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5000 MOURN OROZCO.
M%exicans March Behind Body "a
FL Paso Cemetery.

Fit PAso. Tex. Sept. 3.-Pascual
Orozco's body was placed In a vault
to-day In an III Paso cemetery with a
Methodist ceremony. His widow. who Is
to become a mother shortly, remained
at home. Al least 1900 Mexicans fol-
lowed the body &c the vault.
At the same time the four other
Mexicans killed when Orozco met his
death this week at the hands of west
Texas ranchers after his party had raided
a Texas ranch were buried in a local
cemetery. The bodies OF all hve were
conveyed to the cemetery on a large
truck draped in the Mexican colors.
Mexicans, bareheaded and carrying
flowers, many OF them withered and
faded. followed the funeral cortege.
A large wreath tied with a ribbon
bearing the inscription From Gen. Vic
orian Huerta to the memory OF Gen.
Pascual Orozco" was held aloft at
the vault. Permission was denied Huerta
10 leave the prison at Fort Bliss to
attend the funeral. 4 solid silver plate
given by a friend OF Gen. Orozco was
placed OH the lid OF the casket. The in
scription read
General OF Division-Pascual Orozco.
You have fallen tragically when the
hopes OF the country were dependent
upon you"
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Continued from First Page.

German Ambassador. will be given
broad discretionary powers In dealing
with the United States on this subject.
Although the Ambassador himself. II
is understood, has not yet received his
instructions, the word from Berlin,
though unofficial. Is regarded as au-
thoritative. In view of he fact that
the Ambassador has for a long time
been In favor OF concedlnF much. II not
all, OF The position Of the United states.
as a matter OF good sense IL for no
other reason. officials here feel that a
satisfactory outcome IL assured " he Is
given liberal authorization by Berlin In
negotiating with the United States.
The press dispatches from Berlin
seem. In the opinion OF close observers
here. to indicate clearly that the Ber-
lin Government has undergone a COM
plete change OF attitude OF the sub
marine question. While the German re-
ports do not yet go to the length OF
the general view OF the situation In this
country. II Is believed that II Is only a
question OF time before they do and
that the Berlin Government Is simply
letting the public down easily. so to
speak.
1t is not doubted here that Admiral
Won Tirpitz really has been eliminated
from control OF the Admiralty policy.
and this IL regarded as the strongest
possible proof that the German Govern
ment has decided OF n complete change
OF attitude regarding the submarine
campaign. IL IL considered only natural,
however, that the German Government
should desire to have the change made
known In Germany only gradually in
view OF the almost frantic enthusiasm
aroused among the German people over
the submarine programme in Its early
stages.
Reports that the German Government
has instructed Ambassador Won Bern
storn to suggest that tine question OF
compensation for the families OF the
victims OF the Lusitania, Arabic and
other submarine attacks in which Amer
leans lost their lives be referred to The
Hague for arbitration are regs rded as
quite reasonable. At the State Depart
ment opinion on this proposal is being
reserved until the German Ambassador
has presented formally just what his
Government has to OFFER. There In
reason to believe. however. that this
Government would accept such a pro-
posal. provided OF course that no aues-
ton OF principle be included in the arbi-
tration nor OF Germany's full RESPONSE
bility for the loss OF the American lives.
The German Ambassador left WASH
ington last night and plans to take a
short vacation over the week end and
Labor Day. Even II he received his
complete instructions before next week.
II Is doubted IL he would attempt to
present them. As n matte: OF fact. the
Ambassador has been given to under
stand. as he himself indicated in his let
ter TO Secretary Lansing OF two days
ago. hat this Government docs not de-
sire to enter into any discussion of the
submarine issue until tho German Gov
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TELL or HARD FIGHTING.
Pctrog rae Emphasizes offensive In
North with stubborn Rc%sistRn

