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VOL. XXVIII. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1915. EXPET D~I~ BATTLE FIVE MILLION SOLDIERS ARE U THE ;ARPATHIANS BEATH RIP 13 OMINO usstan Military Experts Declare fn vasion of Hungary Is Premlntum Step to the Direct Mardt. to Berli -Germanic Empires Shift Men om Eastern Front. A Petrograd .dispatch to the Lon don Morning Post says that the mili tary erperts of the Russian press are divided in their opinion regarding the meaning of the' present opera tions. The official military organ, Russky Invalid, for more than a month past. has declared that as the Carpathian 'operations develop and after Hungary has been Invaded the Russians will drive forward in an irresistibl4 force upon the direct road to Berlin from Warsaw. The Novoe Vremya expert scouts this idea and points out that the Grand Duke's strategy has had one consistent aim from the outset of the war-namel , to reach Berlin by way of Vienna. This expert shows that the combined. forces of Aus trians and Germans now arrayed against Russia from the Baltic to the frontiers of Roumaia are not under 2,500,000 men. -Moreover, the disposition of the farces, he says, has changed in the past couple of months. Some 'Aus trian troops were with the Germans In the Nimenen-Vistula raid. Between the lower Vistula and the Dunajec tributary of the upper Vistula the Austrians are now in the majority, and the Germans, mainly represented by a large artillery force, are concen trated etpecially on the northern see tions of this front; chiefty on the Bzura and gerierally .against War saw. On the Carpathian front the further one looks the'more numerous become the German forces. A neir formation. of German -troops, whicb again have been withdrawn from the Franco-Belgian fr6nt, continues to ~_move through Hungary. "It is evident," says :the expert, "that Germany, commedng'ythe en mire military resources 'of . boh.Ger manic empires, is preparing' for: a general attack along the whole strat egic front. Where men are fewer, the endeavor is to be made by means of guns to supplythelr place, but the -whole 700 or 800 miles will shortly. be aAame from end to end. "'The Grand Duke's strateE7 aims at the occupation of the rich plains of Hungary, with the double object of waging war Lt the enemy's expense and assisting to starve .Germany, %which has been deriving large sup m ungary, -instead of strik Ing at the German frontiers, which have been -rendered as impregnable asinan knowledge can make them. "The Russians are thus, little by little, cutting away all 'Germany's supports until the moment Is reached when ermany must stand bare and alone. A final effort willthen bring the.Germans. toppling down. -Rus -sian strategy has turned all the Ger man plans for this war upside down. "A decisive battie may be expected very shortly. The German disposi tions are approaching completion in *Bukowina and ,on the Niemen. Dis plays of energy anif diversions of hat-, tie will shortly be opened by Ger 2nanT. "If thi's means anything beyond supposition," the Post's. correspond ent adds, "it means that the Germans hope to save the situation by an over whbenIng blow from the Czensto ch&ows-Craeow front.- In any' case, the -next -few weeks must see the greatest battle in the world's 'history, the numbers ar-rayed- in arms against "one aihther totalling 5,000,000 men, extended over 700 to 800 miles as the. crow fles, but actually over 1,000 TURKS LOOSE TORPEDO BOAT. British Admiralty Also Reports Loss of English Submarine. London reports Sunday: The Brit ish, as an offset to their success .in destroy'ng a Turkish torpedo boat which attacked the transport Mani tou off Chios Saturday, lost the sub marine E-15, which, while carrying . out a diffibult reconnoissance in the -'Dardanelles' mine field, rap. aground on Kephez Point, the crew being made prisoners. *According to the' Turkish report seven 'of the submarine crew are missing. On Saturday night the admiralty reported "the transport Manitou, car rying British troops, was attacked by a Turkish torpedo 'boat in the Aegean this morning. "The Turkish boat fired three tor pedoes at the transport, all of which missed their mark. The .torpedo boat then made off, but was chased by the British cruiser Minerva and British torpedo boat destroyers and was finally run aground and destroy ed on the coast of Chios in -Kalam muti bay. The members of the crew of the Turkish warship were made prisoners. "It is reported that about 100 men on board the transport lost their lives through~ drowning, but full particu lars have not yet been received." CAN GET DYESTUFFS. State Department Takes Up Question With Germany and England. State department officials' are pre pared to take up with the German government the last st'ep necessary to supply American textile mills with the cargoes of German dyestuffs bought before March 1. The way was cleared Thursday by the announce ment that Great Britain had agreed to permit these cargoes under certain conditions to come through from Rot terdem. As the position previously taken by the German government has been that it would permit dye shipments in exchange for cotton or copper, some officials believed there would be little difficulty in getting these twb cargoes out of Germany to Rotter dam. The state department will co operate with the mills' agent in ef forts to complete the transaction. Germans-..Seize Dutch Ships. Four trawlers flying the flag of Holland have been seized by the Ger man warships and taken to Cux haven. MADE MUCH PROGRESS GAINS IN THE CARPATHIANS RE VIEWED BY RUSSIA. Petrograd Tells of