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EVEtfllW BEBOEBPHTIiABELPHYA MONDAY, AgGUST
9, 1916.
BURLESON AIMS
AT EXPANSION OF
THE PARCEL POST
Pick-up, C. 0 D. Post
age and Further Ex
tension of Bulk Limit
Will Come, He Says,
Believes Telegrnph nnd Tele
phone Utilities Proporly Be.
long to Postal' Service, and
Dcclnfes Tithe Is Not Far
Away When They Will.
for the first time since he became
tt member of President Wilton's offi
eial family, Postmaster General Bur'
leson, who is called the politician of
the Cabinet, has consented to be in
terviewed at lenijth by a member of
he newspaper fraternity. Although
regarded as an astute politician,
there was one thing the Postmaster
General would not discuss, and that
was politics. In the appended article,
which will be found of especial in
itifrat. h iHoiMn0a nirrtl frflA ttl.livttM.
the parcel post and its effect upon the ' operation of alt vehicles for li transmls.
.?.... L.,r.;l,. ,., -li.rnif . on of ntel Igenco ihould be In the hand
UZf Jw mPiraV,i Lr ? ? ' ot th0 Government. The function l spe
belief that all vehicles for the tram- ( Cnca1)j. r.BerVed to the Government ay
mission of intelligence should be m the the Constitution. Telegraph nnd telephone
hands of the Government. utilities properly belong to the poBtal ser-
vice.
"Whether this question appeals so forc
ibly to the public Imagination thoj Con
gress will respond nt once Is nnother
question. Personally. I believe the time
la not far away."
TENNESSEE LOADING
ARMS AND PROVISIONS
FOR TRIP TO HAITI
the opportunity to build tip lh parcel
post slcm thtiri from any other branch
of his work It Is apparent, h said, that
the puhle Appreciates ths new service nnd
wants It developed to ft mailmupl,
Notwithstanding: the business ntprel
slon cnuwd by the war," said Mf. flurle.
son. "the flow of parcel mall has steadily
Increased An enormous t fa file hall coma
Into being In little, more than two year.
"The parcel post knit our country more
closely together It Is tlt farmers sole
express frtellltvi the farmer buy nnd tQ
tome extont now sella by mall. The farm
to-table adjunct pf the parcel post offers
ttio city householder the means of obtain
Ing boiler farm produce at lower prices
nnd provides many formers with a new
lucrative market.
"Here's somHthlnir voii may not have
thought of: As a result of the pnrcel post
competition All express trafllo now moves
much moro rapidly.
ENLARGEMENT WILL COME.
t realise that the commercial shlpoei
has had grievances. Many boards of trAds
have passed resolution declaring tli
present postal service lacks features of
express service which for them are abso
lutely Indispensable, such as receipts for
parcels, Indemnity to an unlimited amount
for loss and damage, and so on.
"Recently orders were Issued granting
the mailer of a parcel the privilege of
obtnlnlng a receipt on payment of one
cent nnd Increasing the size limit from
72 Inches to 81 Inches, length nnd girtn
combined. This will Include the standard
commercial prate. The pick-up, C. O t).
postago and further extension of the sua
nnd weight limits will come In time."
"When do you expect to see the Govern
ment ownership and postallzatlon of ttio
telegrnph nnd telephone that you nd
other Poatfnsters Oenernl have been rec
ommending?" was a flnnl question.
"That s hnrd to say. The control nna
POLICE TAKING 1WGER PRWTO 0$ CHILDREN AS EXPERIMENT
By LOWELL MELLETT
United Tress Qft Correspondent.
WABHIN'OTON, Aug. . "What do you
Want to talk aboutt" naked the Post
master General.
"Politics."
"Nothing doing," said the Postmoator
General, cordially,
"Why notT"
"I absolutely can't and won't talk poll
tics," said Mr, .Burleson. 'Try something
else."
"All right: but why do they call you tho
politician of the Cabinet!"
"I suppose that Is becauso you writing
people have to coin catch phrases to de
scribe, catnlpguo, clnsslfy nnd In somo
degrea dramatize public men In the public
eye. That's only my opinion. You folks
did It nnd ought to know why."
"Speaking of politics"
"Wo aren't speaking of politics," said
the Postmaster General.
What means thin holler In tho rural
districts about restrictions of tho rural
free delivery?"
