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Middletown transcript., 1915-06-12
Woodrow Wilson
PRESIDENT WILSON'S ACCEPT
ANCE.

The Presidents letter to Mr.. Bryan
was as follows:
my dear Mr.. Bryan
81 accept your resignation only be-
cause you insist upon its acceptance;
and l accept it with much more than
deep regret, with feeling of personal
sorrow. Our two years of close asso-
citation have been very delightful to
me. Our judgments have accorded in
practically every matter of official
duty and Of public policy until now;
your support of the work and pur-
poses of the administration has been
generous and loyal beyond praise;
your devotion to the duties of your
great office and your eagerness to take
advantage of every great opportunity
for service it offered has been an ex-
ample to the rest of us; you have
earned our affectionate admiration and
friendship. Even now we are not
separated in the object we seek, but
only in the method by which we
seek 1t.
1T is for these reasons my feeling
about your retirement from the secre
taryship of state goes so much deeper
than regret l sincerely deplore it
Our objects are the same, and We
ought to pursue them together. yielC
to your desire only because must
and wish to bid you godspeed in thu
parting. We shall continue to worl
for the same causes even when we d.
not work in the same way
with affectionate regard,
Sincerely yours,
WOODROW WILSON"
Middletown transcript., 1915-06-12

Germany, which was that the ship
should be sent to prize court.
The American government asked
that compensation should be paid for
the destruction of the vessel, without
waiting for a decision by the prize
court, but Germany, although ready to
indemnify the owners for their loss
to any case, under the provisions OF
the German-American treaty, holds as
a general principle that, owing to the
possibility that others than Americans
have interests at stake, the prize court
should first pass on all cases.
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10000 TURKS WOUNDED.
Morsenthau Says constantinopIe Il
Unable To Care For Them.

Morgenthau says SonstantlhoPie ~
Unable To Care For Them.
Washington.-Wounded soldiers are
arriving continuously in CONSTANT
nople in such large numbers that the
Turkish authorities there are unable
to cope with the situation, according
to American Ambassador Morgenthau,
at Constantinople. in a communication
to the American Red Cross appealing
for additional supplies. Mr.. Morgen-
thau, who is chairman of the Ameri-
can Red Cross Chapter there, reports
under date OF May that there were
then in Constantinople alone over 10.-
600 wounded soldiers and that more
were arriving daily.
"The conditions here are very sad"
the Ambassador said. "a have never
been brought in contact with SO many
wounCed men, and they are such a
brave lot that they bear their pains
without complaint"
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William Jennings Bryan
SECRETARY BRYAN's REsIeNA-
TloN.

Secretary Bryan's letter of resigna-
ton was as follows:
MY dear Mr.. President
"It is with sincere regret that have
reached the conclusion that l should
return to you the commission of Sec
retary of State with which you hon
ored me at the beginning of your ad-
ministration.
"Obedient to your sense of duty and
actuated by the highest motives, you
have prepared for transmission to the
German government a note in which l
cannot join without violating what
deem to be an obligation to my coun-
try, and the issue involved is of such
moment that to remain a member Of
the Cabinet would be as unfair to you
as 1t would be to the cause which is
nearest my heart, namely, the preven-
tion of war
81, therefore, respectfully tender my
resignation, to take effect when the
note is sent, unless ybu prefer an
earlier hour. Alike desitous of reach
ing a peaceful solution of the prob
lens arising out of the use of sub
marines against merchantmen, we find
ourselves differing irreconcilably as to
the methods which should be en-
ployed
at falls to your lot to speak Off
cially for the nation. consider it to
be none the less my duty to endeavor
as a private citizen, I'd promote the
end which you have in view by means
which you do not feel at liberty to use
"In severing the intimate and pleas
ant relations which have existed be
tween US during the past two years
permit me to acknowledge the pro
found satisfaction which 1t has giver
me to be associated with you in the
important work which has come be
fore the State Department, and to thanl
you for the courtesy ext tended.
with the heartiest gpod wishes fo
your personal welfare a hd for the sue
cess of your administration, am, m!
dear Mr.. President,
every truly yours,
(signed) wv. ], BRYAN"
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HARD COAL TAX BILL SIGNED.
Designed To Take Place OF Measure
Before Supreme Court.

