Georgia Historic Newspapers

    The Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal
VOLUME xvm
BERLIN CANNOT DICTATE POLICY OF U. S.
NEW 11. S. EXPEDITION
may mm have
• CROSSED TH MEXICO
Funston Sends Report on New
Border Raid Which Secre
tary Baker Said He Could
• Not Discuss
By Associated Press !
EX> FASO. May 8. —At noon there
wa« no aim of a confaronca. General
Obregon remained in Ma private ear in
J nares. It was reported the minister
of war was preparing to start couth at
6 o’clock this evening.
By Associated Press )
WASHINGTON. May 8. —A new Amer
ican expedition may already be across
the Mexican botder in pursuit of the
oandits who raided Glenn Springs and
Alpine. Tex Secretary Baker said to
day he had received a report from Gen
eral Funston as to steps taken in that
direction, but declined to reveal its con
tents. He said General Funston’s orig
inal orders still stood. however, and
they gave him authority to cross on a
hot trail whenever the need arose.
No additional report of rhe raid had
reached the department at the time. On
the basis of consular dispatches yester
day. however. Secretary Lansing has
forwarded a report to the Mexican de
facto government calling attention to
the latest bandit activities along the
border. No specific request was made
for disposition of Carranaa troops to
netter protect the border, but state de
partment officials said it was assumed
that prompt pursuit of the raiders al
ready had been ordered by General Ob
regon. the Mexican war minister, or his
subordinates. *
NEW CO-OPERATION. .
It was believed possible some method
of direct co-operation for the extermina
tion or capture of the Glenn Springs
raiders might result from the conference
today between General Scott and Gen
eral Obregon at El Paso. The conferees
met yesterday for the purpose of work
ing out the final form of the agreement
they have reached regarding the border
situation, but news of the Glenn Springs
incident and unconfirmed rumors of oth
er raids, caused delay. General Scott
reported to Secretary Baker that after
meeting today he expected the agree-
• ment would be completed in the light
of these most recent happenings.
• The war department has heard infor
mally that General Carranza approved
the Scott-Obregon plan with the mi not
exceptions, but just what part is not
satisfactory has not' been stated. It
was hoped here the whole matter would
be disposed of today by the conferees.’
There was no indication at the depart
ment that steps were in contemplation
to increase the border forces because of
the Glenn Springs incident. Secretary
Baker would not say whether General
Funston had made new recommendations
on this question. It is known that the
calling out of a portion of the national
guard to aid in the border patrol is
not now under consideration.
OFFICERS FEARED RAID.
Army officers have feared some such
occurrence as that at Glenn Springs
since it became necessary to break up
the border guard into squad patrols at
various towns and ranches. They be
lieve it dangerous to leave a few men
isolated from larger commands in posi
tions where they might be exposed to
attack by considerable numbers of raid
ers. It is ir.derstood that company
commanders in several instances have
•urged that their -ommanda be held to-«
gell'.er for protection and so placed as
to be able to hurry to any attack or
threatened point.
The state department today received a
report of the Glenn Springs raid agree
ing with those received from Genera!
Funston and with press dispatches
The department is in receipt of ad
vices from Mexico City stating that the
mining law effect!’e May 1 is practical
ly the same as that recently referred to
in reports sent to the department of
state. The law, as placed in effect, con
tains minor modifications only."
The new law was devised with the ob
ject of forcing development of idle
properties and to make holders of large
numbers of claims pay heavier taxes
than small operators. American inter
ests operating in Mexico objected and
through Special Agent Rodgers at Mexico
City the state department urged modifi
cation.
News of Raid Stirs Pershing’s
Men; New Hunt for Agitators
By Auoeiated Preu )
COLUMBUS, N. M.. May B.—Details
of the raid upon Glenn Springs. Tex.,
transmitted to American detachments,
along General John J. Pershing’s line
of • ommunication. stirred them to a new
activity, according to reports here to
day.
