Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, June 01, 1915, Image 1
Greafer Omaha Consolidation Election Today. Be Sure to Vole and to Vote "Yes." Omaha Daily Drawn For The Doe Th beat newspaper artlsta oC the wintry contribute their beet ort for Be readers. HE THE WEATHER. Partly Cloudy VOL. XL1V X(. 29S. OMAHA, TUESDAY MOUXIXG, JITXE 1, 191-KOUUTEEX PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. Bee DEPALUA WINS BIG 500-MILE AUTORAGE GOING RECORD PACE Drives Mercedes Car to Victory at Indianapolis, Breaking All Records for Dis tance. SPEED ALMOST 80 MILES HOUR Resta Finishes Second Alter Making Hard Fight to Head Off Leader. WINNING TIME IS 5:33:55.50 Rarer' Position. Driver. Time. Car. 1. Da Palma. 6:33:65. 50 . Mercedes 2. Resta 6:87:24.94 ... Pegeot 3. Anderson. 5:42:27.67 Stuti 4. E. Cooper. 5:48:03.60 ... . StuU 5. O'Donnell.6:08:13.27 Deusenberg 6. Burman. . .6:13:19.61 . . Peugeot By FRED H. HUNTER. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 31. (Special Telegram.) Driving the race of his career, Ralph De Palma, the most popular of automobile drlrera with speed enthuslastsl over came the Jinx which has always pur sued him and carried oft the premier honors In the 600-mile sweepstakes race at the famous brick speedway heretoday. De Palma not only won the face, but he shattered every existing rec ord for distances from 200 miles to De Palma hustled his German. Mer ceds J0O time around the track tn five hours thirty-three minutes flfty-flv and one-half seconds. The former record for the dletance waa :0:tS,H mad by Rene Thome tn a French De Kage car In 14. De Palma also broke the record! foir 100, ISO, 300, 0, 160 and BOO miles. Made Recard to Stand. Speed enthusiasts predict all of the rec ords will stand tor some time. Darlua Resta. the sensatjor.al Entllsh driver, who created such a tlr by win ning the VanderbUt cup and Grand Prix , races, fin lined aooond after pushing De Palma bard all the way. But Resta had met his match. At San Francisco De Palma retired from both races because of the wet track,., but today he went ,int the race determined to regain the laurels won by n m cueiiBiiiuvu. - - rled Reta completely and once more concliiBm'Iy"''ptWd himself to be the premier driver of the world. Recta's time was SXIM.M, an average of 89.28 miles an Gil Anderson la Third. Gil Anderson, piloting a StuU, pushed Ms car In third money and Early Cooper. In another Stuts, was fourth. Anderson's time was 5:42:15.57 and Cooper's 5:46:J.86 Eddie O'Donnell in a Deupenberr, fin- ishod an easy nrtn m v:w.w..'i. or me first time In' history Bob Burman finished In the money at an lndlanapolU race. Bob manager to sneak over the line In sixth plane Just ahead of Howard Wilcox, Burman aent his Peugeot over the line three minutes ahead of Wilcox In his 8tuts, which traveled the last fifty miles of the race on three cylinders. Wilcox was given a mighty round of applause . I . 1-. . Vaw. arlW him All. fl.Q ft tucn u vhubbu Cylinder. It was a plucky finish and AAMCOX S linn waa vn untr inn best previous time ever made by an American car. ' . , Tom Alley Klgbta. Tom Alley in a Deueenberg waa eighth. He believed that he had. beaten out Wil cox, however, and protested that his po-' altion should have been seventh. - The judges declared Alley eighteen seconds behind Wilcox, but the Deusenberg pro test will be heard. Hughle Hughes In a Msxwel: was ninth. Hughes finished 4 the car Billy Carlson started wlfn Ed Van Raalt. the KriglUh army officer, who first entered under the name of Norman Graham, fin ished tenth in an English Sunbeam . Takes f TT.OoA As a result of his victory De falma will carry off over 3?.0GO in cold coin of the realm. He gets $20,000 for fist piaoe. IlC.ono for leading at 400 miles and several other smaller prizes. v At the start of the race the StuU team swung Into the lead and after a few laps hsd been run Gil Anderson darted to the fore and stayed thei-eV until the thirty-!mH, fourth lap. Then he was forced to change j .ubmarino cpmi.ian'ler reported that tires and both De Talma and Itesta j ne f,ued to notic? the Oulfllghts A mer it seed him while ho was In the Ps. j lean Itsg and took It for a BrttUh veaael. Kesta took the lead and held It until i Tlu State denartmcnt or.iiouncement to." the alxty-scventh lap, almost 200 miles. De Palma was hereafter the English man until the sixty-third lap, when Ralph lost a minute changing tires. But Resta had come Into the pits on (Continued on Psgc Four, Column Three.) The Weather Forecast for Nebraska, Fair. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday. Hours. 6 a- ni a. m... T a. m a. m a. m In a. m 11 a. m K m 1 p. m 2 p. m.... 3 p. in 4 p. ni 5 p. m... t p. m 7 p. m Loral ReeorS. Peg. ... -19 ... 4 ... M ... M ... ... Si ... no ... 6 7 ... 70 ... 70 ... ... 71 ... T) ... IX Caataaratlve i:b. ii4. iit IS 13 3flghat yefctrclny.., Iweat yeelrrdy. .. Mean temnerataie... pretlpltatlou .. T.miui,.liiM m nil 71 M iK 7 eo 7 S3 7 ;i . .00 depar- t7 1 precipitation tnrei from tho normal: JVornial t-mie'nlLli ... lNitii lrnry Ijr tlio day. Total d"ii'lcnt' v since Alan:h 1.... Id Normal lr-fi!tiitimi . Ifc Inh IVflcienry for the day 1 Inch Ti'tal rainfell elne Marrh L...S. Inches leftcleny Kinra Mrrrh t tl ln b T'ofii lenry for cor. pt riod. 1914. I ( Int liaa ces for cor. nrrii, IMS t .40 Inches I A. WELSH, Local Forecaster. EMIR. hat ! FIRST AND THIRD IN AUTO RACES AT INDIANAPOLIS." FIRST. RALPH DU PALMA. v -s V THIRD. SeverrPer Cent Are" Unemployed, 16 Per Cent on Part Time WASHINUTON, May 111. More than even earnera in av.rv inn Aa every 100 out of -mulovment nl hnnt- .in i the remainder were working only part ttnle durlnr March and the early part ( of Aprll m fitteen ot the jmporUt cltte. i the country, the bureau of labor statistics j tatcd today in a report on unemploy ment. Returns of a canvaas of 199,881 families, Including 404,358 wege" earners. Showed 73,800, or ll.fi per cent, wholly unemployed aua Wi9)7t r per cent without full I I . . urne employment. Percentages of wholly unemployed and I of part time wago earners In the cities Pert Time Workers. Per eent. 17. J . 10. S 13.8 17 8 8.8 , 2. lft.s 29.0 13.7 1.4 8 4 JJ.5 S2.J Investigated follow: . . , I'neni- T'loVed. ' Per nt ' Cities. . Boston .... Uridgeport 10.13 .ft., 4.8 imcago i. Cleveland ' fHiluth Kansas City Milwaukee MinneHpo'is Philadclpha -.. Pittsburgh 8t. Iuis Springfield, Mo. ft. Paul Toledo Wilke-Barre ... ....13.3. .... 9.4 ....20 8 ::::1f. 13.8 ....JU.I ....11.1 ....13.S .... 7.1 14.1 ....lo.T .... tt.4 German Captain Who Sank Gulf light Did Not See U. S. Flag WASHINGTON. May 31.-Ambaador Gerard at Berlin ha been formally noti- fitA Via . I.. t . .1 . . - . - I 1. ' . Sllnk through a nlhtakw. Tue Oer- uay says: "The Ame:1cu.u ambusador at Berlin reports thut the chief of the admiralty staff," Admiral Behnke, hss Informed him that the ' commander of the submarine which sank the GjlfUgut did so though mistake, because two . boats, rlmllar to trawlers, one earning wireUss ap paratus, were apparently convoying the Uulfllght. The coininainV-r, therefore, . thought U'a British l.iaf and did not j notice the Amerka& flag ou the iter i until Just after giving the orJir to fire." I Von Bernstorff Tells ; Berlin of U.S. Feeling! IAJXPON. May .-A wireless dispatch ! received from Berlin today gives w.iat purports to be a telegram aent by Count von Bernstorff, Uerman ambaasador at Washington., to the foreign office iu Ber lin. The telegram, as thus given, says that the American press in "getting Im patient about the delay in the answer to tho American note'' muI states that "the tensity has been Increased by tha sink ing of the Nebraskan. which Is not yet explained." . In auother telegram to 'the foreign of fice Count von Bemestorff Is quoted as s&ymg t Lot American packer and cotton exporters aie j--IOif Washington to take energutlc erasure s;ainat England, add ing that "unofficial negotiation between Btata tafjartmnt advisers snd the Brit ish embasay have been broken off." I f? a ) 4f , -. - ' -;rf?" e .; :" J l , lOfT JO PRISON COMMISSION TAKES FRANK'S PLEA UNDERADYISEMENTI Appeal of Judge Presiding in Case, Now Dead. Urging Clr.mency for Accused Man, is Read at Hearing. NOT CONVINCED OF III0 Possible Court D,-'"' Wishes of Jury o0? Letter i. .j s. MUCH INTEREST IN ATLANTA. Os.. May 31. The hearing on Leo M. Frank's petition wag concluded late today and the priron romniifsion took the matter under advisement. A decision Is not expected under a week. No one ap. ! peered in opposition to the petition, i A letter written by th elate Judse L. H. Roan, who presided at Frank's trial, urging executive clemency for fnnt .