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H hmonfi reply Made in latESI REPRESENTATION r FOR FREEDOM OF SEES Germany Having Admitted Illegality ^Ss? Hw Acts Can Hardly Defend Them Against a Neutral?United States and Germany Stand Together to Keep Sear Open. Following Is the official text of the latest American note to Germany regarding submarine warfare, which was delivered to the foreign office at Herlin Friday by Ambassador Gerard : The Secretary of State to Ambassador TVerard?(Tclcferam): Department of State. Washington July ?You are Instructed t<\ deliver t^Vturdly the following note to the minister of foreign affairs: The note of the Imporlal German government dated the eighth of July, 1915, has received the careful consideration of 4jhe government of the United Statesman*! it regrets to be obliged -to. sny -that It has found it K very unsatisfactory, because it fails ft to meet the real differences between ft the two g'ovdmments and Indicates no way., in which the accepted prinH clples of. Jaw and humanity may be D applied in, the' grave matter in con-1 1 trovcrsjt, but proposes, on the conT trary, arrangements for a partial sus' pension of those principles which virtually set them aside. The government - of the United States oncftbs. with" satisfaction that the Imperial German government recognises without reservation the validitySnf the principles insisted on in the several communications which tliis government had addressed to the Imperial German government with regard to its announcement of a war zono and the use of submarines I against merchantmen on the high ' seas?the . principle that the high seas are free, "that the character and ^ cargo of a merchantman must first be Ascertained before she can lawfully be seized or destroyed, and that the lives of non-combatants may In no case be put In jeopardy unless the vessel resists or seeks to escape after being summoned to submit to examlnation; for a belligerent act of reT? taliatlon is per se an act beyond the law, and the defence of an act as retaliatory is an admission that it is illAcrnl The government of the United 8t?tes Is, however, keenly disappointed to flml that the Imperial CJerman government regards itself as In large degree exempt from the obligation to observe these principles even where neutral vessals are concerned, by what It believes the policy and practiced of the government of Great Britain to be fn the present war with regard to neutral commerce. The " Imperial German government will readily understand that the government ot tlio United States can not discuss the" policy of Great Britain with regard to neutral trade except with that government itself, and that I it ipust regard the conduct of othei f belligerent governments as Irrelevant it to any discussion with the Imperia' I German government of what this r government regards as grave and un1 justifiable,violations of the rights of ^ Amercaa triflfcens by German nava' commanders. Illegal and inhuman acts, however Justlflable'tffey may oe thought to be against an enemy wlio is believed to ^ have aafted in contrnvention of law and humanity, are manifestly indc I fensible when they deprive neutrals f of their acknowledged rights, particularly when they violate the right tr life itself. If a belligerent can not retaliate against an enemy without rhijurlng the lives of neutrals, as well property, humanity, ns well Rajustice and a due regard for the dignity of neutral nowers. should dtp tate that the practice be disrontinu ** If persisted in it would in such circumstances constitute an unpardon, able offence 'against the sovereignty L of the noutral nation affected. The H government of the United States is ^ not unmindful of tlie extraordinary * conditions created by this war or of the radical alterations of circumstances and method of attack produced by the use of instrumentalities of naval warfare which the nations of the world can not have had in view when the existing rules of international law were formulated, and it is ready to make every reasonable ^ allowance for those novel and unexpected aspects of war at sea; but it can not consent to abate any essential or fundamental rights of its peopie because of* a mere alteration ol circumstances. The rights of neuH^^^^rals in time of war are based upon HR'i upon H^^^the principles are immutable. It is the duty and obligation of belliger ents to find a way to adapt the new ^Pi circumstances to them. The event* of the past two mouths have dearly Indicated that it is possible and practicable to conduct such submarine operations as have characterized the activity of the Imperinl taorman na\y within the so-called war . .one in substantial accord with the accepted practices of regulated ? warfare. The whole world hue lookx* x ed with interest and increasing satisfaction at the demonstration of that possibility by German naval commanders. It is manifestly possible, therefore, to lift the whole practice of submarine attack above the criticism which it has aroused and remove the chief cause of offence. iQ'flew of the admission of illegrB'ty made by the Imperial govern.fent when it pleaded the right of retaliation