Enormous Cap tures Made Since March-Attack Developed Before Snows Melted. The official communication from general headquarters at Petrograd Sunday night said: "'At the.beginning of March in the principal chain of the Carpathians we held only the region of the Dukla passes, where our lines formed an ex terior angle. All' other passes of Lupkow and farther east were in the hands of the enemy. "In view of this situation our armies were assigned the further task of developing, before the season of bad roads due ,to melting snows .be gan, our position in the Carpathians which dominated the outlets into the Hungarian plains. "About the period indicated the great Austrian forces, which had been concentrated for the purpose of re lieving Przemysl, were in a position between Lupkow and Uzsok- passes. It was for this section that our grand attack was planned. Our troops had to carry out a frontal attack under very difficult conditions of terrtain. To facilitate their attack therefore an auxiliary attack was decided on a front in the direction of Bartfeld, as far as Lupkow. "This secondary attack was open ed March 19 and was completely de veloped. "On March 23 and 28 our troops had already;begun their principal at tack in- the direction of Baligrod, en veloping the enemy's positions from west of Lupkow pass, and on the east, near the source of the San. "The enemy opposed a most des perate resistance toi our offensive. They had brought up every available man on the front from the direction of Bartfeld as far as Uzsok pass, in cluding even German troops and numbers of cavalrymen fighting on foot. The enemy's effectives on this front exceeded 300 battalions. (An Austrian or German, battalion num bers 1,000 men.) Moreover our troops had to overcome great nat tral difcultles at every -step." "bvertheless by April 5. that is, 18 days after the opening of our of fensive-the bravery of our troops enabled up -to complete the task as signed and we .had seized the- prin conal chainof the Carpathians on a onbetween Reghotov and .Volosate of 110 verAts (about- 75,iiles). , "The fighting subsequently has bee in the nature ~of actions in de tail.,ntended to consolidate the suc cesses we won. "To sum up: On the whole Carpa thian front between March 19 and April 12, the enemy have suffered enormous losses and have left In our hands In prisoners alone at least 75, 000 men, including about 900 officers. Further, we have captured 300 guns and 200 machine guns. "On April 16 the actions in the Carpathians were concentrated in the. direction of Rostolki. The enemy, despite the .enormous losses' suffered, .delivei-ed in the course of that day no less than 16 attacks in great'strength. hese attacks, all of which were ab solutely barren of result, were made %against the heights we have occupied further -torthe east of Telopotch. r .,"Our troops during the night of ~April 16-17, after a desperate fight, stormed and captured a height to the southeast of : the -village of Poden, where we took many prisoners. Three counter-attacks delivered by the~ ene-' my against this height were repulsed. K"In the other sections, all along the front, there has been no change." FrTJEn WITH WATER Probable That F.4 Has Been Loaded With Sea Water. The superstructure of the subma rine F-4 Is caved in and the hull is~ filled with water, probably from seep age, according to a report made byl Chief .Gunner's Mate George D. Still son, who late Wednesday descended to the ibean fioor~ and examined the* wreck after Frank Crilly, a diver, had. located, the submarine earlier in the day. Stillson, who made a partial survey? of the hulk, reported that, aside from-i the damage to the superstructure, he was unable to find any other holes and that the - top plates were not crushed in. One of the lines were used by the .searchers in their at tempts to locate the F-4 had fouled in the superstructure. Work was- to be begun Thursday, it was announc - ed, to free the fouled line' and'to make others fast to the submarine. Two lines are already fast to 'the wreck.r Neither -Crilly, who was unde water two hours, nor Stillson, who was submerged for an. hour and a~ half, suffered ill effects, although, ac cording to ^official announcement by naval officers,':the submari ..e Is lying at a depth of 288 feet. TEN PERISH IN STORM. Crews of Barges Drown When Ships Go to Pieces. Saturday's coast storm claimed ten victims in the vicinity of the Dela ware capes. They were the crews of the Consolidation Coal company's barges Nos. 6 and 9, from Baltimore for Boston who were drowned when their crafts foundered near Cape Henlopen. The barges broke adrift from the tug Cumnberland. Despite heroic efforts in the face of a blinding snow storm and a 60-mile gale, the Cumberland's crew was un able to get another line to the barges. For hours the tug stood ty. but the fury of the sea made it im possible to render assistance. Final 1y the barges broke to pieces and sank with all hands aboard. The bodies of Capt. Johnson, Baltimore; Karl Larsen, a Swedish subject, and Dempsey Jarvis, also ef Baltimore. washed ashore late in the day. The wind at one time blew seventy, miles an hour. Coast guards and life-savers from the Lewes and Re-i hoboth stations made repeated efforts to launch a life boat, but could not get through the boiling surf. Thrashed With Switches. George Berndet, a farmer of Som erset. Pa.. was thrashed by a crowd of neighbors because he persistently refused to sup~port his wife and chil dren. Big Reservoir Breaks. Lyman reservoir, which holds back the water of the Little Colorado for 12 miles, broke Thursday night and drowned the members