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ORPEDOED U. S. SHIP LIMPS TO POR

EL

JlJr-k-V V-

Speeding Ships Crash Together Off U. S,

UMRQU PQ

K H Id I B 1 8 1 I If i

Dutch Liner Ryndam's Pas

sengers and Most of Crew

Are at Once Taken Off.

TRAMPERCUNEO

BADLY DAMAGED

Stricken Liner, Convoyed By

Battleships, Is Started

Bac Toward Port.

NEW YORK. May 2 The Dutch

liner Ryndam. which sailed from

this port Tuesday for Rotterdam

w ith T? passengers and a million dollar

cargo, was badly damaged In a collis

ion 15 miles southwest of the Nantucket

shoals lightship at 4 oclock this morn

ing. The liner collided with the tramp

freighter Joseph J. Cuneo, which sailed

from Boston Tuesday night for Baracoa.

Cnba.

Both vessels were injured seriously.

The Ryndaro, wire?ess reports indicate.

Kis struck aft with such force that

hold No. o filled almost Immediately.

w ater flowed freely Into the engine

on and begyn to creep up in hold. No.

& The Cuneu's bows were smashed m

oadly.

Passengers Transferred.

3 O. S. signals were flashed from the

K ndaii. and her passengers were

transferred hastily tc the Cuneo. One

hundred and sixty of the Ryndam's

crew of 200 likewise were put aboard

the freighter, leaving only 40 men

aboard the liner to cav Igate it.

Battleships Lend Aid.

United States battleships In the vl

c.n'ty answered, the wireless calls. At

1 oclocK, three hours alter the collision,

tho battleship South Carolina was

s tending alongside the Cuneo. The Ryn

dam's passengers and those of her crew

who had been transferred to the Cuneo

were taken off by the South Carolina.

The battleship was directed by wireless

from the Newport navy yard to con

vo the stricken liner to this port.

Heel ii Towing ship In. "

With the South Carolina alongside,

the battleship Texas ten miles astern,

the battleship Louisiana nearby and the

Cuneo slowly following, the Ryndam

was steaming at slow speed for this

port. 124 miles east of the Ambrose

channel lightship, at 10 oclock. At that

hour her captain sent a wireless mes

sage to the Holland-American line, her

owners, saying that the Ryndam's en

gines were much strained but still

holding out.

WILSON GIVES WELCOME

TO VISITING CHINESE

Washington. D. C May 20. Deep In

terest in the future of China was ex

pressed by president Wilson today in

welcoming the commission of Chinese

business men touring the United States

to study commercial methods.

Spokesmen for the commission told

the president they brought greetings

from the Chinese republic to the presi

cent and people of the United States

and that they would endeavor to make

th.-'r republic a real sister.

Ec piling, president Wilson said in

part.

"It is not a mere -form I go through

In expressing to you our very cordial

welcome to the United States The

people of the United Statts are deeply

Interested in China and in the unlim

ited future that lies before your great

republic.

We have, of course, naturally re

joiced to see yon adopt a form of gov

ernment which setms to us the best

vehicle of progress, the republican form

of government,

PREPARE TO REMOVE

BODIES FROM THE F-4

Honolulu, T. H., May 2. Work of

rcu"ng the submarine F-4 was hilted

Tuesday when a severe swell parted

two of the lines attached to the hulk.

The remaining two lines were removed

to prevent the possibility of their

parting

The F-4 is now within 250 yards of

the harbor entrance and lies 40 feet

r. low the surface. The use of air to

lighten the vessel In the- final drag to

the drjdoek probably will be resorted

to it was said today.

A scow will be brought along the

side of the submarine when it is raised

to receive the bodies of the crew.

Orders have been issued excluding the

public and press from the scene when

the bodies are unsealed -and removed.

FERGUSON REMOVES STAMPS

FROM PRISON COMMISSION

Austin, Texas, May 2. By a procla

mation issued today by governor Fer

gUMtn, W. O Stamps -was removed as a

member of the board of prison com

miMoners. The proclamation says: "Said W. O.

Stamps is Incapable and unfit to dis

charge his official duties, and has been

guilty of malfeasance and non feasance

as a member of said board; farther, he

has been guilty of acts calculated to

disrupt discipline In the penitentiary

system of Texas.

apan Swallows China and Our

TORNADO HITS NEBRASKA

IT MILS

oiBumEFn!

