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ABOUT 20,000 TONS SlWf
Work of Subs a1 Failure, ys
No Transport or Ship With
War Supplies ForlEu
rope Was Stink
New York, June 4. The possible
death toll from German submarine
warfare oahe American side of the
Atlantic during the last 10 days was
reduced today to fewer than 350 souls.
With the landing of 19 survivors of
the missing steamship Carolina of the
New York and Porto Rico line at
ewes. Del., the persons unaccounted
for from this ship number 331, of !
whom 202 are passengers. i
The City of Columbus, of the . Sa- j
vannah Line, arrived at an Atlantic '
port, bringing safely her passengers !
and crew, numbering 117, who had j
been listed as missing. Also at At-1
lantic ports arrived the steamship
Grecian, with the missing crew of the
sunken schooner Jacob M. Haskell;
the Governor Cobb, a United States
Shipping Board trainship, with 200 ap
prentice seamen aboard; the steam
ship Dorchester of the Merchants and,
Miners Transportation company, and
the Clyde liner Huron from a south
ern port.
tioij jp Car-'
tr act rr
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.oston
Stopped Hun Rush Into Neilly
Wood by Brilliant Work
ATTACKING IN FORCE
Erany Made Some Advances
at Few Points After
Hard Fighting
TRYING ElATTER SALIENT
French Obliged to Concede
Town of Neuilly-La-Po-terie
to Germans
Both Held It
hese
jly the
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v has been, startled.
on this side of the Atlantic, the fact
stood out today that although it has
been in American waters 10 days, its
success from a military point of view
has been negligible. No transport or
ship bound with warsupplies for Eu
rope has been sunk." The total ton
nage known to have been destroyed
amounts to something over 20,000 tons
gross, all coastwise . ships, seven of
them sailing vessels.
The long expected arrival of German
armed submarines to American waters
fas resulted in the destruction of at
least 10 vessels flying the Stars and
ampes, according to reports from va
rious ports along the north Atlantic
seaboard. The attacks were made by
two supersubmersibles and most of
the vessels were bombed and sent to
the bottom last Sunday, although it is
Mown that two of the craft were de
stroyed prior to May 26. So farVas
wown there has been no loss of life.
Chief interest today centered upon
the fate-of the 220 passengers and
ew of 130 men of the 8,000 ton
steamer Carolina, of the New York
and Porto Rico line. The liner was
SiaCk.ed Sundav night when within
:w miles of Sandy Hook and as noth
g has been heard since her S. O. 'S.
signals were picked up. her owners
assume she is 1n5t Tho. a I
passengers, in small boats, were re
ported 3d miles out to sea, headed for
we .New Jersey coast early today and
coast guard cutters were on their way
w Pick up the survivors.
A revised list of the toll of the
undersea raiders follows:
J;!1? Texel-of 3'210 s83 tons'
'jnK by bombs 60 miles off the Jersey
cast Sunday.
Schoontr Jacob M. Haskell, of Bos-
negatat by SheH fire Sunday off Bar
Schooner Edward H. Cole, of Bos
Sat sSnV7 bmbS 50 mil6S f Barne"
,.rer Herbert L. Pratt, of Phila-
sunk off Cape Henlopen, Sun-
he enemrraperTyrench in hurling back ar German bat-
American troops are fighting with
the French in holding up the new
German rush and already have begun
to make their presence strongly felt
One force of Americans, thrown into
the battle on the important front be
tween the Ourcq and the Marne, not
only stopped an enemy advance into
Neilly wood, between seven and eight
miles northwest of Chateau Thierry,
but carried out what the French offi
cial statement characterizes as "a
magnificent counter attack ?which
threw back 'the Germans north of this
wood."
vn yet another front that runnine
CROSSED
SEEKING
Captain of Sunken Ship Says
Sub Had Six-Inch Guns
LIKE WESTERN BANDIT
U-Boat Captain Orders All Off
The Texel Before Send
ing It Down
BEEN ON A LONG CRUISE
Waved Farewell As He Re
turned to His Submarine
and Moment Later His
Craft Disappeared
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Atlantic City, N. J., June .. Catf-
tain Kenneth B. Lowry, of the Texel)
is convinced that his ship was sunk
by one of the new German subma
rine cruisers and that It crossed th
CMl. west aiong the Marries-theU.A"3"J aa aid not come from a base
American iorces co-operated with tfcerrT",uieoi 4Ml&&aimi:
Fighting Was Hardest NortKfijirl
and South of Ourcq River l( !
