Washington Post, The (Newspaper) - July 21, 1916, Washington, District Of Columbia NEXT s 1TJ-1 Mill be the foremost Washington paper 71 E KEYNOTE BY WILSON Tells Postmasters Service and Usefulness Come 600 APPOINTEES HIM Processes of Peace Free to He Tells Diners Introduced by President master of St Mr. ilson Is Given Ovation Lasting t ive AV ilson Miss ilson and Cabinet Ladies Occupy Boxes President the Only Speaker President ilson fired the first gun in his for here last night at a banquet of postmasters fiom every n the when he in concluding a speech interrupted mapy times by prolonged applause us band ourselves t Aether to to the people of the that w e understand what w ant are readier to do it than anybody else that they can find Mr Wilson spoke to the postmasters aa Democrat to Democrat and said that there Is only one way of holding the confidence of the American and that IB by deserving it He said that I have ro Interest in a political party except as an Instrument of a h and I cannot Imagine a man can be interested in a party that has not aspirations and purposes and a program which it carries out His Democracy Inherited The President said that he inherited h's Democracy and fhat if the Demo party bend all its efforts and all its intelligence tc understanding he United states and by understanding it it w ill be continued in power so long as it practices devotion He said that the Democratic party was coherent and that some other parties are not and that postmasters were the custodians of the honor and the distinction not only of the great arty hich you represent but of the government which you serve e good Democrats only in pro portion as you love that government more than you love yourselves the President continued And the gov is greater than any party than any man a interest Part es rise and fall but that govern immortal The only way parties can take immortality from it im by being true to its ideals and its and loving the principles which it represents better than they love the temporary success of the party Itself Winning True Mobility In speaking of service to ones coun tries and ideals the President said that many men are called great because there are many things great that are not that are not in force great in astuteness great in power but there is one word which we hoard and reserve and that word is noble He said that men in this coun did not receive titles of nobility but that men could win nobility by win rung the love and confidence of their fellow men the President was introduced the toastmaster the delegates ap u led for more than five minutes and It WAS with no little difficulty that the toastmaster was able to restore order so that the President could speak More than postmasters and in guests including Secretaries Bur leson Me Ad oo and Daniels and several members of the Senate and House present At the Table th at the speakers table besides President ilson and the three Secretaries were First Assistant Post master Roper Second Assistant Post master Praeger Third Assistant Post master Dockery Fourth Assistant Post master Blakslee Post misters Stock of Minnesota Chance of Wash W R Jackson of Mexico Mo Boiling Jones of Atlanta Ga Mr Gene Shannon of Nashville Tenn Mr Kinear Ruskin sec to Mr Mr low en Dr John Coughlm Democrat c nat onal committeeman from Massachusetts T j Cost el lo W I Denning G D worth and Senators Pomerene of Ohio Chilton of W est and Bank of chairman of the Sen te committee on and post roads Mrs W ilson and a party of five la oc a box draped with Amer lean flags at one end of the banquet hall Inclu led in the were Mrs McAdoo Miss Margaret ilson Miss Helen Bones Mrs Burleson and Mrs Hermann Gatch and Mr Ralph The party entered the banquet hall about 10 o clock a few minutes before the President was sched uled to speik Cartoons I- lashed on Screen After the President had been escorted to his plice at the head of the speakers table the lights were extingu shed and a dozen r more cartoons r g the de 1 ne the Republican ind B Moose ai d a new led by Wilson and the Democratic i arty were flashed on scree at the north end of the hall The f resident smiled and applauded pi ture I ike all the rest of the quests he den wore informal HP wore a flannel white a d a white e He o a s able pos e I M of I ou s UN ED ON TWELFTH TWO NAVAL BATTLED HEARD TRAWLERS Sounds of Conflict off Jutland and in Baltic Reported By Danes J i annona 1 ng as I een he i i off the v. e a t coast 1 A n 1 n the B a 1 t en I rt and the t tbk i b t len arriving n 1 an ts s a i sfatch to t t. x h f Those the N rth i sa s the OTe n4 it sa v a. larpe if 1 el is lit g n T he Jutland and then heard The n thp con t ued through t s ad d tnat saw a small wi sh p sail s anl ex pressed the Hell f that he mans a I an e t th R DUE TO Berlin Swept by Tragic Wave of Murder and GIRLS