The J'osimaster uenerai nna dcoh at
least half Interested In tho papers on his
desk, but now he swung sharply around
n his chair. He removed his nose glasses
-probably to save them from the heat of
the. sudden blaze In his eyes.
"There has been no restriction! Who
says there has been? A revision Is
under way which gives service to many
hundred thousands who are ontltlod to
It, but heretofore have been denied It,
This (s being done without Increasing tho
cost of tho postal service and without
taking away service from any ono who
now has It. It Is accomplished with
mopey saved by eliminating waste ef
fort, extravagance, special favors and
privileges.
"Just for example: Parts of hundreds
of rural routes have been traveled dally
by two or more rural carriers. There
are cases In which as many as six or
seven carriers, each setting from ?100Q
ta Jisvu a year, pave Deen going over
the same eight or ten miles of road.
Politics! This vicious duplication of
service was built up through a series of
yean by political Influence. By cutting
out these duplications wo get a bal
ance available for service In territory
that has long deserved It.
Ruminating the "retraces."
"Po you know what retraces are 7 No.
Well, I'll tell you. John Smith Is a
wealthy and Influential farmer, living a
half-mile from a rural route. John uses
his Influence and gets an order requir
ing the rural carrier to go the half-mils'
to his gate, deposit and collect mall and
return to the main road a full mile of
, extra trnvcl, Eliminating ? such half
mile retraces Is equivalent to eliminating
nn unnecessary rural route and special
privilege amounting to J1200 a year.
"Betwcn April 1 and July 1Q, the read
justment of the rural service and Inau
guration of motor vehicles service left
'fm.m for establishing new routes, With
Sart of this money 735 new routes have
eeu put In operation, serving 83,748 ad
ditional families, or 423,70 additional
porsons."
"What of your fight with the rail
roads?" "I wouldn't call It a fight"
"To an Innocent newspaper reader ft
looks"
"No, It Isn't p. fight. The question pf
railway mall pay Is purely and solely a
business question, to be decided on Its
merits after thorough sifting, delibera
tion and analysis of the facts. The de
partment desires to pay a rate reason
ably compensatory to the railroads, tak
ing Into consideration all of the, conditions
of the service. Malls are not a commod
ity of commerce, and hence the question
of whether a different yardstick should
be applied to them Is a debatable one,
I have always held that while the malls
may not be a, commodity of commerce.
transportation undoubtedly Is, and that
When the postofflce needs transportation
It should pay a fair price for It,
"Tho department Is entitled, however, to
(ho lowest rate consistent with tne bul
new equities of the case, nigh-cost arti
cles, of commerce, which move In small
volume and In the exchange of which a
larse margin of prpnt Is Involved, bear
hluh transportation charges. The malls
move In large volume, are easily handled,
Impose little risk on tho carrier nnd corf
stltute a trafllo Into which the element
of profit doe not enter at all. To pay
the roads more than a reasonable com
pensation on the basis J have indicated
would amount to levying an Indirect tax
upon the general public for tho benefit of
private Interest.
"A painstaking and thorough Investlga.
tlon has been mude. running over a, icntr
?eitod of time. The tests of reasonable.
ness have been completed, both as to the
rates and the methods ot adjusting pay,
And the results, havo fully Justified the
postal authorities In resisting the claims
ot the raHrodftds.
WXPRES3 COMPANIES FAVORED.
"The Government as , shipper of parcel
coat should not he required to pay more
jhan la charged ether shippers (or sub.
Jaot!aUy the, same servlca. There nve
hewn many Instances where tha railroads
. have carried the same matter both as ex.
iTteis and as mall, and have charged al.
"f.-most double for It as mall. Why should
It cost me railroads any more to haul a,
given package because, it carries tt gov
ernment label? How does an express earn.
nany label reduce the expense to the
rllread?"
There being no apparent answer to this,
the Postmaster General was asked what
tha next step would be.
"Largely because of the opsosltten ta
the railway mall section, the entlr 8Mt
oAlee appropriation bill, was defeated In
the Senate last winter and the whole
question went over to the coming Con.
HMW, ' be said "Needless ta say, I shall
hwv my recommendation on the subject
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cmwijH for mere pay. it will jlmly
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SCOTT WILL WIN
VILLA FOR PEACE
TONIGHT IS HOPE
U, S. Military Envoy
May Meet State De
partment Agent
First.
