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U.S. WARSHIPS
ANCHORED OFF
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1 American Naval Transport Docks at
French Port With Supplies for Am
f erican Troops for Whom Prepara-
tions Being Made Bases Being Or-
ganized and Provisioning Arranged.
PARIS, Juno C Tho ministry of
marine announced tonight that Amer
ican warships have anchored off the
French coast. Tho announcement
adds:
"The French navy greets with joy
on their arrival these new brothers in
arms now under the flag of the great
American republic havo come to par
ticipate until final victory in the
struggle against the common enemy."
Transport Arrives.
PARIS, June 7.. A large American
transport containing wheat for Amer
ican troops, which are to cotno later,
has crossed the Atlantic under the
protection of an American warship,
the Matin announces. Tho transport
is now being unloaded at a French
port, the newspaper says.
Preparations aro being made for
thflreccptlon of American troops, the
newspaper says further. A number of
bases similar to those of tho British
army have been organized.
Camps have been laid out for in
fantry and artillery and aviation
parks have been established for Amer
ican aviators.
None of tho American officers is
bringing his family.
The Matin says tho arrival ot the
transport means that tho provisioning
of the army is well under way before
the arrival of the troops and that ac
cordingly tho American forces will
make no call on tho French stock of
food.
Is Collier Jupiter.
WASHINGTON. June 7. The nav
al collier' Jupiter has arrived
Franco, Secretary Daniels announced
today, laden with 10. mil) tons of
wheat and other supplies. Tho shir
sailed from an American port without
any intimation of her voyage having
been given out in advance and is now
at anchor In a French port. i
ffiie Jupiter Is one of the navy's
largest colliers. Sho was the first
electrically propelled steamer ever
built and her performance was so
good that it led to the adoption of
electric drive fur nil new battleships
and hattlo cruisers, tho American
navy being tho only one in tho world
to adont this type of propulsion. The
Jupiter was built at Marc Island Navy
yard, San Francisco, and she has high
snecd of an auxiliary naval vessel
which would enable her to escape sub
marlno attacks under any but unusu
al circumstances.
Secretary Daniels did not specify
what supplies besides wheal the big
ship carried.
I
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DLTIIOIT, .lime 7. Ikiiiiii-je
will amount 1 nlmnl .7-"i,iilin
Ilia
wrought mnl four lives wi re chimici
by the (crrifio vim! slorin win
tiwent. across central .Mailman yes
terilny afternoon. The district whi
includes Kiillle Creek, Ann Arbor am
Jackson, sti.-liiincil ino-l of the .lam
use. A score of persons were injur
ed.
Untile Creek reports about iT.nn.nnn
damage and seventeen pci"iis hurt
At Spriiiirport, Jack-nn cunlv, tc
houses were dcstmvc.l ami or
Woman died of heart failure.
Three persons were killed in Va-li
teniiw count v near Ann Arbor
AMSTKRDAM. Juno 7.-Tt" city
of Mons hss hrr n fined ( ' n.ririo be.
raute a Belsmn r-P"r- r'ibll:-h"d ir
Holand, announced that Crown Prince
Rupprecht of Havarla was In Mos
vhsr. .hn' r!t- n tnm'h.rH"1 - V
FRENCH GOAS
AMERICAN SHIP
"on irn ouri i "
iSS SMASHING G
uuiiii u uuni i
mimiAMiA uitu innnr nnnumrn aiiotdiamo pi mm
William J. Clark of New York, War
rant Officer From Battleship Ar
kansas Commanded Gunners on
Shell Tanker Which Gave Battle to
Submarine in Mediterranean.
WASHINGTON". June 7.-Villinin
I. Clark of New York, a warrant of
ficer from the battleship Arkansas,
ommauded the tinned guard aboard
the American sleamer Silver Shell
which sank a German submarine ill
the Mediterranean.
"It was a splendid piece of work,"
Secretary Daniels said today, "and
now wo are considering promotion
for Clark, who well deserves it."
Why Xante Suppressed.
The Silver Shell is the steamer re
ferred to in yesterday's state depart
ment announcement as having sunk
German submarine after an o.-
hunge of sixty shots in a running
fifrlit for an hour and a half.
The state department did not an
nounce the name ot the steamer be
cause it has been this government's
policy not to disclose the names of
ships having; engagements with sub-'
mersibles, because officials feel it
marks the ship for further attack, as
they believe was the ease with the
Mongolia. That vessel after having
once been identified with a submarine
encounter, lias repeatedly been at
tacked as though the submarine flo
tilla had set about especially to de
stroy the vessel which had the temer-
ly to engage it with such persistnnee.
