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"M IN PUVE BATTLE aHani Pursue Enem? Across Flooded River--Inflict Heavy „ f J. 1 AIRMEN IN BIG FIGHT pm^woHi Forces Recrosslng River In , iDisorder and Are Pursued by k I x * 11 : Diaz's Troops--Great Disaster Central Powers--Am*K ^ :^jcan Troops Advance Nealw , jv . Mile and Drive Xfflins From leau Wood. 3T v; 'i AS' t? f . ? ' t il I ' V" London, June 25.--Forty-five thou- ,! * #and prisoners have been taken by r Uif Italians uii the Fiave, according to official dispatch from Rome. The §? *\ „ :jbooty is enormous, ' >» $/' ' / It is reported that many other scat- W < ' ifeered forces of the enemy are trapped fl i.v s l^nd it is expected that the number of (jjaptives will be increased heavily as ^ •* . i tall details of the battle are received. j,; The Italians have crossed the Piave f / H - -lb half a score of places in close pur- " 'Pait of the fleeing enemy. The Italian q - Cavalry is said to have many of the - „ , |»emy surrounded on the east bank. >y- 1 - 4 Great stores of rifles, machine guns j .^Cs ,, i|nd foodstuffs were abandoned by the ( ibemy. The captures in cannon are 'not thought to have been large, as the Austrians had been prevented by the flood from bringing many big guns to - : tlieir forward positions. * Cavalry Crosses River. &' \ r. ^ On the entire stretch of the front J,."/'; from the Montello to the sea the Aus­ trians have been cleared from the jfrest bank of the Piave except at one ftnali point near San Dona di Piave. IPhetr only hold there Is a small bridge­ head. \ The Italians, advancing from the old Channel of the Piave near the point J^ft-here it enters the sea, have pressed •forward until at last accounts they •if'\ , Have reached the new channel. 1" ; Near the center of the front Italian ,:X\ -«javalry has crossed the river at many r| , >• ' places between Montello and Zenson. t, .'j Great Gain Made at Montello. »» Far to the north, in the vicinity of P -"the Montello heights, the Italians have i r^'( • Swept back in one stroke all of the jfcains for which the enemy paid a huge price in lives. ' They first recaptured all of the ; Heights, penning in between the Mon­ tello and the river 40,000 of the enemy, Ihey then drove forward, smashing Jfaek or capturing the foe, until they tpeached the river. Since that time they have gained " possession of two bridgeheads on the •^'Apposite side of the river. These , fcridgeheads are at Nervesa and Falze. f Foe Driven From Piave. „ K, ^ Borne, Jane 25.--Extremely heavy ^ In men and material have been :v suffered by the Au>troHungarians in defeat which the Italians have ad- 1 \ Hdnistered to them on the Piave front, fhe war office announced. ~' " The enemy has been driven from the > 3$fr entire west bank of the Piave. except •t one point, and was able to cross the . Mver only under the deadly fire of the - ( . Jwiiian artillery. - * 4 Italian troops have crossed the old Jihannei of the Piave river, west of the .pain stream, and recaptured several J | tk their old positions there. From Capo Siie other detachments |? igre advancing toward the main stream #, v-r 'k> V* ' sv'" i£> , V tV: hi' » C-,% • -,v #f the river. . The Italians have thrown numerous bombing detachments across the ™«fn .5 ' ft ream, where the artillery and aircraft jl,. t are hammering the enemy. f\ "• "2 The Austrian dead cover the ground £ the battle in extraordinary numbers, j- * ^ Fleeina Foe Leaves Guns, v! Italian Army Hetraquarters, Jun 25. •--The great retreat by the Austrians Jjjtfons: the Piave front began under lover of darkness Saturday night. The V.; T' f' v Retreating troops left their cannon be- : V |iind them. Italian detachments are pursuing the enemy east of the Piave. When it was observed that the Aus­ trians had begun a retrograde move­ ment, the Italians began to attack vig- jorousiy aii along the Piave line from iMontello well toward the mouth of the |jrC f'* river. The attack was quickly pressed «nd became more insistent, accompa- ^ % * nied by violent artillery fire. The num- r . J>er of guns left behind by the Austri- Ch: ^ 'ans as they retreated has not been i"'i computed, but is said to be very great ^ The work of the Amencan aviators v