'V'" .Br 'f'"1" .' . VV.J- -"vi: ,'-, jri - - j j-,.-r ,-iv" .' . j ,J.jVTmrr''.Y.". ' .-, ..3.. - i ,'Vi,;-v v-1 ; '--r' wi'v i - "?ct '"i j" -n , " 't ' .. i- ti-l. tl" u 4 . v r " W- ' -X "" ' , ' ' .' ' -' A '' sv'jT - T-TTVTkT A'T mrttger J . , , F "ibSSf?' " . t yT. .btJCJ'lIUN RAGES 16,17,18 EXTRA .i , V.1 t. . v 7,rT 7 ' ' rv -Vtm . -' .-' w , . y ,r it 1FitMifnif IWUJk JllJlJl gyy "r 4&&5&&' 1 A t VOL. III. 10. 204 GERMANY MAY GIVE TERMS OF PEACE MONDAY Official Statement by Chan cellor Bethmann-Hollweg Seems Likely BAVARIA PULLS STRINGS Visit of Premier Hcrtling to Ber lin Cnlled Highly Sig nificant CJOPENHAfcEN, .May 10. A special dispatch received here from Berlin says Doctor von Bcthmnnn-Holl-weg, the Imperial German Chancellor, "will answer a peace interpellation in the Reichstag Monday. 'The dispatch adds that the Itcichstai will adjourn in the middle of .May, but not.toaututnn, as is customary. Parlia mentary objections to leaving the Gov criuicnt lincontrollcd from the .May ad journment until autumn have resulted In plans for a short summer session in )uly. x AMSTBltnAM .May 10. The Tijd's corre spondent In Germany reports that pat 11a mentary circles Micro expect the Chancel lor's reply 1" Interpellations with recant to Germany's pencil alms will lo rendered un necessary by u more oltlclal statement on the subject. LONDON, May 10. A dispatch to tho Riphance Telegraph from Amsterdam deal- iv ' Ing with the TIJd's statement concerning Germany s peace proposals says it nas ucen confirmed that aerinnny Is about to make IT another peace offer In conjunction with her Klliee . ,T1IK HAOl'K, May 10. The conservative paper Die Post, commenting on Kugeu Zim merman's statement In tho I.oknl Anr.elgor that good news might be expected shortly which would make the Chancellor's position easier, says that this dclphlo utterance which has been telegraphed all over' Ger many probably refers to the Bavarian Pre mier Count Hertllng's visit to Berlin, where he is to preside over the Federal Council's committee on foreign arfalrs when tho Chancellor Is expected to make an an nouncement. Count Herlling recently hurried to Vienna Immediately nfter Count Czernln's second statement In the Frcmdenblatt declaring that Austria was prepared to make peace with Itussla on the basis of the status quo, ante. This leads tho conservatives to suspect 'that the Chnncellor Is about to make a now peace offer. The Post says: "In any case It Important events nro about to take place this means of preparing the public would uem strange. LONDON, May 10. Accoullng to oindal Information received In London a number of Turkish agents aro nt woik In Switzer land with the object of assuring the con tinued existence of Turkey. Provided tho Turks are not driven out of Constantinople. It Is understood, a willingness Is expressed by the Turks to nllow complete freedom of the Dardanelles to nil comers. In nn Interview published ,ln the liund, of Berne, Switzerland, as forwarded In an Exchange Telegraph despatch from Copen hagen, the Tuiklsh Minister to (lermany declared Tuikey was willing to open tho Dardanelles for Itussln. Tho. newspaper says the negotiations which led to the Lon don agreement under which the Dardanelles was closed proved that this action was taken as a result of England's demand. Turkey, tho Minister said, was ready t fulfill Russia's demands. Inasmuch" as Hus la was not striving ngalnst tho Independ ence Of Turkey NEW YORK GREETS FRENCH ENVOYS Record-Breaking . Throngs Wildly Cheer Victor of the Marne f! PLAN BIG PROGRAM TODAY NEW YORIC, May 10. Marshall .Toff re. Rene Vhlanl and tho other members of the French war commission received such a welcome as the city has never given to any ther man. , No other demonstration In the city's his tory has ever brought forth the number of persons that greeted the victor of tho Marne. Thousands were hanked and masted around Battery place; they crowded every window of the skyscrapers along lower Broadway; they packed the sidewalks and E?" 