Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 9, 1916, Page 1

Rl&flmm Convention Accepted Invitation Extended by the Progressive Convention ener. e REPUBLICAN APPOINTEES ARE ANTI-ROOSEVELT 'Republican Nomination Made an Uncertainty Until the Con- ferees Report—A Half Minute Demonstration Followed When Roosevelt's Name Was Mentioned — Senator Lodge Cast Suffragists From Jubilation to Gloom When He Said He Favored the Extension of Suffrage to Wo- ‘men and Then Qualified It by Declaring He Recognized the Right of Each State to Settle the Question for Itself— Nominating Speeches Will Start This Morning—Plat- form Calls for Enforcement of American Principles at Home and Abroad. ing is the report of the Tresolutions “In 1861 the republican party stood for the union. As it stod for the union of states, it now stands for a united people, true to American ideals, loyal to American traditions, allegiance except to the constitution, to the government and to the flag of the United States. American policies at home and abroad. Protection of American Rights. “We declare that we believe in and will enforce the protection of every American citizen in all the righfs cured to him by the constitution, treaties and the law of gations, at home and by land and by sea. These rights, which th violation of the specific promise of their party made at Bal- timore in 1912, the democratic president the democratic congress failed to defend, we will unflinchingly ‘Chicago, June convention today accepted the invita- tion of, the progressive convention for & conference for harmony. A proposal to thét end, adopted first in e pro- greesive convention, was received in the republican canvention with & fow scattering “noes” and virtu- wlly no demonstration. Republican Conference Committee. Reed Smoot of Utah, Sena- tor Willlam . Borah of 1daho, former Senator W. Murray Crane of Massa- chusetts, Nicholas Murray Butler of the New York delegation and former Rep- Tesentative A. R. Johnson of Ohio were appointed as the republican conference committee. They at once began ar- rangements for meeting the progres- Anti-Roosevelt Men. The complexion of the committee was generally regarded as one that would not acoept Colonel Roosevelt for the republican_nomination, but on the other hand’ would not insist - on _an agreement” on Justice Hughes. The whole effect of the development was to throw~ the republican nomination into ungertainty until the conferees Developments of the Day. The other principal developments in ublican_convention were the of the platform as reported, the resolutions committee headed tor Lodge; a balf minute dem- onstration for Colonel Roosevelt when e was mentioned for the first time in fhe convention; the perfection 'of the permanent organization, and adjournment until 11 a. m. tomorrow. Demonstration for Roosevelt, Senator Lodge mentioned Colonel Roosevelt's name in reading the Phil- ne plank, which declares for the policy inaugurated by McKinley and «continued by Roosevelt. stration that followed was principally the galleries, although it was joined by some delegates on the floor. well_identified as a per- somal friend of the colonel, smiled and waited, gnd it eubsided in less than a fminute by the watch. \The outstanding day's mseesion came Lodge’s announcement of the woman suffrage plank. Woman Suffrage 'Plank. républican party, reaffirming its in government of the people, by and for the people, as & justice to one-half the le of this country, favors the of suffrage to women,” read the semator, and there he paused, while the suffragists began their demonstra- tion. “But," continued Senator ‘when the noise subsided, “it recogn! the right of each state to settle this ‘were roars of laughter at this phrase to what the suffra- celebrated as a clear-cut and the convention hall rang demonstration, of those who approved the quaiffication. Minority Reports, ‘The temper of the convention mana- to hear the minorities might well fllgstrated by their conduct toward Edwin_J. Gross of Milwaukee, who as 2 member of the resolutions committee presented his own minority report, con- practically all the Pproposals characterized as ultra governmental manu- ms to the initiative, knowing no Foreign Relations. “We desire peace, the peace of jus- tice and . right, and believe in main- taining a straight and honest neutrali- ty - between the beiligerents in great war in Burope. We must per- form all ou rduties and insist upon all our rights as neutrals without fear and without favor. peace and neutrality as well as the dignity and influence of the United Siates cannot be preserved by shifty expedients, by phrase-making, by per- formances in language, or by attitudes ever changing in an effort to secure groups of voters. The present admin- istration has destroyed our influence abroad and humiliated us in