Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

              MOST COMPLETE
SPORT SECTION IX THE CITY
N
'^.
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT TO 3 A. M. SUNDAY
THE WEATHER
">
Washington, July 3.—Eastern Penna: Partly clody Sunday and Monday.
PRICE FIVE CENTS  r^bLS f-tuL^'c^'ort:
WILKESBARRE, PA., SUNDAY,   JULY4,1915
Entered at Wllkes-Barre,  Pa. as Second Class .Mail Matter.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
HOLT CONFESSES TO WRECKING OF SENATE
GERMAN HOSTS SWEEP FORWARD TO THE BUG RIVER
FREDDY WELSH OUTPOINTS CHARLEY WHITE IN GREA T TEN ROUND BOUT
HOLT A TTLMPTS TO BLOW UP SENA TE BEFORE HIS ATTACK ON J. P. MORGAN
Former Instructor in German at Cornell University Causes New Sensation by Confessing That He Wrecked Public Reception Room in the National Capitol Before Taking Midnight Train For New York—Wilson's Absolute Neu¬ trality in the Sale of Munitions Blamed F o r Making Cranks of Pacifists
I COLLEGE IN MS
HUERIA LOCKED UP
IN EL PASO lAIL
Glen Cove. L. I,. July 3—Frank Holt, who shot J. P. Morgan i Awarded Ph. D. Degree at Cor-1 Former Dictator Incarcerated
YOUTH DROWNS AS COMPANIONS FLEE
Olwen Dobson, Aged 12, of Gaylord Avenue, Plymouth, Sinks to Death After Leaping From Raft Near Parrish Colliery —Search For Body Continues Throughout the Night
today, has confessed to Police Captain Frank J. Henney that he is the! rnan who attempted to blow up the Senate wing of the Capitol last I night.    Holt says that after wrecking the public reception room of the Senate wing he took the midnight train for New York and went im¬ mediately to Glen Cove.
Who Arrests Him
Makes Startling Statements.
That he was resi'onsible for the bomb explosion In the capitol at Washington J.i'c Kriday was the utartlinc Vinfes- b,(ir. made toniBht hy Krank Hok, who earlier In the day attempted tn assas¬ sinate .1. Pierpont .Morgan.
Details i>f th econfession, which was made to Detective t'aptain  Thomas J.
]    "Ht.w did you make the bomb?" ho j was atiked.
j •Well", he answered. "I took three j slick.5 of dynamite and bound them lo- Mtcther. Then I took my knife and hol¬ lowed oul a place in one of the Micks. \\ put some, rt>atch head? in this hole— : three or foDt. ,When the match heads l*ere put in'the hole 1 took a little bot- jlk- of sulphuric acid out of my pocket I and put a regular cork in the neck.    1
SAYS HE IS PERSECUTED
Tunny, of Police t'ommissioner Woods'
.-•laff. has not yet heen made public.    Il |tuii,('o the brttle upside down an 1 fas
l.>^ said it  contains slalements of Holt's Itr-ncd the crik in the hole in the dyni.-
plaii.« for further outrages which he contemplated that are 50 remarkable thai a further Investigation is to be made.
Kumor.« were in circulation in .Mineo¬ la tonight whTe Holt waa locked up for
the  nigh"   liut  he  had  planned a three j ,vasn't   an.v   guess   work corn* red  ;>rnti-.«it    against  the    alleged   Knew now much time 1 fali-jit? of tilt Vnited States to maintain   around  while  the acid
mite just al>ive the match. You see 1 had timea the sulphuric atid in my tests befoii and I knew Just how it woi;!J take to rat through the coiU and ;e'. to the matches. When the acid reached the iialch heads it set them on hr.»  and  caused   the  explosion.     There
aboul it. 1 had so 1 h'iiig ate    its    wav
strict-iiv'iirality in the  Kuropean war.
II was announced at police headquar¬ ters tonisht that Police Commissioner Woods is trying to connect Holt with tlif placing ol the bomb at the home of Andrew ('arnesie shortly before mid¬ night on lhe night of .lune 2S.
