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WILMINGTON, K. C, TITESDY lytOllKITG, JUNE 29, 1915
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PRIZE COURT PROCEEDING FRYE
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ON UrUiTED STATES GOVERNMENT
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NOT READY TOHEftR
BRYAN TALK PEACE
BERLIN REPORTS
FALL OF GALIGIAN
Germany Asked to consider
Refusal to Sett) Jy Di
rect Negoti? ms.
PUBLISH TEXT OF NOTE
Germany Has Already Admit
ted Her Liability for Sink
" ing of Freighter Frye.
GERARD
PREDICTS
i FAVORABLE REPLY
To American Note to Ger
many on Submarine Warfare
Position Reinforced by Quota
, tions From Treaty.
NOTE NOT OUTLINED
Sons of Teutons Call Off Meet- RUSSIANS RETIRING NOW
ing in Chicago.
Reorganized Cabinet Returns
Ambassador to Germany Refers to Vis
it of Dr. Meyer-Gerhard and De
scribes Atmosphere in Berlin
as Favorable.
Washington, June 28. -By
agreement with, the German for
eign office, the State I)epartment
made public tonight : the text of
the note sent on June 24' by the
United States "asking Germany to
reconsider her refusal to settle by
direct diplomatic negotiations, in
stead of by prie court proceed
ings, the claim presented, on be
half of the captain and owners -of
the American ship William P.
1 rye, sunk with her cargo of
wheat by the - commerce-raider
Prinz Eitel Fried rich. Ambassa
dor Gerard cabled that he had de
livered, me note last Saturday af
ternoon. '
The American government de
clares that inasmuch as Germany
has admitted liability for the
. sinking of the Frye, under the
treaty of 1828, prize court pro
ceedings are unnecessary, ;and not
Unding on the United States.
No Right to SJnk Neutral Ships.
Aside from the question of how the
indemnity should .be paid, the. note
brings out clearly the refusal of the
TOWN OF HALIGZ
River San Takes Place of Dnei-
v - .
ster as Scene oflSan- .
guinary Bat
NEBRASKAN GOES HOME to Petrograd From Confer
ence in the Field.
Promoters of Meeting Wanted Him to
Discuss Exportation of Munitions.
Plans for Future Announced.
It's Ashevllle in' Summer.
POPE REPUDIATES
PART OFINTERVIEW
Many Grave Assertions In
vented Entirely."
IN A PARIS NEWSPAPER
Papal Secretary of State, Comes to the
Bat With Denial of Much Con
tained in Correspondent's
Story in La Idberte.
AMERICAN TERRITORY IS
NOT 7 O BE BASE OF ANY
REVOLUTION IN MEXICO
; n -J
no CITY NOW
IN CRITICAL PLIGHT
Uncle Sam Determined Not to
Allow Any More Revolu
tionary Movements.
Zapatistas, Holding City With
25,000 Men, Attacked.
United States to accept the contention
that Germany has a right to stop tne
carrying of contraband by American
ships "by the destruction of the con
traband and the ship carrying, it."
While no mention of submarine war
fare was made in either the last Ger
man note or 'the- present reply, occa
sion was taken to deny this right be
cause of a belief that admission of it
now might in the future be used as a
justification for. submarine attacks on
American ships. i r
Text: of the Note.
Uara Mifiws the text of the - note
-which is addressed by Secretary Lan-
sing to Ambassador Gerard in Berlin: i
Department of State, Washington,
June 24, 1915. . ' ' -:'
You are instructed to present the
following note to the German minister
of foreign affairs: ' ' ' '
"I have the honor to inform Tour
Excellency that I duly communicated
to my government your note of the
7th instant on the subject of the claim
presented in my note of April; 3rd last
on behalf of the owners and captain
of the American sailing vessel William
P. Frve in consequence of her destruc
tion by the German auxiliary: cruiser
Prinz Eitel Friedrich.
