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VOL. XLIV NO. .202.
OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, Al'JML 20, 1915-TWKLVK PAOES.
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oMt Mews Btanda, So
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
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JORK CHOSEN TO
TRY BARNES SOIT
AGAINST COLONEL
Talesman of German Birth Says
Bemarki of T. R. Concerning
Belgium Would Not Preju
dice Him.
ASKED ABOUT POSSIBLE GRUDGE
All Questioned if They Bore Roose
relt Any 111 Feeling Be
came of 1912 War.
PRINCIPALS FACE ONE ANOTHER
. SYRACUSE, N. Y.f April 19. The
jury which will try William Barnes'
$50,000 suit for libel against
Theodore Roosevelt vai completed
today.
When the afternoon session opend,
Oliver D. Burden, a Syracuse attor
ney of Colonel Roosevelt's staff,
asked the talesmen whether they be
lieved a person holding public office
might be criticised for maladminl-
tratlon or corruption while In that of
fice. Not Prejadlced.
.In reply to question, one talesman,
native of Germany, said that the fact
that Colonel Roosevelt, "although hav
ing always been friendly to Germany,
bad criticised the violation of the- neu
trality of Belgium," would not
prejudice him against the defendant.
lOach talesman was questioned closely as
to whether he had any grudge against
Colonel Roosevelt because of his actions
during the presidential campaign of 1912.
The court upheld an objection by Mr.
Barnes' counsel to a question as to
whether one of the talesmen believed
that a citizen had a right to criticise a
person in public office, if his rhctive for
so doing was to further the cause of
honest government.
Mr. Barnes and Colonel Roosevelt sat
at adjoining tables, but neither paid any
attention to the other. The room wa
crowded and outside the court house a
great crowd, kept in line by policemen,
was awaiting opportunity to get In.
Hpeclnl Jury Panel.
Examination of the talesmen in the
special panel of seventyflve called for
th case began as soon as Justice Wil
liam 8. Andrews ascended the bench and
opened court. Each side was Informed
by the court that It would be allowed six
peremptory challenges. .
The talesmen were questioned by Wil
liam I. Barnum, a Syracuse attorney, for
Mr. Barnes. He wanted to know whether
"the political prominence heretofore" of
either one or both of the principals would
affect the 'decision of possible jurors, lis
also asked talesmen whether they be
ljeved politicians might Jbe- libeled just as
other citizens. The fact that the defend
ant has been president of the United
IContinued on Page Two, Column Four.)
Eailroad Stocks
Active and Higher
XKW YORK. " April 19. Extensive
speculation In etocks was resumed today.
Investment iKsves were niot prontfnent.
Vnlon Pacific, ft. Paul, Northern Pacific.
'inadlnu Pneiflc, Atchison, Baltimore Kc
Ohf. New York Central. Reading, lehigli
Valley end other dividend payers rote
1 to 1 p lnts in the first hour.
lnlled States Steel was agalna the a
tive feature, Its opening oalt.ns repre- ,,fcptr ent0rs In Omaha, mads a total of
renting 1,500 she res at 6v3"4. from which VK,
It aoon roue a full point over Saturday- M B.rbeau, nthropologlat of the
clow. The. wm. a marked sub.ldence oC;vif tor)a mUMum of Ottawa, Canada,
rppciiryiar gyrawuiiff m war siieciame.s.
Mexican Petroleum was the only stcck
In the spcrihl group to make an appreci
able advance, gaining 7V4 points. I)ulnc.a
In the flrrt hour totalled Almost 475,00,1
tfliart,
In the afternoon speculation i tended
over four points. The Harrlman also
rose higher. Southern . Pacific being
helped by a favorable supreme court de
rision. 81'aree of the Gould system also
lose materially.
There wao a wild scrarnble to sell the
list In the llnal hour. Steel leading the
decline ly selling down to 5ST4. The day's
total trading amounted fo 1.40,000 shares,
the largest total since the inception of
the boom. '
The Weather
Forecast till 7 p. m. Tuesday:
For Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Fair; not much change in temperature.
Temperature at Osukt Yesteraay.
Hours.
Dee
6 a. m
6 a. m
7 a. m......
