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jjjc With Which Undersea
Craft of Germany Oper
ate is Threatening; ;
THREE VESSELS SUNK
Germany Threatens to Extend
Activity of Submarines
to Suez CanaL ;:,-:.
Uttl
e Change in Situation
. -1
Throughout Europe.
London, May 28. The German sub-
marine ineuatc 10 "&"b u.ivnuo
realize the great danger, threatening
England if Germany increases largely
the number of her' undersea craft. This
has been impressed on the British mind
bv the success of submarines-operating
In the Dardanelles, their' ever-increasing
activity around the British Isles
and the threat to carry this form of
warfare to the Suez canal and- trade
passes through that waterway. t - - J
Today came reports of the sinking of
the British steamers Cadeby and Spen
niniore and the Swedish bark M.. Roos!
vail, and a statement 'that the big
liner Argyllshire was chased , and fired
on by an undersea boat, but escaped to
Havre. '',''.
Trade to and from British ports goes
on as if there were no submarine ' dan
ger and it is stated there will .be no
interruptions in the operations of tfte
"Dardanelles. The fleet there will. have
to assist the army on, the Gallipoll
jeninsula, taking chances of "destruc
tion bv submarines and mines, or shell
fire. - ': V
The Turks and their officers probably
will have another invasion tc? meet be
fore long. Unofficial reports .reaching
here today are that the Italians have
landed on the island of Rhodes, off the
coast of
Asia Minorr-'wTitterttlBert
been bombarding Bedrum, which Is
on the Gulf of Kos, on the; mainland
of Asiatic Turkey, not far from Rhodes.
This is believed to be the first step in
an attempt to land on the Asia Minor
coast. ' '" . j .
Little Chancre is Made. .
There has been little: or no change
in the situation on the eastern , or
western battle fronts. The Austrians
and Germans claim to have made a f ur
tter advance in their operations,- the
aim of which is the encircling of Prze-
mjsi, although they are meeting .with
very stubborn resistance on- the part
of the Russians. '
In the West the French - offensive
north of Arras is still in progress but
tnc advance by the Allied troops seem
ingly is not so fast as it .was when
the attack was first launched.
The British also are eneaeed north
of LaBassee and are almost contin
uously occupied in resisting" German at
tacks around Ypres, the attempt to
rapture which place is said to have
cost the Teutons an enormous number
of men.
The Italians o.laiTri tn hav maHo -fiir-
'her advances into Austrian territorv
Trl. the Trentiho and Istria, hut
important battle has yet been
ought in this southwestern theatre of
we war.
BATTLESHIP JVOT SUNK
Rassia
as to Loss of Vessel.
Paris, itav "S TVin -CaxV. 1 . at.ir
today savp out
J-he Russian aflmiraHv Hni pgt.
?ncally the Turkish official announce
ment that the Russian battleship Pen
wieimon was sunk in the Black sea
' a Submarine Tk ...v, tv.1.
' ' x lie uajr VVUCU LUIO
Pant Upp0sed to have hapephed ; the
Mteleimon was in a Russian port and
i TSSel of the Russian Black sea
waaron has been either sent to the
NOTHING AS TO XEBRASKAN v -
y t0 Xot Will Be Delivered Today.
anri th ''J- -".jic toreign unite
e ' tamiralty are still without
. concerning
ln; of the Ameri
wncerning the reported torpedO-
kan a encan steamship Nebras.
aiiii nanraA..4A
Sotiat t ect of German-American ne
conflr' "S pendins an authoritative
-u. ui an artalr nn tha etitn
lie ah!! "eysPapers have printed noth-
'he firt t. ',euraKan tnciflent since
thatch! p na"been torpedoed and
safe in Waf- sti11 afloat with the crew
-The 1 e. ooats- - .
