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GOVERNMENT WINS
ITS FIGHT AGAINST
THE LACKAWANNA
.Supreme Court Deoidei Road Must
B Dissociated from the Coal
Company Affiliated
with It.
TRIUMPH IS SWEEPING ONE
Decision of Lower Tribunals Against
the Department of Justice
Reversed.
EFFECT TO BE FAR-REACHING
WASHINGTON, June 21. In a
fur reaching decision, which crowns
with Tlctory the government's fight
to compel the railroad to dissociate
themselves from their coal com
panies, the supreme court today or
dered that the Lackawanna railroad
he enjoined from transporting coal
of the Lackawanna Coal company
under the so-called IB 09 contract
and" reverses a decision of the lower
courts, which waa against the gov
ernment. Department of Justice officials
said the court's decision was a clear
cot victory in the government's long
fight to dlsassoclatlon of the rail
roads and their coal companies. Its
. effect, they said. Is far reaching.
Nelson Reads Dope
On Examination
to Other Middies
ANNAPOLIS, Mi, June a. Testimony
hearing cm the alleged connection of Mid
shipman R. M. Nelaon of the recent grad
uating -class at the Naval academy with
nMihkin." w.nnt t t Vl academV.
(was-'adduoed before the court of Inquiry
today. It haa been aald that Nelaon. who
tH one of the defendants In the present
proceedings, conducted classes for the
lower clasamen to aid them In preparing
for their teats.
Midshipman W. R. Nichols of last
year's fourth class, said that he and four
of his classmates went to Nelson's the
night before the examination in Spanish
and that Nelson read to them from type
written shets. Nelson told them, the wit
ness testified, that he was sure the
"dope" waa good and that If they found
upon getting Into the examination room
that It was not good, not to be discour
aged. The prosecution questioned the witness,
seeking to couple these typewritten sheets
with the .alleged atolen copies of Spanish
examination. The witness, however, said
he did not ret a close view of the papers,
as Nelson kept them in his hands.
Wisconsin Upper
Berth Law is Void
WASHINGTON, June 81. The Wiscon
sin statute prohibiting the making up of
an upper berth on a sleeping car until
the berth Is engaged was annulled as an
unconstitutional taking of private prop
erty without compensation today by the
supreme court.
Justice Lamar, for the court, aoiaea
that there waa evidence to ahow that the
law Interfered with Interstate commerce
In that It was an Inconvenience for a
man or woman to have the upper berth
made up after he or ahe had gotten ii to
the lower. Justice McKenna and Holmes
dissented.
All Flood Danger at
Kansas City is Over
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. June 31. With
"both the Kansaa and Missouri rivers re
maining virtually stationary all day, and
a alight fall expected in both late tonight,
all flood danger has passed for the prea
nt, acoordirm to an announcement of
the weather bureau here.
The Missouri river gauged 27 feet, and
the Kansas river 24.9 feet here late today.
The Weather
Forecast till 7 p. m. Tuesday:
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Cloudy; slightly cooler.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday.
Hours. Deg.
6 a. m 63
6 a. m M
7 a. m fc7
ft a. m i
ft a. m 70
10 a. m 71
11 a. m 72
12 m 7
1 p. m 7
2 p. m 77
8 p. m 7S
P- m :t
It p. m 78
p. m 78
7 d. m 77
S P- m 7b
Comparative Loral Record.
... 115. 114. ISIS. 1912.
HlKhast yesterday 7 S M 78
Lowest yesterday 63 73 6 K
Mean temperature 71 W 7 7
Precipitation 05 T .00 .0)
Temperature and precipitation depar
tures from the normal:
Normal temperature 73
Deficiency for the day t
Total deficiency tine March 1 115
Normal precipitation lg Inch
Deficiency for the day I3lmh
Total rainfall alnce March 1.. 10. 8 Inches
Deficiency since March 1 1.61 inches
Ieflelency for ror. period. 1114. . Inch
Deficiency for cor. period, mi. .18 tiich
Resort from Btatloae at T P. M.
