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IN THE TRAP. ONI v mil R ui.w u i.im: u:ft fOH iii n s i s| < cncrul March l>csciit?cs Situation IMstiug un i rent In rnuuv \\ heir \IH( s i nntlnuc to Make Progress. Washington, July Jl.?Massud lirr man rcsei ves arc holding open the Jnws of the trap Oemrul Koche hu? ?'i'iwiiK in the Ahme-:Marne region in n deaperutc effort to HtabllhM tie h line* without crushing the forces withdrawing from the Chateau-Thiei - ry und Marne sa'ients. Official re? pot lg tg rat d< p n tun nt, however, show that the enemy has hut a Single railway line remaining in his hands over which to get his heavy matmial out of the pocket into which ho has ????? I? fo. <???(! h\ allied and American advances. The situation was graphically ex? plained today by Central March, chief of stafT, in a midweek BOUfSfSJBOl wit 1? MM spa per con . spomlents. For tie last two days, tlencral March said, the employment of probably 11 divis lona of fresh Herman reserves on the So.ssons jaw of the trap MW come in the last few day a. on the eastern juw front, however, the enemy has been crushed back none than a mile t i?d a h.i If on a ten miles front, fur? ther ImperiliriK his whole position In the MiUent from which he Is endeav? oring to extrlcute his troops. "The railroad running from Sois son* to Chateau-Thierry Is now * it 11 er in our hands or under our Cue.' Hen. Ma eh said. "The only way in n the snetti] sas get out now ei get supplies over a railroad is by the remaining line fiom .\uit.-uil or the Our? i f.- lM7.eehes on tin- Fi\e| Veeia. "It was necessary for him, if he did not intend to he caught absolutely In a pocket, to keep troops from ad vynelng and cutting off this road. Which would put him entirely at lb. mercy of the allied forces." General Mai eh did not Indicate what development the continued bat? tie along the front of the greatly re ?"ueed Herman salient might be ? K? pected to prodm e Amessj other of? ficers, however, the opinion prevailed th it Hera i ll Koch WSS t ie him- lot ward masses of heavj artillery whloh e/ftth airplanes would pound the Inter ior of the c,? rtnan positions from three sides. ?s these oflleers see the sit? uation tin- sss*y strength of tie Her MM lines now established will make his losses great from the con? centrated lire tnf the alli? ?1 artillery and aircraft. The enemy forces oc cupy a wedge, the center of which is Its* than I . miles distant from the hard pressing lines of the allies at any point. All his communication lines are within gun range, once the heavies-' >,"'t up behind the allied lines. There Is another consideration, tacking railway lines on which to muneuver, the enemy probably is making desperate efforts to get his biggest guns away safely. The at? tacking lines are harked by circling isilways on which long range weap? ons on railway mounts can be shuttled hack und forth at will. It is recalled that the Herman attack on Chateau Thierry little morn than a week ago was accompanied by the lire of Mi naval guns. mIu-IU from width 1.11 ten and 15 miles behind the lines. , r* < re,-, of the battle around Chateau-Thiei ( y und along that portion of the north haul; of tin* Maine where the enemy still retains a footing probably is hugely due to his determination to stave off Franco Aiiiti'it'.in attack.* from the south at b ast Ulltkl the big weapons tl iVe bt en .drugged buck to safety. The a\MSthisn advance reported through Chat? h t rot est .I to tin northeast of V.pieds is beginning to noname stiom.lv h.\ position. further ea?lwartl on the Maine Which are covering his withdrawal within the salient. It has been estimated that the Her? mans now have Us many as half a million lion in the limited ssllsnl they still hold. About 40 divisions an understood to base been identilied there. The Irrcgululy shaped pock el is about :p? mlh s broad at Its ha**?! ? etw.