Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 4, 1918, Page 1

Bulletin Service Flag VOL. LIX—NO. 2 STEAMERS, b SCHOONERS J ] er Vessels Héve Been Sunk By German Submarines : { It Is Feared That Ot ONLY ONE LIFE IS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN LOST A Majority of the Vessels Were Sunk With Bombs After Their Crews Had Been Forced to Take to Lifeboats — Three Lifeboats Filled With People Were Sighted 35 Miles Off Beach Haven, N. J., Yesterday Afternoon By a Government Airplane — Forty-Eight Survivors of Vessels Sunk Were Landed in New York Last Night By a Coastwise Steamship—There Have Been Rumors of a Naval Engagement Between American Destroyers and German Submarines Off the Virginia Coast. Germany’s sea wolves—the subma- rines which have caused so much de- vastation during the .war—are preying pn tommerce in the Atlantic Just; off the shores States. They are known to have least seven vessels, teamers and five schooners, only a short distance out of sight of land off ‘the southern New Jersey shore. It is feared that other vessels were sent to the bottom by the marauders, the movements of which have been reportcd at various times during’the past fortnight by ships coming into port from southern waters. only one life is known to have been jost in the disasters. A majority of the vessels were sunk with bombs af- ter their crews had been forced to take to the ships’ boats. went through town blowing summoning men on furlough, but no information was vouchsafed the pub- The U-boat raid caused much anx- jety among shipping men here today and they haunted all places where in= formation was to be had. of Philadelphia was closed to all out- going vessels from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. STEAMER BRISTOL OUTRAN. ATTACKING SUBMARINE. Captain Gives Details of Sinking of the Schooner Edward H. Cole. 'Washington, June 3.—The only de- tailed account of the raiders’ reaching Washington was that of the captain of the steamer Bristlo, which took the crew of the schgoner Bdward H. Cole to New York and which her- self outran the U-boat. partment issued the following from the master of “On June 2 at 4.30 p. m, I sig lifehoat with eleven’ men, the crew of the American schooner Edward H. Cole, the Cole. having been sunk b: submarine at 3.30 p. M. about 50 southeast of Barnegat light. “ At 4. , when about 33 miles southeast of Barnegat, I sighted the submarine at about 500 yards, headed direct for I managed to outrun him New York. The crew of the Edward H. Cole say the submarine was about 200 feet long and was arm- ed with two rifles, five About 3 p. m., June 2, when 50 miles southeast of Barnegat light, the Cole sighted the submarine orf the starboard bow at 2,000 yards. He circled around, came up on the port side and his com- mander told the captain and crew of the Cole to get in their boats, saying he was going to sink the vessel. filfl SANK ALMOST AT "MOUTH OF DELAWARE RIVER One Man Out.of Crew of Thirty-eight Philadelphia. - Pa., * June phia with a carge of oil, was torpe- doed by a German U-boat today off Cape Henlopen and sank almost .at the mouth of the Delaware up which river gigantic shipyards are working top speed to overcome the subma- @ menace. According to official in- formation ‘from -Washington, one man on ‘the Pratt out of the crew of 38 was The navy de- r Herbert 1 or six inch. The crew of the tanker was landed »t the Fourth District Naval Station at Cape Henlopen and cared for dur- ing the night The Pratt sank about four sast southeast of Cape Henlopen light. She {s down by the head and her sterf can be plainly seen from shore sticking out of the water. tion s such that it is believed she then came aboarq and examined the ship's papers, and at the same time gave the captain seven and a half min- utes to leave the ship. “He told the captain.to get some clothes, but the captain was too busy getting boats ready to leave the ship. About 15 minutes after the crew got away from the Cole it sank. Four bmobs were placed on the vessel, two on each side, and some were placed The submarine stayed still until the 'crew of the schooner rowed to the northwest. later, when about four miles from the