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rALY ENTERS WAR
NIGHTY ARMY AND FLEET
AGAINST TEUTONS -
PREPARED TO FIGHT
kftor fWmly C'alculatinK Chances
fpr Wine Months Italian Govern
ment Thinks it Can “Redeem" 8,-
000 Square Miles of Austrian Ter
ritory With Over One Million In
habitants.
Italy is at war with Austria-Hun
gary. With the issancc of the gen
eral nr.obilizaztion order, the Italian
government issued a proclamation
declaring war on Austria, which of-
Scially began Monday.
Pri6r to this, and after a lengthy
consultation, th > ministers of war
and marine proclaimed all the prov
inces hordering on Au'tria s.nd the
islands and coast towns of the Adria
tic in a state of v/ar, which was
equivalent to the establishmept of
martial law, the step usually pie-
ceding the formal declaration.
Although drrstic action has been
looked for momentarily, Italians cf
^ all classes have been electrified by
W \ the sv/iflly movipg events. Early
' Monday morning great orewds gath-
' ered around the Quirinal to await
the ministers, who cr iled on the king
^ r for the purpor-e of discussing the
question and signing tho decree.
When Premier Salandra and Sig-
/"^^or Sonnino, the foreign minister,
the palace the people cheerea
enthusiastically. Gen Zuppeli,
in later of war, and--Vice- -Admiral
^^Prith the king for a considerable time
after the others left and later they
had a conference with Lieut. Gen.
Cadorna, chief of staff, and Vice Ad
miral Pbaon di Revel, chief of the
naval ataff.
When the first blow will be struck
can not be- foretold, but after many
months of preparation the army,
which has been greatly strengthen
ed. and the navy, are ready. Exx-
oeedingly strong forces are in posi
tion all along the Auetro-Itnlian fron
tier. on the Austrian side of which
feverish preparations have been go
ing on the last few days to make the
fortifications as strong as possible,
and to clear the way for effective
artillery action.
The German ambassador. Prince
von Buelow. and the Austrian am
bassador. Haron von Macehlo. are
still in Rome, so far as la known.
They l.ave waited to the last moment
in the hope that some way might be
found to prevent a flash of arms.
They will be given safe conduct when
they do leave and so far as Germans
and Austrian residents In Italy are
concerned, even* effort has been
made to see them safely out of the
country.
On the other ban. moat alarming
reports hare been received from the
Italian border towns that Italian
residents in the Austrian Tyrol are
experiencing great difficulty in re
turning to Italy and in many casei
have been placed under arrest
According to the Glornai dTtalta
the problem confronting the diplo
mats accredited to the Vatican has
been solved satisfactorily. Austrian
and German diplomats. Ignoring the
situation in Italy, will depart as if
they were merely taking their sum
mer vacations before the regular
time. *H had been urged by some
that the Italian government move
energetically with respect to these
diplomatic representatives, and by
others that the Vatican resist any ef
fort to force them to withdraw. But
these extreme measures failed, and
. thus the law remains untouched.
From Germany come reports that
considerable sentiment is felt in of
ficial quarters there against what is
alleged to be the obstinacy of the
Austrian diplomacy responsible for
the failure of the negotiations with
Italy initiated by Prin.ce von Buelow,
the German ambassador. The sug
gestion had even been made that
Austria should be left alone to fight
Italy, but pledges taken by the Ger
man general staff and by the German
emperor, personally with Emperor
Francis-Joseph resulted in the tri
umph of those advocating Austro-
German solidarity even in a new war
against Italy.
About eight hundred thousand
Bavarians and Hungarians have al
ready been concentrated against
Italy. Austria ensuring them com-
missiat service.
Although Field Marshal ^Conrad
von Hoetzendorff, chief of staff of
the Austrian army, had prepared for
many years for a possible outbreak
of war between Austria ,and Italy, the
belief iaheld here that the campaign
was conducted by the German gent
era! staff, which will, it is said, plan
a strong offensive movement against
Italy in the hope of breaking th©
Italian lines and forcing their way
into Italian territory, thereby arous
ing alarm and strengthening the
feeling favorable to peace.
