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D. S. WARNS BANDIT
BR00D0F MEXICO
Wilton Lemandi Faction! Compote
Situation or Other Meant Hied
to End Disorder.
nTTERVENTION IS HINTED AT
Bt LI.KTI.
DOCGLA8. Arli., May 29. To
relUr the situation at HermoaUlo
and Qoaymas, wher bread rlota
rcntly have threatened the ascen
dancy of Jos Martorena, Villa forces
are now raiding the Cumpaa district,
seizing all arailahle tuppliea of
wheat; The raldera are ald to be
leaving net even enough wheat to
auppljr aeed. Aa a result the dis
trict will be left without food and
the population, consisting of women,
children and old men, unable to
bear arms, reduced to absolute starv
ation. WASHINGTONTMay 29. Presi
dent Wilson has decided to serve
notice on all the warring factions in
Mexico that conditions in that coun
try have become Intolerable and that
unless they themselves compose the
situation soon, some other means
may have to be employed to accom
plish the result.
The first Intimation pt the president's
determination to taka tlila tp came
today tn his appeal Issued as head of
th American Red Cross, setting forth
that "due to several years of internal
disturbances," the unfortunate people of
many parts of Mexico have been reducej
to the verge of starvation, and urging
contributions to relief funds.
. . Walt Iloaae Statrsnrat.
Lter the White House gsve out tUa
following communication:
"When the president's appeal for aid
for the Mexicans wae Issued, It was also
stated at the exeeutlve offices that a
statement from the president on the
present situation In Mexico might be
expected within the next few days."
This statement has been prepared and
will be Issued after the cabinet meet
lot aext Tuesday, and then communi
cated to the leaders of all the Mexican
factions.
Officials at the White House and State
department declined to say what the
president's statement contained, but de
nied thst recontltlon of any faction was
now contemplated. It was stated
authoritatively that while friends of
Carransa here had been pressing for
recognition the Washington government
had not been Impressed with the ability
of any ef the contending chiefs to restore
order. The present sctlon, tt was said,
, was not Intended to assist one faction
at the expense of another, but to demand.
Irs effect, that the Mexicans arrive at
an early settlement of their troubles
r at least provide for the sustenance of
the starving population. .
EMhle Wr Iaaaedlte.M
' Tllch officials referred to the presi
dent's forthcoming pronouncement ss not
meaning Immediate Intervention and
they emphasised the word "Immediate."
The Impression In executive ejuartsre
was test one purpose would be to plaoe
responsibility fer the present state of
affaire squarely upon the military ele
ments In the southern republic, which
have run over the country and appro
priated Its food supply or prevented the
tilling of the sou. While anxious to con
tinue the policy of allowing the Mexicans
to settle their differences without Inter
ference, the president te said to be deter
m'ned that the civilian population of the
countiy shall not be starved In the mean
time. ' .
Talk of Intervention, which has been
dormant ever since the European vf, r
diverted attention from the situation
nearer home, wu Immediately revived
by the White House statement. Many
diplomats who interpreted the day's
events as the forerunner of a new policy,
thoucht Intervention wee an Inevitable
outcome ef the situation and that the
mite gtatea was paving the way for
such actio by notifying the world of Its
purpose to take the etep for the sake of
humanity. They pointed out that a simi
lar utterance had preceded Intervention
In Cube, In IS.
To gtaus WUhewt KaplsvMtto.
For the present. It Is understood, the
notification to all the Mexican faoUons
of the Intolerable state ef afalre and the
desire of the Amertoaa toveremsnt for a
betterment of conditions will be allowed
to stand without explanation while the
relief work of the America Red Cross la
undertaken la earnest.
The belief was widespread In official
and diplomatic circles tonight that an
Immediate effect ef the forthcoming
stateeoent will be te gtvo warning that
relief supplies must not be appropriated
by the military factions and that they
must assist In feeding the starving pop-
utac.
