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WEATHER ', ' - . A' I I1 V Fair Wednesday, preceded by show- V WS. HFT TT" 5 I " 3c 10 Pages Today ONE SECTION vol. xcvni-usro. 69 WILMINGTON, "NV C, WEDNESDAY MOENING, MAY 31, 1916 WHOIiE NUMBER 39,598 AMERICA MUST COME FIRST IN THE MINDS OF ALL HER CITIZENS E COL. J. S. I WOMEN YESTERDAY GERMAN FORCES TAKE FRENCH POSITIONS ON FRONT OF TWO MILES : . NUMBER I10SBY SUBMARINES TO 50 Republicans Succeed in Getting One Amendment to Naval Ap propriation Bill Through. HAS PASSED AWAY HAD BUSY SESSION Tkose of Foreign Birth Warned Not to Stand in the Way of the Nation's Purposes. AMERICAN SPIRIT DEFINED Wilson in Memorial Day Address a Arlington Calls Upon Young Men to Volunteer. DEFENDS PEACE ALLIANCE President Vigorously Applauded by Civil War Veterans. Washington, May 30. Presi dent Wilson delivered a Memorial Day address here today in which he defined the spirit of America, warned citizens of foreign birth not to set themselves against the purposes of the Nation, called npon young men to perform volun tary military service and defended his recent suggestion for an alli ance of nations to "preserve peace. He spoke at Arlington National Cemetery before an audience made up largely of Civil War veterans, who applauded him vigorously. Champion Riehts of Mankind. While he declared he had no harsh cess in his heart for Americans of for eien birth, and expected them still to loTe the sources of their origin, the President said "America must come first in every purpose we entertain and every man must count upon being cast out of our . confidence, cast out even of our tolerance, who does' not submit to that great ruling- principle." Speaking of America, made . up out ot all the peoples of the world, as the champion of the rights of mankind, he said: . '"We are not only ready to co-operate, but we are ready to fight against any aggression, whether from within or without. But we must guard our selves aeainst any sort of aggression which would be unworthy of America. We are ready to fight for our rights when those rights are coincident with the rights of man and humanity." The President reiterated his sugges tion before the League to Enforce Peace last week that the United States was ready to become a partner in any alliance of the nations which would guarantee public right against selfish agression." Of published criticisms reminding him that George Washing ton warned the nation against "en tangling alliances," he said: For Disentangling: AlHanes. "I shall never myself consent to an entangling alliance, but would gladly assent to a disentangling aUiance, an alliance which would disentangle the peoples of the world from those com binations in which they seek their own sepamte and private interests, and unite the people of the world to pre serve the peace of the world upon a basis of common right and justice." Traversal training and preparedness - were possible, Mr. Wilson declared, on ly if the men of suitable strength and age will volunteer. He said, the "acid test" was about to be applied to busi ness men to see whether they would allow their employes to volunteer. He said the army reorganization bill now before him bristled with that Interro gation point, which he warned all the business of the country was staring b in the face. The President said he was "universal voluntary training," but that "America a not wish anything but the com P'Jision of the spirit of America." H Med that the people of the nation ere watching each other, and that a jjreat many men, even when they did t want to, were going to stand up . and say "Here." An Age That is Pturt. whenever I seek to interpret the nt of an occasion Uke this, I am led 0 reflect upon the seas of memory. We are here today to recall a period of our h fTy hich in OQe sense is so remote We no IonSer seem to keep the j"11 thr-ads of it in our consciousness, ' m is so near that men who played rm rKparts in lt- are still living, are - ii ahout us, are still here to receive Tfc f: of our respect and our honor. Th neione to an age which is past. to a nenri tv.o ... i vo linger vex the nation, to a jnofj of which it may be said that tinnaL1 thins 'which had been ques Rtat the affairs' of the United nW W"ere once for al1 settled, dis coor, ' piIt bhind us and in the nt', of time have almost been for gotten. . "It that a singularly complete work Of w, is performed by the processes and iron at the time of the .ttu ar' an lt is singular how the it .mPr:t haj3 ruled our spirits since made. I see in this very au- eratp men who fouht in the Confed in th ranks- 1 see them taking