It has been the policy also not to
identify the gun crews on merchant
hips so as not to add to their hard
hips in case of capture.
Fl-encll Made It Public.
1'AKIS, June 7. The American
tcamer Silver Shell has had a battle
with a submarine in t lie Mediterran-
au. After an exchango of sixty
hols the submarine disappeared.
Details of the fight were made pub
ic loilay by the minister of marine.
The Silver Shell, commanded by Cap
tain Tom Charlton sighted tho sub
marine on May HO. In the running
fight which followed the American
boat proved speedier than its enemy,
nil seemed also lo be the master in
unfire. The disappearance of the
submarine was sudden.
The Silver Shell is a steamship of
"ti().") Ions owned bv the Shell Oil
company of California. She sailed
from America curly m May with a
rew of 4:1 men of whom Jo are Am
erican citizens. Ilcr commander
noes from New York.
PARIS, Juno 7. Roar Admiral La
caze, minister of marine, said It was
unknown whether the submarine was
sunk by a shot from the Silver Shell
or submerged voluntarily to avoid
further punishment. News of this
occurrence was received with lin-
He coming after the anounccinent
that an American squadron had ar
rived at a French port. Admiral
Lacnzo referred to the valuo of this
cooperation and laid emphasis on the
multiplication of patrols with tho as
sistance of hydro-ncroplanes as the
quickest way of disposing of subma
rines.
HIGH LIVING COST
CIIItlSTIANlA, June 7.. The dent
onstratlon thruout Norway yesterday
against the high cost of living passed
quietly. In Chrlstlanla 40,000 per
sons Joined In a street parade. A
deputation of tho demonstrators was
received by the president of the
Storthing.
I'KHSIDIO, Tex. June 7 Kian
. i .n Villa va: '.' idenLillv inpirrd
hcn hi. bore throe him and f'l on
his chert in the brittle near O.tinasns
rccenllv, it was tfportcd here todav
BRITISH START GREAT OFFENSIVE
nuiviHMH nun uniVLUKUmiLU huoiiwto ulhiiii
READY TO FIGHT
PARIS, June 1j Rumania has re
organized her army and is ready to
resumo tho fighting, according to a
statement made by Premier Bratiano
In' an interview with -the Petrograd
correspondent ofHhe Parlsien.
"The Russian democracy," snid the
Rumanian premier, "has launched a
new peace formula, 'neither annexa
tions nor Indemnities,' and she wishes
to impose that formula on her allies.
Rumania finds the formula acceptable
as far as sho is concerned. She did
not enter the war to make conquests.
Her single object was and is tho liber
ation of Rumanian territories .en
slaved by Hungary, which never had
the right to dispose of themselves.
"My country Is keeping Its prom
ises under the most difficult circum
stances. It has been invaded by an
enemy superior in numbers; it has
lost its capital and more than halt of
its territory; it has suffered famine
and disease, but 1t has made a great
and manly effort to re-organize its
army and it has never given up the
struggle. Today Rumania is ready to
resume the fight, its army is perfect
ly trained and it has material such
as It never had before.
'In the crisis we aro passing thru.
at a moment when the war seems to
be approaching its final phase, Ru
mania, who kept her engagements to
ward the allies, has the right to ex
pect that the allies will remain faith
ful to the terms of the troaty binding
them to her."
SECOND STEP IN
DRAFT IS
"WASHINGTON, Juno 7. The war
department was at work today on
regulations for the second step in the
army draft, selection by lot ot a pro-
r.ortton of young men registered,
whilo the provost marshal general's
office was compiling data on the reg
Istration Tuesday.
It may take a week or ten days to
eompleto tho nation-wide tabulations.
Then tho war department will pre-
scribe rules for drawing names of men
who aro to bo examined before local
or precinct exemptions boards and for
tho composition of these boards and
of boards ot review to which those
drafted may appeal. A call for a dofl
nlto number of troops will be Issued,
each state will be notified to contrib
ute a certain proportion and stato au
thorities In turn will determine al
lotments for subdivisions.
Officials noted today that tho re
turns received so far lndlcato that
more than half or the men registered
either claimed exemption or gavo
facts which might exempt them. The
war department may Issue a guiding
statement for hoards of exemptions,
but actual decision on each caso win
bo left to the local authorities. Km
phasls Is laid on the determination
lo prescrlbo no class exemptions, but
to pass on cases Individually.