Should such an attempt fall
thruogh the resistance of the Italian
army the Austrian and Germans
would then have to resort to defen
sive Tj^asures against a certain Inva
sion. The Austrian defences are par
ticularly strong, antj have been con
structed everywhere even along the
Dalmatian coast, which is already
protected by flved and floating mines
and guarded, by a dozen submarines,
carrying German officers and sailors.
The Austrian fleet is centered at
Pola, with only a few torpedo boats
and destoyers at Cattaro and Spala^-
to. Other Austrian warships are In
the Dalmatia Archipelago on the
northeast coast of the Adriatic sea.
Naval men here do not consider it
likely that the Austrian fleet will
leave Pola unless forced by an Italian
attack.
MUST NOMFY COUNCIL OR|ER
OR U. S. CONGRESS WILL ACT
Hoke flmith Declares Embargo oa
Arms May Force Recognition
of Our Shipping Rights.
As chairman of the congressional
committee selected to study the sub
ject of cotton exports. Senator Hoke
Smith, of Georgia, issued a state
ment Saturday night in reply to the
memorandum of the British foreign
office published Thursday. He de
clares that the British communica
tion “surprised all familiar with the
facts and astonished students of in
ternational law.”
“At the last session of congress,”
he added, “there was a strong senti
ment In favor of stopping the expor
tation of munitions of igar to the
allies. Unless this order in council
is modified when congress, meets, the
exportation of munitions of war will,
be stopped, and the action by con
gress may go much farther.”
The statement quotes the provi
sions as to shipment of cotton con
tained in the British announcement,
also the statement that these were
described the the British ambassador
here by American cotton men as
"conceding all that American inter
ests could properly ask,” and the fur
ther statement that “the provisions
of the arrangement were acceptable
to the United States.”
“I take issue with each of these
statements,” Senator Smith ‘ contin
ues. “No representative of Ameri
can cotton interests was authorized
to make any such agreement. No
representative of American cotton in
terests made any such agreement. It
Is strange that the British govern
ment should have reached the con
clusion that this arrangement was
acceptable to the United States gov
ernment.“
The senator quotes from a cora-
muBicatlonhanded-to the state de
partment 26 by the British
ambassador, saving that the ambas
sador nad been advised by Sir Ed
ward Grey that cotton was and would
remain on the free list. On that as
surance, he says, American growers
contracted for sales In T uro P e in
January and February for delivery t*
thesubs equent months
“For Great Britain to seize cotton
after the first of March under these
circumstances,” he added, “became
an act especially severe and will sub
ject Great Britain to heavy damages.
Almost entirely as a result of the il
legal action of Great Britain, cotton
has increased in price over two cents
a pound in Great Britain and in the
United States.”
Concluding his statement. Senator
Smith aays: “Let me hope that the
British government, tn accordance
with the cordial good will which has
exalted between the people of the
two countries for more than a Hun
dred years, will cease disregarding
InternationaHaw to the injury of our
people.”
KAR PARTY RROlff
OKUMA LEADS JAPAN TOWARD
IMPERIAL AMBITIONS
ITALY'S WARLIKE STAND
DELAYS GERMAN ANSWER
CONSIDERS ANOTHER PROTEST
TO THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT
Bryaa Admits Stale Department W>
Interested in Detain meat of
the Oottoa Vmeets.
Secretary of State Bryan admitted
at the state department Friday aftw
noon that the United States was con
sidering sending a second note of
protest to Great Britain concerning
the detention of American cargoes
The note has not yet been actually
drafted, but It has been rumored for
some time that new representations
wereTeing considered by officials at
Washington.
Secretary Bryan explained the
memorandum on cotton shipments
which was issued Thursday by the
,[yondon foreign office. He said that
the British government knows that
the advisers of the state department
in England as trade experts have
acted as friendly representativps’ of
the Americans interested and have
done ail that they could do in an un
official capacity in their efforts to
have the cotton vessels released. Thq
secretary declared that Eflglamt has
no cause to believe that the United
States has given any recognition to
the British Order in Council.
