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.. '• Jf -• 1 .WILSON ilYES TWNlHT TO 6ERMAN SITUATION PS AND VISITS SHIPS Action of Gorman Submarine in Case of American Ship Normandy Be* minds Officials That in Practice Our Hast Note is Not Being Vlo* lated by Submarine Commanders. The first official announcement of President Wilson’s immediate plans for dealing with the situation that has arisen between Germany and the United States came Tuesday night, in a telegram from Cornish, N. H., to Secretary Tumulty, stating that the president would return to Washing ton soon to lay the entire subject be fore the cabinet. The message Indi cated that the president had arrived at no decision as to the American policy. A White House statement said: “Referring to statements appear ing in certain morning papers in ref erence to the president’s attitude to wards the German reply, Secretary Tumulty this afternoon gave out the following telegram which he had re ceived from the president: “ ‘Please say that from the mo ment of .the, aifival of the official text of the German note I have given the matter the closest, attention, keep ing constantly in touch with the sec retary of state and with every source that would throw any light on the situation: that so soon as the secre tary of state and I have both materi ally considered the situation I shall o to Washington to get into personal nference with him and with the cabinet, and that there will be as prompt an announcement as possible of the purposes of the government.' ’’ The state- ent set at rest reports that the president already had made up his mind on the German reply, and that he did not view the situation as seriously as did high officials In Washington. Word from the presi dent was sought by officials here, it is understood, as a result of the spread of varying interpretations of reports from Cornish of the execu tive's intentions. . _ Official circles continued to con sider thA situation as grave. Secre tary Lansing i.nd other members of the cabinet who are here hold this view, but are giving no intimations of how the problem should be dealt with. The statement from the White House made it apparent that the pres ident has definitely abandoned the idea of summoning Mr. Lansing to the summer capital. The program conforms to the secretary’s desire to study the problem carefully before exchanging views with the president. It is assured, however, that Mr. Wil son will return to Washington last of the week, and that ‘be subject will be laid before the cabinet next Tues day. Ho far as ran be gathered, the president will find his advisers prac tically unanimous ,n the belief that the crucial point in the correspond ence with Germany over submarine warfare has arrived, and that if the American government is not to re cede from its previously announced position the next note most convey more or less pointedly the purpose of the United States in the event of further violntions of American rights. The general view in official quar ters is that irrespective of what course should be followed in the Lusitania case, a statement of the purpose of the United States to assert its rights notwithstanding Germany's inhibitions on the use of belligerent ships by Americans seems most likely to be made in the next note. That such action would not necessarily lead to a* rupture in relations is gen erally recognixed, unless an overt act or flagrant violation of the princi ples for which the United States has been contending should ensue. Officials point out that while the German reply does not give any ex plicit assurances on the subject, the actual practice of German submarine commanders in the last two months has been to visit neutral ships and to give warning to belligerent merchant men t, thus enabling crews to be transferred to boats in case destruc tion of a vessel as a prize is deter mined upon. Consul General'Wash ington, at Liverpool, reported such an instance. The American ship Normandy was approached by a German submarine, .whose commander examined the ship's papers, and allowed her to pro- ceed, notwithstanding that the ves sel carried a cargo of lumber, which is on the German contraband list. The Normandy’s crew later rescued three Americans who were aboard the Russian ship Leo, which was sunk. This and other instances in the last two weeks are regarded as evi dence of the fact that the German submarine commanders probably have instructions to torpedo no ships without warning. The view in offi cial quarters, therefore, is that if the present policy of the German submarine commanders is continued the next note > of the United States will not necessarily lead to a break between the two countries. SMILE ON CARRANZA’S CLAIMS State Department Says Recognition Prospects are Bright. * It was admitted at the state de partment at Washington Friday that prospects for the recognition of Car ranza by the United States govern ment are very bright. The only thing that will tend to prevent this win be a deeisitd victory by the Villa taction, which recently loft, control of the capital. Drop 7SMM Bales. 