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MUEDTEH
' ' ' Three' Cambridge Men Declare
Dead Man To Be Former
. . Harvard Teacher
i DISAPPEARED AFTER
-- WIFE WAS POISONED
Muenter Was Left Alone. With
Her and In The Morning She
Was Found To Be Dead; He
Took Body To Chicago For
Burial Then Disappeared,
Jail Authorities Decide He
Jumped To Death On Floor
"After-Climbing. Bars in Cell,
- Chicago Man Knew of Alias
FEAR CAC8ED KC1C1DE.
iUa Core, .Mix Ty That Uxa
utctda laa night ot Frank Holt,
wIMt (hot l. r. Honu laM atr
day afwr iwtdnt off bank In Um
Capllot last FMdajr, raa caaaed by
bla growlnc Utat he waa aooa
U bt identMed aa Kric Munator,
alWed wtte
MpMmhM in it here Uxlar b
IMstrtot AtUMrtM)r Vtmi J., Msltb,
tha ir f IdeaUAoaUoa thai
Mac mm, a boat
ttKMifht It tormt to kUl bianrif be
for aa waa goafWitwd wtta
tdfc Una be waa Macatar.?
Holt, who attetnpwd to take taa Ufa
at J. P. Morgan and who committed
aatcld bat nlht la tha Mlncolav Jail.
: today waa Idanunad aa snca ntwntar.
tha Harrmrd (natroetor who diaaa
parad. aftaf batoc Indicted aa tha
mardarw t hia wlfa, 1mm, ta Cdm
m . i snaav. ta iivv. n iuvmiiw"
Va ' Won w mada by a P. Pmlth. tat
dftctlT of tha dimrtct attarnajra of
flea of Mlddlaaax county. Maaa,. TJoao.
- dora Uilltar. an autoraobila anaa ot
Cambridff,' and A. Wrowa, av, Boa-
aawapapar anaa
Thv identutcaUon rairua after tha
thraa man. pBmtth, HUllar and Brawa.
had tn4 a earaful ezamtnatioa mt
tha bod. ? Smith aatd tha sold brtdf
in Holl a appar tiKht Jaw waa tha aamo
aa tnat in tna mouui or jtuantar. i n
MaaaaehoaHta" datactlye declared bo
waa poeltiTa of hia ideotiOcatlon.
- Hilller, who llrad with Mum tar
and who drove him to tbo railroad
atauon.'tha nlabt ha diaappaared,
aquallr poaltlTa and ao waa Brown,
who naa known Huantar paraonaUr.
Smith, broucht with him tha Bar
ttllloa meaauremanta of Mnentor aad
thr ' telltad with Holt'a , maaaura-
BiKnta. i
. - Dtotrtot Attorney bewla J. Smith,
of Naaaa4 eountjr, announced ha
oaaldorad It definitely established
that Muar.tar and Holt war tha
perauaa.
i ' Xepper Telia Hia Star.
-- Jaramiaa O'Kyaa. tha keeper who
waa oa foard at Holt'a call when Holt
mttted valctda. had racored hu
ontpQaura-toda.y euAcivntty-o- tell
K ArknnjIAIed Hnp fRvaH mmM M
!limd baaav employed Sheriff ett
to guara tna prwonar from p. m. to
I a. m. liaat Bllt at I O'Kyaa want
to tna antraaea of Haifa oalL Holt
eeroad to bo aalean.
' "t bad noma food today and man-
Mad to retain it,-, O'Kyaa aaya Halt
told him. "I fael touch better, but I
tnuat set' aoma aleap. Thaaa detec
tivaa hav been coming la and aaklas
ma aji.mnaa ot onaatlona and hy
have beea bothering me day and
aight. I nwat sat Dmp. I have rot
an Important wlatement to make ta-
. , marrow and I muat bcabla to eon.
