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f « that a large number of Briti \ ‘ably eunk. The exact number of enemy destroyers disposed of during tho ~~. —w", EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1916 ‘ble, two armored cruisers, apparently of the Achilles type, one small cruiser, the new flagship of destroyers, the Turbanant, Nestore and Al- caster, a large number of torpedo destroyers and one submarine. “By observation, which was free and clear of objects, it was siaied hh battleships suffered heavy damage from the fire of our ships and the attacks of our torpedo-boat flotilias during an engagement which lasted during the entire day and all night. “Among others of the large British ships the battle swas hit by a torpedo. This is confirmed by prisoners. “Several of our ships rescued parts of the crews of the among whom were only two survivors of the Indefatigable. “Among our losses was the small cruiser Wiesbaden, which was sunk | by British gun fire during the day engagement, and His Majesty's ship | Pommera, which was sunk during the night by a torpedo. “The fate of His Majesty's ship, Frauenlob, is as yet undetermined and there is a possibility that this boat has been lost together with al number of torpedo boats which have not yet reported and whose fate is unknown, “The high seas fleet returned to its base to-day.” Wednesday’s Battle Greatest In History of Naval Warfare, From the advices thus far re-, British fleet, oelved it would appear that the] Skagerrak is an arm of the North greatest naval battle of history has] Sea between Norway and Denmark. taken place. Never before have two!The point referred to in the of- naval forces of such magnitude as| ficial German statement as Horn Riff the British and German high sea| probably ts the reef off the Horn, on fleets engaged in a combat. But ap-;the southwestern extremity of Den- parently the battle was not fought| mark. This would indicate that the out to a point to determine mastery | battle was fought off the coast of of the seas, for the losses, serious as Denmark@ From the f to Heligo- they are reported to have been, will|land, the main German naval base in not impair tho strength of either fleet/ the North Sea, is about 100 miles. to a vital extent. The losses in the engagement must Tho ecene of battle was in the! have been extremely heavy. The bat- eastern waters of the North Sea. It] tle cruiser Indefatigable, from which is probable the German fleet was on| the German Admiralty reports only ‘one of the excursions into the North} two men were saved, probably had Sea uch as it has taken from time to] more than 900 men on beard. and time during the war, and met, complements of men equally or near- whether or not by design, with the] ly as large. BRITISH ADMIRALTY. ADMITS LOSS OF FIVE BIG WARSHIPS; (Continued From First Page.) Marlborough sunken ships, eruisers Defense and Black Prince were sunk. The Warrior was disabled, and after being towed for some time had to be abandoned by her crew, “It is also known that the destroyers Tipperary, Turbulent, Fortune, Sparrowhawk and Ardent were lost, and six others are not yet accounted for. No British battleships or light cruisers were sunk. “The encmy's losses were serious. At least one battle crulser was destroyed and one was severely damaged. One battleship is reported to have been sunk by our destroyers. “During the night attack two Nght cruisers were disabled and prob- action cafot be ascertained with any certainty, but must have been large." PLANS TO NAME ROOSEVELT ARE QUTLINED BY PERKINS of IMlinols, campaign manager for Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman, ‘ss:1ed will be openly defied by the Repub- la s nent this afternoon in which Means, he said Congressman William B. “The bitter fight between the tire (Continued from First Page.) MeKinley Final Suit Clearance Our entire stock of \Yomen’s and Misses’ Suits, consisting mainly of navy and black fabrics, have been sharply reduced; all sizes, 14 to 46. No Connection With Any Other Establishment in the World WORTH 43 & 45 West 34th Street wssnus. New Model Frocks For Street, Sport and the Dance At Unusually Low Prices “LOST BRITISH SHPS CARRIED 1,000 GERMAN GUNS HAMMER HEAVY GUNS ANDLARGE CREWS 1,500-TARD FRONT NEAR VAUX WHERE FRENCH LOST GROUND abe Warspite Reported to Be Armed With. 16-Inch Guns, With a Complement of 1,500 Men—All Were New. The Warspite, which with her sister ship the Queen Elizabeth played | & prominent part in the operations at the Dardanelles, was a superdread- nought o! 00 tons. She was 650 feet long, 94 feet beam, and a draught of 27 1-2 feet. She was built in Davenport in 1914 at an estimated coat of $12,500,000, Instead of the 15-inch guns carried by her sister ship, the Warspite is reported to have had an armament of eight 16-inch guns. She also carried sixteen 6-inch guns, twelve 4-inch guns, four 3-pounders, twelve anti-aircraft guns, and four torpedo tubes. Her crew, officers and | men, is believed to have numbered 1,600, The Queen Mary was a 