of 12 families i vinge nearby. DiUIiN SLAY MADERI HUERTA KNOWS MURDERER BE WILL NOT NAME BI1 U. 3. HAS BE[N UNFAI Former President of Mexico Giv4 Out Signed Statement Setting I Claim to Vindication--Says A< minlstration Has Been Misled Describes Anarchy in Mexico. Asserting that he had nothing I do with the death of Francisco M dero, Gen. Victoriano Huerta, formo provisional president of Mexico, I sued a lengthy. signed statement i New York Thursday night settir forth what he termed his side of tt Mexican question. "Gen. Huerta d< clared he knew who was responsib for Madero's death, but that he wi keeping it as a "professional secret. Gen. Huerta's statement reviewe the history of the Madero revolutloi his own accession to the provisioni presidency and concluded with -ti assertion that "my country can n< be conquered." Sixteen millions c men, women and children would hai to be killed before Mexico would sul mit to an invader, Huerta asserte4 The heads of the Washington a ministration, Huerta declared, ha not been fair to Mexico; had bee misled by false -statements, and : they had been in Mexico for thirt days "they would have changed thej theoretical, erroneous ideas." Ha it not been for the embargo on th exportation of-arms from this cour try, Gen. Huerta indicated that hl army would have prevailed ov those opposed to it. The former provisional presider reiterated the assertion that he ha resigned- from his position only bi cause he hoped to bring peace to hi country. He pointed out that in th eight months elapsed since that dat the situation in Mexico had becom "too sad for me to analyze deeply. "Anarchy is too soft a word to ca t," he said. Mexico eventuall would be saved, but by a Mexican, h said. Who that would be he did nc know. Huerta declined. to give. a inkling as to his future, movementi He denied that he would go to an point near the Mexican border. Di ussing the death of Madero, he said "That- is a professional secre1 Lawyers have secrets, doctors hay secrets-?I am a soldier-why shoul not a soldier have secrets? It is no through friendship for any one that am withholding the information. I is-a professional duty. The time wil soon come when my name will b vindicated, and, as Gen. Lee said t Gen. Jackson, the world will say o me, I stood like a stone wall sut mitting to the ignominy and the in sults heaped upon me." "It has been said that you bitray ed the confidence of President Ma dero; is it so?" he was asked. Gen. Huerta straightened U proudly, his eyes flashed as he re plied: "No, I swear it, I was in no wa responsible for his death. It has bee: one of the big tortures of my life. am sorry I have to keep the secrei Although I am of different race thai ou gentlemen, I am a man." Gen. Huerta's signed statemen was in part , as follows "After fif teen months of MIadero's illadminis tration of public aft'airs, a portion c the .patriotic Mexican army, wha were humiliated and maltreated b: adero revolted and took possesiol f the government's citadel. For tel days the streets of the City of Mexica ran with blood. The situation bi ame intolerable. "The foreign diplomatic represen tatives asked Madero to resign. H did not want to accede to thel wishes. Then, some heads of tha army, incited by our senators to pu n end to that anguished situation placed Madero under arrest. "Our congress, our senate and ou ireme court of justice, complyini w fhall the requirements of the con stitution of our country, named mn as the constitutional president of tha United States of Mexico, considerina e as the man for the job. "Madero, while being conducted ti the penitentiary died an unnatura death. By some of the public in thi ountry. I am blamed as having take> part in executing him. I neve have tried to shirk any responsibilit: nd anything I ever did was don openly. I am man enough to stan y what I do. I know I am not ta blame for the death of Madero. Tim and history will do me justice. "Far be It from my mind to mnak a eulogy of my own administratiol but I must say that during my ad ministration all the law-abiding citi zens of my republic, as well as all tha foreigners resident there receive guarantees and their homes, thel ives and their Ipraperties were full: protected. The Spanish, Germar French and English colonies, an particularly the important Americal olony resident in Mexico confirr what I say. "Nobody ever can name a singi foreigner who has suffered directl or indirectly from my governmen any loss of life or interests. "During the seventeen months was president of Mexico, I had tha good fortune to enjoy the confidene and moral support of the whol American colony resident there. in cluding United States Ambassado Henry Lane Wilson and Nelso: 'Shaughnessy, charge d'affaire: both of whom were my persons friends. "It was painful to see numerou American families leave our countr by the advice of your governmeni Not being able to evade the exodu: ny government took special care the Americans. Special trains we placed at their disposal and arme forces accompanied the trains to tha seaports. "Unfortunately, and for our shame numerous crimes have been commi1 ted against foreigners on Mexica soil during the last four years and half. Englishmen were cowardly at sassinated, more than three hundre Chinamen were brutally slaughterec German women were brutally violai ed; Spaniards were butchered: foi eign and native ministers of th church were shamelessly mistreatet but these crimes were committe either before or after my time, or b re'bels in territory that I did not cor trol. These are the results of th anarchiad propaganda of Madero an his followers. 