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&W.v Jjjgl 0S. V,#- ij.'iVj, |fl, )..- fcv:- 8&P GIVE OR .?/--!r1?'«"" «vv -. H.yir:.'-t W 3 Conndl to Administer Em bargo Provision® of Eck pionage Law. rW CountrlM to Ba Rationed'-Senate Leader* Pnptri to Hurry Ena«t of Food Control Bill.. Washington, 'Juno 25^—-(President Wilson, by executive order today, cre ated an exports embargo council to administer the export embargo pro visions of the espionage act By the administration of embargoes thru this council..the nation will ibe aMe to take several steps for the success ful prosecution of the war and also to prevent supplies reaching Germany thru neutrals. The president's order vests in the secretary of commerce the executive administration of all instructions is sued by the, president tinder the act arid established an export council to be composed of the secretary or state, the secretary of agrioulture, the secre tary of commerce and the food admin* tgtrator. Emfaarfo on Coal and Grain. The council will recommend to the president proclamations to Ibe issued putting certain commodities under ex port control. Opal and grain will be the ant.'commodities to go undef the atSt/ Food. exports will be left entirely in the H"*1* of the food administrator. One of the first effects of the act's ap enationwlll be to give the government a.'firm Control of .the, domestic food cuaatieju. fclUpplng, took will Ibe con trolled to a large extent un0er the act To ftatton Neutrals. A pian for rationing the neutral Eiiropean countries has been worked out and will toe put Into effect Imme diately. Secretary Redfleld said his depart ment would have the act in operation in forty-eight hours. To-Hurry Food Bill. Senate leaders today arranged to expedite the food control bill passed Saturday by the house. The bill was referred *ln thai senate today to the agriculture committee. Senator Reed, of Missouri, continued his attack upon It Chief among the amendments pro posed are extending government con trol to Iron and steel and their prod ucts, copper, lead, zinc and fertilisers, and oil and petroleum. Senator Chamberlain, in charge of the bill, said there was much senti ment for having the government con trol of basic materials as well as food. Amendments Offered. A half dozen amendments were in troduced today. Senator Lewis, demo crat, Illinois, offered a substitute bill, proposing that the president shall have general broad authority for con trol of foods, specifically those held for "monopolisation" or "unjuftt prices." Several measures which have been before the senate as part of the war legislation also were tacked onto the bill as amendments. Senator Walsh put In his bill permitting the govern ment to lease coaj and oil lands. The bill giving the'president power to di rect priority In railroad shipments was offered as an amendment by Senator Ransdell. Senator Wadsworth tacked on the trading with the enemy bill and Senator Oumbilns proposed amend ments declaring every product, includ ing foodstuffs, cotton, coal and steel, subject to control and requisition should It become necessary. To Rush War Tax Bill. .. Prohibition amendments to the food control legislation will not interfere with the senate finance committee plans to complete the war tax hill this week and have it rea^y to follow the food bill in the senate. Chairman Simmons said the commit tee would proceed on the assumption that liquor will remain a revenue source and, should congress accept the prohibition proposals, the bill probably will be returned to the committee to consider other taxation. The committee today continued con sideration of the excess profits section but made no decision. Senator Sum mons Indicated that the committee mlght not consider further the special tax on publishers, but leave It for dis cussion by the senate. Adjournment in August. Democratic Leader Kitchln predict ed adjournment of Congress by Aug. 1 or Aug. If, today In announcing thaf after next Wednesday or Thursday he would am* 'or thfes 3ay adjourn'"""** until the senate had passed some of the. house legislation before lt,^y' HOUSE ADOPTS FOOD CONTROL. Strong Prohibition Amendment Writ ten Into Administration Measure. Washington, June SC.—(The admin istration food. control bill, giving the nresidfent broad authority to contrdi Vne u!str?iutios food, feed and fuel purposes and appropriating iM for Its enforcement and- LttftK. '"•SEI FUEL AMD GRAIN FIRST UNDER BAN Food Export! to Largely In Hands of Board Compossd of PwiK Gov ernment Offioisia—Neutrsl European British Ship Battles and Sinks German U-Boat in Atlantic An Atlantic Port, June 25.