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CIRCULATION
YESTERDAY
20064
FOUNDED 1881—VOL. XXXV—NO. 149
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FOO STORING
COTTON GOOP
San Antonio Bankers and
Business Men Favor Build-
ing Warehouses.
WILL SPREAD PROPAGANDA
Committees Will Do Mission-
ary Work in Counties of
This District.
San Antonio bankers and business
men have joined in the movement
launched by the Texas Bankers’ As-
sociation tor construction of ware-
houses to provide adequate storage
facilities for the next cotton crop in
Texas. At a meeting Thurs-
day morning called by J.
K. Beretta president of the Clearing
House Association and chairman of
the second banking district of Tex-
as the Idea was endorsed and steps
taken to put the plan in operation.
A second meeting has been called
for Friday night in the Gunter hotel
at which a committee of thirty in-
fluential San Antonians will be ap-
pointed to do missionary work In the
smaller towns in-the district to aid
In having warehouses erected at the
various places.
To Cover District Well.
Members of this committee will
work in conjunction with three men
from the state warehousing depart-
ment.’ They will go out in twos and
threes In order that the district may
be covered properly. The second
banking district embraces 39 coun-
ties.
Mr. Beretta already has the or-
ganization work well under way. He
has appointed chairmen in all of the
counties and has supplied them with
full data about the plan and Its cer-
tain benefits. The personal work of
the San Antonio bankers and busi-
ness men was desired to insure that
the campaign will be pushed in all
quarters.
Joseph Hirsch of Corpus Christi
president of the Texas Bankers' As-
sociation. attended the morning ses-
sion. According to Mr. Hirsch erec-
tion of warehouses throughout the
state will mean a saving of from (2
to 24 the first year for every dollar
that Is invested in their construction.
Dallas Fort Worth Waco Houston
and other large cities of the state
have taken up the cause In the same
manner that is proposed in San An-
tonio. They will send bankers and
prominent business men into the
field to stimulate the movement.
Efforts Are Pledged.
Mr. Hirsch came here to "put the
personal kick" into the work and
he succeeded. Those who attended
the meeting seemed aroused to the
necessities of the situation and
pledged their best efforts to the
cause.
"The slogan of the movement is
that this year's Texas cotton crop
shall not be sold at a prl-e less than
the cost of production" explained
Mr. Hirsch after the meeting. “Con-
struction of warehouses in accord-
ance with the plan proposed will
solve the problem to a large extent.
The annual toll for damaged cotton
is heavy and again when farmers
have no facilities for holding they
must sell.
“But with warehouses in every
town throughout the state things
will be different. The fact that
farmers are in a position to hold
their cotton for a fair price will have
a stimulating effect on the market.
Pleased With Results.
“I am more than pleased with re-
sults of the movement so far. The
chairman in all seven banking dis-
tricts In which Texas Is divided have
taken it up and are pushing work
vigorously."
A committee on organization con-
sisting of Leon X. Walthall. George
D Campbell and Otto Meerschcldt
was appointed. Among other things
this commltt’e will communicate
with F. C Wo’nert. manager of the
state warehouse commission and ar-
range for the services of throe men
of the department for this district.
T C. Frost. Fred W. Cook. Jake
Wolff T. W. Frtederlch and John B.
Carrington were named on a com-
mittee to arrange for the meeting
Friday night nt which the commit-
tee of thirty will be appointed.
Attending the meeting were T. C.
Frost Dr Fr“derlck Terrell. Thomas
Mathis. Otto Meenscheidt. F. Herff
Jr.. Joseph Muir. Frans C. Groos J.
j gtevens N. S Graham. T. G.
Deighton J D. Onnenheimer Joseph
TTlrsch. A. H Halff H. D Elliott. T.
W Friodortch. J. K. Beretta and
John B. Carrington.
u. S. WRITER IS KILLED
Henry Beach Needham .Meets Death
in French War Aeroplane.
PARIS. June 17.—Henry Beach
Needham an American writer has
been killed In the fall of a military
aeroplane.
