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The river press., 1914-11-04
Relief For War Victims,

New York, Nov. 1.-The Rockefeller
foundation has determined to employ
its immense resources for the relief
of noncombatants in the countries af-
f1icted by war, and stands ready to
give millions of dollars if necessary"
for the purpose. This was announced
tonight by John d. Rockefeller, Jr.,
president of the foundation. In pursu-
ance of this philanthropy, the founda.
tion will send committee to Europe
in few days to report first-hand as
to how, when and where, aid can be
rendered most effectively. AT a cost
of $275,000, it already has chartered a
ship and loaded it with 1000 tons of
provisions for the relief of the starv-
ing Belgians.
"This action is taken," Mr.. Rookie
feller says, ''as natural step in full
filling the chartered purposes of the
foundation. namely: to promote the
well-being of mankind throughout the
world"
Mr.. Rockefeller has been in COM
munication with Ambassador Page at
London, and made public cablegram
in which the ambassador described the
dire need of the Belgians, and says
that ut will require a million dollars
month for seven or eight months to
prevent starvation"
The river press., 1914-11-04
Sell WrappinQs A. Meat

New York. Oct. 2S.-Prosecution Of
the Swift and Armour PafssEe COM
panies and other large packers and
wholesale provision houses for failure
to mark wrapped ham and bacon with
their weight, was recommended to At
torney General Parsons by Commits
sioner Hartigan of the mayors bu-
reau of weights and measures.
In selling these meats to retail
butchers, it is alleged, the packers
make no allowance for the weight of
the paper and burlap wrappings con-
tanning the meat, and the butchers,
therefore, are forced to charge custo-
mers enough to pay for the wrappings
which, on some packages weigh
from six to nine ounces.
The packers aver, according to the
commissioner, that the covering of
meats is sanitary precaution, and
that they are violating no law.
The commissioner holds that under
the law, paper or sacks cannot be
sold as meat, no matter what sani-
tary purposes are served thereby.
The law prescribes penalty of $25
for each violation.
The river press., 1914-11-04
Would Advance Freight Rates.

Washington, Oct. 31.-Increases in
freight rates, ranging from 10 to 40
per cent, on shipments of livestock
and packing house products, are be-
ing prepared by the eastern railways
for submission to the interstate COM
merce commission. The prospect was
that the proposed new rates would be
suspended when filed, pending an in
vestigation.
The present rate on dressed beef be.
tween New York and Chicago is As
cents hundred pounds on a minimum
weight of 10000 pounds.
1t is proposed by the roads to ad.
vance the rate to so cents hundred
and increase the minimum carload
rate to 1900 pounds. These two fac.
tors would advance the present charge
per car from $50 to $105 or about 16
per cent. Similar increases are pro.
posed on livestock and general pack.
ing house products.
The river press., 1914-11-04
War Boosts Business,

Chicago, Oct. 29.-To date it is said
that foreign orders for clothing,
trucks, harness, timed meats and the
like in the Chicago and neighboring
markets amount to between seven and
eight million dollars. Purchasing
agents of the British and French gov
ernments are in the field and the for
mer have $3,O00,Ooo gold in local
bank to be used against purchases.
The meat packers are said to have
enough European stock on hand to
keep them running full time for a
year.
William G. Bruce. secretary of the
Wisconsin Manufacturers association,
is authority for the statement that the
knitting mills of the state are swamp
ed with military orders. Coarse fur
coats, harness, shoes and light tom
mage auto trucks are among other
Wisconsin commodities being sold
he said.
The river press., 1914-11-04
Reduce Southern Representation.

