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WEATHER.
Fair and cooler tonight; Wednesday
fair; moderate northwest winds. Tem
perature past twenty-four hours: High,
SI, at' 4 p.m. yesterday; low, 66. at
6 a.m. today.
For /ull report see page 16.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1915-TWENTY PAGES.
ONE CENT.
REJOINDER OF U. S.
MAY BE SENT 10
BERLIN TOMORROW
President Wilson's Reply Put
in Final Form at Cabi
net Meeting.
HIS ADVISERS REFUSE
TO DISCUSS CONTENTS
Chief Executive Denies There Has
Been Any Delay in Prep
aration.
GREAT CARE IN WORDING
"Not Unsatisfactory" Stand of Ger
many in Gulflight Case Will
Not Affect Main
Issue.
After two hours' discussion of
President \\ ilson s rejoinder to
(?ermany at the cabinet meeting
today. Secretary Tumulty, at the
direction of President Wilson,
made this announcement:
"The note was gone over and
discussed and put in final form.
' t probably will go forward to
Herlin tomorrow."
1 he cabinet members uniformly
refused to discuss it.
But Few Changes Made.
It was learned definitely that only a
few slight changes in phraseology were
made at the cabinet meeting. The note
"-as taken up In the form in which It
?ame after Secretary Bryan had spent
Several hours on it after his confer
VYl' yesterday with the President.
. i meeting Secretary Bryan
Cabinet^ 1?" With ?,her members.
< ablnet members said that while nos
J-ibly a few words might be changed it
oa^yMfe0 i??rward
Meeting agreed "P?n at todays
Denies Delay of Note.
President Wilson announced during
the morning that the note to Germany
was about finished and would go for
ward shortly. He did not specify the
?lay. but said the document would be
cone over in final revision today by the
cabinet. *
., ThK Pre8'ldent explained that there
had been no delay of any kind in the
preparation of the note, that he had
.-1^' ?"ly a rou?h of it to the
?abtnet meeting Friday and that there
The cihi'ne 1 1?HS suK*estions since
character of ,hjh met" Th" general
? il Z I the document. however he
n'eved tf had modifle<1 a"^ he be
J Ire cabinet aPP?>val of ,he en
!?>? Aasirjsi rs is
x-iAsasr- ?? ?
Note Not Unsatisfactory.
The President today gave no inkling
? its contents, believing that forecasts
; ?.ht set U!, a misconception abroad
the American position. The arrival
T* fr?!" Uer?a?v offering to
ask,? V "" ,h*" <iulfli?ht and
.ern",f? i"r,h"r '"formation c?n
--h-g was referral *iT tLTr'e'T
afi not u"satisfactory.
Those two cases, however do not at
'?>* main principle for which the
n.ted States is entering, tha, Aml^
.ans on unarmed ~i,i_ _
every nationality KhaU !T'ranXrM
destroj-e'd! ?f SH""-V bpf"re ??>?
Tbe President Wild l,e bad learned
? >nl> through t tic new spa pers of the
mission -r Van .;heU . leldenieester
who arri\ rd in tli* interest of
mediation i? the European
hi' " 'T -??Med. however, he
believed individual officais might have
tripe?n ,"",'frni"t" '-fl'lemeester's
Mr. Bryan Delayed.
Wl en the cabinet assembled to dis
?-UKS the note. Secretary Bryan was
not among the number. He remained
at his office at the PrHte r>cpartment
closeted with Counselor I.anslng and
I" thr Pr?"?ent that he
detained by Important work. Mr
Bryan, however, ha? conferred fre
quently with the President while the
note has been under construction
? V "00n- the cabinet meeting
had been under way an hour. Secretary
Bryan arrived. y
"I'm sorry ! am late." he ,ald as he
entered the executive offices -j
word to the President I would be ,l?
tained by important work " Je~
There were some indications that the
discussion of the not,- might have been
delayed until Mr Bryan's arrival
Count von Bernstorff Waits.
