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Omaha - Daily The unrivalled special feat ure pafes of The Sunday Dee are in a class by them selves. Best of them all. THE WXATHEB Showers VOL. XIX XO. 1. OMAHA, SATURDAY MOKX1NG, .TUNIC 1 .IOI.j-KIXTKKN IWni'.S. On Trains end at otel Mawa gtaaAa, Be SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. The Bee FIFTEEN KILLED BY STORMS OVER THE SOUTHWEST Dosen Injured and Property Worth Thousands Damaged by Wind, Rain and Electrical Dis-turbance. COVERS PARTS OF FOUR STATES Portions of Nebraska, ' Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma Active Tornadoes Active. AURORA BOREALIS HAS EFFECT KANSAS CITY, June 18. Fifteen persons were killed, dozens were In jured and thousands of dollars worth of property destroyed by wind, rain and electrical storms that last night and early today swept over parts of Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska. The list of known dead follows; MRS. ARTHt'R COVEY AND CHILD, at Richmond. Mo. FIVE MEMBKP.S OF THK FAMILY OF JOHN BUKOkS. a farmer, near Onega, KM. MRS. MARY BKLI., Richmond. CHARLK8 MQRRIS AND SON. V. est moreland. Kan. , . , , JOHN Ql'NTHRR. Wentmoreland MRS. OBRTRUDK KNAt', Nevada, Mo. OKNB NICHOLS, near amego. Kan. MRS. ALTMAN. near Latour. Mo. A BABY In Henry county. Mlaaoiirl. A baby waa killed and several jiersons hurt In a tornado which awept over Montroae. Henry Pwunty. Missouri, ac cording to . report received here today. Farm buildlnga Buffered Kreat ka. A tornado which passed over Archer, Okl., laat night, blew down barna and tlos. Mack, Damage la St. Joseph. At St Joseph. Mo., much damage waa done by flooding ' ot cellar following a two-Inch precipitation. Th lowlanda near the elty wera Inundated, but resi dent wera able to reinore their property In aafety. Many mllea of railroad track were wept away, and today all tralna entering Kf nas City ware Hour behind schedule. Southern and northern trains were marked from four to five hours lata, while eastern and western . connection were from one to three hours behind. Flood warnlnsa to aU points In the Kan. as river valley and along the Missouri river between Kansas City and Jetreraon -City wera taaued by the weather bureau today. Tributaries of the Kanaaa river were reported bank full. Ats Selott, Kan-, nearly l nebes el Tain tell la twenty-tour hours. Taiaaaniia la BUseoari. ..... At Lamonte, Mo a tornado deatioyed the home f Ira a RlmeL a woalthy farmer1. The family escaped Injury. , Railroad reports aald the atorrn at Jop Wamego, was killed by lightning. Paris. Sedalla, Lemcnte and Nevada. Mo., reported several persons lnlured. Storms, diminished In violence tcday, extended over central Iowa and occupied a' distance of 800 miles, ! Moines being Un, Mo.. 'Reached the proportion of a tornado, In places doing considerable damage.1 Near Sallna, Kan., a number of alios and smaU bulldlnga were demolished. Oscar Olson, a 12-7 8ar-old boy, was aerl oualy Injured when a team he waa driv ing ran away. Bmeat Brandt, a farmer, was struck by lightning at Beatrice, Neb., and will die. " Report from Bill county, Kanaaa, were that seven small tornadoes In succession swept .that section. Houses were deraol lf hed and great trees were uprooted. At plcnto at the home of John Atwood, a farmer, the' guests were lifted from their feet and blown several hundred feet. None, however, sustained serious Injuries. Maryavllle, Kan., reported the Blue river there rose etght feet during the night. Farmers were forced to move out of the lowlands. . Airora Interferes. CHICAGO, June Telegraph mes- ae were sent from Chicago to Denver over wires disconnected from their bat teries. The electric current was aupplted. ' it was) said by officials of the telegraph companies, by the appearance of the aurora boreell. The operation of the . wire on the natural electricity was Inter- (Contlnued on Page Two, Column Three.) The Weather. Forecast till 1 D. m. Saturday Far Omaha. Council Bluff and Vicinity Unsettled; probably alio wera; not muuh change In tenioeraturs. Temperataro at Omaha Yesterday Hour. Deg. j!!E:i a. ni M 10 a. ni 6 11 a. m 0 at m 1 p. m 7 1 p. m 68 S p. ni TD i p. m 71 p. m 11 ( p. m 73 Id. m. 71 S p. m (8 CeaaparatlTO Leoal Record. ... v . , ISIS. ltl. 11. 