f v;who appeared on the front last week ' 'for the first time, contributed notably ^ k - to the disorganization of the Austrian k* _ i W" \,r^§r* & - ' TV ; ;|forces which had crossed the Piave, according to Raffaele Garinei, corre­ spondent of the Milan Secolo. The Italian attack began at dawn on PLUG EARS IN SHELL PUNT Sunday. With the Montello on the left flank, the attack was carried out all along the .Ine through C^ndetu to S^fi Dona di Piftve. ; Austrian troops left to coyer the re­ treat used their machine guns to set ap a barrage fire. * ^ Cruelly harassed by steady and ac­ curate artillery fire, compelled to face bayonet attacks by the Italians and be­ ing constantly bombed by allied avia­ tors, flying low In defiance of machine gun and artiUery fire, the Austrian! have been fighting recently with the courage of despair. Local colter-at­ tacks have been launched without re­ gard for losses, against the allied trenches on the Montello plateau, but have been everywhere broken by the granite resistance interposed to the foe's progress, , The crest of the Have river flood passed Saturday, but the falling wtt?_ ters came too late to relieve the posi­ tions of the Austrians. The inunda­ tion went 16 feet above the low-water mark. Great Disaster for Austria. London, June 24.--The mueh-t>«S alded Austrian drive has turned into what may be a great Austrian disaster, which may put Germany's main' ally out of the war and wreck the Haps- burg dynasty. / a A resolution at home seem* porba- hle should Emperor Carl's armies be defeated in the field. Last week's drive was the roost am­ bitious one that Austria has under­ taken, and from the first day It was evident that it itvas too big a task for her to handle alone. U. 6. Flyers Bomb Bridge. Italian Headquarters, June 22.--The first American aviator to fly on the Italian front went on a bombing expe­ dition and succeeded in blowing two holes in a new Austrian bridge across the Piave river. The commander of the Italian avi­ ation camp expressed satisfaction with the work of the Americans. The avi­ ation forces on this front are display­ ing the most Intense activity. U. S. Men Win on the Marne. . With the American Forces on the Marne, June 25.--American troops on the' Marne front last night captured the northwestern part of Belleau wood. The Americans cleared this strategic position of all Germans, captured some prisoners, and took five machine guns. The Americans now are in complete possessioin of the woods. The attack was begun with a heavy barrage, after which the Americans went over almost immediately and smoked out the Ger­ mans, whose positions were rejffirded as almost impregnable. One machine gun found, tn ft was operated by a pulley. " ' The operation lasted only half an hour. It is taken to testify further to the thoroughness of American meth­ ods and of the determination of the Americans to succeed in any undertak­ ing assigned to them. The whole af­ fair was brilliantly conceived and bril­ liantly carried out. 900,000 U. S. Men in France. Washington, June 24.--Nine hundred thousand American soldiers have been shipped from embarkation ports here to the front. Gen. Peyton C. March, chief of staff of the army, revealed in his weekly reception to the newspaper correspondents. This places the work of sending our men to the battle line five months ahead of the program orig­ inally laid out. Yanks Drive Foe Nearly Mile. With the American Forces on the Miyne, June 21.--American troops In this sector attacked the German line northwest of Chateau Thierry during the night and made an advance of five-eighths of a mile, driving the Germans from a small pocket on the northern side of the Belleau wood. r Yanks Win , at Cantigny. With American Army in France, June 21.--At dawn American troops stormed German trenches and ma­ chine-gun nests in front of Cantigny. In the Montdldier, sector. Those of the German garrison who remained td fight and carry out their orders to hold the positions at any cost \yere killed by rifle and, machine-gun fire and bayonet. The Americans also took prisoners. , >-% Yanks Make New Gains. Wit the American Army in France, June 22.