"In reply I am instructed by my gov
ernment to say that it lias carefully
considered the reasons given by the
imperial German government for urg
ing that this claim ' should be passed
upon by the German prize court in
stead of being settled by . direct diplo
matic discussions between the two
governments, as proposed by the gov
ernment of the United Stages, and that
it regrets to find that it cannot concur
in the;conclusions reached by the im
perial German government. - . r
As pointed out in my. last note to
you on this subject, dated April 30th,
the government of the United States
has considered that the only question
urder discussion was the method
which should be adopted for ascertain-r
in? the amount of indemnity to be paid
under an admitted liability, and It
notes with surprise that in addition to
this question, the imperial German gov
ernment now desires to raise some
questions as to the meaning and effect
of the treaty stipulations under which
fclit has admitted its liability.
-If the government of the United
States correctly understands the posl
fon of the imperial German govern
n.erit as now presented, it is that the
provisions of Article 13 of the Treaty
of ITH between the United States and
I'mssia, which is continued . In force
hy the treaty of 1828, justified the com
i' mirier of the Prinz Eitel-Friedrich An
sin'.; in the William P. Frye, although
f lvir.jr the imperial, German govern-
KKiu liable for the damages sunerea
in consequence, and that inasmuch a
''p. treaty provides no specific method
for ascertaining the amount of indero
Ti'y to belaid, that question must be
yihmitted- to the German prize court
for determination. ' ' 1
"The- government ' of the J Unte
ates, on the other hand, does not find
ii. th treaty stipulations mentioned
y justification for the pinking of the
ye and does not consider ?thatT the
(ifrnian prize court has any "jurisdic
tion over the question of the amount
f indemnity to be paid by the imper
ifil German government oh account of.
jls liability for the destruction, of., an
American vessel on the high seas. ,.
'i'ou statp in vnnr note Of.'the 7th
!niai.r that Article 13 Aof, tbeC abovej
iConi-waed on Page 'enr'-?"
. Washington, June 28. Favorable re
ply from Germany to the last Ameri
can note concerning submarine war
fare and the sinking of the Lusitania
was predicted in an official dispatch
from Ambassador Gerard today. The
Sfate Department transmitted the com
munication to President Wilson at Cor
nish, N. H. The ambassador did not
attempt to outline the forthcoming
German note, but described the atmos
phere in Berlin official quarters as fa
vorable to a satisfactory reply.
He referred to the visit of Dr. Anton
Meyer-Gerhard, the emissary of Count
Von Bernstorff, the German ambassa
Hnr -noiri tine nn that the ambassa
dor's information apparently had im
pressed the German government with
the idea that the United States did not
want war with Germany, but desired a
satisfactory reply to her original de
mands. The fact that Ambassador Gerard
iook occasion to predict informally the
nature of the reply was regarded as
significant in official quarters where it
was pointed out that the ambassador's
forecasts in the oast had been conser
vative anq . consistent. Although-- L
was not generally .v -known, he gavet
Washington to understand what would
be contained in the last German note
and the text bore out his prediction.
Ambassador Gerard understands the
German official purpose to make no
concessions which will affect, the use.
of the submarines as a means of war
fare on the commerce or Great Britain,
but to propose some way by which
American lives and legitimate inter
ests will be safeguarded.
Officials here have no inkling as to
the methods by which this object is to
be attained, but from previous dis
patches it is assumed an arrangement
will be suggested whereby German
submarines would cease attacks on
ships of any nationality primarily used
for passenger travel, while continuing
to wage vigorous warfare on enemy
ships devoted'ehiefly to the transporta
tion of contraband. It is not known
whether it is proposed to give passen
ger ships complete immunity or wheth
er assurances will be asked that if sig
nalled by a submarine for visit and
search they will offer no resistance.
