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S t;.- half ibicn priaiest bat- DANE LINERS-ARE DENIED REGISTRY mmll-n-r rf U-!ln !trfue p liratioa ff Amrrlraa Tran. lltjrllr I r.oi(an. N.- (.!. J. t tr ; !. I.t t t:.'- A.ll . - ::. af . !.. r.aa Trsnimtian- application for ir f. r a im:tih-r of o-fr--.i-!.t M airships, has I'j:.: 1 by f.ix. :.,. T lv Kjj.:.,' T (lumber- I i.i-'l. t t 4-. it. a: p ii : ! x !- i . iv I. " 1- 4t.. :s:'-l ,s:a(i :iim:iner of , : il I:, a t.tti nx-nt trade 1 .-".u t!'..! I ! r'- r'-' had been ! :-. k -I tu."i and fiat all the j .:. -.. ih-. . u.pany are Anier- Mr atm r ai 1 he laid all the 1 . f.,r' :railon comnils- ...r.-r at W.i. t ,.r:i!.ji4.:,:.'r l'. I ! -.;r.ct n and assured the t.'.ai M the vritfe-ls al-; ur. !'-r ncu'ral f.ags and m him a f;.-.f ji:I' moat I liot t-- u' -I :n that th h,P any ay to em- I am thr 1: St- BELGIAN RAILROADS ORDER LOCOMOTIVES!11 N- Y"r. Jure s Ar'uncement hrtr tr.al the Amrncan lvomotve iii!i-ar-.y U re-riv orders from the l;-!:.n tte railroads for 20 loro-rr-. ! -i uu'-I p--u;a: ion t-vlay as to t.'i- uri-t- i 'T h th! e'luiproent :. snl.n li-l It a lntcI out that iirlcin railroais are almost wh'dly In pj4 mn of in German tnl uire-trl tiat th locomotives n!fht lx lutcnde-i for use In Franc or K;a. Tarkrv !ncrrar Tariff. Wah:nctn. 1. June 17 TaiifT i i-.rrr- amounting to from 15 to 30 pr crnt ad valorem on practically all rtu l Imported Into Turkey went In to r!Tni Jur.e 2. according to cable ad vlcr to t. slate departmi-rsl from th American rocsul general at Constatitl Rople. THE WEATHER J l'recat Till 7 P. X. Toaiorrow, for live IlaaJ. I'atrBport, XoLla aad Ylrlallj. r-ily cloudy tonight and Saturday, cool-r lotiichL Trn-p-r-ture at 7 a ra. 4. Highest trtrrdy 72. lowest last Dlght 61. VelcMtty of wind at 7 a. m.. S mile p-r hour. Irvc!pitaiin .40 Inch. ijti,., hu a: Kilty at 7 p n( Kl, p ra lfi,y. ;,at, 0f a:er 7 2. a tall p. m. 57. at 7 of J In la 24 boar. J. M. SIIERIER. Local Forecaster. A9TRONC".i-A EVENTS. i;en:x.i; '.arm. Mercury. Saturn. Mara. Morales ta . Jupiter. Venus. The rod ar Altar f eoo-T;!arlot Sor Mo a- Lew !y risen after daxW . BERLIN STILL DOUBTFUL ON SECOND NOTE Newspaper War Continues to Rage, Many Editors Opposing Compromise. LEADERS CONFERRING Meyer-Gerhard, Envoy of American Ambassador Reports on Situation. ner!!n. June IS, (via London.) Tho effect of the arrival cf lr. Anton Meyer- ' Gerhard, who has come from the tJer jman embassy at Washington with mos- . Jatt:s bearing on the Gerinan-Ameri-; jran Ktluatlon, on the preparatory work 'of Germany's answer to the American: note. Is not thus far perceptible. Count 1 von IlernstorfT's emissary bosun today j a Fertes of important conferences with ' officials at the foreign office. He spent most of yesterday with the secretary of state for the colonies. Pr. V. S. Solf. after brief conversations with Gottlieb von Jbbow. the foreign min ister, and L'nder-Secrctary Zimmer man. j There are Indications that Vr. Solf Ms taking an interest in the question of German-American relations and ;may play a role In the deliberations on 'Germany's second answer regarding i the LuMtania disaster, i Ir. Solf Is familiar with life and con ditions In the I'nited States. His influ ence on Germany's Dolicy may be ex- r-lwt In hi favnrshil to an ultim.Lle ', understandir.K. It Is still too early to predict what form tho German nota will take. Ap parently an endeavor will be made to cpen the way" to further discussions. The uewnpaper war between advo cates of a friendly settlement and the "no compromise" representatives con tinues to rage. Naval writers in par ticular urge that Germany cannot af- ford to yirld an lota regarding the prin - oip aoJ practices of submarine war- fare, but the very violence of their at- j laiks on the advocates of an under-; standing lndbates that the latter are not mtthout Influence. Vn Bcrnstorfl" in Irnlal. Washington. P. C. Jutie IS. Count von Uernslorrr. the German ambassa dor, today personally Informed Sec- retary Lansing that neither he nor any member of the embassy staff had any knowledge of Pr. Alfred Meyer, said to have been secretly in this country buying war supplies. lublished reports have alleged that Meyer returned to Germany under a f ,fe conduct obtained for Pr. Anton Mrrer-Gerhar J. from the allies by the I'mied States at the ambassadors re- auP,t. The ambassador also assured Secretary Lansing that Dr. Meyer-Ger-j hard never bad engaged In any work ! Red Cross. He made no request for an official investigation of the pub- "f7r7n. e w-as arranged lor ny i the ambassador, who wired the secre-; tary from New York. Previously the j charge d' affaires of the German em-j bassy at Cedarhurst. L. I., had made a general denial of the published I charges of deception. Secretary Lansing late today author ized the announcement that so far as the state