Washington Post, The (Newspaper) - May 31, 1916, Washington, District Of Columbia ONE PAPER IN THE I Mr. 10 Worth More Than Ten Sold on the cloudy tomorrow moderate northwest to north Temperature NO. 1 MAY 31, 1916.HSIXTEEN TWO Warns to Uphold Ideals of Adopted CONFLICT OF SPIRIT Time for True Americanism to Be Says COUNTRY TO DEFEND RIGHTS I Will Fight When It fin sene Humanity and the as Champion of speaker Illiterates Belief That Approve Joining in World Federation for an hut a He Wilton delivered a address herp In the spirit of t citizens of foreign birth nof to themselves the of tho nation called upon young n to perform voluntary military fended his recent n tor an alliance of nations to pi ai t He spoke at ton National before an 1 n made UP of civil war r in- who applauded him n i- he he had no hir in his hfart for Americans i n and expected them thp sources of their o- On President said n i first in every purpose we n rt un in 1 man must count up c out of our out of our who nnt to that great ruling p I n p t f Keach to 1 ight for r made up out thf as the ri i p i of rights of mankind he w i ire not on to in- i r UP irp to fight KI -t ii v whether from w i n u But we must guard -i irn sort of w h Mould be unworthy of i are reicly to fight for w rights are w h thf rights of man and I ei i c n' reiterated his tho to Enforce m the I States -U i i partner in the which against ri criticisms him that 1 nation against he said I consent to an hut would gladly to i disentangling an il would disentangle the from those com- ii i In which seek their ou n pir mrl private and iru ft of the w oriel to pre- serve t pp of the world upon a n r right and mil Arid i i r i i ning find preparedness l le Mr H tlson declared only hi n df suitable strength i. i all v Hs said the acid w it to te to m i whether would Ir tci volunteer He H I i he irnn reorganization now n him with that vi ii in t which he warned all the i- men cif the country was i r f r Bald he was for hut that i I fq not anything but i ml i M HI the spirit of i H i I 1 ih it the people of i watching each i I v it manj men even when i i v in t to were going to ir 1 iii i i I ST. here of f K is thn text of the speech T I seek to Interpret the M c like this I am ipf n the seas of n to recall a period of in one sense is so we no longer seem to keep of it in our i sn neir that men who l ins in It are 11. are still Here ihp homage of our respect i t nor me to an age which Is o c period the questions hi h no I nger vex the nation to I of which it mas he said that which had been i the of the once for all I- 1 i U i f il E Despite Foreign Office Says It Has MAY BE HELD FOR CHANGES Carranza Seeks to Complete His Troop Movements Say State and War That Show of Force Will pany Request That Americans Withdraw From In Presenting Note Welcomed on Ere of Political A number of State and War ment officials are confident Gen. note demanding withdrawal of American troops from Mexico is now in notwithstanding the diplomatic denial of the Mexican A dispatch from Mexico City last night says the foreign office has an- that the Carranza note to the United States is now in the hands of Ambassador Designate Arredondo at Washington The minister of foreign relations refused to say whether the note will be delivered to the United States Despite this official statement Mr Arredondo last night reiterated his de- nial that the note had been brought to Washington by Manuel the Carranza official w ho arrived Monday on a secret mission Denies Receiving Mr Arredondo says he has received no note and has not been advised there is a note The State was advised several days ago by James Linn cial agent at Mexico that a note had been dispatched by courier Officials who take the position that the note Is already In Washington ex- plain the reservation of the note from publication on the theory that ranza desires to complete his troop movements before presenting his de- mands Carranza is expected to lay stress on the argument that there Is now mobilized in northern Mexico a sufficient force under Gen. Trevino and Gen Herrera to guarantee the safety of the American These troops have not been brought to the Making a Show of Reports to the War Department cate they have been apparently on making a show of fores in the vicinity of the American military base than In taking up border patrol U ork Whether Carranza desires to complete the mobilization of his force to back up his demand for or for the purpose of showing the United States his ability to protect the is an open question with of- The delay in completing troop ments Is accepted as the explanation for the nondelivery of the de- lay welcomed by many officials on the eve of the political conventions The delay also may give the tion an opportunity to announce gradual it was said S. TROOPER CAPTIVE Corporal Tied Hands and Feet by Carranza GIVES HAIR-RAISING ACCOUNT Confirms Report That Large Ing of Forces Is Now on Pershing's to Start for Casas Grandes Today for Conference i fh Ills Route Books Are pn 2-ir bv