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FIRSTlSECTlOil 11 to 8 The Paper That;Lea VOLUME TWENTY-TWOV ? WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA,: SUNDAY; APRIL 9,1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS; FAST 60106 GAR an E I -ir on the Coast. Monday Fair. I ' ' . ' - ' : ? - , , , , ' - . - t i t i . i ii ill i-'i :n .-.. i a - 1 :f . w m m m m ,.--m mm mt' m mm mmmm -'.." m. & m mi mt ID BKTHF JPJFmCflOS m WILSON HA THF fillffl fi l l IIUI1E-V Denial That American Troops Will Be Withdrawn4 rrom Mexico 'Now. - , PRESIDENT STANDS BY PREVIOUS STATEMENTS Text of Order Issued to Gen eral Funston Given Out- j Only Call For Dispersing f The Villa Bandits -Troops Are Pushing On,; Washington. April ' 8. President Wilson returnea 10 v asmngion iuiav afternoon rrom a cruise uuwn me ro- n " 1 A 1 " X- tomic on the Mayflower and put an em phatic halt to rumors that the Ameri can troops might be . withdrawn from Mexico before Villas is captured . Im mediately upon the return of the Presi dent it was stated at the. White. House that he stands firmly behind his state-.! nients of March 10 and March 25 with reference to the purpose of the expe dition into Mexico. , . Xo inconsistency or discrepancy; was seen at the White House-between the two statements of Jhe President, and the orders sent to General ; Funston by the war department. These orders, made public elier in the day. had led to widespread cir:;allr amendmta,hv wt ;7 dilation of reports that the American troops were to be withdrawn from The orders as sent to Gen Mexico . eral Funston provide, not for the cap ture of Villa, but for dispersal of his band. ' . ' They said not only that the bbiect 01 tne expeaition was to oreaK up thP PYnprt t on was tn hrsak nn V i. la's hand, but provide that . the troops should be withdrawn to American terr ritory as- soon as Carranza's forces could relieve them. . - -. The text of the orginal order to Gen eral Funston; : which" provides a ' loop hole for the withdrawal of -United j States troops from Mexico, is as fol-t ions: -. ; -: ''.rF-'JUond'' 0 the Commanding General of theluation-faMexlcof h Southern Dpnnrtm(Titr : j ... ., , - . s... . ! r - s. . ... - -1 Fort Sam Hniistnn. Tptssi - "lou will promptly organize ade quate military troops under Brigadier Ireneral John J. Pershing and will di- rect it to proceed promptly across the yiuci in pmsuii ui me Mexican Dana which attacked Columbus, N. M., on the night of the 9th. , "These troops will be withdrawn to American territory as soon as the de facto government of Mexico is able (Continued on page eight.) - HIED STATES IS THE ALLIES o strange Charge Attributed to I The Germany Foreign Minister. - vdsmngton Anril 8. It was stated n.,fi,.. ... SSirV-Ve vIght that official ' is likely to be given by f o-.wuuicm lu au interview au-j thonzpfl ho tt u- i-wcigu iuwismr voiii Jaenw- in nmnn . v. - i, u. .V1""' w . uu: e-cepuou IS nnnfFlr.i-.ll.. t-i l'art2 to Lm m admmistration toreien ATlnict t eel as savirur- ov 7 " "vw j ( "It is unfortunately true that during Je war. when the thoughts of every uernian aro hnnni.,.n !. - I ' the struggle for German existence igainst a world wide coalition, and wncn the attitude of the Washington Roernment at times has been almost lorceu even, we thint fhot fv.? ue some basis for stories of an un derstanding of some sort between' "-amngion and the Allies." SNOW PUT A CRIMP IN BALL YESTERDAY Xevv Vork. ADril 8.