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WEATHER. nir tonight and Saturday: dowly ris ing temperature; gentle northerly winds. Temperature pa?t twenty-four hour*: High. ?9. at 1 p.m. today; low, 66, at 4 a-m. today. For full report ?ee page 18. CLOSING HEW YORK STOCKS PAGE 18. Dally Afnag^ Tl.TBli Hrtar. HI! No. 19,973. WASHINGTON. D. 0., FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1915.-TWENTY-TWO PAGES. ONE CENT. LEMBERG IS GOAL OF GERMAN HOSTS AS MY SPEED ON Having Captured Peremysl, Of fensive on Galician Front Proceeds Unusually Fast. RUSSIANS ADMIT FOE HAS MADE ADVANCES "Declare. However. Enemy Forces Which Took Liban Have Been Iiolated. CUT OFF FROM MEMEL BASE j Czar's Men Reported to Have Taken Polangen and Butzan?Sea Only Outlet for Teutons, Is Claim. LOSSES OF PRUSSIANS NOW TOTAL 1.388.000 AMSTKRDAM. June 4, ill Lon don. 3:55 p.m.?The Teleffraaf states that according: to German casualty lists Prussian losses alone have reached a total of 1,388,000. Recent casualty lists contain the names of fifty-six airmen, of whom eleven were killed and thirty-five wounded, the remain ing ten being missing. LONDON, June 4.?Having captured Peremysl, the Austro German forces are maintaining their offensive with unusual speed along the Galician front. The troops which broke through the Russian line at Stry are pushing northward rapidly. The recapture of Peremysl is looked upon in Berlin as a pre liminary in the campaign for Lemberg. The San line is regarded as no longer tenable, the Dniester line is already trembling and the Aus tro-German army is pushing for ward toward a point to the rear of Lemberg, and is now barely thirty-five miles southeast of Lemberg. A statement from the Russian war office contains the admission that in the region beyond the Dniester river the Austro-Ger man army has advanced along the Tismenitza-Stry front. A Petrograd dispatch states that the German force which cap tured Libau, in Russia, on the 1 Baltic, some time ago, has been isolated. Russian forces are said to have cut off the Germans from their base at Meinel, East Prus sia. while other Russian troops have approached tfoni the north j and south, so that the only com munication with Libau is now by sea. Gen. von Mackensen Safe. To the north of Peremysl Gen. von Mackensen is now safe, having dared to essay to drive a wedge between the Russian armies on the lower San and the fortress and made good. It 'as a risky move, and knowing its peril BriUJ*^ observers have been ?watching it with keen interest. For a \*eek they have been expressing hopes it would fail. But It did not fall, Jtnd now Gen. Mackensen has a breath ing spell and can elect either to stand ^vhere he Is or to push forward from a base of great strategic advantage. According to Vienna, now that Per emysl has fallen, rendering It possible for Gen. Mackenzen to continue hie movement eastward, he would natural ly meet a check at the Russian forti fied positions partly composed of a chain of lakes extending north and so':th, about eighteen miles west of l.emberg. It is thought, however, that these positions will prove untenable > erause Gen I.lnsingen, having crossed th* J>n;ehter to the west of Mikolalort*, will likely cut the communication with Lemberg Operations Against Lemberg. The Austro German plans of operations against l>emberg a?*e the same as against Peremysl They are expected to throw ?*>lumns on both sides of the city and then prews together *ome distance be yond it. In the meantime this move ment seems to threaten the Russians fighting a round Nadworna with a Iocs or contact with the main body. Tn declaring that the Russian forces j operating south of Mbau have cut that ! ?ity off from Memel. deprivirg the Ger- j mans of th*!r base of supply, a Reuter I dispatch from Petrograd say* at the ! same time th* Russians took Polangen ?on the Baltic in Courland) and the village of Rutzan. south of Libau. An other Russian fores Is approaching JJbau from the north. With this city enveloped the Germans have an outlet only to the sea. Gun8 Not Destroyed, Is Claim. When the Russians were forced to abandon some of the outer Peremysl forts they had no time to destroy the guns, which, on falling Into Austro-Ger man hands, were turned by their new Owners against the inner fortifications, says a dispatch to the Exchange Tele graph Company from Copenhagen. It Is understood, the dispatch adds, that the Austrian railway officials, the police and municipal officers and others who fled from Peremysl when the fort ress capitulated to the Russians have now gathered at Cracow, ready to re turn to the recaptured city. Russians Admit Loss. Russian troops on ths fronts to ths north and west of ths fortress of Psre \ mysl evacuated their positions Wednes day night