The dispatch of the note to Berlin was
being awaited with intense Interest here
particularly In diplomatic rlrcles r>r
ronstantln Dtiraba, the Austrian ambas
sador. left today for his summer home
iz SnTSSTS
Oedarhunrt. L. I. for the summer
siting here pending the dispatch of'the
.?%?rt8Jhat any Influences had arisen
to delay the transmission of ih. ,?.
officially declared to be with??, e Y'
'ion. On the co,,t;l4 ,t wa^Ud^h8;
1*1? X" 'rn no Intentional de^ay bu
?hat the document had required Jin
slderable ocrutlnv and careful
!lon-. Principal responsibility for th?'dS"
lay haa bean the President's wish to .o
phrase the note as to leave no r~J. , ?
fUr,h"r "foment su, ??
American government s position
Some Changes Made.
?f ,h? government ex
amined the note with minute care yester
day; and ??? 11 *>*<* to the President
with some changes.
Questions of such serious moment are
involved in the wording of the new note
that the iT-esldent is anxious thlt .h!
? ommunloatlon not only shaH 111, ^
own wishes, but should be ?.'*
from the point of view ot "hl e^rt- in
international law. experts In
Vh* Pr"ld?n? has been at work
U?l?S Htates " tro ^eC'a' **?"ts o7?he
uniiea states government hava hv
th?lr investigation corroborated in
eve^ cletau the statin,^td't
iteauautil un HesuusX
BRYAN'S ATTITUDE
ON GERMAN NOTE
i
Reports of Tension in the Ad
ministration Are Cir
culated.
PRESIDENT'S POSITION
IS TO BE MAINTAINED
Political Influences Reputed to Be at
Work?Secretary Bryan May
Issue Statement.
Undercurrent comment of suppressed
Intensity in official and political circles
here .today centered upon a situation of
J profound interest, which, it is reported,
I exists between the President and at
i least one member of his cabinet over
| the reply to the German note. The sub
1 ject was handled very delicately, owing
to its importance and to the lack of
details of absolute verification, but the
discussion was general and wide
spread.
The presence in Washington in the
past few days of a number of con
gressional supporters of Secretary of
State Bryan and the persistent rumors
that Mr. Bryan has been seeking to
modify President Wilson's policy in
the Lusitania affair raised the question
whether Mr. Bryan is seeking to back
! his reputed attitude with political
support.
Political Influences.
i Chairman-prospective .Flood of the
House committee on foreign affairs and
Chairman Stone of the Senate committee
on foreign relations, both warm support
ers of Mr. Bryan, are the two most con
spicuous in the list, and the assumption
is that their views In accordance with
Mr. Bryan's have been submitted to the
President.
Representative Buchanan of Illinois is
in town professedly to begin a crusade in
labor circles against any policy which
| might lead to war, and to consult with
labor leaders upon the advisability of or
ganizing labor against a militant policy.
Senator Ollie James of Kentucky, another
Bryan man, and Prospective Chairman
w ebb of the House Judiciary committee
are also here.
Senator James, however, who Is
fresh from ? trip to the Pacific coast,
says that the people out there are
firmly back of the President. "I be
lieve he is the most popular President
we have had in years," said Senator
James, "and he would carry California
hands down if the election, were held
today."
Representative Webb said today that
the. people of North Carolina are with
the President, but that they do not
want war. He declared that the peo
ple believe the President is for peace
and they are giving him ftiefr support
heartily.
President Says Cabinet Is in Accord.
President Wilson, in talking with
callers today, said that the cabinet was
in accord on the terms of the reply to
Germany and denied positively that
the note had been held up or unneces
sarily delayed. The President depre
cated some of the newspaper specula
tioij which, he feared, had given an im
j pression abroad which might be per- ?
manent. ^
This remark was construed by some
of his hearers to mean that reports of
alleged dissension in the cabinet and
delay in the answer might have given
the Germans the impression that the
United States government was weaken
ing 011 its original position. Every bit |
of information which has been obtained
in the past week has conformed to the
idea that the contrary is the case and
that the President will not recede from
the ground taken in his two notes to
Germany.
United Support Expected.
