-FRENCH HOLD ntW GAINS IS BUTTLE mermans Make Repeated At* * tacks But Fail to Retake Thiaumont and Larger Portion of Fieury. BRITISH SMASH TEUTONS ^English Take Enemy’s Second Line on Mile Front—Hard est Struggle Waged In Verdun Region. Paris, Aug. 7.—All German attacks on the French positions last night wen repulsed, says the ' French offlcia statement issued this afternoon, the Germans sustaining heavy losses. The bombardment of the most vio. lent character took place over the en tire sector of Thiaumont and Fieury the battle lasted from 9 o’clock las' night until 8 this morning, the Germans making unsuccessful efforts, the state ment adds, to drive the French from .1 Thiaumont. k Fieury, which changed hands Thnirs. * day after the French had succeeded ir taking it, is again almost entirely oc cupied by the French. Fierce fighting still continues in and around the vil lage. German unwounded prisoners taken in the Verdun fighting number 400. "On the Somme front French scout ing aeroplanes delivered 17 attacks upon the enemy, during the course ol which two German machines were se WV osly damaged and compelled to lane ■ ; ftpitately within their lines. Twt company men when questioned, declared they had no com plaint on the whole against the com pany mess. Clarke Is now a prisoner here in tin stockade. EXTRAVAGANCE IS REAL ISSUE, DECLARES KENYON [From The Tribune Bureau.] Washington. Aug. 5.—-Unprecedented extravagance was charged against thi democrats in a Senate speech by Sen ator Kenyon. He put figures into th« record to show that, excluding pre paredness, increases and appropria tions were over $172,000,000 more that by any republican session. This, sail Kenyon, is the real issue the democrat! must face. /cDFFRAGETS plan to * RAISE HALF MILLION New York, Aug. fi.—Efforts will hi made by the leaders of the woman’/, party, it was stated today to organize a group of 1,000 women, to raise a funi of $500,000 for the use in the campaigt for votes for women this fall. Mrs (■. H. P. Belmont will go to Newport to start the movement, BOTH ARE IN LINE. T Washington, Aug. 5.—Hannah .) Vutterson, secretary of the Nations Woman Suffrage association, reporte to suffrage leaders here today tlu. both candidates for governor of We. Virginia, has indorsed the woman suf frage amendment to the state const) tution, which would be submitted t> the voters in November, DENMARK IS DIVIDED ON WEST INDIES SALE Opposition Accuses Government of Bad Faith—Press Calls* It Good Deal. London. Aug. 7.—Some of the Dan ish conservative papers have opened a violent attack on the government over the treaty with the United States for the sale of the Danish West Indies, ac cording to a Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company. The National Tidendeu says: "In a question of such great importance for the whole nation, the government acted in a manner such as its worst antagon ists would not have believed it capable of. Nobody but the Danish government would have risked such a course." On the other hand, the Politiken points out that Denmark several times attempted to utilize the islands, but her efforts were vain. This paper says that under the present war conditions the islands might become a danger to Dan ish neutrality and that it might be dif ficult to defend them from encroach* ment. Army of 14,000 Men Takes Offensive on Eight Mile Front Several Miles East of Canal. London, Aug, 7.—British positions near Romain, east of Port Said, are being attacked by 14,000 Turks, ac cording to an official statement issued by the war office. The Turks are at tacking along a front of seven to eight miles, the statement says, and have so far been repulsed. The text of the British official an nouncement says: "The following report timed 11:10 p. m., on the 4th of August, has been received from the general office of the commander in chief in Egypt: "Since midnight of August 3-4, Turks whose strength is estimated at 14,000 have been attacking our posi tion near Romani, east of Port Said on a front of seven to eight miles. “The position at dusk on the 4th of August was that their attacks had made no impression on our fortified position while on the southern flank the fighting was also going on in our favor and between 400 and 500 prison ers have been taken there. “Ships of the royal navy rendered valuable service from the Bay of Tina. "Fighting still was in progress when this report was dispatched. The tem perature during the day reached 100 degrees in the shade.” An official statement issued by the Turkish war office on Friday stated :hat Turkish air men had attacked with machine guns British positions about 25 miles each of the Suez canal. Romani