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-ilTIEHSKILLTl'IO
RUSSlfRQiie
STfllQEOtSSEl;
; President Vilhrun GuiIIaufl Shot To Death
;PEACipEXIGO
Definite Steps To End Revolu
tion To Be Taken. Upon Pres
ident's Return
If
Former Police LleutenanTExe-
cuted For Instigating Mur
der of Rosenthal
ARMY AND NAVY . READY
HE MET- HIS FATE CALMLY
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BECKER DIES llr ;
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r .. Attack -;Mades On ' American
Force ;Uuidedat-Pprt-Au
. - prince For Protection -
- ORDER MAINTAINED IN CITY
Battleship K Connecticut i With
. - - 500 Marines WW Sail From
" v Philadelphia To Haiti Today,
y The Transport Hancock Will
- Also;. Be. Sent; 'UJ'JistSe-
, ' lectin President,;
. v a w imsi wv . ' ,:.
Washington. July wTwa AimH
can blaejacketa were killed htat night
la an attack by uUn 'Port Aa
Prison' Haiti, KM by hif Admiral
Cjejfea with , tour . hundred an
from ths- cruiser Waehington. Th
attacking' party m beaten oa -with-
; t bHc . pprMCtM4 ctommr tktl
' tb 'uUktr1 of. tk etty n ardar
MminUlntf,la th city ttMU. No
MOlor wtr waundad and th (mm of
th VtUoUnf Xoro m ot.portd.
Th dd: -'
.Wlllicm Compara, - aMinaa. of
Brook lym. . -
' Caaon t: WhflhtfrV ortltnary a
man. of Norfolk. V. .
Ralnfommenta ha.d " baaa ordarad
to Haiti (M-f.tr word of ta flfhUnf
wa-norl Th ba4tlahtp Coa
(iMttebt w;. aall from .Phlladolftnla
tomorrow with a rastaaant of nanM
. uurribarlnc maa.
Tha ay traaaport Hancock, now
bring , ovar ha. Iliad ac Phtladolpltla,
alas- will go to Haiti. It la aald, al
ihouRh It la aot known what faro
aha will carry.
Admiral .Caaarton'a maaaara rara
faw datalla of tha fiahtlng. It ahow
d. hawatrar, that ho had baan ware
ad of tha IntotiUon of tha UalUaaa ta
attack tha city and oarly In the ara
nlna Capt. Baach. of tha Waahlnctoa,
commandtna- aahoro, anovod hla maa
out to .tha adva of thr elty to meat
tham, .taayiaa; at rone ruarda to' BiB
taln ordar tn towa. ' - V "
laIV la CHy IMoarued.
" Tha Haitian aoldlara and dvtllaaa
. In tha city wara dlaarwiad yaatarday to
-pravant anlplnr from tha hooaoa.
. . Tha attack .cam a at 41 o'clock taat
Hlfht. tha Bluajackot battalloa baer-
. na tha mn of tha- rlhtn. From
th 1ruih' ttayond V th i laat" haunas
ia4?w oinad tlra-on thatrt. " Vnm Art
x ratatnaa and thw attnrkora arlvan
rf. but not barara , uompara and
Whltcnurat nao paert' KUfl. ; ii
Tba followln nmmtry t of Ad-
mtral Caaarton'a " taraa
glraa Out ioalfht at tha nary dapart
nant: : - . v i -
"Admiral Capartoa : ra porta from
Port Aa Prinea. that owlnf ta a ra
port that tha town would llkaly . aa
attacked dnrinc tha -alfbt: that aa
mada diapoattioa of bia foraaa for da
fanaa at t p. in.- Attack from South
about 1 p. m. Bnipinr from braah ta
ouuktrta of town. Two klllad tn tha
aaamao - battalion. ' noaa - woo n dad.
Huooaoafully raaulaad attack. ' Main-
Ulaatf aulat and order In Interior of
city tnroucbottt nlsnt. , . -
Aafc For Mora MaHara,
In Bla Arat nuaaaga aftar hla ar-
rlCTt-at -Port Aa Piinaa, whan tha
marlnaa and biuajackata aaaoontarad
allht raatataaea an - tending Ad mlral
Capartoa. aakad. far an. additional
reel ra ant - of aoarlnaa. Tha - maa
wara needed, ho aaM. ta poUea the
city and - aurroundlnc'" dtatrtot ade
oaatary. :. Ha aaaveatad that tha ad
ditional marlnaa be aant on the
ernlaara North CareUaa, or Tenniam.
faat ahlpa. IndioaUna that ba espeetad
aoma difflcwltloa, Theaa veaaela ware
not atallabl. and tha department or
dered tha batUaahlp. Connecticut at
the PhUadelpbia yard mada ready to
aall tomorrow. The Connactleat waa
taklnc an atorea tonlajht.