Villa and Obregon Hold Al

most Same Positions as

Before Eecent Clash.

No move has been made by either

Villa or Obregon south of Leon since

the fighting ended Sunday night, ac

cording to arrivals from the scene of

the encounter. Offlcials,of the two fac

tions in Bl PaSo have received no fur

ther advices and it Is conceded that the

lines remain practically the same as

before the battte. with Obregon en

trenched nine kilometers south of Leon

and the Villistas entrenched within

sight of the Carranza lines.

Ammunition For Villa.

Large supplies of ammunition for the

Villa forces at Leon continue to be re

ceived in Juarez. More than 1.000.000

rounds have- been crossed- in the past

week. The ammunition trains are given

the right of way and the supplies are

rushed south as soon as they are re

ceived. Mail advices from Leon received here

say that the battle was an enlarged

skirmish and that'nelther side brought

more man nan of its forces into action.

The advices state that there were few

dead on either side, but that many were

wounded.

Torreon Endangered.

Carranza troops continue their move

ment against Torreon from the Mon

terey district, according to Carranza ad

vices received here. The two southern

4ines connecting Monterey with Tor

reon have been out of commission for

months bat the northern line, which is

the most direct route, is believed to be

intact unless cut by the Villistas when

they continued their retreat west of

Paredon. The Carranza advices also

KfflTp thitt tplpp-r-jrihin iimmimiat4Aii

I between Monterej and Veracruz has

been reestablished and that the rail

road to Taraplto tun feft-te commission

in a week.

Advance on Villa.

The main advance of the Carranza

army against Torreon began Wednes

day, according to messages 'received by

me umuzi consulate irom J.ared.o.

The advices state that Gen. Ildefonso

vasquez. at the head of 10.000 men,

which have been concentrating at Mon

terey, has beeun the advance. flan

Raoul Madero, wno commanded Monte

rey prior to the evacuation, is attempt

ing to reach ' the border, the report

states.

Gen. Madero has occupied Monclova,

In the Coahuila coa'l fields district,

however, according to apersonal mes

sage received from Madero by an Bl

i-asoan neanesaay. .no details of tne

occupation of the city are given. Car

rancistas claimed to have taken Mon

clova yesterday.

Advices from Del Rio received at the

consulate say that Gen. Fernando Pe

daldi has received orders fram Gen.

.Vicente Davila to attack Sabinas, Coa

huila, and form a junction with the

troops coming from Monclova. The re

treat to Muzqulz of the forces under

Gen. Rosalio Hernandez is also re

ported, Evacnatlns: Mexico CItyt

Veracruz advices declare that lhe Za

patistas are preparing to evacuate Mex

ico City and that the Carranza troops

are now close to the city.

Denial is made by Villa officials here

of the reported capture of Durango city

by the Arrieta brothers. It is stated

that all of Durango is in control of Villa

except the extreme western part of the

state, where the Arrietas are located.

Meetlns of Villa Troops.

Reports of a mutiny by Gen. Rafael

Bicerra, the Villa commander of Chini

pas, which is located near the Sonora-Sinaloa-Chihuahua

states lines, is con

tained in Carranza advices received

here. These state that. In a fight with

Villa troops sent to quell the mutiny,

Bicerra was successful but that his son

was Killed during the fighting,

aqufo Prevent Defeat.

Obregon's Yaqul contingent, located

on Villa's right flank; saved the Car

ranza troops at Leon from a severe de

feat, acocrding to an El Pasoan who

has just returned from the battle front.

He was on the firing line from 4 oclock

in the morning Saturday until late the

same night.

me Yaquis," said the El Pasoan,

"were supplied with hand grenades and

a sort ol explosive rocket. Villa was

using all of his artillery on the left

flank and, for this reason, the attack on

the Yaiuis had to be made with small

arms. Time after time they were at

tacked, bnt held their ground through

it alL They did effective work with

their hand grenades.

Villa on the Firing Line.

The battle front was IS kilometers

long, the trenches extending 10 kilom

eters to the east of the railroad and

nine to the west Most of the fighting

occurred on the flanks, though there

was some hard fighting between kilom

eters 402 and 406 on the railroad. On

the left flank Villa captured four ma

chine guns and I saw one big gun de

molished by the Villa artillery fire.

