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U-BOAT
COMMANDER
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SEAMAN
Capt. Neustidt Has Been Op
erating Off American Coast
EVIDENCE OF VICTIMS
Men Picked Up After Being
Held by Submarine For
Eight Days
Food is badly needed
Reluctant to Sink American
Ships, But Was Ordered
to Get Busy and
Come Home
New York, June 14. The comman
der of the U-151, one of the German
submarines which have been operat
ing off the Atlantic coast, has been
Identified as Captain Neustidt, and
he served five years as a gunner's
mate in the United States navy, ac
cording to affidavits of officers and
.sailors on the schooners Hattie B.
!DunnEdna F., and Hauppauge, vic
tims of the submarine. The docu
ments were brought here today by
naval reserve officers arriving from
Cuba.
The seamen who made the affidavits
are those who were picked up by a
southbound American steamer after
being held prisoner aboard the sub
marine for eight days and set adrift.
;The American steamer took them to
Cuba, where they were examined by
the naval reserve officers. The affi
davits give details of the submarine's
construction and armament.
The submarine is manned by a-crew
of 76, is 210 feet long, 29 feet wide,
has a shell of 3-4-inch steel, two 5.9
inch guns mounted fore and aft, is
equipped with two periscopes, one
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over the conning tower ana the other
after, has four' stationary rapid-fire
guns on deck, below decks, in racks,
carries 100 rapid-fire rifles, and had
aboard 18 torpedoes, according to the
affidavits.
Captain Neustidt told his captives,
they said, that his vessel left- Kiel,
April 14 and up to June 2 had sunk 15
ships, six of which were American.
From the schooner Isabel B. Wiley,
the commander declared, he took
enough food to provision his craft for
six weeks.
The U-boat skipper professed reluc
tance to sink American vessels, but
said he had no alternative, as he "had
been ordered by wireless from Kiel to
get busy or come home."
The food taken from the Wiley, the
men declared, was badly needed, as
the raider's provisions consisted main
ly of black bread, poor coffee, stewed
fruit and potato soup.
Nineteen survivors of the three
American schooners were picked up
by the southbound American steamer,
of which 11, members of the crews of
two of the schooners, had been pris
oners on the U-boat. During this
time,' the men said, they were put to
work polishing and cleaning torpedoes.
The naval reserve officers who ex
amined them were officers of the
American steamer.
GERMAN ATTACKS ON
SALIENT OF FRENCH
HAVE BEEN CHECKED
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Flanders sector, where the Germans
may attempt to cut their way through
to the channel ports.
In this connection the British offi
cial statement speaks of a strong lo
cal attack by the Germans in the re
gion of Merris, on the extreme west
ern angle of the Flanders salient. This
attack was completely repulsed, it is
said.
The Amiens front and the Scarpe
river valley, near Arras, have been
bombarded by the Germans, who have
not Its yet, however, attempted infan
try attacks on the allied lines in those
regions.
German official statements of Thurs
day make no claim of any gains west
of the Oise and the evening report
says the situation is unchanged with
fighting continuing southwest of N07
on, south of the Aisne and south of
Ypres. There are no allied reports on
Anting south of Ypres and this may
herald a new movement in the north.
Between the southern edge of the
Villers Catterets forest and Chateau
Thierry American troops celebrated
the anniversary of the arrival -of
American troops in France by repuls
ing violent attempts to drive them
from their recently won positions-at
Belleau wood and Bouresches. The
enemy attacked after a heavy bom
bardment but was driven back with
severe losses by the defensive fire of
the Americans, who took prisoner
and machine guns.
Allied airmen continue to harrass
the area behind th& German lines, Jn
the Montdidier-Noyon region. Many
tons of bombs have been dropped on
enemy targets and more than a score
-of enemy planes were brought down
Wednesday by French and British
aviators.
American airmen have joined in the
work by dropping bombs on Dommary
Baroncourt. On the Tou lsector, in
aerial fights, American fighting planes
have destroyed two enemy machines
and driven another down out of con
trol, with the loss of one machine,
which landed within the German lines.
British bombers also have made in
cursions into eGrmany.
Bad weather is hampering infantry
operations on the Italian front, but in
the mountain region the artillery
fighting' is intense.
CUNARDER IS ASHORE
OFF NEWFOUNDLAND
St. Johns, N. F., June 14. The Cu
nard line steamship Ascania, with pas
sengers, ran ashore near Rose
Blanche,, off the southwest coast of
New Foundland early today and re
ports to government authorities indi
cate that she was breaking up. There
were nine passengers aboard and all
were taken off safely with the orew.
The Ascania was on a voyage from
Liverpool for Montreal when she ran
upon the rocky shore In a dense fog
about 2 o'clock this morning. Water
immediately began pouring into the
forward hold, which finally filled
Meanwhile orders had been giyen to
abandon the ship, as it was seen that
she soon would be going to pieces
First reports did not state where the
passengers and crew landed.
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to the association and action of this
nature -was taken, although he lives
without the confines of either of the
three states represented in the asso
ciation. He was admitted after Mr.
