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' It.. 'I ,- :Y." . Yi ! v s ' ?i I ; ? v 4-.-- i SECTION OX3i:i i7;PXGES1T012 fir K . 'i RALECII, H. C, rJTJDAT CORNING, JUNE 13, 1915. Y piucs ccn: iSWERS cure CnflEIQIGB OVER SEG0I1D IIQTE OKI (1EC0S!!ITI0IIIS: A, 'TPflf ICICTCHI ftLUIIG DFJEISTER 1 '" f. in- 'Bryan f-Explains Contracting ItSvFffen4nness,(bf Jone,Over - shadtiws PrematurevSpec-i : ; illation of Contents-. ' Russians -.Endeavor To Ch6ck Carraitza's,Reply Ta Note Says Three Wore Ensigns Parties in . '..Investigation. By Navyr i -Court ' .y' Y ). 1 Attitude Toward The TWl, rNote&Td Germany1 yi- . Austro-Gerrnan. Ad vancts f t viiOn Umberg h ' ,rJ, - - Yi"Y- y --.Yu r y.-y .- J - . s I i i I v -II II i fc. a. X X ,-t - - in lijY. a a J w i DEFENDANTS ml. ; yTOTAL FOURTEEi J . 1- : :: -.'v. DFilllGOIISTEIICy sue y Constitutionalists Control . - . Wexlco VILLA-INVITE. NEW UNION to f ) ti ll n V v wh il ?' , J H v . SOFTNESS OF v REJOINDER k Certain" Changes, Ha Sald, ; - ;Were Made After. He.Re- : y ' signed But -Were Insufficient c ' ."To , Cause Withdrawal , of fk " Resignation; "Says: Corjdl- l ; tloni Guided Action -yY Y ftmomotmwt of Um daRwr ot tb , AncrtcAQ note to Ovrmany ratUratiac lnaiatanaa thai auama-ria rfr oaa ; fom'to raUi of humanity aad intar oaHraal lav m raoalwA today (rem Ambaaaa of dwmrd at Oariln. - Tba tii a oum at tha eloaa ot-a markad br mora epttmlaUe fMl ln In official qoartara-that tha 0r awrvw mndfl foraateU albljtty of war twtwwo tba tw aatkma i arot4 f braaeh at dtplowatlo . Apoarantbr thara waa a aaBaral m. '. IMatloa ot tcnatoa In tba tnUrnatloaaJ ituaUon. Praatdant Wllaon span part of tha u at rolf and let It ba known that later In tha month ba planned to ie a anort vaeauon at cornlan: Na nawar to tha Amarloaa rejoinder Ja expeotea for ten ajw at Maat. -r r rr-"--T rriTi - "' renner Secretary Bryan, who :ra- aimed rattier than aim the eeooi , Bote to Oermany. laaaed another etate ment today declaring that tha aota Waa materially rvriaed following the treeentatinn of hla reeianation. The rerun on.' fir. 9traa arerred. aoftaead tba aota, hut waa at auOlctent to luetiry Aim In WlUdrwtB hU reats . natloe. . ' Jit la troa, aald lir. Bryan, "that 1 aaw the inal draft of tha nota luat before any' real (nation took effect, but A n contajnec aa important ebanBa " lied no kaowledaa of this ihun I ne dm my reatroAuon waa Uadered t - - ' mttm aaoapTeo. . .. v . v . j - , 'Thla obaare. whlla ary maoh . ' acftentag -tba aota, waa not hdwerer, A en Bel ant. la jny Judrmont. to Jnatlfy ne la aabtav peritileelon to. withdraw Wt .reatanatMM. Aa oarmany had . ' f ftoKtreated artwtxattoR J elt that we . ;;; ouid not do leaa-tha rtly-to thta oner y axptvaeina a- willintaeea te . apply tha- principle atn the . , peace . treaue w we..caee. r: ? .t,-- .-. i v'Wdalda'a DUcbm TitMa i . "What waa the chaare la -the , note rv Mr. Bryan waa aakad. . "I eaanot dlaoaaa that." be repllea. It wnaa aaageatad 'that the- clauee ' added to tha nota waa that eaylna; tha United Statee would entertain any evi dence Germany - ndfht bay ' -that ' amarloaa effleiala had not thoroughly . performad their duty In ozamlnlnc tba lisattaala before bar departure to aee that aha waa not armed for . ot- ' fenaira atJttoa. - Mr. Bryan only ami)' " ed at thd usreetion. Secretary Lanring--Iao declined to tflecuaa ctanyee made In tha nota. : Tha clauee referred to foil una. tihaaaw BaTuwl To. ' '"If the imperial Oarman rovern ment abedld deem Itaolf to ba In poa amwnn or eonvUMUMr endaaoe th the official of tha aorornment of tha JVnt4 fltatcw did not - perform theee . duties with thorouchneae tha rarern- ment of tha United . Btatea alnoawrj hopea that U will aabmlt that oet- I : denea for oonat a eration." - ... ' iY J " I rreep active of whether that elauae '-J evaa tnartad or not. Mr. Brvan waa . L. u Ik. further perotlatlena wlta TJermanyT "I can only reiterate