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Omaha-Daily Bee Direct from thm Tlatt 1 Arena. The Dee's Real Wtvr Photos tltut of Thorn All. 1T7V THE WEATHLK. Cloudy VOL. XL1V-NO. 311. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOHNINO, MAY lfi, 1915-rOUKTEEN TAflrX Om Train ana at tel Stew gtaada. I SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. MESSAGE SEtiT BY " T. P. A. EXPRESSES - IflVATTV Trt WHSflN Convention Sends Telegram Approv- is; Policy of Feace in Response - to Communication Expressing President's Good VTisb.es. GAIN IN PUBLICITY REPORTED Results of Efficient Organization of Ossoglation Throughout Coun " try is Related. VISITING faOMEN ENTERTAINED A telegram was sent by. the con vention of the. Travelers' Protective association yesterday afternoon in response to the telegram of good wishes ' received from President Woodrpw Wilson. E. R. Holland of Texas, chairman of the committee appointed for the purpose, reported the following, which was sent: "We unanimously appreciate your ex pression of good wishes and express the confidence of this convention representing .52.000 men in your policy of peace and Increased busi ness." "Better late than never." the Mis sissippi 'delegation arrived and re ported to the convention, yesterday afternoon. -The aolendid and thorough organisation vnf the association all over the country icir securing publicity through the news papers of the country wa revealed In the report of C. A. Nelson of Chicago, chairman of the national prees commu te. Under him are seventeen chairmen of state press committee and! In other places the work is pushed by active mem bp ri who get much publicity for the as sociation In their various localities. Through a Dress clinging bureau the na tional committee chairman gets all the articles printed which, his report stated, amount to about SoO a month, and aver n 42.000 lines a month of publicity of the association in the newspapers of the country. This la an increase of SO per cent ovar the publicity secured In the newspapers during the year preceding. Bass of Tennessee was given a big boost In the report as a publicity-getter. 'Bass bills the town, works It and rides out with the gate receipts," said the report. Oeora-la Chaplain Talk. During a lull in the routine business of the convention Albert Ehrllch of the Georgia delegation askod the privilege of the floor, ft Rev.. Dr.. 8. R. Belk, chap ialn 6 fthe Georgia division and an active annrtldata for the position of national eTu3fl"Tb privilege was granted, and for half an hour Dr. Belk held tb breathless attention of the -convention . with his oratory and humor." Dr." Bel' Is tiridlnsr elder of the MethoMtet church, and a church and platform orator of j wide fame. The visiting women were 'entertained in the afternoon at the Omaha ' Fteld club. Dozens of automobiles carried thetn from the Fontenelle headquarters, giving them a ride about the city befor arriving at the scene of the afternoon festivities. An informal reception nd dance at the Fontenell hotel last evening was on of the delightful occasions of the conven tion. Blgr Prosnm Today. A. big program of business and, enter tainment Is mapped out for today. The morning business session will adjourn .in time to permit of an Inspection of the Oten Biscuit company" plant . at 13:80 o'clock. The Inspection will be followed by a ooropuimnwrr iuih-iwwm sates and women. At : P- tbers wdl be a reception for visiting women at the Carter Lak crub.sMuio and aquatic sports, with a high olvlnsT contest, will pa among the. f feature. k A roptloo to the Visiting member Is, and women will be iveo- by the Com mercial dub In the evening at tha Com mercial club room. . Ilala ae of Trade Grew. WASHINTTONr'Juha 16. A foreign trade balanoe In . favor . of . the United (States -Of SHM.20? Is shown by a report issued today by tha Department t Com-, mere for tb week ended June 13. Im port wre ssf,zi.6i -and -exports , The Weather. forecast of "the Wenther for Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicinity- air ana warmer, Teal erat area at Oauu Yesterday Hour. Veg. ... 67 6 a. m a. m 7 a. m 8 a. m a. rn..'. W a. m 11 a. m . ........ 