Beoretary Paalala felt ae treat ap
preheaaion about tha ettaatton. Tha
extra force waa aant ' primarily, be
aald. ta permit abort heure of sttard
duty.
. "Admiral Capartoa had adrieed aa."
aid the gearttary. "that It la vary bet
T-.ai Tort Aar Prlnoa and that he did
- pot deem It advisable to keep marlnaa
' ea ahore auty coonataauy. tta aaia
'ha wanted a. aafflelent (uard to aa
aura adequate protection at all- tlmaa."
Dlaarmament ef tha town yaatarday
. wa direc'ed after a aoaferaaoa be-
tween a aommlUea of aafety ara-anlaad
by the cltleeae of Port Aa Prlaea,
Amerlcaa nary offloera, and tha Amar
Icaa Charaa d'Affairea. . Thla commit
tee la the dfacto awrcrament. Any
.neeotlatlono .by the Htaxa Denartmeat
will ba addrmil ta tc aa there ap
.peara ta ba pe other form pt ren
ment at tha praoent time.
It n praetteaHy aaaarad that daring
'the occupation of Port A Prlnoa. ef
fort to necotiate a treaty- with Haiti
for the- administration ef that aoua
try'a BnaruHal . affair by tha United
8tata timllar ta that with San Do
mingo, tha neighbor of Haiti. wlU ba
renewed. . -. -V.-i -
Thla gorernmaat . purpoaea ta In
clude la aach: a treaty prevtaloei alm
flar to tha Piatt amendment la tha
Cabaa treaty, whereby, the United
Statea haa tha right ta interrene In the
latereata of peaces . Prevtoaa efforts
ta obtain auch a treaty failed became
tha late ProaM eat Oalllaam feared
tha people would rata againat him. If
ha atgnea it. v v-
Admknal Capartow'a force probably
will otay -ta Port Am Prinea nnUI a
table government la aetabllahad and
a treaty with tha United Stataa elgned.
Port-Aa-Princa. Haiti, iuljr II.-
Tha Haltiea chamber aad eenate eon
' veaad . today and ware declared to
be ia-coMinaoua aiarion. r-The two
bouse neat lastrwetlone ta all the
. milMary chiefa calling apoa tham to
maintain order. , . .
- The. Senate offered the candidacy
for tha president mada rax-ant by tha
aaaaaalnaUon of Preeidant VUbrun
Uulllaame, ta Outlbaad. former
' minister of Juetloe. who dtcUaad.' - O.
DartiauenaT. praaident of the annate,
probably will accept tha candidacy.
H le stated.' .
The majority of tha peeple expreos
disapproval of the loading of A roar
teen marlnaa. Uowarer. the -city re-
Teutons' Maklng.Suprerae 5 Ef--i
fort To Get: Across Tneir i
r- Une of Retreat
PARTIAL SUCCESS IS MADE
British Mifitary Critic Refuse
: '. To Believe That Grand Duke
Has Not Provided For all
Contingencies In Taking
Carecf His Twops; Look for
, German Rush To West
far aawaasd Pram.
Xondon. July ,M9-ttt - Bneatana
ear are facing tha problem ef eTacaav
tlng Warsaw aad -the earroaadm;
ceuatry wUhout loatef their arndaa.
while tha Aostro-Oarman " f oroae are
making a on pram effort to get aorosn
thetr Una of retreat. The Taatena are
aald to hare met. with partial uoceas
In this attempt, a Berlin official re
port tonight stating that Field Mar
hal Ton. Meckenaen. raenmlng tha
effenstre. had reached ' tha Chalnv
L.ablin railway, about midway between
thorn two cities.' and that aoatheaat
of thla. aa far aa tha Bug rlrer tha
Tt limit B front had bean "shaken."
The success of General Tea Mack
onaaen la get tie aeroae thla taiiway
after having bean virtually stopped by
tha Russian counter attack denlee at
least aaa Una of retreat to the Roo
ster who might etlll ba between him
and Warsaw and also place tha Oar
tnaaa In a position to mora againat
the Bug river front should thla ha
decided upon.
British military crttlca. . however,
refuse ta believe that Orand Dke
Nicholas,' commander la chief at the
Kaasian forces, haa not provided for
ail eentlngenciee or that ha waa not
fairly sure af tha aafety ef hla troop
before Indicating- ta tha world that
ha had decided to take ap a new Una.