>gccjai CabiS Bespdtch 10 Tue SIS
pErUOuRAn, Sept 4.-Thc following
official statement was issued here to
Near Grodno, toward Thursday
evening. the enemy succeeded In
throwing u part OF his forces across
the Niemen to the right bank. \
furious conflict occurred in the north
western suburbs. In the region be-
tween ,iroduu and the pripet no ma
terial change has been reported,
stubborn rear guard lighting occurred
only in the region south OF lndura,
near Restovitz and south of Goro-
detZ.
Between wilma and the Niemeu and
further to the right of this river as
far as Grodno the situation Is un-
changed.
Between Sveuta and wilma our Of
fensive encountered fierce resistance,
Nevertheless We continued TO advance.
In the last two days we ave captured
900 prisoners, with officers, and thir-
teen machine guns,
ON the Riga-Dvinsk front, In the re-
gion Of the village of Linden, our
troops. after a stubborn fight. retired
Thursday morning to the right bank
of the river. \ bridge was set afre,
but the lighting continued Our pO-
sitions near Friedrichstadt We're bonn
barded by the -nemy's heavy artillery
Thursday.
In ialicia, as far as the Dniester,
the occupation OF new positions IN the
River Sereth by troops has been
accompanied by slight engagements.
In the direction Of Luzk and toward
Ieyan and T~argovitz, only minor en-
gagements have occurred. and these
were without appreciate results on
either side.
Attempts At an Offensive by the enc
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WRITER MAY LOSE PASSPORT.
Archibald 10 He %P-naIIzed 10 He
Carried German Messages.

W~AsHINGToN. Sept. ar the state
Department should establish that James
+. j. Archibald, the American war cor
respondent detained in England. ac-
tually was carrying dispatches for the
German or Austrian Governments his
American passport will be taken from
him. The Department holds that SER
vice as n despatch bearer Is unneutral
and throws discredit upon citizens carry
ing passports.
Upon the receipt OF all the facts. and
in case Archibald should be found guilty
OF the charges, he viii he required to
surrender his passport, This means that
he will be without American protection
in Europe, but when he desires to re-
turn home he will be granted a special
passport for the journey. lie will rot
be allowed another passport to 60
abroad again, which Mould mean that
IL he attempted another trip he could
he seized. and this Government would
have nothing to say about his punish
ment should he have belligerent des-
patches in his possession.
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FORTS AT ROVERETO
REPORTED BLOWN UP
Austrians Evacuate City After
Blocking Italian Advance,
Rome Hears.
FALL OF RIVA EXPECTED
Special cable Despdtch 70 Tnr srv

ROME. Sept. st 5 uGonfic!alIy &c.
ported that the forts Of Rovereto. block
ing the Italian advance on Trent. were
blown up yesterday and ;hat the Aus
trians are ~evscuating the city. retreat
ing up the .Adgie Valley toward Trent.
Italian troops began entering Rorcreto
last night, according % the reports.
The dispatches say that after their
troops had left the city the Austrian oa:-
terIes on the heights near by bombarded
Rovereto, destroying Italian monuments
and the homes OF Italian residents.
Rovereto is sixteen miles north OF the
Italian frontier and thirteen miles from
Trent. Its fall Is expected to be fol-
lowed by the evacuation OF Riva at
the head OF Lake Garda. and is consld-
cred a very important step In the adj
vance on Trent.
The Italian official statement to-day
tells OF desperate fighting on the upper
Rienzi River on Mount Plano. Here the
A~ustrians. who essayed another attack
on the Italian positions, were driven
back until the whole OF Mount Chiadenio
was taken and held by the Italians.
The official communicate follows
ON the upper Rienzi the enemy
made another attack on our Noun:
PIANO POSITIONS. Inc atthCk WAS re-
pulsed and was followed by a series or
actions by our combined Upper Piano
and Val Degano c~ontlngcnts. In spite
OF stubborn resistance the enemy was
expelled from the peak pell NELL until
the whole of Mount Chiadenio was
taken.
ON the evening of September !
strong contingents We're hurled against
the positions which the Austrians had
lost. but these were repulsed. On the
Carso plateau on the following morn
ing We occupied several trenches with
out resistance.
our ~aeropianes have effectively bonn
harded enemy cn~campments on the
Kostanhevica-Nojsc road.
The Austrians at Goritz maintain a
precarious hold upon the railroad. which
they arc utilizing to effect their escape.
They are rushing reenfcrcements to the
CaTso plateau. where their recent dctiN-
ity marks their retreat, which is orderly
and slow.
GoritZ is not surrounded completely,
hut the city is untenable, as 1t Is domi-
mated 10y the Italian artillery. The ltal-
ian official statement only confirms the
report that the operations at his point
hav, been successfully concluded.
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RUSSIANS
Early Offensive Movement Is Pre-
dicted In Petrosrnd.

