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UE IS CREATED tee. With VV"79C M-zZ,' y I'Voposw Restricted endl Mud Offers (Juaran .* ? t *-OS-S?r ? " Reeervatloji?? Omit* Reference to Reparation for Ijou ' of life on TiUHitanla. "Berlin, July 8. "The undersign od has the honor to | make the following reply to his o::-' cellency, Ambassador Gerard, to the note of the lOthr-ultimq re the im pairment- of American Interests by the GeYman submarine war. "The imperial government learned ?with satisfaction from the note how earnestly the government of the Unit ed States Is concerned in seeing the principles of humanity realized In the present war. Also this appeal finds ready echo in Germany and the Im perial government Is quite willing to permit its statements and decisions in the present cage to be governed by the principles of humanity- Just aB it has done always. "The Imperial government wel comed wltfi gratitude when the American government In the note Of May IB Itself recalled that Germany always had permitted Itself to be. governed by the principles of pro gress and humanity In dealing with the law of maritime war. Slnoo the time when Frederick the Great nego tiated with John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson the treaty of friendship and commerce of September 8, 1 785, between Prussia and the Republic of the West, Ger man and American statesmen have, in fact, always stood together in the struggle for the freedom of peace able trade. In the international pro ,c ceedlngs which sii^ee have beep cpn- ( ducted for the regulation of thd laws of maritime war Germany and Ameri ca have jointly advocated progressive principles, especially the abolition oi the right of capture at sea and the : protection of the interests of neu at the beginning of tUffprea-ij German government lm? | its willingness, It. of tlje Amert if it* '"tarfl&r 1*4 Ictlons provided therein - neutrals, Germany like _____ _nn always tonactouB of the .^jWpie that war should be conduct agalnst the armed and organized forces of an enemy country but thai the eneniy civilian population must be spared as far?as possible from the measures of war. The Imperial gov ernment cherishes the definite hope that Bome way will be fountl, when peace , is concluded, or perhaps ear lier, to regulate the law of maritime war In a manner guaranteeing tire freedom of the seas, and will wel come'- it with gratitude and satisfac tion If It can work hand in hand with the American government on that oc caslon. "If In the present war the princi ples which should ho the Ideal of the future have been .traversed more and inore,. the longer lta duration, the Gorman government has no guilt thoreln It la known to the Ameri can government how Germany's ad versaries, by completely paralyzing peaceable traffic between Germon\ and neutral countries, have aimed from the very beginning and with In creasing lack of consideration at tin destruction not so much of the armed forces as tho life of the German nn tion, repudiating in doing so all the rules of International law and disrb garding all rights of neutrals". ?4On Noveinl>er 5, U>1 I, Fngland declared the North sea a war arer and by planting poorly anchored mines and by the stoppage and cap ture of vesselrt nuide passage ex tremely dangerous and difficult fo> neutral shipping, so (by) that ac tually blockading neutral coasts nnr ports contrary to nil internationn law. I<ong before the beginning o' submarine war England practicallj Intercepted legitimate neutral nnvl gation t*o Germany also. Thus Gcr (Continued' on last page.) AUSTRIANS LOSE 15,000 MEN IN THEIR EAOER ADVANCE Runnlann Tom ou Uncovered Flank / * A , , ; ^ t of AttAcklnK Army and arc Turning It Bark. ' > Clerman military activities^ while lessoning In Oellcla and florfmern Po land, apparently aro In full swing again along tho front wont And north west of. Warsaw. Potrograd roports Attacks on tho Russian pesltlons At seVcral points In the latter Bectlon. Iloavy losses were Inflicted on tho OermAnn In an assault near .Tednoro- | Jet*, tho RnsBlans nay, but near Doll mow, almost directly went of War- j maw, A German attack resulted In the storming of