8 a. m
a. m
10 a. m
11 a. m
13 m
1 p. m
2 p. m
S p. m......
4 p. ni
p. m
S p. m 78
7 P. m 77
S p. m T6
4 oMaparmt Itc Loral Retard.
115. 1S)1. 1913. 1912
Highest yesterday M 7 67
lowest yesterday 66 34 44 44
Mean temperature b 44 M
I'redpitation w .OS T T
Temperatures and precipitation depar
tures from tbe normal:
Normal temperature 52
I :( for the day 17
Total deficiency vlnce March l..lnoh
Normal precipitation Inch
ltoflciency for the day iMnoh
n'lcrcy Mwh Mlh '
'or "rtol lilV."..:: " Zn
Uxes cor. period, 1U.
1.T5 Inches
Reports from Statloaa at 7 P. M.
Station and Stat. Trap. High- Raln-
of weaioer. i p. m. est. iau.
Iavenpoit. clear ,
lenvor. cloudy
)s Moines, clear ,
LanJxr. prt cloudy...
North Platte, clear
Omaha, clear
Huehlo. clear
Rapid City, clear
Salt Lake City, cloudy,
feant Ke, part cloudy.
rheridan. clear
Mnui City, clar
t',,lfntiiiA dear
; xa .00
o M HO
78 i .)
m t .so
72 74 .00
77 U .
fi .10
72 7 .
t 72 T
M u .1
11 ; .
7 SO .iiO
74 711 .00
T indicates trace of precipitation.
U A. WtLUH. Liocal Forecaster.
SLATED TO BECOME HEAD OF
STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Y
Sf; c.
PERKINS SL-'i) TO
HEAD If JlTORS
Republicans Choose'' Aurora Man for
Vice Presidency, Which Means
Presidency in 1916.
REGISTRATION IS NOW 193
Clark Perkins of the Aurora Re
publican Is slated for the presidency
of the Nebraska Press association a
year from now. This was decided
yesterday when a republican caucus
of the Press association, now in ses
sion at the Rome hotel, agreed on
Perkins for vice president for the
now ensuing year. The standing
custom of the association is that the
vice president each year becomes
president for the ensuing year. Thus
the fight Is shifted back a year and
made on the selection of a vice presi
dent rather than a president.
Likewise the old custom is to
choose this vice president each year
strictly on party lines. It is an un
derstood principle that the demo
crats choose a vice president one
year and the republicans select one
the fillowing year. This Is the year
fir the republicans to choise, si a
scire if them held a brief clnference
at the close of yesterday's sesslin and
agreed upon Perkins.
Pettt Makes Talk.
A. S. Pettit of Bruning. one of the new
members of the association, talked on
"Making It Go in the Smalt Town.' He
declared It to be a good policy to answer
question that people askpd the editor by
telephone, thus, showing the publj$,.hat
the newspaper office Is a necessity In the
city. He gave a variety of questions he
lit asked within the range of a few min
utes. "When , do the county oommlsslon
ere meet next?" "When does the grand
Jury sit?" "Do they consider Jack John
son knocked out or was it a de'clson on
points?" .
The afternoon talks by pioneer news
paper men of the stats brought many old
timers to the floor. It proved that there
were In the house twenty-one men who
had been In newspaper work In the fetate
twenty-five years or mors. , , .
Registration la Heavy.
The registration of out-of-town news
1 aper men and women the first day was
165. This, with the registration of newe-
i poke briefly in the morning, giving some
lr (creating data on the American In
Clans. He aald the old Idea that the
: American Indians were of Asiatic origin
ia ocen eniiriy uiapeueu mu iuii aci-
; ei.tists are now entirely at a loas to
ii
The Commercial club of Omaha and the
Kontenelle hotel Jointly tendered the
visitors a banquet at the Fontenelle hotel
last night. Borne music and cabaret fea
tures were furnished.
BralaereVa Opealaar Wort,
"I should liko to see the newspapers' of
the state take a more active part in poll
ties; not the politics that cushm the op
ponents, but the politics that exercisea its
influence in the selection of men for pub
lic office, men educated and competent to
perform the public aervice." Tr waa a
mgsestion left the Nebraska Presa asso
ciation at the opening of Its convention at
the Rome hotel, by President H. A,
Bralnerd of Hebron.