LONDON. Sept. 3.-The Times cor
respondent nj rctrograd. referring 10
the successful Russian offensive In the
region Of wilma, says II Is uncertain
whether It Is an Independent or an aux
HAIRY movement. but that IL threatens
the communication OF the Teutonic
armies under Generals Won Buelow and
Won Eichhorn. temporarily p~aralyzing
the German offensive toward Riga. lie
continues
Everything tends to confirm NJ. Po..-
Nanon's prediction OF an important bat
tie for the possession OF wilma Well
Informed authorities infer from the lat
est reports that the Russians are grad
ually reaching the limits of their re-
treat u should h%.nceforth become
increasingly capable of "A new offensive.
Persons who hay" been with differen,
Russian armies bring the most hopeful
reports, declaring that not only Is the
moral" Of the troops unimpaired. 1s
shown bv the fact that whenever they
have decided to hole their ground tn.
enemy has been invariably worsted until
he could bring up heavy artillery, but
that the German troops evidently are
greatly exhausted.
The Russian retreat has been inn
perilled nowhere. The further the Rus
slams go the less pressure is the enemy
able TO exert. These reports. or. ginatins
from private but trustworthy sources,
have been circulated among the mem.
hers % the Duma and have greatly
heightened confidence and confirmed tho
impression that the Russian retreat is
part OF a well thought out plan"
In concluding the correspondents says
that the necessity for a solution Of the
Ministerial crisis in Russia has become
urgent and that VI polivanon's appoint
meut as Premier is now being strongly
suppOrtcd.
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U. S. AVIATORS FIRED on.
Mexicans Also shoot at Soldiers,
who Return the Fire.

BROWNSVILLE. Tex. Sept. 3.-while
Lleuts. Joseph p. Morrow and b. I. Jones.
United States Aviation Corps, were maxi
ing ar observation flight along the Rio
Grande. just west OF the city to-day, they
were fired upon three times from the
Mexican side Of the river, where Car
ianza soldiers are posted.
At FIRST thirty shots we're fired. then
forty-four. then twenty-nine. The num-
Der was counted by the soldiers on guard
duty at the Brownsville electric light
and water plant.
These soldiers also reported that APP
parently the same band turned their
guns on them. They got behind shelter
and returned the fire. There we're no
casualties on the American side.
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POWDER CO. WARNED OF PLOT
Hires small Army Of Guards On
TIP From WASHINGTON.

E%MroRluM. Pa. Sept. 3-Ndrned
from Washington. 1t is said, To keep a
strict surveillance Of strange persons
about their plant. TIE Aetna Powder
Company here have Increased the guard
about tho big plant until 1t resembles II
small army.
orders have been issued 10 the
guardSmeu to allow No person to app
proaCh the plant either day or uiGht,
unless ne Is employed there. luforma-
ton, 1t Is said. has reached the local Of
hcials Of a conspiracy now under way
to destroy every plant in the country
producing war munitions.
The leading figures In this plot are
said to be German ~ mpathizers. who
with the aid ~ hireliugs have already
caused twenty-five explosions in powder
and va munitions plants IN the United
states
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-04
PRAY'S STORY FALSE,
LONDON POLICE FIND.
Scotland Yards Tears Over
Americans Sad War Tale
Were Wasted.
PICTURE Is HIS TNDOING
Specioi cable DespntcA 10 Tnr SIS