Gens. Villa and Angeles were on the

firing line throughout the entire en

gagement. The whole battle was really

a draw, though the Villa forces did suc

ceed in capturing some of the Carranza

trenches.

Villistas Eager for Battle.

"The medical corps, under Dr. Villa

real, assisted by Dr. Palacios, did splen

did work. The emergency hospital ten:

close to the firing line, where Dr. VII

lareal was operating, was continually

under fire. The fight slowed down

about noon, revived at 4 oclock, and at

6 oclock the fiercest fighting of the day

took place. The Villistas were anxious

to go into battle and they fought hard.

The brunt of the fight was borne by the,

Brigada Robles. Gens. Moya and

Gonzalitos distinguished themselves."

The El Pasoan returned on the first

train bringing out wounded. Thers I

were 284 wounded on the train, which J

unloaded at Aguascatientes. lie esti- I

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UnUSEUFIl

niwyoi

White Slavers Caught With

TvT'it.V-q -Rille ''flnnrie"

Sold On Approval.

Sew York. May 2S. Girls are sold In

New York for $10 apiece.

Four men have been arrested as the

culmination of one of the most care

fully planned operations so far carried

out by deputy police commissioner

Lord's white slave squad.

In all cases the prisoners told detec

tives, according to the latter, that they

could obtain girls for them at any

time and discussed freely and frankly

with detective Enright in his guise of

keper of a string of disorderly resorts,

the details of the trade in which they

professed to be engaged.

Detective Enright has been working

In Harlem's "Little Italy" for several

months. Among those to whom he was

Introduced was a young Italian known

as "Sport." who described himself after

his arrest as Joseph Spota, 22 of 345

East 120th street.

Poned as Spaniard.

"Sport" told the detective, who posed

as a Spaniard under the name of

Manuel, that he had heard Manuel was

in "the business" and if he ever

wantedany girls. "Sport" could supply

them. "Sport" introduced "Manuel" to

"George." arrested as George J. Spica,

22, of S27 East 120th street, remarking

that he and "George" worked together.

"Manuel" agreed to let "Sport know

when be needed more girls.

About three weeks ago "Manuel"

went to "Sport" and told him he wanted

four or five girls. "Sport" agreeing,

according to the detective, to have them

at a cafe in Harlem the following day.

Enright. accompanied by a woman de

tective, went to the cafe and met

"Sport," "Geojre" and- a third man in

troduced "its" "BalnW described a

Ralph Guarane. 27, of 4M East ltld

street. The three men were accom

panied by five girls.

"Annie Smith. the woman detective,

who was introduced as "Mrs. Manuel."

looked the girls over and said they

I were satisfactory. Both "Ralph" and

veorK visuea tne .uttnuei .ui, uu

tained for the occasion in West 145th

street, to look it over, Ralph, according

to Enright, saying he would place his

own "girl" in the flat if it was a good

place.

Arrangements finally were made for

the payment of J10 apiece for the five

girls and at noon yesterday Sport,

George and Ralph brought them to the

flat, the girls carrying their personal

belongings, in grips and suit cases. In

the presence of the girls and of "Annie

Smith" Enright says he paid over the

money in marked bills. The arrests

followed.

Sent to Detention Houae.

The girls were sent to the House of

Detention. Two of the girls are Italians,

two Jewish and one is an American.

WOMAN IS FOUND SHOT;

BABES ARE STRANGLED

New York. May 2. Mrs. Charlotte

O'Neill, wife of Francis O'Neill, an

architectural engineer employed by tht

Brooklyn Rapid Transit company, was

found dead today with a bullet In her

heart in a bedroom of her lJe in o.

exclusive residential section of Brook

lyn. In an adjoining room lay two of her

three children, Josephine, one year old,

and Francis, aged four, with cords

drawn tightly around their necks. The

boy was later revived, but the baby

died. Detectives said that it was their

theory that Mrs. O'Neill became de

mented, tied the cords around the chll

drens necks, and then shot herself.

SUNDAY PICTURE SHOWS

ILLEGAL, SAYS DECISION

Austin. Tex, May 2. It was held to

day by a majority of the court of crim

inal appeals that it is a violation of the

Sunday law of Texas to operate a mov

ing picture show on Sunday, even

thntisrh no admission is charged or re

quired by the proprietor of such a show.

