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-s. . .St.. AS I AST HO Eif TO S YS PRFS flF T IKUUfS r i -- JOnES WWL IT, KINGS MOUNTAiyZIlALD jgg kqtaIN. N. 0. , MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO PREVENT i . a a an iCi the Tr 9 r aKes it mm tm He Will Not Countenap conflict Un til inerejflJo Other Alterna tive fFSfitflinn Trnnhlna. ILLING TO SACRIFICE POLITICAL FORTUNES Determined to Carry Out Hit Comlo tion at to What It Just Court to t Pursue Thousands, Ha Said, Ap palling to Him to Maintain Paact. New York. President Wilson made It plain in hla ipeoch at the New York Press Club banquet that he will, 'not countenance a war with Mexico until there la no other alternative Tor tat tling the border troubles. . Again be declared that be waa ready to aacrlflct hie own political for tunee In order to carry out hla con- Ylctiont at to what would be the Just courae to pursueIn the situation. Balnbrldge Colby, who placed The odore Roosevelt hi nomination for the presidency at the Progressive Con vention at Chicago, paid President Wilson high tribute In an address, but did not declare unqualifiedly that he would support him In the coming campaign, ai It waa reported he would do. In hla addreta President Wilson aid: .. "I realise that I hare done a very Imprudent thing; I hare come to ad drea thla thoughtful oompany of men without any preparation whatever. But gentlemen, as a matter of fact, I hare been absorbed by the responsibilities which hare been so frequently referred to here' tonight, nd that pre-occupatlon has made It impossible for me to forecast even what you would like to hear me talk bout. Mr. Colby tald some thing that waa among the few things I had forecast to say myaelf. He aald that there are tome things which It ta really useless to debate, because they go aa a matter of courae. . "Of course, It la our duty to pre - pare thla nation to take care of Its honor and of its Institutions. Why de bate any part of that, except the de tail, except the plan Itself, which la 'always debatable ? ' ' "Of courae, It la the duty of the Government which it will never over look, to defend the territory and peo ple of thlt country. It goes without aaying that It la the duty of the Ad ministration to have constantly In mind with the utmost sensitiveness every point of national honor. "But gentlemen, after you have aid and accepted these obvloas things your program of action Is BtlU to be formed. .When will you act, and how will you act? "The easiest thing Is to strike. The aald In an undertone, 'Mr. keep out of Mexico.' And one man haa aald "that to me a thousand have aald It to me aa I have moved about the country. "If I had. opportunity to engage them further In conversation they aay 'of courae, we know that you cannot govern the circumstances of the case, altogether, and It may be necessary, but for Ood't take, do not do It unless It la necessary.' "I am for the time being the spokes man of tuch people, gentlemen. I have not read history without observ ing that the greatest forces In the world and the only permanent forcea are the moral forrts. Force will uot accomplish any thing that la permanent I venture to say. In the great struggle which la going on oa the other aide of the aea. The permanent things will be accom plished afterward when the onlnlon of yiankind la brought to bear upon ,te Itsuee, and the only thing that will hold the world ateady to thla same allent, Insistent, all-powerful opinion of mankind. "Force can sometimes bold things ateady until opinion baa time to form but no force that waa ever exerted ex cent In response to that opinion waa ever a conquering and predominant force. "I think the lentence lu American history that I mytelf am proudest of to that in the Introductory aentencea of the Declaration of Independence where the wrltera lay that due re tpect for the opinion of mankind de mand! that they ttate the reaaona for what they are about to do, I venture to aay that a decent inspect for the oplnlona of mankind demanded that those who started the present Euro pean war should have atated their reaaona .but they did not pay any heed to the opinion of mankind and the reckoning will come when the settlement cornea. "So, gentlemen, I am willing no matter what my personal fortune may be to play for the verdict of man kind. Personally, it will be a matter of Indifference to me whafthe verdict on the aeventh of November 1 provid ed I feel any degree of confidence that when a latter Jury sits I shall get their judgment In my favor. Not my favor, personally what difference doea that make? but In my favor aa an honest and conscientious spokes man of a great national convention. "There are tome gentlemen who are under the delusion that the power of a nation come from the top. It