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NO BAN QN AIRSHIPS.
HAiS ktati: IIMIIWIII in re?
ply to german protest.
Bryan states In Note Tlmt Bollvcry or
lljdro-Aeroplanes Ruilt by Manu
? scturvr* In this Country Will not
lie St0P|HMl.
Washington. Feb. 1.?In reply to
Germany's protest against the build?
ing of hydroaeroplane s by American
manufacturers for Kng'.ud and Kus?
els. Secretary ltrynn has informed
the German ambassador that the ?-.t?te
department does got concur in tie
contention thta such craft aro ves?
sels of war "WhoaS iottVOfj tC bel?
ligerent states bl neutrals should be
stopped."
The correspond* to ?? on the subject
was made pui lie loday by Mr. Hrynn.
On snuary 19 Count von Hernstorff
wrote:
"Mr. Secretary of State:
"It has come to my knowledge that
s number of hydroaeroplanes have
been ordered In the Cnlted states for
belligerent states from the Curtlss
plant at Hann ort. N. Y.. and
that a part of them have already been
delivered.
"An airship named America was
delivered In October of last year to
RnKland. Five more hydroaeroplanes
of the same type havo been delivered
since.
"England b-?s also ordered 21 hy?
droaeroplanes of the I. N. model (70
horsepower) from Curtlss.
"Curtlss Is also building for Eng?
land 12 hydroaeroplanes of the K
model of 160 horsepower.
llussla has also recently ordered a
number o* hydroaeroplanes of the K
model from Curtlss. How many Is not
yet known.
'The motors for the aeroplanes are
built partly by CurtUs himself at
Hammondsport. partly by the Hers
chel-Splllman motor factory at North
Tonawanda. N. Y.
The wings are made at the Cur?
tlss plant, the minor parts by the
Autocrat Manufacturing company.
The Tonawanda Boat company fur?
nishes the boat part.
"There is no doubt that hydro?
aeroplanes must be regarded is war
vessels whose delivery to belligerent
states by neutrals should be stopped
under article 8 of the 13th conven?
tion of second Hague conference of
October 18. 1807. Hyroaeroplanes
are not mentioned by name In the
convention simply because there was
?one In 1907, at the time of ths con?
ference.
"On tho supposition that hydroaero?
planes are delivered to belligerents
against the wishes of the government
of the Cnlted States, I have the honor
to bring the foregoing to your excel?
lency's kind knowledge.
"Accept. Mr. Secretary of State, re?
newed assurances of my most distin?
guished high consideration.
"J. HernstorrT."'
Secretary Bryan's reply dated Jan?
uary 29 follows:
lixcellency: I have the nonor to
acknowledge Um receipt of your ex?
cellency's note gf the 19th tnst., and
In reply have to . if fm > > i that the
Statements Contained in your excel?
lency's note have received my careful
consideration In view of the aafg
purpose of this government to perform
every duty which Is Imposed upon it
as a neutral by treaty stipulation and
International law.
"The essential statement in your
note, which Implies an obligation on
the part of this government to inter?
fere In the sale and d? livery of hydro?
aeroplanes to belligerent powers Is:
" There Is no doubt that hydro?
aeroplanes must bo regarded ns war
vessels whose delivery to belligerent
States by neutrals should be stopp. (
under artiele s of the 13th conven?
tion of the second Hague conterence
of October 19, 1907.'
"As to this assertion of the eharac
ter of hydroaeroplanes. I submit tin
folowing comments: The fact that a
hydroaeroplane Is fittf 1 with appa?
ratus to rl?o from and alight upon tho
sea does not in my opinion give it the
character of a vessel any more than
the wheels attached to an aeroplane
tilting It to rise from and alight upon
land give the latter the character of
a bind vehub
"Both the hydroaeroplane and the
aeroplane aro essentially aircraft 1 as
an aid in military operations th \v can
only he os?-d in the air; the fact that
one starts its tiight from the surface
of tho sea ami the other from the
lend Is a mete Incident which in no
way effects their aerial char n tor,
"In view of these facts I must dis?
sent from your aacaltency*s assertion
that 'thero is doubt that hydroaero
pianes must be rssjarded u-* war VOa
sels.' and conseouently I do not regard
the obligations Imposed by treaty or
law applicable to aircraft of an\ sort
by the aeepted rubs of International
law applicable to aircraft of any I grt
"In this connection, f farther I ill to
your excellency s aft' rt'ua, tint. ,K
cording to the latest advices received
by this department, tin- (human Im?
portal government Includes 'balloons
and flying machines ami their gOggi
pottent part*' in the Hit of additional
WOULD EXTRADITE VAN HORN.
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BRITISH AVTHOR1TIK8 AVANT TO
t .VHKV HIM TO CANADA.
