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KALE WINS YARS1TY
AND OTHER RACES
FROM THE CRIMSON
Eli Crews Victors in All Three
Water Events Over Harvard
Oarsmen on the Thames
River.
BIO MARGIN IN FEATURE RUN
New Haven Athletes Defeat Oppo
nents by Five Lengths in
Four-Miler.
FRESHMAN CONTEST DELAYED
REOATTA COURSE, NEW LON
DON, Conn., Juno 25. Yale won the
varRlty eight race over a courise of
four miles by five lengths. The "pe
dal t'roei were:
Vcle 20:52
Harvard 21:134
The race started at 6:44 with
Ya'e leading shortly after the start.
Yale led slightly at the one-mile
mark. Yale was in the lead at the
two-mile post by a quarter length.
Yale was two and a halt lengths at
the three-mile mark. Yale finished
by five lengths.
Yale Wins Frnknan Race.
Yale won the freshman elght-oared race
over a course of one mile and a half by
one and c--half lengths from Harvard.
The contest wu rowed In the dark. It
etartcd aa a two-mile race, but an eighth
of a mile from the start, when Harvard
we leading by half a shell's length the
oarlock of Harvard-! stroke oar broke.
The race was halted and after repair!
were made It was decided to race only
one and one-half miles because of the
darkness. Yale spurted after the restart
was made, took the lead and won by a
length and a half. No time was taken
.because the Btart was made in an In
accessible cove.
Yale Wins Second.
Yale won the second varsity eight race
by a third of a length from Harvard in
a snappy two-mile contest over the
Thames course today.
Yale led from start to finish, though
Harvard made a (una rally In the last
quarter of a mile.
Yale caught the water first, and with
i .
a faster strode openea up a i""
length at the heJf-mlle mark. The two
crews rowed a clean stroke and there
waa little splashing. Harvard Increased
Its stroke and came up on nearly even
terma with Yale, but the Blues hook
off the challenge and at the mile had a
1a.iI nrtv a' lenath.
1 Neat tba-ftulUJtIrvard cam avrong
and cut down TJ' aovamag ioo ur
foot Tale, however, ahct over the Una
with ot)thlrd of a ahell length to ipare.
The official time waa. Tale. 10:; Har
vard, 10:11
Bl7 Crowd Gather.
Cheered by condition f avorabW for
both spectators and crews the thousands
ho form the most picturesque setting
seen at any American regatta began to
rather along th course before the sun
mounted the first quarter mark of lta
course.
Special trains from east and west,
motor cars, excursion boats, iteam
yachts and sailing craft, all contributed
their share, and long before the starting
tlmo of the Junior eight raoea the prin
cipal street!, railroad stations and water
fronts presented a confualon of color and
clamor. Alumni and under classmen
fronj the rival universities guided par
ties o pretty girls, matrons' and children
to points of vantage from which to watch
the contest.
The colors of the rival eUees were
evident on every hand In form of flags,
arm bands, feathers, balloons, confetti
and paper streamers. Ticket speculators
stood ready to aupply observation car
rats at prices ranging from 110 to 3
each, and did a lively business.
Wilson Arrives at
His Summer Home
CORNISH, N. H.. June 23. President
Wiison, accompanied by his daughter,
Margaret, and Dr. Cary T. Grayson, ar
rived at his summer home near here soon
after 1 o'clock today. He was met at the
railroad" station at Windsor, Vt., by his
cousin. Miss Helen Woodrow Bones, and
motored to Cornish.
The Weather
Tor Omaha. Council Bluffa and Vicinity
Partly cloudy; warmer.
Temperatwre at Omaha
Yesterday.
Deg.
Hours
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5 a. m
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10 a. m ,
11 a. m
11 m
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p. m
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Highest yesterday 16 tT to K
liowesl yesterday 81 n
Mean temperature 74 82
Prectpltallon 40 .10
Temperature and precipitation
tures f rum the normal; .
Normal temperature
V w ..a . fnw Ka Am
n 78
M .00
depar-
74
T'rtal dtftcloncy. since Haroh I.