—Members of the crew of a British steamer wt.ii.tt arrived here today reported having sunk an attacking German submarine. The British vessel sent a sbell into the U-boat's magazine, causing an :plo-. slon Which parted the underwater boat about midships. Each end sank sepa rately. The British steamr was unin jured. The submarine was five miles dis tant and running away after having attacked the Britisher, nearly 400 miles off the coast of Ireland. According to the story told by the gunner of the British steamer, the sub marine was seen first when she sent a shall at the steamer from a distance of about t,(KK yards. It fell short and the steamer was Immediately swung about to get the naval gun to work. Steven shots were fired in rapid suc cession and each struck very close to the German, "I knew had the range after tne second shot and so did the Germans," said the gunner. "The Germans were using their two guns, fore and aft, while we had only one, but the shells were failing short,and he started to run. followed him with shells and the twelfth struck just abaft the perl scope. He was then more than 9,000 yards away.. We could all see the boat break in half and go down. 1 sent four more shots into the water at the spot where she disappeared to let any of the "boches who might have escaped know that wo were, still around and would take care of them if they appeared. "At tne time our battle was going on our wireless operator pioked up the call of an American vessel -and also caught a message that another Amer ican ship was torpedoed and was sink ing, and that the Germans were firing on the lifeboats." British 8toamship Sunk. 'Montreal, June 25.—The British steamer Ortolan? a vessel of 2,145 tons gross, owned by the Genefal Steam Navigation Company, of London, was torpedoed and sunk by a German stfb on June 4 and three members her crew lost their lives, accord ing to survivors of the ship who ar rived here today. An American vessel came to the rescue and several shots were, fired at the submersible from guns' on board that ship. house Saturday night after far-reach ing prohibition provisions had been wrltts&vlntOtlt,.. The vota was lftS to 5, Kepresenta ttV«a'aS01em6i^, 81ayden and Toung, 'ol Texas, democrats,, and Meeker, Mis souri, and Ward, New'York, repiJbll cans voting in the negative. The prohibition provisions adopted would prohibit the use of foodstuffs for the manufacture of alcoholic bev erages and would give the president authority to take over for war pur poses all liquor now on hand. They were put Into the measure during the evening In committee of the whole and when the bill came up In the house proper, the anti-prohibition faction did not demand that they be voted on. The blH now goes to the senate where it probalbly will (be substituted^ early next week for a- similar measure already under consideration. Leaders hope to get the measure to conference by July 1. Few Important changes were made by the house outside the prohibition section. The control powers of the president were .limited to articles specifically mentioned In the bill in stead of giving nlm "blanket authority voluntary aids in control work were made subject to the penal provision all persons in the food administration except those serving without com pensation were placed under civil serv ice: and the president was required to make an annual report on the opera tion of the hill. There was a hot debate over the prohibition features. Wets and drys accused each ,other of unfairness and iRepresentatlve'Meeker, of Missouri, a republican, and Representative Kelly, of Pennsylvania, democrat got Into such a row that their friends sur rounded them to prevent a physical encounter. OUTLAWS THREATEN REIGN OF TERROR Helsingfors Relieved of Threatening Rule by Jean Bold), Anarchist, Lead er of Band of AntlReligious Maniacs and Thugs, Helsingfors, Finland, June 25.