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New-York tribune., 1914-12-23
lF-,n The rribune Bu.eaul

Washington. Dec. 22-The State De-
partment to-day received dispatches
from Mexico announcing that the state
of San Luis Potosi had declared its
neutrality in the present Internecine
war. aligning itself with Monterey and
Saltillo in tentative agreement 20
forbid the passage Of troops, munitions
or supplies through the newly created
neutral zone
San Luis Potosi lies in the line Of
traffic between Laredo and Mexico City.
If. as is promised, the citizens ana
home guards of the state are able 70
maintain the proposed neutrality it
will create. in the opinion OF diplomats
bere. a uuioue situation. The spread ot
such a policy Of dealing with the war
ring factions in the sadly disturbed re-
public. IL is pointed out, might serve
10 halt the progress of the numerous
revolutions and counter revolutions
The War Department received at
noon to-day the following telegram
from Major General Scott at Naco'
Ariz: ~,
"Heavy storm three days. Whole
country under water. Travel most dlt-
ncult. Maytorena unable 70 get 20
conference arranged for at Osborne at
10 a. m. ildu ANNlNANNNN ''N-
rsnza's agent tonight Full conference
with Hill arranged for 10 a. m. to-
morrow
The trip Of General Carranza from
Vera Cruz 10 the Isthmus of Tehaunte-
nee was interrupted By Zapata forces
who captured Soledad, and from there
sent a wild locomotive into mis- APP
preaching train. Neither Carranza nor
anv of his party was injured,
These facts were reported tonight
in A private dispatch from point on
the railroad on which Carranza was
Carranza. according to the private
disnatch. returned TO Vera Cruz after
the incident at Soledad, and has now
cone To Cordoba 10 inspect his troops.
From Cordoba some Of his officers say
he will continue his journey TO the
istbmus. after which he Will 20 to
Merida. in Iucatan.
Carranza officials mere deny sugges-
tions which have been current IN Mex
ico CITY that Carranza intended TO flee
10 a Central america. country, -
New-York tribune., 1914-12-23
AUSTRIA HOLDS UP
MONEY DUE TO FOES
PAYMENT on Government
Notes Maturing Jan
uary | Delayed.

According % an announcement made
...s.ey6av bv DR.. C0ustantin Dumba,
,r,tro.Hunrsriaa Ambassador 70 the
T1;.s5 States. Aus,ria-Hungary will
-, nav 81 their maturity on January
Ie al per cent notes Of his govern
.ne,t held bv alien enemies. DR..
Dumba said that the redemption OF
notes held by citizens Of countries at
war with Aus.riG-Hungary will be
temporarily suspended.
Other holders OF such notes, he an
,opneed. must accompany the notes by
s4Ssyits assuring the government that
- alien enemies have any interest In
,bs securities 20 be released The
,vount Of the maturing issue is Sl2.-
100000 in the form Of treasury notes,
vb;eb we're sold in This city about two
years ago by q syndicate headed by
Hpbu. Loeb e. Co. and the National
Civ Bank. Representatives of those
;ptitutions said yesterday that they
we're not aware that any large part Of
The issue was held oy aliens. The
amount held r London was estimated
70 be no greater than 100000. In this
announcement Dr. Dumba said:
"The British and French governments
having after the outbreak of the war
with Austria-Huucary Disseminated
against Austrian and Hungarian citi-
zsns with respect 90 their rights o.
propertv. and the other countries at
war with the Qua. Monarchy having
sdopted similar measures, the Austrian
government is reluctantly compelled TO
retalate.
"An order in council dated October
%, 1914 gave 10 authority 20 use re
nrisals with regard 20 the property OF
alien enemies. Consequently the Aus
trisn government has resolved that the
Austrian government AZ per cent notes
due on January ], 1915, VIII on ma
turity be redeemed only If accompanied
BY an affidavit stating:
That they are not the property Of d
citizen OF a country az war with Aus
tria-Hungary, nor that they were &C
ouired on OF after the 22d Of Decem-
Der. 1917, from such a citizen, and that
no citizen Of 8 country at war with
Austris-Hungsry has any beneficiary
interest therein.
The redemption Of said Austrian
government AZ per cent notes unac-
companied by the prescribed affidavit
viii be temporarily suspended. The
form Of affidavit, as prescribed. can be
obtained upon application az the Aus
tro-Hungsrian Consulate General. q
State ST., on or after December 26.'
New-York tribune., 1914-12-23
WAR ON COMMERCE,
Won TIRPITz HINTS
German Navy Head Sug-
gestS Submarine Attack
on British Ships.
BY Cab. to The Tribune ]

