Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 12, 1915, Page 1

TN B / . The Best Schools and Colle _Advertisdinneg GONZALES CAPTURES THE CITY OF MEXICO, KILLING THOUSANDS Constitutionalist Chief Occupies An- cient Capital of Montezumas at Terrific Cost to Enemy.v FEW DETAILS ARE AVAILARLE Carranza General Takes 3,000 and Kills 2,000 Zapatistas in Final Assault. ‘T0 ESTABLISH SELF IN PLACE «Copyright, Press Publishing Co., 1915) VERA CRUZ, Mex., July 11.— «(Special Telegram to the New York World ‘and Omaha Bee.)-—Mexico. City fell at 3 o’clock: this afternoon into the hands of General Gongales. Gonzales reports killing 2,000 and ‘capturing 3,000 Zaptistas during the final assault’ He will establish headquarters in the national palace tomorrow. WASHINGTON, July 11.-—Gen- eral Pablo Gonzales has occupied Mexico Ctty, according to informa- tion given by Carranza officlals to American consular officers at Vera Cruz tonight, No details were given in the mes- sages which reached here late to- night, but the advices were regarded as probably-correct, as the Carranza forces had been reported earlier in the day as in the outside districts of | the city itself. Whether any fighting took place in the streets or the Zapata forces had evacuated was not stated. Mayor's Wife to Aid In Getting Evidence| CHICAGO, July 11.—Mayor “'!llhmJ Hale Thompson purposes gathering first-hand information abéut conditions under which street car men live and the women who have to keep house on thelr wages. A A The ‘mayor, who {s the third agbiter in ithe dispute between the street car com- | their THE OMAHA DAILY BEE R — - THE WEATHER, Partly Cloudy ' OMAHA, JULY MONDAY MORNING, WITH THE AUSTRIANS IN GALICIA—View of the traffic in the neighborhood of Tar- now. Transport wagons going to and returning from the front, while speeding down between the two lines is an auto transport hurryipg ammunition, OMAHA IS PLACED ON HIGHWAY FILN Officials Take Large Number of Pictures of the Beauty Spots Around Omaha. MOVE ON.TO FREMONT TODAY The Lincoln highway delegnfinn spent a busy day yesterday operating moving picture machines. Views were taken in the parks amd on the boulevards, along residence streets and at Happy Hollow. Thirty- sécond avenue was featured and Thirty-eighth = street was filmed. Mrs. Glenn Wharton had her pie- ture taken on the film in that sec- tion devoted to views of ‘‘beautiful Omaha,” At Hanscom park a series of pictures wers taken showing the children on Mé,rt.éria‘ls for Lincolfi ' Highway at N. Platte NORTH PLATTE, Neb.. July 11.—(Spe- clal)—Materials for the construction of the Lincoin Tlighway bridge over the Platte river east of here arrived today and the work will be started at once. The | fill on the east bank has Leen completed The Omaha Structural Stesl company is in charge of the steel work. MOVIE MEN IN MIX - OVER LIBERTY BELL | Lincoln Man Sets Out to Show Out- { side Film Man He Isn't } So Many. v HE-GETS A BIRD'SEYE VIEW (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, July 1l.—(Special)~The ris veley which exists in the taking of vao- pany and its men, said today he would|ine glides and swings, and showing, alsa | tion piétures by .the, ditferent film con- begln his visits to the homes of the inen the first of the week. Mrs. Thomphon probably will accom- pany him and it is his purpose to pro- ceed as sécretly as possibl Ship Zeppelins South For Attack on Rome ROME (¥ia Paris), July 1l.-German Zeppelins, according to reports received in Rome, have been transported to the Austrian coast of the Adriatic Sea. Their object, it s said, is to fly across the Adriatic to Italy, past the Apennines and to reach Rome. ¢ The Itallan government bas notitied the vatican and the pope has ordered that the lights of the apostolic palaces be dimmed or extinguished at an early hour, | ‘The pope also has given instructions for the removal of art treasures from places |, exposed to damage by possible bombs. Child Run Over by | Automobile Dead BLAIR, Neb., July 1l.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Helen, the l0-year-old daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Pounds, was run over about 6 o'clock yesterday evening by an automobile, driven by John Nelson, farmer living just south of Biair. She recelved Injuries, which resulted in her death at 11 o'clock last night. She was returning home with her parents, when | she waus sent back to the bakery for bread and in crossing the street, she dodged one car and was immediately caught by the car which killed her. The accident was unavoidable on the| part of Mr. Nelson, 1 Appointments of Pope | In the United States| ROME (Via Paris), July 11.