Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 24, 1918, Page 1

4 MONTELLO PLATEAU RETREAT FR They Are Being Harassed By the Fire of Italian Guns and Rifles and Bombs of Allied Aviators AUSTRIAN LOSSES ESTIMATED AT 180,000 MEN Large Numbers of the Pontoon Bridges the Austrians Threw Across the River Piave Have Been Swept Away—With Their Backs to the River the Teutons Have Been Trying to Ward Off the Vicious Counter-Attacks of the Italians —Large Numbers of the Enemy Have Been Reported as Coming Up Behind the Northern Line in the Mountain Region and It Is Regarded Probable That Shortly the Second Phase of the Battle Will Begin—On the Battle Fronts in France and Flanders the Germans Are Holding Their Men to the Trenches. — rne first phase of the Austrian of- fensive has ended in failure—in defeat. The clumination of what was intended to bé the crushing of Italy between the jaws of the Austrian pincers is the rout of the invaders themseives. With their bz to the swollen Piave River the Austrians for several days past had been trying to ward off the vicious counter-attacks of the Italians and save the situation. Now they are endeavoring, and still under great pres- sure, to ford the stream and reach safety on its eastern bank. From the Montello platean to the Adriatic Sea, the enemy is in retreat. Already his losses are estimated at 180,000 men and the chances of his escape without additional heavy casu- alties and men made prisoner seem remote. Large numbers of the pontoon bridges the Austrians threw across the river Piave have been swept away by the now torrential stream, and on ail the sectors of the 33 mile front where they gained edges of the Venetian plain they are being sorely harrassed by! the fire of the Italian guns and rifles | and by the machine gun fire and bombs of allied aviators who have done such notable execution since the attempted drive was'started. Monster preparations had.been made | by the Austrians for what was to bej the death blow to King Victor Em- manuel's men. Thousands upen thou- sands of men, many of them brought from the Russian and Rumanian fronts and guns and stores in tremendous gnntmeu had been parcelled among e varjous commanders for the drive over a battle arc of virtually one hun- dred miles. running from the Asiago! plateau to the Piave River and then following the stream to the sea. Undoubtedly the Austrian high com- mand had built largely for success on the belief that the Italian morale had been shattered when last year their!| great pincers closed in upon the Ital- fan front and forced back the line in a great semi-circle from the Julian Alps to the Piave and from the moun- tains in the north almost to the plains of Venetia. Such a belief, however, was entirely erroneous. From the first onslaught the enemy met a rejuvenated army which fought him with the greatest gallantry, never ceding an inch of ground unless it was dearly paid for Aiding the Italians in the mountains were British and French armies who also fought nobly and everywhere de- feated the enemy. Territory taken in the mountains was almost as quickly regained and the enemy held in check. Along the Piave, espgcially on the Montello plateau, the gateway to the Venetian plains from the northeast, and at several points farther south where the Austrians succeeded in crossing the river, the Italians every- where imposed such strength against the enemy that he was unable to en- large his gaing and then, with re- doubled efforts, forced him to com- mence the retrograde movement which has developed into disorder flight. Large numbers of the enemy have been reported recently as coming up behind the northern line in the moun- tain region, and it is not improbable that shortly the second phase of the battle will begin. Complete confidence is felt in the Italian and other allied commands, however that the enemy will meet foemen of superior quality and that his efforts will go for naught. On the battle fronts in France and Flanders the Germans are holding their men to the trenches, except for small attacks here and there. There is no indication that for the present it is their intention to launch another big offensive. Both the British and French have carried out successfully several minor operations and repulsed all the enemy's manoeuvers. Near Bligny, in the Marne region, the Ger- mans succeeded in gaining a footing in a trench. but an Jtalian contingent im- mediately ejected them. TROOPS MOVED FROM UPTON TO DEVENS A Detachment of 2,500 Soldiers Joined Aver, Mass, June 23.