,'!' r i Sl ifir' it ' U S. PROTESTS NEW HIGH TAX ON MEXICO OIL Firm but Friendly Repre sentations Made to Car - ranza Government BACKED BY GREAT BRITAIN Note Also Objects to "Denation alization" of Foreign Compa nies by First Chief's Orders ( WASHINGTON. June 2S Firm but friendly representation to Mex ico against new high taxes In the Tamplco Oil fields ami other representation)) against the so-called "denatlona!li,i.tlon" of foreign companies have been made to tho Car run za Oovernment by the fnlted States Govern Went, It was'Ioarned today Great Britain Is understood to have sec onded the representations agalnt the nil takes, though whether she" look the course of sending a note to Carranza Is not known The taxation representations, entirely friendly In lone, but quite Insistent upon a change, seek to lower taxes which many oil men now regard ns almost confiscatory. The other representations nro directed gainst the Carranza decree compelling all ferelgn companies to operate under Mexican charter, thus taking them out from under the protection of their oun governments Carranza'a position Is known to bo that the oil taxes will furnish considerable money to run his goernmcnt, but the American and British Governments hold that with their large drafts of oil for navy and air service they are entitled to a greater con sideration than has thus far been shown them. The new tax law goes Into effect July 10. Foreign operators. Including Ameri cans, will probably pay their taxes under protest, rel)lng on the hope and belief that General Carranza will bo reasonable and make modifications. Unknown to Carranza It was learned to day, the German consul In the Tuxp.im dis trict has been stirring up trouble. Rome disturbances have occurred, but these have not been sufficient to cause any particular alarm In government circles oil has been coming out freely at the rate of hundreds of. thousands of barrels' a day. Meantime there Is an effort on thp part of some government authorities to havp California oil reserves opened up to meet Increasing needs for crude oil. The navy maintains Its reserve should lie kept Intact , the Interior Department feels that America's needs at present, especially 'for her proposed airplane fleet, are such that freeing of supplies would be advisable. ,BOY DROWNS; TRIO RESCUED four Lads Hurled Into Artificial Lake at Audubon When Raft Upsets One boy drowned and three others wero Imperiled yesterday at an artificial lake nt Audubon, near Camden, when they wero thrown Into ten feet of water by the over turning of a raft Abraham Atchlck, clpven jrears old. Bit Chestnut avenue, Audubon, Hi t H$ drowned, while those saved were his brother, Paul, seven yeara old : Joseph Ber tin and Nathan Tewey, twelve years old, all of Audubon Michael Boffin and Oeorgo Waskcl, of Philadelphia, saved the three boys, while Chief of Police MacMlllan recovered the body of tho drowned boy The lako Is being made by damming up a branch of the Newton Creek The boys were enjoying themselves paddling about on u raft made of logs when It careened and all four fell Into the water GERMAN DEMOCRACY Only Complete Internal Change Can Bring Peace, Socialist Chief Insists IltlltLIN. June 25 Philip Schcldemann, the Socialist leader, has returned from the .Stockholm confer ence In the Vorwaerts ho reveals himself as an thing but optimistic concerning early peace prospects "In splto of .Stockholm, alas," he says, wo fear that wo shall be called upon to face the foilrlh winter of war To prevent this, If possible. In an honorable waj. must be our duty. One of the means of achiev ing this, while not Infallibly certain, yet, nevertheless most promising, Is tho democ ratization of German) " After upbraiding tho Oovernment for Its failure to make an exhaustive declaration with regard to Its war nlms In reply to the Socialist Interpellation, and declining party responsibility for tho Government's course llirr Sihcldemann continues- "I believe that each of lis has returned from Stockholm with the firm conviction that wo are on the right road Wo desired to see the peace policy of tho Central Powers. Initiated In April, 1016, carried out without circumvention to completion Then occurred what wo had predicted and valnlv tried to stave off war with tho United States As a result of this om opponents' hope of victory Is revived and tho war Is continued "Let us picture the European sltuitlot, as it might have developed In tho east, a revolutionary, peaco-lnslstlng Russia; across the seas, if onl) passively so, a neu tral America How much nearer would wo have been to peace and how many obstacles with which our work In Stock holm had to contend