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HE CAIGAKI; AILY HESAI3D). E.s A ASSOCIATED PRESS WAR CABLE SERVICE-WESTERN ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE. EXCLUSIVE WINDERMERE CABLE SERVICE. ASSOCIATED PRESS WAR CABLE SERVICE. THIRTY-THIRD YEAR, No, 4133 I CALGARY, ALBERTA, SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1916 fAiw anowabm'" 20 PAGES iiliM o5if wSifi Bii WHERE THE SEA FIGHT TOOK PLACE y( I I I EIGHT HUN WARSHIPS PROBABLY INTERNED 1 "djs IN DANISH PORTS NOW BULLETINS BIG ACTION NOW BRIEFLY DESCRIBED FOR FIRST TIME High Admiralty Official Gives Details to Associated Press Says Great Encounter Had Four Phases and Tells What They Were British Sought Out Germans and Inter- rupted Their Plans.

LONDON, June 3 The first official account in detail of the North Sea battle was given to the Associated Press today by a high official at the admiralty. It was noticeable that among German Admiralty Admits the Loss of the Dreadnought West-falen and It is Believed th Great Battleship Hindenberg Has Been Sunk German Losses Likely to Prove Much Greater Than Expected HINDENBURG SUNK LONDON, June 3. The great German dreadnought Hindenburg has been sunk, according to unconfirmed report. i Probable VVfivv 1 LT. GREATER THAN ADMITTED Special Dispatch to Th Herald OTTAWA, June 3.

Official dispatches received here this morning from London indicate the German losses in the naval fight off Heligoland were much greater than the Germans admit. The admiralty refuse to make a lengthy statement until everything is verified. The retreat of the Ger- man fleet to various ports is taken to indicate the disorder in which they retired. admiralty officials, who, of course, have access to all the oiticiai reports, the opinion was general that the depression caused by the first announcement of the result of the engagement was not' justified in the light of subsequent details. The Associated Press is informed that future details will have even a more heartening effect than the news given out today.

The admiralty is especially cautious about stating German losses, giving only those which are reported officially or admitted by the Germans, meanwhile awaiting detailed reports ftonn officers who participated in the action. ADMIT THIS ONE (By Leased Wire) LONDON, June 3. The German admiralty admits the loss of dreadnought Westfalen, according to a wireless dispatch received here today from Berlin. Above is a map showing the North Sea location described in dispatches as th scene of the great sea battle. The circle indicates about the radius of action, th German fleet finally being driven back to its harbors.

ing to Admiral Bearty's report, a German battle-cruiser after being hotly Mtt BRIT IS WENT A FTER MAIN GERMAN FLEET AND FORCED A BATTLE ENTIRE CREW LOST LONDON, June 3 The admiralty received a report today to the effect that Captain Prowse, commander of the Queen Mary and the entire personnel of that battle cruiser were lost. ORK IS FACTOR WHAT ADMIRALTY SAYS WAITING FOR THEM LONDON, June There is a report in circulation, which lacks confirmation, that eight German warships took refuge in Danish waters after the North Sea battle. It is said they were notified to leave within 24 hours and that the British fleet is waiting for them. LONDON; June At the today the following statement was made to the Associated Press: ''We went out within cneinvv waters set-king a' fight. Our inferior thee utireit.Ge.r.taii tattlq'-' flcctv forced them toV'eturn, to llSrboi a4- tc -ifeig any plan ot action they may.

have contemplated." It was added that the latest news received from Admiral Jellico and Yice-Admiral Beatty had caused a feeling of elation among naval officers. ft THEY WERE HIT LONDON, June 3. The British admiralty stated today that the battleship Marlborough was hit by a torpedo but was safely towed to port. The dreadnought Warspite was damaged by gunfire, the admiralty added, but escaped torpedoes. According to the official report the Marlborough must have struck a host of submarines as she escaped three torpedoes immediately before shr; was hit by the fourth.

The admiralty has received official information, it was stated, that the entire British battle fleet, with the exception of the Marlborough, was coaled and refitted and ready for sea service within a few hours after its return to port. craft on each side recklessly attacked mtralty at the outbreak of the war. EIGHTY-SECOND ARRIVE8. OTTAWA, June 2 It is officially announced, through the chief press censor's office, that 8704 troops, all ranks, carried in three troopships, have arrived safely in England. Among them is th 82nd battalion from Alberta MORE FIGHTING AMOY, China, June 3 Street fighting was resumed her Friday in which two soldiers end four brigands were killed and many wounded.