'I always have had, and have pro' en my great admiration and respe< for the American people. I must sa perodia nd public opinion in th I United States were for the last few years diverted from the right path on the Mexican question. "The heads of your administration were not fair to Mexico, but I believe they were misled by false state ments. Besides, there Is quite a dif ference between theory and facts. If your administration only had been in Mexico for' thirty days they would have changed their theoretical, er roneous ideas. But I would rather not discuss this subject. It is a dis courtesy, you know, for a foreigner to. criticise heads of a nation whose hospitality he enjoys. 3 "My Indian, honest blood boils when I think of the unfortunate con p ditions existing in my poor country, and when I think that a good, clean press like the American are led by false and artificial tricks to defend a - cause which is nothing more. than dne of vandalism and anarchy. "But, never mind. I have hopes. o My Mexico is young. My Mexico has L- plenty of life- in it My country can )r not be conquered. We have sixteen s- millions of men and children, and it a? would need 16,000,000 of invaders, tg one invader for each man, for each te woman, and for each child, and B- when the 16,000,000. Mexicans are le killed off, then a devastated country s would be the price of the conqueror, " to the shame of civilization and the d shame of the conquerer. 1, "Never mind. Mexico will be say il ed by a Mexican. By a strong Mexi Le can. Not by a bandit. Not by men >t that kill for the sake of money or of I >f dastardly passion, but by a Mexican ,e who will act as surgeon, who will >- cure the sores, who will amputate the 1. dead parts of the national body. And - then Mexico in a short time will re d vive and will be the paradise on earth n as it deserves to be. If "Where is the man? Who is the man? When will the man appear? ,r I do not know." ,e FOURTEEN TE1). 15 Freight Train Drags Loaded Trofey Car 200 Feet. Lt . To the inexperience of- a student d motorman is charged the death of fourteen persons, ten of them women, who were killed Wednesday night in e a collision between a street car and e a freight train on the tracks of theI ' Detr6it, Toledo & Ironton railroad, in the western end of Detroit, Mich.. According. to' the police, the uuex I plained inactivity of the student's in e structor also contributed to the dis t aster. .Twenty-eight -other persons were injured, four of them so seri ously that their death Is" believed to be certain. Early - Thursday only, seven of the dead had been identified, and it-was said 'at the morgue some of the bodies are so terrible muti e lated that their idehtification will be! d well nigh impossible. With a heavy load of passengers,I the car, handled by Student Motor man J. C. Westover, halted as it reached the railway crossing. The conductor ran ahead, and seeing a string of freight cars pushed by a switch "engine approaching the Inter-, . section, signalled the motorman to wait until it had passed. I - The novice misunderstood the sig-i nal and turned on the power. The I car started down the slight incline p leading to the railway tracks. When too late the motorman shut. off the i current and applied the brakes, but - I the car slid along until it stopped. directly in the path of the oncoming, 1 train. . . The leading freight car crashed a i Into the street car, striking it square ly in the middle. The railroad tracks t i at the place where the accident oc -curred occupy a narrow street., As the car was swept away 'from the fcross, one end of it struck and de-, o molished& the front of the Delray sta ; tion, which stood on one corner, and a the other end tore out a part 'of a a grocery store on the opposite side of, a the street. -. Nearly 200 feet was traveled be fore the freight was brought. to a -stop, and along this distance, terribly 8 mangled bodies of dead and 'injured r were strewn. Others caught in -the awreckage of the car were not extri t cated until several hours after the . crash.. IThe roof of the streat car remain r ed practically intact, but the remaind-' er of the .car was reduced to a mass of splinters. Some of the bodies were' etorn to bits. One woman was hurled completely over the roof of the rail way station. A hand was, found on the roof of a freight car forty feet 3 away. sCHNA OBDURATE. rJapanese Threat Appears to Have eVery Little Effect. o The deadlock in the negotiations over Japan's demands on China re mained unbroken. China declines to e recede from her position, notwith L standing the fact that the Japanese Sminister, Eki Hioki, threatened to -discotinue the negotiations. e The, Chinese foreign minister, Lu d Cheng-Hsiang, refused to discuss' r Group V, of the Japanese demands. This group relates to a nu~iber of the1 , most important demands made by d Japan. including the employment of aJapanese political, financial and mili tary advisers and Japanese police, Japanese supervision of the manu e facture or 'purchase of China's war 7 munitions and rights for railway and tmining operations. M. Hioki intimated that China had I favored Great Britain with railway e concesions and had not given simi e; lar r.ghts to Japan. He again urged e China to grant the concessions de - manded and permit Japan to take up r subsecuently with Great Britain any a question which might arise in respect 1 to er croachment on British railway 61 interests. The Japanese minister again post s pon.d consideration of the Manchuria 7 group. The Chinese foreign minister - asked once more that discussion con cernig this group be concluded, but