our own eyes. ‘The republican party believes that a firm, consistent and courageous forelgn policy, always maintained by repdblican presidents with American traditions, is the best, as it is the only true way, to preserve our peace and restore us o our right- ful place among the nations. lieve in the pacific settlement of i ternational disputes and favor the es- tablishment of a world court for that ‘We believe that in = accordance The demon- “We deeply sympathize with the fit- teen million people of Mexico who for three years have seen their" country homes _destroyed, murdered and their fellow citizens their women outraged, by armed bands of desperadoes led by self-seeking, conscienceless agitafors who temporarily successful in any locality have neither sought nor been able to restore order cr establish and maintain “We express our horror and indigna- tion at the outrages which have been and are being perpetrated by these bandits upon American men and wom- en who were or are in Mexico by invi- tation of the laws and of the govern- ment of that country and whose right to security of person and property are guaranteed by solemn treaty obliga- nce the indefensible methods of interference employed by this administration in the internal af- fairs of Mexico and refer with shame to its failure to discharge the duty of (his country as next friend to Mexico, its quty to other powers who have re- lied upon us as such friend, and its duty to our citizens in Mexico, in per- mitting the continuance of such con- ditions, first, by failure to act prompt- Iy and firmiy, and, second, by lending its_influence ‘to the continuation of such con ditions through recognition of one of the factions responsible for these outrages. “We pledge our ald in restoring or- der and maintaining peace in Mexico. We promise to our citizens on and near our border and to those in Mexico, wherever they may be found, adequate and absolute protection in their lves, Hberty and property. Monroe Dagtrine. “We reaffirm our approval Monroe doctrine, and declare fts main- tenance to be a’policy of this country essential to its present and future peace and safety and to the achieve- ment of its manifest destiny. Latin-America. “We favor the continuence of re- piblican policies which will result in tions. We derou; “noes” disposed of his report. ‘'With that the convention referred contests in the national committee to the national committee tiself, ratified the uncontested nomination and ad- Journed until tomorrow. Nominating Speeches Today. Chairman Harding of the republican convention sald tonight that unless he {a oversuied he will ask the comven- §0 streight' through with the ng epeeches as soon as the olaventicn convenes tomorrow morn- ASE Gt a1l it with the ‘chair. About ng that can interfere with e, he sald, would be a the peace conference com- to present plans, ime 1imit placed on PLATFORM SUBMITTED BY RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE. Party Strong for American Principles at pshire sank in deep wi les from land between Mar- wick Head and the Brough of Bir- say, on the west coast of the Orkney, Islands. Condolence for Loss of Kitchener. Paris, June 8, 8.36 p. m.—The senate and the chamber of deputies today unanimously voted .condolences with the British government and the parlia- ment and_people of Great Britain on the loss of Field Marshal Farl Kitch- COUNT AND COUNTESS PLUNKETT RELEASED. Have Been Ordered to Leave London by Next Saturday. London, June 8—Count and Countess Plunkett, who. were arrested early last month, shortly after the suppression of the Irish rebellion, were released from custody last Wednesday and ordered to leave Dublin by next Saturday, ac- from Dublin today. The count and countess attended re- quiem mass in the Carmelite church to- day for the repose of the soul of their son Joseph, who was put to death for participation in the rebellion. The gation was the widow of Joseph Plun- kett, who was married to him in prison on the morning of the day he was ex- ccuted. implicated in the Irish revolt. One of them, Joseph Plunkett, was executed, and death sentences on the two others, George and John Plunkett, were com- muted to sentences of ten years' penal servitude. RUSSIAN SUCCESSES despatches from Petrograd express the belief that the Russian successes against the Austrians are far more important than appears from the of- ficial announcements. The Daily Telegraph’s correspond- ent ventures the assertion on the au- thority of a prominent Russian expert thed “all ive Austrian armies are on the eve of a general retreat and trat Lemberg is in great strategic dan- ger.” On the same authority it is assert- ed that a strategic breach 100 miles wide has been blown in the Austrian front, involving the armies of General Count von Bothmer and General von Boehm-Ermolli_and part of Archduke Yoseph Ferdinand's. JUSTICE HUGHES WORKS ON COURT OPINIONS. Talked for Half an Hour With Geasé: b ‘W. Wickersham. x ‘Washington, June 8.