-Snn ni9v ha vc with the basphall lartio,,11 ,Se-'eral cities in the east, poctert t ly, m New Yok' the clubs ex" nf ?lay t0 larSe bouses. ?.! ,D.odeers and Red Sox were :-eu in, as wpto tlii a., -.. WITH Philadelnh v:;r,lue-oenaiP ana:shooting three women and, one man1 kopt the 'Pi,.rr ov.erai mcnes Piratp frnm f i n,;.!.. , vcuuiuims. orm, which shut nnt x y bUUW: fenced to the roads for four years. ' Orioles. The l , t??raV!?audi le a11 of the ' wounds . inflicted called off on acZin n?TonUatl Nance wer Painf ul, none was of were several il teZ, Ih.S snow as a fatal nature, His counsel filed ho intercollegiate games. tlce Gf appeal to the .superior court . -and bond was fixed at' $1,000, Nance DYESTiiFee --. ""' Department ha 8TThe State if , ed i an agreement rt pom '"v.c.o.iiy i-eacu.w: man env,rm .:.,,uu lue uer- , of Ss nn : ;cui ?r the release of $5,000,000 Peered bv A'VL U1 1ayestuns , urvf U i i u . a . . au importers. :r in to effect 0" D1CKade Z n ?i the agreement,;!' waiting the controversy. -! w ' " " . PUT ON SIGJG But Vote Will Be Had by Next ealH ' orrow; BAKER TO REFORM . AVIATION CORPS Secretary of War" Appears Be fore House Committee ;? Government Manufac-' -' : ture of Aeroplanes. Washington,, April 8 TheV Senate j yesterday, decided to sidetrack tem FDD SHORT TIME t porarily the Chamberlain army bill ! Monday for the free sugar repeal, with the understand in e- th 'wwaior -nriii be voted on Tuesd afternoon, . Agreement wa alRn Who., .ing on the Chamberlain W - - "w -"nM ;) Almostahe entire day "was .pentwar office detmg the army, bill. ISe q-, - ttu ' s , j . 1 science Education of girls ias an - :.! !i,w . w.,. .U'-i . uui luiil i.i. in ..in mini miiir.nn. m. v . nation . fHe declared ; that! fat- garbage j. -. .?T ji .j.i i::. Disunited Btotes, wasjtsjworetr Senator; J.- Hamilton Lewis of , III-' mois, made a speech declaring that the i situaUohiin Mexico ahd the submarine iarmv bills ; Senator " - . .'I wun. toe proposea. enlargement OI tne many secwonsioi tne trout nave ueeu , m. n.' riiL'.'.' 'ji'i.i.!i..4..--.i-i. i ,1 i . n military and - that the administration' coveted nothing but. peace with Mexi-l small sector in the. Cristallo zone; ac co, . - i i cording to an official statement issued The Senate by a standing vote pass-; ed the legislative, executive and. judi-If cial appropriation' bill, carrying $38,-1 000,000.- The bill liavlng been passed uy tu; rioue outgoes to tne rresi- ueiiL iui ilia aigueiturt; . In The House." ' ' : ; The House spent the day in debate j ; bn the rivers and harbors appropria-' ition bill.. j i Secretary of War, Baker appeared j before the House Military Affairs Com- i mittee and informed it that he inten ded a recognization : of the aviation corps and intimated that it. might be separated from the signal corps. The secretary explained that several of the mechines in use had suffered I k.vnl.jAH.Mn ,.4. t uicatvuuwua.ituu' iii viuc iiuj.c uui; tvvu!" m t f - --o-t of them were serviceable . However, i leaving two officers, 76 men and a ma- six are now in use and are deuended ! I upon exclusively for communication ! i ftMi m.HHnn QH tho 1 i States. ' Goverriment manufacture" of aero- no ,.' k,t uiaucs lui i.uc aiuij tt a.o uuviuocu ur the secretary. The control of the Zeppelin is still a German, military secret hp ?aid Secret, ne saia. Mr. Baker suggested that the board I ""uw kCStlUg IIUJ'IIBW itir UUtCUlUtiS IB- cently purchased, consisting of Cap, testine the. new air machines re- iwiu vugmius idii, i-bui. iuuiiiao Uewltt Milling and ideut. Byron con- buiulb a uuam w msyeci army uia i j a. T a a i. chines suggest improvements. Gives Will Nance a Long Sen tence -Convict (uard Luii ty of Drunkenness; (By R. M. Norment) Lum berton: N. C. ADril 8 Will i LU1ERT0N JUDGE HANDS IT TO HIM Nance, a young white ma was convict- vlien a Central of Georgia train crash ari 'Kflfnrii- T?o.iv-?o- - T?iHtt inHov nf sfid Into ' an automobile here tndav,: 1' at a school entertainment held at Smiths school house . and was sen- j was unable : to furnish bail at a late i hour tonight.