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Subscribers of The Daily Gate
City are served the full Leased
Wire Service of the United
Press Associations.
Although Huerta and Orozco,
Deposed Dictator of Mexico is Under Arrest at
El Paso, Charged With Conspiring to
Incite New Revolution.
DENIES HE HAS ANY SUCH NOTIONS
Vigorous Effort Being Made by United States to
Nip in the Bud Any New Compli
cations in the Situation.
[By John Edwin JJVjvin, United Press
Staff Correspondent.]
WASHINGTON. June 28—The Jus
tice department plans energetic prose
cution of all persons concerned in the
new Mexican conspiracy. The evi
dence against Generals Huerta,
Orozco and all others accused of com
plicity In planning fresh Mexican re
volt, to be directed from this side of
the border were laid before a Texas
federal grand Jury at once. The at
torney general plans to include the
Americans reported Interested, some
Secret service agents attached to
the department of Justice have been
watching the latest plot's develop
ments ever since the first move was
made lit New York City.*"" "Officials
familiar with tho situation aay the
prosecution for neutrality violation.
will be on tho biggest scale in Amer
ican history.
rested in El Paso Sunday, are out on
bail, it was said herte today that they
would'be watched clpsely to prevent
Jumping of the bond in ai^ attempt to
the dark concernlnj? the outcome of
fighting between Generals Gonzales
and Zapata about Mexico City.
Having turned General Huerta over
to the federal civil authorities, war
department officials said the Mexican
gic points without consulting the de
partment.
Huerta Denies Charge.
EL. PASO, Texas, June 28.—Early
today, the time set for Victoriano
Huerta to lead an invasion into Mex
ico by a new revolutionary party, he
was at the ho»e of his daughter here,
laughingly refusing to be bitter over
terday and later released under $15,
000 bond for hearing next Thursday.
Answering the charges of conspir-
ww. „^itag to incite a revolution against a
as financial backers, and others who f_iOT1Ji,r
were to have furnished munitions
friendly country, the former dictator
of Mexico persisted in declaring he
was on a peaceful visit and ultimately
bound for the San Francisco exposi
tion.
The fete of the orofected aewoawd 'SfY**
l'ution, undoubtedly organized byi »fto*t,on
Bay in the bands of U. S. District At
torney Camp, working in conjunction
I with the regular troops at Ft. Bliss
and along the border. Camp ordered
What the War Moves Mean
By J. W. T. Mason, Former European Man
ager of the United Press.
[United Press Leased Wire Service.J the government and Turkey was com
NEW YORK, June 28. (11 a.m.)— pensated for them. Four other capital
ships had also been voted by parlii
ment so that a total of sixteen supev
dreadnoughts were on their way to
the British fleets In being, on Un
An indication the immense addi
tions which 'have been made to tho
British navy since the outbreak o"
the war is contained in iBupplementary declaration of war.
naval estimates to be introduced m! This number is
parliament this week, providing for
50,000 additional men. This number
reprtfbepts an increase of one-third
over the navy's personnel as it was
when hostilities began.
One year ago the 150,000 men in the
British navy Included large numbers
occupying shore posts at the admiralty
offices and at the various dock yards
and naval stations. The additions
iriade since then are practically entire
ly for service at sea and it is to pro
vide for these that the supplementary
estimates are to be sanctioned by law.
How many new war ships have besn line ten months after
completed by Great Britain since last laid
August is a closely guarded, secref.
But the number is unquestionably very
large. It requires from 750 to 900
men to operate the newest types of
superdreadnoughts and' even though
all the 50,000 new sailors now to he'destroyers too, are being hurriedly
provided for may not be needed im
mediately, a small part of them would
serve to equip a large fleet of the
major fighting craft
England was building ten super
dreadnoughts o. her own when_t^«
war broke out, as well as two for Tur
key, These latte^ were taken over by
Reeular trooD* stood euard over a!by
execute the original plans President I quantity of machine guns and ammu- MDe^tha't*the^ooe' s^mMthizetTtoo
Wilson at Cornish, is being kept in nition in a local warehouse owned by j£To
close touch with developments, which one of the- Huerta faction. Secret!