CONSTABLES'IN CHARLESTON
ASIA IS FQR ASIATIC
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Humbling of f'hliut Goad* Warlike
Nation into Highway of Expansion
—(Vmnt’s Utterances Have Shown
Defiance to U S and Europe—
Eyes Fixed on Indie*.
This is the year of triumph for
Japan, says Merritt F. Preston, in a
special dispatch to the International
News Service from Tokio. It is es^
pecially the year of triumpli for Pre
mier Shigenobu Okuma, leader of the
party ot the people, and for his war
cry, “Asia for the Asiatics.”
There has “been a little discontent
at the “compromise” with China.
This was bound to be so in the most
warlike nation on earth. But Japa
nese wrfo are better informed know
there has been no compromise.
Thus Okuma, the one-legged
Grand Old Man of Japan, sees his
great idea coming to fruition. He
knows the Japanese people will will
ingly spend their blood like water.
With four hundred million Chinese
laboring to supply muftions of war
in her rear, sixty million of Japanese
will present the front of their war
rior nation to the white race and tell
it to get out of the Western Pacific—
and some day will tell the French to
get out of Cochin China and the Brit
ish to get out of India.
Okuma exudes honey to great Brit
ain and sends messages breathing
the spirit of peace to ,the United
Stated. Japan if'hbt deceived.
In Japan both the nobles and the
commoners are militaristic. Okuma
is a noble, but he has chosen to lead
the commoners. At seventy-seven he
is still energetic. He was a boy of
twenty when the visit of Commodore
Perry &od the granting of treaty
rights to foreigners by the Shogun
set all Japan to talking about the
"red-haired” barbarians. Okuma had
a great curiosity to learn about the
world outside Japan He heard of an
American missionary. Dr. Veerbeck.
and went to him secretly First of
all, he learned to read the Bible.
Then came the one political docu
ment the devoted missionary possess
ed. the Declaration of Independence
When seventy years old he said:
"The Declaration of Independence
made such an impression upon my
soal that It has been my guiding rule
in life ” Thomas Jefferson became
his model, and he studied everything
he could find about the American
statesman
Aside from his political activities,
be founded Wasedo University at
Tokio in 1882. He saw it grow to
house five thousand four hundred
students and to produce a first class
baseball team. *-
In 1908. when Japan was troubled
by the United States sending the
American fleet into the Pacific, be
said:
"Nothing can be more dreaded
than crazy people, and the Japanese
are a crazy nation In fighting she
will go tike mad. as was well Illus
trated In the late war with Russia
Suppose the Americans and Japanese
—whose ideas of death are fudamen-
tally different—should come to fight
ing. The final result will be easily
foretold.**
When the Democrats came back
into power In the United States,
Uount Okuma was sure they would
sell the Philippines. Another time
he wrote of Chile and Peru as Japa
nese spheres of influence. The Brit
ish probably have not forgotten
Okuina's famous outburst:
“Being oppressed by the Euro
peans, the 300,000,000 people of In
dia are looking for Japanese protec
tion. The Japanese ought to go to
India, the South Ocean and other
parts of the world.”
Nor will any one who knows
Japan's history doubt that she in
tends to hold Kiaochow. Caroline,
Marianne and Marshall Islands in the
South Pacific. She took these from
Germany and already some capital is
being invested and experts have been
sent to study the exploitation of those
islands.
Wagons Inadequate ^or Needs, so
Moving Vans are Used.
Finding the ordinary wagon inade
quate to their needs, the state con
stables now raiding the liquor places
in Charleston are using furniture
vans Friday for the purpose of haul
ing the seizures to dispensary head
quarters. More than forty search
warrants have been issjpd by magis
trates within the past ttao days^
Up to noon Friday the two squads
of constables, had seized Friday
morning 580 bottks of beer, 70 half
pints of whiskey, 18 quarts of wine,
77 quarts containing whiskey, 6
small bottles containing whiskey, 36
pints containing whiskey, 1 gallon
containing whiskey, 8 quarts of
creme de-mepthe and 104 beer and
whiskey glasses.
