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Untied States Informs Germany That
Further Destruction By Submarine
Warcfare in Contravention of Prin
ciples of International Law Will Be
Regarded as Act of Hostility.
WASHINGTON, July 21. Tho
United Slnlcs has decided to inform
Qcnnnny that further loss of Ameri
enn lives as the result of submarine
warfare by Germany in contravention
of tho principles of international law
will ho regarded as an "unfriendly
net." Tho discussion of principles is
viitually ended. Tho American gov
ernment will now warn Germany of
tho interpretation it will place on fu
ture transgressions of American
rights.
In tho new nolo tho United States
assumes that Germany already has
admitted tho pnuciplo that passcu
gcrs must ho removed to a place of
safely before, destroying an unresist
ing merchantman as a prize.
Conform to International Liuv
Taking the position, thoreforq.iliuu
tho two governments are agrcedm
principle, tho United States views it
as incumbent upon Germany to make
her Huhmnrino praetico conform with
tho accepted principles of intcniif
tionnl Inw. Any deviation in nelual
practice, resulting in tho loss of
American lives, it is then pointed out
would ho viewed as an unfriendly act.
Tho action which tho United State
might subsequently take is not indi
cated but in displomutio usago the
phraso "unfriendly act'' has always
carried with it an implication of fin
ally lending orien lo a severaneo of
friendly relations.
Tho nolo will reject Germany,'
proposals thnl American vessels be
ghen complete immunity when not
carrying contraband and for the
transfer to Amoricau registry of four
belligerent vessels for trans-Atlantic
traffic, provided they did not carry
contraband.
Herman ProMsnI.s Ilejeclod
Again tho Amoricau government
will rcitcruto its willingness to act
as an intermediary in adjusting the
intorosls of belligerents on tho high
seas but will mnko it clear that so
far as Ameiicaji rights nro con
cerned IIipv are not to bo confounded
with Hip practices of reprisals of one
belligerent against another.
The nolo probably vvill he finished
tomorrow or Friday.
Rumors of Fall of Warsaw Not Con
flrnicd German Rush Slows Down
No Halt However In Advance
Upon Baltic Province? and in South
Poland Italians Galnlnq Ground.
ROOSEVELT FOR
MILITARY DUTY
FOR AMERICANS
AMERICANS
AN
PRODUCECHEMICALS
IF
IN
CHAN
E
LONDON', July '21. -Humors of the
full of Warsaw are in circulation to
day, but the latest communications
from both sides indicate the Attstro
German rush towards the Polish cap
ital has slowed down. The ItussjntiH
continue to lose ground, but apparent
ly the campaign has not yet been
brought to a decisive issue.
There is no hall in the Tciitonir
drive. Tho Hussians, however, seem
to be showing increasing powers of
resistance as the lines of the attack
ing hosts draw closer to the Polish
capital. Latest official fdntcments
showed tho Germans under the guns
of the fortress of No wo Gcorgievsk,
tho key to Warsaw on tho north and
only J!) miles from the eity. Farther
north tho fortress of Ostrolenka fell.
In llultlc Provinces
In tho Itnltic provinces tho im
pressive German advances contin
ued. Tho campaign in tblR latter
section is interpreted by military ob
servers in capitals of tho entente al
lies as possibly intended to cut in on
Hussions lines of communication and
prevent a successful retreat of their
armies from tho Warsaw region.
Less speedy, but none tho less
steady, is tho Austro-Gcnnaiu ad
vance through southern Poland. So
far as reports show tho important
communication lines in tho Lublin
region buvo not been pierced.
On Kalian Front
Continued advances by tho Italians
in tho Isonr.o region urn reported from
Home, the most notnhlo gain of
ground being on the Corso plateau.
Tho Austrian war office, however,
denies that the invaders are making
progress.
Littlo autivily of a pronounced oit
is reported on tho linos in Franco
and Belgium.
There havo been no official re
ports for several days of tho cam
paign in tho Dardanelles.
The French repoit further progress
on tho heights overlooking tho vnlloy
of tho Fccbt, in tho Vosges, their
troops capturing German defenses in
tho north of the region. JniporLvit
aeroplane operations also are reported.
Teddy Declares There Should Be Uni
versal Military Service on Plan of
Swiss Model-United States May
Have to Pay Price Belgium Has
Paid for Lack of Preparation.
YUAN
DISCHARGES
TWO
MINISTERS
DKTH01T, July 21. llerboit W.
Ihny, president of tho Dow Chemical
company of Midland, Mich., told the
Icdcral trade commission meeting
hero today that American manufac
turers of chemicals could produce in
digo and other products fully as
cheaply heio as abroad. All that is
neecsary for tho cheap productions
of the chemicals is a littlo more ex
perience and Knowledge, of tho "tricks
of the trade," ho said.