GORIZIA SWEPT '
M ITALIAN GUNSf
DEFENSE FEEBL
Battle for Austria!
Stronghold Reachei
Final Stage; Citizei
iiee Jjrom emeus.
Many Buildings Destroyed and
City Out Off From Supplj
by Continuous Jlnin of Mia
piles Forta fimftshed -j
Mortars.
Harry Bodkin, flnge-print expert of tho Police Dureau, Is takinjr thp Imprcgslong of Jamca E. Farroll 4
years old. Superintendent of Police Robinson is supervising tho operation.
Cruiser Being Put Into
Readiness for Dash to
Black Republic With Re
inforcements for Rear
Admrial Caperton.
The task of loading guns, ammunition,
tents and navnl stores on the cruiser Ten
nessee was begun today nt league Island
In preparation for the departure of the
cruiser for Hnltl vlth 850 United Stntea
marines. They are to aid In the policing
of the bhicjt republic, whero two marines
hove already been killed slnco the assas
sinations of President Gulllaume and
Orneral Oscar.
The Tennessee cast anchor In tho Dela
ware at 7:3Q o'clock last night, long over,
due from Now York, where sho nnd taken
conl and provisions. Prior to the arrival
of. the cruiser, her wharf at League Isl
and had been Inden with the equipment
which Is being taken aboard today, while
motortrucks contlnuo to ply between the
wharf and the Quartermaster's Depart
ment, at Broad street and Washington
avenue.
Much, interest Is manifest at the navy
yard overwork whioh Is being dono on
tho Minnesota and Columbia, t'Q old
sen. lighters nhlch are being reDQYAted
witn an possiDio speca. The nrsi-pamea
ship has been nvwly equipped with a
four-bladed propeller, has taken Its full
quota of men and provisions and awatts
orders to sail on what Is said to bo a
trial run. Tha Columbia, which had once
been relegated to the scrap heap, has
been put in first-class condition, and
rumor has It that these vessels arc to
participate in action, but not at Haiti,
It Is pointed out that tho Alabama, an
other old warship, has also undergone
numerous alterations or Improvement and
that TJncli Sam seems to be expending
ovory effort to put every available fight
ing craft In condition for action.
-Three months' food supply will bo
taken on board today, in addition she
will carry 3 automobile trucks or a new
type, with four-wheel drive and double
steering gear: i motorcycles, 79 Bcnet
Mcrcier machine gunsj a carload of med
ical supplies, 3000 telegraph poles, 7 wire
less sets, 230 miles of telephone and tel
egraph wires, S Held telephone (iota, 30
Held telegraph sets, 20 Colt acetylene
lamps fbr night and foggy weather sig
naling, 30 heliograph sets, 3 30-lnah SO.
ampere eearohllghts, l generator, 2000
feet of cablq and about 123 tons of other
supplios.
The 1st Regiment will ombark today
under the command of Colonel U W. T.
Waller, who will ossume command of
both regiments on his arrival at Haiti.
Other officers who will accompany: the
regiment are Lieutenant Colonel C. O,
Long, second In command; Lieutenant
Colonel W. n Lemly, nuartermester:
Major L. J, Maglll, adjutant; Captain J,
A, Jtossell, Intelligence officer; Lieuten
ant li. A. Oitprmann. aide to the com
mander; MaJor N. II. Hall, 1st Battalion.
1st Iteglment, and Major Bmeflley D.
Butler, 2d Uattallop, j,( Regiment.
GERMAN AUTILLERY SHELLS
MANY BELGIAN TOWNS
Allies' Guna Respond, Says Official
Report From London.
LONDON. Aug. 8.-The following dis
patch, containing tho offlclat Belgian com
munlque, was given out here yesterday:
"The Qerman artillery Is showing great
activity along the whole Belgian front
All our advance posts were violently
bombarded
"Our artillery replied along the front,
from Ramepappello to Fumes, Pervyse.
Oestkerke nnd Renlnghe, ' '
PARK "SKEETER POOL"
FIERCELY ATTACKED
Large Gang of Workmen Clean
ing Out the Source of Per
nicious Pest.
TRACING LOST 'KIDDIES'
BY FINGER PRINTS TO
BE PUT TO TEST HERE
Peter Bolger, Civil Servloe Commission
er, beamed today when ho declared that
"a sudden and almost lierculenn dlBplay
of dogday energy" Is being manifested by
laborers cleaning up the stagnant pool
near the Columbln avenue entranco to
Kalrmount Park and about 60 yards from
the Smith Memorial Playground.