BUtloo and State Temp. High- Raln
of Weather. 7 p. m. est. fall.
Cheyenne, rain ) TO T
uavenport. clear , .m
Tenver. cloudy 7! go .00
Dea Moines, clear 78 M 0j
Lander, clear 7! 74 .oft
North Platte, pt. cloudy 7 8i jtt
Omaha, partly cloudy.... 77 7 (,
Pueblo, cloudy 74 78 .0
Kspta t ity, clear 70 74 .
Ealt Lake City, clear MO M 00
Banta Fe, partly cloudy. 7i M no
Sheridan, clear 72 T2 )
Wouj city, clear 78 18 .
, aiemuie. near 78 so .00
I inaicates trace or precipitation.
U A. WtLSH. Local Forecast
INCIDENT OF CAMPAIGN
in the Sava river, under fire
i fif F
v.-' r.- tn ' 1
V
SLATON DENOUNCED
. AT MASS MEETING
More Than 2,000 Persons Assemble
in Atlanta and Pass Resolution
Condemning- Governor.
MANY ARRESTS ARE MADE
ATLANTA, Ga., June 21. More
than 2,000 persons gathered In mass
meeting In the capltol grounds and
passed a resolution condemning
Governor Slaton's action in com
muting Leo M. Frank's sentence to
life Imprisonment today. The crowd
then marched to "Five Points," In
the business center of the city, and,
after a short halt, went to the city
hall. There several arrests were
made after mounted police and pa
trolmen .had -made futile efforta to
disperse the demonstrants.
Mounted police suceeded in keeping the
crowd separated somewhat by riding In
rings, rounding up the demonstrants into
small detachments.
The governor's decision was announced
barely twenty-four hours before the
time set for Frank's execution for the
murder' of 'Mary Phagan. and after he
had been taken secretly from the Fulton
county jail to the state prison farm at
Mtlledaevllle.
At' the mans meeting In the capltol
grounda a speaker admonished everyone
present to march to "Five Polnta" as a
demonstration against the governor's
action.
Extra police were st to patrol the
streets early in the day. Near beer
saloonH nnd clubs dispensing liquor were
ordered closed. Previous to the demon
stration at Five Points five arrtsts. In
cluding one physician, had been made
for failure to 'move on."
Governor Slaton Issued a statement of
approximately 15,000 words, explaining his
action. He maintained there waa reason
able doubt of Frank's irullt of the mur
der of Mary Phagan. He devoted much
of his statement to the part tho negro,
Jamea Conley, might have played In the
crime.
The appearance of additional mounted
policemen seemed to cow the throng of
demonstrators and it slowly dispersed.
MAKIKTTA, Ua., June a. Governor
Slaton, who today commuted the sen
tence of Leo AI. Frank, was hanged In
effigy here today. A life sized dummy
strung to a telpraph pole bore an In
acriptlon. "John M. Piston, Georgia's
Traitor Oovernor."
Mary Ph itan, the victim of the pencil
factory murderer, formerly resided here.
Deputy Marshals
Are Killed in Fight
STOCKTON. Cal., June 21.-Ben Ingrain
and Frank Blondin, deputy marshals of
Tracy, Cal., died early today while en
route to a hospital In this city. The two
officers were fatally wounded In Tracy
Into last night while attempting to quell
a disturbance in the outskirts of that
town. Two arrests have been made.
William R. Rand,
Publisher, is Dead
NEW CANAAN. Conn.. June 21 Wil
liam II. Rand, for many years head of
the printing and publishing houae of
Rand, McNally & Co.. died here last
night at the home of his daughter. Mrs.
Ilenr)' W. Cliappell. He had been ill
for some time.
