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EXPLOSION COMES IN EDISON BATTERY TEST
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HIFRTA'S SONIN-LAW ARRESTED
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(By International News Service.)
CONSTANTINOPLE (by wireiess
via Berlin), Jan. 15.—Successes [or
ghe Turks who are fighting the Rus
slans In northwestern Persia are re
ported in the following official state
ment from the War Office to-day
“On the Persian frontier, Turkish
eavalry, advancing against Miandoab
encountered and defeated Russian
cavalry that fled in the direction of
Melikguendl. Another detachment of
Russian cavalry advancing toward
Seldos was put to flight, and fled
the direction of Urmi, pursuéd by the
Turks.”
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Teutons Aim Drive
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To Crush Albanians
By CHARLES F. BERTELLY,
Staff Correspondent of International
News Service.
PARWN, Jan. 15.—With all of Ser
bia and mXe than three-fourths of
Montenegro under the domination of
the German allies, Albania is to be
conquered before the Teutonic forces
begin their big drive against Saloniki,
according to the Saloniki correspon
dent of The Echo de Paris.
A dispatch from Saloniki says:
“Bulgarian troops are quitting
Monastir, being replaced by Germans
of whom 50,000 have arrived already
German officers declare that these
troops will co-operate with the Aus
trians in cleaning up Albania, af
ter which they will join the army
which Is to advance against Salonikl.”
Germans have been hard at work
in Southern Serbia during the past
few weeks building rallway lines for
the transportation of big guns, am
munition and provisions.
The Petit Parisienne’s Salonlkl cor
respondent reports that German uni
forms are being distributed among
the Bulgarian soldiers, as well as
. modern war appliances which the
Bulgars lacked.
Great numbers of shells containing
asphyxiating gases are being stored
on the Greek border by the Germans.
“The Germans are speeding up their
concentrations of men and ammuni
tions,” wires the Saloniki correspon
dent of The Petit Journal. “An en
| tire German division has just arrived
at Xanthi. Aerodromes are being
built ana aeroplanes are arriving.”
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5,100 Russians Are
Taken by Teutons
VIENNA (via Berlin wireless), Jan.
15.—The Austrian War Office to-day
announced that 5,100 Russian pris
pners had been taken by Teuton
troops in the battle that developed
sn the Galician-Bessarablan front
when the Czar's troops opened their
'-'ecent offensive.
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Many Austrians Die
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‘As Cruiser Is Sunk
(By International News Service.)
ROME, Jan. 15.—Heavy loss of life
{s believed to have resulted from the
sinking of an Austrian ecout cruiser
of the Novara type, by the French
submarine Foucault. in the Adriatic
Sea on Thursday.
Official announcement of the de
struction of the Austrian =ship |is
made by the Italian Admiralty.
A message from Durazzo, Albania,
atates that numerous bodies of Aus
trian sailors are being washed ashore.
;m- has given rise to the belief that
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| The Atlanta Board of ECucation, in
session Saturday, placed Professor
W. F. Dykes, acting principal of ihe
Boys' High School, in executive
chargs of the new University High
School. The order making the change
reads as follows
“Reaffirming our action in estab
lishing & University High School, em
bracing all the high school depart
ments, and belteving that the work of
organizing same has progressed to the
point where the entire time and effort
of a responsible head is now required.
It is, therefore, ordered
“That Prolessor W. F. Dykes, su
pervising principal, shall be relleved
of the duties of acting principal of the
Boys' High Schéol and shall devote
his time to discharging the duties of
the executive head of the University
High School.
| “It is further ordered that assistant
principals now in charge of each de
partment of the high school be des
ignated as principal in charge, under
the authority and supervision of the
supervising principal.”
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A.H. Cain Sued for
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SIOO Month Alimony
Arthur H. Caln, an insurance ad
juster, Saturday was made defendant
in a suit for alimony brought in Su
perior Court by his wife, Mrs. Nutch
en O. Calin,
Mrs. Cain asked that she be award
ed SIOO per month for the support
of herself and her young son, Arthur
Cain, Jr. Mrs. Caln set out in her
petition, which was filed by Attorneys
R. H. Harris "and A. E. Ramsaur,
that at the time of the separation
last October, her husband gave her
SIOO and a written promise to pro
vide SIOO each month, which, she
charged, he had ‘ailed to do.
