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NUMBEB 48.
WASHINGTON, SATURDAY EVENING-, JULY 1, 1916.
PBICE ONEOINT.
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CARRANZA
LOOPHOLES FOR PEACE
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CUT BY ALLIES;
rvrifio Assaults by British and
French North of Somme
Carry Forward Trenches.
3AIN ALONG SIXTEEN MILES
LONDON, July 1. BritUh
troops hare captured Serre and
Montauban, it was seml-oftclal-ly
announced this afternoon.
The Anglo-French troops arc
fighting 'at Mameiz and Cdntal
Malson, part of which the
French hold.
French troops hare captured
Carlu and the Sartor wood and
have advanced two kilometers
(about one and one-fifth milea).
By ED L. KEEN.
LONDON, July 1. The su
treme offensive of the allies began
i 7:30 this morning, with one of
he greatest Anglo-French gains on
he, western front since the Ger
nan' retreat from the gates of
Wis.
Two hours after British troops
irove forward, they had captured
tixteen miles of German forward
renches north of the Somme, the
vtr office announced in a brief
julletin.
French troops, on the British
ight, struck at the same hour. The
3ritish war office announced that
he French mad "equally satisfac
pry" gains, leaving to General
loffre the honor of announcing the
'ull extent of the French successes.
No statement had come from the
Tench war office early this after-
loon, but it was believed a full re
tort on the French gains would be
hade before night.
BATTLE STILL ON.
The British attack was made on a
"wenty-mlle front north of the Somme,
ifter one of the most terriflo foru-day
bombardments the world has ever
frnown.
With German advanced trenches Arm.
7 held, the British are pressing for
ward to the attack at 9:30. The latest
llspatches to the war olltce said the
battle was proceeding with the utmost
rlolence on oth the British and French
(rents'.
Many prisoners have been taken, but
t la Impossible at this hour in nhtufn
ny estimates on the number captured
r the losses. Fragmentary dlsnatches
rom the front report allied cnauiiUlen
ito uecn utfiu. ,
On the remainder of the British
ront, raiding- parties continue to
harass the Germans, penetrating'
Inemy defenses at many points. In
Ictlng losses and taking prisoners.
The war office at 2:30 this afternoon
ssued a statement warning that In
;he Interests of public safety there
ihould be no traveling on the con
.tnent, except for the most serious
reasons.
All persons Intending- to leave for
he continent were warned that they
would undergo the strictest examina
tion under the passport regulations
ina close searcn or tneir persons and
baggage.
Germans Active at Verdun.
The combined British and French
Irtve began a few hours after the
Germans launched the most powerful
onslaughts against Verdun In many
peeks.
The Crown Prince hurled his legions
against the French works east and
(vest of the Meuse. The French war
pfflce announced that on every sector
the Germans were repulsed with' ap
palling losses, except on the north
astern front, where the French were
.gain driven out of Thlaumont works.
"North of the Bomme, In an nttnek
n conjunction with the .French forces,
the British have broken the German
forward defenses on a sixteen-mile
front." said tho official statement. "The
French attack on the Immediate right
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Austrian Aviators Drop
Bombs on Udine City
ROME, July 1. Avstrlan aeroplanes
lave bombarded Udlne, according to dls
atchea received here today. There were
leveral casualUes.
Udlne, lying near the Isonzo front, un
it recently, was the headquarters of
3eneral Cadorna, commander In chief
t the Italian armies.
MAN
IS
BIG DRIVES ON
German U-Boat Liner
Is Reported In
NEW YORK, July 1 According
:o the Trans-Atlantic Truit Com
pany. norficlaTflscal agent in the
Jnlted . States for Auitrla-Hun-ary,
the German submarlno Jong
reported en route to the united
Kates, has actually arrived and
Is now concealed somewhere In
Chesapeake Bay.
The announcement was made In
in advertisement Inserted In a
Hungarian newspaper today offer
ing to transmit money to Hun
gary via the vessel. According to
this ad., the U-boat arrived from
Hamburg at a point near Baltl
'n5La. Pn Thursday morning.
Offlcla'- of the bank refused to
llscuss the matter. Intimating
that secrecy At to the undersea
boats hldlnsr place was" necessary
In order that there should bo no
:lash with the American Govern
ment over Its status.
RICH CARGO IN SHIP
Torpedo Boats Take Hamburg
American Steamer Hermon
this, With Valuable Cargo.
COPENHAGEN, July l.-nusslan tor
pedo boats have captured the Hamburg
American steamer Hermonthls with
cargo valued at $112,000, th newspaper
Dagensnyheter reported today.