-en Stati ns an.I Klnims. whib Its greatest depth is aioiiml It Mil a Ohvloulsy, It is said. the enemy is hidl> cramped for sp n< in which to handle this hSJf/t army. Should the Dual rail connect loll northward come under direct gunfire. It la regarded as possdde by many oflleers that a Veritable rout would re? sult as the massed fon t - ni the ene? my could not alt be gotten away. Appraised at its ISJWSSl probabF value, officials say, the eounterstroke Already has ill awn In the enein>'s most vital necessity, his reserves. His whole plan of campaign has been overturned in less than a week and it Is regarded as more than prohuhle that the initiative MMfd bj fl eitel tl Koch will re mala in his hands pernin? neatly, to be amplllled Into blows at other parts ol the Ilm*. , fienersi March's statement follows; t ?on Saturday I called your atten? tion to the Importance of the ralirOan system in tho salient Which was under discussion as influencing the position 1 of the Germans south of the Marne and wild- i was talking the i torman wore actually withdrawing from that salient across the Marne. Our Official accounts indicate that he retreated from this position protected by smoke clouds and continue,i his passage at night across the stream as soon as the line of railroad Which furnishes him With supplies, food, etc., was nppar-l ently destined to fall into our hands. Along*the salient here, between the Marne ami Rhelme, on the east dank of the salient, the enemy has been pUahed hack over a ten mile front for an average distance of One and one half miles. This has been done by i'ritish, French and Italian troops, through a very wooded country, and over high ground, reaohlng up some thing like perhaps; 500 foot above th< it i son, ' Along thi Marne itself the Ann ri oani and French have crossed the riv? et at a number of points, and now hold villages to the noqjth of the Maine. "The respones of the Qermans to Ihe counti ioileiisive of Foch woe t > IhrOW in at Soissons and south of It, a large number of reserve dlvlaiom ? which he had not good in his advance across the Marne, nur belief Is that he throw In there |A divisions hul lb adv.au < of the allies at that point hfl been practically steady for the las, ? two days aa for as our official Infer motion goeOj Looking at the larger scale, map. the railroad running from ; Soissons to t hateau-Thi? ry Is m>.\ either in our hands or under our lire. ' Tin* only WOO In which the crem., can 1 gel out or lei supplies over railroad, s shown by Ihe remaining hue run 1 nlng from Xanteuil on the ? >ure<| to Ua/oehes on the RIVeT V?s!e. he > may have constructed in addition to I that in and along the volleys, small ' temporary held railroads, military t roads. Which would he of advantage in bundling supplies, hut his main line I of retreat must he along that main railroad. That is the onl> way lie I can get 'out large material. It will ? in obeened thai II v.as necetearj for ? him if he .lid not intend to hi' caught I tbsolutely In a pockel t?> keep troop; ? from' advancing and Cutting off th: rood which would put him entirely at \ tin- mercy of the allied forces ? "It is very interesting to note |n I connection with this entire movement i the similarity between the Austrian ; advance across tin- Plove, The Onem; baVmg once gotten committed to it. i the Hoods came and rendered turtle bringing up of supplies difficult and i his retreat still more difficult and in I the instance of the oounteroffopolvc I the storm, of which you have rend i concealed the movement of our tank, and made the enemy practically im I aware of what was going on. It seems that the Lud has gotten tired of lh< alleged partnership of 'Me und ?lott. "The total area in the Marne sali? n lost by the enemy dunnc, the past Week Ifl about oqUgl to the area gain? ed by him in the drive in Plan I? r last April. ? The arrtnll attack by the Fri nch, a! i lUdOd to in tlu ir communb|Ue, OS fl loon] aft sir north of Montdldlor, Is noi of eeoentlOl