flrnt line Russian trench es, In some of these the Germans retained a foothold. Petrograd declares that tho blow deAlt tho Austrlans south of liUhlln, In South Poland, Is being followed up, the Teutonic forces there being In retreat with the Russians in pur suit. A PetrogrAd corespondent de scribes the check to the Austrian* as resulting from a tactical blunder by Archduke Joseph Ferdinand, who, In a too swift Advance, left his army's left wing uncovered. He aays that cost the Austrlans lfi.000 men. A biflet statement t ton Rome says tiler* are no ttnpQfriaht change? alonrf the . Austro-Itallan battle line, but that the "action on the various front! ii developing regularly," Ifek.' ROW OVER MUNITIONS ; , ROUSES ENGLISH PEOPLE lh-lllHh Cabinet Face* Throes of Hx . ten nlve Discussions In l?ul> London rep&rfe Friday that the re cent announcement of David Lloyd George, the minister of munitions, regarding Viscount , Hal dane, ex-lord chancollor ana secretary of war; and the investigations of the supply of jrar munitions has started a political sensation of the flnt order In the United Kingdom, it Is being made the most of by the Northcllffe press to pi Went what is declared to be ito trigue to get Lord Haldane back fnto the cabinet. Premier Asqulth'B remarkable tri bute to Viscount Haldane, read at a meeting of the National Liberal club, July/ 6, was regarded -aa paving. the way for some attempt of that kind;, and although most tfeoplfe hold It in advisable during the war to have per sonal questions threshed out publicly? a small body of politicians is trying to force a parliamentary discussion. Sir Henry Daiziel, liberal member for Kirkcaldy Burghs, lias given no tice he will ask Premier Asquith in the House of Commons Monday, whether Lord Ilaldane's disclosures' of -the proceedings ;of a confidential coraniitfee of the cabinet were -made ] with the promierVnuthorityi It ap pears now that the government will hardly bo able to avoid a publlp dis cussion. Premier Asquith will be aRked to grant one day for a full discussion of the causes responsible for the defi ciency of munitions. So far Lord Haldane has been silent regarding thO controversy. v The Daily Mall Friday morning started a. campaign in favor pf form trig. what it calls a "people's commit tee' 'composed of business men of high reputation who never have beerw connected with phtllament or' party Journalism, with ppwers to. call for evidence and report tO^parliament as to "what servants of 'the state, by whose negligence or incompetence the fate of the empire has been en dangered, are still holding office un der the government.'* The Daily Chronicle says; , "In somo quarters It iH rumored that If Major General Stanley I) von Donop, master general of ordnance, does not resign, David' Lloyd-Qeorgo will; and that if-M^Jor General von J>opon goes, Lord Kltchoner also will go/' . y- ' f ? >* < . The Dally Hews declaroa that more than two hundred 'Liberal members of parliament have signed a trlbue to Lord Haldane for his 'post services, which will be presented? him next -wack*<;fatt4 ? ........ . ,1 ? , "The secret history of the Quon dam Munitions committee 1? obvious ly not the proper subject of a con troversy. It is worthy of note, how ever, that the chairman of the com mittee was neither JLord Haldane nor Mr.' Lloyd-Gqorge, but was Lord Kitchener." FRENCH CLAIM PROGRESS; , FORCE THE GERMANS BACK Bloody Fighting Occurs From the lliver Alnue to tho Vos gcs Kepi on. Sanguinary clashes havo occurred along the wontern battle lino from tharAiane to the Vobkos, and in the latter region tho French claim a not ablo success. They report having re taken the trenches captured by the Germans on Juno 2 2 and continued their advance until they had gained seven hundred yards along a slx-hun d red-yard front. Tho French official report says: "Wo captured nineteen officors, in cluding ono battalion commander, '.wo doctors and seven hundred and dxty-seven mon, none of whom was wounded, belonging to seven differ ent battalions. Our ambulances pick ed up one officer and thirty-two wounded German soldiers. We cap turod also ono cannon of thirty-seven mi lllmet res calibre: two machine