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EIGHT PARTS INCLUDINd Star's Sunday Magazine And Colored Comic Section No. 532? No. 19,983 WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING. JUNE 13, 1915* FIVE CENTS. OF THEPRESIDENT Mexican Leader Answers Re cent Warning of Mr. Wilson With Claim to Recognition. REJOINDER OF VILLA ALSO IN WASHINGTON Latter. However. Has Not Yet Been Presented to the Department of State. REVOLUTIONS HISTORY TOLD First Chief Declares the Government He Heads Now Controls Seven Eighths of Mexican Territory. Carranza's reply to President Wilson's recent warning to the warring Mexican factions is be fore the President. Villa's an swer has reached Washington, but has not yet been presented to the State Department. The Carranza document, issued as a "proclamation to the people," declares the right of the con stitutionalist government to rec ognition by the United States and other governments, and says that lack of such recognition is the only hanthcapi to restoration of constitutional government in Mexico. The statement asserts: "At this time we believe our selves to be in a position to over come this last difficulty because the constitutionalist government is now actually in definite posses sion of sovereignty and the legiti mate exercise of sovereignty is the essential condition which should be taken into account when deciding upon recognition of a government." State Department Silent. The Villa agency here declined to tftoeuee the Villa reply until it has been presented and the text made pub lic. Officials of the State Department declined to comment on the abstract of the Villa statement carried in press dispatches, or upon a copy of a letter from Villa to Carranza, also received at the agency, which urges that dif ferences be forgotten and suggests a personal meeting between the two leaders to arrange for co-operation and the restoration of peace. Gen Carranza's proclamation was formally handed to Consul Stillman at i."\.Cruz Frlday 'or transmission to Washington. It was promptly laid before President Wilson and State De "ar'fent officials would not discuss it . document recites the history of the revolution through five years be ginning with the Madero uprising against 1 orfirio Diaz and what is termed the economic and social in equality of the colonial epoch The length of the revolution, it asserts, is due to attempts at compromises with Oudal^aJez.0' ^ ?W at Mad'ro'? failure the docu rwL attributes to the opposition from Oroaco. Reyes and Felix Diaz of the anrt Zapala' instigated by their^adherents. Gen. Huerta. It ex consummated the movement, with the co-operation of "a group of foreigners favored hi the olrl regime f.)rm."rUArOUr"i1'"1 H*nr>' '-?">* Wlison. former American ambassador to Mexi ci, and under the pretext of savlnt Mexico City from war. saving Th- statement then explains that governor of the state of i'oahu, ?he r^hll"?1""1 rfcl,resentation of republic In accordance with the 'wm not^; V?iCl;- by ?? own term. not lose Its force and vigor even hough through some rebellion its 0h servance is interrupted " Schism of Villa. .T^'sm of Villa and his follower. ?hlfh later occurred, the statement at ,h',ur,h-in,r? Although It was thought the eon..I ut on.,i., element had t Me^co^'iu rhhe" 'h'y w(thdrew from -Mexico < it>. the statement assert, in fact It ??w hss control of over ,even eighths of the national territory Ad ministrations, i, ? claimed, are bein-r ?even* state's* o^' porta Co7%^VrunIfm-,d^;;'>?aran is; port, "of ?n"an *'f"I'ledra^Negraa' "op^A?on*,lth"7"r1r"J1?^f'"'" s'ndarh'er,^e decreasing! ?ted to acVs of hnr, '"'?>? " ">? time occupation of Me?lco <Vl j* mred. it is stated whin v, ty ls n"' Kovernmtnt win L ^armoniouir Mates and territories !irr" and Justice. rri">r'*" '-aaed on welfare The constltutioimli.t done all in its j.ower f.?^*rn">erit has the people, especiallv'thL atated, for bidding the !'y for" has punished Ml,use, and r r f ""d "vea of those within ?ts ?'"'?! ,he The work of relieving .i!rrlto?y. ulation. the statement ? c " P?P" be facilitated by recent v?,,"' now have enlarged the sphere whlch Of the constitutionalist gove^nm."!"* A" t0 foreign Relations. In regard to foreign relations C?,n Carrmnsa assorts thai one of hi JV Itial acts as flrat chief was t,? the United States of his "t| "dT^" ng rebellion and usurpation. He' f?