Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-03-01 | Page 1 | Last Minute News

LAST MINUTE S SS S NEWS WASHINGTON March 1 A 1 A report that Grover C. C Varn an American had been murdered near Durango City by Villa forces was announced today by the state department to be untrue The original announcement of his death made yesterday by the department department depart depart- ment was based on a message dated February 28 whose contents were denied de nied in a message dated yesterday WASHINGTON MaTch March 1 The The Italian liner Napoli which reached ed New NewYork York several days ago with guns mounted aboard was ordered cleared today under assurances similar to those in the case of the liners San SanI I Guglielmo and Giuseppe Verdi that I her guns would be used only for deI defensive de do deI I purposes es I i DETROIT DETROIT March Henry Henry Ford I Isaid said today that he was not to be seriously seriously seri seri- considered as a Republican candidate can can- I for the presidency I do not want anything to do with I politics or political offices Ford said a The joke filing of my name at Lansing wasa was WASHINGTON March Members 1 of the crew Of the American tanker fe D lue have made a affidavits davits to refute refute refute re- re fute the contentions of the Austrian government in m connection with the at attack at- at tack on the ship by an Austrian submarine sub subS S marine marine in the Mediterranean time some ago go The The affidavits support the original information on which the state depart I ment mont representations made to Vienna S