Si.
THE: WEATHER
7'f if t. -:,W
M.PA(3ES TODAY
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Fair Wednesday and Thursday.
JLVUf ONE SECTION
VOL. CI-NO. 256.
TOLLOEiQEADM
FROM
List of Ships Known to Have Been
Sunk Includes Seven Schoon
ers and Four Steamers. J-
SUBS ARE STILL AT WORK
'-"' . ' --" "- . ' .' , . T '.-
Destroyer Saved a French Ship
Yesterday and ; Chased JSnV
Off Maryland Coast.
NAVY SCOURING THE SEAS
4 . . 1 . ...
Daniels Says No Recall of War
ships From Europe. V.r '
New York. Juno 4. The" toll of dead
and missing from the raid of German
submarines against shipping off the
American -coast apparently stood to
night at 58, " all from the steamship
Carolina of the New York & Porto Rico
line. Sixteen of this 'number are
known to have perished ' when one of
the ship's boats captled in a storm
Sunday night after ; ; the, vessel . had
been sunk The fate of . the others Is
not known, but It Is hoped they have
been picked up by a passing ship and
will yet reach shore safely.
Officials of the company, have plac
ed the number of passengers aboard
the Carolina when she was attacked
125 miles off Sandy Hqok at 220 and
the crew at 130, making 350 In all
' Captain Barbour of the", Carolina re
plied to the company today that , he
was on board the Bchooner - EvaB.
Douglas with 150 passengers andT 94
of the crew. The schooner Is being
towed to this -port by a tug which' was
sent to her aid and is expected to ar
rive early tomorrow morning. :
Life Boats Coming In. " ' '
A boat conving 28 survivors, 21 pas
sengers, and 7 of the crew arrived' at
Atlantic - City this afternoon.
Another life boat with 10 passengers
and nine . members of -the-crew-arrived
at Lewes, Delaware, . with the report
i that 16 of the 35 who had started f'om
(he ship had . lost their lives in the
form Sunday ? nlErht.'." If : the com
pany's figures as to the number aboard
the ill-starred liner ' are correct . this
leaves 42 unaccounted f or. . That num
ber migrht have been' crowded into one
lifeboat. The only possible clue - to
their fate was found in the. fact that
in empty boat, marked with the name
of the Carolina was picked, up at sea
by a British steamship - whjeh arrived
here today. - It had every evidence of
having been ridftled by gunfire. It
may have carried the passengers and
sailors who still are "missing. '
There was no official confirmation
of a report that several bpdles had
a&hed ashore at Beach Haven, N. J.
The commander of the coast guard at
that point refused either , to deny-or
eonflrm the report and referred all In
quires to the navy department.
One More Ship- Tue4ay,
Another ship was added .'to the list
of victims of the U-boats when the
American schooner Edward R. Balrd,
Jr, was found In a sinking condition
lt the Maryland coast" after havlns
ten bombed. .
The navy department reported that
i destroyer had gone . Into action
against a submarine which was at
tacking a French steamer not far
from where the Baird was found.
It had been established that at least
two submarines of 'a largo type took
Part In the raid. It was the: U87
hich sank the Carolina' and, the
"151 which sent several scbocfiera
'o the bottom. ' : . ... ' - t ;
Coast Towns Prepare,
while all the resources of the navy
ere engaged in a determined search
l0r the sea raiders, coast cities made
Reparations for any emergency. All
display lights were ordered v extin-
misned in New York city and in cities
id towns alnog the Ixng Island and
Jersey coasts. The orders were
'ued in this city by the police com
""ssioner after consulation with
rmy and navy officers as a precaution
t only against a possible attack cm
e coast, but against air raids from
r PJanes which it 1 1 thought , the
-""aersibies -may carry.
. .Air RaldM Are Expected,
that g strength -to the- theory
dfi ,the 8vernment may have some
JEm rounJ for a fear of air-raids
'tce Commissioner Enright tonight
bounced the signals which will tell
u tn . i
-- -u,umB o ienemy aircrai. .
t.t eery avlaion etaUon along the
t flocks of planes took' the. air
u r; ln some cases they 1 went out
n Dattle formation.- ";
PEIY STTTtM iniVDO nnroir . -
STILL AT WORK YESTERDAY.
laShtTlfr..-. T . .