Importance with reference , to the entire game, hut it keeps tin , Germans guessing just tin- same, ' Dining this entire counter offensive i the American divisions which ? hav ! . told you about ,before, have been con? stantly engaged ood were still en- i gared at our last olllclal accounts. ( ?With reference to the American programme, I have directed to be or- i ganlaed In" the United stat?s six new divisions in the month of July, Tins- i six divisions will he rirgnni/.cd at | Camps, Hevens. Meede, Sheridan. Ous? ter, I llusion ami Lewis, ami will be | numerical!) design ited 11 om to ! ? In the organisation of these divisions I we intend to not as ,t nueh us in each i one of them two regular regiments of i Infantry which have bees taken from . regular regiments left in tin United Stales guarding utilities, quietly re placing them during the last month or two by home guards, These regl? ments are now moving into the d nated camps as the nation.d aimvt moves OUt', ami the divisions will I un Increase to Ihe American forces The remaining elements of tin < ,i;.i visions will be formed b) National] Army drafted men, "One of ihe correspondents has] asked If I can tell what Ihe 28th ill vision is doing. | will slate that til present location of thai division I known, but of coun Ig an offensiv? like that W here e\e| \ body is flghtipU the commanding general u? th American troops, with the French n in revor he needs lo." "ri;i\e is Italian for "d rains." The Marne should, therefore, signify "It Doiirt ." I 'h u I? ston I 'o t Taiis, June 15.?*Thc authority nre be q H Ith Iho removal ft om i he walls ei tin pantheon of the magnifi? cent mural pointings which decorate them, not i bly tin- paintings b> pu\ I; de I 'ii i \ ililies. CHARLESTON WARMS TO SENATE CANDIDATES. Letter Prom Lute Senator Tillman *.i\<>. Ills Estimate ol former (iov eruor, Charleston, July 24.?Hibernian 11.ill was jammed to overflowing to? night with nn audience that cheered Itself hoarse In response to patriotic utterances <>t candidates lor the Unit* ? ?(I States senate, it. was by hit the most turbulenl crowd which has yet come within the path of the senator? ial party, Tin- spit ndld audience and Its most positive roj <ctlon of a candidate whi i ? patriotism has bet n brought In ques? tion was characterised by w. r. Pol? lock as "Charleston's answer to that propaganda which has been g'oing out through that dirty short, the Charles? ton American, which said that thou? sands would gb out to hear thai arch traitor and base enemy of South Caro? lina, Cole Ii. Dlease, and would not gl out to hear decent people*' making tin regular Itinerary as arranged by the "'t?te Democratic executive committee, fin- meeting was characterised by many as one ol the best ever held in Charleston, hi tin- audience wore bo iwcen OOu and 700 voters, many of these representatives of, Charleston's! last citiseuship iu civic and huslncs. Interests, Dial, Reno! and Pollock wero re? ived with prolong i demonstration ?ml < very s< m> uee In denunciation of leuso'n lOoso war talk ami every ref* aeir hi Ihr ChUliCStOII .\ln> lii'.ih < mpatrioth attitude prior to the war .ml its semblance of patriotism now, haraoterised by Senator Benet as Sao re Camouflage?" was followed by poutaneous bursts of rounds of ap lause ami choruses of shouts. Thon vas no semblance of Bleaselsm do ecti d. James Francis Itlce spoke under: irossure, lie afforded the crowd con Iderable amusement with the logic he! trough! for hla oloctipn. Several times here were calls to "got the libdk" did once hi - words were almost losti n tin shloking whittles the uiirourio?Bj rowd set up in opposition, Candidates tonight made some dl* 'crgenee from tht Ir customary trend if arguments. Senator Christie BenetI nade a powerful plea against tne sup-l >ort of Blease, because of the char-! icter of the paper which Is upholding llfl oftirdftlaoy; The government found t necessary to shut