It was prophesied in official circles
today that even if it should turn out
to be true that Secretary Bryan had
sought political reinforcement of his
views, he will In the end conform to
the President's version of the reply to
Germany and that united cabinet sup
port wiy be given to the note as final
ly drafted.
Every official and politician in
' Washington is keenly alive to the ne
i f-esslty of unanimous support of the
J President in the position as finally
i taken, and realizes that Germanv
? would be encouraged to a more defiant
attitude if the idea prevails there that
the administration is not united.
It is thought possible that Mr. Bryan
may find it advisable to make a state- i
ment dissipating the rumors and re
ports which have been gaining increas- !
ing currency of his alleged attitude of
being not in full and hearty accord
with the President.
HEAVY BURDEN OF CARE
RESTS UPON PRESIDENT
Mr. Wilson's Careworn Face Indi
cates Seriousness of Interna
tional Problems Before Him.
President Wilson s careworn face and
solemn demeanor today indicated con
clusively to those who saw him that
the gravity of the international com
plications has weighed more heavily
upon him than his sincere friends and
admirers would wish. At no time be
fore, since the beginning of his admin
istration, has he shown so unmistaka
bly the seriousness of the problems
with which he is grappling The Pres
ident has been greatly worried, it is
stated, over the speculation that has
been indulged in as to the contents of
the second note he will send to Ger
many. He fears that an impression
will be created that will be permanent
and which cannot be removed when the
"note itself bcomes public.
His Physical Health Good.
j That the President is in good phys
! leal health, however, is reassuring to
his friends and to his physician. Dr.
Cary Grayson. Under his physician's
directions the President has kept in
the fresh air as much as possible, play
ing golf and taking long automobile
rides. Dr. Grayson left Washington at
noon today to be absent three or four
days, and he would not have done this
but for the knowledge that the Presi
dent was in good physical condition.
Dr. Grayson tomorrow night will de
liver an address at the graduating ex
ercises of his alma mater, William and
Mary College, at Williamsburg, Va.
He will remain at Williamsburg a few
days, fishing and visiting friends and
FOE'S PERIL GRAVE
IS TURKISH CLAIM
Constantinople Says British
Defeat at Seddul-Bahr Was
Overwhelming.
ALLIES DISEMBARK FRESH
TROOPS AT DARDANELLES
Reports From Athens Declare Situa
tion in the Turkish Capital
to Be Critical.
BERLIN. June 8. by wireless
to Sayville, N. Y.?Among the
news items given out today by
the Overseas News Agency is the
following:
"Constantinople reports give
further details of the severe Brit
ish defeat at Seddul-Bahr. The
Turks in their attack forced their
enemies back and captured large
stores of arms and ammunition
and took prisoners.
Dead Covered the Field.
"Thousands of dead Englishmen cov
ered the field. The Turks captured
seventeen machine guns, as well as
rifles and other war material.
"The position of the British troops is
dangerous. They are without the sup
port of the heavy guns of their ships,
and the men are nervous and without
spirit.
"Travelers report that at Alexandria.
Egypt, there are no fewer than 40,000
wounded British soldiers."
Reported in Dire Straits.
PARIS, June 8.?"All information
reaching here from Constantinople."
says the Havas Agency's correspondent
at Athens, "agrees in representing the
situation in the city as almost desper
ate. The Young Turks are in dire
straits. They are only being upheld by
the insistence and ceaseless efforts of
the German ambassador and Enver
Pasha, the war minister.
"The medical supplies in the city
have been exhausted and a lack of coal
has forced many flour mills and the
waterworks which supply the city with
drinking water to shut down."
Allies Land Fresh Troops.
LONDON, June 8.?Reports from Mit
ylene, says the Times Athens corres
pondent, are to the effect that the
allies continue landing fresh troops at
the Dardanelles. It is asserted also
that the allied fleet renewed its bom
bardment of the Turkish positions Sat
urday.
An epidemic of typhoid fever is
raging among the troops arid civilian
population of Asia Minor, according to
reports from Constantinople, says a
Reuter dispatch from Athens. Seventy
five physicians have already succumbed
to the disease.