—A detach- ment of 2,500 soldiers from Camp Up- ton joined the 76th division at Camp Devens today. Many of the number are New Englanders who have been training from one to three months. An interesting ceremony took place when the 519th service battalion. com- posed largely of Florida negroes, was presented with a flag by States Treasurer Charles L. Burrill. The flag was the gift of negro women of this state. R Bishop ‘William Lawrence, of the Eviscopal diocese of Massachusetts, confirmed a class of soldiers at one of the Y. M. C. A. huts and later conse- crated a field altar, A WIDESPREAD AFFECTION OF THROAT AND LUNGS Has Developed Among Residents of Hartford and Surrounding Districts. Hartford, Conn., June 23.—A wide- spread affection of the throat and lungs of a peculiarly irritating nature has developed among residents of Hartford and surrounding districts, it was learned tonight, due to fumes emanating from unpurified gas which has been fed into the pipes of the gas company here during the last three davs. According to Manager Isaac Eysenbach of the company, the condi- tion is the result of using coal too highly impregnated with sulphur, a condition which was not discovered un- til after the coal had been put into the retorts. The Jast of this gas, he said, will not be out of the pipes until to- morrow. HUNGARY IS SENDING PROVISICNS TO AUSTRIA Larze Supplies of Corn, Meat, Fruit and Vegetables. Amsterdam, June 23.—Budapest and Hungarian towns, says a tele- gram received here today from the Hungarian capital, have deciared a readiness to reduce their corn quota in order to alleviate the situation in Aus- tria Hares to the number of 22000 and large supplies of meat, fruit and vege- tables were sent from Budapest to Vienna on Saturday. ESZAPED FROM GERMANY IN A SMALL BOAT. A German Non-Commissioner Officer and His Wife. Copenhagen, June 23.—A German non-commissioned officer and his wife bave reached Moen, a Darish island in the Baltic sea. They made their escape from Germany in a small boat. The couple have been interned. as have other German deserters, until an lmvestigation has been made. PARAGUAY AFPROVES AMERICAN SOLIDARITY As Proposed by President Wilson to the Mexican Editors. ‘Washington, June 23. President Wilson’s proposal of American solidar- ity as expressed recently to the Mexi- can editors, has met with prompt ap- proval in Paraguay. A despatch re- ceived here today by the Pan-Ameri- can Union said that Dr. Manuel Fran- co, president of Paraguay, had en- dorsed Mr. Wilson'’s plan in these words: “Paraguay accepts to the fullest ex- tension the principles of American solidarity as enunciated by the pres- ident of the United States of America. There is no room for divisions among the nations of the two Americas when events arise that may profoundly al- ter the international status of the world, “The security of the peace as well as the moral and material progress of the community of nations depends upon the final triumph of American principles which have been given to the world by the president of the United States.” CITATIONS FOR Y. M. C. A, WORKERS ON AMERICAN FRONT Under Gunfire They Conducted Their Care of Wounded. Paris, June 23.—Several Y. M. C. A. workers on the American front north- west of Toul have been recommended for citations for exemplary conduct displayed in the recent fight at Xiv- ray. Henry Wharton of Philadelphia, Benton Johnston of Detroit, Mich., and Alfred Stokes of Stamford, Conn., join- ed stretcher bearers and carried out wounded men under fire or stood at the entrance of dressing stations under fire, giving wounded soldiers drinks and lighted cigarettes. In many cases, the doctors say, the Y. M. C. A. work- ers gave the wounded men the neces- sary stimulus to save their lives. Gas shelling is so constant and active on the front that canteen workers serve hours behing counters wearing masks. Drivers of Y, M. C. A. supply trucks are compelled to mask. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AND MUNITIONS FOR MEXICO The Greatest Needs Which the United States Can Supply. Chicago, June 22.—An appeal for agricultural implements and ammuni tion for Mexico as that country's greatest needs which the United States can supply, was made tonight by Gon- zalo de la Parra, editor of the Na- cional, at a dinner tendered the twen- iy Mexican editors who are touring the United States by . the Chicago Chamber of Commerce. The speaker declared that “the people that consti- tute the greater part of Mexico, fully realize all the United States has done for Mexico and desire friendly rela- tions between the two countries.” JUNE 24, 1918 " TEN PAGES—70 COLS. 10 ADRIATIC SEA Cabled Paragraphs: Pleased With What ltaly Has Done. Rome, Saturday, June 22.—Judge Ben Lindsey of Denver has returned from the Italian front, where he wit- nesseq the entire Austrian offensive, He expressed himself as much im- pressed with what Italy has done. Judge Lindsey left for Paris today and expects to proceed to the United States the latter part of July. Paris to Honor President Wilson. Paris, June 23.—A proposal to give the name of President Wilson to a large thoroughfare in Paris will come up before the city council at an early sitting. The suggestion is known to be warmly favored by the councillors. 85 HAGENBACK-WALLACE CIRCUS EMPLOYES KILLED In Wreck on Michigan Central Road Six Miles West of Gary, Ind. Gary, Ind, June 23.—Sixty-two bodies of Hagenback-Wallace circus ! employes who were killed in the wreck six miles west of here on the Michigan Central railroad tarly Saturday-lay in temporary morgues here and at Ham- mond, Ind., tonight, while circus offi- ! cers endeavored to compile an ac-! curate list of dead and injured. Only 24 of the ‘bodies had been identified. Most of the others were charred and ! mangled beyond recognition. Edward M. Hallard, general manager of the circus, tonight issued a state- | ment saying figures compiled indicated ; that probably 85 persons had been killed. He said a hasty tabulation of scattered employes showed that 60 are | missing in addition to the 24 identified deéad. Most of the missing were said to be “razorbacks,” many of them ne- groes. ,F. S. Whipple, railroad train- | master, also has been given up as dead. Parts of Bodies Cremated. Parts of two bodies cremated in the furnace of fangleq steel and timbers which was the circus train were dug out tonight. The authorities said that if the dead list is as great as esti- mated by circus men, the additional bodies probably were . reduced to ashes. An inquest will be held at Hammond | tomorrow, and Gustave Klauss, fire- man of the troop train of empty Pull- | mans, has been:ordered brought to Hammond to testify. “We will have the engineer, Alonzo K. Sargent, present when we are ready for him,” was all' Deputy Cor- oner Greene of Lake county would say. Sargent is being held in Kalama- 200, Mich. Neither man was injured. New York and Chicago theatrical men and officers of the Showmen's league sent representativés here today to offer assistance to the injured and| to relatives of the dead. Plans were discussed providing for the purchase of a lot in which all unidentified vie- tims would be buried :under a single monument. « None of the $25,000 in tash reported by circus officers as heing lost in the wreckage was recovered. Revised List of Known Dead. The revised list of known dead fol- lows: James Connor. baggaze superinten- dent of horses, Bliss, Okla. Verna Connor, wild west rider, Okla. Arthur Diericks, Joseph Diericks, Max Frehj Freehand, members “Three Strong Sw " Erickton, Md. “BiggRed” Barnum, driver. Jennie Ward, aerolist, Bloomington, Nis. Eddie Devoe. clown, New York. Mona McDhy, equestrienne, Michi- san. Victoria McDhy, equestrienne, Mich- igan. Virgil Barmett, rider. Bliss, Okla. Nellie Jewett, animal trainer, tiger | horseback act, Washinzton: D, C. | Mrs. Joseph Coyle, Cincinna Joseph Coyle, Jr., 11, Cincinnati. Charles Coyle, 3, Cincinnati. Jeb Cattanacs, electrician, Chicago. Mrs. Bessie Cattanacs, aerolist, Chi- | cago. Mrs. Denver. J Leroy Jessup, usher, Toledo, O. Henry Miller, animal trainer, New York. Charles Rooney, bareback rider, Chi- George Brown, equestrienne, cago. Earl Michael Berry, Schenectady, N. 