submarine, another steamship appear- ed close up to the submarine which fired five times before she altered her course, the men of the Cole reported. The ship then changed her course, directly opposite, and after running a short distance stopped. About 15 min- utes afterwards we heard explosions like those that took place on the Cole and then the steamer settled in the About 6.30 p. m. we heard firing a little more to the southward and about the same time heard firing About 8 we were picked up by the Bristol and heard more firing to the southward.” raised. The first indication along the sand dunes of Lower Delaware that some- unusual had occurred at sea was when firing was heard off shore rbotit 10.30 o’clock this morning. This informetion wae brought ashore ear- ly b the afternoon by bay men. Ne Submarine Was Seen. Later the tanker Pratt was making her way about the deck. in between Cape May and Cape Henlopen, which are about ten miles apart. Several standing at the point of Cape Henlo- pen 'saw hér steam along and then neticed that something had happened It appeared, they eaid, as if there had been an were lowered and the steam pi- Philadelphia answered the ankers No submarine was seen from shore nor was there any pthéy strange boat in the vicinity. The Pufladelphia < took the tanker's four tn tow and steamer up the bay tn e government iron pler below the crew was landéd and teken to the government naval station. Had Been Torpedoed. At the offices of the Fourth Naval Station In this city information was ont that all the crew of the bad been rescued and that it had ‘nét been definitely whether the Pratt was sunk by a tor- peds, & mine or an internal explosion. Omelal information from the navy de- t, however. been torpedoed. The of §372 net tons, was tic Refining Com- to the westward. WARSHIPS GAVE CHASE TC ENEMY SUBMERSIBLE. They Opened Fire on Something at Tewes, Del,, June 3.—The oil tanker Herbert L. Pratt, owned by Joseph Gabriel of Philadelphia, bound from Mexico to Philadelphia with a load of crude oil, was fired upon by a Ger- man submarine this afternoon at o’clock and sunk at a point near the Cape Henlopen lighthouse. were picked up by the pilot boat Phil- adelphia and taken to the naval sta- tion near here. The place is closely zuarded and no one is allowed to com- municate with the members of the crew. While no authentic information can be secured, it is reported that only one life was lost. The Pratt is resting in shallow water with one end plainly seen from the partment tomigh! the tanker had JTerbért L. Prat! pwned by the Al pany of Philadelphia. Considerablé Firing Heard. There was considerable firing heard off the Delaware capes between three and five o'clock this afternoon by people on the lower capes. ties at the Fourth District station city had no information to give out on this phase of the chase after That submarines were Virginia ;ou]:,;lhast b;veek virtvally confirmed tonight by the navy department and by events off the Delaware capes. Last week the three-masted = schooner fouhl waterfogged and abandoned off the mainland coast. Two Other' Wrecks Sighted. Tw#o othér’ Wrecks were also sight- 1s but no import- to these. The Ed- Bowever, furnished a mystery that ‘aring men tried to solve. nothing {0 show what had be- | -omc of her crew and there was noth- to indieate why she . was aban- was towed to 1a] brought to n_who looked been. shelled, She the Several Vessels Were Warned. ght* séverdl vessels, it was lcarned tonight, put back and sought protection Belind the Delaware break- having been warned of un- towns citizens the U-boats. husy off the was Prior to firing on the Pratt, the sub fired at the British tanker Arco, but owing to the tanker traveling light she was able to get away unharmed. ‘Within twenty minutes time the Pratt was sunk, two U, S. warships and a number of smaller naval vessels gave chase to the sub- marine and in a very short time there- after the warships. opened * fire something at sea, but it is impossible to say just what has occurred. Never since the iime the British fired on Lewes has this town been so stirred as it is tonight, and to the greater part of the populace sleep is out of the question. NEW YORK REPORTS NINE VESSELS SUNK The Carolina Was Attacked Sunday Night 125 Miles Off Sandy Hook. New York;, June 3. erican vessels were known night to have been sunk by German submarines off the North Atlantic rat she might have ¢ damaged below ON 29,919 NORWICH, CONN., TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1918 Cabled Paragfaphs ’ Bombs Wounded 24 in Paris. Paris, June 3.