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Omaha Sunday Bee PART ONE. NEWS SECTION PAGES ONE TO TWELVE THE WEATiiEE Unsettled VOL. XLVNO. 7 OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1, 191&-F1VK SECTIONS FOKTY PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. 1HE YEAR OF WAR 18 OVER TODAY: NO END YETIfl SIGHT Eleven Nations Still Battling: in Europe with lury Never Before Equalled in History's RfcoTds. TEUTONS BREAK RUSSIAN GRIP ON LUBLIN RAILWAY ADVANCING WITH BAYONETS POINTED-Remarkablo snapshot picture of an Italian infantry regiment in the midst of a recent engagement in the Isonzo river valley. ZAPATA DESTROYS LEGATION'S MAIL Mexican Chief Personally Breaks Seals on American Pouch After Messenm is Assaulted. EDITOR HUDSON IS LOCKED UP nt i..f.ti. SAN ANTONIO Tex., July 31. HALF THE WORLD IN MOURNING Millions' of Casualties Out of Armies the Sice of Which is Staggering. 1O0K TO WINTER CAMPAIGN Thejecond year of the European war opens today. On August 1, 1914, Germany declared war against Rus sia and the last chance vanished of localising the Auetro-Serbian war, de clared three days previously by Austria-Hungary. All the great powers of Europe were drawn Into a struggle the like of which history has not heretofore recorded. Eleven nations are at war and almost all lands are affected, di rectly or Indirectly. Millions of men hare been killed, wounded or carried to captivity In hostile countries. Bil lions of do'Urs have been expended. Thousands oj square miles of terri tory have been devastated and hun dreds of cities and towns laid waste. Half ihe world Is In mourning for the doad. And although the war has been In progress with unexampled fury for a year, no decisive results have been achieved and the end is not in sight. Some Fig-arcs on the War. Determination to pursue the war to a decisive ending: has been expressed by high official! of all belligerent nations, preparations are being: mnrte for next winter's campaign, and. In fact. Indica tions from Europe are that it is more likely to Increase in size rather than de crease. It is still an open question whether Bulgaria, Roumanla or Greece will be drawn in. It Is Impossible to obtain accurate statistics of the number of men engaged, the casualties and the cost. For obvious reasons the size of the various armies ar kept secret. Most of the nations do (Sot consider H expedient to reveal tho number of casualties: in fact, Great IP rl tain la the only one which has given out official totals. As to the money ex- jrouca, mere are avauaoie emy partial statistics. ' Mors than half the population of the fwor'.d Uvea in the countries at war. Tiie population of the warring countries Is estimated roughly at W7,U.(00. and of Ithe countries at peace at 797,003,000. The population of the entente nations i per haps five times as great as that of their opponents. The number, of men under arms has been i estimated variously, usually in the neighborhood of XI.OXl.vOO. William Mlchaeiie. writing recently in a Berlin magazine, put the number of soldiers at war at 21.77O.0X); for the alUrs, 32,820,000; for Germuny, Austria-Hungary and Turkey, 8,900,000. No previous war has approsc'.iert the present one In wholesale destruction of life. This is due not only to the number of men Involved, but to the terrible ef ficiency of modern weapons. Trench war fare on a treat scale, with Its deadly charges, mining operations and exten sive use of artillery and hand grenades, has contributed 'to this end. Whereas in the past It has been calculated that the proportion of killed to total casualties runs 1 to 8 or 1 to 10, the proportion in trench warfare, as Indicated by official British statistics. Is about 1 to 6. .' Battles' rmr Rulrbfrr. The tattle on the plains of Flanders, on the Warsaw front, in the Auatro-Ger-man advance through Gallrla and in the Carpathians, were attended by frightful slaughter, Russian loaoes In the Car pathians alone were estimated vnorfMMIy (Continued on Page ISU, Coiutnn une. Former Omaha Man is Killed by Train ABERDEEN. S. D., July 31.