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GENERAL SCOTT OH !
WAY TO MEXICO TO !
TALK WITH CHIEFS
Chief of Staff of American Army
Will Confer with Villa and
Other Factional leaders
in Republic
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DIPLOMATS IN CONFERENCE
Series of Preliminary Conferences on 1 iea investigating the Eastland dls
Mexican Sitnation Held Before Rfter' announced today that he will
f? .n w.
TO PUT PRESSURE ON CAR RAN ZA
"WASHINGTON. Aug. 6. Major
General Hugh L.. Scott, chlef-of-staff
of the United States army, accom
panied by Lieutenant Colonel Rob
ert E. Mlchle, a member of the gen
eral ataff, left Washington at 6 p.
in. today for El Paso, Tex., to con
fer with General Francisco Villa
and other revolutionary leaders there
regarding the Mexican situation.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. The six
Latin-American diplomats working
with the American government to
bring peace to Mexico had a series of
conferences among themselves today
before they resumed their conference
at the State department. They cov
ered their procedure with the same
secrecy as was thrown about yester
day's meeting. The diplomats met
at the Argentine embassy, and later
proceeded to Secretary Lansing's of
fice. Today's meeting- was expected to de
velop a line of action which the Latin
Americana will submit to their home gov
ernments, and If they agree, all the na
tions of North and South America will be
ashed for their approval.
General Carransa's refusal tu meet the
other factions In a peace conference was
the first obstacle to be disposed of. It
was believed the diplomats considered
that question at their preliminary confer
ence. The plan as It stood at the close of
yesterday's conference, was to send Gen
eral Carransa a last Invitation, backed
by the moral foroe and authority of all
Fan-America, to join his adversaries In
an effort to have Mexicans settle Mex
ican affairs themselves. Today's meeting
was expected to go far toward develop
ing the alternative.
General Scott May . Be .Sent.'
Secretary Lansing conferred with Briga
dier Genera. Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff
of the army, and Assistant Secretary
Rreckenrtdge. Their meeting; revived a
report that General BeoH might be chosen
to persuade General Carransa of the ne
cessity of yielding.
The Latin-American diplomats are un
derstood to favor for president of Mexico
some man who will represent the great
majority of Mexico's Inhabitants who are
not fighting under any military leaders.
They consider that the fighting forcie
represent such a small percentage of the
population that all military chtefa should
yield to the masses, who deplore the war
and have been Innocent victims of Its
hardships, ...
Secretary Lansing said there might be
some puhllo announcement tonight, de
pendent upon developments.
A long telegram from Jesus Acuns,
minister of foreign affairs In the Car
ransa cabinet, was forwarded to Secre
tary Lansing by Carransa's WashliiKtou
agents. It said (.000 additional trcops were
encamped in strategic points about
Mexico City.
Mexico City Btorea Reopes.
Testerday." the telegram said. "Gen
eral Jonsalee advanced the merchants
$0)0,000 to pay aalarlee and for other dis
bursements. All stores are now reopened
and there Is a very general lowering of
prices. The price of bread was cut In
half on Wednesday and the government
Is selling bread at less than cost. The
price of meat remained high, as are
some of the other staples, but a tendency
toward decreases In price Is already no
ticed, as further supplies constantly ar
rive." Arvthr telesrram from Carranxas
commissioner of the treasury In Mexico
City said eighty reet poets had been es
tablished, where food was neiim
buted to the poor.
The Weather
wor Omaha, Couneu"Bluffs end Vicinity
Partly eloudy; not much change in
temparatur.
Temperature
Omaha
Yesterday.
Del.
Hour.
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7 a. m...
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10 a- m...
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CLOTET
Comparative
Local Record.
WIS. 1914. W1J. 1918.
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T .oo T .oo
Highest yesterday..
lxwest yesterday..
Mean temperature..
Precipitation
Temrerature and
precipitation doptr-
turea from the normal
Normal temperature
reflclency for the dy
Total deflclencv tinea March 1.
