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i V A THE WEATHER- ADVERTISING; J$Z 5 Saturday; The nu wke does not ad ertlse be caww he dont:kBOW Ittw t wrlt fin advertisement should quit eattnc because lie cut cook """"no aear me coast. -1 .- BiBSSSBw TMKaMaflAHL ' m m f 0 . - 4 1 P k T7 .; M id ; l) i VOL. XCyi-lfo. 133. NO W FOR GERMANY TO SA Y WHAT FUTURE RELATIONS WITH AMERICA SHALL BE Final Word on How Uncle am Will Kf crawl Kn4k.t -e fcfj j S' Violation of Rights. 4 NOTE GONE TO BF LIN Next Step Depends JJ0A the- Reception Accorded y pc . ument in Germany. Washington, July 22. The- United States government before determining the next step In its general diplomatic policy, will for a brief period await indications from official quarters V in Berlin as to the reception of the new note warning Germany that1 the loss of American lives" through further vio lation of neutral rights would be re garded as "unfriendly." The note, started on Its way to Ber lin late Last night, possibly will be delivered by Ambassador Gerard to morrow.. It will be given out by the State Department for publication in Saturday morning newspapers. Everywhere in official quarters it was pointed out today that .this document speaks the final word on how the United States government would regard further transgressions . of its rights. The general trend of comment was that the repetition of such a disaster as befell the Lusitania would mean the convening of Congress by President Wilson for consideration of the action to be taken. . ' In the event that the status quo ' is maintained, however, and there are In dications through official or unofficial channels that German submarines in future will conform to the rules of In ternational law in saving the lives of American on unresisting merchantmen. -President Wilson will take up very soon the situation that has arisen with Great Britain over - interference with American commerce by the .Allies. Note to Britain Next. For several weeks a note has been practically completed almost ready to; be sent to the' 'British government re-1 iterating the protest against deviations from the international law- In the op erations of the order in council against commerce with Germany. The note has not been sent because President Wilson has been unwilling to give the Impression in Berlin that the controversy between the United States and. Germany in any way could be conditioned on the progress of the American government's negotiations wth other belligerents. It became known today, however, that if there are indications that the new American note to Germany isreceived in a friend ly spirit and there appears no inten tion further to violate neutral rights on the high seas, the new protest to Great Britain would be despatched pos sibly within the next fortnight. Data is being gathered at the State Department, but the new note possibly will not deal to any extent with spe cific instances, contending chiefly for the general principles involved with renewed insistence on modifications in the order in council to'-conform with what the United State regards as the accepted rules of international law. The recent filing of a legal. caveat announc ing that orders in, council and British municipal law do not affect the rights of American citizens- under interna tional law was the first step, in the pol- to obtain acquiescence in its point of I view. Tu Interest centered for the most part today in official and diplomatic quar ters on the nature of the new note to Germany. Sufficient of its contents had become generally known to cause wide spread comment On the apparently de termined position taken by the Uited States. Nothing More as to Ordana. No progress has been made to the In vestigation of the case of the. British liner Orduna, at which a German sub-, marine is alleged to have fired a torpedo- without warning. No evidence has been received to establish beyond doubt that the torpedo was fired, and until this is available it was said in official quarters the case possibly would not be -pressed. None of the American passengers were awake at the time the attack was made and the State De partment, it ,is understood, is reluc tant to act on what might be con Etrued as partisan testimony such as the statements of the officers and crew of a British vessel. As yet no report Jfas been asked from Ambassador Ger ard at Berlin because a prima facie case has not been established. . MISS ADDAMS IS GIVEN A WARM WELCOME HOME. Tells Crowd That Spirit of Hate Still Rules In Europe. Chicago, July 22. -Jane Addams was welcomed home tonight by ,3,000 friends and acquaintances. ; She - told them from the stage of the