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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06
AMERICAN BANKS PREPARED
secretary McAdoo Plans to Minimize
Financial Burdens Caused by
European War.


Washington, Aug. 4.-The machin.
cry of the federal government has
been turned toward fortifying the Am.
erican banking system so that this ma.
tons share in the financial burden
or European war will be distributed
on many shoulders and It's direct eff.
fects minimized.
Conferences at the White House and
treasury department, eliminated late
yesterday in the departure for New
York of Secretary McAdoo and Comm.
troller of the Currency Williams.
These two men have authority TO mt
in operation the plan which congress
designed years ago for such situations
as the present by which the national
banks of the country can obtain $500.
100000 In currency under the Aldrich.
Vreeland act with which to face anv
condition and meet any obligation.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06
HOPES TO AVERT RAIL STRIKE
PRESIDENT BRINGING ENGINEMEN
AND MANAGERS TOGETHER.
Latter Are Warned Of Calamity That
Walkout Might Bring to the
Nation.

Washington, Aug. 3.-Unoficial re,
ports that the managers of the 9s
western railroads involved in the
threatened strike of $4,000 engineers
and firemen will heed President Will
sons plea for peace are current among
men in close touch with the situation.
The president is understood to be con.
fident that a strike will be unneces-
sary.
Appeals to Managers.
The committee of managers to whom
the president appealed is to tell Mr..
Wilson whether they will accept the
settlement proposed by the federal
board Of mediation, which suggested
the arbitration of wage differences.
The president called in Charles p.
Neil, former commissioner of labor,
and had him take a message to he
railroad managers again urging on
them the necessity for adopting the
proposed plan of settlement.
Might Bring Great Calamity.
The railroad managers were asked
TO remember that a great calamity
might come to the country if a strike
is declared by the engineers n fire
men, thus holding UP the movement
OF the crops of the West.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06
HALF MILLION SEATTLE FIRE
Grand Trunk Pacific Pier and Cole
man Dock Destroyed in Heart of
Water Front.

Seattle, Wash, Aug. 1.-Ffre de.
stroyed the Grand Trunk Pacific pier
and damaged the Coleman dock, two
of the largest passenger wharves in
the heart of the Seattle water front,
causing a loss estimated at 100000,
mostly covered by insurance. Eight
persons were injured, four seriously,
but all will recover.
The greatest loss was sustained by
the franc Trunk Pacific Steamship
company, owners of the Grand Trunk
pier, which was valued at $35O,O0O
The damage to the Coleman dock is
estimated at $4,000. The rest of the
loss is distributed among occupants of
the Grand Trunk pier and included
several hundred tons of freight stored
in the warehouse.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06
carranza And carvalaI Aor..,ro

Washington, July 30.-General Car.
rama and Provisional President Car.
oa1ai have agreed on a base for the
arrangement OF peace in Mexico, &C.
cording 20 a message receivd here by
Jose Castellot, personal representative
OF Carbajal. With respect to amnesty
and guarantees, General Carranza. it
Is understood, win promise immunity
TO all except those directly responsible
for the overthrow of Madero. Practic.
ally all those said to be guilty fled
Mexico. and that exception will not be
opposed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

10 go TO the assistance of France in
the event of an European war.
American Tourists Trarped.
London, Aug. 4.-Hundreds of ma.
rooned Americans are arriving tonight
from the continent. All are anxious r.
get home, but few have been able tc
secure accommodations. They report
hundreds of Americans still in Franc
ana Germany and absolutely unable tc
get away from these nations. Ac.
cording to the stories told by the
Americans arriving here the Euro.
peans have taken advantage of their
plight to gouge out of them every pos.
sible dollar.
6arbaric Warfare in Servia.
washington, Aug. 4.-If the expert.
ence of the recent past is n guide &c
the immediate future, the war between
Austrla-Hungary and Servia will prc.
duce revolving scenes of bar
barity and savagery. During the
Balkan wars the Carnegie Peace
endowment sent an ipterna.
tional commission to the countries
engaged in conflict. This commissions
report pictured CHASTITY conditions and
condemned the conduct of Bulgarians.
Greeks and Servians, to say nothing of
the Turks.
Bankers Would Avert War,
London, Aug. 3.-That the powerfu'
financial interests both here and on
the continent, are bringing into play
every possible line Of persuasion TO
prevent the general war, has deveL
oped.
England Modifying Forces.
washington, Aug. 4.-Oficial dis
patches received here report England
modifying forces along the North Sea,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06
Want Wilson to Settle War.