part inr" exercises in the same spirit of h0 f Patriotism that moves those and , upht on the side of the Union Hv rfflect how singular and how sur-h '0rr,P a thins it is that wounds oT;J!:Ytnen were opened should be i rt f-v healed and that the spir the . Ame"ca should so prevail over KvaPrnt of division. It is the all-Am- !? and triumphant spirit of ni rlta w!lere by our common action ar'i rn0r!fent governments are set "up rWcfiT 1 down' where affairs are rr'mmon counsel and wnere by -uaunus4 on Pag TiW ,11011 TO BOOST ROOSEVELT Business Men in Every State to Try to Induce Delegates to Support His Nomination. CONTESTS GET ATTENTION MnagM of the Various Presidential Candidates Much Interested In Hearing of Disputes Between Southern Delegates. Chicago, May 30. Completion of an organization of business men in every state in the Union pledges to use their influence to induce delegates to the Republican National Convention to vote for Theodore Roosevelt as the party's nominee for President, was announced today by Herbert L. Satterlee, acting manager of the Chicago Roosevelt headquarters. J. Ogden Armour is head of the Roosevelt business men's or ganization in Illinois. The organiza tion of the entire country by states was begun in New "Sork eight days ago and is a purely volunteer movement, Mr. Satterlee explained. It is expected the business men will render effective aid in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, Wisconsin and otner states which have "favorite" sons candidates for President in influencing delegates to support Roosevelt as a second choice in the convention. Managers of the Hughes, Roosevelt. Fairbanks. Weeks and Root campaigns have turned their attention to the con tests over delegates which will be heard by the Republican National com mittee beginning June 1. There are 40 contests involving the seats of 62 delegates. In South Carolina where there are delegates involved in contests the fight is said to be between local leaders, and unimportant in the effect on the inter ests of the Presidential candidates. There is one contest in the Rich mond, VaL, district, where D. A. Fergu son, a negro, is disputing with J. P. Brady. The charge is made that the negroes were barred from the conven tion haU. Both factions are said to favor Roosevelt. The contest in the .Tampa, Fla, dis trict is said to be local and to in volve one delegate who is uninstruct-ed- In Georgia the faction headed by Walter H. Johnson, state chairman, is disputing the title of the 17 delegates led by National Committeeman Henry S. Jackson to seats in the convention. A majority of the delegation led by the Jackson faction is claimed by Weeks, while a majority of the other faction is said tQ favor Hughes. In Alabama, seven of the delegates representing the regular organization, headed by National Committeemen P. D. Parker and State Chairman Pope M. Long, are being contested by Dr. U. G. Mason, a negro, of Birmingham. Both delegates are said to be uninstructed, but the regulars are said to be divided between Hughes, " Weeks, Root and Fairbanks, while the other faction is said to be favorable to Roosevelt. The contest in Mississippi is confin ed to one district where, two negro leaders are fighting for recognition. Both are reported to favor Roosevelt. In Missouri there is a contest in the 11th district over two delegates but reports are that the dispute may be amicably settled before the National committee meets. The fight between James A Harris and James J. McGraw over the na tional committeeship is said to be re sponsible for the contest filed in the fifth and sixth districts of Oklahoma. It is reported that Harris Is for Roose velt and McGraw is favorable to Hughes. Sergeant-at-Arms William F. Stone, of Baltimore, today completed the or ganization of his staff by appointing 1,500 assistant sergeant-at-arms, 100 door keepers, 100 ushers, 100 pages and 100 messengers. FXNAIi ARRANGEMENTS FOR PROGRESSIVE CONVENTION Chicago, May 30. Final arrange ments for the Progressive National con vention to be held June 7 were com nlAtri twa.v. There will be 1.068 dele gates and more than 750 alternates ac- cording to tieorge it: sorter, cnairman of the' committee on arrangements. Tne entire main floor of the convention hall will be given over to delegates seats and alternates will be obliged to sit in one of the balconies. POUR. PERSONS KILLED WHILE WATCHING PARADE IN DALLAS Eighteen Hurt When Wooden Awning Over Sidewalk Collapses. Dallas, Texas, May 30. Four per sons were killed and. 18 Injured late this afternoon when. the wooden awn ing over the sidewalk of a building on Min street collapsed. The killed and Injured were part of a throng watching a preparedness parade. The crowd watching the parade had surged forward at the approach of a bond. Persons standing on the awn ing which was suspended by chains over the sidewalk, crowded near the edge and under the increased weight the structure fell .taking with it a ton of v,rieks torn from the wall behind, on jyttie crowd -the-fadwaJJc. 