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WHOLE KXTMBER 39,262
GERMANY
ADMIT,
SHE IS LIABLE F(iR THE
DAMAGE TO 7VB7 ASCATV
THAT
Considers Attack Unfortunate,
Expresses Regrets and
Offers Compensation.
ANOTHER FRYE CASE
Officials Think ' Another Note
to Germany May be
Necessary
For
Conserving ; , American
Rights in War Zone.
LANSING JILL GET
BERNSTORFFS VIEW
Wmm sent
Britain Hopes to , Fix Supply
at Actual Needs.
GERMANS SPRING
BIG SURPRISE ON
MILITARY CRITICS
Ambassador Believes There is
Chance to Negotiate.
BRITAIN IS INCLUDED
He Thinks lut Xote Pavw Way foi
. Mediation ot Contraband , and
Submarine Questions Be
,t ween Three Nations.
Washington, D. C July ; 15
many's admjgsion of lia.billty and. ex
pression of jregret today for. the Ger
man submarine attack on the Ameri
can steamer Nebraskan pleased offi
cials here, but it was 'the general opin-
J a !-- 1am-ii 1 -r nt- ts i na Ia1 . waii 1
require the dispatch of a note further
to conceive American rights in the w.i-
zone- A1 memorandum 'stating Oer
many's "position reached the State De
partment, through Ambassador Gera rd,
at Berlin. '
Legal officers of ,the American gov
ernment who examined the German
memorandum pointed, out that in many
respects the case resembled that of the
William P. ' Fry e, the American ship
sunk by the Prinz Eltel Friedrich. In
both cases Germany has expressed re
gret . and has offered to compensate
American citizens but the action p
the German commanders has been de
clared justified. To admit this, officials
here say, would establish a dangerous
precedent. '. -" : . . . . .
In the J"ry caBe.'Germany contended
that: it was a fair T inference from the
language of the . Prussian-American
KEEP IT FROM ENEMY
Germany, It is Alleged,, Has Been Get
' -'tina; its - Supply Through . Neutral
Nations Announcement in
House of liords. .
Von Hindehburg Has Renew
ed Attack on Polish Capi- ;
tal from the North.;
BATTLE IN WEST HARD
Washington, July 15. Count, '-. Von
Bernstorff,- the German .ambassador,
will "present to Secretary Lansing to
morrow the view that Germany's reply
to the American note on . submarine
warfare was intended to pave the-way
for negotiations by the . United 'States
with Great Britain as well as Germany
to adjust questions that have arisen
over contraband and submarines as af
fecting the rights of neutrals. - V .
T'heGerman ambassador for several
days has' been anxious ;to see Secre
tary Lansing, but the . Secretary' ex
pressed a preference not to discuss the
German reply until he had examined it
carefully. Today Mr." Lansing met the
Ambassador casually . at . club and
set tomorrow for the conference. ' .
Count Von Bernstorff is confident his
government emphasized in the last note
ts willingness to work "hand in hand'
with the American government s for the
establishment of the seas principle
with - the express -purpose , of entering
into negotiations now oh - the entire
question of -maritime warfare- He .sent
through Dr. Anton -; Meyer-Gerhard the
suggestion that the note should con
tain such an intimation. Having fol
lowed his suggestions the ambassador
treaty of 1828 that an - American -a.hip )! :
ed if there were no way to stop trans
portation of contraband!,- The United
States objects to this construction of
the treaty and in the case of. the Ne
braskan possibly will place on record
its views, that the attack, even though
payment is assured and regrets ex
pressed, was an illegal act. ' c
Officials 'take the view -that the Ne
braskan. case proves conclusively that
a merchantman must be visited before
attack to determine its nationality ana
the character of its . cargo. Some high
officials do not believe the United
States -would insist that in exercising
the right of visit, the submarine com
mander would actually be required . to
board a merchantman, but would hold
that a ship could "be visited" by sig
nalling a warning to stop and asking
for the submission of papers.- '
The German memorandum was the
subject of much comment in official
quarters because it bears out conclu
sions reached by Lieutenant John H.
