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VOLUME XVIII
JUDGE HILL AGAIN
ENFORCES BILLING ON
MURDER TESTIMONY
Effort of Solicitor Dorsey to
Inject Question of Mrs. Den
nis’ Clothes, Is Promptly
Overruled
Judice Ben H. Hill is strictly en
forcing his ruling, delivered Tuesday,
that no evidence tending to show that
.Victor E Innes and his wife killed
Beatrice Selma and Mrs. Elois Nelms
(Dennis in San Antonio, Tex., shall be
Introduced by the state into the trial
of the Innesses on a charge of larceny
of Mrs. Dennis’s money.
In the course of the trial Thursday
morning Solicitor Dorsey undertook to
.get from Mrs. John M. Nelms, the
mother of the missing girls, while she
■was on the witness stand, a description
of night gowns taken by Mrs. Dennis
when she left Atlanta. When the de
fense objected to the question. Solicitor
Dorsey stated that he was prepared to
prove that Mrs .Victor E. Innes, when
extradited from Texas, brought back to
Atlanta in her trunk, one of the identi
•ca! night gowns that left Atlanta in
Mrs. Dennis' trunk.
Judge Hill very promptly ruled out
tne question, declaring it was included
in his previous ruling on the homicide
feature of the case and therefore could
not be allowed. He remarked that coun
sel* for the state must keep within
the bounds of the ruling.
Further light on the movements of
Innes and his wife in Atlanta in ’the
,-prtnz of 1911 was- obtained by Solicitor
Dorsey from a number of witnesses ex
amined Thursday morning. D. H. Kirk
patrick. who was cashier of the West
End ban:, in 1911. testified that Mrs.
Dennis came to the bank with a woman
resembling Mrs. Innes, and got a check
cashed fop 51.096 and gave all the
money to the woman except Dr
H. M. 8. Adams testified that Innes and
bis wife came to his office and gave the
name of "Mr. and Mrs. Iville.” Maria
Jackson, a negro cook in the Nelms
home, said Mrs Innes came there under
the name of Mrs. Margaret Mims and
ate dinner.
It was stated, when court adjourned
for the day at 2 o’clock Thursday aft
ernoon. that Solicitor Dorsey had in
troduced about half of his witnesses,
and that at the present rate he prob
ably would not be through presenting
his case until the adjournment of court
Saturday afternoon. This would throw
the defense to begin presenting its case
Mondiv morning.
MRS NELMS’ STORY.
When the trial of Victor E. Innes
and hb wife on a chasge of larceny
after trust in connection with the mys
terious disappearance of the Nelms sis- 1
ters was resumed at 9 o’clock Thurs
day morning in Judge Beta Hill s divi
sion of Fulton superior court, Mrs.
John W. Nelms, the mother of the miss
ing girls. Beatrice Nelms and Mrs. Ix>ls
Nelms Dennis, continued with her story
of the relations between Innes and Mrs.
Dennis.
Within thirty minutes Mrs. Nelms had
completed her testimony under direct
examination by Solicitor Dorsey, and
her cross-examination by Judge J. K-
Hines, of counsel for the defense, was
very brief.
The next witness then called by the
solicitor wa - Maria Jackson, colored
servant in the Nelms’ home, who testi
fied concerning the movements of the
so-called Mrs. Margaret Mims, which
was the name under which Mrs. Innes
is said to have operated in Atlanta.
CLASH OVER DIAMOND
The rst question asked Mrs.
Nelms by Solicitor Dorsey, when the
trial re-convened at 9 o’clock, was this:
"Did Lois have any diamonds when
she went out west?”
The defense objected before Mrs.
Nelms could answer the question, and
Attorney Arnold, for the state, made the
following statement ir. an effort to show
that the question was relevant:
’’We are prepared. Your Honor, to
show that when this girl went west she
had a large diamond, that Innes got it.
and that after she returned she got
it hack from him. but that when Innes
and his wife were in Atlanta they got
it from her again, and Mrs Innes sent it
to her son. who kept it until they got to
Oregon, when she took it and tried to
swap it fcr an automobile. We contend
that it is relevant because it shows this
coi.spiracy to strip this woman of every
thing she had. They had a good thing
and they were fleecing her.”
