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'Cartooni That Stirred Up England. '
A patre of the remarkable caricatures of
"?e f.a,,,rnd 0e"n Kultur drawn
Lng and ablaze. Don't mlsa this ,
feature in THE SUN next Sunday.
' THE WEATHER FORECAST. "
Fair and warmer to-day; fair to-morrow.
Highest temperature yesterday, 65; lowest, 60.
Detailed weather, mall and marine reports, (in page 13.
VOL. LXXXII. NO. 296.
NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1915. Copyright, 1915, ly the Sun I'l hitlng uml PubUnhlng liocfnf(oii.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
TOM TAGGART
INDICTED FOR !
VOTE FRAUDS;
)fnivoi' Jlrll of Tiuliaiiapulis j
Also Amuiir Held '
for Conspiracy. '
nKPKATKllSlML'OUTI-;!).
ISOXKOFCJtAKUKS
iNMANwrous, Juno 22. Thomas Tag- !
rt. I'emocrntla National Committee- i
nun: Mayor Joseph B. Hell of Indian- I
(poll", Samuel V. l'arrott, chief of i
police, and I!1 olncr cl,y ofllclnls, ap
pointee and employee were Indicted
to-day by the Marlon county Orand Jury '
n charges of conspiracy to violate, the
lectin laws at the county primary In J
..... nn.l tin. i-nnetnl eleetlnti In Vni'.m.
ber, 1911, Tho nctlon was evidently
not unexref'ed by most of tho nccuecd
men, for tho work of furnishing bonds
nr.iir: fnvii 92,500 to 910.000 nnd en
pjir.g counii came almost slmultane
cuIy. In some Instances, It Is said,
bonds hul been provided nnd attorney
retained beforo the Indictments were
returned.
The "word" went down the line early
!a the day that !onds would he pro
vided for all who were indicted and this
u rfported to liavo come from some
Thomas Taggart.
tf the most prominent men involved.
.Vo.ie te-med to have difficulty In pre
Kttlrs satisfactory surety, and It Is
uptcted that by to-morrow all tho
capiases will have been served nnd
bond tuppllcd. without any ono having
lo go to JalL Prominent Itepuhllcans
irs among the lioudsiiK'n.
Charles W. Miller, former United
Struts District Attorney here. Is one of
number of prominent lawyers retained
'o -(present tho defendants. Neither
Mr. Taggart nor Mr. Itell would discuss
the Indictments and tho others involved
re similarly reticent.
To lie Arrnlicned Next Week.
Judge Conins said that the question
tf arraigning the defendants would not
te taken up until next week.
The Indictments created a sensation.
N'ot more than a dozen spectators were
la court when the grand Jurors, accom.
plnied by Alvah J. Hucker, prosecutor,
submitted the report to Judge Collins
f tho Criminal Court.
All the men Democrats, Republicans
Progressives are named In a sln
M Indictment, which contains forty
!ht counts and covers 173 typewritten
WPrs. The main charge Is conspiracy
' commit felonies by corrupting the
e.tctlon by violation of the primary
and the registration lawn by bribery
ttd blackmail
The Indictment charges certain offi
cial! with conspiring to permit per
wm to !iKiMer falsely and to vote
Ifdy noihcr lount chaiges persons
!lh repeat nir
Oihfr counts allege that certain pri
irj dnrl itctlon board, permitted the
mruftini rr lullols for the purpose
' fubniiimnif nther ballots. Two
'jaata hi up a conspiracy to aid and
t primary poll clerks In marking
'll a manner dilTerently from th
wh le other counts allego the use
'I monev , inllueiioing the electors.
Itreii,T lioporlcil, II In Hnlil.
rtr'kwin uere Imported from outside
r; hs iirm for i.. m tho election.
J ll' 'i ri ayi-crts.
.s"rr.-v, .-miritM chaigo election offl
i" fn'iiig to iio their duty In
or.t.eei ,n i having the voting ma-mn-
t r,r.,,.r onlcr. with falllnt to
we iii i , unlock Hie machines on
w m,m (R nf th., election, with fall
r.r -o (.,, ,h machines and with
imp.r ng n,tti the machines.
t Hie piomlnent men Indlcleil
ller.n n ilam, ity Sealer of Weights
' 1 Mf,i;aes. Dennis Hush, Street Com
TMMloner ;,ard Lyons, Democratic
rmiiif6 for i-nly Tieasurcr; Dr. John
Mux Kepiiiiitcaii and fx-superln-Wfrn
of the City Hospital: Dunn M.
''J'rts, v..layor of Terre Haute, who
eotiMcted In the election fraud trial
"the l-'edcral Court hero teccntly:
J-"l.s Cmjii, formerly Mayor Hell's
"eretnry Jacob II. Illlkene, City llulld
;" '""liectnr, Oecnr Merrill, police lieu
.""'ii, I'airlck J. Itoche and Michael
'"nn. rliy detectives.
"'h I rrl Win llrunRbt In.
P.or.rl'M ifiiiiiecOoo wh Indlannpulls
Whirs ns touched upon during the
lnJl In tin. Keileral Cinrt, when he wns
onetc,i nni sentenced to six years In
" 1 edeial prison. Soveral witnesses
rnari;.,! that Itobertt. Iiad sent repeaters
: ' 'ndlananolln fiom Terre llaiito to
Jor during the election, and two In
"'jnapoiii, men testified to going from
Via eity t Terro aute l0 work , lh,
"lion (here.
BETHLEHEM WINS SHELL SUIT.
Sleel Comunnr Mny Vnv .MnUr
Armor fiercer fur Unropcnns.