SITUATION IS HOPEFUL "
Struggle Was Very Bitter and
Line of Villagers Are
Maintained i
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OFFICIALS THINK
SUB DANGER OVER
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day.
Chorine,. Tn.v.t i- ttt.. . .
Me e, i V. uei a- wey. oruatr,
..qipC unaay off Barnegat.
Birw . ti(3na' of Machlas. Me.,
Ted "p as a derelict, off Cape May,
Schooner Hattie Dunn, of Thomas-
or. uestroved aa a Heroltot T,f..iT
shin Ulnter -Quarter Shoal Light-
snnTner HauPPauge, of New York,
ranP v hlp Winneconne, sunk off
et, y' Ma? 26.
calls fn u vttIulina seni wireless
a suhrr J p while beinS shelled by
Sandy Hme Sunday evening, when off
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agreed LUe crew or tne vessels
bmer;,nerally that the German
H armprf8 6re 0f great- size and
craft v oome reported that the
L-53 UI ine same size as the
Port' T cnducted a raid off New-
iQtotho"T before America's entry
p0rT ar
rIe?pi?gvthe cO"t were still
aued on Page Seven.)
iuion wnicn5nad crept over a foot
bridge to the south bank of the river.
The Germans sustained heavy casual
ties and lost 100 men in prisoners..
The official statement from the
French war office definitely places for
the first time American forces stand
ing with the French and British In
the path of the new German rush.
One body of Americans is mentioTmri
as defending Neuiftf wood. This little
patch of forest lies Just to the south
of the hamlet, Neuilly-La-Poterie. anH
is eight miles wesof Chateau Thier
ry ,ana about seven miles due north
of Nanteuil, which is situated on thtk
north bank of the Marne river below
Chateau Thierry.
The Americans participating In the
fighting near Jaulgonne, about six
miles northwest of Chateau Thierry,
and at about the middle of the Ger
man line along the Marne. The Ger
mans now hold the bank of the Marne
from Chateau Thierry to Verneuil.
The Germans have evidentlv suc
ceeded in bringing up considerably
more 01 tneir artillery and are attack
ing in force alpng virtually the whole
iront xrom tne Oise to the Marne
fesperaie ngnung developed at
many points on this front last night
wxucn resuuea in tne enemy making
advances at a few points, principally
me region southwest of Soissons,
where he is trying to batter in the tip
of the allied salient.
The village of Pernant was lost 'by
the French in this area and they had
to give a little ground further south.
The German attack was held else
where. To the south between the Ourcq and
the Marne ground was given and
taken by both sides. The Americans
were in the fighting here, scoriner tn
j the success,, at Neuilly wood. Just to
the south of this wood the French
were obliged to concede the .town nf
weuiiiy L.a Poterie to the Germans af
ter tne place had changed hands sev
eral times. ,
Strong counter attacks were carried
information dropped durlne a non-! RAl;MM. I T D v- r xvr
versation with the German commander i ""cv "AJUat was wn waY
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ABERNETHY
HAS FILED
A NOTICE OF PROTEST
Defeated by Dortch by 201
Votes, Newbern Man to
Fight Election
Goldsboro, NL C, June 4. Charles
L. Abernethy, defeated on the face of
the returns In his race for congress
in the third district with W. T. Dortch.
has filed notice of protest. He charges
irregularities in Wayne and Sampson
counties. According to the returns
Dortch has a majority of 201 votes.