Judge Hill instructed the jury to dis
regard the attorney s statement, and
ruled out the question.
Mrs Nelms identified a telegram sent
by "L Cresswell” on May 18. 1914. to
F’ostoffiee Box 1278. San AntVnio. Tex.,
saying:
’’Can’t understand why auntie has not
written. Worried.”
This telegram. Mrs. Nelms testified,
was sent by Mrs Dennis, and the name
’ L. Cresswell ’ was a name whiqh Innca
had instructed her to use.
the also identified a letter written to
her by Beatric Nelms after the departure
of the girls to the west.
JURY LEAVES COURT ROOM. ’
Solicitor Dorsey asked Mrs. Nelms to
describe the clothing that Mrs. Dennis
took away with her. This question pre
cipitated another legal skirmish, during
which the jury were taken from the
court room. Solicitor Dorsey said:
"A week after the girls were last seen
at 120 Wilkins street. San Antonio. Mrs.
Innes left Devine. Tex., and wrote back
there from El Paso, to a Mrs. Wood,
that she had just purchased a lot of fan
cy night gowns which she discribed
and her description tallies exactly with
the description given by # Mrs Nelms of
the night gowns bought in Atlanta by
Mr?. Dennis, and her as a
part of her trousseau. We are further
going to show that Mrs. Innes went tn a
dressmaker witfi Mrs Dennis, in Atlan
ta. when these goods were ordered, and
*»e ate going to further show that when
leses and his wife were finally brought
to Atlanta, after fighting extradition for
eighteen months. Mrs. Innes had in her
trunk one of the identical night gowns
taken away from here by Mrs. Itennis.”
Judge Hill said: "The court has ruled
out all testimony on the htmiclde theory.
The court relies on the sincerity and
good faith of counsel to keep within the
bounds of its ruling, and the court will
see that they do keep within the bounds.
This ’ testimony is included in my
ruling, and is therefore excluded. I will
nermit only testimony to show that Mrs.
Innes passed herself off in Atlanta as
Mrs. Margaret Mims. ’
».* **vi*itioruH Inneses Trial News •
o will be found on page two of this ♦
* issue ♦
PF ilson to Head
Defense Parade
i At Washington
President Says He Will Not,
Only Review It, but Will
March on Foot at Its Head
on Flag Day, June 14
(By Associated Pres*.)
WASHINGTON. June I—President
Wilson, marching on foot, will lead the
preparedness parade here Flag day, June
14- Afterward he will review the pro
cession and deliver a flag day address
to the marchers.
When a local committee asked the
president today to review the parade,
he replied enthusiastically that he not
only would reveiew it but would march
in it. The president also promised
that if possible he would give permis
sion to all government employes !n
Washington to inarch. He said that he
would start with the procession at the
beginning and march to the reviewing
stand and then drop out forffhe review.
Members of the president's cabinet and
other officials probably will march with
the president who feels that by march
ing himself he will most emphatically
show his personal interest in the de- ,
monstration.
Tomorrow President Wilson will go
to Annapolis to present diplomas to the
graduating class at the naval academy.
He expects to leave Washington tonight
on the naval yacht Mayflower arriving
at Annapolis tomorrow morning. He does
not expect to make a speech.
Movie Camera
Is Employed in
Defense of Suit
'Bj Associated Bre<s.)
PITTSBURG, June I—Judge John D.
Shafer and the jury saw a moving pic- ,
ture exhibition in common pleas court
here yesterday as a part of the defense
of a telephone company which was sued
for heavy damages by Mrs. Freda Gar- |
letz, who claimed both hands and her
hack had been permanently injured after
picking up a live wire of the telephone
company. ,
After she had filed suit against the (
company a detective agency hired a
house in the rear of her home and in- j
stalled a movie camera through the ,
back window. The film showed Mrs. j
Garletz feeding her chickens, throwing
corn over a high fence and lifting heavy ’
boards and piling them up. Other views L
showing feats requiring considerable
strength were exhibited.
Brandeis Case
Comes Before
Senate Today
By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. June I.—Senate ad
vocates and opponents of confirmation
of Louis D. Brandeis as member of
the supreme court were lined uu. today
for a final vote on the nomination be
fore adjournment for the day.