Towers, American . naval attache in
London, who forwarded fragments of
metal found in the NebrasKan witn nis
expression of opinion that ; the vessel
was torpedoed. In the case of the
Gulflight, too, American, naval con
structors in London established the
vessel was torpedoed. . ;. V
Th3 Navy Department's report on the
Nebraskan never has been made pub
lic, but in view "of the" admission by
Germany today, officials said that the
findings of navy officers were confirm
ed by the German foreign office memo
randum. . ,. i , - . '
Gerard Telegraphed Memorandum.
Secretarv Lansine: announced receipt
of Ambassador. Gerard's memorandum
in the following statement: r :
"Ambasasdor Gerard has telegraphed
to the Department of. State the follow
ing memorandum from the German
foreign office relative to the damaging
of the American steamer Nebraskan lay
a German submarine:
"The Germans received from news
paper reports the injustice .that the
American steamer Nebraskan had been
damaged by a mine or torpedo-on the
Southwest coast of Ireland. It therefore
started a thorough investigation, of the
case without delay an dfrom the" re
sult of the investigation it has be
come convinced that, the damage to
the Nebraskan was caused by an at
tack by a German submarine.
"On the evening of May 25 last, the
submarine met a steamer bound west
ivara without a flag and with no neu
tral markings on her freeboard, about
33 nautical miles west of Fastnet rock;
To appliances of any land, for the illum-
nation of the flair or man-rings wa
to be seen. Tn the twilight, which
had already set in, the name of the
fteamer was not visible from the sub
marine. Since the commander of the
submarine was obliged to assume from
his wide experience in the area of
maritime warfare that" onlyj--'English
f teamers, and no neutral steamers trav
ersed this war area "without f flag and
markings, he attacked the vessel with
f torpedo, in the conviction that -he had
n enemy vessel before him. . . - ' '
"Some time after the shot, -.he cor
mamler saw fiat tbe vessel had in the
meantime hoisted the , American flag.
As a coincide, he. of course, refrained
fr"m any further attack. Since the
v?fsel remained aflbat he had no, occa
sion to concern himself -further , With
the boats which had been launched. ;
"It results from this, without a -doubt,
that the attack on the steamer Nebras
ka was not. meant for -the' American
flag, nor is it traceable to any fault on
the part of the comamnder of the Ger
man submarine, but is to be considered
an unofrtunate accident. The German
government expresses its regret at th
occurrence to the government-of the
Suited States of America an.d declares
'is readiness to make compensation or
a tender of good offices for the media
tion, of , the ..-dispute.-, This would in
volve an acceptance by Great Britain,
of the services ; of . $he . United , States
ass mediator to hrirfg ;ab,out.;.termina
tion of the British reprisal-!-the order
in council as. well as German, subma
rine attacks on merchantmen, y " ,
Officials of the American government
in." the last few days have-ieard re-;
ports concerning possible mediation of
the questions, but have indicated ne
coiiations alone such lines could We b.e-
e-iin nnlv if there - was assurances if
(Continued on Page Bight.)
London, July 15. The British gov
ernment hopes very shortly to limit the
export of cotton to neutral countries
to the precise amount of actual need.
The Marquis of Crewe, lord president
of the - council and Liberal leader in
the House of Lords, made an announce
ment to this effect in the upper house
this afternoon.
The.-Marquis of Crewe's statement
was "made in reply to" a series of ques
tions by Baron Charnwood regarding
tbe'supply of cotton and other, material
through neutral countries to Germany,
and whether the government had found
that the measures taken since March
last were effective.
The . real question, he thought, was
whether it was advisable to add cotton
to the contraband list. On that ques
tion there had been a number of mis-
understandings ana raiBappreueuoiuuo
I and some of them, the speaker said, un
doubtedly obtained not oniy m iniB
"country but in neutral countries.
- So far as could be ascertained, he
continued, the naval - measures taken
to prevent fresh - supplies of cotton
from", reaching Germany had been suc
cessful. The government hoped by con
tinual friendly negotiations to improve
the position progressing toward what
must be their main purpose; namely, to
limit the exports to those neutral coun
tries 'to. the precise amount of their ac
tual needs calculated on the average
imports which they had employed at
frome during the last few years.