—The German air- planes which raided Paris on Satur- day night succeeded in passing over populous districts of city. Twenty - four persons were wounded by their bombe, the Havas Agency says. Some damage was done to buildings. NAVY REPORTS NO lantic oCast, ‘Washington, June &—No lives were lost when the tank steamer Herbert L. Pratt sank off the ‘New Jersey coast 'today after being torpedoed. An account of the attack given the navy department by the master of the ship over the telephone from Lewes, said all the crew was rescued and removed from the navy’s record of U-boat op- erations off the coast the one human victim, —— STEAMER TEXEL WAS SUNK SUNDAY AFTERNOON » 36 Men Landed. Atlantic iCty, N. J, June 3.~The steamer Texel was sunk by a/ Ger. man submarine Sunday afterncon si ty miles off the coast. 'The crew of 36 men landed here tonight.’ President of Panama Dead. Panama, June 3.—Dr. Ramon Val dez, president of the republic of Pan ama, died today. / coast since May 25. The largest to fall prey to the raiders, which are . seek- ing to prevent the sailing of /trans- ports with troops for the battle fields in. France, was the New York and Porto Rica Liner Carolina, which was attacked last Sunday night 125 miles ofi Sandy Hook. The fate of her 125 passengers and crew of 130 who took to the boats when shells began to fall about the vessel was unknown late tonight but there are hopes that they have been picked up by some passing ship or would reach shore safely. The crews of the schooners sunk were saved. Scores of U. S. warships were scour- ing the waters off the north Atlantic ;:out tonight in search of the submar- es. / It was learned authoritatively that no attacks have been made on Am- - LIVES WERE LOST In Operation of U-Boats Off the At- Sixty Miles Off the Coast—Crew of‘f:\tluntic and of drawing home some of TEN PAGES—70 COLUMNS - PRICE TWO CENTS S Woman suffrage in Hungary was re- Jected by the Hungarian FParliament. / 7 | Samuel A. Walsh, a reti K HAD, BEEN ‘LURKING OFF PORTS |71 years old, dicd % his home in New , TO GET TRANSPORTS York. The jury in thé Robert Prager alien A enemy trial returned a verdict of not ADMISSION . OF FAILURE ** PRy gy i e Railroad earnings increased = fo Fafled m Mission April. The net was $80,000 000. > ; 5 U. 8. for exception from alien enemy : b lations. Washington Officials Express the Opin- | o @ Rendered Furious By Failure to Get near the front. Teeab? or:8ubnls. Bbi ; | John Halpin of 246 Kearny Avenue P, or Supply Ships, Dscided o ;ccarny, N, J.. died after being styuck Attack Defenseless Coasters. by.a trolley car Brewers called upon saloon keepéfl to deposit $4 a hogshead to insurc re- turn of “empties.” Wasnmgton, June 5.—Germany at last YAs brought her snbmarine war- - — tare, to the shores of the United States,| Lieut. Douglas Campbell of Califor- apparently in a forlorn hope of strik- |nia, became the first “ace” of the Jng teliing blows on this side of the|American Aviation Corps. he American naval forces from the| John Reed, magazine writer, was war zones where the U-boat menace is |held in Philadelphia, charged —with filr}imlowly but surely strangled to|making seditious speeches. "h\ the attacks on coasting vessels Elizabeth Gifford lost her life in &'most in sight of the New Jersey|Brooklyn when a Coney lsland ‘train shore reported today, navy officials |crashed into,an automobile. see a frantic admission from Berlin b that the submarine has failed. Ameri-| The steamship Lone Star, built by can armed power is roliing overseas|the Lore Star Shipbuilding Co. was in ever-increasinz force, despite the |launched at Bea nt, Texas. jutmost exertions of the underseas pi- o rates off the coast of Europe. The V'"‘él? of fEmaey F‘"b" N. J, Wers'.8ent to Sink Transports | pruposes to fight mosquitoes by means o - |of bats