The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, August 19, 1915, Image 2
AMERWAN NOTE
ON WAR MUNITIONS
REGARDING THE SELLING OF
WAR MATERIALS TO BELLI
GERENT NATIONS.
NOTE FRIENDLY BUT FIRM
United States Puts Forth Principle
Upon Which She Would Depend
In Case of War.
Washington. - The state depart
ment made public its reply reiectin
views advanced in the recent Aust:ian
note whieb contended that exporta
tion of war munitions from America
to Austria's elnerllies was conducted
on such a scale as to be "not In con
Sonalnce with the definition of neu
trality."
Tihoucli friendly ;n tone, the note
flatly deiies the Austrian contentions.
and recalls that that country and Ger
liany furnished intitions to Great
Britain during the Hoer Wa ir when
England's encrnies could not import
such stpplites. It insists that the
American Govetrnmienitt is pursuing a
strictly neutral course and adhering
to a principle on whihn it would de
mnand for munitions in the worlds
markets In case it should be attacked
by a foreign power.
"'T'he principles of international
law," the cotitnunicait ion coniilnl'.
"the practice of nations, the rtinaloi
safety of the l'nited States. aint otl'
lnations withouut r.at i iry an'
naval ISIahlisl ull ts. the' plevIlntion
of itwtrtrend arians an11( nt -, Ib.-.
atdb ut liin of p a' fuil l ttu ti 1 1Is I r Ith
ailjist inent of1 intl rnati al ili it - -it
c( s. ant, lii lly, inetotrality* it:el'f are
olppoi ed Io the prohihilinn by a niu
tial Iatitn of thet xportatio of armus,
alliftnlilitioll. ol' other 11]111ition1s (,f
war to l' lligu.'ocnt pow(r., duirii the
prog res e;l the war."
Tie l'idted1 Staites asserts that it
(annlet arced,' to Ithe sugc'sttion that
it mutlify the rules of internatiotuil
ulsaigi (uritllz a war on aceounit of
sin-cia l coniltions and declares tlhe'
id1et of neutrality advanced by Aus
tria would "involve a neutral nation
in a inass of perplexities which would
obscure the whole field of interna
tioial ohliga tion. produce econom1itc
confusion and dept ive all conutinnerci'
and industry of legitinate fields of
enterplrise, already heavily burdetned
by the unavoildabe restrictions of
war.
Attention is directeid to the fact
IIthat .\tistria atn(1 (eignaniity beforue the
war prodtiued a great stirplils of war
munitions and sol theme throlghout
the worll "ostteially to helligeints"
aind "I hat never duriit that eriod
did either of then suircst or apply
the principle now advocated by the
Ituionrial Intl royal governilent.'
A tabl' of sliles by Germiiatny and
Austria to Gie.at lir.t.ain di-ng the
Itiii-r war is appended to the ntte. ' aind
it is 5tugges led that htad Austiait anil
Germnany refuised to sell armts to GIret
Urihtainl at thtat t itne "ont thle gioundi
I hu4 to doi sio woul vialhit' the sir it
u-f strict netrality. te itmperial and1(
loyal covrmnet mi-i tiI withI greatecr
conisteincy andI creiater forcc lttgei its
)'resent enuntion."
LUMBER EXPORTS DECREASE.
Fifty-Two Per Cent Reduction Shown
For Year Ending June 30.
New Orleans. The- i-ffi-t iof the
Il-uopeanll wair ini cutahilg expoirta
tion of fores-t prohus fromu the- liii
t ed t os is det aied in a repuort o1
ltiunh-r experts for- thle thu-al year- i-ld
ed .lune' :20 pubtlished it the (urrtT~
is-li - of 'IThe blinber 'Ttrile .Tourntal
of Now (klills, l-xpots ot all jito-s
undtier the lhau oft wood aind its mauiit1
factuires deicreiased 5i2 per ccitt. thle
valtie becing $.49.17.;5 :ilimpared to
$10:2.179y.i40 the pre-vious year-.