Th United States cruiser Cincinnati, of the Asiatio sailed today for Shanghai. GOLCONDA SUNK. LONDON, June 3. The British steamship Golconda, of 5,874 tons gross, has been sunk off Orford-ness, according to an announcement today by Lloyd's. Four or five members of the crew are missing.

ALSO THE ELMGROVE. LONDON, June 3. Lloyd's reported the sinking of the unarmed British steamship Elmgrove. The Elmgrov was owned in Glasgow. She was 310 feet long, 3,018 tons gross, and was built in 1892.

WOUNDED MEN ARRIVING Itl LONDON NOW Public Prohibited From Talking to Them as They Are Landed THEY SHOW MARKS OF ROUGH HANDLING Loss of German Lives Said to Be as Great as That of British (By Itawd Wire) LONDON. June men from the North Sea battle reached London today. They were quickly removed to hospitals or their homes by Red Cross ambulances, The public was strictly prohibited from talking' to the men. but crowds assembled at the railway station rheerlnir them of the men were called from tho cars on stretchers while others, with heads or arms bandaged or showing marks or burns and scalds, walked along to waiting- ambulances. mere is no est nia of the numhe of wounded, but it is feared the loss of me win exceed ..,000 officers and men, mciiiuing trie whole crew of the Queen Mary which, the admiralty Has ouiiscu, iiu I'een lost in us en tlrety.

i litre is no news or the crews of oiner snips lost, but the Germans re-Sort tney pieKed up some, and a few have n-iveu at neutral ports. Almost A Great. Th. i OI must nave been almost as great as that of the British if the British estimate ot the Destruction of tho two battleships and a oaiiie, cruiser and other nmaii ah in. in correct.

Scenes at the admiralty this mornine wib wremeiy distressing, the build ing being besieged by relatives and mends of tho crews that were in th eiifrasoment. A splendid system has been devised to give them information as soon as it is received, but naturally in the case of a fight such as that wnicn occurred on Wednesday the mirany is sun without details. Similar scenes were witnessed at various naval pons from which the crews were arawn. As to the fight and its results there was an inclination this morning after me receipt of the later official a.e coum not to consider the outcome of the engagement so disastrous as wtis at first thought, although no attempt was maac to minimize it. Hundreds of Bodies LONDON.

June 3. The Copenhagen correspondent of the Exchange Tele graph company sends word that fisher men arriving at Esbjerg. Denmark, re ported they had seen outside Blaavun sluk several hundred bodies of British and German sailors. On the water were large quantities of oil, apparently from submarines. TROUBLE IN PERU CORINTU.

via radio to Kan Diego, Cal June 2. A number or I nited Mates -m. lens and British subjects have bent killed at Talara, Peru, by striking employes of the London-Kaoiiic petroleum eomoanv according to an unsigned wireless mes sage from 1 lie steamer Fomer to the United fctalcs cruiser Kaluign al this port. UNARMED STEAMER SUNK TyONDOX. June 2.

The British steamc Baron ernon, a vessel of l.i7J tons has been sunk, according to Lloyd's. The steamer was not armed It would have been poible to n-ticipati the German announcement in regard to fhe battle received here by wireless Friday afternoon, but the British admiralty did not have detail until after Admiral Jellicoe reached port and frankly iaiued the information which was in hit possession. Expurgation of only such portions of wireless reports as might be of assistance to Great Britain's enemies, the admiralty officials gave the following details of the great naval fight: LOOKING FOR A FIGHT "We can only say we were looking for a fight when our fleet went out. Stories that it was decoyed by the Germans are sheerest nonsense. In I word, with an inferior fleet we en gaged the entire German high seas fleet interrupted their planf and drove them back into' their harbors.

'Mn carrying out the plan decided uion we sustairted heavy losiss. which we expected," this official said, "but we also attained the expected result offering the enemy to abandon his plan and seek refuge after we had given battle in his own waters near his coast. "With the exception of two divisions, part of which only was engaged, the brunt of the battle was borne by the battle cruiser fleet and with on ax-ceotion our battle fleet is ready for sea service. I must admit that we had exceptionally hard luck with our battle cruisers, but the loss of these great hips does not in any measure cripple our control of the sea. FOUR PHASES TO BATTUE "The great battle had four phases, the first opening at 3.15 p.m., when our battle cruisers, at a range of six miles, joined action with the German battle-cruisers.

Shortly afterward the sec ond phase began with the arrival on both sides of battleships, the Germans arriving first. But before their am vl our three battle cruisers had been blown ud. supposedly the result of ounfire. although possibly they met their fate from torpedoes. "Such close range fighting with bat tie-cruisers might be criticized as poor tactics, but our fleet, following the tra ditions of the navy, went out to engage the enemy, and on account of weather conditions could do so only at short range." "The third phase was the engage ment of battleships which never was more than partial.

