St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 29, 1915

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* t | 5 4 4 , Cannot recover. COMBINED. | THE USUAL COMPARISON | Last week the POST-DISPATCH printed 13,160 want and real estate advertisements—1511 more than the FOUR. other St. Louis newspapers at ’ sags ea = FO aes ee . is i ay 3 - Ls fh das aed - ee ee, ee Only Evening Paper in St Louis With Associated Press News Service. ne eS EET Ce TN ee OE pe ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH NI VOL. 67. NO. 313. EE Se A ee ST. LOUIS, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 29, 1915—20 PAGES. * PRICE STATE LOSES FIGHT !" OR RECOVERY OF ‘Supreme Court Sustains Rail- road’s Demurrer in Test Suit Involving $24,000,000 BARKER IS REBUKED Opinion Declares Attorney-Gen- eral’s Harrangue in Brief Had No Place in Case. From a Staff Correspondent of the Post-Dispatch. JEFFERSON CITY, June 29.—The Mis- gouri Supreme Court en banc today de- nied the right of Attorney-General Bar- ker to sue railorads to compel them to refund all moneys collected by them from passengers and shippers, during the pendency of the McPherson .wyunc- tion, in excess of the amounc aiitnorized by’ the freight laws. The decision will throw cut of courts the suits against 12 trunk Iines to recover $24,000,000. The opinion, written by Judge Graves, rebuked the Attorney-General for the sensational brief which he filed in the case, and copies of which he gave to newspapers. Referring to the Attorney- General’s brief, Judge Graves wrote: “Questions of law which are at issue are the only things in which the courts are interested, and harangues in which popular prejudice is sought, have no place here. Some briefs in this case umply justify these remarks. We shali not be personal (and therefore designate no briefs), but the one upon which the shoe fits will recognize the justness of these observations. We pass now to the merits of the case.”’ “No Place for Theorists.” “We have theorists,’’ Judge Graves continued, “who imagine that property rights should be swept away by popular clamor, much of which clamor is of their own creation. This is a case for the seasoned doctrines of the iaw. The doctrines of theorists have no place in a case where life, limb or property is a stake.’ The Supreme Court's decision was handed down in the Chicago & Alton ¢ase, one of the 12 suits which Attorney- General Barker filed against trunk lines ehortly after the United States Supreme Court, about a year ago, upheld the constitutionality of the 2-cent fare in Missouri. Circuit Judge Samuel Davis of Marshall, Mo., hac sustained a de- murrer filed by the Chicago & Alton. Several’ other Circuit Judges sustained similar demurrers in other suits, and Barker appealed the Chicago & Alton case to the Supreme Court in the belief that it was the strongest of ail 12 cases. The railroads, after the Missouri Legislature passed a 2-cent-fare law in 1907, obtained an injunction from Fed- eral Judge Smith McPherson. The State carried the case to the United States Supreme Court and won. Dur- ing the pendency of the injunction the railroads charged rates in excess of 2} cents a mile, and in excess of the stipu- lated maximum freight rates. In the case decided here today the principal question involved was whether Barker, as Attorney-General, had a right to bring a suit on behalf of indi- vidual shippers and passengers to re- cover a civil liability on the part of the railroads. The Supreme Court holds that he had no such right. Judge Bond Dissented. In the opinion, which was concurred in by all members of the Court except Judge Bond, who dissented, the Supreme Court holds that the Attorney-General has no right to use the time and money of all the taxpayers to bring suits for certain private individuals. Another question involved was the $10,000 bond, which the Federal Court required of the railroads when they enjoined the enforcement of the 8-cent rate law, covers their full measure of liability. The Supreme Court suggests that the Attorney- General investigate the law on this point and then file a saparate suit to recover the amount of overcharges which the State, itself, paid the rail- roads while the litigation of the new rate law