Austin American (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 143, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 23, 1915 Page: 1 of 32
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Endeavors by Trick to Embroil America With
Germany—Hoped by Shrewd Scheme to Stir
Up Trouble—Sharp Note Will Be Sent English.
duce Carranza to Let Rail-'
- roads Carry Supplies.
FAMINE AND MISERY
IN MEXICO CITY; U. S.
WILL PROVIDE FOOD
ROOSEVELT SHAKES
HANDS WITH JURORS
FOR ACQUITTING HIM
ENGLISHMAN FEARS
GERMANS WILL PUT
CZAR’S TROOPS OUT
Brought to a bait on the easter
banka of the ana. the Teutonic allles
who have been hanging on the heeis
of the Russlans artven from the Car-
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can not
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Russian Line on River San
It’s Great Victory. .
Live as Decent American
Citizen Should.
Commercial Representative, to Facilitate Amer-
ican Cargoes, Are Broken Off—Great Britain
here for neveral days and that they are
figuring with neverni firms of car
manufacturer.
DIXIE HIGHWAY MEN
FIX ON CHICAGO ROAD
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the ri
trade
CALIFORNIA VOLCANO
AGAIN IN ERUPTION
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Reply to Wilson Note to Sug-
gest Americans Keep Off
Allies’ Vessels.
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BERLIN, May 22.— Germany* an-
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rensive."
On the Narey front the Germans
have Introduced the poisonous gases
which proved so effective against the
allles on the test. Thia le the first
report of such an experiment on the
eastern battle front.
Austro-German attacks oa the Ga-
WON’T CONSIDER LETTERS
IN FRANK’S BEHALF FROM
THOSE OUT OF GEORGIA
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swer to the American note
be expegted before nest Tu
The picture shows two Erasmus High School pupils as Betsy
Shipton and Major Moncries, who greatly aided General Washing-
ton during the British occupation of Brooklyn in Revolutionary
times.
the qomap I iracy, to determined to merve
out his senitence or go out on e par-
don
Two thousand persons will take part in the pageant, including
a chorus of over one thousand. The Battle of Long Island will be
reproduced in the most elaborate spectacle that Brooklyn has ever
staged. 4 । •7
Effort Made to Attack Austrian or
Embassies—Austrian Barracks Are Bl
formal azreement was reached. It
wea understood hy the State Depart-
ment's trade adyther to provide that
Petrograd Says Teutons Use
Poisonous Oases at Narew
English Repulse Attacks.
astin
Smith. Cloveland. ONo; C M. Beum.
Minneapolls; W Burt Brown. Kanans
The noticea of
aaroughoudna
tbronged the atreets
only sentiment wa
RomFthtVtcmtomonrowdgudss isutadeton
in the Italian provinces bordering on the Austro
frontier and in air the islands and coast towns of
Adriatic Sea. .
The declaration was promulgated tonight in the follon
royal decree: .-53
Clashes Between Austrian and Italian
Occur—Nation Responds as One uaip
ster Crowds With Thousands of Flags
Capital—Hisses Are Heard as Hous
Passed Without National Emblem Fli
y in-
style
The J
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5 DYNAMITERS ASK
PAROLE FROM PRISON
t) the excluaive war
weaket, according to Petrograd. The
Teutonic alMes are Im. prodikal in the
expendtture of theit ammunition for
heevy euns, says the Russtan report.
In the region of Kielce, according
to the Vienna atatement; th. Ruastans
■till are retreatg In a northeasterty
direction, attough they are fighting
as they withdraw
Hurtle Orders SOM Frelght Cars.
CHICAGO. May 11 — Azents of the
Rusntan Imperial government are In
Chicego negotiating for the purehane
of 1404 freight pan. If the dual i.
it to maintain a long distance blockade and supervise all
tween this country and Germany.
azua wution on the part ——=
people.
