ssourL California Guard to tine r i i . i a v, cwpie oon i ukc 10 ouy from unknown merchant, or unknown goods; adver tising make steady cus tomers. ,v' - 1HE Qmaha IDAiDr Bee THE WEATHER . Unsettled. , . VOL! XL VI NO.; 5. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 23,- 1916 FOURTEEN PAGES. '. Uo rntln, : Holds,. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. BIG GUMS POSTED ON HILL COMMAND CITYJF JUAREZ Machine Guns Alio Placed at Ad vantageous Points in the 1 ; Vicinity of 1 ,. :. Paso.. HARRISON, IS MOVING SOUTH At Ten O'clock More Than Half of Troops Had Left City and the ' '"i- Others Were Entraining". HOPE TENSION WELL ABATE , San ' Antonio,',Tex.,' June 22. A .message from Pershing received by General Funston late today contained additional information 'relative to the dispatch of two squadrons of cavalry in the direction of the troop engaged yesterday near Carrizal, but no news of the fight.' No 'courier from the troop had yet reached him. i El Paso, Tex., June 22. A battery of 4.7 guns,' capable of throwing a lixty-pound'explosive six miles, point ed their noses threateningly over El Paso in the direction of Juarez to day while developments in the situ ation arising frSm the battle of Car- ffizal were awaited., V. Stationed on Golden hill; at an el evation permitting a sweeping view of 4 the' Mexican side of the Rio Grande and commanding all Juarez an'd its I approaches, these guns were expected fjito dominate any movement that may Wbe taken by the Carranzistas. Down -"long the river machine gun compa nies trom oeneral George tseirs com mand were ready to take their posi tion at advantageous points, while at the remoter stations the remainder of his men I awaited orders. With every precaution .taken, how ever, for the protection of the city, hope continued to be, expressed that the tension- might abate. No shot will be .fired from this side of tht international boundary until hostile action is initiated -on the other side. El Paso was calm. Outwardly its M exit an neighbors' city was quiet, tfb. General Francisco Gonzales re mained at his headquarters surround ed ,by his staff. Andres Garcia, Mex- Iran rnnftlll in ELPa&CL.after .SDtndinff the night; in Juarez, returned to this - side. - - - -- - The -Mexican officials here and in Juarez5 expressed the , opinion .this morning thai the fight at Carrizal should be regarded as a detached in cident,' without effect on the general situation. Inasmuch it they had been in communication -with Mexico City ' during . the 'night, onservers nereu thought it possible that this mignt oe ' the view of General Carranza and his adyisers. . ; '. .: No Alarm at Douglas. , , ' - i Douglas, Ariz., June'22--News of the fighting, between American and Mexican troops at Larnzai yesreriwiy caused no alarm in this vicinity to ' day, although details of the cngage ! ment were eagerly sought. ' Several , Mexican tamiues living in dVing the"night-on the advice of Ives G. Lelivier, Mexican consul. , At the headquarters of General T. F. Davis, in command of the United States troops in the district of Ari zona, it was stated that General P. Elias Calles, in command of the Mex ican troops of Sonora, had sent word he had reports that Generals Barron,, Torres and other former officers of the Mexican federal army were at tempting to arouse the Mexican, pop ulation .at Nagales, Ariz. . General Calles gave this informa- ,fion to the United States officers, he said, for their information in making ' an investigation. The report was for warded yto Colonel William H. Sage, in command at Nogales. -. ",-- Garrison Leaving Juarez. ' , Juarez, the Mexican, town across the Rio Grande, was more than half evacuated at 10 o'clock today by the Carranza. garrison. It was offi- (Continued on Page t. Column 6.) The Weather Ttmpf-raturra at Omaha IMteiUr, s- Ml 1 -m-iz Hor. . I. a. m . 8 a. m..M 7 ft. -m 8 ft. m , ft. m -.. 10 ft. m... 11 ft. m...V 18 m ,1 p. m... f.. 3 p. in...... J.. 3 p. Dsf. ., 88 .. II .. 7 .. JO .. It 5 r 3T L E -B . P- 6 p. m.. a p. m..... . ... 1 p. a...... 8 p. m , ' - Comparatrn Laeal Record x ' " " mi. Htfhesf -rtaterdfty..... 81 . If 88 S3 Lowest ymtofday....,: 81 ' 81 88 84 Mean tomperatura 78 . 