No divorce proceedings have been
started by either the wife or the hus
band, |
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H. C. Stevens Still Is
In Coma From Fall
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Friends of Howard C. Stevens,
prominent young Mason and deputy}
clerk in the Municipal Court, Satur
day were alarmed by reports from the
Atlanta Hospital that he still is un
conscious from the effects of the ac
cident of last Wednesday night when
he fell on the s‘:walk in Grant place,
Mr. Stevens %as not spoken, nor
shown any sign of reviving since his
head struck the hard pavement of the
sidewalk. His continued condition of‘
coma has aroused grave concern.
Sunshine in Rooms
No matted’f you are a busy man—or a busy woman-—and
you have no time to.“bask in the sunlight.”
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Whether yours be a room with northern, eastern or western
exposure, be sure that the sun can, and DOES, get in. It
BELONGS there. It brings health with it.
There are scores of sunlit rooms offered each day among
the “Rooms For Rent” ads in the Want Ad pages of The
Daily Georgian and Sunday American.
They’ll settle the matter for you, unless there's something
special you want. In that case put in an ad of your own.
When it is written leave it with or
Telephone It to The
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MOULTRIE Jan 1 Suapicion
to-day pointed toward two rejected
sultors of Mrs. Willlam Hiers, an
elopment bride of a few weeks, whose
fathenr, 5. M. Carden, a prominent Col
quitt County farmer, was assassinat
od while visiting at the Hiers home
last night It is believed the shol
was Intended for Hiers, and that the
assassin, not knowing Carden was at
the house, shot him by mistake as he
stepped on the porch and closed the
door behind him, preparatory to re
turning to his own home near by
The Sheriff’'s office here was noti
fled, and deputies to-day were work
ing on the case Evidence thus far
produced tends to substantiate the
theory that the shot was intended for
Hiers, and that it possibly was fired
by one of Mrs. Hlers' former sultors
It i# known that two young men sus
pected had procured licenses to marry
Carden's daughter, though she toid
both she could not wed them, as she |
had accepted Hiers. Both are said to|
have threatened Hiers on that n«'-i
count, ;
Carden was shot in the back as he|
stepped on the porch and turned t'rf
close !hg front door Death was Invf
stantaneous. His assassin, who stood |
in the yard, but a short distance away, |
used a shotgun. He fled as soon as |
the shot was fired, and no trace of him \
could be found when members of the |
househoid, hearing the shot, re.n‘hed‘
the porclr to investigate ' ‘
A Coroner’'s Jury returned a verdict
that Carden came to his death at lho‘
hands of an unknown person 1
Week's Sentences by |
Hill Total 23 eeu}"s
30 Y
Figures compiled Saturday by
Deputy Sheriff Plennie Miner showed
last week’'s grind In Judge Ben Hill's
division of the Criminal Court to
have been the greatest in the history
of the C'riminal Court in the amount
of penitentiary sentences imposed. ‘
The time of service represented by
the sentences totaled 230 years and |
three months.
Judge Hill actively put into opera
tion his announced policy to deal
severely with criminals. in an effort
to put a stop to crime in Atlanta and
Fulton County.
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ATLANTA, GA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1916
Sinclair Hold
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for $50,000
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(Dy International News Service.)
| NEW YORK, Jan. 15~Harry F.
Sinclalr named $50,000 to-day as the
price he will take for Benny Kauff,
the star of the defunct Federal
League
| Coincident with the announcement
of the asked price for the Federal
)haum‘ demon, Sinclair sald that the
deal for the New York Glants is off.
| “] was willing to pay & reasonable
tprl.*o~¢-\en an exorbitant price—for
'the Hempstead-Brush holdings,” de
clared Sinclair, “but the price de
;mnudod was beyond what any sane
man would pay for a ball elub.”
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Wife Slayer Guilty;
- Pushed Her Off Cliff
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| MINNEAPOLIS, MINN, Jan, 15~
| Frederick T. Price to-day was found
gullty of the murder of his wife, Mary
11-‘fldws Prive, on the night of No
’vember 28, 1914, by a jury which had
been out since yesterday afternoon.