In defence rf its acts, and in view of the manifest possibility of conforming to the established rules of naval warfare, the government of the Unltet}. States rftn f,ot believe that the Imperial government will longer refrain'from disavowing the wanton ^ art of its naval commander in sinkt ing the Lusitania, or from offering reparation for the American lives lost, so far as reparation can be made for a needless destruction of human life by an Illegal act. The government of the United i States, while not Indifferent to the i friendly, spirit in which it is made, am pot accept the suggestion of the i Inipdrinf* AgoTe"rnineitt, that certain < 4hA distinguished and agreed i upon ' tylch shall be Tree on the sea* i V now lllftffdny proscribed. / \ T>?? very agreement would, by im^ l B plicattor,. subject other vessels to 11- i H legal attacks, and would be a cur- I flMMIHf n ntrnriTii TTfi' iff r 901 LOST WRITER ; (Continued from flrat page.) dren. deck gear and furniture elld 1 into the water in a conglomerate 1 mass. Beginning late Saturday night, a ' line began passing through the ar- 1 mory. They came all through the ! night and all day Sunday. Identiflca- ' (ions were made with rapidity and 1 unidentified bodies Sunday night had ' dwindled to less than om hundred. | Tension and repression were shown in the identification line. 1 Those who walked in it had given up ' hope and with clenched hands, steeled lii^mselves for tuc sight they * sought but dreaded. As fast as iden- 1 tiflcations were made t'ie bodies were turned over to undertakers and carried to lines of hearses drawn up alongside the armory. Ministers said more people attended church Sunday than for many Sundays past. Chicago turned to prayer and thought. The preachers nearly all asked congregations to join in prayers for the boreaved. With the details of the catastrophe summed up people shuddered that a thousand people would go to their | aeatns wnn nunarecis or persons powerless to aid standing within a stone's Uirow?that that great mass could drown in a narrow river twenty feet from the dock. The Eastland and four othet steamers had been chartered for the picnic occasion. Under misty skies seven thousand men, women and children went to the Clark street dock early Saturday to All five large lake steamers with holiday mirth in a trip to Michigan City. The steamer Eastland was the first to be loaded. Rain began to fall as the wharf superintendents lifted the gang planks from the Eastland, declaring that the government limit of twentyfive hundred passengers had been reached. The passengers swarmed to the left side of the ship as the other steamers drew up the river toward the wharf. A tug was hitched to the Eastland, ropes were ordered cnst off and the steamer engines began to hum. The Eastland had not budged; however. Instead, the heavily laden ship wavered sidewise, leaning first toward the river bank. The lurch was so startling that passenger:* joined 'lie large concourse already on the river side of the decks. The Bhip never heeled back. It turned slowly but steadily toward Its left side. Children clutched the skirts of their mothers and sisters to keep from falling. Water began to enter lower port holes and the hawsers tore out the piles to which the vessel was tied. Screams from passengers attracted the attention of fellow excursionists on the dock awaiting the next steamer. Wharf men and picnickers soon lined the edge of the embankment, reaching out helplessly toward the wavering steamer. For nearly five minutes the ship turned before it finally dived under the swift current of the river. During the listing of the vessel lifeboats, chairs and other loose appurtenances on the decks slinped down the slopJng floors, crushing the passengers oward the rising waters. Then there was a plunge with a sigh of air escaping from the hold, mingled with crying of children and shrieks of women and the ship was on the bottom of the river, casting hundreds of living c.eetures to the water. Many sank entangled with clothing and bundles and did not rise, but hundreds, coming to the surface, seized floating chairs and other oblects. Persons on shore threw out - opes and dragged in those who would hold the lifelines. Kmployees of commission firms along the river threw crates, chicken coops and other floatable objects into the water, but most of these were ovept nway by the current. Iloats put out, tugs rushed to the scene, with shrieking whistles and many men jumped into the river to aid the drowning. With thousands of spectators ready to aid and the wharf within grasp hundreds went to death despite every effort at res CUP. One mother grasped her two children in her arms as she slipped from he steamer into the water. One child was torn from her, but she and he other were saved. Fathers were drowned after aiding their wives and children to safety. One man was seen to cling to a spike in the side of the wharf while two women and three children stepped upon his body to safety. He fell exhausted into the river as the last of one of the five reached the pier. Instances of heroism were almost 'ailment and therefore an abandonment of the principles for which this government contends, and which in time of calmer counsels every nation would concede as of course. The government of the 1'nlted States and the lm|M*rial tier man government are contending for the same great object, have long stood together in urging the very principles upon which the government of the t'nitcd States now so solemnly insists. They are both contending for tl?e freedom of the seas. 