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KAISER ANSWERS
LUSITANIA III FACT
VESSEL OF WAR
YANDERBILT WILL
FILED FORPROBATE
Trust Fund Left to Deceased by Hit
Father Goes to Eldest Son,
W. H. Vanderbilt
TEUTONS STILL
"THANKS FOR RESPIRATORS" British soldiers wearing:
poisonous gase3 from German shells.
respirators sent them from homo as protection against
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tJerman Reply Argues Liner Carried
Hidden Gum and Ammunition
for Forcei of Entente.
Allies.
OTHER ACTIONS UNINTENTIONAL
Offers to Make Compensation Where
Imperial Government Found,
to Be in Wrong.'
REGRETS FOR AMERICANS HURT
. BERLIN, May 29. (Via London.)
The German reply to the America i
note sent after the sinking of the
Lusltanla was signed by Herr Von
Jagow, the foreign minister, at 11
o'clock last night', and delivered to
Ambassador Gerard this forenoo.i
for transmission to Washington.
Tho note expresses Germany's . rogre.1
for Injuries sustained by Americans as a
result of submarine and aeroplane at
tacks and offers compensation In cases
where Germany Is found to be. In tha
wrong.
Defers Direct Answer.
. As Indicated previously In these dls
Pfttci.e. the note defers a direct answer
to the questions raised by President Wil
son pending a further exchange of views.
Germany desires to establish whether the
Lusltanla was a defenceless; merchant
ship or was being used for the transpor
tation, of war' munitions and soldiers on
f which unsuspecting passengers were per
mitted to take passage 'to safeguard the
war material.
The American representations regarding
the. torpedoing of . the . British . steamer
Falaba, In which an American cltiien lost
his life, are answered with the statement
that It waa Intended to offer ample time
for the passenger and crew to leave the
ahlp.
(Irasti Ten Mlante.
The action of the captain in attempting
to escape, however, necessitated more
summary action. Even then the com
mander of the submarine granted ten
mlnutej for those on board to leave the
vessel and subsequently entended the
tlmo to twenty-three minutes before
sinking the ship.
Germary expresses regrets for "the
unintentional attacks':. ..on the . American
steamer -Cushms an-the GuUllghti-' Tho
CusMng waa attacked by German airmen
In , North sea and tha Oulfllght was
torpedoed off Belli y Islands.- Germany
disavows any ,lntntion to attack . harm
less neutral craft It offers to pay com.
sensation wherever It Is found to be lu
the wrong and to refer doubtful cases to
The Hague for a decision. . . .
''" Disavowal Question Net Met.
The passages In the American not-con-Ternlng
a , possible disavowal by Ger
msny of intent to sink the Lusltanla
and the discontinuance of Its present
practices of submarine warfare, are not
mentioned apeclflcally in. the reply. The
note states that pending the -reply of
the American government to. the German
assumptions of fact regarding the rural
character of the Lusltanla and its cargo,
no attempts will be mad to; answer the
demands contained in the American
communication. Theso assumptions of
fact are aa follows:
"The Lusltanla. was built aa an auxil
iary cruiser, subsidised and carried on
the navy lists as such. It carried, ee
mrriln - tA German Information two
A guna mounted, ana conceaiea uciuvr ootn.
V' Carried Soldiers.
"British steamers sailing from. New
J.Tork. according to Information received
1 from passengers and. other sources, re
rcatedly carried soldiers, artillery, war
supplies and contraband to England, the
Lusltanla on thla trip carrying specifi
cally 5.400 cases of ammunition In ad
dition to other wa raupplies and Canad
Ian troopa en route to the front. .
"Reference la here made to the fact
, that carrying- explosives on passenger
steamers Is contrary to American law.
It Is Intimated that the German govern-
nient would be glad to reoelve Informa
tion as to how it happened that ammu
nition was permitted to be shipped on
the Lusltanla, a vessel crowded with
passengers. . Strong phrases are used re
garding what la considered as appar
ently tha deliberate i.ollcy of British
shipping companies to protect war ship
ments by embarking American pas
sengers on the same ships.