Rotterdam, Dec. IA remarkable
interview by Admiral Won Tirpitz, it IS
stated, has been given 10 an American
journalist, and in IT the head OF the
German navy is reported as saying that
the length Of the war depended entire
ly upon England surely not a very pa
triotic remark. Admiral Won Tirpitz
also confessed weakness of the German
fleet. for when asked il it would come
out and attack the British feet he is
said 20 have replied:
"You cannot expect that our feet,
which numbers only one-third Of the
British feet. will come out and allow
the latter 20 deliver its blow
When the interviewer suggested that
an attack by Zeppelins might be pre-
pairing the admiral is represented as
answering;
81 believe that a war of submarines
against British merchant ships will
have a greater effect than that"
As a counterblast to Mr.. Churchills
letter on the east coast raid there ar
rived here this afternoon a seml-of-
fetal German statement pointing out
that the English have been bombarding
undcfended Belgian watering places.
New-York tribune., 1914-12-23
AUSTRIA'S DEFEAT
ROBS HER OF LOAN

Rctrograd. Dec. %. The Austrian
press is using every device TO conceal
from the public knowledge OF the dis
aster TO he armies that invaded Ser
via.
One of the Immediate results of the
defeat is to rob Austria-Hungary Of all
the benefits Of her loan of $25.OO0,OOO
contracted with the United States two
yenrs ago. The Austrian government
still has on its hands Sl2.500,0OO of
This paper which she has never been
able TO place. The other half Of the
total loan which was realized az that
time is also now waste paper, owing to
the ahseneG-a buyGGs. -~
New-York tribune., 1914-12-23
BRITISH DENY
GERMAN CLAIMS

bastingt01. Dec. 22-The British
L1osssy issued the following state
nslt D-far.
I,t military attachf Of the Ger
n tmbs has justified the killing
"'nen and caildren By the imperial
i, ,as1 navy az Scarborough and
ioy On .tc ground that these places
s'e defended within the meaning Of
Hague convention.
L'en we're they defended, the con-
.lHon prescr.bes a reasonable time
waiting and due regard for sacred
.ces and historic monuments
- = matter of fact, Scarborough is
ssa'i1e resort AID Whitby = fishing
.isze. Both are absolutely uudc-
.aeo. Their bomoardment took place
aiihout t1c slightest notice. and
rene seem % have been specially
''sied out for attack"
New-York tribune., 1914-12-23
BOMBS DROPPED on
DOVER, SAYS BERLIN

Berlin, Dec. % (by wireless TO Say
Vile, y. Y).-The official press bureau
gave out the following to-day:
"The German navy aviator, Lieuten-
ant Stephan Won Prondzynski, flew over
Dover, threw bombs and reeonnoitred
the position of the British feet.
"Russian courts martial in Poland
have resulted in the hanging Of nu-
merous Jews.
AT Sunderland, England, the popu
lace destroyed German shops. The
police made no arrests.
Lisbon reports that twenty-five
members of the Portuguese Unionist
party have given up their seats as
protest against the war"
New-York tribune., 1914-12-23
u. s. CHRISTMAS
GIFTS AT BUDAPEST

Berlin. Dec. 22.-The part OF the
shipload of Christmas gifts from me
children OF the United States which
is To- 90 to Hungarian children ar ar
rivcd nj budapest yesterday. The gifts
were placed on ffty-two wagons ana ana
,ra,snortcd 10 central station for
assortment and distribution.
This work will be- performed by a
committee. Of which the Hungarian
premier. Count stephen Tisza, is a
member. II is hoped that the presents
will be placed in the hands of the chill
dren on Christmas Eve --..-
New-York tribune., 1914-12-23
ENGLISH LABOR MEN
IN FORCE AT FRONT
rBy cable to The Tribune.