after all the war materials taken from the Austrians had beep re moved, according to an official state ment Issued last nigrht by the Russian general staff. It is explained that after the capture of Jaroslau and Radymno by the Aus tro-German forces they began to spread along the west bank of the San, making the defense of Peremysl a diffi cult task. The Russians contend they realized from the first that Peremysl was incapable of defending Itself, and they remained there only as long as it served their purpose. The positions occupied around Peremysl extended the Russian front by about twenty-four miles, and the troops occupying them were exposed to a concentrated artil lery flre. Text of Communication. The text of the communication fol lows: "We carried away from Peremysl the materials taken from the Austrians. This finished, we removed on Tuesday the last of our batteries. The follow ing night our troops, pursuant to or ders. evacuated the fronts to the north and west of the positions surrounding the city and formed a more concentrated force to the east. "Attacks delivered by the enemy Monday between Perzemysl and the Dniester were repulsed. "In the regions beyond the Dniester the enemy, concentrating important forces in the town of Stry, succeeded in advancing on the Tismenitza-Stry front. They sustained great losses, however, leaving a thousand prisoners in the course of our counter attacks. "On the Swltza-Lomnltza front Mon day we pressed the enemy on the Bystrca and successfully repulsed his attacks." Possible Moves in West. Some commentators on the military situation are suggesting today that the allies in the west will now Initiate an offensive movement In the hope of re lieving the pressure on the Russians, but on the other hand it Is noticeable that during the Austro-German rush into Russia there was no synchronizing allied movement In the west, and It would be no surprise if the Germans themselves should begin a serious of fensive movement in Prance or Bel gium. 100 PRIZE CONTEST WINNERS NAMED Mrs. W. D. Mackenzie Gets $50, Miss Mary T. Mackey $25 for Letters. NEARLY 2,800 PERSONS WRITE THEIR OPINIONS Every Class of Advertisement in The Star Commented on by the Competitors. In The Star's contest for advertise ment readers, which closed last Tues day, the first prize of $50 was awarded to Mrs. William D. Mackenzie, wife of William D. Mackenzie of the War De partment. The second prize, $25, was won by Miss Mary T. Mackey of the order division of the Library of Con gress, and the third prize, $20, by G. K. Wentworth, 207 D street northwest. Nearly 2,800 persons took part In the contest. One hundred prizes were awarded, aggregating a total of $315. The prizes were given to those persons who sent to The Star the best letters, stating which advertisements in The Star of last Friday interested them the most and giving their reasons. The Interest in the contest was widespread. Answers were received from persons in each of the many spheres of life and activity in the National Capital. About one-half of the letters received were from women. Of the 10i? prize winners, forty-seven were women and fifty-three were men. It is noticeable that the first two prizes went to women. Each letter was limited to 150 words under the rules of the contest. They showed keen appreciation of the ad vertising and were interestingly writ ten. The advertisements selected by the various contestants as being most interesting to them covered every class of advertising in The Htar, from de partment store advertisements no an nouncements of "help wanted' and "houses for sale." Every Class Covered. Hundreds of letters were received which' selected advertisements in a single class of advertising, and every class of advertising was covered by dozens of letters. Great interest was shown in each of the following kinds of advertisements: Department stores, men's and women's clothing dealers, ?hoe stores, florists, druggists, bakers, laundries, advertisements in regard to travel, candy stores, pianos, financial advertisements, groceries and pro visions. The task of the judges was' huge, they had nearly 2,800 letters to read and pass upon. A process of elimina tion was maintained by the Judges until there were only 100 letters left from which to select the best for the flfrst prize, the second prize, etc. Then the judges voted upon each letter, m this way the final selections were made The Star did not require essays on ad vertising, but simply the honest opin ion of the contestants, as shoppers or possible purchasers of the articles ad vertised. The prizes were sent to the various winners last night. In addition to the first three prizes, five prizes of $10 each were awarded, twelve prizes of $5 each, thirty prizes of $2 each and fiftv prizes of $1 each. While the great majority of the prize winners have their homes in Washington, a number of them live in Maryland and Virginia The address of one-prize winner is Schenectady, N. Y.. and of another, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H. List of Prize Winner*. The entire list of prize winners is as follows: First prize* f&0? Mrs. William C|r Mackenzie, care William D. Mackenzie, | War Department. Second prize, $25?Miss Mary T. Mackey, order division. Library of Con [ gress. Third prize. $20-G K. Wentworth. 