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Wanta wp aotnethino; for onKtMc else more ueful to youT Ue the Swappers' column of The Dee. Daily Bee THE WXAT1EER Fair; Warmer .. VOL. XUV NO. 277. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 7, 1915-TEN PAGES. On Trains end at Botel Hews Btaads, 5o SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. The Omaha "ACCEPT EVERY DEMAND," SAYS JAP ULTIMATUM Final Manifesto of Tokio Tells China It Unit Tield Un conditionally on All Points. EXPIRES AT 6 SUKDAY NIGHT Officially Announced that Drastio Action Taken by the. Govern ment of Nippon. GENERAL FLIGHT FROM MUKDEN TOKIO. May 8. Official an nouncement waa made here this .afternoon that Japan has sent an nJUmatnra to China. The Koknmtn Bhlmbun states that Jn Its ultimatum Japan stipulates that -Chin must accept unconditionally thai Japanese demands. The newspaper says An an extra edltlcm that this was decided upon by the lap rial council. Jt Is understood that the ulti matum expires at 6p. m. Sunday, War. Reavrkea Len-Mon. PEKING, May 6. The ultlmatuu (it Japan to China reached the tyJapaneea. legation today. It proba p IT -was presented to the Chinese gov rnment this afternoon. ftstnm Flee from Mukden. MUKDEN, May 6. (Via Peking. JMay ft.) The Japanese consular or era loaned May 3 resulted in a gen feral flight of Japanese from Mukden the following day. The value of a jgold yen increased thirty silver cenir nna a rich harvest was reaped by ex change brokers. All Japanese civil ians except a few bankers and rail way officials now have left the city. AU classes of Chinese viewed the exodus wttb stolid indifference, not insulting or molesting in any way the persons leaving the city. Although the natives are dep!jr perturbed the ottyremalna absolutely nulet. , Japanese troops occupy strategic posi tions In Mukden,' while Chinese soldiers are reported to be moving Into position to the aourth of the city. Many of the residents in that district are coming north. fhloeeo Aapear Iadlffereat. HANKOW, May a (Via Peking) The Japanese barracks hre have een pre pared for a siege. Following the con sul's advice, many Japanese have left the city, although the Chinese appear whnHv. lniflffarant. . Senraral nrominent native residents were entertained at din ner last night by some of th leading Japanese oiUsans. Japanese Flee from Mnkden. LONDON. May a The Dally News to day publishes aa editorial article on the Chinese situation which read in part: "It would not be easytto parallel such demand from one powV to another as Japan has made on China, In many re apecta they are more stringent than the Austrian demands on Serbia which led to .European war and China has done noth ing to Incur such a penalty. It offered no menace to Japan and It wanted only to enjoy Its own liberties In Its own way. "If China had been a military nation, able it never would have been thus chal lenged. It has neither the will nor the power to take an unfriendly and Ir reconclllable course twoard its powerful neighbor and it is grotesque to suggest that it la responsible for the crisis. "It Will be the last and the most bitter tragedy of this war if one of Its con sequences be that an unoffending nation whose Independence and lntregrlty tho Anglo-Japanese alliance has guaranteed. Is to be despoiled by one of the signa tories of that alliance." MRS. THEODORE ROOSEVELT IS OUT OFJHE HOSPITAL KBW. TORK, May 1 Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt was at her horn a In Oyvter Bay today after spending three weeks in Roosevelt hospital, where she underwent an operation. Mra Roosevelt entered the hospital April li. Apparently in tho best of health she left the Institution yesterday afternoon, walked unaided to an automobile and accompanied by her con Archie wcDt to the Roosevelt home. - The Weather ' Forecast till 7 p. m. Friday: For Omaha, Council Bluf fa and Vicinity Fair, rising temperature. Tesaperatar at Omaha Teaterday. Hour. Des. S a. in 41 p. m 4H 7 a. m Mi 8 a. in 'i ft a. in XI 10 a..m 3! 11 a. m 40 i: m 40 1 P. m l! Z p. nu 43 S p. m 47 4 p. in... 4S 5 p. m 8 p. in VI 1 p. rn M H p. m 49 Comparative L.oeal Record. 191S. 1S14. 