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MADE MSI PLEA WILSON TALKS TO RQDBS OF AS SOCIATE) HESS FOR TRUE NEUTRALITY President Wilson Pleads (or Impar- the day of ed Mendohlp comes. The Jest of friendship It not now in sympathy with one side or the other, hot get ting ready to help both sides when the struggle Is over. * “The basis of aeatrality, gentle* men. Is not indifference; it is not self* intercat. The basis of neutrality is sympathy for mankind, it is fair* ness; it is good will to the bottom. It is Impartiality of spirit and judg ment. I wish that all of oar fellow citizens coaid realize that. "There is in some quarter a dispo sition to create distempers in this body politic; Men are even uttering ,, , „ . ... „ , i Blenders against the United States as tlal Neutrality Which Springs if to ejcclte her. Men are saying that ft™, Auk-kud-i XaTU'is y OrltlcisK, Some ‘‘News’’—Says Hardest Time is Y'et Ahead. President Wilson has given a defi nite and clear statement of the neu trality guiding his administration during the war in Europe. He chose the occasion of the annual luncheon of the Associated Press at New York for what he regarded as a statement of gravest importance to the Ameri can people. The influence of the newspaper in moulding public opinion, Mr. Wilson said, prompted him to make clear his ideas of true neutrality and in doing so to impress on his hearers the im portance of adhering strictly to truth fulness and honesty in the dissemina tion of the news. Mr. Wilson seemed to weigh each word he uttered. The Importance he attached to his statement was re flected in a request that no attempt be made to paraphrase his speech or to give it publicity until the official White House stenographer had tran scribed It in full. As the only great nation not en gaged in tho war or suffering under the Immediate influence of the war zone, Mr. Wilson declared, the United States could :.ntlclpate a great dis tinction when the hour of readjust ment should come, provided this na tion should prove to the world its seif-control and self-mastery. The past had been difficult, he pointed out. but the future would be more difficult. America, the president said, never would attempt to sit in judgment on another nation. No nation was fit to do that, ha ad dad. Bat Amarioa, froe which makes it run all Its energies from hampering ambitions as a world power, free of a lust for territory, calm, cool and without self-interest, must be appealed to to assist in the reconstructive processes of peace. The neutrality of the Uaited States. Mr. Wilson said, had a higher basts than a petty desire to keep out of trouble. The president was greeted - with sheers when he appeared at the luncheon and constantly was inter rupted by applause and eipreeeiona ef approval. “I am deeply gratified by the gen erous reception you have aecordgd me." said Mr. Wilson. “It makes me look back with a touch of regret to former occasions when I have stood la this place and enjoyed a greater liberty than Is granted me to-day There have been times when I stood In this spot and said what I really thought and I pray God that those days' of indulgence may be accorded me again. “But I have come here to-day, of course, somewhat restrained by a sense of responsibility that I can not —an abominable libel of ignorance. “America ia not all of it vocal just now. It ia vocal lu spots. But I for one have complete and abiding faith in that great silent body of Ameri cans who are not standing up and shouting and expressing their opin ions just now but are waiting to find out and support the duty of America. I am just as sure of their solidity and of their loyalty and of their unani mity, if we act justly, as I am that the history of this country has at every crisis and turning point illus trated this great lesson. “We are the mediating nation of the world. I do not mean that we .undertake not to mind eur own busi ness and-to mediate where other peo ple are quarreling. I mean the word in a broader sense: We are com- « ounded of the nations of the world. Ve mediate their blood, we mediate their traditions, we mediate their sen timents, their tastes, their passions, we are ourselves compounded of those things. ^ We are, therefore, able to understand all nations; we are able to understand them in the compound, not separately, as partlsons, but unit edly as knowing and comprehending and embodying them all. It is in that sense that I mean that America is a mediating nation. The opinion of America, the action of America is ready to turn and free to turn in any direction. “Did you ever reflect upon how al most all other nations, almost every other nation, has through long cen turies been headed in one direction? That ia not true of the United States. The United States haa no racial mo mentum. It has no history back of it and ail its ambitions in one particular direction: and America la particularly free In this, that ahe has no hamper ing ambition* as a world power. “If