ginia. s Now the raiders have crossed the| ToRe on Ve seas and lurked for days near Amer-! ica’s greatest ports. They no doubt! ‘Were sent to sink transports, but here again they failed. Blocked off the e troopships by convoy craft, they have| Cowboys, in a war savings drive at turned in fury against defenceless|Tulsa, Okla. roped in everybody in coasters. In all' the record of destruc- |sight and sold $26,000 in stamps. tion they have written, the raiding party has struck at no vessels bound| Pre: overseas snd Lherefore armed for a fight. Jnly ships that could not hit!of a Japanese-German alliance in the gumg have been attacked. The only! future. ne ‘of half a score of vessels probably sent to the bottom that had anv real ‘military value in ship or cargo was|ing:for the “worst boy” whom they an il tanier. | propose to make into a “100 per cent Fate of Carolina Still Unknown. |500d boy.” Five negroes were killed at Hunts- ville, Tenn.. in a fight following the resistance of one to the draft. r Count Terauchi, of Japan, said in London there is no possibility The_electric_interurban railroads of tanker Herbert L. Pratt, was the rec- | the United States have applled for erican transports off the coast. All|ord of losses officially reported to the |PEIMission to incease their rates to 3 ships were held in ports along the coast, however, as a precaution. There were reports that as many as fifteen vessels -had fallen prey to the raiders but there was no particulars given. An S. O. S. call sent by the S. S. Carolina at 7 o'clock last night said she was being shelled by a German submarine and that passengers and crew had taken to the boats Officers of the Company have every fand supply ships” have passed in and!| hope that the boats will be able tufout or the business -of crushing the| King Alfonso, of Spain, signed a reach shore even if they are not pick- by sSome passing ship, which/is, red highly likely. . 15 SURVIVORS REACH AN ATLANTIC PORT. Some of Them Had Been'Held Prisoner 11 Days on a U-Boat. A Atlantic Port, June 3.—Fifteen survivors of three vessels sunk , by German submarines off the Atlantic coast, some_of whom were reported to have been held prisoner eleven days on a U-boat, reachedq here iate today on an American steamship which pick- ed them up after the submarine ‘set. them adrift. The fifteen men were survivors. of two schooners and an oil tanker, it her to question the men. RUMORS OF ENGAGEMENT OFF VIRGINIA COAST Between American Destroyers and German Submarines. New York, June 3.—Officers of the naval intelligence bureau were under- stood late today to be trying to con- firm reports that an engagement took place between American destroyers and German submarines off the Vir. ginia coast this afternoon. COLONITAL LINERS the Jerséy Coast. New York, June 3.—The Colonial line, with steamships _operating be- tween this city and Providence, - an- Providence this evening because ‘of the New Jersey coast. SINKING OF S8IX VESSELS One Man. ‘Washintgon, June 3.—The sinking of six vessels by the submarine has been definitely established by the navy, Mr. Daniels announced. Besides the Pratt and Edna, the vessels sent down were the schooners Jacob H. Haskell, Isabel B. Wiley, Hattie Dunn and Edward H. Cole, all previously reported in news despatches. The crews of all the ves- sels were saved except the one man from the Pratt. 48 SURVIVORS OF VESSELS Were Brought Into New York by a Coastwise Steamship. New York, June 3.—Forty-eight sur- vivors fo vessels sunk by German U-boats brought to port today by a caostwise steamehip were landed to- night. About half of them had been prisoners for several days aboard the submarines. The survivors were from the steam- ship 'Winnieconnie and the schooners Hauppaug, the Isabel Wiley, the Hattie Dunn and the Edna. THREE LIFEBOATS FILLED' WITH PEOPLE SIGHTED By a Government Airplane 35 Miles Off Beach Haven, N. J. New York, June 3.