Gulfii-u, "'.iaoingr of the steamship
rtrran C JluiiHnq as uue iu
iianrtl . ae- tne report of the
trn havir o- I submarine in qiies-
"iraltv -r. 1 ei;eivea Dy ine aa-
hen i e commander stated i that
boats 'n5 convoyed by two ' natrol
be a '..ne included that 'she must
wntmv.- . KSh vessel or was carrying:
trabann ' essel or was carrying
ats thp Presence of the patrol
osP; ,- ?. cornmander reported.." made
The mai ugaUon dangerous.
h the tm 1-ints of the German reply
cf the Ln, f1Can note the sinking
to tht Sltania probablV are -known
thp
and tv, w asiuiigLun
be Jll note which it. is expected.
yered tomorrow 7 will' not
"T H G -i m. s
the "Tu" surprise.
ten
ter:
mbassador has had - daily con-
rxces
at "":""'
ais nt ,l l"ign office, ;wnere
ssetj ut merman answer .were ;lis-imir-ii
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liirait'- ncke- acting chief of .the
ftnh...: called at the Arriert-
in trrl ' , morning to explain
Uuh lv.'cal details of.Germany
uo or . ueraany s
t . 'WLIV
to submarine warfare,
UNBTHEiflRInD
1 lOUFftNI TAKEN
By DeleiSes to PanAmencan
M:' FirJ$ial Conference. " .::
URGE BUSINESS VISIT
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Delegates From the Southern Republic
Unanimously ; Adopt , Resolution
Urging Visit From American ,
Business Men. ;
".Washington, May 28. Another step
toward the- improvement of business
atid financial relations between the
Americas was taken at the. Pan-American
Financial Conference late today
when delegates from the-' Southern re
publics unanimously approved a reso
lution calling upon the business ,and
commercial interests , of "' the United
States to unite within .the , next six
months in naming a delegation to visit
all the South and Central American
countries.
Members of this delegation, the res
olution proposed, shall be the guests
of the various nations. '" The plan was
proposed by Minister Pena, of Uru
guay. 1 . " i .
: doptiorr of this resolution and a re
port from the committee on uniform
laws for all American relations mark
ed today's general session. The com
mittee on uniform laws suggested a
high commission of nine members from
each country to consider uniformity
In - statutes relating to fnany subjects
which, vitally concern j business 1 and
commercial : intercourse between ?the
Republics. ? J - ,
. . Representative. Flood, chairman of
the ; House committe eon foreign" af
fairs, and Secretary Garrison, of j the
War. Department,; .were';; two -of I the
Congress in Accord'
"I believe that the Congress of the
United? States," said Mt. Flood, "will
do all in Its -power to carry, out the
results of the deliberations of this con
ference. The leadership of the future
rests on the 'Americas. - :
"This world i will be blessed with
that leadership." .
Mr. ..Garrison declared the confer
ence -marked new chapter in- the
story, of the Americas. Other spaekers
were 'Roger W. Babson, J. VanV. Al
cott, William Legrende and W. ' S.
Kries, of New York.
After the session the delegates were
guests of Secretary Garrison at a spe
cial drill' on the parade grounds at
Fort Myer. Tomorrow they will meet
in the final general session of the conference-and
in the evenigs will be
guests of Secretary McAdoo at a closi
ing banquet.
The Argentine delegation today vir
tually concluded consideration of rec
ommendations in respect to arbirtatiqn
of commercial disputes between mer
chants of different nations.
Ratification of the Nicaraguan treaty
was recommended today by the group
conference of delegates from Nicara
gua ' and American bankers and busi
ness1 men assigned to consider the
problem Tf that Republic. By. the
treaty the United States would pay
$3,000,000 for a canal route and other
concessions. ..
Among the Americans who signed
the report was William Hingle, of
Richmond, Va. The committee also
recommended that the National bank
ing; laws of; the United States be
amended to .permit National banks to
subscribe to the tsock of banks organ
ized to do business in other countries.