what. I have aid, that tha note waa aoftened," Mr. Bryan replied, 'but not euffldently to Juetify ma In aaklnc permlaeton to withdmw my reelpmatloa." , - - KepHoa To Charcaa. - ' -. -' In hla statement tonight Mn. Bryan freplled ato publtahed chargea of tn concieteficy becaaee ha atcned tha fltat i not after tha Luellenla dlaeeter and yefueed to alvn tha aeoond. - "Tha not Be." ho eald, "moit ba con alderod In connection wtth the. oondl ttona under which they were oenh - The flret note preeented the oaee ef thla government upon aucb , avid en oa aa wo then had. It waa Hko th plain tiff atatameat In n eaaa, hla elaJra " being based upon tha facta aa ha pro genia them. I did not agree eatlrely - with th hngoago of the flret not, but tha idllferonoea wore not o inn. tnrlal no to luatlfy a rofuaal to aign It ' Then, toe, I waa at that time hoplag that oartaln thing would - ba don ' which would make It easier for Ger . many to aejuleeoe in oar ttemanda,' Threa Thlngo Kmphaalwd. - ' Mr. Bryan then repeat In hla state- meat um tnre tning no baa empha sised In hi prdpoaai. namely that th . United . Btatea should offer to i employ x th prlflclple of - Inrvetl gatlon embodied m thirty . treatlea . with other nations, take action la which woald prevent Amerloan dtl aena from traveling - on belligerent ship or American ship carrying ooa : traband, i and that thl governaiant - aKeold protest against Interference ith Amsrlnan trade with neutral i Hopea for roam. " ; -"Ke ee will be happier' than f aald Mr. Bryan. "If the President' plan reaulta in a peaceful settlement, bat no on wee In poet tl on to any what effect Our nota would have upon Germany or what- reaulta would fol low If she In anger broke off dlplo jnatte relatione, and ' I waa not only uewilllng to assume th responsibil ity for 1 the - risk . Incurred riaks which no on could, wtth any deerree accuracy measure nut 1 celt that. ,ving dene all I euld In the oaMnet, aa my duty to unaertak outald th mblet. tb oaty- npon which I have enured. I have no doubt that th country will enanimouely support th President during th war,-if ae Mt a misfortune should overtake us. but I believe that the chanoes of War will be laaseaed la proportion aa tbe country expreeoea Itself la favor of ace aot 'peace at any prVce" tut In preference to a war for the re draw of such grlavanoea aa w have t'teaaiaat Germany at least against . u attIT we have given Germany the -.portunlty which we are pledged to tCobUn on Fe.c Two.) HOPEf FOR i NEGOTIATIONS Gerrnaft'?ress"Sees Opjwrtun- .dty.hor . itiat uountry.and u. S;To Come To Satisfactory iTe'rmSf anfj Joy Is Expressed r Over'Fact-That- Note-Was .rNotUltirnatum. k , Berlin, Jnna If. Via Ixmdon. Juno 11 The tait of Ota American today In Iho BecUn nft- newapapers. :. Mltdto . ntntn- mDta aat to tha nttttad of the Ger man gOTrernmee with, reepect , to' th note are net yoCavllehle; but In dr- dea wrhlch. whOe thainlw not SdaTly rponslbUu.'arofteiI "good barametora . of the. sentiment, to re- ponslbla nuartera, tha "note aeemn to hav made n,dlaunoun-taooahlo,lnl preset on ana is boilui . to poesibUity of negotlaUonn "The oondnatory tone -etr ther not apparently baa evoked reoyuaoivo at tltodo here.-. IndlvMnala.'who la tha earner atagea ot tha neaoUattonn. dis played auff-neoked ndbereaoa to their own view, which made dlaeuarton al- moat Impossible, are .now ' wilting t talk, of oompromlaaa la which tb compromise would, not b all oo on Id. . ' ' , --. Th official viewpoint partieularly can be aortwouy appraised only-after conferano'of th Imperial chancel lor. Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollwegg; thei foreign secretary tierr von Jagow, and. repreeantaUves of th army and admiralty, tha naval and general staJt Th Emperor. It In believed, will apeak tha Anal -word. -- .-.....