M. Hioki replied that hie still was, e without instructions on this point d from Toklo. Battle in Mesopotamia.. SA force of 11,000 Turkish regulars '~and 12,000 Kurds attacked the Brit n ish at Kurna. They were repulsed' a with a loss of two of their 22 gunsi and 300 prisoners. British loss, 90 jwounded. French Sh ip Torpedoed. The French steamer Frederic Franck was torpedoed off Star Point, cin the3 English channel, Sunday, but was towed into Plymouth by govern -ment tugs. No lives were lost. Mexican Battle I'oubtful. The battle in Mexico between Gen. -Villa and Carranlza's leader, Gen. Ob :t regon, has been claimed by repre ysaivesm of both sides at Washing SELECTS ASYLUM HEAD DR. 0. FREI) WILLIAMS SUCCEEDE DR. GEORGE F. SARGENT. Gov. Manning Makes New Appoint. ment on Wednesday Morning Christie Benet on Board of Regents Following his revocation Tuesda3 night of the appointment of Dr. Geo, F. Sargent of Baltimore, Md., as head of the State Hospital for the Insane, Wednesday morning Gov. Richard I. Manning appointed Dr. C. Fred Wil liams as superintendent of the insti tution to succeed Dr. J. T. Strait, the incupmbent. After resigning from the board ol regents, Dr. Williams immediately accepted the appointment., Christie Benet, a prominent attorney of Co lumbia, succeeds Dr. Williams on the board of regents. The superintend ent of the asylum receives an annual salary of $3,000. Dr. Willialns is one of the best known physicians in the State. He is 39 years of age and was born and reared in York county. He was grad usated from the University of Mary land in 1899, and cast his fortunes with his native State. For four years-1907 to 1911-he was secre tary of the State board of health. He resigned to resume active practice in the city of Columbia. When asked for a statement Dr. Williams said that he would give his best efforts, his energy and ability tZ make the State Hospital for the In sane one of the leading institutions for the treatment of insanity in the country. Some time -ago Gov. Manning an nounced that he would appoint Dr. Geo. F. Sargent of Baltimore, Mr., as head of the -StateCHospital for the In sane. - After the announcement it was brought out in the Columbia Record that there was a constitutional pro hibition against the appointment or election of any but a qualified elector to office in this State. Tuesday'night the chief executive gave out a statement In which he said that the constitutional limita tions to his original appointment were potent, and he withdraw the name of Dr. Sargent. PARDONS FOUR. Manning Follows Recommendations of State Pardon Board. For the first time since he his been chief executive, Gov. Manning has Is #ued clemency in four cases, granting one full pardon, one parole and two commutations of cases. 'All of the cases were-passed on favorably by the board of pardons at their meeting on Saturcay. The full pardon was given to R. S. Bowman of Charleston, who has served his sentence and whose letter from New York city to the gov ernor asking for his restoration to itienship was published a few weeks ago. V-he following were the recommen dat:%s of the pardon board on these cases: "State 7. R. S. Bowman, Charles. ton county, arson. Facts show that this party was convicted of arson and has served his full sentence. He was only 34 years of age when the crime was committed, and he asked that his citizenship. be restored. We recom mend that this request he granted." Full pardon granted by the governor. "State vs. Willie Green. This is a case ot a boy who forged an order 'or 40c on a store.. He was sentenced the. minimum under the law of one year, and has already served seven months. We recommend that he be pardoned, without delay." -This is- a little boy, only 14 years of age, in Marlboro county and the man on whom he forged the order for 40c was one of the petitioners asking for his pardon. The governor commuted the sentence to eight months, which will release the boy in a few days. "State vs. Sarah Rice, Union coun ty, vagrancy. Sentence four months n county jail. We recommend that this girl be paroled upon condition that she be sent to a rescue home in Greenville or elsewhere to remain there for a period of ninety days." 'he governor issued a parole in this ase on the conditions named. "State vs. Sarah Moore, Richland ounty, arson. The solicitor and udge both recommend that this sen tence be commuted from ten to two ears, in which recommendation the board joins." The governor commut d the gentence to two years. DESCRIBES BOMBARDMENT. eppelins Drop Luminous Bombs on City of Paris. The Zeppelin bombardment ci Paris during the early morning of March 21, was described by eye-wit nesses who returned to Ne~w York Wednesday aboard the Trrg.sylvania. "It was a clear, starry L Jht," said 3oseph Harriman. "A bugle call awakened us. The Zeppelin seemed o be almost directly above us. We ould make It out clearly, like a great grey cigar. "The searchlight on Eiffel tower and other searchlights shot their long beams on the airship and the city's guns let loose. They fired luminous shells-projectiles that lighted the sky. The glare when they exploded was almost blinding. "I counted six bombs that the air. ship dropped. A tiny red light glow d from the Zeppelin each time. This was the only light the airship show ed. As the bomb fell we could trace its course by a trail of sparks. "Several second elapsed from the time the bombs reached the earth till we heard the explosion. In one case. however, a bomb fell within a few blocks. The roar of the explosion was terrible. The airship remained above the city for some time-lt seemed to me like