—~Pope Bene- dict, on the recommendation of the con- sistorial congregation, has made the fol- lowing appointments in the United States: Rt. Rev. Thomas F. Cusack, auxiliary bishop of New York, to be bishop of Al- bany, N. Y.; Rev. Paul P, Rhode, auxil- lary bishop of Chicago, to be bishop of Green Bay, Wis. The Weather { Temperatures at Omah: Yesterday. | 6a m. L3 fa m. 'li 7 m. 2 $a m. ji3 a.m, 7([ 108 m. 3 la m | 2 m.. n 1p. 7 | 2p m. » m 2 ip. m 8 6p m. 55 $p m... 53 7pm... © Comparative Local Record. Offictal record of temperature and pre- clpitation compared ing period of the past mrndun: AR + Highest today AR 2sf §1 g SR recipitation ...... :'n"mn 10 .08 and praci jon depart- m normal -l: Om:h‘ since nd compared with the past day ” tion he day Teficioncy sincs March | 3.48 inches ...... 48 fnol Deficiency for cor. period, 1914 1.07 inches Deficiency for cor. period, 1913 1.38 | enthu, the lake with the fountain playing. Other views of the boulevards and parks were taken at the entramce to Miller park. Leon Loeb proved himself an operator of no mean ability when he managed the children on the elides In Hanscom park. Crowds of children, all anxious to have their pictures taken, swarmed up the steps of the slide, and crowded onto the platform at the fop. Oniy after considerable delay could the picture be taken, but the group was finally thinned out unti] only the smaller children were Teft. Take Diets's Menagerie, Gould Deitz's menagerie was next. The cholce assortment of animals that Mr. Dietz has brought home during his wan- derings about the world were caught in thelr lairs and shot by the movie oper- ator. The party plans to leave Omaha this morning at § o'clock for Fremont, whic they will feature tomorrow. They plan to be in Cheyenne on the 2nd, and in Ra®Tins on the 2ith, hut it is nossibly that their schedule may Lecome slightly changed, The party is much ypleased over the reception accorded them in Omaha, and Mr. Holden, secretary to H. C. Oster- man, who ls in charge of the party, was quite enthusiastic over the many places of beauty in the city. Pick Up Machine Here. ] The party entered Omaha with four | sutomobiles, but leaves with an addl- tional ome, which ail of the party are tic ‘about. Until they reached Omaha it was necessary for them . to carry all’ of their baggage with them in the touring cars, but the YDgummona Auto company added a Little Ulant truck to the train of autos ama’ che duties of the new additon are mexeiy te act as baggage car. The truck is a vresent to the Lincoln Highway asso- clation from W. O. Duntley, president { of ‘the Chicago 'Pneumatic Tool com-|!0d8¥. ' Asked if this pany, manufacturers of the machine, for whom Drummond is the Omaha.repre- sentative. by G. E. Phillips and L. Beardsley. It {s of interest to note that Omaha is pictured on 5 per cent more film by the . Lincoln Highway people than any other city between New York and San Francieco, Fivq hundred feet were used here, whereas is the amount ordi- narily set as the maximum for any one city. It s intended that the pictures will be shown in & serics called “From COcean to Ocean in Two Hours and a Halt,” which will first bé exhibited in San Framcisco at the exposition, and finally tent to all parts of the country. They will probably appedr .here in the early fall VICTIM OF AVERY CAR REGAINS CONSCIOUSNESS (From a Staft Correspondent.) LENCOLN, July U.-~(Special.)-Little of Mr. and Mre. R A Brown, who was infured last night by an auto driven\by Chancellor Avery of the state university, while the latter was hurrying to the hospitgl with three university profes- sors who had been rendered urcomsclous by gas at the state farm, is at the home of her parvats, having regained con- sciousness, and outside of a slight ner- vous condition is all right outside of the injury to her foot Beveral mmall bones In the foot are broken and the ankle quite badly crushed and until a consultation is held tomorrow, it will be hard to determine whether the injury will be permanent or not, sithough the attending ph)sician, Dr, Hodaun, is hopeful. The