—Three lifeboats filled with people and other lifeboats apparently empty were seen afloat 35 milés off Beach Haven, N. J., this af- ternoon by a government airplane. Coast guard-cutters have gone to the rescue. Beach Haven is about 20 miles south of Barnegat, N. J. was reported. A navy guard ship halted the vessel after she left the quarantine station and officers from the navy intelligence bureau boarded ABANDONED TRIPS Because of Work of Submarines, Off nounced here tonight that no vessel had left either for New York or work of German submarines -off the HAS BEEN VERIFIED. The Crews of All Were Saved Except SUNK BY GERMAN U-BOATS! Inavy HE T fate of Lthe T = WU e eoalifornia, Which xe-| The dissemination of Chicago stock was . g shelled, still was unknow yard 'quotations has been taken over: Thie ferews (of- agne:of tie. eraft'des | by, (0e Governnent. ©.0nly actual kales stroyed Lave been brought into port g with a story of eleven days’ imprison- menf aboard an enemy submarine. Scores of Troop Ships Passed. / During that period scores of troops 0. J. Stewart, mechanical super- intendent. of . the N. Y. N. H. & H. with offices in New Haven, died at Twain. Lakes, Conn., German army in France. The U-hoat|decree impasing an impert - duty on found ‘no’ weak link in-thechain of the|cotton. MThe tax is fixed at 50 pese- armed craftiithat’ gliarded” them. tas per 100 kilograms. 1ol during the day to tell members of {. The new draft caused a renewal of thie hiouse naval committee that the |the rush to the altar. A ‘hundred and raid was des'gned to frighten = the | fifty couples askeq for licenses in New American people into demanding the | York and 75 were wed. urn of war vessels from the other side. He pave assurance that com- gress necd have rib apprehension as to protection of the American: coast, and that /there will be no recall of forc from the war zone. r . Dr. Paul Roth, of a Battle Cresk Statement by Secretary Daniele. | unziorium, zave the Government data Tonight Mr. Daniels summarized the 3 - to prove that dieting fat people saves ;nformahon reaching the department |food and improves their health. S lows: “Navy department records show the following vessels have been :sunk:. Ja- cob M. Haskell, schooner, 1362 tons, hailing from Boston, sailing for Nor- folk, 11 in crew, no passengers. Isabel B. Willey, in ballast, net tonnage 611; American naval officials are install- crew 8. Hattie Dunn, of Rockland, Me., [ing a wireless telegraphy station in net tonnage 365. in ballast, sailing for|France. It will be connected with An- Charleston. Edward H. Cole, of Bos- ’ Secretary -Doniels-went 1o the ¢apl~ o valued at $106 523 to Gloucest)r, Mass., during the last 12 months. Each mem- ber of the crew earned $3.500. Andrew Carnegie reached his sum- mer home in Lenox, Mass, traveling in a parlor car. The Government with- held premission for a private car. for Norfolk. Crew 11. Washington officials will go South ‘ Herbert L. Pratt, steamship oil |for the summer instead of into north- tanker; sunk about five miles south|ern resorts. The President will prob- of Overfalls light ship, off the Dela- ably go to White Sulphur Springs, Va. ware coast; 38 on board, 37 of the crew rescued and landed at Lewes. All the trews of the above named vessels were rescued. .’ Schooner Found Bottom Side Up. |used despite the increased rate June ‘It appears that the schooner Edna,|l% which was found bottom side up sev- been landed in New York. - sl The master of the Winneconnie pick- | WOrth Of army equipment. =4:2n the crewgolithe Hulle Biinn. Hanz Lentz, a marine engineer, who Seaplanes and Patrol Fleet Active, |carried a li;t of Standard Oil tgn:s 3 i sunk by submarines was arrested by Meaawhile, devartmental reports|officers of the military intelligence from naval districts along the whole | orvice. He is in the German naval Atlantic coast showed feverish activity | peserve. among the patrol fleet.. From all aion# 4 the coast armed craft are converging on the spot where the enemy was last reported. Zepplins are patrolling the The American Bar Association as- serted the widespread criticism of the s law into their own hands in the picious ohject. Already they have|enemy alien question. pounded floating wreckage with shells —_— in search of the foe, leading to reports . L of baties at sea from. various points |, Thirty-three members of the Limer- ment had nothing to confirm them. people. Little Evidence of Excitement. Around the war and navy depart-|traps to catch scouting parties. When first information of the appearance of | for the machine guns. the enamy came, already had set every N A B agency for protection of the ecoast in| FRENCH REFUGEES ARE motion. There was little- to do but transmit to the district commanders ELOCKING TO_PARIS :all information that was received. At coming in, there was) talk of U-boat| Cared For at American Canteens. | ficets attempting to .block every em- —_ barkation port to prevent American| Paris, June 3.