—This city has finally been relieved from the threat of a regime of terror under Jean Boldt, an anarchist leader, who had lately risen to power, and who had gathered about him a group of follow ers, comprising anti-religious maniacs, and professional pickpockets, lately re leased from jail. After a series of Incendiary talks, Boldt, followed by 400 rogues, raided St. Nicholas cathedral, in the midst of a service there, declared the building captured' and turned into a "temple of the poor." One of Boldt's followers, an un frocked priest,' stepped Into the pulpit and preached a blasphemous sermon on the history ot reiivious shams. Early the next morning 100 militia men stormed the cathedral and not Withstanding Boldt's appeals to his fol lowers to massacre them, defeated the criminals in a hand to hand struggle, during which two militlatnen were wounded. National Bank Statement Called. Waah^irton, Jun« M.—The compr troiier oi' tu curreudy IsksS call fbritka' cdndft^n. of all national 5?'".. IvmM. "r'"v fOLUME FORTY-THRi:E MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA, MONDAY, JUNE 25,1917 British Exert Constant Pressure on Germtfli Line in France. NIGHT ATTACKS WORRY TEUTONS One Operation Considered of Much Im portance, Inoressing ss it Does Brit ish Grip About Lene—Pour Thero is a momentary lull In tha infantry activities on the Alsno front. The French have virtually sueoeeded In re -establishing In its entirety their lino In tlte Vauxail Ion aroa, dented by the crown prince's forces In sudden drive.,* on -a- narrow front last weak, fur tl- "ghting Is In preepeot to the eai this seotor In' ekirirtiehing for position by the tw» armies. In this connection the artillery activ ity reported today along varioue portions of the Chemin-des-Dames plateau Is signlfloant.^ [By Associated Press Correspondent.! With the British Headquarters in France, June 25—Altho official state ments report little activity, the feritlsh are keeping up the pressure day and night along the m-mlle front they ocoupy. One operation last night was Impor tant, increasing as it does the British grip about Lens, Under the light of the stars, British troops stormed and cap tured 400 yards of front line trenches east ot -^gPI £•/,'.. -t#, ,W» ,-s. EMBARGO TO BE PUT ON COAL AND AS PRELUDE TO Hundred Yards of First Line Trenches in Western Outskirts of Lens Are Cap tured—Lull on Aiane Front, The British front in northern France is again developing signs of renewed activity. Today's official statement from London details an unusual number of raids esrried out by the British in virtuslly ev ery importsnt sector from Belgium to 8t. Quentin. Operations by rsiding forces on this scale sre usually the prelude to offensive movements of moment. General Haig has not struok a hard blow on any extended front since the week of the Messines fighting, when the fsmous ridge on the Bel gian front was captured and tha way prepared for further smashing operations in this seotor. (Incident to last night's raids were loosl operations that gained ground for the British. Thus soma progress by them below Lens and northwoot e* Warnoton In tha Meselnee area Is reported. Riamont wood, in the western outskirts of Lens, thus drawing closer to the mining capital of Prance. Elsewhere several raids in the dark ness served to keep the Prussians on edge. One of these was undertaken west of Huiluch. Here fifteen prisoners were brought in, while during a per iod of two and a half hours the Brit ish remained In the enemy trenches. Heavy casualties were Inflicted on the Germans and their dugouts were bombed. Two more raids were carried out east of Reuox and in the region of Vendrtlle, while a local push northwest of War neton secured two advanced posts. In this affair a number of Germans were killed. German Crop Outlook Improved. Copenhagen, June 25—A report pent out by the German government says that In consequence of the coming ot the long desired rainfall the crop pros pects In southern and western Ger many are really brilliant. In other re gions they are thoroughly satisfactory, Private reports received tfy the As sociated Press up to the second week In Jhne described the crop prospects as anything but brilliant. They said ralps could do much to save suffering spring grain and improve winter grain pros-" pects, but In no case could they do bet ter that produce a bare middle har vest, Ruse '^Liberty Loan" Attracts,^ Petrograd, June 25—"Subscriptions to the 2,000,040,000 ruble Russian "liberty loan" 'today, approached.the 000 ruble mark. Hopes to Democratic Germany. £eriln, via London, June a5.