'Y Henry Hanson, West Baden. Ind. An attempt to remove Fireman Gus- tave Klauss from Michigan Hammond tonight met with - Acting Coroney Henry C. Greene sent a deputy to summon Klauss, but the | man returned to report that Klauss had. gone to Kalamazoo, Mich., where Engineer Sargent is awaiting summons | to_the inquest set for tomorrow. | It is expected that by tomorrow cir- | cus officials will be able to furnish an | authentic list of the missing. The time sheets. it was said, will be avail- able at Beloit, 'Wis.,, where the show had been booked to play Tuesday. AUTOMOBILES IN COLLISION AT NORTH HAVEN. Gordon Root, 13, of Waterbury, Killed —His Father Injured. New Haven, Conn., June 23.—Gordon Root, 13 years old, of Waterbury, was killed, and his father, Charles A. Root. was injured when thtir automobile collided with a, motor truck on the highway in North Haven late tonight, driven by George Marsh of Spring- field, Mass. The elder Root and Marsh are in hospitals here, the former suf- fering from general shock and numer- ous cuts and bruises, and the latter, has a broken leg, and severe cuts and bruises. Raymond Root, 18, a third occupant of the Root car, escaped in- Jury. Both machines were wrecked, tha truck being overturned. NEW RECORD FOR PLACING | KEEL AND KEEL PLATE Made at the McDougall-Duluth Ship- yard at Duluth, Minn. Duluth, Minn,, June 23.—Nine and a halt minutes after the signal for launching the Lake Geneva at the M Dougall-Duluth shipyard yesterday the keel for a new ship to be’erected on the same ways was in place and 11 seconds later the first keel plate was in position. It is Dbelieved this is a new record for placing keel and kecl plate in the United States, the fast- est time previously recorded being 11 1-4 minutes. | der, ito vote on SovietsArel Russian Resources TO MEET RUSSIAN ENGAGEMENTS TO GERMANY TO SEEK FOREIGN LOAN As a Guarantee For the Loan Russia Would Grant Numerous Concessions to Germany — Wide Exploitation, With Russia to Retain Control. Lpndon, June 23.—A Reuter despatch from Moscow, undated, says that M Brousky, commissioner of industry an commerce made the statement at the session of the Russo-German commis- sion for the resumption of economic relations that, in order to meet the Russian engagements to Germany, the Accident to the FEW SERIOUSLY Air Rear Coaches. few more or I motive biew out and the heavy air Git Edge | Express ABOUT 15 PERSONS INJURED, A AT SAYBROOK JUNCTION Compressed Air Valve of a Passing Locomotive Blew Out and Sprayed Through Windows . of Three | New London, Conn., June 23 —About fifteen persons were hurt, probably a ss seriously when a com- S pressed air valve on a passing loco- under pressure drove in several win- dows of the rear coaches of the New York to Boston Gilt Edge Express on Soviet government will be compelled |the New York, New Haven and Hart- to conclude a foreign loan, and as alford railroad at Saybrook Junction to- Condensed Telegrams The bill for the deportation of enemy aliens was passed by the House. Lieut. James R. Wheeler, of St. Ifilfi;, flying officer, was killed at Scott eld. No hope for the recovery Bethman-Hollweg, former Chancelior, is held. of Dr. German Secretary McAdoo on his way to the mountains stopped at San Francisco and visited a theatre. The Acme Steel Goods Co. of Chi- cago, will erect a steel plant to cost $1,000,000 in the Calumet district. The Petit Journal anno f) es that French prisoners who have been in Germany since August, 1914, will be exchanged. New Haven announced the arrival of two batteries of anti-aircraft gunsand searchlights to be used in the defence of the city. Private D. Rankin succeeded in get- ting married by telegraph at Camp Mills after three misfires. His bride is at Cokato, Minn. . Two soldiers were killed and one in- Jured when a trench mortar bomb ex- ploded at the army proving grounds, President’s