Normal precipitation
7
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S39
.11 Inch
Deficiency for the da v.
.11 inch
Total rainfall eince March 74 Inches
Excess since March 1 , 7 inch
Itoflrtency for cor. period. 1914. S. M Inches
Deficiency for cor. period. 113. fcO Inches
Stewarts from Stations at I P. If .
Station and State Temp.Hlgh-Raln-
vi weiii ner. 7 p. m
Cheyenne, cloudy 2
Davenport., clear 7
Denver partly cloudy 78
Des Moines, cloudy M
BVrt
est. fall.
7 T
82 .4
80 .00
M .00
ft .0
78 .01
60 .04
4 T
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M T
7l .00
M .1
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Dodge City, partly cloudy 8-i
iandcr.
inuer, pariiy ru
partly cloudy...
North P
iwue. rain.
(Tnaha.
cloud v..
Pueblo, cloudv..
Salt Lek City, cloudv
Mwrtdan. partly cloudy.. 74
Santa r, cloudy t?
Hioux City, clear K
Valentine, partly cloudv.. 7
T indicates trace of preciptlon.
U A. W.LlL Local Forecaster.
EASTLAND REPORT
DIRECT TO WILSON
Remit of Investigation of Labor.
Leaden to Be Laid Before Pres- J-
ident by Gomperi
INDICTMENTS NEARLY
TIT .-V ,
CHICAGO, Aug. 6. Samuel Gora-
pers, president of the American Fed
eration of Labor, who, with a com
mittee of local labor leaders, has
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my uo linuuigs up 10 uaie ueiore
President Wilson.
Mr. C rcrs will leave torrfght for
Philadelphia, and from there will go
to Washington. Secretary of Com-J
merce itcuiicia, waose investigation
was terminated yesterday for the
time being, expects to start for the
national capital today.
At the federal building it was re
ported that experts were drawing up
Indictments Bald to name six persons
, in connection with the disaster.
Bandit Is Convicted;
Three Members of
Rescue Party Jailed
CHANILER, Okl., Aug. 4-The Jury In
the case SKalnnt Claude Sawyer, charged
with being a member of the Henry Btarr
gang which robbed two banks at Stroud,
Okl., this afternoon returned a verdict of
guilty. Judge. Charles B. Wilson Immed
iately sentenced Sawyer to five years in
the state penitentiary.
SAPULPA, Okl., Aug, a Charged with
being members of the Starr gang of bank
robbers and suspected of being implicated
In the robbery of banks at Kelfer and
Keystone, Walter Spesa, S. K. Russell and
"Puss" Erwln, all heavily armed, were
arrested today while, epcamped near
Chandler, Okl., where alleged members
of the Starr band are being tried.
Three members of the. band that raided
the Stroud. banks are known to have es
caped and were believed to be hiding In
this county. Recently Sheriff Lew Wilder
received an . anonymous letter which
stated that on Wednesday or Thursday
an attempt would be made to liberate
Henry Starr and the men accused of be
ing his accomplices, now In Jail ' at
manaier. 1
With several deputies the sheriff lt
Thursday tn a motor car, and this morn-
Ing while searching likely camping places i
near Chandler on foot, surprised the trio,,
who surrendered without resistance. They
mere placed la jail here in default. of
$6,000 balL .. ' -
Nation Unprepared
for Peace or War,
Says Mr. Perkins
ALBANY. N. V.. Aug. . -Sounding a
rallying cry for progressives to stand by
their party, George W. Perkins told
twenty-five up-state leaders at an execu
tive meeting here today that the progres
sive organisation is tho only one that
stands for preparedness for peace as well
as preparedness for war. And at -this
time, he declared, both are equally Im
portant to the country.
"Because of the utter lack of prepared
ness to meet the great modern economto
conditions tn Industry we are as unpre-
Tared for peace ss we are for war," he
declared. "Every thoughtful man knows
that if the war were to stop tomorrow
widespread Industrial depression Immedi
ately would gather In this country."