we have been obliged by dr- ranurtaaree, la the past, to take ter ritory which we otherwise would not have thought of taking, 1 believe I am right In saying that we have con sidered It oar duty to administer that territory, not for ourselves, bat for the people living In It, and to pat this harden upon oar coascleacee, not to think that this thing Is oars foe oar use, but to regard oarselves as trus tee* of the great business for those to whom It does really beioog, trustees ready to hand over the cosmic trust at say time, wbea the baeteees seems to make that possible and feasible. “That la what I mean by saying we have no hampering ambitions. Wa do not want anything that does not belong to ua. Isn't a nation in that position free to aerve other nations, and Isn't a nation like that ready to form some part of the assessing opin ion of the world!- "My interest in the neutrality of MADE MUCH PROGRESS GAINS Of THE CARPATHIANS RK* VIEWED BY RUSSIA. escape For I take the Associated the United States ia not the petty de press very seriously. I know the atre to keep out of trouble. I have enormous part that you play In the 1 never looked for It, but I have always affairs not only of this country, but of I found It. I do not want to walk the world. You deal In the raw ma- 1 around trouble. If any man want* a terlal of opinion and. If my ronvie-j wrap that is an interesting scrap and ttons have any validity, opinion ultl- worth while, I am hia man I warn mately governs the world. him that be is not going to draw me "It ia, therefore, of very serious 1 into the scrap for his advancement, things that I think as I face this body! but if he is looking for trouble, that of men I do not think of you, how-' is. the trouble of men in general, and ever, as members of the Associated i I can help a little, why then I am in Press. I do not think of you as men for It. of different parties or of different “But I am interested in neutrality racial derivations, or of different re- because there is something so much liglous denominations. I w ant to talk I greater to do than fight, because lO you as lo my fellow cftlzena of the* there is something, there is a dis- Petrograd Telia of Enormooa Cap ture* 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 Ballgrod, 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 to our offensive. They had brought up every available man on the front from the direction of Bartfeld as far an Ussok 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 ural difficulties st every step.” “Nevertheless by .April 5, that la, 18 days after the opening of our of fenaive—the bravery of our troops enabled , up to complete the task as signed and we had seised the prin cipal chain of the Carpathians on a front between Keghotov and Volosate of 110 verata (about 75 miles), “The fighting subsequently haa been in the nature of actions in de tail Intended to consolidate the (ac cesses we won. i "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 priaonera alone nt least 76 009 men. Including about 900 officers. Further, we have captured 300 guns and 200 machtna guns “On April 16 the actions in the Carpathians were concentrated in the direction of Roatoiki. The enemy, deeplte the enormous loase* suffered, delivered in the course of that day no leas than 19 attack* In great strength These attacks, all of which wer* ab solutely barren of reenlt, were made against the heights we havo occupied further to the east of Telopotch. “Our troopa during the night of April 16-17, after a desperate fight stormed and captured height to the sontheast of the village of Poden. where we took many prisoners. Three counter-attacks delivered by the ene my against this height were repulsed “In the other sections, nil along the front, there has been no change.” United States. “For there are serious tilings as fellow citizens we ought to consider. The times behind us. gentlemen, have been difficult enough, the timen be fore ns are likely to be more difficult, because whatever may be said about the present .condition of the world’s affairs, it is clear that they are draw- ~ lug rapidly to a climax, and at the climax the test will come, not only of the nations engaged in the present colossal struggle—it will come for them of course—but the test come to us particularly. “Do you realize that, roughly speaking, we are the only great na tion at present disengaged? I am not speaking, of course, with disparage ment of the greater of those nations tlnotion waiting for this nation that no nation hhs ever yet got. That is the distinction of absolute self-con trol and self-mastery. Whom do you admire most among your friends? The irritable man? The man out of whom you can get a 'rise' without trying? The man who will fight at the drop of the hat, whether he knows what the hat is dropped for or not? “Don't you admire and don't you ffear, if you have to contest with him, wilH-the self-mastered man who watches you with calm eje and comes in only when you have