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BERLIN PRESENTS OUTLINE OF NOTE PRELIMINARY EXCHANGE OF VIEWS REGARDNG NATURE OF GERMAN REPLY. WANT TO AGREE WITH U. S. Germany is Anxious to Draft Reply So That America Will Be Satisfied. Noto Soon. Berl in, via London. -It is learned liat a prelininzarv exchange (if viws ds proceedin g lwtwIen th Ulited States and Gerinany11 regartling _ hil' nature Of ihe forthcoiinie Gernmin reply to ite Aneri-anl 111 t. r4!-ect diwt silCn1arile wvart~iu ;and11 the l,.ii tainit. u i nt This i., r'espqConsildo Imo dllbly inl the delivery of thle Gernaan note. tas imlissionl of1, which l o the A114rival I govenlmeniit %;as Jx.-t( d at )Ic . Efforts of 1 tho :: ;Iii s on hot II si(les lre direceId f.)%:rid evolviig a forliila fol r ' I no - at ptabhl bo h 'to G.rtan v ;1111 itw I'nited Stlates and it Is believ -I t. .,c will have a re: souib (h i cu ofI urlikishig a basis for at satisfactor v settleinent of the( siili na'.iiie lprobi~lIn. li colsonalnC( with the plan. the Gi'lliai 1tlder-Stcretary for l'oreigni Affairs, Ili-. Alfredl Ziiiinirllin, an theQ American A ihasaor .lns Wv. Gerard'IVl, cofere re( ieenitly iv he tihe natu r' or the (a ft of the nlot t. elaboratd(l in the (Ginan,1 coerne! was otlinedI 'to (Ihe AlCnassIdol and diseissed. it. is unde'rslool that Mr. (eirard has infored the1 ;latce De parlilent filily is o the outline of thle I)()(( and inlstrilctionls froml the( 'nited Stat's are aIwaitCd before furi' thier stepis are taken. The greatest reserve is being jinta ind by' both sides in tle interval. HOLT WILL TELL ALL. Crank Who Shot Morgan Will Explain Recent Event of His Life. Glen Cove, N. Y.- -Frank lolt, the uiniversity plrofessor who shot J. P. Morgan,. declaredl that wihen arraign e(d le woulCd tell the whole story of his life particularly his movements leading up to the Flacing of a 'bomb in the United States Capitol at Wash ington and his attelmpted assassina tion of Mr. Morgan. lie will reveal also, he said, where lie bought the dynamite fouindI on him. Mr. Morgan spent a restful day and miniiiibe's of his family and friends wre very Nmuch cheered by his gener al favorable conlition. Mr. Morgan received W. 11. Porter, a business as sociate, a1nd I'ollce Commissioner Arthur Wood., an old friend of the faiiilY. Later the two callers said Mr. Morgan appeared in the best of splirits. The favorable turn in Mr. Morgan's cond1ition w'as in marked contrast to that of I10it. the financier's assailant. IIColt.'s 'ondoitioni became so grave that lato in the (liy orders were given that lie wias not to he (distuirbed. How Morgan FIrm Helped Allies. New York.In explanation of the part JT. P. Morgan & Co. has taken in thle furnIshing of war munitions andi( supplies for the 1European niatidna at war', it was statedi authoritaatively here that tahe firm had handled more uaan $500,000,000 worth of contraots for the account of foreign govern ments since the war began. Of this amount about $400,000,000 worth has been purchased for the British since the Morgan firm was ap pointedi agents for Gerealt Britain in this country, and $50,000,000 worth for 'the French contracted for within -the last month, the Morgan firm hav ing been appointed by the Frenchi government to act in the same capac tty as it does for the British govern ment. Gernian SubmarIne Raised. Amsterdam, via London.-The Ger man submarine U-39, sunk off the mouth of the Eims through an attack, 'has been raised and only one man of the crew, who for 36 hours wvere on the sea bottom, is dead, according te dispatches to The Telegraaf. Threaten Marshall's LIfe. St. Louis.-Thomas R. Marshall, vice president of the United States, in a statement to newspaper reporters said he had been threatened wvith death in more than a dozen anonymnovs letters -which he had received. The vice presIdent said the threats camne to himi while lie was in Wash ington. He added that as he was more or less a fatalIst, lie did not no tify the secret service department. He said lhe hiad no fear of death, but that lie was startleed wheii lhe learned of the explosion at the capital. More MexIcans Arrested. San Antonio, Texas.