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111 LllU/irL. IN NATIONAL CAPITOL
UNER ARMENIAN RACED AWAY ' Kxplowlon Occurn Shortly Before Mid*
WHEN HAILED BY SUB
IEFTROYED BY SHELLS
Oiptoraatlc Tcn.si in Relieved When
News Conies of Sohjnnrlne's Efforts
4o Halt Ship Before Sinking Her -
' <*ptnln Trlckey Proud of His At
tempt to Outwit Captor.
Irtformation on which to base an
accurate Judgment of circumstances
aaider which the British steamer Ar
menian was destroyed with the loss
of American lives was lacking Thurs
day night and until details are avail
able Secretary Lansing said the posi
tion of the United States could not
be determined.
F^ora news dispatcher, however,
and a closer reading of official re
ports officials were inclined In the
view that afe the Armenian apparent
ly refused to h^it at the command of
the Oerman Submarine, according to
International uaw the sinking of the
vessel was justified, even though non-
combatants were on board.
There was little tension over the
tacMent after it became known the
Armenian had sought to evade cap
ture. It was admitted that if official
reports bore out press dispatches
there was no likelihood that any com
plaint would l>e added to Issues be
tween the United States and Ger
many.
One or two officials suggested that
since Germany had given warning
that enemy ships would be torpedoed
without warning, a merchantman < ar-
-ryisg contraband might be'Justified
In attempting to escape
Others, however, declared rules of
warfare do not require a commander
to state his purpose when directing a
merchantman to halt.
The only fact of importance receiv
ed officially by the state department
was In a report from Ambassador
Page, who said the British admiralty
had Informed him the Armenian was
"engaged in admiralty business.'• De
partment officials declared the quws-
tion of whether a ship so engaged
should be treated by hostile vessels
as a ship of war or a defenseless mer
chantmen was "a close question of in
ternational law."
When It was suggested to officials
that if the Armenian were a public 1 a requisition warrant issued by Gov
ship of war she could not have sailed 1 Tencr in 1913 for Fred Brown, alias
night Friday—Damage Mot
- Yet Made Public.
A tremendous explosion, believed
to have been caused by some kind of
bomb or infjru&l machine, wrecked
the public reception room on the east
side of. the capitol building &t Wash
ington shortly before midnight Fri
day night. No one was injured.
Officials believe that the explosive
was placed t>y a jc^-ank who desired
to create a sensatjon. Visitors were
allowed In the room during the day
and a timed machine might have been
left without attracting attention.
Superintendent Wood, of the capi
tol building, summoned by the panic-
stricken watchmen, made a hurried
Investigation and then telephoned
for an expert on explosives. Until
the expert has made his report no of
ficial statement concerning the Inci
dent will be made public.
The doors of the capitol were clos
ed Immediately after the explosion
aiyl no one was permitted to enter
while the Investigation was under
way. While the origin of the explo
sion had not been explained, some
reports in circulation said it might
have been caused by a bomb.
Reports said the windows in the
reception room had been blown out,'
that an Immense plate glass mirror
had been demolished and that part
of the celling and walls were torn
down.
The explosion was heard.for sev
eral blocks. Persons who reached
the capitol soon after the explosion
occurred said they noticed the odor
of burning powder, which persisted
for some time.
Elliott Wood, superintendent of
the capitol building, Sergeant-at-
Arms Higgins, of the Senate, and the
head of the capitol poltce, whollffecT'
ed the Inquiry, refused to give any
theory of the cause of the explosion
until the investigation was complet
ed.
IF NEGRO IS TAKEN TO S. C.
WOULD MEAN LYNCHING
COTTON AREA LESS
FARMERS CUT OUT MilN CROP
ON 5,871,000 ACRES
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CONDITHIN 8.03 PERCENT
Governor of Pennsylvania Withdraws
Requisition for Joe Grant—
Manning Telegraphs.
Gov. Brumbaugh of Pennsylvania.
It was learned Friday, has withdrawn
from the United States without vio
lating neutrality, it was pointed out
that the supreme court had ruled
that ttao chartering of a vessel by a
foreign consul for hts government to
transport munitions of war or sup
plies did not constitute a violation
■of federal statutes In case the ves
sel loaded to supply a belligerent
fleet at sea. however, the United
States has ruled that such ships must
be treated ns ships of war.