London. Dec. %. - The "Vorwarts.
the organ OF the German Socialist
party. publishes the numbers of mem
bers of English trades unions who
have enlisted since the war began.
Many people" 1t says, will be sur
prised 20 learn OF comparing statistics
available in both countries that the
percentage Of organized workers IN the
army ~ The front is far greater in the
case of England than in that Of Ger
many" ~
n adds. 'If Germany should In the
future be tempted 10 speak with con
temnt about English mercenaries, II
would be advisable that they remem-
bcred this fact"
New-York tribune., 1914-12-23
IN BELLEVUE AS lEPER
Chinese Laundryman Case To
Be Investigated To day.

Lee Bow, thirty-ive years old, a
laundryman, Of 40 Mott ST., is in the
isolation ward in Bellevue Hospital, as
DR.. Wellington believes he has lep-
rosy.
Bow was taken 70 the hospital by
DR.. Santon. Of the House Of Relief, on
December Is.
DR.. Wellington made blood tests, and
is convinced that the man is suffering
from leprosy The Board OF Health
has been informed, and will inquire
INTO the case to-day.
New-York tribune., 1914-12-23
POPE ORDERS ALL
CApTIVES ASSISTED

Rome, Dec. 22.-Cardinal Gasparri,
the Papal Secretary Of State, is for
wardinc 10 the Catholic bishops in the
belligerent countries the Pope's in
structions regarding prisoners Of war.
Included in these Instructions IS an
admonition that assistance must be
given 20 prisoners irrespective OF their
religion, nationality or language.
New-York tribune., 1914-12-23
MARSHALL FOR FRANK
New York Lawyer to Make
Next Plea for Him.

Washington, Dec. 22.-Louis Mar
shall, of New York. is expected here
Thursday for a conference Christmas
Day with other lawyers for Leo NJ.
Frank on a new fight before the United
States Supreme Court. Mr.. Marshall
will take complete charge Of the next
move.
II is believed that he will appeal first
10 Justice Lamar. IT the application
is refused other justices will be asked
20 certify to the writ Of habeas corpus
sought because Frank was not in court
in Atlanta when the verdict in the
New-York tribune., 1914-12-23
GUTIERREZ PLOTS
VILLA OVERTHROW
Latter Hurying Back to
Capital TO Nip the
Conspiracy.
ZAPATA ENGINE RAMS
CARRANZA'S TRAIN
First Chief" Going to Yucatan
Neutral Zone at
NacO
by Gable to The Triouns.l

Mexico City, Dec. 22. - General
Gutierrez does not intend TO give up
the Presidency in favor of the new
choice of the convention when made,
if reports circulated in the capital to
dav are rue. So threatening has the
attitude of Gutierrez become since Cen
eral Villa left Mexico City that officials
here have urged him to return I'M
mediately, and ne is now on the way
from Guadalajsra, having left there
to-day.
II is said that Provisional President
Gutierrez has been secretly planning to
execute a coup in Villas absence, and
that he has obtained the promise Of
number of army officers 10 support him.
The failure Of Villa and Zapata 20
agree on a successor has been an aid to
Gutierrez, it is said.
The term Of Office Of Gutierrez has
expired. but he has been permitted 10
continue in the Presidency until the
Aquascalientes convention could reas-
semble. It had been planned for the
convention 20 meet on January ], but
military operations in the north caused
a postponement until January 10.
Naco, Ariz., Dec. 22.-An agreement
10 create a neutral strip along the
Mexican side Of the border, 10 save
Naco. Ariz., from further damage from
Mexican shot and shell, will be sought
tomorrow by Brigadier General Hugh
L. Scott, Chief Of staff OF the United
States army.
General Scott has been here several
days receiving suggestions from the
hostile Sonora factions as 70 the best
way of stopping firing across the bor-
der. General Hill declared to-day that
he would not evacuatc Naco.
Torrential rains have created river
100 feet wide and feet deep between
the United States army camp and Naco
and have hindered conferences with the
Mexican leaders.
New-York tribune., 1914-12-23

