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~tOS''NEAR EQUAL' IN NAVAL BATTLE LATER NEWS INCREASES NUM BER OF GERMAN SHIPS SUNK. BOTH SIDES CLAIM VICTORY Berlin Considers Results Highly Satis factory--There Were 6,000 Men on the Ships. London.-The latest reports from the British fleet, from neutral vessels which witnessed parts of the great naval battlo in the North Sea, and from survivors, cause the British pill) lie to believe that the engagement was not so near a defeat as at first ap pearod, and in no wise a disaster. The British losses, with all the craft engaged accounted for; were three battle cruisers, three cruisers and eight destroyers. The German losses are believed to have been about the same number of ships, although a much less aggre gate of 'onnago. Dritish naval experts maintain that Great Britain continues to hold the supremacy of the sea by a safe mar gin and that her enormous navy could better afford the losses it suf fered than could the smaller German establishment. The first reports of the heavy loss of life, unhappily, have not been revised. Great Britain mourns for more than 4,000 of her best seamen, and the whole Nation is opprecacd with sadness, which is re flected in the faces of all the people of London. There were same 6,000 men on the ships which sank, and only a few have been saved. The horrors of modern naval warfare, far exceeding those when wooden ships fought and continued to float evi when they ceased to be fighting units, were real. ized to their utmost. From five of the largest ships which went under with a complement of more than 4,000 men, only seven junior officers and a few seamen rescued. Rear Admiral the Honorable Hor ace Lambert Iood, second in com mand to Vice Admiral Sir )avid Beat ty, and Captains Sowerby, Cay and Prowse were lost with many others whose names are not yet known be cause the government has not so fit issued any casualty list. There wore no surrenders, and the ships which went down carried with them vir tually their whole crews. Only the Warrior, which was towed part way from the scene of battle to a Britislj port, was an exception. Of some thousand men onft the Queen Mary, only a corporal, 'guard is accounted for. The sa is true of the Invincible, while 75ere are no survivors repyftfjb .ricn the Indefa. tigable-J'ei Defense or the Black AMERICA HAS STOOD STEADFASTLY FOR LAW. Lansing Tells Lawyer. That Life and Property Are By No Means Equal. Watertown, N. 1.-Secretary Lans Ing before the Jefferson County Bar association here scored critics of the administration's foreign policy who would have it do more than has been done in the negotiations arising from the wvar and replied to those who complain the United States has been more vigorous in its dlealings with Germany than with Great Britain. "The violation of the natural right of life is a much mere serious offense against an individual and against his nation," said Secretary Lansing, "than the violationi of the legal right of pr'operty. Can you doubt for a mo. men t which one gives this government the greatest concern?" That there was an influence in - America and even in congress which put right of property and right of life on a par, Secretary Lansing declared, showed that "the great heart of the Republic is threatened with fatty de generacy through those who have lost their patriotic vigor; that many Amer Scans have become lovers of easo rath er than lovers of national honor." 'TO NOMINATE WILSON EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SSt. Louis.-President Wilson and Vice President Marshall are to be nemuinated as the Democratic party V standard hearers for the Presidential campaign some time early Saturday morningr at the final session of the Democratic national convention. Plans for the, convention have been prac tically agreed upon by National Chair man McCombs. Mr. McCombs and his associates expect to attendi the Republican national convention. SEC. DANIELS TO INSIST ON.U. 8. NAVY DE RIGIBL E. Washington.