Capt. Trtckey of the Armenian in
•« Interview said he surrendered to
Abe German submarine only when his
ship was afire In three places, her
engines were out of action, and a
•dosen of the crew had been killed by
shrapnel lire. Most of the members
the crew who perished. Capt.
Trlckey said, were Americans.
“The submarine, as a signal for us
•to •top." said rapt. Trlckey, “first
ftut a couple of shots across our bow*
when we were four miles off. I puU-tJov Brumbnugh next week.
any stern to him and ran for It.
“The submarine then began to
shell us in earnest, the shrapnel
bursting all around us, killing several
of the crew and knocking others
overboard. 1 soon reall/ed that the
enemy was gaining on us. hut 1 did not
propose to surrender without a strug
gle, but my steering gear was soon
hit and placed ou*r of commission
Then a shell fell into the engine room
and another carried the Marconi
house away. Still another cut down
the funnel and disabled the stokers.
"By this time the ship was on fire
In three places and 1 decided to sur
render. We had resisted the enemy
for an hour, and twelve or thirteen
men lay dead on the deck.
"The submarine commander then
forced me to clear ship and at seven
minutes past eight the Armenian
went down, shattered by two torpe
does.
“I must nay that the submarine
commander showed us every fairness
after we had given up, picking up
many of the crew who, because of a
damaged boat, had fallen into the
water.
“Most of the crew who perished
were Americans."
•One of the Armenian’s officers said
the Oerman submarine which sank
-the freighter was of the latest type,
big and speedy.
“The submarine came towards us
at a great rate,” he said. "As she
drew near we could made put some
of the crew on deck. The captain
was dressed in brown overalls. As
we tried to escape she greeted us with
a storm of shrapnel. The^rst shell
to find its mark burst on the star
board deck, killing ten men. The
wireless operator stuck to his post to
the last, sending S. O. S. signals until
bis apparatus faded. We surrender
ed only when we saw that .escape was
hopeless, hove to, lifted the wounded
Into boats. Four of these died and
were buried at sea.
London evening papers did not
print the fact that the Armenian was
engaged in admiralty business. All
refer to the Incident as "sinking of
Leyl&nd liner" and all emphasize the
f'Mnsatlon created In America.”
^ It wm some time afterward* when
m message came from Washington
Mying that Ambassador Page had ad
vised the' state department of the
■hip's correct statue.
first Payment on Cargo.
Great Britain has announced Ita In
tention to fay one hundred thousand
dollars as the first installment of the
dne the owners of the Wil-
the food ship that was pre-
ted from going to Germany.
Joe Grant, a negro wanted In South
Carolina on a charge of murder.
Representations were made to the
governor that the prisoner would be
in danger of lynching Is returned to
the southern state.
Brown’s counsel have made extra
ordinary efforts to keep him out of
South Carolina, la support of their
plea that he would be la danger of
lyachiag they quoted public Utter
ance* of Cole Illease, then governor
of South Carolina.- A requisition was
Issued, however, by Gov. Tener and
Brown's counsel carried the case to
the United States supreme court
which sustained the lower courts in
refusing to interfere.
In asking w thdrawal of the re
quisition by Gov. Brumbaugh, coun
sel cited incidents In connection with
the Frank case in Georgia and a re
cent lynching in South Carolina. A
hearing In the case ill be given by
A Columbia dispatch says that
Fred Brown, alias Joe Grant, was in
dicted In tho South Carolina courts
for the allegod murder of J. F. Durst,
a white man at Johnson on April 14,
1906.
Attorney General Peeples Friday
telegraphed a request to the attorney
general of Pennsylvania asking that
he arrange a hearing before Opv.
Brumbaugh when arguments will be
submitted for this state relative to
the withdrawal by the TennsylvatTla
governor of the requisition warrant
for the return to South Carolina of
Fred Brown, a negro wanted at Lex
ington, for murder.
Gov. Maunlng telegraphed Gov.
Brumbaugh a request that this hear
ing be granted.
THREE HUERTA ^PLOTTERS V *-
ARE ARRESTED WEDNESDAY
El Paso S!eu hs Continue Search for
Nephew of Former President,
Felix Diaz.