-.. . Omfenaon to Begtn Issmwitlalsly.. It la understood that theee oanfer neaa, will begin Imasodlataly. Th answai win eertalnly not b drafted, and the Unea of tbe German policy probably will not bo Aalteiyotdd upon, beforw Dr. Anton Meyer-Ger-hardi the ss eolal envoy from 'Count Von Pemsteffv the Germaja Amh esse dor. pt WaahlngbscK baa -atrtved aad ndn hla report. . . - . TnlnirMi Aa W4V Till. I . ' koth the Ookai Awaeig' aA Ah voeatarn ,iiuag nau n , aeoono Anmrican net aa opening itbo war fur-, farther, negobationo between Gemany and the United Btatea. which both profeaa to ballovo will tfiwlgntea out. the -situation. - Theee .paper ad-l mit-tnat .tba nota eontaine utu that I nam hat they rejoice at Itotrtaadly ton.. -.f - .- y s ,- The Vossisehe Zettong aays: "There la no dlfferepoa -of . opinion about do- slrabiuty of aavinr -Uvea. The Panax th , way . for negotiation twaen Germany and -America and re- sardmg What whet Ameriaa.muat. do. to protect Ufa In the tutara." ... , BUpiialun Original. Blanitiinln. -Tha Lokal Ansel gar aay: "From th wording of tha not, aa It la now pub lished, ono eeee that tha nnnnnne ments ent out broadcast by tba ene my that th note would be an ulti matum nothlna; elae waa to bo ex pected were wholly taeluo Tb form I friendly. and' It eontatoa no asperity, aa' haa boon announced. The now nota la really a roundabout. x- prisslon by President WUaon of bis original standpoint, and It will bo n matter of further negotiations, during which tha German argumenta will be repeated and their Justification proved. "It would bo premature to go Into detail, eepectaliy ef a technical na ture, now; It hi enough to be satisfied that the Wllaoa note la eo oonatrnoted a to admit th possibility of additional UaOoua K nimeif anew a e- Ira for aaeh nsgntiatlsna, U aog gesta that thoqimian gwvernmsiit produe further proof aubatnntiating the eialma regarding; tha Imltaaia. and declare himself ready to aot aa an Intermediary be feu Germany aad Great Britain regarding mutual con- far as nubmarino warfar I concerned. '".' r "Tree, thla oflbr would have neon of considerable mere value if th President had explained that no waa willing to make auch preparation; whereas, he intimated tnat Germany aad Great Britain nhonld Initiate th uggeotloaa. - - "However xnat may no, tno umten States will eee from further aegotia tlene that Oermany haa an honorable d eel re to treat a friendly suggestion In a friendly spirit. "At all - events, tba situation cre sted by tha publication of tha note la such that the hypothesis beraided throughout the world that America si6 waa In tha ranks of our enemies la now ahoem to bo once morn the old of the wish ta lather to tno thought." , jio now itawnaaT -Cantata Peraiua, the naval expert of the Tagleblatt write:- "A harmonising of vwwn ta lnaai hla and tha Washington rovers ment shown a sincere darpoettton to reach understanding. - That in th Key note of th AuMrtean not;- tnere is no aabro-rnttUng." - rantaln Pemiua asaumea tnat tn German answer will remove tb Inst ebstacls In tbe way of eliminating all difference. As be understands the American not. It by no mean take too view that th German admiralty must order a suspension ot nbmrin warfar before negotiation can pro- He rerrets that tno unite. Rtatee "haa tailed duty to appreciate Germaaya previous offer to place re strictions upon tho nativity ot the sub marine, provided that It M certain that, no eatiKfactory solution la poaei ble unless Great Britain makes this concession, aa Great Britain "Was tha fliwt to break tha international law. He eoaeludeo: ' "We have Arm oonfldeaeo that th frleadly relatiena between Germany aad the United Statee will smooth tho way co a cvmpim nnaereunains; ana thee giro victory te J notice aad ba- humanlty." Preaidmt Kllsosi Tblna Firm. " Paris, Jano 1 2 . Th Tempo la na editorial today on th American not Continued, on Z"j Two.) FIGHTING-IN THE 'BALTIC Here The: Germans Claim Soo- cess;- .British; and i Belgian Forces - - Form - Offensive Against