Attempted Hostruction of Human
Idle" is (?UUP0S by Canadian An
thorilios?Itcqucst filed With State
Department.
Washington. Feb. The British ,
ambassador today filed with the state ]
department a request for extradition
from Maine to Canada Of Werner Van
HoTBi on charge "of Attempted de?
struction Of human life" in connection
With the d? mmiting of the St. Crolx
international railway bridge, The am-|
i bassador's note Stated the request was
bast ?i on a communication from the
Canadian minister of justice.
If the application is found regular
in form, Van Horn will he ordered
before a United States commissioner
d Canadian authorities allowed to
appear against him. should the com
inlostoa decide there li no case, the
prisoner Bright be discharged without
further proceedings. Should extradi?
tion l>e ordered, however, an appeal to
the state department would i>e admit*
stbta Van Horn already has indicated
that he would tight extradition.
A telegram from the prisoner today
asking the German ambassador to
safeguard his interests here, as he was
a German subject, declared ho "did
not put foot on Canadian soil." That
was taken here to mean that though
lie was on the bridge, he did not ac?
tually stand on Canadian soil. An the
international boundary follows the
middle line of the river and the piers
Of tin* bfldfJO rest on Canadian soil
at the end where Van Horn is said
to have placed his charge of dynamite,
otllcials attach no importance to this
plea.
The German embassy delayed pass?
ing upon Van Horn's request pend?
ing a report on his citizenship from
the German consul general in New
York.
State department officials declined
to express any opinion as to Van
Horn's contention that his offense war?
V litical," that it was an act of war
directed against his country's enemy,
and that it was his intention to pre?
vent continued transportation across
this bridge of troops and munitions
of war going to Europe to be used
against Germany. It was pointed out,
however. that to prove his act was
an act of war Van Horn must pro?
duce evidence that ho was acting un?
der higher authority and by direct
orders. The act of an individual on
his own responsibility usually is not
accounted an act of war.
On the other hand, if the prisoner
should produce evidence that he was
acting under direction of the German
tro\. rnment. It is said, a Violation of
tho neutrality of the United States by
Germany might be involved.
The Canadian government in mak?
ing his application referred to the
man a3 an ordinary etvU criminal. It
was pointed out incidentally that this
.insures Van Horn, if extradited, from
1- tag treated as a German spy or
.even as a military prisoner.
RECORDS IX CELLAR.
Committee May Hnonininul Koindox
inu of Archhc ?.
Columbia? Fnb, 4.?Practically noth?
ing of a definite nature was developed
by the prob?? of the Special legisla
?1 00m mit tee Into the matter of the
milling records from the governor's
office yesterday
Members of the committee In
i" led the cellar of the State house
and then found many records which
i 141 been thrown Into boaea The 00m
Rilttee has not decided what rooom*
mendations I? will make to the legis?
lature* Members eald that the legis?
lature would probably be nsked to
n eke provision for relndexlng ;iii of
the records.
Fire Wednesday burned n hole
in the roof or Mr. A. A. Bradham'i
residence on Harvln street, the
blase being extinguished by the chem
leal engine before it could spread and
do more dansage. The fire occurred at
[about 3.Si o'clock end was in the
house adjacent to the reed house,
contraband and thai in the Imperial
I rise ordinance, drafted September 30
I'
1909, and leaned In the Reichs Genets*
blatt on Anglist Itl4, apear as
eoniiition.il contraband 'airships and
living machines1 (article section
v? it thus appears that the imperial
government has placed and still re*
lalns aircraft of nil descriptions In
the class of conditional contraband)
for which no special treatment In*
Volvlng neutral duty Is, so far as 1
am advised, provided by any treaty
to which the united states Is a signa?
tory or adhering power.
"As to the \iews of this department
the provisions of convention II of the
? nd Hague conference do not apply
to hydroaeroplanes 1 do not consider
neccssar) to discuss the question as
to whether those provisions are In
Force dining the present war, ac?
eept. excellency, the renewed assur?
ances of my highest consideration.
? YY J, Bryan."
Iii; AND ills son EXECUTED TO?
GETHER WITH STAFF MEM?
BER.
Relatives of Former First Chief Put
to Death by Grasping Turn Coat out
of Revenge.
Laredo, Texas, Feb. 1.?Cien. Jesu.;
Carransa, his son, Abelardo, and
Ignacio Peraldl, member of his staff,
were executed i>v (Jen. Santlbanes,
former constitutionalist general, who
Went over to Gen, Zapata, according
to a telegram received by the widow
of Gen. Carransa from the first chief
at Vera Crux.
(Jen. Venustiano Carransa,. In his
message to Mrs. Carranza, who is
a refugee here, stated that troops
would be sent to recover the bodies.
