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CIRCULATION
YESTERDAY
20756
FOUNDED 1881—VOL. XXXV—NO. 183.
FINAL WARNING TO BE SENT GERMANY
■ IT K
SWUM DIL PLANT
One Youth Is Killed and More Than
Fifty Including Three Officers
Are Severely Wounded
POLICE FIRE UPON MOB WITH PISTOLS
Mayor Asks Governor For Troops at
Bayonne But Sheriff Says He
Can Control Situation
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.)
NEW YORK. July 21.—Serious rioting during which one
man John Molosky eighteen years old was killed and nearly
three score more or less seriously injured marked the second
day of the strike of workmen at the plant of the Standard Oil
Company of New Jersey at Bayonne.
Police Get Temporary Control.
The workers most of whom are of foreign birth and un-
organized. gathered at the gates of the plant at an early hour
and disorder which then began lasted until nearly noon. At
that time the police assisted by deputy sheriffs and firemen
brought the situation under temporary control. The police say
several thousand persons took part in the riot:
Of the fifty-three injured taken to the Bayonne hospital
fifty are men and boys who fought about the gates of the plant;
the other three are policemen. Inspector Cady’s horse was
shot from under him. Later the inspector narrowly escaped
serious injury when he was surrounded by rioters near a fire-
house where he had gone to stop an attack.
Agree to Confer With Sheriff.
Sheriff Eugene Kinkead took command. In an endeavor
to end the disorder by persuasion the sheriff soon after his
arrival rode in his automobile to a square where a crowd of
500 persons were assembled. Standing in his car he addressed
the crowd for half an hour asking the men to disperse peaceably
to their homes. This they said they would do. A committee
of three was appointed by the men to meet Sheriff Kinkead
later in the dav
There were three separate attacks
by the rioters today. The first was
at the fire house of an engine com-
pany and here all the windows were
broken after which the crowd at-
tacked the police near the main
gate of the Standard Oil plant.
The rioters next made their way
to the plant of the Tidewater Oil
company half a mile away. The
strikers had been led to believe the
men there would join them. As they
approached the plant. 1300 men
there marched out to the crowd but
the rioters maxle a rush at the police
on guard.
Roller Out of Ammunition.
The most serious fighting of the
day followed and it was during this
attack that Alolosky was killed and
a majority of the injured received
their wounds.
The police were almost out of am-
munition when help arrived. Some
time after this fight a small office
building of the Tidewater company
was destroyed by fire. ••
This afternoon the Standard Oil
officials landed 200 men from tugs
at the plant presumably guards.
Mayor Pierre Garvin asked Gover-
nor Fielder to send state troops to
handle the strike but Sheriff Kin-
kead seemed to think he could con-
trol the disorder.
As a measure of precaution the
sheriff today ordered all saloons in
Bayonne closed. The Tidewater
Company issued a statement In
which it said: .
•'The strikers from the Standard
Oil Company have intimidated a
large number of our employes. Rath-
er than risk physical injury of any
of the men we have laid off between
1200 and 1300 out of 1500 em-
ployes.’’
The entrances to the Tidewater
plant after its men left were forti-
fied with batteries of water hose the
nozzles mounted upon tripods which
were barricaded like machine guns.
Strikers Issue Statement.
Seventy-five deputy sheriffs. 160
special policemen and a large squad
of Bayonne police guarded today the
nlant of the Standard Oil Company in
Bayonne. The plant was closed yes-
terday after a strike of several hun-
dred employes followed by riots.
Between 5000 and 6000 men are
thrown out of employment
The strikers issued a statement
saying that they had gone out only
to obtain better working conditions
and to enable themselves to educate
their children. The Standard Oil
Company issued a circular addressed
to its employes attributing the strike
to professional agitators and declar-
ing that the company will deal di-
rectly with its employes only and will
consider no ultimatum demanding
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
an answer within twenty-four hours
such as wag presented by the men.
