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EM) TO OBJECT
MIUtlTY UVS MAY MDSE
HtflTOT OF DirfAIH •
INDICT FIVE ENGUSHMAN
Department of Jiirtice to Try Mob In
flan Frandaco Accused of Enlisting
Recruits for the British Army—
Germans Violated Neutrality and
Montenegrins are Arrested In New
York.
Sir Cecil Spring-RIco, the British
ambassador, fcrmally applied to the
state department Thursday tor a def
Inition of the American gorernment's
■ANT SIIPS ARIED
FOR HEIR OWN KFENCE
British flhlpa, So
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the War
ACCIDENTS AT CROSSINGS
RAILWAY COMPANY ASKS PUB
LIC TO HKLP AVOID THEM.
view as to whether Engliah,^>atriotic
societies or other unbtfl
Iclal agencies
violate neutrality laws In'* sending
British subjects from, the United
States to volunteer in the British
army.
Conferences between the depart
ment of state and justice will be held
before an answer Is given. A serious
diplomatic controversy may develop.
The practice of returning volunteers
to England has prevailed since the
beginning of the European war, and
it is said the British government is
prepared to register an emphatic pro
test if the United States takes the
position that it is illegal.
The return of Indictments at San
Francisco against flvo persons charg
ed with enlisting recruits for the
British army is understood to have
precipitated the ambassador’s action
According to the British contention
it Is unjustly discriminatory to in
terfere with the transportation of
volunteers who are not a-tually en
listed on American soil when no ob
jection has been made to notifications
by consuls to reservists of countries
In the United States. In this connec
tion emphasis ic laid on the fact that
Great Britain has no reservists in
America such as other continental
powers.
of justice officials ex- Washing!on announced, ou July 2.
plained that they have no under
standing with the state department In
regard to recruiting. They pointed
oat. however, that the criminal code
plainly prohibits the enlistment of
"any person" In the United States to
tight against the people of a friendly
nation.
The efforts of the department. It
was declared, have not been directed
against volunteers returning to their
own country to fight, but against or
ganised efforts to Induce such return.
A high official said this was demon
grated when after the recent arrest
of representatives of the Montenegrin
goverrment for violating the law the
145 men they had recruited for the
Montenegrin army were allowed to
proceed.
A IffTT In the neutrality catnpkTinr
of the department of justice Is ex
pected to follow recent developments
—the return of Indictments In San
Francisco in connection with enlist
meats for the British army and the
delivering of supplies to German
warships, and the Indictment In Chi
cago against the Montenegrin offi
cials. Department agents are said to
be watching developments In New
York that may lead to further arrests
In connection with British enlist
ments. but the case against the Mon
tenegrlna Is believed to be complete.
Although little Information con
cerning the San Francisco prosecu
tions had reached Washington, it was
said that the rase of the men accused
of supplying the German ships is one
of the most Interesting developed by
the government agents in many
months. The indictments were asked
because of alleged violation of the
neutrality laws by the steamship Sac
ramento, formerly of thd Hamburg-
American line.
laite Inst fall the Sacramento clear
ed from Saa Francisco for Valpa
raiso, and, according to the depart
ment's evidence, while at sea turned
over most of her cargo of supplies to
the German squadron of warships
which subsequently was destroyed off
the Falkan Islands by a British fleet.
Reports to Washington say that
when the Sacramento sailed from San
Francisco she had aboard as a “stow
away” an officer of the German navy
and a naval reserver, and that when
she steamed a few miles outside the
Golden Gate this man appeared on
deck, virtually took charge of the
vessel and got into communication by
wireless with the German fleet. Ar
riving at Valparaiso, the Sacramento
laid up for *he war.
SHOOT TO STOP ELOPEMENT ;
WOUNDS THREE; KILLS ONE
Married Man’s Attempt to Carry Off
Girl Has Serious Results
In Georgia Town.
Miss Addie Inman, aged nineteen,
of near Manor, Ga., is dangerously
wounded as a result of , an attempt of
her lover, W. J. Griffin, a married
man, to take her from her home Wed
nesday. Henry Inman, a relative, was
also seriously injured while the man
in the case was slightly wounded.