-Construction by' the Npyy Department of dirigible air craft of $he Zeppelin type may -be urged by Secretary Daniels ae a result 'of the 1orth Sea ttle 'an4 t he, p[0wnoss- et /00mfinercial devetop etof, Mch o GMAN FLEET IN BIG NAVAL BATTLE OESTROYS 3 GREAT CRUISERS, 8 FIRST LINE CRUISERS AND 11 DESTROYERS. HUNDREDS OF LIVES LOST In Big Battle Off the Jutland Coast. Germany Lost One Battleship, Two Cruisers and Some Torpedo Boats. In a naval engagement of great in tensity in which hundreds if not thou sands of lives were lost and great ships costing as high as $12,000,000 sent to the bottom, the British and German fleets, portions of which are now in home ports for repairs, startled the world as the result of this death grapple in the North Sea, May 31, de tails of which are just now passing through the censors. The British public was given a pain ful shock when the admiralty gave out the statement that in a naval bat tle in the North Sea the British bat-' tlecruiser fleet meet the German fleet with the result that three British bat tlecruisers were sunk, together with three cruisers, and several destroyers while six destroyers were still unac counted for. The Indefatigable, the Invincible and the Queen Mary were the battle cruisers sent to the bottom by the Germans. The cruisers Defence, Black Prince and Warrior also were lost. The Warrior first was reported dis abled, but subsequently it was an nounced that she had to be abandoned by her crew. The battle seems to have lasted thrmugh the afternoon and the follow ing night. The German fleets' losses are stated to have been serious but no very definite information of these losses is afforded. One battlearniRer is declared to have been dlestroyed and another severely daimaged, while the belief ir expressed that a large num ber of destroyers were disposed of. HOUSE UNANIMOUSLY PASSES BIG NAVAL BILL Appropriates ToP61 of $269,900,000. For f1g Program. Wash ingtfi..-Tie second of the big propamnj~aess measutas, a naval ap propriation bill larger by many mil lityns than any ever before considered in congress, passed the house almost uanimously. It carries a building pro gram for next year of five battlecruis era, four scout cruisers, 10 destroyers. 50 submarines and 130 aeroplanes, pro vides for a government armor-plate plant, authorizes an increase of near ly 17,000 enlisted men and appropri ates a total of $269,900,000. The only important amendment written into the bill in the final day of debate was one appropriating $1, 000,000 for repair work at the Nor folk navy yard. Of this amount $60,000 would be available as soon as the bill becomes law. The appropri ation is addttional to that already pass ed for equipping the yard for battle ship construction. As passed, the bill is in substantial ly the same form as framed 'by the naval committee. Only a few amend mnents were adopted during a week of debate... TORNADO BLEW TRAIN FROM TRACK, INJURING EIGHTEEN Bloomington, 11.-A tornado blew the Chicago-St. Louis fast mail train No. 17 on the Wabash railroad from the tracks near- Sauenmin, Ill., injur ing 18. one probably fatally. The ac cident occurred in a deep cut whbich kept the cars from overturning and probably prevented heavy loss of life. DEMOCRATS ELECT GLYNN TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN St. Louis, Mo-Martin Glynn, form er governor of New York, was elected temporary chairman of the Democratic national convention by a sub-commit tee en arrangements of the national committee here, MOR E T HAN 1,000 MIN ES HAVE BEEN WASHED ABHORE The Hague, Netherlands-More than 1,000 mines have been washed ashore on the coasts of Holland. These in chude 535 10nglish, 01 Frenchi and 193 German, the others being classed as as "origin unknown." A majority of them were cast up by the sea at Points in the estuary of the Schedlt river, In the extreme southwestern part of IHolland. whkth is nearest -to the vast minefield designed to bar in. gress from the North iSea. FOUR ARMORED MILITARY AUTOMOBeILES POR CAMP Indianapolts.--The citizena' military training camps, which will open at -F'ort Beonjamin Ifarrisop, near here, July 5, and continue through to Octo. ber 6, will have the use of four armor. ed military automobiles, according to word received hero by IApVWallace, Jr., ad-futarit of the laeal-eolnuinittee a# 'bei eto by tlh16 tar' ka, B UTISF(I NATI E8A 00 D.MANDS U.S. WITHDRAW MEXICAN CHIEF'S, LATEST NOTE BLUNTLY QUESTIONS FAITH OF UNITED STATES. Threatens Armed Resistance-W Iloon Considers Answer.-No Immediate Withdrawal Is Belief. 