Henry Beach Needham lived at
Wyncote Pa.. and was well known
among American writers. He was
a graduate of George Washington
University and former student at
Brown. He began his career as an
attorney but drifted by degrees into
newspaper and magazine work his
first work of note being as a re-
porter In New York City. He be-
came assistant managing editor of
McClure's Magazine and contributed
to manv periodicals among them
World's Work. He was sent to Pa-
nama by President Roosevelt to In-
vestigate labor and housing condi-
tions on the canal zone in 1908. He
accompanied Roosevelt on his for-
eign tour as special representative of
Collier’s. He was in France secur-
ing material based on the war for a
■erics of articles and stories.
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
GERMAN EMBASSY
DENIES GERHARD STORY
Red Cross Emissary Not Dr.
Alfred Meyer Declares
Charge d’ Affaires.
WASHINGTON D. C. June 17.—
At the State Department today a
telegram was received from the Ger-
man embassy at Cedarhurst N. Y..
signed by the charge d'affaires mak-
ing a general denial of the published
charges that Dr. Anton Meyer-Ger-
hard for whom the State Depart-
ment obtained a safe conduct back
to Germany from the allies was in
reality Dr. Alfred Meyer a high Ger-
man official secretly In the United
States buying war supplies.
President Wilson it was said at
the White House today had no offi-
cial knowledge of the reports con-
cerning Dr. Meyer-Gerhard. It also
was said that the White House had
no Information on other reports that
letters sent to the allied embassies
and to the War Department regard-
ing inventions of war implements
and munitions had been tampered
with. None of the allied embassies
has made any plans to complain to
the Postofflce Department.
In the allies' quarters It was said
the Russian embassy in six specific
Instances has found evidence that Its
mall has been opened on a United
States railway mail car. Mall to
nearly all the embassies from abroad
has borne evidence of Inspection but
there is no way of determining
whether it happened in the United
States or in Europe.
Gerhard Arrives In Bertin.
BERGIN June 17.—(Via Lon-
don.) —Dr. Anton Meyer-Gerhard
who sailed from New York June 4
on a mission to thV German govern-
ment from Count von Bernstorff.
reached Berlin last night and today
had a protracted conference with
Foreign Minister von Jagow.
MYSTERY IN WRECK
OF GULF SCHOONER
The Dona Christina May Be
Righted to Discover Cause
of Accident.
TAMPA. Fla. June 17. —With the
hope of clearing: up the mystery sur-
roundlnr the fate of Captain T. T.
Parrish hie wife baby and crew
efforts were made today to right the
capsized schooner Dona Christina
which was wrecked in the Gulf of
Mexico two months ago and towed
here yesterday. Marine men be-
lieve the bodies of those who were
aboard the schooner when she turn-
ed over are in the cabin.
The schooner was lumber-laden and
an examination yesterday showed
that the deckload still was securely
chained to the vessel Indicating it
was said that she had been blown
over by a sudden squall which gave
the captain and crew no chance to
escape.
BRITISH WARSHIP ASHORE
Turkish Aviator Reports Sighting
Stranded Vessel in Kefala Bay.
AMSTERDAM June 17.—(Via
London.) —A dispatch from Constan-
tinople says that according to offi-
cial announcement a Turkish aviator
reports having observed a British
warship of the Agamemnon type
aground in Kefala Bay Island of Im-
bros. The deck of the vessel is almost
completely submerged.
The Island of Imbros is off the en-
trance to the Dardanelles straits. A
story published recently that the
British battleship Agamemnon had
been sunk by the Turks was categori-
cally denied by the British govern-
ment.
WEATHER
TEM PERATI RBS.
JUNK 16 1 a. m 75
3 p. in 98 8 a. m 74
4 p. m. 94 4 a. m 74
5 p. m 95 5 a m 74
6 p. m 94 6 a. m 75
7 p. m 91 7 a. m 75 .
8 p. m 88 8 a. m 76 ।
9 p. m 86 9 a. m
10 p. m 83 10 a. m 81 I
11 p. »n 81 .11 a. m M 4
12 midnight.... 78 12 m 86 i
JUNE 17 1 p. m S*
1 a. m 77 2 p. m CO
LOCAL FORECAST.
For San Antonio and vicinity: Thursday
night and Friday unsettled.
HOME WEATHER FOR TOURISTS.
(Observations taken at 8 a. m.)
ST. LOUIS: Temperature <8; clear; 4-
mlle wind from the southeast; rain and
warmer; lowest temperature In last 24
hours. <0 degrees.
CHICAGO: Temperature 60; clear; 8- |
mile wind from the north; rain and warm-
er; lowest temperature In last 24 hours
56 degrees.
