Washington Post, The (Newspaper) - May 25, 1916, Washington, District Of Columbia POST WANT ADS ABB FREE If they are of a personal Take advantage of the I I and warmer tomorrow gentle shifting Temperature 71; 58. MATT 25, 1916.-SIXTEEN TWO TALK Negotiations serts British STAND German Chancellor's Overtures Are Flatly PRAISES POINCARE'S SPEECH r Declaring That Britain It Bound to Act In Concert With Says Is Saving Not Only but Her and Has Greatest Right to Speak Defends Using American Press as ber Attacks May an impromptu In the house of commons on the question of raised by Arthur liberal member for in a strong address the for allowing diplomatic quette to stand In the way of possible peace Sir Edward the British foreign set aside all Ideas that peace tions were possible at the present and plainly reiterated that the of the allies was In no way Must Consult Sir Edward declared that It was to consider terms of peace without a previous agreement be- tween the entente he expressed decided opinion that hostilities had not yet reached a where It was possible to talk of peace especially as the German lic was constantly being with by their Must Answer Mr reference to the pi latv of the press as a platform wis the outgrowth of a re- cent Interview with Sir Edward Grey Mr Edward In replying to this while admitting that Important of policy ought first to be made to parliament argued that a crisis might arlie the war when tions of etiquette should not be allowed to In the way He contended that i nri statesmen constantly w ri Interviews and statements tf hi Vir press it would be mere ir r-N which would hinder British et n from countering these man ft In the interests of their own Mr argued in favor of countenancing peace and prolonging the war merely for thi of obligations to Great Brit- should Tell the speiker said that if the war had to he continued until Constantinople or until the unknown obligations to were the country 0 to be told what those t oni iri and If there were no tiil between Germany and Britain nnd no such thai government to take the to for a t n of the w ar In pointed r r rh 11 his lew contained no new ir i Mon He had no prepared speech r ar to make hut he said If PI t h i the government or 1 opinion hid reached the point governments could v i i eirp compatible with their de- s i ir r In about i e tf make dozens of them it f minister that i ir i h m i ot et and the allies u r t tl common obligations not p it terms of peace ex- c t agreement ar Ending In Mr F strongly attacked the K diplomacy He said the of Europe would depend on the iapa Itv for surveying the in a broad spirit The u had characterized Nh In the past constituted the real clanger The must r that the war had reached a I k and at the same time the i t position of Great Britain also n 1st The latter was I t i thf spirit and valor of the t f incl n t to statesmen Thf Raid he hoped the ii en re not going to Imperil the ul n hy and ineptitude Nothing hid more than the ex- utterances of responsible They had iqm to keep Mr E' recriminations must considered it wanting in re- spect to the people the tc disregard parliament and ON FIFTH SUBMARINES ACTIVE OFF SPANISH COAST Greek and Russian Vessels Are Reported to Have Been May Italian ship has been sunk off to The last of the was she sailed April 17 last from Norfolk for She was a three-masted ship of 1.876 tons and was built In 1882. Her home port was The French vessel was posted at Lloyds today as ably sunk The displaced 356 It is May The Russian bark has been sunk by a Her captain and crew arrived here The captain states that near lona he met two lifeboats the crews of two Italian both of which were sunk by the same Austrian May 23 members of the crew of the Greek steamship 1.891 tons have arrived here in They report their vessel was torpedoed by an Austrian submarine IDENTIC NOTE TO ALLIES U. S. Protests in Mail Seizures to Britain and OBJECTS IS VIGOROUS TERMS Insists That Britain Stop Holding up Vessels on the High Seas and ing Them Into Ports and ing Them to Local traband hi Identic notes renewing the protest of the United States against British treatment of neutral mails on the high seas were handed to the British and French Ambassadors yesterday by Ing Secretary of the State De- The were signed by Secretary Lansing at his where he has been 111 for several The United States reiterates In more vigorous terms its objection to the seizure and detention of legitimate mall matter bound to and from the United and insists that Great Britain stop the practice of seizing vessels on the high seas and taking them into port to subject mail to local May Be Issued on The note was given to the atives of both and Great Britain because FVance formally concurred In the British memorandum replying to the first American protest It probably will be made public Saturday In Paris and by after It has been presented to the foreign office In official circles the note is described as a demand that interference with all mails between neutral tries Concessions Made by While this note has been in course of the British government has made known several Important concessions In the way of facilitating search of the although It has clung to Its contention that use of the malls by the Germans for the trans- portation into Germany of contraband of war Justifies search of the mall to prevent violations of the This use of the malls as a cover for contraband has even been extended to first-class the enormous