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New-York tribune., 1917-06-02
German General Staff
Expects Slav Drive
Berlin Reports Russian Artil.
lery Is Active; Petro-
grad Is Silent

London. June Unusual artillery
activity at widely separated points on
the Russian front is disclosed by the
official war statement from Berlin to-
day. 1t is said that the Russian bat
teries are firing IN considerable vol
ume at Smorgon. az Baronoyichl. a.
Brody and along the Zlochoff- -TarnopOl
railway. Petrograd merely reports
the usual small actions.
For several days there have been
Teutonic hints. both from Berlin and
Vienna. that the Russian front was
once more developing into fighting
area. and il IS clear that the German
General staff either expects some sort
Of a Russian drive or Is preparing its
public TO consider such a possibility
No news from Petrograd has served
70 strengthen these hints.
The Russians in Mesopotamia and
Persia are suffering from the attacks
of Kurdish irregulars. in Turkish ser
vice. Yesterday a thousand mounted
Kurds advanced upon the Russian
lines near Kermanshah and p battle
followed which had not been concluded
when the governments communiqu6
was issued.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-02
Baron Devonport
Quits as British
Food Controller
Resignation Believed One
of Many Changes Actual
or Impending in Ministry

London. June .. 2.-Political circles are
absorbed in a discussion of supposed
actual or impending designations and a
redistribution of posts in the Ministry.
The only officially admitted resignation
thus far is that Of Baron Deyonport,
the Food Controller. who has not been
we'll for n long time, but the Parlia-
mentary espondents Of the morn
ing newspapers predict several other
changes. involving DR.. Christopher Ad-
olson. Minister of Munitions; Niscount
Cowdray. chairman Of the Air Board;
Baron Rhondda, president Of the Local
Government Board; Albert lllingworth.
Postmaster General, and others of
minor rank, who are expected 10 obtain
promotion The likelihood Of Colonel
Winston Spencer Churchill rcjoining
the government is again 20 the fore.
The several reports Of the cOrre-
spordents contradict one another. and
none Of them can be confirmed in au-
thoritative sources. While some of
the correspondents deny DR.. Addison
will 1uit the munitions post, THE
Times" says he will leave it and prob
ably will join the war cabinet without
portfolio
"The Daily Chronicle" has Mr.. III
ingworth on the slate 20 succeed Baron
Devonport. in which case. il says. DR..
Addison probably will become Post
master General. Viscount Cowdray's
resignation is referred 10 by some of
the correspondents as an indefinite pos
sibility. while others imply that he
has actually resigned. THE Daily
News" which says he will resign and
also that II now understands DR.. Addi-
son will retain the munitions post. as
serts that Colonel Churchill is being
seriously considered As the new chair
man Of the air board.
"The Daily Express" forecasts the I'M
mediate resignation Of Baron Rhondda,
while "The Daily News" saws it hears
that Lord Cozens-H Hardy is about 70 re-
tire from the post Of Master Of the
Rolls. to which Sir George Cave. Sec
retary Of State for the Home Depart
ment. will succeed, resigning his pres
cnt portfolio.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-02