Brussels, Aug. S.-The international
bureau of peace sent an appeal TO
President Wilson to offer his media.
uon In the European conflict. The
bureau also asked the German en-
peror to use his efforts to settle the
controversy, reminding him that the
twenty-fifth anniversary of his reign
been celebrated amid peace. Presi-
dent Poincare Of France, Emperor
Nicholas Of Russia and Pop. Plus
were among others appealed to in the
interest of peace.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06
Chicago 'change Stays Open.

Chicago, Aug. 3.-Armour's millions
rescued the wheat trade from panic.
Instead of chaos resulting from a set
element day in the midst of a war
market. with possibly scores of firms
embarrassed. and a virtual certainty
mat bankruptcies. few or many, would
ensue. the Chicago Board of Trade
was enabled to maintain the record of
never having closed. The chief reason
was that rs e~ntangled firms and indi-
viduals on change were freely Civ a
aid fy Armour & Co.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

A man who wishes to benefit his
kind these days may have no oppor-
tunity to be a hero in war, a res
cGer In peace, or spend millions in
charity, but he can always swat the
flies.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

Now some scientist comes cut with
the solemn slrmise that signs point
to the fact that the noon is inhabited.
And the mar in the moon smiling
down b~enevolently all these years on
true lovers!
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06
PLAN TO VANGuisH FRANCE IN
INTERVAL BEFORE RUSSIA CAN
CREATE SERIOUS TROUBLE
ON NORTHERN FRONTIER.
GERMANS ARE REPULSED AT
GREY WITH HEAVY LOSSES
Movement Made Without Formal Dec
laration of War-kaiser Unable
to Answer England as to Re-
sPectins Belgium's Men,
trality.

London, Aug. 4. - German forces
have begun the invasion of France
without so far as is known, a declara.
tion OF war having been made. Two
German d~etachments entered French
territory moving in the direction of
Paris.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

A Philadelphia girl, going to the res.
U OF a young man In a fight. knocked
his assailant senseless with her fist-
Yet such Is the force of customs and
tradition that people will 60 on calling
It the weaker SEX"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

ny tHe BRUSH ambassador at Berlin
as % whether she is prepared to re.
spect the neutrality of Belgium.
Ihis statement appeared in a com.
munication issued by the French EN-.
bassy.
The neutrality of Belgium has been
guaranteed by Great Britain and she
is bound to protect Belgium for her
own safety as Belgium under German
rule would be a never ending menace
to England.
war Was Result Expected.
London, Aug. 4,-Events in the En-
ropean crisis developed with startling
rapldity. The German ultimatum to
Russia, demanding that Russia cease
the mobilization of her army, expired
and a few hours later the German en-
peror signed a mobilization order.
The German ambassador at st.
Petersburg, Count Won Pourtales. de-
llvered a declaration of war in the
name of his government to the Rus
sian government and the entire STAFF
OF the embassy Immediately left st.
Petersburg.
After the Warlike speeches delivered
by the German emperor and the inn
perlal chancellor at Berlin, no other
result could be expected. Hopes that
the dreaded event might be averted
a been raised by the Intervention of
King George in st. Petersburg and
the fact that the German reichstag
was no to be convened until Tuesday.
Hence the actual declaration ss wal
had not been expected for another day
or two.
Now the die is cast and Europe is
to be plunged into a general war which
has been the apprehension of Euro
pean statesmen for generations.
Placards were posted in Paris call.
Ing for general mobilization and the
German ambassador, although he had
not been handed his passports, was
preparing to leave the French capital.
Germans and Russians Clash.
The first shots in the Russo-German
war were exchanged between patrols
yesterday afternoon near Prostken. 100
miles to the southeast of Konigsberg
The only ~redeeming feature of the
darkest prospect with which Europe
has been faced for half a century, is
that Italy has declared her neutrality.
But how long that neutrality can be
is an exceedingly debatable
question.
Great Britain's position already has
been defined by Premier Asquith in
the British parliament. He declared
that she is under no formal obligation
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