‘ Price, it was charged, took his wif»
on an automobile ride along the Mis
sissippi River, the principal pleasure
drive of the city, and inviting her
from the car, pushed her over a 100-
foot cliff.
old Grudge Settled
By Fatal Gun Duel
(By International News Service.)
GOODWATER, ALA. Jan. 15.—An
ancient quarrel came to a fatal end
to-day when G. W. Jones was killed
by H. B. Dunn. According to the
Tallapoosa County authorities the
men met in an open field, each armed
and determingd to settle the matter
for good.
FEach fired six shéts and Jones
dropped with six wounds, dving soon
afterward. Dunn was uninjured.
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Governor Whitman
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Is Backing Hughes
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—Governor
Charles H. Whitman announced to
day that he would support (Charies
Evans Hughes, Associate Justice of
the United States Supreme Court, for
the Republican presidential nomina
tion, which will be made at Chicago
in June
~ “Justice Hughes Is undoubtedly the
cholce of the majority of the Repub
licans of the State and nation,” said
' the Governor.
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Asks City to Stop
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Draft in Her Flat
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—Julia Marks
has wriiten to District Attorney
Swann, asking him to stop a cold
draft in her flat,
She charged that the vacant apart
ment below her is forcing cold stor
age air into her home.
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Kept Their Marriage
Secret, Since April b
COVINGTON, Jan. 15.—Announce
ment was received here to-day that
Roy T. Lloyd and Miss Irene Stan
ton were secretly married at Colum
bus on April 5, 1915.
Mr. Lloyd is a resident of Coving
ton, Mrs. Lloyd s from Mansfeld.
niear here.
BABY DIES OF CROUP,
ADEL, Jan. 156.—Lillian Kent Jack
son, 3 ;r‘ ARy of . unl
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| SYDNEY, N. 8 W, Jan. 15.—~Geo. |
| “Knockout™ Brown, of Chicago, lost a
| decision to Leslle Darcy, Australian
middiewsight champion, In a twenty
iround battle in the Rushcutters Bay
| Btadium here to-night. When Referee
’B.-.-n gave the decision there was a
wild outburst of disapproval, as many
| thought Brown was at least entitied
{to & draw
! Though Darcy led all the way on
|clean hits and on real boing, he was
| staggered several times with the
flerce wallops that Brown shot at Mm‘
from the start to the finish. During
the seventeenth and eighteenth
rounds Darcy was so tired he could
dcarcely move, but managed to out
general Brown and keep out of real
danger Brown finished with great
strength and fourage and won a host
of friends by the work
| A throng of 16,000 watched the
struggle. 'The men weighed in at 160
pounds at 2 o'clock
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Bank Clearings for ,
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~ Week $19,508,666
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| Atlanta bank clearings continue to
reflect marked expansion In local
' business operations. The week's to
tal. while considerably less than last
}wmk's aggregate, amounted to $19,.-
508,666.16, against $15,264,838.46 the
corresponding week In 1915, a gain
| of $4,243,827.70
} Clearings for Saturday amounted
"m $3,117,967.73, against $2,420,564.73
the same day last year—a gain of
’3\2‘.‘7,4()3
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. CHICAGO, Jan. 15.—The home of
}Bun Johnson, president of the Amer
’ilnn League, was entered by bur
glars last night and a Russian sable
cape and an evening gown belonging
to Mrs. Johnson and valued at 880-),‘
were stolen.
The burglary occurred while the‘
Johnsons were down town for dinner.
Policeman Kills Own
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2 Children and Self
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I CHICAGO, Jan. 15—Police Ser
| geant Harry Baird shot and killed
i'mp. two children, Charles, aged 8, and
IR:.(l‘,n, aged 10, and then turned his
'r('\'u!ver upon himself and ended his
own life. ‘
l The cause of the shooting is notl
known.
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i A cloudy Sunday, with rain prob
able, was the prediction made Satur
' day by the Atlanta weather bureau
| The anticipated cold morning failed
't(n arrive Saturday. The lowest tem- |
perature was 31 degrees, with ri(md;/!
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dagamight and Sunday. ' /‘
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¢ a. m., 36: 10 a. mig 365 12 noon, 34; {
14 1 p. M. 36; 2p. M 3 36.
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TO-DAY'S RACING
RESULTS.