It was said that oil could be
pumped to the Bayonne works from
Philadelphia and that the company
could import barrels from its plants
1n Rocheshter and Minneapolis while
the strike continued z
Six oil tank steamships which were
loading at the piers in Bayonne when
the strike began had been moved to
anchorage in the harbor today a® a
precaution.
An attempt to get some statement
from Maj. W. G. Penfield works
manager of the company as to how
many men had struck was unsuc-
cessful.
According to figures given by la-
bor men today approximately 250
machinists all told are now on
strike. They said that 90 per cent
of the machinists at the old Rem-
ington plant—the Union Metallic
Cartridge Company—would walk out
at noon today.
G. C. Bowen local business agent
of the machinists union said the
tie-up was expected to be complete
by Saturday.
It was learned today that many
machinists were visited at their
homes last night by committees
who requested them either to stay
away from the plant entirely today
or heed the instructions of the pick-
ets. According to Thomas J. Savage
member of the executive board of the
International Association of Machin
ists. in charge during the absence of
J. J. Keppler vice president a num-
ber of machinists did not go to the
works at all today.
It was reported today that women
organizers had been sent to Bridge-
port from New York to organize
women and girl workers.
REMINGTON STRIKE GROWS.
Union leaders Assert More Than
ion Additional Men Quit.
BRIDGEPORT. Conn.. July 21.—
Strike calls resulted today in ma-
chinists quitting work in a number
of Bridgeport shops. Labor leaders
claimed they had taken 110 addi-
tional men from »two plants doing
work for the Remington Arms and
Ammunition Company; that pickets
had succeeded in keeping 80 men
from work at the new plant of the
Remington concern; that 100 men
on the night shift at the Union Me-
tallic Cartridge Company had gone
on strike and that during the noon
lunch hour hundreds of men on the
day shift would quit. They estimated
this forenoon that nearly 500 skilled
machinists were on strike and reit-
erated there would be complete
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STATE TAX RATE IS
FIFTY-FIVE CENTS
Board Fixes That Amount
Making Highest Ever
Levied in Texas.
AUSTIN. Tex.. July 21 —The state
tax rate for the next fiscal year was
fixed today by the state automatic
tax board at 30 cents ad valorem for
revenue purposes 20 cents for bchooi
purposes and 5 cents for Confederate
pension fund making a total tax levy
of 55 cents the highest in the history
of the state.
Session of the board today was at
the call of the members it had pre-
viously been postponed until Satur-
day waiting the return of Governor
Ferguson. Although the governor
had wired the board to fix the rate
in accordance with figures already
submitted the board decided to wait
the governor’s return. Last night in
conference with John L. Wroe his
private secretary over the telephone
Governor Ferguson instructed Mr.
Wroe tq ask that he te marked
present and voting in favor of a 30-
cent rate for revenue.
Mr. Wroe was therefore present
at the meeting of the board today
and the minuter will show’ the rep-
resentation of. Governor Ferguson
through his private secretary who
voted favorably for the 30-cent rate.
WELSH COAL STRIKE
NOW AT AN END
Men Were Ready to Return to
Work and Agreement Was
Easily Reached.
LONDON. July 21.—The South
Wales coalminers have accepted the
terms agreed upon yesterday and
I the strike Is therefore dehnftely at
'an end. Throughout the coal fields
ithero was an overwhelming majority
I in favor of the settlement.
I Work in the mines will be resumed
lat once. Both sides hare promised the
government to exert every effort to
make up for the week of idleness.
David Lloyd-George minister of
munitions to whose efforts the end-
ing of the strike largely is due ap-
peared in the conference hall in
Cardiff after the decision had been
reached and received an enthusias-
tic welcome.
Mr. Lloyd-George addressing the
miners said:
“A week of enormous value has
been lost to this country. It is only
gradually dawning on us how tre-
mendous is the struggle. Even now
I am not sure that we fully realize
what will be its effect on the whole
course of human affairs.