New York, Oct 29.-The bitter fight
waged since 1880, to reduce the rep
resentation of southern states in re-
publican national conventions, has
been won. Charles D. Hilles, chair
man OF the republican national COM
mittee, announces that the call for the
convention of 1916 would be on the
new basis, which reduces the number
of delegates by 81.
Most of this loss falls on the south.
The plan proposed at the annual meet
ing of the national committee in
Washington last December was made
effective, Mr.. Hilles said. through its
ratification by conventions in states
which cast majority of votes in the
present electoral college.
Every state convention held since
December gave it's assent to the plan,
except that in Texas, which rejected
it,
The river press., 1914-11-04
Would Close Colorado Mines

Washington, Oct. 2S. President
Wilson was asked by Mother JONES'"
the mine strike leader, and James
Lord of the mining department of the
American Federation of Labor, to
close down the Colorado coal mines
if the operators continue to refuse the
federal plan of mediation already ac-
cepted by the miners.
They also asked the president not
to withdraw federal troops until some
solution of the labor trouble has been
found The president listened atten-
lively and said he was earnestly look.
ing for solution. He is said to be
doubtful of his authority to close the
mines, but was told that in the opin-
ion of the labor leaders he has the
to do so.
Mr.. Lord told the president that en-
ployes of the mines were being mus
tered into the militia and that fight
ing would follow if federal troops
were taken out.
The river press., 1914-11-04
Washington News Notes.

Washington, Oct. 3O.-Even the
army ration with it's simple compon.
ents has shared in the general in.
creased cost of living. The annual re.
port of Quartermaster General Ale.
shire shows that the average cost of
the ration for American troops this
year was 24.4O cents as against 23.41
for 1913.
According to statements received
today by the clerk of the house of rep
resentatives. the candidates for con.
gress in Montana have to this time ex-
pended the following amounts in fur
thering their campaigns: Congress-
man Tom Stout, $34S; Congressman
John M. Evans, S5SS: w. J. McCor-
mick, republican, $S7; w. ID. Rankin,
progressive, 1852: James w. Brinson,
progressive, SAP; Fletcher Maddox
republican, nothing.
Contracts for s1O,674,112 worth of
armor plate and steel for the new
battle ship California and Idaho were
awarded today by the navy department
to the Bethlehem and Midvale Steel
companies. Reduction in prices OF
materials resulted in saving for the
government of s757,542
The river press., 1914-11-04
TURKEY MAKES TROUBLE
Attack Upon Russian Towns erinas
Her Into Bio War

'S' s"sO o'S war
Petrograd, Oct. 3O.-In the highest
official sources here it is stated that
Russia views the action of Turkey in
bombarding two unfortifed Russian
forts without declaration of war as
infinitely more important to England
than to Russia on account of the Eng
lish communications with India and
her position in Egypt.
Although Russia, it is said, now has
new war on her hands, her policy
will not be one of general aggression
against Turkey but merely defense
OF her own interests in the Black sea.
1t is pointed out that the allies had
previously guaranteed the integrity of
Turkey only if she remained neutral.
London, Oct. 3O.-The battle array
as result of the entry of the Otto
man empire into the international
struggle, now stretches in an almost
unbroken line across Europe.
The full strength of Turkeys army
is 100000 trained men, according to
statistics here, but in addition it is
irregulars available. The regular
army is composed of 13 army corps,
most of which are in Turkey in Asia.
The infantry is said now to be the
strongest branch.
Greece, it is believed, is likely to
be the first state now neutral to throw
her weight against the Ottoman army.
Bulgaria is bound to Russia by racial
ties and to Great Britain by obliga-
tions for diplomatic support in the
last war. Her interests and senti-
ments, however, are violently hostile
to Turkey and Greece.
An attempt to invade the Caucasus
on one side and Egypt on the other is
the program military men think the
Turkish army is likely to endeavor to
carry out. Turkish forces have been
gathering recently In Syria and Pal
estine, but march across the Sinai
peninsula will be hard one, because
the country is virtually desert. The
English papers are confident that the
protection of the Suez canal against
raid and of Egypt against invasion
are we'll provided for. They recog-
nize that the addition of Turkey to
the belligerent forces probably will
prOlOng the war and increase its hor-
rors. They say that this means that
Great Britain must raise more men.
How long Italy can remain aloof is a
question that is being asked by the
newspapers.
The river press., 1914-11-04
Seek Control Of Conoress