Normal precipitation
Deficiency for the day
13
IT Inch
.17 Inch
10 Winches
S Inahes
.45 Inch
.41 inch
Total laJnfall since March I..
Deflcloncy alnc March 1
Excess for cor. period, 1014....
Excess for cor. period. 1913....
Reports (rasa atatlaas at
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of Weather.
Cheyenne, cloudy....
Davenport, cloudy..
Ienver. clear
Ies Moines clesr...
Dodge City, cloudy..
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North Pfstte, cloudy..
Omaha, clear..
Pueblo, partly cloudy.
TUpId City, cloudy....
Fait take City, clear..
Panta Fe, cloudy
fheridan, rain
Klouv I 'llv
YsloBttne Partly cloudy
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THE MAN ACCUSED OF CAUSING THE GREAT
WORLD WAR First and exclusive photo of Wogo Tan
kositsch, who hatched the plot for the assassination of the
Austrian crown prince and his wife, the denouement of
which precipitated the present strife in Europe. Tanko
sitsch is now a major in command of a battalion in the
Serbian army.
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GOYERNOR CLARKE
IOWA DAY ORATOR
Exposition Officials Overlook Ar
rival of Hawkeye Executive and
- There is No Beception.
HE PRAISES STATE'S RESOURCES
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 25.
Governor George W. Clarke wu
the principal speaker today at Iowa
Day at the Panama Pacific exposi
tion. The welcome he encountered
was hopefully expected to obliterate
any Impressions he might have re
ceived when yesterday he arrived at
Oakland, ferried across the bay and
hunted up his hotel alone for his im
mediate party.
It was explained to him that his
staff of seventeen colonels, lieuten
ant colonels and other officers who
had arrived the day before, and
many high exposition officials had
gone to meet him at the wrong time.
Two hundred persons at Des
Moines were reported "listening in"
by telephone while the governor
made his address.
Miss Frances Clarke, the govern
or's daughter, sang "Iowa." A lunch
a dinner and a reception were fea
tures of the program.
Governor's Address.
Governor George W.. Clarke. In his ad
dress, said that there was nothing idle
about the boast that the Hawkeye state
was the "Garden Spot of the World."
He declared the statement had come to
be the consensus of opinion of the "com
petent of all other states who have vis
ited her or come to understand her vast
resource!." The governor declared that
conditions of heat and oold, sunshine and
rain, richness and responsiveness of ;cl!
throughout the entire extent of Iowa's
area are so perfectly balanced aa to Jus
tify the title.
"Whatever may happen or has hap
pened elsewhere, Iowa never brings anx
iety to her people," said the governor.
"The products of its fields, frequently lav
ish, are alwsys abundant. Like charity,
Iowa never falls. There is a sense of se
curity and substantiality In Iowa."
Billion in Farm Prod acts.
The governor declared that Iowa's crop
production la now more than twice as
much as It was fourteen years ago. "Last
year," he said, "It was W7.143.418, and,
when the value of live stock Is added the
1914 value rises to tl.01S,S8S,41. What the
state can do agriculturally is shown by
Its unrivalled exhibits here and the pre
miums It has taken.
"Iowa's School of Agriculture and Me
chanic Arts and I am only modestly
stating an everywhere conceded fact.
when I say this school Is the greatest
of Its kind in the world has been - a
wonderful help in Increasing Iowa farm
production and animal husbandry. The
state challenges the world on fine cattle.
Iowa appreciates this great school and last
year there was expended there 11,119,800.
The state believes In an educated citizen
ship and lsst yesr expended on educa
tion $20,298,773.
'The state is not simply agricultural.
It would be interesting to tell you of the
manufacturing Industries. Last year the
output of its faotortes waa t3SO.OO0.O0O."
The governor reviewed the history of
the state from the time the Indians were
Its only Inhabitants and told of the rec
ord It had mads In cltlscnshlp, pointing
to those who had filled Important roles
In the history of the nation.
Ante Maker Met More Pay.
TOLEDO, O.. June -The Willys
Overland Automobile coinnsny today an
nounced that the wages of employes
will te advanced i ner rent beirtm.in
July 15.