Harrisburg, Pa.-The bill placing a
2k per cent. ad valorem tax on
anthracite coal was announced as ap-
proved by Governor Brumbaugh. The
new law takes the place of the act
passed by the 1913 Legislature, the
constitutionality of which is now in
the State Supreme Court. The act
just approved is expected to raise
about $4,5OO,O in the next two years,
half of which is to go to the State for
road improvement and the other half
is to be returned to the counties in
which the coal is produced.
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TRAPPED BY FlRE IN "oLD MILL.
One Child Dead and Four Others
Badly Burned.

Chester, w. Va.-Trapped in an
amusement device known as the "old
Mill" at Rock Springs Fark, near here
five children were burned, one fatally,
before they were rescued. Seventeen
children, members of picnic crowds
from schools of surrounding towns.
were in three boats within the building
when the 6re broke out. Albert
Reiner, II years old, of Chester, died
later in a hospital.
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ZEPPELIN BLOWN
TO PIECES IN AIR
Canadian Aviator Wins Duel
Among the Clouds.
EXPLOIT FIRST ON RECORD
Attacking Aeroplane Turned Upside
Down When Bombs Explode the
Diriglble's Gas 5ag-The
Pilot Rights Machine.

London.-For the first time on rec
ord Zeppelin in the air has been de-
stroyed by an aviator in an aeroplane.
Reginald A. ]. Warneford, young
Canadian sub-lieutenant in the Royal
Navy, who mastered aeroplaning only
this summer, has performed the feat,
and is somewhere within the British
lines, while the Zeppelin lies in ruins,
sprawled on the roof and grounds of
an orphanage near Ghent.
Falling there a blazing mass, after
being struck by the young aviator's
bombs, its crew of I8 men were killed,
as also were several occupants of the
orphanage buildings.
The theory is advanced that this
the east coast of England Sunday night
for the fact that it was in the air over
Belgium, between Client and Brus-
sells, at o'clock in the morning, leads
to the belief that 1t was returning from
an expedition, not starting. Dawn
breaks early these days, and the huge
Zeppelin could be sighted far off, and
1t is presumed that the craft was
headed for her home hangar when
Warneford came winging swiftly under
the gray skies.
Long Pursuit.
The Zeppelin, which was flying COM
paratiVely low, began to mount at
once, but the British wasp was
speedier and climbed into the air in
long spirals, reaching position at
length over the Germans vast bulk.
From this point of vantage Warneford
pierced the Zeppelin's shell repeatedly
with his incendiary bombs.
Without parallel in this war or any
other, is the story which the young
aviator will have to relate, for details
Of the fight have not yet been told.
First came the long pursuit, for, &C
cording to the Admiralty report, the
aeroplane was 5000 feet up. To reach
this altitude would require nearly 20
minutes, and the Zeppelin meantime
could drive forward approximately 15
miles.
Then followed the maneuvering for
position, and finally the dropping OF
the bombs from which the dirigible
tried vainly to escape. Minor explo-
sions occurred, and, at last, one Of ter
rife force, and the Zeppelin burst into
flames.
Aeroplane Turns Turtle.
At that moment Warneford must
have been at close range over the
dirigible, for almost simultaneously
with the outburst his machine turned
completely over, and for a moment he
hung head down with his monoplane
all control of which had been lost
pitching and tossing in the swift cur
rents of air which rushed up to fill the
vacuum created.
Then by a desperate effort Warne
ford righted his machine far above thu
earth and planed to a landing behint
the German lines. He alighted un
hurt, set his propeller going again ant
few off to the west.
Middletown transcript., 1915-06-12
NO SPECIAL WARNING.
Gerard Says Advice To Americans Is
Always "standina."

Washington. = Ambassador Gerard,
at Berlin, cabled the State Department
that reports of Americans in Germany
having been warned to be prepared to
leave were attributed to the EN-
bassy's standing advice that the war
zone in Europe is not desirable place
for Americans.
"The warning that the stories have
reference to-" said Secretary Bryan,
lis what has been said all the time
since the war began. 1t has been
said in other places; that is, that dur
ing the war Europe is not good place
for Americans to be in"
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NO WAR PREPARATION.
Transfer OF Troops Only Routine,
Says Secretary Garrison.

washington. = No war" prepars-
tions have been ordered or are con-
templated, either for the regular Army
or State militia. because of the Ger
man diplomatic or the Mexican situa-
tion. Secretary of War Garrison en-
phatically stated. Transfers of troops
to and from the Philippines and on the
Mexican border, he said, are merely
Of routine character.
Middletown transcript., 1915-06-12
CHICAGO FoR 1915 CONVENTION.
More Than 20 Democratic Committee.
men Favor City.