doe not. It comet from the bottom." KEEP; FOREIGN OFFICE ISSUES MEMOR . ANOUM IN REPLY TO LAN SING'S NOTE. REPLY RESENTFUL. IN TONE Y RESil asoum Co TO SUPPRESS NEWS OF TROOP MOVEMENTS Memorandum Contain 38 Counted- Dene. That .Bandit Along Interna tional Boundary Line Have Been Protected. Aa to Huerta. Mexico City. The Foreign Office iatued a memorandum In reply to Sec retary Lansing's recent note, in which the correctness of assertion In the communication Ifrom Washington were repeatudly denied. The memor andum declarei that the United Statea had no right to maintain lta armed forcea on Mexican toll. The memorandum contain 86 counts. Although not In the form of a direct reply to the Washington note It la considered equivalent to awer to that document It expresses surprise that the Washington Govern ment ahould hare been pained at the tone and the contents of the Carranaa document, ainc It maintain that the united State ha ant to the Constitu tional Government not only one, but many discourteous and even overbear ing note. Emphatically reiterating the Mexi can Government' position denying the right of the United Bute to keep anted bodies In Mexioo, th memo randum denies energetically that the Mexican Government ha protected bandits who had committed depreda tion in th United Bute - Blame lot th Santa Yeabel messa- eree I placed on the ao-called lmpul live and liasclbl disposition of Char- lea Watson, general manager of Cushlhulruohl Company; and General Scott and Otnaral Funaton are accus ed of bad faith and lack of honor In misleading General Obregen In aa alleged evasive reply regarVng the 11 THE WEST IS CALLING crossing of American troops iflto Mex ico after the Glenn Spring raid. The memorandum aaeert that while It to true that the United Bute ar rested (General Huerta, the motive which prompted the act waa not a purpose of aiding the Constitutionalist Government, but because the United State feared that General Huerta was plotting with Germany., - The note conclude by declaring that the pretence of American troops In Mexico Invites rather than pre vent bandit raid along the border. SOUTHERN BANKS SHOW THE BIGGEST INCREASE 1 iCopjrrlttltt I VITAL POINT HAS - NOI BEEN SETfCEIC - THE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT AWAITS PULL COMPLIANCt' OP DEMANDS. CHASE OF BANDITS AN ISSUE ACT WAS INSULT TO FLAG ALSO INVASION ON RIGHTS OP AMERICAN CITIZENS SAYS LANSING. No Minting of Word In America's Answer to Austria Regarding Attack on Petrol It, Demand Apology, punianment and Indemnity. Washington. Th American rejoin. der to Austria regarding th Austrian aubmarln attack on the American ateamar Petrotlte, mad public by th ttau department, deacribe th act aa deliberate lnautt to th flag of the united State and an Invasion of th right of American cttltens," and re queat a prompt apology, punishment ot to submarine commander, and payment ot indemnity. ... In vigorous language the communi cation aent a week ago, make It Clear that the United Statea government believe th fact ot the caae entirely different from that which the Aus- rian submarine commander reported inem to be and that Immediate amends are expected. The Austrian claim that th PetroHte' captain voluntarl- gav np supplies tutu from the steamer by the submarine command er It flatly contradicted, a are the calms tbat warning thou were fired aorot the Petrolite'a bow before the waa hled and that her appearance waa tuch aa to justify the submarine commander in mistaking her for a cruiser, Washington Secretary Baker an nounced that order have been sent to all department army commander to suppress all news concerning troop movements. The order follows: "In view of the movements en route to the Texaa bor der or In Texas might result In some malicious act that might seriously hamper these movements and also might result in unnecessary loss of brutal thing Is the impulsive thtngX a concerned be instructed to No man has to think before he takes aacresslve action but before a man really conserves the honor by realtz lng the Ideals of the nation, he has to think exactly what he will do and how he will do It. "Do you think the glory of Ameri ca would be enhanced by a war of conquest In MexlcoT Do you think that any action of violence by a pow erful nation like this against a weak and destructive neighbor would re flect distinction upon the annals of the United States? "Do you think tbat It is our duty to carry self-defense to a point of dic tation Into the affairs ot another peo ple The ideals of America are writ ten plain upon every page of Ameri- can history, ''And I want you to know how fully I realise whose servant I am. I do not own the Government of the Unit ed States, even for the time being. I have no right in the use of It to ex press