As to national candidates Mr. Perkins
said that he had no Idee, what the future
would bring forth. He declined to say
whether he believed Colonel Roosevelt
again would be a candidate for president,
or If he would support Hiram W. 'John
son of California for the presidency.
Dies from Thirst
As Car Breaks Down
In Western Desert
LOS ANOBTLfeS, Ca'l.'. Aug. 8. Failure
to think of putting water in an automo
bile radiator brought dewth to one man
and frightful tortures to two others who
arrived here from the desert and told of
their sufferings.
The trio, James 8. Roche and John H.
Welsh, attorneys, and James O. Clark,
a real estate dealer, left here Sunday In
an automobile for El Centro in the Im
perial valley.
Monday morning the car stopped In the
sand. The passengers found the radiator
emDtr and nad no water. Roche and
Welsh started after a mirage, which they
believed . was the , Falton . sea. Clarke
waited a day and then, believing them
dead, made his way to Mineral Bprings,
where he waa resusclated and organised
a rescue party. They found Roche un
conscious and Walsh dead. Ruche said
they drank lubricating oil.
Motor Car Skids Into
Long Lake and Five
People Are Drowned
PORT 6TDNET. Uuskoka. Ont. Aug.
a Five persona were drowned near here
late yesterday, when an automobile
In which they were riding akldded en the
floating bridge acrosa Long lake, and ;
breaking through the railing, plunged Into j
the water.
- The dead are: 1
HENRY R. ALLET. , head librarian'
Ontario educational department; Toronto.
FHKD AlLKY. , lils son.
Ml K. M. I.AW6UN, so, Toronto.
ANilT- UWM1N, 12. Toronto.
BEVERLY BWABERT. 10, Toronto.
Harry 8waberry and Douglas Lawson,
boya. and John Clark, the chauffeur,
escaped.
Mr. Alley had been In tbe government
education servlco for thirty years and
waa formerly private secretary to the
minister of education.
"AND A LITTLE CHILD
Young Cash, aged S years,
ment of the City cf London,
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SHOOTS LOOTER
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Robbing House Abandoned . in
. the Flood District.
SIX MISSING PERSONS LOCATED
ERIE, Pa., Aug, ' .Troopers yf
tho state constabulary patrolled tha ,
flood sections ' today, ' enforcing)
strictly the regulations of tho Penn
sylvania health authorities and the
Erie city council, while Increased
forces of workers In their search for J
bodies went forth - into the great
masses of wreckago plied along Mill
creek by Tuesday night's flood.
Ramon of Looting;.
Sensational rumors of looting dur
ing the night kept the police busy,
and early today it became Known
that Ony Fowler, a reporter on the
Erie Dispatch, had shot a man who
was alleged to have been seen taking
articles from a bouse that bad been
abandoned 4y Its occupants. The
man was later taken to a hospital,
where It was said he had been shot
In the shoulder, but that his condi
tion was not dangerous. An order
to the- constabulary and the police
wet to suppress looting. with a stern
hand and that all suspected persons
were to be taken to police headquar
ters without delay.
Additional workmen vigorously at
tacked the demolished buildings, and It
was expected that considerable headway
would be made before nightfall.
Intense excitement was caused after a
heavy rainfall by a man who ran through
the streets shouting, "look out. Mother
flood Is coming." Frightened men and
women caught up their children and ran
Into the streets until that section of the
city was filled with people hurrying to
ward higher ground.. A squad of police
men was hurried, to the scene and re
stored quiet.
Effort to relieve the distress continue
with success. The armory housed many
of the homeless during the night, while
private houses cared for many others.
Mayor Rtern'a relief fund continued to
grow, having passed 1140,000 early In the
day.