AT NEW ORLEANS
FIRST -Mile and 30 yards Litthe
Rigger, 7 (McAtes), -2 5.5, 45 won,
Miss Waters, 110 (Pendergast), § 1
even, second. Rose Jullette, 108 (Low
deri, 6 2 even third Time, 14235
Little Gink, Irrawaddy. Larkin, Hionde
Del Priar, Colonel Ashmeade, Cuff
Edge also ran
SROCOND--Mile and 2 yarde: Coun
terpart, 108 (Meehan), & 3, even won,
Lucky George, 100 (Adams), 8,3, 3.3,
second: Supreme, 113 (Garner). &3
even, 3-8, third Time, 142 Pennl
tot. Ciff Stream, Eipato, Gallop also
- THIRD--Handieap: § furion 5 2
Ldllis, 198 (Koerner), 5.1, 7-5.?-'. won
Bringhurst, 113 (W W 1.(1-:'- -5, 1-2,
out, n«m‘\. Pansarets, 126 (Kedorin),
1.8 :-mmm Time 112 (Equais
track )} Rose Marian, Skeer Al‘nu.
Carbide aiso ran,
- POURTH--Handicap: 11-16 milea:
Dick Willlama, 88 (Judy), 3-1, even, out,
won; lm%u‘nluh‘m. 85, 3-8,
out, second, Cel 118 (Rice), 2-1, 4.5,
m. third. Time, 1:45 ¢-5. Grumpy also
FIFTH —-One mile: Syrian, 113 (Kede
ris), T to 6, 3 to 5, 1 to 4, Fair Helen,
108 'Ufl.{‘!. sto2 6toh 1o 3 Mock
cr". 115 (Guy), 8 to 1, 3 to 1, even. Time,
1 4-5 Mary Jay, Carenza and Guide
post also ran
BIXTH - Mile and a quarter: Oid Ben,
10% (Garner), 4 to §, 1 to 3, out, won,
Polly H, 107 (Obert), S to 1, 8 10 §, 5 to
5, second; mwmi. 107 (Koerner), § to
1,3 to 1, even, third. Time, 207 1.5
Hiy Home and Transport alse ran,
AT MAVANA,
FIRST -4 furlongs: Havana, 108
(Mountain), 7, 5-3, even, wor )luz
Blackwood, 89 (Gartner), 6, 4 7-16,
second; Belle of the Kitehen, 105 (La
ru:u;. 6-5, 2-5, out, third. Time, 1:16
ers, Dancing Star and Queen Apple
also ran
SECOND-—-§4% furlongs: Brown Prince,
107 (Turner), -5, 1-3, out, won, Louise
May, 106 (Wolsten Holm), 101, 3-1,
3.3, second; Lam's Tail, 103 (Bali}, 7-1.
5-2. -5, third. Time, 1:081-5. Chitra.
Tiger J'lm. Charles Francis and Hugh
also ran.
THIRD- Flive “f one-half furlongs:
Miss Genevieve, 103 (Jenkins), 3-2, 2-5,
oult, won; Stonington, ¥ c\\’ll:)mmlu. '{.-l.
-1, even, o e, 108 (Doyle),
,-x. e ‘gfm. e, 108, Argu.
ment, Rustie Mald, Maryland Girl,
Prince Chap also ran.
FOURTH -Selling; 4-year-olds and up;
54 furlonr‘ Imperator, 117 (Schut
tinger), 3-2, 1-2, 1-5, won; Othello, 118
(Turner), $-5, 1-3, 1-4, second; AMe-
M-?' 99 (J. Ryan). 123-I_6-1, 3-1, third,
Time, 1:06 1-5. Filigree, Tiajan, Nathan
R also ran.
FIFTH—B!x furiongs: Minstrel, 101
HARIHG). 2tol, 4 toh 1 to 3 won,
B. rat, 111 (Doyle), 3tol, 7 to 10,
1 to 8, second; White Crown, 108 (Urqu
hart), 2 to 1, 4 to 5, 2 to §, third. Time,
1:13. ' Ethan Allen, Volant, Energetic
and lschgabibble also ran,
SIXTH-—Mile and sixteenth: Tamer
lane, 107 (Connelly), 3 to 1, 4 to 5, 1 to
3, won: Ravenel, 107 (Ball), 5 to 1, 8
to 5, 3 to 5, second; Baby Sister, 110
‘t\\'uistenholm) 2 to 1, even, 2 to 5,
third. Time, 1:47 2-5. Emily R, ldlola
and Della Mack also ran.
| AT JUAREZ.