'The government of the 1'nitod States will eonthine to eontend for that freedom, from whatever quarter violated, without compromise and at any cost. It invites the practical co-operation of the Imperial government at this time when co-operation may accomplish mnut nrwl hla ' ?. ...... ...... rsmni. uuiuuiun oDjeci | be most strikingly and effectively! achieved. 1 The Imperial flerman government expresses that '..ope that this object may be in some measure accomplished even before the present war ends. It can be. The government of the I'dImmI States not only feels obliged i to Insist (si it, by whomsoever vlo- | luted or Ignored, in the protection of its own citizens, but Is also deeply 1 interested In seeing It made prncti- | cable between the belligerents them- i selves, and holds itself ready at any \ time to act as the common friend 1 who may be privileged to suggest a way. I In the meantime the very value ] which this government sets upon the t long and unbroken friendship be- | tween the people and government of i the United States and the people and government of the German nation impels It to press very solemnly upon tlio Imperial Gorman government the necessity for a scrupulous observance | of neutral rights in this critical mat- . ter. [ Friendship Itself prompts It to say r to the Imperial government that repetition by the commanders of German naval vessels of acta In contravention of those rights must be regarded by the government of the * i'ntted States, when they affect ' American citizens, as deliberately un- f rieudly. Lansing. it numerous as the number of parlous, on the scene. Boats as soon as all took rescued passengers to the wharf or to1 the steamer Theodore Roosevelt, which was tied up oppo- \ ilte the Eastland. In an hour the water was cleared p; if excursionists. Those who had not been taken to land had sunk or were h swirling down the river toward the <i< Irainage canal lockB at Locport, 111., ct many miles away. The locks were w raised to stop the current and ar- e] rangements were made to take bodies n Trom the river along its course n through the southwest part of Chi- cj cago. tl Shortly after the water was clear- tl ed. city firemen and workmen were fj [>n the exposed side of the Eastland's f, null, cutting tbrough Its steel plates t< with gas flames. Divers were hurried Into underwater suits. A tug n was moored as a bridge between the pier and the capsized ship. 0 As the divers gained entrance to tJ the hull, the scene of distress moved c for the time being from the river to the extemporized morgues. Ware- \i houses of wholesale companies along ^ the river were thrown open and bodies were placed in rows on the ? floors. r Scores of persons rescued from the water were injured and these were ^ taken to the Iroquois hospital, Duilt j in memory of the Bix hundred women and children and a few men who were burned and crushed to death in the Iroquois theatre several years ago. Efforts to resuscitate those taken from the river were generally unsuccessful. Only two or three were thus saved. It was also said that many of the injured would die. The whole city was in consternation over the catastrophe. Word of the accident spread rapidly and to the thousands already at or near the wharf other thousands added themselves. The Clark street bridge near the wharf was crowded until it threatened to collapse. Streets had to be cleared by the police to allow tho passage of ambulances. Business men sent their automobiles and motor trucks to help aid the injured and carry away the dead. One warehouse soon was filled with bodies and other dead were taken to tho Second regiment armory, a mile away. While those on land were disposing of the dead, injured and rescued, the divers in the heart of the sunken vessel sent up an almost constant | stream of corpses from the submerg- , ed decks. , First, it was a gaily dressed girl In , her teens who had been caught be- | tween a pile of chairs and a cabin s wall. Next it was a slight boy, gath- J ered from the lifeless arms of a fond father, who had clung to his offspring, even in dent!.. 1 Then followed an old woman, who | had gone aboard the ship to watch the youthful pleasure ?f her grandchildren, or a little girl with bare , legs and bootees, w'tli gay ribbons | sodden against lace of her holiday | gown. , A thrill passed through the crowd | as word came from the steamer that , a girl baby had been found alive \ among the hundreds of dead in the , ship. She was found in a starboard ( stateroom, where she had been held , from the water by a chair that jam- | med against the berth. The baby | only half awakened as it was carried | to the land. Its mother could not be ( found. Two women were found alive in another stateroom in a protruding , side