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    Raider Captain Formerly Was
Gunner in the American Navy
Commander of U-.151 Tells Captives He Dislikes to Torpedo
U. S. Ships But That He Must Obey Orders—Good
Description of Craft Is Obtained.
New York, June 15.—The commander
•of the U-151, one of the German sub
marines which have been operating off
the American Atlantic coast, has been
identified as Captain Neusttdt. and he
served five years as a gunner's mate
In the United States navy, according
to affidavits of officers and sailors on
the schooners Hattie B. Dunn. Edna
^ and Ilauppauge, victims of the sub
marine.
Tlie documents were brought here
today by naval reserve officers arriv
ing from Cuba. The seamen who
made the affidavits arc those who
were picked up by a south bound
American steamer after having been
held prisoner aboard the submarine
eight days and set adrift. The Ameri
can steamer took them to Cuba, where
they were examined by the naval re
serve officers. The affidavits give de
tails also of the submarine's construc
tion and armament.
The submarine is manned by a crew
of 78, is 210 feet long, 29 feet wide
and has a shell of three-quarters inch
steel, two 5-inch guns mounted fore
and aft. It is equipped with two peri
scopes, one over the conning tower
and the other aft, ha« four stationary
rapid fire guns on deck below decks
and carries 100 rapid fire rifles and.has
aboard IS torpedoes, according to the
; affidavits. Captain Neustidt told the
captives, they said, that his vessel left
Kiel April 14 and up to June 2 had
sunk 15 ships, six of which were Amer
ican. From the pchooner Isabel B.
Wiley, the commander declared lie took
enough food to provision his craft for
six weeks.
The U-boat skipper professed re
luctance to sink American vessels, but
said he had no alternative as he "had -
been order by wireless from Kiel to
get busy or come borne.”
The food taken from the Wiley, the
men declared, was badly needed.
Nineteen survivors of the three
American schooners were picked up by
a southbound American steamer of
which 11 members of the crews of two
of the schooners had been prisoners
on the U-boat. During this time, the
men said, they were put to work polish
ing and cleaning torpedoes carried in
the hull of the U-boat.
The naval officers who examined
them were officers of the American
steamer. __
BOCHES FAIL UTTERLY IN
12 WEEKS’ BLOODY EFFORT
BY J. W. T. MASON.
United Press War Expert.
New York, June 15.—General
Foch has inflicted on Von Hinden
burg the most serious German de
feat of the year. The German gen
eral staff lias checked Hinden
burg's infuriated sacrifice of Ger
man man power for futile terri
torial gains and the fourth phase
•of tlie German offensive has come
today to a tUad stop.
From Montdidier to the forest of
Villers-Cotterets. where the offen
sive has raged with the roads to
Paris as its objective, General
Foch is as secure as before the
offensive began. The small areas
sold to the enemy for so heavy a
price in blood do not improve
Hindenburg’s position to any seri
ous extent. Nothing has passed
into German possession that is well
worth the dead toll exacted in ad
vance
Hindenburg stands baffled north
of Compaigne. No explanation can
conceal from the Germans at home
the fact that Compaigne was the
principal objective of Hinden
burg's fourth offensive and that
Compalgr.e still remains in Gener
al Foch's hands. The weakness of
the latest German drive cannot
fail doubly to impress the German
populace, coming at a time when
the German government no longer
is able to conceal the fact that
hundreds of thousands of American
soldiers are already in France.
If Hindenburg does not attempt
a fifth offensive, the central em
pires will again become seriously
restive under their military dic
tatorship. But, every rule of pru
dence and high strategy calis for
the conservation of the German re
serves in the face of America's
forthcoming major offensive.
Hindenburg has made the most
gigantic sacrifices in military his
tory during the past 12 weeks to
win the war and has failed. By no
possibility can be continue this
bloody slaughter of Ills own men
much longer.
General Foch Is the master of
the situation as it stands today.
General Foch’s strategy of sav
ing the Americans for a later of
fensive has been vindicated.
