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DESTROYS ZEPPELIN MDGREWOF2BIEN YOU NO CANADIAN UIKUtKNANT PBRFORMS FIAT FOK FIRST TIME IN HISTORY. FEAT 18 WITHOUT PARALLEL In SpMdy Aeroplane R. A. J. Warne ford Drop* lombt on Clumay oFo. Aviator Unhurt. London For the first time on re cord a Zeppelin In the air baa b«en destroyed by an aviator in an aero plane. Reginald A. J. Warneford. a young Canadian suto-lleutenant In the Koyal Nary, who mastered seroplan lng only this spring, nas performed the feat and Is somewhere within tbe British Unas, while the Zeppelin sprawls a wreck on the roof and grounds of an orphanage near Ghent.* Falling there h blazing man* after being struck by the young aviator# bomb*. lt« crew of 28 men wjre kill ed, an also were several occupants of the orphanage building. Tbe Zeppelin, which was flying com paratively low, began to mount Im mediately, but the British wasp was speedier and climbed Into the air tn long spirals, reaching a position, at length, over the German's vast bulk. From this vantage point W'arneford pierced the Zeppelin's shell repeated ly with his Incendiary bombs. Without parallel In this war or any other. Is the story which the young aviator will have to relate, for de tails after the fight have not yet been told. First came the long pursuit, for, according to the Admiralty report the aeroplane was 6,000 ftet tip. To roach this altitude would require nearly 20 minutes and the Zeppelin, meantime, could drive forward «p --proilmately 15 ntlles Then followed the maneouverlng for position, and dually the dropplivg of the bombs, from which the dirigible tried vainly to escape. Minor e*plo slons occurred, and. at last, one of terrific force and the Zeppelin burnt Into flames. At the moment Warneford must have bean at close range over the dirigible, for almost simultaneously with the outburst his machine turned completely over, and for a moment he hung head down, his monoplane pitching and tossing in the swift cur rents of air which rushed up to All the vacuum crested. Then by a desperate effort Warne ford righted his machine far above the earth and planed to a landing be hind the German lines. He lighted nnhurt, set his propeller going again and flew off to the west. PROBABLE PEACE SPECULATION. Geldemeeater's Brief Visit Produces Conjecture. Washington.—Van Ghell Oeldemees ter, son of the religious adviser to uwn Wllhelmlna of Holland. by a brief visit to Washington, after conferences In Berlin with high German ofTldalß has set In motion much speculaton as to the possblllty of peace In Rurope. Mr. Oeldemeeßter Raw Dr. von Jagow, the German foreign secretary, and other members of the Imperial ministry, shortly after the I.usltania was sunk, and received certain Imprea •lons concerning the German attitude toward the war and the ultimate mak ing of peace. With the knowledge, though not with the authority of the. German officials, he started for Wash ington 1n the hope that Informally he could portray German feeling In offi cial quarters. On his arrival here, he visited Count von Hernstorff, the Ger man ambassador. The ambassador emphasized that Mr. Geldemeester carried no creden tials from Germany and had absolutely no official connection with his govern ment. Very Bmall Ship. London.—A dispatch from Aber deen says the British steamer Star of the West has been sunk b.v a German submarine. A trawler brought the .1 crew Into Aberdeen. . Transport to Vara Crux. Galveston. Texas, The States Army transport Buford depart ed from Galveston for Vera Crux to auccor refugees from the Interior of Mexico. transport has aboard sufficient rations for 800 persons for 20 days. Adopt Commission Form. St- Augustine, Fla.—The commis sion manager form of government for St. Augustine was adopted at an election by a majority of 18 out of a total Tote of 812. German Submarines Busy. Berlin, via Seyville.—The following official statement was Issued here: "A 'German submarine on June 4 sank the Raeaian cruiser Amur, of the sec ond claas, near a Baltic port." A semi-official Petrograd ■aid MM Russian warship YenUei had been sunk In the Gulf of Riga by a Ger man submarine. The Amur, a mine layer of 2,926 tone, was a sister ship to the yeaaisel. and the names of those TNMI may have been confused ap pai%ntly one of them having been COUNT VON BERNSTORFF . r J V^^M A&k ■ 'jjjKj^t vV * Count von Bernatorff, German ~ Am baaaador, to Waahlngton, has Juat been granted an Interview with Preeldent Wilson regarding the American note to Germany. U. S. LOSES STEEL SUIT UNITED fiTATES STEEL CORPOR- XTION WILL NOT BE DEfiOLV- EO BY GOVERNMENT. Is Not Using It* Pow«r to Restrain Trada or Suppress Competition,— Govarnmant Will Appesl. Trenton, N. J.