Gen. Mnrcelo Carav'o. Ike Alderete
and Frank Alderete were arrested by
federal ot’icials In El Paso, Texas,
Wednesday in connection with the al
leged Huerta plot to launch a new
revolution In Mexico.
The po isibiUty that peace may be
considered soon by leaders of the two
larger warring factions in Mexico,
and tlio (ontinued search by federal
authorities for Felix Diaz, nephew of
former President Diaz, reported to
have reached El Paso secretly, occu
pied attention in Mexicon circles at
El Paso Wednesday.
Jose L abel Robles, minister of war
in the cabinet of Eulalio Gulterrez,
former provisional president, was
authority Tor the statement that
leaders of the two dominant factions
had agreed to discuss peace terms.
Robles declined to discuss any of the
proposed terms, but predicted that,
peace developments mlfcht be expect
ed by the middle of July.
Government Figures Indicate Yield
this Year Will be 2,454,078 Bales
‘ -.<* '
Under 1914—Total Acreage Slt-
535,000—Acreage Reduction of 20
Per Cent. ' j
> A prospective cotton crop of 12,-
500,000 equivalent 500 pound bales
this season Is unofficially estimated
from the, department of agriculture’s
June 25 condition and acreage report
Issued Thursday. That would be 3,-
600,000 bales less than last year’s
crop, or a reduction of 22 per-cent.
In all 31,535,000 ac^eas were
planted this year, 'showing that the
government's repeated appeals to cot
ton growers to reduce their acreage
and (ipvote more land to other crops
had been heeded. Reductions for this
year’s area amounted to 5,871,000
acres, or 15.6 per cent.
Condition of the crop was better
than last year at this time and also
better than the ten-year average on
June 25. Along the Atlantic coast
the crop deteriorated In Juhe but
conditions improved In Louisiana,
Texas. Arkansas and Oklahoma.
A total area of 31,535,000 acres
of cotton is under cultivation in the
United States according to the esti
mate of the department of agricul
ture announced Thursday. That com
pares with 37,406,000 acres, the re-
vised estimate of acreage under culti-
YffTToiTa'year ago; 26,333,000 acres
picked last year, 37.089,000 In 1913
and 34,283,000 acres In 1912. Aban
donment of acreage during the season
last year amounted to 1.5 per cent,
of the‘planted area and for the past
five years it has averaged 1.8 per
cent, of the area planted.
There had been much Interest in
cotton and textile circles concerning
the area planted to cotton this year
in view of the record crop last year,
the curtailed foreign takings because
oi the Kumpean war amF-ttw'Ttnr
price of lint early this season, which
were believed to have influenced cot
ton growers to reduce their acreage
and put some of their land Jn grain
and other crops. The extent of this
reduction had been variously estimat
ed unofficially at from 10 to 20 per
cent.
The condition of the growing crop
on June 25 was 80.3 per cent, of a
normal, as compared with 80 per
cent, on May 25, this year, 79.6 per
cent, n June 25 last year, and 79.9
per cent. The 10-year average on
June 25.
Growing conditions generally were
favorable throughout the month
since the laet condition report was
canvassed. Precipitation during the
first week in practically all portions
of the belt furnished sufficient mois
ture for the time being, and the crop
made satisfactory growth- Late
planted in Texas was coming up and
a good stand was reported. Except
ing in portions of Oklahoma, Arkan
sas and some of the more eastern sec
tions of the belt where the soli was
too wet, cultivation proceeded satis
factorily.
Cultivation and satisfactory growth
in all excepting a few districts was
favored during the second week by
the moderately warm weather, with
general absence of continued rain.
Wet weather delayed cultivation and
caused some damage by flooding in
northern Texas, Oklahoma and the
Carolinast where fields were becom
ing grassy. In most other sections,
however, the crop was well cultivated
and the fields clean.
Continnation of moderately warm
weather, with local showers sufficient
for requirements, greatly favored cot
ton growth during the third week in
all portions of the belt. Delay in cul
tivation permitted fields in a few sec
tions to become grassy, but over most
districts cultlv. tlon proceeded satis
factorily, the fields were clean and
the crop continued In good condition.
