VON" BERNSTORFF atts LANSING United States Asked to Act as Mediator. THE OUTLOOK HOPEFUL Substance Of Talk Is Sent To Wilson. Bernstorff Wires Report Of Conference To His Government. Washington. A confidential and friendly conference between Count Yon Bernstorf!, the German Ambassa dor, and Secretary of State Lansing has done more, officials say, to bring about a friendly understanding be tween Germany and the United States than any of the previous steps in the diplomatic negotiations two countries between the The German Ambassador made his call at the State Department by the authority Imperial Ge Government. of the rman No Comment From Lansing. Becretary of State Lansing, although convinced of importance the representations of the German Ambas eador, would no them It this that Btates Great tion which President lieves. The advised the the of make comment on was ascertained, however Government been the immediately with all-import of the seas, Wilson firmly German Government United States that it, etands the principle and that final discussion the Lusitania and disposition that should be inseparably connetted with the greater question the rights of all nations to the freedom of the seas nas desires United up he Germany to open Britain t the ant ques ant ques in be nas of freedom 100 for the of CALE of of oO Bearing On Lusitania. It ment ig the freedom pend how f make a complete, admission the Lusitania From the best available sour learned that the United Great Britain submarine Great ir ports and the German foodstuffs ques tion In other words, has been indicated to this Govern the settlement of {f the Germany that on « EFPAR » ar woul definite, unequivo that her act of destroving was indefensible os Germany proposed States endeavor to to discuss the policy connect! ¢ itain’e blockade of Ge m 1 nas ARKE d the United States to act as 1 In doing this Count merely amplified to the the note t Britain Must Be Party. Germany, point that United States make international law and that der to get results of value in ent England n the | whether in writter or oral agreen eign Offices United States It is hinted that Germany be averse modifying views about the Lusit and making the disavowal and granting the reparation suggested in President Wilson's first and second notes relating the de struction of that vessel The substance the negotiations between Secretary Lansing and Count von Bernstorff have been President Wilson, and the Ambassador has sent a full wireless Berlin ediator unt von Bernstorff State Depart e last ment Ger man suggestions of th 0 the United States ie stated, is making the agreements between the and Germany could not in pres tc or the War ust be a party irotocol 1 shape For the the and ent, between of Germany would not to her ania io of sent to German by repori to GERMANY APOLOGIZES. For Steamer Nebraskan. Takes Blame Torpedoing the offic memor bh of ington ithoug Wash ia were pleased by andum from Ambassador Gerard forn ally transmitting Germany's admission of liability and expression of for the attaack by a German sub marine on the American steamer Ne braskan, they practically decided that receipt a regret would require the dispatch of a note on the subject further to conserve American rights in the war zone Legal officers of the American Gov ernment who examined the German memorandum pointed out that in many respects the case resembled that of tue William P. Frye, an American ship sunk by the Prinz Eitel Friedrich, Apologized For the Frye. In both cases the German Govern ment has expressed regret at the oc currence and offered to compensate American citizens for losses sustained. but the action of the German com- manders has been declared justified under the circumstances. To admit this, officials here say, would estab- lish a dangerous precedent. GEN. VON BUELOW PROMOTED. New German Divisional Commander Married Philadelphia Girl, Berlin, via London.—Maj. -Gen. Hane von Buelow has been made com. mander of a division In the German army. He was colonel of the Augusta Guard regiment at the outbreak of the war, and now is the youngest division. al commander in the army. General von Buelow’s wife was formerly Mrs, Nina Bryce Turnbull, of Philadelphia. f verre vk § DEAR HUBBY, WE ARE HAVING Such AGOOD TIME | THINK | HALL STAY i ANOTHER MONTH, THE MEALS ARE JUST | GRAND WE MAD CHICKEN FOR DINNER y, ROAST TETTERDAY, SPRING’ LANG THE DAY BEFORE ETC ETC :, ”, pe TR ‘i PIR Br rp Resmi (Copyright) WARSAW OBJECT OF THREE ARMIES Teutons Strike at Polish City From North and South, (GIGANTIC OPERATIONS { | Dniester Crossed By Austrian Force. Austro-Germans Work In Con. cert