im dune -junemy bud-
CT8 stin were operating ' off the
tar aBl loaay. a. jrrencn tanx
All,
Hadiolelne, . first trans-
anc raft 4rt
be attacked by . the
i uvrH XX'aa n . . 3 m . x .11
i os th" merjcan destroyed 65 iniles
jv" aryjand coast. , -'' '
I "e same destroyer found the.coast-
utZ V Edw"-d Baird Jr., slnk
"ttie viJ- avin been bombed, ln the
h4 fm y making seven schooners
W I. Bteamers known officially ' to
Ann Bunk. .. 1 "
t o?nment y the navy depart
ed iK;!16 factB lUer tonight ;dis-
"i ha . ne ral American" wat
tle J ended with yesterday's
r"fy tha .i. upsexuns
lHeor lvucoiruion, upsetting the
. raiaers probably were
'""elshart Wara Coast patrol
l"e cia o ntneory. -xney
(c-, '?. ,n from a" directions
Wtiaued tia jMe Two.) TT -
STEAMER
Har
Tale
rowing
Told
by
Carolina
Submarine U-37 Hailed Them Sunday Evening : at 6 O 'clock' And
7 Gave Them 20 Mmutes . to Leave vThe : i
; Helpless in ThunderstormTSuflfered : Thirst
;. ' ' and Hunger: -x)::'
Lewes,; Del., June 4. Nineteen sur
vivors and the crew of the submarined
steamship Carolina were ' landed -. here
today and brought a nar owing tale of
the seas, the news of the loss of six
teen .of their number and ,a remark
able rescue of a girl while "they drift
ed helpless on (he ocean during. a se
vere thunder storm' Sunday 'night. "
, Ten boats left the 1 Carolina before
she was sunk by the German subma
rine U-37. All passed through the
same storm and the survivors here
said they felt sure an were lost. . They
expressed great Joy when Informed
that most of the Carolina's, company
had been saved. . -V ?'"-- y
The 19" persons landed here were
brought In by a . British, vessel ;that
picked them up more than 25 miles
off the . Delaware -. capes. They were
taken in chaf ge by the naval author
ities and cared for at the station near
Cape Henlopen. In v the meantime no
one was permitted to see them, but
they made full statements to - naval
Carolina Survivor Thought of Bel
gium's j Women and Children
r7-" When " Driven Tram Ship, r r
FORTY TERRIBLE HOURS
Twenty-Eight Men and Women Reach
: Atlantic City ExJtaoJrted We are
r afe.f Criea One as' Band Plays
Star Spangled Banner."
-1 - ...
Atlantic City, N. J., June 4. Surviv
ors of , the New. York & Porto Rico
liner Carolina, which; was ;suhk . by.
German submarine Sunday evening,
were recovering in hotels and at the
Soldiers and ' Sailors club here' tonight
after' 40 hours in the battered boat
from which they landed this ; after
noon. ' , ' ' ".'.;:
The women were suffering from ex
haustion, a number of them being un
able to stand when lifted from the
boat and "all had suffered from hun
ger and thirst as they had only a lit
tle water and- few biscuits ' during the
time they were at sea. None was in
a serious condition, however.
The boat, commanded by Chief En
gineer McLaren, landed at the foot of
South Carolina avenue and was quick
ly surrounded by a crowd of life
guards - and bathers. The exhausted
passengers were, lifted bodily from
their seats and carried to an emergen
cy hospital on' the sands. " " T"
.... v. Women ; Unable o Stand,
Women and girls among the surviv
ors were-. unable to- stand. Some of
them were attired in rough blue over
alls and Jumpers borrowed from mem
bers vf the crew.l All were, bespatter
ed with salt. The hair streaked across
their faces was plastered down by the
mixture of salt and water used on their
foreheads in an effort to revive them
when ' they fainted. They, were car
ried into the main beach hospital tent,
maintained for bathers.. .
We - are Safe" -And Fainted.
One woman, . about thirty years, old,
fainted as a 'life guard, lifted her ten
derly ; fron? the yawl and ran to the
tent wllT her. Chief Surgeon Bossert
of the beach f qrces brought her a stim
ulant. At that moment, the notes of
the Star Spangled Banner floated into
the tent and the woman half-rising on
her cot, cried hysterically We're.safe
safe at last." Then she sank again
into unconsciousness, r r Y
? Mrs. .C. H. Westbrook of New York,
w::o with a 13-year-old grlf v was
among the rescued passengers, paid
high tribute to Lieutenant McLaren
and all the men of his crew. Mrs.