Germans To Prevent :r Relief - Against - French - . Be- e tween;RheIms.and Arras Xeudon, June It. Another trig bat tin hi betas; fought alone th Una of tho Dnieetor rtvW in GaUda la which Russian . fawn . am atttod thisi of Aootria and Germany, German troop which had trimid th Dnleetkr at Eurawna . having been dilon bank, and tha Rumlans In east era Osllnta aad Bakowlna also hav ing been foroad te withdraw to the rlvnr tha two armies now fneo on another acroas the wide and crooked atream, each making thrusts In na ef fort to gnln-the initlnttvn' fnrnn o fonra, , ' . .. " f I Th. Austrian in their official re port cialpi tp bar aucoeeded In em Lpg the. river aat .of Horodanka, a movement vrMch In view of their re ooat aprtao near Zurnwna, might pee ve dangoraua, Tb Aoetro-Gerrnans, however, till haye Lea berg aa their objective and thoy are oat Mkely to allow any re verses they have suffered near Bo lawna and east of Prsemyst to put tbera ir. Be that flghflng-an eveie aa any nltn d tn meant weeks may bo expected dnriag tho next few days. Heavy FtaiiUnc fen BaMe. ' Rsavy fighting also oantlnuso In th Balta nrwvtno aad on . the Prussian frontier, tn Which both aides claim advantages, .with C doobttaa. of- pi eventing tha Roaatan from sending reinforce men ts in either of tbecr winga, the German yeeter day attacked aleaa- th Kawfca river, between Boll mow and Woclisussw, tho noon of Impwrtnnt battles hvn? winter. In yesterday's attack tha Oennana alalra to hare broken Into tba Rpaxian position and. to; hav thn fla nrleonera.- V At potato oeVwwL7tiln. .n nwth of Arm th tV'neb r-' ' i -tr tic, rhf thv i liarg"teeny sOduwWul.-'ut nnxis the Gsrmsna. hewvrer.. Inmclably gists have- hem PU ed. , ' ' . " .Althettrh e hig forward mommtnt haa been made, 'tis ht las ia almost con tinuous along tho nne from the aea t- Cham nan and -m tn- woovro. Tho British and -Belgian nr- flaying ks tmnsrtaat mht In theee- onernaonn. for to thorn falls tho tssk-ef holding larwe German foro hv their front by thsa toning an offonslv and tbea.peO-4 venting tno Germans iro naing re lief to tho troop which the French am assailing. - unllna. - The Rail sne have -soared nnothtr succisi on tho- Ieenao river- by. the eapenre'of -the town of 'Omdl a. nnd It la reported thoy am carrying ant n ntrong offensive all alena tho river far up a Tolmioo, which tbay. are trying to ontbaah. ' ' Unofficial reports tat th aRle am afdlly pi cm seeing on th OalHpoM poninmin. hot a details are given nnd efflclnl oonflrmatlon ta lacking. Todara report of German aub- martne- activity - show ons at earner and three trawlers wam .aunk. Si last Saturday, German submarines bar sunk B fly-four vseis, of which even worn neutral. Th ethers eompritod two Frnnch. two Belgian, three Russian and forty British. Of th British vessels It were fishing craft. In addition two Pshtng smacks vraro sunk by a Sp Y ITnmrlnri Destroy ar Sank. 1 Constantinople, . Juno- It, viaXn iom. Official announcement ' ' was mad today that a Russian torpedo boat destroyer was sunk In. th lack h. Friday nlcht ' by tha Turklah cruiser Mldultu. formerly tha German nr Brails u.- in Mlduiiu return ed nMy to port. IUAi. via Paris, June it-AvlhtorwJ of two nemy aeroplane nroppea btrnihs todav on Moia Ot Ban. man threw bombs on Pollgnana where a woman waa killed and Anally on Mon opoll. It la officially announced. Verona. Italy. Juna It. via Chiasm nnd Pnria, June IL The Italian ad vance on Jtevereto, tn. Tyrol. II ml lee southwest of Trent, and Mori. It miles southwest of Trsnt. haa pushed so cloea to both towna that althar they have already boon taken or are about - (Continued on Pag Twn.) WILL KEEP THE SAME C Y NUMBER OF DEPUTIES Vq BedortSoa to ho Wad ta Ot flta of OoUeceom d. w. uauey nnd a. v. Wattn. , - tW. K. TKWratTOW .) V Waahlngton..D. C Jua 11. North Carolina will have th earns number of Internal rvsnu deputies after July lot aa It has now according