The' Marquis of Crewe said that , on
the question ot contraband- there ' could
be no mefe declaration qf any conimod-,
ity as contraband so long as the gov
ernment ''.was to admrtth.eaxpfltfJSfc;
examining all'gobds. He did" hot think
anyone would suppose tnat unaer in
ternational law or the most elementary
rules of fair play it was possible" to
institute a blocRaae or neuirai . coun
tries'with whom England had no quarrel.-
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Therefore. the government had
adopteda policy, which admittedly was
nbvl, .but - which was rendered neces
sary by -the changed conditions of mar
itime warfare. The desire of the gov
ernment' was t oadmit the export to
neutral .countries of goods presenting
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That Allies Have Made Some
Progress on the Galli
poli is Confirmed.
Great Inyentora to Serve United States Navy.
TENS OF THOUSANDS ARE
DROWNED IN CHINA FLOODS
Desolation in Devastated Districts is Terrible, According to
Reports Reaching Hong Kong Canton Isolated Ex
cept to Powerful Steamers Thousands of
Houses Have Been Burned.
Hong Kong, July 15. Tens of thou-i
sans of natives, it is estimated, have
been drowned by the floods in the
Chinese provinces ; of iKwantung,
Kwahgsi and Kiangsi, and ' the deso
lation in the devastated districts is ter
rible, according to the latest reports
reaching here." -
A fire-swept area of one mile and
raging floods are handicapping rescue
work- iu Canton. 1 ' -'
The city was in darkness last night,
the water having inundated the electric
plant. ' .. , ' MMk.
Missionaries nave ri tl
ing the assistance of the United States
gunboat, Callao. to aid in the work of
rescuing. ,
Last reports from Canton before com
munication was cut. aid the Christian
hospital, was in danger from fir e
THOISASDS DEAD AT CANTON -
Tens of Thousands Taking Refuge TTp-
.. - - on House Tops.
Washington. July 15. Consul Gen
eral Andersdn. at Hong. Kong, report
ed today that Canton was isolated ex
cept to powerful steamers, thousands
have been drowned and tens of thou
sands are taking refuge in highplaces.
lT.". f houses have been burned
j American, mission property has . either
been damagea or ae8lrUcu, -"i:riti
eigners are -taking refuge at the Brlt
fsh consulate at Wuchow. No Amerl
cans have been lost so far as known. .
X The state Department summarized, its
dispatch on the flood situation as ,fol-
1Canton is IsoUted except to power
ful steamers. ; On Shameen, i an island
in Canton harbor), the- foreign settle -men?
is Sndef ten feet of water. Thou
sands have been drowned. Tens ;of
n,a.r.i- taking refuge upon the
hopsdthel- high Places.and
nmisands5 of houses In Canton have
iurnir American mission property In
DUrnea. rantnn: Knntrmoon
Sd wSweestroyed bad-
17 "lua foreigners in, Wuchow have
iikelefuget the-BriUshula
rwinh is situated on a high bluff. SO
7a is Sown.- no. American lives
r.ate bv teleraDh with Consul General
Cheshire at Canton. The Hong Kong
government ' and ' private- persons there
are organizing relief. .American nav
al vessels are proceeding up the West
river jo assist in the rescue of those
In disjress. The consul general recom
mend immediate Red Cross assistance,
inasmuch as there will be wirespread
famine involving millions of human be
ings. He asked for a temporary allow
ance of $20,000." '
' The " department's statement notes
that the floods arehot in the t region
to which the American Red Cross sent
engineers .last year to devise measures
of ' flood "prevention; The West ' river
valley 4 is -a thousand miles distant
from the scene of the-floods last year
and is of an entirely different charac
ter. ' v " - - - ' '
- - The- Red Cross will immediately- ap
peal to the public for the flood suffer
ers.. "" ' . ' ' . -. r
London, July 15. Abandoning for the
time being their attempt to outflank
Warsaw from the south, the Germans,
possibly under Field Marshal von Hin
denberg, who is reported to have said
a few days ago that he shortly would
astonish the world, have renewed their
attack on . the Polish capital from the
north.
