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U-BOAT KILLS
AMERICANS
Steamships Manchester Miller
and Southland. Formerly
Vaderland. Sunk.

LONDON. June s-Tvo Americans
Manchester Miller loaded with cotton.
was torpedoed June 6. The Americans
were Firemen Ashley and Daniels. The
other members OF the crew. including
several Americans, were landed.
The British steamship Southland, from
Liverpool for Philadelphia in ballast,
was torpedoed without warning on June
4. She had six Americans aboard, OF
whom one. Edward Rigney OF New York
city, is missing The gun crew of the
Southland fred ten shots at the sub
marine after the first torpedo was fired
A second torpedo was directed by the
submarine and II caused an explosion In
the magazine which killed eight men.
Two boats containing forty men are still
missing The rest OF the crew OF 15s
has been landed.
which the submarines receive. the U-boat
comma nder. when informed OF the name
of the ship. showed surprise and said.
"Why. you are a week ahead OF your
time" The submarine new no fiag-
The American survivors sare Albert
Lyons Bridgewater. Mass: A Mccoy.
Los Angeles James Geoghezan, Sala-
manca. n. Y: John Mcneil. Providence,
II. l.. and Jacob Houser. Middletown. Pa
The Southland belonged to the Inter
national Mercantile Marine fleet and
was originally the Red Star liner Nader-
land She was a twin screw vessel oi
1888 gross tons. was 56O.s feet lons
ana was built al Glasgow in 1900. II
was said at the local office of the Inter
national Mercantile Marine that she
sailed from Liverpool for Philadelphia In
ballast on May 80 She had no passen-
gers She had been long in the passen-
ger service between this port and Ant
werp before the war In March. 1915
she was taken over by the British Ad-
miralty for war service.
The Southland was torpedoed in tht
Fgean Sea while on her way to Alexan'
drin. Egypt. In September. 1915, while
she was carrying troops. Nine persons
were killed and twenty-five were re
ported missing apparently having beer
drowned. The Southland reached Mud
ros under her own steam.
The steamship Manchester Miller meas
ured ABA tons and was built at New
castle I'm 1908. She was owned in Nah
chester and was last reported as srriv
ing at Philadelphia on March 3 from
Manchester
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U. S. ENVOY REPORTS.
Minister Long says City Appeared
Uninha bitable.

WAsHISGroN. June s. Dispatches
from American Minister Long al San
Salvador. sent at 2 o'clock last night
while the volcano of San Salvador was
in eruption. said part of the city had
Deen destroyed by fire, but that the blaze
was under control.
The despatch explained that about
6 .35 p. NJ. yesterday severe earth shocks
began and continued until about s 40
with varying degrees OF intensity. Al
the latter hour the volcano of San Sal-
vador began to belch forth fire and
smoke apparently OF the side toward
Quetzaltepeque Later there was one
very severe shock. The tremors OF the
earth continued with decreasing yio-
lence. At the same time steady shower
OF dry ashes fell over the city.
Minister Long reported that the dam
age to the American Legation building
will render II uninhabitable, but that all
records are safe. He added that all
other city property appeared practically
uninhab abitable. One important central
business section had been destroyed.
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LONDON, June Sowing to various
the general meeting of
the International Socialist Committee set
for to-day in Stockholm could not he
held, says Reuter- despatch tonight
from the Swedish capital II is ru-
mored, says the message. that the meet
ing has been postponed until September.
Lord Robert Cecil. Minister OF Block
ads. explained in the House of Commons
to-day that the British Government had
decided to issue passports to Petrograd
10 both the majority md minority repre-
sentatives of working class opinion In
this country. as the Russian Government
expressly had desired that both parties
should be represented. The Minister
added
The passports are not intended to en-
able their holders to attend or take part
in any international conference ut Stock
holm or elsewhere. and II is only on this
understanding that the passports will be
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SOCIALISTS IN STOCKHOLM
FAIL TO HOLD CONVENTION
Postponed Until FALL London Hears England te
Grant Passports to Both Sides, Sir Robert
Cecil Tells Commons