I'lji fri't effort, it is d«»flTrd. was to ha\e lieon a partial destrucno.i rf li.e Niriionn'. Capitol. In this lie w:\-< :nca>i- tiiiibly KiKcessful Next he plaan«,d 'o kill .Mr Morgan, and the plan narrow¬ ly evi-;^ppd being carried thrfnigh. Kin- ally il is chargco he had in mind the dramr.tii a-ssassination of one other dis- ti-.v lushed man whose death wo.ilil h wr startled the world.
Describe*   Actions   in   Detail.
III his confession, mnde .iointly to Captjiii: Tunnry and Police Jujtico l.u.'flcr. Holt described in detail the bi>nil« with which he planned to blow u;. the capitol. Cafitain Tunney, who is head of the bomb and anarchist tijuait of Ihe  New  York police depart-
throi'gli the cork. I pulled out niy watch and s:iid to myself that it ought to be soin« pretty soon and sure enough i: uid go pretty soon. Then I hurried  I'.way."
Supt. of Police Pullman of Washinsr- ton after a talk with police commi.s- .<iloner Woofls to-night left for Mineola for a talk with Holt. Commissioner Woods also sent to Mineola with ln» ¦Washington offlcial detective seryoanl Bariiil::. nbi. acting under Instn-ctioiis from t.'aptaiii Tunney, posed as a de:-.- con at the time to blow up St. Pat¬ rick's Cathedral was frustrated. Kour detectives xtnt along with Barnitx. Hilt K confe.ssion followed in the wake of his denial to newspapermen ttiat he had had an;.thing to do with tlje Wasiiin.i-t'iii cxplo.sion. His aitention has '.'-ron called to the marked sin.ilar- ity of biiiguage used in the letter re¬ lating lo tbat nffaii and hig own )an- guagt' in his statement to-day.
"I don't know anything about that," he then .said. "I wasn't in Washing¬ ton;   1   was  in   .New   York.     I  had  my
nell Two Weeks Ago; Work ed as Instructor in German Department
NEVER THOUGHT RABID
Ithaca. .\. Y. .luly 3.- Krank Holt, the ftirmer (Cornell instructor, who shot J P .Morgan loday, finished his .-vr- vice at the unlverpity two weeks ago and hr.d accepted the chair of Krench hiitorir in the Southern Methodist Col- le.ge al Dallas, Texas.
Koit taught (Ierman at Cornell. He is an accomplished linguist, speaking: su'v through rearrest brought aboi: Trench and tierman fluently and bein? this inglorious finale to a day of pvro- well Versed in Spanish. He came here. tchnich during which the former ruler two jders ago from X'anderbilt l'niv?r- of >:exlco alternately appealed for pro¬ sily,   where   he   had   also   taught.     jiejlfctKn   against   what   he   termed   "in-
After Failing to Furnish Bail i Hosts Of General  Mackenzen and Threats to Kill Marshall
h. Pa.so. .July 3.—VIctoriano Huerta. former dictator of Mexicl^ and five companions, accused of plotting 10 vio¬ late I nited States neutrality by plotting a ntw revolution in .Mexico, were lock¬ ed lip In the county Jail as ordinary pilsoi.ers this afternoon. Inability lo fumir-h additional bail rendered nece;?-
i     Leaving  a   raft   on  whirh   he and  a\    Some of the boys who were wif". D.ib- j number of little companions had  been | eon told  the  police some Oisconnicted I floating  about   on   the   river's   surface | stortes of the drowning.    They admit- near the  boiler   house  at   the   Parrisn 1 ted tha'all were too frighleii'.;d lo make collierj-  at   Plymouth  yesterday  after-j anv    enort  to save    their  cotnoaiv-on. noon    about 5 o'clock    Olwen  Dobs.n,   rb^y exp'air.ed that he remained above I aged 12 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jo- jvaier for a few strokes and u.en sank, seph Dobjron. of Gaylor daveiiue, l;ap- \T^ey wtre  unable to tell wh3i;i«r lhe
boy nav exhausted or whether cramps
ed  into  the  stream  and  mp.du  .an »t-
Have Reached the Bua— '""'" .*," '""''^ ^"'"" *'*'"" ^"^ ^^^^^
"a away   His strength evidently gave out,
and the youth sank below the siirftice and Into several feet of water, instead of attempting tn rescue then com¬ panion, the other boys, all ihjrougnly frightened, made their way to th-; ohora and    scattered in    different dlrsetiois.