Dispatches recwlved hero say tha
country around Warsaw haa been pat
to the torch, while the city Itself has
been denuded ef everything that might
he of-nee to the Oermane if It fails
lata their hand a. It may even be aoma
day before the Teuton occupy tha
Polish capital for the Russians are
aiU delivering heavy blown at their
opponents and are gaining aoma local
emiciaasa. However, military erttlea
any thee tocsrt 'eurraekee - will tie af
fect the Roasiarr plain ef falling pack
aherte.nd etronaer freo. ,
A soon aa tha preeent operaMone
against ftuada ar benctadod whether
or not Wiey suocwsei in iwu.jih w
Urga part of tha Russian army. H la
expected that tha Oermaaa will tarn
ta tha went, a movement which, bow
ever, will take a couple of month at
least..'
It Will therefore be a race between
the Teutonic force and the. British
and French aa te which aid will take
thai offensive In Franc where the
attuation remains aa K haa bean for
week past, except In-Alsace, where
tha French continue their attack oa
th positions protecting Mueneter. .
Bad weather agala la Interfering
with the operations ta tha Anstre
Itallaa theatre.
WGUNlTPOTSTWf
SPIESTO DEATH
m s laiisiiil twsa).
London. July .The following
official statement waa made public
tonight: It la officially announced
that two pilaonTB who wara charged
wHh eepienage were tried PT
oral oeurt martial on tha lttb and
IIUW-, 1B7 Ww
sentenced te death and tha sentences
having Been runy wnnrraw, ware
carried out thla morning.
w-v m. nr4..K mnMiuMt. In an of.
Hclal statement Thursday dealing
rf.k ik. niiaatio of eanionajre. aald
that la addition to Ave persons whoa
conviction already had - been an
noonoed. ten other had bean appre
hended and would be tried for spy
ing. One or tneaa was a ueiniaa
with aa alleged forged ., Ameriaaa
PAPER BLACK HANDS
POSTED ON WINDOWS
Attorwr-y Ft
and a Bk
Par Thaw, Aa Archl.
' Bant Monica. CaL, July It.Rep
reeentaUona of Mack hands, est from
black paper aad pasted upon the win
dows of the residence ef Dolphin
M. Del mas, formerly a attorney for
Harry K. Thaw: Robert Parquihar. aa
architect, and a eoa-ln-law of the lata
United Statea senator Jonee, of Ne
vada, ahd. a prominent banker, whoso
name Waa withheld, etartad the police
hare today ta anarch for men believed
engaged in a plot againat tha three.
The bmck hand were found on tha
windows thla morning. . Uttle atten
tion waa paid to them, antll it waa
learned that tha banker. friend of
the other two. had received three toe
ing letter. . -
GERMAN REPT.Y TO TMfmfKt
, MOTH EXPECTED WKXT yKEK.
1 ; ' a nrliiil Ivan). .
Washington, July ! Germany's
reply to the American representations
on forgeries of American peeeperts U
not expected before next week at the
earliest. Officials here believe the
Berlin forelga office will take aoma
time for investigation. Ha spoctrlc
treaty provtatoa cevera tha case but
frgertea af easa porta are breach
courtesy between governments which
aeldem go unnoticed. ' "
DUPUTB BCTWKEX PAPER CO. -rT
- AMD EMPiXJYEa bLTTLCD.
PlSSJi.- - t :
Waahtnrton. July t-Federal eon.
Ulatora today reported to' tha De
partment af Labor that the eontro
verey between the International Pa
per Company and , amplovea had
been settled by aa agreement and
that the lockout of th pattern makers
la Bridgeport Cenav had been ami
oaaly adjusted.
Armed Intervention Is Not Ex
pected But : It Is Believed
. That a Message WIS Be Sent
- The Opposing Leaders Fix
ing a Final Date For Them
To Cease Hostilities
" Wmaliriarton. Ttdy la. Deflnlt steps
toward th 1' est m at Ion of pane ta
Mealoa wffl h , Ukaei Immedlilely
upon ; Preeiaant Wllaa tataa ta
Washington neat' wash. Ta nysnine
aotlaa tha Preatdent may hav de
oided upea haa not swam alaolnaad. hat
tt wan eatheTtUdlraly Btaaed taadght
oarry oat proenptly the peogiam de
termined upon. Only aa anexpectad
move la Mexico itself to and the strife,
It la aald. would further delay
ttv action by the United
eta censtllutlonal government tn tha
war-torn rapubtl,'
Armed mtervontlon la not regarded
ae aonfemplated U the Praetdeaf s
prograan.
Ra porta are generally credited that
a li 1 1 see ge will be sent to th oppoatag
Isadora fixlag a final data for them ta
eeaea hoatlliUoa. aasembea a oonfer
ao t astu their dlffet enase. , Poa
albUIUee af another failure ta bring
thla about la being ooBmderod vy the
President, tt la declared, ia formu.
latlng hat plana. .