Rupture in Turkish Navy.
There has been a rupture between
Admiral Souchori, commander of the
Turco-German fleet, and Capt. Von
Mullcr of the Sultan Selim (formerly
the German cruiser Goeben), accord
ing to Constantinople advices received
at Athens, says the correspondent of
the Exchange Telegraph Company.
Cap*. Von Muller is reported to have
been relieved of his command on the
charge that he was responsible for
the irreparable damage done the Sul
tan Selim.'
KING CONSTANTINE'S !
CONDITION IS GRAVE
j
Greek Ruler Suddenly Becomes
Worse?Legation Here Learns
of Improvement Yesterday.
ROME, June 8, via Paris, 2:15 p.m.?
The Messaggero has received a news
dispatch from Athens saying the con
dition of King Constantine of Greece
suddenly has become very grave.
Hears of Improvement.
Improvement in the condition of King
Constantine was reported to the Greek
legation here today in a bulletin issued
at Athens dated 6 o'clock la^t night.
The king was reported again able to
take liquid nourishment, the vomiting
reported in yesterday morning's bulle
tins has ceased, and the king has taken
700 grams of liquids. The temperature
is only slightly above normal, and it
has not been necessary to redress the
wound, the dispatch says.
CABINET COALITION FAILS.
Party Leaders in Hungary Unable
to Compose Old Disputes.
ZURICH, via London. June 8.?Efforts
to organize a coalition cabinet in
Hungary have failed, according to tele
grams from Budapest.
The opposition leaders, Counts An
drassy, Apponyl and Ziehy. were pre
pared to co-operate with Count Tisza,
the Hungarian premier, who expressed
his willingness to take them into the
cabinet, but it Is explained that "the
plan failed owing to certain difficul
ties dating back to the period of old
party disputes." _
Admiral Aubert of France Dead.
PARIS. June 8.?Admiral Aubert, chief
of the general staff of the French navy,
died last night at the Val de Grace Hos
pital after an illness which had lasted
several weeks. He formerly was com
mander of the fteet at Toulon.
France Seizes Newspaper.
PARIS, * June 8.?The government has
ordered the seizure of the newspaper
La Guerre Soclale, edited by Gustave
Herve. owing to an article not approved
by the censor in which he violently at
twlMti the wndust o* tUs war.
\ j
THE SUMMER TOURIST.
POUR MORE VESSELS
SUNK BY SUBMARINES
Report Says Seventeen Persons Went
Down With the Belgian
Steamer Menapier.
[ LONDON, June 8, 12:35 p.m.?The Bel
gian steamer Menapier has been sent to
, the bottom by a German torpedo near
the North Foreland. Out of twenty
three persons on board only six were
saved. The captain, his wife and his
daughter, the first mate and the pilot
and twelve members of the crew lost
their lives.
The survivors from the Menapier
were landed today at Margate. One of
them, badly injured, was sent to a hos
pital. The survivors say the Menapier
sank within a few minutes of the time
the torpedo exploded.
Three Norwegians Sunk.
The Norwegian vessels Trudvang,
Glittertind and Superb have been sunk
by German submarines.
The sinking of the Superb occurred
fifty miles west of Pastnet. High ex
plosives were placed on board the ves
sel after the crew had taken to the
boats. Seventeen survivors were land
ed today at Margate.
The Trudvang was hailed by a Ger
man submarine soon after midday yes
terday when off St. Ann's head. The
captain was ordered to bring his pa
pers aboard the submarine, whose
commander gave the crew twenty min
utes to take to the boats.
Twelve Shells Did Work.
The submarine then sent twelve
shells into the Trudvang. The shoot
ing brouRht out a patrol boat from
Mllford Haven, which picked up the
skipper and crew, numbering thirteen,
from the boats. During; the operation
the submarine attempted vainly to tor
pedo the patrol boat. The men from
the Trudvanpr were landed today at
Milford Haven.
TO BEING MacMILLAX HOME.
Steamer Cluett Starts for Etah,
Greenland, as Relief Ship.
