X V H PICTORIAL SECTION PAGES 18,19,20 Euentng JJ3STO4&, NIGHT t '"r-"r 4V 'J -mm" 'mm- .-y.. fr EKWt srf H ' TlTi rtrnr iM if. jr 3 rtWr,'' js WW I H H H H H H i T7l -71? TFini 3 9' i iwiaifciiiM! mtirr ira m 1 ,'JI iM .. M .': VOL. HI. NO. 245 Teutons fall back at lens; CITY TOTTERS Ktcrmans Forced to Retreat "Behind Avion-Mericourt Switch Line BlAlG BEWILDERS FOE IHindpnburR Kept Gucssitij: as English Strike at Different Points in Line PARIS, .luno 27. if The Trench city or Nancy nas'liom- barded by German airmen last night, but the War Office stated today that no SamaRC was done. There were no casualties. Ry WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS XviTH TUB BRITISH ARMIKS IN TIITI rTRLP. .nine -i. German defenders of Lens telrented to day Itlln (on. behind the so-called Avion- Merlrourl ' switch linn established In the ulnn of the Lens suburb', ns Hip British continued ilietr Inclosing movement W Here, behind railway embankments and t!ag heap", thn German han established nachlncgun fortresses. British patrols are jwplnf closelv In touch with the retreating tnemv In all this section south of tho rlt Wert of I.pns tho dlfllculllps In thn way of the nltnrklng British fori ps arc Iroincti- 'Soun, but prisoners pouring bark In a steady ftrea m tndav declared thn German dc fendeis wcte sorely pressed and fear the rorsi Tho British now hold nil litcli ground In the entire Lens salient lCnemy airmen jre striving frantically to solio thn riddle of Itaig's offensive w here ho will strlk" Ith his next attack. U Is plain from Ihelr efforts they cannot figure whether it will at Yprcs, Mcsslnc, Lens, Arrat.nr Bullecourt A document taken on a prisoner today -.nd exhibited at headquarters confessed tuiat the ucrman planes nave nearly an neen ttopped by the British flying coips before . iav n.r. nhlA in C-nt r.Cfr PVPIl tllptr HU II front lines A few, howcer. seem to cross tty onco In a while and there are numei Jur red-hot battles In tho nlr as a result Field Marshal Hals has Hiiicloubuig messing Shifting llko a master boxer, hlt- 'tine first with hla light and then with his left, and then sliaiply uppei cutting 111 tne Mntr to the chin, tho British commander jjlteeps his Prussian opponent not only iiii-s-, tied, but on tho dcfcnslc, with his back I Jfilnsl I ho ropes There isn't any doubt that Prussia, as ' President Wilson says, "shows sIkhs of Sttakenlnc." Tho fighters hero approve that filitemcnt And they add, In ctfect, "It's tt to tho Allies now to hit hard." V Throughout today Hals- continued his tac ,(tla throughout tho length of tho Biltlsh , front, liarrjlng tho enemy everywheie fcfWle the enemy anxiously watches home Jipot whero tho German commandeia tliluK JUieyhavo detected a lltTIo licaler aitlllcry Ipre than elsewhere apparently signalizing (reparation for an attack Iialjr slams foi pird somewhere else, ' Every day thieatens Lens more livery f,fay tees local battles and local retirements by the emmv .Further north the tame strategy Is gain ing ror the British. The weather is hot ami sullry. Air fleets tec't the Mazing sky, the Piussian ma chines curiously but conspicuously avoiding Mttle whenever possible. , GERMAN TROOPS A TTACK " IN VAIN ON ARRAS LINE LONDON. June 17. An attempt by the Germans to recapture tround lost by them In the hector of Kon- i-..-v3.i roisuios, on the Arras front, Continued on Tnje I'our, Column One "TAKE STEPS TO FIX FAIR COAL PRICES Jouncil of National Defense and Operators Act to Stimulate Production WS FOR HARMONY k WASHINGTON'. Juno 27. '&. v""'c" 01 rsational Derense ad- 'Jz'l Committee. Unrklnp In i.niiluni.llnn tan.i PCal l,ertors meeting here, today S,!.11 ""oluUoii tending to stimulate Ruction and to nx "Immediately a fair ii , aD,e frlce on coal. f. o. b. cars - - vm.11 umirici. 