"We should work for education and en
lightenment in the field of politics," he
continued. "There ia a vast possibility
for . Improvement in the newspapers of
the state. iuch time has been spent In
the Improvement of the breeds of horsea,
cattle and swine, but we hear little about
the improvement of newsapers. News
that does not have an eduction value I
a detriment. If tne cannot ay anything
(Continued on Page Three, Col. Three.)
RECLAMATION CONFERENCE
WILL BE HELD AT GERING
CHEYENNE; Wyo., April 1. (fipeclal.)
i t'ntted States Bonator F. S. Warren
j wIM go to Qerlng. Neb., next Saturday,
April 24. to attend a meeting between .
lepreaentAtives of the reclamation service, j
Senator Kinkaid of Nebraska,- Congress- I
man F. W. Mondell of Wyoming and !
J representatives of farmers In eastern
I Wyoming anl western Nebraska who are
,nlU1 " th ''out.h n,t
th Nortt iCCt 0,-h.
I tton service. The "south side" ditch la I
planned to reclaim lOO.OuO acres In tho
Goshen Hole country of Wyoming and
"Nebraska, and In the valley of the
North Piatt, river adjacent to th.
Wyoming-Nebraska Una, aad tho settlers
and members of congress at the Gering
meeting will make strong representa
tions !n favor of completion of th. project
without delsy. There I. ample wster n
the great Pathfinder resorvolr on the
PUtte in cential Wyoming to reclaim
the "south elO" lands, but the reclama
tion rert'ioe for several years delayed
construction work.
HIGHEST COURT
RULES AGAINST
FRANK APPEAL
Opinion in Case of Brooklyn Man
Convicted of Murder of Girl at
Atlanta Denies Habeas
Corpus Writ Asked.
PRISONER S RIGHTS PROTECTED
Justice Pitney Holds that Points
Raised Do Not Amount to De
nial of Justice.
HOLMES AND HUGHES DISSENT
WASHINGTON, April 19. Lea
M. Frank, the Brooklyn man under
death sentence for the murder of
Mary Phagan, an Atalanta factory
girl, lost another step in his big fight
for life in the supreme court of thi
United Slates today.
In a decision to which Justices
Holmes and Hughes dissented, th
court dismissed Frank's appeal from
the federal court of Georgia, which
refused to release him on a writ of
habeas corpus. Frank contended that
"alleged mob violence" at his trial
and the fact that he was absent from
the court room when the Jury re
turned its verdict had removed him
from the jurisdiction of the courts of
Georgia.
The majority opinion of the
supreme court today rejects all tose
contentions and declared Frank en
joyed all his legal right in the
Georgia courts.
Seemingly no other avenue of escape
from the death penalty Is open to Frank
through the courts. The state pardon
officials might relieve him.
Justice Pltney's Opinion.
Justice Pitney In the majority decision
stated that th: obligation rested upon
the supreme court to look through the
form and Into the very heart and sub
stance of the matter, not only of the
averment In Frank's petition, but in the
trial proceedings In the stats court them
selves.
"The petition contains a narrative of
disorder, hostile manifestations and up
roar," said the justice, "which If It stood
alone and were to be taken to be true.
were conceived to be Inconsistent with a
fair trial and an Impartial verdict But
to conaider this as standing alone Is to
take a wholly superficial view; for the
narrative la coupled with other state
ments from which It clearly appears that
the same allegations of disorder were sub
mitted first to the trial court fc Oeorgla
as a ground for avoiding the consequences
of the trial, and these allegations were
considered by those courts successively
at times and places and under circum
stances wholly apart from the atmosphere
of the trial and free from any suggestion
(Continued on Page Two, Column Two.)
Steel Trust Passed
Dividend to Avoid
Reduction in Wages
NEW YORK, April M.-Wrectors ot
th United States Bteel corporation. It
became known today, In voting at their
last quarterly meeting In January to
pass the dividend on the common stoctc,
did so in the fare of opposition on the
part of many stockholders who thought
the dividend should be declared even It
the rorporalion had to reduce wages to
obtain the money.