Rdekefeller Grilled AH Day.
John D. Fockefeller was In the
stand Friday before the Industrial
Relations committee. The attitude
of the chairman towards Mrv-Roekev
feller was such on Thursday that the
fellow members of the oofhmission
joined. *n a letter requesting a more
proper treatment of the witness:
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tleny Mistreatment of American.
The Qarrabza agency at Washing
ton announced Wne.dnesday that the
authorities at Tampico deny that an
American was mistreated at Penica.
as was previously reported to fhp
state department.
ROOSEVELT JURY LOCKED UP
Judge Threaten* to Keep Them Tliru
Sunday Unless They Agree.
The court at Syracuse. New York,
trying the case of William Barnes,
Republican “boss,” against Theodore
Roosevelt, ex-Republican “leader,”
adjourned Friday afternoon at five
o’clock after locking up the jury for
the night. Previously Friday the
jury ly^d come into the court room
when the judge, through a misun
derstanding, had reason to believe
that a verdict had be^n agreed upon.
It proved, howeveF r -that one juror
was still holding out for-Bgrnes, and
they were sent back to their room.
Justice Andrews has given instruc
tions that if a decision be reached
during Friday night a sealed verdict
could be deposited with an officer of
the court, which would be opened at
the session of the court Saturday.
In case no decision has been agreed
upon by noon Saturday the judge an
nounced that the jury would be lock
ed up ♦hroughout Suaday.
More Austrian Offers.
A dispatch from Rome, Italy, says
that Foreign Minister Sonnino is said
to have Informed the council of min
isters at its session. Wednesday even
ing that offers of additional conces
sions of territory have been received
from Austria.
Diplomat* Bee Added ImporUmce of
Hubmarlae to Test toes if Italy
eed Roumanla Enter War.
Two important factors, it became
known in Washington Tuesday night,
are workfhg to delay for another
week Germany’s reply to the Lusi
tania note.
First, the next few days are ex
pected to show whether Germany
will be confronted with a new mili
tary situation by the entrance of
Italy into the war.
Second. Interested diplomatists be
lieve the interim of delay will reveal
whether the United States of its ini
tiative will send a general protest to
the allies against alleged violations
of international law by interfering
with commerce between American
ports and neutral European coun
tries. ,
Officials generally think the Aus-
tro-Italian situation may absorb the
attention of the German government
and delay final composition ot the
reply. It is realized that should
Italy,become a belligerent, Germany
would lose all hope of obtaining food
stuffs or other supplies through the
Mediterauean, and if Roumanla fol
lowed Italy’s lead, as predicted, the
wheat supply from southeastern
Europe would be cut off. In such
circumstances, it was explained in
diplomatic quarters, Germany would
find the submarine even more invalu
able as a weapon for reducing enemy
Supplies and commerce.
The idea that the United States
will send a note to the allies seeking
modification of the order in council
has its origin in quarters where th<
conviction is held that such a mov<
would demonstrate to Germany that
the United States intends to he equal
ly vigorous in insisting upon the ob-
aervance of neutral rights by Great
Britain and her allies, making un
necessary an offer by Germany to re
turn to the maritime rules of inter
national law if the allies do likewise
Although without definite informa
tion. there is a disposition in well In
formed quarters to believe the presi
dent will withhold any representa
tions to England until Germany's re
ply is received, because of a desire to
obtain a frank understanding with
Germany without complicating the
situation existing between the United
States and the allies
It is known that for several weeks
there have been under preparation
two notes eventually to be sent to
Great Britain, one dealing with the
general subject of contraband and
the other embracing general repre
sentations on detention of vessels
plying between neutrsl ports carry
ing non-contraband American goods
Secretary Bryan said that from
twenty to thirty ships bsd been de
tained by the allien, most of them
carrying cotton. He explained the
state department was not yet tn poe-
session of all the facts snd was in
vesttgattng British officials indicat
ed that. In their opinion, most of tha
detentions snd delays were due to
carelessness by American shippers In
failing to give selling prices and
other Information in their invoices
In diplomatic quarters friendly to
Germany it Is confidently believed
that the German reply to the United
States will be conciliatory snd make
broad, concessions In principle if It Is
certain that strong efforts will be
made to induce the allies to abandon
their commercial embargo
There is little fear now that any
passenger ships will be torpedoed
while the diplomatic discussions are
in progress, for It was pointed out
that since suggestions of the Austrian
and German embassies that the sub
marine program be suspended had
reached Vienna and Berlin, there nad
been no such attacks, although many
opportunities apparently had present
ed themselves.