Rapid growth was forced during
the final week of the month by con
tinued warm weather, with sufficient
moisture, and the crop was in good
condition and well cultivated in near
ly all districts. Some retardation of
growth was reported from Oklahoma
and adjoining sections, and grassy
fields occurred locally, with boll
weevil reporte' as active in portions
of Alabama, Mississippi apd Texas.
The crop was fruiting in southern
districts and some bloom was report
ed as far north as North Carolina.
The area platted and under,culti
vation at the end of June by states,
with last year’s planted area and
area picked (000’s omitted) follows:
Planted Planted Picked
1915. 1914. 1914.
36
1,333
2,399
4,684
202
3.382
2,728
1,13$
194,521 RUSSIANS TAKEN .
PRISONERS DURING JUNE
45
1.550
2,890
.5,510
224
4,075
3,100
1,340
12,052
2.550
935
148
2,920
47
20
London Raya Austro-German Drive
Northward Into Poland
Gains Momentum.
Captures by the German and Au»t
tro-Hungarian armies in their opera-
toins for the month of June number
ed 194,521 officers And men and vast
supplies of munitiona, according to
latest official communicationa from
Berlin and Vienna. A continuance of
the advance of the Austro-Germana
In Galicia and Poland is reported
with the Russians continuing their
retreat at nearly all points.
London reports: The Austro-Ger-
tnan drive northward into Poland
from Galicia is gaining momentum
and England Is puzzled as to wheth
er the German purpose is to make a
concentrated offensive to force the
Russians from the southeastern tip pf
Galicia.
Whatever the ultimate object is,
fighting along the Gnila Llpa river
has not abated and Berlin not only
records progress here but also fur
ther north in the arc around Lemberg
and between the Vistula and the Bug
rivers.
The Austro-German forces on this
front are estimated at 2,000,000:
They are not far from the Zamosc
fortress, 25 miles north of the Gali
cian frontier.
Only a hundred miles to the north
is the groat Russian base Brest-Lit-
ovsk, linked with Warsaw by Impor
tant railways and lying almost due
east of the Polish capital.
The development of the Galician
campaign has created a situation en
tirely unexpected by the allies. The
British press frankly concedes that
the Invasion of Russia is serious. The:
papers, however, put faith in Russia’s
campaign for the production of more
munitions.
Berlin reports: “Our positions in
the east are unchanged. The booty
taken during July amounts to two
flags and 2fi,695 prisoners, of whom
120 were officer*, seven cannon, kix
mine throwers, 52 machine guns and
one aeroplane, besides much material
of war.
"Southeastern theatre: After bitter
fighting the troops under Gen. von
Linsingen stormed the Russian posi
tions east of the Gnlia Lipa river
a»ae--Kanteve-and LwrynCe and t<r
the north of Rohatyn. Three officers
and 2,328 men were made prisoners
and five machine guns were captured.
"East of Lemberg the^Austro-Hun-
garlan troops have pressed forward
Into the enemy positions. The army
under Field Marshall von Mackensen
Is continuing to press forward be
tween the Bug and Vistula rivers.
West of the Vistula, after stubborn
fighting by the Russians, the Teutonic
allies are advancing on both sides of
Kamenna in pursuit. *
"The total amount of rupture* dur
ing June made by the Teutonic allied
troop* under Geu. von Linsingen.
Meld Marshal von Muckennen, and
Gen. von Woyrtch amounts to 409 of
ficers and 140,050 n
non and 20ft machine guns
WITH THEJALKANS
WHY R0UMANIA WITHHELD ITS
AID FROM THE ALLIES
BORDERS
Union of All Roam anions Is the Price
Either Side Most Pay to Secure In
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terrontlon of Roumanians—Aus
tria and. Russia Hold the Coveted
Territory.*
A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY
45
1,527
2,861
5,433
221
4,007
3,054
1,299
11,931
*?.480
915
145
2,847
47
_ .20
Destroy 98 Ships in June.
London reports Friday that during
June r jiety-elght British ships, ag
gregating slightly more than thirty-
nine thonaand tona, were sank by
submarines or mines with the loss of
111 ll^ea.
Zeppelin Destroyed Friday.
Amsterdam sends a report that a
Zeppelin was accidentally destroyed
by an axploaion Friday wheq. leaving
its shad at Brnaaala.
Virginia ..
N. Carolina
S. Carolina
Georgia . .
