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11 i rJ-f Stttt. THE WEATHER FORECAST. Pair to-day and to-morrow; west and southwest winds. Highest temperature yesterday, 83; lowest, 64. Detailed weather, mall and marine reports on pa.ie IS IT SHINES FOP ALL VOL. LXXXI1I. NO. 306. NEW YORK, SUNDAY, JULY 2, 1916. Copyright, 1016. hy the Sun Prlnllnfl and Publishing Aitoctatton. 54 PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. NEXT MOVE IN MEXICO WAITS ON CARRANZA Xo Reply Yet to Demand That Ho Explain Fu ture Course. TB00P MOVEMENT TO BORDER GOES ON Aguilnr's Statement Taken as Food for "Home Consumption." Washington, July 1. With the ex ception of tho steady moving ma chinery of militia mobilization for ser vice on the border, developments In tho Mexican situation havo been brought to a standstill by reason of the fact that nothing official haa been heard yet from Carranza. Ho has not replied formally to the note of last week, which, tn demanding the release of tho American troopers captured In the Carrlzal fight, also asked for nn explicit staUmcnt of his future course of action. Nor has he cnt a rejoinder to the American reply to his demand for a withdrawal of the American expedition. President Wilson returned thiB morning from his trip to New York to find the situation practically un changed, except for tho receipt of a brief despatch from Special Agent nodgers nt Mexico city continuing press reports concerning the statement Issued yesterday by the Mexican For rlgn Ofllce. Apparently convinced that nothing was likely to develop to-night, the President spent the evening with Mrs. Wilson nt the theatre. The House, after pausing tlv Hay resolution appropriating 32.OOU.uuO for th relief of dependent wives, children nd mothers of mllUlnniun called tn the front, adjourned over the Fourth f July until next Wednesday. Tn Please Home folk. Officials "f the Administration after examining the text of the Foreign Office tatement lsued m Melco city pre ferred to view It In tho light ol .1 docu ment Intended for "home consumption." The fact that the statement I extremely truculent In tune I not regarded as par ticular serious In view of the fart that It make's, no additional threats and closes with 'chat might be Interpreted as an Invitation to dl-cus anew proposals for an agieement under which the American fo-ees might operate in Mexico. At the Mexican Kmbanty to-night It wis -taled that no fresh advices had .e lecelvcd concerning the next Mep if ' I'arriinzn ("nn eminent. For the ftvt t. tie In several days Mr. Arredondo ail i.i new .oinplnluts to flic, with the S'af le.,irtiiient regarding alleged out r.c.t perpetrated by American soldiers a .i.t . Illans against Mexicans along the bo b;. T i other I.atln American diplomats j. mulling w"h keun lhteiet tho fi ' il'Mjiuptueiit, In some of thes c.j.o . i the suggestion was indorsed . i (Sen, r.-irranr.a mav take ndvan ijire of President Wilson's Mexican eff'-ences In New York last night to Hl'in i more stuhhoru nttltude M ndful of Secretary Lansing's previ-tj- unwillingness io discuss any media t on "(Terr, the Latin American repre sent 'ives are hiding tlieir time. lntend- e io renew their offers only In the fwnt that the situation gets to a point nhere hostilities appear Imminent. Tin re Is a disposition to believe, how ever, that In view of the President's New Vork speech Mr. Wilson Is prepared to adopt an even more lenient attituda in his efforts to avoid a clash. The tmrrlrnn Mile, The War Pepartment received to right the following report from Oen. Btll at Ul Paso regarding the complaint ef the Mexican Government that Ameri can troopers at Ysletta, Tex., had killed a Mexican customs Inspector: Fergt. J. K. Fair, Troop G. Eighth Cavalry, while on outpost duty at 6 :45 Continued on foi.rfn ragr. THE CONTROLOF To the Readers of The Sun: The control of The Sun and The Evening Sun has passed into my hands through my Purchase from Mr. William C. Roick of his interest n these ProP?.18- Sun Coincident with the closing ot this transaction, The bun bought The New York Press from me for the Pumwe ot combining the two papers. The amalgamation will take place with Monday's issue of The Sun Monday, .July 8 when The Fteus will be merged with it. The name of the amalgamated paper will be The Sun. It will, course, be necessary to carry the name of The Press in a conspic uous place for a brief time. . . Th . The tremendous advantage ot this merger to The Sun can be appreciated only by newspaper