They not only have captured many
prisoners : south of Kolno, according to
Berlin, but have occupied Przasnysz, a
fortified town fifty miles north of War
saw, which was taken by von Hinden
burg last winter, -but retaken by the
Russians iin their counter, offensive.
This claim is partly confirmed by
yesterday's Russian .official report
which stated that the Russians in the
face of strong German forces withdrew
to their second line of entrenchments!
.This nvbve on the part of the Ger
mans has taken the military , critics
completely by surprise. It was gener
ally supposed that General von' Mack
ensen would, after being strengthen
ed, continue 'his attempt to reach the
Lublin-Cholnv " . railway, ' forcing the
evacuation of Warsaw. But as in all
their operations the Germans have
done the unexpected, r ; -
j Thev new offensive possibly will bet
.general, , and ,extendi;froni the ' Baltic,
arouncr. the ast 'FrussiarSjorder xo the
Vistula, west of Warsaw, for all the
Russian troops in this section must be
kept busy tto prevent- them from con
centrating at this point, where the
Germans hope to break througn.
This is the second time .Field Mar
shal von iHindenburg. has tried this
His last effort, while' it freed East
Prussia of I the Russians,' cost the Ger
mans an immense number of men and
very nearly involved them in disaster,
owing to tne muddy ground. Now,
however, there " are only bad roads, or
lack of roads, to contend witn, but it
is possible that; the Germans have built
railways to, their northern front as they
have done lin Central Poland.
In France the. Argonne continues thtr
scene of the, hardest fighting, but, of
the operations here,, as elsewhere, in
the West, official accounts are contra
dictory. At ' any rate, no great, move
ment has been undertaken.
Confirmation was received tonight
from General Sir Ian Hamilton of the
success which" for some' days the, allies
were reported, to - have achieved -on
the Gallipoli. peninsula. According to
this report; Two Turkish, lines were
captured with 400 prisoners. The -Turks
however, claim to- have repulsed the
allies attacks.
- As anticipated, progress against the
Turks is slow. But 'British military
authorities express satisfaction ' at . ffie
gain of an occasional line, of - trench
es, relying On breaking the t morale of
the Turks and' on the exhaustion of
their ammunition supply. Germany's
eagerness to have Rumania allow the
passage of j ammunition through that
country .to J Turkey : is taken ; to mean
that the supply Is running short.
tors, who, after ebnsnttatioh' with. Tbos.
LA. Edison, Secretary , of the Navy- Dan-.
lelstiftay: call to. serve- '-the United
States navyA. The- Secretary has pub
lished arlettei, ,.tp- the wizard ofEast'
PROPERTY IN JEOPARDY
TOVN IS THREATENED
Iron Workers in Essen De
marid Better Pay
Many Schools and Other Mission Prop
. erty are : In' Danger.
New York, July 15. Officials of the
Preshyterian- Board of 'Foreign Missions
here said day-that, they had received
no word of property damage or loss of
life in therSouth China district. Much
interest was manifested, however, in
presB "reports of the flood, the Pres
byterian, board -having in the vicinity
of Canton, property valued at approxi
mately $130,000 y-: -
; In - the , Canton district there are be -tween
nifty and sixty misisonaries, docT
tors and teachers,, and it-is held to-be
among s. the . most . important, of - the
board's foreign missions. :
v Records of the board show . the flood
has " placed" - in- Jeopardy , three ' kinder
garterns ninety-five primary schools,
five 'high sehools, one theological school
and others of various, .nature making
108 in all. These schools have about
6,000 pupils. - Several hospitals, among
them one- for the treatment of insane,
said to-be -the only-one of Its- kind in
China, are also Ip the Canton district.
Among, other organizations having
missions and hospital property exposed
to ' the flood ; are the American . Bible
Society, .Foreign' Mission Board of tne
Southern Baptist " church, Seventh Day
AdventisU Mission Boai-d, Foreign Mis
sions Society " of -United 'Brethren in
Christ,' Wesleyah Methodist Society and
the Foreign Department; International
Committee: .dfsthey-fc iftt A.; bf TNorth
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AMERICA TO GIVE JS
Reply to Austro-Hungarian
Note as to Supplies
Shipped to Allies. .