was pending. The Supreme Court does not hold that private shippers or passengers may re- cover overcharges if they bring individ- ual suits; neither does it hold that they That question is left for determination upon such suits when they are brought. Attorney-General Barker filed suit against each trunk line for a blanket Sum of $2,000,000, on the theory that the courts would allow the State to investi- Kate the railroad books to determine exactly what overcharges had been made during the litigation. Sensational Ch Attorney-General Barker’ oy we ys the Chicago & Alton case, which he filed in the Supreme Court March 29, was replete with sensational charges and Genunciatory sarcasm. He referred to all trunk lines in,Missouri as common criminals and said that if their conten- tion was upheld by the Missouri Su- preme Court the Federal Court which enjoined the enforcement of the 2-cent law will be branded as ‘‘a common stick- Up man, who holds the gun on the vic- tim, while his pal, the other partici- pant in the. operation, ransacks the eee of his victim and takes what he National Bank Call Issued. , WASHINGTON, June 2.—The Comp- troller of the Currency today issued a call for the condition of al) national banks at the close ef business. welem Trmadd June 2. be +9.90 Se iE wt ATE OVERCHARGES 2-cent passenger and maximum: ONE CENT | EDITION eee |. FINANCIAL MARKETS GHT SPORTS _ RISING TEMPERATURE FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS THE TEMPERATURES. Fe ee Se re Ti eet es " & Pree ro. 75 Oe OD 82 MOGR « cnebecess 78 . ae > @e ae Serer. 80 Yesterday’s Temperatures, High, 81 at 5:30 p. m. Low, 66 at 5, ™- WASHINGTON, June 29. — Fair weather for the Fourth of July holiday next Mon- day was promised today by the Weather Bureau for every section of the country except Oregon, where light show- ers are probable. Predictions - for the week Dbegin- ning tomorrow ' were issued by Weather: Bureau today as follows: West Gulf States—Fair wea- ther, with moder- ately high tem- peratures is prob- able, Great Lakes Region: Unsettled first three days, culminating in shower period about Saturday: there- after fair. Tendency wil be toward higher temperatures. Plain States and Upper Mississippi Valley: Generally fair with temper- atures somewhat above seasonal av- erage. Rocky HE CZAR HAS LAID SOAKHIMLOUIE. OFF. ; - - or ee Mountain and Plateau gions: Showers probably Thursday and Friday and again Tuesday. Otherwise, fair, with relatively high temperature. Official forecast for St. Louis and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; not much change in tem- perature. Re- AUTO HEARSE FROM CHUGGING SJurymen and Deputy Finally Have to Push Machine Away to Please Clark. Judge Ben Clark of the Court of Criminal Correction was irritable this morning. An automobile engine was running in the court vard of the Mu- nicipal Courts building. Judge Clark frowned at the chugging of the engine. He ordered the sheriff to go out and bring in the operator of the automobile. The Sheriff hauled Lawrence Mullen of the Mullen Undertaking Co., 407 St. Louis avenue into court. “You gre disturbing the court with the machine of yours,” Judge Clark said. ‘“‘You must ‘stop it immediately. Get that machine out of there without making any noise.’ Mullen haa come to the Coroner's of- fice with an automobile hearse. When he started his engine it began chugging louder than before. He turned off the power and appealed to the Coroner for help. A deputy coroner and six jury- men went into the court yard and pushed the heavy automobile hearse outside in order that Judge Clark might continue his deliberations in court with- out further irritation. GERMANS USE BURNING FLUID TO MELT WIRE BARRIERS Entanglements on Warsaw “Front Thus Mowed Down as With a Scythe. WARSAW, June 99.—The use of burn- ing fluids by the Germans on this front is apparently restricted to the purpose of melting down barb-wire entangle- ments, for which this method is effi- cacious. The equipment consists of a metai cylinder filled with a mixture of benzire and kerosene.at a pressure of 75 pounds to the inch. A turn of the hdndle lib- erates a jet of burning fluid 15 feet in length, which fuses a path through the entanglements, cutting down all wire obstruction as with a scythe. EX-CHIEF JUSTICE A FITTER IN ENGLISH AEROPLANE WORKS Lord Norbury Toils 13 Hours a Day— Wife Waitress in Coffee Canteen. LONDON, June 29.