the Charleston Vmcr/can out of the mail because of ts dlsToyal utterances and one mom* r of. tin- editorial staff ha<l been sent o the federal penitentiary. The rowd hacking Blease could not ho rusted, aid Mr. Benet, who read | lumber of editorials from the paper u which t-ie war was characterized as 'Wilson's war" and that RQUgreSH.] vhon standing at the parting of tlu j rays, whon the question had td be U tt rmined definitely whj tber there VHS to he war or not. The American laid "emigres, on n w ould he bOUghl v it li patronage" and the "people ooled." \\ . P, Pollock was no less scathim, ii his arraignment of tin- paper which Us raced the name "American." bc ihuse of Its antl?Wllson policy. The llsloyalty of the room her of the <d:. oriai stuff, who was sentenced to 111 tenth i.i i try, was aha emphasised by dr. Pollock, along with that of w. P. 'e nd. another of Bleaso's followers IOW in the penitentiary, and that of llbert Orth. Th^ quartet would rmi j ?c complete "until Cole Mease li ?oerlng out of the bars of the pen tentiary, when- he ought to l?e un> CSS he is hanged to a lamp post." Please and Mhls hunch of hirelings ind picked up poor little Tom Peoples ml taken him out of ti>. governor's ?nop and put him In the short term t nato race," said M r. Pollock, Plnco "copies wilted at Florence when call d on to say wheth< r or nol he would import Blease for ths United States senate, "he has been lost, strayed or lohn." Senator Benet also ein I longed Mr. iVeph: to come back Into the cam talgii "If \|r. Pot pie i doe: n't II >\'n .i we've g,u to say about him, lot tun come back. I want him lo eoroo j iiiii'iv on ihe stump and i warji him hut i he people ol rloutk i' i i'ollna hate r. ?iuitter." Mr, Peoples would elthet el hu? t\ on i he si map and denounce I'.h ? utterance i, or he u ould ho Kuspectcti of dl loyalty., "You pan al? ways judge i man bs the uoinpauy ho keeps or iho company thai keeps hnn. N 11, i dal took occpt Ion to n pi., to today's t'hdrlestnn American changes that he w as :i corporation lawyer in also Hi lUestlon as to hit Upnioc rney. "There's no talnl on my Denioc raej." Mr, l n ,i i nld. "Back In I R90 Judge lie ke|| i .n as a n indepi nd - enl candidate foi governor, Judge IInskoll was as hiavc n as ever lived. I have nn ro idemnutlori of him, Put i did i ni nip mii him for go\crnot and urged hint nol t<< run." I n an w?r ; i. in- charge t ha I Im wUfl ? I corporation lnwy< r, Mr. iJialtttild he hgd Cl eat. d nun ? POUS i nlei pl i ? i" Iiis community and had handled fnc litigation for a number or these. "If 1 am a eoi pot ation, lawyer, at least ii?? people know corporations never employ tools." w. i\ Po lock read tonight a letter] from Senator Tillman in which Bleasel was denounced as "pro-German," "a traitor to his country and his god/' "a blatherskite" and "a man without principle and without character and certainly without patriotism." The letter was written to C. Jones of Monetta. 107 was read in answer to the assertion l?y the Charleston Amer? ican that ?' Senator Tillman were liv? ing he would toll the voters to support I'lease. The letter follows; Mi. c. L. Jones, Monetta, 8, C. "M y I lour Sir; ^ "youi*s of iim 17th ihet, to hand and conti nts noted. You say, M am fully convinced in my own mind that Bleasc can not be defeated by you or any on eise nr,less an active campaign i: Waged against him.' "That muj be trtle, but 1 pray iJoii that it is not. But suppose he is elect* ed, what harm will it do lb me per? sonally'.' i entered tin- race from a sense of duty ami patriotic desire to sustain President Wilson in his con? duct of the war and to prevent South Caroliuu si ading i pro-Gorman to the ?note, I wo iid havo much prcfdrrci to haVO gone to m.. home, as I said! ! would four years ago, hot my con-j tcionce would* noi let me. i can nol j make n cavnass lieoauso^ my health will not pormil it. besides the work in the senate calls tor my