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VOL. "XLV NO. 50.
OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10,
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STANDARD OIL.
DENOUNCED BY
WALSH BOARD
DATE ARRANGED
FOR THE SACKING
OF BROWNSVILLE
RUSSIAN FORGES
REELING BACK TO
THEIR M LINE
Teuton Armie DriYinf Grand
Duke'i Legions Toward Brett
Litovik Front in Rapid
. Fashion. '
WITH THE ENEMY JUST OVER THE HILL Body of Italian troops, during the advance on Trieste, waiting on the crest
of a hill for artillery to come up and protect their attack on t he enemy.
Funston Announcci Evidence Estab
lishci Disordcri in Texai
Fostered by Carranza
Official!'.
MEXICAN FLAG TO BE RAISED ' CAN THIS HOLD INVADERS?
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Report of Investigators for Indus
trial Commission Flays Com .
pany for Attitude in the
Bayonne Strike.
DECENT WAGES ARE NOT PAID
Refusal to Deal With Union Repre
sentatives Criticised in the
Findings.
SHERIFF IS GIVEN A SCORING
CHICAGO. Aug.-15. The report
of George P. West and C. T. Chen
err, who Investigated the July, 1915.
strike of the Standard Oil Co. em
ployes at Bayonne, N. Y., for the
United States Commission on Indus
trial Relations, was made public to
night by Frank P. Walsh, chairman
of the commission. The report said
in part, after stating that the strike
was against the Standard Oil Co. of
New Jersey:
"The company is the most Import
ant of the Standard Oil group and
this group is the principal contrib
utor to the wealth, prestige and
power of the largest estate in the
country, if not in the world, that
of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., and his
immediate family.
'"The facta regarding the company'a
labor pnl Ides must therefore le regarded
aa of special Importance, because of the
tremendous power wielded by the group
of men who control this Industry, and
because of their announced Intention to
titer the field of Industrial relations with
a view1 cf widening their influence and
activity by propagating what they doem
to be the proper theories and principles
that uhould govern the relations between
employer and employe. .
Flndlnars of Fact.
"The following findings .if fact are to
be considered In the light of the fore
going; '"The Standard Oil company of New
Jersey, although conducting an enor
mously profitable enterprise, pays wages
too low to maintain a family on a com
fortable, healthful basis.
"It Axes wages not with relations to
the earnings of the company, but by
taking Into considerations wages paid by
other companies In the same locality and
then .fixing the wage as low or lower
than the prevailing wage in that local
; Ity. In Bayonne,' It paid common labor
ers less than two companies whose plants
, adjoin Its refineries. This la In direct
contradiction to the claims of the com
pany in a statement Issued at M Broad
way., that It has always paid the pre
vailing wage or better- The statement of
the general manager of the company that
the Interests of other companies in the
same locality are considered in the fixing
of wages constitutes. In effect, an ad
mission that the company combines with
the poorest and least generous employer
to fix the wage rate.
. Won't Deal With Union..
"The company maintains a settled pol
icy of refusing to deal with any labor
organisation or 'professional labor man'
and even refuses to permit those em
ployes who cannot speak English intelli
gibly to engage an attorney as their
spokesman and representative."
Developing this last point further in
the report, It was stated that Paul Supln
sky, a Jersey City attorney, visited Gen
eral Superintendent Hennessey, of the
company aa spokesmso for a committee
of six .employes who had hired him to
negotiate .for him. It was further
stated that Mr. Mennesney, "acting in
conjunction with Mr. Glfford. general
manager of the company, refused point
blank to connlder the demanda and ex
pressed Indignation that the men should
have engsged a non-employe of the com
pany to old them In presenting their
grievances."
"Tho men are made to understand,"
the report continued. "that they must
seek no outside assistance in their deal
ings with the management und that any
how of independence or any hint of
compulsion will be vigorously resented.
!V Means of Rtdmi, -
"The company has Instituted no ma
chinery by, which real or fancied griev
ances may be peacefully and promptly
adjusted. The officials say that any man
has access to the general superintendent,
but the employes allege that they would
be discharged before reaching the office.