—Lord Norbury, former Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, has taken employment as a fitter in an aeroplane factory in a London suburb. He will put in 13 hours daily at his work. At the same time, Lady Norbury had begun work as a waitress in a sol- diers’ coffee canteen at Euston Sta- tion. BEE STING CAUSES BOY'S DEATH | His Tongue and Throat Swell He Chokes to Death. HAZPLHURST. Miss., June 29.—A bee sting on the tip of the tongue, received while gathering honey from a bee tree, today caused the death of Houston Bell, lo years old. He was stung Monday and his tongue and throut swelled until he choked to death. AVIATORS WILL SPARE ROME ‘Franz Joseph Promises Pope That Bombs Will Not Be Thrown in City. PARIS, June 29.—The Emperor Franz Josef has writen to the Pope promis- ing to Instruct his aviators to refrain from dropping bombs on Rome. The Pope sent an autograph letter to the Emperor saying Rome must be respected because it is the world’s greatest depository and the church is the depository of Christians’ souvenirs eee Free Band Concert Tonight. Fischer's Band, at Hyde Park, 7 to oe. Mm . Free Movies Tonight At Columbus Square, 7:45 to 9:45 p. m. Municipal Dance Tonight anette ny yok Pe IE ONE a RE PI a AI QP LPL LMA DIO ee ee ae - At Gamble Park, 7:30 to 9:30 p. m. rege me JUDGE MAKES UNDERTAKER STOP | hater SAILOR DESCRIBES SUBMARINE RAID IN SEA OF MARMURA “Saw a Big Gunboat Outside Constantinople and Gave Her a ‘Tin Fish’,’’ Briton Says. FIRED UPON CAVALRY —— Were Cheered Upon Their Re- turn and “It Was Good to Hear.” Special Cable to the Post-Dispatch and New York World. LONDON, June 29.—The Chronicte publishes the following account, by one of the crew, of the exploit of the Brit- ish submarine Ell, for which Lieuten- | ant-Commander Nasmith received the Victoria Cross and each of his men the distinguished service medal: “We left Imbrop one morning about 3 and steamed toward the Dardanelle:, and dived as day was breaking, and— well, got through the narrows O K, ar- rived on the other side and saw two battleships. We were getting ready to torpedo one of ‘em when they spotted us, opened fire on us and nipped, bunkeld and ran away. ‘“‘We then journeyed on for a mile or two and then went to. the bottom and rested until about 8 p. m.,. when we came up. It was dusk; so we looked around. Nothing in sight. We broke the surface and entered the Sea of Marmora and bumped around for a few days without sighting a thing until Sunday morning, when we were diving outside of Constantinople and saw a big gunboat, and at 6:25 a. m. we gave her a ‘tin fish.’ By 6:30 a. m. she was no more; but before she sank, while she was listing over, they opened fire on us. The second shot hit our periscope and ‘done it in.’ That gunner must have ween a cool card, eh? Yankee Correspondent Tried to Bluff. “On Monday we sighted a steamer, came to the surface alongside her and ‘told her to stop. She stopped, and the men were so anxious to get clear thut one boat capsized. No lives were lost. There was a Yankee correspondent aboard who tried to bluff; no good, though, .’cos an officer and two men boarded her and discovered she had a six-inch gun, several gun mountings and 15-inch ammunition aboard. So we blew her up. ““A few minutes after we sighted an- other steamer and told her to stop. She wouldn't. We chased her into the har- bor and when she was’ securing along- side a pier we torpedoed her. **Soon after we sighted another steamer and chased her till she ran ashore. We were about to board her when some cavalry came up and opened fire. We replied and dropped a few, and then dived and torpedoed the ship. ‘“‘Next day (Tuesday) our skipper de- cided on entering Constantinople. To make a long story short, we got into the harbor without mishap and fired two torpedoes, one of which sank a transport loaded with troops, and the other exploded on shore somewhere. We learned afterward that it caused some panic. The troops refused to go on an- other transport, the shops closed and people ran up the hills—in fact, it caused uproar for a time. “Banged the