- f Berry ParnelU a. guard at convict s camp No. 2, was fined $5 and costs for drunkenness -and twenty dollars and costs for carrying- concealed wea. pon Dy Kecoraer oritt touay.. , . EMPLOYE KILLED BtlMtATH AU 1 KJ' I KUClVf M I Hedge vl lie,' Ga.V April 8 S . -; F. Bivins, aged 56, an . employe . ,of the etn.vjI.-Mi nmnonrf. moo oniWnnt v tndav hv an autooil triick 'overturning -and pinning him between me irucK ana roaa uhji. PushingnTwaVas The Paris! ital Arena ; GERMANS CONTINUE THEIR FORVA - -wry,:. Paris5 Claims That, The Gains Are Small Rome Re- V ports Austrian At- ;taclrlpulsy;::;;:i' LiOndon, April1 8 : While the heavy German artillery is pouring a'tremen- iiflous 'fire into ihe French salient atl oeinmcoun. rne crown Hrince's - in. . ran.ry. further .0 the west; has made! S-t another- advance against Uhe Paris. veruun railway . - village of Haucourt the Germans have cleared the .French from .Tertniten ! Hill to-the south' oh a front of a milP ' and - a aSLtS -88Mi ' SLaJS!?;,SS3SS5 ! uniuui ucou. uu.ii nuxvu t direct artigery fire on. the nearby j mo uiuuvd uiaxao a. bam w ouum half-a mile, brineine the Germans inU this sector within about four miles oi f . -. . . 7 . ; . l- t .3 t r a ' 1 J j the Paris-Verdun railway and eigm nis of the city itself. . Admitting :that . the Germans have , J. u:: uc ucavjt f icut i mc rani afiCtt were confined ' to two ZZZZZ rrrrKnlstantly killed and twenty more or less, . im-r97 ) i,,rv r Vhia nion thorb Ai&i.rn - liihl luiiumuc i.iiin ai.Liuii i.iirir ,,. -rKT. i during the day . j - . iU. 4 - . - .Tlie German stment says thet the with only slight losses while the ' Tencn m addition to,mqre tttaii; 700 J !prisoners ; suffered considerable-i m 4 many of the 4916 recruits. . .. .:.' iu. i. ' unif ortttly repulsed in all - except-; one today by the war office. The report ollowS: . "Activity of artillery . and small de- jtachments continued along the whole ,j . t ! l - "In the Cristallo zone the enemy. i concentrated the fire of numerous bat ; teries against the positions recentlyT conquered by us In the region of Rau f chkofel. In order to avoid' fruitless losses we evacuated our most ad-? vanced line . - j - In the Carnic region, a small attack : against Palgrande was repulsed. Our artillery dispersed columns marching j in the Valentlna and Kronhof valleys. ' "On Monte Nero the enemy launched -an attack against one of our divisions, I We promptly detailed a counter attack o nil f h a v 1 ii utrlo n g ncra nut tn fHcrVit chine gun : in our hands . "In the Globna sector we captured and ironriRoned an outnost:" v The French Statement. Paris, April 8 ..Mid-night official statement: "To the south of the Avre the fire of our artillery destroyed the Saint Aurin Mill, where an observation post was located and also to tne nortnor ueauvrant inflicted very neavy uam age on the German trenches. "In - Champagne, in the region of Nayarln, we answered a firey with a heavy bombardment which seemed, to prestage an attack by the Germans and j they bailed to leave their trenches. ' "In the Argonne we concentrated our fife against the enemy batteries in the Cheppy woods and in. the region from Montfaucon to .Malancourt. "In-.the region of Verdun there was n6 important event to report with the exception-of. quite a violent bombard ment Qf. our front from Bethincourt past - Mottehamme to Curies'. , ! ' ; 'flri the ,Vsges there was . great ac- tivity Dyvour artmery ... TRAIN IN GEORGIA CRASHED INTO AUTO1 1.-".: .: rri f . ' : ' ' i. ,7.