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The- Omaha Sunday Bee PART ONE NEWS SECTION pages o:;r. to twelve TEE WEATHEB Cloudy VOL. XLV NO. 12. OMAHA, SUNDAY MOKN'IXd, ST-'lTEMBEtt f, l!).r-FlVn SECTIONS KOKTY PAOlvS. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. SEVEN PilEXlGAiMS KILLED IN BATTLE ALONG BOUNDARY Texas Kasgen Slay Haiders Believed to hp cauaozd, ia.e.0. in JJes" - perate ignt on Hio Oranae .border. rORTY IN THE OiUGINAL PARTY Attempt Made to Kill American Rancher 1'our Hues West of Old Hidalgo, Tex. CAVALRY RUSHED TO SCENE Seven Mexicans were killed In a bat-j tie this afternoon between Texas ! rangers on the American side and ! the Mexicans believed to be Carranza ! Soldiers on the Mexican side of the ! Rio Grande, near Old Hidalgo, Tex. The battle was still being waged at j 8 o'clock. The are said to havis been forty Mexi cans In the original party. They fired across the Bio Grando thin morning on a Texas ranchman, near whore the fighting Was feeing w aged this afternoon. No one of Hit American side had been killed when the laat report was received hers. Rangers and cltlxen's posse this after Boon were chasing a band of Mexicans near-Benito in the direction of the Rio Grande, according to a telegram from 6an Benito, Soldiers and armed citizens today con tinued the search for 'Mexican bandits ' operating north ef Brownsville. No ad ditional .clashes have been reported. The posses have found two bombs (eft by the Mexicans. They were filled with bolts .and other scrap iron. ' Mexicans Killed by Pom. BAN ANTONIO, Tex., Sept 4. A spe cial to the Light from its correspondent With the border troops says: "A posse of citizens led by Bherlff Vann of San Benito, in approaching a small native house at the Ague Negras ranch, shot and killed two Mexicans, who ran and refused to halt. It was found later that a young daughter of a ; Mexican named Ramirez had been killed by a stray bullet and her mother fatally i wounded. The Jbmen were in the house which was in the line of fire." The shooting took place about a quar ter of a mile from the scene of the re oent fight between soldiers and raiders Thursday afternoon. The two Mexicans were identified as local residents of the neighborhood. The correspondent adds: "Friday morning a detachment of t" j Twelfth cavalry under Lieutenant Matt Bristol, arrested five men near Nebraska .station, seven miles southwest ot San I Benito. One, mounted upon a mule, made ! a dash for liberty, but was shot down. The remaining four are held by the soldiers pending Instructions." The clash Is believed to be the one de scribed in unofficial reports to Browns ville last night. Laborer Killed By Fall in Front Of Moving Tractor (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 4. (Special Tele gram.) Mike O'Connell, a laborer work ing at the fair grounds, assisting In plac ing the tractor exhibit, fell this after noon in front of one of the big engines and was run over and killed, one of the wheels passing over his head. He was about 46 years of age, and had lived in Lincoln three years, but no one appears to know who his relatives are. GERMANY PUTS OUT NEW TYPEJ0F SUBMARINE BERLIN, Sept 4. (By Vlreless to 6ay ville.) A dispatch from Christianla states that a German submarine of a new type, fax larger than any previous vessel of this character, has been observed ott the southwestern roast of Norway. ' This Is regarded in Berlin as confirming reports that Germany Is about to place in com mission super-submarines, far excelling the best of its submerslbles hitherto. SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. The subjects ,of "Billy" Sun day's first three sermons in Omaha to be preached Sunday In the tabernacle will be as fol lows: 10:30 a. in., "The Need of the Church." 2 p. m., "God's Grenadiers." x 7:JW p. m., "The Bins of Society." The Weather Tempera tor Utuaha Yesterday. Hour. Leg. a in t a. rn si 7 a. in I'i 8 a. n W a. in 6 10 a. tn 4 11 a. in 7 12 in M 1 p m , ... hi 2 p. in Hi 3 p. lu lit 4 l. l:l M 5 1. m 3 S p. in 2 7 p. in bu Lu!:i Rreord. I'M 19' .... t 1 1W 89 ....til 60 7(i 7 I'suiHtratlTc Hlghest yeatejlHy Iowrst yesteruay . Mean teinpuratuie I rmip.Utiion .... 71 tt .0u .00 .w depart- Temptraiiire and precipitation ur- iroin tne hot rmi; Noniiat ttmperatura 74 Kxtoaa for the day 1 Total deMcifiir-v s nee March 1 474 Normal prerlpithtlon 09 Inch 1 if Iclency for the dy tw Inch Total ralnf.i 1 sl;ico .Marcn 1. .22. 17 Inches ficliicy since March 1 IS Inch i 1 -fV Mir) for cor. period, l'-14. Inches Lcfftncy fur cor. petloU, li13. t.O Inches si RUSSIAN RETREAT FROM great body of Russian forces ambulances. '?. M..Wi i;iU ilk. i M-LY .'V'-Ul "' 1 " Y!YV-T ' - ..;.g-!ia.aif; !3i2arM nasal 1 1 ROPER WILL TALK TO HAIL CARRIERS National Convention Delegates Are to Hear Postal Official's Voice by Telephone. GAINOR TELLS, .OF PURPOSE "Hello, this la Mr. Roper at Wash ington?" , "Hello." . : "All right, let her go."' Some such laconic conversation as that will be heard at the telephone in the Omaha' auditorium Monday evening at 8:30 o'clock, when the 1,600 delegates to the National Let ter Carriers'--convention, are gath ered there. And then and tnere First Assistant Postmaster General Daniel C. Roper In his office at Washington, D. C, will speak over the telephone his greetings to the letter carriers in the, convention hall at the Auditorium. The Nebraska Telephone company j j has arranged to Install 250 Individual I receivers in the great Auditorium, so that the delegates attending my hear the speech that leaps ball way across . . tne continent. President Edward J. Oftlnor of the Na- tlonal association Is then to gives' re- sponse to the talk by the