BAN ON FREE SPEECH IN
PENNSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY
PHILADKLPH1A. June 21 -Twelve
members of the fsoulty of the Wharton
Pchool of Finance of the L'nlverelty of
Pennsylvania met here today and decided
to ask the trustees of the university
their reasons for not reappointing Bcott
Searing to his position of assistant pro
fessor of economics in the school of
finance. After the close of the college
year Uat week. Provost Edgar F. Smith
of the university Informed Prof. Near
ins that he had been directed by the
board of d'rertors not to renew his ap
pointment. It was asserted thst Prof. Nesting was
not reappointed because of Ms freely
expressed views on economic questions.
a i ..,, r? ji.Jt .i Q- L s"
IN EAST Serbian troops landing on the island of Zazanlia
from Austrian who were driven from their positions.
ARDOR COOLS OVER
COMING J)F SUNDAY
Ministers Report They Have Had
Poorly Attended Preliminary
"Sunday" Meetings.
THOMAS WOULD AROUSE THEM
The ardor and enthusiasm of
Omaha ministers concerning the com
ing of Billy Sunday was unintention
ally dampened Monday morning by
Elmer E. Thomas and other speak
ers at the last regular meeting of the
6eason hold by the Ministerial union
at the Young Men's Christian asso
ciation. Thomas told the preachers that there
iv ga a hereculean Job ahead of them;
that It was entirely up to the pastors
to make, the ttUly Sunday revival a suc
cess or failure; that Billy Sunday thinks
Omaha la "tough soil and a hard field;"
that the preachers must set Omaha afire
before Blhy Sunday comes, or else his
revival will not be successful; that "the
ministers will get an awful tongue lash
ing if they don't make the enterprise a
go;" that the Billy Sunday campaign
meetings have so far been only perfunc
tory and have not reached the core of
the situation; that the laymen "have not
yet boon Interested;" that the prayer
meetings have been discontinued:." that
"Billy Sunday Is worn out and leg
weary;" that the preachers are "off on
the wrong foot," and that "there is enor
mous discontent in the hearts of the min
isters."
Compares with Mormons.
The listening pastors were made to
squirm in their seats by Thomas' men
tion of the seal and success of the Mor
mon church, as compared to some other
churches. He continued:
'It Is only ten weeks before Lilly
comes. I don't know what can be done,
but something must be done. It is up to
the preachers."
The union voted to hold special meet
ings In July and August to promote the
Billy Sunday campaign, instead of ad
journing till September, as was originally
planned.
Following Thomas' talk. Rev. Charles
(Contlnud oen Page Three, Column Four.)
Omaha Officers
Arrive with Man
Under Suspicion
Detective Frank Murphy arrived in Lin
coln yesterday with Ben Btutheit of Ioup
City, arreated in St. Paul under suspicion
of knowing something about the murder
of Ada Kwanson in Omaha in May. Stut
helt attracted attention at Sargent, Neb.,
by strange utterances, but when taken
he Insisted he had not been in Omaha
for two years.
The officers have not yet had any of
the persons living in the vicinity of the
Kykes home where the murder occurred
try to identify him. He talks rather
irrationally at times and the pollco are
not aanguine that he had anything to
do with the case. It haa been their
policy to run down every clue, however,
and when word came from Farmer A. B
Newcomb at Sargent that a strsnger
there hsd been talking about the case,
they at once went after him. It took
nearly a week's search to find the man.
Stuthelt haa relatives at Ioup City. He
told them not long ago that he was going
to the Kansas wheat fields snd it was
after thia statement that he wandered
about Custer and Howard counties.
General De Wet is
Guilty of Treason
BOE.MFONTF.1N. I'nion of South
Africa. June Jl (Via l.ondoni Ctneral
Christian IeWet, one of the leaders of
the South African rebellion a.iitipt the
British government, was t1av lound
found guilty of treason on elKht counts.
Sentence wos deferred until tomoirow.
CHAIRMAN CLARKE
NOW IN WASHINGTON
fFrom a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. June II fSperlal THe
gram.) Herry T. Clarke. Jr . memlier of
the railway commission of Nehisaka. Is
In Washington on a rate hearing before
the United States Comerce commission
("iti. I .I Ml!?'
CAPITAL NATIONAL
BANK CASES AGAIN
United States Supreme Court Orders
the Famous Nebraska Suits
Reargued.
