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ST)? Sflwlw Scwwl VOLUME XVIII. PETROGRJO REPORTS GREAT SUCCESS ON EASTEBNBATTLE LINE Troops of the Czar Said to Have Been Victorious From the Pripet Marshes to the Rumanian Frontier .By Associated Press ' PETROGRAD. June s.—(Via Lindon.) Russian forces have won (treat suc cesses along the front from the Pripet marshes to the Rumanian frontier, ac cording to an official announcement is sued here today. It is stated that the Russians took 13.000 prisoners. German Infantry Is Hurled Forward in Compact Masses PARIS. June s—ln5 —In their repeated at tacks on Fort Vaux. one of the outlying defenses of Verdun along the front east of the Meuse, the Germans are hurling forward their infantry in masses so compact that the first ranks are obliged to advance to certain death. The assaulting columns debouch from the passage of Damloup. below the fort and separated from it by a ravine which they are obliged to cross to attain the slopes near the fort. For three days this spot has been the scene of carnage which has saturated the ground with blood. One German column advanced no far ther than the bottom of the ravine. The front ranks, pushed on by those behind, fell as fast as they reached dead line swept by the French quick firers- As they toppled over others came on to take their place and fell in turn. Returning French officers declare the butchery at Verdun surpasses imagina tion. The statement follows: "On the left bank of the river Meuse there has been an intermittent bom bardment. East of the river the artil lery fighting has continued with extreme violence in the region of Thiaumont and Douaumont. The Germans continued yesterday evening and last night their attacks upon our positions at Vaux and Damloup. To the northwest of Fort Vaux on the slopes of the Fumin wood, repeated German advances were com pletely checked by our fire. All the as saults between the fort and the village, of Damloup also were broken. "There was ferociouA fighting be tween the garrison of Vaux fort and the detachment of the enemy who were attempting to penetrate this position. "In spite of the fact that the enemy* made great use of flaming liquids. our I troops prevented their adversaries from, making any progress. "In the Vosges an attack by the en emy at a point west of Carspach re sulted in their becoming possessed of three trenches. Shortly afterward we delivered counter attack and drove the Germans from all the positions they occupied." Germans Claim Repulse Os the French Attacks <By Atteciatad Pres* BERLIN, June s.—(By Wireless to Sayville.*—Repeated attacks by masaea of French infantry against German po sitions on the Verdun front east of the Meuse broke down with heavy Josses, the war office announced today. The statement reads: "Western front: The British yester day evening again attacked the positions captured by us southeast of Ypres. The attack broke down under our artillery fire. “A feeble attack which was under taken by the French after gas prepara tion near Prunag. in the Champagne, re sulted in failure. "On- the Verdun front west of the Mense our artillery fired on the enemy’s batteries and trenches with good suc cess. French infantry attempted an ad vance on our trenches west of the Hau eourt-Esnas road, and was repulsed. "East of the river fighting continued with undiminished violence between Caillette wood and Damloup. The ene my’s infantry in mass formation at tempted to regain positions captured by us during the last few days. The great est efforts were made by the enemy on Fumin ridge, southwest of the village of Vaux, and in the district southeastward. All French counter attacks were without success and were repulsed with heavy losses. German reconnoitering detach ments entered positions of the enemy along the Yser near Altkirch. gThey cap tured unwounded, thirty French, twenty Belgian and thirty-five British soldiers, as well as one mine thrower. “Eastern and Balkan fronts: The sit uation is unchanged: “Aviation: Aerial combats in May ■ resulted very successfully for us. The. enemy in aerial combats lost thirty-six, aeroplanes, in addition nine were shot down from earth and’two landed invol unarily within our lines, making the total enemy losses forty-seven aero- We lost eleven in aerial coin- 1 bats and five which did not return, a total of sixteen aeroplanes.” Victory Over Russians Is Claimed by the Turks • •ONSTANTINOPLE. Turkey. June 5. • Via London.