No intimation has come to the State
Department as to when the German
note will reach here, but it is believed
the communication wjll be completed
Chicago, June 28. A meeting of the
Sons of Teutons, to have been held
here tonight with William Jennings
Bryan as one of the speakers, has been
postponed. G. F. Hummel, chairman
of the committee on arrangements,
said, however, in announcing the post
ponement, that Mr. Bryan might yet.
address the Sons of Teutons, "if satis
factory arrangements can be made.1
"The subject on which Mr. Bryan
was to talk was really a minor mat
ter." said Mr. Hummel. "We wanted
him to talu' on the exDortatios of am
munition, and he off erea to repeat his
New York address on -peace.' max
talk would do us no good. Stop the
exportation of munitions of war and
there would be peace in a month.
"The meeting has been postponed not
because of Mr. Bryan, but because it
anneared doubtful if the Coliseum
nnlH he rtrenared to hold the crowd
Members of the committee on ar
rangements met Mr. Bryan's train and
explained that the proposed meeting
had been called off.
Afr. Brvan declined to discuss the
action of the committee further than
tr sbv that it was due to a misunder-
standine. He referred all questioners
.to members of the committee.
Mr. Bryan left for Lincoln, Neb., at
A o'clock to remain a few days before
going to San Francisco and Seattle
where he has speaking engagements.
Bryan's Plans for Future.
Speaking of his plans, Mr. Bryan
said:
"Mohrnaka will be our home. I
shall do my voting there. We shall
spend our winters in Miami, Fla., and
our summers at Asheville, N. C, 1
shall spend as much time lecturing as
may be necessary. It will not be more
than three months a year. I expect to
devote some time each year speaking
to students at; colleges on subjects con
nected with citizenship. I shall con
tinue my newspaper editorials. The
rest of my time will be reserved for
such work as may seem to be necessary."
Paris, June 28. Announce
ment was made at the Frereh min
istry of war today that, according
1o the Italian press, Italy has bro
ken diplomatic relations with
Turkey. Italy, it is added, will
send troops to the Dardanelles.
MR. AND MRS. SLATON DEPART
FOR THE PACIFIC COAST.
within. ten days.
GRAIN CROPS IN BELGIUM.
FOR CIVIL POPULATION.
That Grown In Portion Occupied by
German Authorities.
Go by Way . of New York Military
Guard Withdrawn from Home.
Xiondon, June 28. Herbert C. Hoo
ver, chairman of the American Com
mission for Relief in Belgium, has con
an acre ement with General Von
Bissing, military governor of Belgium,
providing that the wheat and rye crop
in the zone occupied by . the Germans
shall be reserved for the civilian popu
lation. "The occupation zone covers all or
Belgium except West Flanders and a
portion of-East Flanders which areas
are binder control of the active army
and not within General Von Bissing's
jurisdiction,": said Mr. Hoover in mak
ing the announcement today. The
undertaking therefore ddes not extend
to the latter named territory.
"The harvest promises to be very
srood. Normally Belgian production of
grain furnishes sufficient breadstuffs
d three months, but
with the much more economical con
sumption now rigorously enioreeu y
the commission the harvest yield should
cover a. considerably longer period this
yeWhile the details of the arrange
ments are not settled a part pi '
dertaking is that one-twelfth of the
harvest yield shall be issued to the
people each month, the commission un
dertaking to import the necessary bal
ance to maintain the present ration.
LEGAL AUTHORITIES OF THE
ARMY AND NAVY IN CONFLICT.
On Question of Whether Officer. Can
. . Resign at Will. ,
.Washington. June 28 Legal author,
ities of the army and navy hold di
rectly opposite views as to . whether
an officer can resign his commission at
will in time ht peace it was
here today. The question now is be
fore Attorney General Grory for de
cision in connection with efforts of
private manufacturers to employ ord
nance experts of the army for war mu-
g'Crowder.- Judge Advocate
General of the Army, takes the post-Son-
that the , powers or the cretary
of War are purely ministerial and that
e must accept a resignation - when
SrofSJelapt. Rly .Ma", Judge
Advocated General' of the Navy, -t3'
TT . Secretary of the Navy
haT discretionary power and W W-,
cept or . reject Tesignaiio
fit.