NEW YORK, June 8.?The steamer
Cluett, which leaves here today carry
ing supplies for the Orenfell mission
in Labrador, will later proceed to Etah,
Greenland, as a relief ship for the
Donald B. MacMillan expedition, which
went to the Arctic regions in search
of Crocker Land. Mr. MacMillan has
reported .that the supposed new land
in the far north does not exist.
After unloading at the Qrenfell m|8.
sion In Labrador, the Cluett will re
turn to North Sydney. C. B., where
Dr. E. O. Hovey. chairman of the com
mittee which sent the MacMillan ex
pedition north, expects to go on board
and start for Ktah about August l it
is said that the members of the' ex
ploring P?rt>' ?"> ^e recalled and re
turn home on board the Cluett.
Would Supplant "Zoo" Dances.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 8 The in
ternational Association of Dancing
Masters, in convention here, 'has de
cided to Invent something to take the
place of the so-called "xoo" dances de
clared taboo. This. It was announced
today. i? to be a medium between the
fox trot, canter waltz and the one-men
on the one hand and the old-fashioned
wait! and two-step on the other a
demonstration will be given next
Thursday.
Tube Works Furnaces Resume.
PITTSBURGH. Pa., June 8.?For the
first time In eight years all four furnaces
of a group which supplies th? National
tub? worlt" w"h raw material In Mo
Keesport were in operation today. The
last of the group was "blown In" yeg.
terday and many of the employes who
have been Idle for months returned to
worh
COL HARVEY AVOIDS
HONORSOFGENERAL
*--? ?
Is No Longer Candidate for
Position at Head of Dis
trict Militia.
Col. William E. Harvey, commanding
the 2d Infantry, National Guard, Dis
trict of Columbia, is no longer a can
didate for the position of brigadier
general, commanding the District of
Columbia militia, according to informa
tion obtained today by a reporter for
The Star.
Col. Harvey recently was recom
mended to President Wilson as suc
cessor to Gen. Harries, who headed the
militia for many years and who re
Icently retired, his indorsements com
ing from Brig. Gen. Albert L. Mills,
chief of the division of militia affairs,
I War Department. Assistant Secretary
of War Breckinridge arid Secretary of
I War Garrison.
Co!. Harvey has written a letter to
! H. C. Wilson, commander of the De
partment of the District of Columbia,
United Spanish War Veterans, in which
he says that if he were to be appointed
as brigadier general under the reduc
tion in the District National Guard
which has been ordered by the War
Department he would b* left as a
brigadier general without a brigade
and that is the last thing he desires.
Wants to Remain Colonel.
Col. Harvey desires to be head of
the one infantry regiment the Guard
is to have under the reorganization
scheme recently ordered by the War
Department, and he has so informed
the secretary of the general staff of
the War Department.
Commander Wilson is said to have
sent tp all Spanish War Veterans'
camps in the District an official copy
of a letter from Col. Harvey, In which
the latter declares, it is said, that he
will support a movement made by
Spanish War Veterans to have a Span
ish war veteran made brigadier gen
eral to head the District militia if
President Wilson regards Spanish war
veteran service as desirable in making
the appointment, suggesting Lieut.
Col. Glendie B. Young, 1st Infantry.
Reorganization of the National Guard
of the District in accordance with the
instructions recently issued by the di
vision of militia affairs. War Depart
ment. may be perfected by the end of
this current week. A statement to
that effect was given out at brigade
headquarters today.
Another Meeting Tonight.
The reorganization board held a
meeting at brigade headquarters last
night and another session is to be held
in the headquarters of the 2d Regi
ment of infantry at the Center Market
armory tonight. R"ush orders were
sent out from brigade headquarters
this morning directing all of the bat
talion commanders and some of the
company commanders to be present.
Forms are being prepared for the
marking of all officers of their effi
ciency records, which papers will be
used in determining which officers will
remain in the new infantry regiment.
While the reorganization in the main
may be completed before -the close of
this week, some details would have
to be cleared up later. The most' impor
tant of these is the inventory of prop
erty and its formal transfer to the of
ficers of the new regiment.