mall 35c Con- 32 automobile tours Adv El May 30 soldiers captured Corporal James of the Tenth half a mile from the American camp at tied his hands and feet and sent him north to Villa Ahumada The other night when his guards were asleep Cor- poral Peters worked himself free from the ropes and made his way across the country to Juarez This morning he Kave himself up to the American guards at the Santa Fe bridge The military authorities believe the story and have so reported to Gen Funston Tells of His Peters was taken before Gen. Bell and gave a hair-raising account of his ex- The adventures of the cor- poral had for Gen an in- terest entirely secondary to what ters was able to report about zista troop concentration movement on the State of Chihuahua The prisoner confirmed the previous reports of an unprecedented gathering of forces on Pershing's Starts Gen Gabriel commander of northern will leave for aas Grandes expecting to certain definitely from Gen precisely how the American troops was disposed and to obtain any other In- formation that may be of value to him in the disposition of his own If Gen is willing Gen vira will also discuss with him the question of withdrawal of punitive expedition Gen. Gavira will assure Gen. that he now hag ample forces In the border land to run down every bandit operating VOTE FOR 50 U- House Republicans Win Fight on Naval ONLY FIVE BATTLE CRUISERS Two Dreadnought and Two Scout Cruiser Plan Decisive Totes Cause Bigger Navy Men to Abandon Fight for More Battle and Scout by Narrow Margin of 10 marine Increase Decided by Vote of 114 to Determined Republican efforts to enlarge the building program of the naval appropriation as reported from the committee Resulted yesterday In the adoption by the sitting as a committee of the of an amendment Increasing the number of submarines from 20 to 60. Proposals to provide for six tle cruisers Instead of five and to add two dreadnoughts and two scout cruisers to the program were defeated after a lively In order to finish consideration of the by the time 4 o'clock Friday the House had a three-hour session yesterday Instead of recessing over Memorial day as Big Navy Men So decisive were the additional battle and scout cruisers that the bigger navy advocates tually have decided to abandon the fight for but they still hope to get the two Another at- tempt will made when the House returns to regular form on The battleship proposed was lost by the narrow margin of 16 130 opposing and 114 Fourteen Democrats voted for the amendment and eight Republicans opposed It Democrats supporting it were cum. and Stone and Lazare and Rhode and Farley and New York Republicans In Republicans voting in the negative were Cram Haugen and and The vote on Increasing the rines was 114 to 104. seventeen crats Voting for it and no Republicans The additional undersea boats would be of the coast defense seventeen of which already were provided for by the Many bers who have been urging that it would be better to expend money on submarines than on battleships rallied to the support of the amendment after voting against the battleship Vote on Battle A vote of 109 to 83 defeated the posal to construct six battle cruisers instead of and the viva voce vote against the proposal to Increase the number of scout cruisers from four to six was so overwhelming that a roll call was not In opposing the proposed Increase of battle Chairman of the naval insisted that the Republicans originally planned to de- mand five such but upon ing that the majority report would recommend this number they decided to insist upon Closing of debate at that point prevented an from Representative who is in charge of the for Republican Secretary Daniels was alternately on the floor of the House and in the leries throughout the session SHERWOOD AGAIN Served In Congress in 1872 and Is Now a May 30. Isaac R. reform Democratic congressman from the Ninth Ohio announced in a speech here tonight that he is again a candidate for He announced from Washington several weeks ago that he would retire from politics at the conclusion of the ent Congress Sherwood served his first term In Congress as a Republican from 1872 to 1874 DEFENDS PRESIDENT IN THE REICHSTAG Liberal Deputy Rebuked for Speech Calculated to Pre- vent Neutral May 30. In the reichstag today Gustavo ed against the speech of Herr national of he de- was calculated to prevent the neutral powers from mediating in be- half of peace Herr Noske especially objected to Herr Hirsch's toward President He is no disposition among the German people to hazard the further hundreds of thousands for tastic plans of The people at the front at home want no more The masses reject the thought of continuing the war until peoples are bled That would be a Humanity needs a permanent If you go touring this summer get a Post Automobile Route 25c., by CLOSE IN ON Austrians Are Only Three Miles From the Italian BIG GUNS POUND ARSIERO Home Reports Launching of New Offensive by Teuton Plateau of Being Used as dase of Attacks Against Roman