my. own passions. I have no right to express my own ambitions for the deevlopment - of America it (hose ambitions are not coincident with the ambitions ot the nation it self. "And I have constantly to remind myself that I am not the servant of those who wish to enhance the value of their Mexican investments, that I am the servant of the rank and file of the people of the United States. "t get a great many letters, my fet : low. cltliens, from important and in fluential men In this country, but I " -. get a great many other letters. I get - letter from unknown men, from hum j' ble women, from people whose names - have neve been heard and never will be recorded and there Is but .one prayer la all of these letters 'Mr President,- do not allow - anybody to Tiersuade you that the people of this country, want war with anybody.! "I got off a train yesterday and as the effect that no Information as to movements of troops is to be given to representatives of the presB or any Individuals other than the officials of the railroads concern! or the repre sentatives of the American Railway association located at the various de partment headquarter and mobilisa tion and concentration points." The department also announced that National Guard - organisations which start for- the border without full complements of field transporta tion will bo supplied by Gen. Funston upon reaching the border. MEXICANS SEIZE MUCH GOLD AND SILVER BULLION Washington. The state department was officially advised that gold and silver bullion belonging to Americans and seized by local Mexican authori ties at Manzanlllo totaled nearly 1500,- 000. , The seizures were reported to have begun before the Carrizal inci dent A protest already has been made to Gen. Carrania. Reports . 'of continued , seizures tin various parts of Mexico reached the department during the day. In most cases the property has been left be hind by Americans .fleeing from-the country. There has been no Indica tion that the local authorities acted on Instructions from Mexico City, but no reply baa been received, to the rep resentations made-several day ago to Gn. Carranza. .-..-v. Flrt 'Troop , at Border." San Antonio, Tex. The First Illi nois Infantry, Col. Sanborne command ing, arrived at Fort Sam Houston and went .into camp. The Seventh New York regiment also passed through San Antonio en route to station in the Brown3ViUe district. Other New I York regiments, including the Seven WI wa bidding bood-bye to. the engfa ty-first, are expected shortly. - . . Comptroler of Currency' Report Show Larg Inereaea. In South. Washington. A report Just made public by the comptroller of the cur rency on deposit accounts in national banks May 1, 1916, shows that the Southern State led the nation in the largest percentage of increase since June 30, 1910, Tennessee ranking first and South Carolina second. North Carolina occupies sixth place. The Southern States June 80, 1910, was tlonal bank accounts for each 991 of population. The number of depositors in the Southern Staates June 80, 1910 wm 1.172,746. . On May 1, 1918, this had been increased to 2,814.608, the in creasing being 1,641,762, or 121 per cenL ; In Tennessee the Increase In six years was 261 per cent or from 73,329 depositors in 1910 to 267,608 In 1916. -The national bank depositors in South Carolina increased 21,7 per cent or from 39.217 In 1910 to 124,423 in 1916. Oklahoma Increased 188 per cent. .Idaho 161 per cent. Virginia, 166 per cent and North Carolina 162 per cent. HUGHES AND ROOSEVELT . ARE IN FULL ACCORD EXTRA PAY FOR 8ERVICE . ACROSS MEXICAN BORDER Washington. Extra pay for foreign service will be allowed the American troops serving across the border un der a decision by Comptroller War wick of. the treasury. Enlisted men wiU receive 20 per cent additional and officers 10 per cent. ' . FRANK MUN8EY BUYS THE NEW YORK SUN -New York.-r-After 23 year of unsuc cessful effort to establish a propri- tary news gathering and distributing organization in opposition to the co operative form of the Associatd Press, The New. York Sun has Just been sold to Frank A. Munsey, a member of the Associates press, ana beginning at once will no longer try to gather it own news and will receive th service of the dominant organisation. After Two Hour and Half Confer ence Republican Nomina An nounce Peso Pact New York. Charln B. Hughe, Re publican presidential nominee, an nounced at the end of an Interview with Theodore RoseveW, which lasted for more than two' and a bait hours that he and the former president wet in "complete accord. Mr. Hughe issued th following statement: "I wa very much pleased with Colonel Roosevelt' letter of endorse ment, and he has expresed himself in a very kindly way with respect to my telegram to the Progressive commit tee. I wanted to talk with Colonel Roosevelt fuHy with respect to the Is sues of the campaign and asked him to dine with me to that we might bar that opportunity.