is a village near the coast Df the Mediterranean and is 22 miles to the east of the Suez canal. It is about 10 miles northwest of Katia, Where several engagements recently have been fought between the British and the Turks. The Turkish attack on the British positions in Egypt to the east of the Suez canal comes as no surprise to those who are in close toucii with the operations in that part of the world. Gen. Sir Archbald Murray, who com mands the British army there, has long realized that the Turks, with the as sistance of the Austrians and Germans) might make a serious attempt on the canal even at the hottest period of the year. Austrian and German engineers foi months have been digging for water, which, close to the Mediterranean, ex ists in many cases at no considerable depth under the sand, although it most ly Is too brackish for use of European troops. The Turks must therefore have made very thorough arrangements for the storage and transport of water, the country being a pure sand desert, with small widely scattered cases of date palm growing around ancient wells. At Romani, where fighting is in progress, the Turks must bring up ev ery drop of water from Aughratina* some 10 miles away. It is understood the Turks have with them some 1,000 Austro-Gcrman in fantry, as well as a large number of Bedouin irregular soldiers. Their choice of the coast route, instead of the cara van road from Katia to Kantara, which they took the last time, brings their flank under the fire of warships in tl\* bays of Tina. TURKS CLAIM GAINS. Constantinople, Aug. 5.— (via Lon don)—Further reverses for the Russian armies in Persian territory are reported in the Turkish war office statement un ler date of August 4, which follows: “On July 29, in a battle near Bukan, Persia, the Russians were compelled to retreat northward abandoning 200 dead. We cantured three machine guns in good condition with all their connec tions, quantities of ammunition and rifles and rattle.” BRITISH SUBMARINE SHELLS CONSTANTINOPLE London, Aug. 5.—Constantinople and the suburbs of Kartal and Penbik, re cently were bombarded by a submarine from the sea of Marmora, according to Constantinople advices transmitted by the Athens correspondent of the Ex change Telegraph company. GOULD SUES HEINZE ESTATE ON JUDGMENT New York, Aug. 5.—Tn an effort to recover part of the $1,261,588 alleged 0 be due him from a judgment against ■ Augustus Heinze, obtained in Octo ber, 11*14, attorneys for Edwin Gould oday filed in the supreme court two aits against Mrs. Elba M. Kleltrnann, inter of the ’ate financier and admin atratrix of ills estate. Mr. Heinze died 1 few weeks after the judgment was ntored. WILSONS IN CHESAPEAKE, Portress Monroe, Va., Aug. 5. -The aval yacht Mayflower, with the Presi , i-,t and Mrs. Wilson aboard, »a* uising today in lower Chesapeake hay, ■ ring made a leisurely trip from fa-shfngton. Towards noon the vesse' as off Cape Charles City, Va., and ii os expected she would later drop nchor in Hampton Roads. RUSSIAN LEADER IN GALICIA MAKES RAPID ADVANCE; THREATENS LEMBERG General Sakharoff. General Sakharoff is in command of the Russian forces which during the past few weeks have made a rapid and successful advance in Galicia and captured many thousands of Austrians. General SakharoiTa army now threatens Lemberg, which is the key to a vast field of oil well* and to a district rich in lead and copper mines. Auto Bandits of Detroit Escape With $34,000 Haul And Outwit All Pursuers Detroit. Mich.. Aug. 7.—Search was being vigorously prosecuted early to day in every county surrounding De troit for the five automobile bandits, who, armed with rifles and pistols, yes terday held up the motor pay car of the Burroughs Adding Machine com pany aDd made off with between $33,000 and $3<..000, after shooting and slightly wounding one man. The robbery, which occurred within half a block of the Burroughs plant, is declared to have been the most dar ing in the history of Detroit. It was accomplished so quickly that, almost before any one of the occupants of the pay car and a number of guards in a ear following realized what was hap pening, the robbers transferred five ?ash bags to their own machine and were out of sight. Hundreds of per sons who saw the holdup smiled in the Berlin Report Says Much Dam age Was Done at Harwich and In Norfolk Coun ty By Zeps. Amsterdam, (via London), Aug. 7.