^s hat bis labor, have bee,, ret.Vded b! >ack of onderatandlng in the i nit^H sea ^ (GontinuetJ on Fifteenth Page.) NOTE TO GERMANY RECEIVED CHANGE AFTER BRYAN QUIT Former Secretary Says It Was "Softened," and Declares War Still Threatens. OFFICIALS' CONFIDENCE GROWS, NEVERTHELESS, Relaxation of Tension Comes in Sit uation and President Plans to Go to Cornish, N. H. BREACH BELIEVED UNLIKELY Alteration Alluded to by Former Cabinet Premier Believed to Be Offer of United States to Consider Evidence. DEVELOPMENTS OF DAY. Ambassador Gerard officially announce* delivery of note to Germany. Mr. Bryan says note was ma terially changed and "softened" after his resignation was sub mitted, bat not sufficiently to make him reconsider resigna tion. The former Secretary of State suggests that Germany In anger may break oif diplomatic rela tions, adding that "the country will unanimously support the President during the war* If so great a misfortune should over take us." Former Secretary replies to charge of Inconsistency in sign ing first note to Germany and re fusing to sign the second* There Is general relaxation of tension In International situa tion. Officials optimistic that Germany's reply will forestall possibility of war or break In diplomatic relations. Mr. and Mrs. Brysui go to Old Point C-omfort until Tuesday, and he is to announce his future plans upon return. President plans for vacation at Cornish, X. H. William Jennings Bryan, former Sec retary of State, last night declared that the note of the United States govern ment to the German government had been materially altered after he re signed his post in the cabinet. In the last of a series of statements is sued by the former Secretary he add ed to this disclosure the suggestion that Germany in anger may break off diplomatic relations with the United States and that war is still threaten ing. Notwithstanding these statements, there was apparent a growing con fidence in official circles that the reply Germany is now to make the United States will not so eventuate. Mr. Bryan's statement, of Interest in con nection with this confidence, declared that the note to Germany had been "soffened," after he resigned from the cabinet, although not sufficiently to warrant his withdrawing his resigna tion. He said danger of war will be lessened in proportion "as the country expresses itself in favor of peace In preference to a war for redress of such grievances as we have against Germany." Note Delivered, Gerard Says. Official announcement of the delivery of the American note to the German gov ! ernment reiterating insistence that sub marine warfare conform to the laws of humanity and international law was re ceived last evening from Ambassador Gerard at Berlin. The message came at the close of a day marked by a more optimistic feeling in official quarters that the German answer will obviate any possibility of war between the nations, and also avoid a breach of diplomatic relations. Apparently there was a general re laxation of tension ih the international situation. President Wilson spent part of the day at golf and let It be known that later in the month he planned to take a short vacation at his summer home in Cornish, X. H. No answer to the American rejoinder is expected for ten days at Leant and there is conviction here that the Berlin authorities will await the arrival there of Meyer Gerhard, official representa tive of Ambassador Bernstorff, before their answer is framed. Mr. Bryan's Explanation. In discussing how the note was ma j terially revised and softened after he I had presented his resignation. Mr. I Bryan. In his statement Issued last j night says: "It is true that I saw the flnal draft of the note just before my resignation Look effect, but it contained an im i portant change. I had no knowledge I of this change at the time my resig | nation was tendered and accepted j -This change, while very much soft ening the note, was not, however, suffi cient. in my Judgment, to Justify'me in asking permission to withdraw my resignation. As Germany had suggest ed arbitration. I felt that we could not do less than reply to this offer by ex 1 pressing a willingness to apply the principle of the peace treaties to the cause." "What was the change In the note?" Mr. Bryan was asked. "I cannot discuss that," he replied It was suggested that the clause ? added to the note was that saylnr the United States would entertain any evt ! dence Germany might have that of ! ficlals of this government had not ! thoroughly performed their duty In examining the Lusitania before her departure to see that she was not armed for offensive action. Mr. Bryan only smiled at the suggestion Secretary Lansing also declined to discuss changes made in the not,. The Clause Referred To. The clause referred to follows: "If the imperial German rovernment should deem Itself to be In possession of convincing evidence that the officials of the government of the United States did not perfotpi these duties with, thoroughness the government of th. United States sincerely hopes that it will submit that evidenoe for consid eration." "Irrespective of whether that clans, (Continued on Sixteenth Pag.