*—The reinforced Turk ish army in the Caucasus which lat last month began an offensive camj>algn nas driven the Russians fatther back, the war office announced today. The statement follows: •t>u the Caucasus front in the centre, our troop*' drove back the enemy's left wmg some forty kilometres <about twen ty-five miles* notwithstanding unfavor able weather. All attempts of the en »*H’v to cover his retreat or to regain tits positions emtapseu witn neavy ■oss.ts under our bayonet attacks. We rap—:r:d fi'ly soldiers, two machine guns, and other arms and engineering material.” Violent German Attacks Continue East of Meuse: PARIS, June 5. With undiminished violence the Germans continued their attacks last night along the Verdun front east of the Meuse. The war office report of this afternoon says these as saults were unsuccessful. The Germans attacked French posi tions in the region of Vaux and Dam loup. Between the fort and the village of Damloup the German offensive was particularly severe. The French are still in possession of Fort Vaux. In the vicinity of Douaumont there w»s heavy artillery fighting. Unsuccess ful German raids were undertaken in the Vosges. INNES. SENTENCED TO SEVEN«. WILL ASK FOR NEW TRIAL {Will Claim Judge Hill Erred in Charge and Rulings, Claim Venue Was Not Established and Cite Other Grounds Attorneys for Victor E. Innes, founi guilty Saturday afternoon by a jury in the Fulton superior court of larceny after trust from Mrs. Lois Nelms Den nis and sentenced by Judge Ben Hill to seven years, the maximum penalty, will file a motion for a new trial. it Judge James K. Hines, chief counsel for the wefense. made an announcement to this effect Saturday night and said i the motion would be filed probably’ Mon day or Tuesday. Judge Hines added that in the event the new trial was refused a general bill of exceptions would be filed preliminary to appealing the case to the state court of appeals. Grounds for the new trial motion will be that Judge Hills erred in his charge to the jury; that he erred in several rulings admitting certain evl- , dence; that the venue of the case was not established and the evidence was not sufficient to justify a verdict of guilty under the indictment. It is , probable that other grounds may like wise be incorporated in the motion. It is uncertain when Mrs. Ida May Innes, the wife of Victor E. Innes, will be tried for larceny after trust. Tht at torneys for the defense are anxious to try her without delay, in order to pre- , elude a long confinement in jail; but Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey indicated yes terday that he will insist on postpon ing the trial of Mrs. Innes until the higher courts have finally passed upon the case 'of her husband. Innes and his wife were Jointly in dicted but separately tried, the husband being tried first. The indictment charges them with larceny after trust of the money of Mrs. Elols Nelms Den nis, and it is contended by the state that they were in a conspiracy together to defraud Mrs. Dennis of all her mon ey. t / At 2:50 o'clock yesterday afternoon Judge Ben H. Hill concluded his charge to the jury and they retired to make up their verdict. Exactly one hour later, at 3:50 o’clock, they returned to the court room and announced a verdict cf guilty on all four counts. PLEA FOR LENIENCY. Attorney C. L. Pettigrew, of counsel I for the defense, immediately arose and i requested permission for Innes to make a statement before sentence should be , passed upon him. Judge Hill granted * yie request and Innes advanced to th? front of the bench and said: j ’ I would ask. then, if your honor , • please, that being a man forty-nine ' years of age. with a wife who has been absolutely dependent upon me. ; and a family of five children, also dependent upon myself—this wife has been suffering from tuberculo sis and general debility, through re cent motherhood of twin babies— that if your honor finds any exten uating circumstances which justify any mercy as far as the term of sentence is concerned, and extends 1 me the benefit of a short term. I know that you will confer more aid 1 on Innocent people who are depend ing upon me. and my wife, and 1 will appreciate it personally myself. I did not intend to make any state- ’ ment pro or con with regard to any defense that 1 had interposed in this ’ case, for the reason that I have de- ‘ pended upon my counstel entirely. 