--JpjiUlp Scheidemann, the socialist leadar, cele brated bis return from the Stockholm conference by the publication In Vor waerts of a two-column article 1° which he reveals himsfelf as anything but optimistic concerning early page* proqpects. "In spite of Stockholm, alas," ha mid fear that we shall ha called upon to face the fourth winter of war. To prevent this, if possible, in an hon orable way, must be our duty. Qae ot the means ot achieving this, while not infallibly certain yet, nevertheless most promising, Is the democratifatlon ot Germany." Three Casolt Regiment? Desert. Amsterdam, June M.-r-Three Qeeeb r*»!mmts have deserted to ths Rus sians, according to a statement on Saturday to a coauaittaa-o ft* 7.. Germany Keeps Close fTab 01? M*n, Crops andiJJpe Stock Copenhagen, June 'Military Ger many long ago Introduced a card cata log system for men and live stock. Every male human and every horse and beast of burden were examined in peace time to determine suitability for service, was indexed and cross-indexed so as to be ready for immediate serv ice This system is now about to be ap plied to the food harvest. Orders have been given to begin a giant card cata log in which all grains in stock, pota toes still in the ground, fruits and oth er products Will be entered, together with details of acreage, the number of individuals and live stock on each farm and the anfount of food or fodder the farmer Is entitled to retain for all pur poses. This will be followed by regu lar reports thru all stages of growth, harvest and delivery thru the hands of wholesalers, the miller and the retailer to the ultimate consumer. from South Austria, by the retiring Austrian cabinet, as published in the Lokal Anzeiger" and Tageblatt of Ber lin. Artillery Duel Tliruout Night. Paris, June 26.—£$harp artillery fighting was In progress continually during the night near Eroidmont farm, the war office announced today.: PROMISES AMERICAN AID. Amerioa RElihw locomotive* and still toons locomo tives" are the fundamental needs of Russia today, according to Professor LomonosoCf, railroad minister with the Russian mission, "Quito frankly I can say to you, our A!merican friends," he said "give us lo comotives and we shall give you mill try success." Russia needs at once 1,000 ten-whe^l American locomotives to put her idle cars In operation)" another thousand with an appropriate number of cars to free the congested freight terminals, and another «50 annually to meet the deficiency between Russia's manufac ture and her needs for renewal and construction. The United States, the professor said. Is Russia's hope in this huge program BIG DAM BREAKS LOSS IS SEVERE Pries Irrigation Company Dam, Near Fairvisw, Utah, Qivss Way, Waters Inundsting Towns and Farm Coun try. Tairview, Utah, June 26.—The dam of the Price Irrigation Company, twelve miles from here, which started to break yesterday, was a total loss today. All fears that there will be loss of life in the towns in the path of the 11,000 acre feet of water released by the break were dispelled today with the announcement of the Rio Grande rail road that its force of men had taken hundreds of men, women and children to safety. While officials of the Irrigation com pay were unable to give any estimate of the loss to the dam, crops and other property, they said it probably would exceed $3,000,000. Entire Branch Road Loat. Salt Lake City, June 25.—The entire branch of the Denver A Rio Grande railroad at Schofleld, about five miles from where the mammoth reservoir dam near Falrvlew, Utah, broke last night, destroying thousands of dollars in crops, was completely wiped out to day. 8a say the meager reports re ceived her^ at the local offices of the railway. Communication has been almost en tirely cut oft and definite information regarding the break Is impossible. CUAZ pleao® guilty. Alleged Head ol "Hlgfc Grading Can apiraey" to Testify For Government. Cheyenne, Wyo„ June Mr—Antonio .Cuas, alleged head of the so-called gold "high grading conspiracy," pleaded guilty in ths United State* distriot court here today. Sentence was defer red. Cuas, it was announced, will be the principal witness against eighteen other men indicicu wU uiis. Cuas admitted his guilt on three counts—conspiracy to defraud the gov ernment conspiracy to commit an of fense against the government, and the use of the malls to defraud. As the result ot Jikit W rfvai. A the alleged conspir acy hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of gold stolen from Colorado mines was sold to government mints and assay offices. Cuas was arrested' in 3»ii rraselscs rrisi!? •ryln* to sell fit,CM worth 01 bvdUaa a* the mifit. -I* if HIM VESSELS IDLE DESPITE Shipping of More thsn 1-, 000,000 Tons In Bel ligerent Harbors. GREED SAID TO BE OWNERS, INCENTIVE Waiting For Higher Ratee-7-Allies Ars Urged to Take Steps to Remedy Conditions by Ensotmsnt of Nsw Port Ruls»—United States Awards Contracts For 8everal New Merchant Vessels—Plot to Deetroy Ships. Boston, June 25.