-(Special Telegram.) J. J. Alberts, 2S years old, was struck by a north-bound Milwaukeo passenger train near lionllla, 8. D., at 4 ' o'clock this morning and Instantly killed. The man stepped from the weeds onto the track but a short dintance ahead of the train, which struck him before it could ba stppped. Alberts is supposed, to have come to Bouth Dakota to work In the harvest fields, though papers on his showed hs had been brukeman Burlington and a switchman Northwestern at Omaha. perejn on tha on th9 to tho The body was turned over coroner of Beadle county. Tho Weather ui l ui d 9 ui "d j in tl Ui -d w -d 2 ui 'd t Ui fi f II W 01 m -wg a n 1 ui m 1 ui - j iu j jnoH Comparative Local Record. 191A. 191 1913. 1911. ., 3 S3 M 87 Highest yexterday.. Lrwet yestetrUay... Mean temperature .. Preeipliauon Temperature and .. ' 1 .. 75 71 7! ... .x .00 T 64 7 T de- precaution Parturfs from tha nonnal: xsonixii temperature , f Leflelencr fur the day 1 Total deficiency since March 1 201 Normal prv.-ii nation llliv h I!l:le,ney for the d iv li Inch Totai rainfall irr Match 1..1S.U inches Kx-efS time JJr hi ki ...... Iwflclency f. r r.,r. period. 1914'. 3 37 Iwlies ' Jeficiency tor tor. j.riod, 1.-13. i.U incuts I - s asr t- f Q kmu m' ,JI-., Jtm . ?' : , ; . ... - U Vl li . " v . AMfa v eT'T' -; " ; '. r--v--- . r- L'V.S a V--' -"" . - -' Y-'V'.V REDFIELD PEEYED; CASE "PREJUDGED" Secretary Asserts He Has Not Been Fairly Treated and He Is Sorry and Hurt. PROMISES FULL INVESTIGATION CHICA60, July 31. Secretary of Commerce . William C. Redfleld, stirred by criticism of his inquiry Into the steamer Eastland disaster by local public officials, declared to day he would make a thorough in vestigation of the entire United States steamboat inspection service, if proper . charges against individual Inspectors or the department are filed. . The secretary said that both hs and tho. federal officials whose duty It was "to give a square deal to all,', bad been prejudged and "not given a chance'; by the Chicago officials and others. Follows O'Hnru'a Demand. -The statement made by the secretary followed a demand by Lieutenant Gov ernor Barratt OUa.ra, acting governor of Illinois. ' that ths federal Inquiry b widened "to cover every activity of the United States steamboat service during the last fifteen years.- Allen U Ttitirhi'an, solicitor 'of '.the Department of Commerce', "replied to the acting governor's request In a heateu speech In which he said: "It cannot be done; It Is Impossible this request of the lieutenant governor. The statute' does not allow it." At the close of -the morning session Secretary Redfleld adjourned the Inquiry Until 10 ' o'clack Monday morning and raid tVat before . that time a meetlnar would he l:e!j as Lieutenant tJovernor O'Hara had suggested to consider ways and means for widening the investiga tion. Solicitor Th-.irmaij advised Becr?tary Redfleld tliat the law does not authorise any such investigation as that asked by 1ieutenant Governor O'Hara. At noon Federal Judge La nils issued an order prohibiting witnesses subpoenaed by the federal grand Jury from testifying at any other Investigation without .spe cial permission from the court until after the federal body has concluded its work. - Mill Kot Comment.' Solicitor Thurman and State's Attor ney Hoyne declined to comment on Judge Landls' order further than to say that they 4ld not believe It would interfere with the other investigations under way. P ate's Attorney Hoyne today obtained court order authorizing the July state grand Jury, Whose term expires at mMnlght, to continue the investigation of the. Eastland wreck into the August term. When the inquiry which was being conducted" ty Secretary of Commerce Redfleld Into the KaHtland disaster con vened toJay Captain Frank A. Dority, commander , of the Eastland from 1H03 to 1!K6, was called to tiie stand. CaDjaiu Dorlty testified that about the middle of the season jof 1904 the Eastland careened while crossing the bur outsldo of Bouth Haven, Mich. "J consider the Eastland a safe vessel under all circumstances, if it has water in its ballast tanks an J if it la properly distributed," sad Captain Uority, who now commands the steamer City of South Haven. "I deemed tho water ballast properly distributed, when it was In the middle tank. The water In the' tanks shifts with the Hit of the vessel. In my opinion water la tha most