Judge Davidson did not concur in this

nnlnlnn.

This decision of the court was In the I

case ot is. L. MCJeoo. ireoi iwram

county, which was affirmed by th

court today.

BOY IDENTIFIES DEPUTIES

CHARGED WITH MURDER

New Brunswick. N. J.. May 2S. Nine

of the ten deputies on trial here on a

charge of murder in connection with

the shooting of strikers last January

at Roosevelt, N. J, were positively

identified by a school boy witness In

supreme court here today as men who

Ti&H shnt Into the crowd.

The witness, Edward Conlon. 14. !

testified that he had seen the- entire

episode.

EXPIIBSS COMrAXIBS ASIC

FOR GRBATER KBVBM7R

Washington, D. C. May 2. Repre

sentatives of the four principal ex

press companies appeared before the

interstate commerce commission today

tt justify their petition for a modifica

tion of rate orders so as to increase

their gross revenues about 1-2 per

cent In their petition, presented to the

commission in March, the four com

panies set fofth that ten months' opera

tion under present conditions made a

difference of more than t2.70O.0O0.

HF.CKER IS TO DIB

IN WRBIC OF JULY 12

Albany. N. Y, May 2S. The court of

appeals today fixed the week begin

ning July 12 for the execution of

former police lieutenant Charles

Becker convicted of the murder of Her

man Rosen thai.

WIDE Ml IS

SWEPT 8!

STORM

Woman Is Killed; Husband

Is Fatally Injured, But

Baby Escapes Death.

STOCK ISKILLED,

CROPS DAMAGED

Farm Buildings Are Blown

Down As County Is Rav

aged By the Hurricane.

I -"(PALDING. Neb, May 26. Mrs. Tom

I Kelley. wife of a farmer living

; four miles southeast ot here, was

I killed, and Mr husband fatally injured

! when their home was destroyed last

night by a tornado. The storm struck

I nearby and swept In a northeasterly

direction from Greeley county into

Boone county.

I The Killey home was completely de

molished. An Infant child escaped

t with a few minor bruises.

I Hooses Are Demollxhed.

Wires were down in the storm swept

area and details are meager. Several

houses have been reported as demol

ished, but no other persons were re

ported Ajured.

Stock was killed, and crops sustained

damage by bail which accompanied the

storm.

iLIZE

TUBJ THB

House Passes to Engross

ment Bill Providing for

State Tax Commission.

Austin. Tex, May 2C The housa to

day passed to engrossment a bill pro

viding for the creation ot a tax com

mission to equalize tax rates in Texas,

and also to equalize assessments. The

house also engrossed the house bill

providing for tne creation of a medical

milk commission.

General Appropriations Considered.

The house general miscellaneous ap

propriation bill was taken up for con

sideration, this being the last of the

appropriation bills pending in the

bouse. This bill carries about 500,00

in appropriations.

The house refused to adopt an

amendment appropriating $1,000,000 to

pay county witness fees in felony

cases, there being now a bill pending

for the repeal of this law. It Is ex

pected the house will conclude the

consideration ot that bill this evening.

To Select Texas Stone.

When the senate met today, senator

Page introduced a bill providing for

the selection and engraving of a stone

to be placed in the Washington monu

ment at Washington, and creating a

commission to navecnarge ot the mat

ter The resolution offered a few days

ago by sdhator McNealus to give ap

propriation bills right of way, was to

day defeated by a vote of 17 to 10.

Iload Working Hill Considered.

Consideration of the senate bill ex

empting road workers from the opera

tion of the eight hour lawr was taken

up and the measure is now oemg de

bated. Gllwon Bill Defeated In Senate.

The Gibson insurance bill, over which

the principal fight of the extra session

has been waged, was killed in the sen

ate Tuesday afternoon. The vote was

16 to 12, which was changed to 1C to 11

when senator Brelsford, floor leader for

the bill, changed his vote to the ma

jority side for parliamentary reasons,

in order to try to get a reconsidera

tion. This also lost

Governor Ferguson was present and

witnessed the defeat of the measure he

(OoBtlnaeO on rate 2. Cat 3). '

WATCHING For

MY El

BY COFFMAX.