1ne hnrlv i,.i,i,.u .nn... m.i i...inn 1. ComnA j """ janncu tins I cruiuuuii i Cjwsed of seen members of the National ilfh Counc"' ana seven representatives Sal mi "varing .Mate, apjioinieu oy me in 2' oper,ltora who are meeting here. Ftn Btalea represented by these commlt V' v,re Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, to" '' Irglnia, (Virginia. Alarland and I ffiii.. ',"ulu"on Declared the I tUonal fiefense hatl named Council of KrnniiH S. lttlTr.8,, airman of a c ISnP oUuctloi f 'he council r,V.'" commlttcA win .nn'.i. committee on KtUh ' "... vvttDij l ... n rprentatlves of the soft coal "".rBCe industries. "' object r h. n.nn1iit... ...in 1.. S ftfl Hlllt )HArfiln.u ntwl Inln.r. n.n.l. fWpn y.w,h ,he tlovernjnent wi pro. PtM r r ,,r nimiuiiiicii uuu iiinim per LJ r an adequate means of Ulstrlbu 2 i reasonablA nrie -. :z I THE WEATHER . IP. I.rtr.-. "" Phlladrlnhln .i ,.iin., n,k. J$JVr '"Wit nntl Thuntlau; tUghllu m.y'9nloht, icith lower UumidUv: ocntle i'-tiv icid)i 1 W,i I II III- IIAV MU ' i I3, '" Moon u . II 40 x m. , ..- g . - v in moon ouin o.iji p m. f'VTARE KM Kit TII1K CIIANOES HIKHTNIT STnBKT ' -"'' -tHlif rl(r i 4Q p,U WATUKR A-f KACH HOL'H i m m.TMisrixm SCIENCE KEYNOTE OF NAVAL I WARFARE AS PRACTICED TODAY Great Difference Between Old Skill of In dividual Fighter and Modern Organiza tion Shown by the Author By WINSTON CHURCHILL .Uilhor 0 irtrl,n,rl fnrvrl," Ihr rrHI," -The rrojudir,." Toitfaron." -Mr Ofire'ji I nrrrr" am "7ir ;M(r 0 thr flip " VPrUhl. lit:. ih Nw rpuhlir N'.s fi,riie renjruhl. 19IT. (h Tublle l.-rt.r I'omrtny f'offoiMiu; H tlirx'jrlh ourf cnnrltiriiiifj nrttrlr of f)f irifr hy U'in.iroii Vhuichill, Ihr tllillitntiiihal .Imrrfcfin ntilhnr, itraltnp villi thr rjrent tenr. 7 11 this article Mr. t'huirhill shoiri Ihr- evolution nl nii-nf u-nrfarr row the old methods of litdli Irian! l,ill In the modern ,i;j(mi n ori7aiil4crf cf"irr. "VN!: of m lvhl and not iiltogpthei i'licrl1iil memories of life as a midshipman on the ohlnlllnc ship CnnitPllnllon li of the bosun's whistle arousing us from ilteatns. I p nil haml, up all hammock"!" Yet, Uko to recall the morning hours when tho sea ni showered with diamonds, when tho luff of tha spanker was drumming In tho wind, the wet decks wero being squecjecd and "bright work" slilned anil hnljnrds neatly colled, nnd all hands were earning breakfast, every man Lilly and contented with his Job. On Just sueli a morning. 1nt mouth. I stood nn the high bridge of a battleship. Her huge mass wai slipping through the water n easily ns a whaleboat. and high jilion me, instead of the white sail' sf memoiy, lowered the basket-mast with Its Vpltal withes of steel that In beltlf ran hn nil and cut again and slllt stand elect, behind It. the huge twin funr. (Is belched forth their stream of smoke drifting to leewntd. Hut the decks, as In the. dns of old, were alivo with barelegged Jai-kle" scrubbing nnd pointing with nit their might, while the bosun's mate wandered nbout, pipe In linnd. Thn Hear-eyed quartermaster, fingering thn spokes, held her to her course, Ihe navigator bent over his chart, the signalmen stood by the halyards. The raptaln, at (ho end of the bridge, was watching some tiny smudges of smoke on tho horizon. "Jf thoso were enemy ships," he said, "their shot would be falling around us now." "And lion nbout our shots?" I nsked, o smiled nn-1 said, "Vou should see some of our leeord"." And when I went in Washington I did see some of them ' 1 can say nn mom about them than to wish Hint llie.x might be printed here, for the benefit of all who read these lines: Nor was 1'ontlniied on re lj. Column Two CHARGES RAILROAD CLOSED HIS MINES Ohio Coal Operator Tells .Senate Committee Penn sylvania Coerced Him WOULDN'T FURNISH CARS 1 Bj o Staff foiiraportrf'iit WASHINGTON. June "7 TeMlfjing before the 'Senate Committee on Interstatn Commerco toda, H K. Wll laid, of CIuvpIbiiiI, an Olilo.isoal op.yt.Uor. said that tho Ponri" Iv.mlsi Balhoad had shut up his mines because he refused to furnish tho company coal at $1.