GLAD HAND GIVEN
OMAHA BOOSTERS
End Second Day's Trip at Norfolk,
Where Big; Welcome is
Given
CHICKEN -
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NORFOLK, Neb., June 25. (Spe
cial Telegram.) The second day of
the Omaha boosters' good fellowship
tour was completed at Norfolk this
evening at 6:80. Not a drop of rain
nor speck of mud had been encoun
tered.. It was truly a glad hand day
for the glad hand was out every
where for the Omaha delegation.
At Norfolk the crowd was entertained
at a picture show until V o'clock, after
which they were escorted to the Elks'
club rooms, where C. E. Bumham, chair
man of the good roads committee of tha
Norfolk Commercial club, formally wel
comed .the guests. The quartet replied
with some good roads songs and O,
ernor Morehead, who Is sticking to tli
ship like a submarine captain, gave a
(.'ood roads talk, telling the Norfolk men
what he believes convict labor will ao
complish for the roads of Nebraska.
8. A. Rearle, Senator John M. Thurston
and others came to the front with their
famous booster talks, and refreshments
were enjoyed.
Visitors llelsi Kntrrtaln.
The Commercial club of Norfolk sent 760
Invitations to farmers and men of neigh
boring cities to' be In Norfolk to be a
party to the entertainment. A delegation
wag over from Madison and group of ten
came from Pierce.
Dinner was served at Elgin by the
women of the various churches. It was a
huge chicken-pie dinner, spread on Ira-
(Continued on Page Two, Column Three.)
Suit Against Oil
Man is Frame-Up
SAN FRANCISCO, June S6.-A J60,000
damage suit brought by Leon H. Fair
child against Walter P. Shaw, wealthy
oil operator of Los Angeles, Cal., came
to a sudden close here yesterday after
witnesses for Shaw had testified that the
suit was a "frame-up" and after Fair
child's attorneys . had asked Superior
Judge Hunt If It would be unethical for
them to withdraw from the case. The
Judge told them not to do that, but to
submit the esse without argument. They
Old so and the Jury promptly returned a
verdict In favor of the defendant. Mrs.
Fairchlld killed herself In Lo Anreles
about two month ago.
Mrs. Annie C. Fleming, a friend of the
Falrchllda, testified that they came to
her last New Year's evening and Mrs.
Falrchllda took her aside and told her
that a "plot had been arranged by her
husband and herself whereby ah waa to
entice Shaw into her room, where Fair
child waa to discover him and threaten
to kill him if he did not give him flt.UiO.
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JawLsw urn m I
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Omaha now has tn area of
3 1 .23 square miles covering'
the most beautiful plateau
surrounded by hills over
looking' the Missouri river.
It's wor;h seeing1.
NEGRO CONFESSES
KILLING 3, ONE IN
NEBRASKA; HANGED
Black, Executed in Alabama, Leaves
Note Saying- Among Victims
Was Crawford Deputy
Sheriff.
BUT TWO WHITES AMONG THEM
He Orieves Because He Did Not
Murder Another to Make the
Number Even
INDIAN ONE OF THOSE SLAIN
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 25.
Byd Jones, hanged In the county Jail
yard here today, left a note In his
cell In which he confessed thirteen
murders. Two of his victims, a Mo
bile & Ohio brakeman and a Ne
braska deputy sheriff, were whites.
The others were ne.troes.
Jones named among his victims Thomas
Thompson, Charlea Bennett und Depute
Sheriff W. 8. Mosley of Crawford. Neb :
Shsy White, Thomas Shay and Sem
I.ee, Monterey, Cal.; Patile quirrgo, a
Mexican at Fort Wlnitnte, N. M.. and
John I.tttlejohn, an Indian at Bhrrldtin.
Wyo. The unnamed railroad brakemsn.
he said, ho killed at Boyd. Ky.
1 am sorry I missed getting Klchanl
Moore September 13, 1911!." Jones wrote.
Just one more would hsve msde an even
number."
Crawford Calls It Myth.