Defeated Russians Flee FIELD GUNS REACH WEST
I
,0 ... ^1 Some   informed   their   parents   of   the
onrti^in, h r     fe"" K*  t?'^*"' j drowning and the police were lat-r no- undiminished   vigW.   the  German '
.luly
lified.
I River  Daep  At  Pein*.
A search  for 'h.- iioy'g body [ once begun,  but
was at
sr<-cif.li/.*d   in   German   at   Cornell   and dill   such   brilliant   work   that   he   v.'rh (.raii'.ed his decree of Doctor of I'bilos.-' I-h.v  tbis June.
Holt was primarily a graduate stii- iloii*., hut in order to eke out his in- C'-me and support his family—a wif*.- ard two children--he secured a yasi- ticn as instructor in the C5erman do- pa-lmtnt. His rare scholarship won tht friendship of his professors and they gladly recommended him for an instiuctorship. He had finished work here two we<!k.'« ago and said that h-? wia leaving :for .New York. Hia w./e and two children had started for Te.<;«,i a fcv.'  weeks ago.
Known as pro-German.
Whilf Holt wa.« known anumg h's acsdciales a.s pro-German, he was 11.it considered   ra.bid   and   several
su'.t.  humiliation and  persecution." .-nd rr.iled becnuse he had no revolver wlili which   10   kill   Deputy    V.   ,¦«.    Marsli". 1 Br-ant,   who  had   taken  him   into  cift tody.
"Had 1 carried a revolver with me. so help me C.od I would have killed this marshal on the spot" he sputtTod, when arraigned.
Others Ar* Arreited. Gen Ignacio Bravo, t^ens. .lose Del- gado, EnHqiie Gorostiete, Kdwardo Ceus and J. B. Rattner were arrested at the same time as Huv^rta on the «ame  charges  brought   at  'he  instlgs-
jtlon   of   the   Department     of     Justice.
j'tuerta   resisted  arrest  and  was  taken ov forci»
Iboilding
London
with
hosts     of   General     .Mackenzen     have
beached   the   Bug   river   at   a   number |
of points in their northern drive while
the  armies   of  General   Von   Cjinslngen
In   eastern   Galicia   are     cha.slnc     the 1 The    river is deep at the poi:u  wbiT-
Russian   armies   which   were   defeated | the bov sank and Ihe current  1.   .-^wift
along the Nitia Lipa.    The tremendous ; The  police  believ.-  that  the   i.odv
bottling in movement of the Teutons' been carried dow.i stream bv I in Poland continue.s unabated. News 1 from the front received here by wire- I less, states that the Russians already ;are withdrawing from Ivangored. the I mighty   fortre.ss   at   the   confluence   of
the   Vistula   and    Yiepr?.   rivers.   With I the   northward   sweep   of   \"on   M.ick-;
affected him.
Grappling Hooks Usod. All laLi night men in boats dra^3«rt grapfling hooks along the bo'-tiin of the river in the vicinity of wliire the boy went down and for manj^ ydds ije- low the point. Their efforts to .-cc. ;ver the body were of no avail. Rel^t.ves of the boy remained at the wal..--.-.-- ed.ge during the weary hours, hoping at ev¬ ery moment to see the oody recovered. The grief of the members of hi^ t.imily
p to ar» eaeriy hour | was beyond description.   Spurre-J on by this morning it had not been recovered, jthe pleas of the parents to excr? every
, effort  to  recover  the  remains,  several ' people   made   many   unsuccessful   at¬ tempts to    locate the body    by dlvin?. This, like the grappling, brought no re¬ sults.
the
nH» cur-
I rent.