dangerous form of ballast." German Shell Drops In American Hospital PONT A MOUS8ON, France, July 81. A German shell fell into ths mess room of the field hospital of tiie American ambulance of Parts, while the staff was at d nner today. Tho mlssllo penetrated ths floor and burst in ths cellar. A French orderly was killed and one American was slightly scratched by a fragment of the shell. AEROPLANES COLLIDE DURING TRIAL TRIP CHARTRFJ. France, uy 81. During tr'al flights this morning ao aeroplane making steep volplanes ran into aa nrmy machine approximately 800 feet above ths flying field. Both tha aeroplanes fell. One aviator, a youth of SO, was burned to death, while ths other was injured. I '" wisssimi'" i - - - i - i'" ,w mWsS, Thirty-Five Hurt in Wreck in Colorado Caused by Washout COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July 31.-Thlrty-flva persona wers Injured in ths derailment of Santa Fe train No. a one man was drowned and two are missing as the result of a cloudburst last night near Crews, eight miles south of Colo rado Springs. Bert Colburn, an automobile driver, was drowned and V. H. Lucaa, a ranch owner, and Harry Robinson are missing as a result of the cloudburst eight miles south of here shortly before midnight. Col bum's body waa found lying face down on a sandbar in Sand creek, near Kelker. Lucas and Robinson wers on an auto mobile trip with Colburn. NEBRASKA IS SIXTY MILLIONS RICHER , ... 1 Grand Assessment Boll Shows Total .Wealth of State About Two &nd Half Billions. LABGE INCREASE IN DOUGLAS '(From a Btaff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, July II. (Special.) Without, Greeley "county the, assessed valuation of Nebraska, as reported by the county assessors for 1915, shows an Increase over last year of nearly 112,000,000, according to igures prepared by Socretary Ber nocker of the State oBard of Assess ment. The Greeley county assessment, while showing an Increase, will not materially change the total. There are some changes to be made by the secretary in the totals. Douglas county shows the greatext In crease, being tl,3M,803, while. Cedur county shows tha least. $0,886. Boyd shows a big decrease of flOS.i&o, while the lowest of the eight counties falling off U Wheeler, with 87.S03, The total assessed valuation without Greeley Is 8477.362. 219. This Is one-fifth actual valuation, which would make the real value of Nebraska property, counting Oreeley at 83,444.304, tho same as lal year, subject to 'assessment, $2.'40J,Wl,ni3. Following is the assessed valuation by (Continued on Page Three, Column Two.) Gonzales Re-Enters . Mexican Capital ss ,. m m - - , .,. . SAN ANTONIO.-Tex.. July 31.-The rc ocoupatlon of Mexico City last night by tha constitutionalist troovs "under General Pablo Goiiaulee was reported In a tele gram received here today-by aitniel 4 iel-! den. legal representative ct Ooxernor1 Carranxa, from Jesus Acunu, minister of tbo Interior. Tha message said: "Oaneral OonzsJes'. Ifoops rcoccupled Mexico City last eve ning with Uttlo resistance.- The movement waa the culmination of a campaign de termined uron when It was 8oun4 nooea-l ury to crush the Villa column com manded by Flerro. - "Instead of pending a small force as'iinst I'leiio. General Qonzale drvlded . to inflict a crushlnc blow that rhould eliminate hltn as a fuUre inwue when tha capital thoul l Ijm r.-v. coupled. The plan proved eminently succeful, though mlsunderxtood aril niUretronLed by those taken Into his confidence. "General Iechu?a commatuted tha fon.es wiiK h reocoupied tho city last iiight." ' Steamship Orduna - -Safe at Liverpool NEW TORK. July Sl.