Atlanta, June 28. Former Governor
John M. Slaton, accompanied by Mrs.
Slaton, left Atlanta late today for the
Pacific coast by way of New York, and
the military guard stationed at his su
burban home since the demonstrations
against the commutation of Leo M.
Frank's death sentence, began June 21,
was withdrawn early tonight.
The departure of Mr. and Mrs. Slaton
was without incident. Accompanied
by a few friends, they motored from
their home to the terminal station,
where they boarded a Southern Rail
way passenger train.
The four men arrested at the Slaton
ontatA earlv todav will be released to
morrow, according to an announce
ment today by the military authorities.
The 26 taken into custody Saturday,
however, are to be prosecuted. 001.
Orville Hall, commanding the Fifth
ree-iment. today made a written report
of their arrest to Governor Harris,;
who is to decide whether the trial
shall be by military or civil court. No
formal charges have yet been placed
against the men.
Governor Harris late today issued a
statement to the people of Georgia
asking that there "be an immediate
cessation of all efforts at violence or
riotous demonstrations," because of the
Frank case. He asserted that he con-,
tinued the ; martial law zone around
the former governor's home because of
representations of Adjutant General J.
VanHolt and Sheriff Mangum, of Ful
ton county aid added that the action or
former Governor Slaton in the Frank
case now "is past history."
MARSHALL A. HUDSON RE-ELECTED
President of the World-Wide Baraca
Union in Annual Sesalon.
Los Angeles, Cal., June 28. - Repre
sentatives .of more than one million
men, , Sunday school students, whose
world-wide organization the Baracas
-araa Ascribed as the outcome of an
imrmlse. leathered about their founder,
Marshall A. 'Hudson, of Syracuse here
todav in the first business session of
the 19th annual convention. , Delegates
from the women's society, the Phila-
theas, took part in the convention.
Ten thousand Bible, classes are em
viont tn the movement, it was declar
d. Mr. Hudson, a merchant, who
abandoned his business to carry out
the "impulse," was re-elected president
of .the Baraca-Fhllathea union.
London, June 27. Berlin reports the
fall of the Galician town of Halicz
and says the Austro-Germans have
crossed the Dniester river, which
means that the five Hays' -.desperate
rear guard action by the Russians has
ended in their retirement. However,
the stubborn resistance of this nank
of the forces of Grand Duke Nicholas
undoubtedly has enabled him to re
form his lines along the rivers Bug
and Stry without interference.
Th river San now takes - the" olace
of the Dniester as the scene of san
quinary battle in the Russian effort to
nrevent th investment of Warsaw.
Petrograd admitB "the retirement or
the Russians to the river Gmla JUipa,
which is so milAK from the frontier, and
falls into thft Dniester at HaliCSL.lbat
inilitary . experts da. no,t expac-j'
nrosn th oninion rthat-he next" serious
battle probably will occur along tne
Zlota. T.ina river, which runs parallel
to the Gnila Lipa further eastward
where the Russians would benefit by
the railroad with which tne rarnop
line connects. These operations and
nlans. according to military men. con
firm the theory that the Dniester forces
merely were covering for the Northern
army.
The rnrrani7.efl Russian cabinet has
returned to Petrograd after a field con
ference with the Emperor and Grand
Diikp Nicholas. ' The Russian press de
votes considerable Bpace to the recon
struction of the cabinet, the convoca
tion of the Duma and the mobilization
of industry for war purposes, one writ
er declaring - that the pronouns "we"
and "they" as applied to distinguish
the government from the people will
not cease to exist.
General Polivanoff, who has been
designated as minister of war, was
assistant minister of war during the
organization of the army in the Russo
Japanese war. He has the reputation
of being an excellent soldier and or
ganizer, and ; enjoys' considerable pop
ularity on account of his liberal vievfti.