Westbrook, although scarcely able to
sit up in bed, insisted on telling of the
heroio conduct of the orew.
Thougnt of Belgium and Franee. "
"I flung my arms about my daugh
ter and held her close. ? AH sorts t of
fears assailed mex it tnougnt oi znm
women and children of France and
Belgium and it was maddening. -y
"SoraetMng grated along the side It
was a large boat from the submarine.
The officer in command spoke very
good English" He toldthe captain who
met hint at the ;top oi; the .ladder? he
would give us timato get off before he
eank the ship. : He examined tlie ship's
papers and then awaited with his men
wo were- heavily arrnd. : . ;
" "Ten boats were' filled and we pull
ed away from the .ship. I shall nevr
see anything Jlke it again. Yet, in
' ; " (Continued on Page Seven). ;
mLMINGTOKi K.
r-S
..it.
Survivors
Officers. .None of them had any. know
ledge that the submarine had . shelled
the lifeboats. : ' - ,' ;" r --'Vy.
' German of Crew Detained. '
The ; story of., the survivors did not
become public ' until they were taken
to the railroad station late this after
noon and left for New York. One of
their number, however, was detained.
He is a German member of the crew
and . will be held pending an investi
gation. ' t y. - n ..- : ...
' Acordlng to" the' survivors; the Caro
lina wa swarnedvlate Sunday afternoon
by wireless to look oui fo rsubmarines.
hTe steamer, was advfled that a" three
masted ' schooner i had ; Just been sunk
and was cautioned not to show, lights.
At. 6 o'clock-, Sunday : evening- a sub
marine appeared above ' the surface
close to the' Carolina. She was about
350 feet long," survivors said, and later
was Identified as the U-37. '.
The submarine signaled .something
.which .our, captain .- could : not make
out". said, a survivor,- ."and then the U
boat raised .the German flag. We ; were
ordered to heave-to and the . captain
; (Continued On. Page Two.) : . L
Sub Commander Intimated He'
Had Been Operating in Ameri
: ican Waters TPwo Months" r
CYCLOPS MYSTERY PLAIN?
Captain' Lowry pt Texel Descrlbea Smb.
x marine a Mounter. 800 or 35 '
' ' "Were ' at .Work. . i S ',
Washington,; Jupe;4.-iitha t Ger
man submarines, which raided; Ameri
ca.nshiping offlhe -Jersey coastdes
troy . the ; missing : collier ; Cyclops, .or
did they , capture her at sea. pttabearaH
a prize crew ana sena ner to uermany.?
Out of the mysterious disappearance
of the "American- collier, now missing I
question has -bee nraisod by, the pass
ing remark vof one -of . the submarine
commanders .to Captain Lowryof the
steamer : Texel,' that the . U-boats had
been on the American sode of the At
lantic for two montbs. ,
-It is possible though not: probable,
naval experts say,' that,. the collier with
her greats cargo - of; mangen'ese . might
have ; been '"spurlousversenkt" sunk
without- a traoe- after she left Bar
bardoes wnere she had put in for fuel.
.v Pr-Arrangement : Suspected, f
"It Is more likely, however they say,
that "the" Cyclops,"' sailing homeward
sometime after - March 4 when she
cleared from Barbadoes. was met at
l night by submarines, possibly by pre-
arangement, at -a time when only an
officer on. the bridge and a small watch
on deck was to' be i reckoned -.with. 'If
the Germans met'the ship by arrange
ment it would have been very to send
an armed crew '" below ; to - quarters
whereino8t ?of her men were asleep
and ': take ' possession : ... of the '4 ship.
Whether . she -' then, could have been
skillfully navigated ; through the allied
blockade to ' Germany,' or "hidden in
some out of the way port oniy adds to
the mystery. 7 . i
.Here. for, Two; Month, 'c -The
statement of the U-boat ' com
mander that -he has been in American
waters for two months, adds .tot the
theory of tho'se' who ;.have maintained
that there is a submarine base on this
side. The submarines could not" other
wise hope to remain away from home
ports for so long at a time. , j; ; .