Jesse T. Vogdes, chlaf engineer pf the
Park Cotnmleelon, said today that ho
)md,i force of laborers at work cleaning
up (he pool and that he believed It would
Cease to exist In a day or two.
Chief James M. McCruddcn, of tho Di
vision of Sanitation, declared that tho
Inspoctor In that district reported that
tho pool Is being thoroughly cleuped. In
dication oro that it will soon ceaso to bo
the birthplace ot millions of mosquitoes.
The Park Commission's laborers havo
cleared all the dead wood from the Bur
face of tho pond and aro vigorously ex
cavating In a search for tho burled drain
plpo that Is supposed to keep aurfaca
water moving, atesmenis or tne locality
say the pool has been thero for almost
two years.
TEUTONS DRIVE GAP IN
CZAR'S ARMY IN SOUTH
First Experiments Will Be
Made Today, and System
of Recording All Chil.
dren in the City May Result.
Continued from l'age One
lerymen silenced the Russian batteries
which have been conducting a spasmodic
bombardment of Warsaw since the Rus
sians were forced to abandon the Polish
capital. The Slavs are falling back
along tho Slcdlce railway, attempting to
establish communication with their lines
northeast of Warsaw,
Bavarian troops ore pressing close In
pursuit, apd not only are harassing tho
Russian rear guard, but threatening to
complete the ring around the Russian
armies east of Novo Qeorgtavsk.
Tho forts of Novo Qeorglovsk are now
surrounded, tho War Offftlce announced
this afternoon. To the north the Ger
mans ale closing In upon the fortress
of Kovnp.
"We took a few thousand prisoners In
tho fighting around Warsaw," said the
official statement. "Our troops who oc
cupied Praga ore advancing eastward be
yond the city.
"In the southeast General Maokensen
continues to forco the Russians back.
Our centre and our right wings now ap
proach the lino of Ostrow-Claneku-chrusk."
Unofficial reports today said the Rus
sian lino east ot Ivangorod had been
broken and that the Slavs were In dis
orderly retreat across the Vleprs nver,
These reports are not confirmed by of.
flciftl advices, though Vienna last night
reported the Russians routed In the
fighting around Lubartow, with a loss of
W men,
STATE GRAND LODGE
OF ORANGEMEN MEETS
Biennial Convention Will Bo Marked
by Banquet Tonight.
The biennial convention of the State
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, Loyal
Oranie Association, started today In this
city, State Orend Master Harbison pre.
elding, Harry A, Mackey will be the
speaker at a banquet to be tendered the
delegates tonight at the Hotel Walton,
which Mayor Blankenburg and other city
ofllclals have been invited ta attend,
The first business session of the con.
vention was held this morning In the
American Protestant Association Hall.
HU Locust street. The business sessions
will bo continued this afternoon and to.
morrow, both morning and afternoon.
The Ladles' Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
of tho Loyal Orange Association will
meet at the same time.
GERMANY SEES HOPE FOR PEACE
WITH WARSAW IN ITS POSSESSION
(Copyrighted In Crest Britain.)
(Copyright, lllR. by the United Frees.)
U iiSlYi YJiRK' 4U" ?"- " cc(iifon of tha eaptur of Warsaw,
.W P'Vl Vft 'German Bmnsror by vitU,s message for an
Vp!!l n,9nJh hhlorlo fW7ene of that victory and for a statsmmt
or flit oasis Gtrmany comldsrs nteessary to eecure peace In Zuropa and
the surest advancsmtnt of chilUathn.
.!..i. rf ' ". (f W"JnT me was TtnlvtJ through tha SayvllU
ylreles ttailon .today from Dr, Mfi BethmannMaUwsg, Chancellor of
. , Mv)ty thi Empwr, regrets not to be able, for reasons of
prinsipte, to towply with the reauut of the United Press far a personal
prefori at the peeaslgn of the success, of ffte allied German and
Austro-Hungarlan armies In Poland.