Pilti.AnKi.riiti, June 22 Tho Tlcthle
hem .Steel Company won an Important
victory to-dny In the decision of Judge
Woollcy of the United .States Circuit
Court of Appeals reversing a ruling o:
Judge Dickinson in ,i 0(Ver court In
an minor piercing projectllo patent
suit.
Clcland Ihivls, hold..r of a patent fm
n similar shell, sued the steel company
for Infringement. The Davis patent Is
now owned hy the Flrth-Sterllng Steel
Company. When the suit was brought
IIik JJethlehem company held a largo
projectile contract for the United Mate?
Government. Tln lower court directed
tho company to fultll this contrnct uml
then halt the umiiufucture of the pro
Jeetlle. Judge Woolley eld that previous
processes In tho manufacture of pro.
J"ctlles anticipated the combination nr.
rived at l.y Davis, and also hy the
Helhlchom company In Its shells.
The United States Government had
been the solo user of tne Uethlelum
shell prior to the filing of the suit
I nder to-dny's decision the. projectile
may he nude for nny one. The uillng
may have an Important hearfnz on
l.uropean orders.
STEEL CO. SEEKS WORKMEN.
Thrre Vcnrs i:niiIo incut Ht alt! to
n Uny I'minlse d.
PlTT.HHl'r.d. June 22. Tho Mar) land
Steel Company, located nt Spnriows.
1'olnt. near llaltltnoro. hai tent an
urKent call to this city for machinist,
lathe turners, holler makers, riveters
nnd other classes of skilled workmen.
In Its communication the company
says that It will guarantee tlu. yPiirH
work to all competent men. will pny
their fares to It.iltlmoie nnd will hliu
nny man who can fill a place, no matter
what his nationality mnv he.
The wane. It Is suld,' will he fioni 2
to 95 a day.
CADDIE FINDS $15,000
GEMS MRS. DUKE LOST
Picks Tp Diamond liracHet
Where It Fell Dining
flame of flolf.
Great .Vkok, 1 I.. June 22. A dia
mond bracelet owned by Mrs. Angler
nuchannn Duke nnd valued at between
915,000 and 930,000 was found on the
io-iiay oy a sixteen-yer-oM Hoy nftcr
members and employees of the club had
searched fruitlessly ?o.- It since Mrs.
Duke lost It last Sunday.
Mrs. Duke, who win Miss Cordelia
Drexel-Illddle. was playing golf with her
husband on Sunday afternoon and after
covering lx holes went back to the
clubhouse. There she discovered that
she had lost the bracelet. The fact was
kept a secret except from the members
and a few employees for foar that the
club grounds would ho overrun by
searchers. Those who knew, however.
I spent a great part of their time rove r
. lng the links In the hopo of finding the
1 Jewel.
I Arthur Slleen, the boy who found the
i bracelet, is employed by James Fraser,
tho club's professional. He undertook
the search In his spare time and began in
a systematic way. He first questioned
the boy who had been caddie for the
Dukes in their play. He learned Just
how Mrs. Duke had played each hole
and then set out to trace her footsteps.
At the fifth hole, he had been told, Mrs.
Duke had sent the golf ball under the
shade of a big apple lieu and had taken
a number of shots in get out of the
rough ground. There he found the
bracelet.
He took It to the club and It was re
stored to Mrs. Duke. What his reward
was Is not known, but it was said to
have been far greater than his year's
wages.
BABIES WITH $1, SPEAK UP
They Can Help Aaxlllar' Cure for
i
I'nnr Children.
flables with 91 to spare are Invited
I to help babies without dollars this sum
I mer by bocomlns members of the com
pany which Includes John Jncob Astor
6th. Cornelius N. Hllss 3d. Adeline
, Havemeyer, Christopher Huntington,
Kllzabeth Jay, Whitney Wlllard
' Straight, Henry Hllgnrd Villard, Hueh
M. Wade, Constance I'lerpnnt Zahriskle,
Kllzabeth Zlegler nnd other members of
tho liable Auxiliary of the New York
Diet Kitchen Association of 1 West
Thirty-fourth street.
The auxiliary plans to pay the salary
of a nurse vvho will watch over tho
health of hundreds of babies, A thou
sand members for the auxiliary nt 91
each will pay the salary of a nurse for
a year. Tho nutso will visit tho homes
of the nilllt station babies nnd Instruct
the mothers how lo caro for their chil
dren and to provide proper food, Miss
Helen Wado Is president of the Babies
i Auxiliary and membership applications
, should bo cnt to her at I West Thirty
fourth street
ASTOR AGAIN HOME HUNTER.
Sunr nt Ills Own Properties Suits
lllfii) o He llrnls One.
Although he In tho largest Individual
owner of real estalo In this city, Vin
cent Astor seems to be having a hard
time to find a home that satlslbv him
and that he may keep, Yesterday he
leased tho Iioiiho nt 122 Kasl Sevcuty
elghth street for the coming season. It
Is a thlco story and basement dwelling
between I 'ark and Lexington iiveiiues,
erected recently hy Dr. V. (!, Ooodridge,
It Is of good size, with a frontage of
3d feet and a depth about equal to that
of tho lot, which Is 100 feet. Douglas
lUrblnson, Charles 8. Hrown Company
found tho houso for Mr. Astor.
During last winter Mi'. ..n.i Mn. Aitr.r
occupied the Amos I'imimt house nt the
northeast corner of Talk avenue nnd
Klghty-tirth etreet, and not long ago It
was reported that they would try a spell
of apartment houso living In ono of the
palatial structures on I'ark avenue. Mr,
Astor owns whplo blocks of dwellings,
but mmont his poacenslons titers la not
one MUltablo for his own use.