Germany contends it is Impossible to
settle the question whether proper op
portunity was given to place the assen
gors and crew In safety until It Is de
termined whether the regulations ndopte-l
after the sinking of the Titanic regarding
a, proper supply of boats and watertight
bulkheads, which are now a part of the
i ..-I,.. lnw were observed In the case
of the Lusltanla.
Asks T. . 4nestlons.
Finally tha American mediatory pro
posals designed to end submartno war
fare and the throttling of food ruppHrs!
and other conditional contraband for
Germany are recalled. The. government
expresses the desire to know what steps
If any have been, taken to Induce Great
Britain to embark on negotiations to thU
end after Germany Indicated Its wllllng-
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WOMAH SHOOTS JAN
WHO ENTERS HOUSE
Tramp Shot by . Mrs. Ethel Turner
When He Forcei His Way
Into Her Home.
SHE WAS -ABOUT TO FEED HIM
Mrs. O'Connor's little dog and her trusty
weapon saved her from rough treatment
this afternoon at the hands of a tramp,
who forced his way Into her home.
Mrs. O'Connor, who lives at S308 Vinton
street, was called to her back door by a
tramp, who asked for something to eat.
She told the fellow to. wait a 'minute and
went" to, . get him something. The' man
forced his way Into the door after her
andgrajBld jith ber. A small dog,
thereupon Jumped on the fellow and bit
this hand. - '
AS he : turned to kick th -dog-Mrs.
O'Connor got away and ran for her re
volver. TJhe man would pot move out,
saying -she did- not-dare'. to ahoot. -where
uponshe ir.ot'him through'thS -right rm;
"You have broken my; arm," said ths
man as be turned and ran.
Three weeks ago Mrs. O'Connor , was
grabbed by a man In' the back yard, who
lumped from behind the cistern, but she
managed to get away. -'
A good description of the Intruder was
furnished the police and a large squad
was immediately hustled out to soour the
neighborhood. . - -
Italy Releases j
Interned Crew of
a French Vessel
ROME. May 28. (Via Paris, May 29.)
A Messina dispatch to the Measagero
says that aftet, Italy's declaration of
hostilities tho minister of war ordered
the release of the survivors of the crew
of the French culser, Leon Gambetta,
who had been likened at. Messina. . They
will be sent back to France.
Tho Leon Gambetta waa torpedoed by
the Austrian submarine .U-5 In tho Straits
of Otranto on April 28 with tha loss of 552
of Its crew . , . ',
Bulgaria Expected
to Take Side of the
' Allies in the War
PARIFS. 'Msy 29. Important changes In
the Bulgaiian diplomatic service,' Just
announced, are 'considered here to ' be
highly significant. The Matin sees In
them an indication tlit Bulgaria will be
the .second neutral to join the allies. . D.
Risow, minister to. Italy and a firm sup
porter of the triple alliance, has been
replaced, st Rome by M. Standoff, diplo
matic a Kent In Paris, t . . ,
Germans in Brazil ...
. Planned Revolt
RIO JANEIRO, Braxll, May J7.-The
G(.zeta de Not Idas In Its Issue of today!
denounces what It describes as "German i
maneuvers" in jouthern Braxll, where!
the German colonists assembled a depot ;
of munitions of war, and that It was '
their intention to proclaim the Independ- j
ence of the state of Sainte Catherine. I
The outbreak of the war In Europe
caused them to postpone carrying this
project Into effect. The Brssillan gov
ernment la said to have-communicated
this Information to the German minister,
who promised to Investigate.
Italian Armies on the
Move Toward Trent
ITALIAN FRONTIER, May 2.-Via
I aria)-Italian troopa are advancing lu
the direction of Trent from the north
vest and from the southwest Th;y are
pushing forsard o tlie north of Coodino
and eastward from Tonale. Condiuo la
about thirty miles southwest of Irent.