'General Manager Glfford Is not a be
. Ilever In child labor legislation and on
tho other band, thinks the children should
Ikj alloyed to go to work earlier. He
and Mr. Hennessey apparently have lit-
(Continued on Page Two, Column Three.)
The Weather
For Nebraska Partly cloudy.
Temperatare at Omaha yesterday.
Hours. Tern.
a a. m un
t a. m 7
7 a. m 69
S a. m at
a. m TO
10 a. m 9
11 a. m
it m 77
1 p. m 82
S p. m J
3 p. ni M
f p. m M
t P. m '.
f n. m M
7 p. m 77
OonpsrsIlT Local Record.
Official record of temperature and pre
cipitation compared with the correspond
ing period of the last i"-e vw
191S. 191 1 1911 131!.
Highest yesterday M 94 13 If
Lowest et-terCsy M 65 7 h6
Mean temperetire 77 W 90 71
Precipitation U .00 .00 .04
Temperature and precipitation depart
uras from the normal at Omaha since
Maroh 1, and compared with the last
two yearn.
Norma.! temperature 7J
Karen for the day .. I
leficincy since March 1. 1915 &
Normal precipitation 11 Inch
Kicesa for the dsy .. 07 Inch
Pmripibttlon since Search 1 .... SO. u inches
Kxcess since March 1 .ul inch
Iwftrtem-y for ror. period, rll. 4 M inches
Jjefidency for cor. period, W1J 4.43 Inches
"aaaasassssssssassss I!Z2lumumm!uif
UTAH PROFESSORS' '
DISKim SCORED
One of Men Doing Probing, Roscoe
Found of Harvard, a Former
Nebraskan.
PUNGENT CRITICISM IS MADe!
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Aug. 15.
The complete report of the com
mittee of inquiry, appointed by. the
American Association of University
Professors to investigate conditions at
the University Of Utah, made public
here yesterday, concludes that of
the four charges given by the presi
dent of the university, as reasons for
dismissing professors last spring,
"three specify no proper grounds for
such action and the ourth is with
out basis In fact." The report is
unanimous and is signed by R. A.
Seligman of Columbia, obn Dewey
of Columbia, Frank A. Fetter of
Princeton, James P. Llchtenberger of
Pennsylvania, Arthur O. Lovejoy of
Johns lioptUns' university, .'Roaooe
Poun. of-Karrard and Uowaxd, jCV
Warren of Princeton.
Not only does the report find that
Profs. Knowlton Wise, Snow and
Bins were dropped without cause,
but it gives pungent criticism of the
conduct of the university by Prof. J.
T. Kingsbury and" the board of re
gents. . Speaking of the grounds for dis
missal, the report says, for Instance:
"The government of the university,
like that of many others 1l America,
is a government of men and not of
law."
Most Be Resented.
Commenting; on conditions at the uni
versity the report says In part:
"It our state universities are to con
tinue to be Institutions in which self
respecting scholars can serve or in
which the true character of a university
Is maintained, it la essential that all such
attempts be vigorously resented, and
that no ground be given even for the
suspicion that teachers to these Institu
tions are under pressure of the sort ex
emplified in the first case cited by Prof.
Roylance.
"There may be room for legitimate de
bate concerning the proper limits of free
dom of teaching; there cart be no room
for debate as to the impropriety of per
mitting powerful individuals outside the
university whether In or out of public
offices to dictate to university presidents
respecting the utterance "of university
professors. And the resistance to such
attempts must necessarily come first and
chiefly from the presidents of the state
universities.
"To the committee it seems that Presi
dent Kingsbury, while personally de
sirous of maintaining a due measure of
freedom In the University of Utah, has
not sufficiently resisted pressure of the
sort mentioned, but has rather at times,
permitted himself to be used as an in
strument through which such pressure
waa transmitted to members of the fac
ulty. .