ARE GUIL TY OF
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Foreigners Charged With Filing False Manifests Plead Guilty
to Shipping Rubber to Germany and Austria Ameri- -
cans Under Same Charge Plead Not Guilty
-
it
New -York May 28. Pleas of guilty
were entered iir the Federal court late
today by Pranz Rosenberg, Sigmund
Karman and ? Albert B. Newman to in
dictments charging them with having
defrauded the. United States by filing
false manifests at the customs house
In connection with an alleged effort to
get contraband of war to belligerents
by concealing rubber with resin - and
cotton waste. ' The first two ,wer.
fined 500 each and Newman $300 , s -
Harry Salomon and , Albert Salomon,
jointly indicted with the three others,
pleaded not guilty-to the indictment,
after hiefc they were ; placed under
it hn :nd elven until Monday -to
change the r V1" :
. By-p eadlng "San
rubbir toerohant , of HanoverGejmany,
NewmanV Karman's nephew, a tailor,
who for two ntbl '?l
with offices here, admitted that ther
had concealed J60.000 worth of contra
band rubber In 278 carrels manifested
JlX ,wth thev-had forwarded to
Pfapte.ltalyi aboard the Cunat&Jlln
Carpathia ana naa i.civv
3a tons more eoneealsd In bales of pot
ion J waste aboard the White Star liner
-v : .-.m.a
Cretin
'. .'The men furtner aamivu
In a speech Before the German
:' Reichstag Yesterday.
CHARGES BAD FAITH
German Imperial Chancellor Declares
Italy Could Have Had Concessions
'Vbentand .
Blood Being . Drawn. :
Berlin, May 28, via London, May 29.
Today's session of the Reichstag re
lated purely to the Italian situation,
the only event of . the sitting being the
speech of Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg,
the imperial chancellor, who dealt with
Italy's declaration of war against Aus
tria, After the. speech of the chancel
lor the Reichstag, as a mark of com
plete assent in his views, adjourned
until tomorrow.
Dr. ' Von " Bethmann-Hollweg' s re
marks were devoted to explaining and
adversely criticising the motives be
hind the '"Italian declaration - of war,
which he 'imputed' to a combination of
mob dictation, bad faith on the, part of
the cabinet of Premier Salandra, and,
to a certain degree, -to the money of
the Allied powers.
The chancellor ascertained that the
greater part of the Italian people and
a majority in . the . Italian .. parliament
hadlnot wanted war and were even
kept in Ignorance of the extent of the
concessions which 4 . AVstriaHungary
was. willing to make for the sake of
peace. -' The Salandra ' cabinet, he said,
long bef ore; the Triple Alliance , had
ceased to exist, aligned itself with
the ,Triple , Entente and unchained the
mob' spirit and intimidated the .'advo
cates of peace. . '
Violation of Faith.
"Italy," "said the . chancellor, "has
now - inscribed in the book . of the
world's, history, in letters of blood,
which: will -never iail, :her violation of
faith. ., -.Nobody threatened '. Italy
neither" Austria-Hungary nor Germany.
Whether'-the Triple Entente' was con
"tenJu .with blanlshments; alone, history
will show later. ;
"Without :a drop .'of blood flowing or
the , life of ,a single Italian- being en
dangered," Italy could' have secured
the -lohgvlist , of concessions whfch I
recently read to ten8 -territory
in.- Tvrol and on the Is onso: as far as
taTfanPnttsfre
he,r national aspirations: in Trieste, a
free : h"an4-4n' Albania and, thT& Valuable
port of Avlona." :
'"We ;ieftRome in no doubt that an
Italian attack' on the. Austro-Hunga-rian
troops would also strike Ger
many." ALDRIC HWILLtlS FILED
Wife of Former United 'States Senator
Too 111 to Be ' Told of His Death.
: NewTfirk, May 28. With the an
nouncement that .the will of Nelson W.
AWrich. had 'been' probated at Warwick,
R.. I.,, it - became known today. that his
widow, Mrs. Abby . Aldrich is so se
riously ill 'at Ker'; home '.here , that she
has- not - been' - told of her 'husband's
death. ; i ;; ; -i .-- . - .
