TH AJEMZORA EtEPUBJ N Ai3 DEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL TWKM'Y-SIXTII YEAK s PA (IKS PHOENIX, Alii ZONA, WKDN FSDA V UOIJNINO, OILY 7. 19 1 S PAGES VOL XXVI'. NO. 50 ITS WERE FROIH GLOBE AS WELL AS BISBEG THOUSANDS ON FAMINE RATIONS IN MEXICO MISERY IS INTENSE DISMISS SUIT AGAINST UNITED MINE WORKERS Si .-l et Sel . in Men Three Montent yi Violating A i-i est ns in. tri.ea witn N'( Mf !;lit- ; I RT SMITH. July . milli on and a quarter il asi-s by the IIaohe-!e - A suit tor Harts dam num Coal i'j'i-vists Taken. p.isp.k i M i:st K K ax also iu:li s-ji.l flit V Col- 1 l;'r;K". S,iv.fl Pass, m-er A to Have l,o vn Si-rliia: Win: IV i :t. Isi ited Scv-I Starting' company against Ou officers and niemiwrs of the- Fnited Mine Work ers of America, was dismissed by the I'nili ! States district court for lac k of jurisdi. tion. The suit was the outgrowth ,.f rioting last year in the rrairie Creek mining listrict. when several of the com panies plants were destroyed and was I ronght under the Sherman let. It is alleged union men were responsible fnr the damage. The court held the operation of the coal mine was not interstate i character. Investigation litim- in catcs VLi!( Siai-vine in llC'S. Ft Oil of Food I nterior IVojtU f I rear Yerv ( 'l)'l- X.r Xui:i- Scarce REPLY SEEMS LIKELY NOT 10 BE APPROVED FRANK HOLT. LIES DEAD WITH CRUSHED SKULL JAILERS SA Y SUICIDE MANY YVO.IF.V CIMLMfPX XI !)YI.C 1 1 mi'li't'd-; of 'ITousands i Families l.iviiv. on as Little as Pon i'.l (,t' I i,n, ami lieans D'stri'mitee Out i- ill Til -ee !):!'. I V-SOCIATKU TRKSS DISPATCH i liii AUO. J iiy ". Secret service rt" u arrested three Montenegrin offi toiia.v chatgmg them with con s', navy to violate neutrality as a re ;.'.t -f vi l.ttions made by n score .f reservists taken from a train here. Captain Anton Scfiovicli, litem. r of the American Red Cros- I'll t Montenvgl iit lied Cross, of X- w . 1'ih, R. Marunivie'h, an offi iit of the Montenegrin army, annd -.v .. :.oiirasikvit)i. secretary of the .'I. grin office at l;is'.ee wc-i'e :..T- st All are charged with en-l:-t:i'.g recruits for the Montenegrin a nr. v. j 1 b res- i Ut.- aie said to ha v. i t department of justice official. that their txper.ses were being paid, j with the uniifrst.'inl'.ns that after, v uttKi: relativs. tuey would enlist.; .1. v o Maianovich. and l'oter Lub.i l eh were also arrested at Seattle, ei I'huap.i federal indictments. The: teen m-if arraigned before I'. S ', omrrs.-sU.r.er 1'rake. The homl a f:el it $1... into ea-h. T.te men arrest' d will l.e tried in ChieaKO. It is alien.,1 they have l- n rreruitinir at r.atte and Seattle since leaving 'hiea.. It was .;n., e.i t'.niu'nt that two h.undred enliste 1 r; Ved nesil.iy at a mass meeting in ;Ui.e and are reported enronte to V ai . ouver K. A. Fames, travelim; iilit a.er.t of the Southern Pa is lo-hl at liishoe in conni-etier. lo- charges aeainst Martino- aml Gjoiirashkov ich. It is 1 that Harnes, althouic!'. an e i f the SoLithern Pat ;fr-. l'.utfii seventy Servians over th" J;. k Island railroad. Tiie arraignment of Martienovich. and ;jiurashko irh. at P.ishee was 1 i.str'med tonight by t'nited States Atto.ney Pattee until Anstist H. It is said that no effort will he mad" I'v- srovernmeiit officials lo interfere with the .jeparture of Servians from Ti.sl. - tomorrow. Has Western Ramifications NKW Y'iIIK. July . The arreb' ' . f Sefrovich, it is said, resulted from an investigation conducted by U. S. Commissioner Mason in Chicago. Th -alle.-e.l conspiracy is said to have i a mif iea t ions in Arizona and Montana. (other Crnm' funds have I en properly used is another mat ter in which department agents have concerned themselves in the in v e-tiaiinn Sefrovich denied the ehnrje and was held under $."..imvi l ail f. r further examination. The lord vas furnished hy a surety com jnny. i On Way to Winnipeg VIf:;iXIA. Minn., July 6 Four hundred S-rhians, Montenegrin, and le.snians are enroute from Iron !:ani;e lor WinniiKg, where they will join an army of S.OfiO which will be transported -to fight against Aus tria and Germany.'