arc now in Attorney General Gregory's• service agents were on the track of
hands. Huerta, Orozco and other adherents of
Reports from Admiral Howard on Huerta, who denies he wishes to O'Riordan, rector of the Irish college.
the Mexican west coast, said the revenged on Villa and Carranza
Sonora situation is much Improved. I overthrowing his dictatorship
The state department was still In will ^ordnilr/i!,e=fUnt^t8lond0LtrW
border was alert last night and early
today. It was rumored the number
of troops would be doubled immediate,
ly to cope with the situation.
Villa Is Ready.
EL PASO, Texas., June 28.—If Gen-
border neutrality situation was out of era! Victoriana Huerta invades Mexi
their hands they were asked to fur
nish an escort and did it.
Thero was no prospect that the bor
der military force would be strength
ened, it wag added. General Funston,
however, it was explained had author
ity to handle his troops as he saw fit
and might concentrate them at strate-
co he will meet his old enemy Gen
eral Pancho Villa.
The former bandit has 3,000 picked
troops eighty miles south of Juarez
and is awaiting Huerta's next move
Huerta was at the George apart-
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three more than
was the strength of the entire Ger
man dreadnought battleship fleet at
the commencement of hostilities.
the vessel was ready for the fighting
the keel was
Beside concentrating on new fleets
of superdreadnoughts, the admiralty
has been hurrying work on light
cruisers, to replace those destroyed
by the Germans. New torpedo boat
built, for their presence in additional
numbers has been made imperative by(
the German submarine warfare.
It is being privately whispered ?n
England that since last August the
British admiralty hat) built a supple
mentary fleet as powerful as the en
tire American navj
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[United Press Leased Wire Service.]
ROME, June 28.—Italian areoplanes
bombarded the Austrian fortified sea
port of Cattaro Sunday, according to
Scutari advices. Bombs are reported
to have seriously damaged the forti
fication* and the docks.
Cattaro Is the most southern port
of the Austrian province of Dalmatia
and lies near the Montenegrin border.
Its harbor and gulf from one of the
strongest fortified center® on the
Adriatic.
HAVE A NEW BOMB.
ROME, June 28.—The socialist de
puty, Battelll, a professor of chemis
try at Plssa University, has Invented
a high power Incendiary and explosive
bomb that may revolutionize aerial
war-fare, according to dispatches re
ceived here today. Experiments are
said to have demonstrated the terri
flc effect of the new mlssle when
hurled from an aeroplane.
TURKEY SEVER8 RELATIONS.
ROME, June 28.—The Turkish am
bassador to Italy, Mehmed Naby Bey,
visited the foreign office late Saturn
day and demanded his passports.
Immediately after Italy's declara-
tion of war against Austria It.was r*. |lNyanM(
ported that the Ita Ian ambassador,
had left Constantinople, but these
porta were never officially confirmed. -,Many
The Turkish ambassador at
Italian foreign office and there was no|two
indication that Turkey would sever•
diplomatic relations. It is possible AVIATOR'S
that Naby' Bey's departure was!
muguuigiy loiuoiuK iu uc uiibcf uvci .. ., ._ biivbi
his arrest by United States troops yes- Prompted by Italian newspaper state-
ments that Italy would soon partici-jav,ator
pate in the campaign against the Dar-jp,aned
adnelle. and by report, that units of |he,ght
the Italian fleet already were enrouteib|p|ane
to join Admiral De Rodeck'e Anglo-
the two
ZI-. .LinTZw tri Germany and Italy have recalled their
Huerta friends seemingly rested to-
Ulrt
...it*,.* k». fn.-mailv
ambassdors, but neither has formally
declared war.