MILWAUKEE: Temperature. 48; clear.
12-mlle Wind from the north; rain and
warmer; lowest temperature In last 24
hours 46 degrees.
DENVER: Temperature 70; clear; 16-
mtle wind from the northwest: fair and
cooler: lowest temperature in last 24 hours
•2 degrees.
KANSAS CITT: Temperature. 64;
cloudy; 12-mlle wind from the east; rain;
lowest temperature In last 24 hours 6?
degrees.
NEW YORK: Temperature 64; raining;
10-mlle wind from the southeast; fair ar.d
cooler: lowest temperature in last 24 hours
62 degrees.
WASHINGTON: Temperature 70. cloudy.
6-mile wind from the southwest; probably
rain; lowest temperature in last 14 hours.
08 degree®.
TH CH 11 BIN
OF CONFERENCE
ON WORLD PEACE
Some Modifications Are Like-
ly in Proposed League at
Philadelphia Meeting.
PUBLIC SUPPORT NEEDED
Committee on Resolutions to
Draw Up Declaration of
Principles.
PHILADELPHIA June 17.—That
some modification may be made in
the proposed* league of peace to be
composed of nations in an effort to
prevent war was evident today when
the members of the national provi-
sional committee began a discussion
as to what steps shall be taken with
a view to obtaining the support of
public opinion and of governments
in the formation of such a body. Ail
those who addressed today’s confer-
ence in historic Independence hall
gave hearty suport to the general ob-
ject of <he league.
Mr. Taft is <3ioirman.
Former President Taft was selected
as chairman of the conference and
several committees were appointed
including a committee on resolutions
which will present a declaration of
principles and also select a name for
the organization. After set speeches
had been made -the conference reso-
lutions to be acted upon by the com-
mittee on resolutions.
Victor C. Berger Wisconsin pro-
posed an amendment that when two
nations go to war after the league
has exhausted its powers the non-
belligerent nations in the league shall
be prohibited from furnishing arms
or ammunition to the combatants
but that there shall be no interfer-
ence with food supplies.
For a Judicial Tribunal.
The Rev. Dr. H. Pereira Mendes
New York proposed that the sug-
gested judicial tribunal of the league
be composed of jurists skilled diplo-
matists and clergymen.
The committee on resolutions will
report this afternoon.
Four articles agreed upon by the
provisional committee as a basis for
the conference were presented to the
meeting today and it was hoped by
members of the committee that they
would be adopted and sent to Presi-
dent Wilson fpr his consideration and
to the heads of other nations. The
articles are:
First all justifiable questions aris-
ing between the signatory’ powers
not settled by negotiation shall be
submitted to a judicial tribunal for
hearing and judgment both upon the
merits and upon any Issue as to Its
jurisdiction of the question.
Second all non-justifiable ques-
tions arising between the signatories
and not settled by negotiation shall
be submitted to a council of concilia-
tion for hearing consideration and
recommendation.
To Use Force to Stop War.
Third the signatory powers shall
jointly use their military forces
to prevent any of their number to go-
ing to war or committing acts
of hostility against another of the
signatories before any question aris-
ing shall have been submitted as
provided in the foregoing.
Fourth conferences between tho
signatories shall bo held from time
to time to formulate and codify’ rules
of International law which unless
some signatory shall signify its dis-
sent within a stated period shall
thereafter govern 1n the decisions of
the judicial tribunal mentioned in
article one.
The morning session of the con-
ference was limited to formal ad-
dresses among the speakers being
John Bates Clark of Columbia Uni-
versity; Theodore Marburg of Balti-
more former United States minister
to Belgium and Edward A. Filene
representing the Chamber of Com-
merce of the United States.
The conference was held In what
was known in colonial days as ban-
quet hall on the second floor of
the historic state house. Before be-
ginning their deliberations the mem-
bers viewed the liberty bell in Its
glass case gazed on *he portraits of
George Washington the signers of
the Declaration of Independence the
kings of England who reigned over
the colonies and many patriots of
i colonial days.
Mr. Taft First Speaker.
