The evening world. Newspaper, June 1, 1916, Page 2

one * ceases, the Germans pressing on after | THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, man Hnée, Sut other than at the point mentionéé were beaten off with ex- tremely heavy losses. ‘The text of to-day'’s Army Head- quarters statement Is as follows “Lively artillery activity con- tinued yesterday north and south ot Lane. “On the left bank of the Meuse the French brought forward con- alderatle forces in the evening for an attack on Dead Man Hill and Catrettea Height. Southeast of Dead Man Hill the French ob- tained a foothold tn our first line trenches over an extent of 400 metres. Otherwise their repeated aasauits were repulsed with the heaviest losses. “On thé right bank of the Meuse ‘the artillery duels continue. “East of Ober-Sept (southwest @f Altkirch), a German reconnoi- tring detachment penetrated into French positions over a width of about 350 motres and a depth of about 300 metres and returned With booty and prisoners. “A British biplane was brought down weet of Cambrai in an aerial battle, The oocupants, who wera | | oMcers, were wounded and taken Prisoner.” According to @ special correspond- ent at the Verdun front, quoted to- day by the Overseas News Agency, the capture of Cumieres Village from | I: the French has resulted in the estab- | 1 lishment of direct communication be- tween the German positions east and | t weet of the Mouse, making impossible | t the flanking fire which previously had) u menaced the German line. i ‘The correspondent points out that Cumileres Wood, north of the village, | ¢! had been captured by the Germans éarly in the month, and that now they nave continued thelr thrust south- ward, which could not be done with- out serious sacrifices until after the | I nelghts to the west had been con- juered, flome reports any the French are vreparing to surrender Hill 304 Several French positiona on the | « summit, torn by the pounding fire of German gu already have been | a evacuated. The next general assault | a on the position probably will bring it | inte the hands ag the Germans, From Haucourt ¢ rd to the Meuse the German front im pressing | a steadily southward in dally “nibbles” at the French line. The French are offering desperately tenacious resist- | ance, but are steadily falling back/a upon the Charnay line, The most! furious French counter-attacks, de- livered at heavy sacrifices in men, have resulted in only temporary suc- | p; each frerty check. Py The French line has been stripped | 0: of reserves brought up for the defense | 4 of Verdun, Recent concentrations of troops behind tho Anglo-French front Indicate that the British are prepar- ing to take over another stretch of | French front, releasing French troopa | for service at Vardun, t German military crities, comment- og on France's dire need of more | tien for the defense of her great! rtress, asked to-day what has be- | 4 come of the “great Russian army” which s to have halted the Ger- man advance on the fortress, It is! authoritatively stated here that not | ¢ 1800 to state frankly on what Prisoners were going to be dealt with. At the present ment accorded German prisoners of | war.” He appealed for magnanimity far as is consistent with the vindica- tion of the law and the prevention of ernment will treat the insurgents with leniency and clemency.” reason to depart whose return to Ireland might prove! A source of danger were being hold. Eight hundred already had been re- leaned, he said. who ordered Sheehy Skeffington, following the Sinn Fein revolt, GREATER LENIENCY — Be Clemency When the Law Is Vindicated. ‘ FREE. ARE SET British Officer Before Court- Martial for Ordering Skef- fington’s Death. LONDON, June 1—Prenvier As. quith in the House of Commons to- day moved an adjournment of Par- jament until June 20, which gave the members an opportunity to din- cus take up. John Dillon, Irish Nation. alist, said there were matters con- nected with the recent rebellion in any @ubject they desired to reland, such am the continuance of nartial law and the arrest of peace- ful citizens, of which he would like oO speak. However, he reaogniszed it was impossible for anyone to enter upon these topics without engender- ing an amount of heat which might