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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-02
zAPAT|STAS TORE
DOWN j. S. FLAG
Insulted Stars and Stripes Be-
fore Killing McManus. =
BRYAN 0 EMANDS PREPARATION
Battlsship Georgia Ordered From
Vera Cruz To Join Cruiser Des
Moines At Progreso To
Keep Port Open.

Washington the American
flag. which was flying over the home
Of John B. McManus, a citizen of the
United States, in Mexico City, was
torn and dragged half way down the
pole" by Zapata soldiers when they
murdered McManus and looted his
house two weeks ago, is told in dis
patches from the Brazilian Minister.
and made public by Secretary Bryan.
This incident was reported at the
time the death of McManus was being
investigated. Secretary Bryan said
reparation for the insult to the flag
had been asked of the Zapata authori-
ties, but that SO far no reply had come.
In answer to inquiries, he said there
had been no demand for a salute to
the flag. as In the Tampico affair.
An expression of/regret for the kill
ing Of McManus already has been re-
ceived from General Palafox, the
Zapata commander, With a promise of
indemnity for the family and punish.
ment for the slayers if apprehended.
Dragged Down Pole.
Mr.. Bryan explained that the Bra
lillian Minister. in reporting McManus'
death, March II, mentioned only the
fact that the American flag was flying
over the house. The next day he sent
another report referring 90 "the
dissertation of the flag" An inquiry
from the department as to what this
meant brought an explanation on
March 16 that an American commit
tee, which investigated the occurrence,
reported to him that following fusil.
lading. which preceded the general
entry of the Zapatistas into the house,
the flag was badly torn by the Zapati
stas and dragged half way down the
pole.
The same committee, the minister
reported, had submitted to him a
photograph of the house and flag.
In this connection it became known
that several foreign flags had been VIC
lated recently at ManZaniHo. among
them the American flag over the house
| of an American ranchman. When the
matter was called to the attention OF
General Carranza, he denied the truth
of the reports of American and British
| consuls.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-02
AMERICAN ARRESTED IN CANADA
Pro-German and Detained British, 1t
Is Alleged.

Fort Francis. Ont.-F. d. Henson,
an employee Of the Canadian Northern
Railroad and an American-born citi-
sen, resident in Canada for IL years,
was arrested by Corporal Walker, of
Winnipeg. at Aupokan. brought to
Fort Francis and lodged in jail.
No charge has been made and all
information was refused newspaper
men. The arrest, however. is sup
posed to have been made on the allen
enemy" charge.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-02
LANE CHOSEN ADJuTANT.
Haeerstcwn Man Gets Honor IN the
First Regiment.

William, Preston Lane, of Hagers-
town. son of Col. William p. Lane, has
been selected by Col. Charles A. Little
as the adjutant of the First Infantry,
Maryland National Guard. He will
succeed the late Capt Charles Alvey.
Mr. Lane is not row connected with
the State militia, although his father
was the commander of the First Regi-
ment for several years. But he has
had considerable military experience
and training, being a graduate Of the
Virginia Military Institute. The APP
pointment OF Mr.. Lane will be an
nounced in a few days by Governor
Goldsborough in an order now being
prepared by Adjt.-GeD. Charles r
Mgcklip.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-02
OUTRACES BY THE
TURKS IN PERSIA
U. S. Consul Reports More
Violence in Urimiah.
ASK RUSSIA TO SEND TROOPS
Officials OF the Presbyterian Board OF
Foreign Mission Express Surprise
At the Course Pursued BY
Secretary Bryan.

Tifis. Russia (via Pe,rograd).-
Turkish troops have committed fur
Their acts of violence at the American
mission in Urumiah. Persia, accord
ing to message received by the local
viceroy from Gordon Paddock, the
American Consul at Tabriz.
Mr.. Paddock transmits a message
from Missionary Robert M. Labaree
at Urumiah to the effect That the
-'..~,-,~l Consul at Urumian forced his
way into the mission compound with
a number Of Turkish regular troops
and removed some Assyrian Christian
refugees, who were then massacred.
The Turks also beat and insulted
the American missionaries.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-02
PHONE GIRL SLIDES TO SAFETY.
Trapped In Building BY Fire, She
Escapes Down Pole.