Mr. Dow charged that as a result
of his company soiling a certain bro
inido abroad, Germany had taken tho
I'm tod States trade in that chemical
irom the Michigan concern.
"Wo were warned," ho said, "that
for oory pound wo exported, the
Germans would put two pounds in the
United States. Wo thought it win. a
bluff and- continued to export the
bromide. Tho result was that wo
did uot sell a single pound in tlw
United Status. Tho Germans not
only paid a duty of 25 por owil hut
actually undersold us. Sineo tin?
war started, bowovor, wo have re
valued part of our trade."
"lu't tjiat praatieo ooihiuou when
ever an Amorioaa article goto
fcturtf" aaluxl Jotonli K. Dmvhw,
chairman of the uoihihwmIou.
"It in," Dr. Daw tuiwrd.
-Wkat affect did Uio tariff hV
"It mvn1 us freia bankmptvv,"
repluj Mr Dow.
PICKING, Juno 211, (correspond
ence.) Two important officers of
the government, both vico ministers
of tho cabinet, have been dismissed
summarily. President Yuan Shi Kai
in a mandate mndo a charge of
wholenlo speculation against Chang
I In, vice minister of finance, who has
been acting also as a director of tho
Salt Gabelle, ono of tho principal
sources of revenue in tho country.
Chang IIu was banished to Szcchueii
province, Yet Kung Clio, tho vico
minister of communications, is the
other dismissed man.
Not along ago another high offi
cial, formerly u pnrsynal friend of
President Yuan, wus executed be
causo of co-operation.
ALHANY, N. Y July 21. -An.
nouneemont was mndo bote today
that friendly involuntary petitions in
bankruptcy have been tiled in the
United Status district court at Uticu
against Former Governor John A.
Dix, individually, and the Moose
Hivor Lumber company, of which Mr.
Dix is tho principal stockholder.
No statement of uaaots or liabili
ties in cither ea whm given. Itssi
nous tMMidition ajo blamed for both
failures.
Mr. Dix ha bean indie)Ked Cur
Mime time bat hie condition is not
regarded critical.
SAN FHANCISCO, July 21.
Colonel Theodore Hoosevelt ad
dressed tho Panama-Pacific exposi
tion crowds today on Prepu redness
for War. The speech was given over
iilmost entirely to that theme and he
set it forth with new emphasis.
"I firmly believe that there should
be universal military service for our
young men on tho Swiss model," said
the former president, at one point hi
his speech.
At another, rcferrimr to the price
which Helglum had paid because of
her uuprcpurcducss, ho said:
Warning for Future.
"Some day or other it may well
bo that we shall havo to pay on a
ten-fold greater scalo tho samo price
for exactly the snnie reasons; and, if
such should bo tho case, remember,
my fellow countrymen, that whereas
tho case of the Belgians excited warm
J sympathy, our misfortunes would ex
cite nothing but scorn mid contempt;
for u rich, powerful, boastful people
invites tho ridicule of nil mankind if,
whether from sheer silliness and short
sightedness, or from soft timidity, or
from gross and greedy devotion to
tho material benefits of the moment,
it fails to prepare itself to defend its
own rights with its own strength."
Colonel Hoosevelt spoko derisively
of "elocution us a substitute for ac
tion"; mid in bis arraignment of
those who stood in tho way of pre
paredness for wnr, ho said the "pro
fessional pacifists, the penco-at-any-price,
non-resistaneo universal arbi
tration pcoplo nro seeking to Chinnfy
this country to reduce it to the lovel
of impotonco to which old China
sank." Tho avcrago Chinaman, had
taken tho view that China was "too
proud to fight," and "in praetico
made evident his hearty approval of
that abject pacifist song, 'I Didn't
Haiso My Hoy to bo a Soldier.' "
Denounces Peace Treaties
With nil of his old-timo vigor, Col.
Hoosevelt denounced the all-inclusive
arbitration treaties, which tho United
Slaes had entered into and said that
in declining to apply their principle
ii the caso of the Lusitania there had
been ovidenco of national hypocrisy
or else an ultor recklessness of folly
in making promises. It was neces
sary to repudiate tho principle) in the
Lusitania case, tho colonel agreed,
but "a shameful thing to havo put
ourselves In such a position that it
bad to bo repudiated."
Tho United States hnd treated The
Hague Conventions as more "scraps
of paper," ho said, "when tho demand
was mado to show that our signa
tures meant something.'
"I havo ft very strong feeling about
tho Panama exposition,' said Col.