carried the thing so far that you must be disposed? That is the man you must respect. That is the man you know has at the bot tom much more fundamental and ter- in Europe which are not parties to j rible courage than the irritable, fight- present war, but I am thinking of their close neighborhood to it. I am thinking how their lives, much more than ours, touch the very heart arid stuff of the business; whereas, we have' rolling between us and those hitter days across the water 3,000 miles of cool and silent ocean. “Our atmosphere is not yet charged ty.lth those disturbing elements which must be felt and must permeate every nation of EJurope. Therefore, is it not likely that the nations of tho world will come day turn to us for the cooler assessment of the elements engagedTv 1 am not thinking so pre posterous a thought as that we should sit In judgment upon them. No na tion is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation, but that we shall some day have to assist in reconstructing the processes of peace. "Our resources are untouched; we e more and more’becoming by the bree of circumstances the mediating nation of the world in respect of its finance. *We must make up our minds what are the best things to do, and what are the best ways to do them. We must put our money, our energy, our enthusiasm, our sympathy into these things; and we must have oulr judgments prepared and our spirita chastened against the coming of that day. ! “So that r am not speaking in a whole duty for the present, at any rate. In ewnmed op In this motto, u* Trt ns think of Amer* wv* (Mak of Fnrapo, In or- ing man. “Now I covet 'for America this splendid courage of reserve moral force and- I wanted to point out to you gentlemen simply this: There is news and news. There is what Is called news from Turtle bay that turns out to be falsehood; at any rate in what it is said to signify, and which, if you could get the nation to believe it true, might disturb our equilibrium and our self-possession. We ought not to deal in stuff of that kind. We ought not to permit tilings of that sort to use up the electrical energy of the wires, because its ener gy is malign, its energy is not of the truth, its energy is of mischief. It.is possible to sift through them. “I have known some things to go oul on the wires as true when there was only one man or one group -of men who could have told the origina tors of the report whether it was true or not, and they' were not asked whether it was true or not, for fear it mfght tfbt be true. That sort of report ought not to go out over the wires. "There,is generally, if not always, somebody who knows whether that thing la. so or not and in these days above all other days, we ought to take particular pains to resort to the on* small group of men Or to the one man. if there be but one, who knows whether those things are true or not. The world ought, to know the truth, but the world ought not at this peri od of unstable equilibrium to be dis turbed by Imaginative combinations stance* stated i n combination which do not belong in common. “For" you are holding now. I be lieve, you and gentlemen engaged like you, the balance in your hand. This unstable equilibrium rests upon scales that are in your hands. • For the food of opinion, as I began by saying, is the news of the day. have known many a man go off at _ tangent on information that was not reliable. Indeed, that describes ths majority of men. The world is held stable by the man who waits for the nevt day to find out whether the re port was true or not. "We can not afford, therefore, to let the rumors of Irresponsible per sons and origin get into the atmos phere of the United States. We are trustees for what I venture to say the greatest heritage that any nation ever had the love of Justice and righteousness and human liberty, for fundamentally those are the things to which America is addicted and which she is devoted. There i_._ groups of selfish men in the United States, there are coteries where sin ister things are purported, but the great heart of the American people is just as sound and true as it ever was. And it is a single heart; It is the heart of America. It is not a heart made up of sections selected out of other countries. “So. that what I try to remind my self Of every day when I am almost overcome by 'perplexities, what I try to remember is what the people at home are thinking about. I try to put myself In the plac-j of the one who does not know all the things that I know and ask myself what he would like the policy of this country to he. Not the talkative man. not the parti san man. not the man that remembers first that he is a Republican or Demo crat, pi;, that his parents were Ger mans or English, but who remembers first that the whole destiny of modern affairs centres largely upon his being an American first of all., “If I permitted myself to be ^par tisan In this present struggle I Would fie unworthy to represent you. If I permitted myself