—Despite the entente allies' need of shipping, more than 1,000,000 tons of neutral shipping is swinging idly in the harbors of belliger- nt Moscow, June 25—The headquarters •by America was summoning 10,000,000 were waiting for higher rates. The men to the colors in defense of free-taUiea should take Immediate steps to dom. correct the situation, he sulci, by in- Continuing Mf. Root told his hearers creasing port duties to an almost con that half a million Americans soon 1 The steel ships will be built by a Cal ifornia concern the complete wooden sWpa bra company at Hampton, Va. twelve-wooden htrtls by~a Texan~ c6n cern and four hulls by a Portland, Me., ship building company,-and four hulls by McBride & Law, of Beaumont, Tex. Plot to Destroy Norwegian Ships. London, June 25.—The seizure of a quantity of explosives which had Just reached Chrlstlanla, Norway, from Ger many, and the arrest of three foreign ers has been confirmed In an exchange Telegraph Company dispatch. The Tidens Tegn says that 1,000 kil ograms of explosives were seized. In cluding a number of Infernal machines. One of the men arrested is Aaron Reu tensfels, a German cltisen born in Fin land, who declared that the bombs were Intended for use In Finland. Accord ing to the newspaper, however, the In fernal machines, which were enclosed In cases resembling chunks of coal, were to have been put in Norwegian steamera It is added that the plot probably explains the loss of many Norwegian ships supposed to have been mined or torpedoed. Russis Adopts 8oolsliatlo Plan. Petrograd, June 25.—The provisional government today decided to solve by radical state socialistic methods the crisis caused By complete lack of man ufactured goods. Tomorrow It will show a decree making M. Pieschehon off, minister of food and supplies, re sponsible for furnishing the population with all Indispensable products, espe cially textiles, shoes, soap and kero sene. A fund will be placed at the minister's disposal by the senate. The ministry will proceed to manufacture the aforesaid goods. Coal Boost Conapiraoy. New York, June 26.—Testimony that price lists fixing |3 at the mines asj the cost of semi-bituminous coal were sent out to operators on the day after a conference of coal presidents and op erators in this city in January, was introduced by (he government in Its trial of fifty-one individuals and 102 companies engaged in coal production In the federal court here. BARRY REIN0PECTS SITE, Army Offioer Seeks to Verify Chsrge Mads Against Dss Moinea. Des Moines, June 26.—(Major Gen eral Thomas (H. Barry, commander central department, '. 'j 'l ?r nations,, according to a statement' Au*uato of tho war Industrial committee were the Italian cabinet and member of visited today by the American mission, jthe Italian mission to the Associated headed by Ellhu Root. The mission was ^esa here today. warmly welcomed. "Mr. Root, in answer Greed, he said, was the moving fac to an address of welcome said that,tor Cluffelll, former member with many of the ship owners, who flscatory point for prolonged stays and would be fighting and American fleets refusing bunker coal to such ships as already..weraidqnlhllatlng German sub- declined to accept cargoes bound thru marines. Describing America's adaption to war, Mr. ijpot praised American workman for^orklng In the nation's interest -longar&ours than usuaL "aay what^ussia wants," continued Root ,"and wa will coma In aid. Our high alms in t}e war Justify the heav iest sacrlflcesjknd everyone who can not understand^these sdn» must be un able to' understand aftfrth^ng." the danger aonea. Goethsis Contraots For New Ships. Wsshlngton. June 2E.—Contracts for ten complete steel merchant ships, four wooden merchant vessels and twenty wooden ship hulls were announcd to day by Major General Goethals. De liveries will be made in 1918. u. S. A., with headquarters In Chicago, today per sonally Inspoated the proposed site for the thirteenth division cantonment following charges that sewage dis posal problems would present serious objections to tha location of the can tonment here. General Barry will return to Chicago tonight and immediately submit a re port to the secretary of war, It was said, and local interests expect to know in twenty-four hours whether the camp will be established here or at Fort Shelling, (Minnesota, or Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Col. C. C. Ballou and two other offi cers from Fort Desx Moines joined General Barry on his trip of inspec tion. State Gelf Tourney Opens, Sioux City, June 25.