--The American forces north­ west of Chateau Thierry further straightened their line by a series of small but brilliantly executed attacks on the north side of Belleau wood. American artillery at midnight poured an avalanche of prejectiles Into the wood to the east of Chateau Thier­ ry, where aerial photographs had showed there was a host of German troops and much enemy oisttrialj JEJis enemy was severely punished. vfw Hun Report Denied. The German official report of a suc­ cessful attack on Seicheprey Is untrue. There was no raid. The enly one the Huns attempted was frustrated. Hold 38 Miles at Front. % , Washington, June 22.--AmericMNMf- diers are holding the fighting line for 38 miles on the western front, accord­ ing to information given members of the'house ^nilltary committee by Sec­ retary Baker and General March. This mileage is held by "all-American" forces under command of American of­ ficers. Provost Marshal General Crow- der Rules torn-IT • UsetoJofat X* m MANY OCCUPATIONS Store Clerks and Automobile 8alee> men Under Ban--Local Beards T^d to Use Common ' Sense,' " Washington, June 24.--New regula­ tions issued on Friday to draft .boards by Provost Marshal General Crowder to govern application of the "work or fight" order do not rule specifically upon the status of professional ball players or other classes that may be affected, but emphasize the section of the order placing grimes and sports ajnong the occupations classed as non- useful. In an oral statement announcing the regulations, officials of General Crow- ler's office said "at present" the occu­ pation of a baseball player Is regard­ ed as nonproductive, but that until a case had been appealed from a local board there would be no ruling on the subject. "Local boards will consider cases of withdrawal of deferred classification with common sense," General Crow- der's instructions say, and they name illness, vacation, the impossibility of securing productive employment with­ out change of residence, as reasonable grounds for waiving the general order. While sales clerks in stores and cleri­ cal workers in offices are classed us nonproducers boards arte directed to exempt department store executives and skilled workers attached to suca establishments. Traveling salesmen will be consid­ ered as engaged in productive employ­ ment, but automobile salesmen in cities will not, it is explained. Pub­ lic or private chauffeurs are held to be nonproducers only when they combine other work with their mechanical du­ des. Local boards are asked to assist registrants to obtain new employment through the federal employment serv­ ice and are given power to postpone action while effort is being made to place men in occupations held produc­ tive. "When it has been determined that a person in deferred classification is an idler or is engaged in nonproduc­ tive employment." the Instructions say, "the classification and order num­ ber of Buch person will be withdrawn and he will Immediately be inducted into the military service. "The regulations provide that per­ sons engaged in the service of food and drink, or either, in public places, including hotels and social clubs, are engaged in nonproductive employment. This, however, does not Include man­ agers, clerks, cooks or other employ­ ees, unless they are engaged In the ac­ tual serving of food and drink. "The regulations further provide that passenger elevator operators and attendants and doormen, footmen, carriage openers and other attendants In clubs, hotels, stores, apartment houses, office buildings and bath­ houses are engaged in nonproductive employments." MAJ. ALE MaJ. Alexander Lambert, a ?Cew York physician,' who was elected head of the Americnii Medical association after one of the most spirited contests ever held. TURKS WAR QN U. S, COL ALBERTUS W. CATUN *>•* Troop Train Tears Through Cir- cw ̂Tourist Cars at Wan- hoe, IndL AMERICAN HOSPITAL ANQ CON­ SULATE ARE 8ACKED- Violation of Rights in Neutral Country 1 Cause Drastte Action^ by Congress. 4; Washington, June 21.