To Squeeze Musko- vites Out Of City, i { i i i { { London The now rat jg Io miles, whieh be re appear to work ng in perfect concert as the sul he Lerman organization, are gi the Russians little rest or ime | organize themselves after their ret Galicia, with the Warsaw that Austrians Dniester and th nat rves ultaneously the from tt Of fortress ie have zitacked have succeed CTOSEIDE Al several General von Mackensen's doubtless Marshal von which Field id nove ir been walt Hindenburg also and the fighting has been Poland In fact more or | Russian front the had for the north, has come life Again Southern fight i of the Poland CER along where § ¢ of military men npossible © break through Campaign On Gigantic Scale. m to have made th wi I'he further operat sSTrmans « oO their the progress northern ons, but with Russians re tiring it not likely that the forces have clashed as yet The com the most gigantic a cord the ¥ bined operations are vet undertaken, the aim being ng to military Russians out of of country experis, Warsaw a which they hold south and east of th to attempt {0 gQuesze wl to the north and at the invasion of Bessarabia Reinforcemens have the in ice at city same time an been sent the Russian Courland and Kovno, that military operations have been resumed in that Russians are and are according German troops provinces of with the result vigorous The resistance pect #tubborn strateg! offic on holding an statement head qu of General Staff in Petro L§ and telegraphed the Central nd Exchange Telegraph Com positions, to issued at the in ’ he riers rad 10 News ar pany hers Three Companies Of Militia Allowed To Return Mome. Atlanta, Ga. Reports that a mob { i i i i THOUSANDS DIE IN FLOODS IN CHINA Desolation in Three Devastated | Provinces Terribie. FIRES ADD TO THE HORRORS | Missionaries In the Districts Affected, But None Re. ported Lost—Consul Ander. Asks For Aid. Many American son Kong Tens of thousands of | e esl Hong natives ar uted to have been the floods in the Chiness tung, Kwangs! in drowned by & of Kwar and and the desolation ible wis reach of handicapping ‘Anton the necord tO the ing istlest 1 A Fag § fre fireswept ar mile ng are work of rescue in Mis seeking the ea one floods SIONATies nave assistance of ihe aid in report be COm- id that the danger from 10 the Inst Callao The Lanton States gunboat work of h¢ TORO Le re re from fore was ut =a fospital was in No Americans Lost W Consul And that Ower ’ been ington General t Hong Kong ot except Thousands ash SPRY ji Te ¥ od BO1 Bn reported anton was isolated to iu glen ners have thousands Thou been burned has destroved rowned and tens of are high nese taking sfuge on places sands houses Atier been either and the No us mission maged property or takin al refuge at Wuchow far foreigners are KE British consulate 2 Americans have been lost 20 ! sentence for from the Milledgevilie, serving a life Mary Phagan's murder, | prison farm, at Iyneh him, have | by developments. Three companies of i and | State militia, held in readiness at Macon throughout ceed to Milledgeville to protect Frank, it necessary, were allowed to return to their homes. i i 5 - | FOR ASSAULT, | NEGROES TO DIE Blacks Who Attacked Widow and Daughter To Be Electrocuted. Fredericksburg, Va John Lewis Roling and George Matthews, negroes, were convicted in the Circuit Court of { Caroline County of criminal assault ‘on Mrs. Birnley Coleman and daugh- | ter, on July 11, and sentenced by Judge R. H. L. Chichester to die in the elec: tric chalr August 20. The men con- fensed, COLOR LINE FOR TEACHERS. Georgla Senate Unanimously Passes Segregation Bill. Atlanta, Ga. ~The Georgia Senate passed unanimously a bill to prohibit white persons from teaching in negro schools and negroes from teaching in white schools. It would apply to private as well as public Institutions. { summarized | situation State Department on the flood The dispatches as follows isolated 0 On Cantonn is except tf Shameen (an the foreign water Tens | Pow erful steamers Canton harbor), is under 10 feet of Thousands have been drowned of thousands are taking refuge upon the house tops and other high places | and starving Thousands of houses in Canton have burned. Ameri can mission property in the region be Cantog, Kongmoon and Wu chow ls either destroyed or badly dam All foreigners at Wuchow have | at the British consulate ! situated on a high bluff So | known no American lost iw in settlement are taken refuge is lives | far is have As been WILL DECLARE HOLT SUICIDE. Coroner To Name Jump From Prison Tier As Means, Mineola, N. Y.