“France depends upon you for coal
and I am going to ask you to make
up for lost time and show France
that you are prepared to assist her
in the struggle for the freedom of
the world
•*I want you to work moreover
for the sake of the British naty. Fill
its bunkers. It means an inviolate
Britain the existence of which
makes it impossible for the Germans
to despoil the Welsh coal fields; they
have the coal fields of France.
"Peace at home Is essential. I
am sick at heart at the necessity of
calling attention to the gravity of
the position. We have sent the men
to the front. Support them.”
The miners cheered wildly as Mr.
Lloyd-George concluded his speech.
WEATHER
TEMPER ATI RES.
JULY 20 2 B m 11
3pm 95 3 a. m 80 I
4 p. m 98 4 a. m 79
5 p. m 97 5 a. m 79
6 p. m 97 Ga in 78
7 p. m 91 7 a m 77
1 p m 91 8 a m 81
9 p m 88 9 « m 83
10 p. m 84 1o a. m 84
11 p. m 84 11 a. m 88
12 midnight.... 83 12 m 87
JULY 21 1 p. m 88
la. m 82 2 p. m 90
lAM AL FOREC AST.
For San Antonin and vicinity: Wednes-
day night and Thursday. fair slightly
cooler Wednesday night.
HOME WEATHER FOR TOURISTS.
<Observations made at 8 a. m.)
ST. LOUIS: Temperature. 66; clear; 5-
mlle wind from the northwest; Thursday
fair lowest temperature in last 24 hour’.
62 degrees; highest. 78 decrees.
CHICAGO: Temperature. 62; clear; 6-
mile wind front the north; Thursday fair:
lowest temperature in last 24 hours. 58 de-
grees. highest. 68 degrees.
MILWAUKEE: Temperature. 56; clear;
4-mile wind from the southwest; Thursday
fair: lowett temperature 1n last 24 hours.
50 degrees; highest 78 degrees.
DENVER: Temperature. 52; clear; 4-
mlle wind from the south; fair and warm-
er: lowest temperature in last 24 hours.
52 degrees highest. 66 degrees.
KANSAS CITY: Temperature. 64: clear;
8-mile wind from the north: fair and cool;
lowest temperature in las: 24 hours. 62
degrees; highest. 76 degrees.
NEW YORK: Temperature 68: cloudy:
6-mile wind from the fast; rain: lowest
temperature in last 24 hours. 66 degrees;
highest. 76 degrees.
WASHINGTON: Temperature 68. Hear. ■
4-mile * Ind from the north rain: lowest
temperature in last 24 hours. 64 degrees;
highest. 71 derruM
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS WEDNESDAY JULY 21 1915.
CARHANZISTAS
DEHfZIPITI
TAKES mil
Gonzales Left Sufficient
Guard in Mexico City.
They Assert.
U. S. HEARS DIFFERENTLY
Washington Advices Say
That Communication With
Coast Is Cut.
GALVESTON. Tex.. July 21.—
That General Gonzale® left a con-
siderable force of Carranza troop® in
Mexico City when he went out to
meet a Villa column some days ago.
is one of the statements contained
in a message from Carranza head-
quarters at Vera Cruz to the Consti-
tutionalist consulate here today. The
statement says:
"There is no danger that the cap-
ital will be re-occupied by the Za-
patistas.’’
The report adds that General Gon-
zales is proceeding to Pachuca. where
he expect® to meet the Villa column
said to be retreating southward
driven by Carranza troops under
General Dieguez. General Cos* is
reported a® operating successfully
against Zapata troops south of the
capital.
The message received today was
sent from Vera Cruz jate last night
No mention is made of interruption
of railway communication between
Vera Cruz and the capital.
SAYS REPORT IS CONFIRMED
Washington Vsscru* Zapata Troop*
Occupy Capital.