issued. There must be no communica-
tion. direct or indirect, with enemy sub
jects'
Asked II conversations would be al
lowed with Hjalmar Branting, the Swed-
ish Socialist leader, Lord Robert replied
Mr. Branting is not only highly re-
spected statesman of Sweden, but'he Is
by no means hostile to the cause or the
Entente Allies"
The Chromicie prints a telegram from
the Belgian Minister of Munitions and
Socialist leader. Emile Vandervelde. who
Ii now In Petrograd. stating that the
western Socialists insist on conference
of Socialists OF the allied nations In Lon
don In July. This conference Is to pre-
cede that proposed In stockholm by the
Russian Council Of Workmen's and Sol
diers Delegates. to which 1t has IN
vited Socialists OF all nations. both bel
ligerent and neutral The London con-
ference will discuss the Russian invita-
ton and frame a reply thereto.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-06-09
QUAKES RUIN
SAN SALVADOR
They Last All Night and Also
Destroy Neighboring
Towns.

san JUAN DEL Sur. Nicaragua, June
S.-San Salvador, Santa Tecla and
neighooring towns and villages were de-
stroyed In a series of earthquakes which
began at o'clock last night and con-
tinued throughout the night, according
to information received here from the
President OF Nicaragua tonight. The
Presidents me4sage says
'Telegraphic communication, just re-
established with San Salvador. confirms
that earthquakes commenced at : O'Clock
7. NJ yesterday Thursday and con-
tinued all night, accompanied by .
heavy rain.
san Salvador, Santa Tecla and neigh
boring towns and villages were de-
stroyed.
The casualties were small. There
were some fires.
THE President OF Nicaragua has teie-
graphed the President OF Salvador Of
fering aid. He has ordered the organi-
zation OF relief committees TO send help
to the suffering and the homeless
At o'clock last night the telegraph
operator at Tegucigalpa, Honduras. re-
ported that the operator at San Saliva
dor had informed him that earthquakes
had been-feit there. The shocks We're
also felt at Tegucigalpa. where the
operator at : :45 =. NJ. lost communica-
ton with San Salvador on all wires.
An operator who reached the edge
OF the destroyed zone reported at 30
O'Clock this morning that San Salvador
was in ruins and that everything withir
a radius OF thirty miles had been de
stroyed by the earthquake
Residents of San Salvador are camp
ing In the streets and parks Al thu
time the report was sent 1t had beef
raining heavily for five hours The
disaster is supposed TO have been caused
by an eruption of the volcano OF SaI
Salvador, at the foo; OF which the city /.
situated
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'GAMEST KID IN
HARLEM DYING
Robert Jaffe. 3 Years Old, Fell
55 Feet Hooking Way
Into Theatre.

THE gamest kid In Harlem" is in the
Harlem Hospital. where all hope for his
life has been abandoned. His injuries
consist Of a compound fracture OF the
skull. every part of his body a mass Of
bruises and sprains. all suffered in =
ffty-fve foot fall.
Harlems gamest kid is Robert Jaffe.
years old. of 21 West f14th street.
He, with many other playmates. has
been making life miserable Of late for
Herman Dolinsky. manager of Loew's
Theatre at 1873 West 116th street. by
'hooking into the show" II wasn't so
much the hooking in that worried Do
linsky as the manner In which 1t was
done.
First the youngsters gained admission
to the gallery by ascending to the roof
of the Lenox Baths. adjoining the theatre
in 115th street, and attaching a twenty
Ave foot rope to the standpipe until IL
reached the level OF a window leading
into tine theatre gallery. Sliding down
the rope the boy Mt the lower end would
swing until. pendulum like. he reached
the window ledge. Then he would climb
in through the window to the gallery.
This would be repeated until the last boy
was In.
Dolinsky one day discovered the rope
and cut IT, This means OF entrance
foiled. the youngsters devised another
scheme. They discovered a trap door
over the roof of the Loew stage which
could be reached by scaling a fire es-
cape at the rear of the theatre. This
trap leads onto the gridiron OF the stage,
fifty-five feet above the stage proper.
Near the tran dooD is an opening In the
gridiron through which the ropes and
pulleys operating the curtain and drops
are worked
to be the first boy through the trar
Yesterday. The picture. THE Highway
Of Hope" was being shown and Har-
Iems kids were just yiid to see II. As
he crawled through the trap Robert''
companions. evidently impatient, gave
him a push Instead OF getting a firm
footing on the gridiron ne plunged
through the opening TO the floor Of th'
stage.
Dolinsl,y heard the crash and sped
from the front of the darkened theatre
10 the stage. There he found Robert al
crumpled up hut manfully trying tt
struggle to his feet.
some guy pushed me. or I'd got II
all right" was Roberts greeting.
Questioned by Dolinsky. the little chaI
told of his perilous climb and fall. Be
fore he was placed in the hospital am
bulance the boy became unconscious.
That's the gamest kid I ever saw II
my life" remarked Dolinsky. Patrol
man Masterson and DR.. Nekooda, tn
ambulance surgeon. as the start for tn
hospital was made.
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NESTLED BY VOLCANO.
san SALVADOR Noted for Its Many
Plaxas.