2 ORGAN HOUSE TAKES NO HOLIDAY Proposals For Six Battle Cruisers and ' Two Dreadnoughts Pall Will Make Other Efforts For the Dreadnoughts Washington, May 30. Determined ef forts to enlarge the building pro gramme of the Naval Appropriation bill, as reported from the Naval com mittee, resulted today in the adoption by the House sitting as a committee of the whole, of an amendment in creasing the number of submarines from 20 to 50. Proposals to provide for six battle cruisers instead of five and to add two dreadnaughts and two scout cruisers to the programme were defeated after a lively fight. In order to finish consideration of the bill by the time fixed, 4 o'clock Friday afternoon, the House had a three hour session today instead of recessing over Memorial Day as usuaL So decisive were the votes against additional battle and scout cruisers, that the bigger navy advocates vir tually have decided to abandon the fight for them, but they still hope to get the two battleships. Another at tempt will be made when the House returns to regular form on Friday. Lost By Narrow Margin The battleship proposal was lost by the narrow margin of 16 votes, 130 opposing and 114 favoring. Fourteen Democrats voted for the amendment and eight Republicans opposed it. Democrats supporting it were Lanthl cum. Coady and Price, Maryland ; Mc Andrews, McDermott, Stone and Galla gher, Illinois; Lazaro and Dupre, Lou isiana; O'Shaughnessy, RhodeLsland; Sherley, Kentucky; Tague, Massachu setts, and Farley and Driscoll, New York. Republicans voting in the negative were Mondell Wyoming:: Nelson, Wis- cousin; Cram ton. ,. Michigan; G(d.1 Green, Haughen and Ramseyer, Iowa, and Ellsworth, Minnesota. The vote on increasing the subma rines was 113 to 104, seventeen Dem ocrats voting for and no Republicans opposing. The additional undersea boats would be of the coast defense type, 17 of which already were pro vided for by the bfll Many members who have been urging that it would be better to expend money on subma rines than on battleships, rallied to tlte support of the amendment after voting against the battleship proposal. , No Increase in Battle Cruisers. A vote of 109 to 83 defeated the pro posal to construct six battle cruisers instead of five and the viya voce vote against the proposal to increase the number of scout cruisers from four to six was so overwhelming that a roll call was not sought. . In opposing the proposed increase of battle cruisers, Chairman Padgett, of the Naval committee, insisted that the Republicans originally planned to de mand five such craft, but upon learn ing that the majority report would recommend this number they decided to insist upon six. Closing of debate at that point prevented an answer from (Continued on Page Two.) PROF. W. G. RIDDIGK TO HEAD A. 1 1 COLLEGE Elected President After 24 Years' Service- as Professor. Succeeds Dr. D. H. Hill, Resigned, air is Succeeded by Dr. W. A. With ers as Vice-President Effective July 1. (Special Star Telegram.) Raleigh, N. C, Slay 30. W. C. Rid dick is the new president of the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanics Arts, succeeding Dr. D. H. Hill, who retires after eight years of the presidency to write the history of North Carolina's part in the Confed eracy for the North Carolina division Confederate Veterans, under a special commission from the State Historical Commission. Prof- Riddlck was elected after morning and afternoon sessions, of the board of trustees that sandwiched the commencement exercises. At the same time Dr. W. A Withers was made vice president in the stead of Dr. Riddick. Dr. Hill's term as president closes July 1 and the terms of the new offi cers begin at that time.' Prof. Riddick ,who has been at the head of the department of civil en gineering of the college for 24 years, is 52 years old and is a native of Wake county. , He was educated at Washington and Lee and the Univer sity of North Carolina. , Dr. Withers, the new. vice-president, has been with the college as professor of chemistry for the past. 26 years. Diplomas Given Ninety. Graduating exercises for the 90 grad uates and a big alumni luncheon there after brought to a close the commence ment exercises of the