Ten funerals were scheduled for today
land a number for tomorrow
Plx of the
firteen person
been found.
reported missing have
Bank Bobbers Given
Twenty Years Each
IOWA C1TT, la., Aug. 4 -(Special Tel
egram.) W. R. Smith and W. C. Loomla.
automobile bandits, who robbed North
Liberty bank after binding and gagging
the cashier, pleaded guilty this morning,
waiving Indictment. Each waa sentenced
to twenty years In the penitentiary.
Smith goes to Fort Madison and Loomls
to Anamosa.
Creche Kiddies
Tbir'picnic
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Picture Story
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POLAND TO TAKE
PLACE NATION
Kaiier to Preside Over Council to
. . Consider Making It Semi
Free State.
ALL THE CHIEFS TO , ATTEND
ROTTERDAM (Via. London), Ang.
e ...Emperor William. tbV Courant
says will return to Berlin Sunday, to
preside over, an important cabinet
conference at which the heads of all
German states and tbe Austrian
archdukes will be present.
Proposals will be considered for
Issuing a proclamation declaring
Poland a seml-autonomoug state and
placing It, together with Gallcla,
under the joint rule of Germans,
Austrlans and Poles. These plans
will be submitted to tbe Reichstag,
August 17, the Courant asserts.
Russ Blow Up Forts
and Destroy Bridges
Before Ivangorod
VIENNA. Aug. l-(Vla London.)-The
occupation of Ivangorod yesterday by
Austro-Qerman forces U announeod tn an
official telegram from the front
The evacuation of Ivangorod apparently
was admitted last night by Petrograd tn
an official statement whloh said:
"In the Ivangorod district the Russians
have crossed to the right bank of the Vis
tula, blowing up the bridges behind
them."
A statement Issued later In the night
explained that the Ivans-nrod fnrta
not properly cormtructed for modern war-
litre. . ion statement wss male "In red
to the. Austrian claim that a great victory
waa achieved In the Ivangorod capture."
It further states that all the provisions
In tho city were "methodically" removed,
after which the Russian rear guards blew
up the concrete basna supporting the
brick casements of the forts, destroyed
the bridges xnd crossed the river.
Ivangorod Is. located at the confluence
of the Vistula and the Vlrprs rivers. It
tn actuated nn the railroad running to
Lukow and Lrest-I.ltowsk and on a Una
connecting with Warsaw.
Tribute to Memory
of Mrs. Wilson
ROMK, Oa., Aug. a-Srores of children
and many adults psid tribute to the
memory of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson today,
the first anniversary of her death, by
placing flowers on her grave. The hour
rrom s to 10 o clock this morning was
set aside for the children. Many of them
went to the cemetery with only a' single
blossom, which they placed among the
mass of floral tributes sent by organisa
tions and Individuals In many parts of
the country.
The Ellen Ax son Wilson Memorial asso
ciation held servkes at the grave later
Dr. a. C . Snyder of the First Presbyte
rian church, who conducted Mrs. Wilson's
funeral, led the services.
Midland Queen is
Sunk by Submarine
QUBKN8TOWN. AlTg. S -The British
steamship Midland Queen, which sailed
from Sydney, C p July, fl for Glasgow,
was sunk on TV r art ay last.
The crew of twenty-two and the chief
officer's wife snd child were rescued i
after being seventy-two hours In open j
boat. '
AMERICAN NAVAL
FORCES TAKE THE
HAITIEN PALACE
Seiie Office of the Port, National
Building and the Gunboat
Pacique, Which Just
ArriTed.
ONE OF NATIVES IS KILLED
Yankee Sailors Open Fire and an
Islander Loses Hit Life
in Fray.
MORE MARINES WILL BE SENT
nrLLETiv.
POltT AU PRINCE, Haita. Aug. 6.
American naval forces today took
possession of the office of the port,
the national palace and the Haltlen
gunboat Paclflque, which arrived In
Port au Prince this morning.
During the movement to take the
office of the port the Americans
opened flro on the Ilaltlens and one
Haltlen was killed.