207 D street northwest. fit? prixes of 110 each?Hunter Pope Mulford, 1336 I street northwest; Mrs. L. A. Payne, 5412 9th street northwest* Richard Law ton. 15S V street north east; K. C. Shaw. 613 K street north east: H. A. Bartholomew, 418 Evans building Twelve prize* of SC acli j. A. Phelan, 2428 20th street northwest; Robert I* Wright, apartment 8, 1210 Massachu setts avenue northwest; E. Purdy. 2612 University place; N. A. Fltxgerald, 20? (Continued oo Fifth Pare.) GENERAL SUCCESS CLAIMED FOR ITALY Gen. Cadorna Declares Opera tions Against Austria Are Proceeding Everywhere. STILL HOLD MONTE NERD IN FACE OF ATTACKS King Victor Emmanuel's Men Men ace Tolmino, Which Is Obstacle to Advance Across Isonzo. LONDON, June 4.?Italian forces ar^ everywhere pursuing their successful operations against the Austrians, accord ing to Gen. Cadorna, Italian cliief of staff. The Austrians are strongly intrenched and supported by powerful artillery. The Vienna war office states that the Italians have bombarded Aus trian fortifications at several points without success. Fail to Dislodge Italians. Austrian troops have mad? repeated efforts to dislodge the Italian forces which ^iave succeeded in establishing themselves on Monte Nero ridge* across the Isonzo river, along the front north of the Gulf of Trieste, according to Udine advices. The Italians are still in possession of the ridge. The advance of the Italians across the Isonzo has been accomplished in the face of unusual difficulties. In consequence of heavy rains, tt was impossible to ford the Isonzo, ex cept for detachments of cavalry, whose horses swam across the river. En gineers, protected by artillery, con structed pontoon bridges for the In fantry. Meet Many Hindrances. Once the troops had reached the further bank of the river, still greater difficulties were encountered. The rain had transformed the mountain p&tha into beds of swift running streams. Water pouring down the mountain sides uprooted trees and obstructed progress at every turn. The few moun tain bridges left by the Austrians were carried away by the floods. Rest for the troops was Impossible, as the rocky mountin sides were too exposed, while the valleys, knee-deep in water, were unsuitable for camping places. Thick fog hung over the whole region, making it impossible to see for any distance. Progress was slow, but the invaders made their way up the mountain side, taking with them heavy artillery, am munition and transports with supplies. They occupied Drezenaca, Cosec Kar freit and oher smaller villages below Monte Nero, and finally obtained pos session of the ridge. Communication Maintained. Regular communication, with the base on the right bank of the Isonzo, has been maintained, including a tele phone line over which the commander j at Caporetto has been immediately in formed of each attack by the Austrians in their efforts to dislodge the Italians. Monte Nero dominates the whole Friuli valley. Possession of this ridge enables the Italians to menace Tol mino from the rear. This town, to gether with the batteries recently con structed on Santa Maria and Santa Lucia hills, presents one of the most formidable obstacles to an Italian ad vance across the Isonzo at that point. Monte Nero also commands the val leys leading to the northeastern part of Isonzo-Plezzo district, having on its north Predil pass, which, strongly fortified, pro tects the road to Tarvis. The Italian oe cupation of this ridge is thus connected with the action which, from the Racco lana and Dogna valleys, threatens the Seebach valley leading to Predil. Austrians Withdraw. The Austrian troops are withdrawing from their positions along the Fiemme valley (part of the valley of the river Avisio, to the northeast of Trent), accord ing to Verona advices. They have virtually destroyed the health ^resort of San Martino de Castrozza. This village contained eight large hotels, .six belonging to Germans and two to Italians. The achievement of a detachment of Alpine mountaineers in capturing an intrenched Austrian position in a defile or \al Inferno, near the head of Yal Dagrjo. has been noted by the ministry of war. The detar-hinent was led by a lieutenant, who was wounded during the assault, but who