.'tM* Lusitanii case, it is believed
w ill be dealt with separately from the
general subject In the German reply.
Comments of the Berlin press confirm
views expressed in Washington that
Germany will disavow any intention
of destroying American lives, con
tending that all would have been sav
ed but for expl -sions in the ammuni
tion cargo.
In the general speculation in offi
cial and diplomatic circles as to the
possible severance of diplomatic rela
tions between the United States and
Germany, Brazil and Argentina are
most frequently mentioned as the na
tions likely to take over the diplo
matic ioterests of the United States
in Germany and Austria, as well as
those of countries whose affairs now
are cared for by the American embas
sies and consulates.
ORDER NOT BINDING
U. S. IGNORES ORDER ABOUT
HER SHIPPING
STATEMENT IS EXPECTED
POISON IN FLOUR.
Indiana State Chemist Suspects Plot
to Murder Many Persons.
The state chemist of Indiana ex
amined Wednesday some pie sent to
his office at Indianapolis for exami
nation and found that poison existed
in the flour, bread and pie whief
had . come from Dearborn count
where a family of six are under treat
ment from the effects of eating the
same. The officials are at a loss to
understand the presence of the poison
and some of them believe that a
wholesale poison plot has been nip
ped in the bud.
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Government Determiner Not to Rec
ognize or be Bound by British Gov
ernment’* Decision—Foreign'Trade
Advisers Suspend Conference—
TO Inquire About Memorandum.
The determination of the United
States government not to recognize
or be bound by the provisions of the
British order in council, which de
clared an embargo on all commercial
intercourse directly with Germany,
as well as inward or outward;bound
through neutral countries, has been
manifested in several ways.
The foreign trade advisers of the
state department announced that they
had decided to suspend all confer
ence* with British embassy officials
In Washington with reference to the
informa larrangements which had
been in progress, not only to assist
American cotton exporters in obtain
ing payment for cargoes detained,
but also to secure for American im
porters American owned goods now
in Germanwy, contracted for before
the order in council went in to effect.
Secretary Bryan said this step had
been taken in order to secure a better
undedstanrlng with the British gov
ernment as to the capacity in which
the foreign trade advisers were act
tag.
Xlbbassador P&ke at London was
instructed also to inquire of the Brit
ish foreign oD'ce the meaning of the
statement made in the memorandum
issued on Thursday that the terms of
an agreement between American cot
ton representatives and the British
government were acceptable to the
United States government.
Sir Cecil Sprig-Rice, the British
ambassador, called on Secretary
Brwysn during the day to explain
also that he always had understood
the Nnited States government was
not to be considered as having rec
ognized the British order In council.
The decision of the trade advisers
to suspend their copferenre*. how
ever. was reached before the British
foreign office memorandum waa is
sued and based on differences of a
practical character as to the shipment
of American-owned goods from Ger
many through neutraj countries The
next of the trade advlasrs' statement
follows:
Suspension of the conference was
ennnuned by the department In the
following statement: “In view of the
dlfferencee to the official conferences
between Sir Walter Crawford, the
commercial adviser of the Dtltlsh
embassy, and Robert P. Roes sad W.
B. Fleming, the trade advleere of the
department of state, who have been
in a personal capacity representing
the Importers of the United States.