IN GHASTLY AFFAIRS KILLS WIFE AND MAJOR Husband of Woman Officer Shoots Pair in M C VICTIM H J Surrenders ble Shooting at Tex Alan in Sixth Cavalry and a Son of Senator Matthew C of South Carolina Loss of Relatives and Lack of Food Impel to Violence Tn o oung omen Murder a Third After Robbing Youth Tries to Slay Sweetheart and Stabs Her Brother Pacts Inci Try to Suppi ess News of Frequent Tex 20 M C But ler of the T h I States cavalry and Mrs H J with whom he w aa out rid in automobile were sKot anl k 11 1 th s afternoon by H J hj i d f the woman lv a ter tl e shotting neil went t jail and surrendered Mrs the daughter of Mr and M Ihn H Han i well know n resi lent or Vlp ne s the proprietor of the Holland Hotel here on W ay to Texas Tenn J C r itler of Maj Butler who bef re her marr age was Miss Margaret How daughter of the late B H ell sr one of Nashville s leading law TS v a short time ago this ty t n her on the border f ma d eleven ago and there is one child Son of L S Senator Maj Matthew Butler jr of the Sixth was a son of M Galbralth Butler of South Carolina who served in the Senate from to 189o practiced law in and died in Columbia on April 14 1909 Senator Butler served as a major general of States volunteers in the with Maj Butler w is born in South lina on Maj 1 18b4 and was appointed to Point from that State in 18S3 He became a second lieutenant of the Fourteenth ry In 1888 was trans ferred to the Ninth infantry the same ear then to the Fifth cavalry in 1889 and was promoted to captain in 1901 He had been major of the Sixth since June 30 1912 SLAYS GIRL AND RIVAL Son of Ex-President of Chile Slays Diplomat's TRAGEDY IS DUE TO JEALOUSY Deputy Member of National Follows Miss r igueroa to He Yearns She Is ith an Slays Both Pistol Mres July sensational double murder persona fig in and Chile circles in dis patches from Sant C 1 tie Son of F ormer President Deputy R n a former Presi den of Chile and a member of na i entered H Odd RP 1 round Blanca F- K leroa beaut i da of the Miniate o na in the a d dent t not been He M f ier a through e and killed the u th two bullet thro the brain Infatuated Miss F igueroa 1 t e been e f Mine though P o ref o ano v q es put hv the pi It a sto d that h pan va f TOa a te in th P ex a aero anl f 1! her ho v h n ned v. he in t pan she i reported to at a 1 il matir at Bue n a The Hague July 2 of ghastly murders suicides and tl er crimes horrible character is Berlin depi or insanity due in instances to loss of in the war and In others to lack of proper food is to be responsible by German criminologists the past few weeks a sensational murder or suicide has occurred nearly every other day in Berlin Many of are be ing hushed up and others gret but scant attention in the Berlin be cause of the helming interest In the war Girl Slain by Two Two robbed another in a Ber iin manicure shop a few aays ago 1 o escape arrest they tried to hang her from a chandelier She pleaded to be cut down They let her body drop when she had become unconscious cooly hacked her head almost off with a razor Then they packed the body in a trunk and shipped it to another city The girl murderers were and sentenced A brief in the German papers under the caption A Love Drama revealed a murder in a. wealthy Berlin home A Russian w. ho had lived in Ber Iin as the servant of a German for seven years became infatuated with the daughter of his employer and de to marry her She refused him time and again One Sunday morning w hile she was alone in her bedroom th Russian entered locked the doors at her Kills Girl's Brother She escaped his embrace after a struggle and ran Into a looking the d o The Russian fired ont shot through the door without g the girl and then attempted suicide himself in the head 1 he girl s brother an army officer whi was at home on leave heard the shots and ran into the The Russian a pair of s and stabbed him to death L nder the heading Sentenced to i1 our ears Imprisonment the Berlin carried another war tragedy A policeman shot and killed his sweet heart On the witness stand he pleaded that the girl was despondent and begged him to shoot her He off ith a four sentence Actress Jumps Into One evening a few days ago a man officer seen walking along the canal with a young woman Sud denly the woman ran toward the water plunged in and disappeared The cer made no attempt to restrain her or to save her I am Lieut B he said to pass ers and entered a taxicab and drove away the body recovered it was discovered that the girl was an actress at the Hollendorf Theater The owner of one of the largest Ber Iin restaurants who had been at a city back of the front in charge of a food supply station committed suicide re- cently Orchestra Keeps On Playing He left a note saying that his wife w as unfaithful to him while he was aw The orchestra continued to play in his restaurant