-Jose Iniguero and Rodrigo do Llano, connected wIth 101 Presente, a Spanish newspaper here, were arrested chat-ged wIthI con spiraply to set on foot a new revolutin in Mexico. Hearing was set for Ju'ly 15. Both men were. released on bond of $2,500 each. Elguero formerly was edtor of El) Pals, a daily paper in Mexico, and de Llano was head of the editorial 'department of El mparcial. Theorva ~ in Aan Antonio about six CAPT. JOHN HOOD Captain Hood, who for some time was detailed at Washington as a mem ber of the general board of the navy, has been made commander of the bat tieship Texas to succeed Captain Grant. He is one of the most popular officers in the navy. AM[ICANS VICTIM Of WAR DOMINION STEAMER ARMENIAN FROM NEWPORT NEWS IS TORPEDOED. Ship Carrying Mules to England. Twenty-nine Men Were Lost, In cluding Several Americans. Washington.-The Dominion freight liner Armenian, flying the British flag itnd carrying mules from Newport News, Va., to England. was torpedoed lnd sunk June 28th by the German submarine U38 off Cornwall, Eng., and nearly a score of American mule Leers aboard are reported lost, ac cording to messages to the State De partment from John S. Armstrong, Jr., Consul at Bristol. Twenty-nine men in all were lost and 10 injured. The news created a sensation In official quarters, as it was the first case of loss of American lives since the sinking of the Lusi tania. The action of the Washing ton government, however, depends almost entirely on whether the Ar menian was chartered by the British government and was, in fact, a trans port of war aboard which Americans would sail at their own risk, or wheth er she was an unarmed merchantman. In the latter band, the ship should have been subjecet to visit and search and those aboard transferred to a place of safety before the de struction of the vessel was attempted, officials hold. In the absence of conclusive in formation on these points officials declined to say wvhat effect the sink lng of the Armenian would have on pendling negotiations between the United States and Germany. Imme diate inquiry 'was directed, however, to Ambassador Page at London to ob tain more details and Ambassador Gerard wvill be instr-ucted to inquire of the German Admir-alty as to its report. ________________________________ MISS GENEVIEVE CLARK WEDS Daughter of Speaker Clark and James M. Thompson, Newspaper Man Married Bowling Green, Mo-H-undreds of guests many of them prominent in the nation's political and social life, were in Bowling Green today for the wedl ding of Miss Genevieve Clark, 20 year old daughter of Speaker Champ Clark, Miss Clark was married to James M. Thompson, publisher of the New Orleans Item. To the people of Missouri Speaker Clark had issued a blanket invitation and so great was the throng of Mis sourians that took him at his wordl that Bowvling Green scarcely could hold them. To provide quarters for the hundreds whom the townspeople could not entertain, sleeping cars were sidetracked in the local railroad yards, The wedding took place on the lawn of "H-oney Shuck," the Clark home, The Rev. Robert S. Boyd of Louis vylle, Ky., cousin of the bride, was the officiating clergyman. For weeks wedding presents from far and near have poured into the Clark home. President Wilson sent two silver competes. The Missouri congressional delegation sent a sil ver flower basket three feet high. A diamond necklace was sent by con gress. The newsboys andl paper car 'riers of the New Orleans Item sent a silver tablet, a fac simile of thie first page of the Item. 6,000 Turks Dead in Trenches Paris-A Hayas dibatch from A thens says t-he exhaustion of the Turks facin-g t-he French forces on the Galli poli peninsula is evident, and leads to the belief that 4ho Tuj'kish position at Krithia will soon' be talien by as sualt. In a recent"French advance, it is added, 8,000 Turks were found dead in the trenches on the front taken, Recent fighting in the Dardanelles has resulted in an appreciable advance by the allies, the disapatch declares, the m iaI~7 F10 ''\0 D\AZ DIED IN PARIS FORMER PRESIDENT OF MEXICO DIED FROM,A COMPLICATION OF DISEASES. WAS SICK FOR SOME TIME Had Been Slok For Three Weeks. Wife and Son With Him Daugh. ters Are in Mexico. Paria.