THE POPE'S SYMPATHIES.
the recent
wlth
Po
gate t0 Wa#h
for
fit:
PaPal m*»rvlew with the pilot's seat.
the Auat^Xrmans
pe Benedict granted audiences to
Card
|na,
Falconi
former apostolic dele-
,ngton
c|ajm
and
^on,,anor
The Rome newspapers took the view
that both* audience** were arranged to
giv0 the
Pontlff
an
oppartunlty to dls-
the impressions created here
and In France through publication of
the La Liberte Interview,
RUSSIA
[United Press Leased Wire Service
PETROGRAD, June 28.—The grand
duke has frustrated a determined .at
tempt by the Au-stro-Germans to pierce
the Russian line between Lemberg
and Brzezany and cut off the south
eastern armies from those operating
east of Lemberg.
The Russians, It la officially ad
mitted, have fallen back along a thir
ty mile front southeast of Lemberg.
But by withdrawing his forces from
Bobrka to Zaravno, the grand duke
.has kept his lines Intact and avoided
the trap set for him by Mackensen
and Von Linslngen. The new Rus
sian position*, along a small river
west of Rohatyn, are strongly fortified
and are being maintained In the face
of determined enemy assaults.
The arrival of the czar at the Gal
ician front has inspired the Russian
troops to fresh attacks all along the
Tine from Lemberg to Stanlslau. An
official statement Issued at midnight
reported the capture of 1600 Austro
Germans and two machine guns.
In the fighting north of Warsaw and
in the extreme southeast, north of
It is quite within the bounds of pos
slblty that all these sixteen first line
Ships have been made ready for battle Czernowitz, all enemy attacks In the
during the past eleven months. The last twenty-four hours have been re
orlgin&l dreadnought was laid down pulsed.
In December, 1905, and was completed j' The Turks around the American
in October, 1906. The admiralty issued [town of Kan have been heavily rein
orders that a test for construction forced, according to official dispatches
unJer war time conditions was to ha today and have attacked the Russian
made with the first dreadnought, and outposts. In the Caucasus, Russian
forces defeated a regiment of Turk
ish regulars and two regiments of
Kurdiah Irregulars in the Meliasghert
valley.
Her Trial Postponed.
[United Press Leased Wire Service.]
DES MOINES, Iowa, June 28.—Be
cause the state was not ready for
trial, the case against Mrs. Sudle B.
Whittaker, alleged heiress of Sir
Francis Drake, was postponed in Jus
tice Conroy's court until July 12. It
is rumored that County Attorney Wil
son is having trouble to secure one ot
the sixty investors to act as prosecut
ing witneu» 1
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lUnited Press Leased Wilv Service
LONDON, June 28.—Th® Dally Mail
today suggested editorially that the
British government attempt to secure
the services cf Orvllle Wright, Amer
ican aeroplane Inventor, to dlreot the
great air fleet Great Britain la now
mobilizing.
"We do not know whethei he would
be willing to come to England," said
the Mall, "but we know he Is the
world's best authority on aeroplanes
and a singularly disinterested and un
commercial Inventor."
STEAMER TORPEDOED.
QUEENSTOWN, June 28.—The
crew of the coasting steamer Lucina,
sunk by a German submarine off Bally
Cotton, was landed here today, having
been picked up by a trawler.
The Lucltia was bound for Queens
town with a cargo of coal from Liver
pool. The submarine hailed her and
gave the crew five mlnutea In which
to take to the boats. The steamer
was then shelled and sunk.
CAPTURED AFRICAN FORT.
LONDON, June 28.—A German fort
and wlreleas rtatlon near Bukoba on
the western eliore of Lake Vlctorla-
Qermhn EMt Afr
,ca,
troyed by a Br|t|sh
re"
Uganda
Ro™e
however, continued his visits to the,safd
an offi!
French fleet. 'The British blrdman was first attach
There has been no declaration of jed while recornolterlng above the Ger
war between Turkey and Italy. A
breaking off of diplomatic relations:
It
a*.G*r7iary
Mthan
wa des
expedition from
boat,F flefd gunSj plfle, and
valuable documents were captured,"
|a, statement today, "and
mac
hine guns were destroyed.",
LONDONf JlIne
EXPERI-
THRILLING
ENCE.