Rloting has occurted In th. streets
of the capital, th. chamber of heputles
has been invaded by a hungry mob
and thousands have fought for th.
food distributed by th* authorities.
secretary Bryan said he had re-
cetved a dispatch informine him that
300 persons tainted when a crowd of
mor. than elght thousand gathered to
receive the corn distributed by the
authorities and leamned that there was
not enougn to go around. In the
strugxie the weaker ones war*
trampled under foot
It ts admitte that the ponition of
Americana and other toretners is at-
tended with danger,
A dlspatch received by the State
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LEAVENWORTH, Kan. May 22.—
Five men bentenced to the Federal
priwon here in connection —Ith the al-
leged dynamite consplracy today made
their application before the Federal
board of parolen.
It is Umoat a certainty they will
ORDER FOR I
CAUSES WII
SOLDIERS
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STEAMERKROONLAND-
DEPARTS FDR FRISCO
lctan front are growing
source an In- ment ot Great Britain of her stArv-
- In* out policy will almos certainly
be referred to it will be pointed out
MACON, Oa, May 22.— Letters, ps-
titions, resolutions and memorals sent
out of the State In connection with the
Loo M Frank case will not be aiven
eny gonsideration by Governor-lect
Nat K. Harri* 80 far he has received
about a thousand letter* and while
nenas. read most of them out of idle
surpmity. he does not ptopose to fur-
therpay them any attenUos. Judge
Harris today made4h? following state-
ment rogaraing his position:
.. "Iou.can Just may for Nat Harris
that if the matter of dealing executive
glemency to the condemned man is to
be .conmidered by him, that the entire
outside world will not be taken into
commideraton one Mt. It is entireiy a
Aeorgi matter and if I am to connider
the case l shall consider It altorether
from a Qgoraie basis with ths inter-
•sts of Qeorgia and the interest
Georgia pernohs have at heart."
State Department in the interest of
Americans who had bought goods in
Germany were endeavorine to etceet a
gentieman' agrement with Great
Britain under which th. latter would
suspend to some extent the operation
of her order in council, ponding a dip-
lomatic adjustment of the question be-
bo liberated TNey were:
J. H. Barry, t. Luts:
REDDING, Cal, May 11 — Tre-
mendoun beyond all comparison with
ninety-six prevlous outbursta was the
eruption of Mount Lamen at 4:10 this
afternoon. The uphenval lasted full
foreo until I p‘"eloek, when it ahadet
KITASHINGTON, May 22.—The State Department announced
W today that because of "differences" the negotiations be-
’ " tween the department and Sir Richard Crawford, commer-
cial adviser of the British embassy, on the subject of facilitating
the movement of American cargoes have been broken off.
Following as it does, the action of Secretary Bryan in deny-
✓ ing that the informal sets of the trade advisers of the State De-
‘ pertinent regarding cotton cargoes were to be considered as bind-1
ing on this Government, as the British government maintained,
the announcement was considered of great significance.
It means that the United States reaffirms an implied refusal
to be put in a position which might be interpreted as approval of
Great Britain's order in council, under which Great Britain claimed
ery prevalling in Mexico City caused
the state Department today to direct
Consul John R. Sitman to take up
the matter with General Carran=.
who controls the railroads to the cap- --------------„-----
Ital and to urgently request Um: reports heavy arttilery tizhtine north-
tacinties be provided for the tr»n»- ‘ '
portetion of foodsturts to the starving
Paris stater that the British troops
have repuised a etrong attack- north
of La Bassee, inflicting seyere losnes
mure, f
Baron von Macento, the J
embameedor hem. began pay
farewell qals tonight and I
will leave Roma on MonSay.
, The royal decree was ncee
the populace aa a deelarattom
it folhowea in the,onder nan
stgning by the Kin* of the b
terring extraordinary powen
Goverhment during the war, 1
of an imperial maniresto calim
tervists to the color, and final
lication of a denree of mdi
of the army and navy.