Interviews with the commander of
the U-boat . that sank ' tho" sugar lad
en steamship , Texel convinced Captain
Lowry -of the latter: that hla ship r was
. attacked by a', monster ; submarine of
the latest type. . : . a,- ,:
.Talks - were had with - twelve of the
30 men landed near the Atlantic City
lighthouse last night. Ten of them
declare the attacking. boat was at least
3 (to feet long while two say na It -was
850 feet: in length. " ' - ,
Carl Peterson o fRahway, N. J., chief
engineer -o f the Texel, told of hearing
a s heavy bombardment lasting an ' hour
or more after. the Texel sank. ; He be
lleves a second raider . was attacking
another 'vessel. ' i ? :
" "'- 'X Storm Blew . Them to . Sea. '0, i
- Peterson hays the Germans carried
the bombs which were used to blow
un the Texet ln heavy canvas bags.
.The thunderstorm ; of I Sunday f,nlght
blew the survivors 4n' their open boat
far out to s ea, and half o. f them , were
rowing constantly - from . six , o'clock
(Continued on; rage seven; v
CAROLINA
of
the
oeas
BELIEVE U-BOATS
HAVE BASE HERE
WEDNESDAY MORI
FULL GOHIICE
BY ALLIED BOARD
Utmost Paitn General' Foch also
v :i;;,pressedhr
AMERICAN AID THE FACTOR
President 's Speeding f Reinforce
ments and ' Brigading : All t
Troops Turning Point.
London, June ' 4-(By; jthe . Associated
Press). The supreme war , council,
which ' has had under advisement the
entiie war . situation, ,has expressed in
an olficial statement' made public to
night -full ; confidence t In . the 'outcome
of- the. war with ,ihe,-ald, of. the Amer
ican -forces. v :. : 'S,-:r 'v-K J: x-i- i'. t
Complete confidence In General Foch
also Is expressed and triBute ha paid
,to ; President WiUon for his . co-oper
atlon in the work of transporting and
brigading American -troops.' - 5 1 :
VIBTUAX. ADMISSION, BY ttUNS '- 1
THA5P . DRIVE IS . STOPPED
. Washington, - June -4. Virtual - -ad
missions that the tblrd 'German . drive
in- - the , west has . ieen brought to a
halt . was seen; here in: tonight's off!
ciai statement, from tBerlin. The brief
apnoujicement ; wjthewit : ciainr of ? ad
yances .served toj convince -officers 'here
tha,t for the present, at leasts General
Foch has fought -the enemy to- a stand
1 still without the. losa of ; ap.y" point of
strategic valuer and without serious
inroads of ' his reserves." a-, i- j 1
American troops : aided ln; the fight
iny.; Jfresumably they are part of
uenerai - rershlng'smain -units oriar
lnally posted farther to the' north. ; It
may eb, however, that "they are a part
of 'the reinforcements that have : been
rushed over i elnoe . the German - high
command determined ,to force the war
to a -conclusion in' the ' hope ithat a "de
cisive victory could . t won before . the
Amerlcah. army i arrlvd in force: " :-: ?
s-The French in totday's official state-
jnentDaid tribute to 'the dashing.: skill
or. tne Americans engaged in a- coun
ter- attack . which -threw tbe advanc
ing enemy t back ut of Neullly wood.
west of Chauteau Thierry. The stroke
was characterised by the; French com
manders as smagnifloently delivered.
Apparently the German advance in
that direction wa; stopped . short" by
the blow. ; .'v'v: , ; Vf. :'- ? .!
At another, point' where the first .of
the. German horde had-found, Its way
across - the. .".Marne, Franco-American
norh . of the river,; and destroyed the
bridge on which .-they crossed. - Again
the enemy was; stopped. short. .
Gen. Pershing, in 'his official -report
of , tho-v incident made -" public tonight
dismissed it. brfely The: Aniericanir
have done-. ojolv-'srhat wa-4exoectedrf
jnem; omcrjj5ei'"taia 'in-expeeef-
official announceme'nt had. not, made
too much of the matter. The "com
munique; follows: ', -": '"
?1n the flghtln northwest of Cha
teau Thierry our tf oops broke -up an
attempt of. the enemy 'to advance to
the; axuth through: ienllly: woods,- and
by a counter-attacB arove mm . back
to-the . norths of : thee woods.i On the
Marne front a ; German ; '. battallion
which ' had: crossed- at' Jaulgone - was
counter-attacked' by French:- and Am
erican . troops and tforced to : retreat
to : the .right ; bank.- It Bustarned sev
eral looses ln killed and prisoners.1
.. ' 1.11 - - mmm d - a4- WIS. .. t T1I
and Lorraine cs"-; tJ v' .t.i.rw j
. "in the Woevre w shelled , the en
emy positions,vusng gas." :
THIS IS ALL THE GEIUIAJVi HAD
TO ' GtVSS OUT . LAST WIGHT
, -. Berlin, June 4;There have beem
artillery duels of - varying . Intensity.