Ilver-y Itemu shtow- a decr- ease except
(cept hox sltooks. whuich Iicreaised li-e
pier ((lenltan ho 1gshtoaids aiiind barelIs,
wh-ich-l gahu'd 22 per-i cenit, 0or $200,M.0s
itt value. E-xpor-ts of lutithort propt~er
were 417 per cet o if Ithe y eat- heoforo or
129.2o0.000 feet,- comtipalred to 2.4-05.
29u1,000 feet. 'itte fell friomt 1.101.84:
(000 to 470,6029.000 at o7 pert ceit lohss.
Russians Driven from K uhisko.
ler-lint ,v Ia Lontdon.--Army~ head
(Iuarters annttountcedi thtat. Germ-an
trcops on the Itussian hattle frotnt haid
drIven the Rulssins fromt Kubisko It
a northeastet-ly direin.i taking 2.35.
prisoner-s and I that a ltissian sothI
frotm Kovno fortr-ess was repuilseid, 1 th
Germnts Catuttring 1.000 mten. In th<
regIon of Losyee and Medzyrzec lth
Germans broke throutgh thu' 1tusslat
p~osittis. General von Weyresch'
at-my alone captured 4,000 Rutssiau
up to Atgutst 14.
Italians Stone Germa-n Vessels.
Bloston-PThe assembulitng of 1,30
ltalianu reservists wvho wvere to saIl o
thte steamer ('anopiec was mnarkedl b
dlemotnstrationus atgaiinst the Getrmani
'itieamintps Amnerika and ('itninnat
laid( ulp here als a restult of whIch se
eral policemen wet-e severely injture
Sailors on the Gertmatn vessels wet
str-uck by stones andi stIcks. Ilevolvi
shots were exchatned 1)etween tl:
crowdl anid the poli1ce but it ioutld mn
be learned that any took effect. Te
at-rests were made. One officer wt1
stabhed.
MST KEP COTTON
FROM ALL GERMANI
ALLIES BY ALL LAWFUL MEAN
WILL PREVENT STAPLE
REACHING ENEMY.
IT IS A MILITARY NECESSITi
Great Britain and Her Allies Are Giv
ing the Situation Their Most
Careful Consideration.
London.-Lord Robert Cecil, Parlia
mentary Under-Secretary for Foreigi
Affairs, in .the course of a formal in
terview, defining the British Govern
ment's attitude in the complicate(
cotton situation made this statement
"The Allies must by all lawfu
means prevent cotton reaching thei1
enemies; it may be considered neces
sary to make cotton contraband."
le refrained from any hint that the
commodity would be removed from
the free list at any specitic date o
that the government had evolved any
solution to meet the demands of
American cotton growers and neutral
consuners. IIe sated explicitly how
ever that if cotton were made con
traband, Eniland would consider the
act legal a' . int.'rnationally justified.
His stat 0 e nt. tle first in behalf
of the gonvernn sent, outside Parlia
menrt rc:ative' to cotton, and coming
at a tim'' when rte public is clamor
in:' for drastc ation to shut off the
suippily 1:, <!n Germany, Is taken in
some iuarters to presage this step
soon. In his statement, which an
nounes that it descr ibes the govern
mni't's position on cotton "so far as
it is at the moment possible to de
fine it," Lord Cecil says:
"The iritish government. act'ir in
conjnnetion with its Allies, is giving
the cotton situation its continuous
and inost earnest consideration. The
government is fully aware of the imr
portance of cotton to America. ' We
fully understand that upon a satis
factory adjustiment of the matter de
pends to a considerable degree the
welfare of nearly a. quarter of the
population of the United States. The
welfare of the whole population of
Great Britain, however, also is in.
volved, as well as that of all Great
Britain's Allies, for whom the British
gove Il in ent is aeting in these and
other matters concerning contraband
and trade.