British, but no artillery fire compar-
able with that reported from the Brit
ish front has yet developed along the
Aisne or in the Champagne. Accord
ing TO the British night communique
the artillery on both sides is active on
the stretal between Arras and 81.
Quentin, on both sides of the Scarpe
and around Ypres.
Extending this activity to the Chan
mel. as the Berlin bulletin does. Cen
eral Haig's batteries are concentrating
their fire over hundred miles OF front.
1t is practically impossible that a
movement on such q scale will follow,
and isolating the region in which the
heaviest blow may fall is vain prophecy.
The Berlin reports are usually a good
index of where the stroke is expected.
and the Germans seem particularly
nervous about the Wytschaete sector. in
Belgium. the line north of Lens. and
the present front on the Arras field.
British Raid at Loos
There were British raids to-day and
last night south Of Ypres. north OF
Loos and northeast Of Ploegsteert
Wood, while some ground was gained
in a successful push west Of Cherisy,
in the neighborhood of Bullecourt. A
German advance on the Arras- -Cambrai
road was thrown back.
On the French front the German ef-
fort to regain lost positions has not
ceased. as it has before the British
lines. Last night forces of the Crown
Prince drove forward on the Laffaux
Mill. which stands on the western edge
Of the Chemin- -des-Dames plateau, and
succeeded in occupying several trenches
10 the north of it, A French counter
attack this afternoon expelled them
from most Of these elements.
The Germans also claim some sue
cess in the Champagne. but Paris de
clares assaults upon the Casque proved
failure. South of ChevreuX. near
Craonne. Petains troops seized Ger
man post Some prisoners were capt
ured in all these actions, but the fight
ing was merely that attendant on a
settling into position.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-02
ENGAGEMENTS

RFCkFR SIECFI-Mrs |. VI Siegel Of
.q6 Schenectady av.. Brooklyn. announce
the engagement of her daughter. Dorothy
TO Mr Theodore Becker. Of Brooklyn.
LIBARShI GARBAT Mr.. \. Z. Lubarski'
i51 Riverside Drive. announces the enEaEe-
nent OF his daughter Rachelle. TO pr, y
l.. Ca-bat son of Mr. and Mr.. l. VI Gar
bat. of g East 9lst ST. Owing TO the war
no definite date for the marriage has been
set. "a, Dr. Garbat Is q member OF the Ger
man Hospital unit subject 20 the War De
partments orders.
RANKIN HOLMES Miss Dorothy Holmes
TO Mr. Irving II. Rankin.
sWICk- POCkMAN The Rev. Dr. and Mrs.
p. Theodore Pockman. OF hasoroucN
Heights. y. D.. have announced the en-
gagement of their daughter. Laura poty'
10 Mr. T. Ford Swick. OF New York CITY,
formerly of Baltimore.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-02
MARRIAGES

BAXTER- BIGELOW On May 80. by the
Rev. George Reid Andrews. Of the WesI
End Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Ethel
clark Bigeow 90 Charles Houghton BAN
ter. both of New York city.
REMINGTON At san Anto-
MO. Tex. May %. 1915. Miss Ruth Rem
ing,on. daughter of Mrs. Charles II. REM
ington. Of Watertown, y. Y, 20 Lieutenant
lin n Huubert. OF the regular army.
ION of Mr.. and Mrs. John J. c. Humoert;
Of Madison. ~ j.. at 81. Marks Episcopal
Church. by the Rev. Robert Young Barber 70
LAY -HAND-At Montclair. y. j.. on
Thursday. May 81. the Rev. Dr.. Edgar III
ton. jr.. officiating. assisted by the Rev.
Edmund VI. Wylie. Edith Miriam. daughter
of Mr. and Mrs Eugene $. Hand. 10 How
ard Rees Lay.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-02
James Hessong

James Hessong. pioneer carriage
manufacturer. and inventor Of the
"knock-down" body. which has since
revolutionized the shipping Of motor
vebieles. died yesterday in Toledo,
Ohio. Nlr. Hessong, who was seventy
two wears old, was specialist on body
design. and built series OF carriage
for the personal use OF queen W IL
helmina Of Holland while head or .t,in.e tne
Hessong Carriage Company OF Cn,ill-
ro,be Ohio. lie leaves his wife. Mrs.
Fila Whedon Hessong. OF Toledo. and
four children. Mrs. George ". sweeney
Of Cleveland: Mrs. Newton A. tuessle:
az summit. y. j.: Charles Hessong. OF
New York, and Ralph Hessong. OF chi
cagO.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-02
Aeros Raid German
Bases in Belgium
Tons of Bombs Dropped with
Good Results" Along
Channel Coast

