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Bee THE WEATHEB. Unsettled PART ONE. NEWS SECTION PAGES ONE TO TEN VOL. XTjV NO. 5 OMAHA, SUNDAY MOIHONO, JUTA 18, 1915 FIVE SECTIOXS-THIirTY-SIX FACES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. The Omaha Sunday TORPEDO FIRED AT PASSENGER LINER ON THEJIGH SEAS German Submarine Attempts to Sink Steamship Orduna Sixteen Honrs Oat of the Port of Liverpool. SHOT MISSES BY TEN YARDS Another Boat Comes to Surface and Fires Several Shells, None of Which Hit the Ship. CATTSES SHOCK AT WASHINGTON NEW YORK, July 17. The Brit ish passenger liner Orduna, with 227 passengers aboard, twenty-one of whom were Americans, was attacked without warning by a German sub marine at 6 o'clock in the morning of July 9, Bixteen hours out Of Liver pool, on its way to New York. An nouncement of the attack was made by the ship's captain, Thomas Mc Comb Taylor, and passengers when the Orduna reached here today. A torpedo was fired at tne steamer and missed it by ten yards. Twenty minutes later a submarine rose to the surface, possibly a different sub marine from the one that launched the torpedo, and for half an hour thereafter pursued the steamer, fir ing shells, which whistled over the decks above the heads of passengers standing there with their life belts on. Teh minutes before the attack a nail ing ship with two American flags painted on Its side was -oen ahead. Captain Taylor became auspicious of this craft and began maneuvering his ship. Then came the attack, the first warning of which was the streak of a torpedo which came through the water and mlrsed the Orduna'- boy by ten yards or there abouts. Passengers Awnltened. Stewards ran below and aroused tha passengers. With clothes hurriedly fast ened haphazard they made for the upper deck. There they were assembled near the bridge. Life belts were adjusted and lifeboats swung out The crew stood ready to launch the boats; from a sub marine off tho starboard quarter there came a shell which kicked up a miniature geyser in the Orduna's wake. The aub n.arlne had the range. Captain Taylor turned the stern of the ship towurd the assailant and ordered full epoed ahead. Within two to five minutes another shell, this time passing over the heads of the assembled passen gers was fired. A- It overshot the mark Its path wu marked by a rising volume of water. Several Shell Fire. A third shell passed overhead and so trio. that It seemed to clip a lifeboat. Captain Taylor ordered the passengers to go to a lower dec, i ney v.- uf. were adlusted lower still so that the passengers might atsp Into them without delay. The shelling con tinue!, .hots falling about the steamer at Intervals of from two to five minutes. For about half an hour m r.,.ed the liner with the apan E rv n. lj minute. eaoh ..re fired In all. Four or S-" over the deck.. The other three fell clone to u :"k- fll-tanced. gave up the chaee, Th. were twenty-one American- on . -i.- nn. when it dOOKea TOaay. ng;;. say the -ubmartn.i attack was made without previous wanu.... nnni... n Thompson or of Chicago, th. industrial relations oom nMon of the United State-, wa. mission as,engera who rawVe ack on .Vat'vessel. .M; "aTed that be wouU write a : t to w-Hhlngton sotting forth the aetalls or the attack. . .' - Wltnessea Attach ,ad left their The eanv nser" - were berths to the triage who- epide. Among them w Baron Marc Bosenkraus 7'"AtUnta. Qa. The Miss Keme - trt DUt barones- was wua " ?.? "J wbat happened l';.vr said, when the Orduna docked here today. 1 ,. mval naval reserve and therefore cannot discuas the matter. ur.ntz: he saw the i Ask Baron w the whole thing." ! one Question. Captain . r.n answer, and you, a,rnere u atucked without warn- did not have even the .llghtes, .warn- . t ih attaca." n rw. tua , .i a t -,in v nothing. Baron Bonkranu. one of a isroup wto the captain on the bridge, described VeTeft Liverpool about S:S0 oclook on W len ,da Juiy g." he rS. o'clock by my w.tch the ' torpedo, was nrea. first ml-rtla. a . torp . nowever, weVr. ailing .hip 3ust ahead V " . American fla ltiud. to u. and seemed to be fB m (Continued on Page Two, Column Three The Weather Forecast till T P, m- Bundayi FoOmeha. Councfl Bluff- andVlclnU, and Sunday, with T'naottled tOTiight snowers; cooler Sunday, Temperatare at Omaha Hours. Peg. TO 73 T8 80 SI ta . M 1 Jji?"4 - m 7vJ T Ia-m g'j Ln- 8 a- m. SJ. L "a. m (JjQ 10 a. m... yjJj- 11 a. " 1 1 n i- U m.... LATEST PHOTO OF KAISER WILHELM The emperor rides constantly in his automobile other. He is here saluting on his departure from the headquarters of General von ITeeringen. occupies the seat with him. A Bix-story building of reinforced concrete and covering eventually practically a block of ground, Is to be built by the Ford Motor compaJiy, beginning September 1 on the block between Fifteenth and Sixteenth street and between Izard and Cum ing. This is to be the new assem bling plant of the Ford company where the parts of the cars are re ceived and set up for distribution. "While this has been hinted at for some weeks. It has been kept somewhat under cover while negotiations for the purchase of the ground were In progress, as other cities were bidders for the plant, and competition was keen. 