"The fundamen Lls of the situation
are quite clear. The Allies must by
all lawful means prevent cotton
reaching their enemies. That is a
vital inilitary necessity which all the
world will recognize."
WOULD INVADE TEXAS.
Believed Plan of Mexico If Troopi
Are Landed at Vera Cruz.
San Antonio, Texas.-C-(onstitutet]
auitthoritiles in Mlexico, (Carranza fol
lower's, are responsibile for the bandil
ouitrages in thte lower 1l1 Girand<
counlltry, according to the verdict of
comnulittf' of (tprominent (itiz/ens, head
ed by I ong res smnan Joln a I. Gairn er
who1 inadeli a irepor't to (Giovern or Fe r
guisoin andi( .\a . (Gen. F rede rick Fun
s toil coimmuanid ing thle Sou th ern (IC
pa rt ment t. hre.
-\r. Garinier, speaking for the comi
iittee ''' aidi busineses imein along thii
border believe that thle constitutet
Alexican athtoritlies are prepared it
launch a mnovemenit of armtedl met
into T iexias In thle evett Amiterical
troo ps are a gan ltIanitdd in Vera
"Tiho large bodies of Mlexicans ii
Nori thern Alx i(o aiviilable forili hme
diato uise In caiiso orders arte given ti
attemat to icarrniy out the plait oif Sai
DIego," said i. Garnter', ''would en]
able th eleians to brush asa1(0id ti.
ttroopts at Ipresenlt gunardlinig the Itor
dlet' aiid pettotrate a conlsidlerable udis
tantce in to Texas. Of course the:
wouild bo deofeatedi and. diven backt
but, before sutlieienit Amiterican troop:
c'ould hte sent in to thIe boirder eou'itr;
tano Nilexi'anus would ha vi destroye
valuannble' A mericain alife andl iproper'ty.
Pacific Mail LIne Sells Boats.
Nc'w Yor'k.---Th'le l'anc'itn' all Stenan
ship ('omtpanyv, in putrsuance of its plat
mrtinoun cod scotteL time trgo of dlispos
ing (of Its fleet and1( oither prio perity ha
sold flye of Its stoamteris to the Atlani
tic Transporit ('ompany of \Vest Vir
gintla. i'The steamter's so disposed (I
aro the i a nc'burhii, NIlon goli, Korea
SI betia antc Chin11a. No t ermts wer
mnentionledl in the annorunc'leen. TPh
last sailing from San Francls-o b
any of Ithese Vessels to Or'ienl port
uclei' the Pacifie Mail hlag will be o
August 25 by the lotngolia.
Hindenburg For E":, Work.
3l L.ondlon.--ilehl .tarshta I m VotIi
i denburg, uipon whtomn til ntis (lf
yr cult ttasks are imptiosed, hats persona
a ly taken c'on1inadm of the Giermia
,. trmy attacingt lKoi'no atc ha mad
f e r ie ' u.r ess in t hat reCglo
1. sarys Getiran official stat ement. Thr
e selection of Germany's national her
'r for the dutty of Capturing the fortres
e of Kovno ,which standcs between ti
>t Germtans and Vilna and the WVarsat
n Petrograd Railway, is an indiention <
a the imipor'tance Which the general sta
atitee to nti Opr-or
"Sc
I( tp ri li]A P P E A L T O A L L L E A D E R S
PROTEST IS MADE ON PART OF
UNITED STATES AND DIPLO
MATIC CORPS.
Joint Appeal Will be Forwarded by
Pan-American Countries. - First
Step Is Taken.
New York.-Secretary Lansing, on
behalf of the United States govern
ment and the diplomatic representa
tives of Bsrazil, Chile, Argentina, Bo
li1via, U'ruguay and Guatemala signed
an appeal addressed to the leaders of
all factions in Mexico, asking them in
the namec of humanity and Nationial pa
triotism to ceas~e their civil strife and
assemble a peace conference.