191J. Iilghast yesterday 73 $0 M i Lowest yesterday 67 B 74 M Keen temperature, 65 . 76 M M I'reolpltauon 14 .oo .) u) Tempeiature and precipitation depar- urea from the normal: Normal temperatur 73 7 1 M .. .17 Inch . . .06 Inch .10 Jl Inches rt flclency for the day . Total deficiency alnoe March Normal precipitation iH-flclancy for the day Total rainfall einea March 1... Deficiency since, March 1 Kxceaa for cor. period 1M4... tutu lor cor. period. 1113.. l.U Inches 1.14 Inches .62 Inch Reports from Slatloaa at T P. M. Station and Slata Temp. High- Raln of Vleathar. 7n ,n uii l neyenne.' ciouay I'avenport, cloudy Ienver, part i louciv Dea Moln-a. cloudy lndvr. cloudy North Platte, cloudy... Onuiha, clear Pueblo, cloud v Rapid City, raining Salt Ika City, Wear.... 'inta Fe, part cloudy.. tiherldan. roa'nlng f'ioux City clear Vlntiliu. rloudx M 71 .01 71 .44 .. 7 T . 7) . ..10 W .n . M s-l tn .71 71 .J4 . W m .. i l.M ..7s 7 .no . ) Kt .ui . M i . . . 70 7? .fti .. US 7 .00 U A. WtLSll. lAxal Koremater PROBABLY NEXT SECRETARY OF STATE Latest photo of Robert Lansing, who signed last note to Germany, and now is acting secretary, and i3 participating in work of the cabinet. Wm,mi iiirnaii Xi 1 BULGARIA MAKES SPECIFIC. DEMANDS It Asks Parts of Bmmaiua,-Greece and- &erWa-la Retam toe Jafa- : ing Allies In the War. . GREECE MAY KEEP OUT OF IT BERLIN, June 18. (Via Lon- don.) Information reaching Berlin from Sofia la that Bufearia In its last communication to the powers in the matter of its participation in the war refers to its expectation as part of its reward of the restitution of the territory it ceded to Roumanla and of portions of Greek and Serbian Macedonia. Bulgaria is described ag demand ins; preolse details as to what it will be given and the understanding here Is that it" is endeavoring to avoid a definite answer to the allies, thus leaving the way open to further negotiations. . , Greece Mar Keep Oat. Greece, In -which doubt la expressed as to whether M. Venlxloe would be uncon ditionally In favor of armed Intervention on the attle of the allies even la ease King Constantlne should again entrust him with the conduct of affairs. It 1 rather to be assumed that M. Van lslos, the Berlin dispatch goes on to say, 1 following the developments In the Dar danelles very closely; that ha has noticed England'a admission that progreaa there Is possible only, with great sacrifices and that .the latest atumpta to' Induce Bul garia and Roumanla to co-operatate with the allies have failed. Condition In thla quarter of the world have changed since last spring. Cabinet Hols " Two-Hour Session WASHINGTON. June 1. The ohln jheld a two-hour seeslon today and dla- . v.hb. a ,aiici; ui .uujciti, imoni inem the Mexican altuatlon and the charge of espionage on official malls between the United Ftate and Europe. The diplo matic situation with Oermany admitted. y la marking time awaiting the Oerman government's reply to the laat American note. One subject diacuaaed was the reported manufacturing , of cartridges advertised by a Cleveland concem(to contain pole onoua gases to cause much pain and to cause death within four houra. The position of the government in auch cases 1 that where contributory viola tion of The Hague convention occur within the United State It, will endeavor to stop them. The Department of Coin meree will conduct an Inveatigation. DAKOTA SUPREME COURT .0. K.'S ITS EXPENSE CLAIM PIERRE. R. D.. June li (8rcial Tel egram.) The writ of n andamua aaked for In the case of Judg-e McCoy against J. EL Handlln, aa state auditor, was granted by the court today. In this Jus tice McCoy demanda the lasuanca of a voucher for $M) aa exper.ea money for April, granted by the law of lull to tha membcra of the court. It Is held that tha law allowing thla expanse la cis mo tional, that the supreme court la the only court which could properly handle auch