'Fvlce Paid f 105,000. The price paid by the Ford people for this 'entire block was 1105.000. The negotiations were conducted and the deal closed through Fred C. Shields of Omaha, who has been a whole year at work ob taining tha necessary options and con cluding the negotiations. The various lots on the block were owned by seven different person-, some of them residing far from Omaha. In some case- a single lot was divided among two owners which made the negotiation- still more difficult and complicated. The owners of the property who have now sold to the Ford people were Mrs. Margaret McPermott, the Brynmawr college, Byron Reed company, Mrs. Josle McCulloch of California, Jerry Leary. Simon Adler & David Sherman and Mrs. 1 Emily T. Blake. . To Employ Three Hundred Men, This new Ford assembling plant Is to employ between 300 and men. ine building Is to be alx storle- high of rein forced concerts. It la planned that , it shall be completed and ready for oc cupancy by April L While much of the ground in this woe Is vacant, there are several buildings that wlU have to be moved before the excava tion for the new plant can begin. Adler & Bhermair havel a two-story brick es tablishment where they conduct tneir business of handling second-hand Iron and metal. Jerry I-eary baa a residence on hi- lot, where he has lived for year- and Is now. living. The Adler & Bhorman place is !to be moved acros- the .street, and Mr. Leary la to move to another resi dence at Twentyflfth and Burdette streets. . ' . The monye wa- paid for the ground by the Ford people Saturday, the deed- were delivered and are to be filed early week. Important Deal. this Real estate men look upon this a- one of the most Important transaction- that has taken place in Omaha for some years. Mr. Shield-, whUe he ha- negotiated for some months on the matter, ha- kept the work l-omarkably well under cover while the' deal was on. Real estate men, -ay this transaction will give a remarkable boom to that Immediate section of North Sixteenth street. N. A. Hawkins, commercial manager for the Ford, Motor oompany, wag In Omaha about two month- ago and dropped a remark that the plant here should be enlarged and that there really should be an assembling plant here. Mr. Gould, the local manager, estimate tli at this branch will sell 18.8T5 ear- next year. The territory for thl- branch la the east three-quarters of Nebraska and ten counties In Iowa. Man is Killed by Explosion in Mine PITTSBURGH, Kan.. July IT. One tam wa- killed and another Injured In a gas exploatoo tn Mine No. f of the Bbertdaa Coat company; near Mulberry this after noon. SWITZERLAND PROHIBITS ALL EXPORTS OF GOLD PARIS. July 17. The gwic- federal council has decided to prohibit the ex portatlon of gold In any form, asys i Havas dW(atch from Berne. Another Havas dlopatch, from Berne late- that the el I tor of a newspaper at Neufchatel. France, now occupied by ths Germans, ha- been ordered before court-martial for publishing an article la which he violently attacked Germany ( C 1 : j J F-: -Cp V ,; V - ty-1 f"' ,t" " '"" ' " ' FORD TO EMPLOY GERMAN SINGERS - 5 1 m URN IN OMAHA HF.RR THIS WEEK I w .. ' i New Plant to Be Six Stories High Twenty-Sixth National Saengerfest :, and to Cover Practically of the Saenperbund of North- :'.V..v 'y y-:.i Entire Block. west Starts Wednesday. yv - xlYl-'l;' ' TO BE BUILT BY APRIL 1 ALL. OMAHA IN GALA DBXS3 jrt2 A six-story building of reinforced Swiftly now the plans of many JJF concrete and covering eventually months are coming to a focus as the - ,yy .. tiaaisiaaiiaflf'rr imm0r Swiftly now the plans of many months are coming to a focus as the hour draws near for the twenty sixth national saengerfest of the Saengerbund of the northwest, which will open In Omaha next Wednesday and continue for the rest of the week. Some people who were not right "up" on big current events have won dered what the electric lights were being strung