Specioi cable Despdtcb 10 Tut StN.
LONDON. Sept. 3-Bchlnd tlc arrest
and appearance in court OF Charles
Bertwood Pray. the American citizen
arrested yesterday under the alien regis
name. is a remarkable story of how
Pray. who uses also the name OF Curran
and for whom the police had been
searching, completely fooled the shrcw'l-
est minds IN England.
Pray alleged that he had escaped
from a German concentration camp af-
ter seven months detention and. after
making an affidavit before the Amcri-
can Consul General IN London, was
cared for by the American relief COM
mittee. lie Will now be dcported s. an
undesirable alien.
Pray's story OF his detention and Of
the war preparations which he aid hal
been made IN Germany as far back as
November, 1918. imposed on the Ameri-
can Embassy, the American consulate.
the War Office. the Ministry OF MUM
lions. the heads OF Scotland Yard. Eng
lish and American newspapers ana Nari-
Gus charitable persons IN London.
While the authorities admit that PRAY
must have been IN Germany and NAV
possibly have escaped from detention
there. the late he gives for his escape Is
untrue. because he arrived in Glasgow
on April 20. having sailed on the
steamer Casssndra from Newport News
OF April II. lie worked at Bi-kenhead
and fnpghAgtar md 1,.I tIy. ,.r,, g..
approach Scotland Yard with his escaped
prisoner tale while detectives actusllv
were searching for him under the name
OF Curran. Pray's story so impressed
Scotland Yard that the shrewdest men
In the detective service We're deceived
and the most hardened skeptics dried
their eyes and gave him money for food
and lodgings.
Pray was introduced 10 TIE SUS's
correspondent by Scotland Yard officials.
who were absolutely convinced of the
truth Of his story. The War Office aud
ordnance experts were wonderfully i'm
pressed with his description OF oil cooled
motor guns and portable POWDER fac
tories and SO were the Ministry Of Mu
nitions aud the military attache OF the
American Embassy.
Pray undoubtedly is a genius mo
chemically, lie Is able to stand up un-
DER the ScNtrcSt on
technical details and a. "A draughtsman
he proved himself a marvel. u was
his picture. published IN the Erenirg
News. which paid him f2O Csl00) for
his story. that caused his undoing.
lie was recognized and finally was
found. When brought TO Scotland Yard
he fatty denied that he was curran.
hut when told hat witnesses were COM
ing to Identity him he admitted his iden-
tity. He said that he had tried to en-
list In the British army at Manchester
as a Canadian, hut that he was rejected
on account of his age.
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WASHINGTON WORRIED.
Border Raids Sacked by Carran.s
Leaders Is Report.