7* . \ V* ^ Cotton manufacture, showed in creased activity in June, taking 68,- 655 more bales of cotton than in June last year, and 17,000 bales more than 4n May last, the total being 1V 900 bales, the ceno a bureau an nounced Wednesday. During the 11-month period ending with June, however, cotton manufac ture was 77,000 bales less than in the corresponding period a year ago. In all, 5,100,722 bales %ere used against 6,177,745 in 1916. Cotton spindles active during June were 31,220,592 compared with 30,- 948,048 last year. , . Linters used during June were 64,683 bales, against 20,993 last year; held in manufacturing estab lishments 195,149 bales against 88,- 883 last year, held in independent warehouses 106,029 bnlcc against 35,808 last year, and exported 13,- 065 bales Cotton on hand June 30 in manu facturing establishments was 1,622,- 499 bales compared with 1,156,599 last year and in independent ware houses 2;085,347 compared with 63,- 487 last year. Warehouses • and manufacturing establishments together held 3,707,-- 846 bales on June 30 against 1,787,-~ 086 bales a year ago. . Imports were 39,129,' equivalent 500 pound bales compared with 49,- 010 list year. Exports in June were 294,391 run ning oales, Including linters, com pared with 295,678 last year. Ex ports during June were only 1,187 bales less than in June last year, not withstanding the effect of the Euro pean war. In the 11 months the ex ports were only 763,288 bales less than the previous year, the total reaching 8,271,302 bales against 9,- 024,590 last year. TURKS LOST GROUND FIFTY’MILE MOTOR BOATS ARE TO ROUT SUBMARINES Allied Plan for Thirty-Foot Craft to Mbftnt Guns and Outrun Anything Built. The C. C. Smith Boat and Engine Company, New York, announced Thursday that it had been asked by the British, French, and Russian gov- ernmenta to submit estimates for the construction of powerful motor speed boats, of sufficient strength to per mit the mounting of two or more light guns, the boats tp be used, it is understood. In running down German submarines in the waters around England and France anl in the Bal tic. The British government, it is understood, wants s fleet of at least one hundred of these craft, while the Russians, it is said, w*nt thirty or forty. The number wanted by France is not known. The boa’ proposed is to be thirty feet long and seven feet beam, guar anteed to make fifty miles an hour. It will be easy to navigate and even when traveling at great speed will be able to turn sharply. Ths Smith factory is in Canada, near Detroit, on (he St. Clair River, and so no pos sible violation of American neutrali ty is involved. The motive power of the boats will be furnished by twin engines, each of two hundred and fifty horse power, and the guns will be mounted one on each side juftt forward of the driving gear. Each bout can carry, if neces sary, fuel and supplies sufficient to last several days, although it is con templated that this will not be need ed as, owing to the speed of the boats, they can make port whenever necessary. Furthermore, they can be equipped with light wireless sets. Each boat will displace about four tons. British Authorities Appear Satiated With Progress Made Against Con stantinople—Teuton Rush From North Against Polish Capital Be gins With Success. ^ Further Teutonic advances are re ported Friday in Poland, north of Warsaw, the German official state ment recording progress sodtheast of Kolno and south of Prznsnasz, where their troops are reported “fighting victoriously.” The latest Russian statement declares German attacks in that region were repulsed. App: rently abandoning for the time their attempt to outflank War saw from ''the south, the Germans, probably under Field Marshal von Hindenberg, who is<reported to have said a few days ago that he shortly would*Hf8tonish the world, have re newed their attack on the Polish cap ital from the north. I \ They not only have captured many prisoners south of Kotnd, according to Berlin, but have occupied Przas- nysz. a fortified town fifty miles north of Warsaw, which was taken by von Hindenberg last winter, but retaken by the Russians in their counter offensive. This claim is part ly confirmed by the Riissian official report, which stated that the Rus sians, in the face of strong German forces, withdrew to their second line of entrenchments. This move on the part of the Ger mans has taken the military critics completely by surprise. It was gen erally supposed that Gen. von Mack- ensen would, after being strengthen ed, continue his attempt to reach the Lublln-Cholm railway, forcing the evacuation of Warsaw. But, as in ail their