- One hundred anil fourtei n men rf thee nationalities 'eft Virginia last night and mors passed through the city today from 1 Ilill.it.g anil Ohisholrn. Minn. j DESEBT THIRST GLAUS VICTIM II I J. NOLAN ASSOCIATED pkkss dispatch 1't'KHr.A. July H.-An investiga tion of food conditions in too inter ior of Mexico indi' ates that while the people are not actually starving in Kieat ntimbeis. many thousands are virtually on famine rations. The misery of the poorer classes is intense. Villages. and in some instances j cities, aie cut off from supplies. Tribes of Indians who once thrived in the mo intains. where their farms I have been wrecked by bandits, hav flocked to the settlements, adding t the difficulties of the authorise (ierniany Informally Sul mits to Pnite,I States States Draff of Its fjiply to tin American Vote of .imic a rr kpt lit AXCE WOULD . I TO SA( 'I'FEK'E rouhl-lie Assa-sii! ..f A V. Moj'ijan Eoiui'l on (.Viu ent I'ax'euienl: with Skill! Crushed Reports of Af fair Are Conflicting. SUPERCARGO OF LARSON ANNIE DISAPPEARS XICO CITY IS RESISTING CAPTURE YET IE LKTTEI' TO WITT FO rxn ix CEJT. 'I iressit n Is T -adoi- ( J'-rard trneted Xot Views Plv Is Until l.'.vei 'hat Amhas HVill I!e In to Iiy ires:-. Official IJe- l ASfloCIATKD eitjcn Ulal'ATCBl Vv AS1 1 1 XtJTON. July 0. ---Germany stibmitted informally to the Cnited States a tentative draft of its l epl to the note of June !i. which asks assui.iices that Ana-riean riMlit.-1 oa the (seas v. i!i not be further v iolaled. MiLrii oi'tuiab, who .arefullv exum- trv in food i .airic I i 1 1 1 of lAirme--Col n m hi a Postmaster X'ear Fro-j Ta- ks Mean., of Saving Iife Were Within who ;t: P r Uiintr is rrportf'J aii'l fhiltii tti fT h sui fert i s ins-tiff nt nut rit in tiKMip the I I uini'-ii in ities ,inl iMinlr-iu; r.uiiili-s aie li inu i!i')I t hi ii' tc. art- i-r.ict ii;i lly ;u:rt't'fi I'liiU: S,at--s cannot f- I rt ss n - a pi .'o ;j1 .if tin- ritt in it Irm, w it lnuit sacrificiti im- J:idi W a.te.s Alan I ntondod to i ike Own Life and lTi,g(si i('e to hiinu la) Ha hies n Love of clod Oneirl siie t.s of Case. I ASSOCIATED W!KSd DISPATCH CI.KX COVt July fi - Frank W ho attempted Moigi'n in uicitie tonight a Jail window SKATTI.i;, July fi -Collector Marpe was notili -d of the flight oi Walter Page, ,,f Kansas I 'itv , su periargo of the schooner Annie Larson under detention at Hoijui- am, pemling an investigation of her vovage' begun at San 1 liego osten sibly for Topolobampo. but which ended by the schooner coming into C-rcvs Harbor (short of water and :ui;plios. The owners id' the cargo which is composed of rifles, cart ridges, machine guns. etc.. valued at ?.1ini,iiin seem to have abandoned lheir properly w hieh j., supposed to have been intended for a Mexi can revolutionary epedlti..ti. rces of (lonzaiez Said to JIae Heeii Pushed Had: Archives and Officials Peady to lit- Transferred from ( 'anital. Holt, to assassinate J. I. Saturday, committed by plunging through lb- landed on his Uea.- on as little n a pound of corn and beans distributed to thein not oftener than once1 in three days. With wit bin master the means of saving his life his leieh. M. J. Nolan. iost at Columbia. Yavapai count v. was found dead from thirst yesterday morning three miles south of Frog Tanks. His inability or failure to '.en rl .an he .f I' 'fi -. v. it h v ich. iaiei mp; i.aise .if must hao morning. Nolan, vv ii. city, left rnoining io "lost. ,f ee. VI tiisi onTirKo-d. he canied a papers and He took the and started tion. lie mil" t . get a lift Tue body about l.-.ii The man w hastened to v hence new s honed to Sh at on e with and an .tndeit b i-oiiflelisi ear: led .. a ith. whicii. o-.-ar! .