—Justice Hughes remained in his study nearly all today, continuing work on court opinions to be handed down Monday, but talked for a half hour late in the afternoon with George W. Wickersham of New York, former attorney general, who said he went to the Hughes home morely for a social call and “carefully avoiding mentioning politics.” Mr. Wickersham came to Washing- ton, he explained, to see his dentlst. He had luncheon with the French am- bassador, who insisted that he take the embassy carriage to make some calls. In it he rode to the Hughes home, where e talked first with Mrs. Hughes and then with the justice, who was consulting down town with his associates on the bench when MMr. ‘Wickersham arrived. N B e 6,000 CANADIANS HAVE FALLEN WITHIN A WEEK. In the Desperate Fighting Around the Sanctuarv Woods. Ottawa, June 8.—More than 6,000 Canadians have fallen within a week in the desperate fighting in and around Sanctuary Woods, according to a statement made by Major Gener- al Sir Sam Hughes, minister of mili- Ua, in” presenting colors to a Cana- dian regiment on Parliament Hill to- ‘The great majority, wounded,” he said, “already are clamoring to get back into the fray, but many of the gallant lads have gone down never to rise again. We aeeply mourn their loss but that loSs affords an inspira- tion for tens of thousands more to take their places. SHIPS LOST BY GERMANS IN NORTH SEA BATTLE er Said to Have the Hindenburg. London, June 8, 5.25 p. m.—aA naval officer of high rank who has just re- turned from a visit to the battle crui- ser fleet informed the Associated Press today that participants in the North Sea battle estimate the totol German losses as follows: two battle cruisers, three battleships, five light cruisers, eight or nine destroyers and one submarine. This officer said he was convinced, from evidence he had obtained, that the unidentified battle cruiser said to have been sunk was the Hindenburg. GERMANS LOST THE MODERN CRUISER ELBING, in Collision With Another German Ship in the Baltic, May 31. Berlin, Saturday, June 3, 4 p. m. (By Wireless to Sayville, June, §—Delayed in’ Transmission)—The German ad- miralty today announced the loss of the modern small cruiser Eibing. This vessel, the statement says, was in col- lision with another German warship and was lost in the Baltic May 31. Her captain could not bring the Elbing into port and she was blown up after t.he;-cvhadbemuhnoxbywrpeaa THE CONFEREES ADJOURN AFTER TWO HOUR SESSIOsN Only Statement Given Out Was, “We Raort Progress”. June 9.—The conferees of Was er, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Progressives A in Rep. Platform Firm for Roosevelt| Sufiraga Plank re | Lihmdnnsed Telegrams The British my mourning for Earl Kitel LEADERS FIND IT oirncuur TO CONTROL DELEGATES OFFERED BY NEWLY FORMED WOMAN'S PARTY ‘;)nnsunz A., died at his home in St Loj “Michigan’s state crop report the condition of winter what at 81. FINAL VOTE 35 TO 11 TODAY WILL BE BIG DAY Plank Containing the So-Called Susan actively raiding in Southern Sonora. B. Anthony Amendment Was Reject- ed—Merely Classes It as a State Is- Only on Promises That No Obstacles Would be Placed in the Way of Jjournment Obtained. declared a dividend of 1 1-2 per cent. ~ Cavalry is the most lar branch of u-:.l.mn‘ry With the recrults at Biatte June 8.—Woman suffrage bure. ran a curious course today in republican - convention. a place in the platform, then accepted as a part: lank without reservation, cording to a Central News despatch | ¢ flng.lly Veouna. tis resting place in the republican resolutions as a fa- vored proposition in principle with the proviso should _settie question for itself. The plank offered by the newly church was thronged. In the congre-|formed woman's party, which would have pledged the republican pariy to so-called Susan amendment, was rejected. adopted conforms more neariy to the — requests made an resolutions by the Three sons of Count Plunkett were| National American Woman's Sufrage As incorporated in the Platform, the plank reads: Suffrage Plank Adopted. “The republican party, its faith in government of the people, Dby the people and for the people, as 2 measure of justice to one-haif of the adult people of this country, fa- AGAINST AUSTRIANS |vors the extension of the suffrage to e but recognizes the Far More Important Than Appears|each state to settle this question for From Announcements. itself.” As’ the pendulum swun o London, = . m- way and then another, gloom or ju- s oy o ragimd oot | biiation relned in the ranks of the women who through rain and wind carried their plea to the comvantion Vesterday. 