70': 77 v 7a precipitation .00 .00 .SO .00 Tempratura jHia praclpltatlon aoparturai 7S i. I ........ 10 . .17 Inch , .17 Inch . T.lOlnohra . 1.18 lnchra , 1.77lnch tlach . ,. "t. (all from tha normal i Normal tomparatura Excaaa for the day Total deficiency since- March 1 Normal precipitation Pendency (or the day Total rainfall since. March X.. . Deficiency since March 1 Tendency, cor; period. 1011., .Excess cor. psrlod. 1818.....'. deports from stations at f . m. , Itetlon and State Temp. Blah- Rain. of Weather. -... 1 7 p. E ftheyenne, clear.' ., 82 Det Moines, clear...... 80 Lander, -clear. ......... 88 Omaha, part cloudy.... S Pueblo, clear. ... 88 Rapid City, part cloudy. 81 Salt Lake City, clear.. 83 Santa Pe, clear 78 Sheridan, cloudy 88 Sloua City. pt. cloudy... 84 Valentine, ralnfne. . . . . ,88 T Indicates tracs of preclpltstlon. - 78 .08 80 .00 83 - - .00 88 .80 81 ' .00 .00 88 , .88 81 . .81 78 .80 83 .33 88 . T 78 .-' .38 GUARDSMEN SPEND LAST NIGHT HERE Some Stay at Home, to Bid Their . farewell. While ' Otheri , '. ' Prefer Armory. , ENTRAIN F0S UNCOIN TODAY "It's probably :'the last night we'll spend in Omaha for a long while- maybe it's the last, night forever! for some, of us, so Jets make, it a flood onel" . ; ' " ' Some -inspired "rook" yelled this just after the four companies of the militia had been excused after 6 o'clck mess. The -idea "took" like -wild fire. - The boys made it a good night, with various significance to the emphasiz ed word "good." - : Some of them went home and spend the-last night in Omaha with their parents, or sweethearts, others foam ed -about downtown, gaily mingliqg with the crowds and parading ttheir .uniforms, and' still others cut loose for a rip-roaring hot old time. M ' - Many Places tSo Sleep. ". ' Along about midnight, - however, nearly all weroquartered at the Arm ory at Twentieth and Harney. Here the boys slept upon their blankets on the floor-and on the roof, when prac tical jokers allowed them. A few slept at home, and promised faithfully to report at 6:45 o'clock this morning. At 7 o'clock, the four companies will assemMe in the street, and parade downtown. At 9:15 they will entrain at the Burlington depot, where spe cial cars will cary them to the mobili zation camp at Lincoln. None of the four companies is t)p to full war strength, but yesterday afr ernoop was marked by a rush of re cruits, among them being several for eign born young men, one of whom was a ' German who could scarcely speak English. They were all assigned to the com pany of their choice and the quarter master dealt out supplies to them. . ' - Todd's Company Popular. "A week ago Company C, of which E. C. Todd is captain, was almost up to war strength. Late yesterday, after nearly twenty young men - had ex pressed preference for 'Todd's com pany,' it numebered only about fifty five?', ,. . , i 5 , "I gave the company a good clean ing out," explained Captain- Todd. "I am- responsible for the company, so I got an honorable discharge for nearly all oi the- mawiVrin -mHe4-lows who have folks, depending upon them. There were -not jo many of these, but there wire quite a number of triflers inNthe company, and so' I put it up to them cold turkey to show some Stability or resign. "I want-only such men in my com pany as I can put on outpost duty at night and then feel safe in letting my. boys go! to Sleep. : My company -is going to have nothing in it but wide awake, alert young fellows of high moral character and a good idea of responsibility of military duty. No triflers for me. This is no funny busi ness." - ' ' - I ' Captain Todd has turned down more applicants than any other com mander. Manyjwho were refused by him enlisted in some other company. rff' THREE STATES' MILITIA MUS GO TO BORDER Guard of Kansas, Missouri and . California Ordered to Be Beady to Entrain for the South, -era line. IP" 4 GUARDSMEN MAY TAKE ARMORED AUTO TO BORDER This armored c. ovt of th (equipment of the New York National Guard, may be taken to the jO'V,"''n "w lom uuard has sovrl of that armored ears. . J FIBST, OF' SOLDIERS TO 60 Officials Will . Not .Say When Mai-ohing Command (Jo to Men "".;.