to forget the people who are not partisans I would be un worthy to represent yon. I am not saying that' 1 am worthy to represent yen, hot I do data this degree of worthiness, that before else I lone YOUNG TURK TALKS * '*■ 'i OTTOMAN EMFIKE IN WA1 F0K US EIGHT TO UVE PICTURES OF PROGRESS Enver Pasha Declares nut In View of England and Russia's Attitude Only Hope Was to Join Germany and Austria—Tells of Efforts to Gain Fuller Civilization. There are now in France «•#,••• Preach and 209,000 Belflmn I am glad you csk that question. This is not a war of the Turkish gov ernment, but a war for the Turk ish people,” said Enver Pasha, the mpqt remarkable man in Turkey, who, ot the age of 33 years, is war minister and generalissimo of the Ot toman army, to tho Associated Press correspondent in the first interview ever given to the American press. Undoubtedly the world finds diffi culty in understanding that the Tur key of to-day is no longer the Turkey of the past, but thr.t, nevertheless, is a fact which should be apparent to all impartial observers," he continu ed. The world’s youngest commander- in-chief typifies the Young Turks in intellectual attainments and Ideals. The conversation with him was car ried on in Gorman, and besides hav ing a thorough command ot the Gor man language, he speaks excellent French. Enver Pasha would be boy ish in appearance but for a rather heayy brown mustache. Alert, frank eyes and pleasing manners make him a delightful conversationalist. When the-correspondent entered Enver Pasha shook hands cordially and said; “I am sorry to have Inept you waiting, but I am very busy all day. You have come to interview me Well, I will make an exception In your favor. I am averse to talking to men ot the press. What do you want?” "The exact reasons for Turkey par ticipating in the war.” was the re ply. “You refer, no doubt." said Enver Panha. "to the assertions in the news papers of Great Britain, France and Russia that Turkey entered tho war to help Germany. That is very true at this moment, not when we mobiliz ed. To-day Austria-Hungary and Ger many help us. we help them. But we mobilized because there was no way oat. “Long before we took this step Russia had grown ugly on the Black See and In the Cauc&sua. invading our territory there, while England had already operated against Meso potamia and had concentrated a fleot before the Dardanelles. We were un willing to start ths ball rolling, and even after the Russians attacked our fleet la the Black See we still welted one week before war was declared "Wo knew that Turkey again would be led to the slaughter block Being unwilling that this should hap pen. we took the only course open We Turks feel that we have a right to exist, especially wbea the beet of us ere straining every effort and are catching up with other countries In Intellectual and material develop ment. "There waa a time when Turkey was merely a government clique, which wna not trusted by the people, but gradually tho people are begin ning to feel that they themselves art* Turkey. "We are taking care of our troops to-day, hence their loyalty. Former ly a man wan given a rifle . .nd had to shift for himself as beat ho could; to day wc seo that hia land is cultivated ia his nhseaco. Each village has thie system—while ^ man is at tke front his neighbors till his soil. "This measure has been so effec tive that the area of cultivated land ia 20 per cent, greater than ordi narily. "The Turkish soldier, moreover, knows how to shoot well. This is in stilling the confidence he formerly lacked.’’ To the question as to who was re sponsible for the better quality of troops, which has been so apparent, Enver Pasha replied: "When I reached the head of the army I discharged on my second day In office about 3,000 old officers, who formerly had been merely a burden on the Ottoman military establish ment Next I mada every effort to have the common soldier feel that he was part of the service, instead of the subject of it. It can hardly be be lieved the difference this made. The men now have an esprit de corps.” “How did you manage to mobilize your army of almost 2,000,000 with limited resources?” he was asked. “That was a problem, of course, but we overcame it. We had a lot of old Snider rifles ready for the junk market. These I caused to be distri buted hmong the gendarmie, taking from’ them their modern rifles. There was formerly a large gendarmerie force in Turkey,” explained Enver Pasha, smilingly: "now it is not' so great, we do not need it. So we arm ed many men with rifles. To-day, every man at the front is well arm ed.” Replying to questions as to the present status of tho campaign the generalissimo said: “Conditions In the Caucasus are more satisfactory. Regarding the situation in the Dardanelles I will say we hre fully eftnfldent that it has been demonstrated that fighting the forts there will be a huge task for the allies. But even should that happen, we would still be masters of the sit uation