2 wH9T enn

"Open Door" Policy Is a Very

TKe War At a Glance

THE American steamer Nebras

kan was torpedoed by a sub

marine Tuesday off the south

coast of Ireland. The crew took to

boats but returned on ascertaining

that the damage was not serious.

No lives were lost The Nebraskan

carried no passengers.

Italy Invades Anntria

An official communication from

Rome indicates that the Italian in

vasion of Austria has been extend

ed over almost the whole of the

Austro-Itallan frontier.

According to this statement the

Italians have seised a number of

towns near the border and have

forced their way through mountain

defiles, occupying strategic posi

tions. It is stated the Austrtans re

tired everywhere, destroying

bridges as they fell back

Ileavy Fighting: In Gallela

The new attack of Gen. Macken

sen against the Russian line north

of PrzemysL in Galicla, is reported

from Vienna and Berlin to have

been attended by conspicuous suc

cess. The war office at Petrograd,

however, states that attacks on the

Russian line along the San river

were' scattered, and conceded no

new victories to the Austro-Ger-man

armies.

Renewed Attacks in tVejit

In- the west the British have been

compelled to give ground in Bel

gium, to the Jermans. who are once

more pressing forward strongly

along the part of the front which

has seen the heaviest sustained

fighting of the war.

The allies apparently have offest

tbe German victory, however, by a

French. advance farther south m

northern France, near Arras.

A series of attacks from both

sides of the line north of Arras,

Tuesday night brought on fight

ing of unusual violence. The of

ficial communication from Paris

today asserts the German attacks,

made ith especial severity near

Lorette. were all repulsed. The

Berlin statement admits the loss of

a small position near Givenchy. but

asserts that etsewhare the allies

were driven back with heavy losses.

AUSTRIAN LAND

Rome, Italy, May 26. Offensive op

erations, resulting in the occcpatlon

of Austrian territory all alorg the

frontier from Lombardy to the Adriatic

are claimed in an official statement is

sued tonight by the war office.

Italian troops have seized various

towns in the Trentino and forced their

way through mountain defiles. On the

lower Isonso attacks were continued

to gain the line of the river. The Aus

trians are reported to have ritired.

destroying bridges behind them. Italian

aviators bombarded Monfalcone neat

the gulf of Trieste.

PRINCE SPEAKS KINDLY

OF ITALIANS FOR POLICY

Amsterdam. Holland, May 2C Prince

von Buelow. who was German ambas

sador to Italy nnttl the outbreak of

the Auatro-Italian war. when inter

viewed by a representative of the Ber

liner TageMatt on his way from Rome

to Berlin, spoke kindly of the Italian

people. He considered they had been

misled regarding their country's en

trance into the war.

The prince displayed considerable

feeling against the Italian government

but said the acts of the a-ovemmant

and of the people should not be con

fused. ,,

The time may come." he added.

"When moderation may facilitate a

reconciliation."

CONGESTION OF SHIPPING

AT LO.NDO.V IS RELIEVED

London. Eng, May 2C. The conges

tion in the port of London which for a

time threatened to tie up commerce

Indefinitely, Is being relieved gradu

ally. A few weeks ago 40 or f9 ves

sels frequently were waltlne their

turn to go to the crowded docks. The

number of waiting ships is now re

duced, on the average, to fewer than

ten.

At present the principals difficulty Is

In handlincthe enormous quantities ot

wool, which have been coming In to the

port since the beginning of January

and are expected to continue until the

beginning of July. The total number

of bales to be dealt with will reach

nearly 2,000.000.

tLe POSTMAN

T

FARMS

ARMIES BUTTLE

NEAR HEISL

Russians Strive to Drive

Austro-G-ennans Back;

Claim 7,000 Prisoners.

London. Eng.. May 2. Although

German activity continues in central

Galicla on both sides of the San river

between Jaroelau and Przeraysl. the

Russians assert they now have the situation-well

in hand. They state that

the German drive from eracow through

Galicia, and also the parallel move

ments on the side of the Vistula which

reached the Kielcr. and Radom dis

tricts, have lost their impetus and that

the Russians are now ready to take

the initiative.