guna, several bomb throwers and much ammunition." The Gorman statements arttnlts that hill top trencheu hero' wore de stroyed by French artillery fire and had to bo evacuated. Tho French also claim they havo "ecaptured a part of tho trenches re cently taken by the Germans between Fey-en-Haye and Lo Pretro forest, but concede the German claim to an advance In tho same neighborhood, whoro heavy fighting has been In progress for several days. Both sides report tho capture of prisoners hy tho h up d red 1n those operations. AUSTRIA OFFERS APOLOGY Pa|>er Article Attacking Wilson 1M*? rlnliiKHl ? Official Reprimanded. Vlonnn, via London, Friday. ? For mal apology has boon made by the Austro-HungArtan government to the United Stp.teH Mlnlstnr Frederick Pen field hecniiso of nn abusive article printed in the 1'eues Wiener TaKhlatt attacking President Wilson and the American people In connection with the second not.o to Germany on nub marine warfare. As a rigid censorship Is exercised oVer Austrian papers, Ambassador Penflold had Informally asked the foreign office If the article represent ed'tho opinion of the Austrian gov ernment. The result, was an apology and a sharp reprimand for the official e?n*or. > llel<l I'p In Yellowstone. A dispatch from Livingston, Mon tana, Friday states that t.hreo hun dred tonrlfttft, believed to he Bhrln ott th*1r way to their national en campment at. Brattle, were held up and robbed in the western aide of thft Yellowstone Park, No details have opittO to han<t ENGLAND TO OBJECT NEUTRALITY-LAWS MAY CAUSE PROTEST OF BRITAIN , i-l ? ? -* INDICT FIVE ENGLISHMAN /Department of Justice to Try Men in Ban Francisco Accused of Enlisting Hiecrolta for the British Army? Germans Violated Neutrality and Montenegrins are Arrested In Ne\y York. Sir Cecil Spring-Rico, tho British ambassqtjor, formally nppllcj to the state department Thursday for a de*f-l inition of the American government's view as to whether English patriotic societies or other unofficial agoncios Violate neutrality laws in sending BritlBh subjects from ' the United States- to Volunteer in- the British army. . ? ? . Conferences between tho depart ment of state and justice will be held _betort) an-answor is given. A serious diplomatic controversy may develop.' The practice of returning volunteers to England li,a8 prevailed since the beginning of the European war. and It Ib said the British government is prepared to register an emphatic pro test if the United States takes tho position that it is Illegal. Tho return of indictments at San Francisco againBt Ave persons charg ed with enlisting recruits for the BHtlsh army is understood to have precipitated the ambassador's action. According to the British contention it is unjustly discriminatory to in terfere with the transportation of volunteers who are not actually en listed -on American soil when no ob jection has been made to notifications by consuls to reservists of countries in the United States. In this connec tion emphasis ib laid on the fact that Great Britain has no reservists in America such as other continental 1 powers. Department of Justice officials ox. plalned that they have no under standing with the state department in regard to recruiting. They pointed out, however, that tho criminal code plaihly prohibits the enlistment of 'any person" In tho United States to fight against the people of a friendly nation. ? The efforts of the department, it was declared, havo not been directed against volunteors returning io their own country to fight, , v' h*uu?<; ?ff or.tp to, A high official 6ald''flg|Wfiff|?