Zurich beasts OF women bootblacks
who knit stockings when business is
III II a woman can polish a pan
TO perfection she ought to be able to
do fairly well with q shoe.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

Don't work up q lot OF sympathy for
yourself on the hard luck basis. Think
of the men who swan ashore from a
sinking boat, only to be run over BY a
locomotive.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06
TO POSTPONE Gun Race.

London, Aug. 3.-Sir Thomas Upton
declared he had definitely decided no,
to race at Sandy Hook next September
for the Americas cup If England be-
comes engaged in war.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

II takes all kinds of people to make
a world, including the fussy old gentle
man who likes to concoct his own
salad dressing.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

Women are Drawer than men" saws
. preacher. who is evidently prepared
TO discount their antics in the pres
ence of q mouse.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

n new comet which is coming TO-
wards us is travelling a million miles
q day. Racing motorists will bewail
the fact that they cannot hitch their
gasoline wagons to this sort OF a
star.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

b preacher who announced a SER
mon against the 1914 bathing suit
ought appropriately to make It a short
one.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

An English naturalist tells OF the
existence Of a bachelor club among
Wild deer; sort Of a stag party, we
presume.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

The doom Of the slim woman is an.
nounced; thank goodness. every girl
has her day!
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

Just now the best charity is a block
of ice.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

Since poets are born and not made,
mere is some consolation in a de-
creasing birthrate.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

There IN two kinds OF men in the
world. those who boot and those who
root. And you can belong to either
class you choose.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

A slump in batting is bad medicine
TOT the diamond star. but desirable for
those who are already too batty.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

IL Is better to W a baby carriage
and be out OF debt than to have an
automobile with a mortgage on 1t.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

That old saying about going far
fher and faring worse deters nobody
from seeking a vacation in a distant
place.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

Funerals for dogs have become
commonplace, but Paris reports a new
one-a dogs baptismal party.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

The ice that is delivered at the back
door often falls short of what Il is
cracked up to be.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

a S4.ooo,00O thermos combine is pro-
posed. After this. no one a say
there is nothing In a vacuum.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06
Odessa sourse Is Closed.

Odessa, Aug. 1.-The bourse has
been closed for three days. The great
est activity prevails in the corn mar.
ket.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

IL is no difficult matter now for a
wouid-oe angler to work UP fearful
sympathy for the poor. lonely fish.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

One trouble about marrying a rich
heiress, It's so hard to earn the money
a%fterward.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

Nobody loves a lover in a breach OF
promise suit.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

NOW m again the annual triumph
OF the plain girl who ans over the
pretty girl who freckles.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

Isn't 1t a sign of degeneration OF the
race when a young man puts powder
on his face?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06
other Steamers Suspend Service.

New York, Aug. 3.-The trans
atlantic service between New York
and continental Europe was suspend
ed by the Cunard line and the Inter
national Mercantile Marine Company,
which controls the White Star, Red
Star. American. Leyland. Dominion
and Atlantic transport lines. Sailings
for British ports via these lines were
not interrupted. Hundreds of persons
had engaged passage via these lines
for Mediterranean and Scandinavian
ports.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

The man who makes a failure of
marriage would probably be a fail
ure single.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

Yes, 1t is hot enough. Don't ask
again, please.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

An exciting summer sport is rails
Ing the family vacation fund.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

Our navy seems to be taking to
water Just as a perfectly good navy
should.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

It's an easy summer on thermome-
tiers.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

Still, what is an umbrella more or
less between friends?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

Talking of dull times is a mighty
poor way OF booming business.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

IL Is to be hoped that ~red-haired peo-
pie are nev as hct as they look.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06

Some men talk of themselves. And
others write letters to the ewspapers
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06
Army Crosses Frontier.