Mrs. Aldrich collapsed when her hus
band was; stricken "Several weeks ago
and her condition has not perceptibly
improved. Under - the will she and
three children .Edward B. Aldrich, of
New,, York" City;. Lucy T. Aldrich, of
Warwick Neck, and Richard S. Aldrich,
of Providence, are " executors and become-:
trustees of the estate. It is said
the estate is -worth approximately. $5,
000,000 instead of ?3000O,000 as "report
ed. The entire -estate is left to mem
bers of the family. ' ":
. - Washington, May 28. Representa
tive Claude Xitchin of North Caro
lina, new majority leader of the House,
in Washington today, denied reports
that he. had - urged -an extra session of
Congress to deal with, the revenue sit
uation. " X- v
- "The necessity or propriety of an ex
tra session is with the President," said
Mr. Kitchin. '
DEFRA UDING
purpose .was to circumvent the Allies
and, by,' so doing they believed they
were . performing a patriotic v duty
They" claimed they did not- know that
by : presenting false manifests they
were violating, the:, customs laws. ,,,'.-.
Harry R. -Salomon,--av German reser
vist, and Albert Salomon are cousins
and " members of ? Salomon Brothers &
Company; large; importers; and export
ers -here.-' ;"; :' .
' Before ; sentence was - passed on. the
three who pleaded guilty, Rober B.
Wood, ' United"" States district attorney,
outlined" the.- government's .. advice of
conspiracy' , which resulted in the in
dictments and asked for severe punish
ment of ' the men "who engaged, in a
scheme, likely ; to cast suspicion on the
shipments .of -honest merchants in the
United ; States," - and which, , he added,
might "perhaps ? justify . the Allies ". in
seizing all shipments from . this coun-try.-.-v
; " r -; ' - - . ' . '
Counsel ' for the defendants declared
"they; undertook, in ignorance of . the
American law, to furnish their coun
trymen' in Germany and Austro-Hun-gary.'-with;a.
sufficient supply of con
traband toV "keep their .doll-making
plants going.' ; ; .- " ' '-.:
; ' The defendants sa!d they -stopped
the secret, shipments, wheji -they, learn
ed -it Cwas contrary . to law- and prom-
1 the court to abandon it . , .
i ised ,thecQurt to abandon, it ,
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BERLIN: NO REPLY
Two Circumstances Have Con
tributed to Further Tense
Feelins at Capital
SPECULATION GROWING
London Insists That Nebras-
kan Was Torp6d--T
May Temiorize. ;
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Washington, .May 8.4-The passing of
two weeks with' no reply from .the Ger
man government to ther note from the
United States concerning "violation of
American rights in the war zone . has
caused widespread speculation in offi
cial and diplomatic quarters. Two cir
cumstances contributedto the devel
opment today of further tension, in an
already delicate situation the insist
ence of reports .from-Xibndon that tho
American steamer Nebraskan was tor
pedoed instead of mined and publish
ed intimations . that j.. Germany would
send a series of notes in- answer to
the American communication, delaying
a discussion of . the merits of the ques
tion until there . was an agreement on
facts. , ' ' ; i-;'J, . - '
While high officials scrupulously
avoid,. Comment it was i evident that
theS were- loath-to believe the German
government had underestimated the in
ense feeling of the American people
on the Liusitanla disaster' ith the loss
of more than 100 American lives of
would seek to aelay-the reparation de-
1 manded by t the United 'Spates. . t .
Count Von y Bernatorff, ' the -German
ambassador,;- confirmed tie Londonr re
ports that ' he 'had ' sent wireless mes
sages to . the -. Fe r man : .' f or e i gn office
declaring the American-press was be-1
comiitcJjatienivlay : "in 1
ociiuiiig liic uviiiiau icpij auu uiai 1110
Nebraskan incident had aggravated the
situation.' "'-''-'-.- '.
Public Opinion in United States.
It was explained at the embassy
that the ambassador was not express-,
ing his own "opinion in these messages,
but merely , keeping his government 'in
formed as usual on the state of public
opinion in ""the United States. - Berlin
press dispatches- saying that Ambassa
dor Gerard 'had been in daily confer
ence with German foreign J office offi
cials and therefore probably had sent
in advance the- mam points to be con
tained in the German reply were shown
to Secretary. Bryan tonight. He said
that while the ambassador had sent his
own conjectures, nothing th.at could be
called an outline had been received
and that hey was 1 not aware that any
official information had. been given as
to the contents of the reply.