-0 a ton. "The local agent of the company." said Mr Wlllard, "notified me one day that the PemiTPlvanla wanted all tho coal 1 pio duced on the next da I told him that I had no tontrnct to furnish coal to the companj, and he answ'cred. '1 know that." "I asked him how much thn company would pay. and he said $1 20 a ton I said I would not supply it at that price 'If ou don't, ho told me. "wo will close our mine up till you do' and lliev did I bad to take the matter to the Ohio Publl- I'tllltles Com mission to get relief Only last week, while jou gentlemen in Washington were hearing from the railroads that they had ii 100 per cent car supply, the Pennsylvania gave me only eighteen cars when I could have filled and needed 'J50. Mv men are standing theie with no work to do and I am com pelled to pa.v out thousands of dollars a month to maintain my organization, while farmers who arc digging coal out of the ground nnd hauling It to tho railroads in wagon, loads are being nupplied with cars Instead of furnishing tho mines with cars that could be loaded In three minutes the Individuals are being given them when they tako dajs to load ' Mr. Wlllard said that If all the cars needed liv thn coal operators were supplied by the railroads for thirty days the present exorbitant coal prices would bo entirely re moved. Pennsylvania Ilallioad otllclals declined to comment on tho charges made before tle Senate Commltteo on Interstate Commerce by II. I! Wlllard, a Cleveland coal operator, that tho lallroad was holding back badly needed cars and forcing hlmTnlo thousands of dollars' loss The icply to the charges, it was said, would bo made by the com pany's legal department to tho Senate Com mittee, before which the charges were made. The question of car allotment is so technical that only tho legal minds han dling the case could make an ndequato re ply, it was added. NEW YORK SCRIBES ACT IN NOTED M'GRAW CASE Put It Up to League Moguls nnd De mand Thorough In vestigation NKW YOIIK. tlune 27 The New York chapter of the Baseball Writers' Associa tion today placed its side of the now famous McGravv case squarely up to tho National League, demanding a thorough Investiga- - il. n,l.ln nnrl niltltPtll left V flf Mate ments credited to Mcfiraw In which he at tacked President John K Tener and which have slnco been icpudlated by tho Giant managei . At a special meeting of the writers It was unanimously agreed to request that the ense be leopened in a special meeting at once, to the end that writers be hoard in their own defense. DANISH SHIP TORPEDOED AND SIX OF CREW DIE Vessel Sinks Before Lifeboats Can Be Launched Twelve Sur vivors Landed WSHINGTON. June 27. Klve members of the craw of the Danish steamship Gun hild were drowned nnd one was killed when the vessel was torpedoed without warning by 1 German submarine and sank beforo the lifeboats could be launched v consular report of the disaster reached the State Department today Twenty mln. utes after the torpedoing of the Ounhlld a British destrover picked up the remainder of "lie ciew and two rassengers twelve men. No Americans, were aboard, Frightened Horse Throws Policeman That H Police- hrVs are not gentle was prove" today when Mounted Policeman John OBrlen of the Clerrosntown tUon. was thrown by his hora at Oermantowi , A tidfnAtt mtrt ltFM (lift 2ltUmI th.ed PHn U J rJ2 -wheat 1m w etlt tt.wtHt all W(a Cl. P.vim " """I J"T"W REFORM DEMANDS GROW IN GERMANY Agitation for Liberalization Increasing Even Among Conservatives PRUSSIAN SAVANT IN LINE By JOHN GRANDKNS BUBMN (via London). June 27 Agitation for Immediate liberalization of Germany is growing dally. Even news papers of heretofore strongly conserve ( tendencies are urging reform?. A number of leaders of German thought heretofore reactionary apparently now favor grbater reform. Such newspapers as the Vorwaerts (thn Socialist organ), the Tageblatt and the Vos slsche Zeltung are pointing the way. But most significant was the statement Issued today by the historian, Prof