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U Boats Reported Sunk Off U. S. Coasf
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FOCH
REPORT THREE II BOATS SUNK
dFf ! I XdOASTSINCF SUNDAY
CHASER'S BOMB ROOTS ONE
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Explosion of Depth Charge
, Followed by Spread of Oil
as Raider Vanishes.
THREE CAPS FLOAT UP.
Brazilian Reports Firing Off
Jersey Coast Briton Sights
U Boat 250 Miles Out.
AW ATIiAXTK" lORT. Juno IS.
Tt la srnernlly reported and believed
la naval circles here that three V
boats have been dcatroyed oft the
'American coast since Sundny. One
Btory tell of nn American battleship
HHno n iiro.nl Hide Into one Of the
4.iinarea ecavrngors.
Quantities of wreckage at yea have
been reported, nnd a destroyer Ik out
tryjiiir to determine whether It Is the
remains of a L' "boat.
Tlic Navy Department, however,
declared tt had no evidence to war
rant an announcement at thin time
tha.t nny U boats had been mink off
our shore,
The Navy to-day made effort to
recover evidence of the sinkitiR of a
U boat by ono of Uncle .Sam's chas
ers off the Virginia coast Saturday.
It la reported the caps of three Gor
man sailors wore picked up near
where tho l' boat was List seen.
The U boat, aceordlnjrto the story
told by naval men to-day. and tho
chaser on which they wero serving,
went at It tho minute they met by
accident. Instead of cithrr trying to
run, the two boats had a sort of game
of tag, It was a revolving contest, In
which they circled each other at a
distance of 100 yards for sovcral
, minutes.
The American boat was so fast that
, when the l' boat would endeavor to
cut Tier circles short by dnrllng for
one point, the chaser shot past her.
Finally, when tho circles became
smaller and the American vessel was
proceeding at full speed, probably
.twenty-flvo knots, the chaser launched
a depth bomb.
Thcro was a terrific explosion. The
chaser was lifted out of tho water.
Her crow lost their footing and rolled
about the deck.
The oubmorlno disappeared. Ths
periscope, that had been vlslblo waa
no 'longer to bo seen.
There, arose to tho surface a large
quantity of oil, and according to
story not yet confirmed, tho three
caps. ,
U BOATS ATTACK TWO
STEAMERS OFF THE COAST
OF VIRGINIA, BOTH ESCAPE
Pajos Shows Her Heels to Assail
ant, but Gunners on Noyes
Answer Shot for Shot.
NORFOLK, Viu, Juno II. Two
steamers, the Waltor D. Nojcs and
. the Pajos, wcro attarked by German
submarines off the Virginia coajit
Sunday afternoon and night. Tho
Pajos waa fired at by a b boat threo
mllea off her starboard bow, which
fired tbrco shells. None cumo no.ir hit
ting the steamer, which : (.plied with
two guns. Tho U boat was not hit,
f and, after following tho I'ajos half iui
hour, gave up tho fight. The I'ajos
(Continued on Second Page.)
DKi.irini'H am wiini.nsoMU I
I IlmL nl ' IMnwnli.l.
A sr'widW tunic tntl a dllrtbuy rt(fihliu
K. UN 1 POM U KDUrai. UHJ IWIUC -i in.
UK
HOLDS GAINS. PRESSES ON
AMERICANS
NO NEW PEACE OFFER
; IN GERMAN STATEMENT
Announced Th.it Declaration of
Aims Will Not Include Proposal
for finding War.
1JN1XN. June 11 -In hor forth
coming statement of war alms Ger
many does not Intend to make any
fresh j.cace offer, according to Herlln
newspapers, says an Exchange Tele
graph despatch from Amsterdam.
Small Craft Break Through;
Strong: Convoy to Reach
Austrians, and Escape.
I'.OSli;, June i:.-An ofTlcial state
ment issued by tho Italian Admiralty
to-day says:
"At dawn on Monday near the Dal
matian Islands two small Italian tor
pedo boats under Commander Itlzzo
I.uigi do Mllar.zo attacked an Aus
trian naval division consisting of two
largo battleships of tho Vlrlbus Unltls
class, escorted by ten destroyers. Our
units, having boldly broken through
tho lino of destroyers, hit the leading
battleship wlthttwo torpedoes and the
other with ono and returned to their
baso unscathed. One of tho destroy
ers which pursded them was dam
aged erlously."