Asheville. N. C.--Hemmed in by
flames on the second story of the
building where she was employed as
telephone operator Miss Mary Moody,
OF Saluda, crawled across a plank to
telephone pole. slid down the pole
and escaped. The building in which
she worked was destroyed. Finding
escape by the stairway cut off, Miss
Moody shouted for help and plank
was lifted up to her. She crawled on
the plank to a pole and escaped.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-02
ASKS GOVERNORS TO COME.
Maryland Executive invites Them To
Charities Conference

Charities Conference.
Governor Goldsborough has sent to
the Governor of each State in the
Union the following personal letter
asking him TO attend the National Con
ference of Charities and Correction,
which win be held in Baltimore from
May 70 to May 19. inclusive:
My Dear Governor: | am sure we
will all agree that one of the most i'm
portant questions with which our State
governments have to deal is the proper
care OF the dependent and delinquent
classes.
The problem has been growing
steadily in Importance. and this year
widespread unemployment has added
greatly TO our peFpiexities.
Through az years of existence the
National Conference of Charities and
Correction has developed into the most
important forum for tSe discussion Of
problems dealing with charitable and
correctional work.
This year the conference meets in
my own State, in the city of Baltimore,
from May II to 10, inclusive, and
extend to you personally a most cor
dial and earnest invitation 10 be pres
ent. and also ask that you appoint a
number of official delegates represent
ing your State and urge upon them the
importance of attending. Yours truly.
p. L. GOLDSBOROUGH.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-02
ITALY ABOUT TO
STRIKE IS BELIEF
Reported Agreement With Bull
garia and Roumania.
BUYING HORSES IN WEST
Every Possible Preparation For War
Has Been Completed BY the
Rome Government-Re-
servists Going Home.

Rome.--Every measure possible has
been taken by the Italian Government
preparatory to the beginning Of hos.
Titles py Italy on the side of the
Allies.
Italy's army is now completely mob.
ilized and is under arms at the con
centration centres preparatory to the
firing of the shot that will mark Italy s
entry into the war as an ally OF Great
Britain. France and Russia.
1t is believed here that action by
Italy on the Austrian frontier is I'm
minent.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-02
U. S. NOTE ON BLOCKADE REk'
Will Be Dispatched To London a
Paris Today.

hington.-Although the note to
be addressed to Great Britain and
France by the United States Govern
ment regarding the blockade Of com
MERGE with Germany is completed 1t
is being given further consideration by
President Wilson and his advisers and
probably will not be dispatched until
late Saturday. Secretary Bryan re-
fused to give any intimation as to its
character, saying merely that 1t had
not been sent"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-02
Why Payment Is DELAYED.

Harry J. Hopkins, chief clerk of the
comptroller. stated that the Silver
Cross Home. at Port Deposit. had
failed to receive the appropriation
made for it by the legislature of 1914,
because OF the shortage in the states
receipts. Just az the payment of many
others had been delayed. Mr.. Hop
kins said that he regretted the delay.
but that there was no certainty that
the appropriation woald be paid before
July ~.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-02
NEW puMouM CHARGE FALLS
Not Substantiated, German Embass
10 informed.
Great Relief To Shippers.

Washington. The German Ent
bassy's second charge that dumdurA
bullets are being shipped from thp
United States to the Allies has net
been substantiated by an investigation
by army ordnance experts, and the
State Department has so informed
Count Won Bernstorff, the German Am
bassador The ordnance experts held
that the wounds shown In photographs
could not have been inflicted by bull
lets Of which specimens were sub
mitted.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-02
% BRITISH SHIPS THEIR TOLL
German Submarines Sunk Only Three
the Past Week

London. -Twenty-two British mer-
chantment have been sunk by German
submarines since the German sub
marine blockade" went into effect,
February IS, the Admiralty announced
in an official statement. In the same
period one British merchantmen has
been sunk by a mine and three cap
tured or sunk by enemy cruisers
Their total tonnage was 73,026. -
During the week ending March "a,
only three merchantmen have been
sunk by submarines, the Admiralty an
nounced. Their aggregate tonnage was
1850
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-02
AMERICAN WOUNDED IN FRANCE.
Lieut.. Montague Nichols Quit the
Naval Academy In 1918.