operations, the Germans have done the unexpected. The new offinslve probably will be general and extend from the Baltic around the East Prussian border to the Vistula, west of Warsaw, for all the Russian troops In thin section must be kept busy to prevent them from concentratng at the point where the Germans hope to break through. Ths is the second time Field Marshal von Hindenberg has tried this. His last effort very nearly Involved the Germans in disaster owing to the mnddy ground. Now, however, there are only bad roads, or lack of roads, to contend with, but it Is possible that the Germans have built railroads to their northern front, as they have done in Central Poland. HuceeM Against Turks. lx>ndon reports that. confirmation was received Thursday night from Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton of the success which the allies were reported to have achieved on the Gallipoli pen insula. According to this report two lines of Turkish trenches and four hundred prisoner* were captured The Turks, however, cl^lm to have repulsed the allies' attacks. British military authorities express satisfaction with tho slow progress against the Turks, relying on break ing their morale and on the exhaus tion of their ammunition supply. Germany's eagerness to have Ruma nla allow the passage of ammunition through that country to Turkey is taken to mean that the supply is running short. Two strongly held Turkish lines defending the Dardanelles have been captured by. the Anglo-French forces on the Gallipoli peninsula, said an announremont Thursday evening by the British official press bureau. MANNING ISSUES PAROLES Follows Recommendation of State Board of Pardons. Gov. Manning Wednesday morning paroled William Miiwee Cook, white, 25 years of age, during good be havior. On January 15, 1915, in the court of general sessions for Richland county, Cook pleaded guilty to the charge of breach of trust with frau dulent intent. He was indicted for defalcation from the Columbia Mills company, while in its employ n Columbia as paymaster. John S. Wilson, the pre siding judge, sentenced him to two years at hard labor In the state peni tentiary# and he immediately began to serve his sentence. Up to Wed nesday he had served six months. 9 pardon was recommended by the state board of pardons. The United States government haa not been naked by Great Britain whether It would permit merchant aMpa, armed for. defenae only, to trade with American porta. When the press dispatch from London, tell ing of the sUtement of Lord Robert Cecil in the House of Commons, was read to a high official of the state department, he said that this govern ment had not been sounded. The position of the United States as to armed vessels, it was explained, had been set forth in a statement of the department of State on Septem ber 20. In this statement these para graphs related to this parttuilar sub ject: r .* “A merchant vessel of belligerent nationality may carry an armament and ammunition, fbf Atm—sole PUr-- pose of defense without acquiring the character of a ship of war. “The presence of an armament and ammunition on board a merchant vessel creates a presumption that the armament is for offensive purposes, but the owners or agents may over come this presumption by evidence showing that the vessel carries arma ment solely for defense." The statement also defined in de tail the course necessary to establish that a merchant vessel was not armed for offensive purposes. The matter of determining what constituted an armed vessel was made' neceqsary by the action of the German government early in the European war In complaining that the steamship Adriatic, then at New York, was armed, and that to permit her to clear would be a violation of neutrality. The United States gov ernment ascertained that the £jri atic's armament consisted of a*gun mountej in the stern for defensive purposes, and Secretary Bryan ruled that to be so armed was proper and that clearance of the vessel would not constitute a violation of Ameri can neutrality. The matter was taken up infor mally, however, with the White Star Line, to which the Adriatic belonged, and as a result of a private arrange ment the gun was dismounted It was explained at the state depart ment at the time that in dismount ing the gun the White Star Line act ed voluntarily, out of courtesy to the United States, and that it was not required by any principle of Inter national law {p disarm. AUSTRIAN SKODA GUNS HURL TERRIFIC SHELL The Britiih government hopes very shortly to Umi the export of cotton to neutral countriee to the precise amonnt of actual neod. This was the announcement of the Mar quis of Crewe, lord president of tfie (council and Liberal leader to the House of Lords Thursday in reply to series of questions regarding the supply of cottpn aud other material through neutral counfies to Ger many, and