-. of Other States. CLARKE ISSUES A MANIFESTO appli- every The recruiting office in the court nouse yesterday was full of cants, but only about one of three was accented. i- v One man was turned down .because hewas knock-kneed, another failed because of height and weight and an other's teeth and hearing was not up to grade. ' - . . ' .Quits Qood Job. . ' - "I'm quitting a $300 a month job to go as a private one recruit who was accepted "told . the examining board. He asked that his name be withheld from the newspapers because he did not wish bis parents, who live out in the state, to know until the worst actually comes. Half a dozen other recruits also made the same request. " . Many are the humorous and pa thetic incidents that take place every few minutes at the recruiting office. One fellow, recently a bos'n's mte in the navy, ' decideq to become . a militjaman. He appeared for exami nation, which he passed, but when he stripped, he caused a hearty laugh. Nearly every .inch of his skin was tatooed with some kind of a figure, mainly - flowers, animals, . serpents and -women. J " "You'll be the star entertainer of your xompai.y,". he was told. "You can' give the boys I a moving picture entertainment every day." j Another fellow refused to take off (Continued-on 'Page 2, Column 3.) Washington, June 22. Orders to the National Guard- of - Missouri, Kansas snd California to be ready to entrain for the Mexican border as sodn as possible were dispatched to day by the War department' - These guardsmen- will be the first to go in response to. Genera, Funs ton's call for addiitbna,l men to strengthen his border 'patrol. Offi cials would not indicate when march ing orders might, go to the contin gents of the other states. ' '; ' Orders Given.' , -", . Chicago, June. 22. Instructions have. been issued to the central de partment army authorities to expe dite the mustering ofethe Kansas and Missouri National Guard regimen's. Majgic General Thomas H. Barry, commander of the department, today issued the fallowing statement: "The muster-in of the Missouri Na tipnaj Guard is under way. The Kan sas National Guard will be mobilized at Fort Riley, Kan., on Friday,' the 23d, and then will be mustered in. South Dakota troops are reported or dered to mobilize at Redfield on the same date. (Michigan is expected to be ready the latter part of the week and Ohio the early part of next week." . .i -, .. - Ready to Entrain. " Los Angeles, Cal., June 22. Briga dier General Robert Wankowski, commanding the First brigade. Na tional Guard of California, said to day his troops were ready to entrain at any time. . He said he" was await ing orders to move. , Recruiting is beiniz continued. !. , i . - ;Des Moines, : la.? Jtha&ssatSowra nor beorge W. Clarke issued a proc lamation today calling -for volun teers in the Iowa National Guard. "It is anticipated that any mo ment the Iowa troops may be called into action," the call says. "There fore, I do hereby, as authorized by law, call for a sufficient .number of volunteers to bring 'the companies and regiments up to ' required strength." v : . .' " German Submarine Reaches Cartagena ,With. Note for King Madrid, June '22, (Via Paris.)A German submarine arrive4 today at Cartagena. The officers d isembarked and left for V adrid with a confidential letter for King Alfonso. -The arrival of the German subma rine U-35 at Cartagena was officially confirmed. "he submarine is an chored alongside the Spanish cruiser Cataluna. The secretary of the Ger man embassy at Madrid has left for Cartagena to receive an autograph letter from the German emperor to King Alfonso supposed to be thanks for a reception given interned Ger mans -from Kamerun. ' 1 The sectioi. of .' e press which fa- publishes articles today eulogizing the uerman sauors tor tneir naval ex ploits. The submarine came from Pola, the Austrian naval base. Cananea .Copper' .' Plant Siezed by the De Facto'Troops Kansas City, Mo., Tune 22. The $50,000,000 property of the Cananea Consolidated. Copper company of Cananea, Sonora, an American con cern, has been taken over by the de facto "government of Mexico, accord ing to a message from the City of Mexjco received today by Delbert J. Haf f, an attorney, who