Italians Enter Austria.
Through pass.es : 5,000 feet in alti
tiirio thft Italians have entered the Aus
trian territory south of Riva no the
western side of Lake Garda. They are
now within six miles of itiva, the only
important town on this lane.
In the West, the only important ac
tions, according to the French, con
sisted in the repulse . of German at
(Continued on Page Two.)
Rome, via Paris, June 28. An inter
view published in the Corrierie Italia
with Cardinal Pietro Gasparri, the
papal "secretary of state, has aroused
great interest in Rome. It deals with
the interview obtained last week by
Louis LaTapie, a member of the staff
of the Paris La Liberte, with Pope
Benedict. The secretary of state says:
"M. LaTapie invented entirely many
grave assertions. You must rem'ember
that a phrase isolated from the con
text cannot re-produce faithfully a
thought, or what is worse, it gives a
meaning entirely false. ,
"For instance, take the quotation
regarding hostages in Berlin. What
confusion! Thcpontm is maoe to mix
the Jews of Galicia. the Austrian
priests of Cremona and the Belgian
prelates, all of which, according to M.
LaTapie, was covered in the allocution
of January zz.
"With reerard to the Jews it was in
March that Austro-Hungary sent a
protest to the Holy See. The protest
was not mentioned as the Vatican
could not condemn Russia on the sole
affirmation of Austra-Hungary.
"The Pope was informed that Italy
had taken some parish priests of the
towns oeeunied as hostaeres. but the
bishop of Cremona informed him that
they were being treated with every re
gard. Indeed, the pontiff furnishes
them with funds for masses. The Pope
knows all this perfectly. How, then,
could he put them in a category witn
the Belgian and French - hostages or
with the Jews of Russia?
With regard to General con Bissing,
the German governor of Belgium,
neither the Holy Father, nor the sec
retnrv of states ever received a letter or
a comhication, f r ou hiuir eetlx or J
ASSAULT TO CONTINUE
Reports to State Department by Cour
ier to Vera Ctub and Through
British Charge d' Affaires
Paint Dark Picture.
WILSON
DEVOTES
TIM
E
TO FOREIGN PROBLEMS
President Keeping in ' Close
Touch With Washington.
R-ort Smith: Ark.. .June 28. No report
w:as made .today by the .Federal grand,
Jury v investigating alleged '"moonshine
whiskey" frauds. It was reported that
as soon as the inquiry is finished here,
special rand juried will Investigate
IF HE CAN PREVENT IT
Intends to Prosecute Vigorous
ly AH Violations of the
Neutrality Laws.
Huerta Was Watched From.
Moment He Landed.
Arrest of Huerta and Prosecution in
Connection With. New Revolution
tbe Left to Other Officials.
Rests and Plays.
lnrlirectlv. Thus tfte 'BoDe rauld tioi
refer to such a letter and he did not.
The letter was born of the fervid
imn srinn tion of M. LiaTaDie."
Cardinal Gasparri denies that Pope
Benedict said, "It was under the pon
tificate of Pius X". when asked by M
LaTanie if it was necessary to inquire
whether the neutrality of , Belgium had
been violated, but the . secretary oi
state does not say what words the
nontiff used. -
"But .much graver is the confusion
of M. LaTapie when he speaks of tne
relations between the Holy See and
Ttalv" continues Cardinal Gasparri.
The following is the real opinion of
the pontiff:
"It is true he wished Italy to re
main outside the -conflict upon receiv
ing concessions from Austria because
he desired that Italy should not suffer
the horrors of war, and he was preoc
o.unied with the delicate position of the
church if Italy entered the conflict.
War once declared, the church became
entirely neutral. It has not in any
way tried to prevent catholics rrom
doing their duty according to their con-
sciences and it has done everything
for the spiritual welfare of the soldiers.
