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Glyrn Is Elected
/ enqooraryChairn7an
Former Goucrnor Of Ncw Yolk
TO Open Democratic Ma
tionol Contention.

81. LOUIS. MO, June 2-Mar,in
Giynn. former Governor of New York.
was elected temporary chairman of III.
pemocrat!c National Convention by n
So'''h'ini'tec on arrangements OF the
hati"na! committee here tonight
j. Bruce kromcr. national commit
teeman from Montana, was chosen az
'cnporarS secretary OF the convention
ara @"hh l. Martin. temporary SER
me subcommittee adjourned tonight
diter io"i discussion concerning the
ailotmtnt Of tickets. but no announce
meht Was made as TO whether any do
clhion had been reached.
The convention hall architects re-
ported that u temporary balcony TO
seat several thousand persons couid hc
completed III time for ,h" convention.
me committee probably Will meet
again ;r-norrow
Chairman McCombs announced to.
night that new members of the ma
tional committee will he seated after
the convention.
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NATURAL GAS FOUND
ON THE JAMES RIVER
Seepages Said to Indicate Basin Of
Considerable Volume Between
Here and Petersburg.
COMPANY ALREADY FoRmEr
Erection of Camp VIII Begin ON
Monday, and 1t Is Expected That
Drilling Will Be Under Way Prob.
ably Within Week.

PETERSBURG, VA, June prh,
announcement was made to.nIrbt =.
the discovery Of natural gas ON m,
James River. between this CITY NM
Richmond. The Scepages of 1as tn1i
cate considerable volume. chart,
to-day was applied for by the Wright.
Natural Gas and Oil Corporation
which company will begin the drill.
ing of 4; well Immediately. IT has
paid i'll capital stock of 100000
All of the stockholders arc renre,
sentative business men OF Petersbnrg
and the officers are men well-known {,
business circles of Virginia They ar.
Richard Eppes. president: j. /,
Vaughan. vice presidents: r. j. Fran.
els. secretary and treasurer, and C. A
Owens. general manager. The execI,,
tive committee is composed of Rich
ard Eppes. j. l.. Vaughan, e. II PAT
terson j.. \. Rosens,ock and C. AL
Al the organization meeting of thu
stockholders of the corporation I'm thu
Office OF r. H. Mann last night, sampler
OF the gas that had been collected fron
the sccpage in the river were exhibit.
ed. Gas Jets were attached to the tanl
in which the collected gas was held
and a beautiful flame resulted. Ate,
the general details OF the discovery haI
been explained by &. y. Owens wh<
has had considerable experience in ne.
troleum and gas fields Nof other sec.
tons. the stock subscription book
were thrown open. and within thirty
minutes the entire 100000 had beer
subscribed for. and there Is. no more
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GERMAN ADMIRALTY REPORT
on NORTH SE.t usu-t,, ,