Auto Trucks for Bed Cross in Serbia.
NEW YORK, June 8.?Ten automobile
trucks for the use of the American Red
Cross sanitary commission in Serbia
were included in a shipment by the Amer
ican Red Cross on board the steamship
Ioannlna leaving today for Piraeus,
Greece. Eighty-nine tents and forty
two cases of hospital garments, hospital
supplies and clothing for th? Serbian
Red Cross and the American Red Cross
hospital units in Belgrade were Included
lH the same shipment. - ._
King of Bavaria Says Boundaries
of Empire Will Be
Extended.
AMSTERDAM, via London, June 8.?
Extension of the German empire be
yond the old frontiers to "secure it
against future attack" was predicted
by Kin* Ludwlg of Bavaria in an ad
dress yesterday before the Canal
League, according: to a telegram from
Muuich. His majesty said in his ad
dress:
Chance to Reach Sea.
"When the English declared war I
said *1 am glad because now we can
settle accounts with our enemies; now
at last we may hope to get more fa
I vorable communications with the sea
for ceneral and south Germany.
"Ten months have elapsed and much
precious blood has been shed, but it
will not have been in vain. The fruits
of the war will be the strengthening'
of the empire with extension beyond
the old frontiers as far as is necessary
to secure it against future attack.
Rewards for Allies.
"He who marches with us?T mean
Austria-Hungary and Turkey?will re
joice, but not so the false friends who
shammed friendship and behind our
backs went over to the enemy. We are
unconquered and the latest enemy who
has been talking so much about him
self, has not dared a serious attack,
although he took plenty of time for
preparation."
Dr. Morgan Heads Dickinson College
CARLISLE, Pa., June 8.?Dr. J. H.
Morgan, who has been acting president
of Dickinson Collage for the past year,
has been elected president by the trus
tees. He has been dean of the college
since 1893. .
Merchandising
by Advertising
It is believed that no city
in the United States is so
thoroughly covered by one
edition of one newspaper as
is Washington by The Star.
Wise merchants appre
ciate the opportunity of
reaching practically the en
tire community through The
Star alone.
Yesterday s Advertising
Local Display.
llw.
The Evening Star 13,500
The 2nd Newspaper. . . 5,471
The 3rd Newspaper. .. 4,483
The 4th Newspaper. .. 2,408
Total 3 combined. . . 12,362
The reason that The Star
frequently prints more ad
vertising than the other
three newspapers combined
is because it has more circu
lation in the homes than the
other three papers combined.
CHICAGO EXTENDS
CORDtAL GREETING
Latin Americans Received
With "Big and Grand Glad
Hand Welcome."
COMMITTEE OF CITIZENS
MEETS VISITORS AT DEPOT
Luncheon Tendered Which Is Hark
ed by Brief Speeches?Stock
yards Inspected.
Prom a Stiff Correspondent.
CHICAGO. HI.. June 8.?It was not the
dignity of the United State? as repre
sented by Assistant Secretary Peters,
nor was it the truly Tjfttin- American
grace and courteous bearing of Central
and Southern American guests of the
nation, who are touring the country
as a pan-American financial conference
party; it was not the really Joyful
welcome that awaited Secretary Mc
Adoo had he come here; it was none of
these things that made the great city
of Chicago vibrate when the special
train bearing the officials and guests
arrived.
The thing that nearly upset the
Windy city was the fact that the re
ception committee, composed of dis
tinguished citizens, had to appear at
the station in silk hats. They are still
talking about it. They talked about
it all day yesterday?U. the hotel cor
ridors, i nthe automobiles, in the pri
vacv of their homes. Nelson l-ampert,
one of the bankers of Chicago, who
was a chairman of one of the com
mittees. frankly confessed thathehad
never worn a silk hat in his lite-be
fore and as he passed b> Mayor
Thompson in the line of handshakers
that large and exuberant young man
leaned over and said: I
"For heaven's sake, where did you dig
it up?"
Testimony of a "Volunteer."