half an hour-and then sailed away apparently undam aged." Code of Laws Illegal. According to the opinion of Attor ney General Peeples, the code of laws for the State are of a very doubtful legality, due to the failure of the gen eral assembly to properly attend to some of the technicalities. Merchant Marine Grows. The United States nmerchant ma rine Increased 135 vessels, of 485,586 tons, during the month of March. May Mean a State Monopoly. A prominent London paper says the cabinet is considering the com plete control of all alcoholic liquors. Bernstorff's Note Muck Studied. Th.e American government is close ly studying the text .f Ambassador Bemnstrff'S latest note of protest. JAPS HAVE NO BASE EMIASSI DENIES THE FLANTIN5 Of NAVAL STATION. STORY FROM CALIFORNIA Correspondent of Los Angeles Paper Tells Story of Alleged Undue Activ ity by Japanese Warships Operat lng for the Supposed Purpose of Protecting Wrecked Cruiser. A dispatch from Los Angeles, Cal., declares that a large Japanese camp has been este.blished on the shores of Turtle Bay, Lower California, Mexico, and the bay has been mined by Jap anese war craft standing by the standard cruiser Ameama, according to a stuff correspondent of the Los An geles Times, who has just returned from a trip of investigation. Three Japanese warships under command of Admiral Nadayama, with six colliers and supply ships made altogether nine ships in the vicinity. Japanese officers said they were awaiting the arrival of a great crane ship. The correspondent declared Turtle Bay not only had been mined, but that ammunition had been landed and -taken to the camp established ashore. Preparations also were made, he added, to land guns from the Asa ma. .The mines were laid, the corre spondent said he was told, as an ad ditional precaution' against attack by German naval vessels. . The -warships guarding the Asama were the Chitose, Idzumo and Tokin jba When the correspondent sought to get close to these vessels and to visit the Asama he said he- was ar rested and told that it was dangerous to cruise about the bay. Denied ia Washington. An official statement authorized by the Japanese embassy at Washington Thursday characterized as "prepos terous" reports that a'naval base had been- established at Turtle Bay, Low' 6r California, Mexico, and declared "there never has been any intention on- the .part of the Japanese govern ment to -locate-& naval base or occupy any - terfitory on- the west coast of Mexico.". Operations of Japanese warships in Turtle Bay, embassy officials said, were solely -for salvaging the strand ed cruiser Asama. It was stated that while detailed reports from the scene had not been received, as the consul general at San Francijco was hand ling the matter, landing on the shore of the bay probably had been found .necessary in connection with .he sal vage. Of reports that a naval base had been established, the embassy state ment said: "It is mor.e than absurd; it is preposterous. There -never has been any intention on the part of the Japanese government to locate a naval base, or to occupy any territory on the west coast of Mexico. A few Japanese fishermen, about a score in number, perhaps, frequent the waters of this bay, but they have no connec tion whatever with the Japanese naval establishment." Los Angeles dispatches telling of the atheingof foreign warships in the seldd Mexican haven, of a large camp ashore and of mines laid in the harbor, created no sensation aogWshington officials. Assist ant ecrearyRoosevelt said the navy department was without advices as to just what had happened, but that if anything extraordinary was going on it certainly would have been report ed by Americarr warships in the vicin ity. He added it would not be un usual If the Japanese had landed in connection with their efforts to save the Asama. *When first news that the Asama had gone ashore reached Washington over the navy's wireless, every effort was made to prevent the information from reaching Germany before as sistance could be sent. Admiral How ard hastened to Turtle Bay from San Diego, but 'before he could extend aid, a Japanese collier and two Jap anese warships appeared, and Ad miral Howard steamed away.. A Japenese guard has been main tained in the bay and vicinity since, while Tokio has tried to make ar rangements. with American wrecking companies to float the Asama. In quiries from some of these companies as to whether relief work could be undertaken without Isolation of neu trality developed no opposition . on the part of the State department, though It was pointed out that' the question was one for the Mexican government to decide. The country along the Lower Cali fornia coast is barren and without railroad or telegraphic communica tion. Passing ve'ssels keep well out to sea because of the dangerous coast. CAN GET DYESTUFFS. British Ships Will Not Molest Goods Bought Before March. American merchants and Importers have been invited by the state depart ment In a circular letter to send in for submission to the British embassy proofs that goods purchased in Ger many, and now in transit or awaiting shipment, were paid for before March 1. The embassy has given assurances that on th'e production of such proof goods will not be interfered with by allierl warships. It is understood that vast quanti ties of merchandise, including dye stu: s, for lack of which American textile factories are on the verge of shutting down, will be released for shipment as soon as proof of their purchace before March 1 is submit ted. MIL HAND SHOT. Constable Kills Man as He Flees From House After Arrest. George F. Fennell, a