men. Through it The Sun secures a morning franchise in the Associated Press, and there is no other possible way to secure such a franchise except through the purchase of a newspaper Through a mix-up that occurred some years ago, when the Associated Press was reorganized, The Sun did not wwociate itself with all the other morning papers of the town in the reorganization. As a consequence, ever since then it has been compelled to gather its news alone and at THE PRICE OF THE MORNING SUN WILL BE ONE CENT BEGINNING "DRIVING AMERICANS NORTH." When Pershing; quit Mimlqulpa I'oatrra Announce Ureal Victory. Columbus, N. M July 1. Clone on Hie heels of Namlqulpa's evacuation by Hie American punlUve expedition J.500 Carramdsta cavalry iccupled the town. rosters Immediately appeared stating that the United States troops were being driven north by the do facto Oovern- inent forces. Refugees tho brought their reports north to the American lines to-day said they fled from Namlqulpa. fearing harm at the hands of the Carranilstas for hav ing been friendly to the Americans dur Ing their occupation of the territory. Members of the Namlqulpa home guard, who aided Oon. Pershing's men In unearthing caches of Vllllsta arms, were among those, who sought protec tion In the American lines. AMERICAN REFUGEES RUSH TO VERA CRUZ 700 Arc Tut. Aboard the Sunv nor Mnny Arrive nt Havniin. tt.iat Cable Pfpatchti to Tns So. Vr.nA Cruz, July 1. All refugees were transferred to the transport Sumner yesterday, "00 being aboard. The Pierce Oil Corporation's employees arrived last night. Americans continue to reach here from the Interior on every train. The gunboat Wheeling arrived to-day with forty refugees for the Sumner Vera Cruz IS very tranquil. Havana, July 1. The steamship Mon sarat arrived here ti-day crowded with refugees who swarmed to the ship nt Vera Cruz, many paying first elasi fares to sleep on the deck. Among the arrivals Is Alvnrez Al varado, tho Consul from Panama. He says that there Is tho must intense iU Amerlcan feeling throughout nil of Mex ico. 1-atln American foreigners are of fering their services to light the United (Stales. When the news of the fight near Mata moros reached the capital, he said, there, w.iK a great popular demonstration, crowds cheering .Mexico and shouting i Death to grtngoes." Americans falling to uncover when the national hymn was plaed were assaulted. President Carranza and Oen. Obregon Mulcted the tuob by announcing that they had ordered the Immediate retirement of American troops In Mexico. All accommodations on the next three ships leaving Vera Cruz are said to be engaged by peaceful Mexicans who are ery eager to leave their country. There Is the most acute poverty and starvation throughout Mexico. STRIKE THREATENS CANAL. NOO Mechnnlca, Inrladln Lock Operators, Mmy Dull. fprcial Cahtt )ettr to The Si Panama, July 1. Right hundred me chanics, the entire force of tlu Panama Canal, will decide to-morrow whither or not to strike on account of a reduction In wages, taking effect to-day Includid among the mechanics are the lock operators. If they should stilkc a su-penslon of navigation would be threat- tied. The reduction In wages takes the foi m of a charge of rent for quarters oc. cupled by the men. The wage scale on the canal Is higher than In the navy vnrds of the United Slates, but Is lesi thnn the commercial ratt. Acting Governor Harding Is powerless because the scale Is nxel ny law mm tne rent charge i set by the Preldent. THE SUN TO-DAY CONSISTS OF SIX SEC TIONS AS FOLLOWS: Psge, FIRST SECOND THIRD General Ne j lO Sporting. Kenneli, f'& Automobiles . . 6J News of the Resorts. Drama, F i h i o n i . Schooli Pictori il Magitine Speciil Featurei. Boob, Quer.ei, Chew . . Foreign, Real Estate, Gardens. Poultry, Finan cial, Pi oblemt . . . FOURTH FIFTH SIXTH Total 54 fuaJtrs or ntusdtaltrs uho Jo not ro ttitt all oj Ihtst Mctfou telll tonjet a Jater on " Tkt Sun" ty nottfyint On Pub lication Dtparimtnt at one hy At phont (2200 Bttman) and mlulnt ucthni uill he promptly foruarJta' poutbl. INCOME TAX RATE MORE THAN DOUBLED New Revenue Bill Introduced Provides Taxation to Raise $250,000,000. BOOST TN THE SURTAXES They Run Up to 10 Per Cent. Levies on Inheritances and Munitions. Washington, July 1. The emergency revenue act Intended to raise $2GO,000,000 to defray the expenses of the national defence programme and a part of the com of the troop movements Incident to the troubles on the Mexican border was Introduced In the Houc to-day in behalf