(Jen. Jesus Carranza ?and his Stall
were taken prisoners by troops un?
der command of Santibancz recently
near Ban Geronlmo on the isthmus
of Tehauntepec and most of his staff
according to reports, were executed
immediately. Jesus Carranza. his son,
Abelardo, and Peraldi, n relative, were
held prisoners at that time by Santi?
bancz, who had joined forces with
Zapata.
The father, mother, wife and other
members of Gen. Santibanez's family
were recently reported captured in the
State of Jalapa and sent to Vera Cruz
where constitutionalists said they
would hold them pending disposition
of Jesus Carranza.
It is stated that Jesus Carranza was
executed because of the refusal of his
brother, Gen. Carranza, to restore
Santibancz to his command as general
in tho Carranza army. At the timo
of his capture such a demand with
a threat that he would be executed
unless it was complied with was con?
veyed to Gen. Carranza. Tho latter
replied that his brother was willing to
die for the cause if necessary and
that be would accept this alternative
rather than condone the act of Santl
banez.
The order went forth from Vera
Cruz Immediately, however, for
troops to rush to Tehuantepec to res?
cue the captured general and his
staff. Apparently they arrived too
; fate.
I Santibanez, formerly a general In
I the federal army, later joined the
! Carranza forces, finally leaving them
1 and attaching themselves to Zapata's
, command.
CTENTIFICO PARYTY STARTS
MOVE.
El Paso, Texas, Feb. 1.?A move?
ment directed against the Carranza
and Villa elements in Mexico has
Im ' n launched by the Cicntiflco party
! which supported Diaz and the Huerta
\ regime, according to authentic in?
formation received here today. The
new movement is said to have re?
ceived the adherence of many form?
erly wealthy land owners.
CHARGED W ITH MURDER.
Aiken, Feb. l.?Charged with the
killing of William McCullough In
Augusta Sunday night, J. J. Taylor,
a young merchant of Granitcvlllc In
this county, was arrested today and
carried to Augusta. The killing of
IfcCullough presented something of
a mystery this morning. The dead
man. an operative of an Augusta cot
Ion mill, had ,fust left three friends
last night to go to his home nearby
when a hack drove up and those
standing at the corner saw a man
dressed in gray ( lot lies alight down
tho street. A SOUflle ensued, follow?
ed by two pistol shots. The man In
gray was seen to jump quickly into
the hack ?and was driven hurridely
away.
McCullough was found dead on the
sidewalk. ,
Augusts police today located
George McAlpln, who said he was
the driver of the hack. The arrest
of Taylor followed.
The negro declared that he had
said nothing because he had been
threatened with death if he told, but
he declared that he know Taylor well
and that it was Taylor Who killed
McCullough, According to the negro,
Taylor was driven to a point near the
union station in Augusta, where he
i?oard<-d a midnight train to Charles
ton which passes In a mile of Gran?
itcvlllc,
Taylor declined to make a state?
ment when arrested, it Is believed
thai In the darkness McCullough was
mistaken for another person, as there
is nothing to indicate that he and
Taylor were acquainted w hile the ae?
ro hnckman declares fhal he has
often driven Taylor to the home of
u young woman who lives within a
few doors of where the killing took
place Sunday night.
Villa Takes ( barge.
Rl Paso, Texas, Fob, 3.?-Francisco
Villa has proclaimed himself In
charge of Ihr presidency of Mexico,
This was announced In n telegram
from Oen. Viiiu received tonight by
bis ng< nts here.
vdia appointed three ministers to
lake charae of the civil government.
GERMAN OFFICER USED DYNA?
MITE ON INTERNATIONAL
BOUNDARY.
Is Being Hehl at Yancohoro, Maine.
Until Extradition Papers arc Served
?Van dorne claims to Be German
Army Officer.
Vanceboro, Me., Feb. 2.?Another
Internationa] problem incident to the
war was thrust upon the United States
today by the action of Werner Van
Horn, who, operating on the Canadian
side of the border, dynamited the rail?
way bridge over the St. Croix river,
and then escaped into Maine.
A few hours later in a room at a
hotel here Van Horn submitted to ar?
rest, but Immediately proclaimed
himself an officer of the German army
and set up the claim that he had com?
mitted an act of war and, having tied
to a neutral country, could not be sur?
rendered legally to an enemy of the
fatherland.
The Canadian authorities tool: a
different view of the matter and im?
mediately instituted proceedings to
extradite the prisoner on a charge of
I destruction of railroad property.
Pending* the outcome of these efforts
Van Horn is held at the immigration
odlce here in custody of a deputy
sheriff.
The bridge which Van Horn sought
to destroy was not greatly damaged.
Within a few hours cars were shunt?
ed across one at a time, the passenger's
walking over on the Ice. 1 y morning,
railroad officials raid, the bridge
would bo strong < nough f<->r trains to
use it without uncoupling.