The allies may well be optimls
I tic.
FRANCHISE IS LOST
TO GERMAN PEOPLE
Order of Kaiser Is Held By
Chancellor Von
Hertling.
BY JOSEPH SHAPLEN.
United Press Staff Correspondent.
Stockholm. June 15.—The complete
-story of the defeat of the universal
franchise bill in the German reichstag
is given in the Berliner Tageblatt,
^showing the triumph of reaction In
Germany and the utter contempt of the
government for its own people.
The Tageblatt asserts that Chancel
lor vor. Hertling privately warned the
leaders of the opposition that he has
an order for dissolution of the Prus
sian landtag from the kaiser and will
not hesitate to use it if necessary.
The conserve and reactionalistic block
was completely victorious in the fourth
reading of the bill by a voto of 235 to
164. a large number Of centrists flop
ping to the opposition. Likewise, there
were many members of the right wing
who feared to oppose the government.
“The reactionary majority puts the
patience of the people to a superhuman
strain.” The Tageblatt said. "In these
bitter hours when there are countless
sacrifices at the front there are poli
ticians who dare to deny the people
the most elementary political rights
-and seek to split the people into oppos
ing groups in order to disfranchise the
whole nation in favor of an industrial
•clique.
“No word of protest is strong enough
for condemnation. We will not stop
until the remotest corner^of the country
learns of the robbery of the franchise
from the people."
SECRETARY DANIELS IN
FLAG DAY ADDRESS
Albany, N. Y., June 14.—“There Is
no place In America for any other flags
except, those we display of nations
with aims kindred to our own, and no
place in America for any man who has
*■ enjoyed its hospitality who does not
love its flag better than any other
embiem-in the world,” said Secretary of
the Navy Daniels in his flag day ad
dress at Lincoln Park here.
"The day for aliens among us has
passed. No matter where he comes
from, the place for every man who
prefers to live In America is at the
ballot box on election day and in an
American uniform on the day of crisis.”
The secretary was the guest of honor
of the city today in its flag day cele
bration. A parade of 20,000 citizens
and organizations, led by a company
of French “blue devils” preceded the
address.
TWO SWISS CHILDREN
KILLED BY BOCHE GAS
Geneva, .Tune 16.—Two Swiss chil
dren died recently at Porentruy, as a
result of breathing poisonous gas of
German origin that floated across tho
frontier, according to the Neue Zu
richer Zeitung. The newspapers add
that the Swiss soldiers on the frontier
and even custom house officers are
now forced to wear gas masks.
SPANISH SHIPS TO MOVE.
Madrid, June 14.—The Spanish am
bassador to the United States ha3
been authorized to instruct Spanish
ships in American waters to transport
to Spain such goods as are authorized
by tlie American government, it was
announced toda;-.
WILSON PLEDGES AID
TO CRUSH HUN HORDE
Will Send Men Until Numerical
Inequality Is Overcome,
He Says.
Washington, June 15.—Tho purpose
of the United States to send men and
materials to France until “any tem
porary inequality of force is entirely
overcome,” was reiterated by Presi
dent Wilson today in replying to a
message from President Poincare on
the anniversary of the landing of the
first American troops in Europe.
The president’s cablegram, made
public by the state department, said:
Your telegram of yesterday was cer
tainly conceived in the highest and most
generous spirit of friendship amt I am
sure that 1 am expressing the feeling #f
the people of the United States as well
as my own when I say that It is with
increasing pride and gratification that
I they have seen their forces under General
| Pershing more and more actively co
operating with the forces of liberation on
French soil. It is their fixed and unalter
able purpose to send men and materials
In steady and Increasing volume until any
temporary inequality of force Is entirely
overcome and the forces of freedom made
overwhelming, for they are convinced that
it is only by victory that peace can be
achieved and the world’s affairs settled
upon a basis of enduring justice and right.
It is a constant satisfaction to them to
know that in this great enterprise they
are in close and intimate co-operation
with the people of France.