First and Biggest One.” “The following Friday morning we saw five transports escorted by de- stroyers. We banged the first and biggest one, which sank in about three minutes. ‘““A few days later we went back to our old corner, where we sank those other three and caught a supply ship napping. “A few days after we torpedoed a German transport, and then we got no more blood for a time until last Mon- day morning. On our way back, just before entering the Narrows, we sank another transport. well smack. “When we broke surface that even- That was our fare- ing we found a mine hanging over our bows. We chucked it off as quick- ly as possible, when our escort came up, gave us three cheers and off we went. . “When we entered the harbor it was dark. Had it been daylight the Ad- mira] would have made us steam round | the fleet. All the ships we passed as we were making for the Adamant | cheered us.. The Adamant, although the | smallest ship of ‘em all, gave us the best cheers. It was good to hear it and to know that we had at last doné something worthy of praise.’’ 550 LIVES ARE IMPERILED BY PREMATURE MOVIE EXPLOSION. Men and Women Crammed Into Tem- porary Building When Powder Lets Go; Three Actresses Injured. NEW YORK, June 2%.—Five hundred | and fifty men and women, crowded -intv a temporary structure built for a mov- ing picture. scene, were imperiled by fire today by the premature explosion of powder which was to have been used | to demolish the building. Miss May Kearny, a moving picture | actress, was critically injured. Miss Catherine Fox and Mrs. Cockran Wil- lard, actresses, were seriously burned and half a dozen others were slightly hurt. The explosion was caused by a wagon driving over electric wires leading to the powder and establishing a short. circuit. ~ The Post-Dispatch is the only evening news. paper in Bt. ann that receives or publishes pews gathered by the Associated Preas, | East, ‘much as Broadway cousins of the ‘and Dorothy | Clark, WEDDING PRESENTS BULGING THE SIDES OF "HONEY ShUGK Both Members of Bowling Green’s Police Force on Duty at Clark Residence. ALL “SPARE ROOMS” TAKEN |Colonels Harvey and Watterson and Republican House Leader Mann on the Way. By a Staff Correspondent of the Post-Dispatch. BOWLING GREEN, Mo. June 29.— Every available guest room in Bowling Green by this morning was either oc- , Cupied by visitors here for the wedding ot Miss Genevieve Clark, daughter of Speaker Champ Clark, to James Me- I'‘thany Thomson, tomorrow, or was en- gaged for visitors still to arrive. Pri- vafe homes as well as the public build- ings have been thrown open in 2enerous hospitality to everybody who comes. The only restriction Bowling Green im- roses is that Bryanites keep as «quiet as it is possible. A Bryanite ‘s shout as welcome in Bowling Greer us anv- body who has a mild inescapable afflic- tion, provided he does not go around bragging about it. The Baltimore con- vention may *be history. so far as tne rest of the world is concerned, but for Bowling’ Green it is still in session. Two Distinguished- Colonels Near. The list of notables expected for the wedding {s rapidly growing. Col. and Mrs. George Harvey, it was reported today, are on their way here, as are Col. and Mrs. Henry Watterson. Minority Leader and Mrs. Mann, vir- tually all of the Illinois and Missouri congressional delegations and many Congressmen from Iowa and other States are expected tonight or tomor- row morning. As for the rest of the visitors ex pected, it would be easier to compile ea “who's who” of important Missouri poli- ticians and leaders than to attempt to give a list. The Clark home, ‘‘Honey Shuck,”’ is open house today. Speaker Clark seemeq to be worried this morning for fear h+ might have to build an extension to house all the wedding gifts. They ar coming in by every train and by auto- mobile and motor truck. Enough silver has already been received to keep the United States mint going for a day or so. Even the bridegroom has been re- membered. He got a gold-plated razcr today from-the town of Fremont, O., which had sent to the bride samples oj nearly everything portable produced in that community. Both Men cf Police Force on Duty. The entire police force of Bowling Green; ‘‘both of them,” is taking turns