presence here a I! tin- time, to say not bin:;- oil thi large mi:; Im r of important 1< tters i h ve f r o i i iioidiers and their wives every day. * >.'ow suppose thai Bioase is elect? ed. The good name or the state will be blackened for all time Tor having sent such a 1 hat her. kite' to rcpre sent it. Mahone was a. traitor to hit :>. ty only, rtleasoJs a traitor Jo his country and his God. The peopleI should rise up and see to it that wherever he speaks that he is naked questions about his record ami his con? duct ami made to feel thai he Is not j a true South Carolinian, but the spur? ious product ol bis own ambition, without principle ami without char? acter and certainly without patriot? ism. Bvt ry cohgressihan will have op position and the isnm is 'America 01 Germany,1 and thai qtoi&tion ought to be pr/esst d hi roe in every speech by every candidate for 'congress! i "I lease is shouting and hurrahiir now. of OOUrso, 'Th- t we must win tin war,' hut his utterances last summer should be thrown In his teeth every time be gets u ? to speak, in \\ > speech at Mann ng, he denied most! ol these utterances and said he had been 'misrepresented.' Ho is lying and ought to h told so, because hi. own paper, the, Charleston Ann rlci n. published official copies, furnished it by Bleaui himself. I can llOl B?' hew any falb? er, who has boya In France, who may be kilh d any di y In the fearful I I ties now going on, can tolerate such a traitor anywhere or at any time. "The thing Ui it should be stressed throughout the.state now is thai this Is the people's flghl ami not Tillman's, for thai oi really.what it Is. Thank? ing you for your kindly expressions. I am yours sine rely, (Sign d) "Ik R. Tillman." Tin s ah fair. Columbia, July ::i.-- The State ( oun.cH of !a !? n. e ins recogniz d th< Usefulness Of ihe Slate l'a.ir at thb particular time of stress, ?nd has is? sued tl statement which has h en * ic culated throughout ihe eoifhty coun* ells, advising Ho o hibltipn of \\a? work at Ihe State Ifair this fall, lu this manner the advanttfi.es ol pen.-' lime will not only bo Illustrated, but added to this tin State's great store? house of pntrlotinm und patriotic ac? tivlty will be emphasis: it. it Is tho plan nmd pm post of the Slate Coun? cil i hat both the tin n's nnd wome i'i divisions be represented In th patriotic exhibitions which are to b< an important patt Ol! the Stale '"i this year, roth branches of tlu Siati- Council arc is lOUch with ! >. I .' Kflrd nnd other olllclals c?f the Rtat lair, Who have ? a to provide on or more buildings for exhibition pur poses, \\ outan' < un II ??f l?efcnsc. The regulqr no >IIiik of 1 ho Wo man's Comrnitt ? i Ihe Council of De? i ellse v. ill he l|e\| ml ?"'at III d:..V. ' Ul> 'Tth at I i o'clock at the ? Is mher o ? oi amerce roomi All v omen wh i dp- interosteil In giving aid to their government In ihiti time of need art ? ordltill> in ? Itcd t at tend the meet ? i ;nc The in w i\ elect. ,i State chair? man of the committee, Mrs, ihe Held, w ill be presont, and a full I i.e. tin- j nrgi id!; roquet ted. Amah i Ja i i, June ? 1 oi i p ?nd ence ol ihi Ast oi In I ed Pn s) i ?u I h ?m. is fo hid I, i this Slimmer at ;!;! the popular (1 error n hohdav resorts an the Karl I'Visin i islands which, stretch iiioun the .\<>itn Sea coast. ?\i uir 11- ore entii I) bai red from these ie oi ts. . AMERICANS TIKE TOWN. BAUD FIGHTING WAS SEEN TUESDAY. Little III i Istaiiee Offered bj : In Advance on Epleds, rom.en;, Kloutty Defended, With the Airierlean Army en the Usne-Marne Prent, July -1. Evening (By the Associated Prees).?The Rg|it-| ing today Was not characterised by] any great artillery activity although the heavy guns ooritlnued to drop shells on the retreating enemy and serve to notn 1 extent to disorganise his movement? It was radically different yesterday when the Americans fought three im es for the possesslbn of EJpieds, th?' Gormani countering every time ;n<! stuhborhiy contesting every move? ment mads .