- Ylnce people that what I aay la troa,
f, - .u-Kyaa aald Holt tnrnad
:' hia atda aad remained thara for about
;: an hoar. At tbo and of that tirae
V Ryan heard a nolaa In tha next aor.
f rldor. Ha glancad at Holt and aaw
:- ha bad chaJHced hia poalUoit ao ha
waa facing tna-door hot trparBtty
-? waa ateepint crKyan than crapti ha
Unl, w.ii.l.t .1... i,MM-rtn(lr.a rt
' 1 1 Mil- I n, V aia.v
the otherx rorrvtor tna. onad th
I, " - waa nothing there. .'Aa ha waa aboat
I to at art back O'Ryaa aald be hoard
' -,', a holaa thai aoundad Ilka a raroltrar
"t ran back to tha call and aald to
mTeelf. 'He'a done it. -omobady
allnbod him a gun'. I took ad Into hia
reu ana aia not aee mm. . xnea
thoiight that maybe ha had bean ahot
from , tha.- antatda -1 aald to myaalf
ha might ahoot ma aa I draw my
rerolTr and, wont to tbo an. atpect
Ing hlnWtaiJiimp at ma. ,lt waa dark
and I cbuld not aaa htm. J tripped
and 'felri When I looked down 1 aaw
that 4 hM fmllea oyer hia body." . .
-IfilUrd Inaida aVU. ' '
" Martin W. Littleton, who had bean
retained aeounael for Holt, reached
Mlneola tixftXT and ezan.taed Holt'a
rell oloaety,r-.: ---1' ...
Mr. Littleton -fllmhed up tha iron
Ivare Inatde of tba cell aa Holt appar
ently bad. done before committing
Buioide. ro arx If ft wera owJble for a
man to "kill hlmalf In that manner.
Mr. Littetoa waa eonrlnced that It
t. .i ' ' -.j.
1 VTllliara Hulaa, wards ottha Kaa
u county Jail, fcaaued tha foUowttg
atatement today. "
-molt met hia death by, plunrtng
from tha barn of bla cell. He feU 1 1
foet. Hia keeper. O'Rynn. la
rhanc ft him and I alwaya believed
1 at O'Ryan tnmtwoithy roan.
lii firrtera -frnra me wera nerar to
tke hia eyea off the ptiaoner: He
Tin told that If he wanted anything
i ahauld rap en the bare with a club
i ii that hia lammoni woold ba an-
. "red by anothir helper. -
la runnitg aiona. the corridor to
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"A" SPEEDY-TRIAL
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Indiana Political Leader Says
Action Is Persecution, and
" .Not Prosecution '
DOESN'T KNOW OTHERS
''- aBanwwBB.MBaaaawea
Seven Head Guilty and Go On
Recognizance; Maytft Bell
Declares This lsUnusual If
They are So Guilty; Defend
ants Ask For Change of
- Judge
IndlanapoHa, Ind.. Jnly I. "Thia
whole biialnaaa la a paraecatloa and
hot a proaeouUon aad I demand, ai
Immediate trial." aaid THomaa Tag.
gart. Democmtia national committea.
la f.-ont Indiana, today, after lit
of tha (Jl man ehargad with frguda
Bt tha 1(14 registration, primary and
elect ion. had bean arraignad aad par.
en had pleaded guilty before Judge
Jamaa A. Colllna, In criminal, court.
I Boyar had anything to do with
any ond of 'the man wha --pleaded
gouty ' toaay, .oeclared .Taggart.
da net know thoaa men aad It. aee
odd that they ahouid be parrpMted
to go on their own iwoognlaanea If
they arc. ao guilty. I don't know what
I have been Indicted for, although
I hare made" every effort to tad out
I want aa Immediate trial booaoaa
thte whole thing la aa effort to ba-
amlrch my name, aa well aa many of
my fnende.
rrooBprdlnaa ileoanal.