'the "streets and stood for hoUrs waiting In t the cold wind and Intermittent rain for a K glimpse of the man who stonncd the Gcr- wans. Only one other reception In New York'i history was rememliprrrl Hln u-lvmii K llvetl to IJlfaveltn In 1S4- Atwl novf In li Joftre Lafayette was the hero of today's ki demonstration m n,.c.,.. ,..... . supported by the nresenrn In thn French If ?r,y of n "leal descendant tho Mnrqula Et'M Chambruu, and Mayor Mltchcl'a ref- K v " l0 him In his speech of welcome; feii,h.t -ut a')l',aus only less than that Thn c..i. . y. . . .. 'iVi 't,ll;" commissioners were mei on , J.,;'' arrlvul In tho city by Joseph It. tir-'v-'0 Unil flllwiH n.tln- n ll, Kfndnn'-t mmltte .. "'." '?..Y.1. "l",r"'" " .:(w,ti "-v "tic urivcii hi iiuvu- K'Shoiil t0 .tho city 1Ia. wnero Mayor rs-"c e nnc. .'- oiinm. io.in thm i. l.M; Vlvlanl's fvei .!,.: iiin i)prn in rnnnnsi. ipi 1 irttZiSii'1 r"M n,Ki .iie.r " ict Hi TV uvoKeu, repealed oiuoursis of . l fr!"lc applauo from the leaders teltv merce' "nance and learning .In .the '.'urn...! cve" u'ls demonstration wns V? wncn tf,e Mayor presented 'tlie '5oDn,i .r.rt,al ot Fronee," "Tha man who aorr;. V":'l, nl me .ainrne." Marenai mi???. falu1."', but said nothing. Then tuwi i.V i.ne warmth of his reception he $S!? hand "galn'nnd again. .,.. ,w 'here Is a formidable program .? . party trom !4B o'clock n. m. On i' m,,n,nt from rrospect rant B Sth; mmury. members or th I j-tt- H .uiiiu. in hTinav ninmnai GERMANS, FLEEING BRITISH, ABANDON AMMUNITION '"VS - Hritish olllcial pliotoRraph, typical of mortars and grenades in n captured PLEAS AGAINST WAR TAXATION FLOOD CAPITAL Protracted and Bitter House Debute Expected to Be gin. Today AVERAGES $33 PER MAN WASHINGTON, .May 10. It is estimated that the receipts of the Federal Government, including postal receipts, for the next, fiscal year under existing law will amoupt to $1,500,000,000. The proposed war reve nue bill is estimated to yield during u twelve-month period $1,800,000,000 ad ditional. This will make the total re ceipts of the Government for the next fiscal year $3,300,000,000, or about $33 per capita, as compared to Great Bri tain with a population less than half that of the United States, whose re ceipts, including postal receipts for the year ending March 31, 1917, amounted to $2,790,000,000, or about $60 per" capita. WASHINGTON". May 10. The war taxation bill will be called up In tho House at 11 o'clock today. Chairman Kltchln, ot tho Ways ail Means Committee, said that debate probably uoiilud run for several days. As a foretaste of what may cniuo later the bill proposes special taxes to raise $1,800. 000,000, in addition to the present normal annual revenue- of $l,DOO,000,Ono. When Its terms are effective the American people will bo paylnc direct taxes of V-" per capita, Tho people oMhe Hiitlsh Isles half as many now pay per capita taxes of $00. While tho principal features of the new war levy are the Increases in Income and profits taxes, Increases In Internal icvciiiio latcs and Inci eases of customs duties, many of Its provision icach the Innermost structure- of every homo and make up u list of taxes probably tho most formidable ever faced by tho American people. Tho household llKht, heat anil telephone bills, ndmlsslon tickets to iimuseiueiitp, file Conllnnril on Par four. Column One FLUCKS ASSAILED AS TRANSIT FOES Stern Denounces "Obstruc tionists" for Asking Gov ernor's Assistance CALLS THEM DISLOYAL Uu a Htnff ronraiionitiiit HAimiSBLTta. May 10. Tho Klucks, Charles I... president" of the Northwest Business Men's Association, nnd his brother, Krnnk W were denounced by Representative Isadore .Stern, of Philadel phia, today, as "transit obstructionists." Stern took exception to the action of Charles L. Kluek lu askliu? tho llovernor to postpone consideration of the Stern bill, validating the $07,100,000 port and tianslt loan,- which passed both houses of the Legislature with "virtually no opposition. The bill lece'lved the undivided support of tho Vans and McNIchol factrbns. v About $7,000,000 fn bonds already Issued on tho basis of tho loan, tho legality