—-The United States District Court for New Jersey handed down a unanimous decision refusing the petition of tha Federal Govern ment to dissolve the United States bteel Corporation. Aa against the Government the court refused to dissolve the corpora tion, holding that In acquiring Its for eign and home trade the concern did not violate the Sherman anti-trust act and refused all the injunctions prayed for by the Department of Justice. AH against the Steel Corporation the court held that the committee meet ings participated in hy 95 per cent of the steel trade of the country, Includ ing the Steel Corporation, subsequent to Oary dinners of eight or nine years ago, were unlawful com binations to control prices; but aa these meetings had stopped before the Government filed Its complaint In Oc tober, 1911, the Judges held that there was no occasion for an Injunction. The opinion of the court suggests that such practices lie within the province of the new Federal Trade Commis sion. but adda that if their repetition* Is apprehended the court will, on mo tion of the Government retain Juris diction of the case for that particular purpose. In another part of the opinion the court states that "the re»l test of monopoly is not the size of that which is acquired, but the trade power of that which Is not acquired." AUSTRIANS TAKE PRZEMYBL. Great Fortress la Again In Hands Austro-Garman Armlea. Ix>ndon. With the capture o« Frsemysl, the Aus tro-German armlea achieved the main object of the great thrust they commenced against the Russians In Western Galtcla a month ago. They have yet to drive the Rus sians farther back and establish them selves In easily defended positions which will enable them to detach forces for operation against Italy and the Allies In the west. Whether or not they accompllah this the Teutonic Allies have won a great victory and with a suddenness which overshadows all past operations of the war. It was only 10 weeks ago that Preiemyal fell to the Russians after a six-months Investment which ■was interrupted for a short time In November by an Austrian advance. With the surrender of the fortress, there fell Into the Russian hands, ac cording to official reports, 120,000 Aus trians and 600 guns and an immense amount of war material. Moat of the forts, however, hod been destroyed by the Austrians and this Is consider ed in military circles here to account for the fact that the fortress succumb ed BO quickly to the Austro-Oerman attack. New British Cabinet Meets. Liondon. —Both houses of parlia ment met for the first time since the formation of the new coalition min istry. The new members of the cabi net could not take their places on the ministerial benches owing to the law which made them Ineligible to att un til they were re-elected by their va rious constituencies. This situation, however, was speed-, lljr remedied, for the house of com mons passed in all its stages a bill removing this disability for the period of the war. The House of Lord* pass ed the first reading of the bill. Trouble Brewing In Tokio. Toklo.—An anti-Government mass meeting resulted In serloua disturb ances. The situation outside the building where tbe meeting waa being held was the most serious. Many ar rests were made, and the manifests Issued by the organisers of the meet ing were confiscated. Police rein forcements were sent everywhere throughout the city. The resolution introduced in the House of Represen tative# by the opposition expressing lack of confidence In the present Ad ministration waa rejected. THE ENTERPRISE, WILLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA. IKE EFFORTS FOR PEACE 111 MEXICO VILLA-ZAPATA FACTIONS SEEK RECONCILIATION WITH CAR RANZA. NO OFFICIAL MESSAGES YET Red Cross Works Rapidly to Relieve Hungry Mexlcana.—Boat Load of Washington.—lnformal afforta yet without official sanction —are be ing made by Mexicans Identlflad with the Vllla-Zapata movement In Mexicco to bring about a with the Carranxa faction with the view of establishing a government that -ould claim recognition by the United States. Ellsco Arredondo, Washington rep resentative of General Carrfansa, re ceived a message from a Carranza Conaul on the border saying be had been approached by a Villa official, apeaking presumably with authority, to learn what could be done to initiate peace negotiations. The mssage wan forwarded without com mewl by Arre dondo to General Carrdhxa at Vera Cruz. "1 have nothing official and there fore can make no atatement," said Arredondo. Enrique Liorente, agent bars of the Vilia-Zapata coalition, said he bad no official advice that any peace par leys had begun and believed any pre liminaries in thia connection would be arranged through bin agency. He said he had received a telegram from Miguel Diaz Lombardo, Secretary of State of the Vllla-Zapata government, in which the latter announced his de parture from Chihuahua for Leon confer with tieneral Villa on the gen eral situation. % American Hod Cross officials are rapidly putting into effect their plana for relieving starving Mexico non combatants. An army transport has Just left Galveston, Texas, for Vera Cruz, with a large consignment of corn and beans for Mexico City, ar rangements having been made for safe passage of supplies through the Car ranr.a lines. Off its return trip the transport will bring back any Americana or other foreigners who may have reached Vera Crux from the Interior and who desire to leave the country. Brig. Gen. Devol, genial manager of the Red Cross, left for the Texas border to direct the handling of relief supplies. 