CRAWFORD. Neb.. June 25-tSnecla'
Telegram.) Hldney Jonne, the negro
hanged at Birmingham, Ala, and who
confessed to the murder of Deputy Sher
iff W. 8. Mosely of Crawford. NeU. la
unknown here. George Vhl, one of the
oldest settlers of Crawford, having re-
elded here continuously since 1878 on be
ing Interviewed regarding the confeelon
of Joness aid: "I have known every
sheriff and eputy sheriff of Dawes county
for the Inst thirty years and none were
killed and no one by the name of Mosely
haa evrr acted In that capacity. The
only officer that was killed here to my
knowledge was Arthur Moss, deputy
sheriff of Crawford, who was killed by
Private Heed of the Ninth cavelrv about
twelve year ago. RmJ. who im a col-
ored trooper, waa convicted of murder
and sentenoed to life Imprisonment at
Lincoln 'whore he died
J; R. Moeely, a resident of Crawford
for' thirty year, disclaims any relation
ship to W. B. .yosely or knowledge of
any such person.
Many of tho oldest inhabitants, hnweer,
recall several cases of murder where
urriiru. -
Car Bearing the
Bell to Be Parked
While in Omaha
En route to San Francisco the Liberty
Bell will be In Omaha from S until 10:10
o'oloek the morning of July 9. During Its
top In Omaha the car carrying tbe bell
will be parked on a siding alongside of
the "Wrfht Wllhelmy building on Jack
son, between Ninth and Tenth streets.
In order that children and others may
get a good look at the bell approaches
will be built alongside the car, the top
rlush with the floor. Guards will be with
the bell constantly. From her the bell
will go to Lincoln and thence to Denver.
Hundred Drowned
by Collapse of Pier
PETROGRAD, June .-Vla London.)
-jA dispatch received her from Kaian.
In European Russia, 400 miles east of
Moaoow, gets forth that upward of 100
lives have been lost in the collapse of a
river pier at a local pleasure garden.
The laat steamer returning to the city
was to leaiv the garden at midnight. A
crowd of holldaymakers men. women
and children, were forcing their way in
the darkness to the boat over the flimsy
pier, when the structure collapsed, vir
tually everybody was thrown Into the
water.
JOHN REED. AMERICAN
HELD IN RUSSIA, FREE
WASHINGTON, June K.-John Reed,
an American war correspondent arrested
In Russia recently for entering the war
sons without permission, has been re
leased. Ambassador Ma rye, reporting to
day, made no mention, however, of
Boardman Robinson, an artist arrested
with Reed.
Aroerk-an missionaries and other for
eigners In Urumlah, Persia, and vicinity
no longer are In danger, the Russian for
eign office has advised Ambassador
Mrye.
I Russian troops recently occupied the
, territory where Kurd bandits attacked
I .u.tv I'luiBiluns. The Petroarad -
ernment assured Mr. Marye that a fore
sufficient to protect all foreigners will be
held there.
FOUR EDGAR AUT0ISTS
MAKE TOUR OF THE EAST
From a Stsff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. June r..-(Bpclal Tele
gram.) Mr. and Mrs. Charlea A. Vonr
heea and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Btout of
Fdgar arrived In Washington yaaterday
en route to their former home In Trenton.
N. 3. They motored all the way from
Nebraska, making the trip in about six
days br way of Chicago. They will re
main la the east for a month and then
return by auto to their horns In the Prai
rie state via Albany and Buffalo. Mr.
Voorhees Is president of tbe May County
bank of Edgar, his son-in-law, Mr. gtout,
being engaged tn real estate.
A. F. Btryher, secretary of the Omaha
Live fttork exchange, and his son. Hlrd.
who Is In his senior year st the Harvard
law school, left last nljht for Omaha.
London Times Demands Nation
Be Told Truth About the War
liONno.V. Jun 2.V-A demand tha the
nation he "toM the truth about the asr'"
it voiced hy the Time tn an edttorlivl
The paper declares there Is no imm.dlnte
prospect of being able to comiyl tha
Oerman t" withdraw within their own
'frontiers; tbat It will take nvmth to
piovlde the Hrltlfh forces with tbe Mg
! gns. high explosives snd maclilne guns
which are necessary.