Whether tn that event a genera
ember on arm exportation will be
Imposed or American troopa employed
to assure transportation of food to the
atnrvlng people at th oountry, can-
not b preaiatao. 11 ia anown. now
ever, that th army and navy are
ready for ear eventuality.
ooretary Lansing today t, i that
repreeentaticavi sent, to Uen - Car
ranaa. Villa and Zapata i.t night
urging that route to Mexico City b
opened to provtaioa traina, were force
ful. that to Oarranma.- who eonirxig
the railroad from Vera, Crua pa,.,.u
larly ..- -
Ko answer from any of the If n
generala had been received tonr. it
was blrvl, bo"vr. f-t t - ' n
traina ioti J bo tw,i. j t
within Jkfuw daya vnuer awl f -raasa
troop.- stoma reported Atmu'
movement led to this belief, -
Charles A. Douglas who returned
to Washington- today from Vera Crux
after conference with -Gen. Carranxa
and Oonaaloa, brought assurance that
Carre for coo would hold MokIoo
City after th reoeeupetiea. .
A Red Cree statement today -aald
Conditions arosstd Hstmnellle. honor,
war "swtting worm every day.- Tha
government la taking ail wheat from
farmers without asking and all floor."
' A statement signed by forty Mexi
aaa residents of honor and forwarded!
t the Rod Creee said there we great
suffering, many families baring, enljr
one scant meal a day. - . ...-,
"We do net want war." aaya the
"We dearrw ta work In
vatioct. even if . the government does
deny that hunger euata. This state
ment of the a-overnrnt I falsa, aa
era know that hunger- exists and we
feel a re that aome eases ef actual
starvation have occurred-' ,
trmted
Hcea Ta Can.
Vra Crua, July M-Joha R. KIU
maa, Preaideat WHsea'a persona rep
raasntatlv In Mexico, today presented
to na. Venuatiaa Oazvanaa, th Bret
chief of the CVmetltutiowaiiets. a atatm
meat from tha United Btate govarn
mont regarding the attaatiaa In Mex
too City. TV state svent reu nested ro
formatioa aa to whett emmunieatloa
with the capital would ba raaterad aad
alee asked other -pertinent, question!
concerning what oeuld be expected In
th aear future. . .,..
Larede, Tagu July It. Noa-oom-eataata
at Torraoa. Mexioe, are suf
fering severely from hack, of toed,
while the Villa and Carranna armle
tn that ndeity asparwatly are plenU
fully eupplled. ' according to passsa
gore whe arrived bora lata today from
Torraon. They reported all business
In Torreon at a standstill . aad th
poorer claaaea flnaaotally unable to
puroaaa even the meager available
took of corn and other cereals. . The
hospitals are filled with woanded sol
diers. - .
Skirmishing wontlBuea near Teamola,
but other than that - caa-uerrleo are
heavy an both sides. TUtti war news
we obtainable for passenger or la
metal auartrwln Neuvo Laredo. . .
FAIL TO RECAPTURE 7
ISLAND OOF f ELAGOSA
- -'r "77Yrw,'l v ' '-':
Roma. July Us frl Paris) A a
attempt was mads by a squadron ef
Austrian cruisers and a flotilla of
torpedo boat destroyer yesterday t
reoaptur tha- Italian Island of
Pelagosa, In the Adriatic, which was
occupied by Italian. naval force ' last
Monday, according' ta aa official
eommunlcatlon lesaed today by Italia
Ministry af Marine. . .. .
- Tha attack waa repuleed. th state
ment add, and soma membera af the
Austrian leading party, were forced to
awlm to their ship. Th. Italian
oaswaltts war given) a two ; me
wounded. - -.-
DUTCH PROYIDE FOR ARMY
INCREASE TO 550,000
Tha Nague Netherlands. July It.
Via London. d:it p, m The new
Dutch laadeturm bill waa adopted by
tha Bret chamber today aad became a
law. The measure provide for aa
event sal Increase In the total trained
soldiers of Holland ta approximately
lit. officers and men Instead of
Itl.ttf who axa mew under axauv.