In Columbus military officers mani
fested much uncertainty as to the re
tails of the foray and pointed out that
It materially complicates the border sit
uation. It seems generally believed
that should it be deemed necessary in
pursuit of the raiders to dispatch a sec
ond expeditionary column some of the
i niiq men on station here and troop*
encamped along the upper end of the
line of communication will be called
upon.
Townspeople in Columbus and tn
neighboring towns along the border
were arou«ed by the reports and mani
ent ed a greater unrest than at any
time since the raid here two months
ago tomorrow.
Meager unofficial reports from the ex
peditionary command indicated that de
> •'•hments of cavalry are scouring the
district for agitators recently said to
rave been attempting to incite the Mex
i«-t:i populace to violence against the
\ me r’cans.
.’I military headquarters it was said
s > tar as known. Major Robert L.
• I cavalrymen are still pursuing
h remnant of the largest band in
.vc-t»in Chihuahua remaining under
/ ilia's standard.
.The body of Albert Goodwin, a prl
ate of the Twenty-fourth infantry, was
wrought here today. Goodwin was shot
several times, according to reports, in a
quarrel with a fellow-soldier. •
| U.S. Troops Are
Hot on Trail of
j Border Raiders
'Detachments From Two of
Border Patrol Regiments
Follow Bandits Across the
Rio Grande
(Sy Asiocia'.ed Pre**.)
ALPINE. Tex., May B.—A posse from
Marathon and a detachment of twenty
-1 three troopers of the Fourteenth caval
ry are said to have followed the Mexi
cans' trail into Coahuila, while other re
| ports say the Americans are awaiting
iat the Rio Grande for reinforcements,
i The troops of the Fourteenth cavalry
I and a machine gun company are expect
‘jed here or at Marathon today. They
I will head southward to the “Big Bend"
I country.
it is not known here whether the new
, troops contemplate a long pursuit of the
i bandits itno Mexico or will be placed
. as an additional guard along the border
Reports here say many bandits are op
erating between Boquillas and Presidio
just south of the Rio Grande.
It is about three days march from
either Marathon or Alpine to the Rio
Grande and as the bandits already have
a three days start only a relentless pur
suit will bring the Americans into con
tact with them.
Nothing has been heard of Privat<
Roscoe Tyree, who was last seen run
ning froffi the adobe house, where h»
and his eight companions for three hours
1 fought the Mexicans and fled when the
house was fired by fire balls.
Private Crosken thinks Tyree was
wounded and wandered in the hills
where he died. Others believe Tyree
was captured and killed..
Unconfirmed information says that J.
Deemer the storekeeper at Boquillas has
been found dead on the Mexican side,
with his throat cut. His clerk, named
Compton, captured by the bandits, is
thought to have suffered the fate of
Deemer.
There were only a few Americans in
Glenn Springs and at Boquillas at the
time of the raid, and the bandits ap
parently made no effort to locate them.
The Americans fled to the hills when
the shooting began.
The bodies of the three soliders kill
ed in the Glenn Springs raid. William
Cohen. Stephen J. Coloe and Hfidson
Rogers, will be sent to their homes to
day. A truck driver, Champ Woods,
yesterday reported as missing, is safe.
Mrs. W. K. Ellis and her husband,
, whose wax factory was destroyed by
I the Mexicans, had narrow escapes. Mrs.
Ellis was the only woman in Glenn
Springs when the bandits arrived. In
the flickering lights of the burning
buildings, she and her husband stole out
• of their house and fled in safety to the
hills.
Telling of her experience, Mrs. Ellis
said:
"A fusillade of shots roused my hus
band and myself. Peering out of the
window we saw the forms of men mov
ing in the direction of the soldiers’ lit
tle camp. We quickly dressed. The
i bandits were now firing rapidly at the
adobe hut where the soldiers made their
‘ stand.
"We could hear the shouts of the
Mexicans and saw a party of them mov
ing toward our bungalow. We slipped
out of the back door and made our way
j into the hills.
“After the raid we returned to our
home in Glenn Springs having heard
that the Mexicans had left.”