27,000-ton battle cruiser, 725 feet long, with an 87-foot beam. She carried eight 13.5-inch guna, sixteen 4-inch guns and three 21-inch torpedo tudes. She was completed in 1913 and had @ speed of 27 knots. She cost about $10,000,000. Her complement of men is reported as 1,000. The battle cruiser Indefatigable was a 580-foot ship rated at 18,750 tons, Her armament included eight 12-inch guns, sixteen 4-Inch guns and three 21-inch torpedo tubes. She cost about $7,500,000. Different sources give her complement of men as from 800 to 950, The Invincible, one of the British battle cruisers, was a 17,500 ton ship, 662 feet long. She carried eight 12-inch guns, sixteen 4-inch guns and three torpedo tubes. She was capable of twenty-six knots an hour. Her coat, when completed in 1909, was $8,750,000. She carried 750 officers and men. The Black Prince was a 13,560 ton auxiliary cruiser, built in 1906. She was a 23-knot ship and was armed with four 9.2-Inch guns. The Warrior, rated in the same class with the Black Prince, had a tonnage of 0 and carried six 9.2-inch guns. She is reported as disabled only. The crew of the Black Prince is given as 704 men, that of the Defense 850, and that of the Warrior 704. The Wiesbaden, mentioned as one of the German boats in the battle, is not registered dn available naval lists and Is bat of recent construc- tion. ~ 68% The Defence, also an auxiliary cruiser, was ‘ot 14,600 tonnage, with the same armament as the Black Prince. The Achilles was a 13,600-ton 480-foot cruiser. Her armament included six 9-Inch guns, four 7-inch guns, twenty-four 3-pounders, four Maxims, one 12-pounder and three torpedo tubes. The British dreadnought Marlborough, sald to have been injured by a torpedo, is of the Iron Duke class. She was built in Devonport in 1914 and displaced 26,400 tons. She is 620 feet long, with a beam of 89 1-2 feet. Her armament comprises ten 13-inch guns, twelve 6-inch guns, four 3- pounders and four submerged torpedo tubes. She cost $10,000,000. Her complement of men ts 757, The type of small cruiser reported sunk is thought to be that of the Lowestoft. She is a 6,400-ton boat, 450 feet long, and carrying nine 6-inch guns, four 3-pounders and two torpedo tubes, Of the German ships mentioned, the Pommern was a pre<dreadnought of the Deutschland class. Her tonnage was 13,200 and her length 430 feet. She was armed with four 11-inch guns, fourteen 6-Inch guns, twenty 24- pounders, four 1-pounders, four machine guns and six torpedo tubes, She was built in 1907 at an estimated cost of $6,000,000, Her crew numbered 736 officers and men. The Frauenlod was a 2,715-ton German cruiser, $28 feet long. She was armed with ten 4.1-inch guns, ten 1-pounders, four machine guns and two torpedo tubes. She was built in 1902 at a cost of $3,000,000. She carried 264 officers and men. pecan Ral EE SS rere eee ne candidates from New York makes It, I believe, unwise for the party to choose either of them as its standard been gaining in strength since his trip to Kansas City and St. Louls. He is now serlously considered by the Old Guard for the first time. They parer, ve eaders will iH an F a balleve hee VAP thought they had the delegates to ave to come West candidate) outgeneral him under any circum- n is the man be and that Senator Sherm: who can unite all factions and elected if nominated: Otto Stifel, a delegate-at-large and Chairman of the Missourl delegation, who arrived to-day, said that Mis- sourl would present the name of Charles J. Nagel to the envention as a candidate for Vice President. Among the prominent Progressives to arrive were Gov. Hiram W. John- son and Chester Rowell of California stances, but the delegates who are ar- riving early are betraying a most amazing independence of spirit, and many of them are openly Hughes or Roosevelt men, although they are committed to vote for “favorite sons” on the first ballot. Under the pian to allow Roosevelt to write the platform the Old Guard would admit all his ideas about “A... deanism"” and pretty nearly all his ideas about preparedness, stop- and James BR. Gartield of Ohto, who] Ping short of actual compulsive mill- immediately went into conferenco| tary service. Roosevelt has declared with George W. Perkins and other| for a high tariff, so there will be no Bull Moose leaders. diMeulty about that. A plank advo- “president Wilson will be a hard| cating business regulation will be man to beat, in my opinion,” said] 4dopted, but it will be an uphol- Gov, Johnson. “Col. Roosevelt has| tered plank, calculated not to hurt “big business,” and also a plank pro- viding for a large merchant marine under Government “en -ouragement.” Tho general design of the platform would be calculated to cover every point the St. Louls Convention can possibly cover the week following. ‘The tentative plan providing for the ‘nomination of Roosevelt if he cannot be beaten off embraces this ticket as far as it bas been made up: For President, Theodore Roosevelt. For Vice President, Charles W. Fairbank: For Se For Jo the issue for this