This phase in eluded a running fight as the German dreadnoughts fled toward their bases All the big ships' fighting was ever by 9:15 p.m. "Then came one of the molt weird features of the battle as German de stroyers made attack after attack, like infantry following artillery preparation on our big ships. But these onslaughts were singularly futile, not a single torpedo launched by them striking home. "With the morning these attacks ended and the scene of the battle was swept by Jellicoe's fleet. Not a single enemy vessel remained in sight.

Await Complete Report "Until we get Admiral Jellicoe's complete report we can give only fragmentary incidents of the great battle. Among these is the torpedoing of the super-dreadnought Marlborough which is now safely In harbor. She mjst have struck a veritable hornet's nest of submarines as by skilful manoeuvring she avoided three of those before she was finally hit. Early in the engagement, accord engaged blew up and broke in two. "Officers of the fleet also passed a closely engaged German battle-cruiser which was left behind while the British pursued the Germans.

On their return this vessel was missing. Judging from her previous plight she must now be. at the bottom of the sea. This accounts for two of the enemy's battls-cruisers and we have their admission that they had lost two battleships. 'The admiralty has a report of the sinking of four German lioht oruisers and the Germans have acknowledged the less of six destroyers.

Good Hope It's Greater "There is very good hope that the Gorman loss even greater, but we do not intend to make any estimates until ws have complete official reports from, our commanders who o0 not re port the loss Of antagonists without definite evidence. did not play the important part attributed to them. Only one appeared. It remained in action at a very brief time, retiring under heavy firs evidently seriously damaged. Weather conditions were such that it is doubtful any aircraft would have been of much use.

Sprang no Surprises "Tho enemy sprang no surprises. We saw nothing of any 17-inch guns. Mo tricks were used which were not already known in naval warfare. "The weather conditions wsre the hardest bit of luck our fleet encoun tered." Awful Death of Engineer Lane BRANDON, Jiise Gor( Une met terrible flXtb In tbe C.P.R. rn) here ttHa morolDg when he bunting bi engine to toe station.

A itrlog of box cr left liht nlfbt in tbe treat end of the yards tolled tbe atr apparently having become ac fantrad. Tbsy crabbed into the engine at a eroa-over. Tbe ran detrmlUbf.j, Lu wan eMd and pinned nnder tuo wreckage. He wan dead wben renjored. The ilroraan escaped bj jumping.

WILL REACH 25 WATERLOO. June 3. Ashley Dunham, chief of the Waterloo fire department, who took charge of the search for bodies, said today that the toll of dead tn the wreck of Rock Island passenger train No. 19 will reach 2G. The wreck occurred near Packard, Iowa, 25 miles north af here, Friday.

I DOCTORS' ATTITUDE ON QUESTION OF FREE HOSPITALS At a meeting of the Calgary medical men held last night at the General hospital the following le-solution was passed. "That we as the medical profession of Calgary feel that the question of payment or non-payment for hospital accommodation is one to be decided by the citizens and ratepayers and that wa as a profession are principally concerned in the treatment of the patient and can only discuss the question as citizens and ratepayers," partly engaged. This confirms the report that the brunt of the action was borne by Admiral Beatty's squadron of battle-cruisers. The Central News Agency says it has learned that after the action the German-fleet broke into two formations making for their home porta after sowing a large number of mines. The British squadron, it is said, succeeded in getting between the German battle-fleet and smaller German vessels, and after a brief engagement forced them into their own mine field with disastrous results for the Gr- mans.

DESTROYER SHARK LOST WITH 85 MEN LONDON. June of the crew of men aboard the British destroyer Shark were lout is the belief of the seven (survivors who landed at toll Friday evening on a Danish steamship. There men were picked up In the North Sea Thursday. One of them has since died. 7ind two others were severely wounded.

These men reported they had been In the water rlx and one-half liours, and believed them selves to be the only survivors from their ship.4 They stated the shark acted as a decoy boat in tho engagement. Although the Shark was not named In the official reports of British losses, it said several destroyers In addition to those lost had not been accounted for. REAR ADMIRAL HOOD IS GIVEN UP AS LOST June 3. Rcar-Admiral lot-ace Hood probably lost Ills life lien the battle-cruiser Invincible was sunk in -the Jutland battle, according to the Times. Admiral Hood was fly ins his flag on tlit Invincible as second in the command of the battle-cruiser pquadron.