I
He was taken to the Kederal escorted   by   IJeul.     .<^ha!!cn-
„.,,,, ^    , "'   ¦he.jb'^rger,   V.  .s.   a.   provost  marshal  a.id
CcrnMl protestors who favor the Allies | two V. S. deputy marshals.    His bond said  toaay   that  they  regarded  him  .1.  was   set   at   J15,00n.   making     a     tota tlK. most rea.sonable man in the en'lre   hond of $.10,000 In vew of the fact tha G.imar, department.    Hol, had no bit- |h.   f,,nished   »1.S,000   hail     Jhen   ^r-'
jrested  a  week  ago.    His  aide scurried
enzens army it Hindenburg in will   soon   begin
is   reported   that   Von!
the   Baltic southward
province.*" movement
to   develop   the   army   of  Grand   Diike Xicholas.
Pushing   Toward    Fortress.   ¦ An official statement issued at   Ber-
[
Washington. July 3—Official advices
to the ,State Department today regard-
Iln   to-day   declares  that   the  Germans i jng the sinking of the Armenian by the
have advanced to Ihe Bug near Strzumiolowa below Krjlow. Thsjr; are rapidly sweeping iiorlfiwuro i.i- ; ward their objective, the great central I fortress of Brest-Litovsk. the nerve ' center of the eptire Rii.astan campaign. I Wf."t I.f the Vistula Ihe Austro-Get- i m:ns are reported already well to thei noitii of Tarlow-. their advance .in-! stcnifien     A dispatch nmched  here to-
German submarine l'-38. with the loss of about twenty-one American negroes brought important information, hut left the Department still without Informa¬ tion as to the olillgarion of this gov¬ ernment.
Consul Armstrong at Bristol. Eng¬ land, reported that tbe Armenian at¬ tempted   for   4.i   minutes   lo   run   aw-ay
j/cp
SIOUX CIIY RACE
iving a MarrJni, toda.v' won
tel'nesi-   toward   England   and   he   cer
t:iiiil.\     had    none   for    FYance.   or   th<?!,„.
Kunch. of whom he talked in the high- \      - ¦"^^"'""J'  *""  ""''st     was     fniltle.s;
est teimi.    He was never a prominent
meiii. says that as a  missile of te^r^r , breakfast  and  luncheon st    the    .Mills il \ ^s unique in the history of the tor- j Hotel at Thirty-six street and Seventh
rcrist movement
"I made this bomb." Holt .^aid, "w-ith ihrto sticks of d.\namlte. some ma'ch- bi-ad«- and some .<-ulpihuric acid."
"Pietty slick," commented Captain Ti.iine.'-. seeking to draw the man out. •'But  ! don't see how you did it."
¦ Well, you sec." answ-ered Holt, 'h.s e>«s brightening, " Ihad experimenf<;l or 1; before. Not once, you know, out manv times. I knew Just what 1 was d'ini; and .lust how to do it. I really d'.f-r'l take an\ chances for all m.v ol>- seivutlons had  been checked up and  [
a\-enue
He was then told    the    Mills    Hotel
clerks  had   not    recalled    seeing    him
about there yesterday. I "It does look Strang, doesn't it," he [said, after reading the Washington istory for the second time. "It seems j strange that the man who did that I thought about like I did, doesn't i'7 It
was rather odd that he used the same
words I did-    I can't explain it."