NEW FIGHT OVER
6REENHUT PLAN
-Minority Creditors, Opposing
Itporgiinizntinn, Demand
Inquiry.
WANT ItOIOItS SIFTED
i
("apt. (ireciihnt's Kvnitiinutioii
Halted liy Illness Cusp
to do On.
llefelee I'eler It. Otney decidetl yes
P rday. In uplte of the. completion of a
definite plan to reorganize the J. It.
(licenhut Company, to allow a search
ing Investigation Hy the minority credi
tors of Insinuations that the (Innnclal af
fairs of the company had not been -prop-e.ly
handled nnd of charges that picf-1
'leiittnl payments had been inado lo
memhtiH of the (ineuhut family when
tho oIIIccm of the company knew It
was Insolvent.
Thee charges, made repeatedly In the
e.amlu:ithm of the otllcers In the last
month by Seld.m ll.icon of counsel to
the minority creditors, organized as the
Independent creditors co.nmlttic, and at
jestrrday'h hen. Ing In tho Merchants
.Wyil.ulon loom., ate emhracid In a
seventeen page pamphlet, which was
sent out to all the (Jreenhut creditors
last night on the heel of the reorganl- j
zation plan submitted by th majority
inercnntl'.e creditors, kiuiuu as the i
credltois' protective committee.
"There have been a gnat many claims
made on behalf of the minority ere II
tore." said Mr. Olney 'when Sir. II icon
objectid P another postponement of
Capt. (irecuiiut's examination, "which
oilKhi to h investigated and proved or '
withdtuwu and the charges set at rest.
I think that now is the time to do It. I
tbhil; that some eteps ought to be taken
agaliihl anybody who Is guilty of mis
conduct. If .my misconduct Is found."
Cult IMtvn tiiiiileiiiinlr. 1
The mlnoilty committee Is opisised to
the reorganisation plan as Inadequate.
'Cie cfiiumlttte maintains th.it tile
merchandise creditors would not receive
lis much as they would get in liquida
tion, that the proposed new stock In
n new company would be of little value
and that the proposed plan, which would
Jiive the merchandise creditors 12 'i per
cent. Ill cash and the balance of their '
claim In stock, "protects the Orcenhuts j
in paying more than J 1,000, nuo to them
selves, while at the same time leaving
tho merchandise creditors with unpaid
bills for 92.S.".OflO."
"As It stands." says the minority com
mittee's pamphlet and as announced to
Mr. Ulney by Mr. Itacoti yesterday,
"leaving out the more dlrtleiilt claims
time niu clear, substantial claims
against the Orcenhuts and the Mon-1
mouth Securities Company (controlled
by the "!reenhut family) for their with
drawal iroin the funds of tho estate of
the following sums (listed as n sum
mary of assets not tumed over to the
trustees") ;
t:eeiis f.ilarl'. t:0O.00O
l'inints miller PnnkinK Imlem
nlty nzreemsnls M0, 000
Preferential pn ments lo Men
. inuu'.li Securities Company
from October 2 to December H,
mi SO0.000
Preferential payments on notes
Imloreed by .1. II. tireenhut 650,000
Preferential payment of Interest
lo Monmnuih Heeurltles Com
puny, January 1, 115 10R.0O0
Toial I2.t0,000
"III addition," continues the pamphlet,
"there ale the very Important t.ough
illlllciilt claims that the stock and lsind
Issues (fC.OOIi.000 second mortgage I
bonds Issued when the J. II. (ireenhut
Company was organized lale In 1910
the consolidation) were based on over
valuations; that the stockholders hav
ing put the corporation Into the bank
ing business, are under the personal tin.
blllty mpo-d on stockholders of bank-.
lng corporations, in discharge or r
tin s; claims on which heavy recoveries
would seem clear the (Ireenhuts new
proposed to subscribe for 9350,000 (f
tho proposed first preferred stock (In
the new company) nt par."
"The Indorsement of the plan by the
Monmouth Securities Company and the
bondholders' committee," says the
minority report. "Is In reality nothing
but tho (Ireenhut Interests speaking un
der these inaslie. Ruber than stand
suit for the millions of dollars of claims
of the estate against them, which wo
believe bhouht be most vigorously
pressed by the trustees, they will, we
have reason to think, make a far better
offer."
The proposed plan of reorganization,
which drew forth the hurried report of
the minority creditors, has been agreed
upon by the bondholders' committee and
the majority merchandise creditors' com
mittee, holding claims against Ihe J. H.
(Ireenhut Company. It provides for !
new corporation to take over the busi
ness as a going concern with capital
stock divided into three classes: Klrst
preferred, ' per cent, cumulative, sec
ond preferred, i per cent non-cumulative
and common stock without par value.
Two propositions for settlement of
claims are offeied to the .merchandise
creditors, One wns 12'j per cent. In
cash ; 25 per cent. In first preferred
slock to bo retired out of tho earnings
of the company before any of the other
llrst preferred stock, and 25 per cent. In
second preferred stock and 37 t-i per
cent common stock, on a basis of one
share for each 9100,
Het-ontl Plltn la for All Stock.