Former President Taft briefly out-
। lined the object to the meeting. He
1 expressed gratification at the large
attendance of those who favored the
prevention of war through a league
of peace. Mr. Taft explained the dif-
ference between justlable and non-
justfflable questions between nations
which a league of peace could take
up. He likened the proposed league
to the states in the American union
and said there was no reason why
nations could not federate in a some-
what similar way. The judicial trib-
unal or the council of conciliation
'proposed in the league of peace
scheme could settle disputes be-
tween nations much in the same way
as the supreme court of the United
' States adjusts disputes between the
states. He mentioned many Interna-
tional cases that have been settled
by judicial tribunals notably’ the
Canadian border and dbal fisheries
case. The proposed league. Mr. Taft
said may not abolish war. but would
make it improbable.
"If we can prevent war for twenty’
years.” he said "we have at least ac-
complished something.”
The Conference Onr»Hlznfi<»n.
The conference created an organi-
zation with Mr. Taft as chairman
of the meeting; a long list of vice
presidents was also named. Among
them were: Lyman Abbott. New
York: Alexander Graham Bell Dis-
trict of Columbia; Rudolph Blanken-
burg Philadelphia; James Cardinal
Gibbons Maryland; Myron T. Her-
(Continued on next page.)
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS. THURSDAY JUNE 17. 1915.
IWO SUBMARINES
• AFTER LUSITANIA
Testimony of Seaman Indi-
cates Second German
Boat Was Present.
LONDON June 17.—The Lusitania
investigation was resumed in London
today under the direction of Baron
Mersey. Sir Edward Carson the at-
torney general expressed his con-
viction that a second submarine was
laying in wait on the port aide of the
Lusitania.
Sir Edward made this statement in
reply to an argument put forward by
Baron Mersey who said he thought
a. mistake had been made by Sea-
man O'Neill one of the witnesses
before the court who testified he
had seen the w ash of a torpedo pass-
ing the stern of the Lusitania from
the port to the starboard side im-
mediately after the liner had been
hit on the starboard side.
O’Neill was formerly in the navy.
He is positive that he recognized the
wash of a torpedo although he did
not see the submarine which fired it
from the port side. His testimony was
corroborated by another seaman wit-
ness who testified also that he saw
the wash of two torpedoes from the
starboard side. These came forward
in parallel lines until they almost
reached the ship when they parted
at a slight angle first one and then
the other striking the Lusitania.
Captain W T. Turner who was In
command of the Lusitania at the time
she went down was recalled to the
stand today and asked why the col-
lapsible boats had not been freed
from their chocks on entering the
danger zone. He replied he feared
the boats would slide about when
the ship listed and sweep passengers
into the sea.
The captain admitted further that
some boats were strapped on the
tops of others.
When asked by Baron Mersey if
the increase in the number of small
boats on liners since the time of the
Titanic disaster were of any advan-
tage Captain Turner answered that
he did not think so.
Chief Steward Jones declared he
had not seen any life belts on the
upper decks of the Lusitania after
the liner left New York.
Chief Carpenter Robertson said the
condition of the life boats was good
when the Lusitania left New York.
In reply to the statement of the at-
torney for a relative of one of the
victims that a certain life boat
leaked so badly that all but two of
the occupants drowned the chief
carpenter replied he was unable to
throw any light on this statement
but said it was possible for the hot
sun to have warped the hosts' sides.
The evidence showed Staff Cap-
tain Anderson countermanded the
order Captain Turner had given pre-
viously to get the women and chil-
dren Into the boats. A dumber of
witnesses testified that they got into
the boats and had to leave them later
on orders from Captain Anderson
who was heard shouting “the ship is
safe.”
GERMAN ATTITUDE
ON NOTE IS PLEASING
U. S. Officials Believe Way
Has Been Paved for Settle-
ment of Difficulty.
WASHINGTON D. C. June 17.—
First official news as to the reception
accorded the last American note to
Germany in official quarters In Ber-
lin cabled by Ambassador Gerard
to the State Department gave re-
newed hope to officials here today
of a favorable outcome of the issue
between the two countries.
The ambassador's report. In addi-
tion to giving his own comment con-
tained German press comments
which were friendly in tone. His
comment bore out press reports of
favorable impression made by the
note and said sentiment seemed to
be that it afforded a basis for an
adjustment of the controversy.
A NEW FLYING RECORD
Charles F. Niles Flies UpMde Down
Cfvrrying PMaengcr.