auditorium that the spirit of hate still rules the warring nations of Europe, but . that there are evidences of a sofetening in fluence. She detailed efforts made by women who attended the peace gath ring at The Hague to pave the way for ending the great war. "In all our travels," Miss Addams said, "we were unable to find who it was that started the war. Men high in the councils of the respective na tions deplored the conflict, deprecated fhe sacrifice of human life, regretted 'the sorrow and suffering, but all were sure it could not be helped, -and that the result would be for the betterment if Europe." i . ; Durban, Africa, July 22 "(via London). The crew of the Peninsular andOri-' -iital Line steamship Benalla recently "e ported afire in the Indian ocean, has succeeded in getting the flames under 'ontrol, according to a message received -re today. mm TIC EXPERTS FORM ORMIZATIOII Will Co-Operate in Projects of .'. ' : New Navy Board Society Wan Organised at the Request of - Edison Foremost Aerona.ii- - tic Engineers of Country Compose Membership. New York, July 22. The American Society of Aeronautic Engineers, com posed of the foremost aeronautic ex perts and engineers in thej-eountry, has Just ; been, organized at the request of Thomas A. Edison, chairman 6f the ad visory board of the navy, It was an nounced here tdnight. . The new society will co-operate with vthe navy, board in many new projects that are soon to be taken up. Officers selected were: President, Henry A. Wise Wood; vice presidents, Orville Wright, Glenn H. Curtiss, W. Verllng Burgess, Elmer Sperry, " Peter Cooper - Hewitt and John Hays Ham mond, Jr.; treasurer, Clarke Thomp-? son, and secretary, Lawrence B. Sperry. The directors include Thomas S. Bald win, Henry Woodhouse, Joseph A. Steinmetz and Bion J; Arnold. . "Four additional directors," an an nouncement says, "will be army and navy aeronautic engineers, to.be se lected and appointed -by the Army and Navy departments. The Smithsonian Institution,' the Weather Bureau and the Bureau of Standards, each are in vited to appoint one. director, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Michigan are in vited to do the same." : The society was not among the lead ing eight scientic societies asked by Secretary Daniels of the Navy -Department, earlier in the week to select two members each to become members of the.avy advisory .board. ;V::-?;t v ' - .liLAxiB-:. FACS TRIAL. : Austrian Who Wrote Threatening Let- ter to President Wilson. New York, July 22. -The trial of Ru dolf Malik, an Austrian salesman, on the charge of having written a letter to President Wilson, began today in Federal court here. The technical charge in the indict ment, operating a scheme to defraud by means of the mails, is . based on the fact that in the letter to the President, there was demanded an indemnity of $200, because of Malik's enforced de tention in the United States and he threatened if the money was not forth coming he wbuld commit "a political crime." . ' 1 A second indictment charges that in a postcard, mailed to the consul gener al of Austro-Hungary, Malik threaten ed to shoot . everybody in the consul's office. The government claims this Is the "political crime," which the de fendant referred to In the Wilson let-? ter. ... Malik denied writing the letter and the postcard. AN AERIAL TORPEDO BOA T PROJECTED For Delivering Air Attacks on Ships in Protected Harbors. Washington, July 22. An aerial tor pedo boat for attack on .ships in pro tected harbors is projected in patents just ended, it was learned today, to Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, now at tached to the Navy War College, but formerly aid for operations to Sec retary Daniels. The plan contemplates equipping a monster aeroplane similar to a num ber now under construction- in. this country for the British government with a Whitehead torpedo of regula tion type. ' ! . Swooping down at a distance of five sea miles from the object of attack, the air craft would drop its deadly pas senger Into the water just as it, would have been launched from a destroyer The impact sets the torpedo's machin ery a motion and it is off at a speed of more than 40 knots an hour toward the enemy ship. Admiral Fiske believes that the fly ing torpedo boat would-make it pos sible to attack a fleet even wiyiout a land-locked harbor. : The range of the newest .navy torpedoes is 10,fl00 yards and even the older types ..will be ef fective at 7,000 yards. Carried on a huge aeroplane, the 2,000 pound ; weapon ' would be taken over harbor at an altitude safe from 'gunfire.