanover a clergyman in an address TO
large congregation on the morning
following mobilization said:
We are now face to face with Pc
culiar situat al. No doubt the Russians,
French and English will pray God 10
give them victory. but there is only one
God and since he is just and impartial
and they are also his children. We, in
order to win, must work as well as
pray. We must fight harder than the
others.
God may not always side with the
big guns, but big guns will certainly
help him make a right decision
The Washington herald., 1914-08-31
which the British retirement was con-
Quoted.
Enemy Lost Heavily.

Euehns LOST he9NAys
Very heavy losses, far In excess OF
anything suffered by US, were inflicted
upon the enemy, who in dense formation
and enormous masses marched forward
again and again to storm the British
lines.
THE British retirement proceeded on
the 18th with continuous fighting. though
not on the scale Of the previous tive
days. 1t had been intended to RESUME
the retirement at daybreak on the 2sth,
but the German attack. in which no less
than five corps were engaged, became
so fierce that It was not possible 70 carry
out this intention until afternoon.
The battle on August Is was most
severe. The English troops offered 8
superb and most stubborn resistance
against the tremendous odds which con-
fronted them. They extricated them
selves in good order, though with Sc
rious losses under the heaviest Of artil-
lery fire.
The only guns taken by the enemy
were those drawn by horses, which were
all killed
During the whole Of those opera
tions from the sd TO the 18th, inclusive,
Sir John French estimates his losses
at between 5000 and 5000. On the other
hand, the losses suffered by the Ger
mans In their ATTACK across thes open
and through their dense formations are
out OF all proportions to those we suf-
fered. In Landrecles alone on August
24th the German infantry brigade ad-
vanced In close formation into a mar
row street Our machine guns were
brought to bear on them from the end
Of the town and the column was swept
away. A frightful panic ensued. Es-
timated no less than 500 TO 800 dead
and wounded Germans were lying on this
street alone"
The Washington herald., 1914-08-31
DARTMOUTH ELEVEN
+ MAKES EARLY START
Big Green Team Has Already Assem-.
bled-Coach Farrier to Train the
Freshmen Club.

Dartmouth's football season starts
early this year. Although college does
not open until September .. Head Coach
Frank W. Cavanaugh has left Worcester
for Hanover where he found several can
d!dates for the Big Green Team already
assembled. Cavanaugh will be assisted
in coaching Capt whItney's team by
Louden, the varsity end OF last season
and baseball captain this spring. and by
Farrier, the crack center Of ten years
ago. who will devote himself to the fresh
man squad Former Head Coach 'BilI''
Randall will. as usual, do most Of the
scouting.
Word comes from Chicago that c. W.
Spears. the big lineman Of last years
freshman team, left the st. Luke's Hos
pital yesterday His knee was operated
on for floating cartilage. and his avail
ability as a varsity candidate is in
doubt
When the Michigan machine starts up
against the Harvard horde in the big
intersectiOnal gridiron battle at the
Stadium, Oct 81, the Western warriors
will be inspired by the strains of The
Vlctors." played by the University Of
Michigan band.
Manager S ]. Hoexter has alre ldy
made arrangements for the full mem
Sership OF the Wolverine musical or
ganization TO make the trip to Boston.
The musicians will go by way Of New
York city. where they will give a con-
cert at the time Of the mass meeting
OF the Michigan alumni in that city the
night before the game.
The CIorneII football season for the
fail OF 1914 will be opened on Sept. 3. when
all candidates for the varsity eleven are
expected to report TO DR.. Albert II.
Sharpe OF Yale, the head coach.
In addition to DR.. Sharpe. the Cornell
football management has engaged Dan
lei A. Reed and Ray Van Orman. two
graduates. to help in the coaching, Al
though since Cornell routed Penn last
Thanksgiving Day the general opinion at
Ithaca has been stronger for Coach
Sharpe than it was before.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-31
Capture of German
Cruiser Is Denied

Victoria. British Columbia, Aug. a.
report received here today that the
Cruiser Leizig had been captured and
was being towed into port is denied At
the EsquimaIt Navy Yard. The japanese
cruiser Idzuma sailed from here yesar-
day under sealed orders.
The British cruiser Castle arrived to-
day from the China station and VIII r.
main for a few daYs being nNerhaltf.N
The Washington herald., 1914-08-31
Berlin Is Reported Quiet;
Food Prices Almost Normal

Copenhagen. Aug. 30.-The Reuter- Agen-
cy has received the following telegram
from a private source in Berlin.
Affairs here are almost normal
There have been a few business failures
as was to be expected. but these had no
effect on the enthusiasm for war. Two
large firms have each dismissed one
third OF their STATS. All business houses
open at a m. and remain open until
p. m
Salaries have been reduced by half
Prices are normal, even in the pestaur-
ants. The city is quite tranquil.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-31
Germans in Death Trap,
Sedan Refugee Relates