Otto Huntzc. He said "We Prussians cannot stand alono In the midst of Germany, of liurope and of tho whole world and resist liberalization Wo are threatened with dangetous isolation from the world's people " The greatest Importance was attached to Professor Huntze's declarations, since he has heretofore never given evidence of any liberal tendencies. The Reichstag will reopen Its session July 5, and on that date the so-called Constitu tion Committee will make its report. This body, of which Philip Scheldemami, ma jority Socialist leader. Is chairman, adopted recommendations in May which were en thusiastically hailed by certain elements in Germany as tending toward Immediate lib. erallzatlon of tho Government. The Con stltutibn Committee had been authorized to mak erecommendatlons by the Kaiser him self Their suggestions, ns announced May 13, were To make the Imperial Chancellor directly responsible to the rtelchstag as well as to the Kmperor, Bedlstrlctlng of Germany so that the Reichstag may be more representative. After having made the recommendation as to the Chancellor, the committee pro ceeded to vitiate all the reform nature of this suggestion by declining to give the Reichstag any power over removal of the Chancellor. The Constitution Committee, headed by the pro-Government Socialist leader, Schelde mann. Is dominated by pro-Government forces that Is, by the Chancellor and the autocratic German' machine. The commit tee is to hold further sessions In July. Theodor Wolff. In the Tageblatt, reads the Chancellor a lecturo for declaring through tho North German Gazette that President Wilson Is more of an autocrat than Kmperor Nicholas was, the writer pointing out that President Wilson, In the Continued on rose Four. Column On REPORT CENSURES NAVY FOR KILLING OF NURSES Senators That Probed Mongolia Gun Accident Say Tests Were Not Thorough WASHINGTON. June .'7. Censure for the Navy Department for alleged failure to piovlde thorough tests of ammunition in connection with the recent gunnery accl dent which killed two Red Cross nurses on the liner Mongolia, Is contained In the Senate Naval Affairs Committee's lenort of Its Investigation of the accident. The report was submitted to the Senate with tbe unanimous approval of the commit tee this afternoon In response to Senator Frellnghu) sen's resolution. Where Philadelphia's Conscripts Will Train A picture journey to the site for the great army camp near Annapolis Junction, Hid. See the full page of phptographa in This Edition of the rub Wim PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, GERMAN NAVAL OFFICER TAKEN AS SPIES' CHIEF Albert Webber. Nabbed in New York, Accused of Espionage by Police SOUGHT SINCE JUNE !? Charged With Misuse of Mnils and Conspiracy Called V011 Papen's Aid NEW TORK. June 27. Albert Webbei. an officer of the Geiman navy and declared by tho pollen to bo the director general of the German spy system in tho United States, was arrested at Broadway and Fortv -second rtreet loilav. Webber, who lives at M l'.leventli street, Hobnken. N J . I a civil englneei and a ship builder The police have been seeking him since June .1 when be skipped out of sight Last night thev tecelved infnrm.lllnn that li would visit Hrnadwa.v and Forty second street to get snmn mall Helen lives wpre placed nn watch and his arrest this mninlng followed Wehber is, charged, wilh violating ths fnltcd Slates law rrardlnc shipment "f mails He is also charged with loir"-. Ling to erect a wireless plant In Mex n supposedly for the purpose of sending o Berlin Important Information Coiicernli s this country's war movements The poll' e alleged that he succeeded on I'lntclen and vn tapen In carrvlng on German secre' wo: t In tills cotintiv Thev allege that h was principal Intermediary between ,1 group of prominent Hermans in the I'nlted States and thn cieiman Foielgn OfMie On June S detectives attached to the ' bomh squad' and agents of the