Tonale Is approximately the same dis
tance northwest of Trent
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Ambassador's Report Says the
Nebraskan Sunk by a Torpedo
WASHINGTON, May-19. Evidence for
warded by Ambassador Page to the iJtate
department today gathered by Lieutenant
John H. Tower, naval attache t.t the
American embassy at London, Indicates
that the American steamer Nebrssksn
tvas torpedoed by a submarine.
Lieutenant Towers made a technical
examination of the Nebraskan on Its, ar
rival at Liverpool. Tho . chief engineer
stated Uiat he saw the -wake of a tor
pedo Just before the vessel was attacked.
The American ambassador In Imdoa In
formed the State department that Lieu
tenant Tower's Investigation brings out
thf facts as follows:
- "That the Nebraskan had left Mver
pool bound for the Pelawars brcakwateV
on. the afternoon of May 24 and was In
water ballast. . -The words. , 'Nebraska ft,
New York,' were painted on each' side
midship In letters six feet high, and It
flew ths American flag continuously up
to approximately 1:10 p. m.. May, 'A, at
which time the ship -was about forty
mlleJ southwest of Fastnet.
--"The flag was then hauled down be
cause the sun had set and the ship was
German Aviators
Killed in Thrilling :
Battle -High in Air
' PARIS, May . Aviatnr Lieutenant
Von Buelow, believed to be a relative of
Prince Von Buelow, the former German
imperial chancellor, waa" 'killed near
Flsmes, according to the Matin, in an
air duel with a French aeroplane be
longing to the newly formd rapid
squadron,. M. B.'. 12. The French pilot,
describing the battle, said: ,
"Wednesday morning ' I . aaw aa Alba
tross rnachlne coming from the German
lines, headed for Paris, and I gave chase
He was S.000 feet up.. I went up to 9,00ft
feet, rapidly : overhauling him, and the
fight ' began. . We were- now leas than
thirty feet ' from the Albr.'rcss,' but we
were under headway 'that we overshot
him, and I got a bullet In the "shoulder,
baC it didn't prevent me from continuing
the chase. . ' .
"The. Germans tried to escape .by drop
ping, but I flew over them again. Apparently-one
of them waa .wounded. Sud
denly my lieutenant got In a volley at
point-blank range and the Albatross
tipped forward, shooting nose downwards
8.000 feet to the earth. We followed
them with our eyes.' When' the machine
struck the earth It seemed to, crumplo
Into a . ball and bounded alongside tho
hillside like a wounded rabbit running.
We followed -tliom. down, descending In
spirals. The pilot lay some yards away,
where ho had been thrown' out when the
observer waa crushed under the engine.
In one of his pockets we found' a paper
bearing the name. 'Lieutenant Von Bue
low, Imperial Guards, Berlin.'- We found
In i the wrecked , aeroplane ) ten large
bombs and forty grenades."
The pl'ot, given his choice of tle Legion
of Honor or the military medal, chose
tho latter. . . ' . . t
Mass Meeting .in
Denver to Protest
' Lawson Conviction
DENVKR, Colo.. Wsy :.-Labor unions
i and women's organisations-will partlcl-
pate tonight In a mass meeting here In
protest against the recent conviction of
John R. Xwson, nolorado, member of
the legislative board of the United Mine,
Workers of America,- on a charge Of
murder growing out of the' killing of
John Nlmino in a strike battle at Lud
low on October 2f. 1913.' The principal
speaker will be . Representative Frank
Buchanan of Illinois, who will talk on
"The National Condition of Industrial
Unrest." Other addresses will I de
llvered by 1'rof. James II Brewster of
the law department of, the University of
Colorado and Mrs. J.er Champion, presi
dent of the Women's JuMlre league.
Greater Omaha consolidation-special election Tuesday.
Let every voter interested in the city's growth do his duty.
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considered st sea. The chief engineer
of the ship at 8:34 p. in. observed a white
stiesk in the water, perpendicular to the
ship, on the starboard side, and a severe
shock was Telt slmost instantly, followed
by a violent explosion abreast hold No. 1.