represents the company ' 1 N ' Latfsing Sends Note to South And Central American Nations Washington, D. C June 22. Sec retary Lansing today sent a memo randum to the diplomatic representa tives of South and Central American nations reviewing the situation exist ing between the United States and Mexico and TrnnoUqcing that if hos tilities should eventuate the future of the "United States would be to defend itself against-further invasion and not intervene in Mexican affairs. The memorandum, dated June 21, follows; . j- ! : "I inclose for your in,. .nation a copy of this government's note of June 20. to' the secretary of foreign' relations of the de facte government of Mexico on the subject of the pres ence of American troops in Mexican territory. This communication states clearly the critical relations existing between this government and the de facto government of Mexico and the causes which have, led up to'-the pres ent situatipn. - ' i t "Should this iituatyn eventuate into 'hostilities, which this govern ment would deeply regret and will use every honorable effort to avoid, I take this opportunity to inform you that this government would havejor its object not intervention in Mex ican affairs with all the regrettable consequences .which might result fro msuch a policy, but the defense of American territory from" further invasion by bands of -armed Mex icans, protection of American citizens and property' along the :, boundary from outrages committed by ' such bandits, and the prevention of future depredations by force of arms against the marauders infesting this region and against a government which is encouraging and aiding them in their activities. -- - ', "Hostilities, In short, would be sim ply a state of international war with out purpose on the pari of the United States other than to end the condi tions which - menace our national peace and the safety of our citizens." ' .. . .. y "'- V VVVT?? . - - ":!zJU :Z1 '1 liaVLiNAS-JONAI GVARO ARMOREP AUTO, - )r7ft- iTttWK& GERMANS CAPTURE ' FRENGHTREHCHES Paris Official Report Admits Lost of Fortification in Verdun . ' , Sector. - ' " '''.. '. GRENADE ASSAULT REPULSED Paris; June 22. After violent at tacks lasting all night the Germans captured front line trenches between Fumin wood and Chenois, in the-Verdun sector, according to an official statement issued today by the war of fice. '..' . .- The Germans attacked in force on both bankV of the Meuse after the usual' heavy; bombardment ' An 'at tack on tht south slope of Dead man's Hill was checked by grenade detachments, according to the official statement; -. '. ,':. j.V'.rL-'-"';-','- On the right bank of the river there wjtre violent, engagements, west, and south of -Fort -Vaux,' during . which the Germans gained a footing in a corner of Fumin wood, but were im mediately expelled. Later they re-' turned to the attack, when some trenches were captured. A German grenade assault north of Hill No. 32 1 was, stopped by the fire of the French. Text of Official Report. The text ofxthe statement says: ' "On both banks of the Meuse last night was marked by a series of pro nounced attacks by the enemy, which followed bombardments of great se verity. "On the left bank the Germans at tacked our trenches upon the southern slopes of Dead Map Hill. During a spiritedengagement with hand gren ades orr troops were successful in completely 'repulsing the enemy and in retaining all their positions. "On the right bank the fighting continued with ferocity in the region west and south of Fort Devaux. Yes terday evening a powerful German at tack penetrated a wood southeast of the Fumin wood. We delivered a counter attack and chased the enemy out. At about midnight a further of fensive action was directed upon our positions reaching from' the Fumin wood to a point to the east of Chenois, and was repulsed- with sanguinary losses. . i .