'The Dontie: recognizes that the
Lltalian government has done every
thing possible to attentuate any, aim
culties that might arise between it
and the Holy See. The Vatican's cor
respondence is not being touched.
But that does not mean that the situa
tion of the Holy See is normal. It
does not intend to create embarrass
ment for the government.
"The Holy Father much deplored the
sinking of the Lusitania but could not
pronounce (directly on it because there
was before him a question of fact re
garding which each side makes differ
ent assertions." . -
Cardinal Gasparri ended the inter
view by saying:
"With regard to what concerns me
personally, I saw Mv LaTapie only a
few minutes.- In that time the diplo
matic relations between the Holy See
and France were not mentioned. La
Tanla -n7fnli1 Innvc. rlonA hetter had he
maintained the promise he formally
gave me not to publish anything -without
previous authorization. But if that
formal promise was insufficient to pre
serve the Holy See from such deplora
ble indiscretions M. LaTapie will have
the honor of being the last journalist
to be received by the Holy Father dur
ing the war.''
The Messagero says the impression
produced in Italy and abroad' by the
interview credited to the pope py tne
La Liberte representative naa
Washington,' June 28. Official dis
patches sent by the British charge
d'affaires at Mexico City by courier to
Vera Cruz and from there cabled to
the State Department today pictured
conditions in the' Mexican capital as
extremely critical.
The Zapatistas, holding the city with
a force estimated at nearly 25,000 men,
were reported by the courier to have
repulsed last Wednesday an attacking
Carranza army under General Gonzales
while General Carranza was dispatch
ing all available men to reinforce Gon
zales and continue the assault. The
situation was descriDea m tne iouow
Ing announcement tonight by the State
ninartment: .
"Conditions in Mexico City are notJ
Reassuring, according to reports, com
munication is still interrupted ana
General Carranza is rushing all avail
able men to reinforce his troops in the
vicinity of Mexico City. It is said to
be the intention of General Carranza
to send in provisions with his army,
although there is nothing definite in
regard to this report.
'A courier sent by the British charge
d'affaires arrived in Vera Cruz on the
jtnorning, pt the 27th, having, lett mcx
icb "City on the 23rd. The" department's
advices conveying this information al
so state that it is confirmed that the
Zapatistas have appropriated the cable.
Various press reports agree according
to this dispatch to the department rrom
Vera Cruz under date of June 27th that
the. Zapatistas have assembled a force
estimated at 25,000 troops to contest
the entry of the Carranza forces. Most
of these Zapatistas are outside the city
in front of the positions occupied by
General Gonzales. It is reported that
the troons of Gonzales have been de
feated in the Northern suburbs, losing
ammunition and, other military sup-niic-s.
Other renorts state that the Za
patistas are poorly equipped and pro-.
visioned. Business in Mexico Jity is
said to be suspended. The food short
age is rausiner concern
"The department is in receipt of ad
vices dated June 26th, from Vera Cruz
stating that transportation for Red
Gross Representative o uonnor ana
Consul General Shanklin has been ar
ranged to the headquarters of General
Gonzales. Consul General Shanklin
and Mr. O'Connor expect to leave on
the morning of June 29th and will take
with them the hospital supplies fur
nished by the Red Cross
Thousands of persons in Mexico City
are depending on the supplies of the
International Relief Committee, wnicn
itself faces a food shortage. Fears
are entertained in the city that aside
from the' famine the reinforcements
sent to General Gonzales will cause
him to carry the fighting into the cap
ital, endangering the lives of foreign
ers and their property.
State Department officials have tak
en no steps in the situation, but de
tails have been transmuted to Presi
dent Wilson at Cornish, N. H. Officials
are depending on the Brazilian minis
ter and others of the diplomatic corps
to remove foreigners from the danger
zones or arrange a true for their exo
dus if the fighting is carried into the
city.
The situation on the west coast of
Mexico is improving.