- Once over the bay , the machine would glide . down', to within ten of twenty feet of the water, the torpedo rudders 'would oe set. and 'It would be dropped ito do its1 work whi.lejthe aero plane rose and sped away. Aeroplanes to carry tons of dead weight have: been, perfected by several countries. "."'' . ; ' '" -. ' ' . , Since the aerial torpedo, plan was advanced, reports have come that Ger man engineers were at w,ork with a somewhat similar ' scheme. - It is pro posed to drop from aeroplanes a torpe do that" can be guided by radio lm nnlflafl rill Hn its fall and sent with ab- I solute' certainty to it mark.'. 7- - - "VLLMIN;TOJSr, N. C FBI DAY MORNING, JULY 23, 1915 COTTON POOL FOR HANDLING EXPORTS Has Been Informally Proposed to State Department. FOR AN EQUAL TRADE Agreement Would he Made With Brit ish Government Purpose Is to Distribute Proportionately Among Producers. Washington, July 22. Formation of a great American cotton pool to handle exports to Europe, under an agreement with the British government, has been proposed informally to the State De partment as a means of equally dis tributing among the producers such cotton trade as Great Britain and her allies permit to be carried on with neutral countries. Any arrangement of this kind would have to be made, directly between the British government and the cotton in terests, without participation or ap proval by the State Department. Offi cials point out that to accede to any restrictions upon trade between neu tral countries in non-contraband would mean abandonment of th principle of freedom of the seas laid down in notes to Great Britain and about to be stat ed with greater insistence in another communication now in preparation. It has been suggested, however, that pending settlement of the differences between the two governments, Ameri can officials might informally aid the cotton shippers and exporters in any effort they might make to. facilitate their trade. It was announced recently that Great Britain would be willing to enter into an agreement not interfer ing with cargoes of cotton for neutral countries provided no more was ship ped to each country than the normal amount consumed there. The British embassy here has been active in negotiating for an agreement which would relieve the' cotton trade, and'embassy officials express confidence that some practical scheme" will be worked out.. . .,f:;:,V-, , . ' ;: -'-', 1 r - POskD AS FLAGllfcR'S WIDOW Woman Accused ot Obtaining: Money by False Pretenses. - New York, July 22. A woman who described" herself as Mrs. Zora Emma Flagler, 50 years old, is held here In $5,000 bail for examination Friday by Magistrate McQuade on a charge of ob taining money under false pretenses. The complainant, Frank J. Mahoney, swore to an affidavit that he had paid $800 to the woman after she had rep resented that she, as the widow, was soon to receive $15,000,000 from the es tate of the late Henry M. Flagler, mil lionaire railroad builder, Mrs. Flagler asked that the date for her examination be fixed for Friday as her lawyer, who is now in Chicago, is expected back at that time. Lawrence O. Haines, of .Brooklyn, representing -the Flagler estate, made an affidavit corroborating that of Ma honey. He swore that the woman was not the widow of the deceased finan cier. FOR U. 5. NAVY BRIDGEPORT TROUBLE T TO BE SETTLED All Strikers May Return to Work Monday. It Is Said Remington Official Has. Prom j lied to Write Provisions- for the Eight-Hour Day Gomp era to he Questioned. Bridgeport, Conn., July 22. J. J. Keppler, vice-president of the Interna tional Association of Machinists, .an nounced here tonight that a settlement of ' the labor troubles In Bridgeport, Where thousands of men and women are engaged night and day in the manufac ture of munitions of war for the (use of Great; Britain and her allies, was about to.be made. He stated that unless the plans miscarried, every person now on strikewould be at work Monday. I ; An official of the Remington Arms and Ammunition Company was said to have promised to place in writing pro visions for an eight-hour day, stable wages and future employment.' v.The announcement caused labor men to pro claim a victory, which, they said, would be the first in the campaign to secure an eight-hour working day throughout New England. , ; -. ; 'John Ai Johnston, International vice president of the Structural Iron Work era, speaking of Samuel Qompers com ing here tomorrow,' intimated that ' the president ' of the American, Federation of Labor would be questioned about the published report that "German influ ences" were backof .the strike-move ment, N . , -? . v 0 VERY NEAR WARSAW RUT NOT GETTING VERY FAST Teutons Have Made No Seri ous Breach in Well-Fortified Inner Lines. RESISTANCE STUBBORN Argonne and Vosges Still the Scenes of Severe Fight ing in the West. London, July 22. Though the' Am-tro-German armies pressing the Rus sian forces defending Warsaw have made progress at some points, they have not as yet . made any serious breach in the well-fortified inner-lines defending that city. The Russians,, ii, is true, have been pressed , back to tKe bridgehead posi tions directly west of Warsaw and into the fortress of Ivangorod, further to the soutneast on j the Vistula, but at these points they possibly are in a bit ter position ic offer stubborn resistance to their opponents. The attacks from the nor.