- ' ' . , "At the Fumin wood and at Cheois the enemy secured lodgement in some of our advancedl trenches between these two positions. - "At about 2 o'clock in the morning an attack svith hand grenades against our positions' north of Hill No. 32 1 failed under our fire. ' "In the Champagne district the ar tillery fighting waswery spirited along the' front from Maisons-de-Chim-pagne to Mont .Tetu. .s ; Battle in the Air. ' ' i "A French air squadron went out in pursuit of a group of enemy aero planes which had come forward with the intention of bombarding the vil lages of the valley of the Meuse! Dur ing this pursuit one of the French pi lots brought down two German ma chines. "During the Wight of June 21-22 French aeroplanes threw down a num ber of projectiles upon the railroad stations and the tracks at Apremont, Grand Pre, Septsarges, Rotagne and Brieulles, as well as on the barracks in the wood of Consenvoye and the military establishment north of Thion ville." , Smith is Elected Grand Master of ' 'Knights Templar Los Angeles, Cal., June 22. Lee S. Smith of Pittsburgh was elected to day grand master of the grand en campment of Knights Templar of the United States at the thirty-third triennial conclave. ..' , . ' Other officers elected were: Deputy grand master, Joseph K." Orr, Atlanta; grand generalissimo, J.. E. HieJ.W. Chamberlin, St. Paul; grand captain general, Leonidas P. Newby, Knightstown, Ind.; grand senior warden, William H. Norris, Manchester, la.; grand junior war den, George W. Vallery, Denver; grand treasurer, . H. .Wales Lines, Meriden, Conn., re-elected, and grand recorder, Frank H. Johnson, Louis ville. . ... NATIONS BROUGHT : 10 VERGE OF WAR , ; ,,, -.' :,. - . Washington Offioiala Make No Ef fort to Conceal Their v ' Anxiety, . ' ' v ', ' AWAIT REPORT OF PERSHLNfl N Washington, D. C June 22. While the government had no official confirmation early today of Mexican reports that American and Mexican troops were in a battle yesterday, with heavy losses, on the American side, there was t stir of grim pur pose about the Wlar and State de partments. , .' . ' . , , Secretary Baker conferred with President Wilson i nnd , Secretary Lansing regarding reports given out by Mexican commanders atihe bor der.' Afterward Mr. Baker hastened tp the captpj for conferences with the. congressional militmry-xommit-tee chairmen. He submitted to Chairman Hay of the heuse commit tee a resolution authorizing the pres ident to draft National Guardsmen willing to Hake the federal oath ifito the regular army immediately. Chair man, Hay will call up the resjlution tomorrow. v v - . Officials said President Wilson would await a definite report of what has happened from General Pershing. It was not expected until late today, as the town of Carrizat, where the fighting was Said to have occurred, is sixty miles or more from General Pershing's advance base at . Nami quipa. ,- i Policy Is Unchanged, j At the White House it was said the president's policy was Unchanged for the present at least, and that Mr. Wilson had ho intention .of go ing before congress immediately. Stories .of the fight seem, to indi cate that' the Americans were am bushed and suffered their chief losses from machine gun fire. It is presumed General Pershing promptly dispatched . reinforcements to aid the cavalry detachment Secretary Baker said no marching orders had gone to National Guard units. Nothing could .be done, he declared, until a report from- Amer ican sources had been received. , ' There were no efforts' to conceal the anxiety with which the situation was viewed. There is enough simi larity among the border reports to convince them that a serious clash occurred, whot'ver may have been the aggressor and whatever the outcome, it has brought .war with Mexico so close that officials say any hour may see the conflict in full swing. . Doubt Americans Aggressors. - Reports from Mexican sources tell ing of the .clash, but not disclosing Ame.ican casualties, were accepted by c".cials as fairly authentic, although none would believe-that the Amer icans made the first attack. Pending receipt of General Fun ston's report, President Wilson con sidered the situation serious. He was (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) PERSHING SENDS7 . AID T0TR00PERS General Says He Eat Ead No Word from Offioer in Command at '4' - ';.'' tfarroal Fight. . HE ACTS UPON" INFORMATION San Antonio, Tex.j June 22. Gen eral Fershinga reported to General Funston. today that he had not yet received a report on the fight at Car rizal, but added that on' information sent him, he had' sert out two squad rons of the Eleventh cavalry with instructions to get; into touch' with the troop of the Tenth' that was' en gaged .yesterday ; by. (he Mexican forces. ' ' ','.,.;., ,.t 1 . General Funston made It plain that General Pershings first report has not altered the general situation and that no special orders will be issued .until General Pershlna has rendered aftport in detail of the Carranza tight ana the incidents that led up .to it..' -.