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"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
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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.