a case and that It was tha clear duty of the defendant to Issue the warrant when detoendaa or -e. . . f. I v . v 1 IA if DR. MYER-GERHARD TALKS WITH DR. SO LF i 1 Bemstorff's Emissary, Has, Confer 'TtWXflttL Gehna Secretary of ' State for Colonies. AMERICANS LATTER KNOWS BERLIN, June 18. (Via Lon don.) The effect ef the arrival of Dr. Anton Meyer-Gerard, who has coine from the German embaseyv at j Washington, with messages bearing' upon the German-American situa- tlon. upon the preparatory work of Germany's answer to the American I note, is not thus far perceptible. Count Von Bernstorrfs emissary oo-i .1. . . i i. gan today the first of a series of lnwl portant . conferences with officials of the foreign" office. He spent most of yesterday with the secretary of state for .the colonies. Dr. W. S. Solf.l it the latter'g country place, f ollow - ins? brief conversations with Gottlieb T .v . 1 .j under Secretary Zimmermann. That Dr. Meyer-Gerhard's - first ex tended report on 'condition In the United States should have been mode to Dr. Bolf Is . regarded, a .natural In view of the official position of the colonial sec retary, and there are other Indications that Dr. Solf 1 taking an Interest In the question' of German-America n rela tions and may play a role In the dellb aratlons on Oermany' second answer regarding- the Luslanla disaster. Solf Knows lairlMBi, Of the men In lffgher government posi tions. Dr. Solf Is one of those most fa miliar with life and conditions In the United State. He has. In fact, a good deal of the American in bis manner nf talk and action. Ills Influence on Ger many's politics, concerning which It 1 evident that titers are conflicting cur rents, may be expected to be favorable to an ultimate understanding. It la atlll too early to predict what form the German note will take. Ap parently an endegvor will bo made to open the way to further discussion. The newspaper war between advocates of a friendly settlement and the no compromise representatives continues to rage. Naval writers In particular urge thut Germany cannot afford to yield anything regarding the principles and practices of submarine warfare, but the very violence of their attack upon the advocates of an understanding Indicates that the latter are na without Influence. Beraatorff Dora Not Kboot Merer, WASHINGTON. , June la.-Count Von nernstorff, tho German ambassador, to day personally Informed Secretary Iln- (Continued on I'age Two, Column Three.) THE-GATE-CITY-OF-TH-WtS When The Bee initiated the "Stop Off" campaign, it offered free use of the cap tion design, mad; for ua by our artist to anyone wish ing it for envelopes, labels, or other printed matter ffo intf to out-of-town folks. We are pleased to continue that effcr. ' 'St? i 1 GERMANS TO MAKE FRENCH CAPTIYES CULTIVATE BOGS Berlin Announces Teuton Prisoners of Gauls in Dahomey Mis treated and Insulted by Blacks. UNDER CONTROL OF NEGROES Whit Men Compelled to Suffer In dignities at Hands of Africans. RETALIATION MOVE IS TAKEN BERLIN, June 18.--1By Wireless to Sayvllle.) The Overseas News agency today gave out the following statement: "In spite of repeated represenla- tions through American and Spanish diplomats, the French , government refuses to mitigate the brutal treat ment being accorded German civil and military prisoners in tropical Africa. "This la particularly true In Dahomey, where well educated white men am un der negro control, without proper cloth ing, nourishment or protection against dleeaae. They are compelled to perform the hardest manual labor and they are subjected to the worst of thdlgnltlrs by the negroes. "Therefore the Oerman government has concluded to retaliate by compelling French prisoners of war to cultivate awampa in different pnrta of the country. I The government will not, however, neg lect anything neceasary ror me wen oe Ing and health of these prisoners." First Battle of Two Submarines in the History of Warfare VFJNICE, June IS. (Via Chlasso and Paris.) Details have been reoelved here of the re;ent engagement between an Italian and an Austrian aubmartno. In