-.h, along the.-Nurew river by Field Mar shal Wui 'Jindenburg s.at! that which Field Marshal Voni Mack--cn is direct ing from the southeast, between the Vistula and Bug; rivers,, either have been held up or the Germans are wait ing for an opportune moment to move forward and; catch the Russian armies, should they evacuate Warsaw. -At any rate, the Berlin official statement does not claim any advance for Mackensen and, although it states the Russians have ceased their counter attacks along the Narew, it does not mention any succes3 for Von Hiridenburg. Should the "Russians hold Warsaw, however, it would surprise the military critics in the Allied countries w ho have discountdy-,he loss, of the cltya lack; ed fFdm anrides by opponents,; cum posed rot .superiority of guns and twn Grand Duke Nicholas, although able to. inflict heavy losses on the -Austro- Germans, must consider the safety of his armies, the loss of which would be much more serious than ..retirement from the Polish capital and surround ing territory. j - , Around the region of Shavli on the Dubissa river and on the Mariampol Kovno road the Germans claim a se ries of successes,. but nothing is said of the fighting nearer; Riga, for which an other German army is heading. The Argonne and the Vosges still are the scenes of severe fighting in the West. The accounts from the opposing sides still are contradictory, but it would appear - that the . French have made some progress in the Vosges and that the Germans have offset this, by a partially successful offensive in. the Argone. The Italians continued their attack along the Isonzo, the battle for the con quest of Gorizia and the Carso plateau assuming larger; preparations and more men being engaged than .in ay previous battle o the. Italian front. The Italians ' claim . t0 te making progress, while the Austrians consls ently report that all attacks have been A short official? account Issued :o nierht of recent fighting on the G.alli poli peninsula indicates that- the en gagements have' been of rather a minor natare, but have favored the Allies Submarines Less Activr. Not a single. British .merchant ship or fjphing craft was sunk by German submarines during, jthe week ending yesterday. This was the - first ,:week since, the commencement of - the ' war that some loss to British shipping has not been occasioned by either German cruisers, mines or submarines. During the week 1,326 vessels of more than 300 tons each arrived at or de parted from ports of the United King dom. - ' - After weeks of minor engagements, the Austro-Italian campaign is as suming a degree of ferocity which puts it on a plane with i some of the ; long drawn out and hard I fought battles in the older war centers. The Italian of fensive movement oh the Isonzo front With .Georgia as the great objective has developed to large proportios, and heavy casualties are-Indicated by the fact that both sides have been oblig ed to bring ii pre infer cements. Rome reports the failure of the Aus trian attempt to cut off the Italian left, and "a. noteworthy advance, by the Italian forces at several points. ' On the plateaus, ' along the Isonzo the fighting '-; has continued with- un diminished violence if or several days. The .Austrians in counter attacks suc ceeded in regaining: positions which they had previously j lost. In. one at tack, according to v i.enna, . te Italian infantry regiments were engaged and for the most part, the fighting was hand to hand. A four, days' battle dn the Doberdo plateau has j not yet been de cided. ' " ' . ;-; : ' ..:.,' ' , . GERMANY WELL PROVIDED. Could Manufacture Munitions to Carry on War Indefinitely. Berlin, July 22 (By! Wireless toSay- ville) The Overseas News Agency to day gave out the following! "Official invetjra.tions . have estab lished the fact that Germany is: amply provided with all raw jnateriais neces siry' to . continue ' he war for a long ime to come.' ; Good crops are furnish ing sufficient; quantities of breadstuff s, vegetables and potatoes, even permit ting, a 'considerable increase . in cattle and swine. ' 1. "Of greater. Importance is the ; cer tainty that ; Germany. ? is . producing enough, lead to satisfy all demands.