Florida . .
Alabama ..
Mississippi
Louisiana. .
Texas 10,365
Arkansas.. .. 2,193
Tennessee ... 813
Missouri .. .. 107
Oklahoma ... 2,102
California ... 35
Other. States, . 17
~~ Condition of the growing cotton
crop on June 25 and May 25 this
year, with the June 2 s condition last
year and the 10-year average of June
25 condition, follows:
1915. June 25,
June May 10-yr.
25. 25. 1914. av.
Virginia 78 88 86 84
North Carolina.79 85 82 80
South Carolina.76 80 81 79
Georgia 7$ 81 83 -80
Florida .... ..78 89 86 84
Alabama .. ..7*" TT" 81* 80
Mtaalasippi .. . .«♦
Louisiana .. ..83
Bodies of Three White Men Found
in Georgia River.
The bodies of three white men. all
bearing pistol wounds, have been
found In the Chattahoochee river,
near Blanton's Ferry, 15 miles south
of West Point. Ga., within the last
hour* of Friday. They have been
Identified as those of Mack and Epps
Melton, brothers, of Harris county.
Ga.. and J. S. Leak, of Riverview,
Ala.
Epps Melton, who was a carpenter,
was tried and acquitted in the Fulton
county court last -month on the
charge of murdering Mans Teal, in
Harris county. His body was recov
ered Friday morning. The head,
which bore a pistol wound and other
marks of violence, was weighted
down by a heavy rock.
A coroner’s jury which held an
inquest over the bodies of Mack Mel
ton and Leak, fouiid that the two
men had come to their deaths by pis
tol wounds and, acts of violence at
the hands of unknown persons.
The Melton brothers had been
working as carpenters on a new
Methodist church at Lanett, Ala.
Leak, a painter, was employed on the
same building. They were last seen
at Ossanlppa last Saturday afternoon
when they left the train there to
spend Sunday r.t the Melton home.
The sheriffs of Harris county. Ga..
and Lee county, Rla., are on the
scene making an investigation.
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TENSION IS NOW RELAXED
Unofficial Reports Indicate German
Commander Acted Within Law.
Tension over ihe destruction of the
British steamer Armenian with the
loss of a number of American lives
was considerably relaxed Friday fol
lowing the retfjcipt in Washington of
unofficial avlcen telling of the appar
ent refusal of “the ship’s commander
to heed the warning of the German
submarine to stop. This phase of the
matter overshadowed In the official
view all other questions involved ^in
the destruction of the Armenian.
If the official reports? which Uhit-
ed States officials are awaiting,
should bear out pews dispatches con
cerning attgmptb of the Armenian to
escape, it was said no new cause of
complaint likely would be added to
issues pending between the United
States and Germany. Officials hold
that If the Armenian sought to evade
capture the sinking of the ship was
Jastifi d under international law. even
though non-combatants were on
board. Precedents are cited in sup
port of this contention.
84 Arkansas
80 Tennessee
T8 Oklahoma
77 California
79
74
80
84
80
80
..87 4.
86
19
62
77 ..71
76
79
81
.. ..90
82
100
•98
At a time when the decision of
Roupaania as to her role in the war
is anxiously await id in all the Euro
pean chancelleries, these views of
Professor N. Basilesca, a member of
the faculty cf law in the University
of Bucharest, and deputy in the Rou
manian parliament, expressed in a
letter to the Journal de Geneve, gain
special significance.
“In order to give an account of the
pai% of Roomania in this frightful
war which is drenching the continent
in blood.” says Professor Basilesco
“it is necessary to cosider Roumania
in the light of two hypotheses, equal
ly possible: in alliance with the Ger
manic powers or with those of the
Entent. -
“The first course o, action .was dic
tated to her by a political program of
more than thirty years’ duration. It
was advocated by the late King
Charles, and It is suggested now by
MM. Carp, Majoresco and Rosettl,
former presidents of the Council, and
Is supported by an important fraction
of the press and public opinion.