-) ITALIANS ADVANCE SUCCESSFULLY ON ALL BATHE LINES Porto Rosega Captured and Rovereto and Mori About to Be Occupied. ROME'S FORCES PUSHING AHEAD ALONG ISONZO Austrian Town of Gradisca in Hands of Enemy for Several Days. FIGHTING NEAR MONTENERO Attempt to Surprise Invaders Re sults Disastrously, It Is Declared. Italians in Agreement With Allies on Campaign. LONDON, June 12.?Italians are advancing successfully every where in their marches on Trieste and Trent, according to dispatch es from different points. The Italians have captured Porto Rosega, three miles south of Monfalcone, according to a message to the Weekly Dispatch from its Rome correspondent. The Italian advance on Rover eto, thirteen miles southwest of Trent, and Mori, eighteen miles southwest of Trent, has pushed so close to both towns that either they already have been taken or are about to be occupied, accord ing to reports from the front. The Italians are pushing for ward on the east bank of the Isonzo river. In addition to oc cupying the important town of Monfalcone, the Italians claim to have captured the Austrian town of Gradisca, near Gorizia, several days ago. It also is reported that they are carrying out a strong offensive all along the river as far up as Tolmino, which they are en deavoring to outflank. Austrian* Driven Back. Details have Just reached Udine of the driving back by Italian troops of an Austrian expedition which attempt ed to surprise an Italian position near Montenero, on the Isonzo river line. In the Austrian force were 7,000 men, divided into three columns and support ed by twelve mountain guns on mule back, which had been taken from the fortifications at Tarvis. The endeavor was to surprise the Italians in the rear. The Austrians advanced through narrow passes. They were, however, quickly seen by the Italian sentinels and the alarm was passed along the Italian lines. Enemy Is Deceived. The Italians took their positions quietly, and were careful to keep out of sight, thus deceiving the Austrians into believing that their advance was being made successfully. At a given moment the Alpine troops and the Bersaglieri orened flre simultaneously. The rain of bullets was kept up until the orders came for a charge. Shouting "Long Live Savoy" the Italians dash ed forward. Although the Austrians fought des perately they were thrown into great disorder and compelled to withdraw. Some of the mules with mountain guns on their backs, as well as a number of men, fell over a precipice. The losses of the Austrians are said to have been great. Italian Objectives. Italian forcaes. which are advancing from Monfalcone in the direction of Trieste, have two immediate objectives; one is to gain possession of the sea coast on the Gulf of Anzona, and the other to command the good road which comes down from the mountains at Nabresina, which is half-way between Monfalcone and Trieste. The 12th Regiment of Bersaglieri, who virtually fought four days con tinuously against the Austrians defend ing Tolmino, have the heaviest losses of any Italian detachment since the beginning of the war. Officer Shows Bravery. Col. De Rossi was twice wounded, but he refused to be removed from the fighting line until he saw that all his men were safe. The second officer in command. Col. Negrotto, was killed, having suffered many wounds. Col. De Rossi was promoted to the rank of general before ,the war broke out, but he asked that the war office postpone his promotion, as he desired to lead his regiment under flre. When King Victor Emmanuel visited him at the hospital to confer a medal, Col. De Rossi said he was proud of his Bersaglieri. Although outnumbered, he told the king, his men had succeeded in repulsing the Austrians and none was taken prisoner. Scope of Italian Campaign. Information has been received here from Italian sources that Italy had made an agreement with