— The following semiofficial statement, supplementing the German official ver sion of the Zeppelin raid on the east ern and southeastern coasts of Eng land on the night of August 3, has been published here. "At Harwich, the naval force in the harbor was twice attacked and the doc k and railway works were abundantly bombarded. “In the county of Norfolk, industrial buildings and searchlight installations at Norwich were successfully attacked. Then bombs were dropped on Low estoft, where a number of fires broke out in factories. "British seaplanes, which attacked1 the airships, were forced to retreat.” CHARGES FILED AGAINST SHREDDED WHEAT MAKERS Washington, Aug. 5.—On the show ing made by preliminary investigation lie federal trade commission today is sued a formal complaint against the Shredded Wheat company, of Niagara Kails, N. Y„ on charges of unfair com petition brought by the Ross Food com pany. Hearings will be held in Buffalo, N. Y„ September 14. T he Ross company alleges that the Niagara Kails corcern sought to force It out of business. SLAIN MAJOR’S WIFE GETS LARGER PENSION Washington. Aug. 5.—Maj. M. C. But ler, shot to death by H. C. Spanned, of Alpine, Tex., was held today by the Senate to have died a lieutenant colo nel. Butler's nomination for promo don had been confirmed before his death, but his commission had not been forwarded. By a hill passed today in the Senate the president was author ized to issue the commission, dating July 1. Tills operates to increase his widow's pension. There are mare than 333,000 members | of the famous civilized Indian tribes of Oklahoma, the Cherokees leading with 41,824, and Semlnoles coming last with 8,127, the other tribes being the Chlck asaws. Choctaws and Creeks. belief that they were witnessing th scenario of a photoplay. One of th robbers is said to have lost his ha and revolver, both of which are not in the possession of the police. Nine automobiles, filled with Detrol policemen, and two loaded with deput sheriffs, in command of Sheriff Oak man, of this (Wayne) county, took u; the chase a short time after the holdut At latest reports, all were still search ing the surrounding country, excep three or four officers who returnei about midnight and reported they couli go no further in the search. Vague reports from several town and villages lying outside of Detroii to the effect that the robbers were be lieved to have been seen passini through there, were received, but, de spite the fact that every clue wai promptly picked up and followed, 1h< robbers earlv today were still at large BIG IS DONE Territory 200 Miles Long am 50 to 100 Miles Wide Swept By Heavy Rain and Severe Wind. Grand Forks, N. D., Aug. 5.—That ! territory nearly 200 miles long and 6( to 100 miles wide was affected in th< rain and hail storms which late Thurs day night swept northeastern Nortl Dakota and northwestern Minnesota i; indicated by reports that have comi straggling into this city up to a lati hour last night. It was estimated tha the losses will run into millions of dol lars. Tolna, N. D„ reported an estlmatei loss of $100,000, and McVille, $60,00' damage, due to a cyclone, which alsi spread over the surrounding territory Reports Indicate heavy damage to th' district around Aneta, Portland am Hatton. N. D., and in a section nortl of Devil’s I.ake, N. P., through Leeds AGITATORS THREATEN TO CLOSE INDUSTRIES Duluth, Minn., Aug. 5.—Threats t( close every industry in the lTnite( States unless the 10 I. W. W. agitator: confined in the St. Uouis county jail Duluth, are freed, were made by Jo seph Ettor, an I. IV. V,\ leader at i meeting of Duluth socialists last night when resolutions were adopted de manding that Gov. J. A. Burnquis bring about the removal of what thi resolutions termed "gunmen" from thi range strike zone. The socialists went on record as fa voring fusion with the I. W. W. an< approving the strike meeting of tha organization UNION PACIFIC SHOWS HIGH RECORD EARNING' New York, Aug. 5.—A statement o the earnings of the Union Pacific rail way company for the fiscal year ende< June 30, shows gross earnings o $104,717,005, the largest revenue in it: history. This compares with gross earn ings of $86,958,294 in the preceding year The net earnings after the paymen of preferred dividends were $34,795,768 which is equal to 15.65 per cent on th' common stock, as compared with 10.9 per cent In the previous year. ROB NEBRASKA BANK | OF SLOOO; ESCAPE Automobile Bandits Get Colo' From Cashier—Take Trail Toward Omaha. Omaha, Aug. 7.—The Farmers State bank of Florence, a suburb of Omaha, was robbed of $1,000 today by two au tomobile bandits. The two men drove up to the bank In a motor car shortly after noon One remained on guard outside whll^ the other forced Cashier Nelson tc hand over all currency and cash avail able. After getting the money the rob bers drove south toward Omaha. No trace of the bandits has been founcl according to the Omaha police. FLWS ATTACK ON Senator Lewis Says Republican Criticism of President In vites Attack By Bor der Nation. Washington, Aug. 7.