be extremely injurious to the inter- ste of Ireland, Mr. Dillon did not take a hopeful view of the efforts now being mado by Davia Lloyd George, Mintater of Munitions, to reconcile the varicun irish factions, Mr. Dillon asked Premier Asquith principle time, he said, there ippeared to be no gulding principle. Sples of a very objectionable .char- eter were being employed in’ Dublin | nd the treatment of prisoners was | barbarous, and worse than the treat- nd “decent treatment Premier Asquith reiterated that ‘s0. recurence of the outbreak the Gov- He eaw no from that guiding| rincipic of the Government's policy. The prisoners were being released | 8 speedily as possible, he added, and nly those concerned directly or ine rectly with the rising and thone DUBLIN, June 1.—Thé court mar- al Bowon Calthorpe, the officer the execution of F. jay. The accused officer is an Irish. man who has been at the front. . Sheehy Skeffington was editor of he Irish Citizen, a Nationalist paper GERMANS ENTER FOR ISH REBELS, | BRITISH TRENCH, ASQUITH PROMISES) DRVENOUT AGAR | Steel wold ex. dividend, was opened here Tues- } ENTER — Policy of the Government Will]London War Office Reports Brisk Fighting About Neuve Chapelle and Other Points. LONDON, June 1.—The followine | British official communication was, inaued to-day: “Despite the unfavorable weather on Tuesaday our aeroplanes did good work, “Tuesday night the enemy bom- barded our trenches about Fricourt,! north and south of Neuve Chapelle | and east of Laventie. The bombard- ment about Neuve Chapelle was very heavy. It lasted eighty minutes and was followed by an which penetrated our trenches and took some of our men prisoners, The raiding party subsequently was driv- en out. Kast of Laventie another raiding party attempted to enter our trenches, but was driven back by our bombers. “During the night the enemy eprang @ mine just north of the Bethune-La Baare road and our troops occupied the near lip of the crater. There also was some unimportant mining activity about Loos, “On Wednesday artillery was ac- tive against our positions about Fri- court, Anthuelle, Souches, Arras, Neu- ville-8t. Vaast and Loos, Our artil- lery effectively engaged batteries in the neighborhood of S@ouches and Lieuvin and bombarded enemy post- tions south of the Bois Grenier, Our trenches about Ypres were shelled intermittently during the WALL STREET Active trading during first hour was confined to a few ismues. Mexican Petroleum lost 21-2 points and ral- led 1. Marine preferred advanced 11-4, to 941-2, Metal issues aold off after opening above the closing of Wednesday. Union Pacific and U Beet Su; was strong, up 2 points, Very little interest was shown in the market outeide of the professional element and volume of business was on a very small scale. Reading re- covered from the early low of 1005-8 and advanced to 1021-4, firmn hour Many issues at mid-day showed ad- vances from the opening level, Col orado Fuel was weak. Railroad issues advanced in the late afternoon, led by substantial rise in Norfolk and Western to 180, up 5 points, after selling ex-dividend on ay 2% per cent. All the standard rails showed strength. Long land gained 4 points. Prices closed little below the best on profit taking Quotations, With ort changen from prerious cloning 1 aingle one of the few thousand | published in Dublin, His execution | Muh daw. Laat ans Huspians reported to have been land: | caused strong protest on the part ot} Hay ay = % vd at Marseilles has been in ac his friends, Who asserted that he had| ! 2 fae a TS un the western front, no connection with the Sinn Foinera |X § wh Of BR tk —E—— and was arrested and shot without| » an a s Moving dure of The Weddins.|any trial or justification, A ty Ely bid by Soectal to The Pyenina World.) —_—_-_— - it 00% U0 a o Wht y PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 1.