San Salvador, the capital OF the re-
public of Salvador. nestles almost at the
foot OF the extinct volcano called San
Salvador and near the treacherous San
Miguel, "A destructive burning mountain
The people living in a valley rocked by
earthquakes. built their houses In low
rambling fashion, and with its many
open plazas the city was considered one
OF the most beautiful in Central Amer
lea.
The city was founded by Jorge de
Alvarado in 1925 on the banks Of the
l.empa. a small stream flowing through
Las Hamacas Valley. II is twenty-five
miles from the Pacific coast and yet
2,1O0 feet above sea level. Its last CEN
sus showed a population OF 59,514
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RUSSIAN GIRLS GOING
TO FRONT TO FIGHT


PrrRoGRAp, via London. June S.--1wo
hundred girl students Of the Petrograd
Technical Institute have entered their
names on the rolls of q regiment OF
women which is being raised by Ensign
Butchkareff. The aim is to start to the
front Immediately and to fight In all
respects under the same conditions as
men.
Scores of girls and women anxious to
fight appeared to-day at the offices Of
the League of Equal Rights for Women.
which has expressed it's approval Of
Butchkareffs plan.
The women warriors held heir first
meeting last night. They were addressed
by Col Popoff of the Twelfth Army, who
appealed TO the women to shame the
male strikers. and TO admit to their
hearts only suitors who have actively
helped to defend the fatherland.
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A . 10 \. NJ. nineteen deep mines
were exploded simultaneously beneath
the enemys defences, BY which large
portions OF both his front and support
trenches, including extensive dugout
and mining systems, were completely
wrecked Immediately upon the eN-
nj 1sion OF the mines our guns opened
and our infantry assault was launched
Within u few minutes the enemV +
first line system was carried on the
whole front attacked Our troops then
pressed Oh with scarcely n pause up
the western slopes OF the Messines-
Wytschaete ridge and three hours
after the commencement OF the at
tack had stormed the entire crest line
from south to north
Shortly nftcvvard the whole NJ
Messines WAS captured, and before
midday the capture OF Wytschsete
village also had been completed after
hard fighting.
In the second stage OF tine attack
our troops pushed down the eastern
Stones OF the ridge and advanced
against a powerful line OF German
rear defences Heavy hghting took
place in "A further series of woods
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Earth shoeLs Recorded Here.

The record made by the San Salvador
earthquake m the seismograph In the
American Museum of Natural History
shows that the vibrations continued for
nearly an hour, and for a time were Of
considerable intensity, The maximum
intensity was recorded AZ So minutes
after p, NJ. Thursday. and the vibra-
tions were very wide.
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BIG q. S. VESSEL SUNK.
Crew In Small Boats shciled by
Submarine.