What Hits Hardest.
"Nothing has done so much tu
strengthen the widespread feeling of dis
trust which has unquestionably been en
gendered by recent events at the univer
sity as the attitude still reld by the
board of regents; a persistent refusal to
permit the disclosure of all the facts in
such cases, always gives color to the
belief that there exist facta unsuited for
disclosure. The committee gathers that
the persistence of the board In Its pres
ent position has aroused on the part of a
large section of the local public, Includ
ing many of the alumni and a majority
of the students, a degree of suspicion,
and even hostility, which must be a con-
; tlnulng detriment to the university's effU
Ulency as an Instrument of public eduosy
l tlon, and must affect disadvantageous!
tho position and the work of teachers In
the Institution."
Roscoe Pound of Harvard, named la the
foregoing as one of the investigators, is
a graduate of the college of law of the
University of Nebraska and a former
member of the Nebraska supreme court
commission.
BANANA. TREES GO DOWN
IN FIERCE JAMAICA STORM
KINGSTON, Jemarla. Aug. IS.-A II
along the central districts of the north
coast fruit plantations were almost com
pletely wrecked by the disastrous storm
which swept Jamaica yesterday.
U. S. Soldiers Run
Mexicans Home
NOOALES. Aria., Aug. 15.-Pcores of
American soldiers were participants In a
riot on the streets of Nogales tonight aa
the result. It is ssld, of a rumor that
Mexicans had threatened to take their
guns away. Ten Mexicans were at
tacked before the officers got control of
the men. One American is reported to
have been slain In Nogales, Mexico, Just
across the border from here, by infuri
ated Mexicans. ,
The soldiers that engaged In the riot
ing were members of the Twelfth In
fantry and the Sixth field artillery. They
were Joined by a number of civilians.
who shouted "Run all the Mexican
across the line." ' i
The riot was the culmination of high
feeling between Americans and Mexicans.
Soldiers, it is said, had been pushed off
the sidewalks by Mexicans and subjected
to other petty insults..
TEAMSTERS' STRIKE
IS OFF AND0H AGAIN
Jnion,. Men ,.,"Peny:.i Settlement
-" Reached After 0wucrAfttt--l-,i
Vr Say. it Ii. ;
POLICE AND RIOTERS HOHT
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 15. -A lew min
utes after George J. Taosey, 'active
bead of the team 'Owners, had an
nounced that the strike of teamsters
and chauffeurs had been settled, fol
lowing a conference between com
mittee of owners and the. men, of
ficers of the teamsters' union dented
that they agreed to the . settlement
and said the strike was still In prog
ress. ' . :
Mr. Tansey would not divulge the ex
act terms of the alleged settlement, but
he virtually admitted that' the men's de
mands for Increased wages had been
granted In part. The teamsters also
have made concessions, he aald.
Hold Long C onference. ,
The teamsters were In conference with
the team owners until midnight- after
which Mr. Tansey burned a typewritten
statement which said the chief condi
tions of the settlement Was the prosent
scale of wagea remain in force for one
year and that the teimsters appear- at
work at 6:30 a. m.. Instead of 6 o'clock.
D. J. Murphy, president of the team
sters' union, said: "Wa neither agreed
nor repudiated the owners' proposal. We
will submit their proposition ; to the
union-at-large tomorrow."
The police were forced to draw re
volvers . to prevent a , mob of striking
teamsters rescuing two men who had
been arrested for inciting riots.
. A series of riots occurred about the
tables of the St. Louis Transfer com
pany when nearly 1,000 strikers and sym
pathisers attempted to attack a dosen
non-union drivers of mail wagons who
had quit work for the day. The police
succeeded in protecting the non-union
drivers, but a newspaper men who had
accompanied city detectives to the scene
was mistaken for a- strike bresker or
transfer compsny guard and was badly
beaten. He was rescued from the mob
only after the detectives had drawn their
revolvers and threatened to f're Into the
crowd.
. ' Aa-alu Driven Bark.