In the district between Przemyal and

the Dniester marshes, the Russians

already have begun a successful ad

vance, capturing a number of small

villages on the left bank of the Dnies

ter. On the right side of the river, the

straggle of the opposing forces still

swings forward and backward without

definite gain for either side. Monday

the Germans captnred Russian trenches

near Slonsko, following up an intense

artillery fire with a bayonet charge.

The Ruastan troops however recovered

the trenchea on the same day.

Long Artillery Duet

On the Dollna Kolomea front there

has been a vlolei t and prolonged artil

lery duel without change in the posi

tions of either side.

The Russians estimate that more

than 7000 prisoners have been taken

between the Vistula and the Dniester

in the last three days.

Germans Attack Vlelonxly.

Tbe French war office at Paris this

ftarftnnai ireva mow a n-t a !

. uwu -& uws, as, -B-IMS, imi ue

I progress of hostilities, saying:

Tne e&eeics nrnetetf vpdtewe enemy

a-csuKjr mm um reyioa ot ABgres and

ftt n BAlnt tA tfA BAfk f h.A bj

of Lorette determined fb?ml rtn' lt att,ct The ,;rew took to

come back with aa attack of extreme th boats and stood by. It was soon

violence. There was furious fighting I learned that the damage was not se

Tuesday night We were successful in ', rious. and the crew, returning to the

retaining all our gains. Our troops

save evraence or magnincent courage

and showed splendid tenacity of pur

pose. Intense Bombardment.

"The Germans In the beginning de

livered a counter attack against the

work completed by us to the north

west of Angree. Furious attempts to

take this position were made by them

time and again. In spite of the excep

tionally Intense bombardment to which

our troops were subjected, we retained

possession of all of our new positions.

"Furthermore, at the end of the day

we occupied almost entirely the posi

tion near BnvaL wlun wa nhuhi

fM,:H(, .Kn . ri l ,

fiJrihe.ai?-K?fl;JHre S"""?

maintaining ourselves tinder a violent

UTC.

Night Attack Is Repulsed.

The German general headquarters

staff at "Berlin today gave out the fol

lowing statement:

"In the western theater: A night ad

vance by the enemy against our newly

acquired position west of the forest of

Bellewaard easily was repulsed. The

number of machine guns taken from the

English was increased to 10.

"Northwest of Givenchy colored Brit

ish troops succeeded TiimiI.v nii, i.

capturing a projecting part of our out

most trenches.

"Farther south, between Llevln and

the Loreete hills, an extensive French

?t?cJc mmenced in the afternoon,

failed completely.

100 French Are Captured.

In the region to the north and to the

south of the high road between Soochez

and Bethane, the enemy had first suc

ceeded in penetrating our trenches, but

our counter attacks again pot as in full

iaMB oi our positions. One hun

dred Frenchmen remained in our hands.

In tbe region south of Souchez sev

eral repeated strong attacks directed by

white and colored French troops against

our line completely broke down be

fore our entanglements. Our opponents

suffered heavy losses everywhere.

Muknitn Forges Ahead.

In the southeastern theater: At-tac!"Lar,i-bein8

m"d by tbe army gen

eral Mackensen. making good progress.

Southeast of Radymno, the village ot

Swlato was taken after fierce fighting

East of Radymno a crossing over the

San river was captured after Austrian

troops had taken a bridgehead to the

west of the San by storm."

ARCHDUKE JEAN WANTS

TO FIGHT AGAINST ITALY

Geneva. Switzerland. May 2. It is

reported mat arcnauKe Jean of Austria,

Who hu hn Wal.. .. nui 1

against Servia, has asked to be placed

in command of the Austrian .nnhi

operating against Italy. It is reported '

also that Prince Adalbert of pVussia ,

will command an Austrian naval squad-

ron against Italy I

Larfe number, of Austrian troopa, I

together with SO batteries of artillery '

are on the way to the Tyrol region .1

Swttri.wf .. AAi .k.,. rfii h.

Switzerland has decided there will be

no general mobilization unless some

radical chance takes nlace. '

cmvvk kinh's rnfmmnN

, ,

London. Eng.. May X. The condition

ot king Constantino of Greece con

tinues critical, according to a dispatch

received today by the Exchange Tele

graph company from Its correspondent

at Athena.