to an unofficial anaouocamont follow ing a oonferenofleday among Senator mmone. Cot lectors . VT. Bailey aad A. D. Watts and Oommtonoaer Oe bom. It Is understood that Colonel Osbom- was convinced by the argu ment presented that tba North Caro lina col lector need an th men they now hnv on their roll. It hi likely., however. . that the number f men hereafter employed at odd tl pr diem basts may bo reduced. Withdrew rrons in a. Aa 01 I rnaal Aaaelea. CaL. Jane- 1 1. L Cempt Davi aad Hora Appol with drew today from the defense of hL A. Schmidt and Lmvld Caplaa. wh am awaiting trial hem on a chartre of murder In connection With the dyna miting of Loe Angelee Timee build ing, t1otr 1. 111. It waa announced that otr coarj-wi had been rettOneX Addressed . Communication To ' Carranza Asking : Him To Agree - On-Conference "To ; Unite and Reorganize"; His .RepNot Yef Made Public l. at Washington y WaaMagton. JX C June 11. Pre! befem him tonight th flrot repty te hla rasont statement regarding Mtxioo, It ooneiated of A "proelamntlon to th people" yeeterday by 0nrol Cnnnnan. tng tha right of th Constitutionalist government to reoognltlon ' by th Umtad.ataUa m4 other foreign pow om. , Lack of meogniUo Is deelamd to be tha wn dtffloulty remaining In th Way' f - fWtortng oonstttatieaal In Msaioo nnlh gtnto- ; way "At this tints w heUev oumelve to b to a psslUon to last difficulty a n th Ceaetttutioa allot government Is now actually In definite possession of aovsralgnty, and tha legitimate ore! of sovereignty Is the isssnHal ssndltton which should bo Uk into n ount when dooldlng upon recognition of a govemmeat.' General Villa's naswor.nl mchsi Washington today -bat was aot detiv ered at tho fitato Department. UntU It Is prsoe ated tha Villa ageni ollned to asak nubile the tsxt. Departmant nffloial declined to oatnm a tho abstract of th Villa atatemeat aarried la pre dtspatchea. or nna a oopy of a letter from Villa to Catraasa. aim reoeived at the aceney. which urn that dlC be forgotten nnd suggest! a pronai meeting between th two lead dorn to m- grrani for ef ptrtOA M l lion of Deaoa. ' I 5 . Xrestral - rarranm'n ' nmclamatlon - prmntly.laid hefom Preeldent iiawn. ' document recltee tbe aitwy inf .a. revolution, beginning With th Modem uprising. -. I mass m MaJm'a FkttnML. .'President Madero'a failure th doot um trikuteo to the oppoelilefi from Oreceo. -Key and -reii' IMaa, el th aid rertmsT-and Zapata, inetl gated by - Uir adherents. General Huefta, tt . contends. onnmmated th movement -with - tho o-poration of '" group of 'fomtgnera favored by th 'old rOeitM ' wn- mounded Mearr Ln WUaon. former. Ameri can Ambassador to Mexico, and' Un der tbe- pretext of. ring Mncioe CMy Thowtatonwnt explains that a gov- oi nor -of' tn stntn- voaaeua, un ral Carranaa aasumed repress atat in e tho republic la ascsrdanoa wtth tho t eonetitutioo. which, by' its- own term a "will not-low Its i riser even, though- through belnon,. tt , oaeervaaeo , Is - Interrupt ed." --, . Th schism of. Villa and his folk ra, whioh later amim'isdj' th state ment attributes totho furthsr tntrign nf U ld -regime. . t The ota tan neat aasarta that tho Con tttotlonaUat slement new ha. Control of over ven-elghtb of tho national territory. Ad ministrations, it In claim ed, am being organlned In twenty out of twenty- ven mat or me- repua He. and that mom than thirteen mil Hon of tho fifteen mtlllona population of Mexico are subject to oonetituuon allot authority. - - .'' - - Opnooltloi Pwrn Ink. Oppotitiea to tho Carranaa for, ft U aseerted. la day by day s Ing and tn n short time occupation of Mexieo City, 'la assured when harmo nious goveru'mepAt, will be secured In U gtat nnd terrwon ,oaan on wel fare and Justice. I . The - ConsUtuUknallat ' government hadona all In Its power, It Is stated, for the people, especially tho 'poor, by fegblddlng tho export of sirim rise aad haa panlshed ab aad pro tected th live