"The country has got to set Its ti-rth, '
sys the Times, ' disregard confusliif bul
letins and face the probability of pro.
longed and unprogreaslve CMmpalgn in the
wet while tleneral von Maokensen t sue.
etssful march probably had postponed a
re.nmptlon of the Russian offensive for
BRYAN WILL COME
BACK FORCAMPAIGN
Former Secretary to Take Lively
Interest in Senatorial Campaign,
Says Tom Allen.
HITCHCOCK TO HAVE BIO FIGHT
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, June 2 5. (Spe
cial Telegram.) T. 8. ("Brother
Tom") Allen of Lincoln, who has
I'evn In Washington for a day or
more, left this morning for the west.
Mr. Align, while refusing to talk
politics to any appreciable extent.
Intimated that Senator Hitchcock
would not have clear sailing for the
senatorial nomination next year, not
withstanding present conditions.
"Colonel Bryan will continue a factor In
the political life of Nebraska, altnough
out of the cabinet, and I look for him
to take the liveliest possible Interest In
the campaign next year In our state, not
as a candidate, but In favor of the prin
ciples for which he baa stood for the Inst
twenty-five yeans."
After talks with a number of Nebraska
politicians, who have been In attendance
upon the arguments that have been going
on this week before the Interstate Com
merce commission to increaae freight
m,M on western rosds. it has been
i l'rned that Governor Morehead will
make the fight for senator against Sena
tor Hitchcock and that John U Kennedy,
Ktmer K. Burkett, ex-Governor Aldrlch
and possibly Representative Charles Sloan
will be in the running for the republican
senatorial nomination.
Attorney General Willis Reed has the
senatorial be bussing loudly In his bon
net and If nothing intervenes will make
the rase-far Sens tor N orris' seat lir-i1&.
But then ISIS la a long way off and a
world of things may happen in the mean
time. .
Coming for Short Visit.
LINCOLN, June K.-W. J. Bryan U
coming- to his Lincoln home early next
week for a stay that is expected here
to be brief. He wired his brother, Charlea
W. Bryan, today that he would be here
all of next Tuesday. The understanding
la Mr. Bryan will go from Lincoln direct
to Ban Francisco, where he will arrive in
time to celebrate Independence day.
Proposal to Name
Regent in Turkey
Causes Deadlock
PARIS, June tS. vnformation has been
received from Constantinople, says a
Haves dispatch from Athena that after
It became apparent laat week that the
Illness of the sultan was of a serious
nature, the royal princes met and decided
that Tussof lusdlt. eldest son of the
late sultan, Abdul Hamld, should assume
the regency. This proposal was vigorously
opposed by the committee on union and
progress, resulting In a deadlock, the so
lution of which has not yst been found.
An operation for the removal of a stone
In the bladder has been performed upon
the sultan by Prof. Israel, the German
specialist, who has been at tha sultan's
bednlde for several days, according to a
Constantinople dispatch received at Lon
don laat night by the Reuter Telegram Co.
"Big Hank' Alleged
Swindler, is Arrested
BAN FRANCISCO. June -Henry M.
Meyers, alias "Rig Hank," who hsd been
sought throughout the country for more
tlian a year, is under arrest he re today,
charged with having been one of the
gang thst defrauded Henry Davis out
of $10,000 In San Diego In February, 1914.
by what la known as the "pay off" game.
The pollco aay he Is also wanted in
Buffalo, N. T., where Is 4s accused of
having defiauded a victim out of 127.000.
The police say also that Meyers was at
one time a member of th famous 15.-
OuO.ono swindle syndicate that operated In
many large rlttea and of which J. C
Mabray waa the head.-
Fac Simile
of the
First Resolution
Adopted by the
First Legislature
of Xebraaka.
Title Is In the handwriting
of lta author and illustrates
an Intereat-arlpptnfc story,
tolling how A. 3. Poppleton
caune to locate tn Oniaha a
few months after the town
waa laid out.