The second proposition Is this: Klfty
per cont. of their claims in Hist pre
feried dork of the name ritlrement
privilege; 25 per rent, second pieferred
and 25 per rent, in common. The mer
chandise cridltoi's have a choice of
either, hut the bondhuldeis must accept
tho second proposition with the provi
sion that the retirement "t their Hist
prefenvd stock Is in be subordinated lo
lint llrst preferied stock of the general
cinililors, The Monmouth .Securities
Company anil Ihe .1. II, (lieenhut must
accept the all stock pioposal and suh
onliii'ite their llrst prcfcricd slock lo
thai of all the other creditors.
Tho capital slock Is to he traiisfcned
In lluce lilislees. Tint (imposed new
corporation Is to take over tho meichan
dlse, while the real estate,' tho two
stores on .Sixth avenue and Ihe ware
house are lo taken ove;r hy Ihe bond
hol'Jrrs, Who will rent ihe Hlegel Cooper
slot a the east side of Sixth avenue
to tho new company for operation at a
leiitnl of I per cent of the gross busl
nrss, ll Is planned In opeiate only the
one store, to commencn business with
out debt and without nny notes Issued.
Tho real estate taken over hy the
CnntiuiKrf on Thlnl I'ngr.'
TO FILM CLARK WEDDING.
Sllealier YVnnts In I.s) Ann) the
Pictures tor I'll tare Cleneriillons.
Howu.Nd OnKEV, Mo., June 22.
Speaker Champ Clark has under con
sideration a plan by which he will
perpetuate the wedding of his daughter,
tlenevleve, for the future Clark genera
tions to see.
He Is planning to have motion pie
tints of the wedding tauen, but not
for exhibition purposes. Ho will pur
chaso the film and lay It away In his
llbrniy nnd whenever he wants to see
the Clark-Thompson wedding over again
he will haul out tin nim and inn
It rr on a scieen In Ids home.
Speaker Clark has "set his .out
down," as bis daughter expressed It,
on having any moving picture of the
wedding taken for exhibition purpot.
He said he "didn't propose lo have
tho wedding made u circus of by per
mitting pictures to le shown In theatres
after It was over. Hut he has expressed
n desire at least Miss (lenevieve has
to have n Mini of the wedding for
family use.
HAIL PELTS MARYLAND.
stones split I'mlirellns, Itrrnk k
IIkIiIs nml lliiinnwt Crops,
Hai.timork. Mil., June 22. Showers of
hall, accompanied by a terrific electrical
storm, swept over Howard. Anne Arundel
and llaltlmore counties this Afternoon
auslng great damage to crop! 'tud c'n-
liw gl'iss
Some of the hailstones were as bM
a man's fist. They split tiinbrell.is and
awnings, smashed hundreds of skvHrfVj
and made sonic of tho truck farms looV
as though an army of yoliiers ;mJ
charged over then-
The storm occurrt I Pcle;r. 3 and 1
o'clock. This evrninp, four hnira liter,
a man after travelling ten miles biought
a bvsket tilled with chuiiKs of Ice nt )
the newspaper ottlces to exhibit il-e
storm's products.
GERMANS HOPE SOON
.Ventral" Correspondent Says
Kaiser Has Plan to Horn
bard Dover.
"litriol Cahlt Dtfpatr tn Tnr Si.
Ij.noN. June 23 (Wednesday). The
"neutral" correspondent of the Timet
quotes an officer of the C.erman Ocneril
Staff as saying:
"We must defeat the Hu.sslans. not
merely drive them back so that they
i-an come again but defent them utterly
and drive them back Into the heart of
Little Itussla. In the south wv must
free Hessarabla and offer It to Itunmul.i
for Immediate occupation in order to
preserve peace In the Halknns and itheti
push on, If possible, as far iu Odessa,
"In rhe north, the llaltlc provinces
will easily be cleared. Herman sym
pathies In Sweden will avert danger In
that epinrter nnd then we will be free
to turn our attention to the west and
undertake the invasion of England."
The writer detnils the views he found
among the Imperialists In all parts of
Herman)' us regards the future uperM
tlons. The main nrtlcle of their creed
Is this: "Calais Is the key to Herman
world (lower. Without It lasting pence
Is unattainable." Tho territory to he
annexed Includes not only Ilelglum, but
northern France as far west as Heick
liage, fifteen miles southwest of
Houlogne. Hetmauy will then have fill
rilled her mission and secured "her (dace
in the sun."
'Hermans believe," continues the cor
resH)tideut, "that by using Calais as a
base they call with their new guns, hav
lng a range of twenty-six miles, sweep
the Channel clear of hostile ships and
destroy Dover as n cover to the landing
of their troops. This Is to be carritd
out In smalt aluminum boats In readi
ness for that purpose. The submarines
will Insiite any further protection
needed.
"The Germans nie confident that the
confusion i exulting from an air raid uti
a stupendous sonle by all the Get man
air craft will permlt'the rapid advanco
of the landing force tn Mndon.
"in view of the nature of the present
military operations and the greater dif
ficulties that have been overcome In
other theatres of the war the German
plan cannot be dismissed as outside the
realm of possibility, even probability "
Tho writer records the persistent be
lief of Hermans that England will have
to pay the expenses of the war as all
other nations. Including Germany, will
be practically bankrupt. They base their
calculations on the Krench Indemnity
of I!i71 and say that Knglsnd will have
lo pay f 3,750,000,000 ( JtK.nO.OOO.OOO),
and that may be doubled before tho end
of the war.
GOLDEN RULE WARDEN TO QUIT
Jnllrt's nrtlelnl Mass Wife's llcrtlli
Ends Ills Nervier,
Cme.vovi, Juno 22. The fnte or the
honor system In the State penitentiary
at Jollet Ih hanging In the balance as tho
result of the murder of Mrs. Odette
Allen, wife of Warden Edmund M. Allen.