Proclamation THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, D. C. TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES: This war is one of natio na—not of armies—and all of our one hundred million people must be economically and industrially adjusted to war play its full part in the conflict. conditions if this nation is to The problem before us is not primarily a financial problem but rather a problem of increased production of war essentials and the saving of the materials and the labor necessary for the support and equipment of our Army penditure of money for non and Navy. Thoughtless ex- -essentials uses up the labor of men, the products of the farm, mines, and factories, and overburdens transportation, all of which must be used to the utmost and at their best for war purposes. | earnestly appeal to every man, woman, and child to pledge themselves on or save constantly and to buy before the 28th of June to as regularly as possible the securities of the Government; and to do this as far as possible through membership in War Savings Societies. The 28th of June ends this special period of enlistment in the great volunteeer army of production and saving here at home. May there be none unenlisted on that day! WOODROW WILSON President of the United States. guarantee for the loan would grant Germany wide exploitation of Russia’s natural riches, in the form of numer- ous concessions, the control of which would remain with the Russian gov- ernment, a portion of the profit going to this government. Germany, the commissioner stated, would be asked rot to interfere with Russia’s internal economic policy or her relations with _countries which formerly belonged to Russia, such asf, Ukraine, Poland and the Caucasus. Germany would guarantee to Russia at least half the m'neral output of the Krivoy-Rog and Caucasus regions and, Tnally, Germany would carry out the ation of the Russo-Ukranian BLANKET AUTHORITY TO INCREASE PRICE OF WHEAT Is Given the Food Administration Grain Corporation in New York. Washington, June 23—Blanket au- thority to increase the price of wheat at primary and other marktts, with the approval of Food Administrator Hoover, above the $2.20 a bushel mini- imum price guaranteed by presidential 21, is given the food grain corporation in New York by an executive order of the ent. The order, issued under au- thority of the food control law, was made public today by Mr. Hoover. To carry out the purpose of the or- the corporation is authorized t> increase its capital stock from $50,- 000,006 to $150.000,000 in shares of a par value of $100 each. All the stock will be owned by the government and will be purchased by the food admin- istration from time to time, as the necessity arises to maintain the pres- 20 price and any increases au- - | thorized. While no explanation of the orde: was_given either at the food adminis- tration or the White House, two con- siderations were believed to have in- fluenced the president’s decision to permit the grain corporation to pay higher prices for wheat. The first was the increased freight rates which will become cffective Tuesday. Growers must bear this increase and without an advance in the price of wheat their profits would b= materially reduced. The second was believed to be the | situation resultinz from the deadlock in.coneress over the senate’s amend- ment to the annpal agricultural appro- vriation bill increasing the minimum | suaranteed price for wheat to $2.50 a ashel. The house has refused to ac- cept this amendment and the senate is it again this week. In come quarters tonight it was believed that the president’s action would be a factor ‘in influencing the senate to re- cede from the amendment. COLDEST JUNE 23 IN THE PAST TEN YEARS. New York and New Jersey Farmers and War Gardeners Anxious. New Yerk, June 23—With a mini- mum temperature of 47 degrees and an average of 52, the coldest June 23 in this district in the last decade caused anxjety among New York and New Jersey farmers and war gardeners, who made elaborate preparations to protect their crops from frost tonight. From Burlington, N. J., came the report that the extensive cranberry bogs in that district had been flooded i to protect the plants from the cold. Nearly 2,500 negroes, drafted in Florida, who arrived at Camp Dix, N. J.. this afternoon, appeared half frozen and pleadeq that overcoats be issued to them before any other part of thtir equipment. OBITUARY. Archbishop John J. Keane. Dubuque, Ta, June 23.