of which vyns questioned by a taxpayer's suit Instituted by Frank W Kluck, are already Involved In the situation created by tho Flucks and would not pay interest for nt least two years unless tho Governor shall sign tho Stern bill, or the Philadelphia Courts should dismiss the suit, Stern ex plained, , Another development lu the transit 'situation hero Is the -appearance of a bill sponsored by Representative George J. A, Miller, of Lehigh, which would empower. the city of Philadelphia to construct Independ- CtnWyu4.Mi , rjfBw Cl . . t " --, HSKIKBRKBB9lmbii9K3EB!?ttt&' - jlP5Mi' " i VHI -' -vjw l) V'"L 3fe4,' BBoJH"' 7b vi ilr snlk h!.. b m BMlHBHBilllllr TQHk JPvwSV Cr " Sj J' w j . v t IB h. r AMllKfav&9 V kite V. viTPm : x xot: xfsr3si. I'holnsrnph liv t mlorwonil A: luilrruoi scenes aloiiR tho western front nt this time. It shows n quantitv of lijr trench. All about is disorder, mud, clay and shapeless mounds of earth. BELL STATEMENT BLAMES CHIEF NYE Ex-Attorney General Calls Loud Words to Stotes- bury Unwarranted DEFENSE OF FINANCIER I .lolm C Hell, foinier State's Attorney liencial, In a statement today Rac his erslon of the eibal clash between K. T. Ktotesbuiy and "mil" Nye, I'nlted States Secret Sen Ice man In Oinrec of the en voys' train. Incident to the departure of the tialu for New York. Mr. Hell blames Ne for the trouble nnd says the Stoteshiirys were dohiK noth Inp nl the tlmo to warrant tho loud tones of tho Seciet Service man, who, he says, declared that the train Mould not be held for anybody. AllhouRh the arKUtmnt was ptlmnrlly be tween Mr. Stotcsbury and Nye. Mm. Stntrs bury, Mayor Smith, Mr. Hell and Captain Mills, head ot tho Philadelphia tialllc squad, all joined In befoic the depaituro ot the train ended exchange of woids. Tho trouble started shortly ifter the ar rival ot tho envoys at the ItendhiK Terminal station at ;::'j. They boarded their train, scheduled to leave at -:30. nnd shortly after Mr. Stnteshury stepped aboard' with Mrs, Stotcsbury, who was introduced by Mnjnr Smith to .Marshal .lofiie. Just then Nye caine nut with his watch In hand and announced that there would be no receptions aboard, although this had been planned by tho committee. "NONH Oh' THAT" "None of that." be said, "I am in chaiKC of this train and nobody can board this car except members of the pally, There will bo no .receptions. I am held ict-ponslblo for the party and what I say noes." Mr. Stotvsbuiy, who had shaken lmndx with Marshal .lolfrc, it'ipiested Nye to per mit Ambassador Jiisserand In boaid I lit' train and accompany them to Now Ymk. M. Jusseianil was late, haliiK been held at tho lielleviie-SJj'jitfonl, wheie the lunch eon to the envoys was Mlvcu, looKluir for his hat. "NothlnK like that," replied the Seciet t'ontimiftl on Puce Srven. Column I'lve AGE LIMIT FOR DRAFT TO BE 30 OR 31 YEARS Conferees Virtually Reach " Agreement, But Are Still at Odds on T. R. Amendment WASHINGTON. May In Confelces of the House and Senate, who have been trying to adjust differences on the selective service army bill, virtually have agieed that the age limits of those subject to call tor service will be twenty-one to thirty or thirty-one years. The House confeiees, who have been insisting on twenty-one to thirty-live, nro leudy to accept the thlity-yeur maximum, but will go no lower. After a session lasting all day. the con ferees settled tho differences arising over tho details of the tribunal that Is to pass upon exemption from service. A vote would have been taken late yester day tin the age limit and the Hoosevelt vol unteer division provisloncNcept for the lib seneo of Senator Wnrren, of W)omiiiK. who wns obliged to attend a meeting of the Sen ate Appropriations Committee. Senators on the committee feji that unless tho Administration exerts strong piessuro the Senate 'will Insist on retnlnlng the Itooseyelt amendment, and the House ineni bers are of tho decided opinion that the House will not accept It, Prohibition' for soldleis is still a bitterly mooted point. ' Democrats Sweep Jersey City JKItSKV CITY. ..May 