, recent cablegram said that tho
Italians were using u now typo of
vessel that had been oalled the
"sea tank." It is driven by elec
tricity. Tho daring raid on tho Aus
trian naval base at I'tla In which a
battleship of tho Vlrlbus Unltls class
was torpedoed Is said to have been
made by ono of these freak vessels.
The Virlhiin I'nltls i-fam originally
consisted of fourosscIs. They urn of
SO.OOO tons displacement, carry twelvo
12-Inch and twelve S.O-lnch guns and
have a complement of 902 to l68 man.
Tho Vlrlbus L'nitls was comp.vted
m October, 1912; tho Tegothoff In July.
1313. tho Prim; Kugvn In May. 19H,
and the Szcht Istvan In 1915.
Only tho four dreadnoughts of tho
Krsatjs class, about 21 500 tons, are
larger than these shlp.-i.
LEGATION CLERK RETAINED
! IN CROWN JEWEL MYSTERY
i
1 WASHINGTON. .June W Investi
gati in of the suspected plot to smug
gin swr,il hundred thousand dollars'
worth of so-called llusslan flown
Jewel. Iiu.i this country has led to the
rliteiitlon In Dallas, Tex., n' Sillim.in
i: in... Inrinerly h clerk iT the Amen
chii LiKstii'ii at fopenluigf ii. pending
an I'l'iuiiy Into v Imt dlvpos.tmn h.
triad 'f a box bearing a legal. uu nual
w h li le biouglit Ijui U to thi. c 'Hin
lr n i. n nek Hgo?
ESULTS.
LtN i RIES. Paeo I
TWO BATTLESHIPS
ARE TORPEDOED BY
ITALAN WARSHIPS
E
IN STATE OF SIEGE,
Only
a Few Districts Exempt
-Mutinies at Pola
Almost Daily.
IXVnON. June 12. Practically (
the whole of Austria has been de
clared In n state of siege, declared a
Central News despatch from Home J
to-day, quoting the Mcssagero. Only
a few regions are excepted. ,
HOMi:, June 12. Hxecuttons for'
mutiny und treason art) altnoit dally oc-.
currencea among the Austrian naval
forces at 1'olJ, according to advice re- !
eelved here to-day. forty marines were J
ihot during the last week of May.
CZECHOSLOVAKS
IN RUSSIA BATTLE
TROOPS OF SOVIET :
Fight a Toward N'ladivostok i
After Trotzky Orders
Disarmament.
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MOSCOW, Thursday. May .30. (U
Associated Pros? ) As the result of
an order by 1'on Trotzky ro disarm
Czechoslovak troops who were en
deavoring to travel to Vladivostok,
and of directions which he gave to
prevent their movement to that port,
a j.crlnus outbreak occurred, culminat
ing In violent clashes lie Hi con Czecho
slovak and Soviet troops in several
places.
After defeating Soviet troops, the
stations at l'nza. in the Vobr.i
region, and boarded trains going in
the direction of Chelyabinsk, which
12.000 ('.echo-Slovaks .irft holding.
A battle uNo took place near Zlat
oust, v hero tho Czech-Slovaks in
volved were obliged to ebandon tho!.1'
train and force their wi.y forward on
foot. Government remi'inccmenta nro
flowing in from all f les, and great
efforts nro l mg made N, suIhIuo the
Czecho-Slovaks, as thi are regarded
as a serluus menace, bung well armed
and possessing armored cars. In ad
ditlon they are obtaining aid from
untl-sovlct tlemonts.
A-MSTIIIllJAM. June 12. If the
f'zecho-Slovak troops whxh fought in
the Humi. Army are pcrmlttcxl to
leave Itussia with arms and Join tho
Kntente forces. Itussia will "endanger
her deail bought peace," says the
Norddeutsi he Allgemclne y.?ltung.
The numbi r of these troops, it is
estimated, the newspaper sajs, to bo
IW'.OOO. These men, for the moat
part, went vnluntarllj over to Rus
sia irotn the Austro-llungarian Army
ami aro distributed oxer Northeast
ern Itussln. Tlie newspaper says that
the Soviet Ginernment lias not per
mitted their transfer, but add.i thut
there is smp.ithy wjth the Idea In
Muw xv
It adds that for the Uussian Gov
ernment to consent to the plana
would be a :"l;ition of neutralit) .
U. S, COAST ARTILLERY
MAY DEFEND PARIS
Considerable Number ui l ighters in
This UraiK'h of S'rwti Is
Already in 1-raiwe.