26 to 21 Vote for Suffrage. The adverse decision the sub-committee of the republican committee had Auditorfum Hall, Chicago, June 8.— The progressive - national convention met in two tumultuous sessions today and adjourned tonight until 10 a. m. The principal business of the day was the approval of a plan to confer on peace plans with the repub- lican convention, Delegates Controlled by Persu: ‘Throughout the day the leaders kept control over the delegations more by persuasion and by constant reiteration of Chairman Robin's promise that the majority would decide any questions that arose than by any actual hold they had on same determination to nominate Theo- dore Roosevelt was evident from the time the first delegation trooped in, shortly after 1 o'clock, until the last one went out, shortly before 9 o'clock First denied 000,000 marks was adopted by th Reichstag. = " taken personal charge of the British ‘War Office. woman suffrage Fantassin was sunk in collision with another ship. the B, _Anthony Holland is suffering from a wheat and flour famine. Association. um was thrown open to the public for the first time. Roosevelt the Only Man. Leaders made no effort to conceal thelr belief that failure of the confer- ence to agree or to find some possible basis for an agreement could result in but one thing—the immediate nomina-~ tion of Colonel Roosevelt. In the words of Chairman Robins, “tomorrow prob- ably will be a big day” in the conven- was installed fifth bishop of the Buff- alo, N. Y. diocese. Del.,, to the Cuban Northern Railway Co., capital $15,000,000. 'women, g first one the American Car & Foundry Co. by the Gascoline Corporation. sians are pressing their adversaries Germ westward. n numerous places the|have attempted to advance Lr he Shacklston relief expedition will | Bisgians bave not only sained . the|agaimst the French et Mt banhks of te Tkwa and Styr rivers, south but have crossed the streams and con- tinued their offensive against their |however, held them back. foes. - of Verdun, around Hill 304 In the region of Kovel, midway be- tween Lutsk and Brest-Litovsk and Only by many promises to place no olstacle in the way of the of Colonel Roosevelt were thi content to adjourn and await results from the conferees. In Session About Four Hours. The convention spent hours in session, ending Wil a per- tunctory night gathering which result- ed mostly in singing and During the day the temporary organ- ization was made permanent and the platform of the resolutions committee was received, read and made the un- finished business. that five of red on 2,207 at the close of the 162d year of Columbia University. resolutions against recognition b frage in the platform and four favored it, came early in_the *éay. There was a hurried marshaliin; the friends of suffrase hours later the resolutions co: as a whole voted 26 to 21 in favor of recognizing the principle of woman The jubilation was short-lived, for within_half an hour word came that the roll of absentees had been called and seven .committeemen were has- tening to the committee rToom the favorable action might be recon- Frienda®of suffrage on the commit- tée were bombarded With entreaties to stand firm as one after another of the absentees took their places. There were repeated parleys, luncheon and finally Teconsideration was agreed to and it emerged as the last plank of the republican platform. Final Vote 35 to 11. The final vote in the committes on the declaration as agreed upor 35_for and 11 against. In the sub-committee those OpPOs- ing votes for women wcre Senators Lodge, Wadsworth and Oliver, Charles Hopkins Clark and Former Represen- tative Howland of Ohio. favored the plea for recognmition wers senators Borah, Sutherland and Fall and Representative Madden of 1lli- In the full committee Senator Borah was the leader for the women's plea and Senator Smoot took a prom- inent part in the negotlations fcr an agreement which led to tne final ac- Credit Given Senator Borak. Credit for preventing flat rejection of the plan on reconsideration by the committee was given to Senator Bo- rah, who declared that the question would be taken to the floor of the con- vention if the committee vote were STEAMER FOR RESCUE OF SHACKLETON EXPEDITION The Institutopesca Sailed From Mont- vedia Last Evening. Montevideo, Uruguay, June 8§—The steamer -~ Institutopesca: evening for Elephant Island for the purpose Of rescuing the Shackloton expedition. An officer of the British transport Macedonia accompanied the ‘Macedonia will proceed half way, for the purpose of keeping in wireless communication with the expedition. The Uruguayan minister of state and the British minister witnessed the departure of the steamer, which will proceed to Port Stanley, Falkland Is- lands, and take aboard Lieutenant Sir Ernest Shackleton and then continue to Elephant Island. left here this a recess ‘or rescuing party. master, and