1? m J p. m.... ? p. in . 1 p. m... 4 p. m i p. m p. m . 7 p m. t..t, 5 p. m ... (4 ... t ... 2 ... M ... 9 ... 7S ... 75 ... 77 ... 7S ... SO ... M ... K) ... 7S W 74 Comparative Loral Record. 191S. 1S14. ISIS. 1912. Hishest yesterday 1-J -4 ( 73 lxwest yesterday b 6l M M Mean temperature 70 7U 72 freciftlaUon T .00 .04 .00 Temiieiature and precipitation, depar tures from the normal: Normal temperature 7 deficiency tor the day t Total defk'l-noy since XlunJi 1.. b4 Normal pret tpitsliun .14 Inclt Iwdrienoy lor the dy 1 inch Total rainfall since March 1...S.71 In. hs Iieilcleacy time March. 1 1.72 tikches tiM for cor. period, lfi4... ...1.42 duties Kaceas for cor. period. 1313 1.11 Inches Beoorta from Station at T 1". St. Etatiun nj glat Tsmp. High- Rain of Weather. 7 P. in. ent. fall. Cheyenne, cloudy Iavenpcrt. cluar Ixinvrr. i War Mohies, cloudy IodK t "It y. tlear North Finite, cloudy... . On.jtl.fc. run Repld City, cloudy, Mierklan. rain t-lnux t ity, rkln. NeltBtlne. rain S 70 .0 li K4 .00 T8 .00 M T II .14 si T U .K 7 M .IK sJ T .. 74 .. M ,. T .. ; .. 7i .. ? .. 4 .. .. St .. .1 T Indicates Irara of precliltstton L, A. WkXaiL Lot al forecaster. NOVEL FEATURE OF MODERN WARFARE French archery squad, with their implements. They shoot a bomb which explodes upon impact. . v aaaaaaasamaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasaanama. ""(P """TIL - M loWawaMaaftasMafltBMallBMaaaas i - y jVasJMnB)sal V H( SjgMHH m .i. .. ., I ft ' in - iatar A? j ; ! --.y o i 'A ' V- A ? : v. .it : ' h;- - ? V 'U:i " ' i r- J Kya. . i , . i vt , . - " ; - : i - ! i 1 r BRYAN STATEMENT IN THREE SECTIONS Commoner's Discussion of the War and Its Lessons Will Be Issued in Installments. LAST TO : SUGGEST A SOLUTION . . WASHINGTON, June 16. Former Secretary Bryan did not ' issue ' his promised, statement today on the causeless war and its lessons,' but an n'oun'ced that he was preparing It In three parts. ". '. . . "Tomorrow." said Mr. Bryan, An a for mal, announcement. "I shall submit the first part, dealing with tha war as it Is and the Iniury it does to neutral nations; the next day I shall consider tho origin of the war and the influences which. caused It; the third and conpludlna; seo tlon lll treat of the means which may be employed for restoring permanent peace. A the article will be rurnisned to all American newspapers without par tiality or discrimination, it will-not b my fault If any paper fall to lay It before their reader." Mr. and Mrs. Bryan will go to Miami, Fla.. witbln a few da vs.; .'. ' Wilson Will Mot Talk of Bryan. President 'Wilson' was asked by th Washington correspondents today Just what tha changes were to which former Secretary Bryan referred as having been made In the recent American note to Germany after hi resignation as secre tary of state had been tendered and ac cepted. Mr. Wilson felt it was best' for h!n -not to discuss" the resignation or other Questions connected with It. , In a statement Mr. Bryan had said that while the -not was- changed, 'the altera tion wa not of sufficient Importance to Justify him in asking permission to with draw hro-resignation. ; New Cement Trust Has Capital Stocjc of Twenty Millions x . CITICAaO, June 1?. Details of a 130.000,- 000 merger of cement menufscturtng con cerns, which EMward M. II agar hss been quietly organising for the ' Inst four month, .vera .announced today. Mr Hagar retired from the presidency of the Universal Portland Cement company, controlled by the - United State - Ptccl corporation, In order to effect the merger. The company -will be known a the Hagar .Portland Cement company. Mr, Hagar will be president and the stock all will be common, The new company will. li Is said, operate a chain of plants ex-ter-dlng from the Atlantic seaboard to the Rocky mountains. Villa's Forces . Retake Saltillo EAOLK PASS. Tex., June lS.-Raoul Madero, commanding th Villa forces, re captured Saltillo Sunday, the Carranaa forces evacuating the city without fight ing, according to Villa authorities at Pledras Negras, opposite here. In making thi announcement today th Villa offi cial added that Villa force Monday were fighting near Monterey and that they hourly expected to bear of Monterey being wrested from 6aranxa again. Trawler is Sunk Without Warning LONPd 1, June U.