WOULD UNIONIZE ALL
AMERICAN WAR PLANTS
St. Paul, Minn., June 14.—Delegates
to the American Federation of Labor
convention proposed today to consider
resolutions demanding unionizing of
workers in factories receiving war
contracts.
The resolutions describe the Ameri
can Tobacco company, anti-union, and
assert that brandies of that firm’s
plant have been taken over by the gov
ernment to provide tobacco for men
in service.
Bernard M. Baruch, chairman of the
war industries board, lias addressed
a telegram to the federation congratu
lating labor on its loyalty in the war.
SENATE TURNS DOWN
ANTI-TALK MEASURE
Washington, D. C., June 15.—By a
vote of 41 to 34 the Senate rejected
the Underwood resolution limiting
Senate debate during the war. Pas
sage of the resolution was desired by
administration forces to speed up the
Senate's business. _
35,000 WOMEN WORK
BEHIND AUSTRIAN LINE
Geneva, June 15.—Thirty-six thous
and Austrian women and girls, of all
age and classes have been forced by
hunger to join the women's battalions
working close to the front lines, ac-'
cording to reports from Austrian Tyrol
today.
TWO FRENCH AIRMEN
KILLED NEAR LONDON
London, June 14.—C'yVain Pearson
and Lieutenant Rouo ,v..\ Trench avia
tors, flying from F- rw 'o Hounslow,
England, were kill,:' vur-ri their ma
chine collapsed within I. JO yards of lie
landing station, it was announced to
•law
! BRITISH IMPRESSED '
BY YANKEE FITNESS
Field Marshal Haig Reviews
American Troops In the
British Sector.
By Associated Press.
American Headquarters on tho
British Front, Wednesday. June 12.—
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, com
mander in chief of the British army in
France, today reviewed the American
troops on a wide plain in this area.
The Americans filed past with an
easy swinging step that bore out the
opinion of many British experts that
they are as fit physically as training
can make them. Parading is not sup
posed to he their strong point, but after
a long march to the reviewing
grounds and a long wait with their
Heavy packs on their backs their
alignment, step and carriage were ex
cellent.
The review opened Impressively with
a salute to the colors, whiie a squadron
from tho royal flylr.g corps flow over
the field and did some acrobatic stunts
.n honor of their allies. Field Marshal
Haig stopped several times to chat
with officers while passing along the
line.
British officers present were im
pressed by the physical condition of
tho men and by their high spirits. Tno
medical officers have had little to do
thus far in this zone. The health of the
men, whether quartered In billets or
camping in the open, has been far
above the average.
The eagerness of the Americans In
getting at their work has made a fa
vorable impression on the British, who
find them quite ready as far as physi
cal training goes.
Thousands Being Worked Be*
hind Lines and Even Under
Fire cf Guns of
Own Army.
Washington, June 14.—Deportation
and forced labor inflicted upon Belgian
civilians by the German government
not only continues unabated, but has
taken on a new character, according to
n, memorandum presented to Secretary
of State Lansing by the Belgian minis
ter and made public today. The mem
orandum contains a copy of a protest
sent to the German governor general of
occupied Belgium by tho Belgian sen
ate and house of representatives in
March.
Tho deportation o' civilians is still
being carried on, slates the memoran
dum especially in tho military zone,
which comprises tho two Flanders and
a great part of the provinces of Hal
naut. Namur and Luxemburg. During
March of this year, 2,700 men from all
conditions of life have been taken from
Lockoren in East F landers to do mili
tary work cn the western front. Moere
beke Wuchtebeke and tho surrounding
region was called upon during the same
month to furnish SOO civilians to lay
railroads.
Tho names of all girls and women
from 14 to 40 years old was required
by the Germans from Alost and that
district. Some of ihe boys deported
are as young as 13% years, the memo
randum states. High schools and
grammar schools hftve been called up
on to furnish their quotas.
Those deported Instead of being sent
to Germany as In the past, the memo
randum declares, are now being sent
to work In the region behind the Ger
man front in France and Belgium. The
Germans also eopear to have changed
then- reasons for the deportations tho
note states. The pretext formerly
used namely to give work to the un
employed has been abandoned.