-Ths Cunard liner Orduna, which sailed from New Tork, July 83, arrived at Liverpool today, according to cable advices. Ths Orduna on her outward trip from ling land was fired upon by a German submarine and narrowly escaped being torpedoed. COLT COMPANY PAYS BONUS TO EMPLOYES HARTFORD. Conn., July 31. Fmployes f the Colt Patent Fire Arms Manu facturing company wers informed today that a bonus of US per cent would be (-aid to all, based oo wages earned and Sating from May L last Ths action was voluntary oa the part 'of the company. HEW UNION STATION ; DEHIEDJO BLUFFS State Commission, However, Orders Bailroads to Improve Union Transfer Depot PROVISION OF LAW DISCUSSED DES MOINES, Is-, July 81. (Spe cial.) The State Railroad commis sion has entered an order refusing to direct the railroads entering Council Bluffs to unite in formation of a company and construction of a union passenger station. ' What the decision would be, or would have to be, has long been a matter of com mon knowledge, because the statute is plain and previous decisions set precedents which could not very well be overlooked. But because of the work of the commission on rate tfases and other ' matters there has not been until this time any final conference of the commissioners and agreement as to what the conclusion would be. The commission denies its Jurisdiction under the law, hence the merits are not entered Into. Ths essence of ths decision is that the law under which ths complainants asked for the order was intended to apply and does alons apply to country crossings. In which case the board may require ereo tion of platforms and shelters for pas sengers transferring from one road to another. In this class of oases the con mission has ample-authority to compel erection " of accommodations. But tha law as to union depots merely gives the companies the light to unit and main tain such stations. llelter Facilities Imperative. The commission did make, however, an order as to some things ss follows: "While we hold lock ot power to re quire a union station at Council Bluffs, yet wo are given authority to require adequate station facilities generally. Code', Section 2113. Until a union station Is constructed at Council Bluffs, it may be Impracticable and impossible to make substantial improvements In the crossing of Kurfaco tracks of railroads, In ths blockading of many stroots by passenger trains, and in the furnishing of the usual modern improvements of city depots, such, hi lunch counters, news stand and parcel room with attendants, at the several sta tions of tho individual roads, where four fifths of the passenger traffic. In and out of Council Uluffs Is acoommodated. However, we urge ths carriers to use all reasonable means within their power to improve, these conditions just described, "The commission has the power to re quire better station lacilltles generally, where the same are inadequate.' Ws find that "those having charge of the Union Taclflo,- tranafer station should improve the sanitary condition of toilet roms, en largo and Improve its platform facilities for passengers getting on and off trains, an .dalso for those coming .through or going from ' said station. Milwaukee Station Inadequate. "We further find that the Milwaukee railroad Should make important and sub stantial improvements In Its station fa cilities at Council Bluffs; that all of tho railroads should make substantial Im provements In the toilet room facilities of their station houses, and that all of said railroads' should make mors sds qi:atf provision in the way of platform facilities for pastengers getting on and off train. "An adequate opportunity will ba given the said carriers to comply with the foregoing requirements. Upon their fail ure to make substantial compliance with the same, within a reasonable length of time, an order will be Issued In ac cordance with the foregoing findings." The case was brought by ths city of Council Uluffs and ths Commercial club against eight railroad companies doing business there. Ths decision wss a unanimous one, signed by all the members. Men's Coats Will Be Short and Snug NEW TORX. July ll.-Men s coals for tbs winter ' season will havs padless shoulder sad snug waists snd will be abbreviated, according to ths announce ment of Jamea MeOtnley, spokesman for ths style committee of ths Clothing De signers Association of America, whose annual convention ended . here yester 'day. McOlnley said that tbs broad lapel I and deep color would be banned this year. iTrouaerst he asserted, will b tight. Moh Threatens U. S, Embassy at Berlin ZURICH, Swltserland, July 81.