One German force crossed the
French frontier near the village of
Grey, between Nancy and Strassburg,
and another German detachment
probably the Twenty-ninth infantry,
Saturday night, invaded the Grand
Duchy of Luxembourg, neutral terri
tory between Belgium and Germany,
and continued it's march on the French
fortified town of Longwy. A dispatch
from Brussels said there was good rea-
son to believe that this force, later in
the day, entered France.
Germans Are RepuIsed.
The German force which came into
France near Grey, which is 40 miles
from Nancy, is reported to have been
repulsed with heavy losses, but this
has not yet been confirmed.
Apparently the Germany army is du-
~olicating the first movement of the
Franco-Prussian a 1t was on Aug
z, 1870, that the French and Germans
FLASHED in the first battle of that war
at S~aarbrucken where the Prince I'm
perial, under the orders of the emner.
or, received his famous Baptism of
fire."
1t appears that Germany is taking
the fullest possible advantage of her
supposed superiority in rapid mobihza.
ton over France.
The plan of the German emperor
according RI fnilifnr, nl..
is to vanguish or attempt to yanguisb
France in the interval before Russia
will be able to create serious trouble
her northern frontier. 1t is sun.
posed that Russian mobilization will
take about three weeks.
All Geographic and telephone com
between Brussels and Lux.
emburg has been severed.
Invade Neutral Territory.
BY the treaty of London, signed in
1867, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
was declared neutral territory. Its in.
and independence were guar.
Longwy is a fortified town of France
the Belgium frontier, 40 miles
of Metz in Germany.
A train full of German soldiers ar.
at the station at Luxembure
during the night. The troops seized
the station and the bridges on the Ire.
yes and Trois Vierges line in order !,
insure the regular passage of military
rains across the Grand Duchy.
Encounter French Forces.
According to an evening -newspaper
published at Liege, 10000 German
troops crossed the French frontier
his morning near Nancy. They IN.
French forces and were re-
pulsed with heavy losses. This news
however, lacks confirmation.
A telephone dispatch from Brussels
says 1t was reported that Germany !
had declared val on France and that
the French ambassador, Jules Cambon.
had left the German capital. This re-
port could not be confirmed.
France Issues Statement.
The French embassy yesterday is
the following statement:
French territory has been invaded
Grey and German troops are
marching on the fort at Grey. This
ict has been committed without a dec
aration OF war. The German ambas-
is at present in Paris.'
Germany declared today that she
vas unable to answer the question put
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-06
GENERAL WAR CRISIS,

p" One hundred thousand German
. troops cross the duchy of Luxem-
" burg and are concentrating on the
" frontier of France. Twenty-Five
> thousand Germans are engaged in
" constructing earthworks at the
. concentration point.
" = : 3
Four European powers, Austro-
Hungary, Russia, Germany and
= France are now actually ENGAGED
" IN warfare. Germany and France
: appear to be trying to throw the
. onus and responsibility for a for.
" NAL declaration of war on each
= other.
Great sritain's policy in the
" crisis will be announced by Pre-
' mier Asquith today. In the mean.
" time all England is undergoing the
=" greatest suspense il has known in
' a century.
: Russian forces invade German
-" territory at several points. One
; patrol is repulsed at a bridge over
: the Farthe and another DESTROYS
" the p~ostoffice at BiIderweitschen.
y 3 Il
TWO squadrons of Cossacks are
moving toward the frontier of East
; Prussia.
The citizen., 1914-02-06
Death of A Faithful Cook.