BERLIN. June tby wireless).-The
German admiralty announces that in
naval battle in the North Sea on
May 81. between the British and Ger
man fleets, the British lost the largo
battleship Warspite, the battle cr,is-
ers Queen Mary and Indefatirable two
armored cruisers. one small cruiser
new flagship and destroyers, a LARGE
number of torpedo boat destroyers and
one submarine Other hostile craft. i'm
Guiding the battloship MARLBOROUGH
were badly damaged.
The German ba,tlesh!, rommerp was
SUNK by torpedo. the small German
cruise Weisbaden Was sunk by cunhre
ana the cruiser Frauenloeb and
number Of torpedo boats are missing
me heet returned 10 por, June !.
The text of the German Admiralty
report which is dated June |. SAWS
pnrihs AN enterprise directed 10
NJ. ! -, our h.en sea fleet on
Nay ~ encountered the main mart Of
me English nghtiu= feet which Was
considerably superior 70 our forces.
During the afternoon between
ahaserak and Horn Rim. heavy en-
sasement developed which WAS sue
Scsslul 'or us. and which continued
during the whole night
In this engagement, so far As known
UP 70 the present, there we're de-
stroyed BY US the large bat,l.sbin
aEspIte. the battle cruisers Queen
Mar and lndefatigabl two armored
cruisers apparently Of the Achilles
'Epss oHe small cruiser, a new nag
sai? q c=ktroyers, the Turbanant, Ncs-
'o.= An1 -tlcast=r, q large number of
i'-5ec hez, des:ro:.!s and one sub
-s-i-s
q :.se-vziiou. which was free and
ne; - pt!t-,s. !, was stated tina, A
-s-st ,-Et@r e English hatticShiDs
'--s*rse damage from our ships and
Ne s';<s,.s q or ,o-pedo-boat ro,iIla
G-i--E ;.e day engagement, ana
ia-nLS.c-- ne night
Among others. the large bat,l.ghip
Nsrioofcugh aas nj, by torpedo.
hiE Hss confirmed by prisoners. Sew
eTal o, our ships rescued parts of the
crews Of the .unken English ships
among them bang TWO and the only
SURVIVORS Of the IndefatiGable.
on our side the small cruiser Wics-
baden. b. hostile gunhre during the
day engagement, and His Majestv's
ship Pommern. during the night. as
tht result o! torpedo were sunk
The fate ~ His Msjesty's ship
Frauenlob. which is missing and Of
some torpedo-boat, which have not
returned Yet. is unknown.
The high sea feet returned to-day
'ThursdayJ into our port.
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ENEMY DEsTROYI:RS LOST
VII ST HAVE. BEEN I%RtE

LONDON, juno THE British adj
miralty announces that In a naval
battle on Mas 81 on the Jutland coast.
al least one enemy bat,ie cruiser was
destroyed, one severely damaged and
the enemy destroyers lost must have
been large
The bsttie cruisers Queen Mary, In
def"tisable and Invincible and the
cruisers Defense. Warrior and Black
Prince were lost Five des,royers also
were lost. and STA others are no, ,c
counted for so British ba,tleships or
hight cruisers were sunk
The text " the admiralty announce.
men; follows
ON the afternoon NJ "Wednesday. IN.
"lst Of May. naval engagement took
place on The coast ri Iutland Tn.
BRUSH ahps on which the brt.n, Of
IN. li2htina fen were tho hattie rruis-
cr hset and some cruisers and li.h,
cruisers. supported by four fas, bat.
t!eshirs Among thcs" the Iosheg we're
hedvH The German battle n.et, aid :.
:" y low Eisibi'itS, aroidcd Il pro-
( iphSed action win our main loyres
AS s"on as they sppoafed on the scene.
INC enemy returned 10 port. ,nog.,h
! not hefor" receiving rcyer. damage
] from our ra,tleships
The patti" cruiser. Qu,en Mar. IN
dela'gahle and Inviu"ibl, aud the
''"lscfs Deems" ana BLACK Prince
"ere sun" IN" Warrior Was disabl,o.
F. an" after being ,ow.d for some Limo
! '''" 70 DC abandoned by her crcu I,
| t. also known that the dcs,-nycr, r,,,
( pcr'rN IurhIl"n', Fortune, Sparrow
n""N ana Arden, we're lost and six
,"efs arc MOI yet accounted for No
hrt'sh battlcships OF light crnlqers
were sunk
"" cn"iny's lorsca were soriouc a
'e"st oil" battle cruise ,y.s do.,rn,.,d
~" one WAS severely damaged on,
'''"nIf is reported 20 have been
sunk BY our DESTROYER rn,,,
night attack, .vo HEh; ,,ii..,
'isabled and probably sunk Tn. ~.
act NUMBER Of enemy destroyers dis.
Posea 0! during the action canno, h.
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BA1"rLE WITNESSED
Bl DANISH STEAMER