-(Vla London.) American travelers arriving here today from Berlin report that there wers serious antl-Amerlean disturbances In ths German capltol on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. A large crowd of students gathered in front of ths American embassy and hooted and yelled until they wers dis persed by a force of police summoned to protect the building. The police, scoordlng to ths travelers, requested Americans In Berlin to refrain from wearing tha Stars and Stripes as badges or scarf pins, the sight of which, they say. Irritate ths Germans and often expose the wearers to Insults and molestation. DISARM RESIDENTS OF PORTAU PRINCE 1 Bear Admiral Caperton Reports Six Natives Killed Daring Attack on United States Marines. . , . SSSMSPMSBSS BATTT.ESHIg. CONNECTICUT SAILS WASHINGTON, July Sl.Reports today from the American legation at Port au Prince, Haiti, say the city Is quiet and that the disarming of the natives Is going on. They recom mend a larger naval force be sent to the islands for the moral effect and to assist in patrol duty. Ths Navy department Issued this stats men t: "Rear Admiral Caperton reports from Port au Prince that during tha sntry of ths United States force Into the town of Port au Prince and ths fighting during tho previous night, six Haltlena wers killed and two wounded. The disarming of soldiers and civilians Is still going on and a quantity of arms and ammunition alrsady has been collected and placed un der guard In tho palaoe. Due to tha large area covered by the city, it will take some time in completely disarming all. "Hs also reports that tbs revolution ary committee declared for Rosalvo Bobo. Ths selection of this eommlttee however was only mads after an attempt to get twelve other prominent man to accept the candidacy. These other men would not accept. The Blot party at Cape Haitian, It ! reported, has declared for Baurand. In view of the conditions al most sure to follow the rivalry between the various candidates and their adher ents in various parts of the country, the political conditions are very Uncertain. Another dangeroua clement In the situation-may result' from the presence of a large number of unemployed men in and around Port au Prince. "Cape Haitlen'waa reported quiet" ' Battleship Cttaaecttleat Sails. PHILADELPHIA, Ju'.y SI .-The battle ship Connecticut, with nearly M niiuiues on board, sailed from the Philadelphia navy yard today for Port au Prince, Haiti, whsrs tiie sea soldltra wiU rein force those already on duty there. Mayor Hawkins and Captain Wilhelm Quit WASHINGTON. July 81.-MaJor William Hawkins of the coast ai'tlllery, stationed at ths Bandy Hook proving grounds, and Captain Walter li. Wilhelm, also of ths coast artillery and asatgned to ths arsenal at Philadelphia, have resigned from the army to tsjia places with munitions man nufacturers. Secretary Garrison will accept their resignations. - There la also pending before the secre tary the resignations of Lieutenant 3. Thomas of the coast artillery corps and the application of Lieutenant Colonel Tracy C. Dickson for retirement. So far ten of ths best experts of ths ordnance department have retired or resigned from ths service. Berlin Commandeers Copper and Nickel BERLIN, July 8L-Vla London. The military authorities of the provtnoe of Brandenburg, In which Berlin la located, have issued an order expropriating all supplies of copper, brass and nickel. Tha order covers skillets, pots, pans and kettle and household utensils. Tha articles may be retained until further node, must not bs sold, destroyed or disposed of in any way. The reorcupatlon ot Mexico City last night by the constitutionalist troops under General Pablo Oonsales was reported In a telegram received hero today by Samuel Belden, legal rep resentative of Governor Carrania, from Jesus Acuna, minister of the Interior. MEXICO CITY, Saturday, July 24. (By Wireless from Steamship City of Tamplco to Galveston, July 31.) Paul Hudson, president of the Her ald Publishing company of Mexico City, an American- cittien, together with members of his family and the staff of his paper, are prisoners in Mexico city and threatened with court-martial. The charges against Mr. Hudson have not been set forth and it Is not known what fate awaits him. Allan Mallory, an American, has been sssaulted by followers of Zapata, whlls carrying dlplomatlo correspondence. At the time of this attack Mr. Mallory waa carrying an American flag, which