guarding tne presents, or only rom- inally doing so. It is not generally felt in Bowling Green that, in spite of the wealth they represent, the presents are in danger. The town is one of those cld-fashioned places where they don’t have any stealing. If a stranger Came in and tried to lift anything from Speaker Clark’s house, he would be lucky if he got away without being crucified. Plans for moving pictures of the wed- Ging ceremony have been vetoed by Miss Clark. The bride has decided that a marriage is a religious ceremony and that picture machines are out of place. Unless it rains, the marriage will take place in a pergola on lawn near ‘“‘Honey Shuck.” It is under one of the famous locust trees, but from the street it is almost lost in a wilderness of holly- hocks of every shade. It is doubtful if so many hollvhocks were ever seen in one place before. If it rains the marriage will place in the Presbvterian Church, largest church building in the town. the take the Town's Messenger Gets Uniform. Bowling Green today was its entire attention to watching the clouds and more than one fervent wish amounts almost to a prayer. For this is Bowling Green's big occasion: every- body has been looking forward to it for weeks. Even ‘‘Bab,”’ the town's telegraph messenger boy, has sent to St. Louis for a messenger’s uniform to grace the oc- casion. In one respect, whether it rains or not, it will be fair here tomorrow. The num- ber of pretty girls here from all over the Middle West, and even from the crowd the public square almost as and Olive is crowded at the ‘rush hour. Buffet Luncheon and Dance. A buffet luncheon and _ informal dence was given at the Odd Fellows’ l last night by Mrs. E. W. Backus hager ppigen nr Miss Clark and the ris who will attend her, Miss Jean fetid of Alexandria, V2.: - Miss Surrey Sanderson of Bowling Green; Miss Agnes Wilson, daughter of Sec- retary of Labor Wilson; Misses Anne and Sue Bennett of Kansas City, bride: .Misses Imogene Thompson of Summit W. Va., were there as were the Speaker's son, Bennett and his fiancee, Miss Helen B. Bobnet of Columbia, Mo. Tonight there will be a reception to the bridal party and a dance at the Boosters’ Club -__—- Point, also Noman Gets State Office in Kansas. TOPEKA, Kan., June 2%.—For the first time in its history Kansas is to have a , Woman member of the State Board of Corrections. Gov. Capper today ap- pointed Mrs. J, M. Miller of Council Grove as a member of the board. Mrs Miller is president of the State Feder- ation of Women’s Clubs, |e. giving * ST. LOUISAN WHO WON IRON CROSS NILLED IN ACTION i ecteanientiicnnmmenaninmeea Heinrich von Heinrichshofen, Insurance Broker, Became a First Lieutenant. WIFE;-RAN HIS BUSINESS Eads Avenue Man Attained Rank of Captain in Spanish- American War. Associated Press. BERLIN, via London, June 2.—The name of First Lieut. Heinrich von Heinrichshofen of St. Louis, Mo., killed May 13, is contained in the latest Ger- man casualty lists. Von Heinrichshofen Family Had Offi- cern in German Army for 200 Years. Lieut. von Heinrichshoten, who lived with his wife at 2624 Eads avenue, came of a family which has had officers in the German army for 200 years, and when there was war, either in his ha- tive land or the land of his adoption, he could not content himself with the pur- suits of peace. At the beginning of the Spanish- American war he organized a company of St. Louisans and offered to lead them against the Spaniards. His offer could not be accepted, but he and most of the members of his company enlisted in the Missouri volunteers. He had been a Lieutenant in the German army. He was made a Captain in the American Volunteer Army. When the European war began he had an insurance office at 317 Chestnut street. He told his wife he would rath- er die for the fatherland than live a coward. She tried to dissuade him from going back to Germany and thought she had succeeded. Then he announced that he had to go to Chicago on busi- ness and would be gone some time. Post Cards Sent by a Friend. He went away and at intervals his wife received post cards from Chicago which she supposed had been sent by her husband. Finally a letter came from him, written in Germany, inform- ing her that he had entered the army and hoped