--Sacking of ftie American hospital at Tabriz, Per­ sia, and seizure of the American and British consulates there by invading Turkish troops was reported to . the state department by the American minister at Teheran. If the report as it reached the minister is officially confirmed the outrages may be con­ sidered an act of waj and settle the long-pending question of whether or not the Ottoman allies of Germany should be formally lifted abong ene­ mies of the United States. • According to the dispatch the Turks sacked the hospital over^the protest erf the Spanish consul, In qharge as representative of American Interests, and in defiance of the Spanish flag fly­ ing over the building. The hospital at Tabriz is a Presby­ terian missionary Institution, estab­ lished several years ago. Many Amer­ ican doctors and nurses have been sta­ tioned there, but for several months the situation has been so serious that the force has been greatly reduced, nnd a few days ago it was reported to the state department .that ,la«t American had gone. J 4 W • - " -• ' r <' '• %<< • ' 'SW- j'.-r^rw-Witl Lessen Accidents, British Officials Learn--Fewer Mishape at •Night. * V". r' T ' ttttSftlngton, June 25.--"Speed of '"tHjf. " Pro<'u<'t'on inevitably tends to a more ! ?"$.* 'tlian proportionate increase of acci­ dents," says the report of an investi- i"i' gator for the munition workers' com- mlttee, received here in consular dis- >r »«', patches from England. ^>1 "One wants to induce In all the workers throughout their hours of la* bor the same mental outlook as is present in the night-shift workers in the early hours of the morning. These workers have for the most part for­ gotten the pleasures and excitements Inlulged in shortly before coming 00 night shift. "Such a mental state is Impossible of achievement by the day-shift work­ ers, but something in the way of men­ tal calm can be attained by stopping all conversation. It would be a good pian if the workers plugged their ears. CABINET OF AUSTRIA QUITS Premier Seydler Leaves Vienna for Headquarters to Submit Resigna­ tion to Emperor. London. June 24.--Dr. von Peydler, the Austrian premier, left Vienna at midday for the Austrian army head­ quarters to submit the resignation of his cabinet to Emperor Charles, says a ilspatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Zurich. [Premier von Seydler's tenure of of­ fice his h*>en fraught with much bitter conflict. The breaking down of the "hunger offensive" against Italy and Germany's refusal to keep her promise to supply food to Austria, is believed to have led to the cabinet's decision to resign.] New bread riots started in the Fa- voriteu and Brigittenay districts of Vienna and there are now more than 150,000 munition workers on strike in the Austrian capital. 1 Upholds LMin Army Pian. < ^ : "Washington, June 24.--Authority to train in this cotintry and to furnish all necessary eqidpnient to the troops of any other nation engaged In the war on Germany and Austria would be given the war department tinder an amendment added fc the $l2,t*XV 000,000 army appropriation. Dill h> the senate military committee. The eight Central aud South American nations which already have broken relations with Germany possess a potential res­ ervoir of not less than 2,750,000 men. Express Merger Announced. | Washington, June 25.--Formal "•&< nouncement of the express merger un­ der government control was made by the railway administration. The com­ panies affected are the Wells-Fargo, Adams, American and Southern. Paris, June 22.--French prisoner* who have been in Germany since Au­ gust, 1914, will be exchanged on June 24, according to the Petit JournaL Camp Dlx, N. J., June(,22.--Tweuty- flVe thousand soldiers, so grouped as to form a human Liberty bell, posed here for what Is said to be the largest group photograph ever taken. The picture will be used in the Fourth Lib­ erty loan campaign. Washington June 22.--Hepresenta- tive Caldnell of New York declared after the meeting of the house mili­ tary committee with Secretary Baker and General March, chief of staff, that as far as the United States was con­ cerned the* war would begin next Sep­ tember. By that time American troops will be equipped to make themselves felt. New York, June 22.--Twenty traffic managers of grain exchanges to the East and middle West conferred at the offices of the United States Grain cor­ poration to consider modifications like­ ly to be mnde by the national food ad­ ministration in the control of grain. New York, June 22.