Mr. Rose and Mr. Fleming have de
cided that they ran not continue
these conferences until certain of the
dHTculUee have been removed, and
they hays therefore made a full re
port of what has taken place to the
dtpartment of State and will await
Its action.'*
While officials of the department
were reticent concerning dlfferencee
referred to by the trade advieera.
these are understood to relate to cor-
rei pondenre between British officials
and the advisers offering a plan for
the treatment of the American-own
ed goods Originally the time limit
for the shipment out of Germany of
American goods ordered before March
1 was sent for June 1, but the Brit
ish government announced that peri
od had been extended until June 15.
In granting that. British officials
are understood to have referred to It
as a conceaalon to the United States
and this, as well as other features of
the plan whereby American-owned
goods were to be shipped through
neutral ports from -Germany to the
United States, were of such a charac
ter as to cause the state department
to believe fliat any acquiescence
would be constructed as a legal rec
ognition of the British order in coun
cil.
Until a different understanding is
reached or the plan for the handling
p,f American-owned goods is virtual
ly changed, the foreign trade advis
ers will not participate in any con
ferences on behalf of American im
porters or exporters. Individually,
Americaw'merchants can continue
their negotiations with the British
government.
British embassy officials are silent
as to the causes of the difficulty, and
there Is some reason to expect a
statement clarifying the situation
from the British foreign office or
through the embassy.
NEW FIENCI WHS EXCEL
•EUAN 42-CENHIEnE
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Visit to Oe—ot Qtm Works Reveal
Mnrvekms Orgaalzatkm ot tto
French for War Weapon*.
Lincoln Eyre, a special correspond
ent of the New York World, writing
from Parte, says:
"Holding back Germany’s legions
is the task of .the republic’s young
manhood, but it is all tbe people of
France -who are making the muni
tions of war. Thousands upon thou
sands of them, men, women, even
children, all ages and ail clashes,
have a hand in the ceaseless buslneee
of supplying guns and shells and car
tridges to tbe French armies up In
the north.
“How this host of workers carries
out its grim work, what the French
government is doing to surpass in the
manufacture of implements of death
Its wideawake competitors across (he
Rhine, the correspondent of the.
World has Just been afforded on op
portunity to study at the closest
range. J
“On the invitation of the minister
of war, I have visited the three most
important armament works In
France, a privilege never before
granted to an American newspaper
man.
"The inevitable conclusion formed
from such an inspection is that the
work ot the Krupps may be good, but
it can not be bptter than that of the
Creusot plant. Although the official
name of the great French gunmakerd
is Schneider 4b Co., the brand of
death dealing instruments they pro
duce is generally called Creusot, be
cause their principal factory is in the
small town of Le Creusot. in the
Soone region.
"My visit included, beside* this
monster plant, the French govern
ments artillery congteuctiea shope
and the “Schoole hi Txploetvee’ at
Bourge*. In the latter establish
ment shells made all over France re
ceive their chaiges. Armament man
ufactures In France are not concen
trated in one place, aa at Basra, in
Germany. Boeder reported forty-six
thousand workers at Kr .pp’s. la
Schneider's, the government plants
and those affiliated with them, there
are well over fifty thouaand, and ettll
thia figure fall* abort by many thou
sands of the vast total of Frenchmen
and women laboring to provide Ora.
Joffre with cannon and other needs.
"From the viewpoint of military
Importance the most Interesting
thing I saw was the araeaUraal artil
lery surprise France has In store for
her enemy. Two mighty guns, neith
er of which has yet been fired at the
German lines, are hidden away In
huge recseeee of the Crraeot works,
waiting the psychological moment fix
ed by the French general staff for
their appearance.
“One of them is a massive hewlt-
aor. with a Thirty eaten oanUmaiia
muzzle, destined to hurl shells hoari
er than a good stsed office safs Not
only the gun Itself but the shell as
well Is claimed by the Preach to bo
far superior In every way to the
much vaunted German forty-two.
“About their ether prodigy the
Creusot management is even leas
communicative One 1s forbidden to
mention Its calibre, which Is slightly
lees than that of Its big brother; bat
perhaps one may state that Its effi
ciency is spreading wholesale death Is
even greater than that of the thirty-
seven.