COPENHAGEN via London). June
delayed by censor) .--.Accordiny to
the Foli'iken. Danish steamer ar
rived o-day Thursday at Fricdrichs.
maven which had witnessed IL battle i'm
the North Sea. The steamer reports
that yesterday wednesday, afternoon.
10 miles off liansthtolm, II was
stopped by two British torpedo boa $
TO have its papers examined
At the same moment II large German
fleet appeared. and the British war
ships Immediately prepared for action.
The German feet. which approached
at run speed. consisted of FIVE large
modern DreadnouGhts. eight cruisers
and twenty torpedo boats and destroy
erS
suddenly the Germans began firing
and several hundred shells splashetl
around the torpedo boats, without.
however. hitting them.
The British ships went westward.
pursued by the German fleet. At )
O'Clock the cannonade was renewed.
and continued until o'clock in the
evening.
Two Zeppeiins were seen going at
full speed northward to the scene of
the battle.
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BERLIN CLAIMS CAPTURE
or ChILLErrE wOOu

BERLIN. June via London. The
capture OF Caillette wood. south Of
Fort pouaumont. on the Verdun front,
and OF adjoining trenches was an
nounccd to-day by the War Office
y counterattack by the French
southwest OF Naux wood was :. fail
ur", although made in strong force
the statement adds.
The capture OF seventy-six officers.
1000 men, three guns and more than
Il score OF machine guns is reported
The Official statement follows:
western front: After an increase
or artillery fire and preliminary mine
explosions. strong British forces at
lacked last night west and southwest
Of Givenchy. Such as had not been
FORCED 10 withdraw with heavy losses
BY our curtain OF fire were driven back
after hand to-hand hchting
On the west bank OF the Mouse the
French repeatedly attacked without
success.
"On the east bank We stormed Call
iette wood and trenches adjoining An
enemy counterattack this morning with
strong forces southwest OF Vaux wood
failed. Up TO the present, seventy-siN
officers. 1000 men. three cannon and
III least twenty-three machine guns
have been captured.
Southwest OF Lille, 4 British aero
plane with its occupants fell into our
hands unchanged. \ French single
seat battle machine was brought down
In an aerial engagement over Marie
Ridge. Furthermore. one birlane WAS
brought down within our reach over
Naux and another west of Moerchn-
gen.
Eastern front: y successful Ger
man accommodating advance OH the
front south OF SmorSon resulted in the
capture OF few dozen prisoners.
southeast of Lake Drisviaty a Russian
acroplane was destroyed. Y
Balkan front: There is nothing to
report"
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SAINTS Grotto Special Train
to Detroit June nth, viu y. IL W. Ry
$27,60 Round Trip.

For tho accommoda ton of members
OF SAINTS Grotto ana their friends. n
special all-steel train of Pullmans and
dining car will leave Richmond il p.
NJ. June II, via Norfolk and Western
Railway for Detroit, Mich, the con-
vention city of the Yelled Prophets,
Plans have been completed by the local
committee and the railway company to
make this trip full Of interest and
pleasure. Fare only $3.50 round trip.
Make your reservations now through
Elmo s, Redwood. Chairman Detroit
Committees; or G. II. Bosley, District
Passenger Agent. s3s East Main Street,
Richmond, Va. g lSy
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ascortained with any certainty. but
must have been large"
BRITISH LOSSES GREATER
THAN FIRST REPORTED