Half an hour later, after Captain ! Tunney had questioned him closely he j collapsed  and  made a  full  confession.
l;r.ew when the bomb would go off al- 1
most to the minute.    In fact, 1 wa'tod   Third degree methods were used.
i.l V,-ashington    till 1  heard    it  go off. j     "We lad to go after him pretty good
Thm  I   hurried  aw-n>   and   caught  the  and strong before he    would    tell    us 1
trail'   for   New-   York.     I    didn't    have  what he knew." said Justice Lyster
ini.ch  time so I had to hurry." (Continued on Page 2.)
rWDDIE ILSH BEATS WHITE
figure in the bitter disputes about fhe war, which were more or less frequent Cirinp th» fall, but he did write lefers of protest to a loral newspaper because it criiicised Germany's violation of Bel¬ gium's neutrality.
It is said tbat lately Mr. H.vlt has been much wrought up over the ques¬ tion of exportation of arms and he is said to have expressed strong objec¬ tion lo the I'nitec! states permitting the shipment, of arms to the Allien.
Holt, however, could not be consider¬ ed violent on the question, though a man of his type might be beneath the surface and not show it to his fellows. Studious »n6   Hard  Worker.
Holt was a studious, hard working (Continued ot Page 2.)
IN SLASHING TEN ROUND GO
OF LOCAL HOME AFTER EATING HEARTY MEAL
(By James J. Corbett, formerh  Heavy¬ weight Champion of the World.)
.New York, Julv 3--By the narrow- margin of one round the liest of it Kreddy W^lsh. lightweight champion of the world had the t»etter of his ten round light with Charley White of Chi¬ cago,  at   Hrifb.ton   Beach   to-night.
It was one of the cleverest light¬ weight flghts 1 have witiie.>i»ed in a numijer ot years.
White made a grand tinish in the ninth and leiiih rounds, but it lacked just a shade of getting him a draw. White u"rtoi>btedly i? a great fidliier with r. wicked punch In both hands *Jut Wel.'h's wor-derfiil cleverness w-hs | too much for the hard hitting Chicag) lad.
If  While   iiad   only   started   his   rall.v
Welsh deserves great credit for his Sreal battle against the slugger of the west. He was playing with dynamite ¦111 throush the battle Welsh did the leading in this round en- KIRST ROUND.
They rushed out of their corners in a clinch. Kor a full 30 .seconds they battled aw-ay at close quarters White iloing :»11 the work. While no damage was done. White did what work there j wa.". They broke away and \Velsh popped with a long left to the face. I Welsh 'lucked a wicked left swing and i
Michael Keating Passes Away Following Attack of Hem- nDorrhage Before Aid Reach¬ es Him
Seated on the front porch at hia home at 11 Liberty lane last night after eat¬ ing a hearty meal Michael .1. Keating, one of the best know-ii resident^ of the Xewtown .section, was suddenly attack¬ ed with a hemorrhage and before med¬ ical aid reached him, the man died. Members of his family were sc.'dted with him when be was stricken, hul their ef¬ forts to aid the dylAg man were to no
rushe<l    out.      V.'elsh    clipped
White with a left to    the    jaw.    They
wont into a clinch. White doing all the
1 w    ..,_..   ,. ._ .J. *¦'""¦'*¦     Welsh   blocked   all   he   offered
aarlier in the fight.  1 believe he would   ^^.^j, '     ""Ten
h^ve  beaten the  Englishman.     Instead
„_.„i,„_ „,,     .   , ,,        ..     „. .avail.    E.vactly what luoi.ght on the at-
another clinch followed.    Wel.sh slipped I tack has not been determined, .^s  they   rushed  and  the  bell  folK.wed. Retired for Some Tim..
It was even. I
SECOND ROrXD '     ^^^   Keating,   who   lias   been   retired
¦from active employment for some time
They
rf rushing the veteran Welsh and leading he laid back and tried to coun¬ ter. Welsh's fast left, however, furn¬ ished him no opv>ortunit\   to counter.
.Kt the Slart of the ninth White rea¬ lised this and for the first time took fhe offensivf. He forced the English¬ man all around the ring in the ninth and tenth round   but it was not erough
e booked a left to the body. Welsh returned with two left.<» to the face. There was little flghting in this round! Honors   even.