-. ' .. I. Forsyth,-. Ga., April 8. One was' killed and four injured one fatally, i The.deadman is J.R.. Worsham, , fathervof State Entomologist Wor sham, J. -T.. : Guest, . candidate for Surveyor, suffered . a fractured skull and cannot recover. JURY tOULDN'T AGREE v v HN WHMANS fll III'T yWr.VXyiYlMI O UlLl Chattanooga Tenn. April 8. Theting disguise jury in rthe pase of Mrs. Nancy A. I Small and 5 her son Edgar Small, of f Dayton, charged with, the murder of .Clinton Baflard,:. Mrs: Sam Smalls son-in-law, reported this morning that they -,were unable to agree and we're discharged, and a mistrial entered. mi. i : ,t : days ;ahd, has acquired a good- deal of l uh - vaat; . uas ' ubcu ycuumg s3 v arm ; interest in that section of the state.? Big" Blaze In Georgia Town WareBoro.TGa., April 8. Fire today destroyed business houses and the high school here witn. a loss estimat ed-at 20,000. -v - r: . t'V,s.... as.;-; rrl3 ' . DriWn BobBurman Was Kill - J - rt:- . ., .- ONEGUARDWAS QUICKLY KILLED ' Racing at Miles an Wrly: Hundred Automo bile Crashed Into Pole During Contest -x- -5 c 4 4 BURMAN DIES IN' HOSPITAL " . ; s , v " M 5 SJ?? f ! 4.. Burman n and his rhechanif.iart. i Schrader,- are dead as a result, of J . uimms 01 ine i :T aiieruo""-i w,no ,? , " 2 ? (th R ff ? 6 died at the "hospital tonight. Sch :jadr died Vfew minutes : after his removal to, the Corona hos-; a nl,1 f,ftm " V,Q ; qtt--o . Jital at the track. A v bursted ! ' tire in the 5th lap caused the 4fr i if accmeni,. , - ; , tifai' fa- .; the westward and go direct to San - Lcrasned Into a:pbl;tuntedroyer and j P"nea both hJurmanand schrader un-! - - . tderit. .- -,.. I ; W city hall it wa? Said ttiate chances Schrader were slight,-. Burman it was ! Ari": I a& r,2,a 'er's. skull 11: was f ractred$b'8Urgeons ' said. ran down the course- with the inside wheels on the; .curVi- . The injured were rushed to the r 'te'mporary ' hospital in ambulances and several automobiles, which were pressed into service ; Tem porary .cots., placed in the hospital, were soon filled and . some of the in jured were conveyed to nearby houses JfQT treatment. . (Continued on Page Five.) USED STAGE HIDE THEIR ROBBE Vaudeville Artists Nabbed in i Atlanta With Much t ' Lot. ' ' : ; . . L AV V V? i. T a ' tonight declared they had arrested the Atlanta. Ga . , April 8 . The police principals in one or the most daring bands of v jewelry burglars who ever operated in. this territory. ; Pawn tickets and jewelry aggregat ing nearly $5,000 were recovered. The prisoners are Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Belmont, vaudeville actors, and A. P. Chandler. Katherine Hodges, an other actress", is held as' a material witness. 7 . -- v- The pawn tickets included showing about $1,000 of diamonds had been pawned in Birmingham and $1,000 in Macon, according to detectives the prisoners used their vaudeville act as a blind, burglarizing fashionable resi dences after the night performance . Once More Parents of Jimmie .rlnft? I a v r a I r. . I 1 IF A CI ue." , - , ."; New Yorlr, April 8 .'A new v clue to J ??Z!! City boy who disappeared mysterious ly last May, has been found in Nich olasville. Kv. ' and Mr: and Mrs. I Glass started tonight for ,that town, i Mrs: Martha. Miller, of Nicholas r ville. wmtft to Mr? Glass that, a little boy she believes, to be Jimniie Glass was!left .with her by a woman dresred i annarentlv attemnt, ! 4C- v ,-JS, . 41- -56- I AMERICAN cavalry . vr , "i , REACHESPARRAL kx" , - - T.T."r-'; f ; :ELi Paso, , Tesfas April 8 Col- 1 onel" Geo. A. ; Dodd, with two ! - " aquaui uiis, rvt trio : etiri.ntfi v rav 4& airy,- reached Parral -early ;; this K- fS5nt1irdaw ronrnlllli' j.a.v " .: 45- ; v This information " was 'contain ed in a code message received In . El - Paso tonight- by the rep- resentatives of the "Miiies Com- . pany. of America. - , -' . V BEEN Dl S C OVER EO ? ti ' . 1 - .v. v -3? -5f t ,- Weeksnd ' Possibly- Months' ItsReportecL CARRANZA?BEGINSp3l :Refu Move American Troops Uneasiness- latibii Reported -.'