See it in The Sunday Dee
Mversl months until they also are pro
lred with guns and sheila
"To put It briefly the alllei on both
fronts are being held with no prospect
of an early change Moreover, the out
look In the Dardanelles, of whlrn the
less said the better, long ago rca'.d to
effer prospecta of a swift and eay di
version In tha middle east"
The Ixtndon Times Is one of lxrd
Nortlirllffe s papers which has wared an
energetic campaign for greater puhllcltj
In connection with the war. His attacks
upon the Hfltlsh government are credited
with being largely responsible for the
formation of the new coalition ministry
am. the appointment of David Word
Hforge as mlnlptor of munitions.
ADSTRO-GERMAN '
FORCESJEPULSED
Official Report from Fetrograd Says
Teutons Defeated with Heavy
Losses at Three Points.
BIG BATTLE IN K0ZANY REGION
PETROGRAD, June i4 (Via
Lnndon, June 25.) Austro-Oerman
forces were repulsed with heavy
louses at three points on tbe Dniester
river by tbe Russians, according to
an official statement under date of
June IS given out today at the head
quarters of the general staff. In the
Kosmlerjine district the. Russians
eerrled by assault a strong fortified
height. Enormous losses are said to
have been Inflicted upon the Ger
mans in the Kocany region.
The text of ths communication follows:
"There has been no Important change
on the Vldava and Dubysa rivets.
"On the front of the Narew and Vis
tula there have been only small outpost
affairs.
"Calm haa prevailed ua Lb Tancw
front.
Tee ton Move Checked.
"In the direction of Solktew and Lvov
(Lemberg) the evening of the t2d and the
whole of the 2.1d were oocupled by the
enemy In attempts to renew their ulterior
offensive, seeking with particular obsti
nacy to advance In the direction of the
Cstglkouff and Dlmltrovse, along the
railroad between Lvov and Brzesany.
"Nevertheless, thanks to ' our troops,
by energetic counter attacks these at
tempts failed.
"On the front of Joumauo-Detneax-.
kovlts there haa been a fierce engage
ment, which thug far hts developed un
der conditions,, fa voratd to us. .
"Important Oerman forces which on
the morning of the 33d crossed th the
Koaanv region to the left bank of the
Dniester; Suffered ' enormous - losses
Driven' back to ' the river, they - were
forced to assume . th defensive . ' under
Very difficult conditions, some of . their
troops being crowded on an island In the
river and others tfltginr to th left bank.
Aaatrlans Driven Aeroaa River.
"Near Martyovo and Rouadvlany the
Austiians crossed . the left bank of the
Dniester, but by impetuous . counter at
tacks our troops threw them back to the
river. Up until 10 o'clock the morning
of the 23d tha enemy Inst about forty
officers and 1,700 men of various ra&i-
j ments, whom we took prisoners. The
1 enemy Is endeavoring to hold his ground
(Continued on Page Two, Column Two.)
Workmen Leaving
Arsenals to Work
for Private Firms
PHILADELPHIA, June l6.-cor of
killed workmen are leaving the employ
of tho government arsenal at Frankfort
to accept position with private concern
that are supplying order for munition
of war for th European belligerent.
For the flrt time in year th arsenal
Is suffering from a shortage of employes
and offflals fear the situation may be
come terioua. Twenty men In the
machine shop and twenty-five In the
fuse department resigned yesterday. A
number of others gave up their positions
last week and It was said today that
nrtarlv ftvura lUntrtman h.J U. t. mni-a
or lcs affected. The defections have
' occurred not only among th workmen,
but afong officials as well.
The men declare thsy have been given
three-year contracts with the private
firm at wages far In exceas of thoee
I paid by the government. According toj
'officials at the arsenal there Is a federal
statute which makes It unlawful for
private concerns to use a promise of
hlghe- nrages to induce an arsenal em
ploye to leave the service ot the govern
ment and an investigation was said to be
under consideration. 1
Colonel Montgomery, commandant at
the arsvnel has recommended to thai
Washington authorities that the men be
given a 21 per cont Increase In wage.