Chicago.-A campaign to bring the
1915 Democratic National Convention
to Chicago was launched here at a
meeting of 200 Indiana editors. Charles
Boescheensteeni, of Edwardsville, ILL.,,
member of the Democratic National
Committee, reported that more than 20
of the National Committeeman are in
favor Of Chicago. The convention city
will be selected at the meeting OF the
National Committee in December.
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AMERICANS LEAVING GERMANY.
Describe Conditions There As Dis.
agreeable For Them.

Basel, Switzerland. via Paris
Americans are arriving here from Ger
many in small numbers. They de-
scribe conditions in Germany as dis
agreeable for them because of the ap-
prehension that there may come war
between Germany and the United
States. They say that there is i'll feel
ing on the part of the people against
the Government and the people of the
United States.
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AMMUNITION TO MExIcANs.
carranza Gets 100000 Rounds OF
Rifle Cartridges.

Laredo, Texas.-Evidently prepar-
ing for further hostilities. instead of a
"get-together" plan, as requested by
President Wilson, Carranzistas took
across the border 100000 rounds of
rife ammunition. They will be dis
trtbuted to arsenals in Northern Mex
leo. Further shipments, ahead of a
possible embargo, are expected soon.
Middletown transcript., 1915-06-12
PRISON FOR NINE DEPUTIES.
From Two To Ten Years For Killing
Roosevelt Strikers.

New Brunswick, N. 1.-THE nine
deputies convicted Of manslaughter in
connection with the killing of two
strikers and wounding of many others
last January at Roosevelt, N. J., were
sentenced to serve not less than two
years nor more than ten in States
prison. Sixteen other deputies, facing
the same charge, murder, are in the
county jail here awaiting trial.
Middletown transcript., 1915-06-12

caused by irreconcilable differences
over a governmental policy. 1t is not,
however, the first resignation, as Jus
tice McReynolds resigned as Attorney
General to accept a promotion at the
hands of the President to the Supreme
Court Bench.
Middletown transcript., 1915-06-12

Cuba's gold coins will be in denomi.
nations of 20, 10, 5, 4, 2 and / pesos.
The silver coin will be 1-peso piece
and 40, 20 and 10 centavo pieces. The
nickel pieces will be OF 1, and
centavos. The face of the coins will
contain the words Republica de Cuba,
with the date of the coinage, and on
the reverse side of the gold coin will
be an efhgy of Marti, while on the re-
verse of the silver and nickel coins
will be five-pointed star
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pERNBuRo LEAVES FOR HOME.

Passage From New York On Nor
weaian Steamer.
New York.-Dr. Bernard Dernburg
has engaged passage on the steamship
Bergensjord, of the Norwegian-Ameri-
can Line, according to an announce
ment made at the Offices of the COM
pany here. The ship sails from here
on Saturday
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REFORMED SYNOD WITH vii SON.
commends His Stand For American
Neutrality In War.

Asbury Park, N. president VIII
sons stand for American neutrality In
the European war and his Statesman
like prudence, stanch frmness and
judgment" were unanimously approved
by the General Synod of the Reformed
Church in America, in convention
here, in a resolution adopted amid
cheers and applause. A copy of the
resolution was transmitted by tele-
graph to the President at Washington.
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URGES MERCHANT MARINE.
Frelghters Needed Rather Than Battle
ships, Says Underwood.

Andalusia, Ala. = Construction Of
merchantmen rather than battleships
was urged by Senator Underwood in
an address here. I'VE need transpor-
tation facilities" said he. "If we had
a number of merchantmen there would
be a way to transport our cotton and
there would have been no depression
OF business in the South"
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s,11s ON NEW LIST.
English Casualty Report Largest Sin
ole One Ever Issued.

London.-The latest official casualty
list added 9113 names to the list OF
killed, wounded and missing since the
war began. This is the longest single
list issued by the Government during
the war.
Middletown transcript., 1915-06-12

Inclusive of all ranks, $4,000 men
are serving in the Navy of the United
States Of America.
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GERMANS SINK 7 MORE.
One Steamer, One Schooner and Five
TraWIers.