Later when the detectives arrested two
of . the 'mob leaders the strikers ,agln
charged on the police, ' but were again
driven off by the show of revolvers.
Metcalfe Boosting ;
Carranza's Game
. (From a Staff Correspondent)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 14.-(8pecial Tel
egram.) R. lm Metcalfe, former commls
sloner of the canal sone, Is In Washing
ton, having recently returned from a
visit to Mexico. "'Governor" Metcalfe Is
convinced that the United States should
allow Carranxa to work out his owq
government. In view of the fact that
of the twenty-eeven states In Mexico,
Carransa controls twenty-five.
Mr. Metcalfe stated that his visit, to
Carransa was Incidental to looking ever
the situation, and that while he suffered
somewhat for food and water during his
Journey through the sone of fighting, he
was Impressed with the bigness f Ctr
ranza to bring order out of the chaos
now prevailing In Mexico.
Mr. Metcalfe expects tu return to Oma
ha in a few days.
ALLIES HOST SAK
THEFIRST WORDS
Kaiier and Royal Aide" Tell Pope
They Are Heady to Accept
Negotiations.
BUT WON'T MAKE OVERTURES
PARIS, Aug. IB. A dispatch to
Fournler's News agency from Rome
says that the German emperor, In
answer to the peace letter of Tope
Benedict XV, declared , his willing
ness to accept peace negotiations pro
vided the nations with which Ger
many was at war made the first over
tures. Austria made a similar reply to the
pope's letter, the dispatch adds.
The Pope's Apnea).
Pope Benedict's appeal for peace,
addressed to the belligerent nations,
was Issued July 28, the anniversary
of the opening of the European war.
It asked why a direct or Indirect ex
change of views could not be initi
ated In which' "the right and Just
aspirations" ol: the variousr-poples
Could tie considered as far aa possible
and "thus put to an end the terrible
combat, aa has been the case prevl
ously under similar circumstances.'
Blessing: on first One.
The letter Invited the "true friends
of peace in the world to extend their
hands to hasten the end of a war
which tor a year hag transformed
Europe Info an enormous battlefield"
and declared , that he, should be
blessed-"who first extends the olive
branch and tenders his hand to' the
enemy in offering htm reasonable
conditions of peace."
Senator, Is Given
Judgment Against
. Anti-Saloon Lejtgue
SIOUX FALLS, 8. D.. Aug. 18. (Spe
cial.) W. B. Van Demark, state senator
from Hanson county, as the result of an
action commenced by him some . weeks
ago, was yesterday granted a Judgment
against R. N. Holsaple, superintendent of
the South Dakota Anti-Baloon -league, for
alleged - def amatory statementa made by
the defendant against the plaintiff In a
printed communication to an eastern tem
perance publication. . , .
State Senator Van Demark Instituted
the action for the recovery of damages In
the sum of a?9a placing the sum at the
lowest possible amount, as he sought vin
dication of his character rather than
money damages. 'The hearing In the case
was held before Judge Carpenter of Alex
andria. .There waa no defense. At the
conclusion of the hearing Judge Cn neu
ter awarded the state senator a judgment
for $99, together with the cosa, which
amounted to til.','
When the damage suit 'was Instituted
some weeks ago a sensation was created
throughout the state because of the
prominence of the plaintiff and' defend
ant and because of the nature of the
action. State ' Senator Van Demark
charging that the defendant had libeled
him.-
In the communication published by Mr.
HoUaple he attacked the plaintiff's offi
cial record cs a member of the upper
house at the last ucssioti of the Uglsla
turn. The defendant was given a period
of thirty days In which to appeal tbe rase
to the state circuit court, if he wUhes to
do so. '
POPE SENDS SYMPATHY
TO. EAST PRUSSIANS
AMSTERDAM (Via London), Aug. 14
What purports to be a letter of sympathy
sent to the . people of Esst Prussia by
Pope Benedict, through the Bishop . of
Frauenburg, Is printed by the Bayerlsche
Hurler, says a telegram from Munich.