^*! strated when after thel^Bfl^pffll of representatives of the MontflfSSfrlff government for violating the law the 145 men they had recruited for the Montenegrin army were allowed to proceed. A lull in tho neutrality campaign of the department of Justice is ex pected to follow recent developments ? the return of Indictments in San Francisco In connection with enlist ments for the British army and tho delivering of supplies to Gorman warships, and tho indictment In Chi cago against tho Montenegrin offi cials. Department agents ere said to bo watching developments In New ork that may lead to further arrests in connection with British enlist ments, but tho caso against the Mon tenegrins Is believed to be completo. Although little information con cerning the Snn Francisco prosecu tions had reached Washington, it was said that the ease of the men accused of supplying the German ships Is one of the most interesting develo|>ed by the government. agents in many months. Tho Indictments were asked because of allogod violation of the neutrality laws by the steamship Sac ramonto, formerly of tho Hamburg American line. Date last fall the Sacramento clear ed from San Francisco for Valpa raiso, and, according to the depart ment's evidence, while at sea turned over most of her cargo of supplies to the German squadron of warships which subsequent ly.was destroyed of T the Falkan Islands by a British fleet. Reports to Washington say that' whon the Sacramento sailed from San Francisco she had aboard as a "stow away" an officer of tho German navy and a naval reserver, and that when sho steamed a few miles outsido the Golden Gate this man appeared on deck, virtually took charge of the vessel and got into communication by wireless with tho German fleet. Ar riving nt Valparaiso, tho Sacramento laid up for tho war. CABLES GERMAN NOTE; IS NOT YET MADE PUBLIC PoHltlonft of lloply Have R?*n Kooelv Nl at Washington Hut Infor mation Ih Withhold. ltorlln, via London (Jrlday: (ler many'fl reply to the American note on submarine warfaro wan delivered to JamCH VV. Oernrd. tho American nmhammdor Into Thursday nlnht. Tho nolo now In being trnuslatod. Certain paragraphs embodying Uh prftrrlpul font vires nlrondy have been dlnpatched to Washington, but the final sections probably will not bo on the wire for transmission before n Into hopr Friday nftornoon, This Ik becauno tbo note Is of considerable length. Tho text of t!?o note will bo with held moanwlillo from tho nowhpapor correspondents, and permission, for transmission of summarlen of It also In withheld. Thin In done to glvo tho official version tho right of way. Fr?nrh (Vfllnw IlomliAWln Town.' The French cruiser Jeanne D'Aro hae again nombarded the Turkish tourn of Alaxandrette. The German flag over tho Oorman consulate was shot down after the Turks returns to lower It. ALL GERMANS IN S. W. AFRICA SURRENDER TO GEN. BOTHA Gorman Forces ''jmy Down Tl?elr v Arms In Capitulation to Union's Commander. >, Pretoria, South Africa, report b Fri day, via London,: General Botha, commander of the Union of South Africa, has accep.ted the surrender of all German mllltar^forces iu Ger man SouthVest-Af After suppress he rebellion rity in the eneral Botha ih operations est Africa of that ter agalnst British. Union of South took command agalnBt. German and headed an rltory late In Fe' He captured $ the important Karlblb May 6 i tal of the Germi Martial law was out the conqtie German South on the west coi extends from the Cunenen river, ? miles.' It lies betw Africa nnd Cape eastward to the area is 322, b population is 79, tots and Bushmen in 1913 was fourte hundred and slxtee. thousand, two hutt, (wo wore Germans force, Including pol lateBt reports as t hundred and ninety The Germans surrendered uncon ditionally following the issuance of Gen. Botha's ultimatum, which ex pired at live o'clock Thursday even ing. With the exception of the nec essary army of occupation, the citizen army will be brought home as quick ly as possible. ~ Reports from London recently have stated that the surrender of all the German forces was expected soon. British military experts have con tended that General Botha has con ducted a masterly .campaign. rguo May 4, Junction of Hoek, capi ry, May 13. [led through itory. ica, located e continent, river to the ,ine hundred [rtugese West y, extending sphere. Its lies, and its lefly llotten jio population fiousand, eight whom twelve and nlnety The military is given in the housand, nine o. SUGGEST THAT AMERICA TAKE ACTION IN MEXICO Consular Advices State That Food Supplies are Inadequate and Famine is Threatened. ant suggestions that the Unit-, Jiojipniier than finj ' " to the t$l Amerl northero &he inabil *$Ulitary fac have fale departmen can consular ofTl? part of the republ.