1 and in following their advice I have < withheld any defense. believing • that it would come out on appeal that no offense was proven. (Mrs. Innes was crying during the state- , merit.) I wish that your honor f would take into consideration those t who are dependent upon me, my children and my wife, in her un- | fortunate condition. When Innes had finished this state ment. Judge Hill passed sentence upon ' him in the following language: When the defendant in this case ' stated that he was not able to em ploy counsel, the court. In accord- * ance with the law of this state and 1 with court practice, selected three ’ lawyers of ability and eminent char acter to represent you. I wish now * to express publicly to those lawyers the court’s appreciation of the able ’ > and conscientious manner in which < they performed their duties as members of this bar. It is a great t honor to members of this proses- t sion to defend the penniless client 1 with the same zeal and earnest- 1 ness as to defend one who is able t to pay with the wealth of a Rocke feller. The court is not in the hab- < it of lecturing defendants. Certain - : ly a lecture to this defendant would ’ be out of place. I will content my self with simply stating that the defendant in this case. Victor K. t Innes, shall be confined to the peni tentiary of this state, at hard labor, for the full term of seven years. Judge Hill then announced a recess of | court until next Monday week, and the ; j spectators rose and filed out of the : .court room, while Innes and his wife I j departed through the prisoners’ en? ' j trance, the wife with her face buried in ! i a handkerchief, weeping bitterly. Later in the afternoon the attorneys ie< resenting Innes and his wife held a inference and determined tq begin efforts to secure a new trial. Saturday’s session of the trial was taken up with arguments of the law yers for Jhe defense and for the state. When court opened at 9 o'clock in the morning it was announced by Judge Hines that the defense would introduce nothing in rebuttal to the state’s ease, not even placing Innes on the stand to make a statement, and that they would rely upon the weakness of the case which the state had undertaken to make against their client. By this move the attorneys for the defense secured the opening and clos ■ ing argument, and Judge Hill announc -1 ed that each side would be allowed two ' hours to present its case. Attorney C. L. Pettigrew led off for j I tiie defense. First he devoted himself I to the legal points raised by the de fense. These consisted as follows: First, that the venue of the case was not established in Fulton county, for the reason that the courts of this state have no jurisdiction over crimes com mitted outside the state, even admitting that a crime had been committed in this case, which the defense did not admit. Second, that joint larceny was alleged in the bill of indictment and no larceny had been proven either against Innes or his wife, because the state produced no evidence that the money given by (Continued on Page 2; Column 2.) I OLD GUARD. NOW IN SADDLE. DISPOSED TO PLEASE BULL MOOSE Hughes Boom Grows and He Will Be Nominated If Roose velt Men Will Agree to Sup port Him BY RALPH SMITH. CHICAGO, 111., June s.—The old guard of tlie Republican party is master of tne situation here, just as they were four years ago, but the old guard is more disposed to treat with the Pro gressives than they were four years ago, Which statement is made as a preface to these two important facts; First—Hughes, in the opinion of the old guard, is the most available candi date seeking the nomination and can be named with comparative ease in the con vention, and will be named if future de velopments indicate that his choice sould prove politically expedient. Second —The political expediency of Hughes as a candidate will turn on the attitude of the Progressives toward his nomination. In a word, the old guard wants, more than anything else, a winner and the old guard realizes that no candidate has the remotest possibility of victory un less he is acceptable to the Progressives. In this situation it is only natural that today all hands are bulls respect ing the Hughes boom, but underlying the hurrah and excitement there is a deeper feeling of concern and a more profound consideration of what the Progressives may do HUGHES MOST FORMIDABLE. Unquestionably Hughes Is far and away the most formidable man in the field, completely overshadowing Roose velt and all others seeking the