Charles Inman, another relative, was
instantly killed. The shooting affray
followed an attempt on the part of
Griffin to e)ope with the girl and a
subsequent determined effort on the
part of the Inmans that their elope
ment be stopped. Griffin, the cause
of the trouble. Is married t and has
ipade his escape.
“Merchant vessels of a belligerent
power are entitled by eetabllshed and
uninterrupted nsage of the sea to
carry and nse armament In self-de
fense,” said Lord Robert Cecil, par
liamentary under-secretary for for
eign affairs. In reply to a question put
by Commander Carlyon W. Bellairs
in the house of commons Thursday.
“Several neutral governmenta,”
Lord Cecil said, “were communicated
with in this matter r.t the outbreak
of the war and several more have
been approached since at circum
stances suggested. The principle of
merchant ships carrying arms for
self-defense have been generally rec
ognized and British ships so armed
have been trading regularly with the
various countries since an early stage
of the war.”
Commander Bellairs’ question was
whether, in view of the unusual char
acter of the German attacks on un
armed merchant vessels, the govern
ment would ask all neutral govern
ments to allow merchant ships, arm
ed for purpose of defehse only, to
trade with their ports In srite of the
fact that each carried a gun.
Gives Number of AecMsats k#*-
la IflAP^Obey Rato of “Stop,
Look, and Listen.”
GERMANY HAS OBJECTED TO
AMERICAN ADVERTISEMENT
Cleveland Company Advertises Ma
chine for Sale Which Makes
The automobile baa greatly in*
creased the comfort and convenience
of life and it has been an Important
factor in the improvement of country
highways and so has contributed to
the progress of civilization of our
time, but, just as the railroad did
when it revolutionized comqierce.^the
automobile has introduced new soteial
complications and new risks, moral
as well as physical.
The American people are said to
be characteristically reckless of hu
man life, and perhaps in nothing is
this statement more justified at the
mpment than in relation to the use
of automobiles—not even the rail
roads. My particular Interest in the
question is, where my public respon
sibility lies, in the combination of
the two—In the accidents which oc
cur to automobiles and their occu
pants Where highways cross railways
at grade: and this is a question of
sufficient importance to warfant the
attention of every thinking man in
the South. The followingjable shows
the appalling record of such accidents
on lines operated by Southern Rail
way Company In the South during
the year ended June 30, 1915:
Number of Fatal Personal
Accidents, Injuries. Injuries
Poisoned Shells.
The German foreign office Thurs
day formally called the attention of
James W. Gerard, the American am
bassador to Germany, to the adver
tlsement of the Cleveland Automatic
Machine company in the American
Machinist of May C on poisoned
shells, pointing out that such shells
are a contravention of The Hague
Convention.
The department of commerce at
that an investigation had showed
that the Cleveland concern, which
published the advertisement relative
to the manufacture of poisonous
shells, did not manufacture explo
sives of any kind, but merely made
machines capable of use in the pro
duction of shells and ammunition.
The department held that no Interna
tional violation of neutrality was la
volved and that the confusion was
the result of unfortunate wording of
the advertisement
HEAVY FIGHTING IN FRANCE
Paris Admits German Advance at St.
MiWei U<lt ,>ivw here Else, cilia
Heavy fighting continues along the
western front. Paris claims pn Wed
nesday that the French repulsed Ger
man attacks north of Arras and on
the heights of the Meuse, but admits
that near 8t. Mlhiel German troops
penetrated the first French line along
a front of seven hundred yards. In
the LePretre forest a German attack
preceded by the hurling of flaming
liquids, was repulsed, says the French
report.
Turkish troops in a general attack
on the Dardanelles expeditionary
force July 5, were mown down In
masses and failed to drive home the
assault, according to a statement is
sued Wednesday by the French war
office. The attack is described as the
most Important since early May. A
Turkish cruiser In the Dardanelles
took part, as did the batteries on the
Asiatic shore and allied aviators.