^, Threatened fatten lty of the contondCw..,^...? ^ tlons to restore pea$ V and establish a government that cotild be recogniz ed by the United $tatfefl are dwelt upon by the consular offlcorB. Con ditions more serloun than even trou bled Mexico has see** before are pre dicted unless the Utttyjpd States lends a hand quickly. '?/. * .v Recognition of some' element which may set up a strong govornment with the moral support' of the United States is tho solution' usually urgod. ? Reports of food shortage continu ed to reach. tho stat4' 4epartmont and the Red Cross from various parts of Mexico. Ono dispatch from north- , eastern Mexico striort that with the railway cut againfesupplieH in that section would las&6ttly a few days. The message added; "It will be but a few weeks bofog|*the entlro north east of Mexico wj|l*be dopendent on Its northorn nel States, for the 11 bhtants. They a ger of starvatio died in large nu T, tho United ;Of all non-com .ctually in dan f Children had It was said. MERCHANT SI FOR Tl IRMED AN DEFENCE Ilrltiah Khlpa, Trad in J <1, Have limn bly Hlnce "Merchant power aro ei unlnterrupt< canry and fonae," Halt ltamontary, olgn affairs] by Comma! In tho hout "Several LorfU.Ceell . with In thli of tho war1, l**en approftl utancea auggl merchant a aelf-dofonflo ognlzed and a belligerent latahliahod and )f tho sea to |>nt In Bolf-de-l lert Cecil, par jetary for for- 1 a question put i>li W. Hollalrfl ions ThurBflay. governments, " I communlcatod Ir.t tho outbreak feral morft havo Inco at circum Tho principle of |rrylng arma for sen gonorally rec Rhlpa bo armed have boon tracing regularly with tho various counti e? alnco an early stage of the war." Comnn.ndei ittMlairB' question was whether, in vhw of the unuqual char acter of the lorman attack# on un armed merchi tit vckboIh, tho govorn mont would ,gk all noutral govern mentH to allc v merchant. ahlps, arm ed for purpi ne of defonfle only, to tradfc with tl air porta In B^lte of tho fact, that oa<|l carried a gun. Turks f^Oae. Ammunition. s Rebaatopo ItuaBla, Friday. ? A ter rific exploaW n occurring on tho out flklrtfl of Co Mnntlnople dcatroyod a great quant ly of TurklHh munltlona of war and ,hrew the Inhahltanta of Conatant|n<J>lo into panic. Since f< their cam Orleans a htfve been forty-four feOt?d, J f? to the Hat*. ttefal .'authoilMes began ll<r? against rata In New fo.tr ago 8B9.1B1 rodent* MllodL Two Ittuidred and >f, wer? plague In NOTE TO COME SOON ? r ? ? VON JAOOW SAYS IT MAY BE DISPATCHED ANY TIME SAME FORM AS DRAFTED Minister Declines to Comment Vpon it In Advance But Tells of Diffi culties Under Which Negotiations Have Been Conducted ? England Has Tlxrottled Communication. Berlin, via London: The German reply to the American note regarding tho Lusitania and submarine warfare, according to information obtained in Herlin, probably will bo delivered on Saturday, July 10. The general tenor and motive of the governmont behind these pro posals may be communicated confi dentially to the leading representa tives of the press Friday, but it is understood that publication of the text in Berlin will be deferred until the afternoon of the day on which it is presented at Washington. James W. Gerard, American am bassador in Berlin, conferred with Pr. Alfred Zimmermaiin, the German under-secretary of foreign affairs, re garding the German reply to the American note on submarine warfare. The conference was for a further dis cussion of the German tentative pro posals. The fact that the American gov ernment will not enter into prelimi nary negotiations respecting the forthcoming note was communicated Thursday to Dr. AHrel Zlmmermann. under-secretary of foreign affairs, by James W. Gerard, tho American am bassador. The note will go forward to Washington in approximately the same form ns drafted. The outlines of this draft were submitted to Ambassador Gerard and forwarded to the state department, in the expectation by German officials that the United States would suggest any changes that might bo deemed advisable. Although, according to some unof ficial dispatches from Washington, the note is considered '?unsatisfac tory," It Is believed that It Is