nomina tion. So that the big question of the day ie: “If Hughes is nominated will the Progressives indorse him without hav ing an explicit declaration of what he stands for?” Thet Progressives say they will nom inate no man without knowing his post-, tion on the vital issues of the day, and these issues, be it said, are the ques tions that Theodore Roosevelt alone has outlined. The Progressives further avow they will "not be willing to accept any nom inee even upon a satisfactory Republic-! an platform without knowledge that the | nominee is the embodiment of that plat-! form.” Until Hughey issues some sort of aj statement it will be impossible for the' old guard, the rank and file, or the Pro-j gressives to know whether he embodies l the views that will be enunciated in the ! Republican platform. No man in Chi cago knows whether Hughes will issue any sort’of a statement, and there are evidences of apprehension even among his managers respecting his silence and a downright fear that at the eleventh hotTr he may "spill the beans” by dra matically declining to allow the presen tation of his name to the convention. The remote possibility of such a thing sends cold chills up and down the spines of his boosters. Though they maintain an outward calm and express confidence that “Barkus is wining.'’ A feature of the situation as it ap pears today is the marked and profound silence respecting the Burton boom which looked up considerably last Sat urday. This may be attributed in part to the arrival of a strong congressional contingent from Washington who to a man almost are against Burton because oi his antagonism to river and harbor bills in past congresses. DEFEATED TWO BILLS. Burton defeated two river and harbor bills during nis service in the senate and many of his former congressional colleagues have not forgiven this. The silence respecting Burton has been displaced by an incipient boom for Warren G. Harding, Ohio senator and temporary chairman of the conven tion. ’ Many of the Washington contin gent express the belief that Harding will be nominated unless Hughes is chosen before the third ballot. They predict this belief on the keynote speech that Harding is to make. They believe he will make a "come hither” keynote declaration and so favorably impress the contention that the delegates will turn to him ar. the Republican party out of the wilderness. The Fairbanks boom has dwindled to the proportions of a boomlet today and the view is entertained that "Charley” Fairbanks will be "tickled to death” if he is nominated for vice president on a ticket headed by Hughes. In the event the presidential candi ur.te is chosen from the middle west. Senator "Jimmie” Wadsworth, of New \ oi k. is regarded as the probable choice of the convention for vice president. “Harding and Wadsworth would make a fine ticket." argued an Ohioan today. The Semi-Weekly Journal 25 WEEKS Two Issues a Week for 25c Sign the Coupon below and let vs hive your order now. For new subscribers and renewals. THE SEMI WEEKLY JOURNAL, Atlanta, Ga.: Enclosed find 25c. Send The Semi-Weekly Journal to address below for 25 weeks. name P. o • ••• R. F. D. gTATjg^ V:L .. ATLANTA. GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1916. MAYBE THERE’S SOME TRUTH IN THAT OLD SAYING! ’ / // I COLOWEL? I —-—7 / ///»$> I* if / S MRS. INNES WEAKENED R1 HUSBAND'S CONVICTION Counsel to Consider Means of Temporary Freedom and Appeal of Innes Judge James K. Hines and associate counsel will confer Monday on the pre paration of- the formal motion for a new trial for Victor E. Innes, convicted in the superior court Saturday for lar ceny of money from the missing Nelms girls and sentenced to serve seven year? at hard labor. If the motion is denied appeal will be taken to the court of ap peals. During the conference counsel will consider means of securing temporary freedom for Mrs. Ida May Innes, who has not been tried under the Indictment charging her jointly with her husband of the offense of larceny after trust. Mrs. Innes, it is stated, is in feeble health, suffering from tuberculosis. Her prolonged illness, it is said, aggravated by her husband's conviction, has so weakened her that it will be necessary to remove her from the jail. Counsel probably will endeavor to se cure her freedom by appealing to the court for a moderate nond for her ap pearance next fall, when the state ex pects to place her on trial. Solicitor Dorsey has stated that he does not' wish to