The deportations now are being made
cn the grounds that by an order is
sued by the German general head
quarters. “every Inhabitant of the
country may bo compelled to give his
help in case of public calamity, even
outside his residence."
Under the new pretext the German
government says the memorandum,
thus continues “to tear the Belgians
away from their homes In order to
transport them Into region} Immedi
ately behind tho German front In
Franco and Belgium. There they are
herded like cattle in special camps,
compelled to do work of a military
character, many are sent Into the zone
of operations and exposed to the fire
of Belgian or allied bp.tteries. Besides,
they are subjected to bad treatment
and brutality; their complaints do not
reach the outside world for the mili
tary zone w here they are sent Is strict
ly closed, and no delegate of a neutral
power is ever alio .veil to enter this
territory.”
AMERICANS ON MARNE
HEAVILY BOMBARDED
BY LOWELL MELLETT,
United Press Staff Cerresoondohf.
With the Americans on the Marne,
June 14 (noon).—Following the first
quiet night spent by the, Americans in
the Torcy-Boureschea sector, for two
weeks, the Germans began a heavy
bombardment of our linc3 with gas
shells ibis morning.
One American unit suffered several
casualties.
The latest batch of German prison
ers yielded come especially Interesting
personal correspondence.
“Our divisional commander has been
killed by an airplane bomb," said ono
letter. “We will take Paris on Juno
28."
"We have identified an American
division," said anotner letter.
“Wo >vi:l give these gentlemen their
final death blow.
SENATE IS REFUSED
FACTS ABOUT POLICY
"Washington, L>. C.. lu.ie 14.—Secre
tary M 'Adoo today denied the Senate’s
request for information as to -.vhat
st-ps arc being take:! to stabilize the
value of the American dollar abroad.
Asked for the information in a Senate
resolution ho replied that in tho op.n
tot: of President Wilson. It would bo
i.vadvisabit lo supply it at this time,
for fenr that it might reach enemy
countries.
WOOD MAY COMMAND
RUSSIAN EXPEDITION
American Troops May Be
Landed on Murman Coast In
stead of In Siberia,
BY CARL D. GRO^T.
United Press Staff Correspondent.
Washington, D. C„ June 15.—Mili
tary officials today were discussing
the possibility of Major General Leon
ard Wood, deposed leader of the Camp
Funston division, leading an inter
allied expedition in Russia.
The discussion arose in connection
with disclosures that some troop ships
may be used after July 1 to send such
an expedition abroad. The war de
partment, however, shed no light on
the subject of Wood's assignment.
It developed today that the idea of
having the expedition enter through
Siberia has been discouraged by the
entente. This plan was regarded as
offering difficulties that might be
avoided. The talk now is of having
the forces penetrate by way of the
Murman coast.
General March, chief of staff, is un
derstood to have opposed the sending
of an American force to Russia, consti
tuting as it would a diversion of ef
fort and an addition to transportation
and supply problems.
Driven Back About Nine Miles
on 11 Mile Front on Saloniki
Front—Several Vil
lanes Taken.
By Associated Preso.
French troops in operation in east
ern Albania have driven the Bulgarians
from 11 villages and have occupied ter
ritory on a front of 11 miles to a depth
of nine miles. Important mountain
heights covering the lower reaches of
the Skumbl and Devoli rivers have
been seized and more than 300 prison,
ers captured.
LINER ATTACKED BY
HUNS, REACHES PORT
Keemun, Which Last Night Sig
naled She Was Sinking, Re
ported Safe.
Washington, D. C., .Tune IB.—The
British steamer Keemun arrived at an
Atlantic port today, the navy depart
ment was advised this afternoon.
The fact that two hours elapsed be
tween the first call and the signal
“sinking” made port authorities believe
there may have been a running fight
between the Keemun and the raider.
The Keemun is listed as a steel twin
screw steamer of 9,074 tons, built In
1902 at Belfast, ar.d managed by A.