while his body was being borne away Practically nothing is published In the Berlin papers about suicides pos sibly because of the psycho logical effect of such news Frequently the papers carry a line ing that a mate and woman found dead in a hotel on Den Linden today CASEMENT'S ERRAND TO STOP A REVOLT 1O Going to fc ront a I i thousand a ad a f to pro eed f art od i n Told Friend in Tralee He Seeking to Prevent ing London July 20 Father who saw Sir Roger Casement at Tralee Ireland shortly after the latter s arrest has the np letter to Gavan Duffy one of Case ment s lawyers Casement saw me in Tralee April 21 He told me he had come to Ireland to stop a rebellion then impending He asked me to conceal his identity as w ell as hfs object in coming until he sh i have left On the other nan I he was very anxious that I would i the new s broadcast after he h i I left I a k Gore Booth who sends the letter to the Daily News adds It seems clear fr Dm this letter that Sir RoKer simpH threw a his every chance of life and 1 n hjg reck less courage and to e Ireland fro the bloodshed and of in John Dillon in r Frv ha P wr of the mis ous s on Irelan 1 of vet an r OT s n TU I 1 bp f h s f r fie a i w P h even hia enemies n ast REVOLT ON CHILD MEXICO'S PEACE PUN IVY FIGHT LOST Senator Kern's Canvass Shows Serious Party REPORTS TO THE PRESIDENT Wilson Told of Danger in Trying to Force Action This Session Southern Senators Decline All Over- tures at Compromise and Insist on to Decide on Course of Action to Be Held Next linger Says Re- publicans Are Anxious to Speed Up After devoting two days to a care ful canvass of the Senate on the child labor Senator Kern became con that any to put that measure through at this session would lead to a serious party revolt He went to the White House to report to the President the Capitol inter- viewed party leaders and demanded action upon this Majority Leader Kern is said to have told the President frankly and plainly what his gations disclosed All efforts to agree upon a compromise acceptable to the Southern Senators thus far have failed Their only suggestion is postponement until next session To this the Presi dent replies action at this session Admits Active After his return from the White House Senator Kern said he was not able to any attempt would be made to pass the child labor before adjournment Personally said he I am In favor of here until this Is acted upon Many Democrats and a considerable number of Republicans are of the same mind but that there is a very active opposition cannot be dls Once the measure gets before the Senate for a vote I have no doubt it would pass by fully two thirds Senator Kern eaid no time had yet been set for the caucus at which the ultimatum of the President IB tq be thrashed out The steering committee fix this date probably tomorrow Minority Leader In line with the Republican policy of forcing a vote on child laboi legislation again assured the Senate that the quite anxio act on this measure before adjournment Questioned by Senator Kenyon has been de- tailed by his colleagues to keep his eye constantly on this question if Senator Chamberlain a member of the steering committee could enlighten him as to Its exact status Senator Chamberlain replied that the program hid been somewhat curtailed to bring about an early but for one ne ready to stay here all summer or until snow flies If essary to complete the legislative gram SLAV GAINS UNBROKEN Mad Efforts Says Czar's War KOVEL AND LEMBERG MENACED Power of O ff e n si ve Wrested From Who Have Men Threaten German Flanks and Cut cation Between BY Minister of War Petrograd July 20 battle which began June 3 between the marshes and the Roumanian frontier has continued for about a month and a with unfailing success Efforts on the part of the Austro ermans to neutralize the results of the broken line the Lutsk region and on the Stripa River did not Interrupt the advance of Russian troops across the rivers Styr and which protect also on the roads eading from Buczacz to Stanislaw and Flanks Also Move Ahead These advances were sustained on the flanks by new successes in the di- rection of Sarny and Kovel on the er Styr and within the borders of kowina As k result the Russian army has oc about 10 000 square versts of the territory held by the enemy and having definitely interrupted direct communication between the Austro troops in eastern and n Hungary the Russian army has taken up a menacing position toward the flanks of the enemy who is at to hold up the advance of the and in the direction of lov Now on The Hungarian army has lost about 270 000 prisoners as well as a considerable quantity of artillery and munitions T lost the of an 1 obi R-e 1 to up the defensive J tiot a- T f i hi he t in of f h Pr w hi n a k n e Aguilar Gives Out Copy as Sent to TO MEET IN NIAGARA FALLS Conference