.k . Jn av'V honor to Inform yM thereof, I add the explanation
that Germany cannc with these votaries etpeelaHy the hope that the
end ef the war will be hastened through them. I beg ta remind you at
tl some time that the Emperor in all hie public utterances, and lately,
,Ly T.I thiJfori emphasleed that Germany it fighting for a Plate
which will obtain for it and the Power which en lie side wpge the great
etrvggle, such absolute securities at it (qr a tasting peace nb for
its national future,
"Bwand German, rentier the ?eak whltf) we tl'lue ta obtain
will tewr t pMfeepl the freedom of H flag nd will open r eU
mtiom the pesMtltty of aiding the work of progress and ttvltltrtlon
in free gempfiTfifo, v ra BBTHmtifr4miYG. '--
Scene A room in a police statipn.
Time Any summer afternoon. Police
men, neighborhood characters and re
porters standing about.
Lost Boy Mamma, mamma, mam
ma, my mammal I want my mamma.1
Wow!
Police Matron What's your name,
little boy?
Lost tioy wanna go home to my
mammal
Police Matron you tell me pour
name I'll give you a lot of candy, a
fire engine, a Teddy bear and a penny,
and I'll make you a policeman.
Lost Boy wont my mammal
ThW picturesque' scene of agony may
sooh bo a thing of. the past in 'this city.
When It Is gone, some expert will bo able
to reckon, in millions of gallons, the bit
ter toare of childhood that will have been
savo yearly, to the great benefit of little
nervous systems, and economy, In llttlo
heartbeats.., -,''Fr,M as J" P'8 policeman
on the cornerrput' It, ''"I've sftn' many
pretty bod things in my time, men all
cut up In wrecks, and had to handle 'em
but there's nothing that gets me like a
lost kid that doesn't know his name but
has that ache In his throat for his
mother,"
He said ho always had to turn Ills back
on the occasions of thoso rapturous re
coveries nf lost ones within the bleak
walls of station houses, when mother Is
found again.
FINGER-PRINTS TAKEN,
Tho first experiment for a system to
Identify lost children by finger-prints was
mado today at City Hal), when the ten
finger-tips of a little person were pressed
on a card nnd fixed his Identity forever.
For the finger-prints of no two persons
In. the world are alike, even those of
twins. Of course It would not be so
necessary to register the prints ot older
children, who know their names. But It
Is an amazing thing how many things
small children can say before they can
Bay their names.
They can order meals before they can
say their names. They can criticise the
cut nnd fashion of garments they are
compelled to wear before they can say
their names. Of course, they know their
first names, but that's not enough to
identify tnem.
"What's your name, little boyf"
"vny, jonnnio, of course. Lead me,
If yon please, at once to my mother" (or
words tu thot effect),
"What's your last name?"
"Johnnie, An' I wanna go home now!"
Therefore, the necessity pf helping out
the child, Ills finser prints, taken In the
station, would be rushed to City Hall and
the search would bo narrowed down to
some particular classification by tho
rougher outlines of Johnnie's prints until
you got to section 39, page 189, end there
would b Johnnie's lost last name, nnd
his address, and his mother's name (even
his father's), just how to get him home,
In. a word,
DISCUSS NEW METHOD.
Superintendent of Police Robinson and
Harry Bodkin, chief fingerprint expert of
tho Department of Publlo Safety, today
discussed the new method. They also ex
perimented In taking the finger-prints of
little boy, The prints taken by Bodkin
ware those of James E Farrell, 4 years
Old, of 803 South COth street. Ha Is a son
of City Hall Detective Edward L, Far
rell. Superintendent Robinson eald;
"Finger-prints of a human being are tho
only records of the Individual that can
never be changed. The marks, as a rnle,
remain the same from cradle to the grave.
If this little boy wandered awny from hie
home hie Identity could easily be eetab.
lisped a short tine after his nnger.prlnts
could be compared with those on file In
pome clearing home."
In many foreign countries the nnger
prints of grown-up persons are kept on
nie. This Is done so that in the event of
4 disaster the finger-prints of dead per
son can ha compared with those filed
away by the municipality.
Hundreds of children wander away from
their doorsteps during the summer sea
eon. Superintendent Robinson seld, Mr,
BPdkln, who la veteran finger-print ext
pert, suggested that the prints be taken
at either .the schools or at the station
house n the dl riot where the eblld llvee,
"In my experience i have never heard
of two sets of flnger-prlnte being alike. Bo
ar'W! w ,h markings of ap,ir of
thumbs that to an expert ne other pair
ef. thumbs may resemble them elesely
enouih to pause even temporary eenfu.