The general trend of comment - in
official and diplomatic quarters was
that if the preliminary note from Ger
many proposed ,an agreement on the
facts of various cases mentioned in the
American note there would follow im
mediately a counter proposal from
President Wii?ort;.-for , ar suspension of
submarine warfare which might en
danger American . lives or vessels while
the diplomatic discussions was in' prog
ress, ' -.
The German government, according
tds published reports, is represented as
intending - to inquire first whether the
Lusitania was armed or unarmed and
whether she carried munitions of war.
The position of ; the -United States is
that the Lusitania sailed unarmed
from any American port and did not
resist capture. - Whetner or not- the
vessel carried contraband of any char
acter did not in the American view,. de
prive her of , the right under the rules
of International - law now universally
acknowledged; to be given! an oppor
tunity to transfer crew and passengers
to a place of safety before being de
stroyed.:" ; " '
Carried No Guns. : -
Officials ' pointed out, morevoer that
the British 'liner by careful' investlga-r
tlon before; sailing was found to-be
unarmed' and .that there" was no denial
here of the fact that she carried . mu
nitions of war.' This was shown on
her 5 man if est published the day of sail
ing. - Collector Dudley Field Malone
of the port, of New York, ; who was . in
Washington tonight for a . conference
with President Wilson - on what were
described as', pergonal , matter, ex
plained that his, assistant had made a
thorough investigation of the Lusita
nia and that she had no guns aboard
either . mounted or dismounted, t v '
Officials still : were non-commital -today
about itheT explosion aboard the
American sf earner Nebraskan. Ambas
sador Page cabled.' that he expected
affidavits , frqm the captain, and -crew
of the Nebraskan but did not 1 reveal
their nature. , T. ,'- .0 -. 'v
-,As yet the Washington government
does not know, positively.;, whetheri'a.
mine or torpedo- caused -the explosion;
The - reports f - the naval- attaches .of
the American embassy : at 'Iondon -are
expected.toi;hrOw. light on -the subject
from a technical V view . point. '. Until
such information is-lft; and diplomatic
action will b deferred. ' : : t
MAKES REPLY TODAY
London Newspaper Leams That Cer
mnn Note WIU Be Fresented Today "
: . London, May 28.- An Evening - News
dispatch from The: Hague- declaresGer
many's -reply to the American note will
be presented ' tomorrow, r. , . V ,. ',- -:
"It ; wi 11. b e : of a . temper iain g . char ac
ter," the dispatch, continues, "and will
ask the United -States either, to affirm
or , to-' deny J thaj-: the Lusitania : carried
ammunition-destined for-the' Allies.
ammunitinnrieatinea
. " . - "v.
Captain Grant of the Battle
' ship Texas is Named "
BY SECRETARY DANIELS
Secretary of the Navy is Determined to
it Develop .That Arm Of te American
'' If a vy- Department . Announee- ; .
Washington, May 28. In line with
his announced intention to develop the
submarine arm of the navy- and elim
inate its present faults', Secretary Dan
iels today designated qapt! A-. W. Grant,
one of the highest ranking officers of
his grade, to command ' the Atlantic
submarine flotilla and exercise general
supervision over that branch of the
service.
wnimm .uraui, woo now commanas ;
r a. . . I
the battleship Texas,"7 will assume his
new duties next month with headquar
ters -aboard the flotilla flagship. He
will have as his assistant. Comman
dant Yates Sterling,' "rtOW commanding
the flotilla "and , an expert on under
water craft, whose testimony before a
Congressional committee during the
last, session, gave the public some in
teresting details .about the weaknesses
of the boats under hia. charge.