—Most Rev. John Joseph X , former rector of the Catholic University of America and retired archbishop of Dubuque, died sterday, 79 vears. He found- ed the Cathol! ‘Washington, university which is in C. night. to be fatally hurt. special which is New York on Sundays. Junction station. air as it passed. the confusion. After ha delay to permit medical being given, the injured, ed Alven M. Farris. colored, 23 Cambridge, i face. Far a Pullman cook. Miss Mollie Murphy Miss Mollie Murph Norwich, master John P. Mass.. 1 of to ate tonight. Injured Slightly +ho were attention John Cambridre. Mas: { ard left hand. lacerated ington avinue, v and left cheek. scorge Brady, Norwich, scalp. ed-face. Jeremiah Murphy, Hartiord, lacerated sca'p. Alex McLean, 765 Frank London, June 2. _(Bri Service). The little De issued in spite of all the German authoriti and railway offic troops. Six of them were told the names of the ctims passed days of agonizing under arrest stood between hope and despair. had been spared. CHURCH DESECRATION St. Louis, verbal attacks on Germany tor, the Rev. ‘When W. G. Johnston. worshippers in ruins. and pews hacked with axes, None of the injured is believed The engine whose valve burst was attached to passenger train No. 105, a run from Boston to The accident occurred as jt was puiling out of the Tie Gilt Bdge, ap- proaching the station at the time, T celved fthe full force of the relea: tnjuries From Broken Glass. The passengers hurt received their {injuries from the broken glass or by ¢ being thrown against the car seats in f an hour's attendance be train pro- ceeded to New London with the injur- vears ! old, unmarried, 307 Cambridge street, rations of the Injured. Post- |V leave the hos- njured and abord the train and at the local depot were: Molohedo, 193 Brooklyn street, left ear Miss Gertrude Delehanty, 206 Hunt- Boston, lacerated left lacerated D. ward Kelly, New London, lacerat- street, and BELGIAN NEWSPAPER TELLS OF GERMAN ATROCITIES Six Persons Executed for Spying on Movements of German Troops. sh Wireless n newspa- per Ame Balge, which continues to be the efforts of to suppress it, were tried for spying on the movements of German condemned to death, but their relatives were not and suspense. ‘Wives and children of men who were all nicht at the prison gates. their feelings alternating Not until the bodies of the victims were brought out after the executions was it possi- ble to know who were killed and who ASCRIBED TO GERMANS Interior of Hammett Place Presbyter- ian Church, St. Louis, Wrecked. Mo., June 23.—German sympathizers are believed by federal authorities to have been responsible for desecration of the Hammett Piace Presbyterian church here, because of launéhed from the pulpit recently by the pas- came to the church today they found the interior Furnishings had been torn from the walls, an American flag and a service flag torn to shreds, pulpit a piano destroyed and a Bible and numerous at Aberdeen, Md. It is believed in England that lIrish conscription and the Home Rule ques- tion have been abandoned for the dur- ation of the war. Exports of potatoes from Bermuda have been prohibited as a measure to insure the food supply of the inhabi- tants of the islands. The Spanish ambassador notified Washington that Germany will confer with the United States on the welfare treatment and exchange of prisoners. The Massachusetts Public Service Commission disapproved a petition of the Boston & Maine Railroad relative to running excursion trains on Sunday. Samuel Bodnoss of Stamford died yesterday at a hospital as a result of being struck by an automobile Sat- urday night on the Boston Post Road. “Eight persons were bitten in Jersey City by a supposedly mad dog. Forty dogs were Kilied in the anti-stray dog crusade, making 550 destroyed during the week. Privates Miller and