19U. 1911. Higheat yeaterday rl e KT 7t lowest yeeterday !K (! i () ' (Mean temperature V. fi W 114 JTecipttation U .00 .uu .00 Temperature and precipitation depart ures from the normal: Normal temperature M leflctpnry for the day In Total exceaa nlnce March 1 SI Normal precipitation 12 inch Excess for the day 01 Inrh Total rainfall aince March 1... IX Inc hes Deficiency since March 1 2 2S inches Te(lciancy for cor. reriod. 1S14. .3 Inch ISzoaas (or cor. period, 1911 ... J US Inches Besarta from Statloaa at T I. M. Station and Plats Temp. IllRh- Raln- of Weather. CSeyenne. clear Iiavenport. rain rnvr. clar rea Molne. rain North Platte, clear.. Omaha, rleur Rapid City, clear... bhertdan, clear toux City, clear.... 7 p. m. est rau. .01 . . . .1.1 no 4 4 , & il . F4 4 M 7 M tVaienUne, clear. M U A. WELII. Local Forecaster. 111 SERIOUSNESS OF WAR Little family returning to its native village, only to find their house a mere shell and all their belongings gone. r ;.. u LAFAYETTE YOUNG ARRESTED FOR SPY Former Iowa Senator Detained 'at Hotel at Innsbruck, Austria, Several Hours. IDENTITY EASILY ESTABLISHED VIENNA. iUy 6. Via London.) Former United States Senator La fayette Young of Des Moines, la., .ac companied by! a former American deputy OBBul-at Berne, Sutler laud, was arrested at Innsbruck, Austria, yesterday on a suspicion of espion age directed against Mr. Young's companion. Mr. Young was promptly released with apologies after a few houra de tention In his hotel, but his compan ion was held in custody in the hotel until today before he was able to sat isfy the authorities, who apparently had been warned to look for a man of the same name. Mr. Young arrived In Vienna this morn ing. Speaking of the Incident, he said he saw. no reason for complaint He left later in the day for berlln. ' Actios as War Correspondent. DES MOINES, la., May . Former United States Senator Lafayette Young left here for hie European tour January 3a, first visiting London, where he spent a month. He wss In Belgium for ten days and since has been In Paris and the French battlefields. He was In the French trenches In the northern part of France on April 13, 16 and 17. Senator Young la in Europe in the capacity of war correspondent of his own newspaper, the Dos Moines Capital. Patterson to Begin His Duties on May 12 I WASHINGTON, May .-(Ppecia Tele- gram.) Samuel Patterson of Arapahoe and Lincoln has Informed the secretary of ;he treasury that he will b in Wash ington on May 12 to take tho oath of offloe as auditor of the Treasury depart ment, vice William K. Andrewa of Hastings, Neb., resigned. Grave fears were expressed in treasury circles during the last days that possibly Mr. Patterson liked hta Job with Mr. Hall's bank In Lincoln better than a place under the Wilson administration, but right off the bat well disposed per sons came forward to gtve personal in formation that ' Mr. Patterson had ex- j from uo appointment lor me last year ana nis nousenold belongings had been packed for months waiting the sttmal to march to Washington and connect up with a federal Job that pays U,i per year. i 4. a. ijooarirn and wife of Omali ib are ! registered at the Wlllard. Irish Fight New j Taxes on Liquors I LONDON, Stay .Th determined op j position of the Irish Nationalists and the Independent Irian Nationalist who joined the forces today to oppose the new ltiiuor taxes of David IJoyd-Oeorge, chancellor of the exchequer, forced the govern ment to postpone until next week the second reading of the bill eniltodying the chancellors' plsn. The Irish members insisted that the bill should not be carried further until they were assured the government bad de cided to abandon tho super taxea. Mr. Uoyd-Oeorse announced that his negotiations with the lienor Interests were making wood progress and that he haoped an arrangement satisfactory to all parties would 4e reached within twenty four houra CAR PLUNGES INTO OFFICEJNTRANCE He&dley's Automobile Descends Headlong Into Are away of Peters Trust Company. MANY NARROWLY MISS INJURY Mlrton O. Headley plunged In an automobile Into, the Seventeenth street entrance of the Peters' Trust company, Omaha Natloml bank building, at 5 o'clock yesterday, es caping injuries in aa almost mira culous manner, but causing com motion among twenty-five