Death Sentence
Os Countess Is
Countermanded
(By Associated Press.)
i DUPLIN, May B.—(Via London.*
Countess Georgiana Markievicz, one of
the prominent figures in the Irish re
. volt, was sentenced to death after her
trial by courtmartial, but the sentence
I has been, commuted to penal servitude
for life, it was officially announced.
The death sentence upon Henry O’Han-
■ raban was also .commuted to a life
term.
• Death sentences imposed upon George
' and John Plunkett, brothers of Jos
Plunkett, last week, have been
commuted to ten years’ penal servi-
■ tude.
* The official statement announcing
» the sentences and commutations says:
* "The fallowing further results of
• trials by the field general courtmartial
I are announced:
* “Sentenced to death, but commuted
’ to penal servitude for life by the gen
eral officer eommanding-!n-chief—
Countess Georgiana Markievicz and
> Henry O'Hanrahan.
"Sentenced to death, but commuted
*' to ten years’ penal servitude —George
I-lunkett and John Plunkett."
I It is reported that the death sentence
imposed upon Philip Cosgrave after a
’| trial by the courtmartial has been
J commuted to five years’ imprisonment
and the sentences of thirteen others
jtc three years’ imprisonment.
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' Big Flying Boat
Travels at 106
Miles an Hour
1 (By Associated Prv*s.)
NEWPORT NEWS. Va., May 8. —Tie
1 big flying boat arrived here this morning
r at 8:58 o’clock from Hawkins Point, near
. Baltimore, having made the trip in two
/ hours and eleven minutes and in the
s course of the flight, which covered a dis
| tance of 175 miles, the 15-ton boat es
. ablishd ten world's i ecords for speed,
- having attained the remarkable rate of
e 106 miles an hour, while coming down
j the bay.
The machine was working admirably
tland as soon as the boat arrived it was
decided that a speed test trip should be
j made to Washington and in two hours’
~ time the big boat was again on her way
» north, having left water at 10:53
i with Pilot Macaulay. Mechanicians
r Philip Utter. Bert Accosta, Lieutenant
Norman Hall, of the coast guard service.
- and John R. Viney, president of the
s chamber of commerce, who takes greet
-1 ings to the Navy League headquarters
i at Washington and the chamber of com
merce ox the national capital.
TEUTONS BLOCKED IN
FURIDDS OFFENSIVE
THROWN IT VERDUN
Portion of Territory Won atl
Outset of Renewed Drive Is
Retaken by French, Although
Some Footings Hold
(By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, May B.—The Ger- I
mans are continuing the furious often- I
sive at Verdun which gained them im
portant ground both east and west of
the Meuse yesterday. They made no
further advances during their attacks
of last night, however. Paris declares, I
and in fact lost part of the territory '
won at the outset of their renewed ,
drive.
The principal German gain Sunday I
%a» northeast of Verdun, where a foot- j
|ing was gained in the French first line '
on a front of 500 metres between Hau- |
dromont wood and Fort Douaumont. i
During Sunday night French attacks
drove the crown prince’s forces from
one of the occupied trenches south of
Handrotnont. Near Hill 304 northwest,
of the fortress, the Germans were oust
ed from a communication trench occu- ’
pied during yesterday’s drive.
There is a lull In the fighting on the I
eastern front. according to Vienna. I
which announces that the situation is
unchanged there. Likewise there is
comparative quiet on the Austro-Italian
front with no advance by either of
the opposing armies reported.
London reports the sinking by a sub
marine on May 3 of the French bark
Marie Molinos of 1,946 tons. There
were no casualties among the crew.
Furious German Attacks
Are Broken by French
x (By Ariaciaied Preas.)
PARIS, May B.—Fighting of great
violence ocurred last night on the Ver
dun front. Furious German attacks near
Hill 304 were broken by the French,
the war office anounced today.
Th© losses of the Germans are
described as extremely heavy.
The French attacked east of Hill 304, I
and drove the Germans from a com
municating trench where they penetrat
ed yesterday. East of the Meuse there
was a series of night engagements. The
Germans were driven from a trench
south of Haudromont which they occu
pied yesterday and thirty men, includ
ing two officers were captured.