Probably Will Early Begin Note Suggests Three Commissioners on Each Bide to Discuss of Agreement for Reciprocal Crossing of Border and the Investigation of Origin of ing Mexico City July details of Mexico s proposals for a peaceful so lution of the difficulties existing with the States were made public to night by the foreign office when of the note which was sent to the government July 11 was given to the newspapers for tion tomorrow morning s editions The note suggests the naming of three commissioners by each govern the commissioners to meet at some neutral point to discuss the of the American troops now in the drawing up of an agree ment providing terms for the cal crossing of the frontier by tjie troops of either nation and the inves of the origin of the parties which have raided American border towns for the purpose of definitely fix ing for them Want Public to Know In commenting on the note tonight foreign office officials said that as it had not yet been answered by the ington government they considered it their duty to the Mexican people to make it public that Mexicans might know what effort their government was making toward a peaceful solution of the pending difficulties It has been learned from unofficial sources that the conference probably will be held in Niagara Falls The names the Mexican delegates have not yet been made public but it is known that they will be civilians and that the chairman of the commis si on will be a of Gen Car cabinet well known in financial circles in the United States It is be Moved that the conference will convene early in August Note Sent to The note which the foreign office says the United States government has never is directed to El iseo Arredondo Gen Carranza s agent at Washington It follows By order of the citizen first chief you will please transmit in writing to the Honorable Secretary of the following note I have the honor to refer to the note of your excellency dated the 7th of the present that was trans- mitted by our confidential agent Arre dondo and to say that I have received instructions from the citizen first chief of the constitutionalist army in charge of the executive power to suggest through to his excellency Mr President Wilson the idea of naming three commissioners in representation of each government to meet at some to be later agreed upon for the purpose of holding a conference that the proposition of the evacuation of American troops now occupying Mexi can soil may be decided forthwith and that a protocol or agreement may be drawn up specifying conditions for the reciprocal crossing of the frontier by the forces of either nation as well as to make an Investigation of the origin of bandits to In order to definitely fix the responsibility and settle pend ngr difficulties which may have arisen from similar causes all subject to the approval of the two governments Wants Frank Mexican government proposes that the conferences referred to be carried out In a spirit of frank cordial ty with a strong desire to arrive at an arrangement honorable and satis factory to both governments and with the idea that if the government ac the proposal it will so mend to the delegates which it may name The Mexican government considers the most effective manner for ar riving at the desired result and hopes the government of the United States will manifest its acceptance of this dea in order that it may be immediate put Into practice and that the Mex can govern ment may send the names of its delegates Assure his excellency of my highest consideration AGUILAR READY FOR DASH TO i y at lines with Publishing Co May Take Advantage of Storm Along the Coast Baltimore July 20 clouds and gray skies with a mist off the capes favored a dash to sea to night by the German submarine mer chant Deutschland and those who have observed the crews activity in the last hours would not be surprised to see he underwater craft slip away before morning with its cordon of tugboats A number of barges and the tug Timmins obscured the from view but those approached saw indications of an early lash for the three mile line 80 Bal 1 i e and Fn Jav and until September 9 Senate Votes Down La Follette INDORSES WILSON'S POLICIES Declares Mexican Policy Is Right in Attacking Interests Asserts That Building Program Renew World's Armament ing Members of Arousing Who Compels Him to Explain His May Pass Today Senator La Follette again delayed passage of the naval by continuing until a few minutes before adjournment the attack he began Wed against the measure As soon as he the Senate defeated 44 to 8 h 1 e n d m e n t to prohibit use of the collect private debts or enforce Claims of American citizens or corporations A substitute by Senator to prevent such employment of naval vessels until court procedures had been exhausted and arbitration de nied also was defeated