-Gen. Porflro) Diaz, foriner president of Moxico, died here. General Diaz's wife, Senora Carmen Roioro Rubias and their sonl Porfiro Diaz, Jr., and the latter's wife were by his side when the end came. General Diaz began to fail rapidly about three weeks ago and while his death was not unexpectod, owing to his advanced age and recent failing health the crisis canme suddenly. Por firo Diaz, Jr., and his wife were hasti ly sumimioned and arrived at the bed side only a few minutes before the end. Colonel Diaz. in announcing the death of his father, said that he was unable to state the nature of the malady, but expressed the opinion that a complication of diseases due to ad vanced age was the cause. Two tragic circumstances marked the death of the exiled ruler. Owing to the troubled state in Mexico it has been judged impossible to send the body home with all the ceremiony which would have befitted one of the figures of Mexican history, and further, Col. Porfirio Diaz, Jr., has tried in vain to inform his sisters, Sonora Ignacio de La Torre and Senora Rincoin Gallardo, now in Iexico, of their father's death. No less tragic, -perhaps, is the fact that not one of those whom. General Diaz raised up as his assistants in governing Mexico and who pprospered and grew rich in the shadow of his greatness were ivith him when he died. Jose .Yves de La Mentour, form er Mexican minister of Finance, is in London; Francisco de la Barra, former provisional president of Mexico and holder of other important positions and Guillermo de Landa, former governor of the federal district in Mexico, are in Biarritz, France. Scarcely any one outside of the family knew of the se riousness of General Diaz's illness or that lie was in Paris. The end seems to have been due to failure of the heart, weakened by an attack of grippe last year. This illness left the aged exile blind. Nevertheless -he walked daily last spring in the Bois de Boulogne, which he loved because ,it resembled the Chapatupec in Mexico City. He had been hoping to go to Biarritz short ly but illness prevented. Will Protest Over Misuse of U 8. Flag Washington-Representations con cerning thle misuse of. American flags -by British merchantmen will be includ ed in the general note which the Uni ted States intends soon to send to Great Brita-in covering restraints of American commerce in connection with the so-called blockade. Secretary Lan sing disclosed that the investigation beipg co'nducted by the. United States government into cases of alleged mis use of the American flag to deceive German submarine commanders hiad not yet been completed but that evi dence in specific cases probably would be called squarely to the attention of Great Britain while the general sagh ject would be included in the new note. Greece Would Claim Part of Albania Rome,via Paris--A Tribune dispatch from Antivari, Montenegro, says two large Greek bands are advancing to ward Berat, occupying villages along the way. This dispatch is the first indication that Greece intends to claim a sec tion of Albania. Albania was estab lishhed after the Balkan wars and borders on that part of Greece which wvas awarded her after the defeat of Turkey. Albania already has been in vaded by Serbian and Montenegrin troops while Italian forces have been stationed there for 80ome time. Consider Relief Measures Wash ington---Relef measures for MexIco City are occupying largely the attention of officials of the Washing ton government. Both President Wil son at (Cornish. N. H-., and Secretary Lansing in Washington have under consideration relief plans for the Mex ican capital. The relict measures In c'luded efforts to oltain Carranza'sa consent for shipment of supiplies into Mexico City through neutral agencies and removal of foreigners from danger zones through the infhience of the diplomatic cops Will Keep Huerta Out of Mexico Washington - General Victoriano Hluerta, former dictator of Mexico, whlose defiance of President Wilson led to the seizure of Vera Cruz, will not tbe 'permitted to ent er Mexico from tile United States at a time when his presence would be a further menace to the plans of this government to re store peace. Determination to keep Huerta from crossing the southern bor der and t'hus complicaiting the present Mexican situation has reached a point where four ways of dainte form. CONDITONS UD SIN MEXICO CiTY FAMINE AND'ANARCHY IN CON TROL-FURTHER NEWS FROM BRAZILIAN MINISTER. MESSAGES BEING HELD UP Carranza Has Held Up Cable Messages To This-Country-Zapata Still Holds Capital. Washington.