—Havas Agency an- folded, however, it became probable |France reached Paris yesterday and that not more than’one or two raiders |today. They were received and cared were at work, and that the operations|for at the American canteens. Jules for vesterday and today were confined | Pames, minister of the interior, today to & narrow zone off the New ‘Jersey [visited the various war relief organ- shore. Later came the landing of the |izations including the American Red boats and confirmation of obviou# ru- |the charitable work they are doing. mors. that v.l"n!re'; ‘;ilere_m:t schooners picked up of e Virginia capes mnear- RY. lv a week ago, h:‘d ’hegl?!m wredt;ked by b!llljl\ i an enemy submarine. t disclosed| | : .S. N. R F. {he fact.that the enemy had been lurk.-| Lieut: Guy. Norman, U. S N\. nn ing s'xty or seventy miles off the evast | _Boston, June'3—Lieut. Guy Norman, | for probably two weeks at least, hop- S, | Bxchange, died in a hospital here to- e : day." -He served in the navy during Motor Boat Lost in Heavy Sea. |the Spanish American war and was ‘Washington,” June 3.—Loss of the|discharged at the close of hostilities. naval motor: launch Ozark ‘with one|'At the outbreak’of the present wa member of her crew, Charles Richards, |-Lieut. Norman resigned his seat in the fireman. of Chipley, Florida, in a heavy |Rhode Island State senate and enter- sea'off the coast May 12 was announc- {ed the Naval Resprve force.” He was ed today by the navy department. fitty years of age. |Geriman Sea Sngaks | Condensed_Toegrams | Newark, N. J, Hungarians thanked | 7 7 The Kaiser is traveling in' a camou- fon.That :the U-Boat Commanders | flaged automobile in his (rips to points| HELD BACK BY STIF Although it cannot be said that ‘the Germans in their new offensive have been definitely stopped, there' is, nev- ertheless, a marked diminution in the spaed with-which they started out, and their gains since Saturday have been relatively small when compared with those of previous days. ] . And, according to the accounts of Detroit settlement workers are look- | have been able since fne stiffening of lines to. attain - new posi- tions, an exorbitant price in lives has been exacted from them. have been the casualties that the Prus- sian guards division, the pride of the German crown prince—is declared to have been withdrawn from the battle. Particularly hard fighting again has been in pregress between Soissons and Chateau TP’'erry, where the Germans are erdeavoring to push further for- ward toward Parjs, but not alone have the French troons nearlv evervwhere the onslaught but on several sectors themselves have taken the initiative and mained .ground. As a whole the 'situation along this line is relatively unchanged. The Ger- man war office at last has admitted the allied line-‘on the west has been re- inforeed by fresh units. but it asserts thev have not been able to hold the to which they were assign- 3 vertheless .the fact is potent from an observation of the war maps that nearly everywMere in this region the German line. for the momeént at least, is being hatd held. . From Chateau along the Marne and thence to Rheims The schooner Acushla brought fish | HUNDREDS OF AIRCRAFT ARE SCOUTING THE COAST In Search of Submarines or Lifeboats of Ship They Have Sunk. New York, June 3.—Hydro airplanes and airplanes rose like flocks of great birds from every maval station along | the Atlantic coast warning was flashe presence of submarines and soon were ] napolis and ‘will be ready in August. 