Statement Claims Repulse of Austria South of Being Bombarded In- vaders Win Near Special Cable to The May troops that Invaded Italy from Tyrol are leas than 3 from ago and Arsiero are both being pounded to pieces beneath the fire of the big The number of Italian prisoners In Austro-Hungarian hands now bers approximately Italian forces are preparing to evacuate An official statement from the war of- fice reports that an Austrian force has crossed the Assa near 5 miles west of and advanced threatening to surround the Near 5 miles west of the Italians made vain efforts to stem the Austrian but were also possess Monte Monte and the Corno dl said the official the upper valley we drove the Italians their positions west and south of town of about lies 22 miles north of the goal of the present Austrian Menaced by Flank May 30 via semiofficial News reau gives out the following statement from a correspondent at the Italian position of the combatants in the southern Tyrol has changed into a mobile campaign The successes of the first days of the offensive have Incomparably more than all those obtained by the Italians during the entire ON THIRD SIX KILLED BY U-BOAT German Ship Shelled After It Had Stopped in NO TO Fired as Boats Were About to Be Responsible for the of British ers Are Sent to the Bottom by May 30 wireless to men lost In the attack by a submarine on the German steamer sunk In the Baltic on May 17, according to a dispatch to the Over- seas News Agency today from the survivors of the steamer have The dispatch declares that the Kolga was shelled after she had stopped and that the submarine launched a which sank the as the crew was about to lower the submarine appeared suddenly at a distance of 400 meters from says the rine firing a which went upon which the steamer Immediately Shelled After one minute later a second shot was which destroyed the bridge The only half for the while the captain ran Into the cabin In an effort to rescue the ship's submarine fired two more both of which struck the One sailor was Immediately came a although It could be clearly observed from the sub- marine that the crew was about to launch the The torpedo caused the steamer to sink the both the the cook and two sailors enemy submarine opened without warning and continued firing in spite of the Immediate stopping of the the torpedo was fired as the crew was about to enter the co that six out of nineteen sailors lost their Three British Ships May 30 announces that the British steamer has been sunk Twenty-two of her crew were picked up The was a vessel of She was built in 1891. Her home port waa North Her recent movements are not given available shipping The British has also been according to Lloyds The was a vessel of and was owned in reports of the steamer showed her Tn the April 14. May British steamer has been sunk In the ranean by a The captain and members of the crew weve landed The a hailed from West League of Business Men to Aid WILL WORK ON DELEGATES Special Efforts to Be Made in Herbert L. Satterlee Announces For- mation of New agers of Weeks and Boot Campaigns Turn Their Attention to Delegate May of an organization of business men in every State in the Union pledged to use their Influence to Induce delegates to Republican national convention to vote for Theodore Roosevelt as the party's nominee for was announced today by Herbert acting manager of the Chicago Roosevelt J Ogden Armour is head of tbe Roosevelt business men's in The tion of the entire country by States was begun In New York eight days ago and Is a purely volunteer Mr. Satterlee It Is expected the business men will render effective aid in Wisconsin and other States which have candidates for President In influencing delegates to support Roosevelt as a second choice In the T. George L. Meyer and Arthur F of New will Join the Roosevelt forces here Republicans have nine good candidates for said L. man who has the best batting average should be ated and we believe Roosevelt Is that The only candidate the crats have Is President Mr. Roosevelt is the second choice of many delegates In a number of have no figures to give out at present indicating Col. Roosevelt's strength on the first ballot in the con- but we are satisfied with the progress Our candidate is Torn to Managers of the Weeks and Root campaigns have turned attention to the con- tests over which will be heard by the Republican national com- beginning June 1. There are 40 involving the seats of 62 In the faction headed by Walter H. State Is disputing the right of the seventeen delegates elected by the faction led by National Henry S. son to occupy seats in the A majority of the delegation led by the Jackson faction is claimed by while a majority of the other faction is said to favor In Alabama seven of the delegates representing the regular headed by National Committeeman P. D. Barker and State Chairman Pope M. Long and O. D. are being con- tested by Dr. U. G. of Both delegations are said to un- but the regulars ari said to Tie divided between Root and while