whether the government had found that the measures taken since March 1 were effective. Ifhe real question, he thought, was whether it was advisable to add cot ton to the.contraband list. On that question there had b en a number of misunderstandings and misapprehen sions and some ot.them; the speaker i^ndoubtedly obtained not only its country, but in neutral coun- 22 SHIPS SUNK IN JUNE German Submarines Give “Ample Warning,’’ Says Berlin. , ' A wireless from Berlin Wednesday, received at Sayville, says: “During June, twenty-nine British, three French, one Belgian and nine Russian merchantmen were sunk by German submarines,” says an Overseas Agency bulletin. “The total loss of the entente allies by submarines, in cluding fishing steamers which most-’ ly were armed patrol boats, aggre gated one hundred and twenty-five thousand tons. “The loss of human life was re markably small, the submarine* us ing every precaution and giving am ple warning and time tor crews to leave their ships if no resistance was attempted.” ENGLISH COIL MINERS FIRM Friday Passed Without Any Work men Resuming labors. London reported that the South Wales miners Friday showed an un broken front, in conformity with the resolution passed at the meeting of delegates at Cardiff Thursday\when it was decided to reject the recom mendation of the- executive commit tee that the men return to work. Even the men in one district who Thursday night decided to resume work reversed their decision, and not a pick is moving. An improvement in the situation, however, is expected as a result of mass meetings in the various' dis- tricls Friday and the conferences of Walter Runciman, president of the board of trade, with representatives of the miners and pit owners. The men’s leaders who through out have opposed the strike, are in clined to the view that a resumption of work may be expected Monday, and the government’s prompt action in settin'g up a general munitions tri bunal for Wales and Monmouthshire is thought likely to help bring a set tlement. Should the Runciman conference Friday not turn out favorably, David Lloyd-George, minister of munitions, possibly will visit the p irturbed dis trict. His influence with the men in previous disputes has boon very ef fective. Meantime perfect peace reigqs in the coal flelds> Austrians Invade Russia. Dispatches ’from Austrian head quarters Friday say that after a heavy bombardment the Austrians have crossed the Dniester at Uclebis- kupie, on the Russian border, where the Austrian crown lands of Galicia and Bukowina and the Russian prov- The Austrians bava against the American trade of .muni tions of war with the Allies. It la said Turkey will follow suit. Berlin | could probably say definitely. French Aeroplane Raid. Thirty-five French aeroplanee, protestedi Parl * reports, swept over the railroad region apd dropped one hundred and seventy-one bombs Tuesday, starting several fires. All the airmen return ed. • v Seventeen-Inch Shell* Weigh, 2,800 Pounds and Destroy All IJvtng Tilings. Seven-eighths of the wounds in the Galician fighting were caused by shells, half of which were fired from big caliber guns, said Surgeon-Major Lesghintseff to an Interviewer on re turning to Warsaw from the front. “Bulleta play no part now.’’ be continued, "and the infantryman's rifle is a toy. Infantry merely occn pies the trenches the .annon have won." Most devastating of all are the new Skoda shells of the Germanic allies, which are seventeen inches In diameter and weigh twenty-eight hundred pounds The Skoda howit- xer shoots at ~ high angle and its shells penetrate twenty feet into soft earth before exploding two seconds after striking. These howitzers do not resemble the Krupp mortars of the same caliber, to which they are said to be superior in every way. When a Skoda shell hits, it means death to everything within a radius of one hundred and fifty yards and even farther off. The mere pressure o Its gas rips open the bombproof shelters and catches those who es cape the metal fragments and flying debris. This enters the body cavities and tears fles^ asunder, sometimes strip ping the men 0 their clothes. Of course the men in the immediate neighborhood of the explosion are annihilated. So fierce is the heat of the explosion of the shells that melts rifle barrels as if they had been struck by lightning. OFFER LAND TO ROUMANIA Austria Makes Concessions in Effort to Win Aid. Germany and Austria-Hungary, ac cording to dispatches from the Bal kan states, pre using every diplo matlc resource to induce Koumania to join military forces with the cen tral powers or at least to preserve an attitude of permanent friendly neu trality. it is reported that the Aus tro-Hungarian minister at Bucharest has offered the Roumanian govern ment liberal territorial compensation for armed assistance, countering Russia’s offer of Transylvania with that