-e famih Plloeuix , lose UI .hi. h hi.' When satchel a large car as on foot d d milk in the the indirect it is believed last Friday i vv a n fa was aids east ho made the Hot Springs resoles- in this ( l ist Thursdav ; the Columbia be en ordered i he left home with his ot t'icia 1 hot I ie of water. ta r as G lendale. for his dest in. i - trusting to luck .agon. ', n.l under a t ree , f the road. I discovery Junction, f the find was tele riff Adams, who left a number of deputies iker. Th.y found the dv badlv discolored and swollen. indicating that Xolan had been dead for several davs. The satchel, which contained his pipers, anil a can of Lily milk, was found with the body The empty water bottle and signs of his struggle with thirst told the mute story . f his terriole death. Jus tice of the Peace Patterson of Glen- dale. who accompanied the party. held an imjuest. and the coroner s jury brought in a verdict of death from thirst. Nolan evidently reached the place where he died sometime Friday morning, for he had scraped a place in the shade of a smalj tree, and their laid down to rest. That he was never able to rise again was in dicated by the marks of his strug gles on the ground. Within his The principal reason for the famine conditions ihrooghout Southern Mex ico aie that railroad transportation everv vv lien- Is demoralized, initio-!' the Carran::a t;or the Zapata for.es lieing able to control traffic: farms, lacte and small, are ruined and prac tically no crops. and such .-mail stores of loodstuffs as exist in the cities hav.- been commandeeied bv miiitarv fa'tions and held b miliiaxy h- ole.s for speculation. The conditions as reporie.i front the larger cities: Caebl.i- Forty thousand person..-, including many rural distil, is. liv ing on small i j.- n'.r ies of crn given twice il week. X- supplies available other than those in the city. Pachuc.'i Half the popii la t ion on short rations. ( lax.iea Thousand liv ing on small supplies available in the immediate v icinity. Such i ities as Gu;id. .lajara. ihe hirRest in the republic Cut r Morella. Toliica. Siloa and i are more or less cut off itnmuna-ation and no reli.mlo of actual conditions .'ire ob- 1 resell p. irta nt sion iv.o tpciricrs pro! ablv tO liccti! a forma undi-rsto Hons mi M-rciit neuiral rights. The impres ; obtained tonight ill reliable i hat the government will instruct Ambassador Gerard to i xprcss any view until I i' ply is delivered. It is id the note imposed condi- h as the marking of belli--,. iscl't carrying Amricans. .ti'i I rllla id Itl. il I I Old . Se. - 1 nii'ai-a. j Irapuat jtrom c : l.-ports I t..in.ibl. (Continued on page Three) Not Exaggerated WASHINGTON. July .;. -Secietary Iansing gave out a messagei from an unnamed mm who has been travel ing through northern Mexico who sa s Ihe report of families hav e not been exaggerated. Escapes Assassination lnil'GLAS, Jul. .-- JJobert Mitch ell, an American, manager of a min ing company, telegraphed from Snti ora that he escaped assassination by five Mexicans, whom he surprised in the act of hanging another Mexican. Mitchell attempted to avoid the Mex icans, who pursued in an automobile firing several shols The incident was reported to the state depart ment. Governor Maytorenu refused the offer of the American Ibd Cross to send food to Sonora. He said no famine exists. inspect Mil of m i".il i. T!i- dia .111 ide pressj ask. d oul 1 dint iiltiol i ha t d.s. I. s all r Id lai still. .! chii ng bel. I-.-i'O-t o TAX COHISSION WILL TRY TO 1ID1IIS STATE AUDITOR WEATHER TODAY v.-ASHlXGToN, I. -iizi.nii: Fair. In iin effort to secure an interpreta j lion of lac general appropriation silim- j t tion before July 1". and to compel Au - J jditor Callaghan to p.iy its claims for I office, expenses, the state tax cominis- . j i'ion will this week file application for i a .vrit of mandamus from the btatc's ; . highest tribunal. Announcement to this i effei t wa. made yesterday by Secretary, ' Jesse Kov e of the commission, who ' July 6. For stated that he would file a claim with j the fJtate auditor as soon as the opinion Municipal Lines Enjoined From Operating To Fair (ASSOCIATED F-RL8S DISPATCH 1 SAN FKANCISCO. July fi A per manent injunction was granted by Judge Scrtevant of the superior coio't against the operation of two lines of the Munii ipal Hallway company. It v. us sought by the Fluted Railroads after a settlement of a disagreement with the city, approved ley the super visors and upset by Mayor K"lph's veto of an ordinance permuting the I 'lifted lo run a new line to the exposition grounds. The injunction is directed against lines "C" and "l", the latter running to Ihe exposition grounds. An average