'''.J "".? """' f deileate lines
end their peeuiinr Irregular arrangement
make pesslble the variety of eam.binattoBi
an ipnnlte to afford different pattern
for every nnger fashioned by nature, The
deltas, breaks, forks, angles end eecen
Ule eurvee are the merke that distinguish
fob finger and eaeh thumb from every
etfcw flam end thumb In the werW."
"' ' T" "" 11---
.WPPlTO,BWlf
FM SHOW IN COURT;
APPEAL FKOM CENSORS;
JUDGE SUSTAINS THEM
Common Councils a Motion
Picture Theatre First
Scene of 'Secret Orchard'
Condemned, Though Li
braries Admit It.
If a story Is decent enough to be put
Into print, If the book Is placed on the
shelves of the public libraries. If It Is pro
duced In tho dramatic form, In a theatre,
docs It follow that It Is decent enough to
produce in motion-picture form?
That Is tho question lawyers and wit
nesses wrangled about In Judge Patter
sop's oourt today, and to help decide It
thay projected on a screen within the
courtroom tho plcturo In question, which
the Pennsylvania Board of Censorship
had frowned upon, refusing to grant per
mission for Its exhibition.
When thoy built tho courtrooms In City
Hall the architects apparently did not
realise that the tlmo would cpmo when
it would be necessary to give motlon
pltcure exhibits In them. Ae a conse
quence, when Judge Patterson decided
that tho anly way he could "hear" nn
appeal from a decision of tho censors
was to see tho plcturo In question, they
found his courtroom entirely Inadequate.
Common Council chamber was converted
Into a courtroom, and the courtroom was
turned Into a movlng-plcture parlor, dif
ferent from the ordinary ones in that no
admission fyo was charged.
The picture presented for the benefit
ot the judge and about B0 spectators was
"The Secret Orchard," produced at an
expenso of 125,000 by the Jesse L. Lnsky
Company. It was tho first time that a
motion picture hna ever been presented
in a courtroom In this State and ths
event marked tho first time that an ap
peal from the decision ot the censors
has ever beeri taken.
And after court had been In session mor
than three hours, without even adjourning
for lunch, Judge Patterson decided that
some of tho picture would have to be
cut, but not all pf It. Tho censors had
refused flatly to permit the showing or
the nim, but the Judge ruled that only
the first scene was objectionable. Now
the producers ere wondering how they
can show ft picture with the beginning
omitted, and It Is believed that t wW
be remodeled In such a way as to meet
the approbation of the censors.
A scene, In which some of the demi
monde of Paris acted In a rather uncon
ventional way In an apartment In Paris,
caused the censors to object strenuously;
but .the producers of the film contended
that this was perfectly all right, nnd
that If Bttch scenes had been censored In
the past tho world would have lest much
tho best In ort and literature.
WILSON FACES MANY
DOMESTIC PROBLEMS
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plained time and again of poor Inspection
of steamships, may not quietly accept the
report that red tape and not the Com
merce Department Is to blame.
The President must also take coq
nUsnce of the statements by his own
party leaders that something Is radically
wrong with the present tariff bill. Ho
muet meet the treasury deficit within A
short time, and It Is expected that soon
after he relume here he will call for
conferences with House and Senate chiefs
to decide what must be done.
Military and naval preparedness, and
whether he can afford to defy the pacifists
under the leadership of William. Jennings
Bryan and try to force through Con
ores, hU itrmy end payel bills, will also
occupy his attention.
Then there Is the British note to pre.
pare, which must satisfy the Southern
cotton men, and Mexico, with Its serious
complications and international develop
menu, ell of which Is expected to keep
the Executive close to his desk for e,
Ions time after he gets back,
At the White House It wee stated that
the President was expected back "very
shortly," although po definite day was
flxed,
GERMANS GAIN FRENCH
TRENCH IN ARGONNE
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They were Immediately halted fey our
rifle end artillery fire.