The offensive movement yesterday
covered a front of two kilometres be
tween Haudromont wood and Fort Doua
mont, costing the Germans important
losses.
Other developments of yesterday are
described textually as follows:
"The night passed quietly on the re
mainder of the front except in the re
gion of the wood of Remieres and the
wood of Joury west of Pont-a-Mousson,
where our artillery was very active.
‘Two German aeroplanes have been ;
brought down as a result of aerial en- j
counters in the region of Verdun. One
of them fell not far from Ornes, and the
other, seriously damaged, was compell
ed to land south of Azannes.”
Germans Claim Capture
Os System of Trenches
(By Associated Press.)
BERLIN, May B.—(Via Wireless.)
Tn the recent fighting on the Verdun
front the Germans captured an entire
system of trenches on the nothem slope
i of hill 304. the war office announced to
day.
Says Allied Airmen Have
Killed Many Civilians
(Bv Associated P.-esa.)
BERLIN, May 8. —(By Wireless to
Sayville.)—"Eight men, ten women and
nine children, all civilians, were killed
in April in the occupied portions of
Belgium and France by artillery and
aeroplanes of th eenemy,” the Overseas
News agency says. “Twenty-three men,
twenty-nine women and twenty-three
children were injured. The total rfuni
ber of victims since September, 1915,
shows 1,153”
Formidable Army Is
Attacking at Verdun
TARIS, May B.—After seventy-seven
davs of battle the Germans are making
a new attack before Verdun with an
other formidable army. Fighting alnv st
equal in violence to that of the begin,
ning of March is in progrey; on both
banks of the Meuse.
The principal effort of the Germans
is being directed against Dead Man’s
bin.
Following the Napoleonic policy of at
tempting to turn what cannot be carried
by fronjal attack .the Germans, with
a whole army corps, made the assault
byway of the ravine betweeen Hill 304
and Dead Man hill, seeking to crush
in the French line along a front of one
and one-half miles.
The ground there is favorable for
attack and the French commander
aware of the weakness of the position,
placed one of his best trained army
corps at that place. This corps dis
posed of the initial attack without'
ceding* any important ground, but thej
I battle is still raging and. according to
the latest advices, the result will not
ibe known till some time today. East
lof the Meuse the Germans delivered'
I four attacks on a front of 2,000 yards, i
leach advance being made by a different
I Prussian regiment. The fighting there I
is as fierce as on the other side of the I
liver ano as inconclusive.
General Nivelle, whose promotion to'
the command at Verdun put him ini
charge at such a critical time, is sixty!
year.- old. He comes from Tulles. Gen
eral Nivelle one of the discoveries
of the war. At the outbreak of hostili
ties he was in command of the Fifth
regiment of artillery. He was promot '
ed to be general of brigade on October
2*. 1914, and shortly after was placed,
in command of the Sixty-first infantry,
division. On December 23. 1915. he re-1
reived his three stars and at the same
time was appointed commander of the
Third armv corps.
Postmasters Named
WASHINGTON, May B.—Postmasters
appointed: Georgia, McDonald, Coffee
county, name of postoftice changed to
Axson; Vaudelt. Clayton county, Mrs.
Louie W . Kihbee. new postoffice.
Mattie N. Riley. Butler; Dan A. Mc-
Millan, Bartow; Frank Flint, Griffin.
ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY. MAY 9, 1916.
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Mass Meeting to Be Held at
Milledgeville Tuesday in
His Interest
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga„ May B.—That
Joseph E. Pottle will be a candidate for
governor seems now almost a certainty.
In Milledgevile Tuesday night will be
held a mass meeting which will be at
tended by many prominent citizens from
various sections of the state who are
coming here to urge Mr. Pottle’s entry
in the gubernatorial race and he has
been quite busy during the last two or
three days answering telegrams, letters
and long distance telephone messages
from prominent Georgians insisting on
the Milledgeville lawyer announcing his
candidacy.