The letter, which wss sent through t hi
ps pa I nuncio at Munich, is given aa foi
fows: .
"The holy father deplores with sin-
rarest sympathy the sad position of the
population of the Baltic provinces, who,
in fact, for their loyal Christian views
deserved a better fate. At the same time
the holy father welcomes most heartily
the wonderful readiness of all Germany
to make sacrifices tn order to assist the
stricken provinces. As a sign of his
fatherly and loving rare he sends this
gift of 10 000 marks (12,500) for the relief
of sufferers."
Rob the Safe and
the Jewelry Store,
Then Get
Away
SHELBT, Neb., Aug. 15.-(8peclal Tele
gram.! Sometime between U o'clock Sat
urday night and this morning, burglara
entered the drug store of Thelen Broth
ers, worked the combination of the aafe
and took out 1100 in currency. Then they
Uok from the showcases of R. A. Zim
merman, who occupies a part of the store
with a stock of Jewelry, t:00 worth of
watches, rlns, chains and general Jew
elry.
The burglars entered the front door of
the store, unlocking it and when they de
parted, they closed It behind them. There
s nothing to Indicate who did the Job.
No suxpicloua characters have been seen
about town In several daya. y
LIBERTY GODDESS
REPOSESJN ALLEY
Proud Statue Which So Long
Adorned City Hall Hat Been
;'. Condemned ai Unsafe.
SWmrfSTlMr rn n STCtrn
' '
'TIs the Irony of fate!
, The Goddess of Liberty which has
placed on top of the city hall tower
June 10, 1891, Saturday afternoon
was removed by workmen, who had
been engaged to take down the
figure. .
In a recumbent position, tn an al
ley east of the city hall, this once
proud statue was placed by rough
hands, an object for the scrap heap.
For twenty-four years, two months
and four days It occupied Us lofty po
sition upon the municipal building,
an emblem of liberty, reminding the
passerby of patriotic sentiments, of
this land of the free, of the rilgrlrn
Fathers, Plymouth Rock, the spirit of
'76 and of other thoughts.
Is Fennel tasafe,
A few weeks aga Mayor Pahlman,
Building Inspector Bridges and other of
ficials went Into the tower of tbe city
hall and Inspected the statue, finding that
it was unsafe: that it might fall down
upon the heacf of some pedestrian and
deprive him of life, liberty and pursuij
of happiness Bo the Goddess of Liberty
was condemned.' Yesterday Woods and
Howard did the work. They fastened a
long rope around the body of the metal
symbol and lowered "her" to the ground.
The handlcss right arm of the statue
was still extened as It holding the torch
of liberty to enlighten the world. But
there was no right hand nor torch. The
left arm was gone and the crown was
badly disfigured. An expression of pain
appears on the face, aa if the elements
have not dealt gently with this fair
fashioning of the metal worker.
. The statue Is twelve feet , In height
and weighs nearly 300 pounds. It Is made
of heavy sine. ,
Most of the city hall tower will be
removed for reasons of safety. The roof
is to be repaired and the smoke stack
raised.
First Arrest Made in
Sunday Tabernacle
When rolUeman Boacoe pmlth, patrol
in hi-" Ieat near Fourteenth and Cap
itol awiiuc- last night heard raucous
snores emanating from the Billy Sunday
tabernacle ho invesl (gated and found Joe
fierce, Crescent City, la., farmhand,
asleep. For 'a nlllow Mr. Pierce had a
full qur bottle of rare old whisky, and
strewn about him In profusion
numnrou smsll flasks that tad
contained tlx fiendish Influence
Mr., Sunday tonus here to combat.
Officers the Chief
Need of U. S. Army
PLATTSBUBGH, N. T.. Aug. IS. The
United States has plenty af material lor
a volunteer army of 1.269.000 men and all
that is now needed are plans for utlllting
It. Major General Leonard Wtfod declared
hare today In a statement as to the pre
paredness of the nation for war. The
chief need, he .said, was officers and he
advocated training students In their
junior and senior years along the same
lines as now are being used at the mili
tary camp of Instruction here.