would then have been removed "We cannot undo what has already hap pened, yet duty Impels ns to s.ek the way that will lead us out of this endless mur dering of mtlons It was In Stockholm that I finally accepted as my unshakable conviction that of which I had before been conscious the thing cannot be achieved without the sweeping dcmocratlratlon of Germany." Hcrr Scheldcmann points out that the In sistent clamor nt home for a new Internal orientation has supplied foes with an effective war formula against Germany This new tack, he adds, can effectively bo met by giving the nation what It demands The watchword should be "No party, only one people " Guardsman liadly Hurt in Dive Hugh Herbert, twenty.four )ears old, a Second Pennsylvania Regiment guardsman, of 3536 Parrlsh street. Is In a serious con dition In the Cooper Hospital, Camden, the result of his head striking n rock while diving In the Delaware Hlver it Cramer Hill yesterday He received a probable fracture of the skull and severe lacerations Wi Jr mm I 1 kA If! JP? 8v " FOR what we have given given gladly we only implore that you be merciful ! Could you but be here beside us we would ask no more than that father's, mother's care and sympathy you've lavished on us since our boyhood days. That, and that alone, would match all the skill of medicine and surgery ! "Think of us, three thousand miles away we and our million comrades who are at once to follow! Think of those of us whom the stretcher-bearers will carry away, to fight another fight for EVENING LEDGEBr-PHILADBI-PHIA, MONDAY, JUNE SESJIOIT GOETHALS ORDERS Contracts Awarded for Ten Steel and Four Wooden Cargo Ships 24 ADDITIONAL HULLS WASHINGTON. June 25 Contracts for ten more steel ships and four wooden cargo vessels were let last week by General George W. Goethala, manager of the emergency fleet corporation, he announced todny Twenty-four ad ditional wooden hulls were contracted for The first contract for marine engines made by the corporation was announced to day, awarding construction of twelve verti cal triple expansion engines to the Hlllcott .Machine Corporation or Hiltltwire The total number of complete steel ships ordered by the Government shipping board to date Is 22 ; wooden and steel. 12 and complete wooden ships,, 31 The total wooden hulls is 72 nnd tnarlno engines 12 The other new contracts announced todny were as follows Moore and Scott Iron Works San Fran- Isco, works nt Oakland Ten complete steel cargo-cirning steamships, deliveries first nnd second In Fibruarv I11R third In March. 1918 , 'fourth nnd fifth In June 1118 i sixth In August. Ills seventh nnd eighth In October, 1518, ninth nnd tenth In Novtmber, 1!H8 Portland Ship Celling Companv. Port land, Me Four wooden hulls, deliveries February I. 1D18: Mirch 1. 1118, May I. 1018, June 15 1118 respectlvelv fnlvers.il Shipbuilding Company. New York cltv (works. Houston ship Canal. Harris Countv, Texas) Twelve wooden hulls; deliveries, one nnd two. seven months after completion of the wuvs, three nnd four, month later; live and six, nine months after completing w.ivs; seven and eight, ten months nfter completing wavs , eleven and twelve, twelve months after completing ways. Mcllrlde & Law Hentimnnt. Tex Four wooden hulls: deliveries, first hull, on or before March 1. 1!1R, ei nml hull on April 1. 1118. third hull, on Mav 1, 1018. fourth hull, on June 1, 1118 New comb Lifeboat Company. Hampton, Va Four empiric wooden cargo-carrying steamships , deliveries first bv January in, 1018; balance, one steamship every sixty d.ivs thercnftir, so that Hst will be deliv ered on or before .lulv 16, 1CI1S. (WATCH COCCIII TO GUARD ' AGAINST HIS SUICIDE Slayer of Ruth Cruder Makes One At tempt to Dash Drains Out Against Wall HOI-OGNA. Italy. June 25 Alfredo Cocchl, self-confessed slayer of Ruth Cruger. .i New York High School girl, Is being carefully watched In prison here, ns he has several times expressed tho Intention ot committing suicide "to finish It all " For this reason he Is not allowed to have In his cell towels, suspenders, bed sheets or metal knives, forks and spoons His Jailers assert that on ono occasion he at tempted to dash his head against the wall, although he soon became calm when tho kecpcis threatened In put him In a strait Jacket Ills moods frequentlv change Sometimes he Is so cheerful that he sings, but he often Is plunged Into deepest despondency, with periods of listeria, in which ho expresses the fear that h Hallah Government will permit his extradition to tho fnlted States, whete capital punishment prevails. W Are Red Cross subscriptions are payable in full now, if you prefer, or in four installments July 1st August 1st, September 1st and October 1st. Liberty Bonds (or bank receipts therefor) accepted at their face value. Send your subscription to any bank or trust company, or to E., T. Stotcsbury, PhiladeMiia Chairman, American Red Cross War Finance Committee, Fifth and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, L-.