there by means of howitzers, mines and a fleet. The allies coming up the straight would.be obliged to ffiove In single file, and the effectlve- nsas of our protective should be apparent'’ - - IB Yleif ortwr fact" that tome ex- citetnenl has been observed In Thr- key because of the export of arms and ammunition from the United States to the powers of the THpte In* subject, and replied: “The matter has occupied ns for some time—even the populace—bat you may have noticed that there hae bean no anti-American outbrsak on that account. Since the elimination of the capitulations this wan the first situation in which ths Turkish people might express sentiment in a drastic way, but our people realise that tnti traffic In favor of a few manufactur ers Is not ths fault of those Ameri cans living here, and, therefore, our old good relation! continue. “There are still living In this city under the nominal protection of your embassy plenty of English and French. They have not been molest ed, despite the fact that our people have not been treated kindly In France and England. "Young Turkey Is ready to demon strate that no paitlcular group holds a monopoly on gentlemanllness, and qp we shall continue taking the best care of everybody, no matter what the provocation. “When the capitulations were abolished everybody thought that foreigners in Turkey were unsafe, but time has shown that foreigners were never safer. But the export of arms and ammunition fi)om the Unit ed States to the EntentO powers can have but one result—useless killing. Turkey, like Germany and Austria- Hungary, is determined to win this war and there is every indication that we will.’* Speaking of Turkey after the war Enver Pasha said: "Turkey will emerge from this war truly united and stronger than ever. The war is popular with the people now, because it has given the gov ernment an opportunity to demon str&te that it takes an Interest ib the people and is for the people. “We called everybody able to aerve arms, with the reeult that we got more than we needed. Many of the surplus men are now building roads. The war has brought together, under a superior class ot officers, two mil lion men. and the schooling given them is bound to result in good. “What I have said possibly will have no Influence; that ia the reason why so far I have refused to be inter viewed.” The correspondent ventured the opinion that everything haa some In fluence. replying to which Enver Pasha said: “God grant It will. We Turks have long hern deatad a fair bearing be fore the public. We are so used to ■Under that we are now willing to convince the world with arms that we are not the ethoaologlrnl enra some rlalra.” The Interview with the war minis ter took place in the war department building, which preeented an < tremely busy scene. Before the turn of the correspondent came many oth ers saw tha minister, waiting for hours to see ths young man who gulden the military and, to some ex tent, the political fortunea of Turkey HTORM TO BREAK. Ultimatum Awaited by Italy as text to Join London reports Monday: Whether the negotiations between Rome and Vienna concerning Italy's demands for territorial concessions hmve he broken off remains for the moment an official secret, hut It appear* to be universally agreed that the tenaion ia approaching the breaking point It is suggested that th# Italian for sign office la awaiting an ultimatum from Vienna to the subject of Italy's military preparations along th* fron tier as a pretext to sever the remain ing ties barring an outbreak of hoa- tillflca. The alertness with which Italy's every move now is followed in Lon don indlcstea the high Importance at tached to efforts to bring Italy to the fighting line. One of the main rea sons advanced for this desire to In clude Italy in the partnership of the allies is that in no other way is it possible to close so effectually the door through which supplies still are reaching the Teutonic combatants in considerable amount. A case in point is the confiscation by Swiss authorities, announced in Geneva Monday, of a carload of ma chine guns of American mannfacture which was on the way to Germany from Genoa. Shipments of iron, cop per, antimony and sulphate have been reaching Germany with a fair degree of regularity. ABANDON OFFENSIVE. DEFEND R> CUBE HUERTA Soy Ex- spooslbOlLy at . < t Stories Until Gen. Hnerta nneeuls and clean up tha question was responsible for tha Francisco Madera, ft will slble for the law-abiding and i citizens of Mexico to' accept him their leader or spokesman, signed statement Issued In New T« by three former mlnlsten in! cabinet. They are Pedro Rafael L. Hernandez and Ernesto I dero. The statement was issued ia to one by Gen. Hnerta In which he denied responsibility for Madera’s “execution,” said he knew who responsible, but was keeping it as the professional secret” of a soldier. “On the day following the murder of President Madero,” reads the minis ters’ statement. “Huerta through his