10. Complete re' turns from Tuesday's municipal election, show that Jersey City's' next commission government will bo entirely Dcnioerwtlc. Frank Hague, A. Harry Moore nnd George 15. Brcnsfngcr vvcrij re-elected, ''he other commissioners chosen are Michael 1, Fngen and 'Charles F. X. O'lliien. Muyor Mark (Kagan Itepublican ran. seventh among forty one candidates, 'llngoo received tho highest number of votes, 1 0,1 10, and probably will Vk 'ilui'4-- ' isivi PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAY - JL "jxz&jixsxmxmmsgm TEUTONS STILL RETAIN GRIP ON FRESN0Y LINES Canadians Drive Forward to Edge of Village, Now Under Fire FRENCH SEIZE TRENCHES LONDON, Ma.v in. The Canadians have not .Vet won their way back Into the village nt I'lcsnoy which Havarlan troops retook from them, but they have pushed to lis oulskllts unil their kiiiim aie pounding the village to bits in prepaia tloii for another nttaik. Canadian and oilier lhltMi tinnps counter-attacked the liavarlans and Micro was desperate flKht'ii'c. When II ended the llrltlsh had regained nil the lost gioiind west of tin. village, but had stopped just shott of recapturing h'resnoy. Dispatches fiom the fmnt say the Hermans ale liaiely holding Mm village pioper. (ieiiuaii tinlips north of I-'iomiii.n weie piiparing to attack the Canadian Hoops holding the line north of the village, lliitlsh observe) k saw them massing In their as cinbly tienihi'S and the aitllleiy was train ed on them. The Hermans did not attack. The mil) other lighting of the day was at llullecouit mid I hurdle. The Uitiimis bonibaided llullecouit and made small at tacks, but were beaten back. The, Hritish are continuing their win I; of cleaning out smalt (ieiiunn posts In tho village, but neither army has full possession of It. At (.iiivrelle Herman attacks failed. il'rench tioops made an excellent leionl for the day yesteiday, captuiinir Herniau IH'iiehcM on a fionlagc lotallng nearly a mile lu two separate region, and taking all told ami prisoners. Htsldes these achieve ment In attack they went through a hard oiileal of Herman counter-attacks with complete Mlccess. Tho linger of the Kieneh alliul.s was iiuule noitheast ofi'hevieux. winch Is imilli. east of Ithelins. 'Thn Kreiich took (list lino Herman trenches on a front r tvvn-thlnls of u mile, sweeping down Mie slope lo the Allelic Valley, anil also piolectuig ilu-li left Contlnuril, on Pane l'onr. Colrmn Tho 2500 ARE ORDERED TO FORT NIAGARA Preparations at Training Cam p Rushed to Accommo date Prospective Officers LIST OF THOSE SELECTED NIAGAItA FALLS, X. Y.. May lo Preparations me being rushed at the camp hero to take care of the iloo men from Philadelphia and other cities of Pennsylvania, who begin the olllcers' training course Monday. A stuff of almost 100 commissioned nnd noncommissioned ofllcers has been working from early In the morning till late at night getting tho camp lu shape to iiuarter tho men, and in order to prevent confusion they will ar rive lu three increments. On May 11 the tlrst Increment will im port here, followed by second and third detachments May 12 and 13. Notices have been mailed to these officers to report on these days; and they will be ieiiiired to make way hero as best they can. Art transportation facilities are Inudeiiuato to handle such n large bod.v, a single car every three hours being the best servlco offered from Lcvvistou to tho camp, It Is probable that a number of the soldiers will cover this part of the routo on foot and await their baggngo till It may be conveniently handled by the XJagara Gorge Hallway Company. Twenty-one new sheds to house the men are lu course of erectldn, niftl fourteen of these nre completed. None of tho olllcers In training will be forced to sleep under canvas, a dozen "substantial buildings being already on the ground fully equipped. Out of .1200 applicants, 700 have been rejected. The names In the fob lowlng-llst include all thoso from Phlladel- l " AstTt,ff,'it'm9'u 10, 1917 ConiuniiT. QUICK U. S. MAY iMAKli ANOTHER LOAN TO GREAT BRITAIN WASHINGTON. May 10. Anutlier loan to Great Britain Is ci inctrd to follow n coufcicucc Arthur J. Balfour, brad of the British mission. Had yesterday with Oscar T. Crosby. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Immediate results arc also loogked for as a result of n lonjr coiifci cine Mr. Balfour had thin afternoon with Mr. DeGnmn, . the Brazilian Ambassador. Tho early entrance of Brazil into the war may bo loocd for, that, country having already broken off diyilo nijtit relations with Gciiihuiy. RECEIVER NAMED FOR EUREKA WHEEL WORKS YoltK. I'.i.. May 10. Samuel li. .Molsenhcliler was appolnteil receiver of the Kuiokii r.eiullng ami Wheel Win U by Judge- Hoss upon petition of creditors. The cimipaiiv lias aisnts of SUVInn anil Uabilltlei ot $u,C00. but needs working capital. I Its plant Is located in West York and persons. "ONE RED CROSS WORKER IN EVERY HOME" SLOGAN lU'ltLINCiTdN, N. ;l Muj n. "At least one member of the lted Cross In every American lioine." Is the slogan of the Hurlincton City liranrli of the Ilurlingtoii Count.v Chnpter of the American lied Cross Society, which is seeking 1000 members. j The county cli.ipur has completed several j to the national distliliuliug smtlim in New TKADF HOARD ASKED TO INVESTIGATE COAL PRICES j IIA.l.r. ION, I'a.. May lo. - A. T. MacAllister, a Hazlcton business man and j foinier president of tho Hoard of Trade, called the attention of tho Federal Trade Commission to tho advance ot $;."." n ton In the ictnil price ot pea coal by the (!. I!. Mnrklo Company, which now charges $," a load. Ho nlso asked the commission to luve-llgati' the charge that tho Lehigh Valley Coal Company refuses to noil fuel to dealers who heretofore gut their suppl.v at the Markle breakers but whose trade has been diverted to the Valley because of the abnormal Markle advance. The Valley claims that Its regular trade needs nil the fuel It 'can produce and thut no new business can be accommodated. EARLY DELAWARE STRAWBERRIES BADLY DAMAGED llinnCIOVIriLi:, Del., May 10.--Strawberries will be badly damaged unless the cold weather stops soon, and already Hie early varieties nro badly hurt. Tho eold weather lias brought out the berry weevil, which lias cut the buds as fast as they have formed, t'ulcss vvaim weather comes soon the litter varieties will also bo killed. ERIE ROTARIANS PLEDGE $20,000 FOR Y. M. C. A. WORK KIMK, Pa., May 10. In less than llfteen minutes business men ot Ktio at a llotnriun meetliifv subscribed $L'0,000 for the V. M. C. A. work that will be undertaken by the nssoclatloiis of this country on the ba'.tlc fronts of Kurope. The donation came following an address by Justice .locph liulllngton. of the 1'njtcil States Court ol Appeals, who cainu to Kilo to tell the Itotaiians of the work being done by tho Y. M. C. A. and In iiiuke uu appeal to carry on the work among the liicn in our iiiuiy aud nav.v. PASTOit BUSY DRILLING, UNABLE TO PREACH CiiLLINGSWOOU. X. .1.. May 10.-"Home guard drill" was the excuse given by the I Sew IJr. Alfred Wagg, pastor of the First Methodist Ijffiscopal Church here, for not being able to fill 11 11 an engagement to preach tonight at the evangelistic services by the Lyon tabernacle ushers ill the Tabernacle Methodist Kpiscopal Church, Camden. "I belong to the home guards nnd have missed the last tluee ihilK and now I am determined to get In tho rookies' line and get the first rudi ments uf the drill manual," he said. TWIN BROTHERS JOIN U. S. ARMY AT NORRISTOWN NOIMIISTOWN. I'.i., Ma.v 10. Noli Istovvn will send twin druthers li defend tho I'nlted States. Among the enlistment In Company I". of NoriKov.n, are tilt; two clglitecu-ye.ii'-olil sons of Hurry Nuss, of Norristovvn. Seventeen i nlistcd In Com pany I", bringing the number to 11.. PERSHING'S CALL TO WASHINGTON STIRS GUESSERS WASHINGTON. Ma.v lo. Orders summoning .Major General Pershing to AVush Ineton have aroiiseil iiiinii speculation. iilllcInU have declined to comment on leports that the Gcncral'ii visit ,k conni. ted v ith the selection of a commander lor a military expedition lo Franco. RUSSIAN GENERAL