far less so that whnn the exchange began, and it is hoped it will lay the basis for continuing the negotiations. The German minister of foreign af fairs, Gottlieb von Jago\v? has inform edthe Associated Press tliat the dis lately im ho said, asked to be ex cused from commenting in advance, but discussed the difficulties under ?which the note had been conducted, owing to the slowness and the in completeness of communications and "the obstruction to the free exchange of news between the German and American presH and public." He called attention to the fact that Germany had proposed to the United States tlie direct cable between Ger many and the United States bo re paired, the former country to bear the expense, hut that Great Britain, which had had the cable cut at- the beginning of tho war, had taken no notice of the proposals. 1 1 err von Jagow then added: "Groat Britain apparently does not want the people of the' neutral coun tries to be informed in an impartial way on tho events of this great war. The reasons are not far to seek. That is how Groat Britain could mould public opinion in a way suiting her own purpose. America has been mis Informed about Germany's motives. This would not. have been tho case had Germany boon able to present her case to tho American public. "In what way," asked the corre spondent. "have Die present nego tiations been hampered by the ab sence of cahlo communications?" "Think only of the slowness of It all.1' replied the minister. "Why we seem to have even returned to the days of the middle ages, when sover eigns had to send special envoys back and forth between the courts to ex change views and keep in touch with one another's "Wishes and attitudes." ? ? ? GERMANY HAS OBJECTED TO AMERICAN ADVERTISEMENT ?, Cleveland Company Advertises Mr clilno-Yor Sale Which Makes Poisoned Shells. The German foreign office Thurs day formally called tho attention of James W. (lorard, the American am bassador to Germany, to tho adver tisement' of the Cleveland Automatic Machine company In tho American Machlnjst. of May P> on poisoned shells, pointing out thr.t such shells are a contravention of The Hague Convention. The department of commerce at Washington announced on July 2 that an Investigation hod showed that tho Cleveland concern, which published tho advertisement relative to tho manufacture of poisonous shells, did not manufacture explo sives of any kind, bfit merely made machines capable of use In tho pro duction of shells And ammunition. The department hold that no interna-' tlonal violation of neutrality was In volved and that the confusion was the result of unfortunate wording of tho advertisement. Fighting at, C'npo Ifnytlen. Admiral Caporton reported to the state department Wednesday that fighting was going on between the government and the revolutionists three wiles southeast of Capo Hay tlen. City Is q'ulet and order In main tained. ajthough the hare begun to arrive, HOLT'S BOMB EXPLODES IN HOLD OF THE MINNEHAHA Captain of Ammunition Ship the Fir? Was Cnu?" ..\>s \ ' Bomb ' V v\0 Captain C. <^>v .1 the steamship Minnehaha, w .cli arrived at Halli fax, N. S., Friday with lire raping in two of the ship's holds, stated posi tively that the threatening destruc tion of the ship was due to the explo sion cf a bomb in the forward hold There was no ammunition in this hold and nothing but a bomb could have caused the beginning of the lire is the opinion of the commander of the ship. When the steamship was first re ported afire at sea on Thursday night, and while the captain was sending his vessel at top speed to the harbor of Hallifax, police officials of New York were bending every effort to discover whether the assailant of J. 1'. Mor gan, whose dramatic letter to his wife, made known after his death, predicted the destruction of a ship at sea, could have been responsible for the blaze. The Minnehaha loft New York on July tho fourth, bound lor London with a cargo of fifteen thousand tons of explosives for the British army aboard The ship's crew numbered over one hundred men. There were no passenger* on board for this trip Captain Claret stated at Halifax Friday that he received the wireless warnings