also pharmacist at Win- sted for twenty-two years, died yes- terday. o The main body of the Shackleton comprising 22 men, was Shackleton and five men started out in search of aid, eventually reaching Port Stanley. These men were short of provision: BODY WITH THROAT CUT AND TRUNK MANGLED Found by a Railroad Employe in New Haven Harbor. New Haven, demonstration in Panama city. de- manding American intervention to as- sure a fair election. June .8—The body of an unidentified man, with his throat cut and head mangled, was found floating in the harbor today by a railroad employe. commenced an investigation to dete: mine whether he was the victim of foul play or whether the cuts were made by the propeller of a passing craft. The body- was badly decom- posed and evidently had been in the water for many weeks. The man was six feet tall and about 40 vears old. He wore a sandy moustach PROGRESSIVE PLATFORM BEFORE THE CONVENTION Was Made Unfinished Business When Recess Was Taken Last Night. it was declared, forced a stay of the movement to overturn the recognition and the modification recognizing the right of the individ- ual states to decide on the franchise within their borders was evolved. PROSECUTION FOLLOWS BURNING OF FLAGS. Magistrate McAdoo Convinced That Ames is Mentally Unbalanced. The authorities New York, June 8.—Ten persons who are alleged to have participated in the of the American and other na- lags at the Church of the Social Revolution last week were arraigned before Magistrate McAdoo today and Ned Ames, who is charged with having acted as master of ceremonies, was held for examination as to his mental condition. The magistrate said he was convinced Ames was mentally unbal- anced. The rest were held for a trial in $200 bail each. The ten defendants Magistrate McAdoo a statement signed by all of them in which they declared that in burning the various national emblems no desecration was intended. FEARS FEDERAL COURTS WILL DESTROY THE REPUBLIC. Representative Murray Deplores Move- ate Senator Hughes. ‘Washington, June 8—Representative Murray, of Oklahoma, democrat, made ch in the house today deploring nominate Justice Hughes for the presidency and quoting Viscount Bryce's prediction that some day the federal courts would destroy the republic. It drew no reply from the republicans, Representative Mann merely remarking that the democrats secemed to be very much afraid of Hughes, and calling for- the regular 8.—The progressive platform, with its \principal planks devoted to an exposition of American- preparedness, woman suffrage, was laid before the progressive convention today. received with enthusiasm saged its adoption with little if any change, and was made the unfinished business when the convention recessed tonight to allow its conferees to dis- cuss peace plans with the republicans. FRENCH SENATE ADOPTS DAYLIGHT SAVING BILL Measure is to Become Effective June 14 and Continue Until Oct. 1. Paris, June 8, 6.30 p. m.—Following the example of Germany, Italy and the Scandinavian countries, the senate today adopted the daylight saving bill, advancing legal time by The chamber of deputi this evening passed the bill witffo discussion. The measure comes a law, taking effect night of June 14 and remaining effec- tive until Oct. 1. PROGRESSIVE CONFERENCE- COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP Wilkinson, Bona- premium 1 exports from Spain to France, pay- ment for which is made through Lon- lon. WHEAT CROP FALLS OFF ABOUT 200,000000 BUSHELS Due Largely to Ravages of Insects in Kansas and Oklahoma. ‘Weashington, June 8~—Present indi- cations point to & wheat crop 300,000, 000 bushels smaller this year then that Perkins, Johnson, ~—Chairman Robins tonight appointed as members of the conte George W. Perkins, Governor Hiram Johnson, Horace Wilkinson, Charles J. Bonaparte and John M. Parker. No meeting time has been set. Chicago, June the republican and progressive’ par- ties adjourned at 1230 a. m., after & two hours’ session with the an- nouncement that they would not meet sgain untll after the ssesions of the t tomorrow. The - only out” was M”‘W today of 469,000,800 bush 3 wheat crop l.h_‘W els, thir. & o Coitiom in Kansas ' dae w%‘ R Admiral Fiske to be Retired. ‘Washington, June 8.