Mayor Joaeph B. Belt who ajao waa
among thoaa Indicted, lawad a state
ment aaytna:
' "rho- pleading guilty af the seraa
man today, la an effort to onnaect, as
with men with whom we never have
had any deaiinira In any way whatso
ever. These men oame into court and
pleaded gallty without tba Ind tot meat
being read- They ware raleaeed lm
madiatelv on their own recorainanaa
and this one ma rather uniiaual. -t
Baaldea the lit who wera arraign
ad today, eight have not been arrest-
ad. - Two are in prtson, one l ou of
in max enx naa premisan to return,
and' - th other flv are believed t
havd been oatgaated In "the . Indict
ment by wrong names. Three other
have been gtvea additional time te
study the Indictment baf ore pleading.
New dadaw to Bo Cboena.
After motion for a change of venue
to another Judge waa Died, Jud K, Col
Una fixed Friday e4he data when ab
tomeya for the' "Ante and defense will
select a juag to try tea csaa, th
will choose from a list of tre lawyers
prepared by Judgd Colllna. The mo
tion for a chance of venue waa signed
by Itt of the defendants. They will
hare a separate trial from thoae who
did not ask for a change.
A aor waa causea la tha court room
whoa Charlea CVIbba announced that
b wtaned to piead.guiity. Hia nam
bad appeared in tha Hat of thoaa whs
would be defended by tba attorney
for Taggart, nail.' Ferrott and others
Oibb told the court that ho had sign
ed ar equeet - to be represented by
taees attorneys not wianea te plead
guilty. a. controversy between
Olbba. th lawyers and th fudge end'
ad when Olbba nam waa stricken
from th list and hia plea of guilty
acceptee.
F
RETURH AT WILLJ
Uncle Sam, Though, Will See
They Are Not Hired To Be
Soldiers
'Washington. D. C 1 July T. Al
though Department of Justice officials
art confidant they have nipped In th
bud a plan, to ahip bxrg nnmbara of
Montanegrlns back to their nativa
outltryto JoittrOialorw
Uoa of marautlng- th departure of
Montenegrins who already have bean
Induced to start for home.
Efforts of the government, it
aaidvar to be directed chiefly toward
tna conviction oa char roe at rlelatlaa
tna neutrality laws c th three or
tour representative of the Montano
erin government' who ar charged
with Inducing their countrymen to
mist aad to return boms.
Th activity of tha department lead
ing to these arrest la part of a gen
eral effort to prevent enlistment in
the United Cttalea for th armtea of
belligerent European' nations. Om-
fiala railed attention today to the fact
that th "criminal cod plainly pro
hibit enlistment la - this country of
"any person'' te bear arm against a
friendly people. v
Ward received -here today aald In
dictments Were expected la San Fran
dace against flv men charged with
scaring recruit la the United States
for th British, army. -.,.,..
It became known that B. Marti nov-
Ich, en of the Montegrtn arrested tn
Bishee,.Arla, spent aoma v time In
Washington about a month ago aad
talked, with Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the
British Ajnbasaador. about th Bliss a i
anc of Amertcaa neutrality to a-
dcavorlng to have Montfenegrina return
to.- military service. MarUnovtch wa
told . of law covering aurb matter,
and 'aJcm was- Informed -that during
previoua foreign war reservists had
left the United State In large num
bers. T ....-' I
Offldala of th British Embassy de
clared no consular agent or diplomatic
officer Of th Itritish governiiet had
enaxved in securing. nlistneota la
hi m
una cout.try.
PRESIDEFJTWILL
DECIDEflN REPLY
Whether Further Views "Novv
Go To Berlin Is Hs For
' Cofisidetation
REITERATION If ANYTHING
Some of President's Advisers
Known To Be Unwilling That
Any Concessions Be Made
.from Principles Previously
Stated; No , Decision Before
Tomorrow
tar a isirtma wsi.
Washington, D. C. July 1. Presi
dent Wilson personally will decide
what -reply. If any., shall be sent to.