THIRD ROLTNIi. They went into a clinch and it took Referee Roche ten seconds to separate them Welsh stabbed with a left to the face and White returned with a right cross to the law and then clinch followed  clinch.    They did    a    lot    of
.->nd the one time dtctartor was led off to  a   cell      On   Hu-rtas   reappearance, commissioner   arone  ard     offered     his hand.     "Yoii   have   been   arrested   and brought  before me on complaint of 1' S   District Attornev Crawford." he ex plained   'Mr.  Crawford    has    instrue- 'ions  frcm  Washington  to    raise    the amount of your bond if possible. Calls It Persecution. "I am not only being detained by your government,   but  am   being  persecuted as well," cried  Huerta as he took  the center of the floor.
Huerta then launched in his com¬ plaint against the deputy who made the arrest. Later he handed newspapermen a message addressed to the chief lus- ttice of the t'nited States Supreine Court protesting against "persecution and a.skinig the court to prevent him from being further molested. He also issued a written statement protesting {his innocence, charging that he "had I been treated 11kg s dog" and giving as¬ surance that he would be on hand for trial when wanted.
MORE GUARDS SENT TO THE PRESIDfeNT
Cornish. N. H., July 3--Owing to fears that cranks may be stirred up by the explosion in the Capitol building, Washington, and fhe attempted a.ssas- slnation of .Mr. J. r. .Morgan, additional ¦=:ecret service men were sent here to guard President Wilson.
I'hAre alreadv were eight .s.'cret ser¬ vice men here.
PUBLIC MEETING TO BE HELD BY JEWISH ORDER
An invitation has been extended the public to attend a meeting of the .Mix- rachi, a Jewish organization, at the Lincoln Street Synogue on Wednesdav "l»'ht, .-starling at S o'clock. There will It .f ¦^'¦"' "P'""'^*'". Including Rabbi ."Vl. Berlin of New York and Rabbi Ebin of Clev.-land. O., two prominent Jewl.sh educators.
Rabbi Joseph Lex-in. of the Lincoln Street Synogogue, wiil serve as chair¬ man of the meeting. Among the local speakers  will  he Dr.  Albert  Kaufman.
niMi fr..m Amsterdam state.s that r 1-,'''"'" •^'•' submarine and stopped only repoiteo in Budapest that the Russ:.i:is i *^*^'" ''^*' ^^'^ ''"'" ^^^ ^"""^ ^^' ''^^"•'" hn\e   evacuated   all   of   northern   ges- ,'''""' "^'' '^^'"'^"" ^¦'^''''-    The dispatch
Sioux City hacker, dri the 300-mlle automobile race o%-er a two-mile dirt oval. His titme was 4.00.56, an average of 74.70 miles per honr. Kddie O'Donnell. in a r>eusen- burg. finished second and Tom Alley, also piloting a Deusenburg. was; third. O'Donnell's time was 4.03.21 and .Al¬ ley's 4.12.31.7. D. Resta. who was a strong favorite for the event, dropped, out eearly on account of engine trou¬ ble.
sai-i.bif..
Allied PotJtU>ns Bombarded, L< ndon.   .luly   3.—F'rench   reinforce-
w-as not pealed.
patch  from  .\mbassador  Page,  the ef¬ fect  of which  will  be  to  increase  the entirely clear and ordered re- I difficulties of the situation if it is not If the statement  is confirmed | established  that  the warning shots  of
the  State   Department   w-ill   iindoubted-
ncntj, of heavy field guns have reache-l I'>' regard the incident as closed Inas- lh<- tiermans in the west, according to much as the position of this govern- d'.epatches from fhe front, and from liv? , rn^nt is fhat a vessel which continued s»M to Al.sare. a practically continu.m-* ' f^l^avoring fo escape after being bombardment has been opened against ; hailed b.v a sul-'marlne does so at its the allied positions.    So heavy hss liris'own  risk.
slM-llint- been in places that all infa.i- try ettempfs have been precluded The Frercli and British are contentin,- tl.'MTiselves w-ith replying to the Ger- mons in kind, but on a more economi¬ cal scale.