Holt. She had two decks. The Kee
mun is of British registry.
SHIPS HELD IN PORT.
An Atlantic Port, June 15.—Ships
ready to sail from here last night and
today were held back on reports that
a submarine was operating 18 miles
off the Virginia capes.
—■
CALL PICKED UP BY NAVY.
Washington, D. C.. June 15.—Wire
less calls for help by the British steam
er Keemun under attack from an en
emy submarine, were picked up last
night by the navy department, it was
officially admitted today. A later mes
sage indicated that the steamer had
evidently fallen victim to the U-boat.
SWEDISH STEAMER SUNK.
London, June 15.—The Swedish
steamship Dora, of 1,555 tons gross,
has been sunk without warning pre
sumably by a German submarine, ac
cording to a dispatch from Copenhagen
to the Exchange Telegraph company.
Nine members of the vessel's crew
were killed.
TIDE IS NOT TURNED
FORMER PREMIER SAYS
London, June 15.—“The tide of the
invasion has not yet been stemmed"
Herbert Asquith, former premier, de
clared in a speech at the Aldwych club
today.
“It would be folly to make any fore
cast of impending movements, but
whatever the issue of this phase it
will not weaken our allegiance to the
great purposes for which we are fight
ing.”
“We have reached the stage where
more is to be gained than lost by lay
ing before the people all the actualities”
he said. “The people are ready to face
any situation".
BIU bLbVA I UK DUnIMbU;
. SUSPECT INCENDIARIES
Indianapolis, Ind., June 15.—Fire
following an explosion today destroyed
the Cleveland Grain company's ele
vator at Beech Grove, and about 100,000
bushels of corn and oats. Police stated
that the explosion was caused by
"something else besides dust.”
LIEUT. PAT O’BRIEN
SURVIVES LONG FALL
San Antonio. Tex., June 15.—Lieut.
Pat O'Brien. Royal British flying corps,
who is in the United States after hav
ing escaped from a German war pris
on, fell nearly 2,000 feet in an air
plane here today, but was only slightly
injured. He was alone in the air
plane over Kelley field when it fell. He
was taken to the emergency hospital.
Cuts and bruises about the face and
body were his chief injuries.
PRINT.ALL INSURANCE
POLICIES IN ENGLISH
Lincoln. Neb.. June 15.—All insurance
policies issued in Nebraska must be
issued in the Knglish language tbe
state insurance department ordered to
ANOTHER DRIVE FOR
CHANNEL PORTS MAY
SOON RE ATTEMPTED
^BY HENRY WOOD, United Press Staff Correspondent.
With the French Annies in the Field, June 14.—Just five days
after the hour that Hindeuburg opened the battle for the French for
ests, there was every indication that his drive had been stopped at least
temporarily.
The terrific counter attacks, launched Tuesday and kept up since
then, not only have prevented the Germans from advancing, but have
hurled them back from their original advance on practically the entire
Noyon-Montdidier line.
It is now definitely established that the French in Tuesday’s coun
ter attack completely shattered what the Germans planned for their
“principal effort"—a terrific drive to advance their entire right wing
southward to the point already attained by their center.
ureai urive onccKeo.
Two days have elapsed since the
French smash, right at tho precise mo
ment the Germans were preparing to
launch their own attack, without tho
bodies attempting any new serious ef
forts.
The Germans' general advance along
the Noyon-Montdidier front Is now
considered checked. Although it is pos
sible that during the present lull the
Germans are bringing up reserves, ar
tillery and munitions and reforming
their shattered divisions for the pur
pose of resuming the push toward Com
piegne.
The next few days arc certain to es
tablish whether he intends to continue
tho present drive. The net result of
this phase of the offensive has been
that 31 divisions (372,000 men) have
been engaged and cut up, and the great
est advance does not exceed eight kilo
meters (about five miles).
By Associated Press.
The Germans have been driven back
north of the Aronde and Matz rivers
to the west of the Oise. They have
failed to make a serious attack against
the new French positions east of that
river.