rop5on. June T.. Extensive air raids
German acrodromcs and sub,
"t. 40 bases in Belgium were carried
~ last night by British naval planes:
& .l' To-" IONS of bombs were dropped
AA.iS Good results over Ostend. Zee
,.,rge VIZ and Bruges. according TO the
%,s G,s once statement issued here to-
'A4 2te British air forces set out from
o.t;-t In several squadrons and
p.-e' JUL machine returned safely.
'PI Recently there have been q number
.. ;,soortant raids over German bases
y re Channel coast. Bruges is sup
s5 On 70 be the headquarters Of the
gV,vo c,,msn air service in the west, and
49, ,'aat bangars for the Zeppelns have
80 built near by Il is connected by
's.,l with ZeebrugCe. which is the
.-;,1, ..--;;~cipal base for the smaller type Of
IAN Ina submarine. Ostend, which be-
;ors the war was a celebrated seaside
,S.1 ,ssort, is also a German port Of refuge.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-02
House Sees New Bomb
ills Exhibited During Discus
sion on War Risk Insurance

Washington, June The Admins
tration bill appropriating S5O.OOOOOO
for the War Insurance Risk Bureau,
ard extending its powers. was taken
up in the House to-day, but little prog
ress was made.
Most of the time was taken by Rep
resontative Tilson. Of Connecticut. who
illustrated detailed description OF
var instruments by many exhibits m
Guiding a. new aerial bomb being put
out by a private company and SAID TO
bc effective within radius OF three
hundred feet
New-York tribune., 1917-06-02
British Shipping Losses
In May Lightest So Far

London. June The May ship
ping losses were the lightest so far IN
the submarine war, due TO the fact
that the British are destroying more
submarines than ever before, Ken
nedy Jones. food director declared To-
day. o.,. c....,.
"However." he added. "the Germans
arc meeting this with a similarly IN
creased output Of U-boats.'
New-York tribune., 1917-06-02
French

Poris, June The Wdr Office statement
to-day says
During the night the enemy's artillery.
vigorously counter shelled by ours. conducted
rather violent bombsrdment Of our first
lines in the region north Of Moulin-de-Laf-
faux. on the California Plateau and in the
Chevreux Wood. Various attacks by the
Germans west Of Cerny and south of the
Loivre were repulsed by our fire. German
New-York tribune., 1917-06-02
Canadian Soldier Loses
Nine Relatives in War
lbs Telegraph 10 The Tribunel

Ottawa. Ont. June Corporal G. ".
Moss. a Canadian who enlisted in 1914,
has been through the whole campaign,
was twice wounded, and three times
sent back to the front from England
Four brothers have been killed at the
front. also his father-in-law and cousin
and lately his wife and two children
died in a German air raid over Fo!ke-
stone.
A cable to-day gives a graphic ac-
count Of his losses. and adds. "in spite
of this. he stands confident OF the
righteousness Of the cause and resigned
20 MS loss
New-York tribune., 1917-06-02
British Filler Exposed
To Comrades Shells

London, June Lieutenant William
Leefe Robinson, Of the Royal Flying
Corps. who is a prisoner in Germany
recently was transferred to Freiburg as
reprisal for air raids against that
CITY bv Entente aviators. according TO
the Central News.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-02
Austrian

V,rrun. June The UGr Ofice state
,rcnt TO-DAY rcGds:
There was relative calm on the lsonzo
front Yesterday Toward evening the Italians
again attempted 90 pierce our front near the
Vodice by the use Of strong forces. but the
attack broke down under our IRE.
The Italian advances were resumed tins
morning. but suffered a similar fate near
New-York tribune., 1917-06-02
East Front
German

Berlin. June The Var OGice stdtercn,
TODAY says.
Eastern Theatre Near smorgon. Barano-
vchi Brody and on the Zloohof-Tarnopol
railway the firing activity was greater than
tr-1 during the last few days.
Macedonian Front. Bulgarian advanced
,o.,s by their FIRE reduced to failure enemy
advance ON the right bank of the River var
dar and south 81 Lake Doiran.
The enemy yesterday lost four airplanc,
and three captive balloons as the result oi
aerinl attacks u our airmen-
New-York tribune., 1917-06-02