BERLIN. June tvia Londom.-Ad-
miral Hcbbinghaus. director of the adj
miralty, told the Rcichstag this after
noon that tho British torpedo hon [
losses were greater than first had been
reported. At least three of the de-
stroEer fiotilla faEships. said Admiral
iebhihEhaus. aud nine or ten other
destroycrs had been sunk OF these.
the baulcship Wcstfalen alone sank
SIN The German battlcship Pommern
was sunk by Il torpedo. the admiral
continued. and the wiesbadcn by ar
ullcrH. The Fraucnloeb was last seen
by German destroyer in night en-
counter with heavy list. and the ad
miral said il was assumed she had
been sunk
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continue" from flrSt paEe.1
south of the wood Of Caurettes. Be-
tween this wood and the village Of
Cumiercs an attack on the part OF the
enemy was checked by our curtain Of
fire, and the Germans could not move
out.
ION the right bank of tho river, the
battle continued yesterday and last
night with extreme violence along the
entire front between tho rhiaumont
farm and Vaux. II even spread TO the
east Of the VauX Fort as far as Dam
loup.> In the region OF Thiaumont and
Douaumont the assaults of the enemy
were rcpulsed by our fire and our
counterattacks.
South OF the Douaumunt Fort tho
Germans were successful in penctrat
ing the southern portion of the call
lette wood as we'll as the southern
shores of the NauX pond. On our right
all the attacks directed upon the sec
tor between NauX and Damloup were
broken by the counter-resistancc or
our troops, who inflicted very hcavv
losses upon the enemy
In the course of this lighting the
artillery fire reached an eXcep,ion.I
degree of violence, and continued along
all the front attacked.
THE night passed relatively quietly
on the remainder Of the front
Yesterday French air suuadrou.
engaged in combat the group OF avia-
tors who came to lombard Bar-le- Due
and compelled second group of enemy
machines to dispense. \ German ma
chine WAS brought to the ground near
E'ain. and in the course of this pur-
suit Fokker' machine. attacked by
two French machines. came down near
E0ucOnville"
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NO NEW DETAILS
GIVEN TO nEI(.nST&f;

LONDON. June 2.-Rear- Admiral
HeooinghauSe, director of the German
admiralty. in making the announce
ment OF the sea battle to the Reich
stag. gave no new details OF the fight
other than what had been officially
announced by the admiralty. accord
ing TO telegram from Berlin. for
Warded by Vhn Reuters Amsterdam
correspondent.
NO complete statement of our
damages or losses yet has been re-
ceived. he said. in conclusion. "Of
course, some of our ships were very
much damaged. The main portion Of
our feet returned TO harbor with the
men III splendid spirits. Our men.
ships and guns stood the test of bat
tie we'll"
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FURTHER RETIREMENT
or RUSSIAN LETT NJN(:

CONSTANTINOPLE, June (via Lon
don) The Russian renulse in Armenia
IN the face Of Turkish offensive
which compelled Grand Duke Nicho-
lass forces to retire from Mamak-
hatum. fifty miles west of Erzerum. has
been followed by "a further retirement
OF the Russian left wing for dis
lance Of more than dozen miles. ac-
cording 10 an official statement issued
to-day by the Turkish War Office. The
statement says:
Caucasus front: In the center. the
enemy. after our attack against the
left wing. completely abandoned his
positions, retiring twenty. kilometers.
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DEMANDS OF RAILROAD
EMPLOYEES IN RECORD
Every Point VIII lie sharply Contest
ed by Operating Comprehensive
putes TO Conditions.

