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SEMENT
FOR HUGHES
Movement for Justice Gains Impetus
in Convention City Lack of Con-
tmlliiifi Leadership Shown hy Old
Guard Sentiment for Roosevelt
Fails to Crystallize Reason Un
ki own Hiifjhes Still Silent as to
Candidacy No Favorite Sons Are
Strong Enough td Briny Stampede
I'MICAIIO, June .- Hughes oiili
meul today vvopt over tho republi
can ncmblod hero for t hoi r nn-
liininl eonvontiott nut! minuted Hit'
1iimIii-h by itx apparent t length nnd
Miitiintity.
Without itny nutlmriM'd hondipiar
tor or reeoguired Hiketnnn ilele
irnti'il In .ihiiL' in Ih'IiiiII' of the in
T, lift", tin republican eonidoicd tlti
growth of tho Hughe movement into
n full -fledged Ihmiiii within tlu IiihI
1 went v -lour hour n foree to lie reck
oned with when the convention
M'lnhlc Wednesdiiy.
Friink II. Hitchcock, who hn been
lending tlio unorganized Ilugho
movement, ismied hi firt formal
rliiim today contending thnl the fn
voiilc Min combined would hnve h
strength of only :il.l vole not
cnoiiifh fur n mnjoiitv nnd pri'iliftetl
thnt .Justice Hughe will got mow
vote tin tin1 rifxl Imllot thnii nil thi
other favorite sou combined iitnl thnt
hi iitHiiiiiiition on tin carls hnllot i
inevitable,
51110 Volis for Teddy
Uoocvclt louder, Ntill lighting for
tlu colonel' nomination, found them
m?Ivc font routed with a aiiuutioit
lhc tire convinced wan overcli muled
in llif ftiltint'l'rt foyer, and the repub
lican leader attached to the old
gourd ii edict thnl (he colonel' ulti
liuite strength in the balloting woiilil
ht lc I hail 'inn vote.
One Mitent eleineiil in the rcpnhli
enn noiuinatioii Inward which nil the
lender were lookinir with ome up
prehension wax ottltil hv the deoi
ion of the progToive national eom-
mil lee not to nominate a presidential
candidate until Suturtlay nnd to up
Niut ii commit tee to confer with the
republicans.
The apparent elimination of Col
onel KiM'HfvcIl a m poihlc nominee,
however, hiii eiieoiirnjied boomer far
home of the other candidate-, Jinny
of (hem pnfe tti believe they will
lie the licoel'iciaric of the lfooevelt
winit mill Unit the effort will now be
made in concent rate on a plan to
climiiiaic Hughe.
Weel on (ho flifliiiul
Chief ainon-.' lhem i the Candi
da r nt Senator Week of Ma-a-chuctt.
He ik on the itroiiml and us
lnt at. delegate arrive all of lhoo
who lire willint; are taken to the
Week houdtputrlcr. luriuit the dav
the Vcek opHitcr nicicacd their
t-limnto from time lo time of the
.probable firt ballot strength ot their
caiililate until thev wcie claiming
more I han .'100 on the ltrt vote.
Although abuntltiiimcnt of any jilan
to Bet a pn-coueution tnteuient
trom Jiii-tiee Hughe hat been nu
iioiuicetl, dcltK.iic- neverthele-x in
tiiiie tor nae I'lilhoritalnc otatc
luent ol hi pol.lMiil ic and In-
ht.lllll Oil llllpilll.llll IC.
l.eadci inicrt letl in IIiikIu- lit it,
lie kiiouii tod.i ili.it Governor Ului-
(Cuiitliiiiod on Last Page)
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pet: ri.tMi, in. . in. . - rue
Knit -i-.oiul annual lonrii.iiiii ul of
the Si 'itxinni itMMX Ullun of lh
Horiliitpsi oi't-nt-d here ioi1a ulib
titer luu rUt Unct'1 ni4rlHitN i
t'lit frora all t.uru r t Horthet
Tho flrt ivftit on te iru!,tm .u
the o.iidiml kwtital. Imring tbe
d.tv the IniPnnt U4'4ini4 ( 1)', hfld
In Ur f ti !! of Ufor4 th
V' V " TlinaiilpM troptn ARd
I, f Tu m utitil wire t e -lint
f Tie toarui,icnt w on nun.