In a seven hour speech Senator La Follette charged that the big financial interests of the country centered In two great street groups were re sponsible for the movement for a large army and navy Attacks Building Speaking on his amendment the Wls con sin senator declared he had been informed upon good authority that Gen Carranza was negotiating ments along those lines with Latin American countries and later would ask the United States to enter into them The proposed naval tor La Follette declared meant the In- auguration of a policy to build a navy as great or greater than Great Brit ain s within the next ten years But when we have done that what he continued When you build England and Germany will build more You will drive them to it and after you have spent your 000 000 you will just find yourselves In a new place to start Your only limit then will be the limit of taxation upon the Amer lean people Such a violates all precedents and principles of the gov Mexican Policy an In the course of his speech Mr La Follette asserted that President Wilson would be overwhelmingly reelected if the issue between him and candidate Hughes should be armed intervention in Mexico to protect American invest ments Mr La Follette strongly intimated that If this were the condition he would not support the Republican nom inee I sincerely trust the Republican candidate will not Indorse the pro posed new born policy that when an a concession worth 000 000 for a tenth of that sum the American flag and arms shall be used to aid him In collecting full face value on his speculation said Mr La Follette 'The President said tn his Detroit that he would not the army and navy for such a. collection agency My amendment merely writes that declaration into the statute Approves Wilson's The Wisconsin senator was led into this declaration by a question of Sena tor Lewis Democratic whip who asked him If he approved the Mexican policy of President Wilson Replying in an emphatic affirmative Mr La Follette continued The American people If this issue of armed Intervention to protect these in Is made between the Re publican candidate and Mr Wilson will in my overwhelmingly stand with President Wilson Reverting to the European war Senator La Follette said it was pre as a result of the attempt of France and Great Britain to keep Ger many out of the iron ore of Morocco that she needed for her great Indus tries Tells of Secret He said he had positive information of a secret treaty between France and Great Britain that gave them the power to control the iron ore output of Mo rocco and that that treaty robbed Morocco of her sovereignty Mr La Follette complimented Presi deJ t Wilson for his refusal to join in thp attempt to force concessions for Americans In China and his arrest of dollar diplomacy However he expres led regret at what appeared to be evi dences of a change of policy on that subject If said Mr La Follette the can people understood what R 1 preparedness means they would j here in person to nil jt j seat to fight other na ions I tereat of those who have f c antitrust laws of our and rob bed them Arouses Senator The Wi scon sin senator a tor Gallinger he members of as ta T ves of the interests A hundred million people ha to look out for their but thp senators and rep lives n d r u greit i Index to Today Issue t 1 s P Vv in a A Staye L. rl an kival J t W ar Revolt on h Id I Mexico P i P Plan Fight on Bil Is am Drys Halt Ha Coup French Trenches XV i f r Ret ruits Mexico W h p L Believe ilia apt Near Shadow I awr a Hood 3---Asqulth to pr bp F a ures Russians Tak Toun in Turkey British to i U S to Question Br ta n Allies to Make I Boat Protest Comment Events on the Turf 12- Local News In Brief HANLY COUP IS HALTED Balk Effort to Name Him Ahead of MARYLAND HAN A DARK HORSE Injection of Issue at Convention Causes tions Committee to Go Into tive Draft At- tacks St Paul Minn July 20 When the right of the national prohibi Uon convention was called to order at 10 30 o clock a motion to adjourn until 9am tomorrow prevailed and after a few routine announcements had been made adjournment was taken to that time It became known tonight that the name of Finley C Hend rick son of C umberland Md would be presented as an old line candidate for the presidential nomination tomorrow In an effort by an tl organ izat ion leaders to defeat J Frank Hanly His porters hope to attract many followers of William Sulzer of York adjournment of the afternoon session of Han ey attempted to suspend the n IPS ar d proceed with nominations before the platform adopted The attempt failed Leaders of the Hanly forces asserted that the appearance of Sulzer had not detracted from the strength of their can and they predicted Hanly s nation on the first ballot Mr r who made a hurried trip from New York to address the convention said he would support