which the I'nited States naval department sent out broadcast on Wednesday afternoon. This warn ing was upon Holt's letter that a ship would be destroyed at sea on the seventh of July, which was Wednes day. Captain Claret said all the life boats of the ship were put in place for immediate use should dan ger develop on board. When the steamship arrived in the harbor the fire had spread from the hold in which it originally started lti to the adjoining hold, which was separated from the ammunition by a strong bulkhead. Captain Claret said he knew that the ship was in for trouble when he left New York, for as the ship swung into the sea a launch was passed which contained a party of Germans, who shouted to those on board that the Minnehaha would be destroyed at sea. The ves sel's cargo was placed on board by German and Austrian Stevedores in New York. STORM HITS CINCINNATI; TWENTY-FIVE ARE DEAD Steaml>ont?, Houses, Churches and .fcfWoot Si^ns are Wi ooked un<1 , Trees Block the Streets. With twenty-five known dead, ten missing and a property loss that will exceed one million dollars, Cincin nati Thursday night was making a valiant effort to recovcr from prob ably the worst storm In Its history. Twelve of tho dead were claimed by tho Ohio river. At nine-thirty o'clock Wednesday night the storm broke; one-half hour later the city and its suburbs lay stricken. Its telephone system had been prralyzed; Its street car service suspended and its citizens groping in darkness, trying to ascertain tho toll tho storm had taken. Two steamboats had gore down In the Ohio river; probably one hundred houses were leveled; half a dozen church spires had fallen and few houses escaped damage. Down town streets were strewn with electric signs and glass, while In the residence district and in the suburbs all traffic was blocked y trees thrown across the thorough fares. Somo fifty club houses along the Ohio river were swept into the stream and floated away. Thursday night found the city with Its street car service virtually normal. Tho telephone servico Is rapidly re covering and the city has dono almost miraculous work in cleaning up the debris. Search for bodies in collaps ed houses continues. BRITISH SUBMARINE WORKS SUCCESSFULLY IN BALTIC SEA I'mlorKfii Hunt Passes Through f'atte (jat. mid fJ?>es 000 Miles to Attack if.s Eneinr. Ttio British admiiulty linn stated that It was officially announced at Petrograd Thursday that tho ?uhmn rlno which mado a successful attack on a German warship on July ?. In the Baltic vas a British boat. Tho Rrltlsh admiralty statement contained tho first. public announce ment Intimating that British subma rines were operating in tho Baltic It is presumed tho undersea boat pnssod through the- Cnttegat. from the North sea to the Baltic and then trav eled eastward for two hundred miles, ns the Bay of Danzig, whore the war ship was attacked, lies In the south eastern part of that body of water The distance from an Kngllsh port to Danzig Is anout nine hundred miles The Russian official communica tion announcing that a (lerman war ship had been sunk by a submarine said the battleship, which v as of the Deutsehland type, was steaming at tho head of a (ierman squadron at tho entrance of Danzig bay July 2 when sho was blown up by two tor pedoes by a submarine. ?i ?. ? ? . Germans Deny Misuse of Mall*. Berlin officially denies the report that German authorities had opened and censored mail on board the Bwedlsh steamships Bum-tm and Tor steln. Trolly Over Whiskey. Following a dispute over whiskey having been sold to bin son, Henry Orlffln, of Valdonta, On., wan killed Wednesday by n?rt Ilenderton, TORNADOES SWEEP WESTERN STATES WITH HEAVY LOSS ? ? ?? Five Slntes In Cirlp of Storing Which KuIiik Down Missouri Vftl Icy From Kiwt. Tornartoos nnrt oloilrtbutstR nw?ftp hiK eastward from the Missouri riror valley Thursday rnuscd heavy dam a^e nnrt loss of life. MisBOiirl, Illl noi?, Indiana, Ohio nnrt Kentucky worn in tlio track of tho stor/n. TUree persons worti reported doad at Dardenno, Mo., nnrt Wentuvllle nnrt Oilmore, Mo., each reported one killed. Flvo or more persons have boon killed t St. Charing, Mo. Tornadoes swept