new car Is to be driven | ocerns Was demonstrated Here during the visit of the Liberty Bell the last week, [ when a Lingoln movie man proposed to | show the ropresentative of the firm | which had a monopoly on the pictures ! taken on the trip that he was not the ! whole procession. The outside movie man had the ad- vantage of having his machine on the front end of the car carrying the bell and in this position appeared to think he had a léad pipé cinch. However, he had never belore run up against the real thing in resources carried around by the average Nebraskan and as a result has not the only pietures taken of the event in Lincoln. Ray Lindsay, the moving plcture md- chine .operator, who assists Dr. Condra in the taking of the movies for the state | conservation and’ welfare commiseion, made up his mind that the traveling representative ot an eastern concern | might think he had a cinch on tha busi- | mees, but he would show him what Ne- | braska could do as well, and as a conse- {quence climbed to the top of a two-story | brick building in close proximity to the |bell and secured some especially fine pictures, .showing 'the traveling movie man desperately at work on the front |end of the car taking the “only author ized pictures of the trip." Climate of Nebraska | Has Never Changed | | NORTH PLATTE, Neb., July 1l.-—(Spe~ clal.)~To Inspect irrigation in Nebraska, | Dr. & Fottler, chief of the United States Irrigation invertigat'on arrived i1 North Platte yesterday. He spent the day conferring with Irrigation FExpert H, C, I | ‘'We ‘have been greatly hindered this | Year In our investigation of pump irriga- | tlon by heavy rains,” sald Dr. Fortler ere mot the re- | sult ‘of a changing climate, Dr. Fortier | replied: “The climate of Nebraska is not chang- We have gclentific records to show it has not changed in thousands of years. The thing goes In cycles. The amount of rainfall may vary in different | periods, but the change is not lasting.” i Leave to Make Survey ' of 8oil Conditions | (From a Staff Correspondent.) | LINCOLN, July 11, —~(bpecial. )~ Dr, George A. Condra, and Dr. Melvin R Gilmore left Lincoln the last of the week for the purpose of making an extensive survey of sofl conditfons In a string of counties extending from Washington on the esst to Bcott's Bluff, on the west line of the state, They will travel in a car, camping Out whenever necessary, and making a | thorough investigation. . Dr. Condra fs Grace Brown, the 12-year-old daughter |#eoretary of the State Conservation and | Sotl Survey assecistion. 'Russians Attacking Along Krasnik Line | pateh from Vienna indicates the fierce- | mess of the struggle which (s in progress |along the Krasnik line. The Russlan j have brought forward stfong relnforce- | ments, probably from the interior, and are making repeated heavy attacks, Arcrduke , Joseph Ferdinand's army has the task of holding and, if possible, repulsing the Russians | | | 'W.0.W. DELEGATES - STOP OFF IN OAHA {Delegates En Route to 8t. Paul Con- vention Attend Church at the First Methodist: H WILL LOOK OVER OMAHA TODAY The gpecial Woodmen of the World memorial service held yesterday morning in First Methodist Episcopal | church was Impressive and iunterest- ing. Loc&l and visiting officials of | Paris Official Bulletin Reports Brit- 'FRENCH ANNOUNCE |BRITISH PRESS NOT SUCCESSES OVER HOSTILE FORCES, ish Troops Repuise an Attack Made by Soldiers of the Kaiser. GAULS ALSO MAKE PROGRES Compel the Dislodzement of Certain | Elements of Trenches to the | North of Arras, PARIS, July 11.—Hhe French war | office this afternoon gave out the/ following ““At 38 o'clock yesterday afternoon the Britieh army repulsed & German attack which had gaifed & tempor- ary foothold in #6meé elemeénts of the first Ifne. The Germans were also triven out by an immediate counter nttack “In the region to the north of Arras olit troops compelled the dislodgment of the enemy of certaln slementa of trenches where he had been able to maintatn him- «4If alonk & line which we originally tooh on July & | “To the north of the station of Souches | an enomy counter attack delivered dur- | Ing the night was repulsed. Upon othgr | scetions of the front particulatly vielent | cannonades are reported In the Fegiod | of Nieuport, in the section of the Alsnd 28 well na in Lorralhe, in the forest of L Protie und near the Moncel bridge., | “One of our aviators sent a Gormad | aviator to earth this morning in thé)| elght of our lines' War GHves Postal Business of France An Immense Boost| (Correspontence of the Assoc'ated Press.) PARIS, July 5~War hae had contrary On Tritns an Motel News Stands, b SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. SATISPIED WITH IT English Newspapers Do Not Seem to Regard Berlin Repiy to U. 8. What it Should Be. FRENEH FEEL THE SAME WAY LLONDON, July 11.