Ambassador Gerard' message out.
lining th tentaUv draft of a not
obaiitud, to htm Informally km a pro-
answer to the American com.
aaalcatloB ooaoarnlng submarine
warfare, X
HecTetary Lansing and othara bar
transmitted to th President at Cor
nish, N. H their vlewa n th policy
they bellev ought to be pursued, it
wa taled offlclany today, however.
that no word had been received aa to
th Prealdent' position. ' It was Intl
mated that Mr. Wilson might not be
ready to act until Friday, as d si teats
question Involved require . ear and
deliberation.
During the day' Count Von Bern-
storff. th (term an Ambassador, back
from hi summer horn at .Cedar
hurst, asked Mr. Lansing mfprmally
concerning the 1st set phases of the
negotiations la Berlin. The Secretary
outlined In a general way what had
been transmitted bv Ambassador Oer-
asd hat gave no tattmatlea aa to the
oourse th United 8 tales would fol
low. .Coant Voa Beraetorff aaid he
had a advtoM ot hid own ooncernlng
th situation. - - -. ... .
" Prrsent Form thisirilshii, -'
It was said that Count Voa Bern.
storff learned that Ambassador Ger
ard ' imisaaaa was not of a character
which tweeasarlly woald reoulr an
newer. Thar la tittle doubt la ofBa
cyai i"alier tbat in Oermni pre
peeals'm their present form would b
Itnaeeanuble t th UnlUd 8tat
Th altuatlnn la um Wxmg efflcial
bar praa they ar rcluetaat to
gag la an. Informal -disc nasi nn f
question they hold-war Mated alearty
in hiir-i-rf-tTi nit -
it wad -aald that Ambassador Gar
ard'a massage did not mako clear
whether Germany had aaked him to
obtain tn view or tn unite state
oa th tentative draft ervWhether In
abowlng him a oopy th Implication
wa that the Amerloaa government
could comment oa It before the note
completed. After hi conference.
however, the Ambassador aaked If tha
State ' Department . had any instruc
tion for him.
No ODSuacsakang ' FaaorcxL
Som of th . President1 adviser
seem to think advantage should
taken of the chance to reiterate that
tha United States, having stated Its
posltloa, can mak ao cone si on or
consider any temporary arrangement
until there la a clear' understanding
Germany's attitude towacd , ths
principle compelling visit and search
before destroying unreal aung
While th optimism which ha pre
vailed In official- quarter aa a result
of Ambassador Gerard a early mes
sages ha to bom extent been diaat
pated by th unsatisfactory cbaraotar
of proposal In th tentative draft,
the sftuat'on still waa regarded as sus
ceptible of a friendly awttlament. Km.
pnaai was iaia on ins raci mat tn
German foreign officers apparently
seamen anxious is icarn tna minimum
of the American demand aad tha
belief waa expressed that further eon.
ferenee with other department of
th government and even with Em
peror William himself might b
planned In tha event that the pro
coeed not aa ahowa to Ambassador
Gerard waa not viewed favorably by
tba united state.
Secretary Lansing aald no Intima
tion had cent a to th eats when
th German reply web Id he formally
delivered to Amb amador Qerard, '
... TOHrpDTESTUFF
lay be ii mi l rnafi
Washington, Xx C, July .7. Furth
er oompUcatfona In tha . ffort , of
Amsricaa textile maanfacturer to in
duce Oermaay to permit ahlpoUnta of
eoai tar ayes to tn united Ktste
were reported to th Department of
Commerce today by Commercial At
tach Thompson, asstgued to Brllnr4
but aow-at Tbe'Hajrue.
Barring ef Amertoaa ootton from
Oermaay by the British order tn coun
cil wa the primary obstacle la th
way of gaining German assent to ship
ments and new to that baa been ad-
dad report of the exporting of Amer
loaa dyastuffs to Great Britain. Until
the ban hi removed from cotton, ot
itis is are convinced, Ost many will not
permit exporting et soaj tar product
toadea oy American mans tact urera.
Department of Commerce official
who began an mvastlgatioB after re
ceipt of th latest advtcea. from Mr.