—Moy- ik ig ni) t ay ing picture men will take every detail 1 Fl EMEN SAVED He 1S ity of the wedding of Albert Joseph Felnan we Oe ag — $ of Joliet, IM, and Miss Juliet Ephraim BY USE OF PULMOTOR a oe mt a Greenwald of this city, which occurs late ee ab as a to-day. The flin will be shown at a —— me Be RY TT private reception in Joliet during July,| Men Overcome by Smoke andj {i mo tH +,% when the couple will be at home in that | age ( n Ne toy MY, 80 that friends who could not] Gases at Blaze Starting ga East will have the privite | in Laundry. x ioe “Tod Highteon firemen were overcome ue fighting tire in the four-story brick a CHICAGO WHEAT AND CORN | tuiding Non. 646-048 Went sitty-| i Wednewiay's » [seventh Street late last night. et run ‘ A temporary hospital was eet up. {i z* r x f e incomparab matic with all Ravers 3 in the street were rushed 4s avon as comrades hud fought thelr way inte the smoke- filled building and found them. Vbhysicians with pulmotora revived } all the nen. used for twenty minutes In one case and for ten minutes In several others. The pulmotor had to be It was 10 o'clock when an auto- ‘upied part of the Grat floor and of other floors Dense masses of black smoke | Poured out. Into these the firemen plunged, to be overcome by amoke and gases, The Rescue Squad was sent for When the first of the firemen were overcome. Among th were Grant, Tohin, Geevwin, Keardon, Belifeid, | Farley and Murray ‘Three alarma (! ere sent in, Damage was esti mated at Stee nee he Really? Ttedd—Yor; why he has a newrly every. day and to this the men, | jarm gave the firat warning’ § |of the fire. Men from Engine Com- pany No, 28 smashed in the doors of Brown's Steam Laundry, which oc- ee y uw North “Pact Oo vest when Bae hers Ma iw Pau aay SUNDAY WORLD’S “TO LET” ADS. Simplify Home-seeking by saving time, tramping. BELL-ANS Absolutely Removes temper and Indigestion. One package E oe matt infantry raid, | rf troops began the abandonment of the JUNZ ‘How Crown Prince Has Advanced S to Feb. 24, the third to Feb. 26 and the fourth to Fob. 26, Homme (Dead Man Hill) to Louvemont, and then following the line of relative positions of the contending armies to-day. ALLIED ADVANCE BRANDEIS SURE WELL UNDER WAY WASHNGTON ELE Nomination for Justice of U. S. Supreme Court. clares Anglo-French Are at Macedonian Border. BERLIN, June 1 (by wireless to fayville)—A general movement of the Anglo-French forces at Salonica to- ward the Macedonian border that has been In progress for some time is re- ported in an official statement issued by Bulgarian Army Headquarters un- der date of May 24. The report also tells of the driving back of a French reconnoitring party near the frontier line, “Two months a garian statement, WASHINGTON, June 1.—Senate advocates and opponents of confirma- tion of Louts D. Brandeis as member of the Supreme Court were lined up to-day for a final vote on the nomi- nation before adjournment this after- noon. ‘The majority report of the Judiciary Committee recommended that the Nomination be confirmed. An execu- tive session of the Senate was orderod for presentation of this and also a minority report opposing confirma- tion. Both reports will be made pub- Ue after the final vote. Confirmation of Mr. Brandeis vir- tually was assured, Even his oppo- have conceded this. says the Bul- ‘the Anglo-French fortified camp at Salonica and etart- ed a movement toward our frontier. The principal enemy forces were sta- tioned In the Vardar Valley and to the eastward through Dovatupette to was landed at Balonica, “Artillery fire has occurred daily during the last month on the Gievgeli- Doiran front, but up to this time i Anglo-French troops had nowhere | crossed the frontier. The day before (May 22) @ French reconnoltring de- nent was fired at by our patrols in the village of Gornt-Garbale, The French fled, abandoning their horses, which were captured by our troops. oo TELEGRAPHERS’ STRIKE SITUATION CLEARING UP Federal Mediator Hopes Western Union Will Agree to Com- promise, Ktowland B. Mahany, Federal medi- ator, will make known to-day tho re- sult of his conferences with the man- Agement of the Western Union Tele- graph Company concerning the de- mands of the Commercial Telegraph- ore’ Union for # 10 per cent. increase, an eight-hour day and a pledge that “union men shall not be discriminated againat.” hough the danger of a strike of telegraphers is not yet past, Mr. Ma- hany intimated last night that it wag not nearly s it was the day before. He had hopes that the Weat- ern Union would make & reasonable compromise with the men. Mr. Ma- hany’s investigation showa that the union {# much stronger than the pub- Ito or any of the telegraph companies have imagined, and that a strike call would serlously cripple the telegraph systems of tho entire country. Acoording to 5. J. Konnenkampt, LOST BY ITALIANS German Estimate of the Casu- alties in Two Weeks of Austrian Drive. r | q BERLIN (via wireless to Sayville, L. L), June 1.