FlßST—Three furlongs: Bessant, 113
(Loftus), 1-2, out, won, Juanita Fred
erick, 115 (Howard), 7-5, 1-3, out, seo
ond; Riposta, 110 (Corey), 8-1, 3-1, even,
third. Time, :25. Frosty Morn, Vaill
V, Milbrey, Thirst, Old Harry also ran.
SECOND—Five and a half furlongs:
Savino, 111 (H. Shilling), 4 to 5, 1 to 8,
out, won; Smiling Maggle, 103 (Btolens),
10 to 1, 1 to 4, even, second; Lola, 103
(Molesworth), ¢ to 1, 2 to 1, even, d\lnl.
Time, 1:07 2-5. Belle Reach, Leah Coch
ran, Staranise also ran.
(RACING ENTRIES ON PAGE 2.
Mrs. Pankhurst
~ Kept Out of U. §.
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. NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—Mrs. Em
‘miline Pankhurst, the militant suf
lfra‘etto leader of England, was held
}up by the immigration authorities
‘when ghe arrived here to-day on the
liner St Paul on the ground that she
had once served a prison term.
Mrs. Pankhurst took her detention
calmly and when ordered to Ellis
Island sald she believed she would
finally be admitted into the Unlted
States.
Mrs. Pankhurst is here to raise
tunds for the relief of Serbla.
IP byterians Finish
SMYRNA, Jan. 15.—Opening ser
vices will be held Sunday morning at
the Presbyterian Church, which hes
just been completed. Dr, Thornbury
will preach and: special music has
been arranged.
The Rev. Charles Lane will lecture
at the Smyrna Methodist Church
Monday evening.
Burns to Death as
Her Dress Ignites
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COLUMBIA, 8 C, Jan. 16 -En
veloped in flames, Miss Agnes McCon
nell. 35, ran out of her home gere this
morning, screaming for help. '
ietore the fire could bi ‘i
guished by neig srs. the y W e
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4 KILLED INDFFICEROF
SUBMARINE VILLA BAND
DISASTER ' BROUGH IN
(By International News Service)
".WA.HGN’?YON..Juu !1.-m
duv"noon that the av:‘gdhn
batteries were Nn‘-W for the
first time on the E-2. These bat.
teries, it was stated, gave off
twice as much hydrogen gas s
the old type.
(By International News Service)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—Four men
were killed and seven were serious'y
injured in the gas explosion on the
submarine E-2 at Brookiyn Navy
Yard this afternoon, it was announced
by the Navy Department here. Ad
miral Benson, chief of operations,
made the announcement after a long
distance telephone conversation with
Secretary Danlels at New York.
Of the dead one Was & bluejacket
and the other three were yard work
men. Four of the injured were blue
jackets and the other three yard
workmen
. Admiral Benson announced that a
board of Inquiry has been appointed
and an investigation will be made at
onee,
A report to the Navy Department
from Admiral Usher, commandant of
the Brooklyn navy vard, at 2:30 this
afternoon stated there were ten men
below on the submarine E-2 when
the explosion occurred aboard It
this afternoon. The report also stat
ed that the gases were so strong that
rescuers could not get to the men.
A later dispatch from Admiral
Usher sald that two men had been
rescued from the E-2 and rushed to
the hospital. Both were injured, it
was stated.
Admira! Benson, chief of opera
tions, after a telephone conversation
with Rear Admiral Usher at New
York, announced here that the ex
plosion ceccurred while the batteries
of the E-2 were being charged. The
cause is undetermined. ,
Admiral Usher informed the Navy
Department that the E-2 was in dry
dock with several other submersibles,
none of which was injured. The ex
terfor of the E-2 also was uninjured.
The K-2 was commanded by Lleu
tenant Charles M. Cooke, Jr. Lieu
tenant Walter F. Haas also was as
gigned to the craft, which was of a
type slightly smaller than the F-4,
which sank in Honolulu harbor with
a heavy loss of life Lieutenant
('ooke's home was at Harriston, Ark.