Thompson, determined that ooal- tar
products were not Involved In th re
ported shipments to Great Britain b
caua tney ooasisted oaly of vegetable
dyes mad la the United State. .Ger
many will be Informed of this In con
tinued effort to. obtain the coal tar
product. ' fr- 'fci - ." ...
Department of Commerce ofnclah)
have been aetlv aino U outbreak
of war f a lt-urop in attemating te
solvs problems arising from shortag
of coal tar dyea, A committee of ex
pert of the Department-1 odnfening
with the Federal Trade Commission
to arrange to aesur th stability ef
ths growing domestic - dye industry
when on th restoration of peace
American manufacturer have to face
Grmaa omeuuon.
ERICH MUENTER AS
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KBICM Mt BNTKI.V
rana JoT"aWW' '
Many Lives Lost In States of
Middle West;. Cloudburst
Accompanies
Chicago, ' Ills,. July 1. Tornadoes
and cloudburst sweeping eastward
from tha Missouri River valley, today
eauissd heavy damage and lose of life.
Missouri, lhinola, Indiana. Ohio and
Kentucky- wr In th. track of th
storm.
Three person war reported dead
at Dardenne, Mov. and Wentsvill and
Ullmore, Mo., each, reported ona kill
ad. Five or merer person also war
believed late tonight to bar been
killed at St. Charles. Me.
Cincinnati waa cut off from wTr
communication for several . hours to
day. When communication finally
waa established it waa renorted thi
meager ad vices indicated much prop
arty damage there and In Kentucky
cities across the Ohio river, whh pos
sible loss or iif
Tornadoes swept, districts of St.
Louts, blowing part of a Wabash rail
road train from tbo track and- devaa-
lanna tn. maris, mo. i ns wma at
St. Chart blaw. 19 mils an hour.
Similar storms were reported to
have struck Sh Peter. Mo-, aad Law-
rsnosriUo, IU., th latter-place being
fw miles west or vuicennrs, ind.
First reports aald two persons wer
killed at Lawiwnoovui.
Exceptionally heavy rain were re
ported from all sections of th affect-
ad,, territory, . especially at. Rock Is
land. I1L, and Cincinnati. At tna tor-
mar, towa .msrehandia -stocks -were
damaged when water poured Into
oa msnts ana- ran -m some- iitsianc
tor floor w the" rtreet. .lavsla ....
Tht rain a extended, over, a greater
territory than th windstorm Valen
tin. Neb., reporting a fall of more
than four Inches: Turn Hautei Ind..
S.T Inch and Chicago. i. ft inches.
Official forecast for - th storm
went territory promised a cessation
of th disturbances by tomorrow.
RATIONAL VOTE ASKKD.
Atlantic City. V. J.. July . Th
national board of director of th An-
t-alooa League of America, at i
executive session today, adopted res
olutions urging uonrrres to submit to
tbo State a national pronibtuoa
amendment. Another resolution pase
ed urge leglalaiioA that will prevent
ef mail for advertising - Intoxi
cating nqnor In 'dry territory. ' The
board - commended President Wlhron
for refusing - to-. renounce, ' despite
strong pressure, a letter h la aaid to
have written while Oovernor of New.
Jersey to a dtlsen of Texas, declar
ing State prohibition I preper where
public sentiment I rip for It ; -,v
A MXLUOIf FOB MISSIONS
pChlcaro. ni.. July 7. "Get a m li
on new members and fl.tOO.ttt for
M ieetona," Is th slogs ot th fifth
warld's and twenty-MVnth Interna-
ttonal Christian tendpravor convention.
which opened here today. "
IMlegates were urged to nroil a
million new church members, a mil
lion signer to a peace petition and a
million pledges to make the United
State a aaloon-lea nation by Kit.
At tha .meeting of the board of
trust ere of the society. Karl Lett man.
Field Secretary, reported that 1260.
tt of tbs $uJ 00 needed for a hesd-
quarters buildit-g la EostoA bad, been
raised."."--.. fc. . ,
HE APPEARED UNDER , -
HIS RIGHT NAME AND UNDER HIS FALSE NAME
YriV r'
T
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Austrians and' Germans Are
Getting Worst of Big Fight .