try Mrs. Innes until the appeal of her husband is settled. WILL ACT AT ONCE. Formal moves will be made by the de fense Monday or Tuesday both in the matter of asking a new trial for Innes and in the effort to secure Mrs. Innes’ freedom pending her trial. The habeas corpus proceedings insti tuted by Mr.?. Viola Sickles Innes to re cover her son James Sickles Innes, who she alleges was stolen by Innes in New York nine years ago, will be heard be fore Judge Johrb T. Pendleton Tues day morning. Judge James K. Hines, leading coun sel for the defense, in discussing the trial of Victor Innes expressed his ap preciation Monday of the manner in which the trial was conducted bv Judg- Ben Hill, before whom Innes tried In the superior court. GEORCII PROHIBITION LAW IS ATTACKED IS INVALID Whisky Seizure in Coffee County Is Before Federal Court Judges Constitutional phases of the Georgia prohibition law were attacked Monday when the whisky seizure case in Coffee county, involving the sheriff, a railroad, and two consignees, came up for a hear ing before Federal Judges Don A. Pardee, W. T. Newman and Emory Speer. This case is known as the Ocilla, Pine Bloom and Valdosta railroad against David Rickett, the sheriff of Coffee coun ty. Acting under telephoned instructions of a superior court judge, he attempted to confiscate two carloads of whisky, . shipped as "household goods,” which were shipped over the plaintiff railroad to Wiley Williams and George Davis. The cars containing this liquor were I sidetracked. The railroad secured from Judge Speer at Macon a temporary order re straining the sheriff from making a seizure. This was on May 8. On May 16 the sheriff, alleging that the rail road and the consignees planned to dis pose of the liquor, asked that custodians be appointed. This Judge Speer did, and | then the railroad filed an amended peti j tion for injunction, alleging among ’ other things that the liquor had been ordered rebilled to Jacksonville a few days before the prohibition law went Into effect on May 1. Attorney Roland Ellis, of Ellis & Glawson, of Macon, counsel for the rail road, argued for the granting of an in terlocutory decree against the holding up of the shipment on the ground that a seizure would be without due process of law. especially as It had been ordered rebilled before May 1. He also argued that the seizure was made irregularly, on a telephoned order, and without any other authoritj’.- ‘ Both Judge Speer and Judge Newman asked Mr. Ellis particularly whether the order on the railroad to rebill the liquor was given before May 1. Mr. Ellis was followed by Thomas B. Felder, who, with L. E. Heath and R. D. Feagin, represented the sheriff. Mr. Felder cited numerous authorities to show where similar seizures had been upheld. Quincy and Rice, of Ocilla, and O. H. •Elkins, of Fitzgerald, also represented the railroad. Neither Governor Harris nor Attorney Attorney General Clifford Walker was in court. Mr. Ellis said they had been no tified that the suit would come up. The court, however, proceeded on the as sumption, borne out by Mr. Felder, that they had been duly notified and that the slate’s side of the case would be taken care of by Mr. Felder. Hastings Beats McClure for Natl. Committee (BY RALPH SMITH.) CHICAGO, June 5. —The Georgia dele gation to the Progressive convention set tled its differences at a ntecting this mcning at the Auditoium hotel with the following results: H. G. Hastings, the Atlanta seed store man, was re-elected national committee- I man over C. W. McClure, the ten-cent I store man, by a vote of 6 7-8 to 5 1-2. Roger Dewar, of the Fidelity Fruit Ex change, of Atlanta, was elected chair man of the delegation and authorized to I vote the delegation as a unit for Theo dore Roosevelt. An effort to adjust the contest for na tional committeeman by the withdrawal of both candidates in favor of Rufe Hutchens as a compromise, failed. McClure was given the choice cf any convention committee that he might de sire, and elected to serve on the confer ence commtyee that will negotiate with the Republican convention. MAJORITY OF GEORGIA DELEGATES FOR HUGHES Five of Seven of Those Who Represent This State Will So Vote on First Ballot (BY RAI.FH SMITH.) CHICAGO. 111., June s.