'Spartanburg, S. C.-Lieut. Montague
Nichols, Of the British Royal Artillery,
was wounded at the front in France.
March 81, according to a cablegram
received by his family here. He went
to England to enlist when war was de-
clared and was commissioned lieu
tenant. Nichols resigned from the
United States Naval Academy just be-
fore graduation in 1913.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-02
Buying shlpIoad Of Horses.

Kansas City.-ltaly placed its first
orders for horses on the local market
Saturday when two Italian Army off,
GERS bought $50 cavalry and artillery
animals. 1t was asserted the pur-
chasers are the first Of a shipIoad
Local dealers also asserted today
that the Roumanian Government had
begun negotiations for the purchase
OF mounts and that it had been init
mated that that country will be a
heavy buyer in the local market
shortly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-02
Men Shot. Women Violated.

New York.--All the men at Gull
pashan, large village near Urumiah,
Persia. have been shot by Kurds, the
women violated, an American mission
airy beaten and 65 refugees taken from
the French and American missions,
have been hanged on gibbets erected
in the mission yards, according to
cablegram received here by the Pres
byterian Board of Foreign Missions.
The cablegram came from four ma
tive Christians in Titlis, three of whom
and perhaps the fourth--were natur-
allied Americans. The message fol-
lows:
"Gulpashan destroyed. Its men
shot, women violated. Sixty men
taken from French mission compound
and five from American mission COM
pound hanged. Allen beaten. Hang
ing pole erected in French mission
yard Massacres imminent. lmplore
State Department that consul at
Tahriz proceed Urumiah."
The message was signed by Jesse
Yonan, E. o. Eshoo, Isaac Yohannan
and Paul Shinman, all of whom are
known to the board. Eshoo and Shin
man, both Americans. left this city for
Urumiah Eve weeks ago, proceeding
by way of Norway and Petrograd.
The missionary Allen, referred to
as having been beaten, is E. 7. Allen,
who was born in London, Ontario, and
became a naturalized American. Mr..
Allen has been in the service OF the
board since 1891. He was sent. for
the second time, to Persia in 1911.
Six thousand dollars for relief at
Urumiah was Cabled to the American
consul at Tabriz by the Persian war
relief committee.
Officials of the board were some
what surprised to learn that Secretary
Bryan had requested American Consul
Glazebrook, at Jerusalem, to investi-
gate conditions at Urumiah and
vicinity. II was as hard to get men
from Jerusalem to Urumiah, according
to advices received by the board, II
was said, as from New York to
Urumiah.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-02

The 15-month-old child of John B.
Grimes, of Frederick. tumbled 90 feet
from window to the sidewalk, land
ing on its head. It was rendered IN
conscious, but revived in few min
utes. While the child is apparently
none the worse for the fall. physicians
In attendance say several days will be
required TO develop the effects OF the
accident.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-02

For the third time Alexander Brown
L. Sons, of Baltimore. were awarded
ihe $4,000 Cumberland paving bonds
when, at the conclusion Of the open
ing of the sealed bids at the meeting
Of the City Council. their offer
($100.3S) was the highest, and the
award was made to them. The city
win realize $150.570 from the sale Of
the bonds.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-02
STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
The Latest Gleanings From All
Over the State.
TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS

Clifford Smith. aged 80. was injured,
perhaps fatally. while sharpening
DlOwshares on the farm of Daniel
Thomas, near Sharpsburg A revolv-
Ing emery wheel. operated by a gaso-
line engine, burst. and particle struck
him in the forehead. driving part OF
the skull into his brain.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-02
OVER 10000 HORSES FOR ALLIES.
Will Be Shipped Through the Port OF
Norfolk

Norfolk. Va.--Over 10000 horses In.
tended for the armies of France and
England will be shipped through the
port of Norfolk. Arrangements have
already been made for shipping 10000
horses from Texas through this port
and contracts for the handling OF TO-.
600 more have been signed.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-02
WOULD LET RUINS STAND.
They Are Monuments OF Nations SUI.
ferings, Say Belgians.