Second Drive Falls Flat.
Southwest of Soissone they ad
vanced approximately a mile over a
four mile front, but their progress was
so slow that after the inception of the
fighting little anxiety was felt con
cerning future events In that region.
Sectors further south, which Include
the points at which the American forces
are fighting, have been heavily bom
barded by the enemy.
An inference that might be drawn
from the apparent haste of the German
in beginning their great attack east of
Montdidler almost as soon as their
sweeping advance on the Aisne front
had been checked at the Marne, la that
another German offensive may be
speedily launched. It Is not Improb
able, according to French opinion, that
tills blow will fall on the British front
further north either in front of Amiens
or in the Flanders Sector, where tho
Germans may attempt to cut their
way through to the channel ports.
May Soon Be Uuder Way.
In this connection the British offi
cial statements speaks of a strong
local attack by the Gormans in the
region of Merrls, on the extreme wes
tern 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 as yet. however, attempted infantry
attacks on the allied lines in those
regions.
LOSSES ARE TERRIFIC.
By Associated Press.
With the French Army in France,
Thursday night, June 13.—Five days
sufficed to stay the German offensive
between Montdidier and Noyon, whose
objective was Complegne
Despite iong preparation the Ger
mans were unable to overcome French
resistance and brilliant counter attacks
by the allied troops took back every
thing of importance which fell into
the hands of the enemy during the
first rush with large masses of troops.
The Germans gained some little ground,
but their design failed in its great
lines.
Today there was an unsuccessful
German attack west of the Oise, but
the front elsewhere In this region was
calm. This may be a sign that the
enemy has renounced further efforts in
this direction and is about to start else
where. Troops who participated in the
battle as well as prisoners are unani
mous in declaring that the German
losses throughout the five days were
appalling.
The French now occupy a much bet
ter line for resistance along this front
than before the battle, having straight
ened out a dangerous salient.
The French left wing continues to
threaten the Germans' communica
tions.
Both the stiff and the troops are full
of confidence that they will be able to
cope with any further German efforts.
Paris, June 14.—Fighting o'# the en
tire Oise-Marne battle front has sim
mered down to local actions, the French
war office reported today.
A German attack failed in the center
of the Oise area. There was active
cannonading on the 20 mile front be
tween Viliers-Ootterets forest and
Chateau-Thierry. Elsewhere only
raiding operations were reported.
“Only local actions occurred last
night north of Grivesnes (four miles
northwest of Montdidier),” the com
munique said.
“A French raid In the Courcelles
region resulted in the capture of 30
prisoners.
“At the Ferme des Loges the French
progressed.
“A German attack failed in the An
Iheuil sector.
“Between Vlllers Cotterets forest and
Chateau-Thierry there was active ar
tillery fighting.
“French patrols took prisoners at
Bussiures, west of Rheitr.s and in the
Champagne region.”
FLANK ATTACKS FAIL.
London, June 15.—Blocked In the
center, the Germans yesterday attacked
on the extreme wings of the present
battle front, which includes all the
Oise theater and the northwestern por
tion of the Marne area.
A powerful enemy counter attack on
the two mile front between Courcelles
and Montdidier was stopped before the
Germans reached the French positions,
the French war office reported.
Between the Aisne and the Viliers
Ootterets forest the Germans gained
slightly at some points but their attacks
died down at night.
The greater portion of the battle
front between the Oise and the Aisne J
was "calm," according to the Paris,
night communique. There was spirited
artillery fighting on the eastern por
tion of the Marne front near Ohamplat
and Rheims.
The German war office announced
that “reported enemy attacks north
west of Chateau-Thierry (where
. wiit-i ivdim eaKHEca; Drone uuwu
with heavy losses."
The French counter attack which
threw the Germans back across the
Matz was declared by Berlin to have
"broken down with the heaviest losses.’*
The enemy claimed a total of 15,009
prisoners in the new drive with 159
captured cannon. -
MANY PATROL CLASHES.