The Hermonthls was en route from
Lulea, Sweden, to Stettin.
The Harmonthla displaces 4,782 tons
and Is S82 feet long. She was built hi
1836 and la registered In Hamburg.
Russian and German
Ships in Great Fight
LONDON. July L-A Stockholm; dls
aptch,. to Reuter'a Telegram Company
reports that steamers which have ar
rived In port witnessed a battle Thurs
day night In the Baltic Sea fifteen miles
south of Landsort, which Is about forty
miles southwest of Stockholm.
They report that a Russian squadron
with a few tropedo boats and torpedo
boat destroyers was attacked by a Ger
man fleet comprising cruisers and large
warshlos.
At the outset tne Germans were un-
hi tn W.nt th rttiMiani h v.n. i
able to defeat the Russians, but even
tually re-enforcemenu were obtained
and it Is suposed the Russians withdrew
northward.
The correspondent adds that nothing
was visible from the coast of the re
ported battle, owing to the fog, but that
gunflrlng was heard throughout the
night, and at 8 o'clock Friday morning
a new and violent cannonade began.
Senators Object To
U. S, Rentals Here
Policy of Paying Large Sums for
Private Buildings
Attacked.
Sharp objection to the Government
policy of paying out large sums for
rents in Washington was made in the
Senate today. Senators Hoke amttn,
Galltnger, Smoot, Gore, and others, Join
ed In the discussion.
The matter came up when the agricul
tural appropriation bill was under con
sideration. One of tho Items In the bill
as It passed tho house was J,Ba for
rent of buildings for the use of the de
portment. The Senate Committee on
Agriculture had Increased this by jio,im
to enable the Forestry Service to rent a
building.
Senator Smnot calculated this was an
excessive price. The amount was cut to
110,000, and a proposed long-term lease
was not favored by the senate.
40 MORE REFUGEES
REACH VERA CRUZ
Say Many Refused to Listen to
Cry of "Wolf in Capital.
VERA CRUZ, July 1. Forty addi
tional American refugees from Mex
ico City arrived here early today, In
cluding the office force of the
Waters-Pierce Oil Company.
They stated there were a number
of Americans still romnlnlng in the
Mexican capital, some of whom said
they had heard the cry "wolf" so
often that they couldn't believe the
present warning was Justified, and
others who chose to remain behind
with sick relatives.
Consul Rodgers and his friends
still remain In Mexico City,
In the outer harbor today th'b
transport Sumner and Hancock were
riding at anchor with the battleship
Nebraska and two destroyers.
Athlete's Wife Says
He iilay Join Colors
NEW YORK. July l.-Mel Sheppard.
long-distance runner, who refused tn
tnke the- Federal oath as a member of
the sixty-ninth because he felt his wife
and children needed htm at omt, re
enlisted today because Mrs, t'heppard
changed her mind, and decided to make
the sacrifice ot giving her husband to
his country.
RUSSIANS
CAPTRE
MR. MUNSEY BUYS
THE NEW YORK SUN
Purchase Includes Both Morning and Evening
Editions Amalgamation of Press and Sun
Morning Issues to Take Place Mon
dayPrice of New Paper
To Be One Cent.
NEW YORK, July i. Mr. Munsey in statements
appearing in both the .New York Press and The Sun, an
nounces this morning his purchase of the Morning and Even
ing Sun and the amalgamation of the Press and Sun prop
erties. His signed announcement is as follows:
MR. MUNSEY'S STATEMENT. f
i no control or tne Bun and tho Even- ,
Ing Sun passed Into my hnds yesterday I
through my purchase from Mr. William
C. Relck of his Interest In these propei
ties. "Coincident with the closing of this
transaction, The SUn bought tho New
York Press from me for the purpose
of combining the two papers. The amal
gamation will take place with Monday's
Issue of the Bun Monday, July J when
the Press will be merged with It. The
name of the amalgamated paper will
be The Bun. It will, of course, he no
cessary to carry the name of the Press
In a conspicuous place for a brief time.