-jiti.ujuumiirnnjn i ii " i .MaMM EUGENE HOWARD Elevcn-ycar-old boy, who left his home, 3614 Market street, yester day, to attend Sunday school at Princeton Presbyterian Church and has not been heaul from since. CRIPPLED BOY VANISHES GOING TO BIBLE SCHOOL Mother Declares Deserting Father Told Her He Would Take Child An eleven-year-old crippled boy, whose father Is said to have threatened several rars ago to take him nnd Ills younger sis ter from their mother, disappeared yester day morning on his way to the Princeton Piesbjterlan Sunday School, Powelton ave nue and Saunders street, and has not been heard of since The bnv, Kugene Howard, lives with his mother. Mrs Hannah Howard, at 3C14 Mar ket street When ho left for Sunday school he wore a vvhlto shirt, blue serge cap nnd trousers, black shoes and stockings, black-and-white tie. He wns four feet nine nnd one-half Inches tall, and' weighed ninety pounds ills hair was dark He wore a brace on his right knee He has attended the special school for cripples at Thirty-sixth and Ludlow streets for sev eral )ears. Tho mother said the boy had never before disappeared Sho fears the father, Orvlllo Howard who, sho says, de serted her eight )eais ago, may have taken the bo. Sho has never seen him since, but sa)s she has had thronts from him that ho would some day take the children away from her Sho Is closely guarding tho other child, who Is nine )ears old The police havo been notified e Not Worthy PETROGRAD"REDS" DEFY GOVERNMENT Fifteen Russians Who Have Lived in U. S. Lead Group in Stolen Mansion ALL READY FOR BATTLE By WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD PHTROORAD, Jine 2V Fifteen nusslans who lived In America are leaders In a group of "n":hls'V1,'c'l tho Oovernment has been at emptlng for days to persuade to abandon Oeneral Diirnovo's house here. They have made the beautiful building a filthy hole ; they are disobeying the law against drinking of vodka, they are threatening to give the Oovernment a hot time In ejecting them. A partv of Americans was permitted by the nnarchlsts to visit the garden of their headquarters In this building today. Huge black banners, with the motto death to all capitalists." fly In the breeze. Armed sen tries guard every approach As I approached close to one gateway n outh with rifle carelessly hitched under his arm shouted- I'omo on in. old boy you ro an Amerl- ' I explained I wns a reporter and Im mediately he thawed out even more In a heart v welcome, speaking halting I.ngllsh nun mi Amtrlcin twang No sooner had Hi begun to greet me In i:ngllh than n score .if others round about clustered, all excltedlv nnd brokenly trying to talk at once The crowd on the sidewalk outside, where the black banners marked oft the amrchlsts' headquarters, looked on with amarement Tho average Itusslan regards an anarchist as a super-devil, hardly human, nnd they couldn't understand tho apparently Jo)ful accents with which I was crc?tptl "Where do you live In America?" "What papers do )ou write for?" "Will what you write be published in Detroit?- "Do vou write for any I'rlco newspapers? were some of the questions hurled at me as I was led through the portals to the inner courtvard How many of you here nre from tho states-'" I nsked Fifteen," was the reply. "What arc )OU acting like this for?" "We're nnarchlsts, alwas," one man an swered proudly. "We wero when we were In the fulled States but we never got a chance for action Now Is our chance nnd we're making the best of It." "Don't )ou believe In war?" To h 1 with war we've a bigger fight here against the capitalists." "Do you f.ivnr a separate peace?" "Wc'ro In favor of any old kind of a peace Hut vie nren't cowards. We arc nil likely to be killed when the Govern ment calls out the troops to eject us from here." "Were )Oit fellows In the Russybolyn scrape?" 