WASHINGTON D. V . July 21.—
Vera Cruz advices to Ihe State
Department dated yesterday say the
complete evacuation of Mexico City
l»y General Gonzales and it® re-oc-
cupation by Zapata force® has been
confirmed in Carranza quarters and
that there i® no communication with
the capital.
Further development® in the rap-
• idly changing events at Mexico City
were anxiously awaited by officials
here today.
The Mexican capital is again oc-
cupied by Zapata forces the city ap-
parently is once more isolated from
telegraphic communication with the
outside world and railroad communi-
cation with Vera Cruz is suspended.
These are the latest developments in
Mexico City as disclosed in official
reports to the State Department.
Famine condition Is Desperate.
Relief measures for the hungry
civilian population of the Mexican
capital ha'e been halted in con-
sequence of the suspension of rail-
road communication and the situa-
tion is reported as desperate.
Officials fear that great suffering
among the people will result
The re-occupation nf Mexico City
Sunday by Zapata s arm? after eva- (
• nation by the Carranza forces un-
der General Gonzales took officials
here by surprise. The Zapata forces]
were driven from there eleven day®
ago by Gonzales who is speeding
northward to meet the advancing
Villa troops.
The supposition here had been
that the Zapata forces were opera-
ting along the railroad t" Vera Cruz
in an attempt to effect a junction
with the advancing Villa column.
News of a battle near I’achuca al-
ready reached by Villa troops is
momentarily expected.
NORTHERN MEXICO NEEDS WD.
Consul (.enoral Hanna Makes Pes-
simistic Report.
WASHINGTON. D. C July 21. —
Prediction that unless ptace soon is
I restored in Mexico and full crops are
planted conditions in the northern .
part of the southern republic due to
scarcity of food will be rar more se-
rious within three months than ever
before is made by American Consul
General Hanna at Monterey. Mex. in
a letter to the American Red Cross
made public today. Mr. Hanna who
is in charge of the Red Cross relief
station at Monterey describes the
food situation in that part of Mex-
ico.
Thousand-. Have Been Saved.
Thousands of persons have been
saved from actual starvation by the
food supplies furnished by the Red
Cross according to Consul General
Hanna. Limited supplies are now be-
ing furnished to at least 20.000 peo-
ple.
"It is probable." says Mr. Hanna
"that the corn crops here in Mexico
now maturing will relieve the hun-
ger situation for a short period pro-
vided railroad communication with
the agricultural district is kept open
enabling the farmers to send their
foodstuffs to market. Of course ev-
eMhing depends on the railroads
keeping open. But I do not believe i
that the present limited crops will
last longer than two mor; ths. Then if
we do not have fall crops this will
be the hungriest spot on the'
earth."
Brigadier General Devol general!
manager of the American Red Cross
has returned from the Texas border
today with the announcement that
attempts to relieve famine and suf- '
fering among non-combp.tants in i
Mexico were hopeless under present
condition®.
For six weeks General Devol dl-
^C^**" I***" 1 ***" next page.) I
MILK ORDINANCE IS
SAID ID BE ILLEGAL
Counsel for Dairymen Facing
Trial Make Point—Cases
Are Held Up.
The officers of the city health de-
partment Wednesday struck another
snag in the campaign for a pure
milk supply for San Antonio The
city ordinance regulating the sale of
milk I® asserted by counsel for the
dairymen to be illegal and the health
officers believe the point well taken
As a consequence nineteen cases
against San Antonio dairymen filed
a few days ago in the Police Court
have been held up by the health of-
ficers for ten days while the mat-
ter is being investigated.
Attorneys for the dairymen assert
the present city ordinance under
which the health department is
prosecuting its campaign is void be-
cause the title of the ordinance pro-
vides no penalty for a violation of
the provisions made therein. An in-
vestigation of the ordinance corrob-
orated this assertion. The dairymens’
attorneys say this invalidates the
law.
In the meantime the ease® against
the dairymen will not be pushed.