The protest will be carried to the
state board of elections. .
to whom Captain Lowry surrendered
ieaas mm to that belief. A piece of
shell picked up in the engine rood In
dicated, the engineer said, that the
suDmanne carried at least six-inch
guns
The Germans acted with all the po-
uie rumiessness of a western bandit,
according to the skipper.
"At 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon I
was off duty and was lying in a ham-
juuuk. ouaaeniy we heard a shot
across our bows. I sprang up and ran
to the bridge just as a second shot
tore away the hammock. Then the
submarine rose and firad two more
shots. One of these tore away part
of the bridge and one went through
the engine room, disabling the machinery.-
After the fourth shot the
submarine ran up the German flag and
an officer appeared in the conning
iuwer ana oraerea us to 'hove to.' We
'hoved,' all right, and a boat put off
from the submarine and came over to
us. Up over the side snranrf a u--n
n
wsrinan omcer. ie was little more
than a boy and I noticed particularly
inai ne neeaea a snave badly. I had
piped all hands to quarters, and I cer
tainly was proud of the way the men
iBByouuea. mere wasn't a trace of
rear or confusion. The German com
mander came right up .to the bridge
and extended his hand. It was ' cer
tainly a funny way to capture a boat,
but he looked friendly, and I shook
hands with him. He said: 'I'm sorry
to do this, captain, but this is- war,
you know. Get your men off as
quickly as possible. We are going to
sink your ship.'
"I gave orders to clear the boat.
ine Lrprman omcer tola me he had
been some time cruising around the
Atlantic coast, but that I was his first
prize. He seemed to be apologizing
for capturing us and got the imnres-
j sion that he was ashamed that he had
gotten only a freighter instead of a
transport.
"When we were all safely trans-
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id rcu lu t-wu nits uoats witn some
hard tack and water, he asked me if I
knew where I was. I told him I did,
and he expressed tae hope that we'
would get safely ashore. He put off at
the. same time I. left in the second life
boat. As . he climbed aboard his sub
marine he waved a farewell' and went
into the conning tower. A moment
later'the U-boat disappeared.
Back to Its Ba
se
SCOURING SEAS TODAY
Navy Officials Throw Veil of
Secrecy Entirely Over
; Their Movements
ONLY ONE SUBMARINE
Statement of Captain of the
Cole Only Evidence More
Than One U-Boat in
American Waters
U-BOAT NEAR FRYING PAN SHOALS
An Atlantic Port, June 4. The Mallory liner Sa
bine, having on board 40 passengers; including 17 cfail
e.1 : Jre last night, hwwg.mewftkji
submarine between Charleston and Frying ParTshoals
lightship. An unknown ship came to the rescue of the
Sabine and chased the U-boat to sea.
The Merchants and Miners' steamer Nantucket
put mto port, here this morning, having been warned at
sea that an enemy submarine was in the vicinity of Fry
ing Pan shoals lightship.
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Enemy Dj-aws in Line Around
Rheims Now Has Armed ).
Circle Three-Foii7-tV.o
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About City j$
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London. June 4.
south of the Oucq, east of the forest 1
of Vilelrs-Cotteret was the scene o
the heaviest fighting Monday on the
Aisne front, savs tho T?0f-
spondent with French headquarters In
France. German gains were counter
balanced by French gains and the sit
uation is more hopeful.
"Today," continues the correspon
dent, writing Monday night, "the fight
ing has been hardest along the east
era edge of the forest of ViUere-Cot-terets
and southward between the
Ourcq and Marne valleys.
"The thick mass of forest offers
great opportunity for the development
of eGrman tactics in an advance by
infiltration.
"The Germans attacked in the morn
ing with two divis ons, one of which
the 28th, was entirely fresh. The
fighting was terribly bitter, centering
around the villages of Longpont,
Corey, Faverolles and Troesnes. Be
fore Longpont the Germans failed.
Corey was taken by the Germans and
re-taken by the French.
"Faverolles was the scene of a des
perate German assault which ultimate
ly was successful, but Troesnes and
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FAIRBANKS MAY DIE
WITHIN FEW HOURS
Indianapolis, June 4. The condi
tion of Charles W. Fairbanks, former
vice president of the United States,
was so critical this afternoon that his
attending physician, Dr. J. A. McDon
ald, announced that death might be
expected within a few hours.