Brussels, Belgium, via London. The
Belgian towns of Malines, Termonde,
Louvain and Idege never will be re-
built on their present sites If the un-
dercurrent of discussion among promi.
nent Belgians results in action when
peace is made. These Belgians pro-
pose that new cities be rebuilt on sites
adjoining the ruins, which are to be
left as monuments 70 the sufserlngs
OF Belgians."
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-02

To work for Marshall WsrTeDfeltz
al summer without pay and help him
to rebuild his barn. destroyed by FIRE,
was the sentence imposed by Justice
Anders. al Frederick, upon Harry c.
Dusing. The latter was found in a
stupe1ed condition with his clothing
on fire when Warrenfeltz entered his
burning barn to save his stock He
was rescued, but some OF the stock
persisted.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-02
TWO GIRLS IN SUICIDE PACT.
Reformatory TRUSTEES Found Dying OF
Poison,

Washington, Pa.-Mary Cole, aged
10 years, OF Bentleyville. and Margaret
Berger. aged 20, Of McKeesport. In
mates of the Western Pennsylvania
Industrial School at Morganza, CON-
mitted suicide. The girls, who were
TRUSTEES, secured poison from the
matron's locker and were dying when
found. Superintendent w. F. Penn
could give no reason for their action.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-02
GERMANS MOVE CLOCK HANDS.
"More Daylight" Plan Adopted Te
Save Petroleum.

Copenhagen.--"The more daylight"
movement has struck Germany for
economic reasons. On April / the
hands of every clock in Germany viii
be advanced an hour. The Germans
estimated that by rising an hour
earlier and retiring an hour earlier
during the six summer months they
will save 100000 worth c, De
troleum.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-02
GERMAN RA|OERl
REPORTED SUM
Submarine Had Become Terror
of British Seas.
DESTROYED MANY SHIPS
Torpedoed Six Steamers In Two Day
Captain Claimed Credit For AaVt
ing Sunk British Aboukir,
Greasy and Hogue.

London.--"Tvhe Admiralty has sop,
reason to believe that the German sS
marine U-29 has been sunk withkEl
hands"
This news, following as 1t did n
ports that the attack on the Do
danelles had been resumed and thy
the Russians had won important Va
tories over the Austrians in Bukp
wilma and at Uzsok Pass in the ca
pathians, gave the peoples of "
allied countries cause for cheerfV
ness.
Great Relief To Shippers.
The Admiralty gave no details !
how or where the U-29 was sunk, b
the report that she was disposed \
was received in shipping circles wiz
a sigh of relief.
1t was this vessel which, just for
night ago, torpedoed six steamers i
Bristol Channel and off the Scilly u
lands within two days. Her cor!
mander, who spoke English perfect
and treated the crews Of the toI
pedoed vessels with great consider
ton, told one of the merchant captain
who was taken aboard the submarin
that he was the commander OF the sui
marine which torpedoed the BIRTHS
cruisers Aboukir, Greasy and Hogui
If this was true, he was the man VIII
was looked upon as Germany's mos
daring submarine navigator.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-02

A public hearing will be held at
Cambridge April by Col. Lansing H.
Beach, United States engineer in
charge of the Baltimore district, to
determine il the bridge over the water
way connecting Charles creek with
Honga river in Dorchester county. has
sufficient headroom TO prevent it from
becoming an obstruction to navigation
The papers will be laid before the Sec
rotary of War for his decision.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-01-07
4 Book All Young People Should Read

You hear SO much about Cesar
wouldn't you like brief, up-to-date
sketch of his marvellous career, his
creation of the Roman Empire, his
murder and his great funeral?
Wouldn't you like to know about the
noble pair of brothers, the Graceful?
And about Marius and Sylla? And
about the Great Instruction of White
Slaves led by Spartacus?
Also the immortal love-story of
Antony and Cleopatra?
All this, and much more you will
find in
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-01-07
The Good the Bad Otherwise and Few Laconcs b. l. A. l.