—~The German feply to the American note, a sum- mary of which appears in the Lon- don afternoon papers, is the sub- ject of general discussion through Ehgland and again the question is nsked, “What will America do?" The views held here are indiouted In the reply as pudent Claima,* “Hypoeritical The text of the Gorman reply, waa recoived in London through New York, ia published in the Sunday morn Ing papers, who treat it as the most im portant news of the das “An Amazing Offer,”" “Im- Reply which | BRING DOWN TEUTON AVIATOR | the newsoaper headings which describe | N6 Coneensions at AN BARIS, July 11--"The official man yote regarding the Lusitania incident containe nothing In the nature of con- costions which the delay in its prenara- tlon hall seemed to Indicate,” says the Tempa The newspaper adde: “The proposi tion matte by Berlii to allbw ships car rying American passenxers to pass in safety provided that sailings are raported to the German goverminent; that they carry distinotive signs and that the United States government giarantee that they do not carry contraband, certainly cannot bo admitted by the cabinet at Washingtoh. “Presiden’ Wilson from the beginning has placed the question on the broad principle of International law and hu manity and\the frmness of his atytude gives assurance that he will not abandon that principle br lend himse'f to any ar- | nelghborhood of Altkirgch, He foll Withif | rayketnont that would Aiminish the Aig- nity of encroach upon the soverelgnty of nia country. Foodstuffs Run Low in Pailama And Oanal Zone (Correspondence of the Assocluted Press.) . S. OFFICIALS VIEW SITUATION RS VERY GRAVE Unanimons Verdict is that Reply of Kaisér Thoroughly Unsatisfac« tory and that Orisis Near. 'ISSUE NOW UP TO WILSON Little Disposition in Washington to Hurry Decision in Momentous Matter. POSITION IS IMPREGNABLE WASHINGTON, July 11.—Officlal Washington takes a grave view of the situation produced by Germany's refusal to meét the demands of the United States growing out of tho s'nking of the Lusitania with a loss of more than 100 Americans, Upon President Wilson rests the burden of deciding the policy which the United States {e to follow. Quietly and carefully he is considering the "situation, ft was stated at the White ‘,Houu. after telephone conversations ! with the president at Cornish, N. H., yand the country may expect him to |act with “deliberation as well as firmness” when he has examined all | phages of the problem. i WithBolds Comment Secretary Lansing withheld commenit. | As goon as the complete officlal text of the German reply atrives, which will bs | tomorrow, he will begin a careful study of it and on Monday or Tuesday will go td ! Cornish for a conference with the presi- | dent. The presfent will then return to {lay before the cabinet the cotirse upon | which he has determined | What'action the United States will take officials would not predict. Some of tho o who have been familiar With thé presi dent’s point of view and with the details ! of the present situation, however, pointed out that there seemed to be but ono .|thought of “When Man Meets\God." | compensated by the Increase in porsonal |€fects on the postal service of France. the order and drill teams of Omaha oy i/ ctions to commeree and Industry and Council Bluffs occupied front resuited tn a great desrease in business seats, The minlster spoke on the |correspondence, but this is more than ry | letters botween merabers of dispersed J. B. Carnel, director of the eholr |y, ey 4fiq the soldiors and thelr rela- {led his singers in several speclal yjyey 1y a single day the postal depari- numbers and Miss Marle Kalser of |rent hapdied 14 00,000 letters, 84000 New York City, known ag the 'Song | iesistered, m"p‘r,";g ul:l - e 9 tt,” “He , | iewspapers a 00 peatal orders The ued ?' “o?.dc“ t\ “": ld:r i volume of matter has steadily incréased Irael,’” dnd “Save Me, Oh God. s e DedebSr Soverclgn ~Commander Fraser andl mne ciosing of & number of financial Soverelgn Clerk Yates attended (ho\‘rrn-- catablishments and the suppression of ice. Mavor Dahiman sat with the Wood- gigcount has also tumed a great tlood men officta of collection business to the posial de: ‘The’ service was part of an observance ! y 2 partment. of the twenty-fifth anniversary of (hfii “Naturally, "fl!nd letters” have largely PANAMA, July 8.