department Is concerned the Mever-Gerharrl incident is closed. He added that It had never been offirially callod to the slate departme.it's atten tion, except as a denial and that Am bassador Bernstorff told him today that he had no knowledge whatever of any "Pr. Meyer." CALLS ON ENGLAND TO MAKE MUNITIONS London. June IS. David Lloyd George, minister of munitions, is urged by th Post in an editorial to make ev- I err effort to place the munitions Indus- jo try on a basis whereby England can supply all her own needs in war ma terial. "If th profits of our manufacturers are too high In some cases." says the Post, "that ran be rectified but at the worst It is not so grave an evil as the ending of orders to neutral countries when by so doing we send mouey out of oar own country and reap none of th benefits. We should encourage oar manufacturers by offering them long contract on reasonable terms. Aa to the length of the war. it is unsafe to estimate th end aa less than two or three years from now. Sanity Tet for Thaw. Albany. N. V, June IS. The court of appeals today upheld the order of Supreme Court Justice Peter A. Hend rlck directing a Jury trial to test the slur of H-rrx K. Thaw, THE WAR TODAY The assertion is made by the Rus sian war office in a review of recent fighting in Galicia. that the Austro German advance has been made at the cost of great losses. In two days' fight ing near Stry the Teutonic forces are said to have lost "tens of thousands of men." and on one section of 3S miles on the Galiclan front, between May 29 and June 15 their losses are placed at between 120 and 150.000. Reports from Berlin and Vienna, however, in dicate that the Russians are pushed back steadily all along the front. The Austrian war office says the Russians are no where able to resist their op ponents. Negotiations between the allied pow ers and lialkan states are again under way. According to information reach ing Berlin from Sofia, Bulgaria de mands territory from Rumania. Greece and Serbia in return for her partici pation in ti:f war with the allies. A Berlin disp.iteh expresses doubt where former Premier Venizelos of Greece, in case of his return to pow er, following his victory in the elec tions, will be unconditionally in favor! of going to war. The deadlock on the Gallipoli peninsula and the reported j failure of Bulgaria and Rumania to i accept the latest offers of the allies are advanced as reasons for this view. The heaviest fighting of several woi ks is Tio-.v in procress on the west ern front, in oonsPTicnc" of the new attacks by the French and British. Kach side Is sustaining severe losses. and nlthouch reports vary, it is evi-j dent the French have made smne pains i in the district nortii of Arras. j The attack of French and British j forces on the western end of the Ger- j man line 1s now said to have sustained ' a check. In northern Galicia. the Berlin an- nouneement says, tue u-.ss.ians n.ne ben pushed hack further. The British forces on Gallipoli pen - Insula have hcen compelled to ananuon j most of the ground they formerly oe- ctipieii near Avi Burnu. on the west, coast. The British fleet is said to have taken refuee from German sub marines nt Imliros Island. 10 miles from the Gallipoli coast. PENNSYLVANIA COKE SHIPPED TO EUROPE Conr.ellsviUe. Ta.. June IS. The Connellsville Weekly Courier today will say: "Troduction of coke rose to 334.000 tons last week with shipments at 3.12. 00 tons. This is an increase of 20.0000 tons in production- and ll.OcO tons in shipments over the previous week. huiments last week included some , fons of export ooke. which is an j occwrreni.e. The steel inter ests are operating 71.6 per cent of their Connellsville region ovens." UNCLE SAM TO BUILD WEST INDIES LIGHT Washington. P. C. June IS. The de partment of commerce announced to- !..v that bids for the construction of the Navassa Island light station. West In dies, shortly would be invited. The station will be located on the southern side of the island, on its high est point, about 2."0 above sea level. The light will be of 5(5.000 candlepower with a double white flash every thirty seconds. The range due to the height , 0f ,ie licht will be 27 nautical miles an. to the observer's eve, 15 feet above ipvel Becker Sentence Slands. Albany. X. Y., June IS. The court of appeals today denied the applica tion of counsel for Charles Becker, the f,,riuer New ork police lieutenant, ior a reargument on its decision affirming sentence of death. Becker, convicted of inspiring the murder of Herman Rosenthal, a New York gambler, now is under sentence to die In the electric chair during the week beginning July 12. Unless Gov ernor Whitman pardons him or the I'nited States supreme court inter feres, he must die. Mjrlle Reed's Mother Pead. Chicago. 