In the death last Friday, January 3Ist,
of Mrs. Jane E. Dowell, the family oi
Mrs. L. Victor Baughman, Poplar Ter
race, near this city, lost faithful and
competent domestic. "Jane," as she was
familiarly known to everyone who has
ever been at the Poplar Terrace IN the
last sixteen years, was a genius in the
kitchen and this part of the Baughmsn
home she managed with the utmost skill
and discretion. She had knowledge oi
cooking that commanded the admiration
OF all who ever sat down to the hospitable
board at Poplar Terrace and this faculty
OF hers was noted by many distinguishe d
guests of Mrs. Baughman and the late
General L. Victor Baughman, who de.
lighted in extending cordial welcome TO
their friends at any and all times. There
never was too many to provide for and
Jane hade method of taking care oi
things in such manner that the hostess
was never put to embarrassment because
of the appearance of the unexpected
guest. The end came suddenly after an
illness of about month. The remains
were taken to Baltimore and the funeral
took place from the home Of son. She
was born in Hartford county and came
here from Baltimore.
The citizen., 1914-02-06
Planning For Monocacy Battle
Anniversary.

The monthly meeting of Fitzhugh Lee
Chapter, 27o, United Daughters of the
Confederacy, was held Tuesday evening.
Considerable routine business was trans
acted.
Plans were discussed for the fifteenth
anniversary OF the Battle of Monocacy
which will occur on July g. Various
committees have been appointed to COM
plete the work. 1t is too early vet to an
nounce any definite program, but it is
safe to say the occasion will be one of in-
terest 1t is hoped to have speakers
from the survivors of that battle, and it is
expected that many veterans will be pres
ent As has already been published, the
proposed marker will be simple bould-
er Of Maryland Granite with tablet
suitably inscribed.
After business a selection was read
from the address of the Historian Gen
eral. Mrs Rutherford. which was delv-
cred at the annual convention in New
Orleans in November, 1913. This is. an
excellent paper entitled THE South's
Part in Making History" 1t proves how
pre- -eminently the South has been in his
tory from the Colonial period to the pres
ent day.
The citizen., 1914-02-06
Post oficeiReceipts Gain.

The receipts at the local postoffice for
the past month totaled S3,772.57, and
were announced few days ago by Post
master William c. Birey. This is a
gain of $3S4.46 over the same month for
last year.
BY the report at the end of the fiscal
year, July 1913, the receipts for one year
of the local postoffice totaled up to about
S36, ,6oo which is about S4, 900 less than
the amount which is necessary to put the
Frederick Office on the first,class list.
If the local postofiice can show gain of
about $3.50 each month during the COM
ing year the receipts will jump to the
$40, 600 mark, which is the dividing line.
There is no doubt at the rate that the
receipts are increasing that it will not be
long before the local postofice is put on
the frst-class list. 1t is estimated that in
about two years the local Office will have
made up the necessary increase in re-
ceipts.
During the latter part of December,
the Christmas holidays, the local post
office made record for itself, not only
IN the enormous increase in business but
in the manner in which the 1900 or
more parcels, of the parcel post system,
were handled. 1t is understood that OF
the thousands of packages that were
handled, only one went aStray, and that
package was recovered and delivered
without appreciable delay.
The citizen., 1914-02-06
owner of Dog Fined. $3.50.

On the charge of being the owner OF a
dog which was allowed to roam the
streets without a muzzle and which bit
two boys. Frank Heffner was found
guilty before Justice Dennis on Tuesday
evening, February 3rd, and fined s.. so.
Heffner was arrested by order of Mayor
Fraley, to whom certain residents had
complained about the canine, and al
though Dog Catcher Titlow has been do
ing some good work, the Mayor has is
sued orders to the police to arrest all
owners OF dogs, whose animals are seen
swapping at children.
Had it not been that Heffner had tried
to get rid OF the animal, Justice Dennis
stated that the fine would have been
much heavier, for one of the boys who
were bitten, Nile yesterday, was COM
PEELED to summon a physician to dress
his wounds.