CUBA TO ADOPT
SELECTIVE DRAFT
HAVANA, June 7. President Mo
nocal today sent n message to con
gress recommending Hie passage of
a law making military service ob
ligatory on all male citizens on the
basis of the selective system, as in
stituted in the l.'nited Slates.
A a preliminary the president
a-Ls authority to call for a rriu-tra-tion
ot all cituenr, between the aqc
of Jl and 30 and to put under arms
immediately the necessary numb'r ot
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WITH success
Haig Launches Expected Blow on
Nine Mile Front South of Yores,
Taking All First Objectives and
Many Prisoners Serious Menace
to German Hold on Lille.
LONDON, June 7. The British
have opened an allack on a nine mile
front between llessiues and Wyt
schactc, south- of Ypres, mid have
taken all their first objectives.
The official statement says that
the British progress is being contin
ued and that a number of prisoners
have been taken.
The official statement follows:
"We attacked at 3:10 n. in. this
morning German positions on the
Messines-Yytschaete ridge, on a
front of over nine miles. We have
everywhere captured our first ob
jectives, and further progress is re
ported to bo satisfactory along the
whole front of attack. Numbers of
prisoners are reported already lo be
reaching the collection stations."
Against Sluirp Salient.
The new British offensive is against
a sharp Gcminn salient three miles
south of Ypres. l''or several days
tho Hritish have maintained a tre
mendous bombardment for almost 30
miles on this portion of their front.
The salient itself is about three miles
in width and the same distance in
depth. An effective advance in this
sector would seriously menace the
German hold on Lille, which is nbout
five miles from the . nearest Hritish i
position.
Success marks the opening of t lie
offensive, the Hritish winning all (heir
initial objectives and pushing, on.
Their further progress is reported to
be satisfactory along the whole front.
Iteply to German I tons t.
While a considernble stretch scp
nrulcs the field of this new offensive
from that of "Arras, the operation may
be considered as in conjunction with
Hie continuing battle on the Arras
front. A sweeping salient in front
of the city of Lille has been crenleil
by (he Arras attack and in n broad
sense this salient is now under threat
from both the north and the south.
Helving the recent German l.oast
that the Hritish offensive from Arras
had come to a hall, General tluig
earlier Ibis week proved that he had
not lost his initialive thereby making
a successful drive lo the south of
I.ons, carrying a mile of the German
front north of Ihe Scarpe.
'file reverberations from Ibis blow
had hardly died away before In. lav's
attack was launched on Hie other
side of the Lille salient.
A sharp, well defined curve ill Ihe
German line, about three miles deep
and the same distance across, is the
immediate object of this new attack.
In common with oilier sections of Ihe
line in Belgium along a front of some
thirty miles its uetensos had l:ceii
subjected lo a tremendous poiindiii;
by the British artillery for days.
OF FRENCH BATTLE
I'AltlS, June 7. A strong force of
Germans marie an attack northwest of
St. (jiiontln at midnight: Today's of
ficial announcement says tho attack
ers worn caught under a violent
French flro and retired after sustain
ing heavy losses.
IlKfiLIX, June 7. German troops
yesterday captured French positions
for an extent of nearly one and ono
quarter miles along the Cheniln-Dcs-Dnmes
front south of I'argny-Filaln,
In Ihe Alsnn region, says the official
statement Issued today by tho Ger
man rmy h'adouartors staff.
Early today, tho German statement
says, the battle In Flanders fully
flared up after the most exten-vo ex-
?. .n
LONDON, Juno 7. Tho rapture of
more than 10000 Italians in Hire,
days is claimed in tho Austrian offi
cial statement issued on Wednesday,
Tho statement says:
Italian theatre: Tho enemy yes
terday exhausted himself In fruitless
attacks between tho Vlpacco valley
and the sea Intended to wipo out tho
dofeat ho suffered in the last few days
on the Carso plateau. Ills assaults
were shattered. Our troops, by storm-
lug a height near Jamlano, enlarged
their success and in fierco battles
maintained all ground won.
"According to preliminary reports
the prisoners in the last three days
have been increased to 2"i(l ofiecrs.
Including four staff officers and 10,-
000 men. Some Italian regiments
fell into our hands unwouiided, with
nearly the whole of tholr effectives.