campaign. It would be inconsistent for the Republi- cans to take the issues without the man. Speaking from tho standpoint of patriotism, I should say that the Republicans must take Roosevelt.” If the worst comes to the worst the Bull Moosers would be willing to compromise, Their main anxiety at this time is to kill off the Hughes boom, which they regard as the great- est obstacle in the Colonel's path. They do not consider the announce- ment of Justice Hughes that Frank Hitchcock is not authorized to act) tary of State, Elihu Root, Secretary of the ‘Treasury, for him as meaning anything more | pheodore Burton. than an accentuation of the attitude! Of the missiles aimed at Justice ches that he must not be| Hughes the most important was ot Me Muaies thes Be Mal tion, | letter written by him to former |considered as secking the nomination, | Gov. "Nioken, of New Jersey. It. wan but would take it if it w tendered | written in Washington under date of with the force of a majority of the) May, 20, 1915, ‘This iy the Jette |delogates behind the tender, y, Qear Governor: Your le Busy volunteer workers on both | sides have already rigged up a couple of tentative propositions looking to an alliance betw the Roosevelt | forces and the Old Guard, One plan} is to nominate Hughes, if the Colonel | will stand for him, and let the Colonel | Supreme Court, | have ne right to be a candidate, either openly or ively. | cannot remain working here and hold an equivo- cal position before the country. New Model Frocks of embroidered voile, linen and organdie, plain i ane Trower 'y Special 5.95 SARS | New Taffeta Frocks In navy blue, gray, biack ’ ae gh ie ‘tig | | rocks shantung sulk, der > a Very Special | New Model Frocks O1 navy and biack ser met, Georgette cre} taffeta silks in plain colors, stripes and checks, crepe de chine, pongee silks. 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The text of the atatement follows: “In the Argonne there has been fighting with hand grenades In the Vauquois sector, at Courtes Chaus- sees and Fille Morte. We caused the explosion of several small mines, which inflicted damage upon the sub- terranean works of the enemy. “On the left bank of the River Meuse a counter attack delivered by | our troops made ft possible for us to | Progress for 100 yards into the com- | municating trenches of the enemy | south of the Wood of Caurettes, Be- | tween this wood and the village of Cumteres an attack on the part of the enemy was checked by our curtain of fire and the Germans could not move out. “On the right bank of the river the battle continued yesterday and last night with extreme violence along the entire front between the Thiau- mont farm and Vaux. It even spread to the east of the Vaux fort as far as Damloup. In the region of Thiau- mont and Dovaumont the assaults of the enemy were repulsed by our fire and our counter attacks. “South of the Douaumont fort the | 4 Germans were successful in penetrat- ing the southern portion of the Cail- lette Wood as well as the southern shores of the Vaux pond. right all the attacks directed upon the sector between Vaux and Dam- loup were broken by the counter re- statement of to-day announces, very heavy losses upon the enemy, degree of violence and continued along all the front attacked, “The night passed relatively quietly on the remainder of the front.” For their new attempt to smash through around Douaumont and enter Verdun by frontal attacks, the Ger- mans have massed their every avatl- able effective. To the Kaiser's men, who have been engaged for more than 100 days in the terrible carnage, large forces of Austrian troops have been added, official observers declare. In spite of the Austrian offensive against Italy, it is said here the Kalser has compelled his ally to divide his troops in the German de- termination to take Verdun, no mat- ter what the cost. Eight new Ger- man divisions, or more than 100,000 men, other fronts for the fight. All day Wednesday and all night Wednesday night more than 1,000 German gune, ranging from the immense 17-inch howitzers to the 3-inoh field pieces, but con- than type, poun Il the way from Triaumont Farm to Vaux village, BOUCK WHITE SENT TO JAIL AND FINED FOR DESECRATING FLAG (Continued from First Page.) toon by comparing it to James Mont- komery Flagy's cartoon of an armless Venus draped in the American flaj which he said was “put out by the preparedness crowd, portraying the use of the flag as a petticoat." The Justices requested him the case in hand, “Did you burn an American flag last night?” asked Assistant District | outrages” On our |4 an sistance of our troops, who inflicted | Hi “In the course of this fighting the |} artillery fire reached an exceptional Chee have been brought up from | ¥, to stick to| before his case was called: “I waa present last with me, but with a named Harris. for that. Harris. “It was very beautiful United States. We need to stir up America, followed by prayer.” lished accounts o t was “one of the less radicals of the city, dred and Twenty-first ism over all other flags, District Attorney S the following persons Teesent, either as spectators in the Dominico Sinisi, Mrs, M ceedings, h net changes from previous igh, ‘< ‘Alia Miners pfs! Ag, Chem Beet Sugar. | Car & Fury Am. ‘Arm. Am. am Am: Am Am, A Am, Te’ T.