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NO. 64
ALONG ENTIRE
BATTLE II
Groans Unable to Batter Way
Through Allied Lines Near Marne
Attempt Advance Acros Oise and
Are Driven Bark Allies Expect
New Effort in New Sector
- French Improve Positions British
' In Railing Expeditions.
By Associated PrcsB. . Juno G.-
Held up In their efforts to battor
their way thru the American and
French lines 'near the Marne, the
Germans have again turned their at
tention to the front further north.
U a sector which may be considered
the connecting link between the
Somme and Marne battlefields.
The French official report says the
French forces east of Sempigny have
driven back bodies of Gorman troops
wnico had crossed the uiso.
When the initial plunge along the
Alsne had gained extensive ground,
but the process had created a sali
ent dangerous to tho Germans to the
west of SolBsons, they attacked along
. the A'ilette rivor, northwest of that
city, to straighten out their lino and
thus guard against a flanking oper
ation liy allied armlos. They gainod
considerable territory In this man
euver hut were held after they had
progressed approximately five miles
Since that time the French have held
their positions with the Olse river
forming a first line of defense and
there haB been llttlo fighting of a
significant nature In that sector.
ExpoctM Now Hnuuli
Military experts have expected an
attack on the allied line running to
the east of Montdidlor, past Noyon
and thence along tho Olse to tho new
lines formed since the German offon
slve on the Aisno bogan. It may
be that fighting reported In the of
ficial French tntomcnt marks file
Initial stages of an atluck there.'
Farthor south along the line run
; nlng from the westorn surburbs of
,'Solssons to Chateau-Thierry the lino
Is standing firm boforo the German
thrust. Tho French have succeedod
In Improving their positions north
and west of llnutehiayc, a llttlo vil
lage on the right bank of Iloxlen
river, north of tho Aisno.
On the rost of tho front, especially
at Longpont, Vcullly-Ia-rortorio and
vest of Rhclins, the artillery flro has
been violent.
Americans Activo
Along the front held by the British
troops thcro have hcim raiding oper
ations hut no righting of a serious
character.
American troops around Voullly,
northeast of Chutoan-Eliierry, re
pulsed Tuesday night and Wednes
day strong German efforts to ad
vance. The American machine gun
lire broko up tho German attack In
confusion. West of Montdidlor and
east of Luneilo, American patrols
lave heen active. An Amorlcan party
ol 30 men penetrated the third Gor
' nan line cast of Lunovlllo and out
fought a party of 200 Germans. Dea
ry losses wero suffered by the Ger
mans while the American casualties
cre slight. '
LA FOLLETTE . BRANDS
FR
WASHINGTON, June 6. Tn a sup
pleraen'ary brief fllod today with the
mate privileges and elections com
mittee, counsel for Senator La Kol-
ktte brands charges growing out of
he senator's St. Paul speech as
"frivolous" and "much ado about
nothing" The committee, which If
Investigating the loyalty of state
menu credited to the senator. Is ask
) to dismiss the charges.
-Senator La Toilette's speech from
lie beglnnln to the end Is an earnest
nbortatlon to his hearers to main-
lo aid defend at all costs our con
(tltntiou and our Institutions," says
,k, Dret. The speech asserts that
,re In the war lawfully and con
..nationally from which It follows
ltt the ur brings to all of iib dtltlcs
f, gust aiscnarje,
KRUPPS
HEAD
PROVES
KAISER
HOT
In
Dr. Wi'helm Muehler, Head of Krupp's
at Outbreak of War, Says That
Emperor William Was Personally
Responsible for Germany's Partici
pation and Forced Support.
GUMLIGF.N, Switzerland, June .
(By tlio Assofiiilcil Press.) tier-
miinv was wholly in agreement witli
Auslrin-llungiiry concerning llio ill
liinutiim sent to Sorbin at the out
break of the war, says Dr. Wdhelm
Miichlon, former director of Krupps,
in further ilisclosiires on the respon
sibility for the bringing on of the eon
fliel. Kmperor William was person
ally responsible for Germany's par
ticipation and forced the Gcrinnn
leaders to support his w-'ir policy.
Illumes tlio linlscr
Ilr. Muolilon, who was licnd of
Krupp's at the outbreak of the war,
and who reccnlly startled Kurope
with his disclosure, received the cor
respondent of the Associated Press
at his country place hero where lie is
now living m retirement.
Dr. Muehlon's first disclosures,
which caused such a commotion, gave
conversations with Dr. Karl llelffcr-
ich, former vico chancellor nnd Dr.