of the Eastland. There were , still three hundred persons in the ( hold when these persons were taken | out alive and the explorers of the | hulk said that all were dead. Work of tagging the bodies of the j dead and placing them in accessible , places for identification proceeded all , ,1 n ?r * r% A- M Xiaji rum IIIKIK. I\?poriS ITOm Van- | I ous temporary morgues gave a total | of 770 bodies, but tabulation became so confusing that it was decided to ( take all bodies to the Second regi- j ment armory, so that those who were | looking for lost friends and relatives ( could view all the victims in one , place. . Identification was slow and scenes , at the morgues were as affecting as , those at the river when the steamer t capsized. Mothers fell across the , biers of children whom they had sent away a few hours before on what was ( Intended to be a d ?y of pleasure. I Men had to summon all the stoical ( qualities they possessed to retain . their composure as they passed be- ( tween rows of corpses, looking for , missing children or wives. I Yet amidst all the horror and | heartache officers of various depart- s ments attended to th > disposition of t the dead and injured, tracing of the ( missing, inquiry into the cause of the j disaster, and precautions against dis- f ease from sunken bodies and the car- , rying of corpses by the river towards the canal locks. , GERARD DELIVERS NOTE J TO GERMAN GOVERNMENT ! ^ r American Ambassador Visits Foreign fi s Office at One O'Clock Friday. > lierlin, via London, Friday: The J new American note to Germany was delivered to the foreign office by Ambassador Gerard at ^ne o'clock Fri- * day afternoon. % Washington: With the delivery by Ambassador Gerard to the foreign 1 office in Deri in of the new Amerl- '( can note warning Germany tfiat the 8 loss of American lives through fur- 1 ther violations of neutral rights would be regarded as "unfriendly," v the United States rests its case for b the present at least. 1 If the note meets with a friendly reception and there appears no inten- 8 lion on the part of Germany to fur- 8 ther violate neutral rights on the ^ high seas, the president shortly will n take up the situation that has arisen r with Great Britain over interference n with American commerce by the al- 11 lies. A note virtually is ready now to be Uspatched to Great Britain again protesting against deviations from in:ernational law in the operations of * ' he order in council against com- * nerce with Germany. ^ Investigating Arrest In Ilerlln. * Ambassador Gerard began invest!- n fating Friday the arrest of George a( Ipeets, an alleged representative of 0{ >n American copper concern. He had >een under surveillance for several y nonths. Town Almost Itastroyed. oi The Russian towns near Windau Is vero almost totally destroyed by the vl tusslann in their retreat from the.ai lermons, according to a Berlin news w tspatch. [0 THE WAR lAST WEEK (Continued from first page.) ' te Zlota Lipa, and the Upper Bug, ad all efforts to dislodge them had roved unavailing. kiariy In the week, however, von lindcnberg's preparations were evtsntijr completed. With a remarkable ?-ordination of movement attacks ere launched on every sector of the lormouo battle line. In the extreme orth from Windau to the Lower iemen the Germans have made deded progres.s but their function in lat region seems to be principally tie protection of the German left ank, and is therefore more of a demsive force than a part of the sticking line. . The principal section of attack lay be divided into three sectors: (a) The Narew sector, northwest f Warsaw, between the Wkra and lie N arew through Clechanow and totrolenlta. (b) Tlie Vistula sector, west of Varsaw, hIoiik the Grojec-Hl cnieleclianow line, and (c) The liubltn sector, southeast f Warsaw, along the line of tlie raiload from Ivangorod to Cholm. It Is along these sectors that the irnnt of the German attack is being lellvered, and success in any sector 'ill probably mean the retirement of he Russians from Warsaw to the line if the Bug.*" The objective of the army attack ng in the first sector is, as it lias icen since the early days of the war? he Warsaw-Petrograd railway, one if the three great railroad systems entering in and supplying the city. The progress of the Teutons in this lector has not been particularly narked, and in itself, therefore, constitutes no great element of danger. 3rzasnysz, which was evacuated by he Russians last week, is the centre >f this sector, but its fall does not leem to have opened to any extent he German way through. Octrolenka, a strongly fortified own on the right, has been reported captured, but the latest Russian reports state that it is still under a leavy bombardment, so that its fate nay be regarded still as a matter of loubt.