\v the Franco-Americans on that part of the line immediately north of Chateau-Thierry. The Amer< leans passed Bpieds tod: y with com* puratlvoly little resistance, The French on their pari of tho 1 i n?? also found he enemy willing to move. Hoi roar guard actions are con? tinuing. The hiiM': among the Oer mans have been lighter than usual >>m account of their failure to vr. -1 strenuously tho advance of the allies. No:; h cf ChalejiU-Thlerry tho allied foro< s u >! mounted pt trols at two plac< s i.i ma Inclining contact with] thotr armies In the r<: r. it is now known that General \o'. 1 oohm, the German commander on this front, has managed to moVe to] a large p : t of his guns and stores. Owing to the fact that the day was (?right and there was little wind I i visitors played an Important role is] the "ght. Amerlcati aviators In com-j bats i rth of the M .rue on Wednee laj downed ojlve German machines. Thn Americans suffered no loss s. Their find light was with p German squadron of 12 planes, the brittle last-] Ing nearly two hours. Pour Germans! were downed. t?at r the Americans ] shot down another eiiemy plane. STIUKE ;\ ENGLAND. \lun> Members of labor Kodetlc 1 May bo t 'a 1 leii frtr.il Important Tasks. London, July 24.?A strike of mu? nition workers began at Uirmlnghan 1 at ii o'clock th's i vening, the hon ? th the d< y workers finished their workl and whtn the night shift was to cornel on duty, according to a dispatch to! the Central News from blrntlagham. j Tin* aggregate niomlssrship of j 12 societies, affiliated with the joint oontmitteo of the engineering trader unions is about 65,000, Including about 5,000 women. Officials of the joint! in it tee say they have no reason I doubt that ail th<> workers will I* loyal to the resolution'to stop wor's. A number of discharged soldiora who are union members inquired 1 1 the officials of the Federation of Pis-1 chargi I Soldiers and Sailors regard-j ing tiu ii- 1 osttion. Tin y were advisedj hot to cease work under any clrcum-j ranees. OWlllg to III" BOl'iOUS COIt-] sequences which would ensue to the] men In the trenches, .\1 [Jncoln wlnre the strike was to! become ofTeeUvo tonight untess the! embargo was withdrawn the workers] Agreed to remain ol .heir posts pend-j Ing .". decision ot the national confer* { encp tomorrow. Red Cross Ffotcs?Canteen Dai a - ment* The Canteen Department is out of msgaxfnes. All those who wish to contribute^ will please send tln>5, maguxlncs to Ued Cross headquar ters. Tin y may be of any date, al though tho newer ones ar preferred, as the men on the troop train-, wel? come, almost raue than anything else, something to read. Suhl tint lite Peril Dinslnlshlng. Paris, June 29 (Correspondence of :!>?? Associated Press) The growing Ineffectiveness of the submarine war are is indicated by official figure* just published by the French govern? ment, relating to the French trailv in ihe M? diierrunenm. According to these figures, no less 1 is n 2.QC0 \ 'Si Is, ebletlj merchant* I 1 Ii, w Ith a total t<" 0.1 ? ni' 3,500.? 1 ni. cross d the M d I terra nenn be? tween February ?1 ad April I, under escort. The average number of ships underway, cominj In or gpipg away i t tint, Frn nee, >? ? ?' ' Tue submarine atlaeks nevertheless had so dlmi isli d in force that only one in four n it It od In damages to the Id 1 ? result has been that the w, t< ? ira ii< lias steadily Increased, ,"".?ulj 24. The lirOt men ion In Herman newspapers sccelved ' ?i> ul the number o' shots tired ii the lom; range bombardment of Pai Ihlt apecined pet lod, is made in ? ecial disp.it h 1 rem Ilm Westen '..lit published In the Cologt i te of Hay 28 which, In a re of the tUty's activities, com id< will the statement that "thl ? shoti v. ere fired at Par! UK TSlXCi VTMOST STUI XC.ll KIT M l I I S STILL GAIN. ; .!. ,,,,.. ii r: ?M? t?