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DIARY OF GERMAN President Wilson Sends a Solemn
OFFICERJS TRAGIC
Captain Write of Awful Effect of j
French Artillery Fire at ;
Lorette.
Warning to the Mexican Factions
MANY DEMANDS FOR HELP i
PALLS June i-An i oii;iiI of thn fight- i
ins Ir. the v. lnity of Notre Pame lf J
Lorette. s written down by Herman
itflrr- nnnwl (attain Slrrrt In 111 note
honk Is Eivrn nut today In the ffital of
ll.e rv-wltnM nt the front." The pur
t'oi" i to pint a a omparlon with lb
I'trnch ofri'-lnl statements concerning
i omMtn !n thin vlrlnlty.
Captain Sicvcrt. the author. ne kllUl.
HI body e.n one of 4.0") found on the
elopes of rtrtto and his notebook invm
the fighting from May 10. the day sfter
tho French attarK. up to May 30. the day
tli captain was killed.
An order leaned on the evening of May
n prnvtdi'd for the holding of the positions
i-n the plateau of Inrette and along the
Ahlaln-Csrencv line. To furry out thcae
instruction Captain Sievert had avail
;ilil only one battalion of 272 men, or one
third of Its normal fighting strength be
fore going Into .bsttlc. Ilia notebook con
talna related demands for help.
( alia for Ammiilllnn.
"We absolutely need a supply of hand
jirensdes" la an entiir In the diary under
'ate of .May 11. The number wlitrlt rap
tain Pleven had wss Insufficient and he
.oul.J not oar'V out his attack. Further
more the lark of projectile prevented all
nance of auccci-s.
Ixiter there was more trouble for the
. arta'n. Orders were badly given and
onfualon of seotors made neoeeaary
marches and counter msrehes under
Krenrh artillery fre. "The wsv from
Sourhes to Ablaln la Impracticable," the
arte in wrote, "exposing tia to Incee
ssnt artillery fir. Ablaln. like Kourhes.
ii nothing but a hesp of rulna. Our gnldr
la unable to load ua further and wet with
t.weat we grope along. The altuatlon la
iraperate. Our roon decamp at each ahell
mlitch fallai and H la necessary to threaten
them wltii eourt-martlal."
rtelnforcemenU filled to arrive, further
ulflUultlca nroae and Captain Hlevert
a role that the altuatlon u hopeless.
Artillery Fire la Awful.
The last page of thla dairy waa written
nt 10 p. m. or May 20. In It the captain
said:
'The bombardment today completely
destroyed what remained of our trem lies.
The men have been without support for
three duy. It la impoaalble to hold thin
position with such a feeblo force. 1 ask
that an officer be sent here to repot t on
the situation. I ask again that the Fourth
cimpany of tho Eleventh regiment be
placed at my disposition. Artillery fire of
the enemy la frightful, especially that of
the heavy guns. We can hear the projec
tiles of this artillery coming slowly
thiough tho air. Every man Is watchful
and tense; he wonders where this par
ttcular shell Is going to fall. The parapet
trembles and a cloud of earth and pieces
of shell rain down on us. How long must
we remain In this rat trap? I believe
now that my nerves are gone. The fire
of the enemy has attained Its greatest
violence. Indescribable"
Hera the traglo notes of Captain Sievert
come to an end.
This dairy, says the eye witness. Indi
cates the "great success of the French
artillery and Infantry."
At the same Uma tt shows the super
human efforts Germany la obliged to
demand of Its army, and this even be
fore the participation of Italy, which en
a new front will hereafter take part In
the siege of German and Austrian fortresses.
TWO MEN ASPHYXIATED
. IN WELL AT LEO LA, S. D.
ABUHDKEN', S. P.. June 3.-Bpec.lal
Telegram."! While digging a well on the
farm of Jacob Col um, near Leola, 8. D.,
Jacob Colum. aged 21, and Jacob Olaster,
aged 3, were overcome by gas when at
a depth of eighty feet and both were
killed.
The men left the house at noon to
work on the wull and discovery of the
nccldent was made at 4 o'clock. It la
supposed one of them was overcome and
the other went down to resoue him anj
aleo lost his life.
Jn drawing turn to the top the grap
pling hook caught In Col urn's shoe, and
when be neared the aurfaca the shoe
came off fend the body dropped tho
eighty feet to the bottom again, but waa
finally recovered. Colum waa married
laat January. Glaaler was single.
AMES WILL SEND TWO
MEN TO ILLINOIS MEET
AM EX. J. June 3. rkeeial Amu,
having tied with Drake for the high hon
ors In thn luwa state meet, winner of
w-ond ,)lace In the Missouri VaUlcy con
ference at Columbia. Mo., last Saturday,
a ill send a team of only two mm to tho
meet uf the Western Interrotlriilate con
ference meet at Urbana thla coming
Saturday.
