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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-06
KAISER REWARDS
CHIEFS; VICTORY,
BRITISH STILL SAY
Scheer Made Full Admiral.
Others Get Orders-Dec-
crates Graves of Slain
HINDENBURG MAY BE GONE
Kaiser FeIicitates
Fleet and Admirdls

AMSTERDAM, June 6.-The Ger
man Emperor has telegraphed Grand
Admiral Won Tirpitz, former Min
lister of the Navy, from Wilhelms-
haven, as follows:
"After visiting my fleet, which
returned VIGOROUSLY from heavy
battle, feel must again declare to
you my imperial thanks for what
you have performed in my service
in the technical domain and the do
main of organization.
"Our ships and weapons upheld
themselves brilliantly in the battle
in the North Sea. 1t is also for you
a day of glory"
The Emperor wired Admiral Won
Koester:
"From the fleet flagship to the
old fleet chief, my imperial saluta-
tions. You laid the foundation for
the careful employment of all weap-
ons and the tactical training of the
fleet.
Building on your work and culti-
waiting the spirit implanted your sue
cessors have further developed the
feet to a living war instrument that
stood so brilliantly it's trial fire.
"The consciousness of having SOW
ed such seed must be great source
of qualification to you."
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BRITAIN DENIES PLEA
TOLTBERATE AMERICAN
Brooklyn Schoolboy, Arrested at
Irish Meeting, to Be Held
Until War Ends

WASHINGTON, June 6.-Ambassador
Page at London today officially informed
the State Department that the British Gov
ernment would not release John ]. Kill
gallon, the Brooklyn schoolboy who was
arrested in Dublin in connection with the
Sim Fen uprising. Ambassador Page said
Kilgalon would be interned until the end
of the war under the provisions of the
defense of the realm act. Klgallon was
arrested when he attended meeting of
sympathlzers of the revolution in Dublin.
Ambassador Page had been instructed by
Secretary of State Lansing to seek Kgai-
Ions release.
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YUAN'S CONSTITUTIONAL ADVISER
DISCUSSES CHINA'S LATE EXECUTIVE
Dr. Frank Goodnow, Now President of Johns Hopkins,
Tells Wharton School Men Disadvantages of Repub-
lican Government Mortmain Grips Chinese