When asked today if he intended get
ting in the governor's race, Mr. Pottle
stated that he had not completely made
up his mind to give a definite reply,
due to the fact he had not had time
to give the matter thorough considera
tion. However, he did state that his
intention at present was to become a
candidate.
Two Army Men
Killed, Two Hurt
In Auto Accident
LAWTON, Okla., May B.—Lieutenant
Harold S. Naylor and Lieutenant Edwin
E. Pritchett, of the Fifth field artillery,
were killed and two other army of
ficers, Lieutenant J. E. McMahon, Jr.,
and Lieutenant Richard G. Scott, were
injured in an automobile accident at
Fort Sill, Okla., early Sunday.
The party was returning to quarters
at the post after attending a party,
when the car Naylor was driving sud
denly swerved and crashed into a tree.
The accident, it is believed, was due to
the explosion of a tire.
Scott's face was badly lacerated and
it is feared the sight of one of his eyes
has been destroyed. McMahon was se
verely bruised, but is not believed to be
seriously injured.
Scott was attached to the Fourth and
McMahon to the Second field artillery.
Former Russian
War Minister
Is Under Arrest
(By Associated Press )
LONDON. May B.—The morning news
papers today publish long accounts con
cerning the arrest of General W. E.
Soukhomlinoff. former Russian minister
of war, who is a prisoner in the Fortress
of St. Peter and St. Paul in Petrograd.
The exact nature of the charge against
him has not been made public.
The authorities searched the home
of the general and seized four chestsful
oi documents. General Soukhomlinoff
submitted to arrest calmly, saying that
lie was acting in obeoience to law.
WILSON GIVES REASONS
JFOB NOMINITING BRANDEIS
: Urges Confirmation on Q enate
Judiciary Committee, but
No Action Is Taken
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, May B.—President
' Wilson's letter giving liis reasons for
nominating Louis D. Brandeis for the
supreme court and urging confirmation
was read to the senate judiciary com
mittee today by Chairman Culberson,
but no vote was taken and no time was
j fixed for one.
President Wilson characterized the
charges against his nominee as “intrin
sically incredible to any one who really
' knows Mr. Brandeis,” and declared they
I “proceeded for the most part from those
who hated Mr. Brandeis because he had
I refused to be serviceable to them in pro
motion of their own selfish Interests,
I and from those whom they had preju
| diced and misled.” The president added
that the “propaganda in this matter has
; been very extraordinary and very dis
tressing to those who love fairness and
value the dignity of the great profes
sions.”
The president wrote that he believed
the reports of the sub-committee which
investigated the Brandeis nomination
had already made it plain that the
charges were unfounded. He said he
had seriously considered appointing Mr.
Brandeis to his cabinet three years ago
and at that time examined his qualifi
cations very thoroughly. He added that
he had tested Mr. Brandeis by seeking
his advice on perplexing public ques
i tions and had dealt with him in mat
, ters "where nice questions of honor and
fair play, as well as large questions of
. justice and the public benefit were in
( volved.” The president characterized
Mr. Brandeis as a friend of just men and
’ a lover of the right.
In concluding, the president wrote:
j "I beg that your committee will ac
■ l cept this nomination as coming from me
quick with a sense of public obligation
i and responsibility.”*
Two Carloads of
Whisky, Valued
At $14,000, Seized
WAYCROSS, Ga., May B.—Two car
loads of whisky valued to fourteen
' thousand dollars are in custody of au
thorities of Coffee county today as a re
sult of an investigation made by Sheriff
’ Dave Ricketson. He took charge of the
J whisky at Leilaton, the cars being on
the Ocilla, Pine Bloom and Valdosta
|road.
Originally the whisky was consigned
to a Fitzgerald man, but according to
officers the shipment was rebilled when
it became known that Ben Hill authori
ties would seize it. Several arrests are
expected.
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Girl of Nine
Kills Father
JACKSONVILLE. Fla May B.—A. T.
Peers, a farmer residing at Marietta in
' this county, was shot and instantly kill
ed last night it was said, by his nine-
old daughter.