'The action, atken after a two-hour
session, was not of a joint character
but identical. An informal but unan
imous note will be sent expressing
the views of the seven governments
that the conditions of chaos in "Mexico
has injured the prestige of the nation
abroad and supplicating the Mexican
leaders and generals to make a su
premie effort to bring together all ele
ments In the creation of a provisional
government that can be given world
wide recognition.
Beyond this step, the session did
not go, reserving until a later date
c onsidcration of the situation that
may be created by refusal of any of
the factions to participate In a peace
conference. There was no discussion,
lin fact, of eventualities, notwithstand
ing that press dispatches reported
Carranza's outspoken objections to
the P'an-American methods of settling
.\exico's struggle. The assembled dip
lomats took the view that when their
appeal is fully disclosed to General
C'arranza he will not misunderstand
their purposes or accue them, as he
hao atmtngt nere0i
Meiositrnlafis
When th cofrne dore
thr* a eln o ofdneta
Joint Aspbrel Will beurtorwaprsedb
anAmerican Coutis. to conir
theinjrioStepfc IsTken. utth
wlwhc thr-e contansuruingeo
inal lxo thas cued. STte goerin
Wuntests that dipoac coneresnea
thves of neral thiergryina Mexica
iia, frm rar cannon.ea sihedv
anmapets sinig xressedt theadrs ofl
llfntnesoac in nvitod asing they prac
triotiway to assisthin brining tie fac
aton~l atogethraore conference.
Raiin a dFgtiongi afte aMexo-hon
seso, Baoter Mus jSitp. rate
-u ihti tial.n thfrMcal bordt tin
Texaos wnllte metll by s('trengthening
t-a the UndiStates oforeos itheeio
-Majoersa generalns ton maeues-t
permeffrt toarriong andgother ofllceals
,insithoeverato an suchv toop
g ovement hat n coneceteno wrth
1only rfog prttion o mriasi
Beyond diti teph eso i
Dnamet goofsrinnilal colateretate
atfatoy onformasutionon thchar
.ce a te byideusaOn reor sando
th ation00 toCarticiateops fro tpeac
-Tamauence. gaereio wa noe dicosson
laig thatopes disphaste eornte
-vrrintys ouG-rokn ojectn torayMe.
nninthe stnAniat e tods stting,
Meicorsetryggle.ison asiebled dip
,lofiial tnooktionvief that wharater,
anda adds fthat difCrranza Genralp
'aproafunnTxaswl nthe misudersbn
thir dsresn sor accu theny ressted
MeAdice's fi trm afarnas. ucsa
Whean Atonioneeneta anyourar
threnatrs adeig conidtelne.ta
aR(equve step o armoretrg cmext
iotho lWar Dpatent fromil ofilna-s
c allongo the orexians tov considre
tn whom ios eect tarrsonudepend te
w t or wheilithe contnt turblente
a iton witcoha caued fore ptitione
Suston tha areace onferee be
lila n atiexta trityaory in00 troopa,
- faryoh arro teganond Them gha
e- te12,00 mobnig teros heinrn l
>iioters ost if initdinny Unrtc
f tate woudb assist brngn there fac
ht.oske togehr fothee ofeene
AT1
SEND SHIPS TO VERACRUZ
NEW HAMPSHIRE AND LOUISIANA
ARE ORDERED TO SAIL-FROM
NEWPORT.
Commanded McNamee Sought Rein
forcements on Account of Anti
Foreign Demonstrations.
Washington.-Two American battle
ships, the Louisiana and the New
Hampshire, sailed from Newport, R.
I., for Vera Cruz in response to an
urgent request from Cominander Mc
Namee that his little fleet of bunboats
in Mexican waters be reinforced in
view of anti-foreign demonstrations at
Carranza's Capital.