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In effect, the decree piaces 1
ritory desertbea under control
army and navy for defenetve pi
if no formal declaration 64 -
Italy follews, K wi leave the
o5 such a declaration on AM
if such a declaration by aonteu
sent when. and it Ausirlan tro
vade the border territory ds<
Iha anus of the inttativ an
will fall on enemy shouMders an
wiu thus ba relleve of the n
Eility of making a deelarni
will be able to appear aste ol
nation
that Germany', acceptance, la prin-
dpi. of th. buggestion is Mill ta fore*
It to not at all improbable that
Germany will alao advance an alterna-
tive sugestion that the Unite States
permit Ito national, to travel on ahips
belonging to beiligerents only if these
xerseim are certified by the United
states ae having no munitions ot war
aboard and that such ceruried ships
would not be subjected to torpedo-
ing without notice.
The admiralty has season to be-
Heve. It is stated.'that the Guinight
was not damaged by a bubmarine but
from mome other reuse None of the
nubmartne commanders have report-
ed the Qamaging of the Guitiigh ana
so much time has elapsed that all
under water boats whieh might pos-
albly have torpedoed the vessel have
now returned to their basea
SYRACUSE. N. Y.. May 11—Forty
two hours after the $50,000 Barnes-
Roosevelt libel action was submitted to
their charge, the jury found teat Mr.
Barnes had no caume of actich. The
last twenty-four hours of deliberation
had been spent in bringing one man
around to the view of eleven The re
calcitrant, EAward Burnn, became
convinced bome time this morning He
cheerfully joined tn the verdict when
it was rendered
Colonel Roosevelt was overjoyed at
the verdict. After shaking hands with
each juror and talking to them. co1-
lectively. about rood citizenship, he
said:
"Mr. Foreman and entlemen of the 1
rm
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AUSTRO-GERMAN
ADVANCE HALTS
and wester theeters, with sllght ad-
vaacM here and there, captuesa of
prisoners and guns and In ease not ex-
ceedig the toll conceded by combat-
ants as necessaty to such actions, th*
fighting along the San stands athe
one great battle of any great
diate consequence.
Petrograd-clatms the Ruastans art
advancing along the left bank of the
San and have occupied, after severe
fighting. four villazses and have beaten
the Teutonic forces back In an attempt
to retake a fifth. On the right bank
one town has been taken by the Rus-
State Department Announces Negotiations Be- ‘
tween Trade Advisers and British Embassy
companies obtaining the order end
furnish employment to nevegal thou-
sand mon in the car shops. J. 8. Run-
nels of the Pullman Company said
WASHINGTON, May 22,— Dis-
patches telling of the famine and mia-
progrems in the region south of La
Quinque Run.
French gains in the house to house
fighting in the streets of Ablain have'
made the tebops of the republic the
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., May 22__
The fourteen commimatoners of the
Dixie Highway Aagoclatiqn late thia
afternoon completed the task of de-
fining the great Chicago to Miami
roadway The salient points of the
route are Chicago, Indianapolis. Louie-
vllle. Cincinnati, Lexington, Knoxvile.
Nashville, hattanoora, Atlanta, Ma-
con. Tails ha as.«. Jacksonviile, at
Augustine, Palm Beach and Miami.
In order o avoid disputes the com-
missioner. tn reallty decided upon two
routes known as tbs Eastern and
Western. Ths roots runs from Chicago
to Miami via Indianapolis, Louisville,
Nashvinle. Chattanooga. Atlanta, Ma-
con. Tallahassee. Jncksonviil, St
Augustine end Palm Beach.
The Eastern route leavee the West-
era at Inetanepolle and joins it again
at Chattanooga, passmg through Day-
ton. Lexington. Cumberland Gap and
Knoxville. From Chattanooga the
Eastern rehte naasM through Dalton
and joins the Western et Macon. From
Macpn to Jacksonville the Eastemn
route ,will be melected within ninety
days
It was agreyd that all segments of
ths road must be constructed within
one year up to wpecifications.
Mian* Berlin mr h— no claims of ad-
dnerounaninvrengwsisimavamxnget Military Says if Teutons Pierce
Ten minutes later a third column
of greyish smoke whirled upward
adjacent to the two already united
For an hour tbs thren united___ .__________ __
columns rase and unfolded, expand- the Runmlan reprementatives have been
ing as they ascended upward almost ‘ ...