-J .... ' .-no iiicnmicu i inn neanng i on Frank's application for connnu-! tstlon of sentence before the state prison commission. The letter was dated In December, 1914, and was i addressed to Luther '.. Roseer and i Reuber R. Arnold, Frank's principal counsel at his trial. Judge Roan died In New York last March. The Judge's Letter. Tle leter said: : "After ponMderlng your communication asking that t recommend clemency In the punishment of eLo M. Frank. I wish to y'that st the proper time I rhall ask tha prison commission to recommend and the governor to commute Frank's sen tence to life lmrrtaonmnt. 'It Is possible that I showed undu deference to the opinion of th Jury In this case when I alolwed their verdM to stand. They said , by ' their veTdlot that they had found the truth. I. was still In a state of uncertainty and so expressed myself, iiy aesrrh for the truth, though dilllgent and 'earnest, had not. been so successful. In the exercise of Judicial dis cretion, restricted and limited, according to my Interpretation of the decision of the reviewing court 'I allowed the Jury's ver dict' 4o remain undisturbed. I had no way of knowing It was erroneous. Still Vaeertala. ' "After msny monthjj of continued dello-! eretloa I am. stlU uncertain of Frank s guilt. Thl stats pf ancertajutg.ls largely due to tiia'utrac'ter oF the negro,' Con ley's testimony, by Vblch the verdict waa evidently reached. "Therefore, J consider , this a case In which the chief magistrate of the state should exert every effort in ascertaining whOA vullt 1 hmm tint h.n mn t lfmotm4lv proven to the constituted authorities t too horrible to contemplate. I do not in g lessons of the civil war to pres . believe - that ' a person should meet with 'ent day problems. He declared that j the extreme renatty of the law ur.tll the' the eolemn lesson of the war waa I 'vuis juijr twm Rvvrmgr au viiaii nave ueen sansnoa-' or tnat peraoh s guilt. Hence, at. the proper time 1 shall' expreea a'r.l enlarge upon these views directly to the governor and the prison commission. "However, if for any cause X am pre vented from doing this you are at lib. erty to uso this letter at the hearings." ine reaaing or judge liou t letter was attended with unusual Interest au Us ex- iBtence has not been publicly known until yesterday and the contents had not l3en divulged previous to the hearing today. Bernstorff Will r Have Talk with ' Wilson Wednesday . WASRtNGTON, May 3l-rresldcnt AVia son has granted a request of Count Von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, for an Interview at the .White House Wed nesday afternoon. It Is ' understood that tlte ambaasador desires Ho discuss ques tions pending between his .country and the United States. Battle Along San is Developing in Favor of Russians I FTROGAAD, May 31 Via London) The batye of the San In the vicinity of Prsomysl Is developing In favor of the Russians, according to an official an nouncement given o'lt today. Further more the Russians between May II and 24 captured nearly 1,0M of their an tagonists. MONITOR AND MERRIMAC BATTLE ON CAPITOL LAKE PIERRE. 6. P., May 31.