28—How a British
w,th hi#
machine ablwe, vol-
to eapt|% [n Mfet from a
after a fcattle wlth a Qarman
of unuMlaI sIze WM reCounted
in an w,|tneM.
man
200
statement today.
|jne |n Belgium at a height of
more than
^(joo
feet Th#
yard*»
Germans
Jiyto^wrne ^,^,4 «un at 4aa» .Jcs-ferkfee head and forced tha enemy
but
when the Brlt»n fired several ahota
from his rifle.
The German anti-aircraft guns
joined In the engaement and a bit of
shrapnel struck the British aviator's
petrol tank. The gasoline took fire,
The blaze h4d reached the propeller
when the landing wheels seruck
ground, but neither pilot nor his ob
server were hurt The German b|,rdman
watched his adversary dash earth
ward and then aped back over the en
emy's lines.
ANOTHER SHIP SUNK.
LONDON, June 28.—The British
steamer Indrlaril, oldest vessel of the
Donaldson fleet of liners, was torped
oed andsunk Ir St. George's channel
yesterday. Her crew has been landed,
according to dispatches, to shipping
circles today.
A
[United Press Xeased Wire Service.]
PARIS, June 28.—The Germans are
alarmed at the progress of the French
advance upon Colmar and have sent
reinforcements* Into Alsace. 8everal
strong attacks were delivered last
night against the newly acquired
French positions at Metzeral, but
they were broken up by French eh rap.
nel fire.
The enemy also attacked French
positions during the night at Calonne
and at several ether point* along the
Meuse heights. In each Instance these
asa6ults were repulsed.
This afternoon's official communique
reported a lull elsewhere along the
battle front.
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[United Press Leased Wire Service]
CETTINJE, Montenegro, June 28,—
Two thousand Albanian troops were
either killed or wounded In an attack
on the Montenegrin frontier Satur
day, according to official dlspatohea
today. arch duke.
Three Trainmen Dead.
[United Press Leased Wire Service.]
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., June 28.—Thr3e
trainmen were killed near here yes
terday when two freight trains met
head-on. ThelB
L. H. AAttOCW, engineer.
J. B. FORRESTER, fireman
I. B. BARRY. Urakeman.
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OVATION TO QUEEN
BERLIN, via wireless to London—
June 28.—Great crowds of students
and citizens gathered In Potsdam Sun
day night and tendered an ovation to
Queen Victoria of Sweden, enroute to
Stockholm, following a visit with
her mother, the grand duchess of Ba
den.
The Empress Victoria met the Swe
dish queen In Berlin and accompanied
her to Potsdam. Led by band*, crowds
marched through the city singing the
Swedish and German national an
thems.
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WINGS ARE CLIPPED
BERLIN, (via wireless to Sayvllle),
June 28.—Retired Admiral Kalau Von
Hofe, writing In the Vosslsche Zel
tung, today, deotared he believed alx
6-Inch guna were mounted on the Lusl
tanla, but In positions easily ooncealed
from American customs men who are
laymen, not naval men. The Vosslsche
Zeltung reproduced drawlnga of the
Lusitanla taken from an engineering
magazine of May 14, Indicating place*
for twelve 6-Inch guns. Admiral Von
Hofe said probably six of these were
not In position because they would be
In tha way of passengers.
FINES ARE LEVIED.
BERLIN, June 28. (Via wireless to
3ayvllle.)—Assessments of $30,000
each have been levied against the
French towns of Roubalx and Val
enciennes by the German authorities.
It was announced today. An official
statement said the fines were ordered
in retaliation for the destruction by
French filers of German consulates In
the open Turkish towns of Halffa and
Alexandrette, on May 30 and 31.
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IMPORTANT VICTIRY.
BERLIN, (via wlreleaa to London),
June 28.—Austro-German troops have
stormed and captured Hallcz north of
8tanlslau, and have crossed the Dnies
ter river.
Heavy howitzers wrecked the Hai-
dropped lowe- to retire after a battle that has laat-
ed nearly_a fortnight.
The Slavs are falling back to the
north In *ome disorder. Capture of
Hallcz and the railway crossing the
river north of Stanlslau la perhaps the
most Important Austro-German vic
tory since the winning of Lemberg.