(i to Launch . lacks Ui Sa\o His Army ; ' f ' < ? . lo \ esle Itiver and Jh v.lill l IffcilslvC. I'm is. .) n y j".. i??i?* reserves are being thrpwn Into ?].?? battle by the Germans, according to latest adviee% bnt thebe wore unable to prevent the allies froth making appreciable ?ains Wednesday, ami the allies are slowly/ surrounding the Important point of i lulchy-lCM 'hate.^ti. Military observers here are confi ilenl that Gen. Ludertdorff will soon launch a counter attack to try to i tho front .between liheims and SoiasonO, a second lo lessen the de? mo: >ij/ing effect of the projected re? treat to the Veslc river, and a third to !i: .'e ilormuny regr :r. the offen? sive. $ I NK in A TOltPEDO. mud' if of i -b iat Gives nunilepftl ?u led ? l ive Days of Torture. ! .Icne 2i' (Correspondence ? ciated Press)?One' in i u i an enemy submarine ? .laander, after sinking a British .? I, amazed the survivors by giv i'" them bandages and liniment for .keit wounds, s.tan Is out In shoyo) con trasl to '.be brutality or indiffer ' ... t.? suffering practiced by the (iermuti sea-pi rates. Nevertheless th ; lie ors tell a . imy of extreme hard? ship endured in small boats for six ya and nights. Seventeen are miss of >;p' ship's company of nineiy F i/e hundred edles from the Trish ... i large British steetmer, out ' l iund in ballast received n tor i? i do d. atlib! iw. No time was lost by the ship's company In getting away m tie- iinking ship. Mi ny of :1 e crew had been wound? ed, es|>eclally amen:- the engine -room force. With difficulty the injured v. 11 placed in ihe boats. The submarine suddenly appeared carbj and ti e commander came on ii. mtice.i the wounded, and rail ng tho boats alongside? his craft, he wenl Inntde, returning with banc)* ? -? and liniment which he handed to th surprised officers In charge of the hoata. This ad of kind neos sav sevcrol liven. A stearner's smoke was seen on the 1 orison and tin- u boat made off iph ly. The small boats shaped a cobra toward 'and but the wind was light and unfavorable. * e ; ; Bthl il sti re of biscuits was Darri I. Tin re wi - watef enough for . ver; limited ration and in the s til I followed the sun's heat w.ls [moot intolerable. Wounded Lr.s ears succumbed one after another md v . re consigned to the sea. On tho fifth day n vessel hove in ieht and bore down toward them. Then il see nod to change its mind rtd Si amed off in another direc? tum, l robably the slilp though! the all ? ..:-; were German submarine :ioco> s. Torture reached its limits the next lay. Previously the officers had rc - d to physical force to prevent the I scare from drinking the salt water. \'4w nothing could restrain them and eagerly drank the brine, soon terward two died of their sufferings, t ope had almost died when late lhat i ventng a vessel sighted and pick? .? Ihcm up. They w. re landM in Ire laud, f \Ml.i:iCAN st i,M\i'l\r DAMAG? ED. Hose i" Knrfai ? i tua\|.cctcdl> Near Irmcd tilled ship. Wtishington, July 2B, -An American suhitlarine of the latest design, while submerged, suddenly rone dear an allied armed ship off the \ew isnglofhd coast and was fired up? on. Xo one was Injured. The sub* narlne was slightl) damaged, and is ? ing t?>w. d to port. Later Ihe t;...;. announced that tho submarine had proceeded to her bane under her own power. The names ire not iri\ en, ('III a,i t :< Ctrl il) UW l)i< laud. Dublin, In 25 (Coirespondence il Th. \t ocinted Press)- There is ..? faction in Ireland at Ihe en* icunccnicnt. in the report of the I . elrlc l*OWei' lr?Uppl> Committee tliat [t! is intemled ??? make an Inveetiga tton of he sou - , of power in Ire* ,, .)? tin tipl'l of ol cap electric? ity. The small Industrial towns Of i P r would ill) benefll by such \ i ? < i t ric stat Ion is being . cted ' y the I Telfast 'Corporation to I'el fa I i n w i' h electric iv but no provision has hitherto been Imidc for the dit It lb il in ? of eh ctrlctty i, a l ovei Ihe industrial Kir(.as.of tit. r outsidi Del feat.