The bridge Is owned jointly by the
Maine Central and th*.- Canadian Pa?
cific railways, and is on the direc t
route of the Canadian Pacific from
western Canada to th* .Maritime prov?
inces, over this road have been ship?
ped large quantities of war materials
for the allies, which were dispatched
from St. John to Halifax.
According to the police, Van Horn,
a man of middle age. and of military
bearing, told them that he left Ger?
many live years ago and for the past
four years had been managing a coffee
plantation in Mexico. Recently he
made unsuccessful attempts to return
to his native land.
Friday night Van Horn left New
York city, arriving here Saturday
night. That same night by appoint?
ment he met at the east end of the
bridge a man unknown to him. The
man gave him a satchel containing
fly] a mite. Van Horn suspended the
Batchel from the Inside of an end
post of the bridge and about 2 o'clock
tliis morning discharged the explosive, j
Attorney General William R. Pal
tangall tonight ordered that Van Horn
? t eld until further orders. While
there was no formal charge preferred
against him at first, arrangements
were made to have a warrant issued
if necessary in order to make certain
Van Horn's detention.
Van Horn, the officials state, could
be charged with damage to a railroad
bridge, which is an extraditable of?
fense or with damage to property on
the American side of the border whc.e
windows were broken by the explo?
sion.
Up to night Van Horn had not seen
a lawyer and appeared indifferent as
to what charges may be preferred
against him.
WON'T DISCUSS IT.
State Officials Decline to Talk Pending
Receipt of Application.
Washington! Feb. 2.?Application
( for the extradition of Werner Van
Horn reached th;4 British embassy
here late tonight and probably will
be presented to the state department
tomorrow. Officials of both the em
basy and the department declined to
I discuss the case pending formal pre?
sentation of the application.
Secretary Bryan :-aid he had heard
'nothing about the case and of course
would not have anything to say until
it was before him officially.
There was much comment in of?
ficial circles upon the probability that
Van Horn would set up a claim of
immunity from extradition on the
ground that has offense was political,
not criminal. It was said, however,
that even if such a claim were recog?
nised the prisoner probably would be
prosecuted under the neutrality laws
of the United States.
GEORGIA PHYSICIAN LYNCHED.
Shot to Death at Evans, Ga?, For
Criminal Assault on Young Girl.
\ Augusta, Feb. 4.?Dr. Culverson, a
physician of Evans, Ga? was shot to
' death by citizens early this morning.
He was charged with criminally as?
saulting the young daughter of a
citizen.
j Dr. A. X. Culverson, who was
lynched near Augusta, was a native of
North Carolina. He was frequently
in trouble, and terrorised the coun?
try, whipping and shooting negroes,
and shooting out the tail lights of au?
tomobiles. His body was riddled with
l bullets and left in the yard until the
inquest this afternoon.
FAMINE IN MEXICO GUY.
STATE DEPARTMENT IS ADVISED
OP SERIOUS CONDITION.
Vera Cruz to Become Permanent Cap*
Ital of Carransa Government in
Mexico.
Washington, Fek 3.?A food famine
menaces Mexico City unless conditions
are relieved, according 1o advices
reaching the state department today.
The diplomatic corps here is mani
festing much anxiety over conditions
in the .Mexican capital because of the
ban on cipher communication which
has been placed by the Carranza au?
thorities. This is the first time, it is
said, that foreign diplomats have had
serious difficulty in reaching their
legations in Mexico City.
State department officials are get?
ting their telegrams through, but with
much delay.
Carransa officials at Mexico City
are moving their records to Vea Cruz,
where it is believed the Capital of the
Carransa government will remain.
The constitutionalist agency here
made public tonight the following re?
ports from Vera Cruz.
"Gen. Pablo Gonzales reports tho
capture of Cadereyta, 15 miles east of
Monterey. The Villistas were deci?
sively defeated and suffered heavy
losses.
"Between Montemorolos and Lin?
eares, Gen. Marino Sandaval, com?
manding a Villtsta army, was over?
whelmed and forced to retreat to tho
north.
"Tomorrow (Thursday) railroad
traffic will be resui led between this
place and Mexico City. On account of
the scarcity of food in the capital the
Vera Cruz Chamber of Commerce has
arranged to send supplies there by the
first train."
PALLS HOM FIFTEENTH STORY.
John Hughes Instantly Killed in Fall
from Cnndlcr liuilding Window,
Atlanta. Feb. 4.?John Hughes,
I aged 57, an oil inspector in the State
! capitol, fell from the fifteenth story
I
i window of the Candler building and
\ t. as instantly killed. It is believed
that the affair was accidental.
Alabama Liquor Law Vetoed..
j Montgomery, Feb. 4.?The governor
; today vetoed the senate anti-liquor
shipping and anti-liquor advertising
? bills. He declared them to be un
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