Admiral Horace Lambert Alexander Hood was i years old, and was naval secretary to tho first lord of the ad- He was also naval aide de camp to the king, and In 1910, then captain, served as naval attache to he em bassy in Washington, Admiral Hood served In the Soudan and In the So- maliland, where he was mentioned in dispatches twice, with the distinguished service order, HUN CRUISER EBLING WENT TO THE BOTTOM YMUIDEN, Jajne 3. Three officers. three petty-officers and 12 sailors of the crew of trie new small German cruiser Elbing, which was lost In the Jutland battle, 1iave been landed here. One officer said that the Elblng sank after she wag rammed by another Ger man ship, which rescued the remainder of her crew. Another maintained that the Elbing was blown up by tho heavy firing of her own guns.

One of the Elblng'a boats, containing some of her crew and some British officers who were picked up by the trawler Bertha, arc being brought here. The loss of the Elbing is not mentioned in either the British or German official accounts of the battle. The Elbing does not appear In available naval lists. How It Happened These details of the sinking of the Elbing 'were learned here today from Dutch crews, German sailors, and the (Continued on Page Four) 0 IN METHODISM College Reports Are Presented to Alberta Conference in Session SPLENDID RECORDS OF ACHIEVEMENT No Pussy-Footing For Canada on the Question of -Education Specitl IMpteb to The Herald. LETHBRIDGE, June 3.

The great success attained ty the Methodist coh leges In Alberta Is evidenced by the re ports submitted to conference by the principals. Dr. Kerby, of Mount Royal, in his sixth annual report, showed that registration in all departments had been 248 during the past year, while individual registration totalled 159. Forty students had enlisted, three of whom had id for the cause. College' finances were In good shape.

he said, $15,000 coming this year from social donations, of -which $10,000 had been already realized. A most interesting report was that of Alberta College North, of Edmonton. Principal McCallls said the college had 675 students, 100 of whom were resident. Last year the was! 546, The college was doing great work among the foreigners. Fifteen nationalities were represented at one time, Ijast year thre were 67 in one special class.

One instance was that of Ada Anderson, a Scandinavian, entering the college at 15 with little education, she had in eight months taken the high school course In Junior matric and had stood first in Alberta in this examination. Over 60 men had enlisted from the college last year. Ten denominations were Dr. Riddell, presenting the report of the Alberta college, was visibly affected, having lost his son in action. Another, Herbert ball, had also laid down his life.

Registration had shown an Increase of 10 per but fifty per cent, had enlisted. The college was filling a great place In the educational work of te province. Rev. Graham, secretary of education for the Methodist church, delivered ah address In which he said there were sixty-six educational institutions connected with the. Methodist church in Canada with 45.000 students.

Pr. Moore spoke of the work pf social service and evangelism, predicting that by Jan. 1, 1918, there would not be a bar left In Canada. Rev( 3. P.

Westmanf field secretary for Sunday schools, spoke encouragingly of this work. Mrs. C. R. Daniel, Lethbridge, gave a report of the wo men's missionary society, stating there were over 44,000 members.

J. W. Morrow touched on, the bilingual question, saying Canada did not want any pussy-footed policy in this connection. He stood behind thhe western Liberals In the stand they had taken. Schools existed to make, citizens, Canadians first.

NEW OFFICERS Snctal Pi-pa t-b to Tbe Herald. LETHBPJDGB. Alta, June 2. Rev. J.

Coulter, of Edmonton. Is new president of The Theological L'nlon of the Alberta Conference; Rev. A. H. Rowe is secretary; and Rev.

J. P. Berry, Olds, lecturer for the coming year. These were elected yesterday. A SERIOUS FIRE SWIFT CURRENT.

June 2 Fli totally destroyed the elevator of Saskatchewan and Western Elevator company as well as about 15.WO bushels of-grain. The loes. will be hoavy not only to the owners but alro to the'graln trowers of tho district. Origin cannot be traced. RADUALLY.

as meagre official reports, reluctant admissions from Berlin, and stories of eye witnesses filter in, the general scope of last Wednesday's great naval battle becomes more clear. If the Erltlsh admiralty Is correct In the official statement Issued last midnight (Canadian time), then German losses, particularly in capital ships, must quite offset the loss of three Bri tish' battle-cruisers, the Queen Mary, he Invincible and the Indefatigable. Color is lent to this by the belated ad mission of Berlin that the dreadnought battleship Westfalen was lost, and by statements of rescued German officers to tho effect- that their own losses were appalling. News Is Encouraging The general tendency of the news is encouraging, though nothing can give back to Britain the fine ships she lost and the incomparably greater loss of five or six thousand officers and men Irreplaceable during the period of the war. If, however, these have not died in vain, if a tremendous blow has been administered to the German high seas fleet, and thus the command of the seas has been rlvettcd, there is cause for rejoicing amid the general mourn-1 Germany has yet to admit the loss of super-dreaiMiought of the Kaiser' flas and of one or both of the battle cruisers Demllnger find mtzow, to verify the claims of the British admir alty, The Action Outlined.