Another denial from General , Car
ranza that people are dying from hun
eer in Mexico was made public tonight
by the Carranza agency.
The message said that while food
shortage at some points was admitted,
there was no serious distress in any
part of 21 states declared to be under
Carranza control.
- jWaahlngton, June 28. The United
States has determined that, so far as it
can prevent, there shall be no more
revolutianary movements in Mexico
and that American territory, anyhow,
shall not be used as a base for such
expeditions This, it became known
today, led to the arrest of General
Victoriano Huerta and General Pas-cual-
Orosco at El Paso Sunday and
forms the ground for strict surveil
lance now being maintained on Gen
erals Felix Diaz, Mondragon Blanquet
and Felipe Anggles and other promi
nent Mexicans living in the United
States.
Ak. - - ,;v
cutev vigorously all violations of neu
trality laws was revealed today af
ter a conference' between Secretary?
Lansing and Assistant Attorney Gen
eral warren. ,
Annnrrflnff' tn information thus fai
gathered, there are at least four dis
tinct groups, apart from the Villa and
Carranza supporters in the United
Sta.to.B arUva nrkllti ta 11 v in tha -May
lean situation. Whenever such dctiy-T
lty reaches the point of setting on foot
a military expedition from the United
States, arrests will follow, according
to Mr, Warreiij who ' is handling the
cases.- - -
Information crathered hv eovernment
agents discloses that all the groups
oppose carranza ana villa, Dut are
working independently. Inquiry is be
ing made to learn what financial in
terests are supporting the various fac
tions and there are hints that citizens
of a European belligerent are involved
in the plots. .
The position of the United States is
that the situation should -not be com
plicated -by the addition of marauding
armies which could hope to gain any
degree of military supremacy only af
ter prolonged fighting.
At the Department of Justice today
it was said that investigation was be
ing made to learn whether General
Angeles, Villa's right hand man, had
any connection with the socalled Hu
erta plot and that some evidence
sflfirrmrl tn connect "him with it. En
rique Llorente, Washington represen
tative oi General Villa, announced later
that General Angeles had started for
Washington from Boston to call in
person at' the State Department and
deny he had any connection with the
Huerta conspiracy.
" .a n xf
unex
nected results in the Vatican. The
" ', nB . .M.f MesBagero states that innumerable
Cornisn, in. a... June .-nwmcau have co
Wilson devoted several hours today to
the consideration of i the Mexican, the
European and the Haitlen situations.
He was in communication with Secre
tary Lansing and' t other Washington
officials. There was no indication to
night that any of the business brought
before him was of such a nature as to
take him back o Washington, but he
is ready to leave here at any time.
Mr. Wilson was notified ' ol " the ' ar
rest on the Mexican border; of 'General
Hurta, but the Investigation of the
charges against the former Mexican
dictator and ht prosecution will be
left to the Department-of Justice off!
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The President declined to 1 comment
when shown reports 'tha State Depart
ment advices from Berliq indicated
that Germany's reply to he last Amer
ican note on submarine warfare would
be f avorable.if f 'V. -jf'Ji
The President; went for a long auto
mobile ride today." He spent most of
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J with members of his party playing pool
messages have come tothe Pope from
cardinals, bishops and tne primates or
England and Belgium.
Cardinal Mercier. primate of Bel
gium; Cardinal Amette, archbishop of
Paris, and the others who have sent
dispatches, continues the paper, all ask
word from the Pope to minimize the
disastrous impression and reassure
Catholics. Thus Pape Benedict felt u
necessary to intervene and make clear
his' thoughts.
WASHINGTON WAITER MAKES
CONFESSION AS TO ATTACK
On the Rich Candy Manufacturer of
Pittsburg Was Present. '
New Orleans, June 28.- a. new Or
leans .ordinance designed to regulate
"Jitney" traffic was upheld here today
by -the State Supreme Court. Owners
of "Jitney" had, obtained a temporal y
injunction in the civil district court to
prevent city .authorities from enforc
ing the laws. The injunction was dis
missed.' Owners objected - principally
to "'a', provision of the ordinance re
quiring an indemnity bond of $5,000
for each car.