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BUTCH ERY ON
VERDUN FRONT
IRST OF WAR
Solid Masses of Germans Hurled to
Certain Slaughter at Fort Vatix
Attack Continues With Undimin
ished Violence and Teutons Make
Supreme Effort.'
I'AIIIS. .Iiuii' . -In their attack
mi Foil Vans, niie tif tho niillyini; de-feii-i'
of Verdim nlonjf thu front eat
of the .Meni', the fli'iinnn nru liiul
iiipr their infantry in itnties o coni
pai't that the firM l-ank ate ohliited
to nilvancc to en tain death.
Tho nniiltliif I'oliiinn iU'IhuicIi
froiii the vilhiKC of Damloiip, below
the ftut, mid Mepnraled from it hv a
raiiu' which they lire tibliitei! to cro
to iitlmit the lopi'M near the toil. For
three da, thi hi Iih lieeu the
Mcene of cnuutKi' which ha al mat
ed the Ktxiuud with blond.
One nertumi column advanced no
fiiilher than the bottom of the ra
vine. The front rank, puhed on by
thtfcp behind, fell a t'ui-t a they
J cached the dead line wepl by the
French rpiiek-firer. A they top.
pled out other chihi' on to lake
their place mid full in turn.
Attatl; Continue
French officer, Although harden
ed to the wort ijht of war, de
clare the biitehory there urpnei
imatfination.
With undiminished violence the
Ocrtniin continued their attack hit
uiKht alonu tlu Verdun front cast of
the Meusc. The war office rejuirt of
llii nflenioou ny thexo aanll
w pre unui'cef ul.
The (icrinan nttneked French
poilion in the ivgion of Vau.s and
Dmnloiip. iSetneen the foil and the
illaue of nmnloup ihe (Jerniuti of
fensive wim particularly severe. The
French are !ill, in Mieion f Foit
Vnux.
Jn the vicinity of Ilounnmont there
vvii heavy artillerv tiRhtinir.
rnueeeful (Icrniaii raid pre
undertaken in the Yoge.
(.'ernuiii Statement
MKIi'LIN. dune ." (by wirele to
Sn ville).- Repeated iittaeka hy
ma-e ol French infantry aaiut
Gennau nition on the Verdun
front ent of the Memo broke down
with heaw los.e. the war office an
nounced totlny.
The statement iriven out at nnny
hendiUaitcr say:
The Uritish velerdnv evmiinir
again nttneked the toition euptur
ed by u southeast of Yprew. The
attack broke down under our artillery
fire.
'f)n the Verdun front went of the
Ifeuse our artillerv fired on the en.
einy' batteries and trenehe with
tt'MM ueee. French infantry At
tempted an advance on our trenehett
wet of the Ilaiu-ourt-Ksnen road.
and was repulsed.
"Kal of the rier fightini; eontin
netl with undiminished violenee lw-
tweeii Cmllette wood and Damloun.
The euemy infantrv m uiun foitn-
atitin altemptetl to reguin positionM
captured bv u ilurintr the lit few
day. The greulest effort were
made b" Ihe enemv on Fumia lidge,
outhet of tlu village of Vuux, and
in the district Miutheatvnrd. AH
Freiu Ii t " mt r .ill.nK- vvclc lepiils-
eil .ih ll,. in i ii -t In.. i .
niN'STASTIN'ol'I.K. June V o
reinforced Tuiki.li in the Cau-
i" i-'is, vtlurh late lii.t iiiuiith bcuan
.hi iilt'i'ii-ivc c.iuimit;ii. ha dm en
the l(iiian further back, the war
I I ice .inuoiiiicid tudn. The st.kte
llielit lulli.vt.;
"INi tht C.imsiu front in the on
tir, our tro.p drove b.uk tin- m
iMi' l ft mil some tortv Uilotm ter
(.dtoit tvtuitvjivi nubtai, RutHith--t.ititlirur
utit.iwirnlitf Mi.itber. AH
,ittitipttt ot tht itiimv to tovir l.i
rttitit or to nAin bin iuiitnii mil-
lipit? Willi tiivj '4i-e nit.r r!