A & M. College today, except for a final meeting of the trustees in the afternoon for election of president. There were four orations by honor i tCoatiauied-ofi PageTeo. Famous Confederate Raider Died . Yesterday in Washington, at the Age of 82. Years. CAUSES SADNESS TO MANY He Was Noted for Many Brilliant Ex ploits Against the Yankees Dur ing the Civil War Brief His tory of His Life. Washington, May 30. Col. John S. Mosby, famous Confederate raider of the Civil War, died at a hospital here early today at the age of 82 years. Death was due to old age. He will be buried at his old home, Warrenton, VtL, at 9 o'clock, Thursday morning, and survivors of his band that made vivid civil war history will be pall bearers. Colonel Mosby had been in poor health about six months. Three weeks ago he was removed to a hospital when it was apparent that his condition was se rious. He was conscious until within an hour of his death, and at all times took a keen interest in political and na tional questions. Many members of his old command visited him during his ill ness. The passing of the famous Confeder ate commander on Memorial Day was a sad feature of the holiday here. He had lived in Washington for many years, having at one time been employ ed by the Department of Justice. He was a writer of some note, contributing articles dealing with the Civil War, and personal reminiscences to newspa pers and magazines. Colonel Mosby was a picturesque fig ure in the capital, and up "to a few months ago he walked daily through the down town section of the cityS Age had not bent his erect figure nor dim med his eye, and it was seldom that he passed through the crowded streets that he was not recognized. It was related of him that he attend ed but one reunion, that of "Mosby's Men," at Alexandria, Va., 23 years ago. He was so affected, it is. saidthat he he ver desired ft? go td anoW&rT He Is survived by three daughters, two sons and two sisters. Colonel Mosby dared death over fifty years ago. when, at the head of a band of a few hundred . Confederate raiders, he rode up and down the Shenandoah valley, capturing outposts, destroying supply trains, and cutting off means of communication. It has been estimated that he often neutralized the force of over 15,000 Federals in the Valley. Born in Powhattan county, Va., De cember 6, 1S33, and graduated from the University of Virginia in 1852, he was practising law in Britsol, Va., when the war broke out, and he began his ca reer in the Confederate army. He prov ed his daring with such effect that he became a scout for Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, and led the celebrated raid around Mc Clellan's army on the Chickahominy. In Richmond a year later he recruited an independent cavalry troop .which be came famous as Mosby's Partisan Rang ers. They became night riders, and the terror of the Federal troops. Mosby's most brilliant exploit was the capture of Gen. Stoughton. On a March night in 1863 he, with 30 follow ers, rode through the Federal army to Fairfax Court House, only 15 miles from Washington, where Gen. Stoughton was asleep. Although surrounded by an army said to have been 17,000 strong, the rangers calmly kidnapped the gen eral, his staff and many sentries, and turned them over to the Confederate authorities at Culpeper, without having lost a man. General Grant onee later saved Mos by from hanging, and two foes of the battlefield became staunch friends. Mosby stumped the state of Virginia for Grant during his Presidential cam paign, and was rewarded with an ap pointment as consul at Hong Kong, a post which he held for seven years. When he returned to the United States, Mosby called on the surviving members of his rangers, and, to his as tonishment, he found that a large per centage of them had become ministers. In parting their old colonel said: "Well, boys, if you fight the devil like you fought the yankees, there will be something to record on Judgment Day." CRITICISES POLICY TOWARDS MEXICO AND PHILIPPINES Former President Taft Urges Greater Navy and Army. Washington, Pa., May 30. Former President Taft, speaking at Washing ton and Jefferson College here today, criticised the foreign policy of the pres ent administration towards Mexico and the Philippines, advocated a navy which would at least lie equal to that of Ger many, and an army reserve that would bring out an effective fighting force up to half a million men. Regarding Mex ico, he said: "Mexico ,has become an international nuisance; but there Is no use to croy over that spilt milk. We have really intervened two or three times. If we had left the