710 NEW RURAL ROUTES. Will Qo Into Opsratlon June 1S and Will Bervs 82.590 Families. Washington.—Establishment of 710 new rural mall delivery routes to serve 82,390 families and ths exten sion of existing service to reach 5.460 additional families was announced by Postmaster General Burleson. Nearly .all of the new routes will go Into oper ation June 15. Enlargement and extension of tbe rural service was made possible, a I'ostofflce Department statement ex plains, by a readjustment In April and May. resulting In a reduction of oper ating expenses amounting to 1511,162. Many routes have been consolidated wItTK others, but it is said but few carriers will be dropped. Orders are now awaiting the Post master General's signature providing for new rural automobile service In many localities. People on thsse routes when living within a radius of 25 miles will enjoy lor*l rate a/Ths first of the routes will go into opera tion August 1. Passports Revoked. Berlin, via London.—The passports of two American citizens living at Dresden—Leon Raines and Karl Recknagel—have been ordered revok ed by tbe American embassy on In structions from the state department at Washington. The men, it is said, adversely criti cised the American government in tbe present crisis and declared In a news paper article that they were ashamed of their citizenship. Obregon Claims Victory. Vera Cruz.—Defeat of the forces of Generals Angeles and Villa, the cap ture of the town of Leon and of all of Villa's trains and artillery, Is an nounced In a report of General Obre gon of the Carransa army received here. The report says: "I have achieved an important vic tory. After a five days battle Angeles and Villa with small groups of follow ers fled In different directions. Our forces are pursuing them north- of Leon. All the enemy's trains and ar tillery were captured." Whits Book in Demand. Washington.—Many requests have been received by the state department for what has come to be known popu larly as the "White Book" of the, Uni ted States. It la the first volume o i a series of papers and notes comprising diplomatic correspondence with bellig erent governments relating to nentrel rights and commerce. la It Is printed tbe text of all telegrams which have passed between Che United StatsgJtod foreign governments since the out break of the war and general corre spondence. MISS MABEL BOARDMAN I mU H K \ K \ B§?\ Mlaa Boardman, of ths Amartcan Red Croaa, forwarded a suggestion to the White House that an embargo be declared on war munitions to Mexico. The society did not make the suggestion. CONFERS WITH PRESIDE! COUNT von BERNSTORFF VERY HOPEFUL AFTER INTERVIEW WITH WILSON. No Chsngss Will Bs Mads In ths Pisn to Send Response to the Qermsn Reply. Washington.—President Wilson em phasised in an Informal talk with Count von Bernstorff, tbe .German Ambassador, tbe Intense feeling of t&e American people over the sinking of the Lusitanla and other violations of American righta on the high seas and impressed on him that tbe United States would Inslat on an adherence by Germany to the accepted principles of international law aa they affect neutrals. No announcements were made after the conference, which had been ar ranged at the Artmasaador's request, but it wss stated authoritatively that there would be no change In the plan to send in response to the German reply to the Lusitanla note an in quiry to ascertain definitely whether the Imperial Government will abide by international law or follow Its own rulea of maritime warfare. In 20 minutes conversation the President and the Ambassador ex changed views on the delicate situa tion which has arisan in the relations between the United States and Ger many. Their meeting was cordial, their conversation friendly and they discussed fundametals and not de tails. Count von Bernstorff later told friends that the Interview had been satisfactory and that the President had spoken clearly and frankly. The Ambassador felt hopeful when he re turned to his Embassy. In official and diplomatic quarters opinion was divided aa to the effect of the conference. Some thought it would be beneficial and bring from Germany a conciliatory reply to the nert American communication. Others pointed out that the German Ambas sador similarly was hopeful when President Wilson's note of May IS was dispatched and that he recommended several methods to the German For eign office of meeting the American position satisfactorily. GOOD RESULTS APPARENT. Plan to Continue Work of Pan-Amer ican Congress. Washington.