eays the German- official communica
tlon. Issued today. ""The enemy show
ed lively vreconnoltering- activity 1 and
made strong ': advance t."' at ? several
noints of the front. . Southwest 'of
Merris (midway : between Ypres jand
Bethune ' he has - established himself
In small , trench Sectors."., - ; , g
Berlin yis j London," June; . 4. 'The
evening, official. v report . fron general
"There -were'Y successful- engage-.
ments ; on - the aouthem Ibank : of the
Alsno to ihe, west; 01 soissons." 1
: CROWN PIN!ESS ' ABJBTY MTJST: ? . .
rralizb i: is blocked: irow
London-. June (British Admiralty
' Per .Wireless" Pr&ss: )l7he - military
correspondent of the British:, wireless
service writes: '
"Betwefen th drives ".Aisiie and.-Marne
while 'the ftghtingontinues all along
the line th ..' operations may - almost
be said to havfr ceased- to be a Ger
man advance- and.-to. .have subsided
tntrt flsrhts for 'local' positions. ""Thus
wfifiA. th a ' nemv-claims to . Jiave: taken
Chaudun and. th'eoheights to the west
of Chateau Thierry, the French ..have
retaken the vlll-age -of Faverolles -and
the Mont"de CJioisy; 1 .But except; on
a large scale -map, the,: change in , the
linovls scarcely "pereepn Die. . -r
"oh - the rest i of the- new ground
there have been:- no changes except
for i the operation by :-whch the British
advanced their lines locally - at Thll
lola,. to the southwest , of, Bhelnia. ,The
monient '' has evidlv- -Hved - when
the crown , prince'- army. , must, ap
preciate that- they ;,lpne- can achieve
.no .decisive ,resutyana,rtho "German
high ..command, must , make . decisions
of great ' moment. ' w 2- '
west f fArroen,tIeresthiBritIsh'have1
not remained passive but- have carried
' (Continued -on FagaTSeven).
J 5, 1018
.V-
ricans
;5-'4-ts:?'sc.',-v.
German Offensive Has j Dwindled
Isolated Local Attacks, and
Confidence in Outcome
- ., i ;- ..- : -
: A : Supreme Alii
From drives on wide fronts the Ger-
nif h. rpfenirtye-? jnFrS;nce , hasdeterlo-
ratea: jnto isolated attacks along the
area ? -between Soissons and '.' Cfhateau
ThiTry and "eastward on the Marne; in
the" general direction of Rhelms. '
Although In these attacks the ene
my, still s using large effectives and
greats-numbers of guns he ' is ' being
held; almost everywhere from further
progress ; and on . various: sectors com
pelled to assume the defensive against
vicious, blows delivered by the Amer
ican, French and British troops.
,Th . American on the accton where
taey.are alone or brigaded vrltk allied
troops, everywhere ' are fighting, with
a spirit: pt abandon that piaeeahem
rignt. tn: the eategory af ' eterana. '
,Near- the : euiiiyt veulliy?) ri wood,
which'' lies northwest--of' Chateu Thier
ry an .ax - the point where the drive
has- brought the ' enemy nearest Paris,
the " Americans i1' have " beaten ott a
strong - .-German attack and on -the
Mafne a.tk Jaulgonne, .some six miles
northeast 'Of Chateau Thierry; fighting
shoulden-to ahoulder with the French
th.eyhave ; aided- in -forcing, the first
contingent of the enemy to cross the
Marne again ? and x seek - refuge on ' the
Former United States Senator and
ioer 'yice idad Pasied 5
t'rlnanaofis .ome
-( :
MAK ; OF GREAT QUALITIES
Long and enoraMe,CreerWhJch Be-
. put In a Veritable Log Cabin, " ;
Carved Out :.by ; HJun-i.'
V" ! lMe Sketck. v
it-
Jtndlanapolis Ind.,: June 4.-i-Charles
-f
WrenFirbanJtsv;f oJre ice-presi-;eatpf
tbbi United States and : former
rjnited States senator for Indiana," died
4ta ' ndme-'here-'iat .iS:551 o'clock tor
nignu v l-ea;n was .aue. to interstitial
nephritis,:- which has: been a chronic
ailments with . him but not regarded as
particularly serious - until , reoentiy.