'Washington. - General Carranga's latest note, bluntly questioning the good faith of the United States gov ernment, and with a threat of armed resistance, demanding withdrawal of American troops from Mexico, was presented at the state department by Eliseo Arredondo, the Mexican ambas sador designate. A translation of the voluminous document, about 12,000 words long, was laid before President Wilson, who at once began consider ing how it should be answered. No one in official circles would .t tempt to forecast Just what course the president might decide upon. There was complete unanimity, however, in the belief that there would be no im mediate withdrawal of the Pershing expedition. High officials said the de facto government so far had utterly failed to demonstrate its ability to pro. tect the border against bandits, and expressed the opinion that the troops would stay in Mexico until this was (lone. It was suggested that the bel ligerent and uncom.promising attitude assumed by Carranza probably was largely for effect upon the Mexican public, and there was little disposi. tion to believe that the de facto gov. ernment actually contemplated an effort to expel the American army by force. Mr. Arredondo left the impression that his chief did not expect the do fiant words of the note to bd taken at their face value, when, on handing communication to Acting Secretary Polk he gave notice that it was not intended as an ultimatum, but as a continuation of the negotiations which have been in progress between the two governmnenats. T~h new note, written before the withdrawal of the Langhorne-Sibley expedli tion. wh Ich entered Mexico after the Bloquil'as raid, was brought to Wasington Monday by Manuel Men. dex, an *.ttache of the Mexican for eign ofice. Word of Its coming had been received last week, hut on Men dlez's arrival ho insisted that lhe knew nothing of a note and merely wvas in the United States on a vacation. Officials made it very plain that the Columbus expedition referred to in the Mexican ,note as "interned in the State of Chihuahua " can be with drawvn from Mexico only on President Wilson's orders. The thinly veiled threat in he note that falling withdrawal, after due exchange of views between Wash ington andl Mexico, American soldiers in Mexico might expect attack by Mex. lean troops left army officers undis. turbed. HOT DISCUSSION OVE WAR IN BRITISH CABINET, ParlIamentary Under Secretary Criti. clses Grooms and OffIcer.' Ser vants at Front. London.-Tphe vote for the salary of Earl Kitchener as Secretary for Wai in the House of Commons led to a discussion of the general conduct of the war. In introducing the vote Harold J. Tennant, parliamentary under-secretary for war, replied to the speech made last week by Winston Spencer Churchill, .in which he said the position of the BritIsh hines at several points was disadvantageous and that there were large numbers 01 mon on dluty as grooms and officers' servants who might be used to aug. ment the fighting forces. Mr. Tenntant pointed out that a large number of men was required be hind the lines to move up necessary supplies. The War Office he said al. ready had adopted the plan of replac ing younger soldiers with older ones, although this could not be done in every case. As to bolonel Churchill's comptaint in regard to the large number of of fieers'- servar4 i, Mr. Tennient ai those -rnn,- like all othef, hm4i to tI iifrs plados In the flrjg iit d' to ija - iili B A MOUNT ARMY TAKES OfFENSIVE ATTACKS ITALIAN POSITIONS ON POSNIA AFTER VIOLENT AR TILLERY PREPARATIONS. Mine Exploded in Enemy Trenches With Considerable Effet.--infan try In Tofana Repulsed. Rome, via Paris.-The Austrians have resumed the offensive in the the Posnia after violent artillery prep Astico in the southern Tyrol. They attacked the Italian position south of the Posina after violent artillery prep aration, and according to the official statement from the War Office were unable to dislodge the defenders. The statement says. "In the Lagarina Valley and in the Pasubic section there has been an intense artillery duel and great activity. Enemy convoys were dis turbed by our fire. "South of Posnia, the enemy, after a violent artillery preparation, attack ed In the direction of Soglia di Cam piglia and Mount Priafore. After a desperate struggle our troops retain these positions. "On the Asiago plateau and in the Sugana Valley reconnoitering detach ments have been active. . Enemy ar tillery has begun the bombardment of Ospedaleppo. "In the Tofana zone we repulsed a small infantry attack. "On the northern slope of Monte San Michele we exploded a powerful mine, breaching a considerable ex tent of onemy trenches. ALL NEUTRAL SHIPS MUST KEEP OUTSIDE Washington-Neutral vesseds are prohibited from entering the British port of Yarmouth Haven under an or der of he admiralty forwarded by Consul Genoel Skinner at London to the state departm'ent. SEVERAL