—Plana to continue the work begun by the recent Pan-Ameri can Financial Conference through permanent, although unofficial oom mittees were announced in a state ment by Secretary McAdoo of the Treasury. The Secretary expressed confidence that "practical results of the most advantageous sort to the United States and all the countries of South and Central America" would follow the conference. "Some of the Governments in South America, 1 am told," he said, "have already made financial arrangements with some of our bankers and nego tiations are pending between other South American countries and our bankers with every prospect that they will be consummated." Mr. McAdoo said the conference showed "absolute unanimity of opin ion as to the vital necessity tor im proved ocean transportation facili ties," and added: Broke Diving Record 1S Times. San Francisco.—'Thirteen descent* were made in search for the submerg ed submarine F-4 at Honolulu, T. H., and every one broke a former world's record, according to Chief Gunner George D. StiUson, who to here after rompiotiny his work M chief of the (tiring operations. FIYS of the *e scents were made to a depth of SM feet, he said, and eight to 175 feet The former world's rooord was 175 feet. He said a telephone dorfoe was used in commtmlcatlnc with the man under water for the ftrat time- fin DIE IS READY FOR GERMANY CABINET APPROVES*PRE»IDENTt NOTE At A WHOLE*—PRINCI PLE It FIXED. 6ERHARD fiOES TO BERLIN Th« Hot. will Ash Mlfilt* Answer From Germany That tht Stic'* to Rulea. Washington.—President Wilson read to bit Cabinet the draft of a note to be aent to Germany demanding, in of feet, adherence to tbe humane prin ciple* of International law In the Ger man Government's conduct of mari time warfare as affecting neutral*. Comparatively brief, but described as Insistent and emphatic. The Cabinet approved tbe note as a whole. Minor changes In phraseology may be made to make U conform with previous ex pressions In diplomatic correspond ence of tbe United Statee. Tbe prin ciple is fixed and unalterable —that the United States must know defini tely and promptly whether Germany intends to Ignore visit and search rights and continue torpedoing ves sels without warning, or whether rules of marine warfare whieb have governed for centuries will be follow ed. The alternative course Is not stated, bat It Is generally known that the United States In tbe event of an un favorable reply will discontinue dip lomatic relatione with Germany. The note aeta aalde aa Irrevelant all contentions of tbe Oerman reply ex cept one—whether the Lusttanla was armed —and restates the position tak en by the United States previously that the Lulltanla after official investi gation by competent inspectors sailed from sn American port, with no gun* aboard. It further calls Germany's at tention to the fact that the Lualtlana did not attempt resistance, but was torpedoed without warning. The meeting lasted two hours and at Its conclusion all the members. It was said, bad agreed to the principle sat forth In tbe note. It was stated that the sending to emperor William by Count von Bernstorff. the German Ambassador, of Meyer Gerhard, an attache of the German colonial office, aa special envoy to carry messages from the Embassy and to outline the American point of view would not de lay the dispatch of the note. CARRANZA PLEAttj/wiTH NOTE. Assumes the Belief That Prssldsnt Wilson Fsvors Him. Vera Crux-—"Appreciative, friendly and serene," such will be the tone of General Carransa'a reply to President Wilson's note.* After carefully conald erlng the note. Oeneral Carransa con cluded that it contains nothing other than hopeful wishes for the Constitu tionalists' cause and it waa officially announced that hia reply to Prealdent Wilson would be handed to John R- Silllman. personal representative of President Wilson In Mexloo, for trans mission to Washington within tbe next few days. Aa the note haa been read more and more by Carrania officiate and tha Cabinet it haa created a feeling that Prealdent Wilson intends no harsh action toward Mexico. Thompeon Liner Sunk. Montreal. The Thompson liner lone for Montreal with freight from Mlddelsborough, England, and carry ing no passengers, waa torpedoed and aunk off tbe North Coast of England, according to a report received by agents of the line here. The captain and crew were landed at Kirkwall, Scotland. (southern Qae Association. CharTeaton, S. C.—Mac D. Dexter of Columbua, Ga„ waa elected prealdent of tbe Southern Gaa Association at the cloalng bualneas session here. E D. Brewer of Atlanta was re-elected secretary and treasurer and C. M. Benedict of Charleston waa chosen ▼ice president Tampa, Fla . waa ae lected as the meeting place for lilt. Ford Capital $100400,000. Detroit Mich.—The Ford Motor Company announced that it had in creased Its authorised capital stock from "SIOOO,OOO to $100,000,000 and had declared a stock dividend of S4B, 000.000 payable July 1. A cash divi dend waa declared on the original au thorised stock of $1,000,000 but the amount was not made public. The stock dividends lncreasee the holding* of Henry Ford, president ,of the com pany by 27,840,000. James Couxens vice president received $5,000,000. Sinking of Qulfllght Accident Washington.