-... ' : : : ';..,-,. General Pershing said that alt his men had positive oruers not to do anything calculated to precipitate a fight- with ' troops of the de facto government . , Although unstated in General Per shing's report, officers at the depart ment headquarters draw the-inference that Captain Charles T. Boyd was' in command of Troop H, the troop believed to have been the one engaged at Carrizal. . American Losses Heavier.. El Paso, Tex.,. June ' 22. The Americans who enassed the Carran za soldiers in battle at Carrizal yes terday were heavier losers than the Mexicans, according to reports issued by the Mexican consulate in El Paso today. ' The Mexican claim is that white fourteen of their number, were killed and thirty wounded, .the Americans suffered an even dozen killed and lost seventeen as prisoners. In addition they say the Americans had an un known number of wounded which they carried off with them. They point put also that while the Carranza commander, General Felix Uomez, lost his lite,, the American leader also .was-killed. . - s .' -. Uncertainty regarding the identity of the commander , of the American troops was believed to have been dis sipated by a report received through Columbus, N; M., that he was Captain Lewis S. Morey of the Tenth cavalry. Captain Morey apparently started on his mission, which has hot been offi- .ciajy explained, from Ojo Federico, but the exact time is not known, al though t may. have been , Monday, ' American is Released. ; ' . An American newsoaoer man. f. C Johnson of Dallas,- Tex., who came here -recently and is attached to one of - the local palters, was arrested in Juarez this afternoon. General Bell and other officials immediately com municated with Mexican authorities, requesting his release, lohnson was released on receint ot the requests from the American offi cials. It was said he had been gath ering information of military value. AMERICANS HOLD FIELD OF BATTLE AGAINST BIG ODDS Troops of Tenth Cavalry Maka Stand for Five Hotm in Face of Enemy Outnumbering Them Five to 0nt CTAY TILL FOE REINFORCED Courier Reaches" Pershing's Head , qnaiters with. News of tha Engagement. i EXPECTED SOON AT C0IVMB1TS Swedish Trade Journal Says Germany is Nearing Starvation ' Stockholm, June 21.--(Via Lon don, June 22.) The Swedish Trade Journal Affarsvirlden, representing the best business interests in Sweden, today prints a remarkable editorial commenting on the war, in which it says it is time for the Swedes to re alize that the outcome cannot be fa vorable to the central powers. The food questions says the newspsper, will decide the war, and it declares that the bad situation in Germany is responsible for the "reckless offensive at Verdun and the recent attempt to win a naval battle." ' , ' ., The article says: j "The food situation in Germany is bad) and much worse than the Swed ish people generally think. Swedish conceptions as to how peace will be concluded have not taken sufficiently into consideration the importance of the -campaign of, starvation against Germany. - - - - "The central powers cannot obtain a peace advantageous to them. It is said in a long German article regard ing the central disposition of food that the butchers are unable to supply more than one-third the normal quota and that Germany in the very near future must feed Its people chiefly on vegetables.' Even if it is possible to train the,' population to a vegetable diet, this cannot be done unless there is plenty of bread, butter and eggs and turnips, beans and such other vegetables, but none of these, not even potatoes, can be had in the quan tities the peiple require .them. Es pecially there seems to