V.illlNi KJN'. June 12 American
coial at till'-rj it was tiild uu liivh uu.
tnonty to-day may be iiolimed to i!
In the defene of furls If the Uoeht In
adera ml within range of tho bit
guns be fine the capital.
A conjidei -il.li' number of tlienu IrHlned
fighters Is In Trance and other aio
' being trained for ovive,i.i cnrU'". They
rank hl.'hly among heavy itrUlkryweu.
,1
WHOL
OF AUSTRIA AUSONIA SUNK
REPORT TO ROME
OUTFIGHT
BY U BOAT; FORTY
OF
British Transport Torpedoed
, Far Out at Sea Ninety Res
cued by Another Steamer.
' WASHINGTON. June 12. Official
1 report of the sinking of the Cunard
liner Ausonla. used as a Dritlsh
I transport, was received by the Navy
' Department to-day. No American
lives were Involved, as far an the de
partment knows. The steamer was
torpedoed while westward bound.
A private cable despatch received
here announces that the British
transport Ausonla, on her way to the
United States, has been torpedoed by
a Germ mi submarine and that search
li being made for 'forty oftlccrs and
men who are missing.
Ninety of her crew of 130, accord
ing to the report, have been laml'd
on the Kngllsh coast after being
picked up by an eastbound steam
ship. Tho trnnport left n Ilrltlsh port
May 25 and was soma hundreds of
miles out In the Atlantic whci at
tacked. No details of the silking
have been received. The Ausonla.
owned by the Cunard line, was com
manded by Capt. It, Capper, who be
fore the war commanded tho Fan
nonla. While under convoy In June, 191",
off the Iingllslt coast, tho Ausonla
was attacked and had her stern
blown off by a torpedo, but managed
to reach port. She was a steel vessel
of 8,153 gross tonnage, built In 130?
for the Canadian pasrengcr trade,
had a speed of fourteen knots and
was 150.0 feet long.
JAPAN WILL DEFINE
ATTITUDE TO RUSSIA
Preparing f-ormal Declaration a
Outcome of Recent Center
ences, London Hears.
I.ONIJON. June 1'.'. As an oui.-oiue
of teceiit conferences, Jmiiuii is prepar
ing o declaration deflnlmr her attitude
toward liuvsl h . uecordlne to a Tien-Tkln
drpatrh to the llxch.inge Tilt graph
Company.
"I am sure that If exigent les of tin
conflict require us to enll upon out
all.es f r frish effort Japan Will live
up to I's obligations," Ten ign Seere
tary llalfour dci lared t-day at u
lunilieori to I lie ,lHiiine MIs.Iiim
Secretary llalfour also 'or, east aii Al
lied economic wa- !! s al I hit ' ui
a forthcoming conferenr, tt-rm.iri I'ul,,
lr.il and tcononie peio t ".it ion n i l be
dlscuised
LUG YOUR OWN TRUNK
DOWNSTAIRS TO HELP
THE U. S, WIN THE WAR
lixpre Company l:limin,ite I leiper
on Wagon and l-urbi I . Driver
Carrying Luggage.
BOSTON, June tJ.- Travellers
must handle : heir uivn
trunks thu sumiii' r. A rule
forbidding employees m carry a
trunk down a (light of stairs wig
Issued Ui.da by the American
Kxpress t'onij an..
Tho company (xplnneil 'nat
lit cause of thu war the lielpn on
the wagon his buen el.min i'kI
and the dr.wr innnat cari a
trunk ilownst.i.i alor.e.
THK lVltni.lt TIIWH, llt'ltKU!.
Ar:iJ lul!lrf iWiiiln Unfit u
M.t l'r. Ili-i S On
Trpienf K-nno IfJHl
OSc rt.m tut tui-ni na inrn.i o d t uid
MK. 1. .,ir oi ltr. lad me:xr a.U lac
CREW MISSING
CROWN PRINCE RENEWS DRIVE
BETWEEN S0ISS0NS AND MARINE
MARINES COMPLETE CAPTURE
OF BELLEAU WOOD IN BAYONET
CHARGE AT 10 O'CLOCK TO DAY
Seize the Last Machine Gun Stronghold
Prisoners Now Total 400 Sixty-two
Machine Guns Taken.
WITH Till- AMERICANS ON Till: MKNI: June 12, I.JO I'.M.