NEW YORK, June 2.-Evcry point in
the demands made by the four lead
ing organizations Of railroad employees
upon virtually all the rail lines Of the
United states for a basic cight-hour
workday will be sharply contested it
became apparent here to-day a; the
second conference between the nine
teen officials representing the roads,
and the delegates Il the labor organi-
cations. Acting az spokesman for his
associates. y. Is Garretson. president
of the order Of Railroad Conductors.
read into the record the formal re-
quest for AN eiEht-hour day. and the
supple men,ary demands of the men.
As each clause was read. Elisha Lee,
chairman OF tho railroad committee.
and his associates asked questions de-
signed 10 bring gu, its exact meaning.
There we're several sharp disputes az
70 present working conditions.
The employees made il clear that in
their demands for an eight hour day
they would not submit to any reduce
ton In the present wage scale for
nine, ten or more hours
II also was SAID the men we're not
anxious for overtime. one Of the la
Dor delegates asserted they would he
sell satisfied with eight hours WORK
in every twenty four,
One OF the most difficult points 10
settle. apparentiy. viii be the eight
hour day as IL applies to train crews.
reight traffic only is involved, With
time 10 be based on length Of run and
mileage per hour.
WRIT ALLY SAME PAY
UNDER NEW SYSTEM
Nh l;arretson sain that under The
proposed system they would get 80
c"nta per hour for overtime. instead or
50 cents an AZ prcacni 'Io assert ed
that overtime Is In rgcly controllablc
factor when IL becomes economic, and
tina, under the new system demanded.
The days pay would remain virtually
the same and only the conditions OF
obtaining II would be changed.
The question of laying "arbitraries"
waiting tim. between reporting duty
and going 30 work ---rcsultcd in ~ dis
custom led by Timothy shea, Of III.
,raiuiren. He explained ;hni the de-
,nards OF The men called for overtime
on :, run Of i25 miles Of ten instead
Of eight hours. In lj0-miie rum he
Baid, overtime would not begin uutil
after twelve hour. and III 200-n,ile
run not until after sixteen hours. In
4 )t'-Hiic run Or irsb inc m"u want
overtime after eight hours.
Discussion II the proposed hours Of
"nrk and pay for overtime for switch
ing crews and the hostIrr forces also
TOOK ~ some time. air. Gnrretson
explained inst conditions o. various
roadD were not uniform, and tina: The
men wanted them standardized
TIE question ~ ".pli, work" which
rnrann worhjnR iwr hours ,lay with
L.. al In
reporting for duiy. WaB brought M.
~ wAg rontendfd that most SPLIT trickp
rhOujd bH a. nlRh' or overtime rates.
:ioH ihsi the demands have been
read inro inc record and have beer,
gone over IN dnfnIi, arguments md
actua' negotiations respecting the lie
mandi VIII begin, swrtJ, -,
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GERMAN DESTROYERS
PROCEED VERY SLOWLY

COPENHAGEN (via Londonl. June
1.-THE National Tidende says that
last night ten German torpedo boat
destruyers passed through the Little
Belt from the north, going very slowly.
The newspaper adds that a torpedo
boat badly damaged, Is lying off
Lyngvis Fyr, near Ckjobing -Fjord
Western Denmark. just north OF the
Horn.
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SEVEN GERMANS SAVED
BY DUTCH TRtWLE;R

\ Dutch trawler has arrived at the
Hook Of holland with one dead and
seven live Germans. who were saved
from tne naval battle. Another trawler
has taken into Ymuiden three German
officers and twelve sailors, and one
British sailor, who was wounded.
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of e4,7oo tons--dcstroyed. the blowing
I up of one battle cruiser. the dam
aging Of the two other vessels of this
class. and the ranming and sinking
sof q German submarine.
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BATTLE u
OPENED ny t.ER,It>S

Apparently the Germans opened tho
battle. The most reliable report states
that patrols of the German feet sight
ed two British destroyers which had
stopped to examine the papers Of r.
neutral vessel, and. unseen by the
British ships. rushed back 10 the main
German squadron.
The Germans came upon the two de-
stroyers stiil engaged with the. neutral
vessel, and Immediately opened nrt
The destro.ers in turn fastened to
their own squadron. which came rush
Ing to the scene
The two st.uadrunS, stcamiuG "A, ful,
speed. came within range OF each other
somewhere between the Skascr- Raknud
the Horn rim Both Geets imnediately
brought then. big guns into action. and
long-range battle of extreme violence
enhued 1t ig believed tonight tina,
most Of the heavy ships lost were sunk
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ON our left wins we rcpulscd a sur
PRISE attack which the enemy at
tempted"
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REPORT MAKES NO MENTION
OF PROBABLE Loss OF LIFI