London.-One small British steamer,
one schooner and FIVE trawlers were
added to the list of vessels sunk by
German submarines Sunday. No lives
are reported lost. Four of the trawl-
ers were sunk in the waters off Peter
head, the most easterly of the Scottish
headlands.
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FIRST BREAK IN CABINET.
sryan's Resignation Adds Chapter To
Spectacular Career.

Spectacular Career.
washington. - william jennings
Bryan's retirement at Secretary Of
State because of a question Of prin-
ciple at a critical moment in the
nations history adds another sensa-
tion to q spectacular cAreer-a life de,
voted to arduous political campaign
ing. the lecture platform and the
cause OF universal pehce, and is the
Arst break IN the Wilson Cabinet
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TURKISH LOSSES
PUT AT 100000
British Victory Over Turks in
MesOpOtamia.
FURIOUS COMMANDMENT
submarines Drive All Shipping From
Sea OF harmora, Preventing Re-
infor;ements From Reach.
ing Battle Front.

London with losses totaling 1OO,-
900 men, including $4,000 wounded
now at Constantinople, and further
Handicapped by an insufficient supply
of ammunition, the Turks on the CALI
poll Peninsula are nearing the end OF
their resistance.
This Information comes in a dis
patch from Athens, following an Off
cial statement from the War Office
giving details of a general attack by
the British and French troops, sup
ported b1 fire from the fleet, in which
the Turks were driven back distance
of 500 ynrds along a three-mile front
and two lines of their trenches were
captured by the Allies.
clPom At conStantinopIe.
The Athens dispatch is from George
Renwick, correspondent of the London
Daily Chronicle, which says:
"I have been able to gather from re-
liable sources to what extent the
recent fighting in the Gallipoli PENN
sula has affected the Turks and their
powers Of resistance. The enemy's
losses must now be quite 100000.
There are at least $4,000 wounded in
Constantinople, and the constant pour
ing in of wounded from the battle
fields into the capitol has had such a
serious and depressing effect on the
people that orders have been given to
send no more wounded into the city.
"They are not sent to places on the
| Asiatic side of the Sea of Marmora
and several thousand have been sent
to Smyrna.
ut is obvious the Turks will be un-
able for long to stand such depletion
Of their forces, strong though they
are. The struggle for the Gallipoli
Peninsula is like that in Flanders and
France. very largely a matter of great
supply OF munitions. OF late it has
been noticed that the Turks have been
extremely sparing in the use Of shells,
and the fact that supplies are short
and that the ability to manufacture
more is decreasing rapidly has just
been shown in rather an extraordinary
manner. Turkish shells found on the
battlefield have the thickness of their
iron casing reduced to a minimum.
the strength being added by the use
Of wood inside the shell.
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Checks signed with an electric pen
are said to be proof against forgery.
Middletown transcript., 1915-06-12
GERMAN FLEET OUT IN BALTIC.

It Exchanges Shots With Russian
Ships Near Gulf Of Riga.
Petrograd, via London.-An official
statement issued by the War Office
says: "a strong German fleet has ap-
peared in the middle Baltic and ex-
changed shots with the Russian fleet
near the Gulf of Riga"
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GERMAN TROOPS PLANT CROPS.

Start Farming on conquered Lana IN
Belgium and France.
Berlin, via London-The Prussian
Minister of Agriculture informed the
Budget Committee of the Diet that
German troops had planted 80 per
cent. of the arabic area of the occu-
pied territory in Belgium and France.
Grain and potatoes were planted. The
Minister added that the cultivation of
the moorlands of Germany would not
materially affect the food supply.
Middletown transcript., 1915-06-12

Many Nova Scotia coal mines are
now electrically equipped.
Middletown transcript., 1915-06-12