—Rear Admiral A. Fiske, whose difficulties Secretary Daniels have af attention, - was * d “from the war college at New- - mn:wfiln Klahoma, and a 000,000 bush- E of decrease of 8 v i Yuan-Hi took £ | Yuan-Hung took the oath of of: has gone into Brig. Gen. Bernard G. Fm:hfl 8. Japan’s exports to Russia since Jan. have reached a total of $18,000,000. Yaqui Indians are reported to be Joe Vizzini of Torrington was found gulity of assauit with intent to kill. Directors of the Savage Arms Co. Germany’s new war credit of 12,- Premier Asquith has temporarily The French torpedo boat destroyer A report from The Hague says that Cleveiand’s new $3,000,000 art muse- The Rey. Denis J. Dougherty, D. D., A charter was granted at Dover, sail from Montevideo toward Elephant Island in less than a week. Degrees and lomas were confer- Having captured Lutsk, bne of Fifty tank cars were purchased from | the triangle of Russlan forts in Vol- hynia, from the Austrians, the Rus- In Numerous Places the Muscovites fltn " lkwa and Styr Rivers ATTACK DUAL MONARCHY SOLDIERS They Have Capured Heavily Fortified P Lower Reaches of the Stripa River—Russia Added Materially to Their Prisoners and Their ‘Captured Guns, Machine Guns and War Ma Germans Are Showing Activity Against the Rus rier Fire Effectually Stopped Attempts of ° Advance Their Line East and West of the Thi : Farm, Northwest of Verdun—Italians Have Stop " vance of Austrians. Four men were injured in an explo- | in the vicinity of Rovno, southeast of sion in one of the buildings of the Ex ison plant at Silver Lake, N. J. Taxes on war profits effective until one year after the war has ended has been voted by the French Senate. Capital stock of the R. L. Dollings Co. of Columbus, Ohio has been in- creased from $60,000 to $3,000,000. Mrs. Claude Grahame-White, of New York, was_granted a divorce in Lon- don from her husband, the aviator. Bulgaria will meet the further cost of the war with funds raised at ; instead of in Germany, as Mmgn:e. Ranney G. Foster, a former post- Tuesday set a record for the number of marriage licenses issued in Chicago, 369 couples being authorized to wed on that day. “Human Roses,” a pageant in which 10,000 school children took place, open- ed the tenth annual rose festival of Portland, Ore. Nearly all the zinc mines in the Joplin, Mo., district are now operating, the strike fomented by the 1. W. W. having died out. All members of the Cabinet have been invited to march with President Wilson in Washington's preparedness Parade on June 14. Revolutionary advocates held a May production of the Greene-Can- nanea Copper Co. was 5,948,000 pounds of copper, 183,809 ounces of silver, and 1,199 ounces of gold. Steve MacGordon, famous American aviator, died at Newport News, Va. of burns received when his aeroplane was destroyed by fire. Capt. Niven of London, Ontario, on- Iy living officer of the original “Prin cess Pat's” Canadian regiment, has been wounded in battle. Gov. Ortiz of Union Province, Phil- ippines, has been arrested, charged with instigating an attempted robbery of the privincial treasury. A special mesting of the Japanese Cabinet was called to consider the sit- uation in_ China, resulting from the death of President Yuan Shi Kal. Harry A. Jones, for 20 years as- sistant cashier and clerk of the Stone- ham, Mass., National Bank, was ar- r-‘;ud, charged with embezzling $4 Spanish plg money is at a record n London, owing to heavy Announcement was made by the Kansas Free Employment Bureau that the wheat harvest will need 15,000 men and 1,700 teams from outside the State. The strike of the London-Pacific Pe- troleum Co.s employes at Talara, Pe- ru, during which fighting occurred be- twm strikers and troops, has been en A. J. Balfour, First Lord of the Ad- miralty, announced that the Admiral- ty has not withheld news of any British loses In the naval batile off Jutland. Former Mayor Carl H. Kellor, of Toledo, Ohio, charged with bribery in connection with the purchase of fire aj tuc for the city, was found not gullty by a jury. A contract for delivery to Gen. Funston’s army of a military tractor each week was awarded the Standard ‘Aeroplane Co. of Plainfleld, N. J., by the War Department. Mrs. Lola Maverick , wife of Willlam Bross Llyod, millionaire so- granted a ai- vorce on the “of infidelity. the fortress, the Russians have begun actlons against the Austro-Hungari- ans. Likewise in Galicia there has been no letup in the Russian attacks|ryridge and Lahbassee against the soldiers of the dual mon- archy, from whom they have captured along the lower reaches of te Stri- pa river eavily fortified positions. In d so the fighting the Russians have ma- | Trent continue to keep the terially added to their prisoners hand thehir stores of captured guns, ma- chine guns and war materials. “Considerable activity bas - been shown by the Germans against the Russians on (hn.noflbrn seations of the Russian front, where the Ger- man guns have heavily bombarded the line along the Dvina to the lake re- gion south of Dvinsk and thrown in- fantry attacks aaginst the Russian positions south of Smorgon. In this latter region the Germans report the INVESTIGATING COLLYE In Which One Person Was Killed and the first car of the local train, south- bound, and it was in #his car that the motorman, Frank K. Kerrigan, suf- fered injuries from which he died in a hospital. The express train, which also was bound downtown, carried no pas- sengers. ately from the wreckage did not gain much headway, as firemen with lad- ders soon ascended to the structure and extinguished several fires. The smoke added, however, to the panic within the train and made e work of rescue more difficult. The third rail also handicapped the rescuers. The in- jured were taken down ladders to am- huil:.nce! rushed from nearby hospi- tals. Which Went Down Off the Orkney Isi- JON ON NEW YORK ELEVATED ROAD Fifteen Others Injured. New York, June 8.