PARIS. June S.-The torpedoing OF a
big American steamer and the Smelling
and sinking by the submarine of the
small boats In which the steamers crew
we're escaping is reported by the sur
vivors OF the French three masted sail
ing ship Jeanne Cordonnier
The French ship was torpedoed IN the
English Channel on May 81 and the crew
reached Havre In open boats. They say
they witnessed the destruction OF the
American ship after their own vessel
had been sunk.
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7 .ONDON, June 8.-Rcuter's
correspondent at British army
headquarters in France tele-
graphs:
"As the capture of Vimy Ridge
was planned and studied out on
small scale model, SO the Mes
sines attack was rehearsed on an
open sir model covering an area
equal to about four tennis courts.
The ridge was reproduced IN
miniature to the smallest detail
and for weeks before the battle
the units engaged in it practised
the particular role assigned to
them under most realistic condi-
tions."
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Omclal Statements.

The statements FOLLOW
British Day Statement-The posi-
ton captured by us yesterday was one
Of the enemy's most important strong
holds OF the western front. DonItnat-
ing as Il did the Ypres salient and
giving the enemy complete observation
over Il. he neglected no precautions 10
make the position impregnable. These
conditions enabled the enemy 10 over
look all our preparations for attack.
and ne had moved mp reenforcements
to meet us, The battle. therefore, he
came gauge OF the ability OF the
German troops 10 stop our advance
under conditions az favorable TO them
as an army can ever hope for with
every advantage OF ground and prepa-
ration and with the knowledge that
an attack was impending
The German forward defonces cor
sisted OF all elaborate and intricate
system Of well wired trenches and
strong points, forming a defensive
belt over mile in depth Numerous
farms and woods were thoroughly pre-
pared for defence and there were
large numbers of ma chine guns In the
German garrisons. Guns of all call
brcs. recently increased in numbers.
were placed TO hear not only on the
front nut on the fianks OF an attack
Numerous communicating trenches
and switch lines radiatng in all direc-
tious were amply provided with
strongly constructed concrete duRouts
and machine gun emplacemenis de
signed to protect the enemy garrison
and machine Runners from the effect
OF our hombardmen; In short no
precaution was omitted that could he
npox-ilaA iucpSSQrI. lahar ~
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Turkey Releases Americans.

SrocKHoLM. via London. June s.
Americans will be permitted 10 leave the
Turkish provinces without hindrance and
irrespective OF age or military fitness
This information has been received from
Constantinople and communicated TO Ira
\. Morris, the American Minister, by, the
Swedish Foreign Office.
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McIntyre Takes Censor's Post.

wAsHrNGToN. June S.-Brig. Gen
Frank Mcintyre, chief Of the insular
bureau OF the War Department, formally
assumed additional duties AZ chief mill
tary censor to-day. relieving Major
Douglas Macarthur OF the general stan
an engineer officer. who will devote him,
self hereafter to the regular stan auties
70 which he was assigned.
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MAY BUILD TUBE TO FRANCE.
British Governments Decision Is
Expected Soon.
S peciaI Gable Despatch TO THE ST,