-With unpalleled condi tions of famine and anarchy in Mexico City threatening the safety of foreign ers, officials, of the United States are giving serious consideration to relief measures. Long dispatches by couriers to Vera Cruz from the Brazilian minister at Mexico City were before Secretary Lansing here and President Wilson at Cornish, lN. H., who may 'authorize an effort to obtain the consent of Gen eral Carranza to send supplies into the old capital through neutral agen cies. The diplomatic corps in Mexico City is counted on to provide for the removal of foreigners from the fight ing zone. . "Only the opening of the railroad from Mexico City to Vera Cruz." said one of the Brazilian ministei's mes sages, "can bring relief to the situa tion." The dispatches, the first the department had received in nearly two weeks from the Mexican capital, revealed that while the cable from the city is not cut, Carranza authorities re fuse to permit messages to pass. It is understood that the United States will inquire of Carranza to learn the re sponsibility for stopping of diplomatic communications. While it appeared that the Zapata forces still controlled the capital fight ing was continuing in the outskirts. The political situation in Mexico, it generally Is believed, depends on the course of military operations. Contin ued Zapata successes in opposing the entry of Carranza's troops into the cap ital has deadlocked operations in the south, while in the vicinity of Aguas Calientes General Villa claims to have retaken Lagoes and defeated General Hill, who' succeeded Obregon in active command of the Carranza forces. Lfforts to restore peace wait to some extent upon the return here of President Wilson, although the out come of the military situation in the next few weeks will have an important bearing on the prolblem. Teutonic Forces Still Gain. London.-The Austro-German drive northward into Poland from Galicia is gaining momentum and England is puzzled as to whether the German pur pose is to make.this the main effort or to continue a concentrated offensive to force the Russians from the south east tip of Galicia. Whatever the ulti mate object is, fighting along Gaila Lipa River has not abated and Berlin not only records progress here, but also farther. north in the arc bound Lemberg and along what has become the northern front. Defilt Over Thirty-Five Millions. WVashington.--The second business year or the present administration which has just closedl shows a $35, 864,381 defIcit compared with a sur plus for the year eniding June 30, 1914 of $34.418,677. Official explanations will not be issued until tile figures for the year are analyzed by Secretary Mc-. Adoo but on the face of the records it is alpparent that receipts were much smaller, an enormous reduction in cus toms revenues resulting from thle war, and that disbursements were much greater. Notwithstanding the deficit on the year's business the treasury now has an actual net balance of $82, 025,716. British Bark Was Torpedoed. London.--The British bark Thistle bank which sailed from Bahia Blanca, Argenina, April 26, with a cargo of wheat for Queenstown, was torpedoed by a Ger-man submarine at a point off Fastnet, Ireland. Some of the crew were landed at Baltimore, a small sea port 47 miles southwest of Cork. The Thistlebank was a four-masted bark of 2,340 gross tonnage, Decrease of Fifteen Per Cent. Washington.--A prospective cotton crop of 12,500,000 equivalent 500-pound bales this season is unofficially esti mated from the Department of Agri-' culture June 25 condition and acreage 1 report issued. 