—Germany, In a note cabled to the atate department h> Ambaasador Gerard at Berlin, expresa ed regreta that through "an unfortun ate accident" a German aubmarine had torpedoed the American steamee Gal flight and declared itaelf "reedy to furnish full reoosnpeaoe for the dam age thereby auatalaed by American eitiaeas." In the same communication the Oerman foreign office said It had mat baen poaaihla to clear op fatly the oeae of the American ataemer Cuah lag. NOTE IS SENT TO MEXICAN LEADENS BY PRESIDENT - MUtT tET UP A GOVERNMENT THAT CAN BE ACCORDED RECOGNITION. WOULD UNITE ALL FACTIONS Intervention Considered Poeelble If Hopeleee Conditions Continue, -r—- Full Text of Note. Washington.—ln a statement to tbe American people President Wilson served notice on the factional leaders of Mexico that unless within "a very short time" they unite to set up a government whieh the world can recognise, the United States "will be constrained to decide what means bhould be employed by tbe United States in order to help Mexico nave herself and serve her people." 4 Message Goes Forward. President Wilson's warning to Mex ioo that tbe United States cannot per mit present conditions to continue went forward by telegraph to Ameflf» can agents who will deliver It to the factional leaders, and was at the same time made public at the White House. The Mnug* to Ltwten. The which goes to ransa, "Villa. Zapata and Oarca, the principal leaden, hot M a diplomatic note rrom the United States but aa a declaration of President Wilaon'a at titude expressed in a statement to the American people. Is as follows: "Mora than two years of revolu tionary conditions have existed la Mexico. The purpose of tbe revolu tion was to rid Mexico of men who Ignored the constitution of the repub lic and used their power in contempt of the right of ita people; and with these purposes the people of the Unit* ed States lnstlctlvely and generously sympathised. But the leaders of tha revolution, In tbe very l\aur of their success have diaagreed and turned tbelr arms aaginst one another. "All professing the same objects, they arq nevertheless unable or un willing to co-operate. A central au thority at Mexico City Is no sooner set up than It Is undermined and ita authority denied by those who are ax* pected to support It. Trouble Reviewed. "Mexico Is apparently no nearer a solution of her tragical troubles than she was jrhen tha revolution waa first kindled. And she baa been swept by civil war as If by fire. Her crops are destroyed, her fields lie unseeded, her work cattle are confiscated for the use of the armed factions, her people flee to the«. mountains to escape being drawn into unavailing bloodshed, and no man seems to tee or lead the way to peace and settled order. There la no proper protection Mther for her own cltlsens or for'the citizens of other nations resident and at work within her territory. Mexico la atarv» log and without a government Policy Prannly Stated "It la time, therefore, that tha gov* ernment of the United States should frankly state the policy which In these extraordinary circumstances It becomes ita duty to adopt. It must presently do what it has not hitherto done or felt at Hberty to do—lend Ha active moral sot) port to aome man or group of men. If soch may be found, who can rally the suffering people of Mexico to their support In an effort to ignore, if they cannot unite, tha warring factions of the country, re turn to the constitution of the people so long in abeyance, and set up a gov ernment at Meat 100 City which tha great powers of the world can recog nise and deal with, a government with whom the program of the revolution will be a business and not merely a platform. "1 therefore publicly and very sol* emnly oall upon the leaders of tac tions In Mexico to act to act togeth er. and to act prompty for the relief and redemption of their proatrete country. I feel K to be my duty to tell them that, if they cannot accom modate their differences and urite for this great purpoee within a very abort time, tMs government will be ca& strained to deckle what nana should be employed by the United States In order to help Mexico save herself and serve her people." Duty pt United States "In these clrrnwetsnr.es the people and government of the United Statea cannot stand indifferently by and do nothing to serve her neighbor, rhey want nothing for themselves in Mexi co. Least of all do they desire to set tle her affairs for her. or claim any right to do so. But neither do they wish to see utter ruin come upon her and they deem it their duty as friends and neighbors to lend any aid they properly can to any instrumentality which promieeff~fo be effective in bringing about a settlement which will embody the real objects of the revolu tion—constitutional government and the rights of the people. Patriotic Mexicans are sick at beert and cry out for peace and for every salt eacrt floe that may ha aeceeeary to procure it Their people cry out for food and presently hate aa much as they fear every man, la their country or oat of H. who «§bd» between AM and their daily hi sad. "