CHANGES IN COIN ARE TO BE MADE SOON. For First Time Since 1891 New De signs For Dimes, Quarters and Half Dollars. Washington--For the first time since 1891 changes are to be made in~ the design of dimes, quarters and half (101lars The face of the new half-dollar beoars a full-length Liberty with a background of the American flag fly ing to the breeze. The goddess is striding toward the dawn of a new (lay, carrying laurel and oak branches, symbolic of civil and military glory. The reverse side shows an eagle perched high upon a mountain crag, with wings unfolded. Growing from a rift In the rock is a sapling of moun ta-In pine, sympbolic of AmerIca. The design of the 25-cent piece is intended to typify the awakening of the country to its own protection, Sec retary McAdoo's announcement stated. Liberty, a full-length figure is shown stepping toward the country's gate way, bearing upraised a shield from which the covering Is being drawn. The right hand bear. an olive bt'anch of peace. Above the head is the word "Liber ty," and below the feet, "1916." The reverse bears a figure of an eagle in full flight, wings extended, and the In scription, "United States of America" and "FJ Pluribus Unum." The half dollar and the quarter bear the phrase, "In God We Trust." The design of the (lime is simple. Liberty, with a wingedl cap, is shown on the foreside and the reverse Is a design of a bundle of rods and a bat tle axe symbolic of unity, "Wherein lies the Nation's strength." COL. J.S.,MOSBY, FAMOUS CONFEDERATE, PASSES AT 82. Washington.-The death of pol. John Singleton Mosby ended a oareer' that was as varied as it was speotaou jar. A leader of "Mosby's Men" dur ing the war in guerilla attacks that mnade them feared of the Union sol diery as no other band of Sottthern fikhters was feared, )Iosby; aiter the *ar was eventuAlly ettes~det A Wgld 616,00000 FOR BIGGER NAVuYARDS NORFOLK, NEW ORLIEANS, CHAR LESTON, BOSTON, PHIIADEL PHIA AND OTHERS. CLARK UPHOLDS MEASURES House Adopts Changes In Enlistment. Fight Against Hensley Resolution Falls. Washington.-Advocates of greater preparedness than is provided by the naval bill as reported by the commit. tee won some victories in the house. They succeeded in obtaining appro priations not to exceed $6,000,000 for enlarging the navy yards at Norfolk, New Orlean, Charleston, Boston. Portsmouth, N. H., Philadelphia and Puget Sound. Capital ships would be constructed at the Norfolk, Puget Sound, Philadelphia'and Boston yards. An ameDdment designed, to lower the enlistment period in the navy fro= four to three years and to permit men to enter the reserve after one year's service was also adopted. An unsuccessful fight was led by Representative Gardnner of Massachu setts against the section of the naval bill, embracing the Hensley resolu tion authorizing participation by the United States in the establishment of an international court for the enforce ,ment of peace. The section was re tained without a roll call in the house, sitting as a committee of the whole. Paciflisis, so-called "little navy" men and many advocates of general preparedness rallied to the support of the section. Speaker Clark took the floor and aroused enthusiasm by de claring the section was the best fea ture of the bill. The Hensley section would appro priate $200,000 and provide for the appointment of nine men by the president at the close of tho Europearn war, to enter into negotiations with other countries for establishment of an international court to enforce peace. It was placed in the bill as a compromise when it appeared that .the opponents of a greater navy would not support the committee. Representative Gardner declared the plan could not be carried out and that if the United States had been a party to such an agreement in 1914 congress would not have voted te send the country's quota of 500,000 men abroad to aid in the enforce, ment of peace. CONDITION OF COTTON CROP 77.5 PER CENT. NORMAL, MAY 25 Department of Agriculture Reports Conditions Bad In Carolinas. Washington.