—The Italians have lost not less than 80,000 men and at least 200 cannons, which cannot be re- placed during the war, in the two weeks’ Austrian offensive, says Major Moraht, German military critic, The Austrian threat against Venetia men- aces the whole Italian army, and Gen, Cadorna is faced with an exceed- ingly difficult task of rescue. “Cadorna ought to have foreseen this situation,” said Moraht, “but overestimated the Italian forces and perhaps his own capacity.” LONDON, June 1.— Italian troops have evacuated the fortified town of Asiago before the Austrian advance, according to the Rome correspondent of the Times. Tho Italian wings were reported to be holding their own, while the Aus- trians continued to advance slowly in_ the centre. VIENNA, June 1.—Six Italian di- visions are opposing the Austrians in the fighting on the Trentino front, pnt of the unton, there will be] according to a statement from the kdown on its part. He says the] Government Press Bureau ‘a Union will elther accept the Sse thar oh is or a “strike of protest will = be Inaugurated on the eve of the Re- BELMONT RESULTS. publican Convention and continue tn Seether eereome force until after the Democratic Con- vention.” FIRST RACE. : for three-year-old The Westbury Handi- with $600 add- ITEMS FOR INVESTORS. wen 1 to 4 and 4 ; Taplin), 18 to New York Central proper for April f y. thows surplus atter charges, 2,908.18: | 4 Pie ae Increase, $944,628 4-5, “Ormesdale, “Thiperary Maltimore and Ohio April net ine: SD RACE syear- $625,735; ten months’ increase $4, . me ‘ard errr ze nee aiaee ine nanaallanta 5 mule —Good Counsel, 4 (Lyke), 7 to 2, 7 Utah Consolidated Mining Co. Dive Tey 10 and. out. fies Ct Haven. 404 Ju yp! June #8 to) Watson). 6 tol, even and out, aecond; , Safe Homie, % (Graves), 25 to toi uihorn Railway—-April net carninga [and out. third, Time—142 2-8, Am= tax increased $748,104: ten months’ | DTO#e also ran $5,519,259; net after tax DORVAL RESULTS, FIRST RAC tw Nias ‘0. Declared per cent pa an Purse $400; for maiden Hing: five’ furlongs, aight $6.60, place ‘Kine to RS euler quarter 7 ire vie ey eent on, pre (Partington), ee show §2.40, | fervee ira pe recond: Jim Hutel (Anderson), payable | aune an uly 15 to sigck of recard show $6.41 a SECONT lyear-olde ar longs --Qut faloha. | rad) 118 (Acton) Semper Muy Buena a 2 mutuele op: 4.90, pinc ath Wise, pi Hing; six fur (Mott), firsts kecond: Rare third. Time talwart, By Sonny Roy Qu 10,” show anow 65.00 upward: ae Asap case N i? Jousma Weary” avked the olher de bard lala » Barrette, anow The heavy black lines at the top of the map show the positions of the French and German armics be- fore the 100-day drive began. The firet dotted line indicates the German advance up to Feb. 23, the second The small dotted line running from Le Mort the pacifist ideology, which tremely strong in America, Germany diplomatically would get hand completely. more agreeable for us to deal directly with our mediation would offer certain advan- tages for us." new commercial attache of the Asneri- can Embassy in Petrograd, who will succeed Henry D. Baker, 8: terday on the Scandinavian-Ameri- can liner Frederik VIII. Ruddock, Second Secretary -| American Embassy in Berlin, who has been here on a vac 1916, in 100 Days In Attacks Upon French Stronghold at Verdun Feb. 26 to Champion, shows the HEAD OF BERLIN FROM SALONICA IS | OF CONFIRMATION, | UNIVERSITY MAKES ATTACK ON WLSON | Official Bulgarian Report De-|Senate Votes To-Day on His|Prof. Delbrueck Says Presi- dent Is Too Friendly to Eng- land to Act as Mediator. BERLIN (via London), June 1.