other faction is said to be favorable to j Contests in In Louisiana the contest is between National Committeeman Vector Loisel and C. S. State chairman en one and Walter on the other The colored men charge that the State convention was held at a New Orleans which denied ad- mission to the colored A majority of the regulars are reported to favor while the colored men are believed to be supporters of Twelve delegates are involved in this The contest in Mississippi Is ed to one district where two colored leaders are fighting for Both are reported to f a In Missouri there is a contest In the eleventh district over two but reports are that the dispute may be amicably settled before the national committee The between James A. Harris and James J McGraw over the national committeeship is said to be responsible for the filed the fifth and sixth districts of It is reported that Harris is for Roosevelt and McGraw Is favorable to In South where there are three delegates involved in the is said to be be- tween local and unimportant in the effect on the interests of the presidential One Richmond There Is one contest In the where D. A. is disputing with J. P. The charge Is made that the colored men were barred from the con- vention Both factions said to favor The contest In the is said to be local and Involves one delegate who is Sergeant-at-arms William F. of today completed the of his staff to maintain the by the ment of assistant 100 100 100 pages and 100 War Peril in He Tells Kansas KNIFE IS HURLED AT HIM Strikes Arm of His Riding in Same INTRUDER AT HOTEL ARRESTED Oklahoma Man Tries to Force His Way to Colonel's vention Hall Filled With ing in Mexico More Deadly Than War With De- clares Former President Visits Home of Herbert S. Who Is for St. Kansas May 30. Col. Theodore Roosevelt came to Kansas City and In several speeches sounded an appeal for declaring vigorously for universal based on universal In his principal address at tion Hall he departed from his set speech to say a facetious word about War He carried his warning that there a war peril in pacifism to all His first message was to a group of children that had gathered to greet It was A faw moments later he spoke to a street crowd from the lobby of his He told them to At a guest of tbe Commercial Club at he sounded another Knife Thrown at T. R. been he the Went is not Interested because it CONTINUED GREEKS FORTIFY LINES Great Activity on Advanced tions at NEW Borne Hears Invasion Was Made as Result of Secret Treaty With in Athens Take on Serious Under Con- stant Attacks by May Havas pondent at Athens reports that the Greeks are fortifying the section with great Bulgarian and German officers are said to have entered the The Bulgarians con- their concentration of troops Engagements between patrols are in the sector The Bulgarian advance Into Greek Macedonia was made as the result of a secret formal agreement between Greece and according to in- formation received In neutral diplo- matic circles In says a dispatch from Italian capital to the Paris Serb Army in Transportation of the entire Serbian army from the Greek island of Corfu to Saloniki has been the ministry of marine announced today The Serbs having recuperated from their long campaign through the banian were completely re- equipped at Corfu by the It has been planned to send them through Greece over the Piraeus railways Be- cause of the objection of the Greek government this plan was abandoned and allied convoyed by de- to guard against submarine carried the Serbian army to Bombarding May activity on the part of the following their occupation of several Greek forts In the vicinity of Is re- ported in a Reuter dispatch from It Is said official Information has been received there that important Bulgarian forces are being at In Bulgaria the Greek border as well as at The advance lines of the entente lies on the Vardar and the hamlet of are being bombarded Athens Situation May riots serious In Athens as a result of the Bulgarian invasion of Macedonia that troops had to be called according to a message received here Index to Today's Issue i. Wilson Speaks at Mexican Note in Republicans for Austrians Close in on Business Men to Aid Roosevelt Keynote of T. R. Germans Win Near 2 Station Men Out on Hughes Remains Roosevelt's Address in Stock S Fifty Lined Up and Britain to Yield on Mail War Prisoners Resta Wins 300-Mile Auto 4 Cadets in Drill Case Warning to Praise for Camp Plans for Parade June 14. 