The .majority report of the judic.ary
committee recommended that the nomi
nation be confirmed. An executive ses
sion of the senate was ordered for pre
sentation of this and also a minority
report opposing confirmation. Both re
ports will be made public after the
final vote.
Confirmation of Mr. Brandeis virtually
was assured. Even his opponents have
conceded this.
Killed or
Injured on Roads
In Three Months
By Associated Pres*.)
WASHINGTON, June 1. —More than
46,000 persons were killed and injured
in the United States by railroad acci
dents during the three months ending
September 30, 1915.
Interstate ommerce commission fig
ures, made public today show 2.531 were
killed and 43.518 injured. The figure?
show a net decrease of 217 in the num
ber killed and 3.697 in the number in
jured. as compared with returns for the
corresponding quarter in 1914.
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TEUTONS REPULSED IN
OCK ON DEFENSES
JT DEAD MAN HILL
Capture of Fortified Position
South of Hill Is Followed by
Another Decisive Victory for
the French
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. June 1. —The momen
tous battle at Verdun shows no sign
of slackening in violence but the latest
official reports, in contrast with most
of those issued during the last few days,
record no further advances from the
Germans.
The center of the bitterest fighting has
shifted somewhat to the southwest of
the front bptween Cumieres and Dead
Man hill, west of the Meuse, where
the Germans have scored most of their
recent gains. Dead Man hill or the
ground in its immediate vicinity has been
the scene of*the latest infantry tfiigage
ments. The Germans attacked the
French positions here last night, but
were completely repulsed, according to
this afternoon’s bulletin from Paris, the
German defeat following a success for
the French achieved yesterday when
they captured from the Germans a for
tified position south of the hill.
Unofficial reports from Paris point to
the growing intensity of the desperate
struggle at Verdun. They declare, how
ever. that despite the tremendous efforts
of the Germans the French first line
west of the Meuse Is still unbroken and
that the Germans must score further
adances before they can force the main
issue by carrying the battle to the op
posite bank of the Meuse, where the
Bras-Douaumont-Vaux line continues to
bar a direct advance upon the fortress.
Current bulletins on the campaign in
the southern Tyrol, record continual
gains for tlth Austrians, who are bat
tering at the line southeast of Boverto,
running through the regions of Schio,
Arsiero and Isagio. Italians admit with
drawals along some sectors of this front,
but there as yet has been no breach
in the main line or their defense, which
bars the way to the Venetian plain.
French Claim Complete
Repulse of Germans
(By Associated Press.)
PARIS, June 1. —The Germans were
completely repulsed in an attack deliv
ered upon the French positions at Dead
Man hill about 8 o’clock last night, ac
cording to an official statement Issued
oy the French war office today. A vio
lent bombardment continued in this re
gion throughout the night. An intense
artillery duel is in progress on the east
and west fronts at Douaumont.
The statement follows:
"On the <a£t bank of the River Mens*
the bombardment continued with great
violence last night in all the territory
around Dead Man hill. A determined
German attack delivered yesterday eve
ning at 8 o’clock against our positions
upon the eastern slopes of the hill was
completely repulsed by our fire.
"On the right bank of the river the
artillery fighting has become execeeding
ly intense to the west and also east of
Fort Douaumont.
“The night passed in relative quiet
along the remainder of the front.
"During the night of May 31-June 1 a
French air squadron threw down twen
ty bombs on the railroad stations of
Thiaonville, Audtin and Le Roman,v and
fifty other shells upon the commissary
headquarters of the enemy at Azannes.”
Berlin Admits Loss
Os First Line Trench
BERLIN, lune I. (Via London.)—ln
an attack on German positions south
east-of Dead Man hill on the Verdun
front, the French gained a foothold in
the German first line trenches over an
< xtent of 400 meters, the war office an
nounced today. The French made re
peated assaults on the German line, but
other than that at the point mentioned
were beaten off with extremely heavy
losses
Italian Soldiers
May Insure Lives
For SIO,OOO Each
, (By Associated Press.)
ROME, June 1. —Italian soldiers at the
front may insure their lives for J 10,000
apiece, according to a new rule of the
National Institute of Insurance an or
ganization subsidized, by the govern
ment. A request for such a policy must
be made within ten days of the soldier’s
arrival at the front.
ATLANTA. GA., FRIDAY. JUNE 2. 1916.