Or. Frank ]. Goodnow, constitutional ad
wiser to Yuan shl-Kai till his recent induc
tion as president of Johns Hopkins Univer
| sity, discussed the position OF the President
| Dictator in conference held at Hamilton
| Court short time ago with small grouT
| of University OF Pennsylvania professors
| and a number OF advanced Wharton School
| students OF economics, including several OF
the Chinese students at the University.
| China must pass through the chrysals
| stage of a constitutional monarchy before
IL can emerge among the nations as a
| republic. This is the conclusion of DIR.
| Goodnow. -
DR.. Goodnows verdict is based on the
| experience and observations of intimate
relations with the government of Yuan
shi Kai.
He had only lately returned from Pekln
where he was confidential adviser to the
new regime which sought TO effect sud-
den transformation from the Manchu dy-
nasty to n strictly democratic form of
government His analysis of Far Eastern
political economy and the racial and tra-
ditional obstacles to a rapid metamorphosis
of the system is the first utterance on the
obvious constitutional and other difficulties
which beset the former Celestial Empire,
and took on new interest in view of the
plebisclte in which the voice of the people
fpoke for monarchy Huan's government
was really tyranny, in the old Greek
sense and in details of administration. to
in practice than the absolute rule of the
late Dowager EMPRESS however II differed
In theory OF statecraft.
The fundamental barrier to the establish
ment of a republic remains the precedent
Of ages-long antiquity. The Oriental mil
lions, accustomed to worship their ances-
tors and hampered by multitudinous trad-
tions all roofing in the past, are not yet
in receptive and ripe stage OF national
consciousness to accept the liberties OF a
republic. Evolution through the restric-
tions and modified freedom of a limited
will be 'Chna's salvation. Accord |
ing to Doctor Goodnow, mortmain grips |
China.
"China's experiment with n republic Is |
not a success and the country had best |
content itself with limited monarchy" |
said he. "If 1t were necessary to elect a |
President every few years. as the prn-
clples of republican government dictate, the |
nation would find itself in the greatest con-
fusion and difficulty
THE Chinese people are not tempera-
fitted to rule themselves The
world powers desire that China should wait
a year before assuming the monarchal
form of government. In view of the pres
ent state of affairs in Europe and the
of the Chinese to heed such
suggestion, l believe it is n good one"
When monarch was selected. the late
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Yuan sht-Kal, then president Of The re
public, was the likely candidate for th'
| throne, Doctor Goodnow believed,
The tradltIon-bound atmosphere Of China
| makes unfeasible the structure OF n re
| public Doctor Goodnow analysed the con
| tinuous existence OF Chna's government
! for thousands Of years, He asserted u
| was common to hear Chinese statesmen
| quote precedents more than 2000 years old
| for their acts of today
| China has never been schooled In the
| processes of organization and cooperation
| which have made possible the Industrial
| advance of the western world" Dr. Good
| now continued For instance. YOU cannot
buy land In China unless you obtain the
consent Of ali the relatives of the man
owning the land Consequently there has
been no landlord class TO exploit the peo-
pie or capitalist class TO develop their
resources.
Virtually every chinese corporation that
was ever formed failed because the men
in charge felt they owed their first loyalty
to their families and second consideration
to the stockholders. They believe they were
morally bound to place in positions of trust
and responsibility every living relative In
their families.
''The same has been so true in matters
of government that they will not place the
good of the State in which they have been
permitted n voice above the fortunes of
was elected to office and who was literally
besieged by his relatives until they were
given places. More than so of his relatives
came to live with him at his home until he
found them berths.
This inability of the Chinese to drop
family considerations for cooperation has
always prevented the existence of any form
of government as we know II. The Chinese
man is a scientific anarchist, who always
rules himself by moral precepts and who
is not governed by courts of law or State
Indeed, one of the emperors declared that
he desired the courts of law to be suffci
emily corrupt to keep all honest men in har-
mony with one another and beyond the
reach of the magistrates. Since the great
Emperor built the wall, 236 years before
Christ China has not made one forward
step in government Therefore, II could
hardly be expected that the Chinese would
conform with republican
forms"
Doctor Goodnow declined to enter the
realm of prophecy far as TO indicate
how soon the Chinese would evolve from
tradition and nepotism to the enjoyment of
a government that would be based on au-
democratic ideals of statecraft
Even the constitutional monarchy stage has
not been genuinely reached yet, to say
nothing of the republican aspirations of
Dr. sun Vat Sen.
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The North Sea battle of last Wednesday
is gradually resolving itself into battle
of words in the press of both countries.
Officially 1t stands where II stood yester-
day, with the British Admiralty asserting
that the Germans lost at least 18 ships,
as against only IA on the British side,
and the German Naval STAFF insisting that
the Kaiser's fleet was reduced by only three
big ships and an unnamed number of tor
pedo craft
Unofficially the day brought further
claims. both in Berlin and In London, of
additional losses on the other side, and the
press of both countries induged in equally
triumphant accounts based largely on sup
positions and stories of survivors.
Several reports brought here by sur
vivors of British destroyers that the
German superdreadnought Hindenburg, the
Kaisers finest" as we'll as the battle
cruiser Luetzow was sunk in the battle
found general credence among London news.
papers. Less positive, but widely published
and generally believed, was story emanat-
ing from Copenhagen that the German
battle cruiser Seydlitz vessel of $4,000
tons and sister ship of the Derfflinger, was
lost.
The Kaiser has promoted and decorated
several of his naval chiefs and the Ger
man press continues jublant over the Teu-
ton triumph.
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ITALIANS ADMIT RETIREMRx,
In MONTE CENGIO-ARSJRRo -, I

ROME, June 6.-Austrian attaot.
Lagarlna Valley, where yIgorons" y
was made TO carry the lmportsr, su' s''
position at Conf zugna lin the Tyre, i.a
east of Rovereto) were repulsed viii q
losses, the War Office announced lass I. Y.
The Austrians were also driven bsct I. Y
endeavoring to advance in the Posi- y
tor the report states An Italian y
ment under an attack by superior io,,..
the Cengio zone Is admitted WIN
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the Bosteiide positions ana
siderable ground east of S,,sz''' sz'''' .
The town OF Ceisana nlready Z. ,||
Austro Hungarian iiness I fhe 4.
repalsed wherever he ihaie zsHs :
taclSs. S4Hn'I|
[ceisana lies three mliss. -.
of Monte Cenglo and mi5wss 'pI. .h'''
Arsiero and Asiago. II Is Nh, .F,e
most important town occunIs1 Y
Austrians since they crossed ~. q
border as II Is on the raiiwsSs 'ssln
runs southwark to Vicenrs VIA
Italians have not yet abandonaa / /. q
railway communications wIth A.ff
forces there have been cut1 u0
Yesterday $500 Italians ~.s
prisoners. Among them ara - "a
We also captured three cannes o1tA
chine guns and 1873 mIne-throwas. y z
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YUAN SHI-KAI DIES;
WAS CHFNA'S PRESIDENT