Lieutenant Robinson was awarded the
Victoria Cross for bringing down a
Zenpelin during a raid on London. lie
u.os cantured By the Germans last
Anril. A dispatch from Berlin on May
u said that British and frencch army
officers held prisoner by the Germans
had been sent TO Freiburg as reprlsai
for air raids on that city.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-02
Solomon Hanks

Bloomington, H.. June Solomon
Hanks. eighty-four years old, the only
surviving first cousin of Abraham LIN
coin. died at the home of his daugh-
ter here to-day.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-02
British Fire
Gives a Hint of
Drive in Belgium
Berlin Reports Heavy Artil-
lery Action Along
the Scarpe
Germans Flung Back
Driven from Trench Line on
the Aisne After a Furi-
Gus Struggle
Germans Flung Back
DAYS DEVELOPMENTS

British batteries bombardinS German
lines over hundred mile front with great
intensity especially in Wyischaele sector,
north of Lens and on AGss battlefield.
Raidinq increases. General offensive ex-
peoted.
French repulse attacks in Champagne,
seize German post near Cheyreux and lose
trenches near Lafaux Mil.
Italians repel Austrian mass assaults upon
Vodiee positions on Julian front.
Berlin reports increase OF Russian arhl-
lery FIRE at four widely separated PoInis'
kurd. attack Russians IN Persia.
Increased activity on Balkan front sug-
ge,ts renewal Of fighting in Macedonia.
London. June 1.-The indications be-
came clearer to-day that the British
armies in France are on the eve Of
another great offensive. The raiding
thrusts, which have been continued for
the last fortnight and are an invariable
sign of coming action. increased IN
number, and the big guns, from the
sand dunes of the Belgian coast clear
down below the Scarpe River, raised
their volume of fire to a pitch which
Berlin officially describes as Of great
intensity" How long this lombard
ment is to last or where the blow Will
fall no one but the British General
staff can say, but all the signs OF an
approaching great movement are pres
ent. There is a hint it may come near
the coast in Belgium.
That the British consider the opera
tions conducted during last month as
closed is shown by their publication
of prisoners and guns captured. These
were comparativelv small -3,412 pris-
oners. including sixty-eight officers. one
field gun. eighty machine guns and
twentv-one trench mortars revealing
that the fighting was principally that
of a consistently maintained pressure
i'm the struggle for the excellent posi-
tion Haig's armies now hold on the
Arras battlefield.
The heavy losses disclosed in the
Nav casualty lists prove the severity
Of the month-long combat, which was
divided between the repulse Of heavy
German counter-attacks and slow,
creeping advances on the German
trench systems and field fortihcatlons
north and south of the Scarpe.
French Take 3l,s29 Men
The French also publish their list Of
captures from April 10, when NiveIie's
drive on the Aisne started. up to May
o. During that period 81, ,S29 Germans
we're taken, 28,O45 Of whom were un-
wounded. The British captures IN
April. when the great break IN me
German lines was made, were 1888.
including 393 officers, 257 guns, 221
trench mortars and 470 machine guns.
Thus the French and British have
taken A total of 54,5S4 Germans since
the Battle of Arras opened.
7. - nossible that the French intend
New-York tribune., 1917-06-02
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New-York tribune., 1917-06-02
BIRTHS

HOLLISTER Mr. and Mrs. George Clay
Hollister. Of Quaker Ridge. Nestehester
County. are being congratulated on the
birth OF a daughter on Friday. May -. 70
STEIN May 81. 1917. 81 81 Fort Washing
ton av.. 10 Mr.. and Mrs. {. T. STEM
Cirl.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-02
Sim Fein Men
Will Be Freed
Britain Hopes to Create Favor
able Atmosphere for Home
Rule Convention