Coach Merrlam waa not altogether satis
flcl with the r -twiner his men tniide on
thi muddy Mtesourt trark. 'The two men
he will send are Packer, hurdler, and
Dickinson, sprinter. Packer, providing he
has i;pcd lurk In drawing a track at
Irluuit and I In It la top form, aliuuld
maka the tig uliui hurdlers wet right up
and move in the ICO Mgha, thinks Mer
nam. I
Mayaer Will tMrk Autre.
AME. Is.. June I -tUpeclal ) -Charles
W. Msyier. noa foot ball couch at
l-'iaiiklln & Marshall. -n waa elected by
ilr Ames atiilctic cuaucil to '.akc the
eink of the Cyilono varsity loot ball
wum, will leaxe KrunWllii & Maiahall
the nil-Idle uf August, to come out to
tkks hold of the Ani-a situation, ass the
ktaleirenla siven out by Chairman Clyde
Williams of the pliysi-nl deiar(ment lo
today. Makl toMk Rrllrrl.
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WASHINGTON. June 2 In
matpmeiit to the American people to
day I'reaident Wilson served noticp
on the factional loaders of Mexico
that unions within "a very short
tinip" thry unite to st tip a Koern
rnent which tbn world can recoKnize
tho t'nlfrrl Rtstea "will hp con
ht rained to dPcld whnt ineariH aliotild
hp pmploypd hy thp t'nltrd StHtoa In
ordpr to hplp ..exico avp Itpelf and
ncrvp Its people."
Note$ a Chang in
President's Policy.
(Slgnali.inK a chajige from the
"watrhful waiting" policy, which baa
Kiilded rclationn with Mexico for
niorp than two ypara. the prpaidont's
ttatpment waa regarded everywhere
in official and diplomatic quarters an
notlep of a new and vigoroun policy
to restore peace below the Klo
Jrande.
Kvprywhere It waa interpreted a
h warning that the patience of the
Vnltod KtatPB is PxoaiiBtPd. What
atepii the president is prepared to
tike if hi warning goes unheeded
are not disclosed in the statement.
In high official quartern, neverthe
less, no doubt existed that he Is pre
pared to proreed.
The Blatempnt, which goes to t'sr
runza. Villa, Zapata and Garza, the
principal leader, not as a diplomatic
note from the United States, hut an
a declaration of President Wlluon's
attitude, expressed in a statement to
the American people, as as follows:
"For more than two years revolu
tionary conditions, have existed in
Mexico. The purpose of the revolu
tion waa to rid Mexico of men who
Ignored the constitution of the re
public and used their power In con
tempt of the right of Ita people, and
with these purposes the people of tbb
I'nited States instinctively and gen
erously sympathized. Hut the lead
ers of the revolution in ihn very hour
of their success have disagreed and I
turned their arms against one an
t ther.
"All professing the same objec
tive, they are nevertheless, unaule or
unwilling to co-operate, A central
authority of Mexico City is no sooner I
set up than It is undermined and Its
authority denied by those who were
expected to support It.
"Mexico Is apparently no nearpr
a solution of its tragical troubles
than It nag when the revolution was
first kindled, it has been swept by
civil war as if by fire. Its crops are
tfestroyed, ita fields lie unseeded. Its
work cattle are confincated for the
use of the armed factions, its people
flee to thp mountains to escape being
drawn into the unavailable blood
shed and no man seems to see or lead
the way to peace and settled order.
There is no proper protection either
for Its own citizens or the citizens of
other nations resident or at work
nlthln Its territory. Mexico Is starr
ing and wtthout a government.
United States Must
Take Some Hand.
"In these circumstances thp people
and government of the United States
cannot stand indifferently by and do
nothing to Bene their neighbors.
They want nothing for themselves in
Mexico. 1-east of all do they desire
to settle Its affairs for It or claim any
right to io so. But neither do they
vIhI) to see utter ruin come upon It,
and they deem It their duty as
friends and neighbors to lend all aid
they properly can to any instru
mentality which promises lo be effec
tive In bringing about a settlement
which will embody the real objects
of the revolution constitutional
go ernment and Hie rights of the
peoplp. Patriotic Mexicans are sick
at heart and t ry out for peace and
for every self-sacrifice that may be
reressary to procure It. Their peo
ple cry out for' food and will pres
ently hale as much as they fear everv
man in their country or out of It who
stands between them and their daily
bread.
Peace Must Be Had
Without Further Delay. .