(United Press). The possibility of a German advance in this sector has
been practically eliminated through consolidation of the new American
positions north and east of Helleau Wood.
The marines now solidly hold the wood, the last machine gun
stronghold at its edge having been taken at the point of the bayonet at
10 o'clock this morning. The attacking party found the group of boul
ders filled with de-ad and wounded Prussians.
The total ot prisoners taken in tlw wood and contiguous territory
now has reached well above 4oo, with sixty-two machine guns, four
trench mortars, a great number of rifles and 3 large quantity of ammunition.
The desire for taking prisoners was lessened l.uc yesterday when ,i
group of German came out ot their shelters with hands up. .Some ma
line recruits advanced to lake them, whereupon hidden G:rniaiis cut
loose with hand grenades. Those who offered to surrender are now
non-combatants but not prisoners. Fortunately, the hand grenades hal
little effect on the marines.
In the past two weeks, according to a prisoner, the 28th and 2l7t!i
Prussian divisions, in this sector, lost from 40 Jo 50 per cent, of their
ell'ectives (9,000 to 12,(XK) men) half of these in the last three days.
One mound, which survived hours of artillery boimurdment,
1 roved the hardest obstacle in the marines' sweep through the wood. It
involved some sacrifice of life.
FIVE GERMAN DIVISIONS USED UP.
LONDON, June 12. "The Germans are taking seriously the
American thrust at the apex of their line in the Clignon valley (north
west of Chateau-Thierry) and thus far have used five divisions in it
tempting to counter it, mil entirely without success," Renter's correspon
dent at French Headquarters telegraphs under Tuesdays date. Two Iresh
divisions were thrown at the American centre at Bourevhes thi morning
.nd a fruitless attempt was made to rectapture the village.
122 NEW ENGLAND SOLDIERS
RECEIVE FRENCH WAR CROSS
w
Chaplain RollisWho Accompanied Men on Raid
to Third German Line Among Them All
Branches of Service Represented.
WITH Till: Aill'.ltU'A-S Mt.MV IN
lAmitAINK, Juno 12 (( lilted I'ltAS )
tine hundred and iwcnt-two New
Kngland Mildlers late vesterday re
, , .M'd th1 Krencll war erosi for e.
, ptiottal heroism and devo'toti to
.iit on this front iluring tne Inst Six
nn'iiths.
Auiuiig thoso hunored was Chap
.iin Lyman Kollls of Murbii head,
Mas . famous for hit) unti-profanlty
m rnioii. who p.irtlcliated In the big
rani on .May .'II, accompanying the
nun 'o tin third Herman linen The
ut in rs cited were:
Majors J. l llickey. II H I'erklllH
and Olrau.
I'jpts. A. H. Oriuwoiil and '. I,.
Tl oiisin.
I.iuui. ,1. J, lllloy. ' i;. Iclih.irt,
I' O. Ilijiline, C. A Kell. I) Y
mi .i KI.'ind, ('. W, ("omfoi t, T S:iti.rrs,
T ; Holt, T. II. Juhns-n A. V.
T . iinson, I). I J, Tlllard, I. II "'our,
' ' Lmia, It. Wheat und W J l ai-
.r,.i It. O. Ilriiil). M A Ma.Min.
a i' church, II. .M. ll I'lietitH. .1. A.
! n .rt. A. I), (liimafm, J U Huad
ficd, W. O, aiie. U, Duudaa, U. W.
V
r
FIVE
Wilcox, n. O. .Nortlir.ipe. S llolz-
hcimer nnd J. It Kendo rk '
Corpls. J. K, Cl'Toole, W A Traflon,
K. I MacCarthy, O. I'. Durand, .1. r)
! I'etro, K. flrogaii, II Morse, II. J.
J Muck. K O. Huriell I: I Vaiidra)
and I.. M. Kmcry.
I'rlvatoH t llirro, J. S. I'er
1. W. MudlnnU, A. llresn.ili.in. J. .1
-MGKen.l(. !:. Shdi, II. I.. Il.uley. H.
It. l,lon, J. Tryon. It Moure. II
Wtllnn. i:. I'lrth. .1. T. Illrd. T. I.
.Mi,han. U. It. Il.nlruiis, J l,e). A
Mcllviay, .1. 1,. o. Ityneck. W. I'ush
ntck. J. I), t'rty, A It- .lornburg, J
II. flark. l. i:. HtcvenK, tl t). I'eck
h im, II. W. Congdnn. A- !' S"-'la, A.