“Of special Interest was the spec
tacle of scores of American-made ma
chines, bearing such names as the
Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing
company, Provldenco. R. I., and War
ner and Swassey company, Cleveland,
automatically grinding out fusee for
Prencb shells In the big room from
which Issue dally one hundred thou
sand fuses.
“The manufacture of fuses alone
keeps many hundreds busy. There
are four hundred machines engaged
on this work, and half of them are of
American make. I saw a change
gear table, printed in English, on the
waif of one loom made by the Acme
company of Cleveland. Much of the
lubricating oil that pours over them,
also comes from the United States.”
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Submarine Sinks Steamer.
The British steamer Dureree,
which left Barry Tuesday was torpe
doed by a German sabinarine in the
English channel Wednesday. The
crew was saved.
Killed at Ebaoo.
Isaac R. Ely, an employee of an
oil company, was killed Wednesday
la tha fighting around Bbaao, Mexico
Suspect Confeseqs Guilt. ,
Russell Pethrick, of Chicago, ins
pected of killing Mrt. Coppersmith
and her child n week ago confeased
late Monday afternoon to the Chicago
Firwt Change in Cabinet.
It is announced In London Fri
day that the first change in the newly
constracted cabinet is the replacing
ot Herbert louls Samuel by Arthur
Henderson, n labor leaded. Samuel
waa tb-* president of the local govern-
eat board.
Swiss to Care for Germans.
The German embassy at Washing
ton announced Friday that advices
had been received, from Berlin that
the home country had arranged for
Switzerland to represent her in
Russians Fear <Jenna* Fleet Attack.
Copenhagen reports that the Rus
sian porta of Gulf of Finland nad
Riga have been” dosed by tha gov-
rnment, fearing an attack by the
ermaa fleet.
Rockefeller Wait* His Chance.
John D. Rockefeller Jr. was in
Washington all day Wednesday wait
ing to be called before the Industrial
R&latipns commission, r but two
preachers took all the entire time of
the commission. ‘ Mr. Rockefeller’s
hearing was postponed.
Forty Killed in Riot.
According to Idez . Nationalize
homes qf Italian subjects in. Pola. had
been sacked and that forty persons
were, ,killed and ,a hundred wounded
by the Austrian ^roops, who restored
order.
0,000 Armenians Massacred.
Six thousand Armenians have been
massacred in Van, Armenia, Asiatic
Turkey, according to a dispatch re
ceived in official quarters In London
Monday from thV Russian consul at
Urumiah. Persia.
Tsxndon Street Car* Idle.
The street car* of London, with the
exception of forty out of fifteen hun
dred. are idle, as a result of a i«-
fasal of the eouaty couaffl to groat
aa locrease of fifteen per cent, la tha
wages of the
DAMAGE ZEPPELIN MONDAY
British Report Dropping of Bout be
and Aero Pursuit.
The British admiralty announces:
“The Zeppelin that attacked Rame-
g&te early Monday morning was chas
ed off by East Church and Westgate
machines as far as the West Hinder
Lightship.
“When off Nleuport, Belgium, she
was attacked by eight naval machines
from Dunkirk. Three machines were
able to attack her at close range fires.
Flight Commander Bigsworth drop
ped four bombs when two hundred
feet above the airship. A large col
umn of smoke was seen to come
out of one of her compartments.
“The Zeppelin then rose to a great
height—eleven hundred feet—with
her til down, and it is believed to be
severely damaged. All bur machines
were exposed to a heavy fire from the
Zeppelin. There were no-casualties.”
Quotes Lincoln’s Gettysburg Speech.
In concluding his speech mode in
defense of Col. Theodore Roosevelt
4n the Barnes suit for libel now going
on at Syracuse. New York, Attorney
Bowers in winding up the Roosevelt
side of the case’ on Wednesday read
to the Jury Lincoln’s Gettysburg ad
dress.
Elites Disembark Fresh Troops.
J Athens, 'Greece, reports that the
es disembarked fresh troop# near
Kum Kale, on the AsisUe side of the
Dardanelles. The Turkish
whose supply of ammunition _
Red. have secured an abundant
P»T.
While e Southern
ere clearing the tracks
> s d railed <
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