CAPE HAITIEN. Haiti. Aug. a-The
American battleship Connecticut arrived
here from Port Au Prince and has landed
men.
The American authorities have taken
over control of Cape Hnltlen. American
marines are disarming the people of the
city and the forces of the revolution have
received orders not to enter the city lim
its. A number of Haltlen who are can.1l-
aates ror th presidency. Including Dr. J
Rosalvo Bobo, the leader of the revolu
tion, which resulted In the recent canturw
of Port au Prince, and the death of Presi
dent Qulllame, have left here for Port au
Prince to be present at the forthcoming
election by the national assembly of a
new president.
Acting upon orders Issued by the Ameri
can authorities, 800 revolutionary soldiers
today sailed away from file port on board
the dispatch boat Nord Alexis. They are
going to Port au Prince.
The forces still faithful to the late
President Olluvume have tagen refuge at
EVe Che.
The local oommlttee of safety, not hav
ing been recognised by the American
naval authorities), has been obliged to dis
band. Mora Marlaes Will Be (eat Oat.'
WASHINGTON. Aug. a Nine hundred
marines will , be sent to Haiti on the
cruiser Tennessee. An announcement at
the Navy department today aaya the
force Is being Increased, not because of
any change in the situation, but to
lighten the work of those already there
from the rigors ef the tropical climate, .
Orataasr-flatmlTev sit YarV ,
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. a Orders were
reoelved at the Philadelphia navy yard to
sand POO additional marines to Port At
Prince. Haiti, and the men will leave here
Monday on the Tennessee. The marines,
who will be under tbe command of
Major Broedley D. Butler, will reinforce
the 600 sea soldiers sent to HalU a week
ago on that battleship Connecticut
Razing Village is ,
Fart of Scheme to
Prevent Ohio Floods
DATTON. O.. Aug. a-In line with the
plana for prevention ' of future floods.
such ss wrought disaster to this city and
the Miami valley In March, 1818, the en
tire Tillage of Osborn, Greene oounty,
with Its 400 families and more than 1.000
population, will be wiped from the face
of the earth.
Tbe flood eooaervanoy eonuntealon has
perfected plana for aoeulrlng all tbe prop
erty ef the village at . a cost of approxi
mately 81,800,000. The commissioners of
the eonaerraney district estimated that
the eost of building a great reservoir to
make Osborn safe from flood danger
would tie far greater than malng the
property 1 oca tad there. Property owners
have agreed to the terms.
Italian Aeroplane
Drops Bombs Upon
Fortress of Pola
ROME, Aug.4. (Via Paris.) An official
statement Issued by the Italian govern
ment today says:
"Last night one of oar dirigible balloons
flew over the Austrian fortress of Pola
and threw bombs on several points that
had been prwloualy bombarded.
"For reasons which It has been Impos
sible to establish the dirigible fell Into the
sea and Its erww. consisting of throe of
ficers and three men were made prison
era" ;
MELVILLE STEWART, LIGHT
OPERA BARITONE, IS DEAD
NEW TORK. Aug. e. Melville Stewart,
for many years one of the chief baritone
hitters of comic opera In the country,
died yesterday at' his home In Seagirt.
Long Island. He was recently a mem
ber of the cast of a Broadway musical
comedy. Tor several years he was lead
ing man with Fannie Rloa and Delia Fox
and sang in "Florodora" and "San Toy"
and many other eomlo and light operaa.
Tomorrow the Best
Colored
Comics
with
The Sunday Bee
RUSSIANS HOLDING
POINT 0NYISTULA
NoTojeorg-ieYsk, Nineteen Milei
Northwest of Warsaw, it Pre
pared for Siege.
RETREAT CAREFULLY FLANSXD
PKTROORAD, Aug. 6. (Via Lon
don.) NoTogeorglevsk. nineteen
miles northwest of Warsaw, atlll re
mains in Rnsslan hands today, not
withstanding the evacuation of the
Polish capital, according to Informa
tion received by the Russian war of
fice. The fortress has been prepared for
a siege and Is already invested. It
constitutes the only fortified posi
tion on tbe Vistula river In possession
cf tbe Russians.