While the president's statement will not
say specifically the alternative eos In
rasd H Is not heeded, the general trend
of comment tonight Indicated that the
Vnlted Mates government ae a first step
. 'In such a contingency would insist en
keeping the r 11 road between Vera Cms
and Mexico City open for the transpor
tation of supplies and might even deliver
its supplies te the people In ether Mexi
can citlee by government agencies.
Plaa of Oeverasaeat.'
The government's plana, tt Is said, will
take eoveral weeks to be worked out
, and they ere not eapected to come te a
decisive point while the deUoeie nagotlar
tlons with Oerraany are In progress.
President Wilson etated Tuesday after
his conference with IXi Val West, his
personal representative tn Mexico, that
he bad decided ea no change In the Mexi
can policy. The events of the last twen
ty-four hours the eeiscre by Carruat
authorities of large quantities of corn
purchased by the International relief
committee and the inability ef the au
tocrine at Vera Crua and Mexico City
to provide traaepertaUoa for supplies
te eucoor the ever-tocieaslag breed line
brought aheM the determlnaUoa te act
Urn my British PreMsre
Official flatly denied report that
Great Britain through It embassy here
lad tn exerting pressure fer the re
lief at condition la Meslco. It was
pointed out. howevrr, that Dw Val West.
sfter spending three month making an
tnvtetUaCtoe of condition la Mexico was
understood to"hae brought back infor
mation ttul.eg to shaw that none of
tn Waders had sufficient rapacity o
UomlnaU) the situation and te ug
getd that the t'mled fiat must corn
el a settlement The Me tbat by re
lieving distressed conJIHons among the
popL-Uc the Influence cf the, United
Austria Has Elaborate System
of Espionage in Northern Italy
TTAMAN rrtONTlER, Msy .-VI
fthtasso to rsris) The spy mania whlrh
has developed along the Italo-Austrian
frontier appexenlly Is Justified by ths re
puted discovery of a csrefully planned
esptorsge system developed by Austrian-
and Oermans, eseclally all through the
Osrda regions and along the Adriatic
coast.
Every summer many Auatiians and
Hungarians have visited the towns, vll
Isres and fishing hamleta, finding lodg
ings In hotels and the homes of peaaants.
Most of the men amused themeelvee. It Is
said, by drawing, painting and taking
photographs, while the women rultlvsted
friendly relations with the natives, who
were their temporary neighbors. It Is
now believed that many of these visitors
were playing a pert In a great espionage
organisation.
There is reason to believe also, the
eutliovltiee declare, thst Urge advertis
ing signs erected along the rallwsy lines.
especially near Important Junctions, really
were Intended to provide directions for
airslilpe or werahtpa by means of a secret
co'le. Rjoys snrhored off the meat sre
believed to hsve been designed to serve
es ranR fimkrs for naval artillery. It
Is asnei tcd that It wss one of these plan
whlrh enaXled an Austrian warehlp at
ftenlftalila (sixteen mllre northeast of
Ancondi ) to fire with such curscy as to
stilke revolving railroad bridge. A
transport was passing when the shell
struck snd e'eht soldiers were killed while
several others were wminded.
Reslder.ts of Rlmlnl maintain the Auh
trlan S'lusdron ws signalled hy drnw
columns of bsck smoks which poured
from the chlmneya of a factory In which
Austrlans w-re employed. Signals are re
ported tt. have been given at Ancona by
means of rockets fired from the deck of
German stesmer Interned In thst port
Reports are current that Oencral Asinarl
learned the Identity of those responslbls
and had them shot Thursday.
Mates government upon the warring fac
tions would Increase, is said to hve
been one ef Mr. West arguments)
His reports were of a decidedly pes
simistic character concerning the econo
mic a well ea political conditions. He
found thst most of the crops were fall
urea, that the land had not been tilled
and that the food supply was diminish
ing to such an alarming degree that si
most the entire population was threat
ened wth stervstion.