Albert H. Gary, chairman of the cor-
Deration, divulged the situation at tha
annual stockholders' meeting; In Iloboken
today. In a formal statement Judge
Garey said:
'We were sorry to hear that so many
stockholders Insisted that common stock
dividend be paid even If we had to re
duce wages to do It.
"The management was sorry to bo
obliged to pass the dividend on the com
mon stock.- We had been hoping and
hod expected to continue the payment of
the dividend without interruption, but
conditions were such that It was Impos
sible. We were confronted with the
choice of passing the dividend or reduc
ing wagea. In view of the present high
cost of living we believed that tha men
were entitled to the wages they were re
ceiving which we think are not too
much."
Continuing hie statement Judge Gary
raid:
"I assure you that the country will
prosper and I want to plodg. again that
th management of thia corporation Is
going to be thorough, open and careful.
"Our poottlon among the natlona of th.
world Is taking the lesd. Finance. In
dustry and commerce are better today
than ever before."
Tbe announced plan of reducing the
directorate from twenty-four to eigh
teen members wss approved at the stock
holders' meeting today.
N. H. Directors
Entitled to Bill
Of Particulars
NE3W YORK, April 1 William Rocke-
felIer ,ntltld to . bl of particulars
mptityinK tn, ,MCt 0f tenses charged In
'ith. Indictment In which he and twenty
other, connected with th. New Haven
railroad management are s roused of
criminal conspiracy. Federal Judge Hunt
so decided today on th. motion mad in
behalf of Mr. Rockefeller aad eleven co
defendants that the government be re
quired to furnish a bill of particulars.
Th. eleven defendants who benefit with
Mr. Rockefeller by tha court's decision
are Charlea F. Hrooker, George MacCul
lough, D. Newton Barney, Jama. f. Hem
ingway, Lewi. Cass Ladyard, A. Heaton
Robertson. Frederick F. Frewster, Henry
K. Mcllarg, Alexander Cochrane, Robert
W. Tslft aad Charles M. Piatt.
Leo M. Frank Has Lost Out in
the United States Supreme
Recourse for Those Who Believe
He Did Not Have a Fair Trial is to
Write the Governor for Clemency.
The decision of the United States supreme court apparently ends
the legal proceedings to sec. ire a new trial for Leo M. Frank, under
sentence of death in Atlanta, where conviction was admittedly
forced by race prejudice and threats of mob violence.
Nothing remains for those people convinced this man did not have
a fair trial but to join in a nation-wide popular appeal to the governor
of Georgia to accord Frank his executive clemency. A proper form
for such a letter would be:
Hon. John M. Slalon, (iovemor of Georgia, Atlanta Your K
wllenry: Keeling that full Justice has not been done In the case of
1o M. Frank, and believing hint still entitled to the benefit of the
doubt, we appeal to ou in his behalf to save hlin from the death
sentence, and to save Georgia's good name from discredit. The act
of merry which we request v.111 win Ton the gratitude of all liberty.
loving cltiscns throughout Ihe nation.
(Signal tire)
Every right-minded person must be interested in preventing the
execution of a man whose guilt is decidedly doubtful and every
American citiien, no matter where he resides, has a right to join in
the appeal to the governor.
Write your letter now; don't delay.
Sixteen Attempts of Austrians to
Recover Heights Are Repulsed
PETROORAD. (Via London), April 1
Austrlan attacks on the heights of the
Mesolaborcs district of Hungary, where
the Auatrians for six days have been
furiously attempting to regain osltlons
recently taken by the Russians, appear to
have definitely subsided.
Tho attacks, which exceeded In violence
111!) atlju on thin front, reached their
greatest Intensity on April 17. when six
teen assaults are reported to have been
made on that one day. The encounters
ended in the evening In a deaperate
bayonet charge and sustained hand-to-hand
encounters, which left the Russians,
GOVERNOR YETOES
EFFICIENCY BILL
Norton's Measure for Commission to
Survey the 8tate of Doubtful
'.Legality.' v,.
ALL BILLS ARE DISPOSED OF
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, April 19. .(Special.)
After a strenuous Job at signing bills
passed by tbe legislature, the larger
number of which came to blm In a
bunch, Governor Morehe&d laid aside
his pen this forenoon and declared
the Job over. Three bills of im
portance received the executive ap
proval this mornlngi These were tho
Omaha hospital bill, the maintenance
bill and the penitentiary industrial
appropriation bill.