-TIi British trawler Argyll naa torpedoed and sunk today by a German submarine. Of the ore w of eleven only four were saved. These were landed at Harnich on the east coast The Argyll ass. sent to th bottom with out warning and went down in lean than two minute fli 0. S. JUDGE ORDERS BREAKERS ON CARS Eohlsaat Instruct! Receiver of Ele rated Road to Resume Service This Morning:. MUST- REPORT INTERFEHtSCE -I" . .! 111'H.ETINf. " , CHICAGO, June 15.--Judi;e Kohl saat inthe United' States district coui, ioaay. oroerea me . receivers for the Chicago V Oak Park elevated road .to. resume .service .tomorrow mornlnK and to employ' strikebreak ers and report , any , lntereference with operations to the court. Acid Bomb Thrown at Train, CHICAGO, June U.-r-An acldo bomb wa thrown thi afternoon from a build ing at Well and West Klnsle streets. It smashed a window of a northbound ele vated train, but did' hot other' damage. The president of the two traction com panies, after their conference, rejected the offer of mediation made by the State Board of Arbitration on the grounds that several "fair" offer for this method of settlement have been- refused by the anions. Including a previous one by the board Itself. The unions apparently were paying no attention to the offer. Anotner train was the trubject of an "air- raid" when a man standing on tha roof of a building near Eighteenth street hurled a brick: Into a j car containing twenty pasaengtr. The missile hit a platform railing and bounded -through the window of the door." , Nona wa In jured. II trad In Palladelpbla. PHILADELPHIA. June Ifi.-Motormen and conductor took, the place of those on istrlke in-Chtoago' are being recruited In this city. Up until ' noon mora than 300 had been engaged, according to the agent in charge ,of the recrufllng. It la said similar recruiting is going on In New York, Washington and Balti more. " , Call for One Thousand. NEW TURK, June 15.-Advnrttaemnt in today's newspapers call for 1,000 ex- (Continued on Fsge Two, Column One.) Alleged Zinc Ore. ; Trust Attacked by V 'Missouri Off icial JBFTEKSOX CITY, Mo., June lS.-Atr torney General Barker today filed an Information .In the. state supreme -court against twenty-eight companies alleged to be interested in the purchase of sine ore on the Missouri district, stating be had res sons for believing they were In an unlawful combination . to control prices. The attorney general asked the' court to appoiut a. commissioner for the pur pose of taking testimony with the ulti mate view of filing proceedings against any one or all the companies th testi mony may show guilty of the practice charged. THREE PERMITS GRANTED BY RAILWAY COMMISSION ' (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. June 15. The Dorsey Tele phone company will be allowed by the Mtat Railway commission to give a IS per cent discount, on payment of tele phone service If paid within a stated time. Th railroads will be allowed to charge $!.W per car forsin gl dok car and U for doable deck car for a disinfectant fee in case where th ear have to be cleaned out and disinfected before being used for shipment of goods or stock. The Mllburn Telephone company at Merna in Custer county my Increase its rate from SI to II SO with a discount of 35 cent per month. I ENGLAND WILL NOW i SPEND 15 MILLIONS DAILY FOR THE WAR Asquith Announces that for Next Three Months Cost of Struggle to Be Heavier Than Before. i OVER BILLION CREDIT 4 ' " ..A Premier Sayi Policy ' Continuing Fight. Till Victory Comet Unchanged. SURVEYS GENERAL SITUATION LONDON. June 15. The House of Commons this afternoon voted an other credit of 2 SO, 000, 000, mak ing:, wlih previous sums, a total of 82. 000, 000 already allowed for war purposes. Premier Asquith Informed the members of the House of Commons today that the expenditures in the next three months would be not less than 115,000.000 daily. Obligations Increase. In introducing the measisre. Premier Asquith remarked that from April 1 U June It, th expenditure hsd been at the rale of aM.