-..U-w't; (By H. H. S.tan8bury). El ( Paso Texas, April 8, ''The task of dispersing tfie Villa' -bandits yi northern Mexico1 has .4 ohiy ' begW Many weeks or nossiblv months mav be required to complete the work.'' X This was substance' of statemehts4 '"rmm,"B;'"5'' - " - ;v- -''.f-'?: S?IIS:'?e Ti XY' was a reply to the ? report from S Washington that United States troops would be withdrawn when Francisco Villa's fnrnoa ' hnrl hn completely i scattered 'i-v-.-vr The flat refusal of First Chief Car- nuiia, ui, me ueiaciu Eoverniiieni. to nftrmif thft 11HA nf -oiir-o'QT, 4iV tii vtu - uuu .iu i transportation of supplies has result ed, m preparations for a ne v line of communication : r. ' 3 i . fe The proposed new- route -wili shorten the distance from the boundary - to Chihuahua ? City by more than V 150 miles; It ' will extend s from PresMrf: If it is decided to leave Chihuahua ta Rosalia, the new, route can be shortened- another fifty miles. 7 'nnTK iia-'" VZZZ: on an air line, Santa Rosalia in the shortest route along- which ater ..Presidio I Texas, f r is the: w point' at which ; ..Kanaaa-. fiitv MTiran hml Orient Railroad enters 'Mexico. The railroad facilities are said to tbe bet ter than ; those at the.1 Columbus,' botr KajaeTi which -the ' line Of communication ' ex tends from' Columbus,- is oter '40tf miles; Every effort, is being made- by tne : military- autnorities to ' keep " the plans of the new move from becom ing public, but the .23rd infantry, and i all. . troops which can be spared from ! Fort Bibbs are under orders to : pro jceed to Presidio. ! It is considered likely that ' 'some ! of the infantry now on the line5 south (Continued On Page Eight), New York State Republican Committee Gives Root and 1 Roosevelt Cold DeaL ; v . New York, April 8. Charles E. Hughes," was practically endorsed for the Republican Presidential nomitfa tion by the Republican state commit tee today. , - -.''.-. William Barnes, Jr . , received a trer mendous drubbing when Frederick C; Tanner was reelected chairman, over Senator Chas. W. Wicks by 82 , to 63; Supporters of Elihu Root, who planned to capture the committee and pledge the delegation : to Chicago to his. can didacy, were routed and the commit tee suppressed a resolution promising him allegiance- v ' Thedore Roosevelt's name was not mentioned. His opponents declared that this resolution unanimously adopt ed eliminated ; him from consideration by the State committee : ' j, . . "Resolved" that this committee, in confidence of the country's anxiety for a return Of the Republican party to . power, urges the National Conven tion and especially the delegates from New York, to select as "our candidate tor President a tried Republican, in whose record and character the nation can rely and which is a guarantee of wise statesmanship in the" rmanage ment of domestic affairs." - ; Senator, Ogden. L. Mills, .who ex pects, to succeed ;Wm. Barnes, Jr., as National committeeman, submitted the foregoing resolution, he, said ' .- " : "Write in the name of Chas a l E : Hughes and : that will complete iti."T am for Hughes. I belieye that-the Republican party .throughout the -nation desires his nomination and elec tion." SHOT HIS PRETTY BRIDE; THEN KILLED SELF Danville Va.. ApriP 8. John- Ed ! word T.nnrfi's SO welthv farmer, shot I tv - r- t - -' I his beautiful bride seriously injurmg her it hatCtham and then turned the . weapon on himself, dying . Instantly; from a wound m tne , rigut temple,. .No reason for, the act is known.1 Lanceis', father ended his lif in Jike manner 20 years ago. . , , ' : , t j ft'- . , Snow In South .Carolina , r . ? Greensville, ? S. ; C, April . ' 8.-Sriow fell "near here today. Thte latest since April ; 14th four years agd; w Reports reached nere .oi iour incurs ui suuw. on nearby mountains. 