<After hearing the testimony of several witnesses, Cor oner Walter E. Jones announced that would render a verdict of suicide by jumping from a prison tier in the case of Erich Muenter, alias Frank Holt, who shot J. P. Morgan, exploded and intimated in a letter to his wife that he had placed a bomb on one or more ocean steamships A belief that Muenter might have ehot himself, based upon a statement of Jeremiah O'Ryan, his keeper, was responsible for the extended inquiry conducted by the coroner. A As AN EXCESS CROP OF COFFEE. Brazil Mas Provided a New Valoriza. tion Scheme, New York Confirmation of re ports that the Brazilian government was about to provide a new valoriza- tion scheme to take care of ils excess orop of coffee was received in a cable gram which siaied that the Brazilian Congress had passed a bill appropriat- ing 300,000 contos (about $75,000,000) lows: “The bill has passed Brazilian Congress providing for issue 300,000 oontos, of which 150,000 will be loaned in Sao Paulo to purchase up to 400. 000 bage of coffee from the present crop. JURY DECLARES THAW 15 SANE Stanford White's Slayer Wins | Victory After Long Trial. JUBILANT OVER THE VICTORY | Jury Was and Took tions Out Forty-Eight Minutes Twe Ballots—Precau- To Demonstration In Court. i Taken Prevent New York Harry was declared sane by nearly three weeks mony given in the here before Justice Forty-eight minutes and two ballots “wlE It Kendall Thaw | a jury which for | istened to test) Supreme Court Peter Hendrick consumed reach- | were taken Were in verdict War at a end of ad of a day of the charge Whil the the counsel that the Wo and ury retired men re deliberating th and about by owd in the courtroom augmented Cores believed that a be found Shortly HY came | courthouse was verdict | he the | who quickly would 4 o'clock juryroom a ba rom Hen iched and informed Justice drick that & verdict The and had been ree doors immediately locked K spectators tha be Then ti were ascending the i any wilh Jury by a ver Justice Hend: 1 ¢ warned wot met He vere punishment In ie CRIN¢ in reply to a question the clerk of the court as to whether dict had been reached foremar handed which ie over a sheet of legal paper was passed to Justice on the bencl read it lerk said the | have b Is Harry K. Thaw now the Justice Hendrick handed it back to the ‘Gentlemen of the iry the qQuesiion you “oT Asked is this sane? Ur answer is v¢ # Despliis the { warning stood up front riroom Hendr BOns The cou Justice iendanis rapp U. 8. SERVES NOTICE. Not Allow British Orders Super. sede International Law b g 4 shis ng Fr tor ted State mericans British prize » f flaw a 4 tional aw and ish orders rn aw i« piven abled to Ambassad Page sonted by jondor Office Secretary expiair this ommur mn wWaE nol confused with the general not in ne 0 A 11 EERE preparat re and merce was caveal generalls won interference th wv the hig! He in th on more © of citizens of the "ni are to be tried English about iris * 3 CARES prize con Inssmuc the as tz have ruled irige Cour not yet On any American oases about to do so from the 'nited States if it a protests #atement gnifies of in effect that there Justice, diplomatic international law exist The United States hae in {tz formal given Britain, ss well as Germany, general notice 10 this effect and the statement now sent draws par attention t« court 0 Treat the prize PARIS “DRY” FOR SOLDIERS Sale Of Liquor To Military Men There Prohibited. # ai General Gallieni Mili Parise, iesued an or der forbidding the purchase by or sale soldiers of whatever intrenched camp of Paris liquors whatsoever, Offenders will be cited to appear be. fore the police courts and military tri bunals. Liguor dealers violating thie order will be punished by a temporary suspension of the licenses on the first offense and the revocation of their license on the second offense Paris the Governor of to or officers ir is 2 * DECIDES FOR DEATH PENALTY New York Constitution Makers’ Com. mittee Unanimous. Albany, N. ¥Y By a virtually unanimous vote the bill of rights com- mittee of the Btate Constitutional Con. vention decided against proposals to abolish the death penalty by constitu. tional amendment. The commitiee was equally divided on a proposal to permit juries, in first degree murder cases, to recommend life imprison- ment without commutation or pardon except In the cese of established inno cence, . Ey TWO MORE NEGROES LYNCHED. Suspected Of Participation In Killing Of Three Whites. Cochran, Ga -Two negroes, sus pected of having aided Peter Jackson, lynched for the murder of three white men near here Tuesday night, were irnched near Hawkinaville by a posse of citizens. 