Continued from Page One
Chinese Government since october 10, 1913
when he succeeded the Provisional Presi-
dent, Sun Vat Sen, who had served but a
very brief and honorary period.
The death of Yuan Shi-Kal leaves China
without a head of Government. 1t prob
ably will be assumed, however, by some
member of the new Cabinet, which was
appointed on April % last. The Prime
Minister and Secretary of War in the Cab
met Is Tuan Chi-Ju and the Foreign Min
lister is Lu Cheng-Hsiang.
Yuan had been i'll for some time and his
weakness had been aggravated by the grow
ing revolutionary conditions in China.
In January he suffered paraytic stroke
and on more than one occasion since that
date rumors of his death have been circu-
lated. s#
Yuan was one of the strongest and most
remarkable figures in the modern history
of China. He was a believer In absout'sm
and was always a powerful factor = the
Army League
The late President was born on Sep
tember 16. 1859 At the age of q he was
made Chinese Imperial Resident of Korea
in 1907 he became Grand Chancellor of the
Empire, and year later senior guardian
of the heir apparent.
On December IL, last year, it was an
nounced that Yuan Shi-Sai had agreed to
allow the Chinese Government TO revert
to a monarchy and that he would become
Emperor, but there was so much opposI-
tion to this plan from the rebels in South
ern China that 1t shortly fell through and
Yuan announced that the republican form
of government would be continued.
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Motor Tax Yields Jersey s1O7. 7.O52

TRENTON, N, j.. June 6.-Motor vehicle
receipts throughout New Jersey for May
according to a check delivered by Commits
missioner William Dill, OF the Motor Vehicle
Department. to State Controller Edwards,
aggregated $107.052.72. This brings the
total receipts of the department for the first
five months OF 1915 up to $1,O09, ,439. 80, as
compared with s7777s0.5s for a like period
In 1913
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GERMANS DEMAND RETURN
OF TIRPITZ TO OFFICE

LONDON, June 6.--Dlspatches from The
Hague to London say that since the Skag-
errak sea night there has been a growing
demand for the restoration OF Admiral Won
Tirpitz as head Of the German sea forces.
The dispatches say that the German Con-
seryatiye and National Liberal parties are
making concerted action In this direction,
not being satisfied with the result OF the
sea fight.
Admiral Won TirDitz. who has been gem
erally credited with planning and pushing
70 merciless execution the German subma-
rine campaign OF frightfulness, resigned
when the GeFHan-Ameriean submarine con-
troversy grew hottest. shortly before Presi-
dent Wilson's threat OF severance OF diplo-
matte relations III health was given as the
reason The resignation was held IN many
quarters as a bow to the United States on
the submarine warfare.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-06
Gadski Silenced by Rain

NEW HAVEN, Conn, June 6.-Rain ac.
complished all that belligerent anti-German.
lists in Yale University failed to do, and
prevented Nine Gadski from singing in the
Yale Bowl presentation of die walkure" I"
The postponement is but temporary, how.
ever, as the opera will be sung tonight
unless the elements again interfere
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Accused of Attacking Boys

Edward Austin. who said he was on fur
Tough from the 9Th United States Cavalry
in which he was private, was held with
out ball today by Magistrate Stevenson, a;
the seth street and Lancaster avenue sta
tlon, after Special Park Guards Craig and
Ledlie testified Austin attacked two 5-year-
old boys in the park, near Ormlston Val
ley. last night. The boys were Solomon
Lisee, OF 3007 Berks street, and Herbert
Hahn. of 3oo1 Euclid avenue Only the
guards testified at the hearing today.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-06
CARS BIG ARMY
TO HIT AUSTRIANS
ON ENTIRE FRONT
Offensive Prepared Through
Winter Months Threatens
Invasion of Galicia
$4,000 TEUToNs TAKEN