of tho within lu territory. ' - . . , . tteelgT Hallo Prejudiced. . As to foreign relations. Carrun aamrta that ono ot hla Initial acts aa Pint Chief waa to appri tha United BUt of hla attitude, facing robellloa and urpatlea. Ho fee la that - hi la bore nave been retarded by lack of understanding In the United. But aad other natlona Th press , under th Cientific influence. It I claimed, prejudiced foreign natlona ' against him nnd this he wae unabt to oom bat, lacking tha ordinary mean of fered whoa diploma tl relation ust "If. aa w hop and wish." Or naaaa's proclnmatlon oonlianeo, "for the benefit of the Mexican people nnd of tho foreigners resident in -' tho country, the governments of other na tions rooogal - tho Conotltotlunaliat government they -will lend by UUanot ef Joetioe aad Rcttv menu awppart which will not only strengthen tho friendly relsllim which Mexioo h always cultivated with the nation. aad a bio the to discuss their oom- mo afratm. th -reoondllrtv their mutual interests, but also win mora rapidly consolidate pea and tab llsh tho eonstnicUvo constitutionalist government th anstalned In Its re forms and In tha program of th rovon tutloa who object Is tho greatest good for. the gr test number." - Carranaa then, asserts bo thinks It hla duty to call to th attention of th factions parceling In matstan to tho CootituUnaliot government the futility ef their attitude, and Inform the. nation, of "the political course which tho Constitutionalist govarn meat will ab i re In the execution of tho program ot social reform oantaln ed In tho deer of th twelfth of De cember, lilt." . Thi course m s torut la part follows: . ? . Gbar n mrtltk "Ths Constitutionalist government will grant tho foreigner resident In Mexico th guarantee to which they ar en titled according to our law gad . 4 Continued on ?( Two.) -' . .. West Pointera Erom the IiuriUr .Possessions ; yyy'( (;,' ' f s; ' ) '' y ':'. t:::: 5 M il f- . H I ' j jY ' $ t . V 'X f. . f ' v ' Y - ft , 1 " J' ' " ' " ! ? .J'.tZf ' 1 IV , i : e5' '" i'ifA -i-- V - ' fo L Raphael GarTto:1To.t,--Usi a. sun ocgunao. ana no.i, narvooor rwyra, an of me-group- flSj MH IUWSI Hm nm th PhlUpplne and Porto Rieo students- at 'West Point two -of whom are about to become efnoere In th army of 'the tinned Btatee. Esteve le the Aret' tiv -of 'Porto Rieo -to' grhdualo 'fmm-tbo'aeadomy;' Ouevedo la tno 'cood FlUptno- to graduate. Tho others am'sti 11 otu- With Reference To Present and past I reatment'.ot Neutral V -;'. Shipping': EXPRESSED-IN FIRST NOTE President Wilson's Intention Was To i hpW Germany That 'i Her ' Instructions JTo - Commanders -'I in A' August; 1914, Had BeemViolatedjby -- Recent Methods Employed '--"'' . ' -I - '. ' . an smsint .. , Washington. D.' C Jnn II. Th reference mad by. President Wllaoa In hie first nolo to Germany regard lag ths sinking." of the lisitanla. to the "humane nnd n lightened atti tude . hitherto .assdmed ' by tf Im perial German government In matters of International right, -and' partieular ly with regard ' tot the freedom' ef th aeas. was baaed.-It , waa learned today, .npon the . Instructions of Au gust a. 111, wnion.tne German. gov ernment eent, to Jt', naval comman der, Th Preeldent s. purpose was to snow n eomplst. Chang 'of th Ger man nttltud over the-treatment, of aeufrnl shipping during the war. . . T. Man RjiWo. . The German prt rules new nm In the possession ef tho "tat Depart ment and perhaps wilt figure epeaifl- cally tn future diplomatic eprr pond enc on th eubjoot of the liueitanta should them be ne breach of relatiena While no mention la made in th rul of submarine warfare,, the ex tent asd method of tbe exerci of the right of. reeoereh and the. at op Da re of ships Is prescribed with, pre cision and provision I made for th safety of pamenger and rew - , After outlining the. parpoe of visit and seerchlag 'vessels, th regu lation ad-U: ; ! . ... . Itognrn for nentmia. All