Wilson Firm on Mexican Situation;
Troops Will Not Be Withdrawn
fIEPUBLIMN COMMITTEE
IS MEETING IT CHICNGO
Forty Contests, Involving
Seating of 62 Delegates, Will
Be Heard and Decided
CHICAGO. June I.—Tr.e Republican
national committee met here today at
the Coliseum for the purpose of hearing
and deciding forty contests, involving
the right of sixty-two delegates to seats
in the national convention next Wednes
day. •
The committee which was called to
order by Chairman Charles D. Hilles
made plans to devote three days tc
hearing arguments of the contestants
though several members expressed the
belief that not more than two davs
would be required in disposing of the
contests.
Four years ago the national commit
tee held sessions over a period of more
than three weeks in order to hear the
several hundred contests, and much bit
terness developd, but today there Is
comparatively little Interest manifested
over the outcome as the result probably
will not seriously affect the fortunes’of
any presidential candidate.
Chicago’s great parade in the inter
est of preparedness, which will take
place on Saturday, June 3, will usher in
seven days that, it Is estimated, wilt
make Chicago the entertainer of the
greatest crowd of visitors it has evet*
taken care of and which will fill hotels
and lodging houses as has not been done
since the Worlds Columbian exposition
of 1893. ‘
After the preparedness parade, in
which 150,000 persons are expected to
take part, will come various conven
tions. On Monday, June 5, the national
convention of women suffragists will
meet for a three-day session at the
Blackstone theater, and two days later
the Progressive National convention
will meet at thhe auditorium and the
Republican national convention at the
Coliseum.
How to house all the visitors expected
is a problem which has been puzzling
Mayor Thompson’s entertainment com
mittee of 200 citizens. The committee
has ben busy supervising the situation
and has made lists of hotels and private
boarding houses where the city’s visi
tors may be accommodated. Most cf
the downtown hotels already have dis
posed of their quarters, and the smaller
outlying hotels are being canvassed.
GOVERNOfI IS WHITING
PARDON FDH STRIPLING
♦
It was learned from reliable sources
Tuesday afternoon that Governor Harris
has practically completed his order par
doning Thomas Edgar Stripling, now
serving a life term for murder at the
state prison farm near Milledgeville.
Ga., and it is expected that the docu
ment will be made public in a few days,
thus freeing the famous prisoner.
The governor has been busy with the
records in the case since he received
the unfavoiable recommendation of the
state prison commission about two weeks
ago, and a few days ago, it is learned,
he began to write the order that will
free Stripling in accordance with a
promise made the prisoner’s little daugh
ter several months ago.
At that time Governor Harris was on
an official visit to the state penitenti
ary. Stripling's little daughter, who
was there at the time with her father,
learned who the governor was and made
the request that her father be freed.
Without hesitation Governor Har
ris told her that he would grant
Stripling a pardon before his term of
office expired and he is about to make
good his word, as all that remains to
be done now is the completion of the
order and its formal execution by the
prison authorities.
MRS. COLQUITT HEADS
EASTERN STAR ORDER
• Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
ROME, Ga. June I.—The following
officers were elected by the state grand
chapter of the Order of Eastern Star
last nignt: Worthy grand matron, Mrs.
Mattie Colo.uitt. Cordele; worthy grand
patron. Dr. A. F. Daniel, Rome, asso
ciate grand matron, Mrs. Lula Wisdom,
Chipley; associate grand patron, Earl
Askew, Arlington; grand secretary, Mrs.
Sennie M. Hubbard Macon; grand treas
urer, Mrs. Mamie S. Johnson, Augusta:
grand conductress, Mrs. Winifred Mc-
Connell, Savannah; associate grand con
ductress. Mrs. Ada Jones. Atlanta:
grand chaplain Mrs. Ward. Dublin;
grand marshal, Mrs. Jesse Bostwick, Sa
vannah; grand organist, Mrs. Warren
Lane, Statesboro; grand Adah, Mrs.
Ray Adams. Bowman; grand Ruth. Mrs.
Fannie M. Dabney, Conyers; grand Es
ther Mrs. Velva Storey, Clifton; grand;
Martha. Mrs. Annie Clifton. Dawson;
grand Electra, Mrs. Dukes. Fort Gaines;
grand warden, Mrs. Jesse Bodaker, Au
gusta; grand sentinel, Mrs. Carl Catbey,
Atlanta.