(W.09i dslly. He estimated that the total daily xpendtture during the currency of the new credit would fc not leas tha A3.0oa.000. for th reason that a fVe war extended It area. Oreat Britain' financial obligation to the al lien would Increase. In a general survey of the sltustlon th premier referred to th reconstruc tion of the government. He declared h would not have been Justified in taking the course he did In this regard under the pressure of outside influence, or be cause, of temporary embarraasmtnt. The task was a unwelcome a could fall to the lot of any man. , ' ' ' Coalition Vnplensnnt Word. After paying a tribute to. his late col leagues. Mr. Asquith claimed IkiUT for himself and W ynew colleagues th staunch est adhrenseof their respective political perts'tHe admitted the word coalition ,he.d noC a pleasant . flavor In the vocabulary of Brlsh politic. Up to tholat'"morlint tif fiad not been with ofirdoud as .to h'owlbest re pond to the rail o( publlo. duty.y . i 'The situation waa4-, 'without parallel m oUr history,"' thepremler said. "Th d- Msnd which it would make upon th - tlilce and foresight of th rovemmant s!jnl th confidence felt by ' th on in the other, could not b measured by any pronedent. - But our national pal Icy re mains unchanged to pursue thi frar at any cost to a- victorious issue." ' Mr. Asquith said he had decided slowly and reluctantly, hut In tha end without doubt or hesitation that what was neces sary wa such-a broadening of tha basis of government as' would remove even th semblance of a otto-lded or party char acter. ' . " v The Day's War Netea ITALIA INVASION ef tke Treatlao, wbtoh. heretofore has aet with llt- , tie opposition, ,1a bow ehaUvagred Vy th Aastrlaaa. A fore ef 25,000 Aastrtaas reft Traat raster, day ssS I aditanelaar agalast th Italian the Hlva-Bove ret front. BRITISH HOVSB OP COMMONS ta ds y rated aaothrr credit af $1,350,000,000, ataklac a total of S4, 310, 000,000 already allowed for war pai-poses, LOSS OF MRN la th BHtlsh aavy ap to May St wore given af fl clally la London today mm 18,54T( "' of whom 8,345 wrr killed. ALTHOUGH RECENT orae dis patches have stated th Italians who crossed th lower Isoaso were , pasblag forward ' toward Trieste. ' klrtlar th head of tho Golf of Trieste, aa official aaaonaooaseat ' from Ron today c've mo ladlea tloa of farther advaaeo la this direction. Th Italiaa war offlo charges Aastrla with tho eaeoar aaeateat of brlaaadag la tho ter ritory oeeapled by Italy, EXTENT or NEW Aastro-Oermaa victory la Oallela 1 la doabt. ' Althoagh Berlin aad Vleaaa, aa sert th whol Rasslaa llao a-rar a forty. three-mile front north aad east of Pracmyl was broken down. It I said officially at Petrovrad that th Rasslaa reeaatarod on Saaday almost all tha advaaoed trenches north of Prseasysl lost on atarday. Farther aonfh, la th rrloa of tbo Wlssala river, sao ceasc for tho tea tea le force ars ackaowlodgred. TIRKISH WAR OFFICE claim a victory over tko Rasslaa la tha l Traaa-Caaeasas. Th Tarka, it 1 aid, oceaaled Rasslaa aosttloa la tk direction ef Oltl, near tho Ra. Ian kqrter, REPORTS THAT th British battl. a aaraatoataon had by a (itrsus iikuri aak t tb Dardanolle wrr denied officially today la Loadoa. The "stop off cdmpaifn originated and inaugurated by The Dee is going' good. The Manufacturers' asso ciation has taken it up. The Commercial club has taken it up. The traveling men have taken it up. We in vite the other Omaha news papers to join with The Dee and share the credit for its success. aav, kit ivs- I jrHlOATECITY-OHhfcWtSi1 Berlin Papers Say American Port Officials Made False Statements BEBU.V (via London). Jane IS. The I Vtrwaerts republished the article of Kugene Zimmerman, general director of the Lokal er, in favor of efforts toward- 'oS a American anderstand- whloh wa canndt rei'onv vtlljr enough, eipntaeea earn i .rtd elesrly what has tongAtln on .0. Hps of thousands of reasoning Qer- .nana." 1 Th Vosslsrh Zeltung coniments follow on th arrest in Cincinnati of Helns Hardenberg, said to be a member cf the German aviation corps. In connec tion with the investigation Into th Lu- sltania disaster by tha federal grand Jury In New York: V "It Is decidedly a remarkable