-The cotton crop ot the United States showed a condition of 77.6 per cent of a normal May 25, the depatment of agriculture an. nounced in its flrst condition report of the season, awaited with Interest by cotton, textile and other interests, That condition compares with 80.0 on May 26 last year, 74.3 in 1914, 79.1 in 1913 and 79.8, the average of the last 10 years on May 26. Until the government's official re 'port estimating the area planted to cotton this year is 'issund July 1, no calculation will be mad, by the de partment's experts as to .the probable size of the crop. Unofficial'estimates place the area planted at from 6 to 10 per cent more than last year when the preliminary estimate inade by the department in July was 31,635,000 acres. An increase of from 6 to 10 per -cent in the area this year would place the average at from 33,417.000 to 34,688,600 acres. WILL TAKE NO MORE MUNITION ORDERS Richmond, Va.-George Gurry, man ager of the Richmond plant of. the American Locomotive Cotnpany, an nounced that the company would take no more munition contracts. The Chesapeake & Ohio has Junt ordered 26 big Mallet engines built here and the Atlantic Coast Line has ordered five other locomotives. BRANDEIS WINS OUT AFTER LONG CONTEST Washington.-The nomination of Louis D. Brandeis of Boston to the supreme court to succeed the late Joseph Lamar was confirm~ed by the senate by a vote of 47 to 22. The vote, takent without debate, ended one of the bitterest contests ever waged against a presidential nominee. Mr. Brandeis will be the first Jew to oc ('Upy a seat on the supreme bench. Only one Democrat, Senator New. lands, voted against conflrmation. ITALiANS CONTINUE TO I HOLD BACK AUSTRIANS London.-The Italiann, according to Rome continue to bold back attacks by the Austrians at various points along the Tyrol front. E~specialfly bitter fight ing has talpen place in the region~ of Posina tora~nt and guth~aat' of Ar [siero, where the.Auasi'ams either were stopped or driven baclj in disorder. Lively artierZflielt afb In. Progress IN N's. 0o PRIMARY'11 4lAS MAJORITY OF ABOUT 261000 OVER E. L. DAUGHTRIDGE FOR GOVERNOR. KITCHIN IS RE House Leader Caor'k - sy Large Majority-Second Primary for Secoretary of State and Two. Con. gressmen. Raleigh.-Attorney General t. W. Bickett has a lead of about 26,000 over Lieut. Gov.- Daughtridge for the guber -natorial nomination on incomplete re turns from North Carolina's first legal ised statewide primary. Rain out down the size of the vote and the long bal lot made the count slow. Congressman Claude Kitchin carried every county in his district and his majority is now estimated as in excess of 7,000. Bertie, the home county of his opponent, Clingman W. Mitcltell, gave Kitchin about 200 majority. On incomplete returns from the sixth dis trict, indicate that Congressman H. L. Godwin will enter the second primary with -Q. K. Nimocks of Cumberland. In the seventh district Lee D. Robin son of Anson leads with U. L. Spence X M * . . ~ I Democratico~ of Moore claiming second place for a . second primary. In the tenth Zobulon V. Weaver is nominated. All these ., are Democrats. In the ninth district Jake Newell of Mecklenbnrg,' Repuhll can, is ndminated in the only contest in the state among Republicans. Returns indicate that N. A. Sinclair is leading for Attorney General, but there will be a secondi primary.) Attorney General Dickett's majority for the Democratic nomination for goy. ernor over Lieut. Gov. E. L. Daught ridge is now estimated at above 26,000 on figures from 62 out of 100 counties. The returns now in band show a sec. end primary for secretary of state between the Incumbent J. Bryan Grimes and J. A. Hartness of Iredell. also for commisqsioner. of agriculture. between the Incumbent W. A.. Graham and A. J. Mc~innon of Robeson. All of the other incumbents are re-nomi nated. There were no contests on the Re. publican ticket. President Wilson polled a heavy vote on the preferential ballot en the Democratic side and Theodore Reose. velt was reported leading among the Reptrblicans. PREiSIDENT WILSON AT GRAVES OF THE CONFEDERATES Enthusiastically Received by Large, Crowd of Southerners at Arting .ton Cemetery. Washington.-President~ Wilson at.. tended the Memorial exercises held inl the Confederate section of Arlington National Cemetery, but did not speak. His appear'ance was unexpected as he. had Previously announced that he would be unable to attend. He wasI enthusiasticailly received by a large crowd of Southerners. The exercises wore Impressive )a their simpllicity. Senator Vardaman, orator of the occasion, paid tribute to the Confederate soldier and the self. sacriflcing women of the South. De fending the right of the Niouthern States to secede he dIt-he thc. ans wer to the queui on I I well thai the Opnfddefacy failedP" steiid with the tuture and meu w'y b. gorda governameng used, its jgow . Hi' e eaM he *ogdI t'6tliet '..ifred cit ses 9*' X" k:."