~An Investigation or- ] b Gpred Wy LisuteRant Colomel. Chaster ; STMEES. il i3 | ¢fgtity and the 'United Stdtes—the continued asser- g“::‘m": JLAR Srpitne ey of 4h® [ tion and exercise of the righta of asutrala T W | deordan ith the mation that no niote than thiry days :'.".‘:]‘m"‘:;" "‘,;"‘m::l; ¥ e Pk subblies of foodetuffs abé avallable in the Hepublic ‘of Panama and the Canal zone. The rrlul\;a 4t the Invest, L . Would Fix Responsibility. o ture fave baen compiled fito lenathy tabu- | Respongibility for any robmid epoi b, mv%tlt:n LLE) B@n’;nnl‘h.flu DR dly mmn- ::‘:: :,":ted .t‘:- Var department at shington gus ke ” i and Germany, it was deelared, uld t " Bérlifi governnient. Stored In the two citles of PAnania anda ‘hen fll upon the ] c,,::_ Bri Mora “.".,,‘,. n“i,h. ror | There is as yet no definite orystalization vinclal distéicts aré estimated autfivent ' Of opinion among officiuls as to del for. thie interior popblation for perhaps ' it the distinet nm':‘;’;r;h':;':%u‘t ix months. This In 4 to o fact that fiteTRCn. BOL oy B & farmel Fories T the merchants in the intarior order lavger L 0500 P q’ States has oné quantities of staples “than do the city Yo boy « Mot of the a ble. mupptl Kaiser and her mother will agcompany the party. Robert L. Forgan of Oklahoma City, order. Officers of the soverelgn camp | 8 fuereased, partly through the imposal- will depart this evening for St Paul, [bitity the lctters or pack- | Minn., 'to attend the ccnvention. Miss | P11ty Of delivering the lette e Among those attending the servite was merchants because of the lack of trane- & *RdIne. portation. The teport also brought out the information that thers Are probably 400,000 head of eattls within the borders of the'¢ountry, but that they would not bo {mmediately avallable owing to the difficulties of trankportation to thé canal | ages to their destination, but largely on account of defective addresses. Be- | tween December, 1611, and May b last 18,500,000 letters and nearly 60,000 packages { were thrown into the refuse heap. Among The unanimous verdict of high otficlals was that the German reply was thor- oughly unsatisfactory und that the situa- tion was &t the same point as in the days following the sinking of the Lusitania. While the contin exercise of Amerts can rights in the future Is urged as a commander for the state of Oklahoma. - i Tt b !the letters that have gone to the “dead W7 Forsan laean “Omans boytl who hea | b otrice” dusing thiat time Wee Hisen high In the ranks of Weoderatt. |, 19 bank bills o the Sroufit’of 3 000 francs, of which the department has been able to return to its owners only When Man Meets God ‘‘When a man meets God, a change | clties, ) | loglcal course to be followed, it Is recoy- The Investigaklon Wié made with the |14 aieo that the United States cannot Vview ut ascertalning Just how long the | pendon the demends it has made for avatlable ood supplies would lnst in cass | o gisavowal of intent to drown Ameris of troul between the United Btates | c.ny and the question of reparation. HBERLIN (Via London), July f1.—A dis- t comes into his life. You can't get away frem this. At such a time In a man's life God is revealed in “his wondrous splendor and glory and man s revealed unto himself,” said the minister, Continuing, Rev. Titus Lowe “When man meets God things assume their right relations. The transitory things are appraised for what they are worth, and the eternal thiugs are ID-; preciated. Temperance, endurance, hope- fulness and the cultivation of power ‘which tend toward righteousness surely will follow, “Man sees his pettishness, prejudices, tendency to coarscness, seif-centeredness, | and he comes into a realization of God's | passion to redeem men, It is a revolu-| tionary experience, oft-times coming like | the dawn of morning. slowly, gently, un- | folding the beauties hidden by the firk—‘l | | { { { ness of night "1 ask the members of the Woodmen | of