Lieutenant Haas lived at Newport,
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Rescuers Held Back
By Battery Gases
NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—A fatal ex
plogion occurred this afternoon upon
the United States submarine E-2,
while she was in dry dock at Brook
lyn Navy Yard.
An hour after the explosion it was
stated at the navy yard that two men
were known to be dead, but the death
list might go to elght or more. Nine
were injured, some of them so badly
it was feared they would dle.
Following the explosion, the inte
rior of the submarine was filled with
noxious fumes, apparently from the
elactric batterles Rear Admiral
Usher, commandant of the navy yard,
organized a rescue squad to carry
out the wounded.
So violent was the blast that some
of the men were blown through the
manhole of the submarine to the
dock.
;]‘he fumes in the submarine in
creasefl to such a volume that rescue
work had to be suspended unti] it
could be cleared, which accounted for
the confusion as to the exact num
ber of fatalities.
ELECTRICIAN BANKRUPT. |
Ovid "”'W* Adams, a Marietta
Bt omdrician, has kg volunu?:y pe
ifiun in bankruptey in the [Tnited
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Il£ International News Service.)
L PASO, Jan, 15.—~Luis Fuen
tes, son-in-law of the late Gen
oral Muerta, and Aristade Car
roascona, who were indicted at
San Antonio in connection with
the Huerta conspiracy to start a
revolution in Mexice, were taken
inte custody to-day. Fuentes
gave $2,500 bond, but Carra
unable te furnish bail, \n:u
te jail.
(By Internation.. News .okaco.&
CHIHUAHUA CITY, MEX)
Jan. 15.—Lieutenant Colone! Ne
varres, a Villa officer charged
with implication in the massacre
of Amorruu at Santa Ysabel last
Monday, was brought here to-day
b’ General Trevine, commander
of the Carranzista garrison, and
will be placed on trial to-morrow.
Early next week General Trevine
will leave with a heavy force of
Carranzista trooos to pursue the
remantn of Villa's followers.
By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN,
Staft Correspondent of International
Nows Service.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.~—Dis
patches were recelved by the State
Department this afternoon from along
the Texas-Mexican border which In
dicate strongly that General Carran
za's representatives not only pledgad
protection to the seventeen Americans
who were massacred pear Chihuahua,
but also urged them to return to their
mines.
General Obregon, Carranza's chief
military representative, is declared to
have given personal assurances that
the Americans would not be molested
if they would return to their proper
ty in Chihuahua.
Officials plainly were worried by
this latest development. They admit
ted that it would place the State De
partment in a bad light, inasmuch as
it would practically make it imposa!-
ble to rely upon Carranza's pledges of
protection In the future.
Hunt for Guard Order.
It also was learned on rellable au
thority at the State Department to
day that it Is possible the State De
partment requested Carranza's men to
guard the train carrying the seven
teen Americans.
Secretary Lansing denied two days
ago that this had been done. It de
veloped to-day, however, that severel
orders were issued without his knowl
edge.
Consul Thomas D. Edwards, in Jua
rez, has been quoted in press reports
as saying he was ordered from Wash«
ington to ask Carranza to protect the
Americans who later were slain. Of
ficlals to-day would not repeat ths
denial of this statement, which they
made two days ago.
To Prevent Invasion.
Every effort will be made by the Ad
ministration to prevent any private
armed invasion of Northern Mexico.
Orders have been Issued to the
army border patrol to watch for any
such movement, to disperse any force
that tries to cross the border and to
arrest under the neutrality laws the
leaders of any such movement.
President Wilson and Secretary of
State Lansing unite in belleving that
the only thing which could force a
change in policy at this time would
be another wholesale massacre as
American citizens, or a clash between
Americans and Carranzista forces in
which the latter would lose heavily.
Oppose “Watchful Waiting.”
With the Senate in recess there
was a slackening of the flood of ora
tory and critism of the Administra
tion Mexican policy to-day. But it
was made very plain by Republican
leaders that they will not quit the
fight. The announced intention \of
the Administration to “continue the
watchful waiting policy to give Car
ranza a chance to show that he can
clean up Mexico,” has enraged many
of the Senators who heretofore have
not taken any part in discussion of
the Mexican situation.
They are adding their strength to
the ranks of the interventionists and
the latter are claiming that™on &
straight “count of noses,] they would