--Joseph F. Ru­ therford, successor of "Pastor" Rus­ sell as head of the International Bi­ ble Students' association, and six of his associates who were convicted were sentenced to 20 years' Imprison­ ment for conspiracy to violate the es­ pionage lavr. BIG REVOLT SWEEPS KIEV Hagenbeck-Wallace Performers Caught In Holocaust When Locomotive Qom Through Sleeper* in Strip Morning. _ ' > " v" , 4 »• Gary, Ind., June 25.--Eighty-five persons were killed and many injured as the result of a wreck west of here early Saturday, In which an empty Michigan Central train crashed into and" ripped through the second section of a Hagenbeck-Wallace circus special at Ivanhoe, Ipd. Fire broke out al­ most immediately following the crafti and more than half of the deaths were the results of hiirns. Horror ruled at the scene; women pleading for their children lost in one of the four coaches demolished first by the crash, and brought to ashes by the conflagration; men begging to be shot, rather than be left to burn to death; clowns, their jests turned to tears, sobbed for friends of the can­ vas they could not find. There were something like 300 of the circus folk on the wrecked train. The first section of the circus train had gone ahead to Hammond earlier from Michigan City, Where the circus played Friday night. In the first sec­ tion were most of the animals. A sec­ ond section carried about 650 perform­ ers and help. t The troop train of 24 coaches was returning empty from the East. It was said to be traveling at a speed of sixty miles an hour when it crashed into ( the circus train. Coroner Green of Lake county, in­ vestigating the wreck, was advised that Alonzo H. Sergent, engineer, and Gustave Klause, fireman of the empty troop train which crashed into the cir­ cus special would fight extradition from Michigan. Both are in Kalamazoo, where Ser­ gent was, arrested and where Klause fled after his release on a writ of habeas corpus from the jail in Michi­ gan City. These men ate regarded as the most important witnesses to be called in the inquest to be held to fix the blame for the disaster. In addition to the circus list of miss­ ing, Fred S. Whipple of Michigan City, division trainmaster, of the railroad, is unaccounted for. fie is believed to have been k passenger In the circus train. CALLS FOR WAR ON TURKEY Resolution In House at Washington Would Also Male# Bul­ garia Foe. , : ? < - | j \ U . • $ * : f ; y Washington, June 22.--A joint- reso­ lution declaring a state of war with Bulgaria and Turkey was introduced in the house on Thursday by Repre­ sentative Kelly ; of Pennsylvania and was referred to the foreign affairs committee. It declares that the mili­ tary forces of the two governments named have committed acts of war against the government and people of the United States, • Appearing before the senate foreign relations committee in regard to an­ other matter, Secretary Lansing dis­ cussed the Tabriz incident, aud he and members of tlie committee were said to agree that If the attack upon the American consulate was made by an organized Turkish military force and not by a mob it would present an overt act sufficient to warrant a declaration of war. URGE WILSON IN 1920 Forty Thousand Peasants Armed and Organized Are Participating in •• the Revolution. " - London,^June 21.--A great revolt has begun at Kiev, according to an in­ tercepted wireless message transmit­ ted from Moscow t8> the Exchange Telegraph company. Artillery stores have been exploded and there is con­ tinuous street fighting. The revolt is spreading to the Poltava and Tcher- nigov districts. Forty thousand peas­ ants armed and organized are partio ipating in the revolt ' Bombs Kill Allied Prisoners. Geneva, June 25.--The Germans aro massing more and more allied prison­ ers in frontier towns, says the Lau­ sanne Gazette. Ai> Alsatian newspa­ per reports that five allied prisoners were killed in a raid on Thionvllle. ̂; AGREE TO SWAP PRISONERS | ̂eB°tlatlons between Russia and %!" , , I ^errnany have been interrupted be- ! ,,n?. * ..Wm ^change I eause Germany insisted upon an ex- " « change head for head, which arrange- ment would be of great advantage, as It would leave a great number of pris­ oners to work in Germany. The Rus­ sians wanted all prisoners repatriated. Russia s consent to the exchange with Austria on the head-to-head ba­ sis may be explained by the fact that Russia has a great number of Austri­ ans, but only 120,000 Germans, while Germany has several million Russians, Man for Man or as Many as Trains Will Carry, • June 25.