-fipeclal Tele gram.) A battle between the Monitor and Merrimae on Capital lake ended one of the best Memorial day programs ever carried out at Pierre. The details were under control of the Sons of Veteran of the city. Rev. Emll Mueller was the speaker of the day. Following the parade In which different civic organisations and the school, formed a ps.t .th. weather was Ideal. " I ANOTHER DANISH SHIP SUNK BY SUBMARINE LONDON. May 3l. The Danlslj steamer Soborg has bten sunk in th English channel by a German submarine, accord ing to an announcement made by Lloyds' agency. The members of Its crtw wer saved. CONSTANT RIFLE SHOOTING CAUSES FXPERT'S 0EATH IOWA CITY, la.. May St tSpeelal Tel egram.) Calvin Williams, 8 years old, one of Iowa unveraity expert rifle men and coach of th Iowa City championship to, died today of a disease which was aggravated by constant use of rifle sights. AN ENGLISHWOMAN, honorary housekeeper of a base hospital in France, bargaining for delicacies for wounded soldiers. latter, ; . I .vt ;w INCIDENT i fl ' " :..- te-r mi -m m .r '' if . - ' ., ' ' "THINK OF DUTY" IS PLEA0F WILSON President in Memorial Day Speech Applies Lessons of- Civil War . t, Own Pay. ' AVOIDS MENTION : OP C2ISIS WASHINGTON, May 81. -Presi dent Wilson roused a large audience at Memorial day exercises at Arllng- at Memorial day exercises at Arllng- . tlon i National cemetery - to a high 1 pltoH. of enthusiasm today by apply- that the unity of the United States be exemplified. In the actions of Its people. ' . ,-' ' Lf Us think of our duty and the ac tions tiiet He before us," declared the president. J The pretldiint avoided any direct refer ence to the present International crisis. When he arnso to speak the entire crowd stood up and clapped for several minutes. Jnnx. before tho president's addresa Bishop Crsnaton cf Washington prayed that th president br. given divine guldnt.ee In Uie "most delicate crisis In the hpwjry of the worl;l," n..l John McElroy of th de partment of the Potomac, Grand Army of the Republic said the president could be trotted to guide the country at the present time. "It does not behoove a nation to walk with Its eyes over its, shoulder," declared the- president in his address. "Its busi ness. Is constantly In years ahead of It and in the present. that challenges it to tha display of Its power. But there are nmlnlacences which are stimulating and wholesom, snd among these reminiscences are chiefly to be ranked the recollections of days of heroism, days when, great -nations found it 'possible to express the beat that waa In them by . the ardent exercise of every power that was in them. . "The solemn lesaon of those memories for ua is not that we must be ready to save the union again," he continued, "for there arc none among us who th.eatmt Its life, but that we must see to it that the unity then realized, the vision then seen, is exemplified In us snd things we do. i ? , ."Greater-days lie. before this nation than it has ever seen yet, and the solemn MnirlAimiwll et fthiA hn lioa w rffrm t In this tims is that they must make their best endeavors to embody In what they do and say the' best things in the United States." . Fire ia Nebraska C ity Brewery. NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., May Sl.-(Spe- cial Telegram.) A fir- brok out In th department where barrels are pitched at th Oto Brewing plena this morning and befor extinguished it d1 S3,0t damages. Klsi Imi Felicitation. LONDON, . Msy Si. King Victor Eromanual and King George nav ex- S?' the J: over The unique transformation of Omaha into Greater Omaha U about to take place through consolidation with our auburban neighbors. To observe the process should be interesting even to s stranger. I SaasC-. .jmc m mtmam, I .tME-f.ATE-aTY-OF-THt-WtST GOYERNOR TALKS IN COSTER COUNTY Chief Executive Delivers Memorial - J)ay Address at Broken Bow ;" Ceremonies; ' ' OVEItlLOW MEETINGS AEE HELD BROKEN BOW, Neb , May t (Bpoli Telegram.) The Memorial day program here was unusually elaborate, although there was no regular parade. During the forenoon Taylor's Broken Bow band gave a concert after which the graves were decorated. ' " " '. Governor Morehead arrived here Sunday night and spent the forenoon at the ceme tery. In the . afternoon . he mad the oration of the day te over 700 people In the auditorium of the Methodist church. He later addressed an overflow meeting of several hundred people tn the city park. The business part of town was well decorated with the national colors snd the weather waa perfect. , loan Talk at Kalrlinrr. FAIR BURY. Neb., May SI. Special.) Impressive Memorial day exerciaea were held in this city today. The day was marked as a holiday.' Ruasel Grand .Army of the Republic, No. 77, and Women's- Relief Corp held their exerctees in the Methodist Eiplscbpal i ehuroh, where a, . choir, rendered special w,. .'