All members, of the , former', vice-presi
dent's . family; p except? Major 'Richard
Fairbanks,-, who; is in France,, were at
his bedside. if .-'--v.-'-,-. ...y;.;:-.-.:r:i-
' Mr, . -Fairbanks became unconscious
several days ' ago ' and! 4ld not regain
consciousness r up tof. the time-, of . his
death.-.i----i:?;3i :w; : . ' ; '.
Mr. Fairbanks wad 66 vears,old: and
had been -nominateiitwice, on the lle-
pubUcan ticket for vice., president, of
thelJhited-:States.T.-,!:-v.;V.5 rvlj -;-
After; his first ..nomination ..heN; was
elected .but- was .defeated in' his second
race In, liltet- v -V-1 cVt. -:
The -' foremer-i'.vioe-presiaent -s neaun
had teen poor' for -several years.' Dur-.
ing the second-liberty-loan campa'n
wrile' on a speaking touT ;Jn. behalf
of j the loan t he s offered t. a- -physical
breakdown: Last, winter 'he went to
CaMforn'a '.a t.n .. effort; to recuperate
ahdi when he returned to his home
here h ; .the- early.- spring felt "ome
wiat tmpro mft.- In May,' however, he
had - an acute attack of. illness (and
Was' nnc-)nsci'ouE several, days- While
at: times - since, then.:he. had Improved
eomo various ! relapses' ; alwava have
left hiin -: weaker; Last Thursday he
became much worse and Saturday "had
a stroke ' of apoplexy.
The distinction of birth : in faog
cabin, which illustrious Americans of
an earlier1 day, commonly had,: was also
that of former- Vice-President Fair
banks. ; It is probable. that he was the
last', of American statesmen . to have
been -. born in one of these humble
cabin, tm , ':-??'H-r?---' ' " '
" The one .where he was' born on May
i18&2 was i at- Union villO;, Center, O.
It came' aangerbusly near : being the
funeral :iyfe i.for uithe. , future - states
man, -.Wnen Mr. Fairbanka was a boy
Tot- four, his father built a new Lome,
and' the: one-room- log cabin was used
as: a' carpenter" shop. One day - while
th -wprknen -were at - lunch Charles
wandered Into the "Shop and carelessly
threw a bunch - of shavings into - the
open 'flifeplaee. iTh!cablnaught ; fire
and "W"ben the; boy ' realized" his dan
ger he was forced to scramble through
a window.: i ; ' ' -J ' s- '
K Mr. - Fairbanks r traced" his" ancestors
i&-&:.tr:9;ri - .;hidlIver CromwelLho
couhted "Fayerbankes ' -. among ""' his
supporters.'! - Jonathan: ;.vFayerbankes,
tho Art t member of the f amily to Come
to "America, landed at Boston -lhISSO.
Mr? - Fairbanks - fa'thej-; .waa . Lodistori
Monroe Fairbanks,.a; wagon maker, of
Vfrmont; '.wbo emigrated" to " Union
oonn ty, Ohlo; -His mother- was a ,'sls-
I ter" of the late - William Henry Smith.
tetfIfrMs:.-"'."
The' Fairbanks home frequently- was
(Continued On Page Two.
Afne
Fi
Sp
Stamp
Them
GHAS. W. FAIRBANKS GENERAL STRIKE
DIED LAST NIGHT OF OPERATORS HEAR
ghtihg
With
Abandon
Th
at
as
rans
From Drives On Wide Fronts To
They, Pay the Price-F.ull
of War Expressed jjy . :
. 4 ,
ed Command. : t.
northern bank, of. the stream. ' In - this
last engagement the .Germans s suffer-
ed ' severe casualties' and also left 100
prisoners - in the hands of Ihe defend
ers of the line.: :.;; : : ' '. "
i . Between. the Aisne and Ourcq rivers j
the Germans : have ; captured ' Pernant
and . to the- south of - that , vlllago the j
French have oeded a little, terrafei. In
the . Ourcq vally .. they, also took the
town of.- NeuillyrLa-Poterie (Veuilly-
La-Porterle?).-: seven; and:-; a half miles
"JiSl1
changed hands several Hinres. ; In - the
region r between . thfijise; and the Aisne
the Germans have been unable to ad-
nrnwremS!
heavv owtne to the stubborn de-
fen.se of the French.
"There . still is only -moderate activ
ity along the 'line held by the British
In Flanders and-. Picardy ; where patrol I
activities and--bombarding continue.