"If Roumania had yielded to these
solicitations the aspect of things
would long since have been changed
She could have thrown Into the bal
ance, from the beginning of the war,
a million bayonets; she could have
placed at the disposal of the central
powers her admirable system of fort
resses which bar the passage of the
Russians across her plains; she could
have menaced the left wing of the
Russian army and prevented the in
vasion of Bukowina and Hungary
and at the same time rendered pre-
■mrlous the Russian advance across
Galicia. -
"But the greatest danger of the
Allies would have resulted from the
fact that, if Roumania had allied her
self with Austria-Hungary. Bulgaria
would have hed to do the same
thing; for everybody krfow* that Bul
garia revolves In the same orbit as
Austrt-Hungary and Germany; that
she has received money from them
while the war has been In progress,
and that she would also have receiv
ed arms and ammunition If Rou-
mania would Lava let them pass
through her territory.
“Through Roumania and Bulgaria
the central powers would have been
able t form a junction with Turkey;
they would have be«u able te send
aad m) tob- her armg an( j , mmunition In abund
ance; they would have been able to
fortify the Dardanelles and render
them Impregnable and to prevent def
initely the reinforcing of Russia with
arms and ammunition."of which she
has imperious need to-day.
"From the North Sea to the 'Per
sian Gulf Germany and Austria-Hun
gary would have been indisputably In
control of a vast field of battle. They
would have been able to draw from
Roumania, Bulgaria, and, above all
from Asia Mh.or, an Inexhaustible
reservoir, the provisions which they
lack so sorely now. Serbia, taken
between two fires, would long since
have been wiped off the map, and
Italy, who was within an ace of an
understanding with the Germanic
powers, would have preferred a sure
offer from Austria to the risks of
war of apparently unequal chances.
"All these advantages the Aus
trians and Germans have been unable
to attain because Roumania has held
aloof from them.
“By the addition of the forces of
Roumania to those of the Entente
the circle of fire and death would
have completely closed around the
central powers. They would have
had to cover a new frontier of more
than 600 miles and to oppose 1,000,-
000 Roumanians who would have
hurled themselves through the Car
pathian passes with not less than the
same number of Austro-Germans
Where would they have found them
"Attacked on the north by the
Russians, at the centre by the Rou
manians, and in the south by the re
constituted Serbian army, they cer
tainly could not make an effective re
sistance. The advance upon Buda
pest and Vienna would be a trium
phal march. The frightful war which
is desolating the-world would be end
ed with one blow.
“Why, then, has Roumania not un
sheathed her sword? Because, in
spite of the great services which she
lias already rendered to the Entente,
in spite of the important and decisive
role which she may yet play, and the
immense services which she can still
render, she alone of the European
powers is seen discussing not simple
pretensions, but legitimate historic
rights.
"Roumania demands only a resti
tutio in integrum. She is not ambi
tious for und#e conquests. She rises
simply to deliver her brothers who
have always,. since the time of Tra
jan, been united to her by the closest
-ties. Twice before, under Stephen
the Great and Michael the Brave, all
the Roumanians have been united un
der one scepter.
“The vicissitudes of time, the over
whelming of the East by the Turks,
masters of Bulgaria, Serbia and Hun
gary, have not permitted them since
that time to consolidate their union
as a nation. The treachery and vio
lence ot their neighbors, on the con
trary. brought them new misfortunes.
In 1777 Turkey ceded Bukowina—
in which to this day remains the
grave of the Moldivian prince, Ste
phen the Great—to Austria, and in
1812 she ceded to Russia Bessarabia,
the Holdariag country par erfolleacc.
which was-for centuries the rampart
of Moldavia against tbs invasions of
SUBMARINES SINK FIVE
MtmSl SHIPS FRIDAY
Undersea Boats Are Showing In^*’
ed Activity and Find
Many Victims.
i
Three British steamers, the Ingle-
moor, the Caucasian and the Wel-
bury, were torpedoed and sunk Fri
day by a German aubmarihe. The
crews of the lnglemoor and the Cau
casian were landed at Falmouth. The
crew of the Welbury is safe. The
Caucasian sailed from London June
28 for Jacksonville, Fla.
The commander of the submarine
was delighted on learning that the
steamer Welbury carried a cargo of
sugar. After the ship left Cuba it
was d “'covered that some one had
painted inside the vessel’s forehold
the words: "You have a cargo of
sugar'for England, but you will never
get there.”