—At least five, and possibly seven, of the Georgia dele gates to the Republican convention will votes for Hughes on the first ballot. Their subsequent action will depend en tirely upon the desires and dictates of Frank H. Hitchcock, former Republican national chairman, who is directing the Hughes’ campaign. The five In question, belonging to Wal ter Johnson faction, have been seated by the Republican national committee in contests with delegates of the Henry Jackson faction. Walter Johnson, leader of the faction contesting with Jackson's delegation, is not here, and his fight is being managed by Henry Blun, of Savannah, former na tional committeeman from Georgia. “There is no mistaking the importance of the fight between Walter Johnson and Henry Jackson,” explained Tumlin to day. “It is a life and death struggle. The apparent advantage Jackson has won in the national committee has been mag nified beyond its importance in Georgia. TWO MORE TO BE FOUGHT. “As a matter of fact five of Jackson’s delegates have been unseated by the na tional committee and we expect also to unseat two more, giving us at least seven of the seventeen votes Georgia has in the convention. “And after the national committee concludes its work on the Georgia conß - we are going to take our fight to the credentials.committee in the hope of un seating Jackson himself and the other three delegates at large. The following are the Johnson dele gates who have been seated: F. G. Boat wright, of Cordele, Third district; Doc Turner, colored, Fourth district; Albert N. Tumlin and DeWitt C. Cole, of Mari etta, Seventh district; and a Johnson delegate in the Twelfth district. The national committee is expected to day to settle contests in the First dis trict. Delegates to the Republican and Pro gressive conventions continued to pour in on every train today and practically every state is now represented. There was a noticeable absence of bands, glee clubs and ether usual convention fea tures. Among the arrivals today were some o f the "favorite son” presidential can didates and their coming signalized the opening of more headquarters. As soon as the newly arrived delegations got s-ettled they went into informal eon ;erences. Citizens of Chicago have put 100 au tomobiles at the disposal of Mayor Thompson and the entertainment com mittee. Among the arrivals was a big delega tion from Pennsylvania. Leaders in the Penrose wing said there had been no crystalization of sentiment on a candi date. BRUMBAUGH MEN STICK. Members of the Brumbaugh wing said they would support the Pennsylvania governor so long as he permits his name to be used. The second choice of many Brumbaugh men is Roosevelt, but they will hold a caucus tonight to de cide on plans. The Arizona delegation with five for Hughes and one for Roosevelt and one uncertain will caucus tomorrow. The lowa delegation at a general meeting today laid plans to further the candidacy of Senator Cummins. Managers of the Fairbanks boom to day denied that their candidate would withdraw from the presidential race and become a candidate for the vice presidential nomination. They said he was in the race to stick. NUMBER 70. STRATEGIC REASUNS- . KEEP UETAiLo BACK. 15 OEM OF BERLIN ■ Twenty-Six of Admiral Jelli coe’s Most Powerful Battle i Ships Are Declared to Have * Been in Main Part of Fight (By Aaioclated Press.) BERLIN, June s.—(By Wireless to the Associated Press from a Staff Ccr rgjjpondent. Via Sayville, N. Y.) —An authoritative account of the, North sea battle issued here today giv4s the first detailed picture of the progress of the great engagement between the German high sea fleet and that of the British. Many details are suppressed for strategic reasons. The recital, however, meets clearly what is characterized as the British attempt to explain defeat by the statement that the German seu forces were much larger than those which the British were able to bring into play. This acount declares explicitly that twenty-six of Admiral Jellicoe's most powerful battleships, including six the most modern Queen Elizabeth cla®s, and the entire British flying wing, composed of battle cruisers equal in every rqspect except armor protection to dreadnaughts, were engaged in all but the early stages of the day battle. The fleet surpassed in tonnage and weight of broadsides the German force engaged, was at least equally modern, and was far speedier than the squadron of Ger man pre-dreadnaughts which, lumbering along on IS or 19 knots an hour, were soon left far to the rear by their swifter consorts, out of the main action. For obvious reasons the recital leaves untold the tale of damages sustained by German units and the losses