Virticaly, and finally attained e height
estimated at four mile* "
Quirinal to th* me
the King, wb* Z
to his suburban vu
The crowd him«i
house from which
effort wan mads to
ana German Smba
News from the 1
Auntrian bartaeka a
In the Italian m
were blown up todi
residents of the te
The mobinzation
at 4 o’clock. It |
effective as of tom
The short hour
publication of tbs
greet activity nbout
Short and decisive
held. In which tt
German and Aut
off Ingo en ebullition of smoke that
six months ago Would have been
unfolded as it rose thousanda of feet
in the atmosphere to a height fully
treble that of any previous eruption.
Thia cloud cem* apparentty from the
southern part of the erater.
i Fifteen minutes later them came a
adcond pronounced explosion and from
the middle of the crater shot a column
adjncent to the first end mounting
with it at a height of 20,000 feet 6r
War Office Announces Attacks
Along River San Are Grow-
‘ing Constantly Weaker.
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VIENNA REPORTS CZAR’S
TROOPS STILL RETREAT
NEW YORK, May 11.—The liner
Kroonland sailed from here today for
Ban Iranetsco via the Panama Canal
she had ICC cabin and 110 second
cabin peengers Ineludine twenty,
five bridal couplen. -
The Kroonland arried 14,000 tone
of cargo. It being found it is cheaper
to ship treteht by boat through The mads elevent
canal to ths Pacific Coast than over-
land by rail
BRYAN DISCOVERS
ENGLAND ATTEMPTS
TO EMBARRASS U. S.
right to supervine the loading and dis.
patch of the cargoee This contention
resulted in the trade 44visera of the
state Deportment hreakln* off nego-
nations fof the reason that acceptance
of such a proposition would be tanta-
mount to recoknition of Great Britain's
right to supervimion of trade between
the two countrtes, as met forth in the
order in couneit. ■
Importers and Euporters.
This puts an end to the informal
etforts st the trade ndvimers of the
Btate Department to secure rellet for
American importers and exporter* and
the nerotiationn to be made in the fu-
ture will be read oct eel u straight dip-
lomatic quentione through the office of
Robert Lansing, counsellot of the
state Department.
The tangle whieh already developed
In ths negotiations regarding cotton
cargoes has not yet been ntratentened
°Ufne State Department la awaiting a
formal ana ortietal namimaion by the
Hritieh government of its error in as-
sumine that the understanding
renchea between the trede advisers of
ths two governments on ths nubject of
cotton cargoes was blading on tbs
Untted states Government As in the
oas- of the understanding regaraine
the movement of American cargoes
out of Germany, nuch an arranrement
if neknowiedged by this Government
to be official, would be construed as
fecornition of the British order in
understanding In Washington Is.
In fast, that this Government Intends
to oontrovert further the right of
Orsat Britain to entorge virtually a
blockade against nsutrsl countries.
Sir Cecil Bpring-Rice, the British
ambnanador, called on Secretary Bryan
today end repeated that the embanay
her* a* It announced In a statement
last night underntood that the ar-
rangementa wsre strictly informal.
heartfelt joy that at in the 4
cast and Italy is freed from Ml
ance which always has been bu
some. •
Thete was not a angle note s
grvt or bemitancy. The SoMtenq
are eager to leave for the frost
Several elashes between A*
outposta, which have advanced]
the frontier, and Italaa Alpine tt
who drove them heck up the m
are reported from various points7
the border The halan forces ai
pursue the Austrians beyond
boundary line. It is not known wl
er any bloodshed occurred.
The whole country has renpd
as one man Ths morale ta unSitri
ADfh. otzanitmtion waa'an .
advance artangements hag u,*
carefully made that ordinary rail
service remains unaisturbe. a
thing which has been sccompitahe
no other country.
The first hint of the war di
was given by the bens of Rome's
ctent oapitol It was know* WIU
ntantaneous and unbetevnbi *p*s
the utmost conhhes of Ufa rite.