General Von Llnslngen's extreme
right pressing, on from Hallcz now
threatena to cut the Russian's Bucko
wlna army off from the forces operat-
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THE FINAL DRIVE.
BERLIN, June 28, (Via wireless to
London.)—The final drive to clear Gal
Icia of the enemy Is now on. General
Linslngen has stormed and captured
the Russian fortified position at Hallcz
and has crossed the Dniester, taking
several thousand prisoners.
"All Important crossing* of the
Dniester are now In our hands," the
war office announced this afternoon.
Along a wide front extending from
north of Lemberg to a point east of
StryJ, the Russians are being swept
back. General Mackensen's left wing
Is pressing the enemy back upon the
river Bug, where the final decisive
battle In Gallcla probably will be
fought. Southeast of Lemberg the
Russians attempted a stand east of
the
Bobrka-Zaravno
feated.
lino but were de­
[United Press Leased Wire Service.]
VIENNA, June 28.—The first anni
versary of the assassination at Ser
ajevo of the Austrian arch duke,
Francis Ferdinand, the crime that
touched off tne world's greatest war,
was observed throughout Austria and
Germany today.
The Austrian newspapers devoted
columns to eulogies of the late heir to
the Austrian throne. They recalled
his effective work In the preparation
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Back of the movement were cotton
growers, with a new crop almost on
their hands, the American Association
of Importers and the meat packer*,
united.
These forces were organizing to de
mand a special session of congress and
a munitions embargo, unless British
blockade methods were chancred.
It was learned Germany had con
sulted Austria relative to the former's
rerply to thfi. latest American uote. In
conference at Viemia, were the Ger
man emperor, his chancellor, Dr.
fiethmann-Hollow.eg, and Foreign Min
isters Von Jagow and DaJecJ, of Ger
mginy and Austria respectively.
With th° German representatives
return to Berlin, It was expected the
reply's completion would be hastened.
It was looked for here a week from
today.
The fact that Germany had sought
Austrian advice was deemed a goal
sign, Austria being very friendly to
I ^t'ls^nde^rvlnTo?^
La"tv retreat upon ?InopoT tS war *e indiscriminate use of submarine,.,
office statement this afternoon Indi
cates the Russians, except at Isolated
points, have been entirely awept from
the south bank of the Dniester and
are rapidly being thrown out of south
east Gal Ida.
(Archduke of Austria Was As
sassinated in Bosnia by
Servian Conspi
rators.
EIGHT NATIONS FIGHTING
Summary of War Conditions
to Date Shows Nothing*
Much Decisive Has
Been Done.
[By
I «rh n« rt«V(ar anniversary of the crime of Serajevo
?f *""J.*•" ^tQrr^ imJflnd8 e'rtt nation* trying to over
!"a ..oeriaiiv mtina at this t!m«lwllelm
In the attacking force were 4,000 J'?ro"£*l •rgPe**nfj!LfhdlS!i,^jthe war. Today.it Is nobody's fight.
Moirteneorin"'poam'"a™!n*4*!}tako^sta day to the cathedral where special! Prophesies have been unfulfilled
but ^re driven off. services were held. The crowd, nun- during the past four seasons amazing
berlng more than 100,000, stood un
covered as the emperor passed and
then chanted softly the Austrian na
tional hymns.
Following instructions from the em
peror the day was everywhere ob
served at the battlefront. Command
Inq officers lectured their troops up
on the "murder" of Serajevo and call
ed upon them to avenge the death of
Ferdinand.
&kT. is*-,.
tlle two
berg was ••P«clally fitting1 attheir Turkish ahy, with the result of
because It honored the memory of the
the conflict so undetermined as to
make tnie the most significant fact of
teutonic countries and
THE WEATHER
Possibly, showers, tomorrow.
Local temp—7 p. m. 75 7 a. m.
66.
EIGHT PAGES
BRITISH IU
German-American Situation is Pushed Into tho
Background by the Demands of Cotton
Growers, Packers and Importers.