General Boaited Colon Would Be
Given to Br:ece from U. S. '
' Foitoffice.
AFFIDAVITS ARE SUBMITTED
SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Aug. 15.
After a conferenro held last night by
General Frcdor'ck Funston. com
manding the southern department,
; with a committee headed by Con-
; grcunman John Garner, General Fun
jston announced that he believed the
committee had thoroughly estab
lished Its coontentlon that the dis
order In the Rio Grande valley had
been fostered by constitutional Mexi
can authorities. Affidavits were sub
mitted to the War department to the
effect that a date had actually been
set by the Mexicans for the sacking
of Brownsville.
General Funston candidly admitted
that up to the time of the conference
held with the committee today, he did
not believe the outlawry in the valley
was receiving Its backing from the
Mexican aide of the Rio Grande.
Warrants Priimit Action.
But upon presentation of a maaa of
evidence he said he waa convinced the
committee poaaessed Information which
warranted prompt action.
Submitting further alleged proof of a
report that Q neral Nafarrate, . the Car
ratjsa commander at Matampros, had
hoasted that when the time came he
"would plant the Mexican flag on top
of the Rrownivllle poatofflce,", affidavits
were shown General Funston.
While given authority to order such
additional troops as he deemed neces
sary, General Funston decided to com
municate with Washington' and orders
were Issued at once to dispatch artillery
to the Rio Grande valley In addition to
Infantry and aeroplane service.
The new troops In tho field will be the
Nth regiment of Infantry from Texas
City, Colonel ft. L. Bullard, command
ing: batteries B and B of the Fifth field
"iery irom ran niu, nno oni ura-
Tri"" alae from Fort RIU. Battery B,
hnth I ha ..-I llli.. ,
both the artillery detachh.enls, are
equipped with heavy field plecer.
I'etachnx tito are equipped With heavy
guns, battery B having 17-Inch howlt
ser and nattery regular field pieocs
of the same calibre." ' . .
.Will Retnrn to Qaarters.
Immediately upon, tho arrival of the
Twenty-sixth at Broansvllle the two bat
talions of the Ninth Infantry recently
sent there from I .a redo, will return to
their heailtiuurtar. One of these bat
tallona Is In, the city of Brownsville and
the other is In scattered detachments tn
the ccuntlds of Kleburg, WHIacy, Hi
dalgo and Cameron.
The net result of the changes will
mean the restoration of a full regi
ment of Infantry at Laredo, the Increase
cf the forces now nt Brownsvllls by four
rntnlwnlM nf Infantry Iwn nitl.ri.i nt
artillery ami one aeroplane detschment.
Late reports from Brownsville ssy that
the Carransa forces along the border at
Alatamoros have two batteries (eight
pieces) .f artillery on the French ?7
mllimetre model, which corresponds
oughly to the . American 3-Inch pieces.
There are about 8CC Mexican J nl filers In
the garrison lietween Caniargo and Mat
a mores, a rttat'incs of 100 miles. Jt Is
said that should Obregon decide to ' co
operate with Nafarrate .the artillery
strength could be trebled within twenty
four hours and the number of men In
creased to 4,000 or 6,009.. ,. -
State Normal Board
Continues Its Queer
Action'on Accounts
(From a Staff Correspondent )
LINCOLN. Vup IS 8neel'il. Peculiar
methods of the Rate Normal board have
been shown at various times and the
latest comes up' through a bill allowed at
the last session which was recommended
I for payment by the committee consisting
i of Treasurer Hall, J. H. 'lettys ami Dan
, Morris.
j The bill was for water 'urrilshed the
I state normal at Peru oy the vlllavce of
Peru. The contract had be?n mado Willi
j the village to supply the wtter at n-nls
j per l.OoO gallona The bill t ailed for M
cents per 1.000 gallons. similar bill had
been allowed by the boarj at a former
' meeting for the latter rnte alter the Pjru
' member of the board had mado a slate
scent that the village coJld not ariord
to furnish water at that rate. Out thla
time the committee cut the bill to
contract rate of S cents r 1,000 gallona
; and It waa allowed.