Martin Kelly, of | Brooklyn, of the 53d Pioneer Infantry, at Spartanburg, S. C., were sentenced to one year imprisanment for absence without leave. Six thousand members of the Na- tional Army at Camp Devens, before entering military service had taken out first papers, will be natural- ized this week. Six hundred union carpenters em- ployed on the Azalea hospital for tu- bercular troops at Asheville, N. C. went on strike. They demanded a 25 per cent increase. Arrangements are being made by the British government with the fish- ermen of Newfoundland for the suppls ing of large stocks of fish for the w of the army and navy. Production of 18-in. shrapnel shells, the principal factor in the Canadian munitions output, is to be doubled. Production has been 120000 shells a weelk costing $600 000. Fifty Rotarians from various parts of New England left Boston to at- tend the annual convention of theé In- ternational Rotary Clubs which is to be held in Kansas City. Newman Bros. & Worms were the purchasers of the first bale of this sea- son’s new cotton crop at Galveston, They paid $675 for the cotton, which ill_be shipped to New York to be sold. The Longley building at Woonsocket, 1. a four story structure containing and offices, was badly damaged fire. The two upper stories were estroyed and the loss was estimated it 000. R. store b; ! Conservation of game for generations was discussed by a num- ber of speakers at today's session of the annual meeting of the Maine Sportsmen’s Fish_and Game Associa- tion at Rangley, Me. CHAPLAIN WALTER DANKER DIED FROM SHELL WOUND. He Was Buried Near the Spot Where He Fell. With the American Army in France, June 23—(By The Associated Press).— The Rev. Walton S. Danker of Worces- ter, Mass., chaplain of the 104th in- fantry, died on Tuesday from a shell | wound. He wae buried on Wednesday near the spot where he fell. The Rev. Mr. Danker, the first n chaplain to give his life in the service on the American front, was decorated about a month ago along with 116 men for gallantry in the fighting at Apremont last April. Fred- erick Danker, a Young Men’s Christian association worker and a brother of the chaplain, was with him when he died. gives an account of some recent atroc- ities at Charleroi. e persons, in- | TALK OF REVOLT AGAINST cluding women merchants, a priest THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT Story Told by Americans Who Arrived on a Norwegian Liner, An Atflantic Port, June 23.—Ged- many, war-weary and ill-fed, is in a state of unrest so acute that talk of revolt against the imperial govern- ment is common among both the mili- tary and civil populations, according to - Americans who arrived here to- night on a Norwegian liner, after long residence in Germany or adjacent neu- tral countries. Officers and men, the voyagers said, rad told them of a sullenness which is widespread in the German army, predicting that it would reach the point where the troops would refuse to fight. SHIP TONNAGE SUNK BY SUBS DURING MAY Official Statement Issued at Berlin Claims 614,000 Gross Tons. Amsterdam, June 23.—Ship tonnage sunk by German submarines in the month of May aggregated 614,000 tons, according to an offidial statement is- sued at Berlin. The claim also was made that in addition badly damaged ships with a tonnage of 56,000 were taken to ports of the entente allies in April besides the losses already an- hymn books mutilated beyond repair.'ncunced for that month. future | who | A, i KILLED IN ACTION AND LOST A1 SEA 1312 . DIED OF WOUNDS, 432 Yesterday’s Casualty List Contained 56 Names—23 Were Killed in Ac- tion—16 Died of Wounds—900,000 Americans in France. Washington, June 23.