—The Jowa golf tournament, opened at the £ioux City Country Club today with more than 200. placers, present and the weather ideaL la tfc*. laaividwu lhasnniesshiP :••',•• V- VS-v, ,, \*V1 #?v K» wiRfflMar ?4' t*fv& |Vsfe» *5$ 7* NEWS OF THE DAY T.-R. BULLETIN The Weather. 8un rises June 26\t 4:23, sets at 7:40. towa^-Falr and cooler tonighht and Tuesday. Range of temperature at Marshall town: Sunday, 83 and 81 Saturday, 84 and 52 June 24. 1916, 76 and rt.At 7 this morning 78: yesterday, 83., Ships. PAGE FOUR. Editorial: No Overhead on Red Cross. Leave the Soldlor His Pipe. The "Plane After the War." The BHslnea* Field. Topics and lowu Opinion. PAGE SEVEN. Story: Tho Roal Man. PAGE8 SIX, EIGHT AND City News: ,| A PAGE ONE. Telegraphio News: Embargo to Be Placed .al and Grains. President Appoln^r to Control i£x.purt*. ude to New Of- British Raids a*, ft naive. Greed Ties Up Many Merchant PACES TWO, THREE AND FIVE. Iowa News: Double Drowning Near Iowa City. War on Bootleggers After July 1. Dixon Would Move Fort Madison Prison. Quick Entry Into Penitentiary. Enlistments to Reduce Draft. Bailey Sees Deadlock In World War. I NINE. Reports Show City Short CrosE Fund. Many Townships of County Over (•ubscrlbe Allotments. Civil War Veteran Proposes Plan to In Red Aid Red Cross. Council Accepts Paving. Autos In Mishap Near LeGrand. Marshall town Twenity-flve Years Ago General and Brief City News PAGE TEN. Markets snd General 1 Wheat SuffA-s Added Break. Setback In Corn. Cattle Steady. Another Decline In Hog Prices. German Intriguing Forces U. S. Into War. play there are a number of oontanders and some possibilities. "Rudy" Knepper, of Sioux City, and Bartlett, of Ottumw», twice champton of Iowa, are considered favorites. Sev eral entrants from iMarshalltown were among the players, DR. *0»C*TS QUESTIONED. Husbsnd of Slsin Woman Exsmined Behind'Closed Doors. Waukesha, Wis., June 25.—Dr. Davis Roberts, whose wife was killed last week by Miss Grace Lusk, a school teacher, was questioned behind closed doors In court today. District Attor ney Tuller desired to. learn whether Dr. Roberts had heard iMIss Lusk make threats against Mrs. Roberts. It Is reported that the defense is consider ing the advisability of waiving an In sanity plea and deciding to stand on the alleged wrongs of Miss Lusk wrought by Dr. Roberts. Miss Lusk was reported doing well at the hospital. After shooting Mrs. Roberts, sho fired two bullets into her own breast. FORT DODGE PAPERS MERGE. Messenger and Chroniole to Consoli date July 1. Fort Dodge, June 2o.—Owners of the Dally Messenger and Dally Chronicle, local afternoon papers, have signed an agreement to consolidate the two pub lications July 1, It was announced to day. Greatly Increased cost of supplies was the decisive cause of the action. MISS STIMSON IN FLIGHT. Girl Avistor, En Route From Buffslo to Wsshington, Resohes New York. New York. June 25.—-Miss Katharine Stlmson, the 19-year-old girl who left Buffalo yesterday on an aeroplane flight to Washington, carrying a mess age to the Red Cross headquarters there, reached here today at 13:16, af ter spending the night at Albany. May Ask Mexioo to Modify Tsx. Washington, June 25.—It was an nounced today that diplomatic ex changes with Mexico over the new ex port taxes on orude oil had not reached a point where a modification of the new tax had been asked but that such a move was being considered. TURN MACHINE GUNS ON SINN FEINERS Disturbance Is Quailed With Rapid Firers After Polios With Clubs Fsil to Restore Ordeo—One Disturber Is Killed. Cork, June 26.—Machine guns 1 were used on the Sinn Felners during the disturbances here yesterday morning. They were brought Into action after the police with clubs had failed to re a tore order. One rioter was killed, an other severely wounded while a dozen were treated In hospitals for hayonet and other wounds. The riot eventually ..... nitMiied without the troops coming Into action. About Thirty Are Injjiurtd. London. June 25.