of fifty cars a day are operated and in June the receipts were $S3.00n. W hen the Municipal company hegen operation direct to the exposiiion. the Fnited ntemled it competed seriously with their lines, none of which ran di rectly from the ferry ti the exposition. As i compromise the Fnited agreed not to take the case to court if the city uranted permission to build a new line to the exposition. The supervisors passed the ordinance but Mayor Rolph vetoed it. of the attorney general has been trans mitted to that official. A suggestion that the tax commis sion go ahead and test the matter in the courts was made to Secretary Hovce yesterday morning by the stale auditor, who has intimated that he would not honor any claims present) d for olfi. e expenses. "The supreme court hasi original ju lisdiciion in tlio matter," said Auditor Callaghan yesterday, "ami there is no reason why the question should not oe taken up there, although 1 do not c pecl any action lo be taken until I re ceive the opinion of the attorney gen eral. However, I do not intend lo poy any claims about which there is an..' doubt. Attorney Gereril Wiley K. Jones s'ated last night that his opinion would probably he ready for transmin sh.n to the auditor today. "It .vill be short unci to the point." lie said. "I shall not quote any authorities." Sec retary Jesse lioyce of the tax commis sion slid lie would iirescnt a claim for postage stamps as sikhi as the attorney general's, opinion had been presented to Auditor Callaghan. and that if it vvaa not honored, he would proceed at once to file application for a writ of man damus in the supreme court. A largo number of salary claims which arc in the number of appropriations affef'ed will be due on July 1". by the Fnited States to f the date of ilepartute t.r of slab vessels, and insiirin-; ih- lion -carriage s of war. u t w as shown Get ai d with f eliciting from him an ex f opinion. !! promptiv triatlons from Washington whether the Fnited States lliiilie conclusions. The pres had been adviicil of the :it i in f.everal lorai: messages, cry l.iilring took the position it. was no' pioper fo;- turn to se 111 i position i.iform- reported without ihe authority i' G. rm.'ui government. II j it had me.-ely i.e.ii an cx of views. The president has him the views of several cab fii ers. some of whom believe P esseptj,.,! to make char to the Oil-man foreign office- that the '."iiite,: States can make no con cessions from a position based on the adopted rubs ,,f international law, :trui naval crixo i odes of civ ili.ed n.t'ion.; Whether the president docs .a ice finally decide to have the Am I .-iss-it.air toil the German govern ment informally the views of the Fnit"d States on the rough draft of the note, ii j.-- dearly apparent that lrnoonant chang.s will be necessary in Germany'.-- attitude before it can le hoped that the formal reply will :rom the negotiations, the aspect they assumed. One m ss ig 's from Ambassador was somewhat garbled in sion an.l the meaning was I'.ariy in tne nay lr was sonie officii, l.s that the head and was dead when attendants arrived. Holt, who was under the guard of Jeremiah o'lhan. a jail at tendant. was a ip:i'.-ntlv sleeping soundly. o'Kyan hearing a noise- on the oth er side of the cell tier, started to in-vesti-'ate. He said be heard noise which resembled an explosion. O Ryan tnts !1 Ihe '-e t bottles with center, small d'zen public the countrv. marked Fra stable, win. hast ilv returned Holts Lorks puticiured in tin vials and pictures of it buildings throughout three of which were iik McCaliill. local con aecomiciiiied the dcteo- - I fives to search the bunio.iow- sahl the marked' buildings were tiie New York library and the oapitol build ings at Albany and Harrisburg. Holt refused to say why he did not nt first tell the truth about the con- ot bombs and Ids movements, fused also to admit that he is ICILYSARO STAYS i AT THE PAhACE Villa and Carranr'.a Forces ; indulge in Furious Ficrht in.Lf in Xortli (500 Car ' r.