"In the Argonne, near the highway
rera Vlenne le CTateau to Binarvllle.
the enemy attacked with grendjs nd
petards pur edvaneed posts end the
neighboring trenehf. He was thrown
back upon Wi own lines by pur Pre, In
the western part p the Tercet (ArgeW)
from Haute Cbevueh, M for ! Vm
quoIs, there was a, coflfliat with bembi,
grenade. an4 rifle Are durtof part eithe
"In the yattm
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EL PASO, Tox Aug. 8.-Oeneral Hugh
L. Scott, chief of staff of the United
Mates army, wll confer with fleneral
Frnnclsco Villa as soon as posslb a after
ha arrives here. General Scott Is due this
afternoon nnd hs meeting with Villa ma
take place tonight, but It Js moro prob.
able that Oenernl Scott's conference with
Ueorge C. Carothers, special ngent of the
State Department, will forco a postpone
ment Of tho Vla conference unm ni
morrow. American authorities on tho border aro
linpoful that In tho noxt two days thero
will be developments that will bring
about poice in Mexico. General Villa's
announcement thot ho will rccclvo favor
ably nny suggestions from Penera) Scott
Is taken hero as a hopeful sign, thpuglt
news of n split between Villa nnd tho
Mndcro family somewhat reduced tho
general optimism, According to reports
from reliable sources. Villa has threat
ened to conflscnto all tho Mndcro prop
erty In the State of Chihuahua, Fran
cisco I. Mndcro, father of tho murdered
Mexican President, has como here with
1iIb son's widow to seek a conference
with Villa.
Villa, It is said, wll Insist that he have
the full backing of the Maderos. Ho
Is angry over the fact that throq brothers
of tho ato President, all generals in tho
Villa army, have left their forces and
entered the United States with their
families
OARRANZA FAILS TO PLEASE
LANSING WITH PEACE OFFER
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.-Carrnn8a must
"play fair" with tho United States or his
military commanders nnd pot hmscf will
bo factors In all further negotiations to
restore peaco In Mexico.
Tho action of the "first chief" In ex.
polling from Mexico the Guatemalan Min
ister, Dr. Juan J. Ortega, at a tlmo when
tho Guatemalan Minister to Washington
was endeavoring to help arrange a gen
eral pjan for Moxtcan peace Is accepted
hero as a direct defiance of the Latn
Amorlcnn diplomats.
Secretary of Stato Lapsing Is under-'
stood 'to havo told Secretary McAdoo, in
New York yesterday, that Carrana was
"playfng" wth the United Stores, jn
this connection t Is understood that
Lansing is angered, over the effort, on
the part of Carranxlstai, to make It ap
pear that n, real offer to confer with hie
enemies was contained In the brief filed
at the State Department by tho Car
ranxlsta attorney, Charles A. Douglas,
lost Friday night.
Tho next conference on Mexico of the
Latin-American diplomats with Secretary
of State Lansing will be held at 2 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon at ths Hotel Rllt.
more in Now York, Secretary Lansing an
nounced today.
Meanwhile Senor Cordoza, the uraxlllAn
Minister at Mexico City, who has been
handling the affairs of the United States
In tho absence of an American Ambas
sador, will be rushed to Now York. It
was announced today that he would be
rushed from Vera Crux to Key West on
nn American warship and then come di
rect to New York, where he can partici
pate In the conferences.
PLOT TO "FRAME UP"
WARDEN OSBORNE EXPOSED
Prison Itinp Flan to Cause His Re
moval From Sing Sing Fails.
PLATTSBURG, N. Y., Aug, 9.-Fol,
lowing sensational allegations of a
"prison ring" plot to discredit Warden
Thomas Mott Osborne, of Sing Sing,
Governor Whitman nnd Superintendent
ot Prisons Riley were expected to de
cide horo today that Osborne should re-main.
Friepds of the warden revealed the de
tails of a scheme, startling In Its daring,
which, they pay, thoy ere prepared to
prove had been arranged and failed only
because a saloonkeeper refused to carry
opt hla Important pert In Jt. The saloon,
keeper told them, they said today, that
tho back room of his saloon In Osslnlng
wns to be the scene Of a ''frame-up,'
Women were to brought from New
York to meet certain convicts in this
back room and In the midst of a seeming
orgy a flashlight photograph was to be
taken, The result was to bo a fearful
black eye for Osborne's self-government
pap at Sing Sing and his certain dls.
missal.
It la also declared evidence has been
manufactured to foment discord between
Riley and Osborne,
ROME, Aug.?,
The Austrian city of Gorlzla, aga!
the defenses ot which the Italian ai
pf Invasion has been pounding for rtu!
weeks, has been practically destroyed
the shells of King Victor Emmanuel
nrttltfirv.