LONDON. June s,-Reports OF to-day s
meeting OF the Channel Tunnel Company
Indicate tnat the Government is about to
decide whether or not the much dis
cussed tube connecting Great Britain and
France shall be built, There nave peen
repeated rumors recently that the de-
cision would be favorable.
At the meeting Baron Derlanger de-
clared that some move must he made
soon one way or the other. for railways
preparing to rebuild the portions OF their
line on the Channel coast must know
where the tunnel would begin on the
English side
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The Baltic's voyage was entirely un-
eventful No submarines We're sighted.
The vesse, was met by American de-
stroyers and escorted IL, reaching port
last night and waiting outside until this
morning.
Gen Pershings staff was especially
selected with reference 10 preliminary
organization looking to handling the
American forces on their arrival Il in
cludes experts N sanitation medicine
and camp construction and represents
tives Of every branch Of the service. in
cluding commissariat. aviation. artillery,
Sc. and a considerable force Of civilians
for clerical work selected CHIEFLY from
volunteers chosen from the civil service
or .he hasie % their eficiencv ratings.
The American residents OF London and
various British organizations have pre-
pared an extensive programme Of ente.-
tainmcnt for the American party but l.
is doubtful n much of II viii be carried
out rs Gcu. PershinE before being in
formed OF the plHns, EXPRESSED q desire
that there ne a minimum ~ anything IN
the nature or u celebration OF a social
character The entire contingent de-
voted itself 70 the hardes, kind of work
OF an organizing nature tnroughou, the
tourney and the whoie atmosphere OF
the contingent is that uf mer enba rking
on q gray, enterprise WIKI she deepest
realization ~ lts difficulties and de-
niands
The Aner,cau passengers VINO travelled
on tho Baltic with Gen. pershng gave
vent TO a notable ontourst OF enthusia sn
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LONDON. June Sword was received
here to-day that two Belgian Relief
Commission boats have reached Rotter-
dam from Halifax with 10, 900 tons OF
wheat These are the first boats to cross
the Atlantic for some time and their
cargoes win be welcomed in Belgium.
where there has been shortage of
cereals.
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"An Well" Is Report.

4 cable message dated San Salvado,
and reading, IAN well" was received
last night by Bloom Bros. fiscal agents
in the United States for the republic OF
San Salvador. from David Bloom q Co.
OF the Banco Occidental al San Salvador.
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GIVES NORTHCLIFFES STATUS.
London ..Chronicle" Says He IL Not
BaIfour's Successor.

LONDON. June S.-The Chronicle says
that the description by the Northcliffe
papers of Lord Northcliffe as a sue
ccssor IN the United States to Mr.. Bal
four is misleading.
The paper asserts that the editor does
not represent the Foreign Office and has
no diplomatic function. 1t describes his
business as chiefly concerned with the
coordinating of supplies and says his
duties are similar to those fulfilled by
Lord Rhondda In 1915 and 1916.
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SHOT KILLS NAVAL OFFICER.
puget sound Yard Aid Found Dead
In Bed.

SEATTLE, Wash, June s.-Lieut Ken
meth Heron, L. S, n, superintendent OF
new work at the Puget Sound Navy
Yard at Bremerton, was found dead in
bed from a gunshot wound last night in
A Bremerton hotel. a. naval board Will
investigate.
Lieut.. Heron was native of Califor-
mia. "a wears old, and single.
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Factories Are Listcd.

The first move which Gen. Squier has
completed after weeks OF labor has been
to remove in advance all inlpediments TO
turning the nations genius and resources
to aviation. Every American manufac-
turcr now engaged in aeronautical work
has been sounded out. Every manufao-
turer of engines. automobiles. electrical
appliances or what not who could be OF
assistance has been listed and In thou
sands OF cases communicated with.
Gen. Suuier has concentrated his
energies not on providing an American
aeronautical force which could hold its
own with the British or French hut In
providing al overwhelming force com
pletely eclipsing the efforts of the most
progressive OF the European Powers
Arrangements have been made with
the French Government whereby CON
valescent American aviators on the firing
line will be sent to this country TO act
as instructors for others. Advance ar
rangements have been made for obtain
ing recruits for the aviation forces later
to be concentrated abroad. Fly in
France" may be the motto to be seen on
the streetcars and billboards within the
next month or two. Fly for Liberty
"Blindfold the Enemy are other slogans.
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20 NORVEGIANS DROWN.
Two steamships Reported 10 Have
Breu sunk ny Mines.

I.oNpo.. june s.-The Norwegian
steamers Sunniva and Skarpens have
been sunk by mines In the Atlantic. and
twenty sailors drowned. according 10 n
statement by the Norwegian Foreign
Office says an Exchange Telegraph des-
patch from Copenhagen to-day.
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On January IS last Lloyd's Ship
ping Agency reported the sinking OF the
Norwegian steamer Sunniva. $50 tons
No other steamer of that name is listed
in available records. The vessel alluded
to as the Skarpens is probably the Nor
wegian steamer Skarpsno. 1896 tons.