famous murder case was announced
An appeal will be made 10 the full
court IL necessary.
New-York tribune., 1914-12-23
rlghting in New York
FOR Life and Home

hany brave battle against iIl-
'@'' and accident will be Loot this
'1f WITHOUT prompt hospital care
Tor The poor
of The 1000 beds m The 47Asso-
''''ed hosDitaIs. one IN seven wqs
Empty oil last gear not for lack
y "a'nng sofererz. but for lack
- iuhd'. The need is grsster now
'' 'ils bed one wcek Please
end YOUR SHARE now ~
!. - '""''f. Treas 10 c.esr &c.
~ S1"'s spsTsf. is7s pnh Ave.
if'segrfr Wsnab.r L........
New-York tribune., 1914-12-23

C Thew are tailored with bred-in-the-bone ind
viduaty which you can never get away from.
New-York tribune., 1914-12-23

G They fit with the ease Of a glove, and lend d
long. lean, 1.-THE, leisurey look to the figure.
New-York tribune., 1914-12-23

C We create them, we chrsten them, and we ar
sole sponsor for their character and their conduc
New-York tribune., 1914-12-23

q They are clothes of an uncommon cut, and as
such thew are a cut above the common
New-York tribune., 1914-12-23

C And the indeible stamp of originality sticks to
them in every stitch and seam of the making.
New-York tribune., 1914-12-23
Comments on the Czar.

And now for "Scarc- -Mongcriugs"
ouotatloua from "a. G.. g." "A. G.. Gar
oincrj. Of "Thc Daily News" The head
fo0 urcd frs "Why We Must Not Fight"
"At So. Petersburg there sits the
man who has every one Of these lives
a,d millions more at his mercy, and
Who a. one word can let hell loose
mon the face Of Europe ls he man
05c can trust with this momcntous
nowcrg A weak man, superstitious,
u,dcr tbr influence now Of inbuman
,bilorophcrs likr Pobicdon0stscf or
W,.bkcr.htaky, now Of mysIca and
rbatlaiana he Philippe md Rasputln,
0bo decorates his Black Hundreds on
The morrow Of their massacres and
bolds half Europe IN the grip Of a
medieval despotism is he the man
The Daily Missoulian., 1914-04-20

Washington, April 49,.
General Victoriano Huerta,
provisional president Of Mex
leo, flatly refused tonight to
accede to the unconditional
demands Of the United States
that he salute the American
flag. Congress will be asked
by President Wilson tomor-
row for authority to use
armed force to uphold the
honor and dignity of the na-
ton.
Negotiations with Huerta
over the demand for a salute
in reparation for the arrest
Of American bluejackets at
Tampico on April 10, came to
a close tonight at 6 o'clock,
the last hour given by Presi-
dent Wilson for a favorable
response from the Mexican
dictator.
The final word Of Huerta
TO Charge O'Shaughnessy
was a refusal to comply until
the United States would
guarantee in writing that his
salute be returned.
President Wilson at midnight was
on his way to Washington from
White Sulphur Springs preparing to
read a message to congress in joint
session as early as it can be arranged
In the meantime American war
fleets were moving down both coasts
on their way to Mexican waters to
carry out the presidents plans fol
reprisal.
The crisis just reached does not
mean that there will be a formal
declaration of war because the United
states could not declare war against
IA government which it does not recog-
nize. President Wilson will seek au-
tllority, however, to send the armed
forces into Mexico to seize first the
The Daily Missoulian., 1914-04-20