Depart ment of Justice anested Herman Thick, nn emplove nf the Hamburg-American Line, Georgn Mclcher a Norwegian saloonkeeper and four sailors of the Norwegian-American I.ljie. for conspiring agalnu the shipment of malls and plotting to establish a wire less plant In Mexico The lallei charge was based on the fact that parts of wireless apparatus were found in Ihelr posserslcm and bills of lading showed thev shipped other similar equipment to Mexico. Webber was wanted at Hie same time In connection with these plots, but eluded cap ture. At the same time nn Investigation was started of charges that he was con cerned with the purchase of ships here for Germany and also of his alleged connection with wealthy Germans here and with Ihe T-'orelgn Office In Berlin. Webbei came to thn United States In 191; and entered the employ of the Hambnrc Amerlcan I.lne remaining with the company until last January ST. LOUIS. June 27 Department of Justice Agent Edward Brennan today . baga.il nn Investigation which, U is intimated, may lead to the un covering of widespread operations of Ger man plotters through the Middle West. Francis K. Mll)elt. former empluvn of the Commercial Acid Company, of Xia't St Louis, is believed to hold thn key to the plot Mlllett ras arrested after he had repeatedly called up the plant on the tele phone asking If the ' explosion had oc curred " In his possession were found insignia of thn .Austrian Red Cross and allegedly forged papers proclaiming him a member of the Franciscan brothers. 0 Mlllett was discharged from the plant after suspicion had centered on hint follow ing rumors that tho explosives plant was to be blown up. He Is being quizzed by De partment of Justice agents today WASHINGTON. Juno 27. The lookout for possible Uerman spies In the postal service was Increased today fol lowing discovery of an incident which Il lustrated ,cw easily one might abstract of ficial documents from the mails. A local postoftlce employe held up a let ter to Postmaster General Burljson. writ ten by a patriotic woman who heard thn emploje pralre the Kaiser In original poetry The woman was prevailed upon to sign a withdrawal card handed her by n postal Inspector and the letter was thereupon returned to her unopened Tho employe wns suspended and Burleson ordered an Investigation. SUFFRAGE PICKETS ARE SENT TO JAIL Six Convicted of Obstructing Traffic Prefer Imprison ment to Pines PLEAD THEIR OWN CASES WASHINGTON, Juno 27. Convicted of obstructing traffto In mili tant demonstrations at tho White House, six suffragists of the National Women's party today declared they would servo nn alternative of three dajs In the workhouse rather than pay 25 fines. All have been long prominent nationally in suffrage work. The convicted suffragists are Catherine Morey. of 'Boston ; Mrs. Anna Arnell and Miss Mabel Vernon, of Nevada; Miss, Lavlna Dock, of Fayettevllle. Pa.; Miss Maud Jamison, and Miss Virginia Arnold They are adjudged guilty hy Judge Mul lonry after a three-hour trial In a packed courtroom. The women had no law 5 era and defended their own cases, cross-examining witnesses and making their own appeals to the Judge. Six- other women ai rested in the White Home demonstration last Monday failed to appear for trial. There are still a number of cases pending against suffragists taken In the dally "1 lots." Miss Mabel Vernon was elected "chief Portia" for the women Immediately after the sentence of alternative fine or Imprison ment she announced the fine ivould not be paid. Assistant Corporation Counsel Ringgold Hart asked for the maximum penalty under the law. It was at .first considered sending the women to Occoquan, the municipal work, house,, but finally the Court decided t eiidj them to the District .of Columbia Jail, a gloomy, old-fashioned prison at the edge of a marsh and overlooking a branch, of the Potomac abqut thtee miles due east of the Capitol RqlMing, JkMK Ymu A AlUMSA - -,- v-n t-3 ! 