The Immediate causes of the evacua
tion of Warsaw, according to the war
office, were "the advances ef the enemy
In great foroe on the roads toward Ostrov.
from Oatrolenka and Rosen on the one
hand and the presence of large forces ef
the enemy, who had broken across the
Vistula river between Ivangorod and
Warsaw at MatsievlUa."
War Office Reviews Altaatlon.
A war effloo official reviewing the sit
nation said:
"The day before tae evacuation we had
abandoned the old brick fortress of Ivan
gorod on the left aide of the Vistula.
We still hold the right bank fortification,
but Inasmuch aa this fort has lost Its
Importance with the abandonment of the
left bank of the position, strictly speak
ing the only fortified point In our hands
st present In Novogaorglevsk,
"According to Information at hand tho
enemy has been making every effort
to envelope the position and the fortress
has been left to Its own resources, to
which end It had long been prepared.
"Our armies in the forward theater -of
war are gradually moving back to the
positions assigned to them, thus giving
these armies the Important advantage
of a shortened front and also of bring'
Ing them nearer to the fortified line
of Kovno, Orondo and Breat-LUovsk.
Retreat Carefaly Plaaaed.
"The retreat waa carried out. not
under Immediate pressure of the enemy,
but in consequence of a decision taken,
notwithstanding some Instances In which
our armies were having partial successes,
often being able to force the enemy back
wards. With the occupation of new po
sitions on the left bank of the Bug and
In the direction of Wiadtmlr-Wolynak
and Kovel, It U believed a serious bar
rier te the enemy's progress against
Brest-Lltovsk haa been erected."
The loss of Warsaw had long been
discounted In Petrograd and It caused ne
excitement. The newspapers commented
Oh" the fsll of the Polish capltol without
emotion,, referring wth regret tq Its loss
as a necessity, but which Is regarded by
them aa being only temporary.
In vanruard of the Oerntaa forces ap
proaching Warsaw are said to have been
(Continued on Page Two, Column Three.)
Entente is Trying
to Line Up Bulgaria,
Greece, Roumania
VIBH, Serbia. Aug. C VTa London, t
p. in.) Another step la the effort toelnc
made to bring about a Balkan agreement
so that Bulgaria, Roumanla and Qreeco
may be mustered tn the aide of the en-
tente powers was Uken here today by
the ministers of Russia, Great Britain.
France and tlaly, who made collective
representations to Nikola Pschitch, the
Serbian premier.
NISH. (Via London. I P. it) An official
communication Issued In this connection
today says the minister's representa
tions were of the friendliest character
and were made "In the hope of avoid
ing friction between the Balkan states
and la establishing aa entente between
them, thus bringing nearer the final suc
cess of the allies In the war."
The coll active representations . made
today by the ministers at Nlsh of the
Ciuadrupte entente powers on the Ser
bian premier, coincide with the pressure
brought to bear on the Greek premier,
If. Oounaria, on Wednesday of this
week, whea the British, French, Russian ;
and Italian ministers at Athens made j
united representations to the Greek gov
ernment regarding the political situation
In the Balkans, Inasmuch as it affected
that country.
General B, F. Tracy,
Former Secretary of
the Navy, is Dead
NEW TORK, Aug. 1 General Benja
min F. Tracy, who was President Har
rison's secretary of the navy, died of
paralysis here today In his SSth year
after a period of unconsciousness lasting
nine dsys.
Oeneral Tracy's death occurred shortly
after S S0 p. m. and followed a fight (or
life that amaaed bis physlclena
The Illness which resulted In his death
was Induced. It was believed, by worry
Incident to his having been detained a
long while on a railroad journey from
Ithaca, N T., to this city, because of a
heavy rainstorm and several washouts.