At the funeral of his wife this after
noon the warden told close personal
friends that the blow hud been too much
for blm nnd that he could not go buck
to the penitentiary ne. warden,
"That little woman," ho said, "was
my great support there and I cannot go
n.'.ck without Per."
The ennhictlng stories of "Chicken
Joe" Campbell, n negio convict, and of
George Simpson ami Sum Cohen, two
other convict suspects, as told at the
Inquest to-day, leave a ten minute gap
which, when II lb-. I In, lead olllclals lo
believe thai the Identit) of the man who
murdered tho adored "prison angel" will
soon be known.
Campbell told a story Ihnl differed
somewhat from his pievious recitals and
at tlme contradicted himself. The In
quest will be resumed Thursday.
:.M-;CKI,I.HI) TllltOI'OII I'I'I.I.VIAN
hnntu'i-; to m.mnk hknohtm.
THE HAMOHKT, Itoeklsnrl llreakwater.
Opon for Hssson Juris Hi NEW MOUNT
K1NKOUIOUHB, Moose-htad L-k. June t.
HookUu en rtquset. RICHER HOTEL CO.
Adv. T
ELEVEN KILLED IN
CALIFORNIA QUAKE!
Three Towns in Flames in Im
perial Valley After
SevVre Shocks.
SAX DIKOO IS SIIAKKX
linildiiigs Collapse and Com
munication Shut Off in
Stricken District.
Iis Vxur.i.KS, June '22. The Imperial
Valley In southeastern California wiu
shaken to-nluht hy a series of earth
intake equalling In severity that of the
big San Francisco enrthfpiake In 190(1.
but lacking In Its toll of life.
The llrst shock was felt at 7:57 nnd
was followed with shocks nt about ftv?
minute Intervals until the last one nt
!i o'clock. The first ami last were th
most severe.
The centre of the disturbances seemed
to be around El Centro, Cnlexlco and
Hnltvllle, where buildings collapsed, later
to be devoured by tire.
At a late hour to-night eleven lives
wi re reported lnl.
At El Centro only ono building Is
left stnndlng. This Is the Masonic Tem
ple. All the other buildings In the (dace.
Including the one story homes, were
crumpled by the force of the quake.
At Imperial the high school nnd the
Mercantile Hulldlng, a three story brick"
and concrete structure, are In ruins, as
well ps many nf the smaller brick nnd
frame buildings. Hire followed the
shaking down of the buildings and
many of them are total losses.
Cale.lco suffered mom severely thin
seme of the other places. The brick and
stone buildings along the main street
were shaken lr.to tumbled masses of
ruins, which Inter took fire and were
destroyed. The Mexican town of Mex
ican, Just ncp s the line from Calexlco,
also was badly damaged.
How- badly Holtville was damaged
has nut been learned. Practically every
building has been destroyed at Hraw
ley. Tho Imperial Valley covers approxi
mately 100 square miles, but Is not
thickly populated. The towns nre small
and the buildings for the most part one
story structures. Only In tho business
centre- of the little cities are there
two and thro story buildings.
The quake came after most of thes;
buildings hnd been closed for the night.
This accounts for tho small loss of life.
All railroad and wire communication
was destroyed for a time, hut the tele
their lives In El Centro nnd the property
lng order again nt 10:30 o'clock to
night. At San Diego two severe shocks were
felt, the first at 8 :02 and the second nt
s :57.
Advices from San J)lego nt 10 o'clock
t-nlght said that the entire valley
was plunged Into darkness after the.
llrst shock.
Tlio Imperial Valley l in the most
southern section of California and
contains the two counties. Imperial und
Itlversblc.
El Centro. the principal city, which
Is roportcd to have been seriously dam
iig.tl. Is a city of about 1,500 persons
and is on the Southern Tartar! ttallroad.
T'ie district Is sparsely settled on ac.
count of lack of water, but extensive
Irrigation projects have been undertaken
there. The heart of the valley Is about
eighty miles e-ast of San Diego,
SUBMARINE SPARES STEAMER.
The Vrnns, In Port, Forced tn Jet.
1 1 son Her Cargo.
..(leftof CM' tifpatch In Tr. Srs
London, June 22. The Norwegian
m. ill steamer Venus arrived at New
castle to-day minus the larger part of
her cargo, which was thrown overboard,
the captain asserted, under a threat of
a German submarlno commander that
otherwise the Venus would be sunk.
The captain said the Venus was hailed
by the submarine nnd told to Jettison
all foodstuffs on board or to be sent to
the liottom, and that In order to save
his boat several casks of butter and
many cases of salmon nnd other tinned
tish were consigned to the sen. Tho re.
malnder of the freight on the Venus,
consisting of wood, was permitted to re
main on board.
This Is the first time that n German
submarine boat Is reported to have per
mitted a vessel to escape.
LIGHTNING STARTS FOUNTAIN
Finns Down Trolley I'ole, lilts
VVntiT Via I ii nnd Geyser Cashes.
A bolt of lightning turned nn Iron
trolley pole Into a fountain during the
storm Inst evening at 189th street and
Arthur avenue. The llronx. The phe
nomenon caused a small panic nmong
the Italian residents of the neighbor
hood, who took It for tho work of super
natural agencies.
The pole, which Is about thirty feet
high. Is part of the trolley system of the
old Ili9th street crivstown line of the
Union Hallway Company, no longer In
ncllvo use. Tho lightning struck It near
the top. In caking off n number of live
power wires and cnuslng a shower of
crackling sparks.