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TURKS
DUG
RUSSANS
BACK
BRITISH CLAIM
VICTORY IN BIG
L BATTLE'
Eihteen German Ships Lost as Com
pared With Fourteen British Real
Losses Concealed hy Germans
Superdrcadnaught Hindenhtirg the
Pride of Germany Navy, Sunk.
LONDON. Juno ... In ov. of the
lntet rpjiort of the admiralty on me
naval battle of hint week, the ir
mid public arc devoting their alien
tlon to computing tho lowim or the
two iihvIoh and tho effect the eiiKiijrt
tuont lit likely to have on future nnt.il
warfare. Thu llrltlnh natliunle oi is
Oerninu shlpii lout an romimred with
1 I llrltlnh I uecapted liy the iimloi
Ity and tho roaull In now rlalined .i
a complete victor) for tho HiltM
floet, '
(Tho ItrltUli fleet remained In io- '
dqmIou of the ncene of battle ilurlnu
tho morning of Jttnel and traernl
tho field four time, finding no enemv
to flto upon. The commander in
chief took hi fleet back to It lmx .
at hi lelauro and five hour Hrtci '
It arrival repotted the battle fleet
ready for action.
Iteturus Falsified '
Ai regard the (lermatt loae deft-
nlte ovldonce, It I declared, ha now
ueuu uumiiiiiii iimi inoj- were iioimri-
utoly fultlflod and that the followliiK
were doatreyod:
Two battle cruleri, one at leat,
and probably two battlehlp, four
light crulner. eight ileatroyera and
one KUbniatlne. ,
rrha remaindtir of the Oorman bat
tle crulior sipiadrun may have reach
ed home porta but the ahlpa were all
severely damaged, aa abHivuro ahli
of the Koenlg da, which came un
der tho fir of a portion of the Urit
ish battle fleet.
Ilealdea the above the Aasoclnted
1'ieaa haa Obtained itiforniatloii fioiu
returned officer of the fleet that
they were able to Identify the Illn
ilenburg and the I.uuow as among
the Oerman warablpa lost.
Itosso Dm lug .Vtglit
So far a the Herman dental of the
llrltiah claim i concerned. II la point,
od out that the (iermaua did not ad
mit, the loaa of the cruiser Killing
until the arrival of some survivor
from her in Holland and tht I cited
aa confirmation that the (iermaiiH
conceal their Iohm-h until font-d hv
circumstances to reveal them Thi is
(Continued on page two.)
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CLAIMS 200 VOTES
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Senator John V. UceUs of Maatliuett, c Cuuliinil's "faxoilto
' '"'" anuniK tlie rciulilluui pieslJeniial asdiaut, whose uoiuluallon
' would Ito mos Milsracituj t.. I.Ik business llm stand. p.iltei.
ISH LOST
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I.dNDON. June :. A ital .! '1.1:1 1
oflieer wcic killed in the J ul hi ml
battle, ueeortlintr to a list iuc( hv
the admiral! v today. Thin lit show
that practically all the ol'liier of
the c minor (juetu Mary, Invincible,
Inilefiitijtnble, Dele ami IHnek
Prince mid of the dclru,w Tipar
arv. TiiHnilent. Koiiunc, Ardent, No
iul. Netor mill Slunk ierihed. All
the tiffieei except one from the
cruiser Win I ioi vteie ..iv oil mid all
the ulllrer- llulu tlie ill IliiVer Spur
rnvv ll.nk. (liiiln ot'ii i sbip. tviu
Iv th Hum i. m.i. kill il .iii.I
I vsenl V I vv.i ui. unit
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NAVA
OFFICERS
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ON FIRST BALLOT
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of State Men U.
lulu i
(III oil
Seen tin V
todav ap
proved, as to it lorm, a petition tor
(the iuitinliou of an amendment to
j the Orevjon constitution prohibiting
the importation of liipmr into the
utU for eratre purMie. The
existing pi-oliibition law iH-miit the
iinMirtntMii of ii limited amount of h
ipior. The amendmciit, which will he
voted uhii at the NuvciiiImt election,
was tiled bv ihe (licvoii Mule prohl
llllloll I'lilllUllltl c.
lieoiKC It it ii of W.iikln- Is 0 bllal
iii s. isiior In tin til. till ww!t.