Before Warsaw
SLAVS HAVE ADVANTAGE
Grand Duke Has Good Rail
ways and Large , Resources
at His Back; Germiti Artil
lery. Fires City of Arras.
Allies Have Only Six Miles
- To-Go at Dardanelles-- :
Br the inlilil rna) ' '
London;, July T. By th mploy
mant . of strong rsinforcmnta, 1 th
Russlana tsmporarlly at least, hav
checked th Ausiro -German advance
toward. th Lublin railway, which k
anocassful would Imperil Warsaw.
Ths - Ruaaiana yesterday claimed a
serious defeat for the. Austro-Oermaa
army in th region of Kraanik. south
of that railway, while the Austrian
tonight stats that "the battle waa In
vigorated by the part lot patlon af
strong Ruaalaa reserve.''
Bo fa a Coaununleatlon are ona-
eemed,' the' Russians now hav th
advantage of poattloa. aa they hare
a splendid system of railway behind
them bywhlch they can quickly mov
troop anq .guna. to th larssteaad
arras.
This hat tie .
Austro-Oermane - commenced
rtr tttrmirh "fftlTIcl haa.luat.aom
meneed, but acoordlng to dispatches
received in Geneva from Austrian
sources th Russian thus far hav
had th best of It and sines Monday
hav inflicted heavy In sea on the in
vader. Thus - dlspatchss stats that
thousands tnr wounded v are arriving
in jjamoerg, rraemyai ana jaroalan.
(ifrau Attack Scattered.
Th much heralded - German , ' an
laught la the West baa been eon
Snsd to the Woovr restoa. vdkr th
army vi in uermaa crown prince ta
trying' to regain ground lost la April
whoa tbo French attempted to fores
the withdrawal of what I, known aa
th St Mihlel wedge, The Germans
bar won som tranche at th tin ef
tne-weag out aa atttor point, th
French claim, they . wer repulsed
witn a envy man. , -
Artiuery combats eontlnu from
Am to th a and It la stated to
night that as a result of German
bombardment Am M In flams aad
it cathedral destroyed. The German
alas claim to hav retaken trenches
lost to the Britten north of Tore yes
terday. , However, the fighting her
appear - to be desultory despite re
port of tha arrival of large'Oermaa
reinforcement lor anoiner try at
Calata ' .
On the- Galllpoll pen! nsa la Sunday
ths Turk mad tbelr tfttrt attempt
within a weea to regain ground
which allies took hi their last attack.
This offensive. Ilk- other, resulted,
according to British and French re
ports.. In th eompleto dlnoomntur
of the Turka wbosauw aaid to hav
Buffered severely, . ----.''
Th allies ar only six mile from
their Boa I. the narrow of th ' Dar
danelles, but la country la strongly
fortified and a gain of a few hundred
yards la ail that- eaa be expected at
one time. There IB talk of
HE1SG0VY6EAR
TURNS ON PURSU
combined, land and sea attack.
j. - rsAMK siai..
maw laatrueiaf I
Desperate Early-Morning At
tack On Galiipoli Ends in De
feat For Ottomans
' at a
London. July 7. Th Turkish
forces complstaly failed in th big
attack which thy began on Jury 4th.
asalnat th Anglo-French force on
th Dardanelles, acoordlng to a state
ment today by the- British official
press bureau, which added that ta
Turk lost heavily.
Th text of th statement follows
"General sir Ian Hamilton reports
that lh night'of July 1-4,' waa quiet
la the northern section, but at d a. m.
the. snsmy started a heavy bambard-
it cf th tranche. All th gu
ussd prevloBsty against us 'and some
now one war la action, but th
bombard mant died , away about a-
m. without doing much damage.