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This tire will outiast any other Jetter is make SOFT, ELASTIC and You do EASY RIDING. find them strictly ss represented L (thereby making the price $4.88 per pair) if nelose this sdvertisement OU run no risk in OUR expense if for any reason Lhe ot resisting specially rDOSes we r of only batier, ial longer and wi sand thal when y & trie order at : y On APPTOTe WG Irie! mt tor Calaiogue o5ich doar bot 80d Quotes A) RES sod Ul hail the pun prices DO WOT THINK OF BUYING a bier « OU Know Lhe ber ald wOLGerTy repair Pers we are waking. of the State. the wed 3 formerly of Chattanooga, Tenn daughter Chattanooga Reading io Miss Cohn { David Co Pratt was instantly d Jacob Shaffer and Charles Shaffer bose h an when the auto riding Pe Crossing were injured thes geriousiy in which were demolished mobile Saltsburg was by a nn svivania freight train at a © i in has ap Captain of d w law placing the Guard hands of the Governor, he Orlandes C. Miller Fourth Infantry First the 1 National 1 nder lection of officers the nted A B Hudders pos Company Aan Carroll H ldeutenant li Skadish Mic? Bix and lives and others, one of whom is C. H. Mc Closkey, were badly injured by explo sion of gas at the benzo! plant of the Company, Johnstown Stanko Wicisks ael Radovich lost their Cambria Steel Rev. William MeNally, was released from the Bridgeport, Pa. charge, to take effect September 1, and approval was made of the calls of Rev. Mac Murray, to Hunting Valley, and Rey Greenway, to Bddington, Pa Because of the great inroads made upon the stock of horses In Lancaster county for war purposes, there is a scarcity of these animals. The farm. ere, however, have found a remedy in the automobile. A large number of machines have been recently sold there » Rev. William F. Klein, former pas tor of Evangelical churches in Read: ing, Allentown and other cities, was installed as pastor of the New Per kiomen Presbyterian Chureh, the charge being administered by Rev, Merchant F. Bush, of Philadelphia. Eight men were burned as the result of an explosion of gas in the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company's No. 4 mine, Tamaqua. How the gas was set off is & mystery, as the men all were supposed to have safety lamps, and electric lights are used in that part of the mine, PATROL SYSTEM FOR STATE ROADS SOON Report and Constant Rule inspection 7 Under New Mainte. nance Plan nes averaged Year the {il be ap nis oul a noure will 10 make number of reports report of the work theses lecied is, who ana be by the x IRKE Aw superiniend payrolls for super: with it will be possible for with these patrolmen on the State highways and the will out the patroimen 4 the county ntendents hs ve been supplied light roadeters them fo keep in close touch {0 ascertsis ahether or not work is properly wing done Red Flag for Absentee. Each will supplied Necessary will have will re conspicuous posi patrolman be and equipment work and each small, red flag, which i quired to pla ih with tools or his one ia he Iw a { tion on the road wh i requirad e in for any resason.. { he is a eave the roadside | da ring working hours. Hence, either { the presence of the patrolman at work or of indicating absence noticeabl CREPES he io his flag, will be hours temporary during the WOrRIng care is being exercised In the selection of these patroimen, and State Highway Commissioner Cunningham is determined to have none but sober, and industrious men in these | responsible positions. If it is found { that the patrolmen are neglecting their work instant dismissal will follow. Great ne ————————— — | honest Daily Postal Report Daily report mailed every tendent. When working on the road, care taker must Lave flag, which will be provided, displayed at all times near where work is being performed When conditions require additional help, team hire, or material of any character, permission must be first se cured from the superintendent. All addiisnsl help and team hire must be carried on foreman's daily re port form, together with regular pay roll form, ete. All bills for material, ote, W amounts less than $10, must be covered by superintendent's purchase order; larger amounts by requisition of super Intendent and department purchase order, Caretakers are to be paid an hourly rate, and full value in service will be exucted for every dollar expended. Caretakers must be courteous and considerate of the interests of the pub. He at all times, and conduct them selves in a manner becoming repre sentatives of the Commonwealth. postal card must be evening to the superin -
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