any candidate chosen Join In Big Shortly before the night session be- gan delegates participated In a parade which included hundreds of St Paul and Minneapolis prohibition workers suffragists and Efforts to adopt the resolutions com- draft of a platform without first printing and distributing copies to the delegates precipitated the first lively outbreak of contention among the delegates The advocates of immediate adop tion of the proposed platform receded from their position under the pressure of opposition from the floor William Shaw of Boston who headed the effort to expedite consideration of the plat form withdrew his motion to debate without printing and the convention recessed until 2 p m For 10 minutes the convention in an uproar standing on chairs and shouting wildly while man Pat ton vainly attempted to re- store order The majority of the dele gates evidently desired to have dellb ate discussion of the planks In the proposed platform before taking up the question of adoption Summary of Platform The proposed platform leads off with strong declarations for nation wide prohibition and oman suffrage These planks are followed by ness and peace planks Reciprocal trade with foreign nations and -a Federal trade comm of spe da Hies recommenced Taking up the i situation the platform declared Democratic party has blundered and the can party Mexico needs not a conqueror but a good Samaritan the platform de The plank on free Institutions de lared for absolute separation of ch irch and state with an absolute guarantee of full religious and civil liberty Government and op i terminal ra and ware houses were urged with the abolishment of all of trade and chambers f commerce in op tl ns and f Go Into An effort to a a Into f j form caused the 1 r lee j to go Into ex ecu The rep rt of n I w as -id r This rpp rt show g 36 es f B MILES OF TAKEN BY FRENCH British at Same time Score Gain of PRISONERS CAPTURED Allies Widen Advance to Both North and FRENCH SUCCESS AT VERDUN Forward Push of Gen Foch's Troops Extends From to Height of V ceed In Sector North of Berlin Admits English Have Re- entered for Possession of Delville Goes On London July 20 Germans in the region of the Somme River have been forced before the fierce on- slaughts of the French to give up first line trenches over a front of proximately 6 miles to the and to the north of the river similar lines yards long to the British The forward push of the French extended from southwest of to the height of which lies some 3 miles west of and marks an advance farther south along the French front Fighting in Delville The British sain was made In sector north oC their val line and In addition the troops of more In wood and the of Lon The French alco occupied and further German near In Thursday s fighting the French took 2 900 prisoners 3 gunt and about 30 machine guns and a large quantity of war material Stubborn opposition was encountered by the British British Official The official statement Issued about midnight from British headquarters in France reads North of the line advanced about 1 000 yards In the face of stubborn opposition Heavy fighting still continues In the northern outskirts of Longueval village and in Delville wood At 2 50 o clock In the afternoon in Delville wood and Longueval we re gined a little more ground East of the Leipsic redoubt our bombing parties made a substantial ad- vance last night Diaries Reveal 'A captured diary belonging to a man commanding officer shows that in the fighting from July 1 to July 6 a Bavarian regiment which opposed to us Montauban suffered 3 000 casualties out of a total strength of 3 500 men Another document shows that one battalion of the 190th regiment 980 men out of 1 100 while the other two battalions of that regiment each lost more than half their effective strength Yesterday evening south of we carried out some Important raids on a front of 2 miles In Australian troops took part About 140 German prisoners were captured French Gains in According to this afternoon s Parla bulletin the German first from to flouth of the bomme fell Into hands morning North of the river the French attack pushed from and ried trenches along the Combles Clery Railway The operations here are close to the right flank of the British ad Combles Itself being little more than three miles southeast of val for possession of which British and Germans are still fighting The French push forward at Soye c urt marks the furthest southward point carried by them In their offensive The French report says 2.9OO Prisoners To the north of the Somme we conso i lat ng the position conquered us this morning South of the Somme we extended frot t of attack in the course of afternoon and captured the entire position from aa i of In the course cf the today rapt red on Two the about w m were Th ee ra T were 10 A j i n ke H f NF