Rochester, N. Y., June 28. Reports
tonight from i the ' bedside of the Rt.
Rev: James "13. Quigley, archbishop of
Chicago, were that , his condition was
rapidly.' becoming more serious. He is
Pittsburg, Pa., June 28. George Mc
Henry, a Washington waiter, who was
arrested there and brought here in
connection with a murderous attack on
Franklin T. Schneider, a rich candy
manufacturer, made a confession today
according to detectives.
McHenry, the police said, admitted
he was with Thomas Forney, the
Washington attorney and son-in-law
of Schneider, when the attack was
made. He denied, however, that he
struck the candy manufacturer with a
hammer as alleged by Forney, but de
clared Forney used the weapon.
About three months ago, McHenry
said, Forney in Washington told him
of a plot to kill Schaeider. McHenry,
accordine to the police, .said Forney
made out a promissory note for $4,000
anu gave, it to mcnenry, ajiu ioiu uuu
he would receive the full amount if he
''disposed of the old man."
Telegrams, tonight from Washington
said the note had been found.
Forney and McHenry will be given
a hearing Wednesday ... on charges or
felonious assault and battery with In
tent to kill. Steps were taken tonight
to obtain' the return of Harry C. Car
lisle, arrested in Atlantic City today
Department of Justice officials ex-
nreaead Biii-nrlo that TTiiArtei. and Cmr
co had been released on bond at El
Paso and let It be known that they or
dered their agents to maintain a strict
watch on the tw ogerterals. It was re
called that General Calazar, who was
released on bond, escaped across tne
Mexican border.
Officials are of the opinion that Hu
erta and his friends laid careful plans
for a coup which was to be staged,
somewhere in Northwestern Mexico,
possibly in th enext few days. It Is
not understood that there was to be
any concerted movement of Huerta re-
cruits across the Rio Grande at any
one tjme, but they have been traveling
that way for many weeks. Machine
guns, ammunition and supplies neces
sary to any army have moved the
same way and in the same direction. -
The surveillance kept on Huerta in
all the months he has been living hear
New Tbtk was not of a spectacular
kind, but was so effective that de
partment officials believe they have the
thread of the plot in their hands and
that within the next lew days they
can apprehend other suspects.
Huerta was under the eye of the
department from the time he landed un
til he alighted irom nis train near mi
Paso. . Beginning several days ago, all
information which came to headquar
ters was forwarded to El Paso jfor the,
department's agent mere ana tne
United States district attorney.
Assistant Attorney uenerai warren
rHrftfteri" attention to the fact that the
proceedings in the case of Huerta were
not unusual, indictments ior similar
offense having been secured in the
(Jast against men . prominent in other
Mexican factions. :
WILL MOVEMENT CONTINUE f
"ept or re ject resignations as he seesj hee ' " " 1 and - reading and talking. - : .', Iat,the home of his "brothehere. - j in connection m tne case. . , ,
Such is Indicated From the El Paso
Viewpoint Agents Active.
El Paso, Texas, June 28. In spite of
the detention here 6f General Victo
riano Huerta, under Federal bond.
events toaay pointed to conunueo ac
tively In the' new-revolutionary move
ment across the Rio Grande.
Well informed persons tonight said
revolutionary agents were active -and
. . . . . . ; . . - . r .AA
estimated tnai an average oi i men
were crossing the Riogrande nightly.
These persons do not believe the Huerta
incident will retard revolutionary ef
forts aajd predicted mat important de
velopments would occur in Juarez
soon, -' . -. - " ft
"Presumably the men crossing " the
border are to be mobilized at some se
cluded point in Northern Mexico.
The arrival- tonight of J. L. Camp,
United States' district atorney for the
West Texas district, was - expected to
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