msnner of conducting an Investigation that per sons who make statements varying from those of American port officials should be Intimidated by arrest on suspicion of perjury." The Tares Zeltung. speaking et th am esse, remarks: i AUSTRIAN TROOPS TAKE AGGRESSIVE Italian Invasion of Trent is Chal lenged by Force of Twenty-Five Thousand Men. USE DYNAMITE IIT THE PASSES INNSBRUCK. Austria. June 15 (Via Bnchs and Geneva, Switzerland, and Paris) -t- Twenty-five thousand Auslro-IIungarian troops left Trent yesterday and are now advancing s gal net the Italians on the Rtva-Rov-ereto front. In the vicinity of Gors and Qra dlsca heavy fighting occurred re-, cently. The Austrian casualties are reported to have amounted to 1,500, while the number of Italian killed or wounded totalled nearly as many. -A new ammunition depot at Tolmlno has bean destroyed by the Italian. The. Avstro-llungarian troop are em ploying Aynamlt In the Alpine pasta, blowing up rocks and. loosening avalanche on th advancing Beroag llerl. Th height dominating: Caporetto, on the laonso front, have been occupied bj. the Invading Italians. i Oommission Firms Suffer Damages of -; . ,,$15,d00iy Flames Approxlmatrly- IIB.000 dsmas was caused to half a dosen commission firm occupying th building at th southeast corner of Eleventh and Howard early last evening, whoa fir of undetermined caus brok out In th middle of the building. Whon th fir department arrived, tb board wall dividing Ui various firms in the building bad bean burned out. It 1 thought that th bias started In the basement of th "tavls Bro. company and worked its way through th building on both side. This, however, is unveri fied. Th heaviest losses were sustained by th A. J. Anderson company, the B. Blotcky company; H. Caruso and Young at Burke, Th building 1 a two-story structure and th top floor wa filled with empty fruit crates, etc., by th vari ous firms. Whan thi stuff was reached It burned rapidly. , Th lower floor wa piled high with vegetables and garden truck. Th building wa originally a ' four- story building, but four successive fires ln-th last decade reduced Its slse by half. Most of th oooupant of th build ing ar fully protected by Insurance. 666thols and Edison Are Given Degrees ty Princeton Uni TOINCirrO!". N. J., June U. General Oeorge W. Qoethals, Thomas A. Edison and Myron T. Hsrriok, former, ambas sador to France, were among th dis tinguished men on whom honorary degrees wer. conferred at the lCSthj commence ment ' Princeton university today. Diploma wr presented to 177 member of the senior class, on of tha largest ever graduated from Princeton. On hundred and eleven were created bachelor of art, Ut bachelor of latter, SI bachelors of scieno and tS oivtl engineers. Th degree of doctor of laws wa con ferred on General Qoethals, Mr. Harrlck and Theodore N. Vail, president of th American Telephone and Telegraph com pany. Mr, Edison received the degree of doctor of claneo. Th degree of doctor of muslo was conferred on Frank Knelsel, leader of the Knelsel quartet Cabinet Meeting -Lasts Forty Minutes WASHINGTOV. Jun li.-Presidsnt Wilson and hi cabinet held today th shortest meeting In months, the meeting lasUnT 'only forty minute. Usually cabinet sesalon last two hour. Only routine business was discussed and th European situation touched on , only lightly, members said.. Secretary Hous ton told tho cabinet reports showed crops to be In an unusuallly good condition throughout Ut country. Britons Deny Loss of Big Battleship LONDON. Jun li. -Official denicl waa mad today of th report circulated in th United State that th British battle ship Agamomnon had been sunk In tk Dardanelles ty a German submarine. It wa further announced that no other unit, not alrealy of'i.'tally reported, lid been lost at Ui Dardanelloa "And what of port officials who gav fle testimony?" Th Tagllch Rundeschau refer to the arrest of Oustav Btahl in the same rase, and declared th Hardenberg Incident-1 astonishing. "One I Justified in asking If there Is a system In It," this paper remark, "whether It a plan to shut the mouth of. or render suspicious In advenes those witnesses mho testify to anything against Fngtand (and, against America, which permitted tho, armed Lusltanla to leave port). "In any event thi Interception of wit nesses demands our full attention." The K reuse Keltung publishes In th position accorded to th leading article a communication defending the sinking ef th Lusltanla and submarine wsrfare generally. It says no International taw in existence prohibit th course pur sued, and tnslt th Luattanta wa armed. "Thi may be considered as proved," th article continue, "and it Is not even rartlally refuted by any general reference to the American official Inveatlgatlan." GERMANS CAPTURE TOWN 0FH0SC1KA Berlin Official Report Announces Several Suooesses Against the Russians. FRENCH BEATEN EI THE WEST RERLltf (Via London), June 15. Official announcement w mad at thearniy headquarters today that the Austro-Oerman forcs operating in Gallcla had captured the town of Moslcka. At army headquarter today th follow. Ing announcement wa madet "Western theater of war: The French yesterday suffered a fresh defeat. In spite of th heavy losses they sustained on June 11, they continued with greet stubbornness the attempt to break through th line between Llevln and Arras. Th French' stuck, which was tarried out with large forces In close for mation, broke down everywhere with th heaviest losses under tha fir of our troop. Flahtlng rontlaae. "Northwest . of Moulln-Sous-Toutvent, w have not fit succeeded In regaining portion of the trenches lost by us on th Sth . Instant. In Champagne, north of perthe . and Lea MesnO, fighting con tinues, ' but th enemy I unable to gain the advantage. "Yesterday th open town ef Karlsrnhs, which 1 far from the theater ef opera tic ns and not Ut any way fortified, wag ftttaoked with bomb dripped by hostll airman. ; So far a to known, soma eleven dltlsen were killed and stk injured. M li lts ry- damage could not have been caused." On aircraft of th enemy wa brought down by on of our military airmen and th occupants were killed Another enemy aircraft ' wa obliged to ' land near chlrmeck. . "Eastern theater: East of Bhavll Ger man troops stormed the village of Dankske and took ltd) prisoners. The positions recently won south east and east of th ' Marlampol Kovno road were repeatedly attacked yesterday by a strong force of tha enemy which had not success. Our troops ad vanced on the Lipowo-Kalwarya front, pressed back the Russian line and cap tured th Russian advanced trenches. On the river Arty out attacking troop tormod and took tha village of Oed norocsec, southeast of Choraetten and CSerwonagora and the bridge there, as well as the bridges, east of this place, Has Attack rati. "Th booty taken at tlds plao amounts to SSC Russian prisoner. Attack by tha enemy against 4i point at Which we broke through north of Boh mow failed. "Boutheaatern theater: Th enemy who wa defeated on June 13 and 14 by th army of General Von Mackenser has been unahl to regain a footing In th position prepared by him. To the north east of Jaworow th enemy wa driven bark from th position at which he had topped, th booty Increasing. . "Th Russian force south of tha Prremyal-Lrmberg railway have been forced to retreat. Th troop of General Von ler Marwlts yesterday took Mo clsk. The right wing of th army of General Von lnslngen stormed th heights east of ZekeL Our cavalry reached the district south of Mary ampol." . Miss MoAdoo Back from War Hospital NEW YORK. Jun IS. Mia Nona Mo Adoo, daughter of -William G. McAdoo, ecretarr of the treasury, retund today on th ateamar Rochambeau to New Tork from France, where she ha bn nursing wounded soldiers for tb last four months. Mis MoAdoo waa met by her father, upon whose request she returned to America. This request waa prompted, sh said, by her father's belief that sh would b unable to stand th strain of a . long period of nursing. Mia MoAdoo denied reports thst sh had dncM4 tn gtv up nursing because she had bean I ordered to scrub floor and do other menial work at th hospital. ."That la falsa and absurd," sb said. "Tb nurses ar kept busy nursing and there Is psent of help to do th other work. Thar seamed to be plenty of nurse and plenty of medical supplies and quipront." Norwegian Ship Sunk