Great Lake of Wine
Burning at Fresno
FRESNO. Cel.. June 25. Surrounded by !
a great lake of fire, the complete de- 1
tructlon of the buildings of the Barton
Vineyard company, owe of tha largest
wineries In the world, located about
three miles east of Fresno, waa threat-
a , an . 1 w w ,. . n a . . tr
" r hmjt. inn roam t
winery and storehouse, together with
about IO0.OU0 gallons of wine, already has
been destroyed by the fire, which broke !
out about 10 o'clock last night. The 1
loss thus far Is about to"0,000.
The burning win spread out In a huge
lake and ran down ditches surrounding
th buildings. Shortly before 3 o'clock
today a brisk wind sprang up and score
of men were hurriedly called back to th
fir line In an effort to save th remain
ing buildings.
Th government war house, containing
brandy, th sherry bouse, containing
more than 100.00 gallon of sherry; the
distillery and cottages, were th build
ings threatened.
RUSSIANS SAY
WARSAW LINE
STRONG AS EVER
Petrograd Reports Defensive Posi
tion So Secure that Germans
Cannot Withdraw Troops
for Elsewhere.
LULL IN FIGHTING IS GENERAL
Belief Expressed that Teutons Are
Preparing to Make Drive Into
Russian Poland.
MANY BRITISH OFFICERS DEAD
LONDON, June 25. Something
of a lull tn the fighting as compared
to tbe feverish activity of the last
fortnight Is enabling military observ
ers on both sides to take stock and
forecast future operations.
Petrograd claims' that the Russian
defensive positions are so secure that
the Austro-Germana will not be able
to withdraw many troops for use
against the allies of Russia. The
Russians assert, further, that their
present line before Warsaw is as
strong as It ever was and tbat their
armies on the river Dniester will fall
back only If the eastward drives of
the Austro-Gerraans from Lemberg
threatens to cut them off.
The authorities of the central empires
are less communicative concerning their
future Intentions and movement, but it
Is believed that Warsaw again is their
oblecttv.
In England the campaign for muni
tlona la In full swing with th possibility
of national registration to ascertain the
"man power" of the nation. That Kng
land appreclatea the need of adding to Its
fighting resources la significantly Indi
cated by the publication In the London
Times of tables showing that the casual
ties of offioers during tha last month
come within a few hundred of th total
casualties during the entire South Afri
can war. The total In Bouth Africa waa
2.751, while the lists since May M show
that 1.440 offioers have been killed or
wounded or reported missing.
Italian Official Report.
ROME. June 24 (Via Paris. June 23) A
gradual advance along the laonso river.'
with the occupation of Globna, north of
Plava and the edge of th plateau be
tween Sagrado and Monfalcone are an
nounced lu an official statement Issued
toplght at the headquarters of th Italian
general " staff. The communication fol
lows:
in the Tyrol-Trefitlno "region and in
Cadore there hare been methodical artll
(Contlnued on Pag Two, Coltuna 81a.)
The Day's War New
ACTIVITY ALONG th Italian frea
tler Is atlll chiefly la artillery ea
aasremeats, with occasional later
lade of Infantry activity.
OERMAN OFFICIAL aeraasts of th
flahtlaai aloagr the Dniester aarree
with th Rasslaa a to tho 4e
perateaess of : tho straggle which
th two armies are still wagrlasr 1st
that part of Oallela. Th Tea
tool version, however, admits re.
troarreaalaa only at on gvelat, atat.
laar that saperlor connter attach
by th Rosslaa at Tarlaew had
raeaed a portion of General Lln
elaaa's troop to ho withdrawn
toward ' tho Dniester aonfhcra
hank.
KLREWHKRB IX th eoatbeaatera
theater of war inrosrrea woo betas;
made, the official said, whll far.
thcr north, althoasjfc the Gorman
had evacuated tho -rlllaaro ol
Kepaesyska, which they had r-
really raptared, they had hrohoai
throaah th Rasslaa line seas'
Btes-aa and held their footldal
there.
cam rams in franck show tho
rcanmptloa of sapreme activity Oa
th hclaht of the Mease, where
the French tell of a violent Ger
man attaek. Tho German claim 1
that th operation there wrrt he.
arna by the French and that a
trench was retaken from them.
The French admit a German ad.
vaaee, hat declare tha former
line later were re-established. In
th Araroaee the German declare
they have ajalned stroaad.
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