"The tremendous advantage of this
merger to The rtun can be appreciated
only by newspaper men. Througn It
The Sun secures a morning franchise In
the Associated Press, and there Is no
other possible way to secure such a
franchise except through lbs purchase
lSWtpW!1?' 01ft" !W ' '
"TtTirougn a mix-up tnai occurren some
years ago, when the Associated Press
was reorganized. The Sun did not as
sociate Itself with all the other morn
ing papers of the town In the reorgani
zation. As a consequence, ever since
then It has been compelled to gather
Its news alone and at a vast annual ex
penditure In excess of the cost of re-
-.i i. .,,.,., t, , Anrinti Preas
celvlng It through tne Associaiea rress,
"Moreover, it is not possible for a sin
gle newspaper to compete in news-gathering
with the Associated Press, which
Is the peerless news gathering organisa
tion of all the world. With the Asso
ciated ' Press franchise which the Sun
secures through this merger, It will be
equipped for better work so far as con
cerns Its news service than at any time
In Its history better than in the old
days when It was a 'member of a press
association, because the Associated
Press of today is Incomparably better
MEDICAL TESTERS
BUSY AT D.C. CAMP
Physical Examinations and the
Issuanoe of Equipment May
Take Another Week.
Medical examinations of the members
of the Third Regiment were conducted
as rapidly as possible today with a view
of facilitating the departure of the
militiamen from the mobilisation camp
near Fort Myer to the Mexican border.
The examiners still have three-fourths
of the men to" examine and will work
until lata this afternoon inquiring into
the militiamen's physical fitness for the
Federal service.
Following the examination, clothing
and equipment will be Issued by Cap
tain Hobbs. High officers at the mo
bilisation camp today reiterated tho
statement that they believed It would
take until the latter part of next week
to conclude tho modlcal examinations
and Issue the necessary clothing and
equipment Tho first Beparate Battal
ion, however, may bo outfitted and
otherwise gotten In readiness for de
parture Monday night.
Soon to Issue Clothing.
Captain Hobbs Is rapidly completing
his arrangements for Issuing clothing
and equipment for tho rhllltlamon. For
several days Lieutenants Strong and
Frank, of the Unttid States Army, have
been checking up and Invoicing the con
tents of the hundreds of boxes of cloth
ing, rifles, shoes, and other equipment
sent here from the army warehouse
In Philadelphia in tpree express cars.
Their work has practically been com
pleted, and the Issuing of clothing Is
oxpected to begin Monday. All of tho
militiamen now equipped with khaki
uniforms will be Issued cotton olive
drab. The new uniforms will make the
f (ConUnued on Hecond fags.)
and bigger than any previous, news.
gathering organisation.
"But tho gain of the Sun through this
merger Is by no means confined to Its
acquisition of an Associated Press fran
chise. It gains as well the good will
and circulation of The Press, which Is
now 13S.O0O net cash paid on week-day
Issues and 113,000 net cash paid on a
Sunday, and the best of it Is' that this
circulation of The New York Press is
largely right here In the city Itself.
Price of New Paper One Cent.
"Beginning next Monday, the price
of the Hun will be reduced to one cent in
the one-cent newspaper sone that Is, In
Greater Now York and'lta nearby com
munities, where other Important morn
ing newspapers sell at one cent This
move will put the Sun on an even foot-'
Ing with Its competitors, all of which,
with the exception of the Herald, sell
aj: th,orj:fent price.
Trammed' utnh acquisition of an
Associate Pres franchise, and of ne
good will and cliculation of Tho New
York Press, and the reduction In the
selling price of the paper to one cent,
form an epoch of no meun Importance
In the history of the Sun.
The Evening Sun's Success.
"The Evening Bun. conceived, snd
started In 1S87 by as brtlllant.fi corps
of newspaper men as any American
newspaper has ever had, now occupies
a very splendid place in the Journalis
tic world. It has come to be the vogue
among evening newspapers. In char
acter and quality, and the esteem In
which It is held by the substantial
cltltenshlp of the community. It has
no rival in ftS field today save The
Evening Post alone. Its net paid dally
circulation Is now verging on two hun
dred thousand, and It has won an ad
(ConUnued oh Page Eight.)
PAGE WILL TAKE UP
CASEMENT AFFAIR
(Ambassador to Tell British Gov
ernment of Great Interest
Here in S'r Roger's Fate.
Walter H. Page, United States am-
basador to Great Britain, will be in
structed to bring to the attention of
the British foreign minister, Informally
and as a matter of Information, the
tremendous (rarest in the United States
over the fateNpfBlr Roger Casement,
who has been sBTftcnced to death for
treason for his part in the Irish re
volt. This action has been taken as a result
of a flood of telegrams, petitions, and
memorials which have reached tho
White House urging the President to
try to save tho life of Casement..
These requests have come not only
from Irish-American organisations but
from private Individuals In all walk's of
life.