V 'A department statement issued to
night .announcing Captain Grant' des
ignation said.r. - j
i Departinent's A n noun cement. V
, "tYhVCa,ptaln ' grant will be in im
mediate1 command of the-Atlantic sub
marine flotilla and -aboard the flag
ship assigned -to the comnxander of the
flotilla, he will also have -general su
pervision of the submarines in the Pa
cifle and in other parts of the world,
insofar as the general policy of the
development and: organization is con
cerned the idea being that a determined
effort'-is to be made to put every unit
of the submarine flotilla1, in first class
condition to perform all of the, func
tions for which it is designed. ,
'In;' carrying out this policy any ex
isting defects will ',be, studied and the
necessary remedies' ' applied.', v Captain
Grant will: keep in close' touch with the
various, bureaus, -the chief .of naval op
erations" and the Secretary' of the Navy
from ; whom: he will' receive every pos
sible assistance in ; order fgrfgrgffrgdr
Ifiay'be-lbst' in Carrying out-the .wisb.esk:
of '.the , Secretary in ' regard to the de
velopment of the submarines, v Me will
be' given large powers in the construc
tioa work and the development, .of the
submarine ' flotilla and its organization
so-as:- to .-bring iti- upvto-thermaximum
state of efficiency.'V-.rSi
.'. VCQmman4er Tatea. Sterling , will be
assigned to duty as assistant to'Captain
Grant, as the Secretary feels that Com
mander Sterling's ability coupled wiyi
his study qif and experience with the
submarines, will be of much value."
STEAMER IS SUNK.
Captain and. Several .- of Crew Are
Drowned Survivors Are Landed.
Falmouth, May 28.- The New British
steamer Spennimore- has been sunk by
a German submarine oft Start Point,
Orkney Islands.
The captain and five men of the
crew -of the steamer were drowned by
the' capsizing of a boat-while it was
being launched and the engineer was
badly injured by- the, bursting' of a
shell "in the engine room. .
Twenty-three - survivors of the dis
aster, have landed here.
MEXICANS ARE GIVEN
? IIIIiE WKS tO UVE
.' ' ' y- '. . ' ' 1 ' '
By Arizona Board of Pardons
and Paroles-1 Last Minute
Governor of State Has Fought Their
Execution With very Known
Means Five Men Were Sen--
tenced to Death. .
Florence, Ariz., May 28. -Five Mexi
cans," sentenced h to hang for murder,
today at almost the last-minute- were
given a respite by the J board of- par
dons and paroies .,'.''";
" With every 'legal obstacle .to their
hanging set aside, the 'board granted
a nine weeks' respite, that the men
might be hanged singly instead of to
gether and so recommended to .Gov
ernor Hunt, who had' opposed inflicting
the death penalty with every resource
at his command. ' ! :'v .' ' .- '
; The men took the events of the day
calmly and when given an opportunity
to Jraake their 1 wills chaffed the only
pile t of; themselves who possessed any
property. Even the news of the respite
failed, to stir their- stoicism. :
, It was said that if the v board nal
refused to grant -a'respite' Warden Sims
wiuld have resigned, thus blocking the
hangings, .which under, the ; law -must
be, performed .- by the warden . or his
deputy, and there Is no deputy. - -Tir
No executions have occurred in Arizona-,
under state auspices since ataie-
hopd.jwaa granted., r ' .- . . -.'. . .
jvi After the i board "of pardons - and. pa-roles-i.had
met; without .. acting,- a writ
of . habeas. - corpus was . sought '-, before
United ; States District Judge W.- H.
Sawtejle at Tucson, but. was denied and
an appeal from the decision to the. Su-i
pjrem.e.. Court of the United. States also
Was denied. Later the .board of .par
dons granted a reprrieve -oJ nine,weeks
in -order that the men might be hanged
Largest Plant of Its . Kind in
United States is Planned
HYDE HEADS MOVEMENT
Former Head . of the Bath Iron Works
' Sees Great Fnture for Business in
South Four-Million Corpora
tion Organised.
New York, May 28. Plans for the
construction at Mobile, Ala., of one of
the largest shipbuilding plants in the
United State's were' being- perfected in
New York today by Edward M. Hyde,
former president, of the. Bath (Maine)
Iron Works. ... .
Mr. Hyde, who " has just returned
from the South," announced the forma
tion of a $4,000,000 corporation to un-
rlprtzt th nrnliiAt ar Vi i r H Vi a hnnun t
have in operation .within six months.
" i" - " -
The concern probably will bQ called
the Gulf City Shipbuilding . & Drydock
Company, and. is understood to have
the backing of steel Interests in Bir
mingham, r
The project will be the' only one or
its kind in the far South and is chief
ly designed, to care for and promote
the development of : .American ship
building which is expected to grow out
of increasing South American and
Panama eanal traffic. At present New
port News is the farthest point south
for an important private shipyard.