all along both sides of the r-ttncipal streets for. "It's too early for Ak-Sar-Ben yet," they said. Correct. But It 1- not too early for the decoration- In honor of the aaenrerfnet. Which will bring thousands of visitor- to Omaha' from all ever the west. And that Is the reaaon for the elaborate elec trical decoration- which are being at rung hour draws near for the twenty- ' about Omaha. - Conrt Hoaee Decorated. The court boose and other public buUdtPgH have already put on their fes tive dresses of flag- and bunting. The Auditorium, both inside and outside, is d rosed with colors. Intlde the black, white and red of the fatherland and the red, white and blue of the "sou-land" are very much in evidence from the boxes, which display big editions of the -tar span r let banner up to the topmost height- of the celling, where tJR Glory and the German enalga. rule, surrounded by scores of pennants tf many kinds. All this decoratkm is under the d!reo tion of no Icbi a person than Gu- Rense, chief keener of the wardrobe for King Ak-Sar-Ben. Moreover, the decoration of Omaha has but .ust begun. The first throe days of this week will see hundred- of yards of buntlnj and hun dreds of flags displayed from Innumer able building- downtown a- well as from many home. By the time ths specltl trains bringing in the singers Wednesday morning the elty will be tn such gala array a- it ha- not seen for long time. , fleata for Grand Chorna. The noise of hammers and saws ha- filled the Auditorium now for more than a week. There R. C. Strehjow, fest presi dent and contractor of big and wide ex perience, is superintending a gang of car- (.Continued on Page Four, Column Two.) How Tha Bee's Milk and Ice Fund Does Its Saving "l wonder -how much we think f the short and simple annajs of the poor as we go on our happy, contented, well-cared-for ways," said one of the faithful young women who disburse The Bee's free les and milk fund among the really deserving poor of Oroahar. "If the people could see what we see, my, my. now It would open thefr heart-: "Coming Into -uoh eloee touch with the people, we know )uai which. cfs are as serving and whloh are not And' ao rouoh Of this Bee fund aa we distribute goes exclusively to ths deserving. When one knows for sjotual certainty that a family baa struggled and strained every muaols and nerve to try to make ends meet and till ha- been beaten down by misfortune, then it I- a real pleasure to help. "One family that we are helping just cow consists of a father and mother and two children, aged t and 4 years. "Thl- father wa- always a good pro rider and a steady worker until he was stricken blind some time ago. "Then the brave mother leaped lr,to the breach. She got work In a laundry and from early morning till late at night she s true-glad, far beyond her strength, Not one oent of aid would she aooept She is a brave proud woman and by her own toll she k-(4 that little family together, earning a little with much toll. Her hus band. In his blindness, managed to do the housework. "They would have continued thl- way, but illness overtook the mother. The strain was too grest. The doctor told her she must positively stop work. "Then The Bee's fund found more work to do. And such a work I If those who have contributed to this fund oould just see what their money la accomplishing for that family alone they would feel amply repaid. If they oould see the World's Wheat Area Shows Increase of More Than WASHINGTON, July 17. War rsvsges apparently have not turned the European wheat fields to battlefields as exten sively a- generally was supposed, ac cording to figures announced today and gathered by the Department of Agricul ture. . No figure- are available from Germany or Russia, but In Germany tha acreage probably has been Increased and Russia's acreage probably- Is still tha world's largest. "But In the countries of the northern hemisphere where wheat ordinarily approximate- 240.000,010 acres," eight show estimated plantings of 16S,S26.0oO anros, against 143,6o,000 acres last year. The oonolualon I- that denplte the apparent bill lon-bushel crop tn the United State-, the farmer- of other countries have bee purred into efforts to Increase thMr own production, Thaw Spending Day at Atlantic City ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., July 17.