her allies as to the extent of her offensive c&mpailrn. According to this information, which lacks official confirmation, the Italian government has undertaken to conduct operations of a character which will compel Austria and Germany to bring up and keep engaged an army of 1.000,000 men. Italian operations have not been carried to the point necessitating the use by the central empires of an army of such size, but it is expected the de velopment of the Italian campaign, be ginning with the heavy fighting along the I son so river, will compel Italy's opponents to reinforce their armies ! largely. Rebuke is Handed Out to Austrian Troops for Success of Italians ROME. Juns 12. via Parts. Juns H.? (Continued on Sixteenth Pas*.) SQUASH CENTER DISCUSSES THE BRYAN RESIGNATION. QUIT U. S. EMPLOY TO CONSTRUCT GUNS Arms and Ammunition Men, In eluding Army Officers, Em barrass Uncle Sam. Lured by the promise of greatly in creased pay, a large number of highly trained civil employes at government arsenals have gone to private arms and j ammunition factories since the Euro- i pean war began, it was learned last night. Several commissioned officers of the army, experts in ordnance man ufacture, have resigned from the serv ice and gone into the employ of these private manufacturers, as well as re tired officers. The result has been, it is said, to threaten serious embarrassment in keeping the American army properly supplied with arms and ammunition. Ordnance officials of the army are con fronted with a serious problem. It was learned last night that officials of the War Department have been look ing over the law to see what can be done to retain its trained men. Old Statute Applicable. The officers can, of course, be held by not accepting their resignations. It is also found that in 1800, when complications with France threatened, a statute was enacted providing a fine of $50 and imprisonment for three months for any person seeking to in duce an employe of a government ar senal to leave that employment during the life of his contract with the gov ernment. Tha statute ha? never been repealed, but no attempt to invoke it has been made within the memory of any living man. Army officials are said to feel that it may be necessary to bring it to bear to protect the government's own supply of arms and ammunition. Virtually the entire force of trained imen in the manufacture of other than [ small arms ammunition and sporting rifles were in government emplov when the European war began, it is said. Big Offers Reported. Several cases of men who were being paid $5 a day by the government and were offered as high as $5,000 a year have been reported. It takes time to train machinists to the specla^ work of gun and ammunition building and the contracts with belligerent govern ments called for speed. At the beginning of the war the to tal capacity of small arms ammunition plants in the United States was 2.000. OOO' rounds a day, the government's arsenals representing half that amount To what extent the private plants have increased their capacity, is not known, but their orders require enormous ex tension of facilities and the govern ment men were needed to train new employes. HOW HEADS TUFTS COLLEGE. - ________ ^ Hennon Carey Bumpui It Formally Inaugurated as President. MEDFORD, Mass., June 12.?Hermon Carey Bumpui was formally Inaugu rated as president of Tufts College to day. the exercises being conducted on the campus in the presence of an audi ence Including many prominent edu cators. Among the guests were rep resentatives of educational institutions at Oxford, Louvain,. Liverpool ind Cal cutta universities. The opening address waB made by President A. Lawrence Lowell of Harvard University. Luncheon in Goddard gymnasium was followed by a discussion of "The Ob ligations of the College to the State." ?hy Gov. David X. Walsh, Louis g Reber of the University of Wisconsin, Presidents Kenyon T. Butterfleld of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, Alexander Melklejohn of Amherst Col lege and G. Stanley Hall of dark Unl I varsity. STEAL PLATE FROM WASHINGTON'S PEW Vandals Also Tear Leaf From the Historic Masonic Lodge Bible. Special Correspondence of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12.? A tourist vandal or vandals visited Alex andria this afternoon and stole the silver autograph plate from the door of the pew of George Washington in historic Christ P. E. Church, where Washington was a worshiper, and also