It Is pointed out In Administration
circles that under no circumstances
would the United States Government
have any grounds upon whloh to lodge
a formal protest against the execution
of the Irish 'elader, or even make for
mal representations In behalf of clem
ency. It a felt, however, that It Is entirely
proper to proceed along the lines laid
down In the Instructions to Ambassador
Page.
Senator Martina of New Jersey has
Introduced In the Senate a resolution
calling on the President and State De-
Sartment to lodge a protest with the
rtUsh government 'against the execu
tion. The resolution was referred 'to the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
where, at the suggestion of the Admin
UtraUon, It wlU probaiy remain.
Militia Is Stricter Than
Insurance Companies
To guard against unduly swelling
the periston lists In years to come.
tho War Department ahs ordernd
examining officers to make tho
strictest tests of every militiaman.
The examination follows closely
the lines of life Insurance tests,
though where a man might get an
Insurance policy when either over
or under weight, the same man
would bo rejected bv the mllltla or
the army.
In brief, the qualifications are that
tho soldier must have good cye
sight, sound hearing, reasonably
food teeth, and entirely sound heart,
ungs. and other vital organs. Ills
general physical condition must be
good, and his 'chest expansion muH
conform1 to a set standard, which Is
proportioned to his height.
The war Department denied today
that minor defects can be waived.
AT
Gen. Nafarette Arrives at Mata-
moras With 800 Men Taken
From Tampico.
BROWNSVILLE. Tex.. Julv l.-Con-centratlon
of Carranza troops Just be
low the border Is proceeding apace.
Fort Brown armv officials announced
today they had word from Matamoras
of the arrival there of General Nafa
rette and 00 -Mexican soldiers sent all
the way from Tampico.
Just prior to Nafarette's arrival It
wai said Otnrral RIcaut. whom he suc
ceeded, commandeered seven automo
biles, the ypcsonal property of wealthy
residents, among which was one be
longing to art American named rum.
Battery F. Fifth United States Field
Artillery, was encamped a mile outside
of Brownsville today. E Battery, of
the same regiment, is en route to Rio
Grande City, today.
10,000 Militiamen Due
At Fort Bliss Today
EL PASO, Tex., July 1. Today a
tented city which will house thou
sands of militiamen Is springing Into
life on the cactus-decked plain near
Fort Bliss.
Before the end of he coming week
there will be an army of 26,000 na
tional guardsmen stretching from El
Pasoto Columbus, N, M.
They will gradually assume the
patrol duties of over 6,000 regulars,
who can be rushed Into Mexico to
Join General Pershing's columns.
Local authorities believed the for
eign office statement issued in Mex
ico City yosterday might lead to the
punitive expedition being re-enforced.
While the militia's advance on the
border is screened by an official
silence. 10,000 men from Pennsylvania
and New Jersey Is the vanguard ex-
gected here today. Regulars at Fort
llss were hard at work this morning,
clearing the new camp sites of
mosquito and cactus.
"I can give no Information regarding
troop-movements," General Bell stated.
"I have received Instructions from
Washington to this effect But we ex
pect the advance guard of the militia
men some time today and others are en
route."
The regulars relieved ny tne arrival
of the National Guard will be held In
momentary readiness for a dash Into
Mexico, ir necessary, with tne e.uw
regulars from the El Paso sone, General
Pershing would have a punltlvo force of
about 17.000 men. The latest estimate
of the American army now In Mexico
Is about 11,000 men.
Even .thus ro-enforecd. Pershing will
have only a third of the number the
Carranza government has concentrated
In a horse-shoo around the American
expeditions. The Mexicans are believed
to have laid their plans for a quick blow
by superior numbers In case of war.
Ten Shot and Fifty
Jailed in Berlin Riot
Authorities Disperse Socialist Pro-
Liebknecht Demonstrations in
, German Capital.
IiONDON, July 1. Ten persons were
shot and fifty nrrested In the pro-Lleb-knecht
riots In Potsdnmmer plats,
licrlln, tho Amsterdam correspondent of
the Central Nows asserted today. Most
of tho participants were Socialists. A
guard has been thrown about the plats
to prevent similar demonstrations.
Tho correspondent also asserted that
thirty Socialist organizers who partici
pated In a hunger parade In Uege were
arrested and taken to Germany,
i
Suggests Restricted
Travel on Continent
LONDON, July 1. Tho war office this
afternoon requested that In the Interests
of public safety, travel on' the conti
nent be restricted to persons having the
most serious business.
Germany Plans to Float
New War Loan, Is Report
STOCKHOLM. July t It Is under
stood here that the Germans are about
to float a new star loan.