1917 t'ortmoiiT. 101" St THE TCILIO LlMlS Cor4WW e EXTRA BONE-DRY CLAUSE RESTORED BY SENATE COMMITTEE WASHINGTON, June 27. The Senate Agriculture Committee to-, day tefused to accept the subcommittee leport on a bone dry amend ment to the food control bill with contiol of beer nntl wine production in the hands of tho Piesident. Instead, the committee substituted the bone dry provision ndoptctl by tho House, permitting the President to authorize manufacture of wine only if he deshes. HOUSE PASSES $27,000,000 RIVER AND HARBOR BILL WASHINGTON, June 27. By a vote of 205 to 132, the House today passed the, river and harbor bill nppioptiatlng $27,000,000 to be expended in vrs'-eiway improvement lu all parts of the country. REYNOLDS LEADS EARLY FIELD AT WHITEMARSH Walter Reynolds, of the Arciiimlnk County CluB and tunncr-up to Cameron B. Buxton in last year's amateur golf tournament, turned in a card of 78 at Whitemarsh this morning, lending the field. An unusually small field of forty-one started. LEVER BILL EXTENDED TO COPPER, LEAD AND WOOD WASHINGTON, June 27. Copper and copper products, lead, lumber and timber weie added to the list of articles to be controlled by the focd bill by theSenate Agiicultuie Committee this afternoon. RUSSIAN SOCIALISTS TO , PKTROGRAI), June 27. -The Congress to send n delegation m sl members shortly to Stockholm. England and France lor the pin pujp uf urging peace conference at an early date on the basis of ihe alms niinounccil by the workmen mid soldiers. Probably this is In lino With the conference called at Stockholm a number of weeks ago by the Russians, to which French Socialists cave their acceptance. It Is distinct and separate) fioni the original Socialist pence onfereiirp i ailed nt Stockholm and which really consisted of a Series of i oufct c'ntes between respective CLAM-MARTINIC APPOINTED TO RULE MONTENEGRO BiniLIN. June !. Rmperoi Charles of Attstila-Ilungary has appointed Count Clnm-Miirtlnlc. former Austrian Premier. Gov ri nor General of Montenegro anil has nwnrilril him the (iiami Cioss of the Order of St. Stephen, according to Vienna nilvlccN toil.n ii 'limit ('l.iiii-.M.irtliiic anil his Ministry resigned last week because of the i-cMlltlnii nf the iintl-Uuvciiimciit forces of the Slavs and Poles in the Reich ,.itii ulicicliv Inn Cabinet lust support of that bod.v.) TWO GERMAN SHIPS SUNK BY MINES OR SUBMARINES Till-. HAGl'12, Juno 27- Two German mediant ships plying between German ports ami Rotterdam have ,heen sunk by British minei or submarines. Sea traffic between Rotterdam and German ports is increasing, and sreat quantities of suppllos arc being taken from this country. Last week twenty-two German ships from Hamburg and naltic potts put in at Rotterdam. 1000 SERBIANS WILL. CROSS SEA TO FIGHT FOR COUNTRY PITTSBURGH. Juno 27. One thousand Serbians from Illinois. Ohio, Pennsyl vania and western cities, denied the right to enlist In the United States army becauso they ate aliens, will join the arm of their own country and fight by the side of the American soldiers in tho great war now being waged for democracy. More than six hundred of these men will assemble In this city today. They will leave for tho East on a special train, picking up 400 more of their countrymen at Johnstown. BRITISH CONSUL IN MEXICO CITY CALLED HOME MKXICO CITY. June 27. H. A. Richards, the British Consul, left for London today, having received an urgent recall from his Government. High Importance Is attached to the action of the English Government. (It is probable, that tho iccall of Consul Richards deals with the negotiations which England, France and the United States nre carrying on to secure a reduction of taxes and assessments on Mexican oil.) . , FRENCH STANDARD FOR NEW ARMY ORGANIZATION WASHINGTON. June 27.