of. the Administration by Hejiresentatlo Kltchln, the Democratic leader. The bill Increases the normal rate of tho Income tax law from one to two per cent. It Impose a tax on Inheri tances and on munitions of war, and retains nil of the features of the war emergency net passed by the last Con gress, with the excoptlon of the stamp taxes. It proposes the enactment of an anti dumping clause aimed nt the flooding of the American market by foreign goods and provides for the creation of a non partisan tariff commission of five mem bers. The bill levies protective rates on dyestuffs and chemicals. Mr. Kltchln and his associates esti mate that the proposed revenuo law will yield I2DO.000.uOO a year, apportioned as follows : Normal and surtax rates of the in come tax law, 1 110. 000. 000 ; munitions tax, $50,000,000 ; inheritance tax, $50,. 000,000: parts of war revenue emer gency act of the last Congress to be reenacted. $10,000,000. Grand total, $250,000,000. Republican Leaders Surprised, Republican leaders nTe surprised at the decision to Increase the normal or basic late of the Income tax from 1 to 2 per cent. Tills is applicable to all Incomes above the exemptions of 83,000 and 14,000, up to jzu.wuu. in otner words the married man with an Income of 85.000 a year. ' Person Importing or assisting In Import who injoys an exemption of 84,000, will j Ing any articles from any foreign coun- pay jum twice as mucn as rormeny, or, 82u a year Instead of 810. The cxemp- l.on of 83,000 a eur for single personal and J4.HO0 for married is not changed. I mere la also a substantial Increase In the surtax rates effected through a re ductlon In the tigures at which the sur tax rates begin to uperatc. The present law provides for surtax or additional iites bejoud the tax of 1 per cent. ;u. ioiiowh : One per cent, on incomes that exceed 820,000 un.1 do not exceed 860.000, t vr cent, on Incomes in excess of 8.'0,000 alia not tn excess of 876,00, 8 per cent, on incomes in ix oss o. 876,000 and not in excess of 8100.0UO, 4 per cent, on In comes In excess of 8100,000 and not In excess .of 8250,000, 5 per cent, on in comes in excess of 8j6u.OOO and not In excess of o0(i,0('0. and 6 wr cent, on Incomes In ox ess of 8500,000. Tho proposed law pi -vldes for sur taxes or rate beyond tl.o propo-ed new normal rate of 2 per cent, as follows: One per cent on II conies that exceed 820,0oo and do not exceed 840,000, 2 per cent, on Incomes In excess of 840,000 id not in ex-oss of 810,000, 3 per cent, on Incomes of 850.000 and not In excess of 8S0.0OH, 4 j.er cent, on Incomes in excess of 8S0.0H0 and not in excess of 8100.HUS. 5 per cent, on Incomes In excess of 8100, 000 and not in exctss of 8150.000, 6 oer cent, on Incomes In excise of 8150,000 and not In excess of 82oo.ooO, 7 per cent, on Incomes In exces of 8200,000 and not 111 excess of 8250,000, 8 per cent, on In dimes In excess of 8250,000 and not in exiess of 83OO.O00. 0 per cent, on In comes in excess of 8300,000 and not In (jicos of 850o,ii0(i, 10 per cent, on In- .oniesln JXcfHH of 8500,000. Thus wealthy men with Incomes In excess of 8500,000 will now have to pay 10 Instead of 6 per cent. Tin on Inheritances. The hill provides for n graduated tax on Inheritances. All taxes will be as sessed on the "net estate," to be deter mined l deluding all funeral expenses, and an exemption from levy is allowed up to the gross amount of 800,000, The rates are tlxed as follows: One per cent, on the amount of net e-tate less thnn 850,000. Two per cent, of the amount by which the net estate exceeds 850,000 and does not exceed 8150,000. Three p cent, of the amount be tween 1150,000 and 8250,000. Four per vent, of tho amount be tween 8250,000 and 8450,000. Five per cent, of the amount by which the net estate exceeds 8450,000. The tax will be collectible one year Coitflnnril on Hcroiul Pagr. THE SUN a vast annual'expenditure in excess of the cost of receiving it through the Associated Press. Moreover, it is not possible for a ningle newspaper to compete in news-gathering with the Associated Press, which is the peerless news-gathering organization of all the world. With the Associated Press franchise which The Sun secures through this merger, it will be equipped for better work so far as concerns its news service than at any time in its history better than in the old days when it was a member of a press association, because the Associated Press of to-day is incomparably better and bigger than any previous news-gathering organization. But