- He dined with m and we had a very - delightful inter view. We talked very fully over all matter and are In complete accord. The evening hat been a very pleasant one.".:' It is understood that Cot. RooaeveK told Mr. Hughes that he : would co operate heartily with him In any of his plans, even to the .extent of making a speaking tour if Mr. Hughes desired. . . r . NEW RAID ON BORDER MEXICAN BANDITS RAID RANCH NEAR HACHILA, N. M, KILLING OWNER. Potts of Ranchman and Cltlztnt At- listed By Amarlotn Cavalry Are In Pursuit Will Croat Border Into Mexico If Neary. U. 8. ALREADY HAS 44,600 TROOPS IN SERVICE PlfcLD. With Oan. Panning In Chi huahua 15.CC0 At th bat at Columbus, . N. M. , 2,500 At Douglas and Nogs!, . Aria.. ............... , ,, t,V At Fort Bliss and Cams Cot ton, El Paso .............. 3,500 At Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio .................. 4.500 Between El Pas and Eagl Pass 1.500 At or near Eagl Pas 1,000 At or near Laredo . , 6.000 At or near Brownsville...... 9,000 Total .44,600 CASEMENTS TRIAL AS TRAITOR 18 FILLED WITH SEN8ATIONB. London. A day filled with sensa tional incidents at the trial of Sir Koger ' casement for .treason was brought to a sudden and dramatic close when Sergeant Sullivan, . Sir Roger' leading attorney, collapsed in the midst of an Impassioned summing up. - , -... Columbus, N. M. American caval rymen assisted by posses ot ranchmen and citizens of Hachlta and nearby towns are pursuing bandits who had raided a ranch about 86 miles south west of Hachlta, N. M., killing William Parker, the owner, and Mrs. Alice Parker, hit bride of flv month. ins uiecnct neing remote, no re port had reached Colonel Sickle, com manding the border patrol her, at a late hour, but It wa assumed that th raiders had crossed the frontier perhaps with the pursuers dose be hind. According to stories reaching here the bandit are Mexicans who re cently committed numerous minor At predatlon in the district Parker, from whom Mexican bandits stole number ot head of stock last week, attempted to drive them off, but was forced- to retreat to the ranch house. The maurauders followed, broke through the door and murdered Par ker and his young wife. They are said to have made their way south driving a number ot cattle and horses before them. ,: RAID MAY SERVE TO BRING CRISIS TO HEAD AGED SURGEON OF ' ' ' ' ' : MEXICAN WAR ILL. SENATE PASSES ONE OF t BIG DEFENSE MEASURES Washington. The. fortifications ap propriation bill, one of the Adminis tration three big defense measures. was passed by the Senate and sent to the House, for conference, Its total had been reduced from 334.300,000 as It passed the - House to 326,600,000. The bill provides- for both coast and field artillery ordnance -and ammunl-J iion. labi year's appronriatlon waa $17,000,000;, The senate added 14,008, W tor ammunition. -A;:- -4 0 , Washington. Dr. Francis Sorrell, a surgeon In the United States Army during the Mexican war and In the Confederate Army during the war be tween the states, 1 critically III at his home here. He Is a native of Savan nah and 89 years old. ITALIANS ARE REGAINING MUCH LOST TERRITORY. London. Gains of additional ground by th Italian from the Austral ns, by the French from the Germans north east of Verdun, and by the Germans from the . Russian In Volhynia are chronicled In the latest' official com munications' Issued by ' the Italian, French and Austrian War Offices. In addition, H is stated that the: Aua trlant are still holding back the wing of tha Russian army which is endear-. oring to' drive past Kuty. Bukowina. General Trevlno Has Practleally Com - plated Disposition of Troop. EH Paso, Texas. Excitement here over the Mexicrm controversy was r newea witn tne receipt of news or the bandit raid serosa the border near Hachlta, resulting in the murder of William Parker, American ranchman. and hi wife. The general sentiment seemed to be that the Incident demon strated anew the inability of the Car ranza government to offer any pro tection to the American frontier and would serve to bring matters to a head quickly. ; Mexican reports Indicated that Gen oral Trevlno, commanding the Car rsnza army corps of the North, has practically completed the disposition ot hi troops in preparation for possi ble hostilities with the United States ine command, the strength of which variously Is estimated from 25,000 to 40.000 men, has been distributed along the two railroads to Chihuahua, the mexican central and the Mxin Northwestern, and in the Santa Maria River Valley, In tuch a way a to menace the American line communica- uun sou present an obstacle to a pos sible American drive toward Chlhua sua .City. .. Return at Prisoner Clear Atmae phr Pending a SatMfastory . Any awr to th Mor Far-Raohln( Re quirement Continue to Mo Troop. Washington. -Tha Washington Oov- j ernment still awaited full compliance. ' with it demand by th d facto auth- -'' orltlea of Mexico. Release by 'Oen . sral Carranza' order ot the American. , prisoner taken at Carrizal haa avert ed the probability of Immediate re taliatory steps. It I possible that It ' -haa also helped to pave the way to- ' ward an attempt at peace settlement ' of the whole border situation.