clerks. . Harry Cameron, liead of the insurance department of the trust company, suf fered scratches on his face from flying window glass. Miss Bulah Hall, stenog rapher, f. few minutes before the crash, left her record desk which was badly damaged by a heavy iron standard hurled by the automobile from the edge of an areaway. Loat Control of Waralne. Mr. Headley, who has an office In the Omaha National bank building, waa alone In the car when It made its specta cular plunge. His Intentions were to run tip to the curb, but he explains that he la not used to the operations of this auto mobile, lost control and went headlong Into the areaway which serves as an of. flee entrance. Beore taking the dlpU.i . j .v, in. ..i the car knocked off a csst iron standard 1 weighing pounds and sent It through plito glass windows to the floor -of the offices below. The car became wedged Just outside of the windows. Has? Iron Missile. The . Iron standard fell on the floor about a foot from where Mr. Cameron sat. chatting to II. ' C. Freeman, one of the department managers of the Peters' irusi company. Miss Halls desk Is i having brought up reinforcements from between Mr. Cameron and the window the Carpathians for that purpose. In which was smashed. This huge Iron mis- j formation received here, however, indl slle knocked off a section of tho desk rates ut the Russians are telng swept in us iugnc, wnicn was in direct line ' with Miss Hall's chair which happened to be vacant at the time. By cllning to the seat of his inclined car Mr. Headley escaped being luirll through the plate glass window. Ho sent his engine off and climbed out much unnerved. Jammed Id Areaway. The car was so badly Jammed. into Uie areaway that workmen had considerable difficulty getting It out. The trash was heard throughout the bank building. Sen ator J. H. Millard of the Omaha'Natlonal bank went down Into the i'etenf com pany offices and viewed the strange spectacle with interest. Miss Hall's friends in the trust office congratulated her In her escape. German Protest About Detained Ship Answered WASHINGTON, May .-The State de parLnrnt has repjted to the German am bassador's toniplalnt thitt the German steamer OConwaJd was attacked" when It attempted to leave :iii Juan. Porto riioo, without rlearanco papera The re ply was not mado public, but it la under stood to be confined almost entirely o reports of the military and port author ities, telling how the Odenwald was warned not to leave port and when It did start out was brought to by two blank shots end finally a solid shot across its bow." MAN CHARGED WITH AXE MURDER RELEASED GALESBtTRQ, May 1 "Lovey" Mitchell, who has been held in Warren county Jail charged with the murder of the Dawson family at Monmouth was released today because the circuit court grand Jury neglected to take any action la his case. VIENNA ASSERTS 50,000 RUSSIAN CAPTIVES TAKEN Austrian War Office Reports Vic torious Advance Continues on Entire Western Oalician Front. THIRD ARMY IS NOW MENACED Announcement Says Teutonic Allies Capture Position After Position from the Russians. FIGHT RAGES DAY AND NIGHT VIENNA, May 6. (Via London.) -The Austrian southern wing has crossed the Wisloka river. The Rus sians are retreating eastward of Lup kow pass. nt I.I.KTM. WASHINGTON. May The Rus s'an embassy today received the fol lowing dispatch from the Russian minister of foreign affairs: "PETROORAD, May 6. The re ports from Berlin and Vienna of a victory gained by the Germans and Austrians in western Gallcia are ab solutely unfounded. The battles that are proceeding in that region give no foundation whatever to talk even of a partial success of our enemy. You' are asked to contradict most em phatically the report spread by the German. (Signed) "SAZANOFP." VIENNA, May 6. (Via London.) The victorious Austrian advance continues on the entire west Gallclan front, according to an official an nouncement made by the War office today. Russian prisoners to the number of 50,000 have been taken. The text of the announcement follows: "Forces of the Teuton allies are ad vancing successfully along the entire front In West Oalicia. Troops of the enemy, still Intact, are attempting by taking up favorable defensive positions, to