London. June 2-"The Daily Chron-
iclo" SAYS it has reason to believe that
the government is about to grant ann
nosty 10 all Sim Feincrs now In prison.
The paper believes this would help TO
create favorable atmosphere for the
coming Home Rule convention. m
which il says the Sim Fciners will be
represented.
Dublin. June 1.-The Council OF the
Irish Unionist Alliance. at meeting
here to-day. resolved. while deprecat-
ing the opening OF the question of
Home Rule during the war. 70 particl-
pate in the convention proposed by the
British government. provided the con-
vention includes a fair representation
cf Unionists from the three Southern
provinces.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-02
UNDERTAKES

John W.Lyon So & r2sts s, psoo. i,ll Hsrl..
New-York tribune., 1917-06-02
CEMETERIES

THE WOODItN> ttNEIfhf'
eg3d II. By Harlem train ana hy ito''ey.
Lots Of small size for sale.
once 20 East 29d ST. y. l.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-02

CONNERY May 81. Elizabeth. dearly be-
loved wife of the late John Connery. Of
Bristol r. J. Funeral from residence Of
her daughter. Mrs. HeTernan. $40 West
t17th ST. Remains will be taken on H. 800
train. Friday night. Funeral SATURDAY
June q. from 81. Mary's Church, Warren.
r. 1. lntcrment 81. Mary's Cemetery.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-02

SMITH On May 81. Charles T.. Smith. aged
81. beloved husband nj Isabella J.. smith
Funeral service az his late residence. lIo
Lafayette av. Brooklyn. saturday evening.
Juno o.. o'clock Funeral SUNDAY. June
o. convenience OF family. lnterUeut
New-York tribune., 1917-06-02
CnrRXnISIER on Nay IL m. IL q

beloved wife of George Courvoisier. aged
So years Funeral services AT the resi-
dence Of her daughter. Mrs. r. Arthur
Heller. BAG Mount Prospect av.. Newark.
y. j., on Saturday afternoon. June q. at
o. go o'clock. lnterment at the family's
convenience.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-02

ANDERSEN May 81. 1917. Henry W., hus-
band of May d. and son of the late John
and Henrietta Andersen. Of New York
City Funeral services at his home, 20
North Parkway. East Orange. Saturday
morning, June 2. az II I'clock. Interment
private.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-02
sTANDERMANN 90 Luisa. of Woribu
Hnma- ON NaY u. lIIL.

SULLIVAN On May 30. Margaret Sullivan.
beloved daughter of Mary sullivan and
loving sister Of Mrs Mary Koran and
daughter ~ the late Timothy Sullivan. ns-
tive of GIengarif. County Cork. Ireland.
Funeral from her late residence. Batavia
ST. Saturday, June 2. . %. m. lntcrment
Gafyary
New Britain herald., 1917-02-14

been when I think of my father. Of course, the | predominant feeling toward him has always been hatred for the awful suffering he caused my mother. I never heard anything to foster this feeling, however, from my mother. She rarely spoke of him, but when she did it was always to tell me of the adoration he had felt for me as g. baby, of the care and money he had lavished on me. But while with one part of me I longed to hear her tell me of those early days, yet the hatred I felt for him always surged so upon me as to make me refuse to listen to any mention of him.
 But since she went away from me the desire to know something of my father has become alm oSt an obsession with me. My hatred of his treachery to my mother is still as strong as ever, but in my mothers last illness she told me that she forgave him, and asked me if ever he came into my life to forget the past and remember only that he was my father. I am afraid I never could do that, but yet long so earnestly to know something of him. !.
 "So now you see, Dicky," con- fascination for me. He knew my father and my mother-from his own words I gather that he was the nearest person to them. He is the only link connecting me with my babyhood, fol
New Britain herald., 1917-02-14