MISS JULIA CATCHINGS,
i WOMAN PLANTER, SLAIN
I ■
3 Suspect, Accused by Coroner's
Jury, Being Held in Jail
at Georgetown
(By Associated Press.)
t GEORGETOWN, Ga., May B.—Miss
r Julia Catchings, 66 years old, reputed to
be the wealthiest woman planter in
1 southern Georgia, proprietor of the
most magnificent plantation in Quitman
j county, was murdered during Saturday
night. Her body was found on the front
5 porch of her home.
Rich Henderson, a negro, has been
r arrested and is in jail at Cuthbert.
A ’’health ring” worn by the negro was
I found clutched in the hands of the dead
_ woman and the coroner thinks she tore
this from his hand in a struggle.
1 A coroner’s jury held that Miss
j Catchings’ death was caused by strangu
-3 lation. There were finger marks on
. the neck and the skin had been broken
1 under the right jaw. as if pierced by
. the thumb of a strong person. The
motive is believed to have been rob-
l bery. .
i Henderson had been a trusted serv
i ant for twenty years. A search was
i made of Henderson’s room and a blood
i stained parr of trousers and a torn shirt
were found.
> Miss Catchings lived alone on her
• magnificent plantation in Quitman coun
ty close to the Alabama line. She had
: an overseer. Warren Cooper, in her eni-
• ploy for the past thirty years, but she
gave personal attention 'to much of the
l farming.
' The coroner's jury named Rich Hen-
■ derson as the slayer of Miss Catchings.
1 Sheriff S. M. Mattox, of Quitman
I county, when he went to Cuthebert to
jail Henderson, saw Judge Worrill who
promised to call a special session of
- Quitman county superior court and give
e the negro a speedy trial.
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Army of 250,000
Opposed by House
■ i (By Associated Press.)
' WASHINGTON, May 8. —A standing
' army of 250,000 men, provided for in the
senate amendment to army bill, was
■ rejected by the house today. 221 to 142.
1 The house bill provided for 149,000 men.
The senate's plant to provide for a
• volunteer army of 261,0)0 was rejected
t by the house by a vofle of 251 to 109.
1 IS EPILEPSY CONQUERED?
L
New Jersey Physician Said to
' Have Many Cures to His Credit
1 RED BANK, N. J., May 8. —Advices
’ from every direction fully confirm pre
-8 vious reports that the remarkable treat
ment for epilepsy being administered
by the consulting physician of the
Kline Laboratories of this city is achiev
ing wonderful results. Old and stub
bern cases have been greatly benefited
1 and many patients claim to have been
entirely cured.
Persons suffering from epilepsy should
i write ai once to Kline Laboratories,
Etancli 104 Broad street, Red Bank, N.
. .1.. for a supply of the remedy, which is
being distributed gratuitously.—(Advt.)
NUMBER 62.
WILSON DISSATISFIED
WITH THE CONDITIONS
DID DOWNI IN NOTE
; Germany Will Not Be Allowed
to Instruct U. S, How to
i Conduct Negotiations With
i Great Britain
♦ KAISER, IN LETTER TO -M
♦ POPE, EXPRESSED HOPE
I e OF ARMISTICE AT ONCE ■*>
-» (By Associated Press.) ♦*
♦ LONDON, May 8. —The corre- -e*
spondent at Rotterdam of the Ex- -el
change Telegraph company ca- *4
1 ♦ bled the following today:
► ♦ "On the occasion of the Easter ♦«
; festival Emperor Williajn sent
I ♦ an autograph letter to Pope ♦♦
♦ Benedict expressing the hope ♦*
♦ that the pontiff, with the king ♦♦
of Spain, would be able ‘to con- ♦<
struct a scheme with the ob- ♦(
♦ ject of bringing together, under
-♦ the auspicious emblem of the
♦ dove and olive branch, a confer-
♦ ence of, belligerents for consid- *•
♦ eration of. an immediate armis- ♦<
♦ tice. in the fervent hope of se- -e4
-♦ curing an early peace without
♦ detriment to the legitimate as.- -•«
♦ pirations of nationalities.’ ”
♦ The correspondent says he ob- -es
-e tained this information from a -♦#
♦ circular just issued by the Ger
-♦ man Humanity league. The cir-
♦ cular also says considerable sig-
-♦ niflcance is attached to she ar- -•<
rival in Rome of envoys from -M
♦ the kings of Bavaria and Sax-
ony, who had prolonged audi- -ei
♦ ences with Cardinal Gasparri, -♦•(
♦ papal secretary of state. | ♦*
rßy Aisocla.ted yr«M.)