measures am to be carried out In a form who oboe rvance, ever arninat th enemy, will comport wtth th dignity ef the German empire, and with a regard for neutrals con-! fsrroable-to the osages of laternatln- I at law and tbe German interest. Th method of signalling snip to (GooUnued e r g Tw.it (Rtealveaai No. A. Aanntorta Vrr Qee- rSMMSi ' dsnts at th cadmy And will remain tb re until thry flniah. Tho Filipino nnd th one, member from Porto Bl are as ardent 'American 'sold lore as will- be found In tbn United ntat army. Thry am very, proud ,Mt the fact that. they, will. bcome officers lajlt. ; , ,7 Petitions 'For. Clemency, prfim c uuisiao me oxaie uiven- . ! '-;":'-Blow' 4 ' '-: tXiGOV,;- BROWN SPEAKER He 'SaldTo' Reverse ' Court's j Decisions" Was To r: Invoke I Lynch Law anti.'WeakeOi If . Not Destroy, : Trial By Jury, j ' Pertinent V Questions Asked FrOnl'o Aiincnl '.rl. , t 1 nun, o vuunoi . tnr iiiinsii nst.1. . AttantsL.Oa June 'l t. Argamtnts for nnd against ho .M.. Fmnk's sp- plioatioa for eommntntlon . of ,1 death senton were made at a hei Ing befomr Ovvernor. filaton here, to day. ' AA unexpected adjournment sf th bearing w taken until Monday, to allow Kolicltor -Doreey t prepare a written brief and to present his era! argil mt, '.against., the. application. Prank's counsel will be permitted te argue in reply. r . , Joseph IL, Brawn.) who was gover- 11 or of, Georgia , whenfrank was (ar rested, was th-prlnclpal speaker against. clemency. He told ,:f. stepe he took na governor to protect Frank when be heard rumors that Ja mb planned to attaek tno Jail. Theee ra re ore, ho -declared.- later - proved te have been groundless. He protested aculnst any overturning of. th vera diets and Judgments of Georgia Jurl and courts "oa petltioaa of . panose outside th State, and in cloning de clared: - -" "If your excellency- wish .to In voke lynch law If you wish to waak- , ir not ae troy, trial ey jury, in thla State, you n do It by reversing all the courts decisions ia th pres ent ens." W. M. Howard, la hi argument for Prank, id 'ta oondmned maa would rely -on- the reeevd of the eae to cop vine th Governor of th pris oner's lnnoceuee?-Goveraor ' Slat put many queetlon to Mr. Howard oonoemlng material ctreumstaac In th caa brought 'out' at the . trial. Among these were quretlone as w where. In -tbe pencil factory. Mary STRONG APPEALS : AGAIfiST FRAfJK .... Coattnud on Fag Two.) - FULLAM .'WOULO,. RESIGN . . , , t ' . '. . " : Testimony Given -That He. As serted .Navy Department - Must Sustain Him in Recom- 'J mending . Dismissal of: Mid shlpmerrorHe Would Bein- cliried To". Withdraw as Supt. , . -,(hr mi im 1 ywsv), . c. 1, -' Annapolis, MU June . 1 t-That Rear Admiral FultnaV aprintadent of th Naval Acadsmy, will be further drawn tat ta procssdlngs hsfom th court of Inquiry investigating lrTegu larttia B connection with sxamlna tion paper., eras Indicated by today's . testimony. ' t ' ' . Presidents. of th'r elaant of mid-, ihtpmea gave pnetky tha Cm 1 testimony to th efTect that at a eon fere with th superintendent after even midshipmen had been recom mended by ' him for dismissal v-for cheating ' in exami nation,' Admiral ' Pullara Id If th Nary Department dld.W.back him hp In the matter . of th previous Inv tigntlon, ha would be Inclined to resign.' H further re marked that h would rather g to a In command ef a collier then stay at Aa polls nhder ueh 'eircum taae .' ' '' - There were four president nnd a president-elect ef tho new first class preeent at this eonferenee. The three wha .ware or eee examined today, by oounsel for the, defendant midship men eenoe ruing thin conference wem . Ensign Richard R. Adam, prssident, . and "Honor! man of the recently graduated- first class, who was the . Orst wltn to teeU ry that ho heard the .Admiral make the etatomen t at tribhted to him; Midshipman H. B, Broad foot, . preeldent ef tb former o ond tin, asd. B. R. 1 