-n.'istas Dead in Saiurui na.rv Action. door of which was open and found il cmpt.v. Holt slipped through the ilu.il-. climb. d out of a window over I'lokiir, :i narrow court vai'd below. Holt landed on ihe concrete floor of : the court yard Guv Clegliotn. the jail physician, and liirtrict Attorney Lewis Smith.! were s 11 n 1 1 a. ,t i ,.i I The iloeti.r found i tlleljl man vvr.. who look the 'In .1 i nvc crit ic: f th. G. rail i ra r.sir.is tmt clear, believed b du!l ci nta neoi cell and fo 1 1 is-tit have i l-ll suicide wash.-d bis imtal. The My Iiear." It read: The more I I see the use en ciiinst.inces up the babies in. m. Gotl hi i. shed and is. Smith i mid ii b-tter, p.'i it ten before lid death was ar hed the which Holt he attempt- j this morning. llltefies with il letter was nddrc w hen h piece o d the man. who under the name of Hendrick received a shipment of liiO pounds of ilv namito at Syosset, Long Island, although George W. Carnes, station agent at that place tonight identified lb.it s Hendrick. Through -ot.t the day detectives in New York were working on a clew which led them to believe that Holt was the received t lie- dynamite and it to ii bungalow and made of bombs. trying to tract a trunk whir ! t hey have rea -Holt shipped from the some New York niiiTii er "f Tie-,,. were 11 of bomb; of j son to believe To bungalow to ! dress "Must write nce more, think about it. the more ness of living under ! I'll as these. Pring; I letect ives Ihe blillgal. intention of Ne.v Yirk. in the od cel. Aff. love of my svv "i t ionat el v . "FRANK" pardon for the learned that Holt v last l-'i id.iy with taking tiie firM trai He missed it but got lietectivcs recnl'ed ir to ol next i r list Friday when Holt went ingtoii to set off the cap ail left the 1 to the was T'u le d Uash-bomb. when Holt boarded Ihe A postscript asked pardon for the train he had a ti.mk and a suit c.c-e heartaches caused. vv hi.-h he had checked at the Penn- At midnight there was still con- s.ylvania station in New York. Ie siderable confusion in the Jail, and j te fives were unable to learn conflicting- stories of the manner in j wether Holt tool; the trunk with him which Holt was killed were told bv 1 t,, Washington tho lei', po,- ct-ll se attached to the institution. At 'lulits disagreed as to Ihe p. lace body was found. o'Ryau derlar he w;is positive the body lay in a 1 of blood ,,n tho floor of the suggestion m-iih for negotiations lhat Germany i tain in advance what opinion f'ni'ed States will be so that final draft will be certain of might offer since it is endeavoring a basis evident to o'b- the the ac ceptance. This caused a feeling of optimism but the arrival of addition al messages indicated that Germany is ma prepared to yield to the in sistence of the Fnited States on iehts under international law but is disposed lo ask for a compromise, and com es.sion involving the sur render of important neutrul rights. The situation is not regarded by many persons its hopeless because it is believed in well informed quarters that the mire fact of submitting; a tentative draft of the German reply m.t.c be construed as meaniiiff that G. rmar.y might make further changes in case the position of the Fnited State-- is found to be unalterable. There is no evidence that Merlin of ficials believe public opinion in the I niled States has been divided since the resignation of Secretary Rryan, and that public sentiment here favors compromising 'he Issue. During the pendency "f the negotiations the an parent cessation of torpedoing with out, warning enemy ships and the absence of mistaken attacks on Ameii"an vessels have produced a irood impression in official quarters I here. The A merit in government has no infertile n of rifscussing with Germany the altacks on such ship? as the Ar menian, and the A nglo- 'alifornian. tt hh h were shelled by German sub marines after making repeated at tempts to escape. Although a num ber of Americans perished as a con sequence, the t'nited States recog nizes that German commanders un der the. circumstances were justi fied. Tr is generally understood that tie re will be no effort to obtain im munity from attack for ships primar ily engaged in contraband traffic if the latter follow a general policy of resisting captures. Hut what the American government has