The Eastland .Taken Over By
Federal Marshal By Order
J, of Judge Landls" "
REDFIELO -STILL PROBING
Labor -Leaders Claim Secre
tary's Inquiry Will Be.White
1 wash of Federal Inspectors.
viThsy Telegraph a Protest To
.President Wilson; Only One
. l.!ore Body Recovered
C!ilMMr, Ilia..: July I. Invaatlg
ttcn t determine whether aayon waa
(rimtnaXly te Mama for tha capsudsg
f the anr Bast land tn the Chi
cago river Saturday with th ton of
About !. lhres was confined today
to n fedVerel grand jury and the steam
boat Inspection servto under Bocr
tary at 3onrmeroo Redfield.
tTad abtp. atm lying on it aid at
ft wharft we taken over by a federal
wurshail an rdars from Judge Land Is,
of th Catted ehate dlatrtct court.
Th oaanty grand jury tt waa decided
by Marl.ay Hoyna. etata'a attorney,
probably did pot hav sumdent juria-
dlctkm t accomplish anything .and
eased it laautry for t
ecretary RedAeld't exienlnaUoS of
steamboat Inspector continued today
hat dewawped a new facts.
' Befor Mr. Redfield resumed , bU
hearing, labor leeder Issued state-
nteete that tha department af Mm
merse lncueet would ba a whitewash
for f'1eral Inspector Theaa labor
leader telegraphed a protest ta Preel-
dent Wilson, but received n reply.
After yesterday's testimony before
8-r. ry Kedneld. Mayor Thompson
r i r -er said that the examination
of v. nenwea eeeroed .unsetlsfaotory.
whi e Au-tant State' Attorney But
Uvea tnouTht th suesttona put - Toy
Seoretitry lvd field Were to leading.
The (mentioning of Witnoeae today
was tarned over to A. L. Thurman.
solicitor for th department of com
merce, althoough anyone In tha room
waa :'-! to put quest tone. Seo
retarv I .j.s .eld aald the datennlnatlo
of . It any. lay with th federal
I"' l j ry and the federal trial court
e;;. t e Investigation, was, only
so i -f rclre whether steamboat , In
. ra 1 I '.".- i accord tag U legal
, -'-vi... . ..... v (..; .. ,..,'..'-'
i ! .heeofg bef'ira Bcrtary Ytad.
f ;1 a..i !iiti!vt, f the eteamboait
iiopeotion wrvice will continue tomor
row, aa sal tha takinr of testimony
by th federal grand Jury- ., v- ? .' ;
Peter M. Horlman, coroner, whae
Jury charged six persona with probev
bla hlama for th catastrophe today
arrange-a eonferenc with' Mayor
Thompson to plan aoma msaae of ob
taining more stringent regulation of
steamers, "If .the federal taaulry avail
nothing. : . .--j a .
v- Little apparent headway waa enad
with th righUng of th ' Bast land.
Only -one body waa moves ad, making
toe-total known-dead lit. - The miss
ing list kept by th Western Electric
Company whae employe arranged
th . en-curston, that was stopped by
tha upaatttlnr of tha steamer receded
to 111 tonight. Indicating that th total
numbr of 'deed would: probably be
under 1.IM. aa th dead aad miss
ing sow total only 111.
-Cornish. K. H- Jul 'President
Wilson today, received from friend
of persona drowned In the Eastland
disaster, pretest against having per
eon connected wfth tha steamboat In
speotion ssrvics make aa invest igatloa
af tha disaster for th federal govern
ment. Tha President waa told that It
would ba fairer ta hav anon not In th
federal eervtce conduct th Inquiry.
Several of the protests were from or
ganisations te which- victim of th
disaster belonged. Th President ha
Intrusted the federal Investigation to
secretary Red field, and has urged that
tt be mad aa thorough aa possible.
Th protests probably will ba re
ferred to Mr. Red fields
ENGLISH PRESS CONCERNED
ABOUT COTTON PROBLEM
.'-.'--. or n
. London. Jaty Whatever aedion
th British government takes with
regard -ta cotton whether It merely
be kept out of Germany or declared
contraband th Spectator, la an edi
torial arttala , today., espresso . the
opinion that th " out hern cotton
gioweia of th United Stataa should
he recompensed.
"Th pressure." .- this newspaper
gee to aay, "which tha enormous
eetton industry of the Democrat!
South can bring to sear oa a Demo
cratic preaideat la Indeed th crux of
the situation, tt may ha tha British
government will find that a scheme
which tt la said to be oonsldertng of
compensating American eetton grow'
or by buying a proportion of thsdi
crop over and above the British nor
mal purchase, la - feasible. If thtt
were thought possible and right It
would, we aeed hardly say, . be aa
enormous satisfaction to Encllahmea
to fool that the ecruplea ef . th
Amerlcaa government for a prece
dent an toe grievance or the aoutn-
era cotton planter Baa been
AUSTRIANS L0SE12e000
IN ATTACK ON ITALIANS
. ( he soil mill Pies. . .