"It Is time, therefore, that the gov
ernment of the United States should
frankly state the policy which In
these extraordinary circumstances it
becomes Its duty to adopt. It must
presently do what it has neither
done or felt at liberty to do lend
its active moral support to some man
or group of men. If such may be
found, who can rally the suffering
people of Mexico to their support In
an effort to ignore, if they cannot
unite, the warring factions of the
country, return to the constitution
of the republic so long in abeyance
and set up a government at Mexico
City which the great powers of the
world ran recognize and deal with,
a government with whom the pro
gram of the revolution will be a bus
iness and not merely a platform. I
therefore publicly and very solemnly
call upon the leaders of factions In
Mexico to act, to act together, and to
act promptly, for the relief and re
demption of their prostrate coun
try. I feel it to be my duty to tell
them that if they cannot accommo
date their differences and unite for
this great purpose within a very
short time this government will be
constrained to decide what means
should be employed by the United
States in order to help Mexico save
Itself and serve Its people."
GERMANS CAPTURE mstorffhas
300,000 RUSSIANS! wiIIpresident
Kaiser's War Office Reports Fur
ther Succet let in Russian Poland
and Eastern Galicia.
PRZEMYSL FORTS ARE TAKEN
llepartairat Orders.
V ASHINUTON. June J. special Tel
Ki am.) Nvirask poatmaslera appointed:
Ail.-n. 1'ixun county, riurtirur lrwsrt.
vti-e !. M. fth.arkelfurd. returned: 2ii.
Keith county. I'. Grant Wuolsey, vf
K J. SUine. reeinl
The tmatofflce at Uunlap. Prule eeunty,
Kouth I'ak.lB. I u l n duk-olitliiiwj
innil to Platte.
Nebmaka t'ninnn t'snted- Kncy K
l'awoi, Mail, ton 11. arah Walker.
Oman. t:': .! K. rirtvaa. Mit Kolin.
try White. M jr. Ill
Tue i oin tn-ilci ei the currency I, an
KiamxJ c'urter ( the Kiret Nationnl
Lank of Mjt)rl.!ii-. . I )., capital. '.
J. U. Mari-p. incki.lviil : A. W. Hc.mlr. .
vanh'j i ; aut credit M In 'due Mate hank
BERLIN, June 2. (Via London.)
The German army headquarters
announced today that more than
200,000 Russians had been captured
during the month of " May. An
nouncement also was tirade That ,
further Russian entrenchments near'
Prsetnysl had been captured.
' The statement follows:
"We shot down a Tirltlah flying machine
at Blrtcoote. The occupants, one Bel
gian and one British orfioer, were tsken
prisoners.
"The sugar refinery east of Bouches.
Into which the French penetrated yester
day afternoon, has been recaptured by us.
An attacK begun by the PYench against!
our positions and south of Neuvllla during I
the evening was repulsed.- Only a small j
section of a trench on the other aide of
tho high roads from N'euvllle to Kourte
wss occupied by the enemy.
' "righting at close quarters In the for
est of L Pretre for the poaaesalon of cer
tain portions of the trenches continues
- Russia na Are Defeated.
"KaaU-rn theater: Succraaful rngacn
ments occurred against minor IliieMian
divisions at Nenhausen, fifty kilometres
(about thirty miles) northeast of IJbnu,
and at Shillkl, sixty-nine kilomotrei
(about nuleaj southeast of Llbau. The
same thing happened further south In the
district of Shavll and on the Ihibyaa
southeast of Klelmy and between Ugtamy
and EiJargula. At Bhavll we took WO
prisoners.
"Southeastern theater: F'urther IUia
slan entrenchments situated around Dun
koklcskl (near Prtemyall were taken by
storm yeaterdny. After the victory at
Stry the allied troopn advanced yesterday
In tho direction of Meienlce.
"In the month of May SbS officers snd
men were taken prisoners In the
southeastern theater of war. while 251
cannon and 2"ri machine guns were rap
tured. Of these numlters the capturing
ot 40 officers. Including two generals,
1U.54 men, 1A0 cannon. Including twenly
t Is lit heavy onus, and 403 machine gnus
Is to the credit of the troops under lien
eral Mackeuxen. Including prl loners
iakeu In the ciurtcrn theater of thn war,
a well aa those announced yeatorday,
thn total number of Uunalans who have
Ullnn into the liaiidn of the (Jeimanie
allied troupe during tne month of May
amounts to about l.uou officers and more
than JuO.OuO men."
I rmrk Official lirporl.
I A His, Jun l.-Tha French War office
l liia afternoon gave out an ofrtcial re
port on the progress of hoalilitiea rending:
"In the sector to the north of Arras the
ftfcbtlng continued laat night. It the
j labyrinth to the southeast of Neville
j we oci uplej tuw-rul trenclii and madn
furih. r ;rioni The total iiumVr nf
t':ioiwi inmlc at thla point since Mon
oay night is over 41. At Nruvlile itself
ww took iH.xel..ii of a rouu c houres
where t iiiaiiitalned oiiraclvea In spite
'ol several counter attacks.
"On the other partu of this HMvlnoe,
tartlcularly at Lorctla. there wj flKht
cti veaterday.