wiilch the Italian boat waa vanquished. (This la the flrat time In history that an encounter between undersea boats has been recorded. ' The Italian boat Medusa, with a crew J of fourteen men, was lying ulmerged. I The Austrian boat was not far away land also under water. Neither one had I ,-'.I , i. rvr.tln nf the fl' J IHIIIIWUVH V. . V.. r.waw - other. The Maduea came to the surface, swept the horizon with It periscope, and flnd-InV-tha. tvs.: fierrd- (Shortly afterward the Austrian boat sent up Its periscope and saw the Italian not far wtr it immnrllntjilv attacked, and one ! torpedo"' Was" uf f tctcnt to end the Me dusa to me noiwm. One report lias It that an officer and four members of the crew of the Me dusa were made prisoners by the Aus trian, v . NeW Note 0U I Ty6 , UenieS uOnienilOn Made by Germans " . ' WAEHINOTON, June The Amerl- . 0ermany., note on the sinking of th William P. Frye by the Prlna Eltel Frledrich practically has been (completed, n will not adroit the Re ... m.v hB rteatroved Dro 1 (t (( pajd f0r. ! Count Bernstorff. the Oerman ambas- sador. conferred with Chandler Ander- on, special counsellor, on the status of the case at the State department today. The Day's War Nvo ATTACK OF Freach and British forces tare western of the German Haea, which haa Won oaaard with considerable sneecss for some time, la now sal a to have aatalncd n check. IX NORTHERN GALICIA, the Ber lin aanonacemeat says, tho Rus sians hare been passed haok far ther. They have made a stand he hlad prepared positions at Orodek, which la onlr sixteen miles from I.embers;. BRITISH FORCES oa Galllpoll"pe alaaaln hare bee a compelled to abandon moat of the arroaad ther formerly oceapled near Art-Bar-nam, on the woe coast. The Brit ish fleet la said to have taken re f age from German abmartnes at Imbroa Ulead, tea miles from the Galllpoil roaat. RISSIAK WAR Or-riCIG, la a review of reeeat flghtlaa- In Uallcla, aaya the Aaatro-Germaa advance has been made at the cost of great leasee. la two daya' flghtlaa; near Btrr the Teatoalc foreea are said to have loot "teas of thoaaaada of men,' and an one section of thirty, elsibt miles on tha Gallclaa froat, hetweea Mas- 20 aad Jib 16. their losses are placed nt betweea 130,000 aad 180,000. ( Reports from Berlin and Vienna, however, tadlcate that the Ilasalaas are belaar paahed bark steadily all along the froat. NEGOTIATIONS BKTWEF.N the al lied powers aad the Balkan atatea art aarain anger way. According to iaformatloa reach I n Berlin . from Sofia, Baigarln demands ter rlterr from Roe man la, Greece aad Serbia la retara foe Its participa tion la tke war with the allies. BERLIN DISPATCH expressed doabt whether former Premier Vealaelea of Greece, la case of hla retara lo power following hie victors- la (he elections, will be aaeeadltloaally la favor of colas; to war. HEAVIEST FIGHTING of several weeks la now. In progress on the western front, la eoaseaaeaoe of the aew attacks br the Kreaeh aad British. French have anode arelas north of A mm. Paris Publicist Says Wilson's Notes to Germany Arc Too Mild TAR1S, June 10. Cabrlrl Hanntaitx, praldi"nt of the Frinro- American com mlaalon for the development of political, economic literature anl art relations ani a former minister of foreign affair, has written for the Fluraro an artlol re gardln; rree.dcnt Vllaon and the world's opinion of him. "We ahotuld be larJtlnx In ftankueaa to a great slater republic," eaye M. Han otaux. "if we permitted It to be thought there that the three note, particularly affectionate and friendly In tone, al dresaed to Oerntany after, surh nilleeli, had not caused a certain amount of aur prlae In France. ' America la the'mnat Important of the MEDIATION IS WAY OUT, SAYS BRYAN Former Secretary Suggests Universal Extension of His Investigation Peace Treaty Plan. THINKS PEACE MAY COME SOON WASHINGTON, June 1R. Former Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan, in the Ihlrd and concluding section of his statement on "The Causeless War," issued today, sug gests mediation as "the way out." As a preventive of war