now IN The Florida straits, Rear Al-
miral Fletcher at Vera Cruz and Rear
Admiral Mayo at Tampieo
Never was there a more vivid Illus
tratlon Of the march af scientific In
Nentlon as applied To warfare than the
facility with which these ranking ad
mirals aud captains, engaged In plot
ting out the strategy Of a possible
VAR, We're able to keep in touch with
the developments nj every point where
an American warship il lNing
SO secret We're the plans that had
been laid out and reduced ta form
many months ago by the students and
officers of the naval war college
covering possible operations of the
navy against Mexico that there was
very little for the general board To
do beyond keeping them up to the mo-
ment in matters of detail TO CORE
spond to each days developments
Because Of the almost non existence
or Il Mexican navy, tn conditions
which the American sailors may meet
are quite unlike those covered in tile
plans of campaign prepared for other
countries.
Generally, the Mexican plan covers
elementary problems such as the
simultaneous establishment of an ef,
fielent blockade which the rather ex7
tensive coast line Of Mexico would
make no small task. Next III order
comes tho seizure of certain ports and
this Is where the exhaustive drills of
the marine regiments last fall and
winter are expected to find their ap-
piication.
The whole modern American theory
OF advanee-base operations with the
marines as an active force, was
planned to meet just such emcrgen-
cies as the rapid seizure of IA port TO
form base to be held for the arrival
of an army of occupation.
About the only other feature of
naval activity in the beginning OF hos
tile operations at least would be the
dispatch inland of an expeditionary
force To hold some of the important
strategic points, such as the great
The Daily Missoulian., 1914-04-20
Plans of the Navy Complete
for Immediate Operations

Washington, April 1a.-Seenes about
the state and naval departments dur
ing the day were reminiscent of the
days preceding the Spanish American
war. The telegraph rooms We're fully
manned and over in the naval annex
building the general board was in Sc
cret session most OF the day. Headed
by Admiral Dewey, there We're gath
cred around the long table Rear Ad-
mlrals Sutherland and F'iske, and Cap
taihs Wmtherhalter the aide for ma
terial, Knapp. Hood, Shoemaker and
Oliver director Of naval intelligence,
and Commander Campbell secretary Of
the board.
The board went over the latest dis
patches received by wireless from
Rear Admiral Badger on the Arkansas,
The Daily Missoulian., 1914-04-20
OUR BIG STICK
IS HEAVY

Washington, April 19,+officials Of
the navy department said tonight
there were now in MeXican waters or
en- route by east and west coasts H.
$50 sailors, 1870 marines and S55 Off
GERS. OF this number 14,17u sailors.
e,a9o marines and 700 officers are ia
the Gulf OF Mexico. while off Pacific
Mexican ports or en- route There are
$500 sailors, $50 marines and 40 of
ficers.
The force includes AT Vera Cruz
two battleships, 1,s2o men, 40 ma
rlnes; Prairie, 260 men, 500 marines.
At Tampico. wossbattleships. 1,S20
men, 40 marines; Des Moines, 240
men: Chester, zoe men, 200 marines
Dolphin, 1870 men; San Francisco, 400
men; Solace (hosptal ship), Hancock
dransporto, $40 marines.
With Admiral BADGER en route to
Tampico. eight hattleships, 7,aSo, 800
marines: Tacoma, 240 men, Nashville,
I1SO men.
En- route from Pensacola TO Tam
pico: Birmingham. 200 men. Dixie Ore
pair ship), IA destroyers, 1,15o men.
Dixie will carry two hydro -aeroplanes
with extra motors and pontoons
Battleship Mississippi at Pensacola
laWaiting orders Will carry 500 ma
lrines.
/ On, Mexican Pacific coast; Raleigh,
1850; New Orleans. $50; Annapolis,
15o Yorktown, 1So California 900
men, 60 marines,
supply ship Glacier en- route =
Mexican Pacific coast; Rattleshil
South Dakota and collier Jupiter, SCI
marines. Cleveland, $50 men; chatta-
|nooga, $50 men; Maryland, 900 men
GO marines.
At san Diego, cal, five destroyers
ESQ men and Is officers.
The Daily Missoulian., 1914-04-20