Holcorab. president f the nwArst elasa. - Warnnl .H 1 Bspame Pelendant. Certain Russell, preeldent of tho court, ked Br d foot Just before he loft the stand what took place whm he reported at the ofnee of Superin tendent Fuliem this morning- prior to coming t eourik Brue-ifoot said he did hot th ouperinteadoat. buf hi '-pid. Utu tenant Han lay, warned him that if he allowed hlmeetf ,te be oma a-defendant and - accepted th otinant.Of-'the pre nt defendants hn would am me .the status ef th o d landahta - "Did Lieutenant hfanlry dtaentn r nttempt to ' dis wtth you your tes timony to tm given befo this tjourt?" Captain Rusaeil-aahod.- " To this titer Wa n negattv reply. Several mtdshtpmon. have teattfled. In truss mlnaUon by -eoun I -for -tho.geven-original noousbd midship- ' men. that Admiral Pattern had warned thera net to become ess art a- . ted with -the vet defendants ,who nm under. nrreeL ' " Bmndf tn thstimony. - ' Broadfoot testified that he and hfs c la annates eenoldsrod that I P. Wee eeil gad T. W. Hurrt n, if-, mem bom of their class, who worn rooom mended for dismissal, wem honest and that their honesty , never bad been queetloned. He thought they ought to have boon put on the stand aa prin cipals ' rather than as witnesses, gt tho Inv ligation mad by th board bf ef fleer before thoy wr recommend- T d for dismlaeaL . , . Aaked if ha thought he could speak for his claasmat as to their pres ent feeling In the matter, ho replied . In th affirmative. The ntlment was that they weald be going ot ot th service for th mo thing tha ; forty per cent of the elam did. v- . Broadfoot said ho had seen a eepV of the "dope" going around, but did, . not par any attention to, It because lfemed too far advanced. - t . v "W plane moat of th blame upon the man who mo over ham t th -language department) and get the umlnatloaa,'' said Broadfoot. "He waa the one wh got us Into the whole trouble be use meet 0JT n thought wo wem only getting the? reg ular kind of dope.1" - . Midshipman Hoi combe said the In--tractor In hi section Professor Dee Gar nee. was In tb habit of giving the section advance 1-iformatlen on , examinations, -such the fact that thera would b no verb or that ther would be no die tion. That was called legitimate -dope." But he bo- HeVed that It any professor knew what tb actual questions In an xamlnatton wem to be he would ro f u to give t Information feoncern lug them. - - . '' Asked Abowt ReaolntloM. ,i .1 " VI da hi d man Adams -waa Queetloned about rasolutlon aaid to . have been -adooted by the flrot-oiase men In be- . half of Ralph McK.- Nsleon after he had been recommended for dismissal. It was held against Nelson that be bad been alleged fraudulent papers and bad (aura to report iam ana .v. be had helped certain fourth- da'men to make u of the paper. oibs wv-. n meeting ef th elam, Nelson pressnted th resolu tlone and requested the members te algn them. When Adams w thai ene clause Id that whoever signed would bo guilty In the eamo degree, he wtthheld his- nig tore until he could read the findings of the boerd of Investigation. . . . , Hna n si rs - tyx, n,m rsadtng enlightened me to the extent that I could not see every on -equally guilty and I declined te sign IL" said Adama. Adama teattfled he had oeen two no k. nr tha examination Sueetton tn Spanish on fragmentary "dope" sheet prior to tbe examination, but had not. studied up on them, as be did not know until-h got Into the examlna- -tion room, that th Informatioa was part of tha examination list. The number of the defendant wa tncre ed to fourteen today, three -more young ensigns being notified that they had become, parti to th Inveetlgation. Three are W. J. T'un nally, K. B. Hough and R. Burtivn, gm4ut ellt w h. '
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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June 13, 1915, edition 1
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