''Yes," returned, laconically thankful that Dicky had not put into words the terrible wrong connected with my fathers leaving, the fact that when l was a tiny girl he had run away with my mothers best friend.
 "I believe you told me that neither your mother nor you had ever heard anything of your father since he left" Dicky's voice was casual, but there was a note in it that puzzled me.
 That is true," I answered, and then stopped, for the conviction had sud- denly come to me that while l had never seen or heard from my father since he left us-indeed, had no recollection of him-yet I was not sure whether or not my mother had ever received any communication from him. I had heard her say that she had no idea whether he was living or dead, and I had received my impress sion from them. But even as answered Dicky's question there came to my mind the memory of an injunc- tion my mother had once laid upon me, an injunction which concerned a locked and sealed box among her be- longings.
 | I. felt that could not speak of it even to Dicky( so put all thought of it aside until should he alone.
 'The Only Link.''
 1T do not believe I can make you understand" I began, "how torn be- tween two emotions I have always
New Britain herald., 1917-02-14
Why Matlgc Told Dicky She Wished to
 Sec Mir. Gordon Occasionally.

Why Matigc Told Dicky She Wished to
 See Mir. Gordon Occasionally.
 felt my heart sink as Dicky voiced his conviction that his mothers ridicu- lous notion concerning MT. Gordon's admiration of me was correct.
 did so want Dicky to approve of any association I might have with the mysterious elderly millionaire who had shown such an unusual interest in me. I was wholly convinced that the interest MT. Gordon had in me had no tinge of the romantic interest which Dicky appeared to attribute to him.
 I could not analyze my own feeling for the stranger who had come into my life in such a bizarre manner, ex- cept to be sure that there was nothing in it of 8 nature to which Dicky could possibly object But I had never felt so drawn to any stranger, man or woman, as I was to Robert Gordon. And yet there was vague feeling of repulsion mingled with the attraction I felt for him. If I were a believer in reincarnation I should think that in some previous existence Robert Cor don and I had been intimately re- lated, and that in that relation there
New Britain herald., 1917-02-14

fession to him concerning my know ledge of MT. Gordons espionage.
 I want you to feel free to tell me anything you wish, sweetheart" he said, but I also want you to know that I'm not asking you to tell me anything" ....-.
 His voice held wistful note. I wondered if I had inadvertently said anything to wound him. But I knew him we'll enough to realize that would never find out by asking him. So went on with what I had decided to tell Dicky about my feelings.
 II cannot hope to make you under stand, Dicky," began, "how confused my emotions are concerning MT. Cor don. I think, perhaps. I can tell you best by referring to something about which we have never talked but once the story, told you sbefore we were married of the tragedy in my mothers life''
 "Your Fathers Disappearance?"
 Across Dicky's face swept startled look, a look which vanished as soon as it appeared. It was as if he suddenly had thought of something surprising, and then banished the thought as one wonder concerning his expression for his words come swiftly, interrupting me-
 You mean your fathers disappear ance?" ...-.-...
New Britain herald., 1917-02-14
REVELATIONS OF A WIFE
By ADELE GARRISON

had been a great love mingled with a great dread -
 I must be. transparent, as Dicky calls me, for by husbands next words startled me with his diyination of my thoughts. ~. es.>
 Don't try to figure out the exact state of your feelings toward your elderly admirer,'' he said, quizzically. II know he has a curious fascination for you--I saw that at the Sydenham that night But I certainly am not going to be jealous of an old codger like him, even if he were a millionaire instead of a millionaire" /,
 A Wistful Note. ...>. j
 "Oh, Dicky, how obsurd!'' I smiled faintly. Then I took my courage in both hands, figuratively, and with my real hands gripped Dickys coat lepels Will you promise to listen quietly while try to explain to you just how I feel about MT. Gordon ?"
 Dicky took my hands from his coat and held them clasped firmly in his. looking into my eyes soberly. He did not have far to look, for I was still sitting on his lap, whither he had drawn me when I had made my con-