.v.. m ... WW ,v the. veterans and their frlenda . Follow ing the ritualistic services at the church, a parade was formed to the cemetery, and automobiles carrying the boys of .'81, , 100 women s euer corp ana nower gins. i wu lormea. Memorial Sunday was obaerved In Fair- bury and Rev. 8. J. Megaw of the Pres byterian church delivered an address to the veterans of the civil , war, the Women's Relief corp and Ppanlsh-Amerl-can veterans st the Majestlo theater. Wrvlrn at nixHriditr. CAMBRIDGE. Neb., May 3L (SpeWal Telegram.) Fifteen of the seventeen old soldiers living in this community attended memorial services. Dr. John Gallagher gave a very Impressive address.' Service were held both at the cemetery and the park. At th park a host laden with flowers was launched in honor to the memory of those who had a watery graves. The Commercial band played. Paator Job nsou Speak. GIBBON. Neb.. , May a. Cu.-cial.) An able memorial service was difivcred here yesterdav by the "Methodist Episcopal pastor, Kav. O- K. Johnson ot Kentucky. Mr. Johnson has had tho unique expert, encs of having ilcllvered memorial serv ices to both the bluo snd the grsy veter ans ss well aa a union of the two. The oration at tho, opera house today was 'de livered by Rev. Mr. Knowlea of North Platte, after which the old soldiers' graves were decorated by the school chil dren. weaaaa Talk at bldaey. SIDNEY. Nob., May SL (Special Tele, grajn.) Memorial day waa fittingly ob served I ere today. An ideal summer dsy attracted many hundred peopl from the county. At 10 o'clock: the parade formed, composed of th Sidney braaa band, school children, Orand Army of the Re public!, Son of eVteren and all th clvto societies. They - marched to th cemeteries and the graves were deco rated with flowers and garlands. Thla afternoon -a program took plac at the opera house Joaeph M. Swanson delivered tha oration. Veteraas Marrh fcf Lyaaa. LYON K. Neto.. May SI. (Special Teie- griun.)-Memorial duy was a great sue. cesa at thin pia-e. notwithstanding the unfavorable condition of the roads. Hev eateon '.Id soldi! r marched In the pro-c-aalon to the cemetery. Colonel Wald smlth of Oakalooea, la., was th or tor. WILSON STDDIES HOTEJF KAISER Official Version Says Lusitania Un doubtedly Carried Guns Which Were Mounted and Masked. SITUATION IS AGAIN TENSE WASHINGTON. May 31. In an atmosphere of holiday calm, Presi dent Wilson studied today tha Inter national problems confronting him with respect to conditions tn Mexico and the German submarine warfare. The president motored most of the I morning, riding on the front seat of his car, apparently In deep thought. Tha reply of the German govern ment to the American note protest Ing against the sinking of the Lusl tan la and other violations of Ameri can rights In the war tone brought disappointment and 'a revival of the tension which preceded the dispatch of the first communication to Berlta, At the Whit House It wss stated that the administration's plan In the Mexican situation would not be interfered with hv the new developmental with renpect to Ormany except that the president's warning to the Mexican faction mlsht not b- Usued on' the same day as the second note to Germany Is mad public. The Mexican statement had been ex pected tomorrow. , What the president's answer will be tc the German note la undetermined. He raw no culler early today, turning over In solitude the grave questions before him much aa he did in the dsys Im mediately following the sinking of . the Lusitania. At noon he returned from his motor ride and started for Arlington cemetery, where he wa to speak at the Memorial day services. Secretary Bryan and other tnemtiera of the cabinet also were