For Instance the Eighty-sixth regi
ment with 2G8fi men; the Sixty-ninth
regiment with 1932 men and the Sev
enty-first regiment with IS 13 men.
The brigades of Verons, Syracuse,
Ptiglia and Ancona, in whoso ranks
these units fought, wore annihilated
In a tunnel near San Giovanni a largo
field hospital was captured. The bat
tlefield is covered with Italian
corpses. - '
"On the moonlit night of tho fifth
Italian airmen visited towns and
places far behind our front. In the
Austrian interior they came as far as
Laibach, in the Tyrol as far as Bo-
zen, In addition to raiding tho coastal
district and In Corlnthln, Some inhab
itants were killed but there was no
material damage done.
IKH.VDON, June 7. It. now would
seem that only eight of tho clglitcc
German aeroplanes which look liar
In Tuesday's ruld regained their base
Official reports leavo it still not cor
tain whether eight or ten German
machines wero actually lost. There
Is no reason to doubt, howover, that
the loss will reach eight and this
proof of alertness and efficiency of
tho British airmen and n n I i-af reran
devices has brought satisfaction to
tho British public almost equalling
tho satisfaction felt whou thu first
Zeppelin was destroyed.
LONDON', June 7. The morning
papers today display with gratlMr
lion the news of the toll exacted or
tho German air raiders, which they
remark Is a terrible price lo pay for
raid which gained no military advan
tage. It. Is assumed that ten German
aeroplanes wero lost, which causes
some of the commentators to express
tho belief Is almost enough to cause
tho Germans to ceaso repetitions of
their air raids.
L
(El
GIONKVA, June 7. The (lii.cllo do
Lausanno says (but It learns a gen
eral strike had begun In tho Grand
Duchy of Luxemburg, owing to the
high cost of living and the refusal of
proprietors of factories, mostly Ger
mans, to Increase wages as a remit
of tho Insecurity of their factories
from attacks by allied aircraft.
Five thousand workmen, savs the
ne tpupT. besan a strike at ttch.
regardless of severe warninij by the
German commander. Tho ttrlkt
..prtad to other townsi ar.d German
H'
SECESSIONISTS
OF
I
So-called Kronstadt Republic Surren
ders Unconditionally to Provision
al Government and Issues State
ment Recognizing Authority of Min
istryRevolt Now Closed Incident.
VKTKOGKAD, .June 7 Tho Kron
tadt incident is closed. 'rho local
oniniittee of soldiers and workmen's
delegates has recognized the author
it v of the provisional government.
The local committee of the ork-
mens and holuiers delegates al
Kronstadt decided on Juno I to as
sume control of the. great fortress and
to refuse recognition of the provis
ional government. The government
officials were removed. The secess
ionists nut forward a program of
plitting Kussia up into a great iniin
bin of self-governing communities and
ent missionaries out to try to per
suade neighboring towns lo join them,
The socialist ministers in the provis
ional cabinet, M. Tseretelli and M
Skobeleff, went to Kronstadt from
'etrogrnd and endeavored to per
suade the seceders to abandon their
dan. The present surrender is np
parently a result of their arguments
The so-called Kronstadt republic
surrendered unconditionally to the
provisional government. Ihe peace
agreement says:
"In accord with tho decision of a
majority of tho l'etrogrnd council of
deputies, which acknowledges thai
tho present provisional government is
invested Willi coinplefo nnllinrriy
the state, we on our side also rocog
uize that aulhonly.
BRAZIL CALLS OUT
T
lltIO JANEIRO, Juno 7. Tho gov
ernment has Issued a decree for the
forinution of a first section ot coast
artillery. Tho decree also culls for
tho opening of a credit of 870,000.0
rcls to be expended on armament and
war ntntcrlals.
Under normal conditions 870,000
000 rcls would bo tho equivalent of
$2 0,100,000.
SHELL OIL GUARD
MAUTIXKZ, fill., June 7. W. 1
Ilisner, scarchli'rhl oicr;ilnr at
plant of the Shell Oil cuitipuu.v
( 'alU'iiriiia here, was shut ami huilf.'
wounded early loiluy by one ol'
group ol' men whom the aullinritii
believe soiieht In blow up Ilic worli
Willi a bnnib. IliMier was struck
the arm by a bullet I mm a lu;Ji pow
ered ril'le cipiippcd with a silence
lie raised an alarm, bul hcl'iirc II
arrival of the imlice bis assailant
ccaM'd in Ihe da rkne-s. Two c.
trie, batteries and an ahirin cli
were found, lncthcr uilh a lial bear
ing the inline of a l.cwistiui, Malr
firm.