'That would be 3,600,000 i hales less thiah last year's crop, or a reduction of 22 per cent. In all 31,315,- '2 00 acres were planted this year, show- e lag .that the government's repeated ap- a peals to cotton growers to reduce their 3 acreage and devote more land to other crops had been heeded. t Reprieve Granted Charles Becker Albany N. Y-Governor Whitman granted Charles Becker, the former po lice lieutenant under Sentence Qi death a reprieve until July 26. The governor a said he would take no further action t in the case than the granting of the li reprieve. This mneans that if the Uni- < ted States supreme court, does not in terfere Beoker will have to die, t Becker's execution orignally was t set for the week beginning July 12 r and it was believed July was the day 4 Capt. Albert W. Grant has been ap pointed commander of the submarine branch of the United States navy with instructions to bring It up to the highest possible standard of con struction and efficiency. OPPOSES IIUERTA REGIME VISITS WASHINGTON AND HAS TALK WITH GENERAL SCOTT ABOUT CONDITIONS. Angeles Says He Will Report to Gen eral Villa When Mission to United States is Completed. Washington.-Gen. Felipe Angeles, righthand man of Gen. Francisco Villa, came to Washington to deny intinia tions that he was involved in the act ivities of Victoriano Iluerta and his associates and at the same time to learn the sentiment of officials to ward the Mexican problem. The general Issued a statement say ing he was opposed to Huerta and all that he represented in Mexico poli tics and thart after a brief stay here would go to Sonora on a private mis sion for General Villa, returning afterwards to the battle front to re main with his chief. Department of Justice officials had no additional details concerning the charges and evidence on which Gen erals Huerta and Orozco were arrest ed at El Paso. They expressed the opinion, however, that the arrests al ready had a .wholesome cffect in pre venting the launching of a new Mexi can revolutionary movement. General Angeles wishes to talk with 'Presid'ut Wilson. He was not direct ed by Villa to do so, he said, but is anxious to .learn just what Mexican policy - the United States intends to pursue. General Angeles agrees with President Wilson's recent statement that the various elements must come to an understanding. He told friends that he and General Villa would sup port for the provisional presidency an/ capable man who repr-esents the principles and ideals for which the revolution has been fought. Major- General. Scott, Chief of Staff of the United States Army, was the only officiasl on whom General Angeles called. Enrique C. Llorente, Villa's Washington representative, acted as initer-preter. Angeles brought a letter of introduction from General Villa to General Scott. The contents of the letter were not disclosed but it was understood to have showed clearly that Generals Villa and Angeles are not at odds. ASQUITH URGES ECONOMY. .Necessary for People of Britain to Finance Great War. London.--Penny-wise economy here tofore -has not been a strong feature of the gatherings at Guild Hall, so close ly connected with aldermanic ban quets of -proverbial opolence, but Premier Aequith chose this home of wealth to initiate a movement in sup port of- the British war loan. He urged personal thrift throughout the nation .80 as to make it possible for the country to bear the atrain of the expenditure of $15,000,000 daily o.n tailed by the cost of the war. As if to give the campaign a good send-off the first really big subscrip tion to the war loan was announced simultaneously with the appearance of Premier Asquith on the platform. It was by a London assurance com pany and for 3.000,000 poun~s ster ling, ($15,000,000). WIll Conserve Grain Crop. Berlin, via Londonn.--The German government has decided to adopt the same measures for the conservation of this year's crop of grain as were employed last year, expropriating all grain and fixing maximum prices for its sale. Unusual Interest in Bond Sale, New York.-Unusual interest at tached to the sale by lie city of.. New York of $71,000,000 of 4 1-2 per cent bonds, not only because of the magni tude of the offering, the largest in the city history, but more particularly be cause of its hearing upon the general investment situation at this time. Con sidering the enormous cash resources available at this and other domestic centers and taking the atractive in. teros rate into account, the result was ANNUAL MEE EIGHTH ANNUAL, CONVENTION SOUTHERN TEXTILE ASSOCIA TION ADJOURNS. MEET NEXT GREENVILLE S. C. W. M. Sherrod, Williamston, 8. C., is Elected President; Other Officers. Favor Education.--Prizes Given. Asheville.