The relapse the former vice presi
dent suffered last Saturday was a
stroke of apoplexy, it was announced!
Xor the first time today.
Washington, June 4. Navy depart
ment officials believed today the sub
marines that sank probably 10 Ameri
can vessels off the Atlantic coast was
on its way back to its base and that
for the time being the danger waa
over. Secretary Daniels announced in
the morning that no additional ad
vices of submarine activities had
reached the department.
Warships, submarine chasers and
airplanes - were scouring the seas to
day m search of the enemy. Navy
officials threw a veil of. secrecy over
their movements, however, and re
quested newspapers to make no men
tion of their whereabouts.
There is a growing impression here
that only one submarine took part in
the raid. The navy department has
only one report to indicate the pres
ence of more. That is the statement
of the captain of the schooner Cole
that he saw the periscope of a sec
ond U-boat. Mr. Daniels said today
that nothing to confirm other reports I
indicating that from one to five sub
mersibles had been off the coast had
been received. The secretary reiter
ated his opinion that the purpose of
the raid was to create a demand in
the United States for" the return of
American naval craft to home waters.
This, he said, was based on specula
tion and not on any concrete informa
tion. No information has reached the de
partment, it was said, indicating that
during the 11 days or more the sub-'
marine is known to have been in
American coastwise waters that it had
any communication with agents
ashore. It is understood, however,
that, the naval service has not neg
lected that possibility and that every
effort to check up what has trans
pired along the coast is included in
the program it is following out.
DID GERMAN SUBMARINE
GET COLUERjTJYCLOPS?
Question Has Been Raised
Since the U-Boat Raids
Along the Coast
EIGHTY PERSONS ME
MISSING ON CAROLINA
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Message From Captain Bar
.bour Says Rest "on
Liner Were Saved
Washington, June 4. Did the Ger
man submarines iwhich raided Ameri
can shipping off the Jersey coast de
stroy the missing collier : Cyclops, or
did they capture her at sea, put aboard commander, Captain Barbour, who
and sent her
New York, June 4. Eighty of the
crew and passengers of the orto Rico
liner Carolina are missing; the rest
have been saved, according to- a mes-
b?e . received here today - from, her
Our counter attacks kept the German.
constantly in check and enabled th t
line of villages in front of tftetbrest-ikli
division has released ffie first guards' T:
division wnion suffered heavily In the
opening days of the battle.
"South of the Ourcq, the fighting
was almost equally obstinate. Toward
I --o, uvntTci, mo uaiue cumin
xoucu jjj. Tiuieiiue. Druoan t nfiic -t'
the German infantry was exhausted - M
by the many hours of fighting In theyl:ji
i iciiiuc iieat ana was unable to re'
sume Its attacks. .
"On the whole the enemy has noth. '
ing to show for his day's work. The
only change in the bettle line east of
Chateau-Thierry is the drawing In of -:
the German line around Rheims. This'
line, beginning at St. Leonard, on the
Aisne-Marne canal, southeast of the i
city, passes through Musketry range
on a hill immediately east of Rheims, V
Thence it goes through Betheny ta
the north and Trois Fontaines on the Vi
northwest, and runs southward be
tween the, suburb of St. Brice and the
city itself, to LaHaubette.. None of
these places except St. Leonard is '
more than a mile away from the city.
The Germans now have an armed clr
cle almost three-fourths of the way '
arouna tne city.
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Damage by Explosion
Paris, June 4. Much damage was
done by a violent explosion yesterday
in a plant where war materials were
being manufactured at Baussens, in
southern France, near Aries, a Havas
dispatch from Marseilles reports. The
number of persons killed or injured is
Urge.
a prize crew and sent her to Ger
many;
Out of the mysterious disappear
ance of the American collier, ncw
missing three months exactly to a
day, this question has been raised
by the parsing remark of one of the
submarine commanders to Captain
Lowry, of the steamer Texel, that the
U-boats had been on the American
side of the Atlantic for two months.