the World here to take a pledge with | me to uphold the principles of Jesus Chriat in our own lives and to impress by word and action those principles upon | the hearts of others." | Large Number of Visitors. | Large numbers of Woodmen of the | World defegates are ariving in Omaha ! from various parts of the country on thelr way to the sovereign convention at St. Paul, Minn. Many are accompanied by their wives, and altogether the num- | ber expected by the Woodmen of the' World ofticers i about 50, As the new grivals come they are met jat the stations and ercofted to the Wood- | | men bullding, and this morning they will 1l be received at the offices the | | rganization. Here they will be escorted through the bullding, and then will bs taken to lunch at the Commercial club, An auto ride is scheduled for 2:30 o'clock this afternoon. The day will end for the mén with a! visit to the Den and the women of the | party will be taken to the theater. The | entire party will leave -ta 11/0'clock over | the Northwestern for kt. Paul of IStanton Man Shot; | | Taken for Burglar | I COLORADO SPRINGS, Cola., July 11— | (Special Telegram )—Roland Bordner, 17, of Stanton, Neb., was mistaken for a bur- | | g'ar by & policeman last night and shot | through his left leg. FHis lnjury Is not | considered morious, but he will be lald | up for a while, | | Bordner attended a band concert iast {night and was returning to his rooms, | When ordered to halt by the officer. In- stead of obeying the command, ie' ran, and the policeman fired, striking him just below the knee. | Bordner came here several days ago |for & menth's visit. THe drove ‘an auto- | mobile overland -from Stanton, his pey- ents and Mrs. W. 8. Bordner sccompany- ing him, ‘Two Are Charged | duetion of a Chinese alphabet for uniform | tldental language eystem, with this dls- | course, what are known as the styles” In writing this language. Citizsens of the provinces of Shantung and Shanshi, | popularity about fifte: about 3,000, With Stealing Kine NORTH PLATTE, Neb, July 1l.~(Spe- clal.)—Charged with stealing cattle froni Alfred Bergman of Brady, Wiille Beatly and Warren Bouls of that town wera yesterday bound over to the district court by County Judge French. Farmers around Brady bave complained for many months of cattle losses PLAN IS ON FOOT TO CHANGE CHINESE ALPHABET | (Correspondence of the Associated Press.)! PEKING, June 30.—The Board of Edu- cation has commenced work on the pro- pronunciation. The Chinese language is a/ system of ideography which conforms more to cers| tain systems of shorthand than any oc- tinction, that the radicals (characters| representing the sense to be convey-d)| are arbitrary and not phonetic. The prob- lem now is to Impart to these amclent radicals a unified phonetic significance In China there are many dialects, and but one written language. There are, of although they are nelghbors, speak alto- gether different dialects, which naturally Ccauses a good deal of confusion. This confusion 18 even greater between citi- zens of Chihll In the porth and those of Kwangung in the south. The unification of pronounciation will be an important step in the nationaliza- tion of the Chinese people. It will be re- membered that Dr. Charles W. Ellot, president emeritus of Harvard university, impreased this fact upon officials of the Chinese government during his visit here, and the opinion of this great American cducationalist has had considerabls welght DEATH OF IRELAND COMES AS SURPRISE (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, July .—(8pecial.)—The death of Dr. George A. Ireland, which occurred hure yesterday, cdme great surprise to thpusands who had known him ever aince he became prominent, not a but throughout the east n the Nebraska Wesleyan which sung its way into ) vears ago in New York and uther eastern states Dr. Ireland has not been in good health for the last few years, and for the last few months has heen In a Lincoln sani- tarfum. Male quartet, and some forelgn power which might be ahle to prevent the importation of fodd- stuffs inlo the Panama republic and ths |the Canal zone, ‘Land Where the Disciples Taught Now Scene of War e (Correspondence of the Aseociated Press.) JERUSALEM, June $2.