AUSTRIA OFFERS APOLOGY
Paper Article Attacking Wilson Dis
claimed—Official Reprimanded.
Vienna, via London, Friday.—For
mal apology has been made by the
Austro-Hungarian government to the
United States Minister Frederick Pen-
field because of an abusive article
printed in the Ueues Wiener Tagblatt
attacking President Wilson and the
American people in connection with
the second note to Germany on sub
marine warfare. ,
As a rigid censorship is exercised
over Austrian papers, Ambassador
Penfleld had informally asked the
foreign office if the article represent
ed the opinion of the Austrian gov
ernment. The result was an apology
and a sharp reprimand for the official
censor.
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Without seeking to avoid Just re
sponsibility for what the officers or
employers of the railroad do or omit,
but recalling that a railroad em
ployee whose carelessness causes an
accident Is, In the public Interest,
subject to discipline which affects his
livelihood, it is probably fair to say
that a large proportion of these acci
dents happened srHeir thrttngh -the-
carelessness of the drivers of auto
mobiles. or their lack of experience
In dealing with vehicle^ at high
speed. There are among them also
well authenticated cases of deliber
ate assumption of risk by the driyers
of automobiles from pure love of ex
citement and Ipeed. evidenced by
racing with trains and seeking thV
thrill of a narrow escape. Our en-
ginemen report such occurrences
dally. If fortunately they are with
out fatal consequences in the great
majority of cases, they are always
paid for by a heavy .strain on the
nerves of all concerned, particularly
those of the locomotive engineer,
who maintains speed from duty and
not for fun. It is not too murtk 4o
f ° r AS Vf?? 0 ! 1 ™,* 0 * 111 ,
equipment of experience and a
TEUTONIC DRIVE SLACKENS
Reports Agree That Most of Eastern
Front is Quiet.
Tragedy Over Wltiskey.
Following a dispute over whiskey
having beau sold to kls son. Henry
Griffin, of Vmldrftta, On., was killed
Wednesday by Bart Henderson
John Decker, i
old. of
The force of the Teutoiltc thrust in
southern Poland on Wednesday
seems to have slackened for the time
at least, but Vienna ^claims the Aus
trians still are advancing in at least
one sector of the front south of War
saw. j
Petrograd claims a distinct check
has been Inflicted on the Austro-
Hungarians near Krasnik, in south
ern R ssian Poland, where the in
vaders are threatening one of the
most important railroad connections
with Warsaw, but this claim directly
contradicts a Vienna official stater
ment which says the’Russians have
suffered a defeat In that section.
Russian and Aiistro-Germaft re
ports agree that quiet prevails a’ong
the remainder of the eastern front,
where for the first time in several
Yeeks the Austro-German armies
have ceaaad to via dally succeeses.
Traia Ditched,
seaepger train wi
Gilmore, Mo . Wednee-
*« four o’clock The
• coaches wmi tote a
larger equlpmen
greater habit of precaution than the
average automobile driver. As a
class the locomotive engineers are
sober, steady and conservative men
of long experience in meeting and
avoiding risks, for theirs Is a dan
gerous occupation. Their effort of
character. Instruction and of interest
is to avoid an accident- Most of the
accidents to automobiles at railway
grade crossing* could be avoided if
Utere was the same restraint of ex
perience and intention at the wlieel
of the automobile as at the throttle
of the locomotive.
It does not suffice the public In
any moral sense that the fund made
up of the revenues collected by the
railroad is usually made to respond
in damages for consequences of such
accidents. Suicide to collect life In
surance never was deemed honor
able. while no one would deliberately
sell the life of a mother or wife, son
or brother for money; on the other
hand, the collection of damages out
of railroad revenues, as a punishment
for an avoidable accident, when.there
can be no real compensation. Is an
economic waste: it punishes the pub
lic more than it punishes the stock
holders, as it deprives the public by
exactly the amount of the damages
of the ability of the railroad to pro
vide additional permanent facilities
for the use or convenience and safety
of the public. Given the progressive
policy of Southern Jlailway Company
to make such Improvements to the
extent of its ability, It is of Interest
to note that, in the.4&st year a tftvr-
dend was paid by the company, 3.80
cents of every dollar of revenue col
lected from the public went in pay
ment of damages of all kinds, practi
cally the same amount, 3.88 cents,
went to the stockholders, while only
thirteen hundredths of one cent of
each dollar of revenue could be ap
plied on permanent improvements.