New York, Nov. 2.-Chief interest
in the elections Tuesday centers on
the struggle for the control of the
next congress, heightened by the fact
that all successful candidates for the
senate, as we'll as the house, will be
chosen by direct popular vote. The
fact that 81 states will elect senators
makes the contest the real Inaugural
tion of this new departure in govern
ment.
A careful analysis of the situation
in the different states would seem to
indicate that the present small demo-
cratic majority of five in the senate
is safe one, as the republicans
would have to make q gain of six to
get control and there are only seven
states outside of the "solid south"
where present democratic seats are
being defended.
In the house 218 members are nec-
essary for majority. The present
democratic standing is 2S5, republi-
cans 122. progressive-republic 2,
progressive 10, independent / and va
cancies 6, which seats were last occu-
pied by democrats. To change the
political complexion of the house op-
position parties must maintain their
present strength and win 6S addition
al seats.
The river press., 1914-11-04
ELEVEN NATIONS AT WAR
Action Of Turkey Was Expected BY
The Allied Powers.

London, Nov. Turkey has def
nitely thrown in her lot with Austria
and Germany, and if Portugal is count
ed, there now are eleven powers at
war, with prospects of three more
Greece, Bulgaria and Roumania-be-
ing drawn in.
The note which Great Britain pre-
sented to Turkey on Friday last de-
manding an explanation of the actions
of the Turkish feet in the Black Sea,
and dismantling of the former German
cruisers, the Goeben and the Breslau,
was really an ultimatum to which Tur-
key was required to make a reply by
Saturday evening.
So far as is known here, telegraph
ic communication with Turkey being
interrupted, no answer was made, and
the ambassadors at the Ottoman CAPT.
tai of the triple entente, it is under.
stood, demanded and received their
passports.
Turkish troops which had been on
the" Egyptian border for some time,
already are reported to have crossed
the frontier, while the Turkish feet
continues to menace Russian towns
and shipping in the Black sea.
Neither Russia nor Great Britain
was unprepared for this move by Tur.
key, which government officials say,
was known to have been under the in
fluence of Germany, and the allied
powers have forces on hand ready to
oppose Turkish invasion.
When the regular forces were with.
drawn from Egypt to take part in the
war in Europe, they were Immediately
replaced by troops from home, much
greater in numbers at least, and only
last week they paraded through the
streets of Cairo, making splendid
impression.
The river press., 1914-11-04
Wants 10000 Horses.

st. Louis, Oct. 29.-Twenty thou
sand additional horses are to be pur-
chased in Missouri and southern llli-
nOis by agents of the British. French
and Russian governments, according
to reports here today. A uniform
price of $27O is being paid.
The French agents, it is stated,
have bought 100000 barrels of -four
and great quantities Of other provis-
ions here and orders have been placed
with local shoe factories for thousands
of shoes.
Representatives of the German gov
ernment are said to have been here
recently to buy horses. The inability
of Germany to ensure safe transporta-
ton of horses from America to Ger
many prevented any sales.
The river press., 1914-11-04
Must BE Married Auain

Madison, Wis.,, Oct. 29.-The SUI
preme court today decided that when
parties who were divorced under the
1909 divorce law were married again
after year had expired, but before
the final divorce decree had been en-
tered, the marriage was void. 1t is
expected that this ruling will cause
of Wisconsin. Thousands of persons
are said to be affected and will have
to be married over again.
The river press., 1914-11-04
Canada Orders EMBARGO.

Ottawa, Oct 31.-The Canadian gov
ernment today placed an embargo on
the expectation to any country at war
with Great Britain of any articles
which will be of use to them in prose-
cutting the war.
The order prohibits the expectation
of contraband to any neutral country
which would in turn re-export the ma
terials to Great Britain's enemies.
Among the articles specifically men.
toned contraband are nickel, nickel
ore, woolen goods, food, explosives,
horses, fodder, leather, coal, copper,
petrol, aeroplanes and barbed wire.
The river press., 1914-11-04
Build Shacks For Recruits.

London, Oct. 31.-Carpenters are
working day and night at the army en-
campments to provide winter quarters
for the recruits of Lord KitcAener's
new forces. The new huts are not
warm structures, being either of wood
en- or corrugated iron walls, with iron
roofs. But their completion before
winter is considered highly important
to the men, who are now sheltered in
tents.
About 100000 men are encamped on
the Salisbury plains in the southern
part of England. They are being
housed at the rate of 5000 a day
Portable huts are to be sent to the ex
peditionary force as soon as fixed
base is established
The river press., 1914-11-04
Stockyards Are Quarantined.