According to all tho Indications, n
great battle which hna been rosins' .
possession ot Gorilla Is rapidly draKlnei
Into (ta final stage- Dispatches from thl
front today stated that tho Austrian
defense was growing more feeble and thin
the efficient flro of tho Italian artllleryg
men was preventing ammunition and up?
piles from belpg taken Into the fortresJ
Buildings In nil parts of tho city havil
been battered Into ruins. The streets w
full pf ueDris, Tne lu.uuu porsons In th?
city left out of a population of 40,C0OJ
are living In cellars and dugouts. i
The remaining forts nnd redoubts ril
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tho Italian mortars.
AUTHORITIES FLEE.
Tho. civic nnd religious authorities iW?
fled from the city. M,obs attacked the
residences of tho wealthy and also thf
municipal storehouses and markets In, I
fght for bread, but none was tp hfi
,,uvj, .... o u..wb.....w.u. a.iu fusel
leading Into tho city from tho east tri
undor the flro of the Italian gups n4
supplies cannot be taken nto the wi
loogured stropghold from that quarter?'
Much damage has nno beep don, u
Rovereto. In tho Adlgo Valley, nnd Tm9
tlno by tho Italian nrtlllcry. i
In the Tyrolean nnd Cnrlnthlan Alpi
nrtlllcry duels continue. Southwest1 of
Polo, a mountain village famous for lt'l
sulphur baths In Tyrol, there has bowel
sovere Infantry fighting. i
A plunging flro from Italian bn(lrf..
statlonod two miles n tho clouds ht
forced tho Austrlans to evacuate tW
whole region around aiontozzo, 31 mil
norrnwara oi ireni.
,AU ,llU1JU.fiUt
Advancing from tho Tonnlo pone region
Alpine troops first captured the pats oi
Montozzo and then moving swiftly for.
ward In a night attack took Montojij
peak, capturing Austrian troops and svjal
on tho summltt. Italian artlllory U
brought up tne mountain patns apd tfct
Austrlans sneuea out or tneir position?
on the surrounding peaks ot the ValDet
lffin,& ...Inn . JS
Tho Italians are making preparation! t
defend themselves against an AustHtsJj
auacK qown tne.Aaige vauey, wmcjnt
believed will follow tho ending of th
TT?n ann nm mnalrrn Trr Vie-lnflJ a
F (( T .ut,vttHte, Atv-. . J.ftJ j
ucffiU mum. u,iyvBo mo rMicy pumn pf, t
iQvareio ana iiauar buijh jnoynieq. 9a
tne heights on boph pides,
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MEXICANS IN FiqjQ
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rnnoh. Rumor says that nt least JSJ,
Mexicans were In the attacking psttfi
The outlaws are Bald to have attselced
the Nprlas ranch house shortly fte
A nrlr rPVisk ianitirnnn 1 J In hhmI,.!
defended tho houso until lata last nlfti!
and the surviving .Mexicans withdrew. J
the meantime the 16 Texas Rangers lQ
arrived, nnd when the Mexicans reel
tacked about midnight thoy were W
with ft volley which dispersed the parjfl
A special train, with trooos from ItI7
polpt, Js expected early this morn!n?3u
me j-ifnup ipfiuji, mm ,iu aiuAiaju? in
saia to be rotreatlng to' tne south.
Messages received here say that ot
five Americans Injured three were Upuefl
R(flta anlHInrw anil twn wa.i fivltlato. n
AH this section Qf TcxaB is In terra
as a result ot the frequent Mexican rsliuj
and many trains havo been stoDoert (Ml
business practically suspended tlirogl3
out tne tnreetcneq territory. Hancnu
have been warned that a number of olhrt
raiding parties are In the field, and Teuj
Rangers and armed civilians are belM
rushed to the exposed paints. 1
jwormauon received nere saia au
ahniK tKA Uavlnana war, nt Tlirnn W.tW
45 miles north of Brownsville, and thil
inoy were moving on tne rancnes in iuj
vicinity.
Sheriff A, Y, Baker, of Hidalgo Ceunl!
Is reported as saying that 300 Mexican
have crossed the Rio Grande and fcri
traveling over Hidalgo County In PfTO
ot threes nnd fours, apparently masM
their way to somo meeting pelnt.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Aug. 9,-Mexics:
raiders burned a bridge and raided,!
section house near Watklns Satrudij
night, say reports received here toeu
The burned bridge was crossed by '?!
Sunset Limited only a short while bfwj
the lira was discovered.
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