It is understood President Wilson
himself ordered the warships sent, al
though no official here would even
admit that they had sailed. Care was
taken to point out that any naval or
military activity at this time would
be purely precautionary and could
not be construed as having any con
nection with the Pan-American Con
ference.
Official reticence concerning the
moVements of the Louisiana and New
Hampshire is due largely to a fear
that if news of their coming reaches
Vera Cruz ahead of the ships, the al
ready serious situation there might
be aggravated.
Commander McNamee, the senior
American naval officer on the Gulf
coast, cabled his request for rein
forcements and the two battleships
immediately were ordered held in
readiness to proceed. After confer
ences between Secretary Lansing and
Rear Admiral Benson, acting Secre
tary of the Navy, it was understood
the sailing of the ships would be de
layed pending fuller reports from
Ver-a Cr-uz, and that if possible, the
sending of any considerable additional
force would be avoided on account of
the effect such a step might have on
work of the Pan-American Confer-ence,
President Wilson, at Cor-nish, N. H.,
was advised by telephone of Comn
mander- McNamee's report and seevral
hours later a long code dispatch
reached tl e Navy Depar-tment fr-om
Cor-nish. 'rhen it became known the
ships had been instr-ucted to start for
Vera Cruiz at once.
Battleships to Vera Cruz
Newport, R. L.-The battleships
Louisiana and New Hlampshli-e sailed
from Newport for Ver-a Cruz. A crew
had spent the (lay loading supplies
and coal after receiving or-ders from
Washington to be preparecd to leave al
a moment's notice.
AUSTRIANS GIVEN ANSWER.
American Note Rejects Request Thai
Shipments Be Stopped.
Washington.-The United States
Government dispatchedl to Vienna r
r-eply r-ejecting the Austro-Hungaial
views recently set forth in a note con
tendling that the gr-eat scale on whicli
was munitions are being exportedI fron1
America to enemies of the Germani<
Allies "is not in consonance with the
definition of neutrality."
The reply may be made pfmblic la
ter by agreement between the twc
diplomatic language and entirely
frIendly in tone, it is understood tc
r-epudiate flatly the suggestion thai
the United States has permitted vio
lations of neutrality and to stand
firmly upon the right of American ex
porters to send war supplies to bel
lgerents able to purchase thefh.
The United States always has held
that this is an unquestioned right
and high officials have pointed oul
that to prevent such shipments to ent
country because another was not in r
position to receive them would in it
self violate neutrality.
Federal Reserve Board Meets.
New York.-The Federal Reserve
Board, whlich usually meets ini Wash.
ton held a conference here in the of
fices of the Federal Reserve Bank of
Nw York. The session following the
visit of Secretary McAdoo to Wall
S':eet caufed cdnsiderable specula.
tion. An official announcement by
H. Parker' Willis, secretary' of the
hoard said the meeting was held te
"clear up matters of pending business
which had b~een held open through the
advance fromi Washington of several
GOUNTY OFFICERS
FORM STATE BODY
AUDITORS AND TREASURERS
MEET IN COLUMBIA AND
. ORGANIZE.
RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED
Organization Favors a Flat Penalty of
Five Per Cent on -All Delin
quent Taxes.
Columbia.-A joint organization of
the county auditors and treasurers of
South Carolina was formed at a meet
ing in the Richland county court
house. The body elected officers for
the ensuing year and adopted resolu
tions, which will be presented by each
auditor and treasurer to his respect
ive county delegation in the next gen
eral assembly so that action can be
taken at the 1916 session.
The organization will meet in Col
umbia n September at the call of the
president.
The organization adopted a resolu
tion looking to the enactment of a
law whereby there will be 'a flat pen
alty of 5 per cent to attach to delin
quent taxes on and after January 1.
The motion was introduced by J. W.