Krupp Von ISohlcn, chief owner ot
the Krupp works, in which both told
him tho emperor had disclosed his
agreement wilh Austria-Hungary on
the ultimatum to Serbia and Hint
Germany would mobilize immediately
if Russia mobilized, which would in
evitably draw in the other powers and
precipitate n universal war.
Gives Names nnd Dates
A document. now issued is morede
tained and general and gives day by
day notes made by Dr. Moehlon nt the
critical time at the opening of the
war. Dr. Muolilon then had gone
from the foreign ol'fico to the diree
torate of Krupp's and liis position
gave him constant access to the high
est quarters, lie gives glimpses of
the chief figures from the emperor
down, but in the main avoids the
mention of name for reasons of dis
cretion, though there are likely to be
further chanters later giving names.
letters nnd documents showing how
the highest quarters' in Germany
piauned systematically for the brin
ing on of n general war.
The whole trend, of the nrescnt
work is to show Hint Ihe world con
i'lict was imposed by Hie Gorman cm
peror's personal military policy ami
his private engagement wilh Austria
on the eve of the struggle.
34
CASUALTY US!
WASHINGTON, Juno 6. Tho
army casualty list today contained 34
names, divided as follows: Killed In
action 7; died ot wounds 3; died' ot
accident 3; died of dlseaso 4; wound
ed severely 12; wounded, degroo un
known 1; wounded slightly 3. Miss
ing In action 1.
Tho list Includes Trlvato Archlo
Swann, llcrbort, Saskatchewan, Can
ada, died of wounffs; Prlvato Corllo
l.orl, 640 Mnplo street, Butte, Mont.,
wounded severely, Halcigh Knorr,
Poison, .Mont., wounded slightly.
Tho list:
Killed In action: Corporals Wil
liam H. Delaney, Troy, N. Y.j Wil
liam F. Hatcher, Oxnard, Cal.; Pri
vates Roy II. Eaton, Omaha, Neb.;
Richard Ellis, Jancsvillo, Wis.; Chas.
F. Klrby, Wappapollo, Mo.; Carl A.
Parr, Nicholson, Pa.; August Schus
ter. Erie, Pa.
Died of wounds: Lieut A. P. H.
Sage, Memphis, Tenn.; Corporal San
ford C. Elchorn, Elmore, Minn.; Pri
vate Archlo Swann, Herbert, Sask.
Died of disease: Corporal Carl II.
Dartelt. Dundee, Ills.; Privates Jas.
T. Baker, Novlnger, Mo.; Walter
Green, Homervllle, Ga.; David Strom-
berg, Chicago.
Died of accident: Wagoner Walter
E. WUhelm, Woodlawn, N. Y.; Pri
vates Thomas A. Price, Nevada, Mo.;
Jewell Rcld, La Grange, Ga.
NAVY
S
E USED BY
U-BOAT RAIDER
Aside From Efforts to Locate and
Destroy Raider, Navy Bends Ener
gies to Determine Whether Subma
rine Has Floating Base No De
tailed Report From Destroyer.
WASHINGTON, Juno 6. Tho navy
department still awaited today a do-
tailcd report of tho encounter be
tween an Amorlcan destroyor and one
ot the German submarines oft the At
lantic coast. Tho destroyer was still
at sea, as far as known and the com
mander ot the naval district to which
sho is attached has transmitted no
additional information.
The fact that the enemy craft are
ablo to "listen in" on radio conversa
tions hampers communication of de
tails ot the position either of the pur
suing craft or of the raiders, and
commanders of naval vessels and of
tho naval districts aro using the ut
most caution in the messages they
transmit. The fact that tiie papers
of all vessels sunk by the raiders
have been taken shows that tho U
boosts aro seeking information in
every possible quarter.
Seeking tlio linso
Aside from the efrort to locate and
destroy tho raidors themselves, the
navy is using every means to detor
mlno whether the submarines havo a
floating base of supplies. The pro
gress of the raiders south from tho
war trade and transport routes might
mean that they are moving to a pre
viously fixed rendezvous with a sup
ply ship.
A suggestion has been made that a
steamship out of. some Mexican port
flying an American flag may be serv
ing as a base, but the navy has no
dof In i to Information on 'this. Every
vossol In coastal or nearby waters
Is being overhauled and investigated
by anti-submarine patrols.
' A Moating Ilaso?
Speculation as to the uso of a
floating baso brought up again tho
poculiar circumstances surrounding
tho sinking ot at least two vessels. In
each case seamen sit id that while one
submarine held them up and forced
them to take to their boats, a second
lay some distance off with only Its
porlscope showing. ,
It may 'bo that the second submar
ine was such a vessel as the commer
cial submarine Doutschland, loaded
with extra fuel and stores.