- M' "The stores of : copper. ' rare, large- enough to manufacture - all . shells 'and hrapner.. far; beyond : tne.-proDame au . - -CConUnued ori P Eight.. : M 0 Dl Fl ES Commerce Commission Finds Revenues Inadequate ALLOWS MORE PROFIT Readjustment is so Arranged That Sub stantially No Commodity Rates Will be Affected Petition From the Companies. Washington, July 22. The Interstate Commerce Commission decided today that the revenues of the. principal ex press companies of the United States are inadequate and modified its former orders to provide- additional income. Present express rates are- based on three factors: - An allowance of 20 cents for collection and delivery of each shipment, which does not vary with weight or distance ; a rail terminal allowance of 25 cents per 100 pounds which varies with the weight, but not the distance, and the rail transporta tion per 100 pounds which varies with the weight, the distance and the zone. In accordance . with, the petition of the companies, the commission modi- fled its order .so as to increase the col lection and delivery allowance five cents, for each shipment and to reduce the rail terminal allowance at the rate of -one-twentieth of one cent a pound. As the weight increases the five cent increase is gradually -reduced, so that on' shipments of mere than-100 pounds the readjustment will not make any change. Substantially no commodity rates will be affected. With few ex ceptions, any changed rates will be substantially lower than those prevail ing when the commission established the zone system last year. By that means, the express companies are ex pected to increase their gross revenues about 3.86 per cent. ' The commission's report shows that the net operating revenues of the four big companies have decreased to a de ficit of $1,132,811 in the year 1914-15 and in the same period -operating in come decreased $2,449,86$ "While the financial conditions of certain of the petitioners' is more fa vorable than that of others," says the report, "it clearly appears that as a whole they are operating at a loss. FRANK'S CONDITION CONTINUES TO IMPROVE Bulletins , Discontinued Another Pris oner Is Stabbed. 1 4 ; Milledgeville, Ga., July 22. Leo M. Frank's condition has improved so much that further official bulletins will not be issued .unless there should, be a pronounced change, it was announced tonight by physicians attending him at the Georgia prison farm. here. In flammation resulting from the knife wound in Frank's throat decreased ma terially today, and his temperature was within a degree of normal. Frank has received scores of letters and telegrams from persons through out the country, offering sympathy and expressing hope for his recovery from the attack made by another convict. Another prisoner in the prison here was stabbed today by a convict. Charles Miller, serving a term for burglary, was cut in the stomach by Frank Reid, in prison for murder. No explanation was given as to how Reid obtained his weapon. MRS. ERNON A SUICIDE. Death of Husband In Lusttania Disaster Believed to Be Cause; New,. York, July 22. Grief over the death of her husband, George L. Ver non, a. film manufacturer who lost his life on" the Lusitania, is believed to be responsible for the suicide of Mrs. Inez Vernon, whose body was found in her apartment here today. She evidently had shot herself several -lays ago. Mrs. Vernon was a sister of Rita Jol Ivet, the actress, who was saved when the Lusitania sank. INCREASE 111 EXPORTS OF SUPPLIES FOR WAR Many Millions of Dollars Over 'r . Last Year. Munitions Shipments Show Most Mark. ed Increase Food and Clothing Exports Also Big Items De crease on Few Articles. Washington, July 22. Large in creases in experts of explosives, Iron and steel manufactures, automobiles, leather, cotton and woolen goods, chemicals, . all , classes of metal goods and 'in. food stuffs, are showing by de tailed Department of Commerce , sta tistics 'If or ,May, issued today. L- Exports of explosives Increased $5, 500,000 over May, 1914. J lron and steel explosives for. May " Increased $6,800, 000 over May, 1914 ; Commercial auto mobile ''exports increased $6,800,000. Flour exports for May. aggregated $9,800,000, a.n increase of $5,500,000 over May 1814. , ' , ' - .f '. ' . Leather manufactures,, other than boots 'and shoes, increased over May, 19i4, $4,900,000; cotton? goods, $2,800, 000 ; i brass and manufactures thereof, $3,600,000; carts and carriages, $2,300, 000 ; - cotton - seed oil $1,400,000. Slight decreases occurred An exports of copper boards, electrical goods, agri cultural' implements,, naval stores,- tim ber,, tobacco, . alcoholic . .beverages, earthenware " and - musical instruments: BAY01E STRIKERS BECOME DESPERATE New Jersey Militia May be Called Out TWO MORE MEN KILLED Result of Fights Between Strikers and Guards An Outbreak of Fires Around OH Plant Strik ers Fight Among Selves. New York, July 22. Whether militia would be called out to preserve order was the question tonight in Bayonne, where two more 'men were killed today in fights between striking employees of the Standard Oil Company of New Jer sey and armed guards, bringing the to tal deaths up to three since the strike began. Sheriff. Eugene Kinkead, who has worked earnestly to pacify the strik ers, called on Governor J. F. Fielder for troops when jeered by crowds after the battle. i . Wilbur F. Sadler, Adjutant General of New Jersey, was ordered to Bay onne, and on his report rests the calling out of the militia. Later Sheriff Kinkead appealed to Washington for Federal mediators, and two were . sent by the Department of Labor. The acceptance tonight by the strik ers of - an offer of the five city commis sioners to act as arbitrators, may have the effect of helping end the strike. The strikers will present their de mand for a fifteen per cent. Increase in wages to the commissioners tomorrow, and the latter will lay them before the Standard Oil plant officials. Lull Is Dissipated. The lull which followed the serious disorder of yesterday, in which one youth was killed, was -dissipated about noon today, several hundred of the 1,500 strikers attacking , the ,: guards within th Standard plant. The guards replied to the . showers of . bricks, stones . and eluhs-wifh -v-olleys-f rortr their-rifles, -and three men had been wounded seriously when the crowd retreated. . ' The next and most . serious attack was on the Tidewater , Oil Company's barrel works, near -the Standard plant. After two of - the attacking party had been shot dead and . three others in jured seriously, the attackers with drew. It was said that none of the guards were injured. . , Later in the day, guards within the Tidewater works fired on a crowd of 150 persons outside, and the latter re plied with revolvers. No injuries were reported. - Early tonight- persons in the crowd near the plants began fighting among themselves, and a man suspected of be ing a guard was rescued by five police men. His condition was said to be se rious. There was an outbreak of fires around the plants today, one of which was be lieved to have been started by the throwing of burning oil-soaked waste over the walls. This menaced the large oil tacks, and the safety of the guards, but was easily extinguished., as were all the other fires. NO TROOPS NEEDED Unless Conditions at Bayonne Become Worse, is Report. Trenton, N. J., July 22. Adjutant General Wilbur F. Sadler, of the New Jersey National Guard, late today re ported to the military department here that no troops-, would be necessary to. maintain order at Bayonne, unless there is a change' in the situation. Mr. Sadler went to Bayonne today at the request of Governor Fielder, and made a thorough investigation of con ditions there. Sails for Liverpool With Cargo of Munitions. Eight Americans Included In Passen ger List Evidently There Was No Thonghf of Another At tack by Submarine. New York, July 2.2. With 195 pas sengers : on board, including eight Americans, and 10,000 f torts of general cargo, the Orduno, of the Cunard Line,; sailed today for Liverpool. There was no evidence on the part of the passengers or Captain Thomas Mc Comb Taylor, her commander, the thought-of attack by a German sub marine would again occur and also there, was no attempt to prevent friends of departing, passengers from going on board before " the steamship departed. The Orduna's cargo included 107 au tomobiles, 10i cases ; ;of automobile parts, 60 cases of aeroplanes' and parts, 3,800 cases of cartridges, 986 cases of empty shells,: 404 cases' of infantry equipment, . 220 cases of fuses and 17 cases of revolvers. Newport News, Va.; July r 22. The new freight steamer Whiter D. , Noyes left here this evening for Boston where she will,b turned over to her owners, the Cro.well -& rThurlow Steamship . Co.: The- WaRer : D.- NOyes is designed for the coastwise and canal trade.-- v .....