Canfield, auditor o fGreenwood coun
ty. On motion of W. D. Dent, Lexing
ton county auditor, members of the or
ganization agreed to use their in
fluence on their respective county del
egations to amend the law relating to
the holding of special elections for the
levy of taxes so that the sesults of 4 4
elections held after June 1 of any year
will not take effect on the tax books
until the following year. This was
done so that the auditors may have
ample time in which to prepare their
duplicates for the county treasurers
and the comptroller general ,by Octo
ber 1.
Carlton W. Sawyer, comptroller gen
eral, was heartily applauded by the
members, who promised him their as
sistance and spoirh + . -. .
comptroller gen
spoke of the be
derived by an o.
and treasurers.
The officers
are: H. E. Ne
rer, president,
good Gooding,
tor, and R. F. I
ty treasurer; J
lington county
F. Russell, Kershaw county auditor,
assistant secretary.
In addition to the officers the fol
lowing were present: Auditors, Wins
ton Smith of Anderson, R. W. D. Row
ell of Bamberg, T. F. Furtick of Cal- -
boun, J. W. George of Cherokd., A. P.
Burgess, Clarendon; T. H. Abbott of
Dorchester, M. L. Gulick of Green
ville, J. W. Canfield of Greenwood, J.
W. Thompson of Laurens, WV. D. D~ent
of Lexington, T. M. McMichael of
Orangeburg, B. .C. DumPre of Richland,
N. R. Hazel of Saluda, RI. E. Wilder
of Sumter, B. M. Love of York; treas
urers, John B. Armstrong of Barnwell,
S. E. Wylie of Chester, 3. 1L. Mims of
Edgefield, 3. A. Foster of Greenville,
WV. A. Mason of Hampton. D. M.- Mc
Caskill cof Kershaw, Rloss D. Young of
Laurens, T. C. Perrin of Lee. E. 1L.
Wingard of Lexington, P. R. Spigner
of Richland, 3. N. Dlehoache of Sas
luda.
Build Big H spital.
Darlington.-The n ill of Edmond
H. 'DIeas has been pr< :ed, and by its
terms all of his pers< 'mal property is
left to his wife and af "ir her dleath it ..
is to be sold and the proceeds uised
for the b~uildling of a hi spital in Dar
lington for negroes. D< la left an es
tate worth pr'obaibly $25,0 0 or $30,000,
He has no children surviv' g him.
Child Killed by Lightn ing.
Anderson.-Trhe six-year-old s~on of
John Phillips, a farmer of the i onea
P'ath section, was killed and hIs f ir
year-old daughter was shocked wvhek
a bolt of lightning struck the chimney
of Phillips' house a few (lays ago. The ~
house caught fire but Mrs. Phillips
extinguishedl the flames before they
made much headwvay.
Big Fertilizer Plant.
Charleston.--Under the title "Caro
lina Fish andl Oil Company," the larg
est fish scrap fertilizer and fish oil
liant south of the Chesapeake bay Is
now being operated by Charleston
business men on tihe Cape Fear itiver,
North Carolina, bet ween Wilmingtonj
and Southport, just 18 mIles below
the former' place. The plant includes
fishing fleet, factory and all equip
meat for facilitating efficient lprodluc
tion and transportation. Th le capacity
of the new plant is about 20,000 bar.
rels of fish per clay.
Big Country Store Burns.
[Edgefield.--About~ 11 o'clock one
night recently the large country store
of G. M. and( P. A. TIimmerman, 12
miles northeast of E'dgefield, was
burned. It is presumed that tihe fire
originated from the explosion of a
lamp. Nothing was saved from the
building, even thle b)ooks being dlestroy.. 7
ed- Wheni the door was Opened aftes.
the fire was5 discovered sufficient
headway had been made to make the
removal of any of the stock impossi.
ble. The firm carried a stock of about
$2,500, which was Partially insured.
PEACE PROSPECT
IS UNDISTURBED
PRESIDENT WILSON IS GIVEN AN
ACCOUNT OF MEXICAN
SITUATION.
HEAR INTER-AMERICAN PLAN
Villa Approachable But Carranza Flat
ly Refuses to Enter Negotiations.