ORDINARY E. T. SMITH,
OF TALBOT COUNTY. DIES
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
TALBOTTON. Ga., June I.—Mr. % T
Smith, ordinary of Talbot county for
the past six years and recently renoml- I
naled without opposition, died at his ,
home here yesterday. He had been sick
since Christmas and his death was not i
unexpected. He was a son of the late
Colonel bevy B. Smith, an officer in the
Confederate army. He was a grand '
nephew of George W. Towns, one time.
governor of Georgia
He is survived by his wife, who is
a sister of C. M. Taylor, representative
from Monroe county, and by one broth
er, L. W. Smith, and sister, Mrs. J. I.
Johnson, both of this place, and one
sister, Mrs. Bertha Crowell, of Itta
Bena, Miss. Interment was in the Tal
botton cemetery Thursday morning. Mr.
Smith was a‘consistent member of the
Episcopal church, of this place.
UNIQUE WHISKEY STILL DISCOVERED BY.THE COUNTY PO
LICE in operation on the Chattahoochee river, near the Cascade road.
The plant is made up of a milk can, a syrup can, an iron pipe,
and a lard bucket. The small jar of liquid is “first run” corn whiskey,
and the large jar is genuine “moonshine” which has passed through
the still a second time. The* bag leaning against the still is filled with
corn mash, from which the whiskey is distilled.
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WAITE CALM IS DEATH
SENTENCE IS IMPOSED
•
Thanks Court for Kind Treat
ment and Says He Is Glad
to Expiate Crimes
NEW YORK, June I.—Dr. Arthur War
ren Waite was today sentenced to die
in the electric chair during the week
of July 10 —the penalty for the murder
of his father-in-law, John E. Peck, of
which he was convicted. .
When Dr. Watte was presented to the
bar his counsel moved that he be grant
ed a new trial. This was denied by the
ccurt, and sentence was then imposed.
When Justice Shearn concluded the
sentence. Waite delivered a short speech
in which he expressed appreciation of
the manner in which his trial was con
ducted, and his thanks to the court, the
piosecutors and to his own attorney.
Dr. Waite said he ’ was very gorry for
his crimes, and for the trouble and
suffering he had caused others. He
ceclared that he hoped that by sur
rendering his body for punishment he
would compensate in some small degree
for the deaths ®f his victims.
Waite entered the court room in cus
tody of two deputy sheriffs, head erect,
step firm an das cool apparently as if
there were nothing more* serious ahead
of him than a tennis game. He ad
'dressed the court with sauve politeness
and without a trace of agitation, al
though his voice wavered with an evi
j dent touch of feeling as he spoke of his
I sorrow for his crimes.
“I thank the court,” he said to Justice
Shearn, “for the very fair and impartial
i manner in which it has treated me. I
[also thank the Jurors for the courteous
I manner in whidh they listened to me.
II feel that their judgment was Justified.
“My sincere thanks are due to the
prosecuting attorney, Mr. Brothers, who
was always nice with me. Mr. Deuel,
my counsel, is also entitled to my
thanks. He believed implicit)' that I
was not guilty.
“I ask for forgiveness. I am very,
very glad to give my body in expiation
of the things I have done and I give
my soul freelj- to rectify my misdeeds.
I hope it. will go on and on for ever
and ever to purge itself.”
Waite was taken back to the Tombs
prison and an hour later was on his
way to Sing Sing Whan he was search
ed before going to the court room this
morning a small pocket mirror, broken
in two places, was found in his pocket.
Ths pieces of glass were taken 'from
him.
N. Y. Police to
Watch Permits
For Cremation
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, June 1-—The police de
partment hereafter will investigate all
applications received by the board of
health for permission to cremate bodies
of the dead. This action, it was explain
ed today, has been taken as a precaution
taught by the case of Dr. Arthur War- 1
ren Waite, who urged that the body of
his murdered father-in-law, John E. I
Peck, be cremated in a vain effort to
conceal his crime.
COLONEL JOHN S. MOSBY
BURIED AT WARRENTON
WARRENTON, Va., June 1. —With I
four companies of the ■ rginia national
guard acting as an escort of honor, the ;
body of Colonel John S. Mosby was
borne to its last resting place in the
cemetery here today. Many of the dar
ing Confederate raider’s comrades and
ether veterans of the Civil war attended
the funeral.