GERMAN REPLY AFTER FOURTH OF JULY
Answer to Second Note Regarding Lusitania Will
be Sent Next Week and is Fore
casted as Most Friendly.
[United Press Leased Wire Service.l
WASHINGTON, June 28.—Anglo
American complications shoved the
German-American situation Into .the
background today.
The most vehement American Pro
test since war began wus taking shape
against British Interference with
American trade at sea.
Unobjectionable Reply.
[By Carl W. Ackerman, United Press'"'
Staff Correspondent.]
BERLIN, (via The Hague), June 28.
—T.he German reply to the second
American note regarding the Lual
tania, will be handed to Ambassador
Gerard on July fifth or sixth. Because
of the Fourth of July celebration in#
It Is considered probable here that
this suggestion Is the proposal that'i
submarines will not attack unarmed
passenger Bhips, carrying non-contra
brand, provided they bear certain dis-?
tingulshlng marks.
Chancellor Von Bethnaann-Hollweg*
Is now at the Galiclan army headquar
ters of the kaiser. He Is not expected
to return to Berlin befoife the German
(Continued on page 2.)
JUST ONE YEAR AGO TODAY
WHEN FIRST SHOT WAS FIRED
WHICH BROUGHT ON THE WAR
ruary" would lead th® Russians
through the snowg far into the en
emy's country. Spring wae to see the
development of the allies' offensive
in the west, and the beginning of Ger
many's permanent retirement from
Belgium and France.
Summer ha# once more returned,
and none of the major expectations
aroused during the interval has been
realized. The war ha* developed 3
creative process of Its own, whose re
sults can be anticipated only in alight
measure and then are subject to dav
by day corrections. Indecision is the
first year's verdict of tie war. No
nation has done anything decisive, nor
seems likely to do so. The nearest
approach to a decisive result has been
won by the British navy. Despite the
individual exploits of German war
ships, the mass activity of Great Brit
ain's fleets has almost entirely de
stroyed Germany industrially. In theo
retical accora, at least, -with the high
er strategic dee
ires of the British gov
ernment.
J. W. T. Mason, written for the
United Press.]
NEW YORK, June 28.—One year asn
today the .primary cause of the Europ
ean war occurred at Senadevo, the cap
ital of Boenia, when Servian conspir- blockade, and German manufactures
atore assassinated the Archduke Fran- and agriculture have been diverted in
els Ferdinand, heir to the Austro- new directions and Intensified to an
Hungarian throne, and hlg morganatic! extent which partly nullifies the evil
wife, t?he duchess of Hohenburg. Tli**} effect of the empire's overseas' isola
tion. To what degree however, the
But, even here, the victory IB not
complete, uerman organization has
partly offset the effects of the Britisa
Germans have been able to substitute
domestic productivity for their form
er imported necessities is not known.
No two estimates are the same, and
yet, this is probably the most import
ant of the factor? which will finally
determine whether the war is to end
with a general compromise or is to bo
ly for the war has swept most pre-j continued until Germany is compelled
cedents aside. At the beginning of to capitulate or be mined. Thus,
hostilities, the Germans were said to I while the British navy, theoretically,
be facing the necessity of winning the has accomplished the full purpose of
wax during the first summer, or of be- ita being, the practical result of that
in# overwhelmed when the allies mob
ilized their full strength. Then came
the autumn prediction that the Ger
mans would soon be In the throes of
economic distress. Winter brought
with it a prophecy that "General Feb-
accomplishment will not he known un
til Germany's domestic plight is more
completely repealed.
Germany's reply to the activities of
(Continued on page 2.)
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the United States, the foreign office.,
deems it Inadvisable to send Ger- i"1*
man£*B answer before that date.
The tentative draft, outlined by the
United Press several days ago, has •.
not yet been approved by Orand Ad
mlral Von Tirplta. But the reply I
was assured by a high official here to-|p|
day, will take a form "to which no" "K*
one In America can make objection."
It IB understood that Germany will
make an important suggestion In her
answer., a sugg^stlpn of.*uch.a-aa.tvre
that if !President Wlleon accepts it,*.,
the German-American controversy willful
be at an^end.
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