-Harry K. Thaw's first night of real freedom In year- was spent in restful sleep at a beach front hotel here. After yester- Car's weary ride down the state of New York, where he was released on bail. Thaw wa- much refreshed and prepared ot spend the day quietly. He remained out of sight early vi the day and took breakfast In hi- room. The dining room of the hotel wa- crowded with guests, many of whom prolonged their meal, hoping to see him. Ho far as could be learned Tham has formed no definite plan- for the im mediate future except to get as much rest a- he can. The length of his rtay here 1- not known, but It I- believed he will go to hi- home In Pittsburgh In a few day-. Work for the Tots The Bee's Fund, for Free Milk and Ice Mo'it of the contributions to the funi have been from individual!. In other cities many clubs, looial gath eringi and societies take up colleo tions for such purpose and pat in the proceeds in the club's name. Why not in Omaha.! Contributions from 10 cents to $5 ire solicited and will be aoltnowl edged in this colnmn. re viously acknowledged 9 185.00 Senjamla . Saker SjOO A. rick '. l.oo tear- in that little woman'- eye-. It they could feal the silent handshake of that father, too overcome for words. If they oould see those little ones growing; strong with the pore, eoot milk that the dimes and dollar- are supplytng. they would feel the glow of a good deed well dona, "Not for one cent does thl- family aak. And they are so thankful. EArery day hey thank us. Kvery day the mother ex presses the belief that Boon she will be ble to go back to work. The fathef la lo planning to learn chair caning and I her things. 'And I'll be able to earn no ugh to support us all even if I haven't . y eyas,' he says. "A brave little family and I don't know .hat would have become of them If It ladn't been for the good People that pro- Ided the money of The Bee fund," from one battle front to the His Brother, Prince Henry, III Ten Million Acres Russia's area during the last few years has averaged 80,000,000 acres. The United States now come- seoond with (9,417,000 acres, an Increase of 11 per cent over last year. British India baa S3,14J,000 acres, against 28,404,000 last year. Prance has 14.142.000 acres, not Including wheat area In the region occupied by Germany, which In IS! 4 amounted to 860, 1W aaree, against 16,049,000 last year; Canada's acreage increased from 10,2.)3,000 acres to 11,386,00; Italy has 12,C,000, an Increase of 6.1 per cent; Spain, i',784,000, In Increase of 1.1 per rent; Hungary (proper), has 8.1W.000, against 8,623,000 last year; Rou- manla, 4.806.0nO, against (.218,000 last year Denmark -hows a -light decrease; Great Britain, 10 per oent; Luxemburg. 7 per llent Increase; Switzerland, 10.1 per cent Increase; Japan, 1 per cent decrease. Italians Capture Passes After Sharp Bout With Austrians ROME (Via Paris). July 17.-A state ment given out at the Italian headquar ters, signed by Lieutenant General Count Caderna. and dated July 16, read- aa fol lows: "In ths upper Val Camorrloa the enemy having advanoed through the Venerodolol and Brtzlo passes, made an attack force against our position- near Rlfuglo Galibaldl, but was repulsed with loss. leaving a few prisoners in our hands "Our troop- after driving back the ad versary, occupied the two passes, whl are at a height of more than 10,000 feet 'In Carnla the enemy, profiting by tog and darkness, delivered during the after uoon and evening of July 14 two deter mined attacks on Mount Cogllano an Mount Plz-o Avostano. Both attack- were repulsed. The enemy- ascertained loss was thirty-three dead. Including one of ficer. ' ' , "In the Isonso region, at Pre ppl pappy, the et.-my by small attacks, eepeoiaJly at night, and by heavy artlllsry fire, has continually sought to cause losses. hamper our alow advance and above al to force our batteries, to reply and thus reveal our position-." Pro-German Agitator is Under Arrest WASHINGTON. July IT.-Frank Wein ahelnk, who for aoroatlms has been con ducting what he calls an Internationa Information bureau and sending out pro Oerraan literature to newspapers, was ar rested here last night on complaint that he sent certain letters to officials. He was committed ' to the government hos pital for the Insane for obaervatlon. Welnshelnk said his home was in Topcka, Kan. Large Bequest to Yale is Released NE3W HAVEN, Conn.. July 1T.-A be quest of 1750,000 to Tale nntveralty, which has been held up by long 'litigation In an appeal from the probate wUl of Mary O. Hotohkls-, now goes to the university. The supreme court of errors today found no error in the lower court's finding in allowing ths bequest to go to Yale. ALABAMA ANTI-TIPPING BILL VETOED BY GOVERNOR MONTGOMERY. Ala.. July lT.