- THE STEAMER ORDUNA AGAIN PUTS TO SEA WnOLE NUMBER 39,269 WITH GOVERIffiNTS RECOGNIZING HIM No Communications or Busi ness With Those Having , . No Accredited Agents. . NACO TO BE VACATED Unofficial Advices Say Chief tains Prepare to Abide by Scott Agreement. Washington, July -22; Diplomatic ad vices reaching Washington from Mex ico today said General Carranza had given notice that he would not receive communications from or transact busi ness with foreign governments which have no diplomatic agents accredited to his government at Vera Cruz. Enforcement of such an order prac tically would cut off the Carranza gov ernment from further communication with all foreign nations .which have ministers residing in Mexico City. It would not sever his informal relations with the United States government, as Carranza is understood to regard Con sul Sillimau at Vera Cruz. as a proper-' ly accredited agent. , Gen. Carranza's Washington agents tonight said they had no advices of any such action by-their leader, nor had they neard it was in contemplation. The re port created interest and surprise in official and diplomatic circles, particu larly In view of the general understand ing that foreign governments were awaiting action by the United States toward Mexico before recognizing any government In the reports. It was an nounced recently, that Great Britain had definitely determined to extend no rec ognition until a government had been recognized by the United States. Although the Washington govern ment is giving present conditions in Mexico . very serious , cosideration, it became known, that tpnight the admin istration "contemplates no .decisive ac tion in the immediate future. Too Uncertain for Action. In official quarters- the opinion pre vails that the military situation in Mexico is too .uncertain for any new step on the part of the United States, and the outcome of approaching con ferences between Carranza and Villa forces in central Mexico is awaited with considerable interest. Mexico City remains, cut off from communication with. the outside world and there have been1 no advices con cerning the whereabouts of General Gonzalez, who is believed to be seek ing battle wltha column of Villa troops in the vicinity of Pachuaea. Neither has - the State Department any con vincing news as to conditions in the capital,' or whether the Zapata forces as . reported two days ago, are again in active control of the city. Prepare to Leave Naco. The State Department today took no tice of protests against the occupation of Naco . on the Sonora-Arizona border by General Carranza's forces. Ames sage was sent to Carranza at Vera Crua calling his attention to and asking him to abide by the Scott agreement pro viding that no military operations should be conducted along the border where lives of Americans would be en dangered.. Notice was given that- the American government regarded the at tack upon Naco .as a violation of the agreement. Unofficial advices reaching Washington tonight indicated that Car ranza's chieftains were preparing to withdraw from Naco. Prefers to Bottle Up Maytorena. . Nogales, Ariz., July 22. General P. Elias Calles, Carranza commander in Sonora, will .be content to bottle up ' Jose Maytorena, Villa governor, with his 4J00-odd troops in Nogales, rather than endanger existing relations with the United States by an attack on that border town, according to Americans arriving from Calles headquarters at Cananea. EVACUATION EXPECTED. Carranza Military Forces Will With draw from Naco by Today. Douglas, Ariz., July 22. The military evacuation of Naco by Carranza, forces was expected, yesterday by General Calles at his headquarters at Del Rio, according to R. Garduno, Carranza consul here, who said he received a message today from the Carranza com mander. The evacuation, it was un derstood, would take place by tomor row at the latest. "We will leave -only civil officers to police the. town, preserving order. and providing customs and telegraphic service," Garduno said. VILLA TO THE BORDER. Will Have Conference With Lombardo and Angeles. El Paso, Tex., July 22. General Villa will arrive at. the border-before the end of the week,' said an announce ment made in Juarez tonignt. Villa,. It was said, was to 'confer with - Miguel Diaz Lombardo; - his minister of for-, eign affairs, and General -Felipe Ange--les, on their way here from Washing ton. ' - SEGREGATION SOLUTION : FOR THE , SOCIAL' EVIL Address ; Before the . International Pur V tty Congress. San Francisco, July; 22. Walter J., Peterson, former chief of police of Oak land, proposed segregation as a solution of the social evil at. the International i Purity Congress today. . B, S. Stead- ; well,- president ei-tne -congress, voicea the-feelings of a -half dozen, delegates clamoring for the -floors when : he said that: segregation -was a solution of the problem. 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