The body was brought from Wash
ington this morning accompanied by
Charles W. Russell, brother-in-law of
Colonel Mosbj; the three daughters,
Misses Ada and Pauline Mosby and Mrs.
Stuart Mosby Coleman.
DW SAYS IREPUDEICAN
IS MIN WITHOUT! CH
War Secretary Eulogizes Wil
son and Calls Roosevelt
the “Great Detractor”
COLUMBUS, Ohio, June I.—Secretary
of War Baker, in an address as chair
man of the Ohio Democratic convention
here today, declared the Republican par
ty is “an aggregation of factions agreeing
upon no set of principles,’’ and compared
it with the Democratic party which he
said had carried out a wise and definite
program in economic measures, national
preparedness and foreign policy. The
party will be continued in power to ma
ture its program, he predicted.
Secretary Baker praised President
Wilson for pressing enactment of the
federal reserve and rural credits sys
tems, tariff reduction, for upholding
American ideals in dealing with Mexico,
and for steering the United States away
from participation in the European war.
He expressed satisfaction that the pre
paredness program had been moderate.
Attacking the Republican party, Secre
tary Baker said:
“To speak of a man as a Republican
today identifies him with no cause, as
cribes to him no opinion; and whether it
affiliates him with progressives or reac
tionaries or both cannot be told until
after the national convention in Chicago
next week.”
He declared that Senator Harding, of
Ohio, who will preside at the Republican
convention, represents one faction which
believes the tariff should be the issue
in the coming campaign, while other Re
publicans favor an attack on the foreign
policy of the present administration.
Opposition camps divided into those who
believe the administration has been too
bellicose and those who fear it has been
too peace-loving, he said.
“Then there Is a third group,” . the
secretary continued, "headed by the
Great Detractor, who. shifting from po
sition to position on the nation’s foreign
policy, selects at each time apparently
whatever vantage point seems to pffer
an opportunity for making difficult the
position of the president and congress.
“In other words what used to be
strong, coherent, logical organization
known as the Republican party, is now.
so far a.<v its leaders are concerned, an
aggregation of factions, agreeing on no
set of principles, advocating no national
policy, the only common bond of union
being a willingness to pool issues to
win. And this party is about to meet
in convenention at Chicago to select
whatever candidate looks best at the last
moment and whatever principles prom
ise to weather the storm until Novem
ber.
"Tn contrast to this, the Democratic
party, having lived through years of
doubt and hesitation, with a central
philosophy sometimes more a yearning
than a program, now presents a natural
policy, evolved by a great leader, wel
comed by his party associates as the
real expression of their political ideals.”
President Wilson was the subject of
this praise from the Secretary:
"When the history of this age comes
to be written, the great fortune of the-
American people and of the world will*
appear to have been that our destinle-.
were inthe hands of a man patient,
wise ‘and just. who sawe past
all the minor annoyances and
through all the cross-currents
cf feeling, who resisted every im
pulse toward impetuous judgment, and
thereby accomplished these great things:
First, that he saved the lives of count
less Americans who by any other course ;
would have been devoted to death in I
battle; second, that he preserved the I
civilization of the twentieth century;
against the last great assault which ;
would have been made had our country '
too been swept Into the general catas- ■
trophe: third, that he vindicated and pre-,
served unimpaired the rights of neu- ;
trals and restrained the zeal of belliger- j
ents from sacrificing international law :
to the supposed necessities of their mil- i
Itary plans: and fourth, that he saved !
up the moral energies of a great and
free people to place them at the dis
posal of mankind when they rested '
from their work to destruction and be- ■
gan to reconsider the possibilities of,
national life.
"His has been the one sane and se- i
rene spirit which will redeem this age; I
and when the election comes it will be :
found that the people of America, what- I
ever their sympathies in the European
struggle, realize that the one indispen
sable exponent of the mind, the friend
liness and the ideals of America in the
’•emeking of the old order in the Old
World, is the finest type produced 'n
this age by the new order in the NeW
World—Woodrow Wilson.”