LARGE SUM NOW INVOLVED
iKrom a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. June 21. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Mosher and Out
calt, David K. Thompson, Charles E.
Yates and the Capital National bank
of Lincoln, how they troop across
the stage of Nebraska's legal history!
Today the supreme court of tha
I'nlted States directed that four cases,
known as tho Jones National bank, the
Bank of Staplehurat, the Vtica bank and
Thomas Bailey against Charles E. Yates,
David E. Thompson and others, be re
stored to the docket at the supreme court
for reargumont. '
"Gosh! Are those cases going to bo
argued again?" said a court attendant,
when told that the supreme court had de
creed that the caaes above mentioned
would once more take their place on an
October docket.
"Why, I had just got married when
those cases were first argued before the
supreme court. It must have been nearly
eight or ten years ago. Gosh! Are they
going to argue them all over again?
Will, one thing I've got to say for the
court: It's always for letting the law.
yers have a show."
Represent lOO.OOO.
The cases orlglnatwed through the fail
ure of the Capital National bank of Lin
coln, in which Charles IS. Yates, David
E. Thompson and others were directors,
the contention being that the bank was
Insolvent from the day of Its organiza
tion, notwithstanding the reports 01' Its
solvency given from time to time to the
controller of the currency. About 1100,000
Is now involved.
After the bank failed, Jonea National
bank and other banking Institutions, cor-
j resiondents of the Capital National bank.
iimiuuiea proceedings against the direct
ors and recovered damages.
The actions were commenced In tho
district court of Seward county in 1896.
They were twice removed to the federal
court and remanded and wore once be
fore the circuit court of appeals. They
were first tried to a Jury in the district
court of Seward county, Nebraska, In
May, 1302, which resulted In verdicts and
Judgments for the plaintiffs.
Jodaments Affirmed.
Defendants prosecuted error to the su
preme court of Nebraska and the Judg
ments were affirmed. Thereupon the
cases were reviewed by the supreme
I court of the I'nlted States, reversed ant
remanded. Cases were again tried In
Seward county in VM, the trial result
ing in judgment for the plaintiffs.
Whereupon defendants prosecuted error
to the supreme court of Nebraska and
the court standing equally divided, the
supreme court has decided reargument.
Grey Warns English
Away from Mexico
LONDON. June 2i. The official press
bureau today Issued the following state
ment: ' "In .view of the existing state of af-
, fairs In Mexico the secretary of foreign
sffalrs (Sir Kdwsrd Oiey). desires to
warn British subjects against visiting
' that country unless absolutely obliged to
i do so by Imperative necessity.
T H G AT t'CIT Y'O FT H W 15
It is Greater Omaha from
now on the law for the
merger of South Omaha and
Dundee with Omaha hav
ing come into effect, and the
consolidated city haa for
visitorithe attraction! of all
of them.
1
I
FRANK'S SENTENCE
IS COMMUTED BY
GOVERNOR SLATON
Alleg-ed Slayer of Mary Phag-an is
Taken to the State Prison Farm
During: the Nig-ht by
the Sheriff.
STATEMENT BY THE EXECUTIVE
Governor Says He Knows Hit Action
Means His Retirement from
Public Life.
MOB GATHERS AT THE CITY HALL
ni 1.1.F.TI.
ATLANTA. Oa., June 21. Al
though crowds on the streets dis
cussing the Frank case did not ap
pear so excited as the day wore on,
the police ordered all near-beer sa
loons closed shortly bofore 11 o'clock
and an extra 100 policemen were put
on duty. Orders were Immediately I
Issued to arrest anyone attempting!
violence. !
ATLANTA. Oa., June 21. Io M. !
rranas aoAtn sentence was com
muted to Hfo Imprisonment today by
Oovernor 81aton. Frank was sen
tenced to hanged here tomorrow for
the murder of Mary Thagan In April,
1913.
Frank wns secretly removed from
the county Jail here shortly after
midnight lest night and taken under
heavy guard to the state prison farm
at Mllledgevllle, upon orders of Oov
ernor filaton.