* At no other points do the Germans seem to have made much lead way. Along the second sector, however, .lie sector of the Vistula, von Hinden>erg has made notable progress, and It Is his operutlons more Uian those it the armies supporting his flanks that constitute the greatest present menace to the Polish capital. His Torces have reached Novo Georgievski, at the confluence of the Vistula ?nd the Bug, and are, at the latest report, battling for the bridgehead which is guarded by the fortress of Novy Dvor in the eastern angle of the Vistula and the Bug, and by the Russian forces south of the Vistula. The attack is, in its every element, % direct frontal attack against strongly Intrenched lines, but it nevertheless is breaking down all resistance &nd moving slowly forward. The Vistula is the most difficult piilitary obstacle and, ipso facto, the most effective defensive screen in Eastern Europe. It is broad, rapid, carries a threat volume of water, and with its steep banks makes a readily defensible obstacle. But the German army Is astride it, and not until Warsaw is taken will this feature be of value to the Russians and then only to prevent a further German advance. In the third sector, that of Lublin, entire military interest must centre in the railroad from Ivangorod to uiioini. Along this lino the pressure Is as great as along the Vistula secLion, and while undoubted gains are recorded, and gains of importance, loo, the railroad itself, as far as the DfTteial reports show, has not yet been reached or cut. If it is reached it is extremely doubtful if Warsaw can hold out. Although the particular section of Lhis road between Lublin and Cholm is the most difficult for both Ausirians and Germans to attack, due to :he character of the country across which their artillery must be transported and the absence of roads which would facilitate this ransportation, the reasons why the ittack is being made along this secor are simple. In the first place, the object of the combined German drive from the :hree directions is not only to capure Warsaw, hut to cut off ami coin[>el the surrender of the ltussian roops occupying the huge salient vhich has Warsaw as a centre. Were he Teuton attack to be made against Kovel, further to the east, where the ittacking troops would have behind hem the excellent system of Gali:ian railways radiating from Lem>erg, he would be too far from Warinw to close in upon it in time to eap the benefits of his success. Moreover, to attack at Kovel would nean.that the supply columns would lave to skirt around the Bug on an ire. as the banks of that river are ined with marsh belts which make ts crossing u matter of grave difTi:ulty. The Germans are, therefore, aking the shortest and most direct oute, and the route which, if they lucceed, will be most prolific of relUltS. Military critics of Kuropo are alii ost unanimously of the opinion that iVarsaw must fall, and that within a cry short time. If it does fall and lie ltussian army makes good its re real ixTore It In overwhelmed by the ietorious Teutons, what possibilities till the new situation present? Before a suggestion can be aterapted, it must be realized that the east the fall of Warsaw can mean, side from the capture of an imporant railroad centre and manufacturng city, is the retirement of the .'hole Western front of the Russians ehind the line of the Vistula and the tug. The Russian line will then be traightened out and materially hortened by the flattening out of the Warsaw salient. A further German dvance could probably therefore be becked, provided the Russians' amlunttion supply bo not too greatly npoverished. Hut this presupposes a German in"ntlon to advance, and there seems r? lie no logical reason why she hould wish to go beyond the line of iese rivers. If the Russians make ood their retreat It will be perfectly vldent that the destruction of the lusstan army and its consequent Itmination as a lighting force vill be n impossibility. The best Germany *n hope for will be to neutralize It t least for a while, and nowhere else n the eastern front can this be done > effectively as along the line of the lstula. TTie defensive possibilities of the ! lstula have been already pointed nt. In addition, It Is crossed on a .rgo scale by railways only in the iclnlty of Warsaw. 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Regular price, each . . . .$7.00 Our price $.~>.00 WE CARRY AT ALL TIMES A FUL OILS, GREASE! Walker' OF crossing the Vistula around Warsaw they hold also the crossing of that river. Therefore, Germany, having seized these bridges, could render a Russian offensive impossible for at least some time. And not only that. Germany could and would dig herself in, and, just as slio has done in the west, in order to make itossible her gigantic movement against Russia, hold the Russians in check behind the Vistula with comnnrntlvAlv emull . I'"- ? niainder of her forces could he with- I < drawn for use against France, against ; ] Italy, and against the forces in tlie < Dardanelles. The Allies in these lat- < ter fields would then he subjected to ? * a renewed (lerman offense compared < to which all former operations would < sink into insignificance. ; ' In the western theatre there has < been nothing of importance on which <1 to comment. The only operation of * [ note has been a renewed French at- < | tack in the Vosges mountains in the <1 vicinity of Metzeral along the Fecht Jj river. This movement has been con- <i tinuous during almost the entire week and it is entirely possible that J] a