--An tmdwstamd- »lng has "been reached between Russia :*hd Austria that pending final agree­ ment regarding the repatriation Of 'war prisoners, able-bodied prisoners {may be exchanged Immediately, head ,'for head, in numbers as great as the ^carrying capacity of railroads permits. Questionnaires to Registrants. , Washington, June 25.--Question­ naires will be mailed to ali of the re­ cent registrants of the twenty-one- year-otd-class during the three days beginning June 25, the provost mar* sha) general announced. Rail Commission Keeps On. Washington, J one 22.--To doubt over the powers of cne inter­ state commerce commission, the corn- missioa issued a statement that it would continue to hear complaints and order changes tn rates aa in the past Income Tax Slow, WatiMnffton. June 22---Approximate* ly $500,000,000 was rece'ved by* the treasury in payment of income and ex­ cess profits taxes, bringing the totr-1 receipts up to $1,300,000,000, which leases $1,225,000,000 to be collected. Defer Panama Elections. Panama,' June 25.--President Giro Urriola, who succeeded to the presi­ dency on the death of Dr. Ramon Valdez on June 3, has issued a de­ cree, deferring for six months the elections which were set for July. Hans Shoot 16 Belgians. Amsterdam, June 22.--Sixteen pei> nons, includtnt some women, have been put to death by the Germans In Bast Flanderti, Belgium, on suspicion of espionage, according to the frontlei correspondent of the T^legvaaf. Parley on Priacii«n Fails. Washington, June 22.--Kariure so far of effort* to re*:h an agreement with Germanv la regard to exchange of prisoners was announced he/e. In­ ability to get in touch with Getuuui officials is responsible. Former Governor Ralston 8ounda Term Call In Indent . State Convention. iriifttnapblis, June 21.--Uedlkftnjt' that "the exigencies of the times call for the renomination and election in 1920 of Woodrow Wilson," Samuel M. Ralston, former governor of Indiana, permanent chairman .of the Indiana sate Democratic convention, fired the opening third-term gun on Wednesday. The demonstration lasted for several minutes. Mr. Ralston followed Vice President Thomas R. Marshall, who, as temporary chairman, delivered the keynote address. , , , . * German Paper Is on the Rocks,. Chicago, June 2L--Following ^ meeting of the directors of the Staats- Zeitung it was announced by Judge Stelk, president of the publication company, that the paper will be sold today . or will suspend publication. Blsin by Chinese Bandits. London, June 25.--I. W. Laldlaw, manager of the branch of the Standard Oil company of New York, at Wuhu, province of Anhwel, China, has been murdered by brigands, ssy£< ft llstiter dispatch from" Shanghai. VjMrs. Busch Reaches Homo. .. jfc,/ Louis, June 25.--Mrs. Lily Busch, widow of Adolphus Busch, ar­ rived in St. Louis after an absence of four years. Mrs, Busch was greeted by many relatives and others ^t the station. s ? A. Busch III In Clsss 1 A. 4 J^ iLouis, June 24.--Adolphus Busch m, son of August A. Bosch, million­ aire brewer, by reclassification of the draft, has been changed frcm class 2 A to class 1 A by his draft board. He baS a wife and children. Airplane Strike Is Ended, BlRftalo. N. Y- June 24.--The strike of machinists nt the three plants of the Curtiss Alrplaae and Motor cor­ poration was called nit by Andrew T. McNaroara, representing the Intetna* Honal Machinists' union. Col. Albertus VV. Ciitlln. command­ ing officer of the Sixth retfiment, U. S. marines, and one of the oldest officers of the marine corps, has been seriously wounded in France. He has been in active qervice more than 25 years, was In command of the marine guard of the battleship Maine when that ves­ sel was blown up in Havana harbor and has since served in nirny quarters of the globe. He has been abroad since last October, having previously opened and organized the paarlne training camp at Quantlco, Va. \ •; . I MM MpBS M VIENNA ATTACK 'THE f E M P E R O R ' S P A L A C E . v Advocates Slain in Berlin,' Ham­ burg and Cologne, Says Cen­ sored Dispatch, London. June 22.