ARMA
MASSING
TROOPS
BORDER
IN NOTE
AGUILAR'S DEFIANCE
A POLITICAL ACTION,
OFFICIALS H ER E SAY
I President Eagerly Awaits Reply to Latest De
mands on De Facto Government ; De
cision of U. S. Now Rests With First
Chief ; Mexico City Hostile.
Upon Carranza's attitude as outlined in the eagerly
awaited reply to President Wilson's latest demands rests the
decision between peace and war.
If the statement issued by the foreign minister yester
day is a forecast of the reply, officials take a gloomy view.
In many quarters it is believed this was issued for home
consumption and that Carranza will not adopt an attitude of
defiance that will prohibit the possibility of a peaceful set
tlement. Special Agent Rodgers telegraphed the State Depart
ment today he had no information as to when Carranza's
reply to the American demands is to be delivered to him. He
had expected to receive the reply last Wednesday.
The Mexican government did not deliver to Mr. Rod
gers a copy of the defiant statement issued yesterday by
Foreign Minister Agujlar. r.
It. wjs assumed tluVstatement was Intended as an anr
swer to the American note of June 2Cs out if it was sain-""
tended, it has not been officially presented to this Govern
ment. Press dispatches from Mexico City indicate that all of
Mexico is in favor of the defiant attitude represented in the
statement of the foreign minister.
The President made it clear in his speech last night be
fore the New York Press Club that only as a last resort will
the United States resort to hostilities.
The demands of this Government upon Carranza for
a nexplanation of his dead-line order were published today
for the first time in the Mexican capital.
Interpolated in the American demands were specizc
answers to the various charges, all of them placnig the
blame upon this Government.
The charge is made openly that Captain Boyd was re
sponsible for the battle at Carrizal . The Mexican officers
participating have been promoted for gallantry, it is added.
Further massing of Carranza troops against Pershing's
columns in overwhelming numbers are reported in border
dispatches. All information of Mexican troop movements
have been forwarded to Pershing by radio.
Thousands of militiamen are arriving at border points
and within a few hours part, at least, of the 30,000 regulars
doing border patrol will be released for service.
NEWSPAPERS PRAISE
I
MEXICO CITY, July l.-Th Mexico
City newspapers today vigorously ap
proved the t-tatement given out by For
eign Bccrctnry Agullar yesterday, com
menting upon and refuting assertions In
the American note.
The foreign office statement was pub
lished In tho same editions with the
Amerlcnn note, which was thus given to
the public for the first time.
The newspapers printed first a para
graph of President Wilson's communi
cation, and then Inserted a paragraph
of Agullar's reply, answering that par
ticular charce.
Officials said today that the tone of
Agullar's statement was fully justified
because of the tone of the American
note.
Thev complained that the United
States has sent several extremely sharp
and undiplomatic messages to the Mexi
can government and said that they had
withheld publication cr many or tneso
communications because they did not
wish to stir up hostility to the United
States.
The foreign office announced today
that Immediately upon receipt of Infor
mation that Secretary Lansing had
Issued fresh warning for Americans to
leave Mexico. Instructlvns were tele
graphed to all civil and military au
thorities to give guarantees of protec
tion to alt Americans and other foreign
ers within their Jurisdiction.
The war office haa recetved from Gen-
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CARRAN
DEFIANCE
IFIRST CHIEF TO AVOID
T
Contrary to messages reported la
certain diplomatic quarters, advices
to General Carranza's American
friends here today Indicated the first
chief will not adopt a defiant tone la
.answering the United States demand
upon him.
He will Instead send a "firm" not,
emphasising what he consider to be
the Infringement of Mexican sov.
erelgnty by the presence of Amerlcam
troops.
The United Press Informant, whoa
Informatlsn heretofore baa been cor
rect. Indicated that the Carranza an
swer will not be such as to bring on a
breach between the two nations. In
some quarters today, too, it is sug
gested the notn may open the way to a
mediation move.
Foreign Minister Astullar's tutement
published vesterdoy It; Mexico Cllv wag
Interpreted here as being intended for
Mexicans only; the State Department
had had no word that It was designed
sa an official answer to America"
"pravest consi-qu'iicos" nolo.
Despite Itc lunguage. Stutc depart
ment men ssld It was manifestly milder
than Carrnnsa'n first note. It did not
demand withdrawal of the American ex
pedition, though It suggested these
forces had no right to stay there.
Then again and what officials con
sider more slgnlflcant-the a tat em cot
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