A communicative youth at the station
volunteered the information that the re
ception committee had been composed of
men who had and were willing to wear
silk toppers. This was confirmed the next
day bv consultation with the men who
wore them. Also an amateur arch
eologist would have spent a joyful even
ing examining the shapes of some of the
ancient lids brought into P'ay " was
Admiral Cordelro Da Graca. retired, of
the Brazilian navy, and the Chauncey
Depew of his country. It is said, who had
a long discourse with one of the Cm'
cagoans about silk toppery. The admiral
reminded htn friend that it was a poet
of Chicago stripe who had apostrophized
the great American lid ill these woruB, j
set to weird music: .. . -
"Could anything? Could
Exceed the simple beauty of a hat?
A silk hat?
IThe admiral was referring to George
Ade's lines in the "Sultan of Sulu,
which was written some yearsafter
flie Chicago reception c?mm(ftee s sua
hats were first launched.
Big, Grand Hand Welcome.
But that incident was not the only
feature of Chicago's great big and
grand glad hand welcome. There was
a detachment from the 1st Illinois Cav
alry tliat stood about in the rain and
got soaked, but lent a very fine touch
to the occasion. Also there was the
western swing to the way they wel
comed the Latin Americans and the
delegates liked it.
The delegates and every one else con
cerned appreciated very deeply the fact
that at a luncheon in the Hotel I^a
Salle, tendered by the consulates as
sociation. the speeches were few and
each not over five minutes in length.
The talking began In the middle of the
lunch, thus obviating the long period
of waiting for the end to come after
lunch Also. Chicago has made an un
dying mark upon the memories of the
guests from Central and South Amer
ica, as it is the only place where a
brigade of photographers has not held
up the party at every step. On several
occasions photographers have swooped
down upon the party and have utterly
ruined the tempers of the members for
the rest of the day. But in Chicago
they have sought other game, and pan
\merican delegates have expressed
themselves as actually and deeply
grateful.
An Impressive Figure.
On the other hand, the city of Chi
cago has been impressed by Santiago
Terez Triana, whose wonderful speech
es have brought men to their feet with
cheers in every city where he would
talk. Chicago is no exception. Lead
ing up to a peroration couched in the
most poetic English, this speaker of
the republic of Colombte. spoke of
Abraham Lincoln and the state of Il
linois so as to make the great hotel
last night ring with the shouts and
cheers of the business men and bank
ers giving the dinner. Senor Triana is
a wonder, and his fame precedes him
from city to city. Men in each ? city
have said he was the greatest speaker
they had ever heard. It Is understood
he is preparing his great efTort for
Boston, and the subject pertains to the
South American view of the Monroe
doctrine.
Finances and Credit Flans.
It is notable also that in each city so
far some banker has made reference
to the federal reserve act, and the fact
that financiers would be able to extend
their credit and do a wider business
than ever before. Bankers of the
United States have discussed this with
the delegates in private talks, and at
several of the formal functions
speeches have been made upon it.
E. G.
Inspect Stock Yards.
CHICAGO. June S.?Delegates tc the
recent pan-American financial confer
ence, after a day of entertainment, to
day inspected the Chicago Union stock
yards, a number of big packing plants
and some of Chicago's manufacturing
industries. The delegates expected to
leave for Detroit tonight.
CHABLES B. BISHOP DEAD.
Husband of Hawaiian Princess Will
Be Boried in Honolulu.
SAN FRANCISCO, June S.?After
funeral services today, the body of
Charles K. Bishop, a prominent banker
of this city, who died yesterday at the
age of ninety-three, is to be shipped
to Honolulu, where years ago he mar
ried Bernice Pauahl Paki, a Hawaiian
princess. When the princess died she
left her husband the custody of a
great fortune.
For a long period prior to the an
nexation of the Islands by the United
States. Bishop was a commanding
financial figure there, founding ?t
Honolulu the banklac house of
Bishop & Co, {
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FIGHTING IN WEST
FORCED BY FRENCH
mm. line
Slow But Steady Progress Is
Claimed in Paris Official
Statement.