— Prof. Hans Delbrueck of the Univer- sity of Berlin has written an article in regard to American mediation in the war, in which he says there 1s something repellent to Germany in the idea of accepting President Wil- gon as mediator. gays, President are with the Entente Pow- ers. which might be regarded as dis- qualifying him so far as the Central Powers are concerned. He continues: It is obvious, he that the sympathies of the “Moreover, President Wilson, by using in his speeches expressions which are insulting, has created an atmosphere between us which ren- ers 8 longer possible. cordial rapprochement no Nevertheless Ger- the Struma Valley, and to the wes many need not show herself abso- ward through the district of Subot- lutely inflexible, for Germany's sko and Vodena to Florina. A part strength Hes in the fact that the of the reconstituted Serbian army ’ President already has shown himself #0 unfriendly that he has left almost | nothing undone in that direction. “What could he do to us if he pro- Posed conditions which we rejected flatly? he would never be able to win the support of American public opinion and of Congress for war in order to establish the peace of Europe.” He might threaten war, but the case is the Entente Prof. Deibrueck says uite different with Powers, which are completely in the hands of America agd are compelled to accept conditions which America rds as reasonable. ‘America does not even need to go so far ag to prohibit the exportation of munitions and to withdraw finan- clal support,” he writes, “but needs only to insist on maint old rules of international to compe! England to yield nance of the w in order much as the Presi- to conduct mediation ot Great Britain and France, we are not without weapons against him, The first could raise the question whether we would enter into negotiations at all until Great been brought into harmony with in- ternational law. is that we Britain's blockade has “In the second place, President Wilson has a great personal interest in quick success, because a President- lal election is pending. “If Germany mak concessions to 8O OX- the upper It would be much enemies, but American —— i r . Huntington of hicago, led yes- Albert of B the Iso sailed. to. 3.00 Round Trip BALTIMORE ‘fhe Jonamentel Cue WASHINGTON The Cente! of the Nation SUNDAY, June 11 shtie WT n y ttatey eS aah Fickote on sale oreceding day of exeure SRR OM TEE ep ubways with its own yh, I don’t know that it so us. Mr. Moss demanded to know did you change the Mayor's n “I didn't see the Mayor,” Sullivan calmly. “Mr. Shon! the Mayor.” At one stage Mr. Mose “How did you induces the May eat his words in public?” “What do you mean by that?” Mr. Bullivan angrily. GANT TELL WHAT CHANGED GAYNOR NIKO ON SUBHAYS Interborough Director Fails to Enlighten Members of Thomp- | son Committee. LAWYER ALSO DODGES. shouted MP “You represent the second stockholder in the Interborough. ropolitan, Morton F. Plant, ought td know what was done to down the opposition of those strong men. You said yesterday you would have given Mr, $250,000 bonus instead of @1 What was it for?” “Because he handled « Proposition,” replied Mr, “Did you ever compliment Bhonts on beating down position of that strong man, Gaynor, and that strong Man, Comptroller Prendergast! Mose thundered. “Not in ay way,” remarked Sullivan calmly. Moss Declares Every Director Must Explain How City Officials Were W on. | F, de C, Sullivan, director of the Interborough, was a witness again to- Gay before the Thompson Committee. Counsel Frank Moas bombarded him with questions in an attempt to learn what argument was used to get] “Didn't you want to know how opposition was removed, how it! Mayor Gaynor and Comptroller Gone? Were you afraid itm Prendergast to change their stand in tthe dual subway contracts. “One of the most extraordinary things ever done in the history of man,” said Mr. Moss, ‘was the beating down of|be answered. Ono of the | those strong men and the question eae cn we the bestia demands an answer. If my questions | of SOA ores ce sae imply an innuendo It is there simply quest! . Decasse the situation ereaten tt Siercent, Giseaen the aeeaug Joseph 8. Auerbach of the law firm | 4, t. of Davies, Auerbach & Cornell was Sel "I aim reflecting what the ° community thinks. © Pp the firrt witness to-day before the) community thinks. If the pe ‘Pierapeen Conmnities, gentlemen—Interborough direo His partner, Charles E. Hotchkiss,| refuse to explain, you can't was examined yesterday about the! the people.” “They can't put a construotio $50,000 fee some man wanted fon}. ihiv® faut ie not true” ob