- High -officials msde It vary clear, however, that the vital point at Issue, the future, . attitude of Mexican forcea toward . ' American troop In northern Mexico " ' engaged in guarding th border and . punulng bandit who raided Ameri can territory remain to be tattled. " . The State Department had. no ad-; ' vice as to whan a diplomatic reply- to It demand might be expected. ' Pending a satlafactory answer to itav . second and mor far-reaching require- .. ment the United State will continue ;' to hurry troop to th border and to - -tak every step necessary In prepare- -tlon to carry out Its purpose by force of arm. Intimation hav coma, It it under- ' stood, that Carranza Intend -to ck Tl up the order issued to General Trip "m" vino directing that American troopsv be attacked If they morei In any '" direction In Mexico except toward the v border. Official are fully prepared ' for a reply of that character, despite -the fact that the prisoners at Carrizal '. have been promptly surrendered on demand. They expect, however, tbat the reaffirmation of position will be made In a note free from hostile lan guage and continuing tha discussion of the advisability of th withdrawal of American troops from Mexico. - Apparently Secretary Lansing I de termined to get a clear statement of intentions on which action by the , United States can be founded. . Carranza officials profess an earnest desire to avoid a clash, however, and a further struggle to fix diplomatically responsibility for hostilities that may come la foreshadowed. Mr. Lansing made It clear to Ignaclo Calderon, Minister from Bolivia, that pending a formal reply from the Car ranza Government to his last not no offer of mediation would be accept able to the United States. DEATH PENALTY PRONOUNCED ON SIR ROGER CASEMENT Roger Casement, half aa j i foreman of the jury, In JlA ce, gave ttecerdiot dW -T Irish Agitstor and Leader of Separlst Psrty Guilty of High Treason.' . London. Viscount Reading, Lor Chief Justice of England, with the bUck oloth by tradition called a oan ipread over his hesd, and his two as sociates In scarlet gown, likewise black-capped, pronounced the sen tence ot death for high treason on the Irishman, Sir Roger Casement, half aa hour after the I a ahaklng voice, guilty. Sir Roger addressed the court. - reading his final statement wirh the - expktnailon that he wished It might ' reach a much larger audience than the one before him, and particularly ''.' the people of America, from whom had come many message of sympathy ' to htm and whose own struggle for liberty, he said, always had been est ' inspiration to Irishmen. ' Sir Rogers' auditors, among whom were Viscount Bryc and many other1 prominent n" and women, listened " In deepest silence, soma moved to tear.- . ;' . -,- . -- .. The prisoner declared he did not regard trial by Englishmen in an -English court as a trial by his peert, ; to which he was entitled. - . . - - 14,000 TROOPS ON WAY ' TO GENERAL FUNSTON. New York. At the urgenF request of General Funstoq orders were la sued by Major Oenoral Leonard" Won commander of the Department rt East for Pennsylvania and District of Columbia troops to entrain tor the uoruer ai us earnest nosslbiA ment It was believed at headquart ers that many would move to border soon. - The Pennsylvania tram. ordered to El Paso and those from the PERMISSION GIVEN TO REMOVE BODIES Mexico City. Minister of War Obregon Instruct ad Gen eral Trtvlnc, th Mexican' com mander at Chihuahua, to In form Consul Garcia at El Paas that no Impediment would be plsced In the way of the Ameri can authorities If thty daalred to remove the bodies of th Amerlosn trooper killed at Cap. rlzl to American. territory, r . HUNDREDS OF EX. U. 8. - MARINES VOLUNTEER Washington. Althoturh '-the .TTni-t. 1 V States Marine Corns haa no tmot-t. hundred of former member have vol- ' unteercd for. service In lis old corpc " i oi emergency, it wa announc- : - . " nt Marine Corps heaquarter.- i TVJX V Marine Corps form the first line ot t. V stlnnal mobile defense. nd 5; ; -'Ptee-!. are likely to get quick action " ' . .. ,fir,.aa tne marines are) ' M bn actual hosittif-
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