"Hatch eoVeTs No. 1 were blown off,
slso cargo booms above the same, ' and
the air wa filled 'with oil and .debris,
the double bottom .compartments below
No. , 1 -having been .used for tanks, for
fuel oiL 1 Bottom' plating and pieces of
the side were blown up through two
decks.' Tho - ship ' settled Immediately by
the head and officers and crew took to
boat.i. After remaining off the ship about
one hour,' they returned and headed 'the
ship' for Liverpool.- Under orders of th
British admiralty, a British naval trawler
came up at midnight' with the Nebraskan
ttntlf It reached' the mouth ' of the' Mer
sey. ',.'-.;- .;.: : . -,. ;...
"No one was' seriously Injured.' The
ambassador ' In 'sending ' by mall ft de
tailed report' oT 'Lieutenant vTewer" and
depoaittons of three ' of ths Ship's of
ficers taken- by the' consul at Liverpool."
Officials , who read the report closely
said' It contained all' the evidence of an
attAck-by torpedo.-' ' ' '
Kaiser Again Tries
to Place Burden of
V ': Proof on Neutrals
! WAST'INQTON. .May An urgent
warning to American shipping against
traversing - the- naval war sone Incau
tiously and to have all neutral markings
displayed as conspicuously as possible,
Including illumination at night, was com
municated to the State department today
by the; German government through the
embassy at Berlin.
', The German warning was announced In
the following statement made publlo by
the State department:
! Tho American ambaseador at Berlin
has been Informed by the Oerman foreign
Office tint In view of the fact that during
the last few week's It has repeatedly oc
curred nat neutral ships have been sunk
In the , waters designated as an area of
maritime war by the Oerman admiralty,
on February 4. 191S, and especially in one
ease where It was established that the
Sinking was .traceable to an attack, by.a
German submarine which' took the neutral
ahlp for an English vessel In the dark
ness on account of the inadequate illum
ination of Its neutral distinctive markings,
It recommended' that American shipping
circles again be warned against travers
ing the area of maritime war innautloualy
and also he urged to make the neutral
markings as plain os possible and-especially
to have them Illuminated promptly
and sufficiently at night."
Iowa Doctor Thrown
Off Train by Band '
. of Crocks in Kansas
OLATHE. Kan.. May 29. A badly In
jured nian who said he. ws.Dr. T: IX
Boody of Eldofedo, "la."; and who ' as
serted he waa thrown from the window
of a passenger train last nlgbt by a band
of swindlers, waa found near, here to
day. The man's speech was rambling.
He said that while on his way home from
Hen Francisco he encountered three men
and a woman on the train. Last night
he said they demanded that (lie pay a
sum of money and sign a paper they
presented and, when ha refused, threw
him from the window of the speeding
train. About S7O0 was found la lils pock
ets. Ths man was taken to a hospital.
TOUNG man of executive ability
and experienced in bookkeeping,
who can invest about 11.0i5u fn
established bualneas, for book
keeper and office manaicer. Ref
erences exrhanged: investment mt
rured. Htate age, experience,
salary, etc.
JTor farther partloalars attout
this opportunity, see the Want
AS eeotlca of The Bee today.
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ITALIAN TROOPS
BOMBARDING RIYA
Army Operating Along Frontier of
Lake Idro Captures the Town
of Story.
OTHER FORCE IS NEAR TRIESTE
GENEVA, May 29. (Via Paris.)
The Italians, after a severe fight
along the frontier of Lake Idro,
have captured the town of Storo and
are now bombarding Riva. . .
On th eastern front, north of the
gulf of Trieste, bayonet fighting Is
In progress south of Ooriti. The
Austriana .are retreating . slowly.
Italian t oreea - have arrived i before
Gradlsca, . about' sixteen ' mil. 'from
Trieste. '"-;';V" . ' " '; ' ,"' .
The Italian authorities Issued an
order last night prohibiting . Aus
trian's and German from leaving tha
country. .," , ', ' ' .
Gennan Reply to
. Lusitania Note is .