of Bessarabia. ‘ Her reward for friendly neutrality is said to be Bukowina as far as the River Pruth. From Austrian sources comes a report that Russia is giving substabtial proof of the possibility of Roumania accepting one of th< Teutonic offers by building Irene 1 and entanglements along her Ron manlan frontier. Bulgaria and Tur key are said to have reached a dead (ock In their negotiations , on account of ' the refusal Sofia to do more than preserver friendly neutrality in return for territorial compensations from Constantinople. Allies Gain Heights. MJtylene report* Wednesday that tha allied troop* at Gallipoli have station •erring tW eohratiw trenebUxken two vgrj important height* taken two very Important beta which dominate Ifrithla, Vhffli now under fire from two directions. Tbg French and English lines have bean Joined. oat in t triei far as cjould be ascertained, he continued, the naval measureN taken to prevent fresh supplies of cotton from Reaching Germany had be$n successful. The government hoped by continual friendly negotiations to improve the position progressing to ward what must be their main pur pose;/nomely, to limit the exports to thosqr neutral countri s to the precise t of their actual needs calcu- n the average imports which ad employed at home during t few years. Marquis of Crewe said that on this question of contraband there could be no magic in the mere decla ration of any colnmodity as contra band so long as the government pur sued its present system of examining all goods. He did not think any one would suppose that under interna tian^ law or the most elementary ruler of fair play it was possible to institute a blockade of neutral coun tries with whom England had no quarrel. Therefore, the government had adopted a policy, which admittedly was novel, but which was rendered necessary by the changed conditions of maritime warfare. The desire of the government was to admit the ex port to neutral countries of goods representing the neeils of these conn- tries, and absolutely no more. In the united States,” die said, "the placing of cotton on the contra band list would cause no small amount of alirm, and the govern ment Is convinced that so far aa the entrance of cotton Into Germany is concerned we should gain no benefit. At present we eland better in in structed public opinion in the United States than our enemlea, and. there fore. unless It Is clear that a change of thie kind la absolutely necessary the government ia averse to taking action, which would be regarded by a particular interest in the Southern States of America as being unfriend ly. “I certainly am not going to say that if the military considerations were found to be paramount we might not . have to face corresponding disadvantages, end w* should be un wise to bind ourselves strictly.” WANT WTISIINTEXFEIINCE WITH TRADE STOPPED MANY SHIPS ARE IELI Ilf Meat Mew Bay Eaglaad Boa Over- Stepped the Law aad That She Has bo Right to Interfere With Car goes Shipped Into Neotral Co— I trie*—Representations to be Mode. American meat packers have ap pealed to the state department to de mand that Great Britain stop inter fering with cargoes consigned to neu tral ports and settle for fourteen millionvdollars worth of their pro ducts now held in the prize eovrt. . They charge the British government with destruction of commerce In food products between the United Mates and other neutral nation*. After the conference between the packers and Chandler Anderson, spe cial counseller of the state depart ment, it was announced that the de partment would make representa tions to Great Britain. The packers will discuss the difficulties further with Mr. Anderson. In a statement outlining their case as laid before the department, they declare that the British government purposely delays settlement of their, claim for seized cargoes and that they ard not Inclined to reopen trade with neutral countries unless they can be assured of delivery of their shipments to ports designated. The statement gives the history of the detention of consignments for Scandinavian countries shipped be fore the British order in council was issued in some Instances and in oth ers before it was known to the pack ers. As reported to the packers by their representatives in England. Al fred R. Urion," says the str.tement, ‘the latest terms for the release of the cargoes as laid down by Great Britain are held to be so oneroas as to be unacceptable. Until a weak ago the packers were assured by their representative in England the situation would be amicably ad just ed, when the new set of unreasonable terms were suggested by the authori ties and immediately rejected by the packers. In brief these latest terms are: That the packers guarantee Grant Britain against claims arising oat of the detention of ships. "That the packers guarantee Orest Britain against claims of bay