tn per sonnel. It says nothing of the bril* Hance in battle tactics displayed by Ad mirals Scheer and Hipper, the smooth ness and precision with which the Ger man ships maneuvered and the deadly sureness of the German marksmanship, although it is an open secret that these three factors were largely responsible for the achievements of the Germany. It is shown that the Germans, un like in the Doggerbank engagement of cruiser squadrons, were able to choose their distance and fight considerable portions of the battle at ranges of about eight miles, at which the German eleven and twelve-inch guns were virtually as effective in penetrating power ae the big mouthed 13s, 14s, and 15s with which the modern British giants are armed. Furthermore, they are far -ju perior in rapidity of fire. Naval experts have intimated to the - Associated Press that this was one of the most decisive factors in the strug gle. • , German battleships and battle cruisers were able to shower ♦he British with a hall of shell which, at a range of eight miles and sometimes even closer. snJhff’w*. ed and riddled British’armor belts ahrU* wrought havoc to ships’ vitals. The ponderous British projectiles naturally cclld land scarcely one pound to each two from the vicious Krupp 11-lnchers. The hazy weather was Germany’s friend, as it necessitated action at closer range. A.- ’ CLAIM TIPPERARY SUNK. An official statement i-ssued by the German admiralty today says: “On the 31st of May one of our sub marines off the Hutnber sank an lish torpedo boat destroyer which, ac cording to a surtMvor, was the Tip perary. felt, "The British armored ruiser Euryalue was set afire by 6ur forces Huring the battle of Skagerrak and was completely burned out.” LONDON, June s.—The following an nouncement was made today at the British admiralty: “No British destroyer or any other* British warship was destroyed off the Humber or anywhere else by a submar ine or any other agency since the action of May 31. ' ' • , ’iThe Euryalus was not present in the North sea during this battle and there fore was not sunk by German fire. "It would appear from the fact of these two false allegations being circu lated by the German admiralty, that they are anxious by means to exaggerate the British casualties which already have been fully and (fompletely announ ced.” Two Big Battle Cruisers Os Germans Sent Down LONDON, June s.—British officers, oi the fleet which participated in the Jut land battle and have , returned here identify two German battle cruisers sunk as the Hindenburg and the Luj zow. The Lutzow was completed in 1915, She had a tonnage of *26,600. She car ried 8 12-inch, 12 6-inch and 12 pounders and had a speed of 27 knots an hour. . • The Hindenburg was the latest an<j most famous ship of the German navy. She was considered the last word ,‘Jn war craft, the most powerful ehip ever to leave German waters. •* LONDON, June s.—The latest report? received by the British admiralty en-‘ ables the Associated Press to give the following review of the naval engage ment as viewed from the British side: ’ During the night of May 31-June 1. British destroyers made a determined at-, tack on the retreating German battle- / fleet which hastened its flight. The Brit-; ish fleet remained oh the scene during the morning of June 1 and traversed the field four times, finding no enemy. The commander in chief took his fleet back to its abuse and five hours after its ar rival reported the battle fleet ready for action. As regards the German losses, definite * evidence, it Is declared, nas now been obtained that they were deliberately fal sified and that the following were stroyed: Two battle cruisers; one at least, and’ probably two battleships; four light* cruisers, eight destroyers and one sub-’ marine. . * * . >. ; The remainder of the German cruiser squadron may have home ports but the Ships were all se- i verely damaged, as also were ships of-’ the Koenig class, which came under the ’ fire of a portion of the British battle ’ fleet. - i. '• - 1 —\ Besides the above the Associated Press has obtained information from re turned officers of the fleet that they are able to identify the lost German battle, i cruisers as the Hindenburg and the'* Lutzow. t -, - 3 Naval officials Here point out that dn* ; account of their proximity to home’s ,1 ports, some of the German vessels which j’ ? were s badly injured as was the Brit-. 2 Ish cruiser Warrior, would have been able to make port. ...