Dr. King city health officer re-
quested they be continued for a per-
iod of ten days when the second
case was called for trial Wednesday
morning. The trial of a dairyman
Tuesday resulted in a fine of $25
being imposed the charge being that
excess bacteria was found in a sam-
ple of milk
MRS WILGANOWSKI IS
GUILIY. SAYS JURY
Life Imprisonment Is Punish-
ment Fixed at Marlin for
Killing Husband.
MARLIN. Tex. July 21—Guilty
w’ith life imprisonment as the penal-
ty. was the verdict returned today by
the jury in the case of Mrs. Katie
Wilganowski of Marlin charged with
the murder of her husband. Frank
Wilganowski last February. The
state charged that she killed him
with a club and burned the body hid-
ing parts of the ashes in postholes.
The defense laid the basis for an in-
sanity plea and also for ill-treatment
by the husband. The state presented
evidence to show that Mrs. Wilga-
nowski would receive several hun-
dred dollars from a note in the event
of the husband's death.
BECKER PLEADS WITH
WHITMAN FDR HIS LIFE
He Names State Senator
Sullivan as One of Men
Interested in Gambling.
NEW YORK July 21.—Counsel
for Charles Bocker awaited today
the result of Becker’s appeal to Gov-
ernor Whitman to forbid his execu-
tion on July 28 for the murder of
Herman Rosenthal. Becker’s plea
sent to the governor at Albany last
night included a long statement of
his version of the facts leading up
to the murder.
In this statement Becker denied
complicity in the murder and said
that State Senator Timothy I). Sulli-
van. now dead had told Becker that
he had $12500 invested in Rosen-
thal’s gambling house and that when
Rosenthal began to make public
statements about the raids on his
place Sullivan exacted a promise
from Recker to keep Sullivan’s name
out of it.
Becker said that he had kept his
promise up to the time of the mak-
ing of his plea for executive clem-
ency.
Becker’s statement made no dis-
closures of police graft but gave an 1
account of his movements on the
night of the murder.
Martin T. Manton. of Becker’s
counsel has announced that pro-
ceedings will be started in a day or
two in application for a new trial
for Becker on the grounds of newly
discovered evidence. The nature of
the evidence was not disclosed. It
was reported that friends of Sulli-
van have offered to make affidavits
substantiating in part the story
which Becker told.
IT IS ROOSEVELT DAY
The Colonel Is on Program to Make J
Two Addresses at Exposition.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. July 21.—|
Phi® is "Roosevelt Day" at the Pan- »
aina-Paclfic Exposition. Theodore j
Roosevelt is on the program to matte ’.
Iwo addresses participate in a tree
planting ceremony and be the guest
af honor at a reception.
Mr. Roosevelt’s firs! address of the
lay is for the members of the army
ind navy. His second address was
:o be on "War and Peace. ’’ which
ne said on arriving here last night
might just as well be called "Damn
he Mollycoddles”
FILL OF WB
IS HUMORED BUT
NOT CDNFIBNIED
London Also Reports Ger-
mans Are Within Thirty
Miles of Riga.
TEUTONS TO CRUSH
Presence of Landwehr in Bat-
tle Line Show Every Re-
source Is Used.
LONDON July 21.—Rumors of the
fall of Warsaw are in circulation to-
day. hut the latest communications
from both sides indicate the Austro-
German rush towards the Polish
capital has slowed down. The Rus-
sians continue to lose ground but
apparently the campaign has not yet
been brought to a decisive issue.
Official statements showed the
Germans under the guns of the fort-
ress No wo Georgievsk the ke\ to
Warsaw on the north and only nine-
teen miles from the city. Farther
north the fortress of Ostrolenka fell.
Gaining In Baltic Also.
Tn the Baltic provinces the im-
pretslve German advances continued.
The campaign in this latter section
is interpreted by military observers
in capitals of the entente allies as
possibly intended to cut in on Rus-
sian lines of communication an’d pre-
vent a successful retreat of their
armies from the Warsaw region
Less speedy but none the less
steady is the Austro-German ad-
vance through Southern Poland. So
far as reports show’ the important
communication lines of the Lublin
region have not been pierced.