Tho flash (Hissed down the iron into
the ground, where It hurst a service pipe
of the water system. Thn water surged
up through tho hollow polo and Jetted
out at thu top into n Ion foot geyser
Many of tho nelghlKirs, seeing the
fountain from what rht-y believed to 1m
a solid steel rod, with the electric flashes
playing through It, ran In panln from
the street, others called the police
from Iho Trcniont station. Deputy
Wntrr Commissioner McGeelian nnd a
squad of men quickly found the trouble,
but a district about two miles oquaro
was without water from 8:30 to 9:30
o'clook.
First Draft of German
Reply to U. 5. Is Ready
May Reach Washington Next Week Suppression of1
Von Reventlow's Articles Taken to Mean
Desire to Avoid Trouble. I
BALLIN FRIENDLY, OPPOSED BY VON TIRPITZ
fipc!ut Ccb,r Itrriialr, in Tin, Si . j
IxiNtsiN, Juno 22. The preliminary
draft of the Herman nolo to the I'nlttd I
States Is completed, nrconllng to Infoi
matloii obtained from lleilln by the Deillp
.Villi's correspondent at The Hague.
It will le delayed as long as pnrslblr.
the coriespnudent ays, not being for
warded to Washington until the middle
or end of next week, on the ground that
It must llrst be sent to the Kaiser for
his npproval.
Iteprcsentatlves of powerful business
ami commercial Interests, Including llcrr ;
lSullln, the managing director of the j
Hamburg-American Steamship Company,
have been In Herlln during the past week
trying to Induce the Government to
adopt a conciliatory attitude toward the
I'nlted States, while Admiral von Tlr
pltz nnd leaders of the naval nml mili
tary party hnvo been Insisting that the
Government on no account nbnndon It")
eubmnrine warfuie.
HOPE IN WASHINGTON.
Friendly Iteply i:iiectetl Prom
nrrniitti) tin Submarines.
Wasihnoto.s', Juno 22. Tho action of
the Herlln authorities In suppressing
the Berlin Tnote(ti)7, the newspaper
which was publishing Count von Itevent
low's nrtlcles on the submarine Issue
with the United States, wns regarded
here to-day as highly significant.
In view of the character of the lte
ventlow articles, the suppression of the
paper Is taken to Indicate that the
German Government doe not wish Her
man opinion to be Influenced against
the Unlteel Slates, nor public opinion
in this country to bo Influenced by reck
less talk at Ui!s time. It is now be
lieved there Is no longer any room
to doubt the genuineness of other report
from Berlin that the German Govern
ment Is earnestly seeking to avoid eri
ous trouble with the I'nlted States.
Count vnn Keventlow'a -articles, or
such extracts from them as were cableM
to this country, have been followed by
officials here. It is cotrMdered that
he represents the extremists with re
gal d to the submarine Issue, Officials
have looked on blm as one of the
leaders of the large element In Ger
many which would have tho Government
virtually Ignore President Wilson's de
mauds and let tho United States then
do what It pleased.
He-ports reaching hero during the Vast
ten days have satisfied officials that
this element Is not' certain of having
Its way and that it Is morn than
likely that the Government will listen
to the more conservative groups, favor
ing a conciliator)- policy toward the
L'nlled States. Suppression of the paper
In which the ltcventlow articles have
K'en appearing means, according to
opinion here, that tho extremist element
Is now, publicly at least, In otllclal dis
favor. Itellnble reports received from Ger
many have not led oflklals here to be
lleve that any triumph of the more con
servative element will mean that the
NEW 'RIPPER' SUSPECT
HELD IN PHILADELPHIA
Faurot Questions Man Who Is
Familiar With Crime
Neighborhood.
PiliLAriELrim, June 22. A man who
the police believe may be the myster
ous "Ripper" who murdered four-year-old
Cliarles Murray on May 3 and five,
year-old Leonore Anna Cohen on March
19 In New York, Is held In the Plilladel.
phla Hospital, having surrenderee) tn
the police.
The man, who said he was George
Illumleln, a paperlianger, living In
New York but having no address, en
tered potlce headquarters this afternoon.
He cnrrled a long knife wrapped in
paper and told an Incoherent story In
which he iHclared that he "wanted
hearts and liver." H admitted that
he came from the neighborhood of First
avenue and Fifteenth street, where the
Murray hoy was killed,
The New York police were notified at
once and Inspector Faurot nnd acting
Cnnt. (llldea of tho Second Hranch came
' to Philadelphia to examine Illumleln.
j The man, under iiueMlonlng, said he
I knew the address of the Murraj boy,
2"o First avenue, nnet described necu
I ralely the house and sroro on the ground
; floor. He denied being the "ripper."
j Inspector Faurot reported to the New
l York hendqnnrlers to-night that he
could not bo BUre thnt Hliimlelli was the
I man sought by tho New York police
I Illumleln Is smooth shaven, while tho
descriptions of the killer protrny him
as wenrlng a niusmche. He also differs
from the description In other details.
Hlumleln has been committed to tho
I hospital for thirty days In order that
an examination may bo made as to Ids
I sanity.
NEW HAVEN TRAIN IN SMASH.
Mrel t'nrs (save I'assrnners -lln-lllnerr
Only One Hurl.
Stamkokii. Conn., Juno 22, Tho Stum- .
ford local leaving (lie Hrand Central i
Station at lo;30 to-night hit a freight
car which hnd toppled over Just west
of Cnscob Station about 11 30 to-night.
Ilefore the train was stopped live freight ,
cars wero ripped apart.