Tonight a moastar crowd wit* tl
sanda of flag* paraded the site 4
pasaing by the war, navy an f*g
offices, the parade proceeded M
prise if the German reply, In addition
toa detense of the German position
reerding submarine warfare and par
ticularly of its case of the sinking of
the Lunstanta, with the alleged zhtp-
ment of ammunition should contain
certain proposals which might serve
so a baste for further negotitions be-
tween Germany and the United States
' erica’a compromise proposul,
____ in a previous communication
for • cemsation of submarine and mine
warfare in return for an abanqon-
cargoes bought by Americana in Ger-
many prior to March 1 could be taken
out through neutral ports provided
they teft those ports by Juns 1 There
wa e probabuity alno that the Ume
would be extendod to June 18.
It developed later, however, that
Great Britain’s understanain of the
arrangement was momewhat different
it is understood that she claimed the
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(By Hilaire Belloc, foremost military
critic of Europe.]
LONDON, May »1—There la sUU
In peocess what may prove to be the
most important action of the whole
war. It is taking place upon a line
140 miles In length from the neigh-
borhood »f Kolomna. In Bukowina. to
that of the Kielce hills and the River
Kamlenna. Russlan Poland
It is a detaining action on the part
of the Russtan* who ar* attempling
to prevent *, tirther vietorlous ad-
vance of the Ausrians and German*
because that advnce threatens to
pierce their Une at the coater, and
If this should take place the Germans
would obtain no decisive a result la
the eastern theater of war that they
probably could recover their superior-
tty in the went aa well afterward.
The bucicems on the part of Ute Aug-
tro< ter mans sad the perilous retreat
before them with heavy losses to the
Russians is due to the airtieulty the
Ruastans have in getting munittona
especially for their heevy artilery.
The,ncale Upon which munitions are
required for this war haa exceeded all
expert calculationa before the war at
least seven time aleady.
France and England can produce
shelle now more rapidly than Austria
and Germany can. But Rumela to not
industrialized hi the mame degre and
dtnee the Dardanelles are closed to
her by the Turkish allience with er-
many and Austria, her only avenues
of supply from abroaa are Archangel
and Vladivostok.
Further, the comparatively few
railroad communications In aumsta in-
terfere with the coricentrntion of the
supply
The effort now being made to open
the Durdanelles is In the main due
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RUSSIANS CLAIM
olosed, it was held today. it wouM
bring nearly fl 1,444,004 to the car
Austin American id the only newspaper in Texas that publishes the full day and night report* of the International Now*
London Time*, London Telegraph and Berliner Tageblat The American’ State Capital and Legialative reports are the most compreh
The State Depaftments andounce-
mebt nHows:
"la view of differences which have
arista in the Informal and unofficial
seat* 4*04s between Sir Richard
Crawford, the commercial advtser of
the British embasey, end Robert F.
Roes anaW.B. Fleming. Ute trade ad.
visers of the Department of Btate. who
have been, in a personal capacity. rep-
reseating the Importer* st the United
states, Mr Roca and Mr Fleming have
deeMed that they can not edaUnue
these conferences unti certain of the
dirficulttes have been removed and
they have therefor* made a full re-
port of what has taken place to the
bepartment of state and will await its
action ”
The subject which was under con-
mderation by the two trade advisers
and dir Richard Crawford was the
occupants of nearly all the disputed
portions of the towns
Turkish reports of the Dardanelles
actjvities tall of the repulse of British
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Mil of American cargoes oat of
ly. The trade advisors st tbs
*-*6 MAY DENY
rags the Lilted StalSu -- -------- --------
“From May 23, a state of war is declared in the pro
of Sondria, Brescia, Verona, Vicenza, Belluno, Udine, Venuzi
vise, Padua, Mantua and Ferrara and the islands and com
on the Adriatic coast, as well as in all the fortresseswhici
be declared in a state of resistance.
“This proclamation is made by the order of the mini*
warand.marine" |
for Rome. Austria haa ador-tEeruhukdangtavanaalnaves
protection of Austrian subjects in Italy. The American G
ment has» transmitted instruction* to its ambassadors in A
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