constable, sot and killed James Riley. a mill hand employed by the Hampton and Branchville Railroad Lumber com pany at Hampton MIonday night. It seems that the officer went to the house of a man named Miley to arrest Rilev, that after gaining admittance to the house he waked Riley and told him to put on his clothes: that Riley jumped out of the window -and en deavored to escape and the constable opened fire, shooting several times. The last shot struck Riley in the ad, krilling him instantly. NEGOTIATIONS HUNG Ur PEKIN GREPORTS CONEREE1 HAVE DISAGREED. Chinese Do Not Wish to Discus Group Five and Request Its Elmi nation-Toklo to be Heard From No specific progress was recordec at the conference in Peking Thursdai over the Japanese demands. Ques. tions concerning Eastern, or inner Mongolia were discussed. Eastern Mongolia originally wa, grouped with South Manchuria, anm the Japanese demands with referenc( to these two territories are virtualll the same, relating to right of resi .dence by the Japanese and owner ship of land, mining concessions; ob ligation on the part of China. to ob tain Japan's consent to the granting of railway concessions to any thir power or to the raising of a loan fron any power for railway construction; transfer of railways. Owing to Chinese insistance, East ern Mongolia and South ManchurIa were not discussed Friday. The Jag anese minister contended that thesi two should be discussed on the same basis, but Lu Cheng Hsiang, Chines4 foreign minister, argued that Japa has no such claims in Eastern Mon golia as in South Manchuria. H< said, however, that China was will ing to open treaty ports and other wise place all foreign nations in , favorable position relative to trading Lu Cheng Hsiang asked that Japai withdraw Group 5, 'which contain: some of the most important demand: made by Japan, including the employ ment of Japanese political, financia and military advisers, and Japanes police; Japanese supervision of thi manufacture or purchase of China'i war munitions and railway aid mIn ing 'oncessions. M. Hioki, the Japanese minister said that he would communicate th4 request to Tokio. It is- understoo that China will communicate with th4 powers if Japan insists on retainin Group 5. The Tien Tsin-Peking branch o the American association, which in cludes virtually all American busi ness men of those two cities, recenty called the attention of Secretary oi State Bryan through the Americar minister, Paul S. Reinsch, to wha1 was termed "the . serious nature the Japanese demands," and askec the American government to tak measures to protect American inter ests. The appeal recently cabled direc1 to President' Wilson was signed b seven prominent .American mission aries. The whole missionary bodi numbers several' hundred, but mosi of them have not seen the document Some of those who were requested tc sign it refused. A The American board sent a circu lar to Its missionaries, instructini them to refrain from making -anj public announcement on political af fairs. The Young Men's 'Christiar association rofused to join the. pet. tioners. American missionaries, .gen erally favor the position taken b3 China, but few indulge in publicit3 or political activities. ROBBERS GOT $50,000. Steal Valuable Silks and Carry it Of in Autos. A dozen bandits held up a- Neu York Central fast freight train a1 Sanborn, nine miles east of Norti Tonawanda, N. Y., early Thursday stripped several cars of bolted'silli valued at $50,000 and sped away ir automobile trucks upon which they had loaded their plunder. The ban. dits were armed with repeating rifles and automatic pistols and fired sev eral shots at the crew. No one wat Injured. A posse of detectives, moutcd po. lice and patrolmen from Buffalo Niagara Falls and Tonawan~da reach ed the sccne shortly after the hold up, but several hours of searching re sulted in no arrests. When last sees the robbers were headed toward Buf falo. After forcing ti a engine crew tc uncouple the locomotive and run it a short distance, the enginemen and three other members of the trair crew were lined up against a box car and placed under guard of a single bandit while ,the others looted the merchandise cars. Four big automobile trucks were in waiting and quickly were loaded with the -booty. Engineer Goss escaped the guard and, running through a~ fusilade of shots, reached his engine, made a record run into Suspension Bridge, eight miles away, and gave the alarm. The robbery was the most daring of its kind ever attempted in that sec tion, and the amount of plunder far exceeds In value of the proceeds of any other freight train robbery in the history of Eastern railroading. VIEW WITH AIA.RM. American Missionaries Wire Regard ing Japanese Demands. Several prominent American mis sionaries have cabled from Peking to the government at Washington re garding the recent demands made upon China by Japan. They are said to have stated that while they had no wisn to interfere In diplomatic af fairs, they thought It their duty to call the attention of United State.s of ficia'.s to the gravity of the situation arising out of the Japanese demands. The signers of the message included Charles A. Hubbard, W. A. P. Mar tin, former president of the Imperial University; Chauncey Goodrich, H. H. i.owry, president of the Peking U'iversity; John Wherry and Ed ward W. Thwing. FROM FRIENDS IN AMERICA. Three Hospital Trains Presented to German Army. Three hospital trains, each consist ing of an automobile with two trail ers, have been presented to the mili tary commander at Frankfort as a gift "from -friends of Germany in the United States." They were obtained