continued to di rect his men until the position was captured. King Victor Emmanuel him self pinned the military rnedal on the wounded lieutenant's breast. Towns Are Rejoicing. The Inhabitants of the towns of Ala, Avio and Borghetto were overjoyed at the arrival of the Italian troops, for wholesale requisitions by the Austrian authorities of the food supplies had reduced the people almost to the verge of starvation. The first act of the Italian general in command was to is sue to the inhabitants 5,000 rations of bread and 2,000 rations of flour. There are still posted on the walls the Austrian proclamations ordering the people to remain within doors be tween 9 o'clock at night and 6 in the morning, and imposing other restric tions, on pain of severe punishment. PRO-GERMAN OUTBREAK QUELLED IN BUCHAREST LONDON, June 4.?Telegraphing from Bucharest the Daily Telegraph's correspondent says: "The police have been compelled to interfere to quell a pro-German dem onstration in the streets and at the headquarters of the conservative party. "The conservative party congress was meeting to consider the pro-Ger man attitude of Alexander Marghilo man, one of the party's leaders, but the congress was unable to proceed with its business owing to a disturb ance made by Margl.lloman's sup porters, who fired revolvers, cheered their leader and hooted his opponents." REPORTS GREAT DAMAGE TO LONDON FROM BOMBS BERLIN. June 4.-?A Wolff Bureau correspondent says he learns from a good source that in the last Zep pelin raid on London one airship reached Finchley, In the northern out skirts of London, and declares that it must therefore have flown over the greater part of the city. The correspondent says he hears from the lame source that the damage cause*' try the raid wri much greater than has been announced. EXPECT DECISION SOON Austrians Look for Early Close of Bussian Campaign in Galicia. AUSTRO - HUNGARIAN FIELD HEADQUARTERS, June 4, via London, 4:55 p.m.? According to information given out by the Austro-Hungarian military authorities to representa tives of the press, heavy fighting is now in progress along virtually the entire Galician front, and the general situation is very favor able to the Austro-Germans. A decisive conclusion to the entire Russian campaign in Gali cia is in sight. SHELL CROWN PRINCE'S HEADQUARTERS FROM AIR PARIS, June 4.?The headquarters of the German crown prince were bom barded Thursday by French aviators. Twenty-nine machines dropped 178 shells and several thousand darts. Many of the shells are said to have reached the mark. #This announcement was made in the official statement issued by the war office last night. Read This Next Sunday IIE "Human P e ndulum" is an ath letic feat. It h a 8 been P e r f ormed by one or two differ ent compa nies of the New York Are depart ment and no one else, and thereby hangs the remarkable tale which Arthur E MacFarlane tells In this issue. To perform the pendulum ait three of the best of the iron nerved, strong-hearted depart ment men hang inverted from the edge of the roof of the burn ing building. Their object is the rescue of a beleaguered denizen of the flat at a window on the top floor. The lower man of the human chain seizes the endan gered one; by sheer muscle pow er the pendulum is forced to swing, with the top man, legs crooked about some object on the roof, pulling upward with each arm in turn. The final terriflo swing brings each one, rescued and all, tumbling upon the roof safe from the blaze. There is no man who knows fires and firemen better than does MacFarlane. Their sense of hu mor, their pluck, their loyalty to the job and to the city they are serving is pictured in "The Hu man Pendulum" as no other man could picture it. There is a gasp as "308" performs its act, when least expected, that lasts for min utes, in this, the bulliest fire story ?ver turned out. In the Next Sunday Magazine of The Sunday Star "Bill to Steve"?By Ring W. Lardner A new series of "letters" by the author of those inimitable "Busher Abroad" ones. Here's a sample:? " * * * Gussy interduced me to the girl, and if she was the onley girl in the world and they was running a beauty contest the jurey couldent make up there mine who to give the prize to." Begins next Sunday in The Sun day Star. 