ports of Tampico and Vera Cruz and
the railroad trestle leading from Vera
Cruz to Mexico City.
The president directed that a cabi-
net meeting be called for 1920 o'clock
tomorrow morning, when the final ar
rangements for a pacific blockade of
Mexican ports and other steps in the
presidents program will be delib-
Grated.
The breach that finally has come
with Mexico will make it impossible,
it was declared tonight on high au-
thority, for the United States to fur
ther protect foreigners in that repub-
lie and foreign governments have been
notified of the situation in this regard.
The president, it was asserted, not
only would ask congress for author
ity to use the armed forces to uphold
the honor of the nation, but also for
an appropriation, deficiency already
having been created because of the
expensive naval operations in antici-
patton of Hyertas defiance of this
government.
The president probably will ask
further that the senate pass the vol.
unteer act, which already has passed
the house providing for pressing into
regular service the militia regiments
in the various states
In preparation for the crisis that
must be met, Senator Shively, chair
man of the senate foreign relations
committee and Representative Wood,
chairman of the foreign affairs COM
mittee called meetings OF these COM
] mittees for tomorrow. Representa-
tive Flood, who is on his honeymoon,
| telephoned from New York that he
| would return at once.
Just before midnight Secretary
Bryan issued this statement:
| shortly after II o'clock last night
a brief dispatch came from Charge
Oashaughnessy at Mexico City saying
| that the presidents demand of yester-
day had been communicated to the
| foreign minister and was being car
ried by him to General Huerta. The
foreign minister asked Mr. O'Shaugn-
messy whether. in case General Huerta
acceded to the demand, protocol
would be signed providing for re-
turn of the salute. The following
dispatch was sent to Charge
O'Shaughnessy:
president Wilson is out Of the
city. Impossible to reach him be-
fore s a. m. tomorrow. Am certain
The Daily Missoulian., 1914-04-20

trestle on the Vera Cruz Mexico City
railroad. supposed to be the KEY to
the possession OF that road And
with the 10000 or more men in his
fleet Admiral Badger could spare a
force ample for that purpose.
Destroyers Start.
The only order issued from the navy
department. during the forenoon was
sent to Pensacola instructing Com
mander Sims to fall in line behind the
fleet with his flotilla of torpedo boat
destrosers, "A IN number. and the
flagship cruiser Birmingham and
tender piNie. the little vessels which
had been held under orders since Tues
day last to stand by
1t was originally announced from the
navigation bureau that the entire flo-
tilla of destroyers would be sent to
Tampieo, but lack Of men compelled
the department to retain In reserve
at Pensacola eight Of the little ves-
seis.
Secretary Daniels returned to WASH
ingtan about O'Clock from Cleveland
and went directly to the navy depart
ment, After Il short conference with
Rear Admirals Blue and F'iske, and a
scanning Of the dispatches that had
been received III his absence, the sec
retafy settled down to await results of
The ultimatum.
Several senators called at the White
House during the evening and con-
ferred with Secretary Tumulty. Sec
retary Bryan was in close touch with
the state department and the White
House.
News from Mexl@ was awaited by
the people of the capital with the
keenest interest. All through the
evening the streets were thronged and
crowds gathered in front Of the news
paper offices.
In the hotel Hobbies. the crisis was
the one topic OF conversation and some
Of the crowds, inspired by the playing
OF the Star Spangled Banner" and
America engaged in patriotic DEM
onstratons.
The Daily Missoulian., 1914-04-20

Mexico City, April 1a.-The Mexican
foreign minister, senor Portillo y
Roias, announced tonight it would be
impossible to agree to the demand Of
the United States that the flag be un-
eondtonally saluted because that flag
was not insufted as it was not flying
from the launch and because the
marines We're set free even before an
investigation and the officer RESPONSE
BILE for the arrests was himself ar
rested and held for trial.
The foreign minister here announced
the Mexican government would agree
that both flags be saluted,. the Ameri-
can flag first and then the Mexican