helping the New York Dock Com-| Mr. Sullivan, still calm. pany to get out of @ snarl with the} | Mr. Moss read after Juneh Sinking Fund Commission, of which|letter written by Comptroller Mayor Mitchel is Chairman, The|@ereast as late as Jan. 3, 1944 company last October wanted to buy from the City of New York dock property at the point where the new nouncing the Interborough Con for its defiance of the orders Clark Street subway tunnel enters Brooklyn. Public Service Commission, its laration that If the public didn't It was practically settled when op- Position arose in the Sinking Fund its accommodations the public walk, &c., and then asked: “I'want to ask whether you any knowledge of any discussto ferences, consultations ar repo! Commission. ‘Then it was hinted to] yryc” Mie spon how thts as the New York Dock Company’s law- argund? a yers that some one could smooth out] "' you mean by that any the difficulty for a feo of $50,000. They inguence?” asked, Director Bul declined. The deal falled, Mr. Moss. “Sinister or othe: Mr. Auerbach sald he barely re-|there wore arrangements that membered the incident. He did not} fot sinister I prefer to hear think that the matter was germane] What were the methods to the committee's Inquiry. Q. Who made the suggestion to you? A. I decline to answer. Mr. Auerbach made the same reply to Mr, Moss's question as to who the “extra counsel” should be, and what was the amount of the fee. bring this antagontatic Comp into a more favorable frame of “Did you ever talk with the Mayor about any phase of the dock mat- "There were a number of dij ter?” Mr. Moss returned to his quest. replied Mr. Sullivan. ————— “Is that your last question?” Mr, Auerbach asked, Tarke on the Offensive, CONSTANTINOPLE, Jun “Yes,” said Mr. Moss There was a long pause London).—Turkish troops in the “Will that be your last queation?” casus took the offensive aga! Russians over a front of twenty on Tuesday, The War Office ant the recapture by the Turks of atum, fifty miles weat of B which ently was taken by! Russians Mr. Auerbach asked again, Mr. Moss sald that would depend, “Then I decline to answer,” he said and he was excused, F. de C. Sullivan, Interborough di- rector, returned to the witness stand. Mr, Auerbach came back from the door and waved his new atraw hat. “If that is the last question,” he ex- claimed, “I will say that I did not see the Mayor.” Mr. Moss explained that Mr. Auer- bach bas lumbago. Mr. Moss read long extracts from the late Mayor Gaynor's speeches, let- ters and magazine articles denouncing the Interborough Company only a few months before he joined in approvin, the dual contracts whereby the city is the jartner of the Interborough and the B. R. T. in building the new lines. “We are only trustees,” Mr. Sullivan remarked at one time. “All this prop- erty will belong to the City of New York some day.” “Yes; but it will be all junk and we'll be dead and our children prob- ably dead, too, before then,” ex- claimed Mr, Moss. “I'm afraid so.” dryly. Q. Didn't the attitute of Mayor Gaynor and Comptroller Prendergast so impress you that you paid for ad- vertising in the papers that the In- terborough was ready to build new embarrassing if you asked?" “No; certainly not,” said the tend,” cried Mr. Moss, “ that question of every In director, because the question BIGGEST HIT! U. S. MARINE This Great Tobacco the Favorite Smoke New Yorkers GIVESSURPRISINGV Evidently New York's arm: plug smokers were just wai better in cut plug —and when U. S. Marine cam year ago they lost no time tryin Then, having tried it, they on smoking it! Because they f was exactly what they want mellowest, snappiest of all smokes—slow-burning and grant and flavory, There's honest satisfaction Marine. Bound to be—b made of old Kentucky Burley, 5 years, until it's delicious ‘he quality and value of U. have made it @ sensational suco stest growing brand of cut 4 sald Mr. Sullivan -cent to-day—smoke it—and before age is gone you'll be a permanent U. Marine smoker.—Advt. SPECIAL FOR TO-MORROW, FRIDAY, JUNE 2nd. BIRAE Fn My Rnd Ban cone ores I Extra Special for Friday, June MILK CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRI nS Satna iiss aabate's ean “Gy jetee 1 Oy 4? Ha iy 1289 BROADWAY, Brookiz The epectiied weight