NEW YORK. June 17.—Attendants
at the aeroplane hangers at Hamp-
stead Plains Long Island asserted
today that Charles F. Niles of Roch-
ester. set a new American record yes-
terday by flying upside down and
looping the loop in a monoplane
with a passenger. The passenger
was Stephen Mngordon of New York
and Chicago who weighs 180 pounds.
BRIDGE ARCH FALLS
One Man Killed and Several Injured
at Cleveland.
CLEVELAND. Ohio. June 17.—
One man was killed three fatally
Injured and others less seriously hurt
here today when a steel arch of a
bridge being constructed over the
Cuyhoga river collapsed. Twenty
men were thrown 70 feet to the
ground.
Allied Mob Leaders in Prison.
COLUMBIA. & C. June 17.—
Ernest Isenhower. James Rawls and
Jesse Morrison charged with killing
Jules Smith negro prisoner during
the riot at Winnsboro Monday in
which Sheriff Hood and an alleged
member of the party attacked the
sheriff also were killed were secretly
brought to the penitentiary here last
night for safe keeping. At the capltol
todav it was stated the prisoners’
removal from Winnsbory was ordered
by Governor Manning.
BRITISH CK
TURK'S IKE
ON GKLLIPOLI
Ottoman Attack Was Led by
German Who Was Killed
by Allied Fire.
GERMAN FRONT 682 MILES
Teutons Making Extensive
Efforts to Defeat Rus-
sians Berlin Says.
LONDON June 17—Turkish troops
in the Dardanelles have been re-
pulsed in their attempt to recapture
the trenches lost by them to the
French and British on June 12. ac-
cording to an official statement on
the situation in the Dardanelles made
public here today.
The text of the announcement fol-
lows:
"On the night of June IB a party
of the enemy led by a German offi-
cer made a gallant attack on the
trenches occupied by one of the Brit-
ish brigades. A majority of the
enemy fell before reaching our
trenches Including the German
leader.
Trenclica (krntain Dead Turks.
' These were captured by British
troops on the night of June 12. They’
contained 200 dead Turks. Our losses
were very negligible.”
The campaign against the Rus-
sians on which the Germans are
now concentrating their offensive ef-
forts is developing another phase in
a violent attack in Bushian Poland.
At the same time the Germans are
pushing back the Russians In the
Baltic provinces and with the help of
the Austrians in Galicia.
It was announced seml-offlcially
In Berlin today’ that the Auatro-Ger-
man forces on a 682-mile front In
Poland Galicia and Bukowina had
begun a general attack in a battle
expected to be decisive.
An official communication from
Petrograd contains the admission
that <he Germans have oocupled ad-
ditional villages near Shavli. in the
Baltic region but states that the
Russians regained lost ground near
Przasnysz.
it is in the vicinity of Przasnysz
which Mss to the north of Warsaw
the Germans apparently are making
their most determined effort on tho
Polish front although the fortress of
Ossowetz Is again being attacked.
The Galician campaign has
reached a critical stage in view of
the continued successes of the Aus-
trians and Germans. The Petrograd
communication says little of the bat-
tle along the Ran but states the
Russians have won some advantages
in the fighting further south in the
Dniester region.
The Times military correspondent
comments on the struggle in Galicia
as controlling the character of the
whole campaign for months to come.
He says:
“If the Austro-Germans succeeded
in driving the Russians out of Ga li-
da or in dispersing the Russian
armies in the south we shall not be
able to count upon a serious Russian
offensive this summer and there will
be greater difficulty than before in
bringing about the useful co-opera-
tion of Italy Serbia and other states
with the action of Russia.
To Overthrow Russians First.
“Germany dearly alms at the
overthrow of the Russians and the
separation of the Russian southern
armies based on Kiev from the
northern and central armies based
on Petrograd and Moscow. We are
still far from that point but every
retirement of the southern armies
toward the east tends to disconnect
the Russian fighting line.
“I< is not want of men which has
driven Russia temporarily to the de-
fensive. Not one-fifth of Russia’s
fighting men have taken the field.
Therefore no serious invasion of
Russia is yet possible. Wo can ima-
gine where the trouble lies and su-
perhuman efforts are being made to
meet Russia’s deficiency.”
The latest news from the eastern
I front does not indicate that anything
has occurred thus far to upset the
plans of General von Mackensen. who
i has fixed July 1 for the arrival of
an Austro-German army In Lemberg
the Galician capital.