Mr. Bryan proposed universal extension of his investigation commission peace treaty plan. "Mediation," the formor secretary says, "Is the means provided by in ternational agreement through which the belligerent nations ran be brought into conference. Investiga tion of all disputes is the moans by which future wars can be avoided, and the cultivation of International friendship la the means by which the desire for war can be rooted out." Spirit of Hrolherhond. In elaborating his plan for restoration of peace, Mr. Dryan urges: That neutral nations In advocating In vestigation can crystallise, sentiment In favor of peace into a coercive force and flan offer mediation jointly of severally; that the warring nations Join In a treaty to provide for Inveatigation "by a per manent International commission of every dispute that may arise, no matter what Ita oharacter or nature," and that a world-wide educational movement to cul tivate a apiri of brotherhood among tha nation be undortaken a the final taak of the advocate of peace. .V Great nattona-oannot ba ex. tor ml naiad aye Mr. Bryan. - I'Predletletia made at the beginning of the war have not been fulfilled. The British did not destroy the German fleet In a month; Germany did not take Paris In two months, and the Russian army did not eat Christmas din ner In Berlin. "But even If extermination were possi ble, It would be a crime against civilisa tion, whloh no nation or group of nations could afford to commit." Mr. Brayn continue: "When fan peace be restored? Any (Continued on Page lwo. Column Two.) Becker is Denied v y Rehearing by the Court of Appeals ALBANT, N. T.. June IS. Tha court of appeals today denied the application of counael for Charles Becker, tho for- nor New York police lieutenant, for a re-argument on It decision affirming sentence of death. 1 Decker, convicted of Inspiring the mur der of Herman Rosenthal, now I In the Sing Sing death houae. sentenced to die In the eleotrlo chair during the week , beginning July 13. Unleos Governor Whitman pardons him, or the United States supremo court intorferaa. he muat die. Utile hope la expressed by either Hecker or hla friends that the federal court will act faprably. Neither do they believe that the gover nor, who proaecuted the former police of ficer, will be Inclined to grant him clem- enoy. There was no written opinion In the esse handed down today. The court sim ply denied the application. SEVENTEEN HURT IN FIGHT BETWEEN RIVAL UNIONS MARTIN'i FERRY, O.. June lI.-Bev-enteen peraoiis wera hurt, five seriously, in a fight at the Whltaker-Glessner Iron company's plant here last night, in which members of the Amalgamated Associa tion of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers and the United Iron and Steel Workers, rival unions, participated. Police dispersed the rioters. New Ilepalr Named. PTKRRB, B. P., June 11 iecal Tel egram.) cltata Lend Ci.rr.mlaBloner He perl a thla afternoon announced tha ap pointment of Thomas D. Potaln of Lem mon a deputy In hla department, to succeed N. M. Hanson, who resigned some time ago. Fatal laarr oa Bridge. IOWA CITT. Ia., June M.-Spenlal Tel egram.) W. L. Fmlth will die 11 a the result of Injurlesrhen a Uoom of a bridge engine derrick broke and atruck him en the head todav, Tomorrow the Best Colored Comics with The Sunday Bee neutral power, and cither neutrals look tn It to tnka the lead In a concert of proteatatlon. If President Wllann la thinking of the time when he oan prearnt hlmrelf as mediator and If It la his ob ject for that reason to retain the con ftdenCft of both aldea, he la turning hla hack on what he aeeka, "The fut urn arbiter of peace will he the man or government, who firmly up holds at tlie opportune time the cause of conscience, or humanity, of pllffhted word briefly of lnternatlnnn.1 honor rrealdent Wlluon has understood thla. if It were otherwlaa, he would loae a unique opportnlty to place toth himself and hie country on a pinnacle In history. RUSSIANS CAPTURE NINE THOUSAND MEN Official Report of Petrograd War Office Tells of Victory on the Dneister