WASHINGTON, May B—A note to
Germany practically has ben completed
and probably will go forward to Berlin
today. It will be made public soon after
ward. It is understood it will be brief
informing Germany that as long as the
new instructions to submarine com
manders are observed diplomatic rela
tions will be continued, but that the Uni
ted States cannot allow Germany to dic
tate its negotiations with Great Britain.
The president worked on the proposed)
communication early today following
his conference with Secretary Lansing
last night. It is understood officials!
are so far agreed on the policy to be
pursued that it will not be necesary to
wait for the cabinet meeting tomorrow.
While the German note has averted,
for the present at least, a break in diplo
matic relatione, it was said today that
the president was not satisfied with the
apparent conditions attached by Ger
many. The United States stands by its
demand that Germany cease her'attacks
on vessels in violation of international
law regardlesSs of negotiations which
may be carried on with Great Britain
over the food blockade. Some of the
president’s advisers wanted him to
make no reply to the German note and
only await developments, but he is un
derstood to have decided to send th®
new communication.
Wilson Urged to Sever
Relations With Germany
BOSTON, May B.—Resolutions urging
President Wilson to break off diplomatics
relations with Germany were adopted all
a meeting Sunday in observance of th«
first anniversary of the sinking of the
Lusitania.
About 2,500 persons attended thq
meeting, which was under the auspice/t
of the Citizens’ League for America and
the Allies. James M. Beck, former as
sistant attorney general of the United
States, and Prof. Josiah Poyce. of Har
vard, were the principal speakers.
Kaiser Calls Von Buelow
To Front for Conference
LONDON, May 8. —Prince von Bue
low, former German imperial chancellor,
has been summoned to headquarters by
Emperor William, according to a dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph com
pany from The Hague. His visit, adds
the dispatch, is said to be of greax po
litical significance.
Anti-Militarist
Advocates Will
Call on Wilson
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Maj' B.—A committee
irom an anti-militarism organization
had an engagement today to present
to President Wilson arguments against
big army and navy programs, and to
ask him to declare against militarism.
That the preparedness propaganda “is
a dangCT’otts expression of class and
national aggression’’ is the belUf of
thousands who attended meetings ar
ranged by the organization, speakers
declared, in New York, Buffalo, Cleve
land, Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis* Des
Moines, Kansas City, St. Louis, Cincin
nati and Pittsburg.
The committee explained it did not
advocate "peace at any price.” but
urged the president to express a belief
"that much of the so-called prepared
ness movement is rooted in motives sin
ister and sordid.”
Artiong the speakers were Miss Lillian
D. Wald, Rabbi Stephen S. .Wise and
Amos R. E. Pinchot, of New York; A.
A. Perle, of Cambridge. Mass., and John
A. McSparran, of Furniss, Pa..
RIVERS-HARBORS FUND IS
BRANDED “INDEFENSIBLE”
WASHINGTON, May B.—A blanket
appropriation of $20,000,000 for river
and harbor projects as a substitute for
the $43,000,000 specific appropriation
bill pending in the senate, was urged by
Senators Kenyon and Sherman in a mi--
nority committee report on the measure.
The report declares one-half of the ex
penditures contemplated in the bill •
would not be justified even in normal
times and describes them as "utterly in
defensible” at a time when resources of
the nation “are to be taxed to the utter
most in a policy of preparedness that’
goes to’the very life of the nation.”