LONDON, June s.--The great drive of
the Gear against the Austrian lines along
| the 200smile front from Pruth to Kolki DIS
| believed under way. The Cars plan 10
| designed, IL is said to hit the Austrian
| forces with equal vigor all along the line
The attack has been In preliminary prepa-
| ration all through the winter months In the
| gathering of great quantities of munitions
| ana III actual preparation In the last several
days by general artillery offensiVes. These
are announced by the Russians and ad-
| mitted by the Austrians.
In the several heavy infantry rushes al
ready made in the Tarnapol region, the Rus
slams have taken many prisoners and some
Austrian supplies.
Supported by their heaviest artillery, the
Cars forces were launched at the Austrian
line from the Prlpet River to the Rumanian
border. The first assaults were made Sun
day after tremendous bombardment. Many
OF the Teuton positions were shattered, and
the fighting has developed into general
action, which Is hailed here as the opening
of the long awaited drive
The Russian commanders, 1t is believed,
took advantage of the gaps created in the
Austrian ranks by the heavy drafts sent
to the Italian front. The announcement of
the success won came as distinct surprise
to the capital, where 1t has aroused intense
enthusiasm.
night at Petrograd, says:
Sunday morning an engagement be-
gan on the front from the Pripet to the
Rumanian frontier, supported by our
artillery. our troops obtained sue
cesses on many important sectors and
took 10000 prisoners and n number of
guns and machine guns!
In the development or the engage
ment our artillery destroyed successive
Austrian shelter works, enabling our
infantry to capture their positions.
In the course of the fighting our
brave commander, Colonel Lourie was
killed, and Colonel Vontsigler was seri-
ously wounded.
The German artillery has bonn
barded the Iksliull Bridgehead In the
Dvnsk region north of the Poniewesch
Railway, the Germans, following gusts
OF fire, attempted an offensive, but
were repulsed
AMSTERDAM. June 6.-Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg, of the German army, is
to have been put in command of
the Austro-German forces that are with
standing the Russian offensive in Galicia
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-06
New York to Have Irish Tag Dav

NEW YORK, June 6-The greater New
York committee on arrangements of the
Irish Relief Fund of which Alfred j. Talley
is chairman, has sent out a request to the
Board of Aldermen to pass resolution per-
mitting Irish relief tag day next Saturday.
A meeting in aid of the work has been
arranged to be held in Madison Square
Garden Saturday night.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-06
AUSTRTANS SEIZE
ARSTERO-VICENZA
RAILROAD LINE
Violent Fighting Going on
Owing to Stubborn ltal-
ian Resistance
CEIsANA OCCUPIED D

VIENNA, June 6.
A communication issued last night by
the War Office says:
The Italians are Offering stubborn re-
slstance with strong forces along the
main ridge south Of the Posina Valley
in. Italy. southwest Of the Arsiero and
before the Hungarian front be-
tween Monte Cengio and Asiago. AS
cordingly, violent engagements were be-
gun in this district
The Austro- o-Hungarians drew nearer
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Throat Cut in Fight Over 40 Cents

BRIDGEToN. n. j. June g. -, Henry
Johnson, Of Crisheld, Md, is in Bridge
ton Hospital with his throat cut as the
result of fight at the Maurice River oy-
ster Shipping Wharves. He was working
on an oyster boat and got into a dispute
with another member Of the crew over 40
cents. His assailant escaped.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-06
Former Secretary Accused

Judge Crane, of the Municipal Court, to-
day issued capas, with bail fixed at
$500. for the arrest of wuln Seigal, of 944
North Marshall street, former secretary of
the Workingmen's Beneficial Association, to
insure his appearance at the trial of a suit
brought by the association to recover $1,000
damages.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-06
Find Twin Boys in Basket

MIDDLEroWN, y. Y, June s.-Johp
last night In It he found twin boys about
two weeks old. A neighbor told OF seeing
woman leave the basket on the porch
Within an hour she was arrested She
said her name was Lena Morgan and that
she had no home.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-06