through the activity of Mrs. Taylor, an American resident. One of the trains will be attached to the army of Crown ~Prince Fred erck William, another to that of Gen. on Hindenberg and the third to the 18th army corps. British Ship Torpedoed. The British ship Ptarmigan . has been torpedoed by a Germaan subma rine near the North, Hinder Lightship. BRITAIN APOLOWZES ANSIERS CILEAN PROTEST 8N SIM Of DRESULN FULL AND AMPLE IEPLY NP Defend Action in Violating Chiessp Neutrality by Necessity of Crmn venting Escape of German Cruis - Which, it Was Feared, Intended o Violate the Neutrality Later. Great Britain has offered "a ful and ample apology" to the Chilean government for the sinking March 1A in the Chilean territorial waters of the German cruiser Dresden, the i ternment of which already had bees ordered by the maritime governor Cumberland Bay, when the BritiA squadron attacked and sank the Ger H man. This fact was made public In Lo don Thursday night in. a white paper, giving the texts of the 'Chilean note proteeting against the sinking of the Dresden and the British reply. The note delivered by the Chiles6 minister to Great Britain says th'at the- Dresden anchored in Cumberlaud Bay (Juan Fernandez Island) Mar 9, and asked permission to renain eight days for the purpose of repat*& ing her engines. The governor i4 fused the request, as he .consideredt unfounded and ordered the cap to l6ave within twenty-four hours When the British squadron appea ed March 14 the governor was pr ceeding to the cruiser Glasgow teBS form the British officers of the ste he had taken, but he hail to tiul - back,-as the British ships opened on the Dresden, on which a flag truce. already had. been hoisted, and ' called. on her captain to surrend-r The captain then gave orders to blow up the magazine of the Dresden. "This act of hostility committedn Chilean territorial waters by a Brf - ish naval- squadron,'" says the CU lean minter, -has Tainfully surpri - ed ny government." Continuing, the minister says thatl. had the dfficer in command of tlhe British squadron received the go ernor and been informed that the Dresdeu -was' interned he was cd vinced "the British commander Weild not have-.opened fire on her . brought -about a situation which coi strains the Chilean government.n.: defense of its sovereign rights, W to -r mulate a most energetic protest." After referring to -the hospitaft shown British' ships in Chilean, waters and to the long friendship1 tween the two peoples, theamita says: -"Nothing--- could b -surpkise to us than to see our -ex tremely cordial attitude repaid b an act which'bears unfortunately allthe evidences, of contempt for 'our -sover eign rights, although it'is probable that nothing was farther from the mind of those by whom it was un thinkingly committed." The British government, -replying, expresses regret that a misunder standing- arose, and adds: "On the facts, as stated In the commynication of the Chilean minister,. the British government is --prepare -to offer- a full and ample apology to the.Chilean goverenment." - It is, however, pointed -outs that according to the British information, the Dresden "had not accepted Intern ment and still had her colors flying and her guns trained." IThe British reply continues: "If this Is so, and if there is no means available for. enforcing the decision of the Chilean authorities to intern the Dresden, she might obviously had not the British ships taken ac tion, have escaped, again to .attack British commerce." It Is added: "The captain of the - Glasgow probably assumed, especial ly in view of the past action of -the Dresden, that she was defying the Chilean authorities and abusing Chi lean neutrality and was only waiting for a~ favorable opportunity to sally out and attack British -commerce again. "In view of the time It 'would take to clear up the circumstances and be cause of the Chilean communication the British government do' not wish to qualify the apology .that they now present to the Chilean government." WANTS THREE WEEKS. Kronprinz's Commander Says H. Wants to Leave. Lieut. Capt. Thierfelder, captain of the German converted cruiser Kron prinz Wilhelm, delivered- to Collector of Customs Hamilton late Tuesday his formal request of the United States government for time to remaIn in Newport News for temporary re pairs to his ship. T'he request was made In two let ters, which were forwarded .to the secretary of the treasury, and tbg~eir conterts not divulged. It is unders tood the German commander asked for three weeks' time as a maximum in which to make the Wilhelm sea worthy, but that he'stated he w:uld make every effort to complete repairs and leave port' before that time. It was learned that the stipulations related only to temporary repairs be cause several months would be re ruired if all needed repairs were un dertaken at this time. NOT CONTRABAND. Great Britain Puts No Obstacles OD Cotton Shipments. London reports Wednesday that the British government has decided against placing cotton on the contra band list. A question was asked in the House of Commons Wednesday afternoon on this subjiect and N'el Primson, under-s'ecretaryddhof reign . affairs, on behalf ofthefoxeign. office, replied that afte cafdil cnsidera tion It had been found that the mili tary advantages to be gained by de claring cotton contraband were in -uicient to render -such a-step expe I-Nelson aldrich Dies- Friday. - Nelson W. -Aldrich, fermer United States senator from Rhode Island, and for years prominent in Republi can political circles, died at his home at New York on -Friday, Heart dis ease was the cauise of Mr. Aldrich's dath.