When early reports that Frank's sen
tence had been commuted began to circu
late, crowds began to gather on the prin
cipal downtown street corners. The arrest
of a man who attempted to dismount a
policeman by grabbing the horse's reins,
stirred on the crowd to excitement and It
followed the officers to the city hall, a
block away. Speakers started to ha
rangue the crowd from the city hall
steps, but were stopped by an extra force
of police. It was stated that a delega
tion waa ccmlng here from Marietta, the
former home of Mary Phagan.
Statement by (iorrrnor.
Oovernor Slaton still was at his coun
try home when he snnounced his decision.
In making the announcement the gov
ernor dictated the following brief state
ment! "All that I ask Is that the people of
Georgia read my statement of the reasons
why I commuted Leo M. Frank's death
sentence td life Imprisonment before they
paas Judgment. -i
"Feeling as I do about this case. I
would be a murderer If I allowed this
man to hang. It means that I muat live
In obscurity the rest of my days, but I
would rather be plowing in a field then
to feel for the rest of my life that I had
that man's blood on my hands."
Oeveraer flerlevre ICvldeaee.
In his statement exhaustively explain
ing his reasons for commuting Prank's
sentence, Oovernor Slaton reviewed the
circumstance surrounding the murder
of Mary Phagan In the National Pencil
factory here, on April V, 19U, the con
viction of Frank, and his appeals for
clemency. Continuing, the statement
roads:
"The murder was a most heinous one
and the offender deserved the punish
ment of death. The only question Is ss to
the Identity of the criminal. The respon
sibility Is upon the people of Georgia to
protect the lives of Its citlsens and to
maintain the dignity of Its laws, and If
the choice muat be made between the ap
probation of citlsens of other states and
the enforcement of our laws against of
fenders, we must choee the latter al
ternative. "It la charged that the court and Jury
were terrorised by a mob and that the
jury were coerced into their verdict.
When Frank was Indicted and the air
was filled with rumors as to the murder
snd mutilation of the girl, there was In
tense feeling and to such an extent that
my predecessor, Oovernor Brown, stated
In argument before me .that he had the
militia ready to protect the defendant if
any attack was made.
"Bome weeka later the defendant waa)
put on trial."
Important Facia Cited.
The governor then reforred to Georgia's
laws relating to change of venue, de
claring tlieae provisions most broad In
behalf of tho defendant to Insure a fair
trial. Frank, he aald, went to trial with
out aaktng a change of venue and sub
mitted, his case to a Jury that was ac
ceptable to him.
"During the progress of the trial " the
statement continued, "after evidence had
been introduced laving the crime with
many offensive details upon Frank, the
feeling against him became intense.
if the audience In the court room
manifested their deep resentment toward
Frank, It waa largely by this evidence of
ftejtng. beyond the court's power to cor
reot. It would be difficult for an ap
pelate court or a trial court to grant a
new trial In such a long case bersuse
the audience in the court room on a few
occasions Indicated Its sympathy.
"The Jury found the defendant guUty
and with exception of the demonstration
i rulside the court room there was no dis
order. Nothing waa done which the
courts could correct through legal ma
chinery." The governor pointed out that the
United States supreme court had sus
tained this ruling. He declared the cl arg8
asainst the stats of Georgia of racial
prejudice waa unfair. He then reviewed
the evidence.
Iiaportaatt Facte Cited.
He asaerted the state proved that Frank
was in his office at the factory a little
after II o'clock the day of the murder,
and that he admitted paying Mary Pha
gan wages due her. 8o fsr as known, be
says. Frank waa the person who saw her
alive last. Other facta enumerated by
the governor as to him, the more Im
portant of those shown by the state werei
That Frank at 4 o'clock the afternoon
of the murder allowed the negro watch-
(Continued on Page Two, Column One.)
HITS THE 'GRANDAD
CLAUSE'JOR COUNT
Supreme Court Knooks Out Litiga
tion Aimed at Negroes in Okla
homa and Maryland.