—Senator Lewis, the democratic whip, spoke In the Sen ate today in reply to the attack upon the administration made by Charles E« Hughes in his speech accepting the re publican presidential nomination. Republican strictures upon tho ad ministration's Mexican policy, Senatoi Lewis denounced as "treasonable.” H« charged that the clause of the repub lican platform repudiating interference in the internal affairs of Mexico was responsible for the massacre of troopt at Carrizal. “Not until the captains of the re publican purty shot at the president ot the United States did the Mexican out laws shoot at the soldiers of the Amer ican president,” he said. "The plat form declaration Senator Lewis char acterized as a summons to Carranza and Villa to revenue the entrance of American soldiers into Mexico and the interference of America in her inter nal affairs. “It was the republican convention,” said Mr. Lewis, "which slew the sol diers at Carrizal," and he assailed ef forts of the republican leaders to make Mexico the issue, "without regard to facts, equity or justice." "Revolt against the government at Washington as to Mexico—that Is the Issue," he declared. “Denounce the president ns to Mexico—for that is the [ issue. Make contemptible your own 1 country before the world whenever you can—for that is the issue. ' Humiliate your own fellow man by holding his I country and his president up before l the world as unworthy the support of 1 his countrymen or the respect of for i eigners." CARRANZA NOTE NOT HOLLY SATISFACTORY i _____ i Believed, However, U. S. Will l Proceed With Diplomatic , Negotiations. [ Washington. Aug. 7.—The reply to Gerteral Carranza's note regarding the proposed !oint commission to settle border difficulties, will not be formul ated until President Wilson returns Monday from his weekend cruise down the Potomas. State department of ficials said today there would be no announcement as to the position of the United States until that time. It was indicated while not entirely satisfactory, General Carranza’s note 1 is viewed as opening the way for broadening the scope of the discussions by the commissioners as is desired by the president and information has reached department officials that the note was intended to cover that possi bility, although it does not mention the suggestion except by inference Whether that will be regarded as suf ficient to warrant proceeding with the negotiations by naming the American commissioners and without further correspondence, will be determined by President Wilson. MAY FURLOUGH GUARDS TO RESERVE OF STATES i - i Washington, D. C., Aug. 5.—National guardsmen now in federal service whe complete their required three years ot active service will be transferred to the I national guard reserve of their respect ive states or territories unless they de sire to continue with the colors for the [ full six years of their enlistment and, if furloughed to the reserve, will be sent home at the expense of the govern ment. This announcement was made by the i war department today. In computing enlistments on the new basis full allowance will be made for time already served under superseding enlistment contracts. TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL IS FORECAST i _ Washington, Aug. 5.—Weather pre dictions for the week beginning Sun day were announced by the weather i bureau today as follows: Great Rake Region—Rocal thunder showers at beginning of the week, fol lowed by generally fair until close, i when thunder showers are again prob able. Temperature above normal. Upper Mississippi Valley and Plains States—Temperatures will continue I above seasonal average. Weather gen erally fair except widely scattered thunder showers are probable over northern plains states and extreme upper Mississippi valley. ; SWEDISH SHIP SUNK, HAD NO CONTRABAND I Stockholm, Aug. 5.—The Swedish ; steamer Commerce, 638 tons, loaded , with 260 standards of Battens, con signed to England, was sunk yesterday off Soederhamn, by a German subma rine. f-&e ship was carrying no con , traband, and the Sewish government , will file a protest to Berlin against this i and other recent attacks on Swedish ===!====S====^=K=5=^=!®> -xC. STRIKE FAILS 10 I UP NEW YORK TROLLEY TRAFFIC Strike Breakers, With Police man on Every Car, Operate Affected Lines After Slight Delay. NO TROUBLE IS REPORTED Some Minor Disturbances Art Quickly Quelled—Elevated and Subway Employes Remain Loyal. New York Aug. 7.