As to the action itself, it appears that the German high seas fleet in force, the super-dreadnought first line supported by older battleships and a great flotilla of torpedo craft, was sailing north past the Skagerali Then on their left flank appeared Sir David Beaitv with tho cruiser squadron, con sisting of sis or eight battle cruisers, light cruisers and destroyers. These were supported by four of the "Queen Elizabeths'' type very fast super- dreadnoughts. Admiral Beatty was, of course, immensely ouigunnea, out perhaps being aware that the grand fleet was coming to his assistance, he at tacked the enemy. Jn the running fight that followed both sides lost very hea vily. Tho appearance, according to the Germans, of British reinforcements, decided the.

day, and the Germans retreated. During the night torpedo CALGARY'S NEW HAS Special IiUi-atcb to Tbn Herald. OTTAWA, June S. Ottawa Is well pleased over the knighting of Senator Loughecd. As chairman of military hospitals commission, acting minister of militia and chairman of the economical development commission, it is fell that Senator Lougheed has indeed won his spurs.

Where Honor is Due There was a general feeling in Cal opposing ships of the True Sounds Better Practically all the London comment, and comment from foreign and neptral states, received to date, Is founded on the earlier published official statements of the British admiralty, and therefore does not contemplate a situa tion where pernops the British were not only left In possession of the field, hut Inflicted losses on the enemy at least, commensurate with their own. Unless the admiralty Is singularly mis informedand their frank admissions of British, losses entitles, them to the confidence of the public a blow was struck, not as at first supposed at British sea power, but at the very existence of the German high seas fleet. What measure of success at-J tended It may not be known for several days with any degree of accuracy. Is Said to Be Very Close to An Agreement With Them Now LONDON. June 3.

A Rotterdam die- patch to the Daily News says: "According to a special norrespondent of the Cuj rant ax Bucharest, Important negotiations between Koumania, Bulgaria. and Turkey are proceeding, which is successful, will give Roumanla an outlet on the Bosphcrus. improved relations with the Powers are further indicated by an agreement in writing for the mutual exchange of products, one con-fpriuesce nf which is the closing of the Kusnian frontier. "German troops have bfien withdrawn from the Bulgarian fortresses on the Danube. SOLDIERS INJURED Bf LIGHTNING Niagara-on-the-Lane, June 2.

A flash of lightning during a severe electric storm this evening killed Pte. Will Cresser. of the 16th battalion, 4S9 Clinton street, Toronto. Lieut. Mathews.

1i9th battalion, and .13 others are suffering from shock. At the ramp hopi-tal tonight It was HtHted that while all of tho stunned soldiers were suffering from their experience, no. serious results are Icotiod for. KNIGHT WON HIS SPURS gary this morning that honor had been conferred where honor was due, when it was announced that the senator, represents Calgary is now Sir James A. lougheed, K.C.M.O., P.O.

K.C. The honor Is among the very highest granted among birthday honors. The senior member of the law firm of Lougheed, Bennett. McLaws Company and president of Lougheed Taylor. was born at Brampton, fContinued on Page Seventeen) A CRYPTIC UTTERANCE IS CAUSING MUCH COMMENT Brunt of Action Was Borne by Battle Cruisers (Special Cable to The Calgary Herald) (Registered According to Copyright Act) LONDON.

June 3. Right lion. Arthur Henderson, minister of education and labor leader, dropped a hint which may have great significance at a meeting in the town hall at Leeds last night, lie declared it would be a stupendous criminal act at the present juncture to leave the fighting men of the Empire at the front with. any possible shortage of-ammunition. He added: "The question has been asked me, Why defer holidays till the end of July? It is sufficient to jay the end of July and not after the end of July.

That ought to speak with greater eloquence than any other language I could use. I don't mind telling you that if the need calls, and our men in the trenches are in a position to supplement their powers of endurance ami their heroism with an adequate supply of all kinds of munitions, they will, I hope, be enabled to strike the hardest blow jet struck on behalf of the Allied cause." 'WINDERMERE. LONDON, June 3. A feature of the battle was organized night attacks by flotillas of German destroyers on British ships. They were comparable to infantry attacks following a heavy artillery bombardment.

They began with the fading of the light and continued for sometime in the darkness, but were singularly ineffective. Not a single torpedo struck home from this source while the casualties among the attackers were heavy. Only eleven British battleships fired guns. Those engaged comprised two divisions, one cf four ships, the other seven, some of the latter were only 6.