-Owrer-nr.r Henderron today vetoed the euati tipping bill on the ground that We did uot believe the) law ootid be nfosoed and that It- oonstltutionaUty was doubtful. CLEAN BILL GIYEN CREW OFLUSITANIA Finding of British Board of Inquiry Canses Indignation Among the American Survivors. FINDING IS DISTINCT SURPRISE LONDON. July 17. "Torpedooa fired by a submarine of German na tionality caused the loss ot the steam sh'p Lusltanta and Its passAngers," according to the findings of the court of inquiry appointed to investigate the disaster. The court held that no blamo for the tragedy attached either to Cap tain Turner, commander of tho ves sel, or the Cunard line. th owners. After having carefully Inquired Into the circumstances of the dltesler." says the formal report f the court, .e court finds the loss of said ship and lives was ue to damage caused the ship by tor pedoes fired by a submarine of German nationality. "In the orlnlon of the court the act wa- don not merely with the Intention of sinking the ship, but also with the Intention of destroying the Uvea of the people on board." C lean Hill for All. Other unllrtit features of tho report are that the lifeboat and lifebelt facilities were adeniate- that the demenor of the rew was above all blame and that the conduct of the passengers, barring light panlo when the steerage passen gers came on deck, was praiseworthy. The court also found that the -hip wa- unarmed and carried a cargo of general ammunition, consisting only of .000 ces of cartridges, from which there was no explosion. A small gathering composed almost en tlrely of survivors of the I.usltanla and their relatives listened to the reading of the findings by Baron Mersey of Texteth Americans Are Indlarnant. The report was a distinct disappoint ment to the American survivors, who expressed Indignant surprise at the pota tion which exonerated Captain Turner and the Cunard line from all blame and commended the discipline of the crew, Several attorneys representing Ameri can clients listened closely to the read lng of the Judpmont, which may have a great effect on actions brought against the steamship company. Amnna- the spectator- were Walter Webb-Ware, representing the Vandorbllt family: Milnr F. Warren Pearl and Mrs, Pearl of New York and F B. JenKlna or Chicago, survivors, and William Crltch tn of New York, whose wife wa- lost. liefore the reading beuan Major Teari expressed the opinion that the decision would sharply condemn the oruoers o tha shin and Of the cunaro line illffnra. "tin doubt there were mishaps m nann Unit tha roDe- of the boats," Lord Mersey said,, "but In my opinion there wa- no Incompetence or neglect The reduction of the Liisitanla's apeed from twenty-four and one-half to twenty one knot- still left the vessel faster than any other boat on the Atlantic, aald Baron Merxey. and ho. found there wa . l ,i fim&rit nimnanv no reason 10 nnn for this economy during war xime. U.S. Submarine Has Cruising Radius of Six Thousand Miles BRIDGEPORT. Conn.. July IT.-Slmon Lake, the Inventor ana ouuurr marines for the United Mates govern ment, was gratified today Dy vne .u.--of the experiment testing the new sub. marine Q-3, which demonstrated that tha new boat can cross the Atlantlo ocean and return without stopping, having a cruising radlu- of ,0W muss. "It la oerfeotly praouoaoie w ve with its new engines, to oross the ocean, i do what It went to do and come back without dependence on any basis of sup pllos." sold Mr. Lake "It la merely a question of the economy or iu. The G-S was built by the Lake Tor pedo Boat company of this city. Jts ex tensive cruising radius Is due to the er fifjunnv of a new Swiss engine, whloh drive- the boat both on the surface and under water, replacing both the gasoline engine- heretofore used to drive submar ine oraft on the surface and the eleotrin motor used for undersea travel. In a series of testa, oonltlng of trip up and down the length of Long Island sound, the new boat showed a -peed of 14.T knots on the -urface and 10.T knots submerged. It cost IttG.aX). The O-S U only 1W feet long, hut -even new Lake submarine- which are being conntruc.tod for the United Btatea navy will be 9 feet long etid possess a much greater radius of activity than the G-3. They will uite the new engine, and Mr. Ijike said today tliry would be the equal of sny in the German navy. f Week Beginning Jaly It. FREE MOVIE COUPON Admitting to the Following Picture Shows mm m asnwaasi SP-ama nnsnmangB eaBnansS tammnl ennnnBamnnmmmnmmnnan annnnnmmnnnoBnn anwsanaBnnamnmOsnmnnBml This Bee Coupon entitles bearer to a free ticket to any one of these high class Moving Picture Theatera on the days named. Present