cover their hasty retreat. Seriously Menaced. "The strong Russian forces In the Bea kld region are being seriously menaced by the flank attack of our victorious ar mies. Already we have forced the fight ing In the regions of Jaslow and Dukla, and the engagement now In progress will complete tho annihilation of the Third Russian army. a ' ' "f Kf number of prisoners in 'eur hands has-been increased te more than 80.000. "On the remainder of tho front the sit uation remains unchanged. "In the Orova valley a strong Russian attack on the hill of Ostry has been re pulsed wtih great slaughter to the enemy." ' Rerlla Is Optimistic. BERLIN, May . (Via London) The military developments of the last week has had a visible effect on popular feel ing In Berlin, which Is decidedly more optimistic. Operations In the Russian province of Courland, then the Baltic, in Gallela and In Belgium, Indicate that German forces are taking tho offensive on a large scale and that great events are expected. It is understood In well Informed quar ters that the German troops In Courland are now nesting the port of Llbau, which probably will be attacked by land and sea. Field Marshal Von Hlndenburr appears to be to tnke Llbau and prob ably Kiga as well, and use these porta as bases for harassing Russian communi cation with Petrograd. The Russians already have sent from Kovno reinforcements for resisting these operations, the results of which must soon be apparent. The Russians also are attempting to resist the Auatro Oerman movement eastward In flelicla. along before the Teutonic allies or else captured. Austrian reports stated that there is 1st pmsress a general .Russian retreat, ex- j tending from the positions to the south I of Dukla Pass, in Hungary, where weeks vrryjsgo the attacks upon an Impregnable Austrian front, 'entailing frightful losses, hsd exhausted the Initiative of the in vaders. F.atern f ampelara I a Balance. Further developments in Oallcta are awaited here with breathless Interest, as it Is believed that the events on this section of the front may give a decisive turn to the entire eastern campaign. The view held here is that the whole Russian position In Hie Carpathians has now become precarious. It is understood that strong pleasure iCoittinurd on I'sge Two, Column Two.) Omaha has thirteen parks covering 947 acre and twenty -eight miles of boulevard drives. A park can be reached in fifteen minutes walk from any part of th city. W1LI, sell my half interest in a cleaning and dyeing business which is making good money. Kesson, mov ing to toy farm. A rea.1 opportunity to buy cood going business downtown. Tor farther tal tloa ebon this vpportaalty, s Ad etioa of The toe Waa Bee toaay. THrCATfc'CITV'OF'THfc'WEST Raymond Swoboda, as Spy, Has Led TARTS. May g Raymond "woboda," whose arrest w-aa due to the fire in the steamship la Touralne and who now Is charged with espionage by tho French military authorities, once servert as a reserve officer in the German army, ac cording to Information the retlt Paristen says It has obtained. "flwoboda" has led an adventurous life, the newspaper says, if stories told by his acquaintances are to be believed. He waa born In San Franrtnvo, but waa taken by his mother to flwltierland at the age of K, after she had had a disagreement with hla father. From Swltserlsnd he Is said to have gone to Germany, where he became associated with a man named Schwlnd, under which name "Swoboda" attended various schools In Switzerland and England. He attended the university at Heidelberg In 1897. About this time two German missionaries wsre murdered In China and "Swoboda" enlisted, with other students, in the punitive expedition which was exercised. After ten months' mUltary service he resigned roin the army and waa employed by various busi ness houses In Hong Kong, Canton and DANISH YESSEL BLOWNDP AT SEA Steamship Cathay from Copenhag-en is Struck by Mine or Torpedo in North Sea. SCHOONER JS SUNK OFF IRELAND LONDON, May 6. The steamer Cathay, from Copenhagen for Chinese ports, was either mined or torpedoed late last night in the North Sea. It went down in twenty minutes. Its passengers and the members of its crew, totalling forty-three persons, took to the small boats