the gain of The Sun through this merger is by no means confined to ita acquisition of an Associated Press franchise. It gains ns well the good will and circulation of The Press, which is now 135,000 net cash paid on week day issues and 143,000 net cash paid on a Sunday, and the best of it is that this circulation of The New York Press is largely right here in the city itself. Beginning to-morrow, the price of The Sun will be reduced to one cent in the one-cent newspaper zone that is, in Greater New York and its nearby communities, where other important morning newspapers sell at one cent. This move will put The Sun on an even footing with HIGH PROTECTION IN NEW REVENUE BILL Measure Has Anti-Dumping Clause and Big Duties on Dyestuffs. INDORSED BY PRESIDENT Severe Penalties to Bo Im posed on Persons Conspiring Against Home Industries. Wasiii.vo.ton, July 1, The Democratic revenue bill, which was introduced tn the House to-day with the Indorsement of the Administration, contains two Im portant protective features. One Is nn nntl-dumplng clause, which Is designed to protect the American mar ket against a Hood of European goods after the war, and the other Is a pro tective duty on certain manufactured dyestuffs. The anti-dumping clause- represents legislation which President Wilson It supposed p have recommended for In-, vn Kmerson addressed a gathering of elusion Ifl th Democratic platform , 100 physicians from the Infected Brook adopted at St. Louis. A plank supposed district at tho Polhemus Memorial to have had the President's Indorsement i was presented to tho committee which drafted the platform, but It stirred up so much opposition that all reference to anti-dumping legislation was finally omitted and the Democrats reafllrmed the principle of ttirifT for revenue only n '!l-n.PrVl"!0n,eln f"WT ,hC llshmcnt of a tariff comiiilion. -Many Democrats contend that the pio- posed antl-dumulng Itglsl.ttlon has a distinct protective tinge and that this, together with the duties encouraging the, iiiaiiuuinviuin vi uitkiuiii', mains wu I nnrt.ir. (mm .eai.in.i r ..o.. .i. I riollcy ' . . ., ...,.-....mp,nK r-ntnre. The anti-dumping clause of tho new reenue bill follows: 'That when used In this title the term do moie damage and cause more slck 'person' Includes partnership?, corpora- ness than to continue them. tlons aid associations. "That it shall be unlawful for any "J uu" timni oiaies io cuinmoniy and systematically sell or cause to be sold such articles within the United States nt a prlc -uhstantially les than ne actual marxet value or wholesale price of such articles, at the time of exportation to the United States, In the Principal markets of the country of their productl m, or of other foreign countries to whlih they are commonly exported, after adding to such market value or wholesale price freight, duty and other charges and expenses necessarily Inci dent to the Importation and sale thereof It. the United States. "Provided that such act or acts be done with the Intent of destroying or In juring an Industry in the United States or of preventing the establishment of an Industry In the United States, or of re straining or monopolising any part of the trade or commerce In such articles In th United States. Pennltr for Violators. "Any person who violates or combines or conspires with any other person to violate this section Is guilty of a mis demeanor fnd on conviction there.if shall tie punished by a fine not exceed ing 85.000 or Imprlsonmen not exceed ing one year, or both. In the discretion ot the court. "Any person Injured In his business or property by leason of any violation of or combination or conspiracy to vio late this section may sue therefor In the District Court of the United States for the district In which the defendant resides or Is found, or lias an agent, without respect to tho amount In con troversy anil shall recover threefold the damages sustained, and the cost of the suit, including a leasonable attorney's fee. "That If any article produced in a foreign country Is Imported Into the United States under any agreement, un derstanding or condition that the Im porter thereof or any person In the United States shall not use, purchase or deal In, or shall be restricted In his using, purchasing or dealing In, the ar ticles of any other person thero shall ho levied, collected and paid thereon, In addition to the duty otherwise Im posed by law, a special duty equal to double the amount of such Out v. The Secretary of tho Treasury shall