stole a leaf from the old Bible on the Masonic altar at the Masonic Temple, highly prized for its age as one of the relics of that lodge. It is generally believed that the same party or parties committed both thefts. The theft of the leaf from the Bible is thought to have taken place about 2 p.m. and that at Christ Church about 3 o'clock. The Bible leaf theft was discovered first. George W. Zachary, tyler of Alex andria-Washington Lodge, noticing the Bible on the altar disarranged, dis covered that a leaf had been torn from the book. ? Raymond Padgett. attendant at Christ Church, when conducting a party of tourists through the church, a short time after having shown a large crowd through, discovered that the silver splate on the door of the pew whichNwas occupied by Washing ton had been unscrewed and removed. Not Original Plate. The plate stolen today bore a copy of Washington's signature, but was not the original plate, placed thereon by George Washington when he was a pewh older. This plate is the second one stolen. The original plate was removed during the civil war for safekeeping by Mrs. Robert C. Powell of this city. When the federal troops occupied Alexandria one of the officers' objected to its re moval and the plate was returned to the pew. A short time afterward it was stolen. The plate stolen today was placed on the pew a short time after the war by the vestry of the church. Not until to day was any effort made to disturb it. Parish Register Gone. During the war among the valuable articles stolen from the church was the parish register, which contained a list of the names of those baptized, married, confirmed and buried in the parish. All efforts to trace the register have failed. Rev. William J. Morton, rector of the church, has hopes that the register may be returned some day. Frequently he receives requests for Information which could be given had he a copy of the stolen parish register. JACOB CEISMAN FALLS DEAD. Won Saber Duel With Sir Percy Wyndham in Civil War. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., June 12.?Jacob Crisman, seventy-six years old, a wealthy landowner of Kernstown, Frederick county, dropped dead of apoplexy this afternoon after super intending some farm work. During the early part of the civil war, In which he served four years in Company C, 12th Virginia Cavalry, at first commanded by Gen. Turner Ash by, he engaged in a saber duel with Sir Percy Wyndham. a notorious Englishman, at the head of the Federal troops, who had threatened to annihilate Ashby's men, and, al though severely wounded, Crisman cap tured Wyndham and the latter's sword. Being a private, Crisman turned the sword over to an officer, and the weapon now hangs in the home here of Maj. Holmes Conrad, last surviving member of Gen. Thomas L. Rosser's staff. Mr. Crisman was bom in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany. He leaves a wife, Mrs. Jfancy Larrick Crisman; three sons and six -^aufhters. VEHEMENT ATTACK MADE UPON THE U.S. Leading Vienna Newspaper Scores Sale of War Muni tions to Allies. ZURICH, via London, June 12.?Of ficial opinion in Austria, which lat terly has been none too friendly to the United States, is manifest In a ve hement attack which appears in the leading: Vienna newspaper, the Neue Freie Presse, against America for sup plying war munitions to the entente powers. Additional importance attaches to the article, which is published with the full sanction of the government, if it is not directly officially inspired, since the entire contents of the Austrian newspapers are subjected to a triple form of censorship before the forms are put on the press. Cannot Be Bethlehem. Declaring: that Americans have sold a billion dollars' worth of munitions of war to the enemies of Austria and Germany, while the ministers of the American churches are praying for peace, the paper says: "Those who bring munitions cannot bring peace. The land where so many voices are demanding the breaking off of relations with Germany can hardly be a Bethlehem, from which the world can gain a new salvation. Embitters Relations. "If America refuses to submit the Lusi tania dispute to arbitration she embit ters relations with Germany, and raises questions of might. She is pursuing a policy which threatens her neutrality. A munitions war is being waged by Amer ica; public sentiment is already against Germany; German soldiers are being killed or wounded by American ammuni tion. Much more than this