Near Zurawna. FIGHTING ALONG THE NTEMAN PETUOURAD, June 17. (Via Paris, June 18.) A notable success was scored by the Russians on the Dneister, above Zurawna, on June 14 and 15, which resulted in the cap ture of 8,74 6 men, according to an official statement issued at the War office ' tonight. Austro-Oerman forces also are reported to have been hurled back on the same front further to the southeast, while an other force which crossed the Dneis ter above Nltnlow was destroyed. No comment is made on the action between Lubactow and the Ban ex cept to state that the engagement was "fierce." The communication follows: "In the Shavll region and west of the middle Nlotnen there hag been ao eaaen- tlal change. All German attack were repulsed during the lMh and the engage ment continued. "On the Karew front there were no engagementa during the day. "On the Bxura, above Kochacsew, wa repulsed on the 16th attack by mall force. The battle continues. "Fierce engagement took plaee on the 16th between the town of Lubaotow and (Continued on I'age Two, Column Three.) Lincoln Highway ? boosters to Hold -Meeting at Denver ClflCTENNK, Wyo., June W.-fflpeclal.) A to-callod "harmony" meeting at whloh It I anticipated harmony will be eonnplcloua beeauae of Its absence 1 to be held In Denver Friday, June 26, be tween representative of the Western Nebraska-Wyoming Lincoln Highway asso ciation and the Northeastern Colorado Lincoln Memorial Highway association, with a committee from the Denver Chamber of Commerce acting a arbitra tor or referees In whatever capacity they may be moat useful. This meeting will result from one held here yesterday be- twen representative of. the first named association and tha Denver Chamber of Commerce. The former charged ' that Denver was misrepresenting condition on the Uncoln Highway between Big Springs, Neb., and Cheyenne, for the I purpose of diverting travel from tha main highway to tho Julesliurg-Denver branch. The Denver delegate denied the charge, assorting that the Northeastern Colorado Lincoln Memorial Highway association waa responsible for the alleged misrep resentation, If there had ben any mis representation. The result of the confer ence waa the decision to hold the pro posed Denver conference on June 15. The Western-Nebraska-Wyoming Lin coln Highway association is composed of representatives of Sidney, Ktorball, Bush nell an dother town in Nebraska on the Lincoln highway west ef Big Bprlnga and tf Pine Bluffs, Burna and Cheyenne, in .Wyoming. The Northeastern Colorado Lincoln Memorial association I compoaed of representative of Juleaburg, Sterling, I-ort Morgan, Orwoley and other Colcrado towns on tha Juleaburg-Eenver branch of the Lincoln highway. Inasmuch aa the ambition of tha rival group of towns to secure a much Lincoln high way travel aa la poaalble are Irreconcil able, It 1 not anticipated U.at any agree ment between the two associations ran como from the Denver meeting. Women's Trade Union Delegates at White House WASHINQTON, June IS. - President Wilson received at the White Houae tax. day a, delegation from the National Wv men' Trade Union league presenting rea nlutyins opposing war and advocating an embargo on war exports. The president expressed deep Interest, "fit course," he said, "we are all In fnvor of peace." The resolutions, presented by Mis Agnea Nestor ot Chicago, president of tl-e International Glove Makera' unloa protested agalnat secret diplomacy. rne amiegates told the president that thalr organisation, representing 100,000 working women, will reaUt any. attempt to embroil the I'nlted State Into the European war or to conduct any armed Interference In the affairs of Mexico. Court of Appeals Upholds Order for 1 . Jury Trial for Thaw ALBANY, N. Y., June lS.