era, who bought and paid for largo quantities of products seised.” The pec here assart that this laOsot e by Great Britain la only nn- ■tep to delay a settlemant at the problem and that to be NEW SUBMARINES WILL BE SCIENTIFICALLY EQUIPPED Secretary Daniel* Postpones Opening Bid* for 16 to Get Latest Im- I provement* on Them. Bid* for sixteen new submarines authorized by the laA congress will not be opened until September 39, Secretary Daniels has announced, in order that two shipbuilding com panies which have obtained patent rights to build boats of a successful type now used by two or more of the European belligerents may have chance to compete. Mr. Daniels acted, it is understood, upon the strong recommendation Of his advisory council. It was urged that not only was it desirable that the two big concerns involved, the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company and the New York Shipbuilding company be added to the American concerns ready to fur nish submarines, but also that if in formation as to the European under sea boats would be particularly valu able in view of the contemplated ex pansion of that branch of the navy. The companies obtained the right to build the European submarine known as the Hay-Dcnny type some time ago, but interrupted communi cation with Europe due to the war made it Impossible for them to get data on which to submit bids on August 2, the date originally set for the opening of bids. The new vessels will be similar in size to the L typo boats now in com mission. They will have a surface cruising radius of between five and six thousand miles and be equipped with the new three-inch disappearing gun recently developed by American naval engineers. JURY FINDS THAW SANE Slayer of Stanford White Receives Favorable Decision. Harry Thaw was pronouj^ed sane by the jury at New York Wed nesday, Justice Hendricks will render his,final decision Friday, and in the meantime the prisoner remains in custody. Thaw ts disappointed be cause he was uot liberated imme diately after the Jury <found him sane. The decision came on the first ballot. v Strong on the Baltic. The German campaign in the Rb* .elan Baltic provinces seems to be Tffgatnhir' TWTWr #«**•* sconced that the German troops had croaoed the Wljidau, north of Koltln- yanl, in their eastward march. About fourteen million doltaru worth of packers' product, are held up In the prise courts. la their enp- ferences with Mr. Asdersoa the peek- era were Insistent that the American government should take firm action, nnd their statement says of this phase of the subject: “The packers assert that the at tack of Great Britain seemed to h» incredltable in view of many adjust ments they made to moot tho Eng lish government In its Tbry take the position at titled to fall compensation goods, and declare that as citizens they shomld he taction by the United l this government shoald take n de termined stand to protect their right* to ship to neutral conn trim." The statement lays partlcmlar stress upon the eases of five cargoes shipped before November 25 last. In neutral steamers for Copenhagen, aad eeised on the high seas on the ground that they presumably worn ultimately destined tor Oermaay. The cases, postpone from time to time, are set to come up In the prise court soon. The ships involved ore the Alfred B. Jorhs’ejcrne, Bjorn- sen, Frldland nnd Arkanrna. Three sailed before the order In council was issued and before the order wan known to tho packers. “The pacxers call attention to n statement made by Premier Asquith in the Houso of Commonx March 1 lost, that vessels with cargoes which sailed before the date of this notifi cation (order in council) will not he affected.” The statement continues: “Shortly after the beginning of the war tho British ambassador at Washington assured the United States govern ment that Great Britain would not interfere with the trade ia foodstuffs between neutrals. W’th this In mind, the packers say they were justified in making their shipmeslxjQ neutral ports in neutral ships. “After numerous conferences the prize court authorities finally decided not to release the goods except unlheS the packers agreed to use the goods in England and give English bail to the full value of the seized cargoes. Inasmuch as the cargoes consisted mainly of fats, oils and pig products of fat and heavy textuie Adapted to colder countries than England, the packers declare it was impossible to sell the cargoes and rejected the proposition.” SOME MEDICINES ARE BOOZE Government Begins Crucade Against Alcoholic Preparations. The Jnited States government Fri day began a crusade against alcoholle medicinal preparations used os hi la dry felritory, and n list at hundred and forty-six such tions were furnished the I collectors. In some o( the called medicines the medlrim ~ ertlee are to small Owl the eon he drunk ky the gloat.