WILL CITE ITS RIGHTS
Precedents and International
Law Serve to. Justify
Country's Action.
These are some of the great in ven- has ' considered for 'the woVk.. in hand,
Orange N- -J., : in which .. he . calls v;ijfenry F6?d as his adviser oif the. prac
American mventops t-o organize and of
fer" . suggestions which 1 may be used
to better the navy.
Of the various persons the - secretary
It "was understood ..-that, he .was most
anxious to -secure the services .of Edison
as a1 submarine expert of Wright as
bis tori.y-5 On'fe ! kerdplane and of
tical 1 application' xf all sorts of Inven
tions and, -incidentally, ', as a general
"efficiency . doctor" for the " navy.
TO URGE RELEASE
OE MEAT
CARGOES
State; Department ' Preparing
: Note to Britain!
THAW WILL KNOW
HIS FUTURE TODAY
Cheering Crowds Believe He
! Will be Given Freedom.
TO
PACKERS
They Assert They Cannot Reopen
Tradp ; 'Ith;: Ifeurrai Countries
Until interference by Great -"Britain
is Stopped. . .
Destruction of Machinery at the Krnpp
Plant is Threatened IJnless irom
ises Made . " for Three
"Months -Are .Met. -
Geneva Switz., vla Paris, July. 15.
A report' has I reached Basel that a big
strike ; is .'threatened' ;at -the Krupp
works at .Essen," Germany. It is said
the Union Qf,f Metalurgical Workmen
and the Association - of : Mechanics' de
mand higher wages, because of '. the
cost of living an shorter . hours and
because of the" great strain under
which they wor(k. '. . r ;
The worknHehiaccording to. these' ad
vices, are in ah angry inood andthreaJt
en destructon"T6f r'niachlnery 7 unless
their demands ;-are: granted immediate
ly; as they, have been, put off. for three
months ,wfth promises. ; . The ..advices
add that several high officials; have ar?
rived at; the Krupp works: to. straight
en out matters, and that Bertha Krupp
is expected to: visit 'the plant ; and use
her : great influence with . the workers.
The Frankfurter Gazette, according
to news reaching Basel,-has warned the
administration; of the Krupp' plant of
the seriousness of ', the ' situation -. and
has. advised that the ' men's demands
be. granted. 4' Meanwhile,f the report
state s,y"seyefareimfnts
. Washington, Julyi',15.-rln response to
an appeal by the American " packers,
State! Department officials " are predar-
ing. a,.note to.:Grea' Britain urging'
early, settjemept. or release of 31 car-i;
goes of .jneat". produQts consigned itpf
neutral' countries held by the ' British,
government. , . Representatives of the
packers concluded . .'conferences v tod&y
with 'Qhandler "Anderson special coun
sellpr.f 'the. 'department.',. . --"
Packers today, .'outlined the long se
ries Of negotiations they have carried
on with Britisbr authorities in .a - vain
effort ; to . reach, a . satisfactory adjust
ment regarding five, cargoes " valued' at
li,06&O0O seized before the .British or--devr.
in. council against commerce -with
Germany, was. .known 'to the shippers.
"They reiterate that they -cannot afford
to reopen trade, with neutral countries
unless their 'shipments ; can ' be pro-
tectedr 'J';.i. . :
Advances have been , made - to them,
the packers say. to join 'In' a movement
withcotton growers and othee Interests
to" urge a speclaf, session , of Congress
to consider the subject: of neutral, ship-ping7.-V
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STATE WILL APPEAL
tVashington, '.15.-The United
States .probably, .will. end .within an
other fortnight a reply to the Austro-y
slve shipments of war supplies from
this country, to the Allies are. "not in 1
consonance ' with the definition of neu--trality."