The Caucasian was a tank steamer
of 4,656 tons gross. On her last
eastern voyage she left Port Arthur
May 12 and Newport News May 29
for Dartmouth. She was 365 feet
long and was owned by the Petrol
eum Steamship company of London.
The Inglemoor Ifeft Bahai Blanca.
Argentina, March 31 for Naples. She
was of 4,313 gross tons, 363 feet
long and was owned by W. Runisman
and Company of London.
The Welbury left Kingston, Ja
maica, May 22, by way of Matanzas,
Cuba, June 8 for a port in the United
Kingdom. The Welbury was of 3,591
tons gross and three hundred and ,
forty feet long. Her owners were
the Burg Shipping company, Ltd., of
Hartlepool.
The British schooner L. C. Tower,
which left Parrsboro, N. S., June 1
for Newport, England, was sunk off
Fastnet Friday by a German sub
marine. The undersea boat then
sank" A bark six miles away. The,
creW of nine of the schooner was
landed at Queenstown. '
U. S. SUBMARINE ASHORE
ON THE PACIFIC COAST
H-3 Runs Aground While on Its W'ay
to Exposition Manoeuvres
*- on July 4th.
The V. 8. submarine H-3 went
ashore late Tuesday night five miles
south of Point Sur, one hundred and
twenty miles from gan Francisco, ac
cording to radio dispatches received
early Wednesday by Gapt. F. M. Ben
nett, commandant of the Mare Island
navy yard near San Francisco. No
Information as to the cause of the ac
cident was conttned in the message,
but it was stated that tbs submersible
was in no danger, and that she had
not sprung a leak.
The H-3 left San Diego In com
pany with submarines H-l and H-2
convoyed by the monitor Cheyene
and was proceeding to San Francisco
to participate in a Fourth of July
program at the Panama-Pacific ex
position.
Early in the evening the H-3 out
distanced the other vessels and when
she went asfcprc was fifty miles north
of them. The port navy officials
communicated with the Cheyene by
radio and informed her officers of
the plight of the undersea craft.
the Turks and Tartars, and whose
plains were time and time again
bathed in the blood of her children.
"To-day, when the principle of na
tionality appekfs about to triumph;
when in its name Russia promises
the Poles the reconstitution of their
ancient kingdom: when Italy is on
the eve of realizing the vision of
Dante, the unity of her people: when
Serbia dreams of a domain three
times larger than her present pos
sessions; when France claims Alsace-
Lorraine; when everybody wants to.
have his part, more or less legiti
mate, of the spoils, why should Rus
sia alone see her fights disregarded,
her aspirations checked?
“If Russia, France, England and
Italy wish to be just; If they wish to
do honor to the war which they are
waging In the name of the principle
of the fveedom of nations and of es
sential Justice, it is necessary
“That Russia restore to Roumania
all Bessarabia up to the Dniester, as
she received it from Turkey in 1812.
“That all the Roumanian countries
situated between the Theiss and the
Danube be incorporated with Rou
mania.
“That the old Dacia of Trajan's
time be restored within its original
boundaries.
“Russia will find in the fertile
plains of Asia Minor,” says Professor
Basilesco, apparently without any
perception of the inconsistency of his
suggestion, "sufficient compensatioiU-
for the trifling sacrifice which Rou
mania asks of her to-day in the name
of the principle in virtue of which
Russia is fighting. If she does not
make that sacrifice to-day her failure
to do so will always remain a blot
On her record; her generous promises
m*de to the nations at the beginning
of the war will appear as mere trick
ery dictated by the pressure, of cir
cumstances—swords which are forgot
ten as soon as the peril is past.”
The professor touches with some
scorn upon the pretensions of Serbia
to the territory across the Danube,
put forward on the plea that Bel
grade should not be subject to the
menace of a foreign power at her
very gates, saying: “All this terri
tory is-absolntely and entirely Rou
manian, and Roumania will never
consent to abandon an inch of Rou
manian soil or a single Roumanian."
And he closes nls letter with these
words:
“It is not to-day, when the out
come of the world war rests in their
hands; that Roumanians are going to
forget the duty they owe to them-
selves.’* ’ - ' .✓a
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British Dardanelles Low HeaVy.
Id the month of May at the Dar
danelles Premier Asquith has an-
tounced the loeaos of the . British
forces to be 29,626. This, includes
Und and wa forces. •