On the Amiens front the Germans are j
heavily" bombarding British posi
tions . ' , -: '.""'.", . , : m
Allied .Oommand Confident.
"Full .confidence in the outcome of
the war again : has been, expressed by
.-,,n . ai
the supremhe wer council of the al-
tire situation resulting; from vthe big
(Continued on -Page 'Seven):
Only wvernment - Intervention
i J '':--.':'.i:-"'";-'-'iw ' i
f- van JtrevenvavyaiKouvox j
.ersi--jir
if
LAID BEFORE THE CABINET
Secretary Wilson' Take It tip ln Oab-
; ' lnet N Meeting fint? Action Not
. - Annnmnced i .101- Poatal Men
"' Locked ' Ot at Frlaco; ,
- - -:'-.-: ; ..- -i - .1 ' .-. ' '
' Washington, VJune- 4. Only inter
ventfon? by. fine" federal. government
Vete
can; prevent a;: general strike of oper- j dimmed butjt la ordered that "in of
ators emoloved bv the . Western Union 1 flee buildings - and dwelling .houses
and Postar Teleiranh comna'nies. 8. J.
jnsABP, , prewaent ,. oi .iae imo-
grapners . union, saia xonigni Deioje
leaving for Chicago. - Upon his arrlv-
al there ' he planned to. mall out the
can ror a . waiaout as ;, a, result oi xne
refusal , of f th'es Western Union com-
pahy to submlv ,to' the3 Jurisdiction of
W- moi iovX- k-vi
n,,rht t nnmnn nitric
tween the companies and the men..
L..JL- ;i..iw (I
on officials, members of congress and
labor . leader Mn Konenkamp . said
he doubted that' even should the gov-
eminent- decide to viptervene, action
could be taken initime to prevent the
men frotm ' going, -out.; , ; He ; declined to
, Secretary ISQlson who discussed the
situation with the union president, is
understood -to have? laid the matter
before the cabinet at-itsl meeting" to-
day but there was n. indication that
further -steps were -planned-to prevent
a strike . . " . . z
Mr. Konenkamp-satd he 'had been
"t75:-"" -
American Federation of Labor of his
assistance as. the : federation - could
lend an affiliated ' union.? Mr. Gompers
made no statement; Ar : J -
ni--f-ii .--' - " - ' . :-;
m4 mMin !.. ;
. LOCKED OUT AT SAW FRAtfdSCO
- Sa.n FwiTieliicO. Jane -4. -Out- of 10S
operators in the' offices of the ' Postal
SSS!wK,,SS
wearing ' union ! buttons, it v was said
last ' night by 'G.' E." Secour, secretary
of Liberty council of the; Commercial
telegraphers union
NOT ENOrGH OPERATORS TO ' ri I ' : washtogton, ' June 4. Steps ' looking
MAKE A STRIKE, SAYS OFFICIAL. 1 " ,,-:ril , w .a
Washington, June Edward Rey to modiflcatlon of the order raising
nolds, vlec-president andgeneral jnan- freight rates '25 per. cent so as to pro
ager ; of the ' Postal company, issued a vide for retention of differential and
statement . tonlght; aylng. there, were to move provisions; - discriminating
a strike and that if a strike were : call-
a ri .-k-
rP:
FIRING "HEARD OFF JERSEY I
COAS'y YESTERDAY, AFTERNOON
Cape May; ;N.-'J
j ' ; 11
heard' off 'Cape .May. thv afternoon and
again ' about t ' O'clock, -fonlght . Small commissions or , aoout sw states con
boats containing wome:nand children ferred with the .interstate ""mmerce
were reported seen this afternoon sev- commission and r; railroad ' admlnwtra
eral miiesoff . shore by an aviator. The tlon officials, todiy.and, arranged to .
report" could not be 'confirmed.'" '.. present a draft or, specific recommen- ;
Airplanes - tonight were flying low dations "for modifications to eliminate
over. the mouth of Delaware Bay. apparent injustices .in Intrastate
... - : ' ' ; ' . ' . rates.- Theyk will discuss. these;VThure-
'Lewesv 'Det,i Junerr iWrlng'was day with Director . General McAdoo Jat
heard of the Delaware 'Cape tonight White Sulphur Springs, W.VVa., whers '
Jbut .its Cause could not: be learned. '
WHOIiE NITMBISR 39,434
SUB AIBPLAI1ES
GITiEs', IS IDEA
And New York Has Prepared for
Warning. Inhabitants in Case ;
Suck Attack is Made. -
SIGNALS ARE - PREPARED
White Way Brilliance and Coast
Resort :Lights Were Dimmed
Last Night ty Police.