Such other improvements as were
made were necessarily charged to
new capital, thereby increasing the
demands on the fund in which the
public has so vital an Interest. It
would be the pleasure of the manage
ment always to apply as much of the
revenues on permanent Improve
ments as on dividends, if that was
possible. There Is, then, a basis of
interest as well as of. morals for co
operation between the public and the
railroads to prevent the recurrence
of. these tragedies.
With a deep sense of the responsi
bility of management in this matter
and pledging this company' ito do
everything in its power which Is rea
sonable and consistent with the func
tions for which it was chartered, I
appeal to the public generally for
such co-operation, in avoiding these
serious and distressing accidents. In
practically all cases they can be, and
in most cases are, readily and easily
avoided by the antomobile driver act
ing upon the familiar warning to
stop, look and listen at railway cross
ings. While familiarity with the
crossing sign-posts and thw regular
schedules of trains may breed con
tempt of danger, surely every one of
es when using a highway can afford
to sacFtflee enough of his Umo sad
his prtoo of opinion to have a prac
tical ag—ware .of witty. Oe
mere* and of public transportation
do not permit a railroad to atop all
Its trains at all highway crossings:
If that was poasiblt it would be
cheaper for the railroad to do so
than to pay the damages. It Is clear,
however, that it la necessary that one
or the other of the parties to a cross
ing shall atop If the largest measnre
of protection of life - and limb and
property is to be secured. If not
from self-interest, can not the auto
mobile driver yield the precedence as
a matter of courtesy to age, for the
railroad la older than the automo
bile!
The Ideal of safety will be accom
plished only when all grade cross
ings of railroads are separated. In
this respect Southern Railway; 'Com
pany is doing something every year
and as much, as Its resources and
other obligations make possible: in
deed, it may be claimed that the
company Is, speaking generally, mak
ing progress more rapidly than most
municipalities which htkve an obliga
tion in the premises: but by co-oper
ation of municiphtities and railroads
many dangerous crossings have been
eliminated throughout the South, and
more will be every year Further
more, on. every bit of construction
work of Southern Railway Company
now in progress, or' recently com
pleted, involving the relocation or
double tracking of line (nearly four
million dollars has been spent on
such work during the past year),
provision has been made at large ad
ditional expense to separate all im
portant highway crossings of the re
vised line, wherever physically prac
ticable, and this policy will be com,
tinued for the future. * ' J
Given the history of our transpor
tation and highway systems and the
enormous cosP-of adjusting them to
modern conditions, the elimination'
of grade crossings is and in the very
nature of the problem, must be a
gradual development with the growth
of population and wealth, but, mean
while, good judgment on the part of
all concerned can do much to antici
pate the benefits of the admittedly
desirable expenditure of large sums
of money. The s^me sober sense of
responsibility for life on the part of
automobile drivers which actuates
most locomotive engineers, and in ad
dition the willingness of the automo
bile driver in such a high interest to
subordinate his time and convenience
to that of the greater number repre
iwntwlMry «~raHrutd trgnt.'rw gffgrr
a waste pf life and tyUb and property
which is now increasing every year.
To this end I appeal confidently for
the counsel of every responsible man
and woman in the South, whether or
not he or she drives an automobile
Words of caution and common sense
around the fsmlly dinner table can
have more influence and ran save
wore lives at railway grade cross
ings than all the warning whistles
ever by s locomotive engineer.
* Fairfax Harrison.
• \ President.
ROW OVER MUNITIONS;
ROUSES ENGLISH PEOPLE
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British Uablaet Farce Throe* of Ex
trusive DisruMilons In Pub
lic Meeting.