to rhske peenhas. It Is not expected that the president would give ahy . Intimation as to the four to b pursued before tomorrow's Cabinet meeting. Official Teat Differ Sllarhtly. The official text of the German not on which the action of th United States will be baeed waa deciphered today. It differs In phraseology from tha urK-fftcial text sent In pres d-spetrhe laet night, but in no ntiai. , On difference In language, however, which sttraoted attention waa that which said the "Lusitania undoubtedly had guns on bos rd which were mounted un der deck or. masked." Th word "un eouotediy" was omitted In the unoffi cial test This was, taken t snean that the German government Waa- net-alte- rithnr certain of the authenticity, of Its Information. The unofficial text. on this point. read: .. . ; . , , . , ,' Th lAisItanla. too, according te In formation received here, . bad eannon aooara, wqion were mounted and con cealed below decks." . The official .ta-xt; "According to reports at hand here, the Lusitania when It left New York had guns on board which war mounted underneath and masked." '. (State department officials aald this was the principal difference In text noted. Answer Will be Prompt.. From a previous knowledge of the presi dent's feeling over the Lusitania dlsastsr In which more than 100 Americans lost their live, it la confidently believed in many quarters that he will order the dis patch of a second note to Berlin within twenty-four or forty-eight hours, snswor Ing Germany's request for the facts of the Luaitants's cargo and equipment with a restatement of th circumstances as mad clear In th first American note and an Intimation that a prompt reply Is expected. Reference, It Is believed, will be made to the understanding of tho (Continue on Pege Two Column One.) m . Ten Thousand Acres in Belle Fourche Now Available for Entry RELT.H Fi-JITRnin-; M. T Maw It (PpaclaD-A publlo notlpe issusd by the secretary of th Interior announcsa th opening of the fourth unit of the Belle Fourche Irrigation project. According to the nctioe the lands will be available for homestead entry on and after June S. This unit conttaln 10, 1M acres of publlo land divided into lifl farms ranging In sise from forty to eighty acres of Irrlgss ble land. To aetmre one of the fami the entry man must proord as follow: After making choice of the farm unit b de sire he will mak formal homestead entry at th land office In Belle Fourche, accompanying the same by a certificate from th project manager showing that watar right application has been made and the proper water right charge de posited. He will be reaulred to pay down S per cent of the construction charge of M0 per acre of Irrigable land .For In stance, If his farm unit contains 40 acres of irrigable land hi initial payment will be SSO. Thaumalnder of the construction charge, S3S per acre, may be paid In fif teen anneal. Installments, th first of which doe not becom due for five year after filing. Th first ftv of Uts pay ments shall b U per acre ach, and the remaining installments U.M car acre. No Interest la charged on deferred payments. There I an annual operation and main tenance cliarg. For 191S this charge Is 7 cents per acre, which allow th settler one acre foot of water. Further quan tities will be furnished at the rate of m cents per acre foot. Thla operation and maintenance charge is not due until March L 131. FIVE MORE BODIES FROM LUSITANIA ARRIVE NEW YORK, May iL-Fiv of th Luitlana's dead, three men and two women, were brought to New Tork to day by the steamer Lapland from Liver pool. The bodies wer thoae of Mrs. Catherine B. Wllley of Lake Forest, III.; Miss Elisabeth Neweomb of Boston. George R, Cooping of Toronto. W. H. Brown, and a man, - I.isdnav. addres aot gtvn. KAISER'S SUBSEA CRAFT DESTROY MERCHANT SHIPS Forwarding of Reply to United States Seems to Be Sig-nal for Renewed Activity by the Kaiser's Submarines SIX ARE SUNK IN THREE DAYS French and English Forces Report Slight Gains Made Along, the Western Frontier. LULL IN THE DARDANELLES Bl'LLF.TI. LONDON. May 31. (3: 15 p. m. t