cost In- volved apparently being considered Justified by the German government in view of the vital necessity of shortages in certain essential com- of great military The use of parcels of greatly extends the chance of thus using the mails for the transport of Mail Issue New in The contraband question in the mall Issue Is new with this and in this matter the position taken by the States is not in protest against the violation of an ed right but is in support of obtaining a decision and settlement of the issue which protect neutral interests It is understood that much of the American note relates to this contra- band the action of the Brit- ish government in ordering day limit upon the examination of all mall matter having largely removed causes of complaint apart from U. S. NAVY AIRMAN DROWNED IN GULF Regained by Two Bavarian Divisions in Hard Fight GERMANS WIN Counter Attacks Drive Teutons From Trenches on BATTLE IN WOOD Curtain of Fire and Infantry Used to Check German Says Paris Continue out Intermission Throughout the Whole Pay on the Verdun Teutons Seeking Desperately to Extend Their Gains at Dead Man Sides Suffer Lieut. in Training at Plunges Into Sea With May James Vincent a civil en- gineer In the United States who was In training as an aviator was instantly killed late today when a navy aeroplane he was piloting ed headforemost 150 feet Into the gulf The machine was found badly and navy officers said they be- some portion of the wings or steering gear caused the accident by giving The accident was di- in front of aviation station and occurred just as Lieut. Rockwell was ending a trial A number of Including his three little saw the aviator Lieut who was 39 years old was born In His wife and children had been residing here with him He expected to get a license May crown prince has recaptured Fort on the east of tKe and has ried by storm the village of on the west of the river and east of Dead Man War by Two new divisions of were thrown against the ruined while great masses of Thuringian troops swept the French out of the In both encounters the mans made many It IB con- servative to call the losses on both sides French Hopes with Fort practically In their hands and their positions on the Dead Man Hill line strongly the French hoped that their brilliant offensive was the turn in the Tonight there is the gravest disappointment in s French Hold The only saving clauses in the ment of the situation are those con- In French official report that they still the im- mediate approaches to the and that the German at- tempt to overwhelm the French tions In the between Vaux and were and that the French had retaken trenches south of The gravity of today's French de- feat lies in the fact that the mans once more hold command of the ridge which runs from Pepper on the east of the through mont and Vaux The ridge is the highest point of this and for three months past Germans have held all the French positions on that side of the river under tion and artillery It was that the crown prince must retrieve the lost ground at no matter what the cost might be Fresh Divisions The lighting around Fort was the Germans launching attack after attack against the employing among others two fresh di- visions of Bavarians Several times the attacks wero put down with heavy But finally the Germans succeeded in the point of vantage which they had held virtually since the ment of the Verdun offensive until the French drove them out several days ago The text of the statement issued night at the French war office the left bank of the Meuse the Infantry action continued east of Le Mort Several times our ar- tillery fire stopped the enemy who had attempted to debouch from the village of French Retake the afternoon a spirited counter attack enabled us to retake trenches situated on the southern out- skirts of the right bank the ment was redoubled in the region of Fort on which the enemy had particularly set Furious attacks with two Bavarian divisions newly arrived on the front succeeded each other all day After several less attempts and enormous losses the enemy succeeded in reoccupying the ruins oX the fort Our troops hold the Immediate the same time an attempt to flank our positions in tbe wood completely failed under our Germans Take May 24 capture by troops of the village of east of Dead Man on the Verdun was announced by the war office this The village was taken by So far than 300 including 8 have been taken by the Germans this CONTINUED BUN BY Invading Armies Now 11 Miles Inside Italian ARMORED IS CAPTURED Cannon and Men Are Taken by Bodies Boll Down Alpine Slopes as Battles Rage in Admits That Troops Are Falling but Claims to Be Destroying Abandoned Artillery ments iSent Forward by May 24 cording to their official statement have invaded Italy for a distance of 11 Sweeping across the great frontier they are now ing the slopes which lead to the broad and fertile Venetian plain They are reported to be within 2B miles of their first This city is headquarters of the Alpine which is battling valiantly to stem the Austrian advance An official statement from Vienna reports trie capture of -an armored Ig kilometers across the frontier The main front of the Archduke Charles Francis Joseph's armies tonight rests on a slightly ing line stretching from a point before Asiago to the outlying stretches of the Arsiero district Rome dispatches report arrival of great Austrian reinforcement at the northern end of Lake These all of whom