by Torpedo LONDON. Jun . (s.iS p. m.) Ad vtoea received from Stornowey, Scotland, relate that tb Norwagian steamer IHi rangar, formally th Norsragian teamer. Ceylon, ha been torpeahied and sunk by a submarine off th Hebrides Island. Tti crew of twenty-one snivad today at Stomoway. Thw Duranger was 2xy feet lung, of IW tone gross and built in ISsS. GRECIAN PEOPLE VOTE TO iJAST LOT WITH ALLIES War Party Headed by Former Pre mier Venizeloi Has Two-Thirds Majority in the New Parliament. FRENCH ARE MAKING PROGRESS Official Report, However, is Silent About Section Where Germans Have Retaken Trenches. ITALIANS SHELL MALB0RGETH LONDON, Junsi 15. It Is apparent that th former premier of Oreece, M. Vrnlzlo, and his followers have won an overwhelming victory In the Grecian general elections. Tho latest news claims a majority of two-thlrdi for the war party in Pnrllanient. The British prens Is of the opinion that this means a deliberate choice on the part of the Grecian people to cast their lot with tha allies -Oreat Britain, France, Italy and Russia. lie ports from Paris make inou'.ton cf alight progress all along tha Una, but nothing is said of tha situation north of Arraa, whs re th German nav ralllel and recaptured some of their lost trenab.es. German official report represent recent fighting on th River Ban In Gallula having resulted In a great victory for General von Mackensen, who ba effect ively countered th Russian blow at Zurawna, on th D Mister river. Italian heavy artillery ha begun the bombardment of MaJ Dorset to, on of the pivots of th Austrian defense between th Carnto Alp and th upper Isonso river. Travis, an Important railroad Jimc Uon twelve miles further east, also 1 threatened. Tho Inquiry Into the los of th Cunard tin steamer Lusltanla. was opaned tot London thi morning. Itnltaa Official Repert. ROME. Jun 14 (Via Pari. Juno W). The following statement regarding th progress of military operation wa Issued tonight at th headquarter of th Italian general staff: opment along th Tyrol-Trentlno fron tier. Th nmy 1 peralstenly attacked . Monte'plano at night after an all day bombardment from Fort Plata and Wlese, but wa repulsed each time. "Our artillery caused th explosion of ammunition depots toward Cort la Ut Cortevol Valley and seriously damangsd th enemy's work at Cossasel. ' "Our bombardment of Malborgetto in Carnia resulted In an explosion In 'th lower part of th fortress. "Further report of tb night attaok of Italian Alpinist In th dlffloult region of th Alp of Vbll give details of con siderable booty being taken there, beside a number of prisoner who were 'error lied by th Impetus of our troops. 1 "Our batterlo dispersed a camp of th enemy in th region of Mont Nero. "All prisoners taken near Plava (In th Isonso region) agree that the losses up to this time have been serious. - Most of th prisoner belonged to regiments here tofore operating against the Serbians. "Th Austrian tried yesterday to set tha forest of Monfaloon afire, bu. our troop drove them back and sxtingi lhd tha flames." , French Official Report. PARIS, jun IB. Th French war offlc thi afternoon gav out a statement on tho progras of hostilities which reads: . "There is nothing of Importance to add to the announcement given out last night. "An attack by th enemy against th tranche occupied by u Jun S at Quennvir wa rs pulsed. "A long rang pie of German artillery threw two projectile Into Complegn. No on was hurt aad no damage dona." Bank Cashier is Locked in Vault ST. LOUIS, Mo.. Jun 15. Two men locked tha cashier of th Graver bank of BL Louts' county, outside th city limit of St. Louis, in tha vsult today and rolbed the Institution of 95.0U0. Tha robbers then put the telephone servic of th bank out of commission and escaped. THE WANT AD WAY Don't cry, llttls girl, don't cry; I'm sorry that you lost your pur No us crying, no use sighing, It might hav been very much wore. I know what wa both can do. W can get a llttl ad on.th And I'll bat a million sou trail. 'Twill com marching homo to yu Never knew th "Lost and rotund" to fall. If you ever lose a prised poxxes slnn. adverlUe ths loss. Telrtniun "Tyler 1000." Tl-'T IT IN T11K uilAHA wrie
