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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.
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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. ...