—Mount Carmel, whose lower slopes have aiready been un- der French' shell fire, Is heaviy en- trenched by the Turks aithough the mountain is sacred alike to Christian and Moslem. On the lower riopes is situated What it May L To. | Germany's refusal on these pointd may {lead, it is believed, to steps by the United | Btates to show its disapproval of the last | nbte. Whether Ambassador Gerard might. | be recal'ed and a complete severance of | diplomatic relations ered again was | discussed in official circles as well as | among diplomatists. In the absence of ! word from the pre ite indi- |cation of what might be done eventually was obtainable. Before taking any definite steps, how- ever, officlals familiar with diplomatio precedents and futernational usage de- clared that the American government probably would send a note to Germany formully rejecting the propossl to per- mit the unrestricted uee of American pas- the town of Halfa. The (jerman consulate | senger ships or four hostile merchantmen in~-the town was bombarded oy the under the Amerlcan flag provided they French in retaliution for the Germans carried no munitions of war. In the same desecrating the graves of the soldiers of apoleon Carmel s a hill, or rather a group of hills, bounded on two sides by the Medi- {terranean and overiooking the plain of Above the town stands the fa- Kishon mous Carmelite monastery. On the sum- mit of the mountain the Germany colony of Halfa, which came th AgO to await the second coming of Christ, |bas erected a monumept to commema- rate the visit of the kalser. Halfa is an important point, ae it Is the terminue of a branch of railway tep- ping the Hedjaz line. which crdsses the desert regions between Dama und Medina. This rellway, spanning the J dan river, is used by the Turks to trans- port Arab troope. LITTLE GIRLS OPPOSED TO ITALY'S JOINING IN WAR (Correspondence of the Associated Press ) BERLIN, July 1,-The remarkable ex- tent to which even youngsters nre fol- lowing the political and war develop- ments are iIndicated by the answers of a school-full of H-year-old girls to the qQuestion: - “What would you do if you were the king of Italy? The question was submitted when Italy was appar- ently undecided whether to enter the war ' or not. Forty-two girls anawered, and without exception they sald that the king of 1taly would not declare war. The reason, they sald disingenuousl’, was |ecause Italy was in the triple allance. Indi- vidually the answers ranged from: ‘If 1 were king of Italy I would not de. clare war because enough blood hos bsen spilled already,” to "I would not go Into the war because I could jnot yat more than I cen get by staying out.” The children indulgs) their faney to the extent of Imagining automobile and carriage rides which they would take If they wes§ king, out each A ride culminated in & proclamation sgainst war. e sixty years any | note formal notification probably would le glven to the German government of | the Intention of the United Btates to con- tinue to exerdee its rights with the an. nounced expectation that they would be respected. There s little dlsposition ¢ auarters to hurrg a decision on the mo- mentous questions’ involved. Since the negotlations began two months ago, it was ‘pointed ‘out, the United States vir- tually has been using the high seas in accordance with {is views on tnternational law and there have been no belligerent | ships carrying Americans torpedoed with- out warning. Since German submarine commanders have made their practice square with in- ternational law to that extenf, officlals idn not belleve the refusal of the German government itself to give explicit assur- i.mu will be followed by any overt acts | Inducing further loss of American lives. jTM controlling factor in the situation, according to indications in officials quars | ters, s the attitude the United States | should take as a result of the Lusitanid | tragedy (tself, Sttuation Grave. It is that which is giving officials most concern—the shaping of a courpe that | (Continued on Page Two, Column Thres.) in official ‘German Battleship Sunk Was Pommern LONDON, July IL-The naval corre- epondent of the Bvening Standard iden- | titles the German battieship sunk in the Baltic by a British submarine en July 12, a8 the Pommern, The Pommern was of the Deutchland |class of battieships. [t Sisplaced 182 tons and carried a complement of ! men. It was bullt in 1905 Ite consisted of four eleven-inch gus teen 67-ncn guns, t 4 lpoumro and alx was $6,000,000, gt s 2 &