London. June 15.—Raiding opera
tions and artillery fire were reported
by Field Marshal Hale today.
"A strong enemy party was com
pletely repuls’d southwest of Morris
early this niornlng and a few prison
ers were taken.” the statement said.
"Our raids were successful in th®
neighborhood of N'euvllle-Vitasse, Giv
enchy and La Bassee.
"Several prisoners and two machin®
guns were taken in advantageous pa
trol encounters southwest of Gavrella
and northwest of Mervllie.
"There was hostile artillery' firing
in the Villers-Bretonneux sector and
the Scarpe valley.”
“GOT A SKINFUL.”
Paris. June 15.—The position of th®
latest German efforts after five day®
' of fighting is described inelegantly,
but aptly by a general who has ar
rived from the front, as follows:
"The Germans got a skinful."
Military commentators here are
unanimous in reporting one more Ger
man failure The enemy has won a
strip of territory not without value,
but has sacrificed for it precious divi
sions without any principal object at
tained and without bringing him any
nearer a decisive issue.
Such is also the opinion of Henri
Bidou and Colonel De Thomasson, who
would be the last persons who hail »
victory prematurely.
NEW RIVETING RECORD.
Bristol, Pa., June 15.—A new world's
record for driving rivets in a shell
bottom was claimed yesterday at the
Merchant Shipbuilding corporation
here for Martin C. Hahn, who drove
1.876 rivets In seven hours and 50 min
utes. Hahn received $33 for the day’s
work.
THINK MAIN BLOW TO COME.
London, Juno 15.—The battle is re
garded here as a contest between op
posing reserves. It Is known that the
crown prince has been compelled to
draw sllshtly upon the reserves of
Crown Prince Rupprecht. of Bavaria,
as some of Ills men have been identi
fied among the 20 divisions the Ger
mans have employed since June 9.
The enemy losses have been far heav
ier after five days of bitter fighting,
during which he only advanced about
six miles, than during any previous en
gagement on the Alsne.
The view of military experts still
Is that the enemy's main attack has
not yet been delivered. There is much
speculation whether the attack will ba
the aim of reaching Paris, or what is
regarded as more likely with the ob
ject of dividing the allied armies by
a drive for the coast.
SERIOUS FOOD RIOTS
IN CITY OF LEMBERG
Military Food Trains Attacked
and Looted By Civilians—
Troops Quell Mobs.
Zurich, June 15.—Serious food riots
occurred In Lemberg last Saturday.
It was learned today. Mobs plundered
shops and military lorries loaded with
supplies, bound for the Italian front.
The police were powerless and troops
were called out. Numerous arrests
were made. The authorities asked for
5,000 additional troops.
A report was received today that
the Austrians have executed M. I’od
tiokon, president of the people's com
missaries of the Don region. Martial
law lias been proclaimed in Boston, it
was said.
Thirty peasants were killed in a
battle between peasants and Austrians
in the Jampoul district. The Aus
trians have occupied several villages.
STEEL ALLOTTED TO
JAPS FOR SHIPS
Washington, D. C., June 14.—One
hundred and fifty thousand tons of
steel have been allotted to the Japan
ese government by the war industries
board completing the first step in the
recriproca! agreement entered into,
whereby Japan will build ships for the
United States. The steel is being
rushed to seaboard for quick transpor
tation in ships.
NOTABLE DECREASE IN
SUBMARINE SINKINGS
Taris, June 14.—"A notable decrease"
in the number of submarine sinkings
in the western and central regions anil
the English channel has been evident
since the blocking of Zeebrugge amt
Ostend harbors, it was semi-officially
announced today.
SECOND CLASS RATES
WONT BE SUSPENDED
Washington, D. C„ June 15.—The
Senate finance committee decided not
to attempt suspension of publishgrs'
second class mail rates which become
effective July 1.
BRITISH CASUALTIES.
London, June 14.—British casualties
reported in the week ending today
totalled 34,171 officers And men, of th»
number 4,447 being killed