KILLED BY ASSASSIN'S BULLET IHG.V Kus-i.i. M:.y lu Major General Kurt stuff, commander of the Siberian lillc division, bus been assassinated, lie was at tacked while walking near tho railroad station. His n-nlluut disappeared. The soldiers, nniong whom General KartJoff was veiv piiular, iliny the possibility tint the assassin wis one of their number. COAL OPERATORS WANT PROHIBITION TO SAVE GRAIN I'AIH.MONT, W. Vn.. May 10. Conservation of the nation's grain supply unil pi amotion of Industrial eltlclency through national piohlbltion were urged In resolu tions forwarded by olllceis of the Central West Virginia Coal Operators' Association to members of the West Virginia delegation in Congrtss. Members of the association opeiate holdings which produce Hi.Ouu.OUO tons of coal annually . !)0,000 TOTAL CANADIAN LOSSES SINCE WAR BEGAN OTTAWA, Slay 10.- Casualties among the Canadian expeditionary forces from the tlmo the war began up to Tuesday had i cached a total of Si.S43 killed, wounded and missing, according to a report made by the war records ohico. BUCKS COUNTY LICENSE COURT WILL OPEN MONDAY HOYLICSTOWN. I'a., May 10. liucks County Licence Court will open Monday. It Is expected there will be at least live lemoiistrances tiled this week. So far, remonstrances are against these places: Gardcnville lintel, Gnidcuville; White Hear, lllchboro; lllack Hear, Hlchboro; White Hall, Newtown; Anchor, Wligbtstown. 333 MEN IN PITTSBURGH JOIN FORCE FOR FRANCE PITTSlll'ilGH. .May 10. Olllcers lu charge of the recruiting of the Fifth United States Ihiglnecrs said that 353 men already had beui accepted, and they expected that 'within a month tho leglment would be icudy for duty. Hallways leading to the olllce of Lieutenant Colonel I'dgar .Imlvvin In n ilow'ntovvn ofllce building were ciowded with applicants, many of them skilled railroad men and machinists. ALLENTOWN GIRLSJtEADY FOR WAR DUTY IN EUROPE ALLKNTOWN, Pu May 10. While Allentown and Catnsaimuu have been giving a full share of their sons for war. the daughters nre not a whit behind. In nnsvver to a call which read, "Prepare to depart with tho Pennsylvania Hospital base unit for somewhere In 'Kurope," Misses Until and Lucy Krumanocber, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Krumanocher, of Allentown, left for Philadelphia, They aro members ot the Allentown Ued Cross SocleCy and have been nurses at "he Pennsylvania Ilospltul. SOME NEW TWO-CENT STAMPS BEAR FIGURE "5" ' An error lu engravInK tho regular Issue of two-cent stamps has caused come uf them lo como out with a five lu tho cortier Instead ot the two. Tho mlstnko was duo to printing the stamps on the live-cent dies, and has caused local dealers to offer 12G each for them. .-.Af ?- m, ' - tot. M Tiinri'slic LrpotaCoMriM . NEWS employment Is given to several score of cases of supplies for Immediate shipment York. 'cut- t4v- . X . i - ,j iASc"- rt , sjr . .v-.LNkr PRICE TWO CENTg U. S. SHIP FIR ON SUBMARINE! SAVES VESSEL I British nffipprs Pt-nisp Skill -.... . . -w or American Gunners in A y incident i&m m U-BOAT SEEKS DEPTHS Submerges Quickly as Bluejack-,1 eis l'cgni to oneu ,va Periscope A POUT IN THE t'NltF.1 STATUS, Mfcy 111. . . k&T ino pastengcis on an armcu American i--gj ship which has Just ai rived from a BritUh ''?$ port told how tho keen eyesight and smart, jM gunnery of the naval crew saved the snip. v& nnd a hlir Hritish frotrliter from b'elnr tor Hff pedocd by a German submarine on May 1, off the coast of Ireland. Twelve shots were , fired fiom the ship In rapid succession at a range of 120U to 1D00 yards, and the submarine disappeared so rmlckly that it vva.i Impossible to tell whether It had been " M hit. M The lapldlty with which American gun- "J ncrs fired was praised, by Hritish naval olllcers who were nmong tho passengers on the ship, but they cou'd not discuss the lo eldeiit further on neicunt of their position lu the Government '-nice. llenjauiln Itusscll, of Chicago, who wat standing op the forward deck within six feet of the mini nt the port gun when the periscope wns stgMed, gave