EASTERN FRONT IS SCENE
OF DESPERATE CONFLICT
German Report of Notable Victory
in Baltic Province* JTbt Ad
mitted by Kusiia.
SAYS ENEMY IS EXHAUSTED
Berlin Declares Russian Offensive
Has Been Broken and Is Now
Only a Weak De
fensive.
LONDON. June 8. 12:20 p.m.
?Virtually the entire western
line of battle, except those por
tions held by the Belgians and
the British, has been the scene of
what would appear to be a series
of offensive movements initiated
I by the French.
In the region of Arras the
French have extended the area of
their attack while they are press
ing all along the front from the
angle of the Aisne and the Oise
in a northerly direction as far as
the British positions near La
Bassee, where the British forces
are lying apparently quiescent.
Hard Fighting in "Labyrinth."
For the past three weeks the Freneh
have been advancing slowly, but stead
ily, In the country immediately north
of Arras.
Here they met a determined resist
ance from the formidable German work
known as the "labyrinth," part of which,
however, is now in their control. The
French have been gathering In prison
ers. At Hebuterne they have taken
some 400 aid at Solssons 260 more.
Desperate German counter attacks,
according to the French report, have
been made, but without succesi and
with terrible losses to the attackers.
The German official announcement
makes but brief reference to events on
the western front, merely recording the
repulses of French attacks.
Battling Along Bivers.
Rivers figure more or less promi
nently today in the reports from both
sides. Frfm the eastern front the
Russians claim to have pushed their
offensive movement across the Pruth
near Kolomea, while the Austro-Ger
mans have crossed the River Dniester
in Gallcia. The River Dubysa changed
hands five times in one day, with the
Russians finally in possession.
Official advices from Petrograd give
few definite statements concerning the
situation in Gallcia. It is admitted,
however. that the Austro-German
forces succeeded In crossing the Dnies
ter river near Zurawno, and appar
ently the Russians are still falling
back along most of this front.
Victory in Baltic Provinces.
A German victory almost as striking
as that in Gallcia is said in Berlin to
have been won in the Baltic provinces,
which were invaded several weeks ago
by the Germans. The Russian resist
ance is said to have broken down. A
Petrograd dispatch, however, asserts
the Russians were victorious in the
bitterest battle of this campaign,
fought for control of the Dubysa river.
It it said the fighting was so fierce and
deadly that the river was choked with
bodies of the dead. A plank roadway
for the artillery, it was asserted, was
laid by- the Russians across a solid
bridge of bodies.
The Dubysa. although wide. Is so shal
low It can be crossed on foot at some
niaces The Russians and Germans met
at a ford half a mile wide, north of
Bossijeny. where they fought all day In
the water.
Charges in Midstream.
There were several bayonet charges In
m idstream and all who fell, even though
were only slightly wounded, were
downed. Troops on both s.des In their
attacks and counter attacks late In the
day advanced over the bodies of the
"^Berlin dispatch says that in addi
tion to crossing the Dniester, which was
accomplished by Gen. Linslngen s army
throu-h a feint attack on Zurawno. the
\ustro-German forces also were victors
at Klusz. forty-five miles southeast of
Drohobycr. where they took many pris
oners.
Russians on the Defensive.
BERLIN. v,a London. June S.?As a
result of what Is described in military
circles here as almost complete ex
haustion. the Russian offensive In
Courland is delared to have shifted to
a weak defensive, against which the
Germans dally are making ?>?????>'
which is only overshadowed by their
gains In Gallcia. ,
The Russian troops In this section. It
is toaid. are mostly old feservists who
are aided by laborers who have been
hurriedly armed'. The German advance
northeast and south of Shavli was
checked with difficulty by the Russians.
Who barely succeeded in brining up
their l#th Corps to Mitau.
Directly before Llbau the Russians
are declared to have withdrawn their
lines about sixty kilometers (about
fortv miles*. Their activity Is limited
to sheUing the Intervening villages in
ordir to make the German adrance
more' difficult. Officers ??y the we,u
ness ot the Russians is noticeable ail
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