About thirty passengers wein on the i
local, Nn oii- was Injured except (he
(nglne driver, (leorge Smith, of Port
Chester, whose ankle was sprained, The
windows were, broken in all tho passen
ger conches, but the fact that the cars
were of eteol saved the passengers from
Injury,
demands of President Wilson ale to le
fully ..runted. It Is expected that It
will mean only that the Herman Hovern
ment will adopt a most conciliatory tone
and endeavor to convince the United
States that under tho circumstance of
Herman) 's position In relation to Eng
land her submarine operations nrn war
ranted, even though admittedly beyond
the pale of the law.
Opinion here Is fast crystallizing Into
the belief that with the single proviso
that no inuro American lives .-.re
threatened by German submarine at
tacks the situation has passed Its
dangernuii stage. It Is believed that Ger
many's next note will be lengthy nnd
arguiiii htative, bringing into the discus
sion all (lie principles Involved In her
grievance against the Hrltlsh use of
their sea power.
The United Stales Government, pro
vided that no mote nttacks occur, will
probably teply at some length to this
note nnd tho discussion may thus go un
Indefinitely,
BERLIN PAPER SUFFERS.
fierninn (iovrrnmeiil (loses the
"Tny.essrlluiiK" lnilerlnltel ,
irni Oi''e le.i.irVA to Tnr Siv
ltr.nt.lM, June 22, The suspension of '
the 7i:riVtif is for an Indefinite
period, the owners were Informed to. ,
day. The Government shut down on I
the paper solely because of the sensa- j
tlonal tone and substance of a series I
ot articles being written by Count von
Iteventlow In which he bitterly at
tacked the United States uml urged the
German Government to continue its sub
marine warfare in any manner It saw
fit.
He declared that International law
could not be applied to submarines, as
such laws were framed beforo sub
marines were Invented.
Tho prompt action In suppressing the
rtijestelfiiiii; Is only one of several In
dications that the Government Is drsslr
ous of finding n cumiijon ground for an
understanding with the United States.
The official .VnrefcirnfsrAe tltunfl,
commenting on the suspension of tho
ripfte(fimi. says that Us violent crun.
palgu creitud the Impression that otllclal
circles for the nake of peace with Amer
ica were considering the advisability of
abandoning the advantages gained by
Germun's submarines, while on the
other hand It was asserted that the ad.
dltlon of the United States to Germany's
list of enemies vena a matter of entire
Indifference.
Tfsj first Issue of the Taofirll una
which was suppiessed went so far as i
to discuss with a mockery that was
scarcely concealed the legal standpoint '
contained In the German notes to Amer- 1
ten anil made a personal attack on
leading statesmen who bear the re-'
sponslhlllty of weighing the dangers and
iMivantages.
These men, says the Gn-ei, could not I
have been nfTected by the accusations of i
weakness nnd lack of courage. They
have a full claim to possess the feeling
of national strength und dignity, which (
Count von Heventlow thinks that he
nleme represents. Such fforts, the '
Oatitlr continues, on the pin of the
TagmzrUxmfr rendered the task of the
Imperial Government only more dltll
cult. The report that the steamship Cam- ,
eronla tried to ram a Get man submarine
Is given great prominence In the Ger
man papers. It is regarded as an Im
portant Justification of the action of
Herman submarine commanders in tor
pedoing merchantmen without warning, i
CHECK ON EXPORTS
VOTED BY COMMONS
lies! rid ion Hill Aimed at
Trade With (lennany
Cotton Chief Item.
Sc(tfl (able ftfipatt'ti to Tar M
London, June 22 The House of
Commons to-dny pased the exporta
tion restriction bill, which Is designed
to slop Hrltlsh exportatlons tn neutral
countries from reaching the enemy.
The main features of the bill restrict
consignments to Holland to the Nether
land Overseas Trust, which has under
taken to prevent anything shipped from
reaching England's enemies Similar
nn-angeinents nre to be made with other
Governments.
When the bill rame up for final pas
snge to-day several members accused
the Government of dllatorlness, snylnR
the measuro Is one that should havs
been passed at the outset of the war.
It was nllegisl that Great Hritaln,
through neutral countries, has long been
suppl)lng Germany with lcd, steel,
nickel, cocoa, tea nnd Iron ore, and es
pecially cotton.
Sir John Dalzell slated that the ware
houses of Copenhagen are unable lo hold
tho Immense cxpottalloiiH. Whole streets
are idled with cottntl bales awaiting
transmission lo lennany.
Lord Hubert Cecil, sub-Secretary of
the Foreign otllci', slaltsl that thn Gov
ernment is treating cotton with the ut
most seriousness. It h expected, ho
said, that a committee about tn be nn-
pointed will initiate new measures which
wMI entirely previ nt e'ottpn trailing with
the eiiem. The Gov t rnnient wislirs to
stop coitou trading with normally, tint
must consider the rights of neutrals,
toward whom it would ill become Great
Hrttalu to do aii. thing unfair or un
just. The dlfllculty, lie ooiitlnuul, Is in
effecting both objects. Tho Government
dtil not believe that ibsiatlng cotton
contraband would assist, taking all the
circumstances Into consideration.
u. s. importer's to act.
Will Charier lilp o llrltiK le-
Inlnril Goods From German).
H'Asni.viiToN, .Imp 22 Several Amer
lean Importers nro -aid tn Invo iielten
for the piiipo.M of eh.ii (H ing steamship
In which to bring tn America a large
qilahtltv of golds from Germany, Mori
than $riO,ooo,000 Is Involved
These goods were bought or contracted
for hefote March I, but cannot lie
brought to this country even from tho
neutral port of Rotterdam owing to
Grsat Britain's blockade rult.