Hoosevelt in beginning bis spppeb.
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John P. White, president of tho National Mlno Worker Union, Is
campaigning n Uio hard con! districts for more. iiiciuIhts. Ho wants to
get tho anthracite miners lined tip hi the organization before their contract
xphes next spring. Tljo picture tilsive shows White making a sKech to tho
miners at Archibald, Vt. Tho lower picture Is or a portion of tho croud ho
talked to. '
ZAPATA FORCES jRUSSIANS FIGHT
AGAIN
OCCUPYING
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HHIDOKPOHT, Conn., July 21. -Labor
leaders announced today that
pickets stationed in front of the
itemitigton Arms and Ammunition
olnpunyV main plant had stopped 80
skilled meehhuies on tho day shift
from going to work. The pickets
went to tho plant soon after da
breuk and icmained several hours.
Every machinist thut appeared roady
J for work was taken aside and talked
to by the pickets. Tho labor men
admitted that uot all of tho men ap
proached bad stayed away from
work.
John W. French, publicity agont ol
tho Homingtou company said:
"We uro not at liberty to sny how
many machinists, if any, arc out on
strike. Wo oan give no figure."
According to figures of labor
union men given today, 25(1 nmehin
ifete U told, nro now on strike. They
mid that 00 per cent of the mnuhin-
MEXICAN CAPITAL
WASHINGTON, Jul 21Vcra
Cruz advices to the state depai Intent
tinted yesterday sny the complete
evacuation of Mexico I it.V bv General
Gonzales and its le-ocuupatioii by
Zapata forces has been confirmed in
Cnrrnii7.il pinrtcm and thut there is
no communication with the capital.
EL PASO, Texas, July 21. Gen
eral Villu'n expeditionary forces has
cut communication between Vera
Cruz and Mexico City nnd mndo it
impossible for General Gonr.ules, who
evacuated the capital, to receive sup
plies from tho coast.
This report wns received last
night from Colorado, Zuouteoas. It
reached there by courier from Salinas
in tho slate of San Luis Potosi, to
which oint General Heyes, the Villa
commander, bad telegraphed from
Pachuua.
General Hc.vcs said that ho had de
stroyed tho railroad Irom Lngoa to
Qiiorctaro and then to Hnuii.
Hoycs reported that he had deliv
ered to tho Zapata forces a supply
of ammunition with which ho bud boon
entrusted, adding that tho combined
forces would movo immediately on
Mexico City.
Orebgon is believed lo be using nil
efforts to open a line of commuuicu
tion to the cast through San Luis Po
tosi to Tampico.
DESPERATELY
BUKOWINA
FRON
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TURK
RANSPORT
ISHT
FLEET DESTROYED
PETHOGHAD, Jul -Jl. Tho fol
lowing official communication has
been received from the hoadipiartor
of the Husiiun nrmy in the Caucasus:
"Our destroyer llotilhr destroyed a
fleet of (it Tuikikh t-niljug vessels
laden with flour.
"A battle U raging in the direction
of Mush, Asmtu-Tiiikey, Sit mile
southeast of Krzeium. Wo captured
Na.vk in the couist of the fit;bt-
in
11KRLIN, via London, July 21., A
dispatch tii tho Loknl Auzolgor from
C.ornowltz, capital of, llukowlnn, ro
portH heavy fighting nlong tho Dnols-
tor xlvor near tho Hiikawlnn-(allcla
bordar, Tho HuHslnus brought up re
inforcements and mndo determined
attempts to rctako positions on tho
left hank of tho river which bad been
captured by tho AuntrlatiH. Thoy wnro
supported hy heavy artillery, but, tho
dispatch HnyH, tholr attacks gained
them nothing.
Along tho Ilzurlnn front also tho
ItiiHslaiiH nro on tho offensive, hav
ing mndo doRpnrnto nttncku during
tho last four nights. Thoy wiccoodod
In lirenklug Into tho AiiBtrhin posi
tions In ono placo, but tho attacking
forro BiibHoquontly wns captured nnd
hero, as olsowhere, tho Iliumlnim woro
iinnhlo (n mako giilna. Tho battle of
Monday night lasted nix hours, dur
ing which tho Kusslnns mndo eight
assaults.
According to dispatches reaching
Horlln, nil Ilia official archives In
Ulna, tho HiiHslan Haltlc port, now
threatened; by tho Gormnnfl, togothor
with tho moneys of state hanks and
rourt records, woro taken to Polro
grad Monday, Government officials
havo been ndvluod to ho rendy to do
part. It Is said moro than 10,000 In
habitants of tho city fled In tit wcok,
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SPEED UP FOR
WEEKSIDLENESS
Strikers Back at Work Slrivir-j to
Mako Up for Lost Time Lloyd
Gcorjje Appeals to Men's Patriot
ismFrench Ships Idle for Lack of
Fuel To Fill Navy Bunkers.