Mexicans to "work out their own salvation entirely, it could not be a worse job. I do not want to intervene. I know too much of the cost." THE DAY IN CONGRESS SENATE Not 'in session. HOUSE Met at 11 o'clock. Continued discussion of the naval bill. Adjourned a-V 3:13 to 11- a. uw Wed nesday. - : Address by Governor Whitman and Report of the Nominating Committee Heard. VOTING WILL BEGIN TODAY Four Amendments to By-Laws Adopt ed Dosen Speakers Made Ad dresses Before Conference of Health Committee. New York, May 30. Delegates, al ternates and visitors attending the 13th biennial convention of the Gen eral Federation of Women's Club in this city observed Memorial Day by holding one of the busiest sessions of the convention. The nominating committee reported the official slate after an address by Governor Whitman. As was predicted, Mrs. Josiah Evans Cowles, of Los An geles, and Mrs. Samuel B. Sneath, of Tiffin, Ohio, were the only candidates for the presidency. There also are to be contests for recording secretary, for treasurer and for auditor. The balloting wifiT begin tomorrow morning and continue throughout the dya. The results are to be announced Thursday. Four amendments to the by-laws adopted today provide that clubs dropped from membership can be re instated after the lapse of two years by payment of a membership renewal fee of $2; that the outgoing treasurer shall, within one month of the close of the biennial session, turn over to the new treasurer all money and docu ments in her possession with a sworn report; that the newly elected mem bers of the board of' directors shall perform the duties assigned them by the officers of the board; and that the legitimate expenses of department and committee members in the service of the Federation be paaid. At the conference of the public health committee this afternoon a doz en speakers of national prominence agreed that the Federation was a po tent factor in improving the health of the nation. Speaking on "Woman's Duty in the Anti-Tuberculosis Crusade," Dr. - Adol phus Knopen, professor of medicine at the vPost5 Graduate Hnop4taL - ssald . "It ' is woman's duty to . combat' tu berculosis. She knows that we ar still losing annually well nigh 200,000 people from the disease in the United States, and that tuberculosis has been declared again and again by the high est medical authorities to be preventa ble and curable." Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, the princi pal speaker at the conference of the legislative committee, declared that strife between capital and labor will continue until their differences are disposed of by a permanent industrial commission. $238,000 HAS BEEN RAISED. 9300,000 Fund for University of the South Not Yet Complete. Chattanooga, Tenn., May 30. Bishop Knight, vice-chancellor of the Univers ity of the South, stated tonight that the fund for the payment of the $300,000 debt of the University of the South at Sewanee was now $238,000, and a num ber of dioceses had not been heard from. It had been hoped to raise the required fund by June 1. The com mittee in charge of raising the fund will meet next week at Sewanee during the commencement exercises. CITY 10 PAY TRIBUTE TO LATE JAMES J. HILL Business to be Suspended Five Minutes Today in St. PauL All Trains on Great Northern and Bur lington Systems to Stand StUl Over 5,000 Persons View Body of Dead Man St. Paul, Minn., May 30. Beginning at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and continuing for five minutes there will be a complete cessation of business in St. Paul as a city's tribute of rei spect to the late James J. HiU, whose funeral will begin at that time. Scores of other cities and towns throughout the Northwest also will " honor the memory of the railroad builder. All trains in the Great Northern and Bur lington railroad systems, of which Mr. Hi.i was the recognized head, will stand still for five minutes. The body will lay in state today in the big drawing room of the Hill man sion on Summit avenue while ' more than five thousand persons filed past the casket. These included a large number of employees of the Great Northern railroad, many of whom wore the well known bronze insignia of the association as ""Veterans of the Great Northern Railroad." One of the persons to visit the bier of the "Empire Builder" as Mr. Hill frequently .was designated, was J. H. Grudeer, operating president of the Great Northern railroad. . Beside him came .Harry S. Kiltner, section hand. They never had met but they both knew "Jim" Hill and both were led sobbing from the room. ' Another man who filed past the cas ket in