dint riots north of St I.onis, blowing part of ft Wabash railroad train from the I rack nnd do vastntiriK St. Charles, Mo. Tho wind at Ht. Charles blow, eighty miles an hour. Similar storms were reported to havo struck St. Voter, Mo., and I,kv rnnrovllle. Til., the lattor piano being a few mile* west of Vlnoenpas, Ind. First roports said two persons war* klllod nt f.awronoevlllo. Oermnny Annexe* Trtrltory, Tho German government has pro plalmod t ho; annexation of the Rn* slan terrltoVSr' ^hlcn nan been own quered and held nrounfl tho north Nleman river. Geo. voh Ooessior ha* ! been appolfitort civil goyirnor o* the n?w pVovtnce, SHIPS OUR COTTON CARGOES HELD IP IN ENGL(ND ARE LATER RESMPPED u. i TO LOSE COHON Since .January Kii?t KOI. 205 Hales Have Been Shipped From Fngland, 1 10,003 of Which are Bales Seized From American Shippers ? Other Trade Controlled. It appears from a report submitted to the Atnerican government by Unit ed States Consul General Skinner at London that the American cotton which (I rent Britain is seizing, and thereby keeping away irom Germany, is not being used altogether in tho United Kingdom, hut has been and is being more or loss secretly distrlbvjt ed annua' the Briti-di allies, and also anion:: t!ie so>?.ill? d neutrals whoso commerce Britain evidently seeks to conttol to the c\i lu'-ion of American influence. The consul general sends official figures to prove his ca-e. Thus. tho total imports of cotton, by Britain, in 191. >, have been . 1 L* 7 . 1 ."> i! bales as against 2,l.Bi,t.2o bales in the same period in l;n l, and 1 . s 2,5 i ?> jn the first five months of 1913. Of these imports of cotton, which include seized cotton, there have been - . " 2. 2 <i bales in I H 1 as against l..>s,,t!ts bales in the same period in 191 I, and 1 ,:t <?.?.;> x bales i:i the first five months of l ;i ! . Ol the American cotton imported or seized. Great Britain has re-ox ported. since January i, i<ur>, a total of l 1 ti.n<i.? hales. There are no fig ures to show tho destination of this re-exported Soutiiern cotton as dis tinguished from tho destination of the general stock of re-exported cot ton from Egypt, Brazil and the East Indies. The totals of those re-exports from Britain, this year, to other con tinents or countries have been as fol lows : Destination. \o. Df Bale's Russia . . . . ; 3 2 8,755 Sweden 132^27 6 Germany . Netherlands -.213,987 Belgium ' France 3 2.710 Portugal . .. G3,667^?( Although the oxportntlon of cop per, wrought and unwrought, in cluding alloys, has been sinco tho fall of 1914 prohibited by England to all destinations abroad othor than British protectorates and possessions, the official returns show that In 191ir there have been re-exports (exports) of copper as follows; To the Netherlands SS.000 pounds To I* ranco 4,1 ">0,000 pounds To Italy .. .. 90,000 ptnmdi * Britain gets her copper mainly from the United States and Canada, and she claims the right to seize cop per as contraband in any ship, AmerU can or otherwise, destined for her enemies. Tho amount of goods exported from Great Britain in the flrRt fWe months <,>[ 1915 is $731,869,000, a decrease of $3 1 7,273,000 when com pared with tho first flvo months of 1914, before tho war began. The ro ox ports from uritaln show a decline of $44 .01 o.noo In tho same period. The imports, however, havo Increas ed $ 1 73,25 4,ooo. Two-thirds of this increaso in Im ports represents food, drink and to bacco. The items of wheat, grain and flour alone amounted to $39, r>00,000 more than in the same per-, iod in 1914, not counting other cerw als. Cotton amounted to $13,322, 000 more, and wool to $12,052,000 more. Tho increases wero in things ur gently needed for provisioning and clothing tho British army, and they were the very things which tho Brit ish blockade has been excluding from Germany. The bulk of these sup plies come from tho United States. Of the decrease in British exports, $272,701,000 was in manufactures, tho sale of which would havo paid for the food imported, so that the net drain on British capital In tho first five months of 19 15 equals tho sum of tho increaso ..i Imports plus tho decrease in exports, or $ 190,500,000.