was torn and Insulted by his assailants. Zapata personally destroyed the cor respondence tsken from Mr. Mallory. lis broke the legation seals, saying that "the Americana were fools." The Braslllan minister made an sffort to obtain the release of Hudson, but hs was openly flouted. Will Execute Spaniards. Governmental control la lacking In Mexico City and terror prevails. Bwisa and Spanish cltliena havs been removed In automobiles and ordered exeouted. Zapata la quoted as having said that hs intended to kill ths local Spaniards. The foreigners feet that their position Is particularly precarious for ths rea son that they are unable to appeal to any assistance. The governor of the fed eral district treats them with contempt. Ths food fltuation In Mexloo City la desperate. Starvation Is abroad and the people are eaUng oats and dogs. Some of ths foreign residents are starving. Certain Mexicans are appealing to ths (Braslllan minister for Intervention by the United States. Bands composed of followers of Villa and Zapata are extending their control throughout ths interior of the republic,, and almost all of central Mexico Is today without any constituted government The followers of General Carrania are fleeing toward the coast cities, Carrama Get Hair, WASHINGTON, July Jl. First result of ths joint warning from- tha United States to Carransa, Villa and Zapata that the railroad from Vera Crus to Mexico City muet be kept open for transportation of food to ths starving thousands In Mexloo City, became apparent today. Carransa's agents prepared to give as surance that a Carrania army will again occupy the capital and keep the railroad open. Thsy wUl explain to ad ministration officials why It was neoes sary for the Carransa army to evaouate two weeks ago. It waa disclosed officially today that Carransa's army occupied the eapttai against the judgment of the military com manders because the United States asked Carransa to do so. Danish Ship Sunk by Torpedo Boat, Not a Submarine LONDON, July 81. A Copenhsgen dis patch to the Post says: "Ths crsw of ths steamer Noglll testi fied before the maritime court that the steamer waa aunk by a German torpedo boat and not by a submarine. The tor pedo boat was ons of a flotilla of eight ships of a new type, 827 feet long and mounting four 8.6-centlmeter guns. Ths Nogtll's satlurs said they were told by the German crew that they were return- lnr from a ten days' cruise In the North Sea and that they had no fear of ths enemy's fleet because of their speed and unusually heavy armament. The Danish steamer Noglll, bound from Gothenburg, Sweden, for the Tyne river, laden with railroad ties, was tepurted July 87 to havs been sunk In ths North Sea by a German submarine. The crew of ths steamer were landed at Wllhelms haven. Okuma Called Twice to Imperial Palace TOhTIO, July 81. rremler Count Okuma was twice summoned to the Imperial pal ace today to confer with Emperor Toshlhlto regarding the cabinet crisis that has arisen from ths Investigation by ths ministry of justice Into the bribery charges growing out Of the parliamentary election of March, which, it Is alleged. Involved Viscount Oura, the minister of the Interior, In the Japanese cabinet The minister of ths interior retired July 88, 1 and by this action the resigna tion of the ntlre Okuma cabinet was proetptated on ths followng day. Up to a lat hour tonght tio declilon had been reached as to who should assume the premiership. Ex-Premier Marquis Mataukata favors the retention in office of Count Okuma Germany Answers Last Note on Frye BERLIN (Via London), Juljr 81. Ger many's reply to the American note of June 84, regarding the sinking by ths German auxiliary cruiser Prince Eltel Fried rich of the American ship William P. Prys, with a cargo of wheat In ths Pacific last January, was transmitted to Washington last night One Line of Retreat for the Grand Dukes' Forces Through South ern Poland Has Been Cat Off. POSITION IS NOW PRECARIOUS Czar's General Will Hate Serious Trouble Extricating; Army from Maze About Warsaw. INHABITANTS LEAVING THE CITY Btl-LETIN. GKNEVA, Switzerland, July 31. (Via Paris.) German aviators, re turning to their lines after a flight over Warsaw, reported that they clearly saw