The most important success now
reported by the Germans has been
wi.n h\ Genera] von Wevri.h south
of Ivangorod. This seems to have
been a surprise attack. The Rus-
sians. who had heavy reserves in the
neighborhood later delivered vig-
orous counter attacks but failed to
recover the lost ground. Windau. in
Courland. on the Baltic is definite-
ly in the hands of the Germans who
are now within thirty-five miles of
th© important Russian seaport of
Riga.
Possession of Riga by the Ger-
mans would force the Russian armies
near Shavll and Mitau to retreat as
the Baltic port is their chief point of
supplies. The ambitious advance of
the Germans in the Baltic provinces
! indicates they hope not only to cap-
i lure Warsaw but to cut off Ihe re-
treat of the Russians by placing
forces between the retiring armies
and Petrograd.
Grand Duke In Tight Corner.
All these late advances place
Grand Duke Nicholas the Russian
commander-in-chief. In an embar-
rassing position. To risk obstinate
resistance might imperil his retreat
but it is pointed out here that such
an extended Austro-German line may
• contain w’eak points against which
n counter move might be made in
the hope of saving the Polish cap-
ital.
Military writers assert that the
presence not only of landwehr hut
of landstrum troops in the German
lines indicates the centra! powers are
exerting every resource to crush the
Russians.
Mine warfare along the British
' front and isolated actions on the re-
mainder of th© western battle line
are not of sufficient importance to
distract public attention from the |
eastern campaign.
The Italians are reported to have ;
waged a fierce battle yesterday all 1
along the Isonzo front with some ।
success on Corso plateau.
RIGA PREPARES FOR WORST.
Berlin Soys Russian* Are Removing
Records and Gold.
BERLIN. July 21.— (Via London.) ;
—A dispatch to the Lokal Anzeiger
from Czernowitz capital of Buko- j
wina. reports heavy fighting along
the Dniester near the Bukowlna- 1
Galicia border. The Russians brought j
up heavy reinforcement and made
determined attempts to re-take po- (
sitions on the left bank of the river
from the Austrians.
They were supported by heavy ■
artillery but their attacks gained
them nothing. Along th© Bessarab-
ian front the Russians also are on (
the offensive having made desperate ;
attacks during the last four nights. |
They succeeded in breaking into ;
the Austrians’ positions in one place
hut the attacking forces subsequently
were captured and here as else- ।
where the Russians were unable to •
make gains. The battle of Monday I
[night lasted six hours during which [
I the Russians made eight assaults. 1
i According to dispatches reaching <
\ Berlin all the official archives in
Riga the Russian Baltic port now j
I threatened bj the Germans together >
i with the moneys of state banks and’
I court records were taken to Petro- I
j grad Monday. Government officials'
have been advised to be ready to de- '
' part. It is said more than 10.000
inhabitants of the city fled last week.
Fanner Found Dying at Sherman. ;
SHERMAN. Tex.. July 21. —S. C. I
Henry a well-to-do armer. was
found unconscious in a corn ertb at
his home near here today. He died ;
tn a hospital here. The coroner this
afternoon held an Inquest to deter-
mine the cause of death.
TWELVE PAGES TODAY —PRICE. FIVE CENTS.
KILLING OF AMERICANS
AN “UNFRIENDLY ACT”
United States Prepares to Warn Ger-
many of Interpretation It Will Place on
Further Transgression of Rights
SLAVS
MUST VISIT AND SEARCH SHIPS FIRST
Action This Government Might Take in
Future Not Stated But Severance
of Relations Is Implied
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.)
W ASHINGTON. D. U. July 21.—The United Stites has
decided to inform Germany that further loss of-American lives
as the result of German submarine warfare in contravention of
the principles of international law. will be regarded as an ‘’un-
friendly act." The discussion of principles is virtually ended.