Unofficially word came today that
Turkey would follow Gef marfy and
Austria in making, representations and
should a. note from Turkey arrive, of
ficials would delay sending their an
swer so as to" inform the Germanic
allies simultaneously of the unaltera
ble view of the Unir.ad L'tates on arms
shipments.
Germany repeatedly has laid empha
sis on - the trade in arms between the
replying tb representations from the
United States and the Allies. In a note
replying to representations from, the
American government on the newly
proclaimed war zone, the legal right of,
the citizen's Of the United States to ..
trade in' arms was conceded, but It Was
argued that it, was equally right pf
neutrals "to , stop trade ' Iri contraband,
especially the trade fn arms, with Ger
many's ehemies," because of violations
of other neutral, rights by Great Brit
ain, - A memorandum from Count VOn
Bernstorff, ' the German ambassador,
dated April . 4 was devoted entirely to
the discussion of ;the alleged toleration
byithe United -States Of infractions of
international law by Great Britain and.
pointing out that it was necessary In"
connection with shipments of arms to
take ihtq' consideration "not only the
formal aspect-of .the case, but also the v
spirit in which the neutrality is carried
out." " .
The Austrian bote, extracts of which
have appeared in dispatches from Am--sterdam,
points "but that the American
government would be "entitled to pro
hibit the export of war- material" if
the: trade in contraband takes the
form of dimensions whereby the neu
trality of the country will be endan
gered."" - '
Details of the American answer hav .
not been divulged, but". if is understood
the' United States not Only will cite its
rights under 'International law, but
will recall precedents in previous wars
in-. which Germany and Austria have
been interested " where importations of
arms were carried on in extensive pro
The . State Department has not maaa
public the text of the Austrian note
and will 'not do so, until the reply is
ready.
The ... Prosecution Wil . ..Take Another
Step toHave -Prisoner Returned to
- Matteawan ln Event the Court
" Decldeslin Hto avor. .
j ;- ; ARGUMENTS ON CARGOES
British Attorney .General Wnts T)iem
:' ' Condemned.
London, July .15. Sir Edward,, Car
sbn, the attorney genera," today con
tinued on behalf of the crown.hls state
ment,' begfiuTIast Monday on the steam
ers Alfred . Nobel,,, Kim, '.BJornstJern,
Bjbrnsen, ; and' Frldland,. which he . is
en,deavoringv to" have. -the prize, court
condemn. On the ground, that .their car
goes consist of absolute and conditional
contraband .from' the -United. States in-:
tended tor- German, .consumption. ;
: Part' of the day Was devoted by Sir
Edward "to a' continuatfon. pf,. his argu
ment -on the rubber consignrtents
aboard two' of.' "the" eat "steamers' but
he reached also item's of meat' in the
vessels-consigned by the Cudahy'Pack
iiig Company. ' , !The meat cargoes will
be considered asa whole by the court,
although Alfred R. Urlon, counsel for
the American . packers, desired the cases
tried separately! "Near, th close of the
proceedings today Sir Samuel Thomas
Evans, ?, the . judge of the ; prize , court,
asked ' If - tbe. packers we're ready to
admit that the con si gn'nients were des-
Itiried for the. civir population of Ger
imany 'ao- that-tthe-case-mlght ' be simpli-'
fled, . but' . Sir-. Edwafd-: Carson declared
that affidavits' stated that -ithe. packers
New Tork, July jlSliarry K. Thaw
slept tonight in''LudrQw,: street jail for
the last time,; prha,psV in his life, as a
prisoner. Tomorrowinorriing he is to
iikripw whether the future holds' for him
MaUeawa.orfreedoipi Supreme Court
Justice 'Hendrfck will :thn' announce
his decision : on'-, the motion' made today
to"have'the order .ddriimitting Thaw
to ilatteawan in 190.1$ formally vacated
The crpwd which-cheered Thaw today
in his; short, trip acrwrs Chambers street
from the ;. sheHff s; office to the court
room, was , larger and more ; boisterous
than, that which--hailed - him" yesterday
and.icongratulated -him on the verdict
of: the jury iwhich - found .,hun a sane
man. Ana,.. aitnougn. -justice jnenancK
haa. . not yet -anpounced whether he
agreed" with " the jury's verdict, by
which he'Jsinot, bound.-ln reaching his
decision, there was, hardly a man or
woman among the thousands that ap
plauded Thaw who , doubted what the
court s decision would- pe. . rney seem-
ed tb takeit for granted Thaw would j
be freed., '. r
Legal f of mali ties tday were brief, j
They consisted '. in Thaw's appearance
before. Justice Hehdrick: and the for
mal motion, of John "B. .Stanchfleld, chief
of the Thaw, lawyers, that the writ be
vacated. '':. '-'.-'
If'the'decision toriVorrow is in Thaw's
favor,' "the. State ,w.ill; appeal,- accord
ing .to. Deputy Attorney .General Cook.