at Box Office with regular price of one adult paid ticket and get additional ticket free. BESSE GRAND MONROE FAVORITE -The Buckle of i.Voni ?f '& AU "tU" wt.VSS oath O m a h a s TJ.otiuVs. Theater. storing atotuxes. Ajnu erne it Belt." . Coupon -ood for Coupons are good Oood for Tues- Thl- Bee Ooupoa Hon. and Thur. for any Monday d y wn. -ocom- ood on Mon- nlghta If aooora. night when ao- h loo ?Im ccoflu" pi" 13 by a lOo companled by one Panled by a 100 b, a pid ad. paid admission. paid admission. paid admission. mission. HIPP0DR0MEARBORsuburbanloTHROP 7litrs Total Xln S614 Cubing St. gad and Arbor tartalnisot la 84th and Lothrop. Always tbe Best .. rust Cousidsi. Statures Obtain. Tour Tavortte. ation. The Family Oood on Monday- When accompan- Theatog ThU Oouin good iTT.,4lT , J y ra'd al- Qood on Tuesday any Moad oignt " . w i" . . I mission, this Cou- . If aeootuwanled by with one paid pon t, BO,d any eveiun-s "hoo a paid aamlsaioa. tloaet. Monday nlshb Pal4 artmlsatftik TEUTONS MAKING GREAT DRIVE AT SEAPORT OF RIGA Russian City on Baltio is Objective of New Move Intended to De stroy the Armies of the Czar. FIGHTING ALONG NEW IINH Muscovites Making Strenuous EN forts to Stay Rush Toward Great Strategno Metropolis, a. GERMAN GAIN IN WEST SLIGHT LONDON, July 17. A new Crer- man offensive of huge proportion-. with Riga, a great Russian seaport and the aeat ot the governor general ot the Baltio provinces as itg objec tive, is revealed In the latest oftlclaX statements issued at Petrograd and Berlin. Military experts here con -true tha offensive to be a vast envelopment la which the Germans are making a great effort to destroy the Russian army. Both the German and Russian oom- munloatlona agree that the Oerman force- are at the Wlndau river near Ooldlngen. which is only eighty mils- from Riga, the great strateglo oommeroial metropo lis In the Gulf of Riga and on the uppef Baltio. An official statement reoetwad this morning from Petrograd adds details of sanguinary fighting all along the ne tltie In efforts to hold bsok the German advance, which now Is being concen trated on Riga and on Warsaw, while the AuatttHlIungarians are moving north ward from the Pnelater river. Trail of Destruction. Advices reaching London today say that the Germans left a trail of destruc tion along the Baltio sea from Iteroel to Ubau, where the villas, hotels and ce slnos are said to , have been destroyed about the only exception, It is -aid, be ing the palace ot the Polish nobleman whose cousin married an American wo man. The palace now If being used as a military heedquartere In whloh Prince Henry of Prussia and Field Marshal von Hlndenberg recently conferred on the new offenalve toward Riga. . "The Crown Prince Frederick William's drlvs in the Argonne forest now is ac-j cepted as a small success, In gaining a, few hundred yard- ot terrain, but a- a failure in attaining 1U real otxJeos e, dot clatve penetration ot the Jfrsnohj line, Welsh Strike Is Dun are r Pa., Ths ominous attitude ot the Welch coal (Continued on Page Two, Column Onei I The Day's War Neios H I'SSIAX 1. 1 WES are holding well Immediately north of Wsjraaw, where the grreateet fovo of th Teatonlo move against tho Sollah, capital Is belngr snorted, eveoolasT to the latest statement from! Petrocrad. A withdrawal of the Russian forces between the Pleaey aad Oraro rivers to mow lines along the Narew In tho faee of General Von Itludenbarsfa atteok la admitted by Petrograd. Con. tlnnatloa of the German advance In Conrland also Is conceded. In creasing; Importance la nttaabed br mllltarr obeerrere abroad to this movement In the Baltio pawotnoes. riKI,D MARSHAL. Vsa Maosieae 'S arar that swept throvarh, Oallela, Is arlvlaa; slants ot renewed aotWtty ta pmreaaaoe of the aaaanaodl plaav of the Teatonlo forces to attaoU slmnltaaeoaalr aloa tba 80O-, mile front from Baltio to Bessa rabia. Inofficial reports throes Geneva declare that at the lower end of Ibis line Austrian troops who orosaed the Dniester have beea driven back to tbe other bank, vthere their retreat la being tamed lato s root. FIGHTING ON THE) Aoatro-ItallaB, f roatler has resulted tn few recent changes of positions, aooordlnaf to latest reports from Homo. Jfnnverw ons attacks by tbe Aaetrlaas en the Italian advanced positions are recorded, all of which are declared to have been repnlsed, ATTEMPTS AT SOLUTION of the Booth Wales eoal strike problem failed for the time being;, tbe miners' executive committee ad. jonrnlng to Monday after an abor tive attempt to reach aa agree ment on naeaaa to secure n settle ment, i -