the drawing room was Henry Sinwers, who joined the service under Mr. Hill 55 years ago and is now a foreman in .the shops here. - "The best friend I ever had," ' Sink ers sobbed and dashed the tears out of his face with a piece -of gnarled dceed hand, : . ,. ' W LSI PROCLAIMS JUNE 14 'FLAG DAY' Urges Patriotic Exercises Giving Expression "To Our Thought ful Love of America" TO EE-DEDICATE OURSELVES "For An America Which No Man Con Corrupt, No Influence Draw Away From Its Ide&Ls, No Force Divide Against IiseUV Washington, May 30 President Wil son today issued a proclamation calling upon the United States to celebrate Flag Day, June 14, with patriotic ex ercises giving expression "to oi thoughtful love of America.'V The Pres ident declared that the people should re-dedicate themselves "for an Amer ica which no man can corrupt, no in fluence draw away from its ideals, no force divide against itself." The proc-. "My Fellow Countrymen; Many cir cumstances have recently conspired to turn our thoughts to a critical exam ination of the conditions of our nation al life, of the influences which have seemed to threaten to divide us in in terest and sympathy, of forces within and without that seemed likely to draw us away from the happy traditions of united purpose and action of which we hvae been so proud. "It has, therefore, seemed to me fit ting that I should call your attention to the approach of the anniversary of the day upon which the flag of the United States was adopted by the Con gress as the emblem' of the Union and to suggest to you that it should this year and in the years to come be given t vpeote - significance as iay- of .re newal and reminder, a day upon which we should dtrect our minds with a special desire of renewal, to thought of the ideals and principles of which we have sought to make our great gov ernment the embodiment. "I, therefore, suggest and request that throughout the nation and if pos sible in every Community, the 14th day of June be observed as flag day with special patriotic exercises, at which means shall be taken to give signifi cant expression to our thoughtful love of America, our comprehension of the great mission of liberty and justice to which we have devoted ourselves as a people, our pride- in the history and our enthusiasm for the , political' pro gramme of the nation, our determina tion to make it greater and purer with each generation and our resolution to demonstrate to all the world its vital union in sentiment and purpose, ac cepting only those as true compatriots who feel as we do the compulsion of this supreme allegiance. "Let us on that day re-dedicate our selves to the nation, 'one and inspera ble' from which every thought that is not worthy to our fathers' first vows of independence, liberty and right sya.ll be excluded and in which we shall stand with united hearts for an Amer ica which no man can corrupt, no influ ence draw away from its ideals, no force divide against itself, a nation signally distinguished among all the nations of mankind for its clear, indi vidual conception alike of its duties and its privileges, its obligations and its rights." INNES IDENTIFIED HIS WIFE BY ANOTHER NAME IN ATLANTA L. E. Weathers, Real Estate Man, Tell of Alleged Larceny. Atlanta. Ga Mav 30 Testimony that Victor E. Innes came to Atlanta in April, 1914, to confer with Mrs. Eloise Nelms Dennis, regarding purchases of property in the Northwest and that he identified his wife here as "Mrs. Mary Hardeman," was given here to day by L. E. Weathers, a local real es tate man at the trial of Innes for lar ceny after trust. Nearly $4,000 belong ing to Mrs. Dennis is said to have dis appeared about the time she and her sister, Beatrice Nelms, were last seen in San Antonio, Texas, in June, 1914. Mrs. Dennis, according to the testi mony, at one time sent Innes $3,000 presumably as payment on real estate he was to buy for her in Montana and Sonora, Mexico., Weathers also testified that Innes wrote letters to Mrs. Dennis and re ferred in "general terms to love" for her, mentioning "their going away and getting settled in their new home, and also wrote of a new religious creed which Weathers declared Innes led Mrs. Dennis to expect they would es tablish. Mr. and Mrs. Ennis were ac quitted in San Antonio of charges of having muVdered the two "Atlanta wo men, and after lengthy argument to day Judge Hill, presiding, ruled that the prosecution could not introduce evidence regarding the alleged murder. BREAK EXPORTING RECORDS. Norfolk Last Night Had Shipped $8, 641,140 Worth of Goods in May. Norfolk, Va., May 30. Customs offi cials tonight