-The court of appeals today upheld the order of Su preme Court Justice Peter A. Hendrick llrertiug a Jury trial to teat the aanlty of Marry K. Tbuw. VON MAGKENZEN TAKES PART OF GRODEK REGION German Official Report Tells of the Capture of Fortifications that' Bar Teutons' Way to Lemberg. CONTRADICTION BY RUSSIANS PetrogTad Says Large Force Has Been Gathered There and that Positions Are Intact. ' TEUTONIC LOSSES ENORMOUS LONDON', June 18. Austro-Oerman forces in Oallcta still are ad vancing on the schedule -made by Oeneral Von Mackensen. Vienna claims that part of the heavily forti fied Urodek region, where the Rus sians have concentrated, has fallen Into the hands of the Teutonic forces. Petrograd does not admit the loss of any part of this district, but states that Rusnlan forces have gathered there for the defense of Lemberg. In a long review of recent opera tions on the eastern- front the Rus sian war office admits frequent re tirement before superior numbers, but declare! the Ruaxlan attacks left the Austrlnns and Germans bo ex hausted that the Russians often weru able to re assume the offensive. The French are atlll on tho oi'fenxl-.-e along a wide front, with the Vokhc.i aicui'i figuring In the official communication. after a period of comparative quiet. Two day of hard fighting has meant many mall advances for the French, with tha repulse of part of the German counter attack. ' No definite news from tho Dardanellej front haa reached London, but a sudden drop In the Russian exchanges Indicate that bankers either have received an In timation of an Important success In that region, or that for some other reason they now take an optlmlstlo view regard ing the prospect that the paasage will be open to the allies. War Office nlerra Campalan. FSJTROORAD (Via London). June IS. An official review of some recent oc currences along the Austrian battle front, which, among other things, rail atten tion to the fact that the progreaa of the Austro-Oerman foreea In Oallcta hae been dearly bought, waa given, out In Petro grad today. H reads: , -) The development of the battle elong the Tlsmenltsay-JSvlke front, along which one ef the sit armies attacking our forces In Oallola la operating will aarve to give some Idea of the magnitude of the ac tion In thla region. "The significance ef the operations In the vicinity of Stry were found to be an endeavor to turn our front opposed to the phalanx under Oeneral von Maoken aen. Tha eventual success of tha enemy In the direction of Stry and Lemberg would have been of great help to the of fensive of Oeneral Mackanaen. Failure, on the other hand, would have meant that Mackenaen'e operations 'were merely a aerie of fruitless frontal attacks. The above referred to sector on the Dnelater river, however, waa not tho cene or the principal fighting, even with re gard to the numbers of troop engaged. On May 16 the enemy, closely following our troops, retiring from the Carpathians, mat our opposition in tho region to tho aat of Drohobyes, northwest of Stry, and In the vlclntty of Belachow. On the lfttji the enemy brought all hi force Into action, but at the end of two days be wa compelled to quit this offensive, hav ing I oat tana ot thousand of men. "HI only uoceso in eight daya' fight ing was the turning ot our right wing near Slonsko, with the threat of a poaal ble outflanking movement. . During thla week we remained passive, oon fining our operations to exterminating the enemy aa he approached our trenches. The next four day were devoted by the enemy to bringing together heavy artillery and supporting detachments. Trials Comes Fifth Day. "May S3 saw the beginning of tho de cisive attack and the crisis oame on the fifth day of the fighting. A powerful force, compoaed of three Oerman di visions, succeeded at tha price of In orodlble sacrifices, m carrying Ftry. pr- 1 oelvlng the exhaustion of the' Austrian (Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) loaioaodtocxois naono D 8 o 8 To Whom ItE G May Con cern o D o D o D o D will D Th Omaha Bee rjelieerfully take your ad p J over the phone Corits1)ig ? jfl fj iji SlUldaV Paper tintll 7:45 K D Saturdar evening. C! o o Don't forget if you are o 9 iu doubt as to what to 0 o o 0 my in your ad, that you n j 2 might get speedy results, 2 M ;i :ti -.: i ll O 11 win jrivtr ur a grttki, t. aX an- 3 ,leBl nf Plpas"re ug O o g Call Tyler 1000 g D a oaonononiononococio r 1