" "In th Boutham section th Turk
kept up a heavy musketry tire along
in wnei una ounng tn mgnt and
did not leave their trenches. At 4
tn. their batteries started ths moat
violent bombardment that
a experienced. At least S.ttt
rounds of artillery ammunition war
expended oy.them.'
Meanwhile thi shelling of our
line oa th peninsula proved the pre
liminary to a general attack on our
front witn aseoial slforts at certain
I points. The principal effort
mad, gt-jth Junction of :,lh-. royal
aivtsion - section , witn tnat oftna
rftrif n.
-Thr." at T:1t L rl. ' th Turks
drove back our advanced troops and
assaulted a portion of the line held
by ths Royal naval division. .
fifty Turka gained a footing la our
trench where, nevertheless
men of th Royal naval division held
oa to our supports aad the men who
had retired . countsr-attackad tmme-
dlatoty and hurled the Turk out ef
th tret-ch again. . , "
"Another attack on th right of
th twenty-ninth division ctlea was
practically wiped ant by nn aad ma.
chin gun fire. On our left the Turks
attempted sverel attacks Noa of
these wer able O get home, -owing
to the steadiness of our troops and
oar effeettv artillery support Th
bom bard mart dlsd dowa toward 11
. m tbongti It was resumed at ia-
torvala, , - . - - '
- "Nat only w.i th result a com.
nlot failure -but . while our loaasi
wer asgUgible and ho Impression wa
road on our tin, the enemy added
a li-rc number to his
heavy ossualtle. It seems plain from
the disjointed nature of hia attack
that be I finding It difficult to drive
hi Infantry forward to race our Bra.'
WELDOW MTLLS MAKING
UXDERWKAK FOB BELGIA2T3.
WBIal te Tbaraws fad Slisia-l
Weidon, - July r 7 Th two mills
hsr which maaufacrur underwear
for ansa an running night and day to
All a eontrart for a large consignment
of such good to b ussd hy th Bel
siaa army. Th mill will be taxed
jo their full cm parity to fill th eon-
iract ey tn reuuirea ome. sir, w.
T. Shaw. Jr- 1111 graduate ef the
and M. Col lews, after ererking for
at year in. n textile mill In Danville.
Va- baa returned to Weidon aad is
BRITISH GIVE THE
TURKS A BEATING
In charge on ef the mlUa,
F
?JTHS PAST
Death From'TlungerNearer ;
and Neam.To Thousands ; ;
of Mexicans . . - -
ONLY TRUCE CAN PREVENT
Red Cross Agent Says -Conditions
Have Been Under-'
stated; Conflicting Tales of
Carranza and Villa Victories
Come In, In Their. Regular
Order ' . -
- w s
WaaWng-ton. r. C, July T.-Nw
of th ruU of Carranaa Utaat at- -tonapt
to drtr th Zapata garrison oat ,
of Msxioo City was swaltad with
anxiety hr tonight No word from
th righting ha om alno ft waa
announced from Vara Crua tws day
go that Gsneral OonarJae reinforced
Carranaa army haut iauwd ft at-,
tack with tbt sxpectaltoa of a easy -
UtotoryV ---- !rr-f-r;
Apnrshenaioa' "had been aomswbat
relieved during th day, hawarar. by
receipt of a dispatch at tha State De- .
partmat from Vara Cms aiatlng that
th investing Carraoaa force tntsad
d ta taciUtaU attempts of foreigner ,
to quH . tha capital and to transmit
thlr messages to th o'Utstds world.
Tha repartaBanf a advices added tbat
th Carranaa ofootala wer conftdent
ojf Uklng Mtxloo City la a abort
time."
Meaaure for relief af non-combatants
wer continued today. Consul -General
Hann at Monterey reported
to the Red Cress that he waa feeding
tt persena Trora AmeHcah relief,
supplies. - Chinese legation efflcUH
bar arranged with the Stat Deparf
mnt and th Red Cross for ths ear
of desUtut Chin In Msxlco. , . -
Bhsm Arrcndondo, Carraaaa's agnt
tn Washington, reltsrated in a atate
meat tonight that In the parts ot
Msxlc rsr which Carraass. has con- -trol.
there la no famine danger and"
"no ahortag of foodstuff sup plies se
erious aa ta tbieaena bsngar evaa t
rho pssrest ot ur population hi the -
I utur. immediat or distant." .