the Russian troops evac uating the Polish capital, marching toward the east, says a dispatch re ceived today by the Geneva Tribune from Innsbruck. LONDON, July"" U.Austro-Ger-man cavalry have entered Lublin. Official announcement to this effect from Vienna supplementing German claims of last night that the Russian grip along this southern front had been broken Indicates that the im portant Lublln-Chelm railway now is strongly held by the Invaders, cutting off retreat for the Russian forces in southern Poland. Meantime General Von fcuelow continues big drive toward Vilna, seeking to cut the Northern railway from Warsaw to Petrograd, and the predicament of the Russian armies seeking to withdraw from Warsaw, unless the main forces already are out of the district, becomes more perilous. Warsaw's 800.000 Inhabitants, laden with such household articles and supplies of food as thsy oon carry, are fleeing from the city toward the east and every dls pstch from Russian makes guarded rsfsr enca to some phase of the valuation of the city. Official announoansnt of Its abandon ment has not been forthcoming, however, although the slender hope ot the sntents allied oountrlea that Us Germans might be held en the threshhold Is dissipated and military writers ace. .scanning them selves to debating Grand Duke Nicholas' chanoes of extricating his armies from ths hard pinch triangle without disaster. Germane Cross Vistula. Besides the capture of Lublin and the aeisur nf tha hII, (h. . - I - - , U.I IIWU j have crossed the Vistula river between n Brssw turn ivangoroa ana tne problem for the Russians to hold their wings north and south of Warsaw, whlls the center retired, becomes mors acute. It was argued that ths conduct ot tnls retreat, without great loss, would entail ths necessity of ths Lublln-Chelm front holding firm. Now that It Is broken, quick action on the part of the Russians be comes Imperative, as also does ths stem ming the Increasing German forces driv ing from Kovno and Suwalkl toward Vilna, ths capture of which would cause the northern line to retreat Brltont Advocate Coaaerlptf oa. With these developments. Great Britain is greatly concerned. Some sections of ths newspapers are selling the oppor tunity to emprasiie Russia's task and press for conscription here as the best proof to give Russia that the .western I allies purpose to stand by it In exerting au ins pressure possible on tbs west. The Russian press, according to special dispatches reaching London, feel that the western allies should have Initiated sortie movement In Franoe or in Belgium to relieve the strain on Russia, as Russia did by Its Invasion of east Prussia. With events ahsped as they are now, (Continued on i'aue Two, Column Two.) The Day 's War News GERMAN AVIATORS flying over Warsaw report that the Raaalaaa are STScsstlag that rlty, soeordlas to a aensdlspateh reeelved sy a paper at Geneva f run Lalbaeh, Aaatrla. LI BLIN-CHELM RAILROAD, the Mae ef retreat for the Raselaaa la Warsaw, leadlasr to the soathcaat, Is I. Uhdui hands and the foreea ot Emperor William are gravely ,-' aaeaaclac VII aa, a city oa on of the mala railroad Ilaes tram War saw north to Petrogrrad. FRENCH OPrit'ItL STATEMENT of today describes aerial aetlrlty aa the part of the Germaaa at three points, Kaaer, St. Pol-Sar-Sfer aad (ravellars. The damage la each eaae waa slight. Tho flghtlo near "Tho Lahyrlath" eeatlaaea, hat lafaatry has taken ao part. There has bcea a fairly spirited fight la tha Araroaae, hat other wise ao aetloa ot Importaaoe. BRITISH STEAMER IBERIAN, owned by the Leylaad Has, ot 5,3120 gross tews, has bee a saalc by a Cicrmaa sabmarlae. glxty-oae members of the erew were oared, bat sevea lost their Uvea. Oae ot tho latter waa aa A merles m. Tha Amerleaa eoasa at Qaeastowa has reported that the Iherlaa disre garded the sebanarlae's earslsg to ' stop. FOUR MORE British flshla boats wero aaalc by Germaa sabasarlaoa today. AMERICAN DOCTORS la tho field ot Praaee hare beta aadergolaaT shell lire. Oae grroap of them at tacks to tho Amerleaa ambBlaae) of Paris were dialog today la their mesa room whea a shell came throagh tho belldlog aod beret la the eeliar. Oae doctor was sliahtly woaaded, while a, KrtmU orderly was killed.