--More than 100.- 000 persons have gone on strike In the Volcan arsenal and the Warscha* lowski airplane works in Vienna, ac­ cording to a dispatch from Zurich to the Exchange Telegraph. The dis­ patch adds that rfcots have occurred at Favoriten, Margeretheu, Ottakrlng and Brigittenay, suburbs of Vienna. London, June 22.--Serious « rioting broke out in Vienna Thursday, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam. The mob broke into a number of bakeries, stormed the resi­ dence of the premier and also one of the wings of the Hofburg, the imperial palace, the message adds. Cavalry is being rushed to the capital to restore order. It is probable, it is stated, that martial law will be proclaimed. The rioting was tn protest against the re­ duction of the bread ration. London, June 22.--Heavily censored private messages received In Stock­ holm indicate thut p^ice demonstra­ tions were held recently«in Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne, and that sev­ eral workmen were killed and many persons arrested, says a dispatch to the Morning Post froiii Stockholm. The police dispersed the crowds. According to a dispatch to the Ex­ change Telegraph from Zurich there has been a considerable number of strikes at Vienna and Neustadt owing to a reduction in the bread rations. At one time the police were compelled to disperse the rioters. 450,093 MEN IN U. S. NAVY Raids in Atlantic Responsible In Part for Tremendous Growth of Be*. „ ' Fighting Fores. . , * e » '--* ; ,f; fw-fjSw Washington, June 25.--Tbatfks In part to .Germany sending U-boats to this side of the , Atlantic, the total strength in personnel of the American navy has reached the unprecedented number of 450,093 officers and men. Secretary of the Navy Daniels gave out these figures for the branches of i. •>& iW Inlisted men. ftegular navy .'.«r.iS05,789 Naval reserves........148.505 Marine corps ......t.t 48,505 National volunteecs..,. 15,000 Coast guards > « * * * • f 6,000' Offi­ cers. 6,204 14,704 1,964 T85 "'f28 Totals .423,808 26,285 T&e naval reserve force has doubled since March % RE-ELECT SAMUEL GOMPERS American Federation of Labor Dele- ^^tstesrst St P^#p?T-„h • ; U n a n i m o u s . . i St Paul, Minn., June 22.---Samuel Gompers was re-elected president of the American Federation of Labor by acclamation at the annual convention here on Thursday. , Kansas City on Ice Rations. Kansas, City, Mo., June 24.--This city was placed on ice rations as a re­ sult of a shortage which Ice company officials predicted would become seri­ ous if the present, intensely win weather continues. Aviator Instructor Killed. 8L Louis, June 24.--Lieut James R. Wheler, twenty-four years old. of this city, aviator instructor, was Instantly killed at Scott field, at Belleville, III., near here, when his airplane plunged 500 feet to earth. •' Calls 8,976 Registrants. Washington, June 24.--General Crowder, the ffc-ovost marshal general, called tor 8,976 draft registrants qual­ ified for general military service, to be sent July 15 to various schools for special traintng. Btthmann.Hollweg Qravety III. Amsterdam, June 24.--Doctor von Bethmann-Hollweg, the former Impe­ rial German chancellor, is gravely ill. according to the Cologne Voikes Zei- tung. He recently suffered a stroke of paralysis. Steamer Torpedoed by Subnsaf ̂riftetOO Bt*orcqast--e? V t' of Crew Lost. ̂ H8 TROOPS WERE ON BMffl Diver Fired Nineteen Shells into &into> Ing Craft--Vessel Was Owned by : %iat Britain and Under Ch^ft ft tor to America. ^ Washington, June 26.