LONDON, July 21. Tho South
Wnlcs coal mlnorB havo ncceptod tho
terms agreed upon yesterday nnd tho
strlko thoroforo la doflnltoly nt nn
end. Throughout tho coal ftalils
thoro wns an overwhelming ninjorlty
In fnvor of tho sttlomcnt.
Work In tho mines will bo resumed
nt onco. Iloth aides promlsod tho
govornmont to oxort ovory effort to
mnko up for tho wcolc of IillonosB.
Mojil.d'corgo Talks
Dnvld Lloyd-Cloorgo, mlnlstor or
munitions, to whoso efforts tho end
ing of tho strlko Is largely duo, np
ponrod nt tho conforonco hall In Car
diff after tho decision hnd boon
ronchod nnd received nn cn'thuslnstlu
welcome President WlHlono,of tho
mlncra' fedorntlon declared that Mr.
Lloyd-Ccorgo nnd his colleagues hnd
performed a great service 'for, tho
minora of tho emplro who wnro now
propnrcd to do everything poselula to
mnko up for tho production lost by
tho fitrlko. ' k .
Mr. Lloyd-Dcorgo nddrcBBedt '"
minors, oxpronBlng filncoro Joy
tho niou had decided to go luicl
work with him nnd his collcnguw)
flgnt tho common cnomy." HoS --
cd:
"A week of enormous vnluo .
boon lot to this country. It Is
graduullydawnlng on ushow trrii?Ieii?rnrCT"1 'y
o "lid hure
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HURT
STANDARD OIL
SIR! Ill
Tltrcd Scpcrate Attacl.s Matio on
Bayor.uo Plant Workers of For
eign Birtlv and Unorflanioil
Throe Policemen Among Inlurnd
Crowd Attacks Fire House.
NEW YOMK, July 21. Soiiotw
rioting in -wliieh John Molosky", H
years old, was killed nM' nearly (HI
moro or less seriously injured,
nmrked the, second day of the strike
of workniMii t the plant of thu
Rtnndurd pil company of HoW ,hi;
nt' Hayoijtm, N. J. The worker',
most of vylmtn ate or foreign birth
nnd iinorjjajnizcd, gathered at the
gates of '.-he plant nt an early hour
and disorer lasted until nearly noon.
The policn suy several thousand uur
tons look; part in the attack.
Of the- 511 injured taken to the
Huyonno liospitnl, fit) nrj moil and
hoys who fought nt the cites of the
plant; (hit othtor threo are policemen.
Inspector duly had u horsu shut
from unW him and later narrow'y
escaped eiious injury.
.Sheriff in Comuianit
Sheriff Eugene Kinhead of JInd
son county nrrived shortly nltu
noon nnd took commund of nffim-.
Sborif.C Kinkcad spoka ror.liiiirliin
WASHINGTON, July 21. Offi
eiul reports on tho fire on tho dicad
naught Oklahoma in tho shipyard at
Camden, N. J., leave tbo exact cause
a mystery. Moro damago than was
first thought wns done. Deck plat
ing was Injured, bulkhonds were
warped and the oUiclno lighting and
ventilating systems were destroyed,
Tbo nuy ilcpuitiiipnt believes it was
duo to cureless workmen dtopping
lighted mat" he.
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doiis Is tho Btrugglo In which wo nro
ongngod, Kvon now I nm not suro
thut wo fully rcnllzo what will bo Its
effect on ho wholo courno of human
nffnlrs."
Vessels Aualt Cm!
"Tho coal flolds of Franco aro now
In tho hands of tho cnomy, Franco
doponds upon you for conl. Flvo voh
bqIb from Franco lie In Cardiff har
bor waiting for their hunkers to bo
tilled, nnd I nm going to nak you to
mnko up for lost tlmo nnd show tho
domocrncy of Frnnco thnt you aro
prepared to iibbIbI her in tho Btrug
glo for tho froodom of tho world.
"I wnnt you to work, moreover, for
tho Bake of tho Ilrltlsh nnvy. Fill
Its bunkorH. It momifl nn lnvlolnto
llrltnln, tho oxUtcnco of which
makes It Impossible for tho GermntiB
to despoil to Wolsli conl Golds nn
they havo tbo conl flelda of Frnnco.