5 Free Press Is Issue Flag Day 6 7 8 Sporting 9 Results on the 10 11 Col. John S Mosby News of 12 Memorial Day School Records 10 Local News in HITCHCOCK STIRS ROW Justice Hughes Asked to Dis- avow THE Appeal Made by Telephone to Hughes to Repudiate Chief but Reply Is That Justice Be Crisis of Campaign for Him Is at Special to The Washington May Sherman ple were somewhat resentful today at the activities of the Roosevelt and ton managers In Illinois They did not seem to care so much about the of Roosevelt committees and of Roosevelt but they did object seriously to gumshoe they to undermine Sherman m his own kep hands an been tive or was the statement of Walter A. at Sherman quarters at the have not tried to pry away the delegates pledged to Col Roosevelt or to Mr We had hoped for like so far as the Illinois delegation Is We now say that the forts have been Sherman will have 66 votes from Illinois on every including the one that will nominate The two Roosevelt we will vote for the col- Asked to Disavow Justice Hughes was besought this afternoon to repudiate Frank H. the former Postmaster eral Is really acting for the or to disavow Hitchcock as being in position to appear in any capacity as representing Justice Hughes in the pre- negotiations in The appeal to Washington was made over the long distance telephone from the Congress The name of the man at the Chicago end of the wire la not It might have been Chairman Charles D. Washington's answer came from private It was to this Hughes cannot be ed by the matter at this This noncommittal reply baffled the Republicans are trying to nate a and who have been getting madder every minute since the arrival Monday of Mr signalized by statements and inter- views that tended to indicate that he Is the recognized spokesman for the Hughes Spilled the Friends of Hughes and men opposed to his nomination are equally angered at the tactics of Mr was the evidence easily available along row To quote a delegate at large who is strongly for has spilled the Astute politicians figured that the precise situation that has been feared by the Hughes men has and that the crisis in the fairs of the Hughes boom is near at hand If Justice Hughes permits Mr cock to remain as the governor general of the Hughes these experts he Is as good as an announced candidate T. R. AND EVEN Figured as Equal Choices by Detroit Betting Special to Thf Washington Port Mich May 30 Detroit's hatting has prepared a slate of the presidential Mr. velt and Justice Hughes are figured as even choices In the for the Re- publican The betting odds follow One thousand dollars even against Mr even against tice to against Mr to against to tor La to Senator Weeks and Henry WEST OF Crown Prince Uses New Troops in 100TH DAY OF BATTLE Germans Take Men and 35 Officers in PARIS ADMITS A RETREAT Gen. Line Withdrawn Be- hind the Advance Enables the Teutons to Straighten Their Front and Gives Control of the Corbeaux and mieres Also Gain in the try Action Gives Place to May the aid of fresh troops the crown prince celebrated the 100th day of the tle of Verdun today with an tant success The French line of 2 miles be- Dead Man Hill and village on the west of the Meuse has been thrown back beyond the court which runs through the deep valley between the hill and the Flanks The capture of the French positions which followed a night attack that the Germans are enabled to out their advancing line and prevent any flanking action against their positions at lage and on Dead Man It the German con- trol of the Corbeaux and which the Germans have em- ployed as their rallying for the Berlin official report claims the cap- tured positions are already organized In addition to the valuable the Germans also captured 1 313 men and several staff officers To complete the day's victory the crown prince ad- somewhat in the on the opposite bank of the French Positions May SO capture of French positions the entire front between the southern ridge of Dead Man Hill and the village of south of the and eres woods was announced today by the war office The text of the official ment duels are continuing along the front between La Bassee Canal and Lens was bombarded In the neighborhood of Artois and southeast of weak enemy failed has been Increased fighting i activity between Hill and the I Verdun Sooth of the Cor- beaux and we cap- tured French positions along the en tire extent between the southern ridge of Dead Man Hill and village Staff Officers Including several staff and unwounded men were captured Two counter against village were re- of the Meuse we upon our newly captured line in the The advance was in the eastern portion of the wood Here at times the on both sides reached the greatest night our results an enemy destroyer ron off Ostend A British biplane crashed to earth after an aerial batUe near St and was destroyed by our artillery Artillery Battle May 30 official cation issued by the war office tonight says the left bank of the the bombardment has been very violent in the region of Le Mort Homme and activity of the artillery been moderate on the bank of the and In the Woevre In the course of the statement Issued this afternoon the war office says our left all the assaults of the enemy launched against the slope east of Dead Man where our lines were were dispersed by our Farther to the in the region of Bois after several at- tempts by the enemy to effect an ad- his forces to Im- portant losses thereupon withdrew our ad- forces to the south of the road At our the in spite of repeated were unable to dislodge ue from the outskirts 1 the village of Post i Now on f 1EWSP4PERS