—Although e'rikel Were in effect today on nearly every surface car line In Manhattan, Queem and the Bronx, with between 2,000 ant 2,500 motormen and conductors report, ed Idle, professional strike breakers and loyal employes were in the places oj the strikers, and officials of the New York Railway company and the New York and Queens county railways said at 10 a. m. that almost normal sched ules were being maintained. Police Commissioner Woods assigned a policeman to every car of these lines and, except for a few minor demon, strations, there were no disorders. Of* ficlals of the two companies said that fewer than 500 men had fetruck. The cars were late In getting away from the barns, which led to the belle! earlier in the day that a serious tie uj had been effected. New York, Aug. 5.—Strikes were in effect today on virtually every surface car line in the boroughs of Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx, Involving 6,800 conductors and motormen and affecting 2,300,000 persons, who daily use the lines. The test to determine whether the organization of employes recently formed could paralyze the street car traffic of the city began early today, when the first of the workers sought transportation from their homes to their offices. Indications at 7.30 a. m. were that all the surface car lines in Manhattan, tho Bronx and Queens were nearly tied up, A few cars, guarded by policemen, wero moved. C.'.ly Surface Line* Hit. The labor leaders asserted that 80 per cent of the employes of the New York Railways company which oper ates the majority of the surface line* in Manhattan had voted to strike. The elevated and subway lines, which wero not affected by the strike vote were thronged by persons who were unable to use the surface lines. Threats have been made that the strike eventually would be extended to those systems. Preparations were made by many of the large financial and business institu tions in the lower part of the city to convey their employes from their homes to their offices and stores in automo biles and omnibuses and many of the employes occupied rooms for the night near subway or elevated lines in order to reach their work on time. The street railway lines Involved Include the New York Railways company, the Second Avenue line, Third Avenue Railway company and two lines in the Bronx First Tic Up Last Niqht. The strike to force a demand for recognition of the union and increased wages began to take effect on the main lines of the New York Railways com pany as early as 10 o’clock last night, when the first meeting of the conduc tors and motormen voted to quit work. One thousand men took a similar vote at a meeting early this morning. Em ployes of the Second Avenue line who had presented no demands to the com pany, struck In sympathy. Two hun dred employes of the surface llnrs in Queensborough voted to quite early to day. The Brooklyn lines are not in volved. Some Minor Disorders. uuiiic iiiitiui uiovt uvi. e> uiicnucu 1110 declaration of the strikes In Manhattan, and a few arrests were made of strik ers who attempted to interfere with the operation of cars. So far as known no one was injured during the night. The officials of the New’ York Rail ways company asserted only a asmall percentage of their employes had voted to quit work and sought the protection of the police for the others. The offi cials said that 90 per cent of the men were willing to w’ork and that with police protection the surface car lines could be operated. The police commis sioner offered to put a policeman on every car. WAIT VERDICT ON DEMAND. Philadelphia, Aug. 5.—Members of the Amalgamated Association of Street & Electric Railways of America, were today waiting for a reply from th« Philadelphia Rapid Transit company to the demand of the association for an increase in wages and better working conditions. The demand was sent to President Thomas A. Mitten, of the transportation company yesterday. BAKERS WOULD MAKE NO 5-CENT LOAVES Chicagoans to Press Question of 10-Cent Loaf at Na tional Convention. Chicago. Aug. 7.—The 5-cent loaf of bread must go. This Is the cry with which 400 Chicago bakers departed last night for Sait Lake City, Utah, to at tend the national convention of the Association of Master Bakers and to attempt to persuade that body that 10 cents is the lowest price at which a fair sized loaf of bread can be sold with profit. In the party were scores of bakers from eastern cities. ST. PAUL IS STRONGEST COMPETITOR FOR BANK Washington. D. C., Aug. 5.—Senator E. S. Johnson said that he looked on St Paul as the most dangerous rival of the South Dakota cities and Sioux City In the matter of getting a land bank under the rural credits law. “If the bank can be kept out of St. Paul," he said, 1 believe It will go either to one of Ike