5 ton, tonnage 1,335, in baliast bound 'fii‘éf;e‘zosgsn}figgisg“”um be plane went back and forth over the lower reaches of the Hudson river to- night while others scouted over New More than 100 airplanes and dirigi- left Hazelhurst aviation ; 2 t marines or mutation tickets would be good until | BeI4 2lone 10 scow for sub Commuters in New York received | word from Washington their June com- | aviation officers. i i | eral davs ago and towed into Lewes | AN Austrian was arrested in St.ig o . far as Del., als i > | Louis in connection with an explosion | St Tioe o9, was a victim of the subma-|.1d fire which destroved two Govern.|2nd remained up Ve | ment warehouses containing $3,000,000 | TO INCREASE PRODUCTION OF FABRICATED STEEL Either by Construction of New Mills or Enlarging Existing Ones. Philadelphia, . Pa,, June 3.—Charles Schwab, director genetal of the emergency. - fleet corporation, his offices here today and announced a h that the production of fabricated ‘steel 2it secking sy trade; - Eyery crafy|Dcpartment of Justice was die to the | will be ‘increased 10,000 to 30.000 tors : | Frank H. Woodward. no address given wing tendency of the people to take has orders to fire on sight at any sus: a" 3 a month, either by the construction of new mills ‘or by enlarging existing “The location of the plants, Mr. Schwab said. “will be somewhere this de of the Allegheny mountains, pref- i ick Board of Guardians, which.passed | ¢rably as close as possible to ‘the Del- mff'fa‘?éi'r‘é :::r?e'd tt::«; :en:n orB::; 5 ’?fi“‘“"" "“"es"‘t‘gd ahg’““sfl ‘.‘t’f!‘““"“e gere: and the other captured were in_circu- | Jra5L AW, WerR RUECET, TNO AT N e o1 shipbuilding plant had under con- lation nearly all day. The depart- assembly to sow dissention among the ; ructir;n i ngmr;)er S hich would be pushed to completion, and that when the present contract hich will take about seven months completed, additional would be placed with the concern. NAVAL REPORTS INDICATE FIVE GERMAN U.BOATS Have Been Operating Along the At- lantic Coast. Mr. Schwab also said that the Trail- Germans in No Man’s Land set bear | ments there was little evidence of ex- |the man is caught the trap will injure | Citement. | Orders fiashed out by Ad- |him so as to make him call for help miral Benson late yesterday, when the |and his comrade will be made a target | ment from putting the statute first, as the reports of.sinkings began | From the Newly Invadded District—| Norfolk, Va,, June 3.—Naval officers here said topight their reports indi- cated -five: German submarines had bee noperating along reinforcements from reaching the bat- | nounces further batches of refugees | coast. and that two had been sighted tle front. = As the tale of sinkings un- |from the newly invaded district of {ofi the Virginia capes, Rear Admiral commandant of the Nor- folk Navy Yard, said two U-poats had been sighted off the Virginia capes {und Rear Admiral McLean command- ant of the Fifth Naval district, said Iin addition to these two others were % - 2 2 ‘hanked. their officials for!reported off the coast of New Jersey men ‘held prisoner for days on the U-|Cross and the S0l o Ceokis ot of Mot G ro. ina. Neither officer had been advised of any engagement between Amdfi:an warships and the U-boats.: FORMER VICE PRESIDENT FAIRBANKS IS DYING Passed-Into a State of Complete Coma ., S.N. R. F.,, of Newport, R. I, al ing for a chance at a troop ship, \former member of the New York Stock | lete coma and lll GERMAN NEW OFFENSIVE CONTINUES TO SLAGKEN Gains Made By Germans Since Sétilrday Have Been Relatively Negligible FENING OF ALLIED LINES The Casualties Inflicted on the Invaders Have Been of Such Magnitude That the Prussizn Guards Division Is Declared to Have Been Withdrawn From the Battle—Particularly Hard Fighting Has Been in Progress Between Soissons and Chateau Thierry, Where the Enemy Is Endeavoring to Push Further Toward Paris—American Aviators Are Giving Goed Account of Themselves Over the Battle Line in France — The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Has Called For Volunteer Recruits of 50,000 Men For Service With Irish Divisions. the situation virtuaily is .unchangec from that of Sunday. The enemy now holds the northern bank of the Marne for a q but as yet he has made no serious en- deavor {ance of about fifteen-miles, cross the stream. The news of what it has cost the German armies in men