No New Victims
AN ATLANTIC PORT, June 0.
Tho arrival hero today of sovornl
steamships from southern Atlantic
waters, among thorn two passenger
liners, lirot no further nowt of sub-
marlno operations. Officers of tho
ships said, howovor, that ovory pro-
caution was taken against surprise.
Barrels lashed to the masts served
as crow's nests for observers, and as
further precaution passengers wore
advised not to disrobed at night, and
all lifeboats, fuiiy provisioned and
watered, wero kept hanging on the
davits on a lovel with tho boat dock,
ready for Instant uso.
AN ATLANTIC PORT, Juno (!.
Captain R. R. Couldman and the crew
ot tho schooner, Edward R. Balrd.
Jacksonvlllo to New York, sunk by a
German submarlno, 18 miles off Cape
Charles Tuesday morning, wero land
cd hero today.
Tho men were brought bore by a
destroyer which picked them up
shortly after tho vessel was sent to
tho bottom.
STATE III BOARD
CAN GO IN DEBT
SALEM, June 6, Assistant Attor
ney Van Winkle has Informed Chair
man Cordiey of the state lime board
that since the stato lime industry has
a prospective Income It legally can
go Into debt on contracts providing
that payments fall due when the
board has funds. The hope is ex
pressed that the emergency hoard
may be Induced to authorize the cre
ation of a deficiency in the lime board
funds to provide money for the com
pletion of the plant at Gold Hilt and
starting Its operation. About 3000
Is needed to complete the plant.
KN
AS
MACKENSEN'S PINCERS
BOULOGNE i S'OHtl a Vj
-T AftMENTlERES? H
t nnri'iir
.... PARlSjlib' ' ( '
This map lllu.strutcs mom graphically than tlio usual buttle-lluo maps
what the Germans ,ro trying to do
Tho while Hno running thru tho
Imttlo front. From th.H Jllndcnburg In trying to throw two big wedges
into tlio French nnd ltj-itish lines; ono aiming nt tho channel, along tho
Sommo, tho other nt Paris, along tho Mu rm
This is M iick onsen's famous 'phu:er strategy." ComiKirlng theso two
worigos to a groat pah of pincers he mpoH to shut their Jaws down,
catching tho French and UHtlsIi, armies lotwcen .Item and destroy lug
them.
To this purposG the capture of J'uHs and the channel ports is only of
secondary importance. (
DIES ON TRAIN AT
4
PARIS, Juno 0. Gonoral Robort
E. L. Mlchio of tho Amorlcan army
died In a railroad train near Rouen
yosterday. His death was sudden
and unexpected as ho had not been
ill.
WASHINGTON, Juno G.. News of
the donth ot Brlgadlor-Gonornl Rob
ort E. L. Mlchio In a railway train
near Rouen, Franco yesterday, came
as a Bhock today in war department
and army circles. Ilo was a brilliant
soldier.
For a long tlmo General Mlchio
wns chief nldn to General Hugh L.
Scott, former chlof or start at tho
army, and had accomponied tho lat
ter on nnmnrous missions of Import
ance. Chief among these was Gen
eral Scott's trip to tho Pluto Indian
country In Utah whero ho quelled
an uprising among the Piuies. When
Gonoral Scott visited Mexico, authori
ties at El Paso, General 'Mlcbie's as
sistance was of great value. ' He also
accompanied General Scott with tlio
American mission to Russia last year
Ilo was a native of Virginia and wns
54 years old.
TO STARVE BRITONS
LONDON. Juno 6 John R. dynes,
parliamentary secretary of tho min
istry of food, told the houso of com
mons today that no offorls of tho
Gorman submarines, howovor, severo,
could menace tho civilian population
of Great Britain. Ho said that 4'7,
00ft tons of bacon and ham recently
had bnen Imported from America.
WASHINGTON, June (1. Further
evidence of Ihe sale or offering for
Mile of unfit meat for Ihe nrmy liu
been discovered by the federal trade
commission, V. T. Chnntlnnd, chief
examiner, declared today when rep
resentatives of Wilson & Co., ("hicaco
packers, appeared to deny charges
that they have Hold unfit meat.
Jn their present offensive.
blot on tho innp of Frnnco is tho
FRENCH EXPECT.
BY
LONDON, June (I. Via Ottawa.
Tho buttle situation is generally mi
changed loiliiy. The Weninins arc
held up lor tlio tuim being on tlio
whole front from Noyon to Hheiius
and they luivo lost heavily in tho lust
lew days, particularly on Monday
nnd Tuesday, when llicir gains wero
smallest.