Tha Norton bill for state efficiency
survey commission waa vetoed by Oov-
omor Morehead. The governor objects
to Inconsistencies in tha bill Itself and
Ha encroachment on ground now occu
pied by the board of control. One of the
real reaaons for th. veto. It is thought,
Is that tho constitutionality ot th. bill
has been gravely questioned. It carried
an appropriation of $4,000.
What BUI Provided.
The commission waa to consist of sis
members o,' the legislature, and therein
lay the objection. Th. constitution pro
vides "that ntUher members of the leg
islature uor employes shall receive any
pay or lrul jites other than their sal
ary and nuieage." Th. appropriation
waa onl f 'or th. commission's expenses.
How.v.r, it Is contended by some that
"any pay or perquisites" might Include
"expenses."
The governor has exercised his veto
power very sparingly. Three measures
have been vetoed: one at the memorial
of the legislature Itself, th. Omaha light
bill; and two st the request ot the Intro
ducers themselves. These two bills were
II. R. 16. authorising district judges In
vacation time to make heirs proper de
fendants la suits Involving estates
Cronln of Holt, the Introducer, requested
that this bill be vetoed because Ita sub
ject matter was covered in another me as
ure. H. R. 429, limiting justices of th.
peace In Douglas county to 11,000 a year
In feea, was vetoed at th. request of
Palmer of Douglas, who Introduced It
the bill halng paased after It had been
decided to postpone th. establishment of
a municipal court to January 1, 1!UG.
The governor did not exercise Ills power
(Continued on Page Two. Column One.)
HE-GATL'CITY'Of'THE'WEST
Nebraska Editor are
"topping' off" for their an
nual state convention and
the fact that they find Om
aha so attractive and hospit
able aa to make them repeat
their visits is another con
vincing argument why
other travelers should put
this city on their route
c.rds.
acrotdlng to report received by the Rua
alan officials, firmly enounced on the
height of Telepotch. After this the Aus
trian attack appeared to have spent Itself
and there are no Indications of a resump
tion of activity in this region.
Austrian assaults upon the other I in-
portant height in the East Beskld.
namely Zeloe. were repulsed chiefly by
the fire of rifles and machine guns. After
three sharp counter attacks the Austrians
here, too, gnve up the attempt to regain
the summit. On the northern front the
swampy condition of the thawing ground
prevents operations on a large scale.
KAISER CHANGES
PLAN OF CAMPAIGN
' 1 " 1 : i
Rumor that General Staff Has De
temined to Abandon ArgresiiTe
, Movements in tha West
AUSTRIAN FORCES SENT EAST
ROME, April ll.-(Vla Paris. April it)-'
Officlsl communications received by tha
Italian csblnet and statements mad. by
Oermans In official circles have given th.
Impression her. that th. German general
staff has abandoned plans for a general
offensive movement on tha French front
and has dsclded simply to maintain th.
defensive. This Information has caused
a deep Impression her. because It Is be
lieved to signify that Germany has no
hop. of penetrating further Into French
territory.
Heavy Artillery to Poland.
GENEVA, April l.-(Via Paris)-A
Vienna dispatch to tha Tribune says that
at a council ot wsr presided over by
Field Marshal von Hlndenburg It was
decided that th. Austrian heavy artillery
now before Verdun (m th. department of
Meuse, France) should be transferred to
Poland and that the Hungarian cavalry
now on th. western front be sent back to
'Cracow.
Villa Movement in
Western Mexico
Now Collapsing
MAZATLAN, Mexico. April 17.-(Ry
Radio to San Diego, Cal., April 10.) The
Villa movenitnt on th. west coast ot
Mexico Is said to be rapidly collapsing.
Guaymas la th. only port on th. mainland
rommandsd by th. Villa forces. It in
believed tha Liow.r California towns held
by Vlils troops are unable to resist an
attack.
Zapotlan has been evacuated by the
Carransa troops. General Dlegues, rt
Carranxa commander, arrived today at
Colima, 14& miles south -ot Guadalajara
with many wounded.