DOUBT
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LAUNCH
PROHBTON
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ENTIRE BUSH iDIIM F FFTS
FLEET IN ACTION SSfnilT
STATES BERLIN pfSSJA1
Twenty-six of Jclllcoe's Most Pow
erful Battleships Entjaucd in All
Save Early Stages of North Sea
Baltic, Declares German Account
Result Due to Effective Artillery.
Hi:iM.lN, June .i, (H.v vvirele to
the Aocinted I'le from a rftnlf
corieiotideiit). Twonlv-nix of "Ad
tniral .lellieiK'' moxt iMiwerful buttle
hi. ineliiditiir six of the most mod
ern (jueen I'lixabutb ela mid the
entire British t lying wing otnnHeit
of lu'ttle eruieent, etpial in every re
vaet except nimor pititeotiou to
dreadnaughl, wore engaged in all
save the eatly stages of the ttav bat
tle m the N'orth ea, according to an
autboiitative iieeount iued here to
dav. The account meet elenrly what ia
h.iractcrtaed a the ltrilih ntlempi
to explain defeat by the statement
that the (lermnn force in notion were
i h linger than the llritiwh. Many
details, however, nre uppriued for
stiateuic icasun.
Xo Accounl of l.oso
The licet thu aietnbled, wnyw the
accinint, su ii ui ed in tonnage and
weight of broadside the (lermnn
force engaged, wn at leaat etpinlly
modem, mid wiu far xpeetlier than
Ihe HipmdioH of (lernimi pio-drenil-nNiight
which, lunilM-ring along at
eighteen or nineteen knot, wete hoou
left far lo ihe roar hy their swifter
couMoit of the main notion.
The iccilnl leave untold the tale
f damage HUsluincd by Uonnan
nnil mid the Iihmm in perwiHel.
ll is hown that the (Icrinan mi
this iiecuion, unlike the Doggerhnnk
cnuiiuciiient of cruicr -ilion,
vvcic able to choose their di-tauci
mid tight considerable Hirlion of tho
battle at lunge of about eight mile
now ranked a a moderate distance
-at which the Herman 11 mid Yi
inch guns were virtuallv u offeelive
in Miictraling powfr a the big
inoiilhod i:i. II and l.'i with which
the motloni Mrilish giant are armed.
Furthermore, thev are far iiierior
in rupiditv of lire. N'aval oxert
have lulimaled to the Associated
Pro that thi was one o the most
decisive factor in Ihe struggle.
Supcilor Ainiililiillliiii
flennan biitllehip and battle
ontiMor were able lo slmwetl the
llritih with a hail of boll, which, al
a range of eight mile and sometime
even closer, smashed and riddled
British armor belt ami wrought
havoc to hip' vital. The oiider
on Uritish project do naturally were
no lea effective, but Ihe Arnitroug
and Whit worth monster could land
scarcely one punch lo ouch two from
the vicious Ki'iipi -iiicher.
The h.ix Hi.ilbei vv.i- lieiiiiauv's
I'lieml, i il in . i .it it. i m linn n
i In. i l i Hi .
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('till' V(i(l. luu,' , The in offen
sive nailoual uiiiniiiiei) decided to
withhold nominating a candidate in
the progressive conveutlou until next
Suturduv, awallliiK the action of the
repuliiieuu convention.
Tlie decision or the progressive
committee followed a apeerh hv
niuinnau Murdoch In which he (e
lured that he was for Colonel Uu
t veil h nouiiuation and would not
foi an non-commiltal candtdaie at
tin time."