The imiriniilers secured cntr.-inci
Ihe ui'oiinds by cutting a portion
the biirbeil wire fence eiico-iu
property.
AMKTKKDAM, via London, Juni
7. Thn Hamburger l-'remdenbliidt
a copy of which lias ben received here
publishes a Stockholm report whi
Is aleged to havo emanated from Itus.
slan sources that tho original trcatle
between ItUHsIa and western powers
which were concluded since lul.l hav
dlsapeared from the ivtrorad lor
elfn oflM-e.
Tho rumor connuU tho dl.appi.-ir
ance with 'recent niy.-tirlour, bure
larlcj. at tU;- Icrjl-r. .o."(e it1
KRONSTAD
END MUTINY POMPOM
BRITISH EXPLODE
IE0FMI
Panic Spreatl by High Explosives-
British Drive on Greatest Scale Yet
Attempted, Sweeps All Before It
Fifth More Guns Employed Than
in Arras Smash.
liHITISlI IIKADQITAKTERS IK
FHA.XCK, June 7. The British ttisli
this morning on the jressines-Wyt-schaete
ridgo of tho Belgian front
look them well over the ridge, where
they are now entrenching'.
Tho village of Mcssines was report
to have been taken early in the
glitiiitf. It was also reported that
tiler and Znreeba hud fallen and
that Wvtschaete had been surround-
by Ihe Hritish storming troops.
The' British also captured impor
iit trench positions nil the way irom
Observation riiliie, southeast of Ypres
lo 1'loegsleert wood, north of Anncn-
lieres.
Million Pounds Kxplosivcs. ,
11 (i re than onu million pounds of
nil explosives was blown up undor
the Clerinan forward positions. This,
tho most gignnlic mining operation in
the history of war, spread panio
among the (icminns.
The British in their allack todny
used probably twenty percent more
guns, especially tioso of heavy cttl
ibres, than they employed ill the bat
tle of Arras.
Tanks wero in Ihe thick of the
figliting. '..More than .1000 Qei-anns
wero taken prisoner curly in thu en
gagement.
The fighling eoiilinues under a mul
uinuicr sun. The (icrmuiiH huve not
vet rallied for the expected counter
attack.
On Mcssines ltidgo.
The British atlae'r. began today,
two months afler Ihe oflensive cam
paign burst in I o flume at Arras, was
arricil out in that slender strip of
Belgium, saved nearly three years
igo from the German invasion. Ihe
blow was struck on a front of ap-
roximalely ten miles against tho
high ground known as (he Mos-intes
ridge, from which Ihe Germans havo
overlooked Ihe British lines ever sinco
October, 1(11 I. II was not lone after
the battle began that word enme from
all sectors of the fighliug front that
Ihe various objectives hud been taken
on scheduled time.
All Ihe prisoners say Iho flormuns
had been expecting Hie attack, but
were taken completely bv surprise by
Ihe hour al. which it was launched
and Ihe fury wilh which it was cur-
(1 forward.
CHOSE JAIL TO DRAFT
liOCKKOKI), IN., June 7. March
ing two abreast thru the business
ectioii at ! o'clock, IMti Industrial
Workers of Hie World and socialists
who defied the army registration
Tuesday, gave Ihcnieslves up to Guy
(winders, sheriff of Winnebago coun
ty, 'fhe par;nler-( bore a banner in
seribcr) with the words "One for all,
all fur (Pin-, peace tint war.''
Three of the members of the I. V.
W, known In be of draft age, who
hoii-lrd they Iiid not submitted to
i ii rat ion, were a r re-ted during tho
lay and lodged in jail, pending ad
vices I i'omi federal officials.
SHELLING LIFE-BOATS
AN ATLANTIC I'OIIT, June 7. -An
American destroyer on patrol oft
tho roast of Ireland recently came
upon a German Kiihmarltio Bhelltng
the lifeboats or a ship It had sunk,
killing two persona, according to sur
vivors of submarined vessels who ar
rived today aboard an American lin
er. Tim sulinmrino dlr-.ippeared be
fore the destroyer could get a ehot at
her and the American war vessel then
rescued twenty survivors of two ehlpa
tKit fcifl Viftft,, , ...ill.
MINE MILLION