. Th contention between th Red '
Cress and ofBclala of Villa's agency
her over tha attitude et Villa'! of
ficer toward relief measure resulted
In a Btstemsnt tonight from th
agency that Villa forces had offered .
aid to alleviate guffaring la war dis
turbed dlatricta , 4
Both Fell to) Relievo.
Mlia Mabel Board man. of th Red
Croaa. assarted there had been 'lack
of co-operation by both Villa aad
Carranaa officers.
Dtapatehe to th Stat Department ,
from Maxioo aald - that Ouantajuato
had been occupied by VIII troop and .
that Villa forces also had recovered '
the towns of Csdral and Matohnala. - -
Othsr dispatch aald that a battle
had been la pragr for about six -day
to th vicinity of Paradea,
Th Carranaa agency announced,
the receipt of a dispatch declaring
th Villa army had been "completely
rontsd" by th Carranaa foroe at
Villa Oarcta between Moatorey aad -Paredon.
Villa forces war aald to
hav wffrod a kvaa of t ktllsd and
wounded Tha agency added that a
Mcond fight nearer Paredon also bad .
resulted in a CarrammBuocsssi. -Faanino
Stalka Oar Lsvad . ..
Thousands of Mxicaa non-oora-bataau
bar ata nothing but nadv
fruita for months; where famine to
not ravaging It Is Impending aad only
a hanger true between the warring
factions can aav th lives of a ami-,
titode, according to a report to the
American Rad Croaa dee ted from its
field agent July It feliswBS
-After six daya Journey of about
Itt mllsa through Northern Mexico,
fmcludlng targe portion statea Nusvo .
Leon, Tamauupaa, l sun oonpeiiea io
tat that famin condition xistlnc
bav beea understated rather than,
M.,Mriwl Whsra famlnjo la sot
FRUIT DIJLi
ravaging, it to impending: whore land T
to not already famlao stneasn. Biar-
MMM-araei sr Wsarir. "Mpfogwr"""
nrn croo In tight will hot feed, half
the people ana great amount, m
wilt b -or-as besnr taa by ininury
antboritis whoBs udg- are) -enry
sllshUv las pressing than those, of
civilian population. " -
"A hunger trues Between tna iae
Him mlsht save th hand rods of
thousands of Uvea now menAced. If.
hunger true cannot a arranged :
d will hav to b brought from .
outstd. - Perfect agrooment amonf all
Mexicans thto section and hoping that
a.pjnertcan authorities will find means
to top criminal exploitation ot food
stuffs from- this famine land while ,
the country was akin nod of bulk its ,
products months ago. Bom . pro
vuaoaa are atill trickling over th
bordar tntolaad of plenty." , . .
CASE AGAINST HUERTA
MAY BE ABANDONED;
The Aged Orocrai, It ta BflicvrA. Wilt
Agra to von A way ana gave m
, Oris tmdmd Vrss)
Waahlnstoa. D. C July 7 -
beUsved bar tonight that th
agalnat Gen. Huerts, , charged
with
conspiracy to violate American' neu
trality by Inciting a new Mexlcaa rev
olution, might be abandoned. -
Husrta Is due to appear sen week
before a United Statea Commlaarionen
for a hearing. Although oifioisJ are
reticent, persistent reports are cur
rent that there will be no prosecution
and that Huerta will agree to leave
the Mexican border and take, up his
residence somewhere In ths northern ,'
part ef the United States to Interfere '
ao more la Mexlcaa politics.
It waa pointed out tonight In of
ficial quartern that tuch a settlement
srould accomplish the chief end d.e
sired by the govemment.previlin
of Huerta'B return to .-Mexico, conv
pUcatiDC tht pgituaUoa titers.
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