and all wero landed safely at Ramsgate today. The Cathay was a Danish steamer. It was built In ISM and waa 2,;M tons net register. It was 96 feet long and waa owned in Copenhagen. Trawler Htratton Sank. The Trawler Stratton of Grimsby was sunk n the North Sea by the gun fire of a German submarine. After tho crew had been taken aboard the submarine seacocks of the trawler were opened, but this method of sinking the vessel proved to be too slow. After waiting for four hours, the Germans fired eight shells at the Stratton. The fishermen were then ordered to embark in a small boat which had been taken from the Stratton. They landed today at Hartlepool. Schooner Soak Off Irish Toast. The Schooner Earl of Latham was sunk by a German submarine off Kinaale, on the Irish coast. The crew waa permitted to take to the small boats and waa res cued by trawler. The submarine fired. Bine belle at the schooner before A It Sank. Italy's Address to World is Eeady in Case It Enters War ROMH, May .-(Vla Parts) In addi tion to military preparations, the Italian government Is taking all meaaurdea pos slblo In a diplomatic way In anticipation of a posslblo outbreak of war. Foreign Mlnlsted Sonnlno has pre pa feu a long statement for publication the mo ment Italy Joinea the allies, in case it decides upon this action. This statement Is designed to Justify Italy's action be fore the world. It sets forth the his torical reasons Influencing tho nation, and dweUS upon tho "Intolerable posi tion" of Italy In the Adriatic and on Its eastern frontles. Klccardo Bollatl, Italian ambassador at Berlin and an Intimate friend of Herr Von Jagow, the German foreign min ister, since the time they were both in (Rome has hben bending every effort to preserve thes neutrality of Italy. Duke lyAvarna, Italian ambassador at Vienna, has been working In the same direction. He has been accused by Italians of hav ing become Austrian In his sympathies, so consistently has he endeavored to bring about an Austro-ItaUan agreement Campbell Will Case Goes to Jury LOUIS, May .-Taklng of testi mony in the James Campbell will case waa completed today. The court Instruct' ing the Jury said the sole Issue in the cas was whether Mrs. Louis Campbell Lurkham "is tlie born daughter of Mr. and Mra James Campbell." The burden of proof, the Instructions said. Is on the contestants of the will. Mra Hat tie N. Reld, who at a pre vious hearing testified, that she was present at the birth of Lois Campbell Burkham to Mrs. Campbell, testified to day that she could at positively Identify Mrs. Campbell as the woman she at tended. 8 tie. waa placed on the stand by attorneys for those who are contesting the will. MANAGEMENT OF A. 0. U. W. SUBJECT OF STATE REPORT fFrora a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. May . (Special Telegram.) Criticism of the mansgement of the Ancient Ordor of I'nited "Workmen In Nebraska was the subject of a report Yy one of the insursnce examiners con nected with the state. Insurance depart ment In hla report to Commissioner U G. Brian today. The matter was kept from the public so far as the real facta are concerned, although Mr. Brian said he waa In favor of publicity. Ha did not want to take the responsibility of giving it out until the board had taken soms action. Tho Nebraska lodge Is a separate Juris diction from the main orgsnizatton. Tho present officers are, A. M. Walling I 'avid City, master workman; F. C. Whittlesey of Grand Island, recorder. At torney Genersl Keed, a member of the Insurance board. Is a member of the order. Held in France Adventurous Life Tien Tains, working at one tlmo for an American geologist, who waa prospect ing for oil. "Swoboda" finally entered the service of the Russo-Chlnese hank at Shanshal, where he remained eighteen months. The boxer rebellion then broke out and he took service In the German expedltionnry force, passing the examination for re serve officer When the uprising was quelled "Swo boda" again left the artillery and went back to Knttland, but after a short stay there returned to Shanshal and waa re-employed by the Kusao-Chlnesa bank. Ho s then alleged to have become, In volved In an embessleraent. after which he fled, was arrested, escaped, was re raptured, tried