Oeneva. Bwlta., Jury Id. Via ParU
A telegraphic dlenateh ta th Trtbun
from f "jhi i '. m.cl a, aay:
"Th AustrU -ie attarksd the Ital
laae at Ooriaa w'th liHi men, in
cluding l. ) '.r:.nw, on the night
of July I with d i "t rav e' resul tv Th
Austrian losses f urul. i 1 l,M.'.,
"On tha folic a aerce Aus
trian attack aa cr.reu, i lueau
repulsed. - '
'"The IUHaa hf kit the position
they have capt t4 is t!.e last flftssa
days except thr ajtva'tf-d trench a-
Oortala wicaj r-av
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, The government of Haytl haa blown
up again with th result that tha pree
Mnt haa besa lynched aftar aa ex
preaideat had been killed aa his order.
President Quillaume, Just befor hi
nemie beoams all powerful, ordered
111 prisoner klllad. Among tham was
Oreats Semor, the former president.
Relatives of th prisoners, and Par
ol Samor took poseeeslon of
STEALS A SKULL
A'Wvtvt
AsheynlerNegfoTold .The : Po
lice He Was Making a Col-
lection of Such Things
Is the ness sad BHiissl.
Abeville, July 10. Charged with
grave robbing la connection with the
stealing of a human skull from ths
Catholic. Kill cemetery. Tom Johnson,
oolored. haa .been arrested by mem
bera of th plain clothee aquad of th
local polio department. According
to tha offloera, Johnson olaima that
h wanted It merely for a souvenir,
ae"ha Is making a little collection ef
such -things. Ths alleged ghoulish
ope rations occurred aometlm ago
and whether it waa-dae tonhlTfaot
that h could not Bleep peacefully
with' th object In the same room or
that he learned that tha polio wet
after him, it la stated -by tha polio
that the robber returned .the ahull a
few nights after digging It up. -The
polio hav buried it eo when Gabriel
blows fed trumpet th owner will aot
h embarrassed by having hla head
and body in two different places. Ac
cording to the . police, a search of
Johnson's -houss did -not reveal any
graveyard ; memento or , cemetery
souvenirs.
G0MPERS AGAIN CHARGES
FOREIGN WORK IN STRIKES
(Br n amnsili Praa).
Washington, July It. Praaident
Samuel . Oomper,., of J th. American
Federation of Labor, today reiterated
hla charge that foreign Influence had
been working to cause strike, la th
United Stat and called -upon , the
working men to discountenance any
such attempt Mr. Oompere mada
pubtio hi correspondsnce with the
Central Federated Unloa of New Torn,
which had Inquired aa to a statement
attributed tf Mr. Oomper that "offi
cer of International union had re
ceived money to -pull 'off strikes .in
Bridgeport and sis what a la ammuni
tion -factories.'" -r-17 i -
"I never mentioned International
anions," wroto Mr. Oomprs, "nor did
I refer to ammunition factories. What
I did say waa that authantlo Informa
tion hadVeomo to mo that effort had
been, made to corrupt men. fori the
purpose of having strikes inaugurated
among seamen and longshoremen en
gaged in handling American products
ad manning ahlpa for Europeaa
ports; that tha corrupting influence
waa being Conducted by agents of a
foreign govern meat and that I had. aa
doubt the seme agv-ncies and influ
ence ware at work elsewhere , with
the earns purpose in view.
"We should all enter a sympathetic
protest aad frown down apoa any for
elgn interference no matter by what
motive actuated. . partioularly when
that motive is alterior-and to th det
riment ef the good name. growth end
permanence ef our greet oaus-"- : . j
ONE SHIP SUNK JBY MINE,"
ANOTHER BY SUBMARINE
Londorv July II. -Ths Norwegian
steamship Trondhjsmaf Jord waa tor
pedoed aad sunk today by' a Oermaa
uhmatina, - - " ,
.-Tha Belgian steamer Prinea Albert
was sunk by striking a mine. . -
Th erw t both - vassal . wara
atvad. .. -; ,,-:-;;y:-j ? t-r ,
Th Tiortdhjemsfjord left Nsw Tori
July . II. bound for Bergen. Chrie
tlana. and other Scsusdinavlna, porta,
8b was a vessel ef I.T1 tons nec
The Beigiaa steamer Prince Albert
waa of 1,11 tons gross-burdsn. built
let INi ,. . -
Port aa Prlnoa, drove the president to
th French Legation homo aad then
entered that over th protest of the
French minister. Oulllaume' body
waa riddled with bullet and than
dragged through tha streets.
Admiral William B. Capartoa, aa
the United States cruiser Washington,
which had bee on the north coast of
Haytl, hurried to th ecena to protect
American Ufa and property.