MIR. Taft is quoted as saying that the Fill
plnoS cannot govern themselves; did any one
ever think they couId-taking the White
mans standard as the model of said govern
ment?"
A New York girl fell five stories. while
asleep, and was not hurt; evidently She had
been living within sound Of the ''celebrators,"
who had saluted the New Year in proper New
York form.
The Senate had adopted the "Literacv
Test" as a hoped-fo curb to foreign i1nmi-
grafton, but it will butter few par5nips, when
the steamship companies, and those interested
IN cheap labor, get busy
Next to the society for the suppression Of
suppression of newspapers who head their
editorial columns with verses from the Bible.
and run ads in other departments, that make
the devil chuclzle.
Great Britain is forcibly reminded that the
dollars Of the United States are still needed.
and it had better be careful, or there wont be
enough to finance the next international mar
rage, # this interference with Uncle Sans
trade keeps up.
~ NOAAAIAlS9
with other States, in the matter of divorces,
and one Judge asserts that it is too easy to get
unmarried; it looks. more as though it were
too easy to get married, and more stringent
laws on that head, would lessen the divorce
statistics
y
From this distance it looks as though the
photographers attached to all the European
armies In the field, have a harder time taking
pictures, than the soldiers have who are doing
the fighting. Never in the history of the
world has photography taken SO prominent a
part in the battles, as it has done in the pres
ent war.
A man who was on train held up by
bandits, said the lone $15 he had, looked small
while he was looking into the muzzle of
revolver; and many another man sympathized,
thinking Of another lone $15 around Christ
mas time, while looking at the list of must
gets"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-01-07

them for the outlay it took to get it. left no
illusions about the ballot the individual vote.
nor anything that savored of politics, to
IL. A. L."
One thing she did learn however was. that
there were some men, of the old-fashioned
school, was talked over with Mother.1 the
plans and the aims Of the political candi-
dates. And "Mother" talked it over with the
boys; the unftness, or the fitness Of the one
Father thought best suited to the place;
the ideals, the life record. and the probable
value Of the certain man to the community.
whom they had singled out for the honor.
And 1t IS nice to record, that the old fashioned
woman OF this sort was rarely wrong She
did not know an ace from the Joker; she
never belonged to any other club than the
Ladies Aid Society, and she never read one
Of the "best sellers" in all her life
But her husband and her sons and her
daughters knew where to find her, when they
wanted her; her meals were a delight, and
her home haven and refuge to many who
look back with tender gratitude to her, as
one of the sort ''Worth while" She wasn't
doWdy, and she didn't belong to the age of
bonnets and bombazine; her corsets and the
cut OF her shoes were q source Of worry to
her, until she could get the sort that Cooked
nice" but she made such thorough business
Of being a wife and mother that her
children. and all the other children who could
crowd in under her wing, felt the influence of
her demand for right living and higher ideals
as never fell to the lot of any suffra gette that
has breathed up to this time.
1t simply means this: IF the women are to
take the place Of the men, because of the
lack of principle in the men. then it will be
up to the men to take the place of the women
in the home; to train the children, look after
their welfare, and make the home the place of
refuge for them, and for the 'Ftired business
mother" who will find Jordan a harder road
to travel, than when she minded the "Home,
the Church and the Children"
Oh, 1t cant be did" and as another corn
fed philosopher has put it: "The legs of the
storl are long; the legs of the duck are
short; you cannot make the legs Of the stork
short, nor the legs Of the duck long; SO why
worry?"
And there you are; you cannot endow the
woman with the attributes Of the man, nor
the man with those of the woman, without
upsettlng all Of Natures original plans, and
1t will take some work from Some One
higher up, to do that1so why worry?
Here's hoping there were no regrets at pay
ing for the Christmas presents.
The water wagon and the New Years reso-
lutlons both begin to look Like old timers.
When Father begins to pay for Santa
Claus visit, he has less sympathy with the
Colonies ideas of race suicide.
+
Real nice, sweet article from High Brow
on Glow to Celebrate the New Year" and it
arrived after most Of us were trying to get
over the effects of our combined celebrations.
Along with those who were on the water
wagon, even for so short a period was At
1anta'S Wafnr BOARD which nclrnd fo,. t,ro