cannot hap pen, and the difference would be scarcely noticeable." Discloses Unexploded Shells. NANCY, France, June 12.?A curious invention, designed /to disclose by J means of magnetism unexploded shells j buried in the earth not more than I eighteen inches, was tested teH^y by | the prefect of the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle. The invention is the work of Prof. Camille Gutton, pro fessor of science in the University of Nancy. The object of the device is to protect farmers from striking live shells with their plows. Reinstated by the President. The President has authorized the re instatement of Mrs. Emma L. Guckert as an operative in the bureau of en graving and printing, without regard to the length of time she has been sep arated from the service. That action was based on the recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasury "on ac count of Mrs. Guckert's former efficient service in the bureau, and for the further reason that her husband, who has been employed in the bureau since July, 1901, is sick and will probably never be able to resume his duties, and the burden of supporting a family con sisting of the husband, wife and two children, has fallen on Mrs. Guckert." Signed Commission on Lart Day. On his last day of service as Secre tary of State. Mr. Bryan signed the commissions of several consular offi cials whose appointment had been ap proved by the President. Among the number was that of William F. Kelly, formerly confidential secretary to' Mr. Bryan, and later assistant solicitor for the State Department, to be United States consul at Rome, Italy, also that of Hampson Gary of Texas, who has been employed as special counsel in the office of the solicitor, to be as sistant solicitor, vice Mr. Kelljr, trans ferred. RUSSIANS AND ENEMY LOCKED IN BIG BATTLE ARE LOSING THOUSANDS Struggling Forces Line Banks of River Dniester?Crossing Near Horo denka, Vienna Gaims. SLAVS ARE HOLDING FOE BACK AT MOST POINTS IN THE EAST Austria, However, Claims Capture of Several Towns, But Petrograd Now Believes That Lemberg Is Safe. LONDON, June 12.?One of the greatest battles in history is be ing fought along the line of the Dniester river in the eastern arena of war. Russians, determined to arrest the vast forces of (iermans and Austrians in a successful advance upon Lemberg, are fighting madly An one bank to repel all attacks, and the Germanic allies are struggling as persistently on the other to puncture the reinforced Russian line, to gain their objective. Tens of thousands of men are being lost on both sides in killed, wounded and captured. Russians claim to have made material gains on the Dniester1 and to have repelled attack after attack of the enemy, whose swift ad vance on Lemberg has been suddenly arrested. Austrians also claim that their arms have scored successes of no little importance. That none of these have any material influence on the final outcome of the titanic struggle is generally conceded, except for the bearing on the morale of the struggling armies. GERMANS ATTACK ALONG THE RAWKA. Heavy fighting also continues in the Baltic provinces and on the East Prussian frontier, in which both-sides claim advantages. With the view, doubtless, of preventing the Russians from send ing reinforcements to either of their wings, the Germans yester day delivered an attack along the Rawka river, between Bolimow and Sochaczew. the scene of important battles last winter, when the Germans tried to reach Warsaw by the direct route from the west. In yesterday's attack the Germans claim to have broken into the Russian positions and to have taken 5.000 prisoners. Villages Tall Before Germans. The villages of Jezterzany and Niedz wi&ka, north of Obertyn, have been suc cessfully stormed by the Germanic allies, according to the Austrian official state ment tonight. , Austrian troops advancing toward Czernelica have crossed the Dneister east of Horodenka and captured the town of Zale Szczyky, according to Vienna, which declares that the Russians suffered tre mendous losses in the counter attacks on the enemy. ., In Bukowlna, where the tide of success for the Austro-German forces has not been materially checked, although Rus sian arms have held at bay the enemy in the majority of other sections. Austria claims further successes, declaring that garded as the logical consequence of the new alignment, since it is unfor tified and far outside the zone of the present operations. Fighting Is Continuous