Washington, Oct. 31.-The depart
ment of agriculture today quarantined d
the union stOckyards at Chicago to
prevent shipment of cattle. except for
immediate slaughter, because of foot
and mouth disease
Chicago, Oct. 31.-As a precaution
against spread of the foot and mouth
disease among cattle, the shipment of
cattle and sheep from the stockyards
here, except for slaughtering purposes.
was prohibited by the bureau of ami.
NAL industries today. 1t affects those
animals which are sent here to be fed
and fattened or for use on dairy farms.
The river press., 1914-11-04
GREAT TOLL OF DEATH
Stubborn Battle Causes Enormous
Losses To Each Army

eVSoSO 20 60Cn ARMY
Paris. Nov. 2.-The battle proceeds.
but less fiercely, among the pictures
que windmills of that small portion of
Belgium near the coast, which is still
unconQuered by the Germans, Night
after night, day after day, attacks and
counter-attacks are being delivered.
each met with hardy bravery by both
sides.
All the great sacrifices made by the
German troops have proved futile, but
still the invaders continue, despite the
fact that they are encountering re-
s1stance which more than equals their
hardihood. Whenever the allies have
given way at any point in the field,
they have recaptured the lost terri
tory quickly; wherever they advance
they maintain their position.
London, Nov. "A dispatch from
Berlin received tonight by the Mar
conf Telegraph company follows:
THE progress of the battle along
the northern French frontier is re-
garded here as highly favorable. A
report that the French have been
thrown back across the Aisne at a
point near scissors, and that the op-
e'ations have extended to the east
ward front around Verdun, is consid-
cred the best news received here from
the front for some time past.
Letters from the front describe the
fighting between Nieuport and Ypres
as probably the fiercest that has oc-
Cured since the commencement of
the war. The Germans are said to
have forced their way southwark by
repeated night attacks. The toll of
death on both sides is great"
The river press., 1914-11-04
MILLIONS IN RESERVE
Allied Armies Have Almost lnexhaus-
tible Supply Of Men

'"''sSO SSaWS VuUOOS uUSAUaUS.
tibIe Supply Of Men
/ London, Oct. 29.-The onslaughts
of the armies battling for mastery in
the Belgian marsh lands still lack the
force necessary to secure victory.
The Germans have not reached the
French coast, nor have the allies frus-
trated their determination to attain
this goal. Nevertheless British OBJ
servers believe the advantage rests
with the allied troops.
The best Information available in
dicates that. Notwithstanding their
dauntless attacks and hearty sacrifice
of life, the Germans are further from
the coast than when the battle began.
The one great factor upon which
the allies build their hopes of an
eventual triumph apparently is begin
ming to tell. 1t is the almost mex.
haustlble supply of men that may be
drawn from the vast reaches of the
British and Russian empires which
are relied upon in time to crush the
Germans by overwhelming numerical
superiority. In the east this influence
seemingly is already being felt and to
it is ascribed the German reverses in
Russian Poland. The secret of the
Russian victory, writes British cor
respondent at Petrograd. lies in the
vastness of the Russian emperor's
army, which he estimates at 5000 900
men. This enables the Russians to
keep an immense reserve for every
army, changing regiments frequently
and never leaving the same men on
the firing line long enough to become
stale.
Meanwhile the British, who de-
scribe their forces now on the conti-
nent as merely an advance guard,
are training at home 100000 men,
Of whom 100000 are territorials.
The river press., 1914-11-04
Payments To Reserve Banks

Washington, Nov. 2.-First payment
of subscriptions to the stock of the
new IL federal banks are due today
from the member banks who have
Joined the new currency system. In
all cases they are to be made to the
regional banks in the II cities in
which they are located. Today's pay
ment must be one per cent of the
combined capital and surplus of each
member bank. Eventually each mem.
ber bank will subscribe six per cent.
The river press., 1914-11-04
Forty Thousand Wounded

Washington. Nov. 2.-"We have
$4,000 wounded in this little corner of
Brittany alone" wrote a nurse at Val
Fleuri, in a letter received today by
Miss Mabel Bordman, chairman of the
relief committee of the Red Cross.
Even if we had money" she says,
lit would be impossible to buy the
things we most need over here. Our
only means of procuring supplies for
our little neighbor have long been ex-
hausted. We have to try to get them
from London by boat and from Paris
by rail. and these are very uncertain" ."
The river press., 1914-11-04
ARMIES ARE TIRED
Limit Of Human Endurance Reached
Ely ContendnQ Forces.