be a lack of bread, beans, peas,-butte.', eggs, rice, oats and all the nourishing vegetarian foods. -As a matter'-of fact, there is greater lack of these than of meat." Swedish business interests in these sections are friendly to Germany, and many years of trading with that coun try has outweighed that of any other, ar.d this article in the representative trade journal warning business men as to the outcome of the war is re garded here with much interest .' . Columbus,. N. M. June 22. The . troops, of the Tenth cavalry, which clashed with Carranizistas yesterday at Carrizal, held the field for five hours before retreating, although they ' were outnumbered five' to one, ac cording to unofficial reports here to-night.- The report said that the Amer icans only withdrew when; heavy ' Mexican reinforcements were brought up. '. . It was learned that a courier from the battle field , reached General Pershing's field " headquartera at Colonia Dublan late today, and the- " expeditionary commander's report is expected over the army wireless mo mentarily.. v:.' ,'-':;';'";: De Factos Abandon Railroad Towns. , Columbus, N. M., ujne 22. The de, facto troops, which for weeks formed part, of the pincers formations that threatened to close in on the pnitive expedition in the event of any move ment south of Namiquipa, disappeared last night. It is presumed -they . are -heeding for Chihuahua City to effect a junction with Trevino's main body, from information received here today. This report is taken to mean that the towns of Casas Grandes, Colonia Dublan and El Valle are free of Car ranzistas. Thus far no details of the . . reported fight between a detachment ot the Tenth cevalry and Carranzista troops near Carrizal have reached Co lumbus. Intense activity on the part ' of officers and men here is noticeable. The aero squad is making every effort to send biplanes south to the expedi- j tion today. , ; . Mexican Consul Sandoval has been ordered, by his gttWftUifent torport- to Juarez. . He leaves with his family today. V.,J;;: , .. ... ... Arab Kebels Take Holy City of Mecca v London, June 22. Reports have, been received here that a serious up rising against the Turks is in progress ' , in Arabia and that the rebels have captured the holy city of Mecca. 1 The London newspapers declare -that the rebellion is certain to have an important bearing on the war, es- -pecially as regards the participation' of Turkey. -ThrfTost says: "The uprising is due to recent wholesale executions of Mohamme dan and Syrian ' notables and well known religious leaders, and also to the spread in Arabia of a feeling that the Turks have abdicated their posi tion as the protector of the Moham- -medans and have become the vassals i of Germany." . , The Graphic says: ""The revolt is a smashing blow at Turkey, and the capture of Mecca is an event which, will shake Turkish prestige to .its foundations." x A Reuter dispatch from Cairo says the rebels, in addition to taking Mecca, have captured Jiddah, the ' chief seaport of Arabja, and Taif, sixty-five miles southeast of Mecca, and have proclaimed independence of the Arabs from Ottoman rule. ' N It is said the garrisons of Mecca, Jiddah and Taif, surrendered with the exception of two small forts at Taif, which are still resisting. At Jiddah fdrty-five officers,' 1,400 men and six guns were captured. Medina, 248 miles northwest of .Mecca, which ; contains the tomb of Mohammed, is J closely besieged, and all .communica- tions to Hejas are in the hands of the'' grand sherif. : . , Gregory Slated for The Supreme Bench Washington, June 22. Nomination of Attorney General Thomas W. Gregory. to succeed Charles E. Hughes on the supreme - court was , said today by persons in President Wilson's confidence to have been vir tually decided upon. It is regarded aa certain that John W. Davis, solicitor general, will be named attorney gen- -eral. , J Where Room for Rent Advertisers , Get Results ' 1 W '' , ; v ' In March Th Baa made a gain of 81 per cent in Rooms For Rant Ads. ,., In April the gain In Rooms For Rent Ada waa 100 pt cent " An in May The Bee t carried 108 per cent rnore Rooms For Rent Ads than in May, 1915. Results. Results, ResrlU. 7k