THE DECISION IS UNANIMOUS
WASHINGTON. June 21. In a
decision so broad as probably to
annul "Grandfather clause" enact
ments In every southern state which
has adopted such laws, the supreme
court today held Invalid Oklahoma
and Maryland legislation aimed at re
stricting the nearo vote. The de
clutch waa unanimous.
The decision In short was that it Is
a violation of the fifteenth amendment
for a state to select arbitrarily a date
such as lsni. and provide that persona
not qualified to vote on that date r
wlioae ancestors were not so qualified,
are barred from voting or must submit
to voting tests not required of others.
The court further held thst election
officials who sought to enforce such
O.titNea could he held amenable to law
for denying persons a right to vote and
that such officials could not disregard
the fact that the fifteenth amendment
had stricken out of the state law the
word "white" as a qualification of vot
ing. The court held that Oklahoma had not
meant to provide a literacy teat for its
voters. If the reatrlctlon as to those
nusltflcd to vote In 1W8 waa Illegal, and
hence struck down that teat, although
thst standing along such a test waa con
stitutional. The decision was unanimous.
Government Loses
Oregon Railroad
Land Grant Suit
WASHINGTON. Jun 21. The govern
ment lost Its si.lt In the superior court
to forfeit the unsold portion of the Ore
gon A California railroad land grant,
amounting to some J.SOO.OOO acres and val
ued at more than $30,000,000.
The railroad company was enklned,
however, from future aalea In violation
of the conditions of the grant unt'l con
congress has reasonable time to act.
The suit waa Instituted In accordance
with a resolution of congress In the fed
eral district court of Oregon, on Septem
ber 4. 19tW. The government rlaimed that
the railroad had forfeited Its rights by
having violated a provision which re
quired It to sell In not more than 100
acre tracts for not more than IIM an
acre, and only to actual settlers. The
government sought to prove that tho
company had hold in large tracts to
timber companies at more than K.M an
e-e, and has adopted a policy to sell
no more to any purchaser for the time
being.
The railroad contended that the pro
vision was not effective, because the
lands were unfit for settlement, . and
furthermore, urged that the government
was stopped from raising the question of
forfeiture because of long acquisoenoa In
the company's disregard of the selling
provision.
Zeppelin Raiders
Turned .Back Near
Heart of London
(Correspondence of the Associated Preas.)
JWDON. June 11. The 7-oppelln raid
ers who visited the east coast of Eng
land on the night of June (. causing the
death of five persons and the Injury of
forty others, were turned bsck at Wood
ford, eight miles from the heart of Lon
don. On their homeward Journey they did
considerable damage to Gravesend and
shipping at Tilbury- An explosive bomb
struck the Japanese liner, Tasaka Maru.
Ths bomb, loaded with shrapnel, ex
ploded as It struck the water Just under
the stern of the liner aad the plates
were riddled. Little damage was done
below the water line, but the stern and
the rear superstructure were damaged
eeverely. None of the crew waa In
jured. The liner waa not dus to sail
for two weeks and only a few of the
sailors were on bosrd.
A number of small craft anchored near
the liner were struck by pellets from the
bomb, but were not badly alamagad.
Seigel Withdraws
Offer to Creditors
and Goes to Prison
I ur..ir.oiU, n. s ., uno rionry ille
gal, former owner or department atorea
and banker of New York, convicted last
November of a misdemeanor and sen
tenced to ten mohs' Imprisonment snd
to pay a fine of tl.OOO unless he made
restitution to his creditors, started for
Rochester today to enter the Monroe
county penitentiary to begin his sentence.
At his hearing before Justice Clark this
morning Blgel waived stsy of execution
of sentence and Sheriff Boot started with
lh" nrlsoner for Rochester.
The hearing, which wss postponed last
Monday at Blegel's request, lasted only
three minutes.
Hegel and his counsel determined to
accept sentence and withdraw his offer
to make Immediate payment of tlW,00i
to the depositors In his banks on the
ground that It waa not satisfactory to a
majority of them.