C. I.ugg. f. K. Ilrutidett. o. J. Hyan.
.1. A. .'osky. V. '. Ashley. M. .1.
Ithe.i, ,. Itlohard. IJ. W. .-i wil. I., It.
Hers. W. S. Mullun. II It. Juhnsan,
. ('. IVrrtn, V. I'olitn. II. 1'il.mky,
J It. Miuldeii, W. M. I'.iik'r. T. J.
Many, M. O, Kyne. li. U, lli in.. r, It.
K. Clark, tt, lipham, It. I'asHie. .1.
II. llrosiiiah.ini, '. (1'irdon. K. II.
Ilolibs, It. A. Halo. IJ. ti. Dray. II. K.
Mnilng, J. U Murphy. I. A. Mulhi rn.
I. 1- .Sherrlduii, u. it. l)iu and J. .1.
Annan,
The furling arc from all branihei
ot the aerviw.
it'
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AT MERY;
DIVISIONS
Germans Thwarted in Efforts to
Retake Ground Above the Aronde
River and Drive South of the Matz
' Big Battle Still in Progress.
PARIS, June 12. Tho Germans, striking along the entire
front from Montdidier to tho Oisc yesterday evening and last
night, were blocked at every point by the desperate French resist
once. The battle is still raging, the French War Office reported
to-day. '
Every bit of ground gained yesterday by Foch's smashing
blows in the centre and on the left wing, fronts nearly twelve miles
in length, is firmly held, and the enemy is still six miles from
Compiegne, his immediate objective. The desperate character of
the German effort is shown, by the fact that one French division
captured men belonging to four German divisions.
GAMS HELD AGAINST VIOLENT ATTACKS.
Near the centre, alofig the Aronde River front, in the region of St,
Maur, the Loge Farm and Antheuil, where Foch nude gains yesterday,
the French repulsed violent attacks by the enemy. On the French
left, wlierc the French also gained yesterday, additional progress Avas
made by French troops in the region cast of Mery and Genlls Wood,
Despite repeated efforts the Germans on the French right were not able
to debouch on tlic south bank of the Matz River. The French are hold
ing In that part of the battle area south of Chcvincourt and Marcst-sur-Malz.
South of the Aisne, on the front between Soissons and the Marrje,
the Germans attacked this morning. Fighting is going on between the
river and the Villcrs-Cotlerets Forest. Violent combats are being fought
on the front of Dommiers, Cutry, and south of Ambleny.
It was brought out In to-day's War Otlice report that the French
counter-attack of yesterday was delivered at the moment the Germans
were preparing for another powerful drive.
The lighting continues with unprecedented fury everywhere. The
Germans, pressing their attacks with compact masses, arc being mowed
down by the Allied tire. When a position is recaptured by the French
in a counter attack, the poilus have to advance over grouid literally
covered with German dead.
CLEMEN CEA U'S HE ASSURING STATEMENT.
A reassuring impression has been produced by a statement given
in the Senate by Premier Clcmcnceau on the situation at the Iront. He
said that decisive results had been obtained at certain points with mini
mum forces and minimum losses, while the enemy losses had been
enormous.
He laid 3trc on the resouices of Hie Fiein.ii Army, wuich at cer
tain times had crushed the German offensive. Details of th; admirable
American effort to de patch ;iev forces to France were given.
U. S. TROOPS AID THE FRENCH
BY ATTACK NEAR MONTDIDIER
Direct Harassing Fire South and Southwest of
Western End of the New Battle Salient
Ready for Infantry Drive. 1
WITH Till: AMERICAN ARMY IN P1CARDV, Tuesday, June tt
(Associated Press). American artillery aided the French in their counlei
attack against the Germans southwest and south of Montdidier to-day by
directing a 'Harassing tire against the enemy. Otherwise, the American
troops have not been engaged in the battle between Montdidier ani
'I he Americans in the sector west of Montdidier are ready to assist
in the lighting at the lirst opportunity.
The Germans made two minor raids against the American lines aj
Cantlgiiy Monday night and were repulsed each lime. One raiding
party, which numbered forty, was routed by the revolver tire of the
Americans. . ii.n.-e- , ( Kr ., ,I...., A
r" ., it,- -:..t.i 1 1 , i i . . t i t i
wii me 115m ui me American
9
sector uerman aviators nave ceen
etwtl