NUMBER 69
NOmiONWILL -
BE Glffll TO ARMED
RESISTANCE THREATS
Reply to Carranza’s Demand
for Withdrawal Is Being Pre
pared for Immediate Trans
mission
- - «
(By AssocUtod Press.)
WASHINGTON, June 1. —It was stated
authoritatively today that American
troops will not be withdrawn fronj
Mexico until the Carranza authorities
demonstrate control of the situation
sufficient to protect the American
border.
A reply to that effect probably will *
be made to General Carranza’s note.
President Wilson was represented today
as ready to withdraw the troops when
possible, but determined to watt until
the Carranza forces can control the'
situation.
Steps were taken by the war depart
ment today to more definite In
.formation of the disposition of Carran
za troops in Chihuahua. It*was said
that thq. Carranza note prompted the
action of military officials without re
gard to the diplomatic phases of the
situation.
General Funston has been asked to
outline clearly the situation In Chihua •
hua, according to his most recent infor
mation of the whereabouts of Carranza
detachment's. No anxiety is felt for the
safety of General Pershing's columns, ,
but in view of the statements in Gen
eral Carrana's note it is desired to
know as accurately as possible what
the movements of his forces are.
TO PROTECT BORDER.
It was explained at the war depart
ment that the real mission of the ex
pedition at this time was to prevent
attacks upon the 'wide sections of the
border controlled J»y its position in Mex
ico. As a question of military strategy. *■
it is considered that only a force dis
posed as are General Pershing's troop.s
could accomplish that.
A large border garrison or patrol, it ’
was pointed out, might repel an attack
but could not make it impossible.
With General Pershing’s forces readv
to break up any attempt by bandits to
assemble a force for a surprise attack
on an American border town, officials
feel that renewal of raiding within the
zone controlled by hts forces is vlr
tuallj' impossible.
Cavalry patrols are active througn
the territory on both sides of General
Pershing’s bases and his line of com
munications, and war department offi
cials hold that a condition of complete
security is being maintained in this re
gion and along the border, despite the
' allegations of the Carranza note that
the expedition is “interned in Chihua
hua state,” lying idle and with no
military object, its position constitut
ing a continued menace to the peace
of the two countries.
■ No additional troop movements were
in contemplation today so fax as
known.
Field Artillery Ordered
To Concentrate at Douglas
(By Associated Press.)
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. June I.—Three
I batteries of the Sixth field artillery will
le concentrated at Douglas. Ariz., the
strategic point of a district opposite a
region in Mexico, where Sonora troops
Lave been concentrated, according to
announcement Were today. General
Funston suggested to the war depart
ment a few days ago that such precau
tions should be taken and the approval
of the department was received bust
night. One battery of the Sixth is now
at Douglas. The two that will be sent
there will be taken from Laredo and
Eagle Pass, those batteries being re
lieved by batteries of the Third, which
bas been held here.
Reports from General Pershing failed
to indicate any increased activity In
the Mexican forces beyond his lines.
The gradual concentration of Carranza’s
troops tn the north has been continued,
but no friction of any consequence be
tween them and the American troops
has occurred.
Gavira Now at Scene of
Conference With Pershing
(By Associatoa Prcsa.)
EL PASO. Tex., June 1-—General
Gabriel Gavira. commanding in northern
Chihuahua, arrived last night in Casas
Granges, where he expects to meet Gen
eral J. J. Pershing in conference tomor
row morning, according to a message
received here by Andreas Garcia, the
Mexican consul at El Paso.
Announcement that the conference
was to be of short duration came as
somewhat of a surprise, as it had been
expected the meeting would extend over
several days. General Gonzales said
General Gavira had reported that he ex
pected to confer with General Pershing
this afternoon at Colonia Dublan.
At military headquarters on the Mex
ican side the new Carranza note was
read with apparent surprise, General
Gonzales said. He added, that when
General Gavira ’departed yesterday for
Casas Grandes he had no knowledge of
the note.
First Cotton Bloom
(Special Disaptch to The Journal.)
FORT GAINES, Ga., June I.—The first
cotton bloom here this season was
brought to town yesterday by J. W. J
Durham, a farmer living near Bluffton.
Mr. Durham has a large field that will
soon be in full bloom. The cotton over
the entire county is very good for the M
time of the year. No boll weevil has H
made its appearance to date. W