WASHINGTON. Sent. 3-OffIciaie Of ths
Administration are worried over the nc,
tlvities of Mexican bandits along IN.
Texas ana Arizona borders. II has no
vet been determined whether tho Nexi.
cans are organized or are indiyidu1
banda. The authorities here have Learned
that o~rsand,ed forces have been mo.
bilized in Mexico 10 make raids int
Texas and Arizona II the Pan-Americai
conference recognizes any Government
except that OF Carranza,
Just how much credence ia placed In
this Intelligence officials decline TO in.
innate. Within the past few weeks add!
tional forces have been sent to the Dor.
der at the request OF Gen. Funston, who
IL In said. has been shifting his regiment,
with a view of checking the raids.
Agents Of villa have circulated TO.
ports that Carranza commanders vii
send organized forces into Texas arc
Arizona IL the First Chiefs Government,
il menaced.
Government authorizes are keeplns
their own counsel, declaring that Gen
Funston, whose headquarters II at Fort
Sam Houston, at San Antonio, Tex. ha:
full authority to take such action "a
may be warranted by whatever emer-
gency that may arise.
Gen. Funston now has command OF APP
proximately %. 900 troops. This force un'
I'll recently was strung along In a thin line
over an extensive border front. Officials
refuse to say whether the American forces
have been strengthened at points where
a raid of formidable proportions nigh;
possibly he made.
Daily reports to the War Department
demonstrate that the Mexicans are IN
an ugly frame OF MIND A day or SC
ago two army a~eroplanes that ascended
near Brownsville were fired upon re
peatedly from the Mexican side. Gen
Funston forwarded to the War Depart
ment to-day a despatch received IRON
Co. Billiard. commanding the Browns
VILE district. reading as follows:
"A detachment OF the Thlrd V
Twelfth Cavalry and Twenty-fourth IN
fantry drove into the brush the Mexican
bandits that burned a bridge last hish.
at a point about seven miles east Oh
San Bonito and are making all arrange
nents to take up the pursuit to-morroW
morning. Lieut.. Faulkner. Iwehtle'n
Infantry. with half OF Company Z, mad
a running fight with the enemy this
afternoon. killing one. wounding one
and ~recapturing one American prisoner
No casualties among soldiers.
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ROTTERDAM COTTON ON FIRE.
4 Few Bale. Burned In Liners
NniI uoId-No other Damage.

LoNpoN. Sept. IA despatch from
Amsterdam to-day confirms the report
that the Holland America liner Rotter-
dam had a iire on her trip from Fal-
mouth to Rotterdam. The blaze. ac-
cording To the cgmpany's officials, was
In No. : hold, In which was stored the
mail for the Netherlands.
\ few bales OF cotton consigned to the
Dutch Government; had been put in the
hold as a space fllcr and these were
discovered on fire after the Rotterdam
had left Falmouth last Monday. There
was no other damage and the company
announced that the vessel will sail on
schedule time for New York.
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VIOLENT SMELLING
ON WESTERN FRONT
Both Sides Engage in Heavy
Bombardments at Many
Points.
Special cable Despatch TO TINS srv.

'pct'Ha 'uVic btspHf'" 70 INV SNNs
PARIS. Sept. S.-The official commuui-
aua issued by the War Office tonight
follows:
There was a violent bombardment
by both sides to-day at a large num-
Der OF points. notably in Artois, in
the sectors OF L.orette II Melville
between the Somme and the Disc. in
the recions OF Fouquescourt. Dem
court and Tilloloy In Champagne in
the outskirts of Souain. in the Ar
gonne and on the Lorraine front in
the valley OF the Remabois and in
the environs OF Gondrexon and OF
Chazelles.
There was a c~annonading In the
Nosges and I'm the regions Of Lesseux
and OF the ~Barrenkopf.
The afternoon statement said
In the course OF last night our ar
tillery displayed the same activity as
has been the case recently. without
notable Incident
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UNABLE TO ACT
TILL ALLIES WISH PEACE

from Pope Benedict, completely subsidized
to-day. This was chiefly due to the
realization that the President is de-
termined not to initiate any peace move
ment until satisfied that any such adj
vances would be equally acceptable TO
both sides. Consequently no immediate
results from the Cardinals visit are
looked for. as II ls known the Allies
would deeply resent IN neutral urging
them to discuss peace at this time.
II Is known that Germany would like
10 have Il peace discussion started. and
would prefer that the United States Gov
rnmen he the one to set It up. but 1t IL
now certain that until conditions have
changed materially she cannot count
upo this Government taking any such
action.
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The absence of IA date in the fore
SONG despatch raises the question
whether the transport referred to is the
Royal Edward, which was officially re-
ported by Great Britain to have been
sunk by II German submarine In the
ltgean Sea August II. The Royal I'd.
ward carried 1850 troops aud 22O OF.
icers and men Of the crew. Thu official
statement Of he British Admiralty.
which WINS issued ON August II, said
that bot 500 had been saved.
TN the other hand. the statement that
IA" latest transport to he sunk was
destroyed 10y u miuc seems 10 Indicate
that It was not the Royal Edward.
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NO PEACE, SAY PAPERS.