" Handed to Gerard
BERLIN (Via London), May 29.-Ger
many's answer to the American note was
delivered - to Ambassador Gerard this
morning. . '
The German reply avoids decisive state
ments In regard to the questions raised
by the United States,1 pending a further
exchange of views. :
Freighter Mackinaw
Afire and Adrift
BAN r FRANCISCO, May ' 29. The
freighter Mackinaw, with Its fuel oil
tanks a raging furnace, and, about fif
teen men of Its crew aboard, renewed
today Its distress signals, aa It steamed
arid drifted off shore, twenty-five miles
south Of San Francisco bay, today. Nine
of Us crew who put off In two boats last
night were picked up and brought here
today. Another boat, with several more
men. Is -missing. . , . ,
"Hurry, hurry," sald the Mackinaw's
calls, which were sent - by the vessel's
primary radio Instruments, Indicating
that It .had steam , up. The calls, were
caught by government stations along the
coast . . ' ' ' '
The coast liner Harvard, coming "up
from Los Angelas, reported by radio that
It was looking for the Mackinaw, but
had not seen it, snd the roast' guard
cutter McCulloch, which went from here,
made the same report.
A wild, night wss reported by the sec
ond mate, second engineer and seven
Chinese sailors who were brought to port
on the 'pilot tender Callfornlan.
E. T. Btelnlnger, second engineer, Said
he was off watch when the fire started
and was ordered, with William. Alford,
the second mate, and another officer, to
take-three boats out and stand by. .At
this time,' they said, the -fire had driven
the engine room crew on deck and it
was Impossible to keep up steam. They
attempted to stand by the ship In the
high sess, but a' seventy mile gale blew
It away from them. The steamer Ameri
can picked them up and transferred
them to the Callfornlan.
Zeppelin Struck
" by British Shell
GENEVA, lley .-Vla Paris.)-A
dispatch received here this morning from
Fried ricJishaf en. en Lake Constance, sets
forth that one of the Zeppelin airships
which three days ago raided the town of
Southend, the mouth, of the Thames,
forty milt's cast of London, was struck
by one of the Ilritlnh shells fired st It.
Owing to the resultant loss of gas It was
unable to reach the mainland and fell
inlo the sea off Helgoland. Whether the
crew was saved Is not known.
RESIDUE TO THE YOUNGER SON
NEW YORK, May S9. The will
of Alfred O. Vanderbilt, who per
ished when the Lusltanla went down,
was filed for probate today In the
office of the surrogate of New York
county.
The will disposed of an estate esti
mated at more than $60,000,000,
the neurleus of which waa left to the
deceased by his father, Cornelius
Vanderbilt.
Margaret Emerson Vanderbilt, the
widow. Is left 12.000.000. in ac
cordance with an ante-nuptial agree
ment made in London, an additional
sum of $1,000,000 and the Income
of a trust fund of $6,000,000.
Reel Kstete Here sal Abroad.
Mrs. Vanderbilt also receives real estate
here and abroad. Including Sagamore
riodgt.. Camp Klltkare In New York and
Gloucester House In London.
The trust fund amounting to SVflOO.Oto
which was bequeathed to him by Ms
father. Is transferred to the deceased's
eldest son, William H Vanderbilt, who
also reoctvos the use of Oakland farm at
Portsmouth, R. I. ,
Mr. Vanderbllt's brother, Reginald. C,
Vanderbilt. receives tww,0nn: his uncle.
Frederick W. Vanderbilt, 2n0,0O0: Fred
erick M. Davles. tfiflO.onO; Henry Bander
son 1200.000; Frederick L. Merrlam ISo.OOn;
Charles E. Crocker tio.009, and Howard
LocVwood 11.000. Employee of Oakland
farm. Sagamore Lodge, Camp KUlkare
and Gloucester House la London, who
have been In serrloe for five years, get
a full year's wages.
The rest of tho estate la becrueathed to
the executors to divide among the sons
of Margaret Emerson Vanderbilt, his
second wife, who are Alfred O., jr., and
George.
The will Is dated December It. 191S, and
was signed In New Tork City.