The American Red Cross issued a state
ment today, appealing for aid for
Mexico, In part as follows:
"The conditions In Mexico ere appall
ing. Or eat numbers of unfortunate peo
ple are victim of the long continued
fighting. They have bee facing star
vation for months and now they have
reached an acute stage, when only food
supplies ran save them from death. A
telegram Just received from Consul Oen
eral Henna at Monterey, Mexico, says:
"Ths Monterey Chamber ef Commerce hae
esked me to appeal te the American
National Red Cross for food for the
starving people ef Monterey. The Cham
ber ef Commerce has stood nobly by
the people, hut baa reached it limit.
The commanding general assure free
freight and free duties. The city I with
out food and the people will starve un
less help come quickly. We do not want
money, but earnestly beg for corn, bean
and rice. If we csn hav hstp for three
week until green corn and garden stuff
come en we will be safe, but we muat
have com. beans, rloe and flour, or
starve. I. most earneetly beg help and
that It .be sent at one. This Is no or
dinary case. Thousands are hungry and
will starrs without help. The city has
already had terrible food rlote before
troops arrived, fleas beg Red Cross
to help for three week until roasting
ear" are ready."
KAISER ANSWEES
LUSITANIA IN FACT
VESSEM)F:WAB
" (Continued from Page On.)
neso. to discuss a settlement on this gen
eral besl.1 . J '
TkA iiMet- it tha note to Ambassador
Gerard was not attended with any epe-
olal eeremony. A functionary or me
foreign office carried It aero the square
to tha American embassy, where It was
placed la the hand of the American em
bassador. Ths mney Starr tmmeai-
ateiv beaan coding the message and
transmitting It to Whtngton. Mr. Oer-
ard In the meantime celled at tne for
eign office.
Gaarded with geereey.
wiSHtOTO.V. Mar Ambassador
Gerard' dispatch concerning th prob
able content of th German not hav
been guarded with great . secrecy. That
th government, however, nan gec.-ea to
aak tor an agreement on th fact In the
Luaitanl case-whethcr tt was an auxil
iary erulser on the British naval list and
'srried a cargo of war munitions, and
whether It wss armed with gun mounted
or dismounted was Indicated In some of
th ambassador' dispatches.
It la believed th Oerman government's
statement of it understanding cf ths
facts wDI be met promptly with sttee
ment ef the Amerlcn government's In
formation and a counter proposal that
hll th discussion I In progress tner
shell be an abatement Of attack on
American vessel or live.
Villa Loses Five
Thousand Men in
Attack on Leon
EL. PASO, Tex., May tt.-Th Villa
army In assaulting and falling' to tali
th Obregon position below Leon last
week lost more than B,000 man, acco.dlng
to reliable private advice received here
today.
Million Turks in
Arms, is Estimate
(Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
BUCHAREST, May SI. Th Turkish
ministry of war places the total number
of men under arms at present at 1,322,000.
More conrcrvatlve estimates In Con
stantinople give the number ss about
SOO.Ono. TWs Includes) gflO.OOO Christiana
who are being used for digging trenches
and building rallwss, rosds and bridges.
The actual fighting men ere divided into
five armies. The first, encamped at
Adrianople and around Constantinople
undsr von der dolts. Is said to be about
100,000 strong, Th second, under DJemal
Pasha, alme at Egypt with ISO, 000 men.
The third Is located around Bagdad with
10,000. The fourth, In the Caucasus, num
ber M0.M0, while th fifth, estimated at
something over 100,000, I pperatlng In th
vicinity of the Dardanelles. .
Probably the best equipped troops are
gathered, around Constantinople, whloh Is
also admirably defended by toticentrle
ring of up-to-date fortification An ex
cellent battery ha been placed In posi
tion Immediately below the mosque of St
Sophia, ' i
Although th Oerman adviser of the
government have taken over practical
command of military affairs, they make
no attempt to meddle in police end civil
matter. "
Kara Gerauwi Good Gaaavers. '
LONDON1, May 21 The Oerman are
wonderful gunner and to talk cf our
having? their artillery In band I sheer
nnosnnee," la the opinion of Captain
Bernard Sharp of th Torkshlr ter
ritorial tn a latter to his family at Hull.