are said to be eran It Is be thrown Into the battle Immediately The Italians also are rushing huge bodies of troops to the front In a tremendous effort to stem the rush of the hordes from the north across the Venetian 24.0OO Prisoners The Vienna communication reports that the number of prisoners taken so far in the offensive has reached of whom 524 are The Austrians claim to have captured 251 cannon so far in their Reports from points in northern Italy describe the of the fighting Hundreds of bodies are said to haw rolling down the steep slopes of the rugged great man snowballs that come to rest in valleys The Austrian artillery fire Is de- scribed as outdoing anything of the kind yet seen In the On one short guns were some the hugh 406's, one shell from which would wreck a Fighting as They May 24 following official communication issued today the valley yesterday the whole of our on both sides of the Adige River was subjected to a furious An enemy col- umn which was attempting to advance in small bodies from toward was stopped our artillery During the evening an attack along the Val Area In the direction of Monte Di was held up by the valley and the there was the customary The evacuation of the upper basin of the and the tico has now been effected in perfect Our troops are their positions on a protective of the We destroyed our ar- which It was Impossible to the and Brenta ers the enemy yesterday commenced a strong pressure against our positions east of the Val In the the retirement of our troops on their principal which commenced on the 22d. continues U-BOAT ON WAY TO U.S. Carrying Passengers and Freight New York SERVICE IS PLANNED Fleet of Five Will Endeavor to Thwart British Mastery of the Seas Cargo of Chemicals and Is the Fare by New Special to Tbe Washington New May a which ship news reporters declare they have always found reliable came today the remarkable announcement that within a few days New Tork would ness the arrival of a German super- inaugurating a mail and freight service between many and the United Will Carry This the story given to the ship news men by their who re- quested that his name should not be submarine now bound for lea is 450 feet long and carries man passengers and a 60-ton cargo of valuable It is one fleet of five which will endeavor to thwart Great Britain's mastery of Wtf seas cargoes coming from Germany will consist of chemicals and Passengers from Germany will Waite's Friend De- scribes His Dual WIFE ALSO TELLS HER STORY Prosecution Bests Its Cue at End of Day's Horton Tells of Little Man From Her tions With Peck's Poisoner Were of Tele- gram Signed Revealed as Miss Elizabeth New May Margaret the young with whom Dr Arthur Warren con- fessed poisoner of his wife s studied languages and music and shared a In a New York described late today at Waite's trial for murder what she considered the dual character of the This alleged nature of evil side of which he has asserted manifested Itself in the form of a from gave the first Inkling of the theory upon which Waite's lawyers will proceed In their efforts to prove he was insane at time he killed John E. and by save him from the electric chair Mrs. who cast sorrowing glances at Waite as he sat pale and outwardly ill at ease not more than 20 feet from followed Mrs Clara Peck wife of the on the Shows Sympathy for Mrs. Horton told her story directly and gave the impression that she cared little for the ordeal to which she herself was It ed to those who watched her closely that she was trying to convey to the prisoner something of the sympathy she felt for Although called as a witness for the Mrs Horton seemed to be much relieved when Walter R sel for began to cross-examine who had sat almost throughout the long direct examination by Assistant District At- torney George H. dropped his hand from his chin and raised Tils eyes towards the The win of dressed in quietly at directly behind the Jury box Not line of testimony had been out by the prosecution ing upon Waite's mental condition when the State rested after Mrs Horton ON 2 ENVOYS RETURN Attaches at Berlin and The Hague Bring VON COMING Former German Special Mission From He Win Succeed Von Pope Kept Informed of Peace Sentiment in United The greatest Interest was awakened In Washington yesterday the den return to this country of Marshall secretary of the American legation at The and by the re- port that Prince von former German imperial Is com- ing to the United States on a special mission from the German These following the recent return of Joseph C of the American embassy at to the United were in- here to be of great and they were believed to re- late directly to overtures for peace which Germany Is expected to make through the United States Mr Langhorne and Mr Grew are believed to have brought to the State Department definite and authoritative information concerning Germany's peace proposals and her economic con- dition Mr. Langhorne is thought in addition to have brought from the Dutch government representations ing the United States to move for the of peace in Europe His Selection Would Be Neither the German embassy nor tbe State Department denied that Prince von Buelow might be selected by Em- peror William to come to America on a special but both said they knew nothing about it. In diplomatic j circles It was said the selection of a man of Prince von type for a special mission would be natural If the German government contemplated peace pour If he should