make such rules and legulatlons as are necessary to carry out this provision. Dalles an Djeatnlfs. A general reclassification of tho duties on dvestuffa is proposed in tne new mil, Haw products ure to be admitted free, with rates running as high as .10 per cent, nd valorem on finished dyes. The Continued on Krrond Poor. AND THE (Reprinted from INFANT PARALYSIS KILLS 58 IN WEEK Fifty-two New Cases He ported, Bringing the To tal Up to 379. WANNING TO PARENTS Dr. Simon Flexner Tells Phy sicians Fly Is Not tho Carrier of tho Disease. Fifty-two new cases of Infantile paral ysis were reported to the Healti De partment yesterday, bringing the total to 879. Forty-three of these were tn i Brooklyn districts already affected, 8 were In Manhattan and 1 In The Bronx. The death list reached 76, of which S3 were recorded for the week ended at noon yesterduy. Of the deaths for the week, 61 occurred In Brooklyn. The war against the epidemic became more general yesterday when Dr. Simon i Flexner and Health Commissioner He- Clinic, to enlist them In a systematic, concentrated tight. Dr. Flexner presented the case from tho latest discoveries. while Dr. L'merson told what his de partment Is doing. After this meeting the Health Com mlssloner announced that It had been 'Uei to ,l8l Parents In the city, par- ...... ,,, ... ... tlcularly thoe residing In the vicinity of a placarded house, to keep their children away from all public gatherings, fron, churches am, Sunday schools, from , , - . , picnics, from parties, from motion plc- ,ure onrt ",er theatres. The public playgrounds nnd the recreation piers will not oe ciosen yet. careful watch wl k 0J tu,m ,mt ,t ,H , , tha, to deprive the children of these oppor- tunltles for excrelso unu fresh air would l'lo Wateh nn Food Supply. In broadening the scope of the work esterday Inspectors began a syste matic Investigation of every grocery store, every Ice merchant, every milk depot, every candy store or stand or fruit stand in all Infected districts. The object is to see that no person who I- in contact with a sufferer handles any such merchandise. If a fruit stand man comes from a place Infected his stand will be closed down. The field forces In the live boroughs. which are working twenty-four hours a day to uncover cases and do what is possible in the way of prevention, were further Increased yesterday. .Ten addi tional physicians, forty more nurses-and a large aiuad of inspectors were put to work. The arrangements now are such that a physician In private practice may obtain the services of a diagnostician by using the telephone, while automatically the Police Department, the Street Clean ing Department and the tenement house squads go to work to clean up the prem ises and enforce the strictest of sanitary laws. The work now of the field force aftfr the discovery of a case In a district Is to persuade famllltw to permit the trans fer of the little patient to a hospital. special Care In Pavilion. Tills point was made plain estenlay the hospital pavilions provided are In no sene pesthouses. Kvery appliance anl convenience that science has discovered Is being utilized. Kvery ward Is light, cool, screened : the food is the liest dieti cians can devise. The treatment will be the very best that the Health De. p.irtment and private Institutions lilt the Rockefeller Institute, ns well as spe cialists, can supply. Sending a patient to the hospital, according to Dr. Kmer son, means that in large families the ia:j and isolation tteatmeiit the disease de mands will be obviated. Twenty new patients wtrn taken to the Kingston Avenue Hospital, Brooklyn, eslerday, making sixty cases in ail now there, nnd It was said as t favorable eiltlrlsm on phsicians In prlvtt praj tUv that they are foregoing their fees ui their deblre to help stamp out tho dis ease. Dr. Flexner's address to the Brooklyn physicians summed up all that science anows of the disease and tho 100 or more physicians In attendance listened atten tively. Infantile paralysis, according to tho scientist, is always prevalent In northern Kuropc. While It attains Its greatest virulence In the hot months It continues tho year around. It Is epi demic In waves and Is not confined to any particular country. It was noticed In 1907 that It not only prevailed In the United States, but In Kuropc, South America and Australasia. It proceed Continued on Eighth l'apc, EVENING yesterday's Sun.) I its competitors, all of which, with the exception of The Herald, sell at the one-cent price. Summed