The Department received also a dis-
!the suhmariue w-ere heeded. 1 -Another dispatch informed the De- I partment that fiS survivors of the At- menian sailed from Bristol .vesterday I for the L'nited States. Kour men sailed jon the Leyland steamer Victorian and I fifty-six on the Leyland liner Weini- I friedian.
mm MUST PERMIT
SPECIAL MENTION
and   s'.venth.
Th-  ninth and  the  fourth
past, en.loyed a heart>  meal with mem¬ bers of his family last night.    At the table he appeared in the best of spirits and   to  every   outward   appearance,   in fhe best of health.    After the meal he went  to  the front  porch and  sat  in a j chair.     In  a few-  minutes and  without I an.v warnin.g he waa seen to plunge for- ¦ ward.   These with him reached his side ! in an instant and a physician was ha-s- 1 .„,   .,
tily  summoned,   but   Mr.   Keating  died I -^"rthampton street.  Easton.  Pa
before the latter arrived. I WANTED
Burial At  Nsnticoka. i
Mr. Keatl.ng was fiS years of age.   Hi« wife and the following children survive
him:      Gertrude. .Michael,    Loretta and 1 WA.NTED—High  class Genevieve.      A    stepson.    William    R. '
New Structure For West Mar¬ ket Street Will Cost $500,- 000—To Select Engineer
WILL STOP CONGESTION
The court yesterday gnve its approv¬ al to the petition for the erection of a $500,000 bridge to take the place of the presetn structure across the river at ! We.st .Market street. The action of the court was made known by Judge Kul¬ ler, the proposiiion having haen consid¬ ered by the judges af a meeting held about ten days ago.
The next step will be the .selection of ' an engineer by the county commis- j sioners to make plans for the propo.sed I bridge. This will b'e a juicy plum for I some engineer and it is expected ihat I there   will   be   considerable   rivalry   to'
OF
State Department's Concern in Safety of Foreigners in Mex¬ ico City Culminates in Demand Upon General—Com¬ munication With Outside World Stopped When Tele¬ phone Wires Are Cut
Washington, July S—The growing! News also has been received that concern of the Stale Department re-[Consul General Shanklin and C. J. garding the safely of foreigners in | O'Connor, an officer of the Red Cross. Mexico (,'ity h.ns culminated in a de- i with light boxes of medicines have en- mnnd   on  General   Carranza     that     he   tered the capital.
Wetliiesda.\'   from   the   Brir.lllHii   minis-
jter at Mt>.\icci City, aiiiioiiiiciiig that the Only  ni<<-:ui.''' of    oommunlcatiuiis    with
the  out.^lde  World  over  lhe    telephone
line to  I'achiica haa been cut.
C\NV\sm.'R.^ ¦a-AVTi.-r^    ,    .,      w l''*^'* "¦ '^^^^^ '"" ""« hundred feet and
1- ASSLRb T\ANTLD-Lady about allow plenty of room for vehicular traf- hn!'''.»"''r. !" .'¦^"^'"'« '¦¦""' house to fie as well a., for the operation of the house. Kirst class article; good seller: lears of the traction companv It Is ex- most Uheral commls.sion: no money re-| peeled that the traction companv will quired:    no   fake.     O.   Z.   Pharmacists. ! either contribute a good part of the cost
of the enterprise or pay a yearly rental to the county for the use of the struc¬ ture.
land tt.
Garman Opposed It. .ludge Gmniati bus oppo.sed Ibe erec- '<,n!y niwui.'-- tion of a new bridge ai this point. Hei believe.s fhat fhe new structure should ! be built at .Northampton street ,so aa to | relieve congestion at Market and.River ' streets. This suggestion did not meet ' with the approval of any of the other | judges and it was dropped.
The intention of the county commis- j Brazilian   minister  asking   him   to   get sioners  is   to  erect  a   bridge  that   will! the wneless .".n Ihe German    Embassy
af.d try to c.immunicate with the Amer- l.'an  •.varsliip.':  in  the  Paclflc ocean.