'SEVER RELATIONS,' PORTUGUESE 1GE Press Protests Sinking of Ships by^Germans and Demands Action. LONDON, via Paris, June 4.?Protest ing vehemently against the sinking- of two Portuguese ships by German sub ' marines, the press of Portugal de mands that the government immediat ly sever diplomatic relations with Ger many. Welsh Trawlers Sunk. Two Welsh trawlers have been sunk by German submarines, the Hiorld of Cardiff and the Victoria of Milford. I The Hiorld was sent to the bottom J about 150 miles southwest of Lundy Island and the Victoria 135 miles from St. Ann's Head. Several men on board the Victoria were killed by shells from the sub marine. The remainder of the ship's company and the crew of the Hiorld have landed at Milford. Huddlestone, a member of the crew of the Victoria, who was seriously in jured, said the submarine, the U-34, tired at the trawler. The men on board thought the shot came from a patrol boat which was engaged with a sub marine. Then a shot smashed a small boat and the crew realized the sub marine was after the trawler. A boy of thirteen was pUt on the bridge and the crew proceeded to lash a life raft together for use in case of necessity. Killed by Shells. Another shot, according to Huddle stone, struck the bridge, killing the boy. Then the skipper came forward and was talking to a member of the crew when a shell came and killed both of them. Huddlestone says a piece of shrapnel struck him on the arm and head and still another shell blew off the legs of the mate of the ship and injured two other men, break ing both legs of one of them. The men then scrambled upon the raft and the submarine pulled them on board. The officer of the submarine, according to Huddlestone, told them that if they had stopped they would not have been fired on. The fishermen were kept aboard the submarine all night and the following morning were put aboard a small boat belonging to another trawler. The submarine then sank the Vic toria with a bomb. Huddlestone says he and his com panions were treated well aboard the submarine. They were adrift in the boat for twenty-four hours In rough, wet weather. They were picked up by the steamer Battater and landed In Milford. Swedish Vessel Lost. The Evening Standard says that the Swedish steamer L*ppland was sunk last night at a point fifty-five miles off Peterhead, a seaport of eastern Scot land. No submarine was sighted, but Capt. Petersen believed the vessel was torpedoed. The crew of nineteen men, together (Continued on Ninth Page.) f\ Administration Officials Aid Comprehensive Plans to Care for Hungering People. Contributions for the relief of the starving and plague-suffer ins; people of Mexico, in response to an appeal to the American people issued by President Wil son as head of the American Red Cross, will be received by The Star and acknowledged as soon as they are turned over to .the Red CrosM headquarters. Recent contributors are: Dis trict of Columbia Federation of Women's Clubs, *10; George W. Dunn, 96* Without waiting to see how the con tending: military factions take Presi dent Wilson's warning, administra tion officials are today co-operating with the American Red. Cross in carry ing forward comprehensive plans for relieving the Mexican civilian popula tion from further distress and hunger resulting from the incessant warfare in the southern republic. The executive committee of the Red Cross decided today that all Mexican relief supplies will be consigned to consular .officials, who will supervise their distribution. The committee ap proved arrangements for issuing ap i peals throughout the United States. I Henry P. Daviso nof J. P. Morgan & Co. I and others are expected to form a New I York local Red Cross committee today.\ Belief Plans Before Committee. All of the relief plans in which gov ernmental agencies are aiding were laid before the Red Cross executive committee today. This committee In cludes in its membership Secretary Lane, Counselor Lansing of the State Department, Surgeon General Gorgas of the army, Surgeon General Braisted of the navy and Solicitor General Davis. Davis. The relief measures discussed in cluded: Organization of special committees in the principal cities of the country for the collection and forwarding of supplies to Mexico. Supervision over the movement of supplies. Efforts to secure either free trans portation or reduced rates for food stuffs to border points. Instructions by the government to consular officers and military posts I along the border to aid in assembling and moving food supplies. Will Take Out Foreigners. British authorities ill Mexico City are arranging to take out foreigners by horseback and automobile to points from which there is train service to Vera Cruz. The Brazilian minister. In charge of American interests, reported today that Mr. Cummins, a fairer (Continued on Seoood Pace.) " OFFHMS PROBING PAWN BROKERAGE George D. Homing in Court on Charge of Violating "Loan Shark Law." ENTERS PLEA NOT GUILTY AND DEMANDS JURY TRIAL Methods of Other Brokerage Com panies to Be Investigated by Corporation Counsel. Rigid investigation of the pawn brok erage business In the District of Co lumbia is promised as a result of the arrest yesterday of George D. Horning on the charge of violating the "loan