-The eighth annual con vention of the Southern Textile Asso aiation adjourned after electing offi. cers and selecting Greenville, S. C., as the next meeting place. t.he foil* Ing off.cers were elected for ' suing year: President, W. M. rod, Williamston, S. C.; vice-1, dent, Frank E. Heyner, AlexanL City, Ala.; secretary, A. B. CarteY Greenville, S. C.; treaturer, Marshall Dilling, Salurria, Ala.; official steno grapher, Miss M. G. Cranford, Clar iotte. Board of Directors: Robert Bowe, chairman, Greenville, S. C.; C. L. Chandler, Rhodhiss; Gordon Cobb, Inman, S. C.; Arthur Dixon, Gastonia; L. H. Brown, Knoxville, Tenn.; and W. S. Morton, pallas, Texas. Among the resolutions by the asso ,iation was one which placed the as sociation on record as favoring con pulsory education in all southern states. Another resolution urged the general assemblys of the Southern states to make appropriations for the presentation of free scholarships to worthy boys of the cotton mill con ters. In the awarding of prizes for the best suit of men's clothing made of cott6n goods, W. A. Kendrick, of Mayfield, Ga., took first honors. The second prize was taken by T. J. Digs by, of Newberry, S. C. L. L. Arnold, editor of "Cotton," published at At lanta, Ga., won a special prize offered for the best display of a shirt and hosiery made in a southern cotton mill. Mrs. A. B. Carter, of Greenville, S. C., took first prize for the best dress made of cotton, Miss Mae Lu cille Smith, of Winston-Salem, taking second for the best cotton coat suit. Mrs. Ethel Thomas, of Charlotte,. and Mrs. J. J. Iler, of Greenville,. were awarded pries for gingham. dresses and cotton millinery. Big Hotel for Spartanburg. Spartanburg,-A modern fireproof' seven-story hotel will be built in Spar tanburg on the Spartan Inn site, the actual construction to begin within 90 days. The stockholders of 'the hotel. corporation met and definitely decided tFhat the hotel would be built. About this time last year the hotel project was agitated with the result that a stock company was formed and tenta tive plans for a hotel discussed. As matters were being shaped up for ac tual building of a hotel the European wvar knocked the bottom out of the whole affair and nothing had been done until this meeting. The hotel, planned to be seven stories high, will cost between $225,000 and $250,000. The stockholders have subscrib~ed $125,000 of th'is amount. First and second mortgage bonds for $75,000 and $50,000 respectively are to be sold to cover the remaining imount necessary for the construction. Chas. M. Robinson, Inc., of Rich rndnd, Va., has been engaged to draw ip plans and specification sfor the struoture. It is very probable that LGon gist '& Tess'ler, Inc., of Greensboro, M4. C., will erect the hotel. Narrow Escape for Bali Players. Winnsboro.-W. L. Holley, Jr., with ieveral York ball players narrowly es aped serious injury recently when his .utomobile going at a fast rate of peed turned turtle on the Rockton olley was caught under the falling ~ar and 'it was thought for a time hait he was fatal-ly hurt, other memn ers of the party luck41y escaped with few minor bruises and scratches, Villie Peay, who was following close y behind in his machine, oonveyed the Lurt autolets to town. Funds Are Available, Columbia.-W. W. Moore, adjutant eneral, said that the National Guard incampment would assuredly be held, a accordance with the orders already snued; that of the -Second regiment it Greenvlwe, July 7 to 17; that of the 'irst regiment at the Isle of Palms, uly 20 to 30. The adjutant general aid he had consulted the comptroller eneral, who had said he would honor rarrants upon tile state funds diaNwn 1 accordance with the apportionment tat was made recently by the military oard. Clemson Club Meets, Florence.-The meeting of the Flor nee County Clemson Club held at he Central Hotel here wae the most riterestlng and best attended of any eid since the club was organized last leptemnber. While the social features f the evening were all that could be esired and. were greatly enjoyed, here being a supper served after the usiness -meeting, the a.jurenI did not 1eet Drimarily to .gratify their -social esires, but thfimeetiig wa called or the pur of -uttkl Into ona,~ lo ;P .arnhin in 1Ma'l .t., " i