large operation of some kind is un- <i der way. * [ The probability of this is heightened by the extreme activity of the j French air scouts in this section. The < only possible way of injecting into the situation on the western front the element of surprise is through control of the air?otherwise any shifting of largo forces of troops or . concentration of heavy artillery forces would bo so readily discerned j that the object of the movement could be easily frustrated. The Allies in the west appear to have matters in the air very much their own way. A strong allied air fleet has been making numerous raids ! on Colmar, and at the same time the 1 X activity of the French on the Metz-!j eral-t'olmar line, which line is the j x valley of the Fecht river, has been Z very marked. ' Elsewhere along the French line ? things have been quiet, except of course for the sporadic fighting of small units which is always going on. The initiative in all cases has been taken by the French, the Germans , having probably withdrawn as many I men as possible from the western [ front for their great eperntion in the I east. * In this connection reports from Russia show that there is a feeling in Russia that the Allies in the west are not doing their share, hut are permitting Russia to hear the hrunt of m the German attack. They state that Russia has relieved the pressure ni when her western allies were being Vl pushed, as at the battle of the Marne, jr and that, now that the Russian situ- p, ation is desperate, the western allies a, should do something to cause a diver- e( slon and withdrawal of part of the jr German forces now in front of War- H, saw. The criticism Is not without reason. , The Germans on the western front \ must be greatly oiitnuml>ered, and it would seem that, at tills juncture, when German success in the east is certain to mean a great increase in the German line in the west, a tremendous elTort really to hreak through the German line at some point would lie Justified almost regardless of the cost In men. The attack in the Vosges mountains does not indicate anything on so large a scale. It will be Interest- |n ilia to note Murine? the pAnlnir wool.- 18 what the French and Knglish will do toward diverting attention from War- ' Haw. For it in almost certain that if ?** Germany can hedge KuhnIu in helilnd the Vistula, Itussia may l>e disregardfil as an offensive force for some ! time, and the lines in the west will have to bear the brunt of attacks nc from a greatly reinforced enemy. In the Italian theatre the week has seen the hln/.ing out of the real ItalInn offense. Italy apparently is now J"1 satisfied that all the passages by ? means of which Austria could pour troops to attack her rear are effeclively stopped and has therefore be- rr gun a determined advance along the rS Isonzo front from Tarvls to the Adrl- J;0 atlc, with the object of breaking down completely Austria's first defensive screen. The battle Is, as is nat- Su ural, centering around Gorizla. Once Oorizla falls, the Italian Th problem, Insofar as Trieste Is con- pft porned, .will bo near solution. Tho tie Italians have made notable advances In Cadore and. along the Isonzo, on flr the plateau of Carso. 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The com- ra^r ig week should bring important re- ' jf| ||3H| TTACK ON THE ORDUNA WL\ j| 1 Ittj HAS NOT BEEN PROVED IH tate Department Kclurtant to Act on Partisan Testimony Wo develop, make, print, at Hand. nn(| return your work in No progress has been made in the twenty-four houra All vestigation of the case of the Brith liner Orduna, at which the Oer- work guaranteed. Try ua. an submarine is alleged to have _ cd a torpedo without warning. No CULLER FILM COMPANY idence lias been received to estabih beyond doubt that the torpedo Phone 170. 4 48 fired, and until this is available niMVovnrn/i ? r> was said in ofTlclal quarters at tmii* m*, *. o. ashlngton the case probably would _____________ >t he pressed. Defuses Sixteen Pardons. None of t!ie American passengers i . .. _ Governor Manning Wednesday upi tli? Orduna w?r? tivvukc nt tli? ? ? u ? 1 ? ,i n ? m ? ??., ??,_ ?, ??? held the finds of tlie pardon board In ne of the attack, and the state rte- , ,. 16 c. sea, where recommendations irtment, it is understood, is reluc- . .. . ,lw> ... ._ _ . _.w?, were n.ado that the pet.Moners serve rued as partisan testimony, such as .*''e fientences passed by the trial e statements of the officers and 1 ' ______ < ew of a British vessel. As yet no port has been asked from Ambassa- Kills Wife, Stepson and Self, r Gerard at Berlin because a prima Chester Hall, of Detroit, Mich., cle case has not been established. Friday shot and killed his wife and ? his seventeen-year-old stepson dur T.k. Vftrnllon. During the seven days ending t . , inrsday not a British ship was tor- ~ 1 ~ doed by a Oerman submarine. One Strike on at Remington plant, ousand three hundred and twenty A strike has leen called at the lllngs were reported. This is the Remington arras/plant, but the rest week of the war that British ports rs to theJnjimber of parttclIpplng has escaped scot free. pants a^e at variance. dflftx " i i