London-The German offensive has
been broken in the fighting north Of
Arras, according to official reports
from Paris.
Startling additional advances have
been recorded by the French troops,
which have gained the ascendency
over the invaders in a general battle
of extreme violence. Taking the Of
fensive with new vigor at this point,
the French have extended their ag-
gressive operations and have carried
the fighting to the Germans east OF
Tracy LIE Mont, north Of the Aisne,
where two lines of German trenches
were carried in a single impetuous
charge.
Fighting has been renewed in
Champagne on the heights of the
Meuse and in the Vosges, where the
Frenc harms have everywhere scored
new gains.
Heavy Losses inflicted.
Heavy losses have been inflicted ON
the Germans in the fighting north Of
Arras, where their efforts to regain
their lost positions have been desper-
ately prosecuted, but to no avail, the
French arms have everywhere scored
in their newly gained ground at every
point of contact.
Furious bombardment of the French
lines, replied to with equal vigor by
the French batteries, characterized the
fighting at every point. Attacks in
force were carried out with great vigor
by the French, the enthusiasm running
high when it was seen that the Ger
man resistance was weakening.
East Of the road from AK Naulette
to Souchez fighting in the woods and
to the south of them has turned to the
advantage Of the French.
At Neuville, besides taking further
groups Of houses within the town on
the northern side the French have en-
circled and frightened their Investment
of an important German redoubt to
the northwest Of the village.
Gaining In "Labyrinth."
The eighth day OF the battle for
possession Of the labyrinth" where
the fighting has continued without
cessation since the French attacked
the Germans intrenched there, finds
the French in possession Of two-thirds
of the works. Evacuation of the posi-.
tion by the Germans within this week
is confidently predicted in reports
from Paris.
The Germans are contesting the
French advance with great obstinacy
and all the power of their batteries
and small arms. Bayonet encounters
Of sanguinary character are frequent
and costly. In three violent counter
attacks directed during the day the
Germans met with huge losses, but
they did not falter until hurled back
with the bayonet
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A GERMAN R EPLY.
Holds To Her Original View That
Frye Case Should Be Taken
To a Prize Court.

Berlin, via London Germany has
sent a note in reply I'd the represen-
tations of the American government
regarding the American steamship
william p. Frye, which was sunk by
the German auxiliary cruiser Prinz
Eitel Friedrich last January. The note
reiterates the original view taken by
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-03

broadcloth. The jacket is a thing
apart from the one-piece cloth dress,
but as they are of the same color
and material they give the impression
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1915-09-23
AMERICANS ORDERED out
SECRETARY LANSING DESCRIBES
INSTRUCTIONS TO CONSUL
AS SIMPLY PRECAUTIONARY.
Obregon's Rapid Advances to North
and Frequent Lswlessness Led to
Present Measures.

hington.-American ConSuls in
northern Mexico, which now has be.
come the chief battle-ground between
the contending factions, have been
advised by the state department not
only to notify American citizens to
withdraw from the danger zones, but
to leave Mexico themselves if condi.
tions become intolerable.
Secretary Lansing described the in.
structions to Consuls as simply pre-.
cautionary. They are similar to those
given American Consuls in Europe
whenever the contondinS armies draw
near cities previously untouched by
the fighting.
Obregon's rapid advance into north.
ern Mexico, anl frequent reports Of
iawlessness on the border led to the
present measures, according TO state
department officials. The only formal
announcement on the subject follows:
Owing to disturbed conditions pre-.
vailing along the Mexican border. the
department repeats the advice here
tofore given to American citizens to
remain on this side of the interna.
tional line for the present"
As soon as American citizens have
Withdrawn, there viii be no necessity,
in the opinion OF high officials, for the
Consuls to remain, but it was denied
that they had been ordered to leave,
discretion being vested in the Consuls
themselves. The notifications extend.
ed to Consuls in Torreon. Chihuahua,
Hermonsilio. Guaymas Nogalcs and
Juarez. Latest kilograms to the de-
partment indicated general exodus.
At the Villa Washington agency the
departments action was received with
resentment
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1915-09-23
SEVENTH VOTE OF CREDIT.
Premier Emphasizes Growing Expen-
ditures of War.

London.-The seventh vote OF credit
since the war begun, bringing up the
total to 1,262,O0O,O0O pounds ($G,31O.-
000,000) was moved in the House of
Commons by Premier Asquth. The
amount asked for was 100000, 900
pounds ($1,25O,OOO,UOO-.
The Premier alao announced that
nearly 100000 men had enlisted.
He made this statement in reviewing
the financial and military situations,
so far as military eXigcncies permit
d; but this requirement necessitated
in many instances only vague refer
ences to the trend OF events.
The growing expenditures for the
war were emphasized by the Premier
He said the average daily cost from
April l to the end of June was O.
100000 pounds (S13.5OO,OOO): from
July / to IT. 100000 pounds; from
July IS to September II, 3.5OO.OOO
pounds. Thus the total for this pc.
Rod in round figures is 5OO.OOO,OOO
pounds. There has been rapid 5O,-
100000 to the Bank of England 3O,-
100000 pounds has been lent to for
eign governments and 28,O00,000
pounds lent to the Dominions.