British Torpedo
Endangers U.S. Ship
at Constantinople
WASHINGTON, May 29. -The American
station ship Scorpion narrowly escaped
damste by a submarine on May 24 at
Constantinople. Ambaseador Morgcntaau
reported to the State department that
the ship had been requested to shift Its
anchorage en account of possible danger.
else from fire of the shore baitsrte.
The State department today Issued thla
statement on the Scorpion incident:
"The department la advised by the
ambassador In Constantinople that on
the afternoon of May 24. a submarine en
tered ths Bosphorus from the sea of
Marmora and that several . torpedoes
were fired In the harbor, one of them
seriously damaging a large transport
anchored near ths Scorpion. The town
and shore Latteries opened fire without
result The Scorpion he been requested
by the port captain to shift ancliorags on
aocount of the possible danger of fire
from shore batteries and will go up to
Bebek at once."
On May 27 the British admiralty re
ported that a British submarine had
dashed Into Constantinople harbor and
discharged a torpedo at a transport. ' The
latter shot was evidently the one which
endangered tho Scorpion.
' The station' ship la a converted yacht
bought during the Spanish war.
Liner Ethiope is .
Sunk hy a Torpedo;
Part'of Crew Safe
" LIVERPOOL Stay 2.-The Elder
Dempster Una steamer Ethiope bas been
torpedoed and sunk.
The chief officer and sixteen men of
the Ethiope have been picked up. The
rest of the crew is supposed - to- be in
boats.
The Ethiope was bound from Hull to
Liverpool, whence It wss to have sailed
for East African ports. The vessel was
sunk by the German submsrine U-14.
The Ethiope was of 2,475 tons net, was
built In 19uS snd was owned In Liverpool.
It was S40 feet long. It was last reported
as arriving at Hull, England, on April
22, from Largos.
Diver Enters First
Compartment of
Lost Submarine
HONOLULU, T. H., May 29.-No bodies
of officers snd crew of the United States
submarine F-4 were found In tha forward
hold of the vessel when a diver entered
It yesterday, according to an announce
ment by Rear Admiral B. T. Moore today.
The statement said the diver was unable
to enter the middle hold
Exploration of the Interior waa baited
by ordera from the Navy department to
bring the vessel Into the harbor for e&-
amlnatlon to determine the cause of the
sinking on March 25.
FOUR AND HALF INCHES
OF RAIN IN FOUR HOURS
PEORIA,, III.. May .-The second
heaviest rainfall In thirty-three years
tied up street car traffic, disorganised
railroad schedules and did $100,000 dam
age to crops In the vicinity of Peoria last
night. In four hours the rainfall waa 4 a
Inches. A large part of the south end
of the city was covered with wt. -
rlty firemen and policemen assisted lit
"uik r-fsiaems. Nearly a mUe of
track on the Chicago Northwestern and
the Chicago It Burlington railroads was
washed out. Long stretches of track on
other roads leading late Peoria were
snaae unpasse.ote.
Auslre-Gennaa Fereet Continue to
Advance Slowly, Except at One
r-oint, Where Vienna Ad
mits a Reverse.
ALLIES ARE ACTIYB IN WESU
British Make Gains Near La E?.sse
and French Are Advancing on
Lens-Arras Line.
TURKS REINFORCE GALLIP0U
The Day's War News
TUB RTHIOPB, British merchaal-
sane, was torpedoed last nlakt In.
Ike Rnsrllsn ehnnnel after lla rrew
had keen permitted embark In
small Smuts.
GKItMAK DIRIGllll.K which raided
Sonthend, on the Thames, three
days asm, la believed te have keen,
lost after being; atraek hy n Brit
ish Shaw.