I'Vench exports now nnlicipnte thill
Ihe Germans will nllctupl to break
lliroucli somewhere else, possibly be
tween Novon and Moulilidicr, with (ho
object of converging their advance
toward Paris, although it is not im
possible Hint Hie enemy will nflnck
in n lolally dil'i'crctit sector. This
would be in iieeordance wilh the ha
bitual German slralcjry of pressing
an ntliick in one sector until (he mo
mentum is exhausted and then turn
ing sharply off to si like elsewhere.
The proximity of Paris, in this ease,
inn V indicate a depart tiro from Iheso
taelies.
The altiliide of Paris in facing Ihe
present ordeal is inspi riii,r the most
trlowin ctiliiL'ies in Hie llritish nress,
which pays fervent tribute to Pre
mier Clemi-necau's recent, speech lis
exprcssimr Hie invincible spirit of
I-ranee and nflonling impressive evi
deuce of Hie mutual confjdencn of
the allies and reliance in Ihe grow
ilig.loiu'lil of America,. The newspa
pers declare llml M. Cleiiieiu'eau also
spoke lor Hie llritish nation when lie
'leelalcd that I'rallee would novel
yield.
PERSHING TELLS
WASHINGTON, Juno fi. Tbn
story of how an American patrol of
forty men, outnumbered thrco to
ono, hold Us ground In Lorraine on
the night of Juno 2 for throc-qiiartors
of an hour and only retired whon It
ammuiilllon bei-nmo exhausted Is
told In a continuation of General
Pershing's communlquo of yestorday
received hero today. Tho patrol In
flicted heavy Ioshcs on tho enemy.
Lieutenants Campbell and Molsner
downed an enemy biplano Juno 6,
the cominunlquo said. Botwcen April
14 and May 31, it said, Lieutenant
Douglass Campbell shot down six
planes.
BLAMES SENATE
ATTACKS
FOR
U-BOAT RAID
Senator Lewis Declares That Sena
tors Had Invited Submarine Visit
By Inaccurate Statements Declar
ing Nation Honeycombed with
Fraud, War Preparations Failure.
WASHINGTON, June fi Attack:
on the nnvy department for permit-
tmtr submarines to sink American
ships off (ho Atlantic coast procipi
tutcd a sharp debate today in the
senate
Charges that senators had invited
Ihe iillacks by making inaccurate
statements us to conditions in the
t'nitcd Stales were made bv Senator
Lewis of Illinois, in reply to u news
paper editorial, read bv Senator
Brandegoc of Conectieul, which at
tacked the navy department for not
warning mariners of the presence of
undersea craft and asked as to the
whereabout, of destroyers and stib-
innrino chasers the navy has been get
ting ready to repel attacks.
Itlunies Ijooso Talk '
Tho U-bont raids wero not at
tempted, Senutpr 1-wis declared, mi
fil Germany was advised by innccu
rato information Hint the American
government wns "honeycombed willi
fraud" and reeking wilh pollution and
corruption; that the United States
had no nmiv or navy, nnd "that wc
hud fallen down in every underluk
ing." ' ' .
"Thoso charges," ho said "induc
ed Germnny to bclicvo Hint wo could
not dofond our own country." i
"I think Germany: was invited to
our shores," Senator Lewis contin
ued, "by tho false charges made
ugninst tlio udiiiinislration by those
who sought to benefit politically by
atpcrsiohs upon their own country,
That Germany will find us ready is
not to bo gainsaid. That we aro
wholly and completely prepared will
not by any patriot ho disputed. Hut
Ueriiuiny was invito! by tho iinjiis
assaults by Ihoso who .would bono-
lit politically."
Injection of Politics
Senator Nelson of Minncsotn, re
publican, sharply interjected :
"Does tlio senator think ho enn
stop the German submarines by mak
ing an Assault on tho republican par
ty?"
Senalor Lewis replied that lie had
not mentioned the republican party
and that such a charge against tlin
organization would he untruthful. He
added, however, Hint muny charges
of unprcpa redness had come from in
dividuals in public and official life
as well as in private life. -
1 ho fact remains that the spirit
irt too general," Senutor Lewis con
eluded, "by which we ncccpt iiccusn
Hons upon any official who is pow
erlcss to reply, and the public believes
from the silence in (heir t rill la.