—Total casual- ties in the American expeditionary force to date numbered 8,634, accord- ing to an announcement today by the war department. They are divided as follows: Killed in action, including 291 lost at_sea, 1,312, Died of wounds, 432. Died of disease, 1,268. Died of accidents and other causes, Wounded in action, 4,811, Missing in action, including prison- ers, 365, Killed in Action. Sergeants: Carl E. Cross, Mountain- burg, Ark.; Car] R. Sohncke, Woodside, N. Y.; Corporals: Daniel F. Cooper, Haverhill, Mass.; Benjamin J. Hamby, Pike City, Ark.; Edward F. McCutch- eon, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Clyde A. Smelt- zer, Massena, Iowa; Privates: Ranzie Adams, Paragould, Ark.; Shelion B. Beaty, Arkansas City, Ark.; Zygmunt Branski, Syracuse, N. Y.; William E. Burgess, Baltimore, Md.; George W. Cason, Hartwell, Ga.; Jerry O. Devin- ney, Cincinnati, O.; Raffaele Digiorio, New York city; Thomas E. Goode, Boise, Idaho; August J. Klinkner, Car- negie, Thomas H. Larsen, ‘Sioux City, George E. Marshall, Ru- pert, Idaho; Patrick Paradine, Somer- ville, Mass.;’ Tom Phillips, Louisville, Ky.; Willie L. Rowland, Hope, Ark.; George J. Sneberger, Anaconda, Mont.: Wesley J. Stubbs, Marble City. Okla.; Loren M. Trotter, Caldwell, Idaho. Died of Wounds. - Lieutenant James H. Hughes, Howe, Tex.: Corporals: Charles Wade, Haw- ley, Tex.; John Lawson, Jamaica Plain, Mass.; Joseph . Balenger, Lowell Mass.; Frank H. Brown, Lond du.Lac, Wis.; Emil Bruder, Holyoke, Mass. John M.. Deveau, Stoneham, Mass. Jodie N. Fetguson, Timpson, Tex.; George Gassenberger, Westwego, La.: Dale Hyland, Portland, Mich.; Clas & st“fi m’l‘mmrldg!. N. D.; uinn, a) ; Pa.; Norman B. Rodebaugh, Philadelphia; Frederick H. Saunders, Cambridge, Mass.; Peter Scharnell, St. Louis, Mo.;; Walter M. Sorg, Coal Springs, S. D. Died of Disease. Corporal Frederick M. Griswold, New York; Private Jack V. Price, New York. Died of Accident. § Lieutenant Dow R. Cope, Yakima, Washn. Died % Accident and Othec-Sauses. uErivate Albert Feniouse, “Bellewood, s. Among the severely wounded are: Lieutenant Thomas Arthur Goodwin, Chicago: Privates: Mihram Aram, 1986 Seaview - avenue, Bridgeport, Conn.; Connie Telesca, Dunmore, Pa.; Raymond Lawrence Walker, Marion Center, Pa. Prisoners (Previously Reported M ing). Corporal George D. McHugh, 109 Tyler street, New Haven Conn. Privates: Frank J. Aliano, 66 Park street, Bristel, Conn.; Charles H. Mc- Govern, Charlestown, Mass. Casualties among the marines with the expeditionary forces are not in- cluded in this list. No official tabula- tion of these casualties reported to date was available today, but unofficial figures show that they total slightly more than 1,000. The 549 names reported by General Pershing since last Sunday included 140 killed in action, 68 died of wounds, 34 died of disease, 24 died of accidents and other causes, 264 wounded in ac- tion, and 19 missing in action, includ- ing prisoners. In Fine Physical Condition. ‘With some 900,000 men row in France, the small number of deaths frém disease reported is considered rather remarkable and shows that the American soldiers are in fine physical condition. FIFTY-SIX NAMES IN LATEST CASUALTY LIST. Twenty-three Were Killed in Action— Sixteen Died of Wounds. Washington, June 23.—The casualty list today contained 66 names, divided as_follows: Killed in action, 23. Died of wounds, 16. Died of disease, 2., Died of airplane accident, 1. Died of accidents and other causes, L ‘Wounded severely, 13. Three officers are named in the list: Lieutenant James H. Hughes of Howe, Tex., died of wounds; Lieutenant Dow R, Cope of Yakima, Wash., was killed in an airplane accident, and Lieuten- ant Thomas Arthur Goodwin of Chica- go was severely wounded. BASKET OF AN OBSERVATION BALLOON WASHED ON BEACH At Coney Island — Authorities Are Conducting Investigation. New York, June 23.—Discovery by the police of the basket of an observa- tion balloon, which was washed up today on the beach at Coney Island, is being investigated by the naval au- thorities. There was noting to in- dicate how long the basket had been in the water. Officers at the New York navy yard said they had not been in- formed of any naval balloon having been wrecked recently along the At- lantic coast. RESIGNATION OF AUSTRIAN CABINET HAS BEEN TENDERED Emperor Charles Said He Would De cide on Sunday. ¥ Paris, June 23.—(Havas Agency.)— . After a meeting with Emperor Charies of Austria on Friday, says a des- patch from Zurich, Switzerland, Pme- , mier Seydler presented the tion of the entire Austrian caibinet. The emperor said he would decide on ; Sunday whether to accept the resigna-~ tion. )