It is possible, though not probable,
naval experts say, that the collier,
with her great cargo of 'manganese,
might have been "spurious versenkt"
sunk without a trace-rafter she left
Barbadoes, where she had put in for
fuel.
It. is more likely, however, they say,
that the Cyclops, sailing homeward
some time after March 4, when she
cleared from Barbadoes,. was - met at
night by submarines, possiVy by pre
arrangement, at a time when only an
officer on the bridge and a small
watch on deck was to be reckoned
with. If the Germans met the ship
by arrangement it would have been
very easy to send an armed crew be
low to quarters -where most of her
men were asleep and take possession
of .the ship. Whether she ilien could !
have been skilfully navigated through
the allied blockade to Germany or
hidden in some out of the way port
only adds to the mystery.
The statement of the U-boat com
mander that he has been in Ameri
can waters for two months adds to
the theory of those who have main
tained that there is a submarine base
on this side. The submarines could
not otherwise hope to remain away
from home ports for so long at a time.
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auoard the Schooner Eva Bnniaw
with 150 passengers and 94 of the
crew .
28 Brought Ashore.
Atlantic City. A boat from the tor
pedoed Carolina .came ashore in the
centre of this resort, this afternoon
It carried 28 passengers, many of them
women, and seven of the crew.
Captain Barbour reported to his
owners today through navy officials
who transmitted the message. He
was not aware apparently of the 19
survivors landed at Lewes. Del.. mhv
in the day.
The captain's ingssage definitely
confirmed the report that the Carolina
had been sunk.
Shortly before 3 o'clock a second
boat load of survivors of the Carolina
rowed ashore here.
The eighty passengers reported
missing by the captain were in two
life boats, one a motor launch,
he last saw them.
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STORY OF RELATIONS
Germans Shell Paris.
Paris, June 4. The Germans again
bombarded Paris today with their long
range un. '
Lexington, N. C, June 4. Laying
bare the sordid relations wnich she
swore existed between her and J
Franklin Deaderick since November
it, Mrs. j. uraham Hege this morn
ing took the witness stand in defense
of her husband on trial here, charged
with the murder of Deaderick. Mrs.
Hege also corroborated her husband
in the statement that DfiadflrirV nn
the afternoon he was killed, drew a!
piano siooi on Hege, csciartng that
the killing in self defense.,
Mrs. Hege remained on the stand
most of the forenoon and underwent
a most severe grilling at the hands of
attorney of the prosecution. She was
not shaken as to her relations with
Deaderick. She denied many alle-'
gations with which the state confront
ed her and admitted others.
Telegraphic advices received
this afternoon from Industrial Agent
james i. uowan, who is in Wash
ington, is to the effect that the can.
joouca uiii i n .n ice, ul vvasnmgton, 'fij
has approved request for charter for :i
the Victory Home company, the cltyg
million dollar house building corpora- : Ji-
uon, ana that work is to begin at once. ,'-.'! Hi
ine charter has been In the office of u&f j
the secretary of state for several days ' ' v'.V!
and will probably be received here l.?i-t.
tomorrow. PreDarations ro nire.rtv IV?
i til
being made for active buildlne oner.
a.nuuo wuitu tau ue startea even De v';
fore the charter is received, In vlew 'f;
of the . fact that its issuance is aa- in
sured. Approval of the capital lssuesV
nao mauc .accessary oy a "?'.r '1
recent congressional act, s tne gov-vy
ernment wants to know ,the object of '33?
the bigger companies that spring into '
existence during war times. Approval
is not needed for charter when ttm :t
authorized capital Is less than $100,-
Is No Discrimination
Washington, June 4. There Is sft
discrimination against soldiers who
are not citizens of the United States,
said a statement issued by the war
department today in response to nu
merous inquiries. Soldiers who are
not native born or naturalized citi
zens cannot hold commissions, but
they get the same care, attention and
pnvmges as others. I
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