Tho national committee apioiuted i
a siiecial steering lounulttee ' with
broud general power to treat with
republican leader and alao carry ou
a newspaper publicity tanudgn. The
committee consists of (leorge W. Per
kins of New York, Uoveruor Hiram
Johnson of Callforula and Horace
Wilkinson of New York
Wearing badgea labelled "Ameri
canism" and button photos of Colonel
lion mil di I. .t.ilt s lii Hie pi litres
H' 'i 1 1 1 hi urn lu'lu i. i . I nun
PROGRESSV
NAM
CANDIDATE
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SATURDAY
ULuocnniu
Graphic Account of Great Naval
Baltic hy Officer Participating
Ships Went Into Fiht as If in
Maneuvers Battle Cruisers
Fought Great Fight Air Filled
With Smoke and Sea torn by
Shells as hy a Tempest Impos
sible to See What Was Happening.
KDI.VHIMIU. June 5. An offlear
from one of the Itrltlah dettroyant
engaged In the grant aon bn((le lntt
week gave the following gittphtc ac
count of the battle:
"The ahlp of the grand fl4t went
Into action a If they were adlfigM'nto
maneuver. Krom every yanlariu
the white ensign flew, the flag which
I to the sailor a the tattered colafs
were In da of old to a bard-iirewed
regiment. That It went hard with
the battle crulaera la apparent, but
one ahlp cannot right a dOHiii Tliuy
had fought a great fight, a fight to
be proud of, a fight which will llva
longer than many a victory.
"We fought cltwe In to tho foe and
If anything I certain In the nnenr
Inlutlea of naval battle It I that wo
gave at leaat a good aa we got. Wo
paased along the lluet of the One
man ship motile mile away nud let
off broadalije after broadalda. Tho
air waa heavy with maaaoa of smoke,
black, yellow, green and every other
color. The enemy ahlpa wero tiring;
Tory fast but t hanging the aiilpa In
front, one came to the conclusion that
homing wa decidedly arratle. Again
and again alro of hella far abort
of the mark, to be followed Imme
diately li other which acreamsd
paat high In the air.
(ititl IhuunRe Iiiflii'tcil
"I watched the Iron Duke awing.
Ing through the seaa, lot ting off
broadside after broatlald. wleketl
tongue of flame leapatl through
cloud of smoke. The din of battle
waa stunning, stupendous, deafening,
aa hundred of the heavleat gun In
the world roared out at one. Ctreat.
waaaea of water roe la the air like
waterspout reaching aa high aa tho
uial aa the aalrna of Oerman ahelln
fell short or went oyer their target.
,'It waa Impossible to see what wag
happening among the ahlpa of the1 fee.
The anioko obscured everything t-
effeeltvel) that one could only gat
glimpse at Intervals whan a klurilr
wind blew a lape through the pall.
II waa apparent that the beat ablp
of the euemy were engaged but hw
many neither eye nor glaag ceuttl
make out. The number waa certainly
large.
"11 waa equally Impoaalble to tatt
what damage we were cayaing. Only
the high command knew th prograsw
of the battle. That the damage In
flicted ou the Hermans ahlpa wfttl
great doe not admit of any dtMtki.
At ono time two vessels red with fir
Klramed through the amok.
SeuHthin of Itultle
It Is a curious feeling to V Ih
the midst of a battle and not to know
ii which side fortune leau. 'hr
oulv a few sbipi are engaged It la
definite. Our own losaea were known
with tome degree of esacUew, hut
eveu that wits uncertain. Thu at
one time It ws thought that th Uou
had been lost aa she did not aikwer
any call It developed that htr w!rf
less had heeu destrued.
' With the dunk came the great ep.
(Continued on pago ilx)
OF 74
ORDERED 10 BATTLE
I.O.)to, Juue ; A Reuter itf
patch from Zurich ay that memlMMr
or the (lerman laudaturui. ilaaa tf
U7I, who have been living &!
re ordered to return.
The landtturm la home dofna
fore which Include, In addition
trained soldier between the age ol
!' nud I i, nil those lietwoeu the agea
ol I. an. I 'i who have received 110
luilit.t. tiapnu.-.
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