ORVBVA ADVlfES represent tha
Kalian armies are) paahlnar farthee
1 toward Trent nnd Trieste, Thn
fnreea advancing- en Trent nre
nnmhnrdtnsr Slra, within fonrteen
miles ef thnt rlty, A long the rest,
era end nf the frnnt the llnllnns
have resetted the elelnlty ef Gre
dlsen, fnnrteen miles frnm Trieste,
Al'BTRO-OFIRM A!f ATVACH In
Onileln still Is ksisg prnseented
with eneeees, eseept foe the Has.
elan rletorr est the Bast Blenawa,
Reports from Vienna Indlente the
mnnesiTere deafened te Isolate
Prsesnayl are preeeedlnc ,
eheeked.
ABMIKJ or ITALT are irawlag
nearer Trent and Trleete, thn prln
rlpnl cities ef the territory evet
which Italy went te wer. Little
news ef the eanpalsn Is reoelred
f mm Italy, en aeessat ef n rigid
eeneorahlp, bat dlepetnhes from
Geneva atate that the Italians still
re advancing. Near flerlta the
Anatrlana offered determined rr
alataace, leading: te fierce bayonet
fighting.
Tl'KKRV NOW has athont RO.OOO
soldier ea Gal 1 1 poll pealnanln. It
Is estimated at Athens, and Is
brtnsrlna- In reinforcements front
Syria, concentrating Its efforts
the defense ef Conatantlnogle.
BT'LLETIN. - '
BERLIN, May 29. (Via 1-on-don.
The Anstro-Oerman advance
on tha Gsllclsn fortress of Prsemrsl
la continuing unchecked. ' Ths offi
cial statement issued today at ths
War office says that further ground
has been gained. It Is announced
also . that ths Oerman aviators
drnnned hnmha on fW fimnr In
northern France, twenty-two miles
southeast of Calais.
LONDON, May 89. Terrific fight
ing is continuing along the river Ban,
In Qallcia, with the Austro-German
hosts making progress except at
Slenlawa, fifty miles north of Prce
mysl, where, according to ths ojalms
of Petrodgrad and the admissions of
Vienna, . an Austro-Hungarlan fores .
is being thrown back across ths river
to ths west bank. In this action ths
Russians assert that . they, captured
several thousand prisoners and a
number of guns.
In' the Caucasus the Russians, now
in occupation of ths city of Van, in
Turkish Armenia, are steadily ad-,
vanning against ths Turks.
, Allies Advaaen la West.
The latest report given out by French
army headquarters dwell on a British ad
vance near La Bassee and further French
progress In the most difficult sector of
the Lens-Arras line. Near Eeurte. a little
to the north of Arras,, a formidable Oer
man fortress bars the road to the east
ward. The French have captured a part
of this work, whiah is known as the
"Labyrinth," and they are now endeavor
ing to totally reduce It The Germans are
fighting stoutly to prevent the allies'
progress In this direction and they have
made no less than seven sanguinary as
saults on ths new French position st
Ansreg. Berlin reDorta that the h,nu .
Ahluln-flt. Nssaira is still raging.
The reply of the Imperial German gov
ernment tp the note of the United States
concerning the sinking of ths Lusltanla
Is awaited with keen Interest In England.
The belief la general that Berlin wl'l en
deavor to gain time by the discussion of
debatablo points in the questions at
issue.
Tnrka Reinforcing- Cnlllpolt.
The Turkish troops defending the Gal.
ttpoll peninsula against the landlg forces
of the allies, number 80.000 men, according
to tne correspondet at Athens- of the
Tteuter Telegram' company.
The Turks are remaining on the de
fensive In the Cacausua and are concen
trating their efforts on the Dardanelles,
whither reinforcements are being brought
from Syria. The supplies of ammunition,
both for the Infantry and the artillery,
la reported to be decreasing rapidly, with
no prospect of being replenished.
Reports reached Athens from Sofia set
forth that Bulgaria is holding to neutral
ity, but the leaders of the opposition party
believe that If Roumanla Intervenes In
ths war Bulgaria will follow suit.
Kern Favors Extra
Session of Congress
WASHINGTON. May 24. Senator Kern,
the democratic floor leader, a White
flouas caller today, said he believed
oongress would- meet In extra session In
October so that the senate may revise
Its rules snd make an early start on the
legislative program.