SAVED OIS LIFE
IRS. ROMAN ATTACKED JOLT
TO SAVE BER HUSBAND
ACTED UKE A HEROINE
When Madman Appeared With His
Pistols Financier’s Wife Tried to
Get in Front of Him in Order to
Protect Him—Act Wins Much
Praise.
Details of the assault on J. P. Mor
gan in his summer home at Glencove,
Long Island, revealing more clearly
than reports previously published
the courage of Mrs. Morgan, were
told In Washington Monday by an
eye-witness, a guest in the Morgan
home.
When the intruder, later identified
as Frank Holt,.forced a servant to
stand aside and with a revolver in
each hand approached Mr. Morgan,
his wife threw herself upon Holt,,
grasping him about the neck and
holding him until thrhst aside by her
husband. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the
British ambassador, who had been
seated at the breakfast table with
Mr. and Mrs. Morgan, assisted in dis
arming Holt. T" W
A ring at the front doe^. first at
tracted the diners’ attention, accord
ing to the witness’ story. A man’s
voice was heard at the doorway, de
manding admission to see Mr. Mor
gan. The servint said Mr. Morgan
would not receive visitors on busi
ness at his country home.
Then the man drew a pistol and,
brandishing it, exclaimed, ‘Tve got
another one; you had better show me
to Mr. Morgan.” In an effort to pro
tect his master, the servant directed
the intruder away from the room
where Mr. Morgan was at breakfast
and towards another room. Rushing
that way the man, since identified as
Holt, found Mr. Morgan’s children,
at whom he pointed his pistol, as he
shouted at the top of his voice, “Mr.
Morgan
N
»e re-
Lloyd
Ijondon reports Friday that the
cent announcement of David Lloy
George, the minister of munitions,
regarding Viscount Haldane, ex-lord
chancellor and secretary of war, and
the investigations of the supply of
war munitions has started a political
sensation of the flnt order in the
United Kingdom. It is being made
the most of by the Northcliffe press
to prevent what Is declared to be In
trigue to get Lord Haldane back into
the cabinet.
Premier Asquith’s remarkable tri
bute to Viscount Haldane, read at a
meeting of the National Liberal club,
July 5, was regarded as paving the
way for some attempt of that kind;
and although most people hold it in
advisable during the war to have per
sonal questions threshed out publicly,
a small body of politicians is trying
to force a parliamentary discussion.
Sir Henry Daiziel, liberal member
for Kirkcaldy Burghs, has given no
tice he will ask Premier Asquith In
the House of Commons Monday
whether Lord Haldane’s disclosures
Of the proceedings of a confidential
committee of the cabinet were made
with the premier's authority. It ap
pears now that the government will
hardly be able to avoid a public dis
cussion.
Premier Asquith will be asked to
grant one day for a full discussion of
the causes responsible for the defi
ciency of munitions. So far Lord
Haldane has been silent regarding
the controversy.
The Daily Mall Friday morning
started a campaign in favor of form
ing what it calls a “people’s commit
tee’ composed of business men of
high reputation who never have been
connected with parliament or party
journalism, with powers to call for
evidence and report to parliament as
to ‘‘what servants of the state, by
whose negligence or incompetence
. upgunri?-’ -—
The party In the breakfast room
heard this strange voice, and sur
mised that one of the servants had
become suddenly insane. So the
three. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan and Sir
Cecil Spring-Rice, rushed to the cen
tral staircase, which they ascended.
Sir Cecil turnine eastward, while Mr.
and Mrs. Morgan ran westward.
In the room at the western end of
the hall, and directly above the room
where the children had been, Mr.
Morgan and his wife found an old
Irish nurse and demanded to know
what was the matter, th'nklng she
had made the outcry. Finding that
the old woman knew nothing, they
turned back to the staircase.
At this moment Holt, who had
rmiip. hashed
up Ine stairway. On seeing Mr. Mor
gan approaching, he yelled: "Is that
Mr. Morgan? I've got you.” At the
t-ame time he levelled both pistols.