and sentenced In the Ger man consular court. After hla release from prison, his ac quaintances assert, be came to France, determined to start life anew and took the name of "Swoboda," which really j wss his since he had not been adopted 1 by Schwlnd. Ha had lived ten years lo Paris and had built up a successful busi ness aa a broker when the war began. PRESS ATTACKS ON TDRKISHPOSITIONS Asquith Tells Commons Operations Apainst Dardanelles Defejises Proceeding- Satisfactorily. LANDING OF TROOPS IS TOLD tnvnnv m The nneratlonal In the Darnanelle? are being pressed forward under highly satisfactory conditions. Premier. Asquith told the House of Commons this afternoon In the course of a statement upon tho combined naval and land attacks on the Galllpoll peninsula. The premier said In pnrt: "At daybreak of April 2r, the Isndlng occurred, the troops making use of six landing places. By nightfall 3.000 men had been disembarked in the face of a fierce opposition by Infantry and artillery entrenched behind successive lines of wire entangloments. - Held t' All Day. "The leading troops of the twenty ninth division were held up all day to the west of 8ddul Ile.hr, but at sunset they succeeded In s fine attack along the heights which made possible the tak ing of a good position covering the disem barkation of the remainder of the divi sion. "The landing brigade of the Australian and New Zealand con went ashore at Gaba Tepe at 4:Si) o'clock In the morning in complete silence. The enemy opened a heavy fire at point blank range, but the beach waa rushed wltt good efface. and nhe attach carried out 'with the ut most dash up the stupe. " - -, "French forces effected landing at Kuni Khle and advanced with great gallantry. Every report speaks of the magnificent no-operation of the. naval forces. I regret the casualties were very heavy. Including the death of Brigadier General Napier. 'During April M the disembarkation continued. The troops ashore were sub jected to continuous and determined at tacks from the enemy, but these in every 'ease were repulsed with heavy loosen The Twenty-ninth division, In oommand of General Hunter, with great vsjor car ried the Turkish position at Heddul JJahr, which consisted of rocky ravines, ruined houses and wire entanslonienta. i Firmly Bstabllahed. "Try evening of April '27 the Twenty- ninth division waa firmly established across the Galllpoll peninsula, having ad vanced two miles from the point of land ing. They were Joined by French troops, who, having fulfilled the task of silencing the hostile batteries on the Asiatic coast. which Interfered with the landing on the Galllpotl peril oaula, had rw-rossad the straits. The Australian and New Zealand corps defeated every counter attack and steadily gained ground. 'The disembarkation continued April U and 29. By May 1 a further advance had been made by French and British troops on the southern end of the penln suls, and the Australian and Mew Zea land corps hsd been reinforced by the Royal Naval division. The positions everywhere had been consolidated. "In the successful performance of this, one of the most difficult operations of the war, a landing on ah open beach in the face of determined opposition, the troops displayed unsurpassed skill. The oe rations are now being continued and pressed forward under highly satis factory conditions." Relief Ship Not in the War Zone When it is Sunk I)NDO?f, May & The British steam ship Harpalyre, under charter to tho American Belgian relief committee, which was sunk by a Oerman aubmaiino In the North Pea the early part of April, was torpedoed within twenty-three miles of the Dutch coast, according to a report made to the British admiralty after an Investigation. The report asserts that the HarraJyne at the time It was attacked, flew the flag of the relief com mission and that It had also large sheets bearing the name of the onrcniiuann stretched along Its sides. The report points out particularly that It has been proved that the Hai paljroe waa not within the war sone when it waa sent to the bottom. I Tooasr Troat for Ssearflsh Foal. BELLE3 FOURCHE. ri. D.. May (Special) This week Deputy State Game Warden Edholm will plant 800,000 young trout In the pond provided