Sproles had moved that the rules, in
event they offered Interference, be
suspended, after assurance had been
riven that the constitution was silent
on this matter. Mr. Warner declined
to make a speech, but assured the
convention that he would do every
thing in his power to further its ob
jects. The address by Mr. Fuller was un
usually interesting and. will be print
ed In fulljLn the Sunday morning is
sue of THSSispatch. He said that the
electrical industry, like the country, is
young, but tiat it is playing a big
part in the development of the nation.
He pointed out the part the develop
ment of water power is playing by the
great saving of coal which can be
used' for other purposes. Continuing,
he-said that the forbearance of the
patrons of the various companies
showed clearly that the American na
tion is largely becoming one of part
ners, the people realizing that the best
service could not be had because of
the unusual conditions existing.
An interesting paper on "Incan
descent Lighting," prepared by T. W.
Moore, of Atlanta, was read by an
other member of the association, Mr.
Moore being unable to attend, and It
showed that the burning of electricity,
especially in the yards of companies
working on government orders, would
be false economy, since it would give
the alien enemy a better opportunity
to work in event there were too many
shadows.
TO SACRIFICE FOOD
FOR ALLIED CAUSE
(Continued from Page One.)
withher againt the central powers. It
may be added, incidentally, that they
will be accompanied by Charles R.
Day, of Philadelphia, now an impor
tant member of the war council and a
special assistant to Secretary of War
Baker.
If. American troops are merged into
the British and French armies, it is
obvious that a pooling of "American
food supplies and all munitions of war
becomes an imperative necessity.
This can be arranged only by making
a central authority in France a re
ceiving organization for every cargo
of materials shipped by the United
States and Great Britain, for what
ever supplies Italy is able to divert to
France, and for the entire resources of
the French republic.
The result would be that the United
State swould have to consider the in
terests of the entire allied forces as
she would the requirements of an
army of a million or more American
soldiers. It would mean, too, that the
"sammies," the "tommies" and the
poilus would share exactly alike in
food and equipment. There would bei
no further talk of English and Amer
ican delicacies In one trench while
occupants of a neighboring trench
were subsisting on scanty French ra
tions. It would be a case of absolute
equality in physical comfort and hos
pital attention as well as equal shar
ing of the dangers and responsibilities
of fighting.
Although the London correspond
ents refer to the plan as a possible
startling sacrifice, the arrangement is
regarded In Washington military cir
cles as the only logical development
of the general scheme entered into
when the influence of President Wil
son caused Great Britain as well as
the United States to accept a supreme
military authority in the person of
General Foch. However, if the plan 3
carried out, It woll provide a nimpres
sive proof to Berlin that President
Wilson meant more than Germany
supposed when he announced that
every atom of American powe,r would
be thrown into the scales to defeat
the central powers. "
CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY
OF AMERICAN FLAG
(Continued from Page One.)
street, Philadelphia, made the one
which the continental congress adopt
ed, and it is the same flag today ex-!
cept that a star has been added as a
new state has been admitted into the
union. 1
The new flag was first carried
abroad by the redoubtable John Paul
Jones. By error this flag has but 12
stars, but the man whom the British
dubbed "pirate, rebel, robber," proudly
informed congress that the emblem at
the peak of his warship,, the "Ranger,"
was received with the most marked
courtesies by the French, whose for
mal recognition of the new flag can
stituted the French acknowledgement
of the American republic.
From the time of the revolution the
Stars and Stripes have variej though
the general design has remaine-1 the
same. There were 13 stars during the
Revolution, 15 in the war of 1S12, 29
in. the Mexican war, 33-35 in the war
between the states; 45 In the war with
Spain, and 48 today. The stripes were
changed first from 13 to 15 and then
back again to 13.
It may be surprising to know that
the American flag, in point of se
niority, antedates virtually all of the
flags now flying on jthe European bat
tlefields. If is older than the present
British Jack and the French tricolor,
and many years older than the flags
of Italy and Germany.
It has been well said that our na
tional emblem stands for American
ideals and ideas It is not the flag of
a family or a house, but the flag of
the whole people. It Is the emblem
of liberty and freedom, being Indica
tive of Individual independence, and
yet symbolic of a united and closely
bonded people. , '
SpecM.
Foday and
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Talc Shaving Sticks in tin, the very best, 3 for 25c
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Jap Rose, high grade talcum powder, special,
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Silkaleen Crochet Cotton, all colors per ball. 5c
O. N. T. and Silkeen Crochet Sotton 10c
Soft Towels for Shaving Purposes, each 10c
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One lot of Huck Towels, eaeh iBo
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Large Turkish Bath Towels ..50c
Extra heavy Turkish Bath Towels .., 68o
One lot of Wash Cloths, each 5e
Two in One Black and Tan Polish, each 15c
French Gloss Shoe Polish . . 15c
Two in One and Albo White Polish 15e
White Rock Powder and Brush, for white shoes,
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Bar .of White Polish, easy to use, makes a
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Lattes Handkerchiefs each 5c
Ladles' Embroidered Handkerchief 10c
Ladies' Crepe de Chine Handkerchief 25c
Ladles' all Linen Handkerchief 25e
Men's full size Handkerchief 10c
Men's soft finish Handkerchief, large 15c
Men's Wash Tie, white 10c
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Men's Bat Wing Ties 500
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