Heavy fighting on the Gallipoll peninsula, resulting In the rout if the attacking Turkish forces, is an nounced In an official statement Riven out hrro today. The casual ties of the Turks are said to bavj amounted to at least 2.000. Tho British losses are given an 800. LONDON May 31. (12:07 p. ia.) German submarines have beou un usually busy while the German for eign office waa engaged In the prep aration of lta answer to the Washing ton note on the Lusitania Incident. Tha last few days, It is pointed out In London, provided them with a heavy bag of big merchant ships. These include the steamer Ethtope, 3,700 tons, and tha Tullochmoor, 8,800 tons, which were sunk by sub marines. Friday in tha approaches of the English channel. . On Saturday the British steamer Ping 8uey, be-' longing to the Holt line, wag attacked twice by German undersea bonta within tha space of five hours, but it succeeded la escaping Into Plymouth. Another victim was , the steamer Olenlee of 4,000 tone, which wa sunk somewhere between tha British and French coasts recently. In the North Sea a Germsn submarine sent the Russian ship Stars to th bot tom a few days ago and the lotses of the British steamer Cpennymor and Cateby 'alao have. bn reported.. Thus within the space of threa days six ships sf eensldtrable Slse have been aunt to the bottom by German submarines and six lives have been lost. Furthermore, the trans-Atlantlo Uner Megantlo had a narroy escape from a attack, by a Ger man submersible. . German Treache Taken. The lull along the Western battle front has been broken by . French, who claim to hav taken a group of . German trenches In the Pllkel region, and to have made good - progress north of Arras. With British eo-opeeation, they appear to have made slight progress north of La Basoee. After repeated and Mostly repulses the Germans, for the time being, aem to have abandoned their attempts to take Tpres. During the last week the Ger mans hav mads only slight gains In tha nelghborhod of this salient. Except for the news of the movements of warshlpa, which appear to be search ing for German submarine bate, little definite Information has come ' 1 o and - from" the Dardanelles. Certain dispatches by way of Athens claim that many lines of Turkish . trenches on the . Galllpolt peninsula have bean taken during the lat week. Th situation along the river San, In the vicinity of Presmysl appears for th moment to be unchanged. Freaek Official neport.. . ' PARIS, Wsy 81. The French war office this afternoon gave out t report on the progross of hostilities which reads: There were no new developments dur ing the Wght of May 80-S1, with the ex ception of the check In the region of Notre Dame Do. Lorette to a German at tack; this- movement was easily repulsed by our troops. , "Th number of prisoner tsken yester day st the Labrynth to the southeast ot Neuvlll St. Yoom is W, Including four officers." kaiser t'alla I. at Reserve. AMSTERDAM. May a. Vla London)- The Reich Anselger of Berlin ha pub lished an order calling to the colors all first clara membera of the landsturn re serve , forces not previously summoned. This order does aot apply to Bavarians. Gormans la (iermany must report be- (Conlinued on Pag Two, Column To.) The Day's War News RIS9IAN RESI9TAMCK to Ike .iu . tro-Germaa atau la Gal tela aa pa ready la atlflenlaa. It Is aa aoanred at Petragrad tbat tkc rigkt kaak ( tke River "aa kas kea rlcarael for a eoastderable dlalaaoe at tk Aastro-Oermsa forces wklch aaeeeede in croea la It. CERHIM INVADING tka Baltic pravtaeea ara ald to bava been areas back, loalag and prlaoaara. Th Raastaa war at- Dabyan river, bat asserts Gerataa attaaapta to aross tha river fall'. OFFICIAL AHJIOUNCEMBSIT from Ooaataatlaaal ear a the Freaek aa Brtttak attest p ted ia vain to rNMr th positions tn tbelr . canter eat ta hava been taken bjr the Tnrka. MAIN BODIKS of Italian aad Aus trian troop have not rt coiae la grip. Tko Italian Invasion Is still naeattaar llttl oppposltlon. In Kraaea galas for ths alllr arc re ported near Irraa, la l.c IVtre for. oat aad la Alaae.