- Infantry companies In the national army will muster 200 enlisted men Instead of the present war strength of 160. It was learned today. The number of officers remains at three to a company, nnd the new organization will have twelve officers for every regiment. The General Staff is virtually adopt ing tho French standard of organization for the new army. Machine-gun support will be trebled, and each battalion will have one machine-gun unit where now there Is only one machine-gun unit to a regiment. ARMORED HELMETS FOR U. S. SOLDIERS IN TRENCHES WASHINGTON, June 27. The American soldiers fighting In the French trenches will be equipped w.th armored helmets. Until the American-made helmets are availnblo the British nrniy will equip tho American forces at the front. The ordnanco department of tha army, however, already has placed In the hands of helmet manufacturers specifications for the headgear desired, and speeding up process of manufacture will bo demanded ns quickly as the contracts are closed. GREEK KING AGREES WITH ALLIED POLICIES ATHENS. June 27. King Alexnndcr of Greece is "ready to comply with all demands of Iho Entente," his former Premier. M. Zaimls, declared today. In a statement explaining his retirement as rremler. ho said he resigned because he could not nsice to tho convocation of the Greek Chamber with the same personnel as mat of May, 1915. This was one of the Greek assemblies elected as a result of Venlzelos's campaign and which ex-Kins' Constantino prorogued becauso Venlzeloa and the new icpresentatlv.es could not agree with his policies. U. S. SAILING SHIP SUNK; CREW SAVED LONDON, June 27. The United States sailing: ship Galena, bqund from New York for Rouen, France, haH been sunk off Ushant by a German submarine. Word of the destruction of the vessel was received from Brest, where fifteen members of tho crew were landed. There we(-e no casualties. Tho ship was held up on June 35 and a bomb was placed on board, whlch-blew a big-hole In the hull. Tho Galena, displaced 991 tons and was formerly the Foong Suey. STRIKE THREATENS TO TIE UP BUTTE COPPER BUTTE, Mont., June 27, Machinists, botlermakers and blacksmiths, employed, nt Butte and Superior struck yesterday when the master mechanic refused to dis charge strike-breaking electricians. These crafts number about 3300 men. If tho strike continues It threaten a complete shutdown of the, Butte copper industry BOSTON. June 17. A special dispatch from trip West - all the wmtplc-yea of the Coppet Queen, Cprtsjgnlnjf Company and the Caltlmt. rlec Cwwani' n4 Mutfficl' Arlwna. CrtwMtV fiv Knj o tHe ferit. rtW tM ifWts to fdmri SEND ENVOYS TO ALLIES of Workmen nnd Soldiers today decided t delegations.) & vdiHUcE MAYOR TO ASK EARLY VOTE ON u TRANSIT DRAFT- Smith and-Aids Agree to A Force Issue,' in . House '! s k MEASURE FAR D6WN ON EXTENDED LIST 103 Bills Have Precedence Over Proposed Salus , Law j ARON READY .FOR FIGHT Man Who Carried It Away Will Resist Move to Call It Out of Order ! a StnjT Con-e jmnilfl HARRISBURG. June 27. Supporters of the Fsltis transit bill wU bring a test vote on the measure this after noon by means of a motion to call It up for consideration ahead of Its regular place on the House calendar. That was announced b.v Mavor Smith, of Philadelphia, following a conference of the transit "wai boatil" Immediately after tha itajoi, Tianslt Dlicilor Twining. Klnanin Draper Lewis returned from Philadelphia, Commltteo Chairman Gaffney and William this morning. Tho Mavor Instructed Mr. Lewis, his legal transit adviser, to draw- up the motion for a 'special order" calling up the bill at once. It will be intiodiireil hy Representa tive McNIchol. Vare floor leader In the House, or Representative Hecht. sponsor of the two Hecht transit measures which passed flnall.i vesterdav In rplte of the ucllon of the lions last night In striking 165 third reading bills from the calendar, it waa found today that the Salus bill is still No. 101 on a calencUr totaling. Ill bills. To wait until It comes up in regular older would mean that no vote rould be taken until tomorrow and there Is n bare