up, the acquisition of an Associated Press fran chise, and of the good will and circulation of The New 1 ork Press, and the reduction in the selling price of the paper to one cent, form an epoch of no mean importance in the history of The Sun. The Evening Sun, conceived and started in 1887 by as brilliant a corps of newspaper men as any American news paper has ever had, now occupies a very splendid place in the journalistic world. It has come to be the vogue among evening newspapers. In character and quality, and the es teem in which it itt held by the substantial citizenship of the community, it has no rival in its field to-day, save The Eve ning Post alone. Its net paid daily circulation is now verging on two hundred thousand, and it has won an advertising pat ronage that places it in a very strong position. Very great credit is due Mr. Reick for the fine develop ment of The Evening Sun since it came under his control. I know of no man who has done a better and sounder piece of newspaper work at any time, in New York or elsewhere, than Mr. Reick has done on The Evening Sun. In taking over these two newspapers, I do so with full appreciation of the responsibilities that come with them. I ANGLO-FRENCH DRIVE HURLS GERMANS BACK ON 25 MILE FRONT ALONG RIVER SOMME L JMSs&ZWer-WMVitf HK.eMCM.Wfc II TMIE Gorman line on u front of about twenty-live miles north and south of the Somme has been broken in a combined attack by British and French troops. Several villages in the direction of Bapaume nnd I'eronne have been captured nnd heavy ftKhtinp; con tinues. The British, French nnd Belpinn lines are shown on the ac companying map as well as the advance, which Is indicated by arrows. CASEMENT TO ASK DEATH LIKE EMMET'S lias Xo Hope That Appeal Will He Granted and Arccpts Sentence. tlifctal Cahtr Pffpntrh to Tnr. Srs I.Nlio.v, July 2. According to a state ment Issued to the newsisipers Sir Hoger Casement nccepts the sentenco of death ns final. He takes littlo Interest In nn appeal, which ho considers useless, not withstanding Ihe optimism of his law yers. He Is preparing a statement which he wishes to Issue when his appeal Is rejected, as he expects It will be. He will ask to be beheaded as was Hobeit Kmmet. The prisoner frequently declares his willingness to die. He resents having to wear the clothes of a convict. U. S. TAKES STEP. I.tiimlnir Instruct I'lmr In Open I n foriniil .Vegotliit Ions. Washington, July 1 Secretary of State Lansing Is understood to have In structed United States Amb.u-sador Pate at London to bring Informally to the attention of the British Foreign Olllee as a matter of Information the widespnad Interest in the United Stales in the fate of Sir Hoger Casement, who lino been sentenced to death as a traitor. This action Is said to have been taken as the result of a flood of telegrams, petition nnd memorials which have reached the White House urging the President to Intervene and obtain clem ejicv. It Is explained in Administration quarters that the American Uovernment hns no ground upon which to make any request of the sort. Senator Marline of New Jersey sought yesterday to have passed In the Senate a resolution directing the President to protest againet the sentence passed on Casement, but the resolution was re- ferred to the Foreign Itelatlnns Pom - mlttee, where It will probably remain. SUN PASSES TO MR. 10 SHOT IN BERLIN LIEBKNECHT RIOT Fifty Persons Arrested in Course of Demonstration in Potsdammer Plata. I.o.vno.v, July 1 A despatch 'mm the Amsterdam correspondent of the Cential News states that ten persons were shot ami fifty arrested during the riots following a demonstration in the l'otsdimmer Platz, Ilcrlln, after the sen tencing of Dr l.lcbkneclit to Jail for treason. The despatch says hat a guard Is tw on duty around the Potsdammer Plat? to prtvetit any similar actions GERMAN TROOPS KILL POLICE, defuse to I'lrr (in Cologne Mnli In I'oiid Hint. ..jifcml I'ahlt Dei'itr'i to Tnr. Sin Amstfiipam, via London, July 1 A stnry Is printed here but without cou nt illation of a serious fond I lot In Uo Icgne. Aivot'illng to the stor ttoops were ordereil t.i fire on the crowd and refused, whereupon the police tiled, kill ing and wounding several persons. The troops, indlctinnt. tired on the po lice, the story continues, killing eighteen p.illienien $100,000,000,000 COST OF WAR. .lean I'lnot ltlinilte mil for Three Year Struggle, Paris, July 1 The total cost of the war to all betllgeiei.ts will leach from J 100,000,000,000 to $120,000,01)0,000 If the struggle continues for time years, Jtun rinot, financial wilier, estimated to-day. The civil war in America, he pointed I out, cost less than IS, 000, 000, 000, nnd the Napoleonic wars, lasting over twenty ears, and considered the most i bloody in history of past tlnns. only j I IS.oOO.OOO.noo. have a keen realization of the great past of The Sun, and the unique and incomparable position it achieved under the direc tion of that master journalist, Mr. Charles A. Dana. His work was an inspiration and an uplift to all journalists throughout the length and breadth of the land. But no man can make a worth-while imitation newspaper. If Mr. Dana himself were alive and editing The Sun he would not imitate any past performance. A newspaper must be of the period, tho day, the hour, the minute. The man re sponsible for Tho Sun in the present and in the future, while holding to the best traditions of the past, must square it to the conditions and requirements of to-day must put into it his own thought, his own convictions, and his own analysis of the times and everyday issues. Mr. Reick will remain with the organization, and Mr. Ed ward P. Mitchell, who served The Sun so long as its chief editorial writer under the great Mr. Dana, will still be at tho head of the editorial department. And many of the old Sun men, who are steeped through and through with Sun tra ditions, will remain with us, I hope, and continue to give you that inimitable Sun llavor and finish that you find in The Sun alone. FranK A. Munsey Lloint Offensive Launched Teutons Lose lint ire First Line. FIVE MILE ADVANCE XEAI MOXTAUBAN 3Iainet, Serre, Contulmai- son, La Bobolle, Dotn pierre. Fay Taken. RlliTISH CLOSING IN ON FRICOURT fP.il--. ) Jinn lo.ic.inso iiinv -.unu i iiounti.i :?.50l) Are Captured by tlie French. 'pi rial t.'nblf Hr'patrh to Tn Sc. London, July 1. A great allied of tensive wus Inaugurated this mornlntr or both sides of tho Hlver Somme. Urltlsh nnd French launched their assaults simultaneously on a front of about twenty-flvo miles nnd captured tho first lino wf Utirman position on the entire front attacked. At isont Hiiban, cast of Albert, where the great- 1 est pt ogress was made, the British puictratcd the German lines for a ( distance of ovt five miles. Several 1 villages havo been taken, including Montauban, MutncU, Serre, Contal I raalsoti. La ltol.scllu on tho northern I part oi tho front attacked, and Dom- Pierre, llecquiiuoutt, Huh.iu and Fay : on tho southern part. The battle Is still raging with great violence along tho whole front. The southern Hank of the front at tacked by the allied forue.s is only sev enty miles northeast of Purls. Koughly, tho front of tvi offensive extends from the region oft Fny, south east of lltay, tuwaiil the northwest to tho region of Commecourt, crossing the Sumtne nnd the Ancre rivers. The French are conducting the drive from the southern cml of the line ua far north as Curlti, on the northern side of the Meii.-o, where lighting for posses sion of the town is s,.lll In progress, the Urltlsh taking up the task from that point north. The immediate objectives of the of fensive ate the two unpoi tunt railway and highway centres of IVrnnne, be hind the southern pan uf the line, and Kip.iunic, in the north. In connection with preparation for the opening of tho offensive French aviators on the past two nights have dropped numbers of heavy shells on the railway stations at Nc-le, ltoyc and I'onllan.s, behind the Herman front In i this legion, and also 1 mbanled muni tion factories ami otner mllit.irj establishments. Attack .Wade MuiiillfineoiiHl. Tho drive was hunched simultane ously by the two armies at 7:30 o'clock this morning, following six days ot artillery bombardment desirllrfd an the x most violent Mt known on the western front. TIi.h bombardment had covered the whole Herman fmnt facing tho northern Flench ami the Urltlsh lines. This morning at about t! o'clock It was .suddenly concentrated with unparal lelled fury nn the front north, east and southeast of Albeit After an hour and a half of terrific artillery work the Infantry climbed from their trenches nil along the line and drove nt the Hermans through a i loud of smoke nnd dust resulting from the luui of shells. un the Urltlsh right the rush carried the attacking troops through and over " trench labyttnth on a ft out of sowi milts tn a depth of 1.000 vnriN. In thl same legion Mametz and M intauban tell Into th" hands of the Hrillsh, who, tr MUNSEY MONDAY 1