There would then come, before the court
the , matter Of .bail for. Thaw until the
appeal -..should jbe decided. The state
has signified that it would oppose
Thaw's 'release -on . ball-but that If .it
should lose this" point, -it would ask that
the bond .be madehlgh, , $40,000 or
thereabouts. - Justice Hendrick .today
Indicated that he " would 'possibly accept
ball land, in that event he said, Thaw
would be free to go wjiere.he willed.
' When Thaw was taken from the sher
iff's office today, it happened, that, he
was bushed into an elevator whose door
was : closed,, before a. i deputy . sheriff
could enter. Realizing that he was
unguarded, Thaw- commanded the ele
vator attendant.'to jaiov, made him go
back, reopen the. ,d6r. and admit a dep-uty:-.
: " . '- :; ' ' ..v ;' .;., . . ,
"I don't want .anybody to think I'm
trying .to. 'escape,". he sa'Id., '" ,s,f , A
Washiri gton.'D.'. Cf., July 1 5. Mrs.
KatiJi rEKellihaffi has veen. appointed
postmistress afr Cerro Gdrd6, Columbus
county," succeeding; Jt TMcDi VKeMhan.
Austria . Shares. Gerinan Standpoint.' .
- Cologne, Germany, July 15 (via Lon
don). The Koelnische Zeltiing, ; com
menting on the Austrian note to the
United States says:
"This announcement of the AustrO
Hungarian government to the United
States is an act of loyalty to its ally
of the 'highest value. . Austro-Hun-garyr
thus takes her diplomatic place
alongside of Germany in the single in
stance in which Germany has become
involved in a serious diplomatic dis
cussion with a neutral state, just at
the moment when the diplomatic .re
lation had become strained to the crit
ical point. .
"This rneans that by the despatch of
the note; President WilsOn now knows
that at least Austro-Hungary shares
the German' standpoint and doubtless is
determined to bear all the consequences
of this standpoint."
Sent at Germany's Request. s
London,' July 15. A dispatch from'
Berlin by way of Amsterdam to the
Exchange. Telegraph Company Says: '
"The- - Austro-Hungarian protest - to
America is a sequel to the recent coni
ferehce at -Vienna between Dr. Vonv
Bethmann-Hollweg, the German impe
rial chancellor, "and Gottlieb Von . Ja
gow, the German foreign 'minister, and
Baron Stephen Biirian Von Rajecs, the
Austro-Hungarian foreign minister.
"The protest was sent at the request
of Germany, nd Turkey will follow
suit. The object is to warn America
that a rupture of relations will mean
also a rupture with Germany's allies."
CONVENTION OF COTTON
. . MEN; AND MEAT PACKERS
May be Held in 'Washington to Confer
- on Foreign. Trade..
.. : (Special Star Telegram). ,
-Washington. -D.- C July 15. A bi
conventloh oT CottOn growers and ship--pers
and meat packers may be held In
Washington this fall to devise sort
means Of getting their products to ney.
tral foreign Countries, in case the 'ne
gotiations with Great-Britain, now be
ing conducted by the State Department,
are 'not concluded satisfactorily.
From representatives of the packers, -now
in Washington It was learned that
the Southern shippers have approached
the, packers 'with -such -a- proposition
and that the go vera ors and practically
all "of' the congr'essipnal representation
of "the cotton States .. have expressed ' i
themselvls In favor- ot the movement. ?
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