) The pecullur part of the matter la that
: ,h"
bill was recommended and passed
were 1 through the hands of a committee, of
nce I which J. B, Oettys was a member, not
th&t j wlthntandlng the board at tho meeting
I had decided that Getty was not a mem
ber of the board and had fired him over
the transom and seated anoth-jr num. it
will also be noted that Morrla waa a
mt-mger of that committee, who, as pres
ident of the board, later ruAd tltt Gcltys
was itot a member of the board. '
The question naturally arisca
la a board not a board."
"w hon
Poison is Fatal to
Mrs. Charles Strieby
ST. LOCI8, Mo.. Aug. li.-(8pecl.
Telegram.) Mrs. Charles Strieby, whs
took poison here yesterday, after a dis
agreement with her husband, a repre
sentative et the Maxwell Motor Car
company, died tonight.
PetrogTad Hopeful Rush Will Stop
at Fortress, but London Critics
Show Anxiety.
FORTY MILES TO STRONGHOLD
The Day's War News
TIIK BtaaiAJf ARMIES are feeing;
rnnldly driven bark tn their
on 4 linn nf defense, centering sa
Brest-llteTsk. Ttsn Oermana r
nnw nnly forty snllea frana that
fortress. Van Maekensen's fnreea
have reach4 the Radsyn-VladeT.
line.
TIIK Rl'BMANa rlnlna they re
eontlnnlnsjr to hold the Germane
hark from Rica anal Ko?M. Thn
American ronsal han taken
British Interests at Rlara.
TKt TON ARMIES are feelnar anneee
a the Balkan frontier tn tare
nnasaa of ahella said to fee needed
by Terkey,
LONDON, Aug. 15. The rush of
the Teutonic advance eastward In
Poland is rapidly hurrying tbe Rus
sians to their second line of defense,
centering upon tbe fortress of Brest
Lltovsk. Auetro-German concentra
tion of effort seems to be tn the di
rection of this stronghold, from
which their forces are at points now
barely forty miles distant.
Opinion In allied capitals seems
divided as to whether the Grand
Duke Nicholas will be able to hold
this new line. Petrograd military
observers express confidence that the
Teutons will be checked at the
elected points while London Is won
dering whether a further retirement
of the Russians will not be neces
sitated.
The latest official reports seem to show
the Russian lines rapidly yielding In the
center and to the south, where Field Mar
shal' von Mackensen'a forces have pene
trated to the Radsyn-Vladov line, while
in the north the Russian appear to be
making a rnor determined stand. ' '. ',
In the west, the chief activity Is in the
Argonne, where the French report the
repulse of new German attacks. Berlin
claims om ground has been gained.
Reports from the Dardanelles carry the
story of the operations little further, if
any, than that "told In' recent British of
ficial statements which reported a new
landing, of troops and advances inland.
Turkish .reports deny any further gams
by. the entente allies.
On the Austro-Itallan front the fighting
of late aeems to have - been confined
chiefly to artillery actions with little
change of ground through . Infantry at
tacks. ....
Vienna Official Rennrt.
VIENNA (Via London). Aug. If The
following statement waa Issued today:
"Russian theater: In the district of the
Bug. advancing allied troops again drove
beforo - them the rear guards of the re
treating enemy. Austro-llungarian force
advancing on both sides of the railway
from Lukow to Brest-IJtovsk reached the
sector west of Mledsyrxec.
"Oermsn troops conquered the district
of Wlssotiloe and advanced across the
Rolodawa." , . , '
Takes Over British. Interests.
.WASHINGTON. Aug. 14.-The Amerl
rsn consul at Riga has taken over the
British Interests there. Ambsssador
Marys so reported todsy from Petrograd,
but gave no explanation.
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