On the Way to Lemberg.
General von Mackensen's army
driving due east across the San to
the north of Przemysl is already half
way from the river to Lemberg.
On the Dniester the Teutonic
forces have suffered several severe
repulses but their check thus far
has not been of sufficient moment to
offset Russian losses.
If General von Mackensen keeps
to his schedule it is probable the
Russians will be compelled to with-
draw from the Dniester. They may
also he forced to retreat on the wide
front in central Poland.
In the west the allies have re-
sumed the offensive north of Arras.
The French claim progress there as
well as south and southeast of Bou-
chez east of Lorette and in “the
Labyrinth.”
It is expected the munitions con-
troversy in England will be settled
today with the introduction in the
House of a measure which bars com-
pulsory service in the manufacture
of munitions but provides for vol-
untary enlistment for such work.
The««e volunteers would be subject
to military discipline with suspension
of the usual trades union rules and
the substitution of compulsory arbi-
tration for settling disputes. Regula-
tion of the war profits of employers
also is contemplated In the measure.
Official advices from the Italian
army headquarters represent the
Italians as gaining advantages all
along the front particularly in the
Adige valley which leads to Trent.
On the Isonzo front where centers
the battle for possession of Trieste
Italian successes also are claimed.
The Star has published a dispatch
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CARRANZA'S TROOPS
STILL HOLD MONTEREY
Railroad and Telegraph Lines
From Nuevo Laredo
Are Open.
LAREDO Tex. June 17.—Car-
ranza authorities at Nuevo Laredo
opposite here announced today that
te^graphic service again was open
between the border town and Mon-
terey and that a train left there today
for Monterey thus proving they said
that there is no truth in the report
that Villa forces had captured Mon-
terey.
M'KENNA PRESENTS
ANOTHER LOAN BILL
Measure in Commons Prob-
ably Will Total $1750-
900.000 It Is Said.
LONDON June 17.—Premier As-
quith announces In the House of
Commons today that Chancellor of
the Exchequer. Reginald McKenna
would Introduce another loan bill
Monday. Unofficially It has been
suggested that the amount of the
vote possibly would be 21.760000-
000.
THREE TURKISH
TRANSPORTS SUNK
British Submarine Torpedoes
Vessels Causing Heavy
Troop Losses.
LONDON June 17. —The Star re-
ceived today a telegram from Athens
saying news had been received there
from Mudros that a British subma-
rine torpedoed and sank three Brit-
ish transports loaded with troops in
the Dardanelles above Nagara. Tho .
greater part of the troops and crew |
is said to have been drowned.
BELGIANS REVOLT;
700 SHOT DOWN
Traveler From Ghent Tells of
Uprising Against German
Army.
LONDON. June 17. —The Central
News publishes a dispatch from Am-
sterdam saying that a traveler from
Ghent Belgium brings a report of
a revolt last Tuesday on the part of
the inhabitants of Malines
German soldiers tired into the
crowd and the traveler says 700 ci-
vilians were killed.
The Austrian correspondent says
no confirmation of this narrative has
been received. Since this occur-
rence according to the traveler. Ma-
lines has been Isolated by means of
electrified wire fences.
GERMAN PRESS WORRIED
Election in Greece Contes as Surprise
to Berlin.
BERLIN. June 6. — (Via London.)
The news of the complete victory
in the Grecian general elections of
the party of former Premier Veni-
zoles which is in favor of Greece’s
participation in the war on the side
of the allies has proved an unpleas-
ant surprise to German newspapers
which up to Wednesday night had
reported that Premier Gounaris had
a safe majority.
The tone of the comment in the
press today is by no means optimis-
tic. The Kreuz Zeitung publishes a
headline over the Athens election
dispatches reading:
■The Next Enemy.’’
The Kreuz Zeitung stands alone
in intimating that Greece will go In
with the allies.
CHILD VICTIM OF CRIME
Nude Body of Eleven-year-old Eliza-
beth Nolte Found in Yard.
CINCINNATI Ohio. June 17. —The
body of Elizabeth Nolte aged 11
years was found today in the back
yard of her home nude and wrap-
ped in a sheet. Yesterday in report-
ing the disappearance of her daugh-
ter Mrs. Nolte said a negro had
given candy to the child Tuesday
morning when she left home. She
feared this negro had kidnaped her.