New York, June 4.- With huge .Ger-;
man' submarines' lurking off the coast
" piwrnr that ;m.yy.
hydro-airplanes fromwhlch bombs an
be dropped on New ; York, was given
grim meaning by Police Commissioner
tonight; when he made " f or-
mal announcement ; of. , the . signal
which will be. sounded- ln case of .en
emy "air 'raids."--'"1 " ::i,2'r'iX '
. ........ . . - , -. j .
"The police .department, desires to.
notify, all . residents of .this . 1 city
through the press," ; said the statement
"that in . the? event1 of Aa, raid, on this
city .by . enemy airplanes the, following
signals wlll .be given: . . I '
."Siren hqrns or .whistles "" will - be ,
,?fn"nufU8 J"
should immediately, open .the windows
f homes or offices and go at-
iS!:tJ
nal will : be. given by short blasts ol
siren ' horns .or . whistles . at Intervals
of one ; minute each , for. a period of
twenty minutes.- : ' o . ,
-: v War', at CIty'a Gate. :".; .i ':'
This reminder. '-thaf. the war has
been . carried to the , gates of , the city
followed , Close -" upon ; the-, heels of, an
order under which all display, lights
must 'be, extinguished until further no
tice. ' '..,'; j -.4' 'f . -: "
i.. Commissioner 'Enrighfs action fol
lowed promptly a-conference held at
Governor's .,Jisland .... between JAllen- A.
s0ner , in charge To fthe . division oi
national defense and the military au-
national .defense; and the military au
thorities.-. According. to .Commission,
er nright the military authorities be
lieved it a : Wise jjlatt tordlni f the-'llgh ts,
especially excess .lights," k v
. Deputy Ryan who asserted that thre
1'sla' posiblllty that U-bpats off -American
shores might cary, airplanes, which
could Hy overthe city. and drop. bombs
said he learned that -American planes
would be sent up over -thei clty to de
termihe " the.;, effect . o. f(he. light ; dim- ,
ming edict. .-..- : - .
Persons, who fall to obey the order '
which w extends to Coney Island .and
all other seashore i resorts within the
city's limits,., will be reported,, by the
police to . the .department of. justice,
he- eald: .;
, --, 4r Mst:Dimr Lights.- -
"Not" only must : display ; lights be
whwe lights are used, " shades should
. ForI several -monthi Cifnmlsslonieir
Enright has been: preparing ror a pos
slble air ;raid on- thi city asserUng
that New-" Tork should not De taKen -.
papIg durlne theflrst atoge of " the
war. -4- : . "r-- t
; In every precinct, 'there has 'been
organized -.a surgical, reiler unit.
TTi -phylctan ahd -nufses enrolled
resnond to air raid - signals.-
Ji'
western ttoAt took 9Mlonm
fo ?c88lhlt
of: -JIfVfi-MnlSL
llofJi. " ; r .
Jiere.. law, w.nwi-.. V?.
onomles. in coal denndej, 3r federal-
adm,,Sil?tti V
Cony 1 li2JL "
splendor. Pff tll
however for ,alV the booths along the
water front- continued . ."business 4a
usual", wjth. the usual'.' allghtly .modU
fled with towels and. paper bags drawn
oyer electric .'bulbs.. - Coney Island.
crowaiionisau . '. ' ' '
Kockaway i Beach , and , the , othee .
coast; resor ts. became eyen more ob.
scure than ;Cpney-. Island -in . many ;
cases-a rowof. street- lights furnish-
In the! 0nly ' IUumJn&-tlon
MODIFY NEW HATES r '-' "
h ; proposed by grAsoo
Will
Efllmlnatet Injoatlee Wherevef
j e Fovnd Agalnat Business Finns .
and :Varions Conunitnltles. .
M1"' - crtIn bu?,ie' ntftrci?s .'.or
llocailtiesr were taaen looay Dy
the
railroad admlnifation.
Many changes - may- be - made before
Jun Z5' wnn tne mgneriesare io
J oecomeeuBuy . " " w " -
ever, affect materially the' amount' of.
1 the increase.
' -Kepreaanw ox - ..puoiic -uunues ,
Jne resting...-.-:- -. . . -J-tri
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