Consul Canada at Vera Cruz has re¬ ported the safe arrival of twelve car¬ loads of corn at Paciita which is but a short distance from the capital.
Conferences    between    Villa    leaders
here and    beiween  Carranza    and  hia
coun.sel, Charles Dougla.s, in Vera Cruz
are expected to result  in  further pro-
po.sals for peace friim \'illa and conce«-
sions of some kind frnm Carranza,
Peace  Being Sought.
At least this is the hope of the State
Uepariment.    It i.« un<lerstood lhaf Mr.
l>i>uglas is urging General Carranza to
; discuss  with   \illa  plans  for a  peace-
Tbe   governrnenf   Is   endeavoring     to | ful adjustment of .Mexicr,'s affairs. The
•>stabli.xh  wlrf^le.ss communication  wifhU'arranza agency    here tonight    issued
Mexico Cilv in order that it may be in   'he following statement:     "A dispatch
constant tout h with the Brazilian min   i •"' the confidential agency of the Con-
permit diplomatic communications to pass over the wires to and from fhe cppilal. Instructions bave been sent to Consul Silliman that he see General Carraiiz.1 and present him with this government's demands.
Dispatch   Impels Action.
This .Tctloii by the State Depariment
was impelled by the receipt of an  un-
! dated   dispalcli     presumably     sent     on
I i^fer.    It has sent a dispatch    to
st.ock in
—Men
towns.
ornamental
1       .^.,...      .,i«.ii    now-.    Klrst
I .National  .Nurseries. Rochester, .N. T.
in  my  opinion  to offset   the  lead  thaf Ifsncy sparing, but very few blows were Welsh secured in the third, flfth. sixth j landed.    Welsh led with a left, clinched
Iand White sank two lefts to the bodv. I James, also survives. Arrangements ! bu°he° Kredd.N iahbed with his left and took jfor the funeral have not been complet- > ma'^neni a  hard left  to the Jaw._  Tne fact that jed, but the b-irial will be made at Xan
a  hard left  to the Jaw.
(Continued on Page 10)
I Ucoke.
to    sell
.Start     „. ,
Costliest County  Bridge,
—-" j     The bndge will be the costliest that
man    to    sel! I has  so    far  been  erected  In    Luzerne
roses,    vines,    berry : County and It will also be the most or-
bulbs. etc.    Good wages     Per-   namental.     No   further   effort   will   be
Kxcluslve   territory      Brown • made to make It a memorial structure
Brothers    Nurseries,    Rochester.    New 1 ror
trees,    shrubs.
York.
,....   the Civil W^r soldiers and sailore from this county.
In the meantime lhe Department h-»s i-enewcd its efforts to arrange for the tmisportation of food stuffs to th« capital and also to facilitate fhe dis- trlbutii-n of food and medical supplies by the ed Cross elsewhere In the re¬ public.
Report  All  Quiet.
The last definite word the depart¬ ment h.Ts received regarding the sifiin- tiot! in Mexico City came in a dis¬ patch from 'he Ameiicen consular aeent sf Puebla which said that a!l was quiet in the capital as late at G o'clock on the evening of June '0.
,1,^ I slltutionalist goiernmem dated at San Antonio. Texas, and received late today announces the arrest of Ricardo (;omez Robelo. formerly attorney general in the cabinet of Vicforiano Huerta. The arrest was made at the request of Pas- cuai Orozco in San Antonio. The war¬ rant for fhe arrest of Robelo charges him with complicity in the conspiracy with Huerta, Orozco and the other members of the reactionary party. He is thereby inrludeti in the charges against fhe ex-dictator and his accom- plic«(S w Ith violation of the neutrality of the Cnited States."
It announced also the receipt of word that Pascual Orozco, who eluded the secret service men at El Paso ahia morning, had been located at Valenton and that it was his intention to crosa into Mexico torn'—' —.