The new plant will occupy about 15
acres, Mr. Hyde said today, with equip
ment for building 600-foot vessels, in
cluding an 800 foot drydock and ma
rine railway. Mr. Hyde expected to
close contracts in New York today for
construction of the latter equipment.
. Between 4,500 and 5,000 men: will? be
employed, of whom half will be skilled
workmen-
In Mr. Hyde's opinion the war will
result in the 'raising of the price of
skilled labor in Europe, which will re-i
move the chief, handicap which ship
building concerns in this country, have
to meet in . competition with foreign
concerns. He believes, therefore, that
taking .this factor into consideration,
together with "the developing Panama
canal -trade,, there should be a great 1
tuture for the shipbuilding industry in
the United - States ; and especially in
the South.
BERNSTORFE REPORTS
Ambassador at Washington Wires His
Government as to Feeling in" U. S.
London, May 28.--A wireless dispatch
received from Berlin' today gives what
purports to be a telegram sent by
Count von--3ernstorfC German ambas
sador at Washington, 0 the foreign of
fice in Berlin. -.The- telegram as thus
given says t,hat the American press is
"getting impatient about the delay in
the answer to the American note," and
cites that "the tension has been in
creased by the sinking of the Nebras
kan, which is not yet explained."
. In another telegram to the foreign of
fice 'Count ..Von Bernstorff is quoted as
saying that American packers and cot
ton exporters are .urging Washington
to take energetic measures against
England, adding that "unofficial nego
tiations between State Department ad
visers and the British advisers have
been broken off." .
Chicago, May ,28. Swift & Co. were
indicted by. the' Federal grand jury to
day charged - with violating the law
governing the interstate shipment of
meats ahd packing hbuse' products.
"PROBE" DRMKELWAY
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Grilling on N. C. Cotton Mill
Conditions is Planned.
Would be Qnixeed as to Whn Pays His
Salary; What's His: Business in
Washington and Why He
"Discriminates."
(Special Star Telegram.)
Washington," D. C, May 28. Unless
present plans are changed, Dr. A. J.
McKelway, who has persisted in telling
all the bad things he knows about cot
ton mill conditions in the South and
particularly with reference to North
Carolina, will be called before the Sen
ate lobby committee to be quizzed , by
senators who do not yet agree with
McKelway's statements before the In,
dustrial Relations Commission.
That the lobby committee, of whcb
Senator Overman, of North-Carolina, is
chairman,- will call McKelway as a
witness was stated today by a man
who usually knows what is happening
in . National affairs at Washington.
According, to The -Star's informant,
McKelway will be questioned particu
larly as to who pays his salary, what
his duties are in .Washington, and why
he does not-mention conditions in New
England with special reference to Mas
sachusetts, the largest cotton manu
facturing state in the Union. Accord
ing to testimony given before a Con
gressional investigating committee two
years ago, conditions tn' Massachusetts
were so bad that there is no compari
son with. North. Carolina.
- McKelway, it is said, has refrained
froimrvdiscussing conditions In Northern
states. His testimony, has. had particu
lar reference to North Carolina. -If Mc
Kelway is called before ;the lobby, com
mittee, it is said,, interesting questions
will be .put to him . by those senators
", ' (Continued on -Page Eiehi-i
LOBBY COMMITTEE MAY
A I A tAKLi UA t
Unless Mexican Factions Com- ?l is t
-pose oiraanon ooon must v.,
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DECLARES MR. WILSON
Leaders in Mexico Will be
Warned After Meeting of
Cabinet Tuesday.
Washington, May 28. President wtl- '
son has decided 'to serve 'notice on tho TV
warring factions in Mexico that condi
tions in that 'country have become In-
tolerable and - that, unless they them- :
selves compose the situation -soon, some
other means may have to be employed '
to accomplish the result. r 'A
The first intimation of the President
taking this step came in an appeal is
sued from the head of the American ,
Red Cross setting; forth that "v- - ;
eral years of internal disturbances' in
many parts of Mexico have reduced the '.
people to the 'verge' of starvation," and
urging contributions to relief funds.