this account of the voyage: "We sailed from a port In I'ngland at 0 o'clock on Tuesday morning, May 1, and owing to the fog vvc had to nnchor for three hours at the entrance to the harbor. It cleared In th? afternoon nnd the ship pro ceeded until ! o'clock, when a Hritish war ship stopped us and advised the captain to return and anchor for tho night, as suit marines were very active and bad shelled ,-' llelfast a little whllo previously. Several aS vessels nail been sunk during the day. une captain turned the ship around and we an chored until 3 o'clock mi Wednesday after noon. GLNNKItS ALEUT news of the submarine The activities .SH Kiveii pj- ine warsnips anu me reports r- vvyv reived by wireless from time to tlmo during;' p-jaj v ednesday, which were sent out by the au- .;? thorltles In Ireland, caused our gunners 'te .fill be very alert when we got away finally. .vnoui i:iu ociock 4 was sinnains; within six feel" of the nort1 cUn Vvhen .Murphy, a tnll gunner, suddenly called ,tp Kg Navnl Lieutenant Vdssler, who was on tlii ,,Ji! brlilgo with the captain, thdt he saw the ?& periscope of a submarine on the port bow. . "We all looked quickly In that direction and saw the periscope was well nbove the water, about l'JOO to 1300 yards away.1 Almost before 1 could realize what lfwai the port gun banged viciously and a shell passed over the periscope and dropped with a loud splash Into the sea about six to eight feet on the further side. Six shots In all were lircd from the port gun In lese than eighteen seconds, and then the aft gun boomed out and (lted four more shot In the diiectlou of the submarine after the ship had swung her head round to star board. f-HOAT SCBMEUGED The port ggu nnd the two shots fire afterward from the starboard gun did not make much noise, but the report from the larger gun aft brought every one on deck and shook the ship from stem to stern. It was Impossible to tell whether the .shots struck the submarine, as slu submerged Int meillalely and was not seen again.' On account of tho twilight it was possible te distinguish objects on tho water until after 7 o'clock. "The naval lieutenant lu chaige and the llrltlsh ofllcers wero of the opinion that the ...,ili ship's gunners had saved a big tramp which jw was aliout a mile astern of our ship wliWj9saj the periscope was sighted. '"T$?J-5 "I he officers said theie was no , doubt ivSfB that the submarine had come to the sur-1' face and was watting for the tramp. When our ship's gunners fired at her, the German commander submerged at once to escape the shots. The tramp did not attempt to get away, but swung her stern and flrea her four-Inch gun In the direction our gun ners were aiming. "The filing did not last long, but the excitement wus thrilling while the guns were booming and gave the passengers a faint Idea ot what, n naval action Was like. I am positive that only twelve shots ' weie filed altogether, because I counted V them, and this morning 1 'saw the empty shells put down below In loom." the magazine? '4 The Hi HUli nflli'em fin tlio liner sstl.l lh-r ,'ii " ' ' T- could not discuss the anti-submarine cam- v K palgu being waged on the other side, but rt'J they asserted that the U-boats had passed .$-3 tneir maximum eiicctlvcne-s, and would SM toon meet their fate. 'wA All lllft l)HKunfrpr nil lliu American Mn who YVPI'f, nilfllniiMl . tiiriVn In Iha nlVi--S .Tfil " ' ""- " -., terms or ino iictiona of the naval crew, v" linrlr t.lplllfiinnl 'nelpr nnA altn nt !.." iffll - """ " "7 -".a handling of the chip nt a serious time bjr me captain. t vt .VflTAHI.Ksl iiv iinvm- e ' V,,ln 11, nnB. .., n ,KA -,.t- LLi Mr. Uussell, of the firm of Nelson JorrlV .v to., oi wmcago; i.. Ariotia, General ougi blmottl and Captain Vannutelll, -of tli Italian Navy; Lieutenant Commander ,Hflb I'ontlnued on rte 8rvrn, Columa 4Nlev THE WEATHERS 4 d FOItECABV I'or riiladelpfiia ahd vicinity ally fair today and f omorroic; . cool ''t . . S Th Pfdatr t fcTiii hn&mtmr1 i zr.:-JzzEm ."a m, m r -' , - t" -. 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