BRIDaEroN n j.. June 6.-Firs here
damaged the glass factory Of Parker
Brothers 10 the extent Of SIS. 600 ana throw
ING oak Of work about 1b0 men ana boys.
shine shop ard the mixing building were
destroyed. TIE vase shed. packing house
ell hoaze. iacsery No. ana the once were
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-06

bLfNI8IENl o.
The Emperor who is at Wilhelmshaven,
according to a Berlin dispatch. has pro.
NOTED Vice Admiral Scheer. commander of
the German battle fleet, to be admiral. Vice
Admiral Hpper has been awarded the
order OF Pour lie Merite. War decorations
of various kinds have also been awarded
to officers and men who distinguished them.
selves in the North Sea batt e.
The Emperor laid a wrePl- on the graves
of a number of dead bu-Ssi in the garrison
cemetery at Wilhelmshaven. The Emperor
and Empress have visited the wounded in
the hospitals at Wilhelmshaven.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-06
FRENCH REPULSE
2 NIGHT ATTACKS
ON VERDUN FRONT
Vigorous Assaults From
Northwest Beaten Back,
Paris War Office Says
{. CANADIANS HIT AT YPRES

PARIS, June s.
Determined night attacks were delivered
on the VauxDamloup front northeast of
Verdun by the Germans. but 1t was an.
nounced by the French War Office today
that they were repulsed
Two vigorous assaults in which losses
were not reckoned were made against the
French positions.
The Crown Prince is attacking Fort
Vaux from three sides--the west, north
and east, but the French are putting up
q gallant defense, It is reported
The fort violently bombarded in
the intervals between the infantry onsets.
The text of the official communique fol.
lows:
On the right bank of the Meuse, two
German attacks during the night
against our positions between Vaux and
Damloup were completely checked.
There is no change in the situation
at Fort Vaux. The enemys bonn
bardment continues with extreme vic.
lence.
Intermittent cannonading is reported
from the west front.
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An earlier dispatch received by the
EVENING LEDGER threw some doubt on
the death of Yuan Shi-Kai 1t came from
Toxic and said that his illness had sud-
denly become grave.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-06

AMSTERDAM. June 6.-Fleld Marshal
Won Hindenburg, of the German army, is
reported to have been put in command of
the Austro-German forces that are with
standing the Russian offensive in Galicia.
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French troops are still trying to smash
their way through the German lines on the
Vaux front and dislodge the German troops
from their position on Fumin Ridge, but
the latest attacks. delivered last night,
were all repulsed, the German War Office
announced today
-Four assaults were launched against
Funin Ridge during the night, following
a severe bombardment OF the territory
recently conquered by the Germans, but
all four attacks were repellsd.
The French lost heavily
Fumin Ridge lies southwest of Vaux, on
the front northeast OF Verdun.
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BRITISH HEADQUARTERS
FRANCE June G.

BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE, June G.
The British and Germans are fighting
hard in the region of Ypres, where last
Saturday the British in hand-to-hand en-
counters and with the aid of bombs recap
tured most of the trenches the Germans
had previously taken from them in the
sector from the Ypres-Comines Canal to
Hooge Point.
In the face of repeated attacks the British
have been unable to retain the bulk of the
recaptured esound. but are still fighting
strenuously " keep what they have and
TO recapture what they have lost
(PreYious reports have shown that the
Canadian troops are engaged on the part
of the line mentioned above)
OTTAWA. Ont, June 6.-Although the
Militia Department had not received de-
tails last night regarding the defense by the
Canadians in the latest battle at Ypres,
a list of officers casualties indicates the
engagement was of the biggest In
which the soldiers from the Dominion
have played part
More than 100 Canadian officers were
killed or are missing, and II is expected
the losses among the privates will prove
to have been exceptionally heavy. The
list is headed by General Victor Williams,
wounded and missing, who was command
ant of the famous Valcartler camp and
crossed the sea with the first Canadian
contingent, and General Mercer, also
wounded and missing.
The killed include Colonel II. c. Baker.
member of Parliament for Bronze Que.
who left the stan of the Duke of Con-
naught to cross with Princess Patricia's
light infantry. He had twice been wound
ed previously Major A. Hamilton Gault,
of Montreal, is listed as wounded for the
third time. Major Gault supplied most
of the funds employed to finance the "Prin-
cess Pats"
Colonel A. E. Shaw. a cousin of General
Sam Hughes. is also among the killed. The
casualties include two generals, four col
onels, eight majors, 81 captains and 66
leutenants. Three battalion commanders