The British official ye-wltns etated
only a few weeks before the battle of
Tpre that the allies had established a
superiority In this respect over the enemy.
The situation, any Captain Sharp, de
mand more guns and unlimited shell-
ADYISES AGAINST
RIYERWORK HOW
Army Engineer Opposes Work on
Missouri Between Florence
and Kansas City.
SAYS IT WOULD BE PREMATURE
It would be premature for the
government to take up the develop
ment of the stretch of Missouri
river between Kansas City, Kan.,
and Florence, Neb., according to the
preliminary report made by Lieutenant-Colonel
Herbert Dcakyne of
the corpa of army engineers, wbo
was commissioned to make a pre
liminary examination of the stream
between these points.
The colonel's report has been made, and
notices hav reached those in Omaha In
terested In th project to tho effect that
th report I nfvorabl to the Improve
ment authorised by th act of congress.
With Reference to Omaha.
The tetter to Omaha In part says:
"Tho grounds upon which th unfavor
able report I based are that the govern
ment has embarked upon the Improve
ment of the Missouri river from Knnsts
City to the mouth at an estimated cost of
130,000,000, that fund for this project are
not available In sufficient amounts for
the proper prosecution of the work, that
the commerce below Kansss City doe not
yet show or promise development com
mensurate with th large expenditure In
volved, and that It would, therefore, be
premature te take up the improvement
of another long stretch of the river at
this time. Further Information may be
obtained upon application to this office.
May Appeal Deelelon.
"Tou r further notified that all In
terested parties have the privilege of an
appeal from this conclusion to the Board
of Engineers for Rivers and Harbor, a
permanent body sitting in Washington,
O. C, to which all examination and sur
vey report of this charscter sre referred.
Parties desiring to do so my be heard
on appeal by the board, either orally or
In writing. Written communication
should be addressed to the Board of
Engineer for River and Harbors,
Southern building, Washington. D. C
and should be msiled In time to be In the
possession, of the said board within four
weeks from the date of this communica
tion. If oral hearings are desired, date
for- th same may be arranged for by
correspondence with the board.
"You are requested to communicate the
foregoing to any persons known to you
to be Interested in the Improvement nd
who. not being known to this office, do
not receive a copy of this communica
tion,", CATCH ES SPOTTED FEVER
FROM BITE OF TICK
CASPER. Wyo., May (Special).
William B. Grieve. 64 a well-to-do
ranchman, la dead from "spotted" fever.
resulting from the bite of a tlcW, the
fifth victim or this niseas in Wyoming
during th past two weeks. , Grieve wa
hlttn ,t hi ranch on Poison Spider
and died after Arriving at.th stat hos
pital here. He was unmarried.'
The case ha been reported to the stat
medical board 'which, ,ln oo-operatlon
with the federal government, 1 endeev
orlns to ascertain th cause of tick or
spotted fever and eo evolve a cure
therefor.
John Grieve, a brother of William
Orteve, is In critical condition from the
same malady.'. . .....
Mimliii M. Abbott.
RTJ6HVIXLE. Nb., May . (Spe
cial). The funeral of Manning M. ao
bott. an old soldier and settler, wss held
t the M. E. church Friday morning.
Deceased was 71 years ovid. He wss born
st Huron county. Ohio, Ten. s. ltm. Mr.
Abbot filed on a homestead eleven mile
northeast of Gordon. June. 18S, and
moved to Rushvllle Dec.. 1907. He U sur
vived by his widow and two children.
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Here is the way he refers to this food here and there through his book, "The
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4 'At lunch I eat some Grape-Nuts (an American
breakfast cereal) with condensed milk."
"After this egg (turtle) meal comes for me
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"I go back to the Moloca at noon to eat my
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