Upon Western Front; Gas Attack on Belgians LONDON, June 12.?Although no biff forward movement has been made in the western arena, the fighting |s almost continuous along the line font the sea to Champagne and in the Woevre. At vaious points between Rheims and noth of Arras the French continue their the Russians have been forced to give up attacks, which they report to have their last positions on the Pruth across the frontier. The Russians in this sec tion are also said to have suffered great losses, the army of Gen. Pflanzer having captured 5,000 men. Fail to Regain Stanislau. Russians have failed in their at tempts to again occupy Stanislau, where several attacks have been re pulsed, it is declared. Zurawna, which was evacuated by the Germans and Austrians, owing to the approach of Russian reinforcements, ha? again fallen into the hands of the Teutons, it is claimed in Vienna. PETROGRAD, via London, June 12.? The Russian successes in the vicinity of Juravno, Gallcfca, on the left bank of the Dniester river, and Ugartsberg, on the right bank of the Dniester, are highly gratifying to military circles, and have resultea in the expression of a distinctly optimistic feeling in the press and among the people. Military men believe that Lemberg is in no immediate danger. They express the opinion that in face of the defeats on the Dniester and the failure to progress from Moscisk^ eastward to Przemysl, the Germanic forces are in trenching along the present position, and have abandoned, for the present, at least, an attempt on Lemberg. The evacuation of Stanislau is re been successful, but which the Ger mans, on the other hand, invariably state have been repulsed. The British and Belgians, although they are not doing much attacking, are playing an important role in these operations, for to them falls the task of holding large German forces or their front by threatening an offensive and thus preventing the Germans from sending relief to those troops which the French are assailing. Hard Fighting Near Dixmude. The Daily Mail's correspondent in north France, telegraphing under yes terday's date, says: "The Belgians experienced their first gas attack the night of June 9. The Germans, after a severe bombardment of Dixmude. launched the gas. They took a Belgian advanced post and cross ed the Yser and captured three or four lines of trenches. Large reinforce ments, including a British regiment, charged vigorously and drove the Ger mans back across the Yser, compelling them to take up a less favorable po sition than they had occupied previ ously. "Fierce fighting continues In Dix mude, half of which is held by the Ger mans and half by the allies." TURKEY ALREADY WEARY OF WAR ~ AND READY TO QUIT, IS REPORT LONDON, June 12?The Rome cor respondent of the Daily Chronicle has diplomatic information to the effect that the Turkish government is weary of the war and ready to be rid of the disastrous alliance with the Germanic powers. The possibility of a separate peace is being considered, according to authentic information. ^ The intervention of Italy appears to have been the most potent factor in bringing about this state of opinion. Turkey has not declared war on Italy, and it is stated that she had indirectly conveyed to Italy her intention not to do so. This is taken as a sign of Turkey's repentance and her intention to turn her back on Germany <md Austria as soon as possible. Franco-British forces are reported In advices from Athens to have joined bat tle with the Turks for possession of the town of Gallipoli. at the entrance to the Sea of Marmora, Fierce fighting also is reported to be raging near Maldos. which is situated about half way through the Dardanelles straits on the European side. GERMAN SUBMARINES DESTROY FIFTY-FOUR VESSELS IN WEEK LONDON. June 12.?Today's report of German submarine activity shows that one steamer and three trawlers were sunk. Bince Saturday last Ger man submarines have sunk fifty-four vessels, of which seven were neutral. The others comprised two Frenoh, two Belgian, three Russian and forty Brit ish. Of the British vessels thirty-two were fishing craft In two fishing smacks were sunk by a Zep pelin. The British trawler James Leyraan has been sunk by a German submarine in th? North sea. The crew was landed at Hull today. The submarine took the orew on board and then-shelled the fishing boat. Later her crew were put adrift in the boats of the James Layman, agd ten hours tlBjtil tetap* thsy i