111., June IS. Mrs. Kliza beth Armstrong Reed, mother of the late Myrtle Reed, novelist, and her self a widely known author, is dead at her home here today at the age of 72 years. Mrs. Reed's researches In oriental literature are widely known. ooooooooooooooooo Venice. June IS. (via Chiasso O and Paris.) Details have been O received here of the recent re- O markable engagement in which O an Italian submarine was van- O quished by an Austrian sub- O marine. This Is the first time, O in history that an encounter O between undersea boats has been recorded. Oj Oi The Italian boat. Medusa, was O lying. submerged and the Aus- O trian boat was not far away, O also under water. Neither knew O of the other. O The Medusa came to the sur- O face first and finding the way O clear, emerged. Shortly after- O ward the Austrian boat sent up O her periscope and saw the Ital- O ian not far away. She immed- O lately attacked and one shot O from her torpedo was sufficient O to send the Medusa to the hot- O torn. O OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WIND LEVELS HOUSES OVER A WIDE AREA President of Kansas South ern and Gulf Railroad One of the Victims. WATER SPREADS RUIN Heaviest Rain in Years Vis its Many Sections Rivers on Rampage. Kansas City, Mo Jone 19. lii'teen persons were killed as re sult of wind and rain storms that prevailed in this section of the sonthwext last niht. More than a score of others were injured, none fatal It. Three persons were killed at Rich mond, Mo., when a terrific windstorm swept that, section of Ray county. Mrs. Arthur Covey and small child and Mrg. Mary Bell were the victims. At West Moreland, Kan., Charles j Morris, president of the Kansas South j era and Gulf railroad, his son, Guy, I Hud John Gunther, a druggist, were swept from a bridge while inspecting j lhi TaUroili, anfJ drownei. Gene Nichols, a farmer, living near Wamcgo, was killed by lightning last night. Kive members of the family of John Uurces, a farmer in Pottawatomie county were killed and two seriously injured in a tornado early today, ac cording to reports received at the To-pr-ka offices of the Union Pacific rail road. Houses were wrecked, stock i was killed and much other property damage done. Mrs. AJtman was -killed when "the farm house of her nephew near La tour, Mo., was blown to pieces. A baby was killed and several per sons hurt in the tornado which swept over Montrose, Henry county. Mo. Paris. Sedalia. Lamonte and Nevada, Mo., reported several persons Injured in the storm. Kansas City, Mo.. June 18. Tester day's rains, which extended over northern Oklahoma, all of Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and into eastern Ne braska, were the heaviest in years, according to reports to the weather bureau today. Although the storms had dlmlshed in violence today, they extended over central Iowa and occupied a district of S00 miles, Des Moines being the eastern edge of the affected zone. The disturbance was moving in the direc tion of the Great Lakes. At St. Joseph, Mo., much damage was done by flooding of cellars follow ing a two-inch precipitation. The low lands near the city were inundated, but residents were able to remove their property in safety. Many miles of railroad track in the affected district were swept away and today all trains entering Kansas City were hours behind schedule. Because of washouts between Kansas City and Pt. Louis, Missouri Pacific trains were detoured over the tracks of the Panta Fe road. Flood Warnings Given. Flood warnings to all points In the Kansas river valley and along the Missouri river between Kansas City and Jefferson City were Issued by the weather bureau today. Tributaries of the Kansas river were reported bank full. Beloit, Kansas, reported the hearlest precipitation in the last 24 hours 5.75 inches of water falling there. Osawa tomie got five Inches of rain In two and one-half hours. At that point several hundred feet of Missouri Pa cific tracks were washed away and citizens were warned to leave the low lands. SMALL BOAT, ADRIFT TWO MONTHS, FOUND New Y'ork, June 18. A small boat from the barkentine Edna M. Smith, lost at sea in the hurricane of April 2, was found June 15 adrift east of the Bahamas by the steamer Zulia from Venezuela and brought to this port to day. The little boat, which had been drifting with the ocean currents more than two months, was bottom up. The boat, it is believed, was the one aban doned by Captain Farrell and eight of the Edna M. Smith's crew when they were rescued April 7. after having been afloat four days without food. The mate and four of the crew were lost when the barkentine capsized la th hurricane. 1 Cbicaco liars Fireworks. Chicago, June IS. The display of fireworks on the Fourth of July on Chi cago streets is prohibited, unless a special permit is granted, according to a ruling announced today by th U nicipal authorities. . -i OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO oott;a:t aistcr. Ott war.