FRENCH TROOPS
WIN LABYRINTH
IN HOT BATTLE
Attack on Strong Position
in Fliunlcrs Cosily, hut
Victorious.
3I0ST DfPOI.TAXT
(J.MX Si NCI' WINTER
ILiiixl Urcuailcs ('soil in tlio
Assault. Which Is IUtter
ami Prolonged.
NEW POINTS TAKEN
TN ALSACE ADVANCE
Germans Kali Hack Across
IMver Fee hi Dunkirk
Shelled Afain.
.eisif Cable Hfimtfli to Till; hi.v
P.vitis, June 22. Tho "Labyrinth,"
that section ot complicated trenches
Just south of Neuvillo Salnt-Vnast.
which the Germans have fought to re
tain with a tenacity unequalled ut any
other point In the westi'rn theatro of
war. has fallen at last Into French
hands.
The victory Is one of the gieatcst, If
not the greatest, since winter cease4
and the spring fighting began.
Tho losses on both sides have been .
thormouB. Not for a moment sliun lay
20, when the oriVT to take tho "Laby
rinth" Inch by Inch was given, had th
conflict abated. The entire series of de
fences is now occupied by the French,
tho Germans being driven well lo th
rear.
The capture of the German position
known os the "Labyrinth," Is duscribed
In a despatch received from nn official
observer at tho front:
"French attacks on May 9 and daya
thereafter failed to modify the situa
tion," the observer states. "At tho end
of May tho French decided to finish
things and the order was given to taks
the Labyrinth Inch by Inch.
"This meant an operation of two prin
cipal phases, of different nature-, it win
necefnary llrst, by well piepated and
vigorous assaults, to get n footing In
the enemy organization ; and then to
progress to the inteilor of the communi
cating trenches, repulsing the enemy
step by sti'p. These two operations
lasted more than three weeks and re
sulud In complete success.
lliiiiel Grt-iiaili-s I sed.
"Toe debouch must have been dllllcult.
ns numerous Herman batteries, composed
of 77 millimeter guns, the inn. L'lii, 2io
n' d even 3ul millimeter guns, concen
tinted their file o:. us The) vveie st.i
lonul at Hiveiicby. at La Folic, at
Thelus, 1'aihus and I'.e.mr.iliis Never
thelees, cur men tiudeiM.Hid and pres.
pared to do th.-lr dutv It w is Ma) 30
that the assaults heg.i".. our regiment
marching out fi.mi diiTeiini points.
Their ardor wns admirable.
"From this momer t Hie n n of fh
lonimui.lcatlng trenches began Them
were the trenches of Von Kluck. of
F.lllelihug .mil of the Sa:ie d Fetes,
without counting innumerable i umbered
woiks. givirg a teelliiK of unheard of
dlMUultlcs which our troop h.id to over
ionic "Without a stop from Mav 30 to June
1. they (ought on this giound, full of
big holes and (Hied with dead. The
oomb.u nev er ceased, cither day or night.
The attacking elements, constantly r.
Hewed, flushed the Germans with hand
grenades and demolished their earth
barili-ndes There was not an hour of
truce nor an Instant of repose Th
men were under a sun so hot in tho
trenches that they fought bareheaded
and in their shirt sleeves
"They were hnid days anil It wan
necessary constantly tn carry to the,
fighting men munitions and food and
especially water Everybody did his)
iest, nnd we continued our success.
Little by little our progres, Indicated
bv n cloud of dust resulting from th
combat of the grenades, brought us to)
an extremity north of the Labvrlnth.
Thn fighting continued in the Eulen
berg nnd oilier trenches d.iliv and ulti
mately the Labyrinth belonged to us.
"Tne Hermans lost an entire regl.
ment. We took a thousand prisoners,
Thn rest were kl'led A Hav. nun regl
ment nlso was decimated
"Our losses were ':,uiin men, nmong
whom many were slightly wounded.
"Tho resistance vvat. a.s tlei.e as thn
ii'iaels. Despite the ii.itum of the
ground nnd the mganiyeil defences,
which had been u pn-p.u t:mn f
even mont'S, and despite tin artlllsri,
the bomb throwers and the qu.ek flrcrs,
we remained the v Ictois "
Further advances by the Fi.-neh jo
the invasion of Alsmc :ne .innouncej
in tho oltlci.il (mii.mi.'U''- ir- ifil to
day. Aflei the captuie ..f .Met.o i' ves
terday the F eic.i moved vn d rth
and ho mil of the village, di-n.ni the
Germans to the cast bank of the Focht
The success of this opci mon is admitted!
by the German War i mice, accordlnw
to the ofllcl.il ttaieuienl Issued in Herlln
P -day, which has been telesi aphed hero
from London.
Apparently the Heitnans have ,ib,m.
dnnert the town ,f SondeiP.ich. m l e
southern branch of the Fe.ip , fc'
ndles south of Mctv.er.il In this legion
the French repot ts tell of 'eaiv lighting
nnu the capture of three mm lime guns.
The heavy artllle. of the French
has located the German gun which lias
been bombarding Dunkltk at lnnc range
and effort are now being made lo put
the piece out of .ictlon. Fifteen more
shelis were thrown into the Channel
poit this morning
Wnr Order Mnieiiifiit,
The communique Issued 'his evening
was as folb ns
During the morning about fifteen
more shells were thrown Into Dunkirk,
Our heavy battorltxi engaged th