.Vlong the renminder of tlii- front there
lothltia to reiMirt, with the exception
jC tao Uoiuhardincata of Hlulina. and
. ; artlculaily of the catl.edial In that Ity. '
(TWO MEN ARE KILLED BY
! ACCIDENT AT CHARLES CITY
i
j MASO'J 1TY. la.. June -(SP4Mifcl
j Telegram ) Arthur Regel fell from a
tree while cutting lims and as in
, staidly kllkl. Walter T'.arney's ur u
' 't and y.t waa Vl'lcd Instantly. Poth ac
cldeitta wiuin-j at n.arlrs flty
' Apartments, flntn. tinnaea and cottares
ran be rented nulckly and ehenelr hy a
-for Kent" Ad
(Continued from Tag One.)
Hon of the merchantman with American
lives.
The questions of fact raised by Ger
many were regarded as Irrelevant at this
time. The trend of opinion waa that the
I'nited Htates must Inquire and obtain an
early answer whether Germany Intends
to recognise the hitherto aocepted Prln
clple that neutrals may travel anywhere
on tho high seas on unarmed tnerohant
ships, even it carrying contraband, and
that merchantmen which do not resist
capture must be visited and searched and
the passengers and crew transferred to
a place of safety before the vessel Is
destroyed.
What It Wnald Lead To.
An unfavorable anawer to this Inquiry
would lead, it was predicted In official
quarters, to a seversnce of diplomatic
relations on the ground that the United
States could not continue . Intercourse
with a government which repudiated
these principles. Steps then will be taken
to Inform Americans of the dangera to
which they are exposed as a result of
this action and such measures aa neces
sary adopted to safeguard the lives and
intereata of cltisena of the United States.
Hhould Germany accept the principle
In a way that would constitute a guar
antee for the future, the American gov
ernment would reiterate Its demand for
"strict accountability" for violations of
thl principle ntul the kllliiiK of Americans
In the torpedoing without warning of tho
I.nsltHnla.
The decision to base the American nolo
on the principles ot International law to
obtain an affirmative or negative reply,
and not enter into a technical discussion
of details, raised (n the German com
munication, which avoided the main la
sues, waa the single development of the
cabinet council.
View of Borne Members.
One cabinet officer Relieved the Amer
ican government should enter Into an in
vestigation of the points raised by the
German anawer. submitting Its proof and
fciving the German government an op
portunity to do likewise. Others, how
ever, declared that such a process would
enly mean delay, snd. In the event ct a
deadlock on fat la. would leave the
I'nited Slate, which had already as
sured Itself of the authenticity of Its In
formation and whose d faith was at
stake, without reoiedy for the present
snd in the future for attacks on Amer
ican vceels. The opinion was general
that the I'nited Htates would restate dur
ing the course of lis note that the Luai
tat.la waa unarmed and would ignore
auch questions whether the carriage of
ammunition is a violation of American
Isw.
Belgian Guns
Destroy Several
German Defenses
HAVRK, France, June 2. The following
official statement was Issued last night
regarding the operations ot the Belgian
! army: .
"A fierce artillery duel marked the day
of May 31 along the Ilelgian front. Bel
gian guns of all calibers mawd their fire,
blowing up the enemy's trenches and
accessory defences at a number of points.
"All the mads beyond the German front
are commanded by the Belgians' fire,
maklmc It very difficult for the enemy te
bring p fresh supplies. Tho first - line
ot Belgian troops By a continuous fir
prevented German troor from advancing."
AMERICANS IN URUMIAH. '
PERSIA. ARE REPORTED SAFE
t
' WASHINGTON. June 1 Americans at
' Urumlah. Persia, where Americans and
other foreign missionary schools recently
were attacked by Turks, are reported
safe In a dlnpatch today from American
Consul Paddock at Tabrts. He reported
that a relief expVdltlon with food had)
, set out from Tabris.
I The Turkish government, at the request
' of Ambassador Morgenthau, recently
sent troops to the scene. T'rumlah since
has been occupied by Russian troops.
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Saidieh Torpedoed;
Seven Are Drowned
I.O.MM3.V. June 2. The British steamer.
Snldleh, from Alexandria, LtcyPt, for
Liverpool, waa torpedoed yesterdsy In
tho North Kea, Seven members of Uio
orew, InrJiKiins; a stewardess, were
drowned. Vorty-ooe survivors were
landed tod y at Chatham.
The fidleth had a crew of forty-eight
Qreeks, a Vrttlah commander and eis-bt
paeaenKers of different nationalities. The
losx of life waa the result of the Jam
mine; (4 davits while cne of the boats
wss bring lowered. The occupants of
this boat were thrown Into tho water.
These ,u the other boats were picked
up by a trawler. They assert that no
warning was given before the vessel was
tcrpedied. It sank fifteen minutes after
the explosion.
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