Later the White House gave out the
following: " .. -
-' "When the President's appeal for aid
for the Mexicans was issued it was
stated at the executive offices that a
statement from . the President on the
present situation in Mexico might bo
expected within' the next few daysV
"This statement has been prepared
and will be issued after the cabinet
meeting next- Tuesday, and then com- -municated
to the leaders of all the Mex
ican faction." . t . v
Does Not Mean Recognition.
Officials at the White House and
State ' Department' declined t6"say what -"'i!
xne resiaenrs statement . contained,
but denied that recognition of any fac
tion was contemplated.
- The present action, it was said was
to -demand, in effect, that the Mexicans
arrive .'at "an early settlement Of their
troubles or at" least provide for-the '
sustenance of the starving population.
. ; vHigh officials referred ; to , the. ,Presi-1
dent's forthcoming announcement ""as
not meaning "immediate intervention
The impression in executive quarters
would be to place responsibility for the
present state of affairs squarely on the
military elements in the republic which
have overrun the country and appro
priated its food supply or prevented the
tilling of the soil.
While anxious to continue the policy
of: allowing the Mexicans, to settle
their differences without outside inter-"
ference the President is said to be de-
termined that the civilian population of
the country shall not be starved, in the
meantime. -' " . , -
Talk of intervention which has been '
dormant since the European war di-,
verted attention from the situation '
nearer home was revived by the White
House statement. Many diplomatists
who interpreted the day's events as the
forerunner of a new policy, thought in
tervention was an inevitable outcome
and that the United States .was paving
the way for it by notifying the world
of its purpose to take the step for the
sake of -humanity. They pointed out
that a similar utterance had preceded
intervention in Cuba in 1898.
Ho Explanations.
, For the present it is understood the
notification to all the Mexican factions
of the intolerable state of affairs and
the desire of the American government
for a betterment of conditions will be
allowed to stand without explanation
while the relief work of the American
Red Cross is Undertaken in earnest. "'
The belief was widespread in official
and diplomatic, circles tonight that an
immediate "effect' of the forthcoming;
statement will be to give warning that
relief supplies must not be appropriated
by .the military factions and that they
must assist in feeding the starving pop-
ulace. While the President's statement
will not state specifically , the alterna
tive course in case It Is not heeded the,
general; trend of comment tonight in
dicated that the United States as a first
step in such-a contingency would in
sist on. keeping the railroad between
Vera Cruz and Mexico City open frr the
transportation of supplies and might .
even deliver its supplies to the people
in other Mexican cities by governmen
tal agencies. 1 '., .. I
The government's plan it is said will
take, several weeks to be worked out
and they are not expected to come to a
decisive point while, the delicate nego
tiations with Germany are in progress.
Event Caused Change. (
President Wilson declared Tuesday
after. his conference with Duval West
that he had decided on no change in
the Mexican policy. The events' of the
last 24 hours, however the seizure by
Carrariza authorities of large quantities
of corn purchased by the International
Relief Committee and the inability of
the authorities at Vera Cruz and Mexi
co City to,, proylde transportation for
supplies to. succor the ever-increasing"
bread ; line brought about the deter
mination to act."- -
Officials flatly denied reports that
n,! -Rrltnin tVimiiffh Yi or ' AT-r-t Via ae-tr - 'I A .'! i -'"Sfi3( -"A
here had been exerting pressure for the !-'- "
relief of conditions in Mexico. , It was
pointedr out, however, that Duval West, ' ?:
after a three months Investigation of i
conditions in Mexico was understood to
have brought back information tending
to show that, none of the leaders had .-,
sufficient capacity to dominate the sit
uation, and to . have suggested that the
United . States must compel a settle
ment. , . , ,.
The idea that by relieving distressed -conditions
among the - populace the -in-'
fluence of. the United States govern
ment . upon the warring factions would
increase - is said to have been one of -Mr.
West's arguments " '
" The great hope of the American gov
ernment, now.ifis said, is that its In- ;
fluence on, the situation will be such, a :
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