poss'lblllt.v that by reason of its place the bill might be filibustered out or existence Accordingly, the suppoiters of the meas ure vlrtuallv have decided to turn to ths plan ngreed upon last night before the House struck orf the 16.1 .bills that Is, to move for a special order on the Salus bill to have it called up out of its turn. This progra.n was abanodned when the elim ination of the long list of bills Indicated that the measure would come up early to day, Representative Max Aron, chairman of the 'subcommittee appointed to compare the bill, who carried It on to Philadelphia last week when It was scheduled for first read ing, announced flatly this morning that h was ready to lead a fight against any mo tion for a special order The result of this fight will cieaiiy indi cate the strength of the opposition, for It Is probable that the Senate group will oppose the move for a special order and will lint up against the bill nn the final vote. The advantage of such a program to the supporters of the bill, however, is that It will give them the chance to learn the exact strength of the opposition before the bill comes up for thlid reading, and If the motion for a special order falls they can make different plans for the final vote. Representative Max Aron, of Philadelphia, who carried the bill to Philadelphia last Thursday, when It was about to be called up for first reading, and took It home with him over the week-end, Is openly active In his opposition to the Salus measure. He is being aided constantly by Representative Kdgar R. Smith, of Bedford County, who, as a member of Aron's subcommittee, voted to report the bill negatively Monday night. In response to repeated Inquiries as to why he suddenly became In'tereeted In Phila delphia's transit problems Smith said that ha "had It In for Salus," the author of the measure, because Salus had helped kill one of his pet road bills. This, he confided, was his only excuse for the stand he Is' taking. Mayor Smith and the transit aids of his administration returned to Harrisburg this morning, ready to Jump on the firing line at once should It develop 'that the passage of tho .bill Is In question. The details ot the legislative program by which the Mayor expects to pass the measure aro being left to Representative Thomas F. Mc NIchol. Vare floor leader In the House; Leopold C Glass, who fought Aron on the subcommittee, and Herman L. Hecht, spon sor for the two Hecht measures, which were passed finally and Sent to the Gov ernor yesterday The entire program thus far has worked with clock-like precision and the supporters of the measure are confident that they will achieve ultimate success today In spite ot the country opposition. Grounds for Exemption. in First Draft for Army I PHYSICAL INCAPACITY 1 Crippled persons, if drafted, will, of course,, have to appear be fore a medical examiner, but will be immediately excused from service. In the first 625,000 conscripts the following physical ailments will dis qualify: Heart disease, flat, feet, eye diseases or derangements which cannot bo cured by glasses, tubercu losis and other chest diseases, can cer, serious affection of (he kidney or liver, varicoso veins, infections blood diseases. 2 EMPLOYMENT IN VITAL . WAI INDUSTRIES These, in clude shipbuilding, munitions mak ing, work in gun factories, navy yards, oilfields, coal mines, certain duties in Government departments and certain factory work, such as uniform making and work; on other army supplies. These latter event ually will be turned over largely to women and the meu will be released for army service, 3 PERSONS OF RELIGIOUS . BELIEFS OPPOSED TO WAR In rder to eecure 'such exemption, hpwover, a man must have krn a member of thn fiMH in tyj-wiioi -fore MeV-cJUfr inn ( A Jf THE T'JOTFA! W -v lA in 1 1 in em, 11 n i'4jzjffljj& mpwr!' rw (nss'" t' - " .,...... f t , . j- r. . t. .7.4. . - -.A . 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