—A grand jury investigation was begun tonight into a rear-end collision this afternoon be- tween two elevated railroad trains, in which one person was killed and fif- teen others injured, some perbaps fa- tally. Edward Grove, the towerman on duty at the ecene of the crash, has been arrested on a charge of homicide. This action was taken, Coroner Flynn announced, after Grove had admitted the signals were clear for the motor- man of the rear train to proceed, thus permitting it to crash into the rear of 2 stalled express train. All the injured were passengers in Flames which burst almost immedi- e TWELVE SURVIVORS OF THE CRUISER HAMPSHIRE ands With Lord Kitchener. London, June 8, 9.30 p. m.—One ‘warrant officer and eleven men, sur- vivors of the cruiser Hampshire, which went down off the Orgney Islands, with Earl Kitchener and members of his staff aboard, have been washed ashore on a raft, according to an announce- ment made by the admiralty tonight. The statement says many official and semi-official reports from the British side bave been systematically spread abroad “in order to deny the greatness of the German defeat in the naval battle of May 31 and create an im- pression as thought the battle were a victory for British arms.” COMPROMISE SCHEDULES FOR RAILWAY EMPLOYES. It is Expected That the Managers Will Formulate One. New York, June 8.—The conference of representatives of the railroad man- agers of the country and of their em- ployes over a'new wage scale adjourn- ed here today until Monday to give the railroad managers time to_formulate answers to problems raised by the em- ployes. These have to do witl sched- ules of wages and overtime. It is ex- pected, judging from remarks made at the conference, that the railroads will come forward Monday with compro- mise schedules. Movements of Steamships. Liverpool, May 29.—Arrived, steamer Adriatic, New York. Sailed, June 3, eamer Clliloflll.l Afrom Glasgow), st New York. New York, June $.—Sailed, steamer ‘Hellig Olav, Copenhagen, ‘The custody their five children and{ New York, June 8.—Arrived, steamer capture of the village of Petrograd asserts that tacks were repulsed. 2 With the capture of Fort northeast of Ve the Thiaumont umont. region of Chattancourt, duals are stil intemse. nte ttent artillery given way to viclous tacks and counter-attacks Germans and _British n Sniping operations between near the Hohenzollern in the advan cording to London. The Italians south and from further advances. southeast of Asiero Austrians -against I were entirely “repulsed, Rome, while along the ley concentrations of A dispersed by the Italian Northwest of Trent in: region the Italians have captured several points from the Austrians and:fartl in the Chiez valley, have Austrian offenses. CONFERENCE COMM. Chicago, June committees of the gressive conventions of peace plans at 10.40 Senator Borah, one of the. ccnferees, predicted the last at least three hours. ¥ This was the situation as ep} by one of the conferees after the: ference had been in session more than an hour: The utmost harmony had re the meeting. E Republicans were impressed apparent desire of the pro effect an agreement. No name except that of Roosevelt had been me: gressives, while showing & preference for Colonel R nominee, did not say they 1 support any other man. : The name of Hughes had Encouraged by the happy o the conference, it was said #i possibility that the confes or until they had reached ble agreement or complete ROOSEVELT CONTINUES Sees Nothing That Requ Presence in Chicago. Oyster Bay, N. Y., June Roosevelt declared tonight had nothing whatever to add sentiments expressed by him in the day in his message to. Senator Willlam B. Jackson of land, in response to the sug that he appear before the publican convention. tains the position that n developed in the situation g0 which requires his and there were no indications late night that he was making pr tions for the trip. The correspondents were by Colonel Roosevelt as usual at Sagamore = Hill. it them for some time with the how he shot his first bear & invited them to visit his p ‘where he displayed some of ished trophies of the hunt. N. W. Venting of Westport, # Had a Weakened Conn., June kelled today by coming with an electric light ch factory. The current wos of volts, but Aledical Exam Powers, in giving an