come to the United it was his purpose would be to attempt to Induce this ment to undertake to persuade the en- tente countries to treat for Diplomats See Peace Neutral European diplomats here vately say that a serious peace ON FIFTH to Chicago and Baltimore Ohio June 3 to 6, valid returning until 21, account of Republican National Four through solid steel electrically cooled and with dining leave Washington Ing and PRIEST TO Father Farrell Will Charge Defamation of SPREADS Witness Accuses W. J. Burns of Opening Desks in Seymour Mayor Permitted to Testify After Being Warned of bility for Any Libel Tapping of Seymour Wire Simply Effort to Trace Source of Morgan Office on Munitions New May 28 separate investigations were continued today into the operations of the New Tork police A One was by the legislative committee headed by ator George F. Thompson and the other by District Attorney Edward The committee permitted Mayor to take the witness stand and read into its records conversations to have been heard over tapped wires the investigations of charitable after warning him that it considered the tions and him that he must assume all responsibility for any libel charges which might re- sult from Says Burns Opened The district attorney conducted a into the tapping of the telephone line of the law firm of Seymour Seymour One of the witnesses who appeared before him was Bartlett an who testified that he installed a telephonic eavesdropping device in the lawyer's office at the Instigation of the W. J Burns detective He testified also that he saw iam J Burns personally open a desk in Seymour Seymour's take papers from and read them and have a stenographer make shorthand moranda from them Smith told Mr. Swann that his father had sold a tele- phone to Burns Charges In his testimony before the son committee Mayor ated charge that the telephone wires of Catholic clergymen and others been the charities Investigation of the discovery that there was a conspiracy to discredit the city administration and more the department of charities headed by John A. who was Indicted yesterday for his part in the In declining to accept for his com- any responsibility for the or's appearance before Senator Thompson declared conversations over the telephone were taken by sons who could not know the voices or recognise them or identify any person talking over the wire In fact they were absolutely to Identify them Disorder in Committee was attended by a squad of and his appearance in the committee room was the signal for considerable disorder Counsel for the Rev William B one of the clergymen Involved by the mayor in his allegations of a protested formally against permission being given to have the conversations read Into the record Several spectators jibed at the and the committee chairman resorted to a threat clear the room In his efforts to restore order The substance of the conversations revealed by the mayor related to ways and means for keeping witnesses and evidence away from the charities investigating com- They told of efforts to dodge process and in two or three Instances appeared to refer to the plying of funds which would enable certain persons to take trips to At- City The names most mentioned by Mayor were those of Mgr J. J. cellor of the archdiocese of New Father Robert W former secretary of the State board of and Daniel C a. for- mer employe the city No Trace of Father Farrell announced tonight that he intended to institute a civil action against Mayor ing defamation of character The controversy over the tapping of wires in connection with the ties investigations and the resulting grand Jury investigation which ended in the indictment of Mr. Kingsbury and William H. his special preceded the inquiry into the tapping of the of Seymour which Mayor Mitchel at- tempted to 4ustify on the ground that it had disclosed international Involving the United District Attorney Swann isr the for statement that the wire was tapped in an effort to trace the source byv which mation concerning munition orders from the entente allies was leaking out of the offices of J. P. Morgan Co. After the made by nesses before him today the activities In the Seymour Seymour Mr. made a persistent but unsuccessful effort to induce Frederick Seymour to sign a which would permit the dis- attorney's office to lay the case before the grand jury aeek In- on criminal He maintained that could bt made on five specific Index to Today's Issue Talk Says Grey Identical Note to French Lose Fort Austria Makes Big Mrs. Horton as Witness Priest May Sue Mayor in House Navy Blame in Riggs British Captain Aided Italy Facing War Boom at Carranza Note Awaited Moose Chairman Is Burton and Weeks to Awed by U. S. Grayson Weds Miss Gordon Begin Session Would Free Women of To to 8. Case May Rival on the at Training From News in FUNSTON IN VAIN PLEA Request for Troops Fails to Bring MEXICANS One of S. Army Officials Says Con- ditions Are More Ominous Than at Any Time in Fire Is Given Command of Troops and Sent San May 24 Frederick Funston's request for more coast it is understood has been refused by the War It was stated at headquarters night that Gen Funston originally asked the War Department for the tional guard regiments of New Arkansas and Oklahoma Later the request was re- and the of the three border States was It is understood the request still stands for the other It is considered possible they will be at least a portion at them to serve on thq border in lieu