been un able to obtain thus far Is an ex plicit agreement that Germany would (Continued on Page Threel hen he first saw It. "It sounded to ine like an explo sion." he said, "and you will hav t hard work Lo convince me it was not. i e The ell was in partial darkness. Hi was fifteen ted away when it hap- I pencil. My back was turned. I heard a noise and ran to the cell j and looiifd around. I could not see! nt first and then I found the body in :i pool of blood. Holt had been in remarkably good spirits. He laugh ed and joked e-arlier in the evening and mad.' me suspicious." Hop admitted earlier in the day he had been untruthful when he said I Me Miiioe me eapiioi oomo or maicnj neaus anil sulphuric ncld. and also I about his movements in X'c-vv York and iishington. He made admis sions when confronted by evidence tending to shovy be mad" the capitol bomb in a bungalow- which he rente near Glen Cove about ten days hk The admissions followed xsitive identification by Lewis Ott of Holt il the man who rented the bunga low. Ott said he found numerous The tr ago an, York Tr holing vi Fi 1 nk k arrived the: vas delivered sf.-r comp-my. maile out in i three di. by the V- The bill the nan.e ot If it. U was found, at the ion I'ive-steirv building. Captain Tunne--' of the detei tive bureau harue of the explosives. A ot detectives surrounded the hoic-e. pesi-h the dynamite, the trunk conti in.-d a number of tin cans, a box of Mastic:,- caps, powder, sulphti'ic ol a Th.i.rna took Iliad ASSOCIATED FRESH UiSPATCHj I MFXK'o CITY, Julv . Repeated attempts of the forces of General Gonzales to capture Mexico Citv have failed. The troops of General .Zapata claim the 'arranaa advance has been definitely ehec-kecl. liespite assurances the government achives and treasury funds have been moved to Cuernnvac-a. Special trains and street cars are kept in readiness to carry away government officials. Many gov ei nme-nr offi'.ir.ls includ ing Provisional President Francisco Log. is Chas.iro are still living in the national palace. A number of wound ed soldiers have been brought to til.- hospitals for treatment. Outposts of the convention forces are located at Farrinetos en tiie grand canal lie tvveen Los Reyes and Xochimilco. Advance guards of the Carranza forces penetrated the outskirts of the capital liberating 4.o prisoners from the penitentiary and a number of polUi.-al refugees from the Tacuba jail, but later, were driven back thre-e miles. Rusiness has been paralyzed sm. e the siege comm'-ncd. The fear is expresseel that there -..ould lie general looting of the city should 'he- constitutionalists succeed in capturing it. Mobs formed and parading the streets e-alied upon the inhabitants to fight with the con vention troops, but few lesponses were recorded. Stores dealing in fire arms were visited and unsuccess ful a tempts made to batter down the doors. General Kuphemi'i Zapa ta, i' brother of General Zapata, ar r'ved from Ouatla with lihOQil men to reinforce the defenders, but his men arc poorly e-quipped. Iailv meetings of the diplomatic corps h ive been held in an endeavor to get promises of protection to for eign lives and property. It is re ported the present government pre mised to refrain from cutting the water and power mains should they be compelled to evacuate the city The food shortage is serious. nciil and matches. Owen Eagan. ,n epectni ,,, ( ..ml iistililes. said the police were searching for another case of ex plosives belii veil to be in the vicinity. A (renk containing J:!4 sticks of ilv namiie .villi fases attached was found tnight in a house here. The police say it was sent by Holt. The dynamite was packed in sawdust. at Furious Fight LARKHO. July 0 : porta yesterday of Villi! and ("arranza fi i Sensabaugh Is Sorry OALLAS, July fi. Mr. I i. 1-. bauh. father-in-law expresse-d sorrow over Will not inform his nnu ning. Sensabuigh said a him it would be unsafe Sens of I "rank Holt his suicide da lighter until the suienle until (Continued on physician told ; to tell Mrs. H..;t i I told 1 tomorrow. Page Three RU A RAVE BRACED AND ARE HOLDING MY POINTS f ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH LOXI)ON. July ti. With the excep tion of certain sectors between the Vis tula and Ling the Aust ro-German rush in the eastern theater is losing momen tum. The Russians have braced them selves holding most points along the line, although the Austiians claim progress northeast of Krasnik. further east along Viepis and in the neighbor- I hood of Tamogrod. This is a critical j fiector so far as a northwarel blow toj Wansaw is concerned. Tiie British re- I port a gi'in on the German trenches north of Ypres. It is noteworthy ti.at t inlay's Berlin official speaks only of a gain in north ern Poland, leaving the the southeast ern field to the Aitstrinris, whose offi cial emphasizes an advance in the cen ter between Vistula and Rug, made by "Austiians.'' The British advance on Y'pr.ss was made through typical trench warfare, hackee hv French ar- tillery. This part of the western front still holds :i reputation us the gas area. The British say the Germans are bombarding Ypres with gas Khells. There are rem-wetl rumors that the Germans are preparing to launch a new offensive in the' west, be ing a duplicate of Ihe (Jaliei.in tnetiivs to break through to Calais. Reports to this effect came simultaneously from Zurich. Brussels. Paris and Amsterdam. London papers give the reports prominence, although the-y question how much of them are based in tacts. Zurich reports that ten German army corps which have bee r, recuperating from the- rigors of the Gfilician. campaign are now moving Westward from the interior. Latest ad vices from the Dardanelles took the Anglo-Frenih expedition no further forward and made plain the gallantry of the British and French who are fighting' under almost unsuimountable difficulti.-s. Villa Garcia -Additional re the conflict of irces. near Villa ia. midway between Paredon and Monterey in which six hundred Cavrnnzii troops were1 killed say the fighting be-gan at five in the morn ing and continued furiously until two in the afternoon. The battle opened with a terrific machine ' gun fire on both sides. There are unconfirmed reports tonight that another battle is ra:;ing somewhere near Paredon, the Carranza troops having been re inforei'd. About noon the Carranza command ers eirebred a cavalry charge and there was hand-to-hand fighting for two ! hours before the retreat was ordered by the Carianz:i chiefs. The battlefield I e-is. strewn with deael and wounded. Mosu of the latter were carried from the . field to special trair.K and taken to j Monte-rev- and Nuevo Iaredo. Carran- :.i authorities admit the loss of 6'"' J de-ad and probably twice that number wounded. They claim they inflicted more se-iions losses on the Villa forces. ' The Carranza retreat is for strategic I reasons U is claimed. It Is stimnted j that fa") of Villa's and S00 of Carran i z:i's (p'ops were engaged. ! BIRTH RATE DECREASES i rASSOCTATED VRKSS DISPATCH! LOXKON, July C. Births in I.on dun are averaging nearly five hun dred a week below the figures for the corresponding week in previous years, allowing for the growth in population. Mortality tables show that children have been dying at a rate of two hundred, a week in ex ecs ol" the old average. Not Advocate Of Peace At Any Price--W. . Bryan ASSOCIATED prkss DISPATCHl SAX FRANCISCO, July 6. Wil liam J. Bryani while strongly in favor of peace', is not an advocate of peace at any cost, according to an address delivered at a. luncheon here. "I have been greatly misrepresent ed," he sairk "but I .dem't mind. I am not visionary enough to believe I can prevent till wars, but I be-lit1ve that many wars in history e'ould have been prevented. "I believe in standing strongly for peace, but whenever every means of a peaceful settlement has .been ex hausted, fighting is inevitable. I am prauel I was a soldier at the lime of the Spauish war. 1 believe in soldiers but believe soldiers should be like firemen ready for fire without' de siring it. If I could have helped Wilson one iota I would have stayed as secretary. I listened and heard nothing but the sound of war and saw in jingo papers nothing but war news and when I saw that false standard set up I could, elo notihng but get out."