--German subf marines operating on this side of the Atlantic ocean have sunk their first troop ship. The navy department ai|£ nounfe-ed on Monday . that a BritisH transport, under charter by the Amert^ can government and bound to thitr country, had been destroyed June some 7i00 miles east of the Delaware capes, and that 67 members of th$ s crew are missing, fThfere w«?e! troops aboard. The troop ship apparently was noifc under convoy. The submarine was not seen until a torpedo had struck the ship. Afterward the submersible rose to #he surface and fired 19 shots lnt|| the sinking vessel. When the steamer settled the .ere#*; to%k to the boats, the occupants of four of which, numbering 81 men, havfjr been landed. Three boats are missing and a search is being made for them, f The vessel destroyed was said t^J: have been the former Russian Steamed * Dwinsk. ' Of the four boats from the steamer " accounted for two were found by t steamer and their occupants taken to New York, a third was picked up bj*; another steamer and the men taken Hampton Roads, "and the fourth by |. sailing vessel, which landed the crei^^ at Bermuda. " ft New York, June 26.--The Dwinstt - Wlas of 8,173 tons, and was formerly owned 'by the Russian East ASlatift Steamship company. ' ENOUGH YANKS TO BEAT FOg Premier Lloyd George Warns Ne» Two Months Will -Be Anxious One*--Lauds U. 8. Work. London, June 26.--Premier Lloy# George announced on Monday that thst,: next couple of months would bft , anxious ones. There might be a great blow coming in the next few hours, he : said, and certainly in the next fe\fr ; days, and on this blow the issue of ; ^ the campaign might depend. ; v .s The entente allies, he added, neve^ felt better prepared to meet it. ^ The premier, who made his an» '> nouncement in the house of common^ "* referred to the amazing organization which was bringing American troop^ ^ ^ to France. ^ "Endhgh Americans," he added* "have armed to satisfy the allies an<l to disappoint and ultimately defeat our' foes.V -• . Yrf! It was possible that within a short v time, the premier said, the allies wouhl * be stronger than Germany. ; ^ Premier Lloyd George said the Au^i^ tro-Hungarlans were in full retreat^; The question now was, he added*, ' ' 4 whether they should be able to effect 0-^4 retreat-- '••'id Mr. Lloyd George said that It woul j * he to the interest of the British peopl«N ^ and also just and equitable, if Russia ^ wanted It, that Great Britain stand bF Russia. ' / BILLIONS FOR WAR , Congress Breaks All Records in Ap|p propriating Money to Be Used ' • t: to Defeat Hun*. ' Washington, June 26. --ttonffrestfc heartened by the news of th<**?rea|., Italian victory, shattered all legisla* tive speed records on Monday by lights _ ningiike action on some of the moe*!y..'v important war measures of the pre% ent session. Billions of dollars for the s war chest were voted with unprece^ | Rented rapidity and unanimity. fj Following is the record for the day^^ House passed $5^500,000,000 fortiflca**. : ̂ tions bill to provide artillery and am» 4 munition for army of 4,000,000 men. /. J onri 000,000 s"!idrjr I civil bill, containing approximately $2,T\ 000,000,000 more for the shipping pro!- gram. •• Senate virtually completed the armjr ; j bill, appropriating $12,000,000,000 folr > an army of 3,000,000 men, and grantin|| the president unlimited authority life •**. Increasing the fighting forces. j Senate ratified the British and Cants- dlan draft treaty to serve as a model > for similar conventions covering niorf , , than 1,000,000 men of military age. J Senator Fall of New Mexico pWfr -j posed an amendment making the drai|t age limits eighteen to forty-five year* Urges War on Bulgarians. ^ ^ Washington, June 26.--Represent^* ? ttve Pons advocated closing of thfe -•% Bulgarian embassy and a declaration - of war on Turkey, and declared that "Japan and the United States sbottlfb go hand in hand into Russia." Makes New York Safe for Troop*. *'V; New York, June 26.--District Attou* : Hey Swann announced that raid* upon 34 hotels in which 400 men an# women were directed to appear before him were part of a crusade "to spake the city safe for soldiers.^1 • • , Big Exchange of Csptivea. Moscow, June 26,--An understand^ Ing has been reaehed between Russlf and Austria that pending agreement regarding the repatriation,of war pria» oners, able-bodied prisonenrmay bevg changed immediately. • * Fire Wrecks Supply 8hip. An Atlantic Port, June 26.--A blf passenger steamer being used by thi> government as a supply ship was de­ stroyed by fire following an exploslo# early Saturday morning * known here. ' -i, v 's«/VsiV