He waa quoted as saying: "If my lifs
depended upon my raising more than
1160.010. I'd have to die. I haven't a dollar
left. The crash took it all."
Villa Detachment
Defeated by Yaquis
NOGALF.8. Aril.. June Zl A detach
ment of the Villa troops ordered south
to protect foreigners In the Yaqul valley
was defsatsd by Yaqut Indians yester
day, twenty-five miles south of Em
pa I me, Sonora. and lost forty men and a
machine gun. according to advices re
ceived here todav. Twenty-five men also
a ere Inst in a previous skirmish. It wss
lepwitad. .
KAISER ASSUMES
COMMAND OF HIS
ARMY IN GALIGIA
Action is Taken as Indication that
Hour for the Final Assault on
the City of Lemberg
it Near.
TEUTONS CONTINUE ADVANCE
Petrograd Reports Say Germans Are
Overstating the Gains They.
Hare Made.
FRENCH TAKE SOME TRENCHES
nt i.i.f.ti.
I1KRLIN. June 21. (Via Lon
don.) A further succors In the Aus-(ro-Oernian
drive at the Gallrlan cap
ital of Iembprg was announced today
by the War office. The statement
says that the town of Itawa Husks,
thirty-two tulles northwest of Lem
berg. had been captured from the
Russians.
LONDON", June 21. The an
nouncement that Kmperor William
has assumed supreme command ol
the operations In Gallcia Is inter
preted here as an indication of com
plete German confidence In the final
victory on the assault of Lemberg,
regarded as so near at hand that the
generals who during the last two
months have battered their way
across the province wish the emperor
to participate personally In the ex
pected triumph.
Some of the claims put forward by
the Germans and Austrlans as to
really decisive results have sttll to b
substantiated, but there Is no ques
tion that they have won new victories
both west and north of the Oallclan
capital.
Tewtnna Advance Tbrnnsh Orodek.
The Aunt co-German advance Is still
progressing through the Orodek lines
west of lumbers. The failure of the
Russians to hold these positions haa been
a keen disappointment to the British,
who hoped that this strong and selected
position might furnish another example
of the resiliency of Eknperor Nichols
forces, which has been one of the marked
features of the war In the east. Never
theless It Is questioned here that any
thing so vital as the flight of the Rus
sian army as Indicated by Vienna reports
or a perilous break In the Russlsn front
has occurred. Some British experts are
of the opinion that the Russians are
fighting renr guard actions while with
drawing their armies practically Intact.
They suggest that either the Russlaps
(Continued on Page Two. Column Four.)
The Day 'a War Newt
A VSTRO-GKRM AN foreee are rloe
laaj In oat Lembersr, capital of Cia
llela. The German war offlee to
day announced th raptart of
Rawa Raikt, thirty-two aitlea
northwest of the rlty.
FIRTIIRR ai'CrF.vSE" In north
western France, to the north of
Arras, as well as In Lorraine and
In the Vossrea, were reported to
day by the Frrnrh war office. r
Tt RKIftll FORCE on UaC'poll pe
ninsula took the offensive yester
day, an official nnnoaneemeat
from Constantinople aaya, nag In
flicted heavy losses on the Frnneo
Brttlah left wlner.
BF.RLIN AND VIENNA record a ar.
rlee of anecraaea atlll nnbrnkea la
the Gallrlan campaign. The lat
est report from Anatrlan headqaar
tera annonncea "m new and com
plete victory." The Rnaalnna.
however, are atlll flahtlna; ob
atlnntely on the line of the
Wrrcssyra river. In the realon of
Grodek, m short distance west of
Member.
FRENCH AND BRITISH are keeping?
np n rontlnoona offensive In the
La Bsuee nnd Arras districts of
northern France, In Lorraine and
In the Voices, with varylnaj for
tunes. On the Italian front bad
weather Is again Interfering with
operntlona.
PETROURAD ADMITS the Aoatro
German forces have made a further
advance In the Dniester district
nnd to the north of Leathers;.
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