IRISH NATIONALISTS' KEEP

CLRAR OP TIIK CABINET

Dub In. Ireland. May 2C The Irish

Nationalists, at a meeting here Toes

day, adopted a resolution approving the

refusal of their leader. John Redmond,

to accept a seat in the new cabinet An j

accompanying statement said Mr. Red-1

raond. in so doing, merely adhered to i

the principles of his party.

Does American Liner Be

come British If Leased To

a British Company?

CREW STANDS BY

DAMAGED STEAMER

Returns From Boats and

Maizes Ship Resume Her

Course After Explosion.

LONDON, Sag, May Si. Her voyage

to the United States delayed by

a torpedo explosion, the Amer

ican steamer Nebraskan is limping back

toward Liverpool, whence she started.

The Nebraskan was torpedoed Tuesday

off the south coast of Ireland, 40 miles

south-southwest of Fastuet She passed

Faatnet this afternoon under her own

steam. The Nebraskan was bound for

Delaware breakwater to go under char

ter to the United btates. It is under

stood. Crew Returns to Ship.

The sea wan calm vhn thA snhmfl-

I .

stricaen steamer, pur ner anaer way

again. It was found she had been

struck forward, and that ner holds in

that part of the ship were lull of water.

There was no loss of life The Nebras

kan carried no passengers.

First reports were received by the

British admiralty and were communi

cated at once to the American em

bassy. "-Reports Too Meager Bryan.

Washington. D. C. May 20. Consul

general Skinner at London cabled to

day: "Admiralty reports American steamer

Nebraskan, Liverpool for Delaware

I luHAWiwr, torpvuocu w miles semi

! by weet Faatnet Crew in boats stand

breakwater, torpedoed 40 miles south

ing by. Weather fine. No direct re

ports."

Secretary Bryan said the state de

partment's information was too meager

to permit the forming of an opinion.

He said a full report with details of the

attack was expected soon.

Protection Was ITomUed.

The damage to the Nebraskan re

called at once in official quarters the

German government s assurances pre

sented by count Bernstorff to secretary

Bryan. May 11. that submarine com

manders had been specifically instruct

ed not to harm neutral vessels not en

gaged in hostile acts, and that Germany

would pay for any damage to such

ships in the war zone.

"The imperial German government'

said the communication, "has no in

tention of causing to be attacked bv

submarines or aircraft such neutral

ships of commerce in the zone of naval

warfare or definitely deehribed In the

notice of the German admiralty staff

on February 4 last as have been gulltv

of no hostile act On the contra-",

meat definite instructions repeatealv

have been issued to German war vessels

to avoid attacks on such ships under

all circumstances. Even when such

ships have contraband of war on board

they are dealt with by submarines

solsly according to the rule of inter

national law applying to prize war

fare." Was Under Contract to V. S.

. T,ne Nebraskan was on her way home

ts fulfil a'contract of her owners with

the United States navv department to

carry coal from Newport News to San

Francisco.

Stntns Is Uncertain.

The status of the Nebraskan under

international law brought out a va

riety of discussion today when news

was received that the vessel was char

tered to the White Star line. Whether

sunk by a mine or a torpedo, a claim

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nuestio .t"-ml.R.i,a's,e, ePlicatea

2urtlori. ." . sid I' the ebras-

" T,'n,i , ,e "iee ff BritisJ

nlSSt T S pr,eUus d'clsl"'

orii. "h-k. " S" would J a lawfuI

Fi " H?.! ,to e,ure an,i condemna-

neu'tral vessiu'erTS' ,' h,?Id nat

?Ade r ..-T8 S 'd ,n Du'K'rnt

L1?.- e..sr'cf- .b impressed

"il" "'"ereni cnaracter.

Thefact that Americana . .hA,.

the Nebraskan would require, under the

. position taken by the United States.

that the vessel be given due warning

and her crew removed to a place of

safe,y befo" destruction.

ITALY DECLARES BLOCKADE

OF ALL PORTS OF AUSTRIA

Paris. France. May 20, The Italian

government today declared r. blockade

of all ports on the Austro-Hnndriin

The Adriatic sea forms Austria's on ly

coast line. The principal ports are

Trieste. Pola and Oattiro. Pola Is

Austria's chief naval base The where

abouts of the Italian fleet, under com-

mand of the duke d Abruazi. has not

been allowed to be publicly known.

This fleet would be entrusted with such

' a blockade.

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