of coast Moving to the Reports from Gen. today indicated no Sharp but reports from him and from other sources reflected the activity of can troops In strong numbers the Mexicans were reported moving to tions nearer the but there was nothing to Indicate that the motive was other than to establish over ern Mexico an effective police force should say the situation was never more ominous In the five years this country has been dealing with situations In said a high United States army official this when asked for an sion on border affairs seem to look pretty black for us Officers at Fort Sam Houston be- lieve that Gen has more ranza troops in Chihuahua than as is estimated in Washington ranza forces have moved much closer to the lines of communication Ing Brig Gen. Pershing's column Trevino Massing His El May the Pershing expedition of the movement of troops in Chihuahua was made plain to United States tary Gen Jacinto instead of sending his soldiers into the districts of eastern Chihuahua and northern has them massed along the Mexican Central and Northwestern Railway Gen. commander at who never lost an opportunity to make himself offensive to has been given command of the district of Galeana and Bravos and half of the Guerrero and Iturbe Orders already sued contemplate large garrisons at Galeana and other points within ing distance of Gen. Pershing's lines of communication from the east From the west the menace of Sonora troops re- mains Flanked on Three Gen Luis Herrera has asked for an entire brigade When this movement Is completed the punitive expedition will be flanked on three sides The advanced detachments of the northward moving horde from Torreon and Chihuahua arrived last night at Villa only 81 miles south of the They were in command of the notorious bandit Canute Reyes He gave up for loot last was promptly incorporated into Trevino's army with rank of given men and sent north to prowl along the border V This information came up from today with small farmers ing their products to market in El It was generally credited GETS Ship in Pacific Picks Up Message From Tuckerton New South May 24 ship which has Just arrived from San reports that she picked up a wireless message tram station at when distant tills is said to Five Battle and More Men in House LARGEST BUDGET FOR DEFENSE Senate Is Expected to Add Hew Dreadnoughts to Washington Gets to Navy and OOO Experimental Chief oT Operations to Be for Dry Docks and to Be Naval Building Program Five battle cost FOOT scout costing costing Three submarines of face displacement of about 8OO costing Seventeen smaller costing One fuel costing 272. One ammunition costing One hospital Total cost of Available first 826. When Chairman of the House naval yesterday reported the naval appropriation the largest budget for the national defense ever submitted to Congress In a single ure was presented The for the first line of defense of the country carries a total of This is an of over last year's and Is due almost entirely to the Increase In the building program The next most Important Item In bijl is the provision for the increase of the by men an to the marine corps amounting to enlisted The plan of the is understood to be to add two monster battleships and increase the personnel by 20.000, so that all the ships that can be put Into commission may be fully manned BUI to Be Rushed Majority Leader announced yesterday that a special rule would be brought in under which the will be passed not later than a from next Saturday night The cratic leaders Intend to have this through the House so they can refer to It in their party platform as concrete evidence that the Democratic party Is for preparedness Emphasis will be laid upon the fact that the House has the money for the tion of five great battle cruisers and the continuance of the ships now under waj Referring to its failure to mend additional dreadnoughts In the 1917 program the committed says It does not wish to be understood as holding that battleships have been displaced as the main naval ence On the the report all naval experts told the committee dreadnoughts formed the real fighting line of any fleet Balanced Fleet Is fleet of dreadnoughts and It ed such proportions that the tion of battle cruisers must now be and begun at once In order that fleet may be properly for fighting efficiency The report adds that the fact that other navies have been equipped with battle cruisers makes It absolutely that American fleets should have similar units The total cost of the new ships is placed at of which la appropriated in 1917, together with for con- present building An ation of each for dry docks at Philadelphia and Norfolk is ed in the 000 1% each to be im- mediately available on passage No existing government the re- port could accommodate the posed 850-foot battle cruisers Docks now under construction at Pearl H T San and Boston will be completed In two In ample time to take the new for The carries an appropriation of nearly for active and re- serve ammunition in addition to for ammunition of the posed battle Events in tbe European report have made It necessary to appropriate for a capital ship s ammunition with the authorisation Under the would go tor new engines and other of ships of the active fleet now ia The report states that when thia work is done the present fleet will a condition as regards The estimates that the of navy wilt met in- a few the additional men provided tor are that will to A V 1EWSP4PERS