man, Mr. Delakarra, explained it aa the result of ajlght between the es cort that was taking Mr. Madero to the prison and his own followers who tried to rescue him. Some time af terward one of the Hnerta ministers, Mr. Lozano, said that the truth was that Mr. Madero bed been assassinat ed by Felix Dias. Now Hnorta, re jecting explicitly both official expla nations, speaks of some professional secret , that he can not reveal. We are now compelled to at press our profound admiration for tho not able reticence which leads Mr. Hnerta • to endure further undeserved odium for the reputed responsibility for President Modero’s death, when by only a word he conld prove not only his complete Innocence, hat hia his toric greatness. Unfortunately, the bond of honor which he says seels his lips makes it Impossible, until this matter Is fully cleared np, for the law-abiding and peace-loving dtiaens of Mexico to accept Mr. Hnerta m their leader or spokesmaa.’* Gen. Huerta's attacks oa the Ma dero government as declared in the itatement to he “false ead slander ous.” His various charges that Mn- dero brought on the revolution which - placed him la power, through tho help of liberated crlmlaala, that he " annihilated th* Union, destroyed the credit of the country, prostituted the dtactpllne of the army and th* surplus of the treasury i up In detail sad corns tar mad* in refutation. “At the Urn* that Hnerta ously overturned the Mad or meat Mexico was wall nigh the throe former ministers 4 “There waa oaly one so ares ot \ sad If the civil war started sga has coatlaued for yedrt. that meat he Huerta's usurpation ot “It U fate* that th* Madero Istratioa aaalhllated the Ueioa. At th* time ot th* of that admlalatratiee, the meat domiaated the whole controlled all Its porta, both : sad those of th* border, *11 th* i roads, sad every state of th* i waa represented ia c hllatlon of our union cam* as a I of the treason that cnlmiaated In Huerta's rise to power, est men who could aot ai such usurpation of tha . volted against th* usurper sad the country waa again thrown into “The its tern rat mad* by Hi that th* Madero government pi tuted the discipline of th* army Is surprising from th) , the man that as the head of th* committed treason against th* ^ era meat which’ appointed him for defense.” lips DIVER CAUGHT IN Italian and Swiss Reports Say Ger mans Face the East. Abandonment by the German gen era! staff of plans for a general of fensive in France is inferred in Rome from inforqiation received there. It is said this decision is indicated by official communications to the Italian cabinet, gs well as by statements of Gerpians in official circles, and that hope of penetrating further into French territory has been put aside. A Geneva dispatch gives the im pression that the Austrians and Ger mans have decided to concentrate their energies on the eastern cam paign. A war council presided over by Field Marshal von Hindenberg is said to have determined to transfer to Poland the Austrian heavy artil lery now before Verdun and to send back to Cracow, Galicia, the Hunga rian cavalry now in the west. Forced to Remaia Ui Water for Poor While working at a depth of 220 feet outside the harbor of Hoaoll where attempts are being made raise the submarine P-4, Diver Ham F. Loughman became entangled in lines attached to th* boat Satv day, but was released after hen efforts lasting nearly four hoars. At last reports Loughman was be ing brought slowly to the surface and waa resting at a depth of 90 feet avoid too rapid a change of nlr pt sure. Loughman was lowered shortly ter 10 a. m., and was being brought to the surface when he became m- tc.ngled. Diver Frank Crilly who re cently made a record for deop sea div ing was hastily sent down to aid Loughman. Both diveru worked strenuously to dlsengago the lines to the submarine from the air tube and line attached to Loughman's appar atus. Finally Crilly signalle^ Loughman wao clear, Crilly was brought up first, emj ing a few minutes after 2 o'clock, wag said ho had suffered no seriov effects, but was exhausted. Explosion Wrecks House. Sheriff Lenoff and his wife of Erie, Pa., were fatally injured when their** 1 Carranza Offers Apology* Gen. Funston reports that tho Car ranza forces have apologized for the .firing upon the American aeroplane and have advised him that snch an occurrence will not happen again. - - ■ ♦ ♦ ♦ Refuse to Arbitrate. Sixteen thousand carpenters. 9,000 painters and 5,000 mill men. striking measures ia Chicago aa thw serpenter’s union, have refused to arbitrate their de mand for a wage jnoyitta Air T*o French aerial efcaedroas at- railway house was blown up by a bomb W< nesday. Manning Removes Sheriff. Gov. Manning hds removed Husabee of Kershaw from office cause of his neglect to enforce I law. Bomb Kills Woman. A woman and two children killed by a bomb which dropp Insterhurg, East Prussia, from a: slan aeroplane. Peace Reports Are Ns no me, itjm j, •nt rumors of p they will not down, authentic. t..