Paris. Aug 30.-The first story OF the
slaughter OF a German detachment in
Sedan has just reached Paris. refugee
says:
When the Prussians approached the
town the French force concealed itself
on one of the heights overlooking Sedan.
from which the Germans bombarded the
town in 1870.
The KaIser's troops fell into the
trap. When they encamped in the Place
Nassau the French guns suddenly
opened a murderous fire.
The square soon became heaped six
feet high with the dead. What hap
pened afterwards 1 do not know, as l
fed the town"
The Washington herald., 1914-08-31
employees IN PANAMA
TO BUILD OWN HOMES

Panama, Aug. 3O-Owing to the great
demand for quarters and the congested
conditions of those owned by the
Panama Canal Government, Col. G.
w. Goethals, Governor. has decided to
permit many OF the employees to build
their own homes on the Canal Zone un-
der certain conditions.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-31
VETERANS AT LOUISVILLE.
Spanish War Encanpment Opens
Today with Kentucky Welcome.

To-day with KentucICy Welcome.
Louisville. KY, Aug. 30-The eleventh
national encampment of the United Span
ish War Veterans will begin here tomor-
row morning with an address Of well
come by Mayor John H. Buschmeyer and
Gov. James B. McCreary.
Tuesday will be taken up with tht
nomination of officers and a night pa
rade. On Wednesday oficers will be
elected and the place for the holding OF
the next encampment will be determined
upon, the convntion ending formally with
a parade.
One of the questions TO come up before
this encampment will be the determining
of the location for a permanent national
headuarters. The Washington delegation
will make all efforts to have il there. The
officers in the Washington delegation are
Commander-in-Chief John Lewis Smith,
Adjt Gen. Rausch, Quartermaster Gen.
Peter, Assistant Adjt. Gen. James E.
Maynard. Provost Marshal G. Leyburn
Shorey, Inspector Gen. Sheridan FeTree,.
and Jere A. Costello.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-31
NURSE PAYS OWN WAY
TO THE SCENE OF WAR

Chicago. Aug. 3o.-Miss Adolthine
Winkler has gone to Europe. She has
two suitcases packed with uniforms OF a
nurse. She is paying all her expenses
from her own earnings.
Il have two brothers in the German
army" she said. Il am a trained nurse.
The responsibility of service rests as
heavily upon me as them, and I cannot
wait"
The Washington herald., 1914-08-31
CAPITAL MAN HELD IN PARIS

Binghampton. N. Y. Aug 3O.-wfliam
F. Edgerton. Of Washington. D. c., has
been arrested in Paris and held because
he could not establish his citizenship. ac-
cording to a cable received here today.
Edgerton was born here and applied
for a birth certificate.
There is no such name in the Wash
ington city directory.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-31
MORE EDUCATION" FOR NAVY.
Daniels Creates New Office to Meet
Needs of Ills "PoIIcy.'

Daniels Creates New Ontce TO Meet
Needs of Ills "PoIIcy.'
| An laid for education" has been add
ed to Secretary of the Navy Daniels stan.
It is a brand-new office created to meet
the needs of the Daniels navy policy.
The first incumbent will be Capt George
r. Clark, now commandant Of the Great
Lakes Naval Training Station. He will!
enter upon his new duties September 15.
Secretary Daniels expresses the view
that the creation of this new office will
be helpful in increasing me efficiency Of
the system Of education for the enlisted
men Of the navy established by him last
December.
Capt. Clark is experienced in the con-
duct OF one OF the education branches
of the navy and Mr.. Daniels thinks he
will be of great service in co-ordinating
the general educational work of the
naval service.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-31
Wilson Stays Indoors;
Col. House His Guest

Windsor. Vt. Aug. 3o.-President Will
son departed from his usual custom of
attending church services today, remain
ing at home on account of the damp and
chill which followed yesterdays rain.
He has as his guest TODAY Col. f. NJ.
House, OF Texas. hN intimate friend
The Washington herald., 1914-08-31
Carnegie Will Flee
From European Wal

London, Aug. 9o-Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Carnegie have decided to return home to
America. The peace-loving ironmaster
feels that he is too close to wars alarms
for comfort.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-31
U. S. CRUISER TO La PAS.