Murderer of Priest -Dies
on Gallows
WETH OUSFI E LP, Conn., Aug. 1
With the words "not guilty" oa his lips.
. Bernard Montvld was hanged In the state
I prison at Wethsrsftald JMlt morning
' shortly after midnight for She murder at
. New Britain, oa February S, last, of Rev.
! Joseph Zabrla, a llthuanlan priest and
hla housekeeper, Mies Iva Gllmanlatlch.
Montvld asserted at his trial that he
was only an accomplice,, and that Peter
' Krakes, who was executed st Wilming
ton. Pel., some time ago for shooting a
policeman to death there, was the actual
murderer.
KAISER PREPARES
TO ENTER POLISH
CAPITAL 111 STATF
Erent Expetted to Be Followed by
Proclamation of a Semi-Autonomous
GoTernment
for Poland.
EUSSIAN3 CONTUTUE RETREAT
Grand Duke Making Strenuous Ef
fort to Bare His Army from
Enveloping Movement
FALL OF RIGA IS IMMINENT
LONDON, Aug. 6. With the great
Russian fortresses of Warsaw and
Ivangorod captured and the fall of
Riga, the capital of tbe Baltic prov
inces, Imminent, the Austro-German
onslaught baa reached Its height In
the east and the neit step will be tho
Germa nemperor's triumphant entry
Into the Polish capital. That event
Is likely soon to be followed by the
pronouncement of a united and semi
autonomous Poland, embracing not
only the territory wrested from tho
Russians, but the Austrian crown
land of Galtcla.
Meantime the Russian armies are
fighting their way backward toward
Russia proper, Inflicting blows on
the Invaders wherever possible, try
ing to fend them off the railways
running north and south In order
that the ends of the German nippers
may not meet and In closing bring
disaster to Russian arms. The posi
tion of the army of YJrand Duke
Nicholas now Is a matter of solici
tude, as the occupation of Warsaw Is
believed to be a prelude to a greater
purpose, that of enveloping the re
treating forces.
Bride- Over Vlatala Destroy.
The petrograd reports show the grand
duke haa retired to tho right bank of
the Vistula, both at Warsaw and Ivan
gorod, destroying the bridge at both
points and oontestlng the German ad
vance acrosa the river.
Back of the retiring- Russians Is the
vast moraas of central Poland, with few
railways and primitive roada, making
virtually Impossible a quick movement
of guna and supplies: while tack of
Warsaw the only fortress available as a
rallying point fur the Russians .is Ureat
Lltovsk. Thus the Kuasinns sre men
aced by ticneral Von Ituelow'a columns
bending southward stiff Wind ICfErshal
Won rM sckensen's southern army bending
northward.- . " .- v .
The fall cf Ivangorod proper, forecast
In the Russian retirement from the west
of the city, is officially reportsd today'
In bulletin both from BorUn and Vienna,
Selection of Goiernor.
The occupation of Warsaw now is cen
tering attention on a series of Important
events that are being arranged. First
will be the selection of a Gorman gover
nor. Reports indicate the appointee will
be a German prince, possibly a son of the
German emperor, or an Austrian arch
duke, who will be vested with authority
' akin to that which Napoleon rave to his
brothers and to his marshals aa kings of
j occupied territory,
j
Aotoaoaty for Polaad.
I nerlln reports a council to be held
! Sunday, will formulate a proclamation
declaring Poland to be a semi-autono
mous state, under Joint Polish and Aua-tro-Hungarian
rule. This conforms with
a recent decision of a Polish rongrasa
held at Plotrkow, Russian Poland, which
proposed a point Polish and Austro-Hun-gariaa
rule, wtth a separate Pol lab army
and the fullest Polish autonomy con
sistent wtth the strategic Interests of
Austro-Hungarr.
The German offer of autonomy is re
garded as a bid for the support of the
population of Poland as against
a similar declaration of Emperor
Nicholas, promising eventual Polish
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