London, Oct. 2S.-The limit of hu-
man endurance has been reached in
the battle in West Flanders, and the
fighting, which slackened yesterday,
came to an almost complete stop to-
day.
There may have been some infan-
try attacks, and these may continue,
but dispatches from points along the
Dutch frontier state that the artillery
fire has ceased, and passengers cross
ing the channel tonight bring the same
news.
The valor of the German attack has
been persistently encountered by
equal valor from the steady ranks be-
fore them. Apparently no quarter is
being asked or given in this battle on
the west front and the land over which
it is being waged. resembles sham
bles.
Seven times altogether, the Ger.
mans have crossed and re-crossed the
User. Each time they succeeded in
gaining the left bank they found them.
selves in death trap commanded by
the guns of the defenders, immovably
entrenched behind the railroad en-
bankment running more or less paral-
lei to the User, and completely barring
their progress. Some German forces,
according to the latest reports in Lon
don succeeded in finding shelter
enough among the sand hillocks to en-
able them to retain a footing between
the User and the railroad running
number up to the present time has
been insufficient to dislodge the allies.
The river press., 1914-11-04
PR0CLAIMS THANKSGIVING
President Oesionates November 26 ~
Day To Be Thankful.


Day To Be Thankful.
Washington, Oct. 28.-President
Wilson today issued a proclamation
designating Thursday November 26 a.
Thanksgiving day. The presidents
proclamation, which refers to the fact
that the United States is at peace
while the rest of the world is at war.
says in part:
1T has long been the honored Gus.
tom of our people to turn in the fruit
full autumn of the year in praise and
thanksgiving to Almighty God for His
many blessings and mercies to us as
a nation. The year that is now draw
ing to close since we last observed
our day of national thanksgiving, has
been while year of discipline be.
cause of the mighty forces of war and
of changes which have disturbed the
world, also year of special blessing
for us.
ut has been vouchsafed to us to
remain at peace, with honor and in
some part to succor the suffering and
supply the needs of those who are in
want. We have been privileged by
our own peace and self-control in
some degree to steady the counsels
and shape the hopes and purposes of
day of fear and distress. Our peo-
pie have looked upon their own life
as nation with deeper comprehen-
sion, a fuller realization of their re-
sponsibilities as we'll as: of their bless
ings and keener sense of the moral
and practical significance of what their
part among the nations of the world
may come to be.
"The hurtful effects of foreign war
in their own industrial and CONNER
cial affairs have made them feel the
more fully and see the more clearly
their mutual interdependence upon
one another and has stirred them to a
helpful cooperation such as they have
seldom practiced before. They have
been quickened by great moral,
stimulation. Their unmistakable ar
dor for peace, their earnest pity and
disinterested sympathy for those who
are suffering their readiness to help
and to think of the needs of others,
has revealed them to themselves as
we'll as to the world
The river press., 1914-11-04
Bio Order For Canned Meat

Oklahoma City, Oct. 3O.-An order
for 100000 pounds of canned meats
valued at s1,5O0,000, and designed for
the use of warning European nations,
has been received and is being filled
by local packing company. Adddi-
tional orders for salt pork have been
received, the demand being greater
than the present supply.
The river press., 1914-11-04
Plan Regiment Of Rough Riders.

Calgary. Alberta, Oct.-A Rough
Rider regiment, similar to Colonel
Roosevelt's famous organization, has
been organized among the Northwest.
ern Mounted Policemen and all that
is lacking now is the permission of the
government for them to go to the
front. The famous mounted riders are
anxious to see service.
The river press., 1914-11-04

"The kaiser has severe cold" says
a headline. II it is in his feet the
news will delight the allies.-New Or
leans States.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1914-04-22
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