'V: : - "4. ' " " T JUDGE RIES AND NOT ROOT 6n nearby " 1 11 ; , ''.r. 11 " ' " " ' 'A h n n n riiri t nn r i 1 HUUDtUtLI lUILIjl Believe It Will Be Stamped To ?v Him After a Few Ballots VON MEYER CpMES 6ut iTrmltoNE Rooscvdt Will Make His Cam ' paign On Preparedness " ; : i Expects To Get Weeks ; - Strength. Oyster Bay- N. Y. April 8, Col. to the i r -i - . . -.- .: ... : . Peppie. ao lar, as nis pqsmonis un derstood here.. This embraces. his at titude toward the Republican presi dential; nomination.; He has no con cern about what - the plans t are and" no interest in the movements of the leaders." ' ' : ': T . .. . - In the present , political crisis the people ; want him nominated by" the Chicago convention the politicians will have' to name him. If the people don't want him it : doesii't matter as he could'nt be elected. The Colonel outlined in his state ment Wednesday that he believes pre- . paredness is ; the issue or the cam paign. - He will - speak more or less frequently between now .. and June 27 onvthis; issue at Chicago, ov April 29 for instance, " - - - The.; Colonels' followers hope and believe these addresses, and - other in fluences, ; which ' are .at work, -wilU patriotisnXTrerahet. necessity, for pre; paredness and the - - safeguarding. of the- national honor, at-the -hands -.of Colonel "Roosevelt , that the demand for the Colonel will be sounded. v Meanwhile Roosevelt is watchfully waiting arid" neither: the selection of Harding, of Ohio, as temporary chair man of the; Republican convention, or the launching of the Root : boom in New York yesterday, .has . disturbed the serenity of Sagamore Hill. Both are antagonistic to . the' Roosevelt, cause of course, but they, wil be with out effect on the calculations of the Roosevelt boomers. ;V As the situation is viewed here there may be several ballots without result, with the favorite sons holding their own, but ultimately - the - contest will warm down to. . Roosevelt and Hughes. And - this leads; to the view that is entertained of the Root can didacy. , . -. . It is an interesting .fact that the? Roosevelt forces do not see any dan ger to the Colonel because ; of the launching of the Root ; boom. Not even the men who are pushing Root, they (Continued on page Three.) SOUVENIR HUNTERS WHACKED BIG BAG Pensacpla,' Fla . ; April, 8 .-r-The big "observation balloon, which escaped from the naval grounds here and' land ed at Carlysle, Fla, was so badly dam aged by soiivenir hunters that it will have to be sent back to the, factory for; repairs, according to, Lieut . Gil lespie, who went to recover the big bag. , - t. - Several Big pieces of rubber were cut from the balloon . APRIL SNOW STORM HITS NEW YORK CITY ' New York April . 8. Ah April snow storm played a trick' on New York city and the whole eastern part ; of the country today,' It started at 7 o'clock in the :- morning, and ! flakes piled up from an average of two in ches in some localities to six inches or more in others. - Despite the storm no , extreme cold weather was report edN. Some of the snow turned into At Poughkeepsie the wind made the! storm almost a blizzard. r piiiiiHiiiiiiiiMiiiiimmiiiiniiM I "We Have With Us Today! " The Tocal Stores, listed below, which appeal to men; women and children, advertise in The Evening Dispatch because they want to "tell the storyT of their merchandise tojyou-as one of the great family of Evening Dispatch readers. - , ' ' Lo'ok'to out advertiser first to s - f Peterson. & Rulfs. . t: Geo. S. Nevens & Son. The Payne Drug Co.. Ci D, Kenny Co. Hall & Ross. Cape Fear Hardware Co. . , U. Woolen Mills CoJ ,.4 C. W. Polvogt Co. I, Lowenthal. 