for them In Bpeerfurti canyon. Tho pond has been es tablished tn give the small fry a chance to develop to a siae that will make them aelf-protncllng before they are placed at the mercy of the larger fish. The people who maintain cabins In Rpeerflsh canyon or frequent the streams have for the last two or three years been negligent In apply ing for young trout snd consequently the stream has become seriously exhausted of its supply. FLANDERS AGAIN BECOMES CENTER OF WAR INTEREST Germans Are Partly Successful in Their Attempt Ho Recapture Hill Number Sixty . Near Ypres. BRITISH LINE IS STRAIGHTENED London Papers Profess to Believe Drawing- Front to Northeast Will Prove Beneficial. OAS IS NOW A REGULAR WEAPON The Day's War News TUB BATTLE IX WKHT ffALU It, laaaehed m few days aero with aa Aiilrs-Ofrmtn attack from the Cracow reainsj, has developed lalo one of the srreateet encoaoters of tho war. Pet msrad dispatches ad mit that the attention la serlosta, THE RITTLP. I)f WRIT CiAMCl. althoaah It Is asserted that the ad vases has Been checked. At Vi enna and Rerlla, however, It la claimed that the Russians have he area at areceral retreat, that their wholf B4Mtlea la the Carpathians ia preearloaa. RARLY REPORT of consistent pro arena on tho part of the allied forces at the Dardanelles were eontrodleted la an official state. me today from the Twrklsh war office. Dispatches from French and RrltUh snoreea said farther ancreeaes had sees won .by the al lies. ROME, VIFI AD BKRLH ad. lees ladleated that a rrlala has romo ha tho neaotlatloas hetween Italy aad Aastrlsw CLAIM WESK MADR la Fetrosrrad that tho victory of the Russian army of fhe Caaeasas over the Turks aaaonaeed last alght was aa Important and derisive eno. A foreo of ftO.OOO Twrks which at tacked tho Raealaae la the DMmaa Khorl re1oa waa said to have been repulsed. DAVrtart TTSSSICL CATITAV, from Denmark for Cat a a, waa Slews w Worth Sea, bat 11a paaeov- sers an4 crew, n amber! a a; forty, three, escaped. GERMAX IX VASIOIV. of the Baltic pro vl noes of Rax la, whteh is -started Ilsrhtlr In, Petrograd, Is aaM la Berlin to ho aa Importaat ""'t, saier tho peraoaaJ di neotlom of Field Marshal Vo nis. deahajrar. . Iff BSLonTM farther pains have hoesi mado hy the Cersnaaa. The f He!! Freaeh stASomrat . ran. , wdoe that tho Oermaas won pool, tloas oa tho dlspoted hill AO, Mra, Tpree, and that tho British were Ma to retake oaly part of them. BTJLLETI1V. ' BERLIN. Mar fvla In a German official statement issued today the announcement ia made that Oerman soldiers forced the French troops to evacuate their noaitinna n the Aiiiy wood and captured, mora man z.ooo Frenchmen. The state ment says that the number of French men killed was extremely heavy and that they lost two cannon and nnm- ber of machine guns and mine throw ers. mnsnamam- t LONDON, May a. Tor the first time since the British forced the Ger mans from Hill No. 60, near Ypres, the soldiers of Emperor William have been partly successful ia their coun ter attacks and no advicea to the con trary having been received, it is as sumed that the Germans are attil holding today the positions they ob tained on the Hill by the use of asphyxiating- cases. In the meanwhile the German line .to tha aaat of Tpraa Is within three miles " ln" una. ne British press does not Intend to mlntralre the persistence of this mnuan oirensive, wrt there Is no dis position to lament the drawing In T the British front to thk nitmr . ,... u.a m, northward of Teres, which w h. ni alternate to a successful counter attack. continence la expressed that tho now British alignment will view of tho hard fighting which is ex- (Contlnued on Page Two, Column Two.) Save Money Every day you live in a rent, ed house you are losing money and in the end you only have a Iran ok of rent receipts from your landlord. Stop this lose by tmytnx a homo in a well located residence district, where your family will hare plenty of room to live and grow. Good homes will never bo cheaper than they are today; the terms can be arranged to suit your pocketbook. Ia today's classified sec tion of Tho Bee you will find many very attractive offers, located in various, parta of the city. 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