shark" law. Mr. Horning, who has offices at 9th and D streets northwest, was taken into custody yesterday afternoon by Central Office Detective Sergts. War ren, Burllngame and Evans on a war rant drawn by Corporation Counsel j Conrad H. Syme. He gave $200 cash I bond and was released. Mr. Horning was arraigned in the District branch of the Police Court to day. He entered a plea of ,4not guilty" and demanded a Jury trial. When the "loan shark" law limiting the interest that may be charged by pawn brokers to 1 per cent a month I went into effect. Horning established a branch office at Relee, Va., at the south end of the Highway bridge. This establishment and the "central office at ?9th and D streets are connected with a private automobile service for the convenience of patrons. Loans ar# made in Virginia, but property held as security is stored in the vaults of the central office. The contention of the corporation counsel is that the Virginia establish ment is an accessory to the .District of fice. The warrant contains five counts, Mrs. Emallne French. 3605 Georgia avenue northwest, being the com plainant. Oharges in Information. ^ the information, containing five (founts, filed In court by Assistant Cor poration Counsel Roger J. Whlteford, it is charged that the defendant on or about September 1, 1913. and at "divers other times since the said date, in the District of Columbia, and in the city of Washington, in and about premises 401 9th street northwest, did engage in the business of loaning money, upon which a rate of interest greater than 6 per cent per annum was charged, the said George D. Horning not having a license to so do and not being en gaged in the legitimate business of a ! licensed banker, trust company, sav | ings bank, building or loan associa tion, or real estate broker." It i? charged in the second count of, the information that the defendant ln-| | stalled, at 401 9th street northwest,, i numerous safes and vaults, equipping the same with burglar alarm system;! I that he did employ on the said prem ises numerous clerks, engaged in the| occupation of handling, caring for and listing numerous pledges or pawns, j and other evidences of indebtedness, held by him for loans of money, "said' loans being at a greater rate of in-; terest than 6 per cent per annum." It is charged further that the defendant provides a messenger service which is used as one of the instrumentalities of the business, and that the- premises have been kept open daily during busi ness hours, except Sundays and legal holidays. It is charged that signs on the outside of the premises advertise the defendant's business of loaning money; that he provided two automo-| biles as further instrumentalities ofj his business, the said automobiles be-1 ing parked in front of the premises and used in the prosecution of the business. Transmission of Security Pledg-es. The third count charges that the messenger service is used to transmit Jewelry and notes, the same being of fered as pledges or security for loans to customers, to an establishment be-i longing to him at or near the south end of the highway bridge in the state of Virginia. It is declared the de fendant returns through the said mes senger service such sum or sums of money advanced by him upon the se curity of ^e pledge or pawns, to gether with a coupon or pawn ticket indicating that the said article had been pawned with him. to his said custo mers waiting or calling therefor at his premises, 9th and D streets northwest. It is set forth in the fourth count that transportation is provided for borrowers by way of automobiles be longing to the defendant from his premises at 9th and D streets north west to the south end of the highway bridge to his office, located there, where It Ip charged Jewelry and other security were presented as pledges or pawns and money received therefor by the borrowers, together with a pawn ticket, and the said borrowers were again transported to the premises of the defendant at 9th and D streets northwest. In the fifth count it is set forth that the defendant advertises in hand bills, theater programs and other advertis ing media in the District of Columbia his business of loaning money, and that sjuch advertising signs are placed on the outside of his premises at 9th and D streets northwest. In this count are quoted signs al leged to have been placed on the out side of the Washington office. Inquiry to Include Other Brokers. Other pawn brokerage companies es tablished branch offices outside the District when the "loan shark" law went into effect. According to the corporation counsel, the methods ofj these concerns are to be thoroughly probed and alleged violations or eva sions of the law prosecuted to the fullest extent. LAYS GERMAN SUCCESS TO