In an instant Mrs. Morgan had
slipped past her husband and thrown
herself bodily on the man. She clung
to him until her husband shoved her
Aside and himself clasped Holt
around the body, pinioning both of
hi* Arms to his sides.
There was a desperate struggle be
tween the stalwart financier and his
wiry and frenzied assailant. Mrs.
Morgan, crowded Into the back
ground, kept trying desperately to
reach me of Holt's pistol hands.
As the two men sv.yed In their
struggV, Holt's right hand worked a
revolvo, slowly around to Mr. Mor
gan’s thigh. There was an explosion
with the gun barrel almost against
the financier’s groin. A second shot
followed in a moment, but by this
time Mr. Morgan had caught Holt’s
right’Wrist and deflected the weapon
so that tht' shot passed through the
fleshy upptr part of the leg. Then
Mr. Morgan forced Holt backward
until the assailant fell with a crash
flat upon hit tack upon the blood
stained floor, vdth his arms extend
ed.
By some curious tuva, as the two
men fell, the financier found himself
lying on his own back directly atop
Holt, who was thus pinioned to the
floor. . The latter had lost the wea
pon from his right hand during the
struggle, but still clutched the other
revolver In his left hand.
the fate of the empife has been en
dangered, are still holdihg office un
der the government."
The Daily Chronicle says:
"In some quarters it Is rumored
that if Major General Stanley B von
Donop, master general of ordnance,
does not resign, David Lloyd-George
will; and that if Major General von
Dopon goes, Lprd Kitchener also will
go.” * ■ ■ ; ’ .
The Dally Kews declares that more
than two hundred liberal members
of parliament have signed a tribue to
Lord Haldane for his past services,
which will be presented to him next
week, and adds:
“The secret history of the Quon
dam Munitions committee Is obvious
ly not the proper subject of a con
troversy. It is worthy of note, how
ever, that the chairman of the com
mittee was neither Lord Haldane no.r
Mr. Lloyd-George, tosL- wee Lei
Kitchener.”
In the Cai
at
ike Russians Wed-
cbecked a Turk-
n*v* west ol
Then Mrs. Morgan and the Irish
nurse cast themselves upon the floor,
trying to wrench the pistol from the
intruder’s grasp. Sir Cecil Spring-
Rice by this time had reached the
scene, and he ,too, caught at a pistol
band, so that, although they could
not release thp weapon, they at least
made sure that, it could not again be
directed at Mr. Morgan.
Meanwhila ^ muffled voice came
from beneath Mr. Morgan, weakly
crying: “I have a stick of dynamite
in my pocket. Take care of It.” The
dynamite afterwards was found in
the pocket.
Servants then appeared In num
bers, an(^ foremost among them was
one who had picked up a large lump
of coal from a scuttle as he ran up
the stairs.
One smashing blow on the head
with the coal subdued Holt; his grip
on the pistol relaxed, blood poured
from his head, and he became in
sensible. In a few moments the ser
vants had him trussed up with ropes.
Meai while Mr. Morgan had strug
gled to his feet, bleeding profusely.
He walked to a telephone and called
his office In New York.
“I’ve been shot through the stom
ach,” he said when answered. “Get
the best doctor you can.” .
Then he was induced to He down,
and was undressed, revealing a sec
ond wound-in the leg of which he had
been unconscious.
■ Physicisnu were soon on the scene.
and after a preliminary examination
directed that a search be made for
the bnlleta. Both were found la the
hallway, thus aasurtag the physicians
that there wad no necessity for prob
ing It also waa aaeotsalaod that the
wound la the
ALL BERMANS IN S. W. AFRICA
SURRENDER T8 SEN. BOTBA
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Pretoria, South Africa, reports Fri
day, via London: General Botha,
commander of the UuioriLof South
Africa, has accepted the aurrender of
all German military forces In Ger
man Southwest Africa.
After suppressing the rebeUlon
against British authority in the
Union of South Africa, General Botha
took command of British operations
against German Southwest Africa
and headed an Invasion of that ter
ritory late in February.