1 asked, referring 'to a disturb ance attributed to tho anarchists. "Sure." responded one youth, who went on hurriedly to explain he had worked In a Detroit automobilo factory "What do )ou think of this?" he asked, patting his revolver "That's tho argument we're going to use " "Yes." Interjected a man who said he was formerlv un expert machinist at Cleveland, "and lots of 'big potatoes' (Itusslan slang for bombs) will also bo used" "Uetter come around In the morning," he continued "The Government will be send ing troops agilnst us We II die before wo surrender. You'll see war in these gardens." There were about ninety anarchists In tho headquaiters Their leaders nre Amei leans and ono of tho Americans Is a gunman who c.imo from New York on a steamship by way of Norway Ofllcials here declare life through long weeks of pain and misery ! "But all this we face with willingness and courage if you in turn will provide the. means by which the Red Cross, our and your Red. Cross, may take up the wondrous work of mercv-W mercywhlch only its noble men and women can yr T!5aV?uthS sier's Plea Answer it-generously! The War Fund of the Red Cross must be subscribed by sunset to-day! the etinman type the most violent of all anarchists, , .... Inside the Durnovo home dirt and nun are apparent everywhere. The men them selves were patently unbathed. None seem to take the trouble to shave. I saw several young and pretty girls about the rooms. Our party was freely offered the forb aaen vodka. Our leaders said there was a plenti ful supply on hand Everything Indicated the anarchists were having tho most lurid time of their lives. All Petrograd agrees with them In expecta tion of a fierce pitched battle soon, to force their ejection from Ihe Durnovo home. U. S. PLANS ONE AERO FIELD EVERY 90 DAYS Contract Signed for Fifth of Njne Training Grounds Work men Push Construction WASHINGTON. June 26. An army aviation field completed every ninety days until the nine authorized by Congress are constructed Is the program outlined today by the emergency building committee of the Council of National De fense. Today there are large forces of work men engaged In the task of constructing flying fields at Itantoul. 111. ; Detroit, Mich. ; Dayton. O , and Hampton, Va. The con tract for tho fifth site at Dellevllle, 111., has Just been signed and work Is expected to stnrt early this week on this fifth flying city. !.arh of the camps will cost $G88.000 to ci.nstruct The acrcago needed for each field totals 640, and fifty-seven buildings for the housing of fliers, mnchlnes and appurtenances will be necessary. It Is estimated that moro than 2.500.000 feet of lumber and forty tons of nails will be needed In construction. The Buildings, which wilt be erected along one entire side of the flying field, Include the .ollowlng Eighteen hangars, ten ofllcera luarters, one commanding officers' restaeiii-e, one officers' club, one hospital, six mess halls, six cantonments of barracks, one power house, one gymnasium, two guard houses, one schoolhouse. one aero supply station, one administration building, one gasoline storago house, one garage, ono blacksmith shop, one machlno Bhop. one postofilce and one Y SI. C A. building. Fancy Diamond Rings Many new and attractive mountings are shown in our .varied assortment. A beautiful ring is one of lace-work effect, made of plat inum, with three diamonds in square settings $150. S. Kind & Sons, DIAMOND MERCHANTS ?" BRITISH RAID FOE'S LINES; KILL MANY Haig Bites Still Deeper Into German Front Positions TAKE CAPTIVES AND GUNS LONDON, June 25 In a score of "minor operations," such as raids and patrol advances, mixed with lo. cal attacks, British forces bit still deeper Into the German lines on the west front today. "There were successful enterprises at night at a number of points In tho neigh bnrhood of Kpehy, Bullecourt, noeux, Loos and Hooge, whero we raided enemy trenche killing many nnd taking several prisoners,"' Field Marshal Halg reported "Hast of Ver inellfs In a raid we captured fifteen prlj. oners and two trench mortars, remaining in the enemy trenches more than two hours blowing up a dugout and Inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy. i "Southwest of Lens and northwest of Warneton successful minor operations brought us prisoners and added to ih ground gained In both localities " GERMAN DRIVE SLOWS DOWN ON FRENCH FRONT PARIS. June 25 Germany's counter-offensive drive in the region of Chemln-dcs-Dames slowed down last night to a mere artillery combat The French official statement today did not mention any Infantry nssaults of the kind that for three days had been fruitlessly thrown against the French positions but specified "In the sector of Itoyiere and Froldmont farms, near Hurtebulse. and west of Chevreux. there was sharp cannonading" The enemy troops were unsuccessful in raids attempted In the region of Chevreux In the Woevre nnd St Mlhiel. all being driven back with losses to the Germans 1110 Chestnut St. JEWELERS SILVERSMITHS E...o tfj . t ' M ' 'm "fK'u v &.-.&&.&.. v mnm jmc?,v st, r " " Mill in sfMhi - - i o ..
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