The United States armored cruiser West
virginia has been ordered TO La Pas, on
the west coast of Mexico, to replace the
armored cruiser California as flagship OF
that station. The change constitutes nc
reduction of force in West Mexican
waters, as the two ships are OF about
equal displacement, complement and arm
ament
The Washington herald., 1914-08-31
AIR SCOUTS FAIL TO ENLIGHTEN FRENCH GENERALS;
GERMANS MOVE AT NIGHT BY FORCED MARCHES
Herald and London
By Special Correspont


1 $
veoped
in
OF I'M The efour-day battle Of deciv
The Washington herald., 1914-08-31


That England is not alone in filling the
gaps that have been torn in the fighting
line IN France is indicated by an oficial
dispatch from Paris, which declares that
the war ministry will call the 1914 class
OF reservists TO the colors and will also
call the active reserves and the older
classes Of the territorial reserve, whS
momentarily have been sent to their bar
racks
An oficial statement from the British
war Office throws considerable light upon
activities Of the British troops in the
four-day battle which opened at Mons
on the I'D and ended on the 18th. The
British troops 'co-operated with the
French and resisted and checked the
German advance while Withdrawing to
the new line Of defense. known as the
second line.
Vigorous efforts on the part OF the
Germans, through superior numbers, to
prevent the safe withdrawal OF the
British army, were frustrated by the
sturdiness and skill with which the Brit
ssh retirement was conducted. The bat
tie on the 26th was severe and desperate.
The English troops, although over
whelmed by tremendous odds, eXtricated
themselves in good order. though with
serious losses under heavy artillery fire.
Machine Guns at Work.
In Landrecies on the 18th the Ger
man infantry brigade advanced in close
order into a narrow street and our ma
chine guns swept the column away, kill
ing and wounding between 500 and SOC
and creating frightful panic.
The war office tonight officially con-
firTned the occupation OF Apia, in German
Samoa, by the New Zealand troops. Apia
UpolU. one of the three islands which
came into the possession Of Germany
through a treaty with the United States
in 1899
Naval activity was resumed today, ac-
cording TO dispatches from Amsterdam.
Another great naval battle is believed
TO be in progress off the coast Of South
Holland. Heavy firing has ben heard
al Maasluis. 1t came from a westerly
and northwestern direction. The captain
of the steamer Import declares he heard
heavy gun firing in the same direction
for an hour The Import was chased by
a big battleship with four tunnels which
did not unfurl its flag.
Dureau Tells of Troops.
A general outline of what part the
British troops shared in the recent oper-
ations on the Franco-B Belgian frontier
was issued by the official press bureau
this evening. II SAYS:
There has been a four days battle,
August o, p, 25, and Is. During the
whole Of this period. the British troops
acted in conformity with the general
movement of the French armies. They
resisted and checked the German ad-
vance while Withdrawing to new lines
of defense
The battle began at Mons Sunday,
during which day and part of the night
the German attack, which was stubbornly
pressed and repeated was completely
checked
On Monday, the 24th. the Germans
made vigorous efforts through superior
numbers To prevent the safe withdrawal
Of the British army. This was frus-
trated by the steadiness and skill with
The Washington herald., 1914-08-31
MESsIMY on STAFF.

Paris, Aug. S0.-Adolphe Messimy. form
er French minister OF war. today assumed
his post on the general stan OF the army.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-31

st. Louis in 1914 will pay SlO.s17,5OSs2
for city government.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-31
To Call out All Reserves.

were two oficers and twenty-seven men
killed and thirty-eight wounded.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-31
KAISER'S Army
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The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1914-06-12
Amendment Comprises 1900 Miles at
an Approximate Cost of $500 per
Mile; Many Tourists Will Be At
tracred to State.

The state engineer has prepared
measure for the construction of a Sc
rieS of good roads throughout the
state at a cost of $5,000,000. The
matter is to be brought about as a
constitutional amendment and will
provide funds, if approved, for COM
pleting the state highway. The prop
osition will be submitted to the voters
for acceptance or rejection on No
vember 8, at the regular election.
The principal features of the amend
ment are:
The designation and provision for
the construction of a system of state
highways. One across the north from
the Needles through Springerville;
one across the south from Yuma to
Phoenix, thence by two routes, via
Globe through Clifton and via Tucson
through Douglas; and one north to
south from the Grand Canyon to No
gales. A system of highways connect
ing every county seat and nearly all
the largest towns in the state.
A bond issue of $5,000,QO0, bearing
interest not to exceed per cent per
annum and to be retired between
1880 and 1850. Said bonds to be is
sued and old by the loan commission
ers of the state (the governor, treas
urer and auditory at such times and in
such amount that the board of con-
troll (the governor, auditor and citizen
member) decide is necessary to carry
on the construction work.
This fund is to be expended by the
state board of control and the state
engineer and under the direction of
the latter. Disbursements are to be
made en- claims approved by the state
engineer and audited by the state au-
ditor.
At least rs per cent of the amount
that each county contributes to this
fund must be expended in such coun-
ty; % per cent will constitute a gen.
eral fund which. will be expended in
th SO counties that have the largest
Or most difficult mileage to construct
with a proportionately small fund per
mile.
As it is possible that some securities
may have more than sufficient to con-
struct the highways enumerated in
the amendment, it has been provided
that tf3a lIneXpended credit or bal
ance. NAV be expended on such other
state highways as selected by the re-
spective boards of supervisors and the
state engineer.
The creation of a state highway ad
visory board of five members who
will serve without salary. AS its