The home of a Chines, merchant wa
seised by Carranxa officials at Man-
sanlllo. As s result of a decree Issued at
Maxatlan. oil Chinese have disappeared
from the booths in tho markets there.
The Yaqul Indie na are now conducting
an Independent warfare and are giving
trouble to both the Villa and Carranxa
forces.
It is reported that Carranxa forces have
uct'upiod the city of Teplc, which wa
deserted by Villa troops a few days ago.
The Carranxa custom officials have ar
rived at "an Bias from Trple to open
temporary the custom house there In
order that tho Pacific Mall steamer City
of Psra may be cleared.
Lion Boat Vanilla
Is Sunk by Torpedo
Of German Subsea
I LONDON. April 1.-Ths British trawler
Vanilla was auuk by a torpedo from a
German submarine In th. North Sea
yesterday, according to a report made
today by Captain Hill, skipper of th.
trader Fersao.
Captain Hill said be waa within SO
yards of the Vanilla when she wss
struck. H. mad. aa attempt to pick up
lku .... It,. k. tk.l K
' marina attacked him in his effort st
' rescue. It fired a torpedo at th. Fermo,
1 which forced her to Seek safety la flight.
His Appeal to
Court Only
LEO M. FRANK.
SPAIN FRIENDLY
TO TRIPLE ENTENTE
Former Premier of Spain in Address
Says it is Time for Nation to
State IM Attitude. -
CITES CARTAGENA AGREEMENT
MADRID, April 1 (Via Paris)
"Silence at present Is a crime, for If
we wait until the moment of victory
to show our sympathy for the victor
It Is probable we shall be too late,'
mas the assertion made by Count
Alvrae DeRomanones, former premier
of Spain yesterday. He pointed out
that Spain's foreign policy since the
Cartagena agreement In 1907 has
been more and more favorable to the
triple entente. . '.
"The present, hour are grave and
Important, . said .ve forme r, premier,
that It is necessary for Spain to
make a solemn declaration. Without
violating our neutrality, we must
Say who among the belligerents wo
consider our friends." . , .
Count Romanes' address wag en
thusiastically cheered by hla hearers.
Triple Vaderstoadlaa.
Th. Cartagena agreement was a triple
understanding reached between Great
Britain, Franc, and Hpaln, following a
visit ot th. lata King Kdward to Carta
gena In , 107. . Th. agreements between
flpaln and Great Britain and Hpaln and
Franc, were distinct, although following
the aame lines.
Great Britain's chief Interest In th.
agreement was th. removal of any cause
for uneasiness in regard to th. possibility
of a land attack on Gibraltar, Spain for
the first time recognising Great Britain's
right to hold th. peninsula, "pain, on
the other hand,-benefited by having a
strong power guarantee Its position In
th. Canary Islands and th. Mediter
ranean, Including th. Balearic islands.
No attempt was made by Germany to
conceal Its Irritation at th. conclusion of
th. agreement, for It was felt that Its
chief aim probably was th. further lsola
tlon of that country.
Petrograd Butchers
Will Not Sell: Meat
An1 "RinttJ Pocm1fitn Hwta" authorities, announced In Oen
"LIU IViUUO XlCOUi.li aye today, et a carload of maehln.
PETROGRAD, April l.-(Vla London.)
Petrograd butchers refused to sell meat
today In protest-against a recent gov
rnment order warning all retailers that
prince must not be raised above . rates
fixed by th. government. Customers,
who went to tho shops' for their usual
purchases found them empty. . Th.
butchers said there was no .prospect that
a supply of meat would be available.
This action led to disorders and In some
shops excited customers broke Into the
meat cellars and, on finding them well
slocked, insisted that they be ' served.
Incipient riots, which . resulted In the
partial wrecking of several shops,, were
ended by th. police, who .mad. an In
vestigation as a baals for court pro-
cedur. agsinst tha butchers.
Pinop. In which no meat was found were
closed by the police and will not be
permitted to reopen until special permis
sion has been obtained. Butchers who
concealed meat will be fined or Impris
oned. Queen of Italy May
Lose Her Right Arm
IX)H ANOELEH. Cel., April 1.-Q.ueen
Kieana of Italy may auffer the loss of
her right srm ss a result of Injuries re-
reived several years ago while working
among the Meaalna earthquake aufferera,
according to an autograph i.tter which
sllsa Irma Guthrie Wright, a consln of
Georse Guthrie. American ambassador to
Japan, said today she had racdvod from
the ouean.. ,
Miss Wright recently returned from
Italy, where. It la said, a be has been a
protege of Queaa Kieana.