killed, wound- ed or made prisoner in the present bat- tle is reaching Germany through a no less anthoritative source than the semi-official Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. This journal prints a letter from a German colonel at the front who urges the people to bear their losses with patience -and confidence. Little fichting aside from the usual sma'l affairs between raiding parties is taking place on. the Flanders front. The Pritish have carried out- succes- ful raids on ‘several sectors hére and taken nearly 300 prisoners. In the Ttalian theatrs the operatione cont’'nue of a minor character. American aviators are giving a good account of themselves.over the battle line in France. - Since April 14; when thev first took the air in offensive op- erations, they have shot down at least thirtv-three enemv planes and them- selves only lost seven, _Volunteer recruits to the number of 50.000 for immediate service with the Trish d'v Y lord lieutenant’ of Ireland in a pro- clamation. After this reéruitment from 2,000 to 2.000 monthly are asked for to maintain the Irish divistons. Lergislation giving land to men wha fizht for their country is promised in the proclamation. THREE OFFICERS AND 23 MEN. OF LINCOLN CREW MISSING. Lieut. E. V. M. Isaacs Was Captured by the Submarine. Washington, June 3.—Three officers and 23 enlisted men of the navy were reported missing today from the tor- ! pedoed American transport President to them, of the Lincoln. One officer was captured by the submarine. Lieut. Edouard V. M. scouting over the water where it was | [saacs of Fort Huaoabuca, Arlz., was | the officer captured by the U-boat. A giant hydro | Surgeon Lindsay C. Whiteside, Lenigh- ton, Pa., Assistant Paymaster R. E. Mowatt, Newport, R. L, and Assistant Paymaster J. E. Ardston are the miss- ing. Ardston’'s name does not appear on the navy record and there probably was an -error in transmission. The enlisted men reported missing life boats. from vessels which might fare: have been sunk. planes were manned by regular army Some of the planes 20 miles out to sea' until nightfall. Howard A. Himmelwright, Niantie, Pa.: Victro J. Kusnert, Brooklyn, N. Y.: Bernard M. Brown, Philadelphia: Edward Dalicutt., Buffalo, N. Y.; Clarence Olcott, Acton, N. Y. James J. Nowacki, Brooklyn, N. Y. G. B. Johnson, Decatur, Tenn.; Lloyd B. Haight, Trenton, Utah; Birtle Za- netti, Clifton, N. J.: Georze B. Hoff- man, Ridley Park. Va.: John A. Jen- kins, Bugene, Mo.; Floyd H. Hedglin, Eddyville, Neb.; William F. Owens, Trenton, N. J.: Robert J. Freeman, Oliphant Furnace Pa.; Karl H. Neuiet, Columbus, Ind.; Fred W. Wilson Jr., Denison; Te: Arthur 'T. * Jefferson, Jacksonville, Fla.: Harold H. Williams, 1817 Bergen street, Brooklyn N.' Y.: Robert S. Walker, «Chattanooga. Tenn.: Alfred A. Sweeting, New Yor] S. Egbert. Graniteville, L..L; Lied, New York. CHILD LABOR LAW IS DECL,ARED INVALID United States Supreme Court Gives Decision. ‘Washington, June 3.—(by A. P.).— The Federal Child Labor law of 1916 forbidding interstate shipment of pro- ducts of child labor, was declared un- constitutional and invalid today by the United States Supreme Court. Injurnctions restraining the Govern. into effect and restraining a Chariotte N, C.. cotton mill from discharging child- ren employed by it, were sustained by the Court. Justice Holmes, McKenna, Brandies, and Clark dissented. EVASION OF TAXES BY CORPORATIONS Criminal Fraud Reported by Revenue Agents—Grand Jury Investigation Under Way. L Washington, June 3.—(by A. P.)— Criminal fraud and evasion in tax re- turns of a number of cerporations and big business concerns has been report-+ ed by revenue agents, and grand-jury investigations are now under way or about to start in New Engiand. New York, and several Western communi- ties. Clyde Liner Mohawk Safe. Indianapolis, Ind.’ June &—Charle‘;' An _Atlantic Port, June 3—The F|W. Fairbanks. former vice-president,|stcamship Mohawk, of the Clyde line, who has been ill at his home here for |wh.¢h was reported to have lef{ here the past few weeks, tonight pussed in- | vesterday -and thought to have been to a state of comp! rapi torpedoed, is safe in port, according 1o officials of the line.