AMMUNITION SUPPLY LONDON, June 4.?The Morning Post's Petrograd correspondent com ments on the fact that the Germans sgem to have an almost inexhaustible supply of all the important ammuni tion. By this alone, he says, they were enabled to make a good stand against the Russians, whose tactical dispositions apparently were more ad vantageous. WHITE BOOK OF POPE TO SHOW PEACE STEPS LONDON, June 4.?The Daily Tele graph's Rome correspondent says Pope Benedict la preparing a White Book, In which he will ahow the attpa he took In rapport of p?ac?. * I President Lays Before Cabinet Short, Direct Rejoinder to Germany. TEUTONIC AGENT HURRIES WITH NEWS FOR KAISER Meyer Gerhard, for Count von Bernitorff. Will Reveal State of Feeling Here. ME. WILSON FIRM IN NOTE Washington Government - Insists Upon Safety for Life and Prop erty of Neutrals Afloat?Holda Lusitania Was Unarmed. President Wilson finished the new note to Germany today and laid it before the cabinet. It is short and to the point. It asks definitely whether Germany intends to be guided in the future by the humane principles embod ied in international law for the conduct of maritime warfare. It probably will be dispatched to Berlin late tonight or tomor row. No arrangements have yet been made as to the time when it will be made public. While the President and the cabinet were discussing the note a German agent was on his way to Berlin to present a first-hand report of the interview which Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, had Wednesday with President Wilson. Officials at the German em bassy refused to discuss that de velopment, but it became known authoritatively that Meyer Ger hard, who sailed from New York yesterday for Copenhagen on the steamer United States, with a guarantee of safe conduct ob tained by the American govern ment from the allies, is the man. He is an attache of the German colonial office, and has been in the United States several months representing the German Red Cross. He goes to Berlin to present first-hand the views of the Ameri can government as Count von Bernstorff got them from Presi dent Wilson. Consulted Mr. Bryan. ! white House officials said today that while the President had penned the note himself he had consulted with Secretary Bry^n over the principles and the de "in high official quarters the assertion was made that efforts to place Mr. Bryan tn the position of being entirely ignored in this and other important matters were entirely unfair to the prem.er of the cabi net, whose advice Is never overlooked by the President. . . The President also has been in constant consultation with Counselor Uinslng and also Attorney General Gregory, who In vestigated affidavits that the Luaitania carried guns. The government is con vinced there is no ground for that con tention and the note will so inform Uer mCounselor Lansing, as the President's chief adviser on questions of interna tional law, sat in today's cabinet Previously he has only attended in the absence of Secretary Bryan, but todav Mr. Lansing had been invited by the President to accompany the Secretary. Cabinet Is Agreed. Today's cabinet meeting began with all members practically agreed that the United States cannot consider the German reply responsive and must in sist. before the diplomatic correspond ence can proceed further, upon an af firmative or negative answer to the principle that lives of non-combatants cannot lawfully be imperiled on the high seas, but must be transferred to safety before a legitimate prize is de stroyed. The purpose of the United States Is to keen its rejoinder on the same plane ,heP note of May 13. to ascertain definitely whether Germany will be guided by the principles of law and h Should5 a negative answer be re ceived, diplomatic relations it gen erally ?? believed, could not be con ''An* affirmative reply would be in the nature of a guarantee against further vfolations of American rights in. the war ione. and would make possible a discussion Of the facts in Individual cases that have occurred. American Point of View. The American point of view, briefly, is not the complete abandonment of submarine warfare, but Its modifica tion to such an extent as would make submarines act as do other warships in dealing with the enemy's commerce. Some arrangement whereby mer chant ships carrying passengers would be definitely known as unarmed ves sels is one of the proposals which it is generally suggested might make, tie submarine able to exercise the right of visit and search. Difficulties of communication through the war sones, the German embassy faals. have deprived the Berlin foreign office of a full light on the Amerlaaa position, and It Is to clear up any mis understanding that Mr. Oerhard U being seat aa a special diplomatic mes 1