sccn to be sent to the front. The post cards she had received had been written in advance by her husband and mailed by a friend, by request. He had sailed from New York Oet. 10 and had made his way. through England and Holland to Germany. He went into the service with the rank of Lieutenant and won promotion to First Lieutenant. In letters to his wife he told of having been in the first and second trenches almost continuously for 46 days. On March 9 he was presented with the iron cross for bravery, the coveted prize of the German soldier. He wrote of this to his wife but did not tell her what specific act of bravery he had performed. He also sent to her photo- graphs of himself and members of his company and drawings of the trenches and underground shelters. Hopes It Is a Mistake. The first information of her husband’s death was conveyed to Mrs. von Hein- r:chshofen by the Post-Dispatch, through Oscar J. Wendt, employed in her hus- band’s insurance business, which she has conducted since he went away. Her grief over the news was tempered by the consciousness that it was the kind of death her husband would have chosen. But Mrs. von Heinrichshofen is hope- ful that the cablegram is incorrect. There would at least seem ti be an er- ror in the date on which he is reported to have been killed, since his wife re- ceived a letter dated May 16, three days later than the date of death given in the cablegram. This letter informed her that he was about to lead his men in a charge from the trenches south of Ar- ras, and closed with “God bless you. Hurrah!” She thinks that she would have re- ceived information, if he had keen killed, from his relatives in Germany, with whom he was in communication. She has received a letter from a brother of her husband, dated May 29, in whici she was informed that a letter had received from her husband and that he had stated in it that he had sent her a letter a few davs before. She has heard from her husband every week, in spite of the difficulties of communica- tion It requires about a month for a letter to reach St. Louis from. Ger- many. Von Heinrichshofen came to St. Louis in 1892 and before engaging in the in- surance business was employed for a time in the engineering department at the city hall. He was 49 years old and had been married three times. He was active in Turnverein circles. LONG WAR MEANS WILSON AGAIN, PENN. R. R. VICE PRESIDENT SAYS Should Conflict ‘Ena Soon, Vice-Prest- dent Atterbury Thinks Bad Busi- ness Will Defeat Him. PORTLAND; Ore., June 29.—‘‘It looks to us in the East as if President wW1i- son will be re-elected if the war con- tinues much longer,”’ said Vice Presiden: Atterbury of the Pennsylvania Rai)- road, who is here .teday, when asked about. the political situation.. “Ir the war ends soon bad business conditions will defeat him. “The Bull Moose has gone for an in- g peen definite trip to Salt River,’ he contin- ued. Atterbury then left to see a fish wheel in operation, something he had longed to view, he said, ever since he saw a picture of one in his little school geography in New Albany, Ind, ; ee ee ee ee etre A Re Se Louisan, Olficer 3 in Kaiser's Army. Who Is Killed in France eeEeeE—eEeEeE a a ae ee — OO ee —— —E——— eEeEEeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeE—=E—=EEEE== —_ eE— EEE ll i i i in Ml, Se Fy AO. ORI ote e?. akg eee ia ON Oe 8 n Pe ae ae Oa al ne § is the clder man at the reader's Louis- Each is wearing his cross on his CONTRARY AUT HALTS TRAPFIL, NEXT SCATIERS IT Machine Causes Excitement at Sixth and Locust After ‘‘Go- ing Dead’’ and Then Starting. A stalled Ford, runaway, which later became a caused considerable excite- ment among pedestrians and trolley car passengers at Sixth and Locust streets about 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The heavy rain had ceased and the traffic policeman at the corner was beginning to believe that the worst of his troubles were over for the day, when the Ford appeared running svuth upon Sixth street. The engine went dead and the Ford stopped just at the corner, block- ing street car traffic on both Locust and Sixth streets. The driver tried and tried, but could not start his motor. He and the policeman put their shoulders to the car in an effort to get it off the street car tracks and their efforts were aided by good-natured sugges- tions from the crowd which quickly gathered. Suddenly the driver of the car ex- claimed: “T believe my emergency brake is set.’’ He leaned over the car and loosened the brake lever. Then another effort was made to push the car from the tracks. It shot ahead like a young colt. The policeman, who was near the front of the machine and saw ‘t heading straight for a Hodiamont car, gave the steering wheel a twist and the automo- bile whirled into Locust street, just grazing the car. The sudden jump of the car alarmed the spectators, who scattered in all directions. whirled it came like an obedient thing towards the driver, who jumped in and checked its mad career. Then he pro- ceeded fuil legal speed west on Locust street. In his report of the affair the po- liceman expresses the opinion that when the driver released the brake lever he was considerably fussed by the com- ments of the crowd and unconsciously put the cas ‘‘in speed.” Thus, when the policeman and others resumed pushing the car, the desired end of starting the motor was accom- plished in an unexpected and startling manner. FRANCE WILL GIVE NO NEWS OF PRISONERS TO GERMANY Government's Action Due to German Refusal of Similar Request Made Through Spanish Embassy. PARIS, June 2.—The Matin says thal the German Government, having failed to grant the request made through the Spanish embassy at Berlin that the names be supplied of French prisoners retained. in French territory occupied by Germany, France will be obliged tuo withhold all news regarding Germaea prisoners in the war zone and to pro- h'bit all correspondence with them. As the car A postal will bring one of the men or women who are asking for employment through the situation co) in the Post-Dispatch Want Pages ‘with some Pmunition question, CONDITIONS. IN 1S, DISCUSSED BY MEYER GERHARD Bernstorff’s Emissary Convinced Germany and America Mis- understand Each Other. BERLIN, by wireless to Say- ville.—Dr. Anton Meyer-Gerhard, the attache of the German Colonial Office, who was sent from the United States to Berlin by the German Ambassador, Count von Bernstorff, to explain the views of the United States regarding the Lusitania case, published an article in Der Tag today on “Germany and Amer- ica,”’ in which he says his expericnces convinced him that both countries mis- understood each other. “It is true,’’ says Dr. Meyer Gerhard in his article, “that the American press, laudable exceptions, espe- cially the German-American papers. have not succeeded in remaining neu- tral, but the influence of the press upon public opinion is sometimes = greatly overestimated. Doubtless large sections of the American people are friendly towards Germany, whose efficient or- ganization is daily winning new friends and arousing interest in things Ger- man. “One excellent effect of the war is upon German-Americans, who, without sacrifice of their loyalty to their adopt- ed country, have shown strong remem- brance of their descent, their education and their culture. Beside them. on the other side of the ocean, there are wide circles who sympathize with Germany.” Alluding to the discussion of the am- Dr. Meyer Gerhard June 29, says “Germans often mistake large ammu- nition orders for filled orders. To a large extent such orders are changing big factories into ammunition works. This is regrettable, but the writer is convinced that large parts of the Amer- ican people disapprove of it. A popular vote would show a considerable major- ity against the practice. Germans must discriminate between businése men ac- cepting orders and the oaee mass of the American people. “Equally there are Americans who condemn violation of Belgium's neu- trality and the sinking of the Lusitania and are unable to understand the Ger- man idea of the real conditions, while Germans are unable to understand how Americans could travel on an ammuni- tion ship. “Both people are labéring under en- tirely different opinions. Both have lived hitherto fn peace and friendship and should continue to live. There is no real reason for antagonism existing be. tween them.” GOVERNOR'S DAUGHTER A MOTHER Girt Born to “Mr. and Mre. John Sanderson at Mexico, Mo. MEXICO, Mo., June 2.