Inxlgo Defends Nnvy
With apparent feeling, Senalor
Lodge of .Massachusetts, republican
said :
"Nothing has so stimulated and in
viled Germany as the loose brags an
hoasis about the number ol troops
we lire transporting to r ranee. Ger
many was not invited here by attack
upon flic navy, because there hav
been none. The navy and (lie nav
department have (aken every preeuu
tion. No doubt in some nevvspape
otl'ieers there are men who.migli
have done better.,
"The navy ami Hie nnvy depart
mcht," tho Massachusetts scnat
continued, "have necessarily nntici
paled a submarine attack from III
beginning of Ihe war. Thev have ha
if constantly in mind. The have trie
to take every prc'-autioii to meet i
I think tlicv have."
SENT EACH WEEK
SAN FRANCISCO, Juno C Four
hundred men trained for service with
tho men hunt marine, will bo sent
from tho training ship "Iris" to man
the new vessels of America every six
weeks aftor June 2 4, according to an
announcement here today by Captain
Isaac N. Hlbberd of the I'nited States
shipping board sea service. Another
vessel will be put Into similar ser
vice at Seattle, Is was announced,
THOUSAND
BITE THE DUST
American Machine Gun Battalion Ac-
counts for Thousand Germans
While Holding Bridge, and Lost
Only One Killed and a Few Wound
edThree Days of Heavy Fighting.
WITH TI1K AMiOKlCAN ARMY IN
FRANCE Juno 0 (By tho Asso-
cintcd Press.) An American ma
chine gun battalion accounted for
approximately 1,000 Gcnnnns while '
holding n bridgo at Chntcau-Thiorry.
Tho Americans lost only one man
killed and it few wounded. At tho
same time French troops wined out a
force of !I00 Germans who had ob- '
tained a footing on tho southern
bank of the Marne.
While the Germans dominated tho
town from Hill 204. the Americans
arid French set up niachino 'una in
tho windows and doorways and on
houses. Great fierceness marked tho
fighting which raged for several
days.
Ono officer told the correspondent
today it was nil tho . commanders '
could do to keep tho Americans from
crossing the river in tho teeth of tho
enemy fire nnd assaulting the hill po
sition. Great Daring Shown
Muny Auicricun officers and pri
vates showed great during and forti
tude in withstanding tho German at
tacks along tho Murno ut Chateau ,
Thierry. . , , f : . ' '.
(upturn John R. Mondonhull of
Now Houhcllc, N., Y., wont without -
sleep for threo dnys nnd remained
CHARGING YANKS
steadily nt tho head of his company -during
that time. Corpornl Junes
Mangold of McDonald, Pu., was sent
out to investigate Gorinun snipers un- ;
der u hciivy fire from tlio American ,
lino. He found tho snipers, pointed .
them out to his comrades and tho
Germans fired no more. ,
The first Americnii to receive tho
French war cross for bravery in the
present bat do was Lieutenant Wulter
R. Fliinncrv of Pittsburg, who swam
across the Marno nnd rescued a
wounded French soldier. Lieutenant
John T. lijjssell of Pittsburg has beon
cited for tlio French war cross for
leading his machine gun command to
the north side of the Murno in an
attempt to slop tho Gorman uttnek.
J-iiio Fighting Spirit
Captain George Knkcrinc, the
French laision officer with tho
American unit, stood by the Ameri-
cuns in the thick of tho fight, en
couraging nnd cheering them. The
Americans, he suid, showed most
wonderful spirit and were jolly, even
laughing and joking whilo a perfect
hell raged around them.
GERMAN EFFORT
TO
COSTLYJAILURE
FRENCH HEADQUARTERS ON
THE MARNE, Juno 6. Tho attempt
of tho Germans to cross tho Marno
river at Jaiilgonno (which American
troops holpod to repulse) was moro
serious than appeared from first ro
porls. Tho enemy, It Is learned, throw 22
ladder foot bridges across tho river.
Four wero destroyed by gunfire. A
Prussian bultallon crossed on the re
mained, two men ahroast, and ad
vanced Immediately on the railway,
Installing a muchlno gun detachment
at tho station and tho romalndar
sprendlng along tho lino boulnd, tho
Hboltering embankment.
Tho dofenso doclded to throw tho
enemy bark across tho rivor and this
was carried out by dismounted dra
goons supported by machine gunners.
Tho latter ongaged In a duel with the
Germans, enabling tho French to
work behind tho enemy, who fled,
headed by tholr officers, soino tit
whom plunged Into tho river. Tho
remainder oi tho battalion wore' kill
ed or enptured.
Tho enemy losses In the machine
gun battle with tho Americana for
Chateau Thierry bridgo wore also
heavy. Moro than a thousand Gor
man dead lay on the bank: ot tho
river and the atreota loading to It,