He captured Olymbingue May 4.
the important railway Junction of
Karibib May 6 and Wind Hoek, capi
tal of the German territory, May 13.
Martial law was proclaimed through
out the conquered territory. 1
German Southwest Africa, located
on the west coast of the continent,
extends from the Orangf river to the
Cunenen river, about nine hundred
miles. It lies between Portpgese West
Africa and Cape Colony, extending
eastward to the British sphere. Its
ai*e^ is 322,-.yu square miles, and its
population is 79,556, chiefly Hotten
tots and Bushmen. /The population
in 1913 wqis fourteen thousand, eight
hundrid and sixteen, of whom twelve
thousand, two hundred and ninety-
two were -Gerinans. The military
force, including police, is given itr the
latest reports as two thousand, nine
hundred and ninety-two.
The Germans surrendered uncon
ditionally following the issuance of
Gen. Botha’s ultimatum, which
pired at live o’clock Thursday
ing. With the exception of th<
—. - >5/
essary army of occupation, the citl
In ii
army will be brought home as'quid
ly as possible.
Reports from London recently
have stated that the surrender of all
the German forces was expected soon.
British military experts have con
tended that General Botha has con
ducted a masterty campaign
; f. SUBMARINES IkRMEB
WITH DISAPPEARING GUNS
Herrrtary Daniel* Announce* Increas
ed Equipment Planned for
Surfnre Lighting.
A three-inch disappearing gun for
submarines has been perfected by the
navy ordnance bureau. Secretary
Daniela announced Thursday, and in
future all American underwarter
craft will be equipped with these
weapons for surface fighting.
Mr. Daniels said that within ten
days the gun and its carriage would
mat frum.lha arJaanaa factory to-
New York for mounting on new aub-
mariae M-l. under construction.
For nearly two years navalexperts
have been working on a weapon for
use of submarines which would not
delay the clearing of decks for «1. f
Ing. No navy in the world t*. « set
ter weapon for the kind tnan the
ordnance bureau has evo> r>xL accord
ing to the secretary.
The new gun fs sb r«<Mr than the
regular three-inch t rifle to mee‘t
space llmltaticra. 1 nls reduces its
range somewhat, but it has been fit
ted for high angle firing which will
give If some chance for use-against
aeroplanes.
The big cruiser submarines author
ized by the last congress probably
will be armed with two or more
rifles, possibly of four-inch calibre.
German submarines of the U type
have made effective use of mounted
guns in the European war.
SUGGEST THAT AMERICA
TAKE ACTION IN MEXICO
Consular Advices State That Food
Supplies are Inadequate and
Famine Js Threatened.
Urgent suggestions that the Uni
ed States wait no longer than anothi
month before taking some decisL
action to restore law and order
Mexico have been forwarded to tl
state department by several Amet
can consular officers in the qorthei
part of the republic. 'A
Threatened famine and the inabi
Hy of the contending military fa
tions to restore peace and establh
a government that could be recoghl
ed by the United .States are dwe
•upon by the consular officers. Co
ditions more serious than even tro
bled Mexico nas seen before are pr
dieted unless the United States len<
a hand quickly.
. Recognition of some element whi<
may set up a strong government wil
the moral ‘support of the Unit*
States is the sv lution usually urge
Reports of Aod shortage contir
ire s
ed to reach the state department c
the Red Cross from various parts
Mexico.. One dispatch from noi
eastern Mexico stated that with
railway cut again supplier in t
section would last only a feV di
The message added: "It vlll be
a few weeks before the entire nor
east of Mexico will ’be dependent
Its northern neighbor, the Uni
States, for the lives of .11 non-cc
batants. They are actually in d
ger of starvation.” Children 1
died in large number - . It was said
, -
Bombs on Board Ships.
Three ships sailing from New Y<
to Havra and reaching there last M
it was learned from an authoritat
source Wednesday, woe found
have unaxploded bombJ aboard, pi
ed before sailing.
■upartclal* the buUet kavlag traveled
•Mm. bet vitbeet^peaetrsttauT' tke
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