"Pcnco at homo Is csaontlnl. I uui
sick nt henrt nt tho necessity of cull
ing attention to tho gravity of tho
position, but tho Htuntlon Is suffi
ciently sorloiiB tq call for the united
action of ovory man aud womon In
tho wholo land,
"Wo hnvo Bont tho men to tho
front. Support thorn. If wo do wo
shall win a victory for Kuroponii lib
erty which will resound through the
ngcB."
Tho miners cheered wildly ns Mr.
Lloyd-Ucorgo concluded his speech.
FRENCH
AIRSHIPS
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PAU18, July 21, - A battlo In mid
air and tho bombardment of tho Im
portant railroad station nt Confhuis,
Camay, by a fleet of 38 French air
men yestorday Ik described In nn
official French wnr stutamont Issued
toduy. Thfoo Gorman nvlntura who
Ventured to oppose tho attacking
force woro, routed by French scout
aeroplanes, tbo ronort says, nnd of
ouomy muchlno was compelled to
laud. .
oil tho widows womJiTbkcii.
after' which 'tho crowd moved Vniuul
nttnuked tho police near tho main
gate ol tho Standard Oil plant.
Threo rioters woro injured bv but
lets.
Worm Tldcuntcr Plant
Tho rio(ors then went to the plant
of the Tidewater Oil company, half u
tuilo iiwuy, which remained tn'opei
ntiou though the strikers ih'd Jicm
led to believe thut tho men then
would join tlicm. As they uppronelml
llio plant, i:i00 or tho men then) loft
their work and marched out to tin
crowd hut uppurentlv this did nut
satisfy tho rioters as they mado a
rush nt the police on guard.
Tho most serious fighting of the
day followed nnd it was during tl i
iittuck that Molosky wtw killed ami a
majority of tho injured received their
wounds. Tho police nt fiit, it is
stated, fired over the heads of the
rioters but when this had no effect
they shot directly into the crowd,
riven this did not stop tho rioters and
tho polico were almost out of ciii
mtiuitiou when help nrrived.
WABASH
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MILLKDVILLK. U..., July 21.
Marked improw-mnt in tho condition
of Leo M. Frank, whose throat wan
cut Saturday mubt bv it fallow con
vict at the hImIp pn-oH fwrw bwe,
wan iiiiiiumwed tmhtv. IIU tUHHr-
aturo ws 00, the lowMt Mwt Shh
day. Pkjnurian uid UiBt whHc lu:
1st tit tho old Remington plant would is not yet out of dang-r, bw novery
walk out later toduj. now i jir'ti. u . rtj,
UDINB. 1UI. July II Tho ongl
noar onrpa of tho Italian army has
romploUd Uie rftcomttruotlou of tho
railroad brhlga over tho Isonzo river
batwoon Cervlgnan and Monfulcono,
which wai daatroytsl hy tho Austrlans
at tit outbrk of heatllltleo. Tits
flrat tnl pacaad over the Htruoturo
4ar. UMonstpuQlloii of tho brblgo
In o short a time U rotfardwl us au
COK'neerlnK foal.
That portion of tho French offi
cial statement tolling of u rnld or 38
aviators on the Btntlon of Conduits,
although the wording Is somowhut
ambiguous, seems to rofor to tho oper
ations of a Frenah sqund of airmen
on Gorman linos of communication.
Tho Conduits referred to apparently
la Confhtna-Mn-Jarnlsy, which Is in
tho French department of Mwurtha
HUMosullo noar tho Lorralnu border.
Tilt torrltory U hold by th Hermans
ST. LOl'IS, July 21. Tho property
franchises and nil other rights of tho
Wnbnsh railroad, n 1220,0.00,000 cor.
poratlou wcro sold undor tho ham
mer for $18,000,000 to tho joint re
organization committee of tho roud'u
crodltrs undor foreclosure hero to.
day to satisfy a 4 1.000,000 mortgage
of which tho Kqultablo Trust com
pany of Now York Is trustoo.
Tho road was knocked down to
Hubert finolot. who bid for tho put'
chasing commlttoo of tho Joint reor
ganisation committee. As soon ns
tho federal district court which au
thorized tho foreclosure confirms tho
sale of tho road It will bo turned over
to tho purchaser. Plans for ro-orgun-Izutlon
having In vlow a termination
of the receivership then will bo work
ed out.
Among tho Now York financiers
ha nttendml tho sulo wore Robert
Ooelet. member of tho renrganlza.
tlon fommltteo; It. H. Nellson, rep
rosonllng Kulin. Loch and Compuny.
and Lawronco Oreer and O, W. Mur
ray of the Kqultablo Trust company.
Didders woro required to put up
11,700,000, or Wabash bonds to tlto
amount of J3.500.000,
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