The child’s throat had been cut.
Alabama Liquor I jaw Upheld.
MONTGOMERY. Ala. June 17.—
The Alabama Supreme Court today
held constitutional the law which re-
stricts the quantity of liquor which
may be shipped to consignees in Ala-
bama within prescribed periods. The
law also fixes the amount which may
be kept in possession of individuals.
TWELVE PAGES TODAY —PRICE FIVE CENTS.
LIND SAYS CARRANZA
OR U. S. INTERVENTION
Decisive Action Within Three Months
Will Be Taken to Settle Difficulties
in Mexico Permanently His Belief
FIRST CHIEF IS ONLY MAN IN SIGHT
He Is Dominant Figure He Has Definite
Program He Has Best Legal Right and
Can Best Qualify For Difficult Task
(SPECIAL TO THE LIGHT)
NEW YORK June 17.—“Carranza or American interven-
tion within three months.’’
That is the statement made here today by John Lmd once
special agent of the president in Mexico tn discussing the Mex-
ican situation. It is the opinion likewise of many government
officials and others familiar with the Mexican situation. Con-
tinuing Mr. Lind said:
“The program which Carranza’s government has in view
indicates that Carranza is thoroughly alive to the situation and
that in recognition of the attitude of the United States as
[well as for humanitarian reasons and considerations of self
interest the Constitutionalists will make every possible effort to
meet the shortage of food in Mexico City and elsewhere.
Carranza Is the Only Mexican.
“I believe that Carranza with his conceded personal hones-
ty his experience in public life and his indomitable will power
is the only Mexican in sight who gives promise of being capable
of solving the Mexican problem.”
The New York Evening Post.’one of the leading newspapers
in the United States says today commenting on the present
i outlook in Mexico that it is now apparent that in his recent
warning to the Mexican leaders President Wilson had in mind
the solution of Mexican troubles through Mr. Carranza.
The outstanding fact today the editorial says is that Car-
ranza has the upper hand in Mexican affairs and that he de-
serves the most serious consideration of the American govern-
ment. To this policy the White House will adhere from now
on in spite of any previous misunderstandings it may have had
with the first chief.
Carranza has shown capacity as a leader bringing to his
cause able military commanders such as Obregon and Gonzales
without whom as it is now clearly seen. Villa’s victories in the
north over Huerta would not have been possible.
His Legal Claims Better.
His legal claims on the other hand are better than any-
body rise’s since he was the first to raise the standard of revolt
against the usurping power of Huerta.
Finally the fact that he comes from a higher stratum of the
population than any of the other leaders qualifies him as the
man best suited to bring a reconciliation between the democracy
which was behind Madero and the former ruling classes which
must still be taken into account in any definite settlement of
Mexico’s problem.
Such a solution of the Mexican problem will be of a per-
manent character if Carranza now the dominant figure in the
situation shows a generous attitude towards his opponents.
They Will Be Landed in Yaqui Country if Necessary—Colonists
May Leave Country if They So Desire.
WASHINGTON D. C. June 17. —Admiral Howard com-
manding the Pacific fleet was under orders today to proceed
immediately to Guaymas on the west coast of Mexico with
three hundred bluejackets and 300 marines and to send this
force twenty miles inland if necessary to protect Americans
menaced by the Yaquis. The Indians had threatened to anni-
hilate all foreigners.
Orders to Admiral Howard to proceed to Guaymas were
sent by the Navy Department following a conference between
Navy and State Department officials. State Department advices
said that the Indians had declared war on Germany Mexico and
the United States.
American colonists in the Yaqui valley will determine for
themselves if they wish to leave the region of Indian depreda-
tions. Instructions of Admiral Howard concerning the Pacific
fleet who expects to sail today from San Diego with a relief
expedition of marines and bluejackets are to give refugees an
asylum if they ask for it; to land forces for rescue if necessary
but not to take any territory. The admiral today reported con-
ditions on the west coast of Mexico unchanged.
Governor Maytorena. of the stat* ‘
of Sonora today advised the United p or the Admiral Howards
States it would not be necessary to ’rdf’ "Hl remain unchanged how-
land any of Admiral Howard s forces ever and he will be expected to act
to rescue or protect the American — ~
colonists as ho wouM furnish troops (Continued on next
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