¢ ‘Am. Woollen '( Snaconda Mini Inepte, Inter er hS' 3% a ec os : ; S 5 PEELE 1 ni ier. Baer Canadian Steamship, fe dividend of 1 8: 4 per cen mulated divid ont stock, payable July 1° ‘Thi jthe unpaid divide nds to 10 | Standard, Ol Company stock dividend Is ord July 5 ber cent 1 to stock of rec v3 Magna Copper Comps to bring my nai Attorney Unger in cross examination, {say about the formation of — the| the convention, “L except to that question,” re- inet in the event of Hepublican| | With cordial regards, am very | plied White. |success. ‘The other tentative plan is) eineerely yours, | “Sustained,” said the Justices, leo accept the Colonel if he cannot be SHARLER E, HUGHES. | Police Commissioner Arthur Woods peaten off and make an agreement this morning directed a round-up of to nominate him if he will run _with| BELMONT RESULTS, fi, witnensen of the burning of the] Fairbanks as the Viee Presidential | ‘American flag by Bouck White and || Jeandidate and put the Old Guard in| , uae aK Fata iia “ie! | his followers last night and stated control of the Cabinet if be is elected. traight. Aime 107 chy y ko, | action will be taken to prosecute all Jim O'Leary, the Stock Yards book- | 70,10 "it oul Uist OM beury, 107 | who took part in the desecration of maker, has opened a future book on| ond tana, 107 (Graves), 16 to f,[the flag. ‘the convention. He has the reputa- $10. 10 and At aa Pay Time 1.01 Deputy Commissioner Lord was dl- tion of coming closer to sizing up the | LbGGND RACH For. fillles three| Pected to send out detectives tmme- situation in polities than any gam- | yeu id: with $700 added: five and al diately and to co-operate with Dis- ble O'Leary makes Roosevelt the! AAiEnL toro, 106 hits | trict Attorney Swann tn deciding on favorite at 7 to 10 and quotes Hughes rmott), 7 to d0 and| the manner in which the prosecution will be condue Of last nigh id. 's “flag-renouncing” AUCTION SAL Prated Juin ‘st partic! “melting pc ceeding: Albert Henkel, charged with iss Rose Fein’ and the Rev. ohnston of Newark, who made vigorous protests against the pro- Lines— Jand burning party Bouck White said, night. I'd like see it repeated in every city of the someth: “It was preceded by prayer and While preferring to wait until of- ficial reports have been made to him before commenting on the case, Com- missioner Woods said that if the pub- the affair are true, most damnabie ever attempted by the law- The flag was burned in the yard in| the rear of the Church of the Social Revolution of which Bouck White 18 the pastor, at No. 125 West One Hun- Street, was supposed to be part of a cere- mony symbolical of the triumph of | exce; the flag of international industrial- ann after a conference with Chief City Magi trate McAdoo arranged for a hearing Monday and sent out subpoenas for beara. out my conclusion,” aaid | “ran! litchcock, custodian of the idee were | Hughes boom, "1 never have had U nice | Ony authorization from Pro-| Hughes. 1 have always Amanda Huld Me WALL STREET. Cloning Quotations. closing, Close, iii l s Litet+ rand Foundry © a of 1 jatle suly i to stock of record June 10 Declan 1. on he pr will 1-2 pe of Oho, payable any. The beautiful ceremony did not originate young Greek I'm not clover enough The credit should all go to and Regnlar HUGHES DECLARES NOONE CAN SPEAK Announces + Through Secretary , That Hitchcock Has No Au- | thority to Act at Chicago. WASHINGTON, June 2.—Justice Hughes, through his secretary, an- nounced to-day that neither Frank Hitchcock nor any one else is author- the Justice at Chicago, “Justice Hughes has no represen- tative and there is no man authorized to use his name as a Presidential possibility,” sald the secretary, Lau- rence H. Green, “We supposed the public knew that Justice Hughes has No representative nor any one who has been authorized in the slightest degree.” The Justice is sticking closely to his library these days. Supreme Court Justices have no offices except j their own lbrartes, If he has business downtown, he walks—a distance of two or three | miles—or rides with Mrs. Hughes in | their electric car, | The Justice knows little “society” to ing pt official events from which there 18 no escape, CHICAGO, Juno 2 “Tho statement George Harris, credited by White | jegt iaters of the party with having arranged the programme; | yy ant” TA ESS potitieas Helnrich Webber, Robert W. Davis, |teaders p y would construe the Louis Cherkoff, Karto Chetyanna, | Washington statement asa flat dis- wal by the Justice of Hitchcock's 3 in his behalf. do not think it is for me to say F | effos anything regarding that,” Hitch cock replied. a os CHICAGO Bede Lit i dodated CORN Mea Thursday 1M Net wr Oven, High July... 105% 108 107% Sept. 107° 107% CORN. 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