The American government now will warn Germany of the in-
terpretation it will place on future transgressions of American
rights.
Germany Admits Principle.
In the new note the United States assumes that Germany
already has admitted the principle tfl'At-passengers must be re-
moved to a place of safety before destroying an unresisting mer-
chantman as a prize.
Taking the position therefore that the two governments
!are agreed in principle the United States views it as incumbent
upon Germany to make her submarine practice conform with
ithe accepted principles of international law. Any deviation in
I actual practice resulting in the loss of*American lives it then
is pointed out. will be viewed as an unfriendly' act.
Action Thereafter Not Stated.
The action the United States subsequently might take is
| not indicated but in diplomatic usage the phrase "unfriendly
I act." has always carried with it an implication of finality lead-
ling often to a severance of friendly relations.
Officials generally were secretive concerning the treatment
of the Lusitania case in the new note but it was believed the
(request for x reparation would be renewed and this issue kept
! before the two governments.
! • ■ — -= Hie nol * reject Germany’*
SIXTY-NINE TURKISH
| VESSELS ARE SUNK
—
Russians Report Destruction
I of Merchant Fleet Laden
With Flour.
i
I PETROGRAD. July 21—(Via
l London.) —The following official
I communication has been received
! from army headquarters in the t’au-
| casus:
! “Our destroyer flotilla destroyed
a fleet of sixty-nine Turkish sailing
■ vessels laden with flour.
“A battle is raging in the direction
I of Mush (Asiatic Turkey eighty-
three miles southeast of Erzerum).
i We have captured Nazyk.”
A dispatch from Sebastopol to
[ London last night said that fifty-nine i
Turkish sailing vessels had been de-[
| stroyed by the Russians.
MORRIS SEES LANSING
American Minister to Sweden Is In *
V. S. on Leave.
—
WASHINGTON D. C.. July 21. —
Ira Nelson Morris. American minis-
ter to Sweden home on leave con-
ferred today with Secretary of State
Lansing. He denied he brought
papers from the Scandinavian gov-
ernments bearing on the war.
WARSHIP FIRE IN DOUBT
Official Re|»ort Does \ot Fit Cause
of Blaze on Oklaltoma.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. July 21.—
Official reports on the fire on the
dreadnought Olahoma In the ship
yard at Camden. N. J. leave the ex-
act cause a mystery. The Navy De-
partment .believes the blaze was due
to careless workmen dropping light-
CITY
EDITION
4 P M.
I proposals that American vessels be
I given complete immunity when not
I carrying contraband and for the
transfer to American registry of four
belligerent vessels for trans-Atlantic
' traffic provided they did not carry
contraband.
k The American government also
I will reiterate its willingness to act as
an Intermediary in adjusting the in-
terests of belligerents on the high
seas but will make it clear that so
far as American rights are concerned
they are not to be confounded with
the practices nf reprisals of one belli
gerent against another.
The note probably will be finished
tomorrow or Friday. Cabinet offi-
cers today believed It would be un-
necessary to discuss it at another
cabinet meeting and predicted that
the communication surely would be
on its way to Berlin by Friday.
FRANK'S RECOVERY.
NOW SEEMS CERTAIN
He Is Not Entirely Out ol
Danger But His Condition
Is Much Better.
• MILLEDGEVILLE. Ga.. July 21.
j —Marked improvement In the condt«
J lion of Leo M. Frank whose throat
| was cut Saturday by a fellow con«
vict at the state prison farm here
was announced today by physicians
attending him.
His temperature was 100. the low-
est since Sunday and his pulse and
respiration were normal. The physi-
cians said that while he is not yet
out of danger his recovery now M
practically certain.
Kaiser Denies Alleged StateasenK
BERLIN. July 21.— (Via London )
--The statement attributed to Em-
peror William in foreign newspapers
that the war would end in October
is stamped by the Tageblatt as a
plain invention.' The paper says
official circles know nothing of aueb
.a ion.
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