'George Cy Gaylord,' ' v , p s C, 3iiniHlllllllllMillinillinllMiMIMltl!!l!l!l"HMlllllttMI itn fllUllliUlliinillilillMiillllMllllllliUIHIIIIHHIIMHIIIUflllt MiiimiimtliMiHi Berlin Makes ? Definite . AnV; , nouncement to TJiis Effect '". : . ) To America. ' -.,i ..Ta-'I! COMMANDERS HAVE IViADE THKR REPORTS Evidence iri Hand Will Also : Establish ; That Gerrrjany, ' Was Not to Blame -For At tacks on Other -Ships In-; vestigation Berlin, April 8, Th German gov ernment is able tp 'announce that no -' German submarine or warship was . responsible for , the .' explosion wfiich damaged the British steamship Sus sex. - ..';.;"). 1 ' f- -''"I'ft''"' -T Wfien Germany, on April 5, handed . . Ambassador Gerard an interim note, ' replying to the inquiries' of Hhe United States Government' regarding the1 Sua- . sex and four other steamers, the ' mat- ter of responsibility was still -, in : doubt and the investigation was "still pending. . r ;'. " ,' ' . The German- foreign office, appre-. , dating the agitation in the United States in the cases transmitted an in terim indicating the readiness of the1 ' -Government, should the Sussex ;prove -to have -been destroyed by a German torpedo, contrary to the understand ing .with ..the United States . to make all reparation,, including the payment , 'of compensation. - - Ci -y It was authoritatively stated today ' that the investigation has how been completed that all the craft . which might possibly have been involved in an attack on the Sussex ' have report- ; art o n r? iYiat . fr-rtrn tha rcJnnrta' rtt thai commanders it is C absolutely certain ithat the Sussex, was not destroyed by ! a German torpedo : and : that Germany is in no wise responsible for the dias- From the material ; at hand ,tt will : also be possible to reply to the Amer ican inquiries, regarding the steamers' giagiepoinv ana uerwinavaie, ; ana es-ta"blishT- accordingta. theGerDiant con tention, : that ho blamed attaches' i to Germany. :-. :r:y .; .: . Wash i ngton H ea rs the N ews. . Washington, April 8.-The State De (Continued On Page Eight) Another One of Atlanta's Sen- 7 sational Cases Takes a Peculiar Turn t Atlanta, Ga., April 8. That the de- ' fense of Victor Elnnes and his wife, -who are accused of larceny in connec tion with the dissapearance of Eloise ; Nelms Dennis and Beatrice Nelms, will be an alibi was indicated today when counsel for the accused refused 1 toil de-' ny that witnesses will be brought from California to proVe that the couple was not in' Texas when , the girls disapp eared, nor in Atlanta previous to their disappearance. . ,"If we. can substantiate Innes' story we will clear them" declared 'Judge. James K Hines, chief counsel for the prisoners. "A remarkable' state of af fairs will be revealed at the trial, but I can't djscuss that now . " . In his cell at. the Tower prison,' the one so long occupied by Leo-M; Frank. Innes today refused to answer any ; questions in rekard .to his (case Here tofore he has discussed the charges against him with anyone-who cared to:; listen . There ' was alt effort ; on the part of both prisoner and their, coun sel to veil their, moves from now on In secrecy. Solicitor . Dorsey . is also guarding his line of attack and both sides have set about tp battle grimly and shewdly. ' ' . ' i. The mystery, surrounding the veiled woman, who dias held several confer- ' ences with Innes, was finally soTved today when she admitted that she was Mrs. Jessie Scott Ailing, of New York,- Innes' sister. She is the same woman . j who ; helped with the , Innes ; defense 'in San Antonio. fill your wants. i ... . H:, - ' N. Jacob! Hardware Co. :f -ff " Elvington's Pharmacy -f"l. s , c. w. Yates jr; ''l' Jarman's Drug Store. .' i l. " J. M. 'Sotky'Co v. " - 1 A, O. Schuster. ; :S.r r'- 1 ' ".. J. H Rehder; & Co. . ' ' . , S Belk-Willlams po. - S; .i... 1i.iiiiMiiiiiimii!fmiM""r iMiiiiiiiSUiiiiliiiiiiiiitUlilHIiHiiillliilltitUtiii r. INN ES WILL TRY TO PROVE ANI ALIBI