Special cable Despatch 10 TuE SrN.
LONDON. Sept. CSaturdayp-Ger-
many's peace terms as reported In the
American newspapers are regarded with
scorn by the London morning papers
The Tunes calls them "pr,pueterous."
the Express comic"
The Daily Chronicle says they are a
clumsy attempt on the part OF GERMANY
to pose "a magnanimously willing for
peace and To present the Allies 10
wicked, wanton ~warmongers."
The Daily NcTs says: THE day for
speaking seriously of peace IL not Yet
in sight"
The attitude Of British officials. as al
ready cahled to TIT SUN, is unanimously
supported.
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EVENTS IN THE WAR
ONE YEAR C TO-DAY


and French have successes also in
Lorraine and the Vosgcs,
British Admiralty announces that
seven German torpedo boats and de-
stroyers have put In at Wilhelms-
haven in a damaged condition.
The British torpedo boat Speedy "a
sunk 10y a mine in the North Sea.
Au,tridus retreat after desperate
rghting near ~ilalloz, leaving $500
dead on the field SIN German army
corps are reported sen from France
O., dld Aus,riaus
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WINS BLACK EAGLE.
Won M~ackensen, Brest-LitovsL's
tRptOr, IL Decorated.

AMSTERDAM. Sept. 3.-The Kaiser has
conferred the order Of the Black Eagle
upon Field Marshal Won Mackensen in
recognition Of the rapid capture OF the
Russian fortress Brest-Iltovsk.
The Black Eagle Is the highest deco
ration in the gift OF the Germon En-
peror,
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Passenger on tn. chicago.

Special Cdbic Despdtc1 10 Tuu So.
PANS. Sept. 3-Among the l15 pas.
seugers sailing for New York tomorrow
the French liner Chicago from Rur-
dcauN Will be VI and Nine. Capelldni,
TIE former an actor: a Group Of mem
beers Of the American ambulance at
Nruilly. including n T. MONTGOMERY,
John Melcher, Victor Caldwell. pr. j.
X Mossmau, James Putnam, IT, S,hlcy
and Miss II. Mcdonald NJ rotu, al
agent OF the Creusot firm Mrs \. W.
Morse and MIR, and Mrs Edwin Hall and
daughter.
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BACK ON K E LINE.
Russians Are Forced Ncarer From
tier In GaiicIa.

VIENNA. via Amsterdam. sept. s.
The following official statement with
regard to the operations In the Russian
theatre OF war was given out to-day
by the Wa Office
In Eastern Galicia the enemy
everywhere retired on the Screth
line. Our army Is pursuing the en-
envy.
On the frontier. north of Zalozce,
east OF Brody rs well ~ In the region
west OF Dubno M within the rad.u us
OF the Voylynisn fortress triangle. the
enemy liz lined up over the whole
front. our troops are preparing for
All attack.
The struggle also Is proceeding on
the upper Jasiolda. The Russians
have been driven out OF some In
trenchments situated on the edge OF
the marshy region.
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IRON CROSS MELTS ON BREAST.
German Aviator, Brought Down ut
scnlis. u I~ncIncratcd.

I'ARIs. sept. "a GERMAN AVIATOR
brought down at Seulis recently VS.
identified as Lieut.. Won Bailer. son o.
,;e;. Won Bi!ler Of the Wuertt.mhers
forces. Officials of the American Clear.
House. who CHANGED to pass IN 'hc-
automobile Tho spot where the mach'ra
ell. report that they clearly saw an
Iron Cross melting on the aviator'S h,az.
ing breast.
They also saw a bullet hole thr,.ri
;ho body I'm the region OF the hear.