The letter said a malignant growth had
appeared on tbe queen's right arm at tha
point of th. old Injury after th. birth of
a princes, last January and that the
royal surgeons feared an amputation
would be necessary.
ALLIES TRYING
TO BRING ITALY
TO FIRING LINE
Triple Entente Powers Are Making
Strenuous Efforts to Close th
Back Door Into Germany
and Austria.
EMBARGO ON ALL F00DSTUTTS
Italy and Roumania Said to Have
Prohibited Passage of Shipment!
to Teutonic Civilians.
GENERAL LULL IN FIGHTTNCr
The Day's War News
HHITI.II ARMY has bearan aaother
rive at the Impwrt.at aeetlon af
Ik. tierman llae rrhlcfc bold roa-
aered n.ltfam. Sharp. fVKhClasr
ee arret! yesterday la Belsilaas
ana the afflelal Freaeh report
today states the- the British raa
taren 800 yearde ot ' tlrrnss
trearhes.
MKVTKNAXT ROLtll) OARBOS,
one af the heaf hits' f Preaeh
aviator, nkme eaalolts darlaar the
war waa hla fame, ha. been ess
tared by the derma St..
AI'TH KWT1CITY af official freaeh
aad British war report. Is ebal
leaated by th Oernais war offlee,
wblrh eharaeterlse. a. lareatloa.
their rlolm. to Tletorlea.
AHtSDONMENT by the ftermaa area,
eral staff of plan, for a aenerol
offenslre la Fraaee Is Inferred la
Rome from Information reeetved
there. It t. aald thl. deelsloa I.
ladleated by official ommaalea
tloa. to the Italian cabinet.
OKIEVt DISPATCH aires the Im
preaaloa that the Aa.trlaa. aad
tie
rnmpalaa.
COYKIDKVT ASSERTIONS from Her.
Ita last week that the Rasalaa ad
vance In the Carpathlaa realoaa
had bean halted are offset ay the
elalm of the Petroatrad war offlee
that tho principal chain of
talna, comprising; aeyenty-flre-mile
section of the front, I. now
In poa.ca.lon of the Ra.sla.. and
that TO.OOO Anstrlnn. have been
captnrrd In the In.t few week.. .'
COUNT AI.VARO tn ROMANICS, for
mer premier of Spain, has made a .
; pablla statemeat that a ".oleosa
; declaration" shoald ha an ad. fcy
Spain ta shew wh.ro Ita arntpathr ,
ilea In tho war. 'jto palata oat
that Spain's relations with the
triple entente ha. been mora and
more friendly dnrlngt recent yeare.-'
LONDON, Aprll 'l.l-Vb.ether tne
negotiations ' between - Rome and
Vienna concerning ' Italy's demands
for territorial concessions have been
broken off remains for the moment
an official secret, but it appears to
be universally agreed that the tension
is approaching the breaking point. It
is suggested here thai the Italian for
eign office in awaiting an. ultimatum
from Vienna on the' subject of Italy's,
military preparations along the fron
tier aa a pretext to sever the remain-
ing ties barring an outbreak of hos
tilities. . . t
Th. alertness with which every move,
dlplomstleslly or otherwisemade by Italy
la now followed in Xondon Indicates the
high Importance attached here to .fforts
to bring Italy to the fighting Un.. One
of th. main reasons advanced for thia
deslr. to Include Italy In th. partnership
of th. allies Is m no other wsy Is It pos
sible to close effeotually th. door through
hich supplies still are reaching th Teu.
tonlo silica la considerable amount. '
I
i jl cua in iminr ia i na am ria
of American manufacture whioh was pn
tno way to Germany from Genoa. Ship
ments of iron, copper, antimony and sul
phate have been reaching Germany with
a fair degree of regularity.
. It Is aaserUd today that a sudden em
bargo has been placed at Coma on a
trainload of those supplies, and that Italy '
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