—The number of persons more or less seriously hurt in the rioting yesterday at Cork is given as about thirty In a dispatch from that city. One police inapector Was Injured badly. When machine guns were trained on tha crowd moat of tha riot ers disappeared. kuis NUMBER lit saps & GOCGHI SEEKS TO EXCUSE HIS 9 BRUTA Italian Who Murderedi Cruger Says He Dtdafc Mean to Do It. WAS IN TRANCE MIND A-Bl *41 Insists He Is Overcome by Wsqui—'lft! snd 8till Loves His Wifo and C#»ll« drert—Declares Girl's Eyas Dieaan* certsd Him and Overpowering, At*^ traotion Seized Him—Unofficial V«r*£~ sion of Confsssion Mads Pufeliatt Bologna, Italy, June 15.—Interroga-. tlon of Alfredo Cocchl, self-confJfced slayer of Ruth Cruger, in New York, Ssys He Wss in Tranoa, "In view of the facts praaintsd it must be true attacked and killed her.K but, God help me, 1 didn't maanMo. 1 Is kept secret by law in Italy until Just before trial, when counsel axe alfM towed to examine the confession. Ae-«..n|| oordlng to unofficial Information Co^ cht said: "My machine shop gave me a satis factory position. I earned sometime* MOO a week. I had nevsr sssn Ruth Cruger before she came to my ah op to have her skstes sharpened. From the beginning Ruth dM aU in her poor er to attract my attention. I felt •orta-v^ thing strange when her dark, penetraft#''^ lng eyes fixed upon mine. "I was more disconcerted when she came on Feb. 13 to get her ekataa. Aflr' overpowering attraction for the young woman seised me. What happened then seemed like a dream. Jty man ory at this point fails me utterly. When I returned homo I waa -Hke" -a^. person In a trance. I remember of •peaking ot this peculiar mental' con#!*^. tion and thought 1 was lit. "I 'began to realise .tha. g*avfty my position the morning Of Vtfe. tt, when reporters came to my DELAY TRIAL OF WOMEN. Florida Black Taken From OfTiesm. and Shot to Death. I Punta Gorda, Fla., June 35.—Shep Trent, a negro, was taken from offlc ers near Cleveland, Fla., four miles from here, last night and shot to death, He had been arrested for attempting to assault a white woman Saturday, Another Negro Executed. 9 shop ta make Inquiry and policemen quMtlOBM me. I felt then as If I were losi M)r only anxiety was to escape. secured1 a passport snd succeeded til reaching Italy. On my arrival I was overcoma) by remorse. 1 'can not mysalf believe that my hitherto unblemished life has been destroyed forever. This la my* I first offense but It Is of such a nature* Jf that I can not believe It to be true.1 The greatest punishment is to think what suffering and agony my wife and children are undergoing, for notwith standing our misunderstandings, we love each other." $ Hearing of Suffragists Postponed on Request of Congressional Committee. Washington, June 25—(Mabel Vernon of 'Nevada, and Virginia Arnold, of North Carolina, two suffrage pickets, taken Into custody by the police Satur day, when they attempted to. display a banner, were not brought to trial to day as planned, because the congres- V* slonal committee which has charge of the grounds, advised the police to drop the case at least until those of other suffragists arrested at tho White Hous^ have been decided. Suffrage demonstrations took a new ACCUSED NEGRO LYNCHED^" 4 to a a in suffrage banners paraded along the pavement In front of the executive mansion, paraded back again to their headquarters, without saying a word*/' or unfurling a single banner. The police did not Interfere but merely saw jhat v-.j 1 the women kept moving. .'• S Dallas, Tex., June 25.—Chester Sfcw- I yer, a negro, accused of attacking a. "II white woman, was taken from jail by a mob today and hanged. "BABE" RUTH SUSPENDED. Gets Indefinite Lay-Off For Hitting Umpire Owens. Chicago, Juns 25—'"Babe" Ruth, staft pitcher with the Boston Americans, was indefinitely suspended today for hitting Umpire Owens In ths game with Wash ington, Saturday. 5^- 31 Thorite Says He Waa Misquoted. Special to Times-Republican. Washington, Iowa, Juna M.-~You*. statement quoting me was id thru my fault probably. The averaga Increase in freight rates will (be ftS par family. The statement »a type written copy, oral argument,'- Meat ytrti recently was ccrroct »*™p' thaf tlM following clause was omitted: "Att aaJj nual Interest charge at the wai^ lo'" rate upon more than 1350 per famUyi'*V Belgian Mission to Go ta PaoMta. Washington, June 25.—Tha Belgian, diplomatic mission has tentatively a**j ranged a trip extending to the Pac»d| coast Invitations have been ifi fit