announced exports ap proximating $5,000,000, and that all Norfolk records will be broken for 30 days during the month of May. The total tonight is $6,641,140, with several manifests of cargoes to be received to morrow and two other ships expected to clear during the day. Nearly all outgoing goods were for Allied ports and consisted mainly of foodstuffs and war supplies. The largest cargo was valued at SSIS.OOO on the steamer-Ue- Teutons Press Forwartfcin Le Mort( Homme Region and Also in the i Thiaumont Wood. MANY. PRISONERS CAPTURED! Austrians Begin Another Offense, iv Against Italians in Two Separate Regions. RUSSIANS HOLD POSITIONS! Germans Aiding Bulgarians in thg Advance Into Greece. French positions on a front o approximately two miles, extend ing from the southern ridge of Let Mort Homme to the Cumieres vUJ lage, northwest of Verdun, have been captured by the Germans, ao cording to the latest official corny munication from Berlin. In acU ditian, the Teutons again have. pressed forward in the Thiaumont: wood northeast of Verdun, and added to their line in the eastern part of it. These gains, made during the vicious fighting of Monday, have been in part admitted by Paris which has reported the loss o three hundred meters of advanced trenches northwest of Cumieres and the retirement from similau positions to the south of the road between Bethineourt and Cumi eres. , Berlin says the Germans captured 1,31.3 prisoners, includ ing several staff officers. No Infantry Attacks Around LeMort Homme and Cumieres, a violent bombardment is still in pro-i gress but there has been a diminution in the intensity of the fire of the big guns northeast of Verdun. Since tha fighting of Monday there apparently have been no infantry attacks eny- where on either side of the Meuse. The. Austrians have begun -another attack against the Italians in the Fjo- sina region of Italy, southwest of Po sina, and farther north along the up-i reaches of the Astico river on the Aus- tro-Italian border. South of Ptosina Austrians prepared for their offensive with a bombardment, but according tol Rome the Italians, after a desperated struggle against the Austrian infantry retained their positions. In the La- Garina valley on the Basubio sec ton and in the Sugaua valley at Ospedalet- Lto, the Austrians are heavily bombard ing the Italian positions. Russians Retain Positions On the Russian front, the Germans assayed an offensive northeast of Au- gustinhof, but were driven back ta tneir trenches by the Russians. The Austrians in Galicia met with a mo mentary success near Gliadki, drivingf the Russians from a position and cap turing it. The Russians, however, int a counter attack recaptured the post Near Boutcache the Austrians began art offensive, but it was put down by th Russian fire. On their front on Asiatic Turkey the Russians report the situation un changed. Constantinople says that near Fetahie, in the Kut-el-Amara re gion, the Turks silenced two British guns and took prisoners in a surprise, attack. Germans With Bulgarians The Germans are with the Bulgarians in the advance into Greek Macedonia. The invasion, according to Berlin, was! made as a protection against surprise; attack which the entente allies werel planning. The total subscriptions to the ren cent Austro-Hungarian war loan are; said to have reached six billion crowns,1 Germany is soon going to ask for a war credit of twelve billion mark&y according to a Berlin newspaper. ATTENDS PLAY IN BALTIMORE President Wilson Given Enthuslastid Applause Greets Actons Baltimore, May 30. President Wil son tonight attended a theatrical per formance here given by the Friara Club of New York. His appearance, was the signal for enthusiastic ap plause which was continued as the act ors made jokes at his expense. Songa praising Mr. Wilson were warmly re ceived. "We're With Mr. Wilson." sang the chorus as he smiled and bowed. The President later went behind the scenes and made a short speech to the assembled actors and shook hands with all. The ovation was repeated when he departed. 3PADOO DELIVERS ADDRESS AT THE UNIVERSITY TODAY, Secretary of the Treasury will Ala Speak in Raleigh Tonight Raleigh, N. C, May 30. Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo is in Chapel) Hill tonight where tomorrow he wiUt deliver .- the commencement address at the University of North Carolina. To morrow night he will deliver an ad dress here before the Chamber of Com merce, another speaker to be Dean Tal cott Williams, of the Pulitzer School hx& 1S is. t ;.i f s V ! 4 5f t, i I 8 SI i-J I. V l 1 u . 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