The British report makes no mention
Of probable loss of life. The German
Official report mentions two men res
cued from the Indefatisable. and the
picking up of members Of the MARI
boroush's crew. Several thousand men
have probably been lost.
London tonight is waiting for fur
ther details of the fight. hoping that
later reports may bring news more
favorable to the British Grea, crowds
are standing in Fleet Street watching
for extra editions OF the newspapers.
and first copies OF the morn ing papers.
Other thousands, circulating from
Trafalgar Square. jam whitehall and
Parliament Street. striving for positions
near the admiralty in the hope OF see
ms late bulletins. The admiralty it,
self is ablaze with light. Members Of
the admiralty Stats have not left their
Offices since early this morning The
whitehall and rear entrances TO the
admiralty buildings are strongly
guarded by police. and no one is all
lowed to pass the outer gates
The great West End apparently ha.
abandoned the thought of sleep for
the night. Over the entire city hangs
a pail OF doubt and astonishment. The
effect has been to dumfound the reople
VINO cannot yet believe that the Ger
mans have won a naval victory.
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or fatally disabled during this daylight

battle.
Al least two zeprelins appeared over
the battle area during the late after
noon. and are reported to have taken
an important part i'm the action.
Whether they sank any OF the British
ships is not known.
Darkness found the fleets still
mancurering and firing. Night brought
luh in the lons range duel. and shift
ed the brunt OF the battle to the smaller
vessels. The German Cruiser Frauen-
loeb, was destroyed by u torpedo. prob
ably fired under cover of darkness. as
was the British battlcship Marlborough.
Though no mention is made of the
proximity OF the great British High
Sea Fleet, IL is conjccturcd that an
other battle cruiser squadron raced to
the scene OF combat at the first report
of fighting.
The arrival of this force is believed
to have caused the Germans to dash
back TO their base.
What part submarines took in the
action is not known further than the
British admiralty report that German
submarine is believed TO have been
sunk.
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FRENCH GUNS TEAR
GREAT HOLES IN
RANKS OF GERMANS

CONTINUED from FIRST paEel
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-05-13
A MILITARY
TRAINING FOR
U. S. CITIZENS
Captain Wallace In Attendance at
the Club Meeting. Local Organ.
jzation Of Infantry

The rooms were well filled for the
regular monthly meeting Of the Com
mercial Club held. Wednesday, May
10, and many present said 1t was
the best meeting Of its kind they ev.
er attended.
Captain Wallace OF the National
Guard was present and asked the d.
rectors to appoint a Military commit
tee Of three to secure enlistments
for cavalry troop, and temporary
building for drill purposes until July
1, when the government would take
care Of future expenses. Captain
Wallace stated that Logan was for
tunate in being chosen as one Of the
cities in Utah where cavalry troop
and infantry company would be or
ganized. The government will main.
tain the troop and It will be tho
means of bringing into the valley
approximately $4,000 annually.
The following committee was ap
pointed: Moses Thatcher, George w
Skidmore and J. w. Morrell.
At the club meeting Captain Wal
lace asked that committee of five
be appointed to get a company OF
infantry together to attend the en-
campment at Fort Douglas from Aug
ust "a to September 16 inclusive.
This is what is known as the citizen
soldiery and is under the supervision
OF the government only during the
encampment. 1t is by no means an
enlistment in the army but merely
a training for the citizens OF the
United States. Where the plan has
been in operation, doctors, lawyers,
old men, young men, rich and poor,
and all classes have taken part. As
to the physical part it will make the
fat men lean and the lean men fat
The following were appointed and
will be known as the Military Train
ing Camp committee: o. w. Adams,
S. =. Needham, l.. M. Howell and
I. f.. Duffin.
These committees will get busy at
once and work in conjunction with
Lieut.. f. Santschi Jr. All the clubs
and civic organizations Of the valley
will be asked to help in the move
ment by furnishing men for the cav
airy troop and infantry company.
There will be sixty five men required
in each.