—A daughter was born this morning to Mr. and Mrs. John Sanderson.of this city. Mrs. Sandergon was Miss Mickey Ma- | GERMANS REPORT THAT FORGES Ai: Gen. von Linsingen Said to Have Driven Czar’s Force Across Gnila Lipa River, Affluent of Dniester, North of Halicz. French Statement Asserts That Italy Scon Will Send Ships and Troops to Aid at Dardanelles. Deadlock Continues Along Western Front and Ger- mans Are Unable to With- draw Men From East. BERLIN, June 29.—The official state- ment given out today by the German army headquarters staff announces that to the north of Lenivere Austro- German forces are now on Russiaft ehs | territory. “Furthermore, Gen. von Linsingen has driven the Russians across the Gnila Lipa River, an affluent of the Dniester to the north of Halicz. The text of the colenaannaiials fol- lows: “In the western theater: The Precis yesterday prepared for a night infantry attack betwen Lens and the Bethune- Arras road, by a strong preparatory fire, but they were frustrated by our artillery. ‘‘In the hills of the Meuse the enemy yesteday delivered five attacks upon the positions we captured June 26 at a point to the southwest of Les Eparges, but these attacks broke down with heavy losses. ‘To the east of Luneville three at- tacks on the part of several, enemy battalions in the Forest of Rembois, and to the west of Lientrey and Con- drexon failed. el “In the southeastern theater army under Gen. von Linsingen feated the enemy during a pur. along the entire front betwee Halicz and Firjelow and drove them across the Gnila Lipa River. In thig section the fighting continues. Fur- ther to the north, in the Przemysl district, the town of Kamionka, 25 miles northeast of Lemberg, has been reached by our troops.” Italy Is Expected to Send Ships a“ é LONDON, June 29.—The French has broken off diplomatic relations with Turkey and Italy will send ships and troops to the Dardanelles. Official confirmation of this from Rome is lacking. With the Russian Emperor on the Galician front, a new Minister of War, Gen. Polivanoff, Russian military affairs and the Grand Duke’s lines still intact, there is a general expectation that, the Russian forces will yet oppose strong resistance to the Austro-Germans, whose sweep along the southeastern part of Galicia still continues, Galician Success Declared to Have Brought War's End No Nearer. — LONDON, June 2.—The Russian af- mies are neither beaten nor dowm- hearted, according to the correspondent of the Times tn reviewing the six weeks’ Teutonic advance, after a visit to Rus- sian headquarters. Gen. Invanoff, com- mander of the Southern armies, shows no trace of despondency. Discugsing the present situation, the correspondent says: o% “The view is held here that the re- capture of Lemberg and other Galictan successes have brought the Austro-Gere mans no nearer a solution of the War, Their losses have been enormous, estle mated at 380.0% Germans and probablgy an equal number of Austrians. Still they are forced to encounter the same stub. born army as before, which is willing to keep fighting for yeara, if necessary, “The Russian point of view is that they can retreat and advance again in- definitely, caring little for the moral effect of the loess of towns, as long as they are constantly weakening theta maa versaries. French and Germans Ficht With Grenades in the Argonne. | PARIS, June 29.—-The French War Office this afternoon gave cut the following report: “North of Arras there was a done tinuance last night of the cannonad- ing. particularly to the north and to the south of Souchez and in the north of Neuville. An infantry en- gagement made it possible for ua te make progress along the road be- tween Angres and Ablain. : “In the Argonne, at Bagateile, pee- with torpedoes and hand «grenades, In the Vosges an attack by the Ger- mans was successful tn forcing fa the moment our advanced posts cated on the slopes to the seat e Metzeral. We at once delivered counter-attack and reoccupied © ) of the ground nacht Csar Names Polivanctf to Be Seetes jor, daughter of Gov. and Mrs. E. W. Major " ° N RUSSIAN StiL” Troops to Dardanelles, } Ministry of War reports that Italy in charge of terday witnessed incessant fighting — att ¢ LY PETROGRAD. 1% a m. June B= |