-For Armistice.
Vashington.-Prosident Wilson on
his return from Cornish was given a
comprehonsive account of the Mexi
can situation by Secretary Lansing.
The secretary told the president
that official reports indicated that the
situation in the ticinity of Browns
ville was of a local character and
that quiet prevailed at Vera Cruz
where there had- been some anti-for
eign- determinations. He outlined in
detail the discussion of peace plans
at the New York conference of the
Latin-American diplomats.
Neitner the president nor Secre
tary Lansing was inclined to believe
the situation required any further
precautionary measures than have
been taken in sending battleships to
Mexican waters and more Federal
troops to the Texas border.
They devoted most of their time
to t discussion of the inter-American
plan on which they are pinning their
hopes for the early restoration of
peace in Mexico.
The conference appeal to the Mexi
can factions has not yet been sent,
although signed by Secretary Lansing
and the Ambassadors and Ministers of
the six Central and South American
governments participating in the con
ference. A list of chiefs, generals,
and governors is being compiled and
as soon as the locations of all are
determined the appeal will be tele
graphed simultaneously to every part
of Mexico.
On the eve of this action came an
announcement from the Villa agency
here that Carranza had flatly refused
to permit a peace conference between
his representatives and those of
Villa.
BAYONET DRIVES TURKS.
Russians Explain Wholesale Exodus
of Armenians.
Petrograd, via London.-Explana
tion of the renewal of the wholesale
exodus of Armenians from their coun
try into Trans-Caucasia is made in
an account of military operations on
the Caucasus front since July 22.
After the Russians penetrated to
Mush-83 miles south of Erzerum and
Plian, Halil Bey re-organized his
Turkish army, bringing its strength
up to 90,000. General Eudenitch, the
Russian commander, thus faced the
alternatives of hurriedly attempting
to concentrate his forces in the face
of a strong Turkish army or retreat
ing and thus exposing a large Armen
ian population to Turkish and Kurd
ish revenge.
The Russian main army withdrewv
along the right bank of the Euphrates,
the Turks occupying the left bank be
ing held in partial check by rear
guard actions. On August 1, Hailil
Bey overtook a considerable body of
Russians at Palantchen on the left
bank of the Euphrates, 12 miles south
west of Kara Kilissa. A line was
drawn from the northeast to the
southwvest from Darabi, six miles
north of Kara Kilissa, to Djmaschato
six miles southwest of the important
Akhtunski pass, covering the roads to
F'riv ani.
Meet in BaltImore Next.
Los Angeles, Cal.-Baltimore was
selected as the 1916 convention city
of the International Typographicah
Union. There wvas no contest.
A proposition to impose the rule
of priority in employing and dis
charging mn wvas ordered submitted
to a refendum 'and a proposal pro
viding for a six-day week was adopt
edl 150 to 70. Bo0th measures were
put forward by the union adninis
tration.
Try Swim to Safety.
Oh ristiana, via London.-Twenty
five members of the crew of the Ger
man converted cruiser Berlin, intern
ed at Trondhjam last November, at
tempted to escape by swimming
across the Trondhjem Fjord, but they
wvere obse ed by a guard and caught.
All had bundles of civilian clothing,
money and knives. Several were
drowvned. Three German citizens
have been sentenced to imprisonment
for attempting to smuggle copper into
Germany. The Berlin carried 450
men.
Three Mexicans Killed.
Brownsville, Texas.-Trhe killing of
three Mexicans near Mercedes, Htidal
go county, Texas, and the capture of
22 saddle horses belonging to the
bandits in the same vicinity, led to
the belief that at least 01ne of the
bands of Mexican raidlers which re
cently have terrorized the horder hadl
been scattered. Details of the fight
in wvhich the three Mexicans wer"
killed are not available, federal andl
state omlals having adoptedl an atti
tude of reticence. The~ situation in
Starr county was reported quiet