Hendersonvillo Can't Solve The
: Pufcle of Wednesday Night's,
. ,Gun Play
tliilil W Tat Hess eat Otisia).
HandereoBvilla. July II. The Mllls-
Thompson -Carter shooting affair I yet
shrouded In mystery estb people
d tecum the vaiioua mystifying angle
f th attnatloa and tha officer and
lawyer attempt to ferret out facta t
abed light oa tha case.
Th affloar took th deposition af
Ed. Mills, of Atlanta, while tt w
thought h bad bo chance 6f reoovery
but tha document ta aald to add noth
lag naw.ef -Importance In th case
Mills' father arrived from Atlanta to
day.
-' Albert Thornpeon'a brothar, Looee:
Thorn neon, of Bpartanbrg, la ham witl
hla attorney, Greg Oelbreth. Local
counsel have been ; retained by the
other defendants.
. Chief of Polio L, B. Perry of Ah
vtlle, was hsr today. He la aald to
be working -oa th case, especially la
regard to th mar bins in which th
defendants came from AshevUle and
returned and the chauffeur, who I un
known. Whether tne automomie wi
left oa the Main street or taken te a
garage during the ahootlng and how
Akin MltoheU and Crtas Wood fin
reached It after Hie ahootlng are ip-
torestlnsT ausetiona.
Ksparts-lend .to show .that. tw pis
tol wsre fired befor Carter fired
from his asoohd Boor window at
Thompson. Ths ratter Is aald te have
concealed hla weapon la hla handker
chief and fired at Mills at doss rang
after calling for Carter. Carter, after
visiting the JaiL -could not identify
ither Mitchell. Woodfla or Leonard,
who. area -aid to have accompanied
Thompson- to Carter- home.
REACHES U. S. TO BUY V
"-"COTTON FOR RUSSIA
rsr Be.
. New York. July M. Among . th
passengers arriving today was Sam
uel Olushanoko. of Wtndau. KueaJ.
He Is ths official representative of the
Moscow-Wladau . Railway and the
ootton manufacturers of tnst d 1st riot.
' Mr. Olushanok will confer with
membera of Hi eottoa exchange and
leading cotton exportara regarding
a possible meandf of shipping large
quantities of .eofthn direct te Riinsl
without reference to either Oermany
or Great Britain. He will tour , the
Souths with cotton jaalera,
8 KILLED AND 12
-INJURED IN MINE
" Oh Ike
Pittsburg, Paw July I. Eight me
were killed and twelve Injured at th
Patterson mine or the t nlte Coal
Company near l Elisabeth, ps fifteen
miles from hero,-this afternoon who
a cable hauling twelve ear up a steep
Incline, broke.' Among th killed waa
Bantu! M. DeugbtAiy. the aoai com
pear guperintendent. '
OuTBOPATHH CIVK RIGHT
' t ' ' TO Aii.'dlNloTbJt ORUGfl.
- Washington, July 18, Federal reg
ulations under the Haniaoa anti-drug
law were changed today . te permit
registry ef osteopaths eo they may
administer drugs la those States where
they are registered by law aa practv-
tto
SHOQTIFJG AFFAIR
- ev. ..-'- '. - ''"'-.. -v-J--, 'i - j
-J " m as ssi am iri-r, m w . .. , '
Photograph of His Wife Pinned
On His Shirt Over His Heart.
. .Gives Out DyingjStatement
in Which He Declares His In-
' nocence of Crime; Story of
' Rosenthal Killing : . V
(Br tM ennui t Praal. . ' l.; ."i
Sing Sing Prison. Osalnlrg K.-12:
July II. Charles Becker ' paid Ut
death pealfy by electrocution here
arly today for having fpsUgated th
murder of Herman Rnaenthal. gamh- :
ler, three year ago., WHh wonderful
composure and maintaining hla Inno
cence to the laat. the former New
Tork polloe lieutenant led th way
to the execution chamber. A photo
graph of his wife waa pinned on hi
shirt over his heart... Three shock
were given before the prise physician
pronounced life extinct pt 1:11 o'clock.
With two priest at his aid chant;
Ing a litsny. Becker Joining In aad re peating
"Have mercy ea ua." tha eon1
demned rhea Walked steadily te the
death chair. He had aat ap ail Bight
en the edge of hi eot. talking to DepA
uty Warden Charirs H. Vohnori. J
"I have got to f ac tt and I am -going
te meet It quietly and without
trouble to anyone." ,
The deputy warden reft Becker
about an hour befor th tifnd for the
execution. When Father Caahln. .
Rrison priest, and Father Carry. f
w Tork, came, they found Becker
with hi face resting on hi hand gas- -Ing
at ths prison floor. They re
mained with him' to the end. To
Father Curry he gars hla mat mee-
sage, which was:
"I am aot guilty by deed, or eon
piracy, or la any other way of thrf.
death of Rosenthal. 1 am sacrificed
to my frlenda Boa thla meeeage te
the world and my frlenda A men." i
He hesitated a moment aa h en
tered the execution room. He looked
quickly at the double row ef witnesses,
glanced at the floor, then suddenly
walked over th ' rubber met aad
aated himself In ths electric chair. -Three
ohock were given before th
condemned mas) waa pronounced
dead. He was put t death by the
Itate executioner .whose name "rr
know to th public. He ' tl
In bis opinion Becker had i'.4'H i
flnatly t th first contact. i ...
' ' Dying Ir1amtln. , ' . .
' At 4 :Ss o'cliri he had glvrn kv,
th following typewritten - stst
aa hi dying dsclamtloa, slgnod In his
own bold handwriting: "
"My Dying Declaration: '
"Cientlemea: . I stand befor yon In
my full senses, knowing that n power
on earth can save ma from th grave
that la to receive me. In th face of
that, la tha teeth of thoaa who coa
draaed m aad la th presence of my
God and your Ood. I proclaim my ab- .
solute Innocence . of the foul crime
for which I maat die. Toa are now
about to witness my destruction by,
th State whloh la organised ta pro. .
teet the lives ef the innocent- May
Almighty Ood pardon every on who
haa contributed la aay degree t my
untimely -death. . Aad now, am th .
brtnlt. of jny jrav I declare to the
world that T am"proueHtohve "beeri
the husband of th purest, noblest
women that aver lived Helen Becker.
Thla announcement is th only legacy
I oaa lea we her. . I bid yea all good
bye. Fathsr, L am ready ta go. Ames.
Rostaxthal RlUnd July la. -ISIS.
Herman Rossnthal, th gambler for
whom murder Charles Becker ' waa
sentenced to die In the electric chair,
was shot to death by hired guemen in
the early morning of July II. ll. tn
front of th Hotel Metro pole on Forty-third
street, a few atsme front
Broadway. Tha mardur waa the swift
culmination of aenaaflonal ehargia
mad a few days before by Rosenthal
againat Becker In wbleh Roeenthal
assrtsd that Backer, then head of
the Strong Arm Bound bf detectives.'
freely sold polio protection and had
accumulated thonaaads ef dollar of
graft money.' -
Hnsnthol.wnt- further tha that-
He swore that Becker waa hie aHent
partner In a gambling enterprise that
failed and that Becker, angered by
loeeee where he had expected lanre
pre fits, raided tha Rosenthal astab
uahnwnt and drove Roeenthal hut of I
bustnsa by tationlng nnrformed.
pollcemea on hi premise day and.
Bight. ' y'- . ' - V ,
These charges were published and ,
District Attorney Whitman began an '
Investigation of-them. He aummoned ' -Roeenthal
t' the Criminals Courts ' V
building and llsteaod to his story. An .
appointment waa made with Rosen. ,
thai; -for the next day. . Before- the
time cam; Rossnthal waa murdered.
When tha sea sains had done their
work, they re across the tret.rr
Jumped Into a grey automobile which
waa waiting at tha curb and whirled
away uptown. A.. bystander caught
the license number of the ear. i--
Di strict Attorney Whitman, notified
by telephone of the murder, reached
th police statioa where Roeeethal's
body lay before dawn. Ha aroused
his detective from their aleep and
spread a dragnet aver th city for . '
th murder ear. It waa found before
night It driver, Louis Shapiro, and
Louis Libbey. part owner.- were ar
rested and Mr. Whitman asserted .
epenly In aa emphatle statemrst that
tha police had abetted tha murder. -
Hew Tork City, already interested
In the charge or police corruption,
responded to th news of the murder
as If to a call t arms. Becker, who
had been the chief target of Rosen
thal's accusations, was epenly sus
pected. He was relieved of hie com
mand of tha Strong Arm Squad and
transferred to th Bronx. Jack Roei,
hi graft collect er. walked Into th
Crtmiaal Courts building th day after,
th murder and surrendered to the
District Attoanay, declaring he he 1
Bothinjr to fear.- Harry Vallon ant
Brldgle Webber, gamblers aad friends
of Roes aad Becker, were arrested as
witness. Th grand Jury began Its
iBveetlrstio.
Knee, ia frwnsu twrrasra
Rose lav la Brteoa twelve day. with
out word from Becker, aad. bertevlng
" .tCaUud a. Peg BU4
rr- ' i e.