postmaster gen- era). All the delegates In the room will be able to hear both speakers although they are 1.700 miles apart. A. Fraternal Organisation. "I do not like the Impression to get out that we are an organization dovoted only to influencing legislation," - said President Edward J. Galnor of the Na tional Association of Letter Carriers, when he arrived In Omaha" for "the na tional convention, which opens Monday. "We are a fraternal bunch. There Is a good fellowship feellhg among ua, and we ars organized primarily for that. - You will find a live buuch here. They are men of decided opinions and men who J are not afraid to say what they think. "No, we are not .organised to Influence legislation. We' . have talyan up many things for the good Of the . service, and (Contluued on Page Two, Column Two.) Five Are Burned to Death in Orphanage i SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4.-Flre de ' stroyed the Ht. Francis Girls' directory, a Cathol'.o orphanage, - here early : today, I with the loss of five lives. . When the fire las discovered the child i ren were marshalled and marched out of the building by Elster Mary Agnes and ! Mother Superior Margaret. They were i quartered In neanby homes and it was be I lleved that all had escaped, i ' Search of the ruins d sclosed the body lot Elizabeth O'Brled. 4 years old, and ; four others. - i Another body identified was that of Kafherlna O'Brien, Elisabeth's sister. The remaining three were burned beyond recognition. , Foreign Exchange Market Stagnant NEW YORK, Sept. 4 Stagnation today followed the turmol of the week In foreign exchange markets here. The relaxation was so complete that for mors than an hour after the opening of the short busi ness day not a quotation on any foreign moneys was available. This was paitly due to the big exudus yesterday from the financ'al districts of bankers in close touch wlthvthe situation on the eve of tre Labor day ho'lday. Nominal quotations mere: Sterling, 14 87; rancs. 15.91; marks. 81 cents; llres. . 84.44. None of these f'gures showed much varia tion from yesterday. Murder Charge Preferred. MASON CITT. la, Sept. 4. (Special. ) Louis Plrcskl, alias Tony Moras, aged wss arrested here todsy charged with II. murder of Tbomas Alechnovltch St Kansas City June , last. Ha will return without requisition papera WARSAW While a small rear guard remains to defend the abandoned the place, filling the roads leading to the north with ' v FORMER EMPLOYE IS. FIRE SUSPECT Telephone Officials Think Dis charged Man May Be Firebug Who Attacked Buildings. LOCKS ARE CHANGED ON DOORS ' . t Officials of the telephone company from Omaha and Council Bluffs worked yesterday with members of the police and fire departments In an efort to solve the mystery of Incendi ary fires which have beei set in the company's two stations In the luffs. Guy il.' Pratt, general commercial superintendent of the Nebraska Tel ephone company, with offices in Omaha, conferred with Superintend ent Frank Elgan and others at the Bluffs. . "The strongest clew we have might 'involve a discharged workman who left the survice of ,the company about a year ago. This man has been acting In an erratic manner," said Mr. Pratt. - - 1 The manner In which entrance was ' sained at both buildings and the use f"0"1"1'"'". w treating butts jof telephone poles, for setting the fires, caused Mr. Fratt to bellevs that the firs- bug was familiar with the buildings, Carboilneum was used at the , Scott street building Thursday night.; This fluid - Is prohibited inside the building - and la stored In a yard nearby. Locks were opened by some one who ' knew bow to get at the keys or who had dupli cates. : w Locks an Doors. f Superintendent Pratt ordered new locks placed on the doors and a twenty-four-hour watch on both 'buildings. Employes searahed every-nook of the buildings for further evidence of incendiarism. , The city deteotlvss , working on the caae declared they were at sea .The po lice maintained the work Is that of a pyro maniac. Ths boldness ot repeating the otfesue on Friday night after three fifes Thursday night suggested the work of a ounning and determined mind, the officials maintained. Attention of the police has been called to (be presence of stret speakers WhO have been fulminating on prominent corners. One street speaker defended the explosion at the court house in Omaha and the Times explosion in Los Angeles. Ths detectives admit they have a sus pect under surveillance, but that Is as far as they will go In showing their hand. A private detective in the service of tha (Continued on Page Two. Column One.) Subsea Lands Party to Blow "Up Turkish ,a Railroad Bridge LONDON, Bept. 4,-A novelty In sub marine warfare Is reported in a dispatch from Athens to the Star. It Is stated Ui at a British submarine, after threading its wsy through the gulf of Ismld, landed a party for the purpose of dynamiting the railroad bridge at Ceblse, twenty-eight miles southeast of Constantinople. The railroad, running to Hatdar, Pasha and Ismld, Is the main linn of communica tion between ObM aintinople and ths In terior of Asia Minor. The dispatch atates, that although tha expedition was not entirely successul, the Brit'sh bluejackets destroyed a por tion of the bridgo. Ml'ing tha Turkish soldiers on guard there snd returned safely to ths submarine. Negroes Now Deny Confessing Murder of Dr. 0, F. Mohr PROVIDENCE. R. I., Sept. 4.-A denial that they had copfessed to ths murder of Dr. C. Franklin Mohr was made to the Associated Press today by George W. HealU. Henry Spellman and C. Victor Brown, the . negroes, who, according to the police authorities, had previously de clared that they killed tha physician at the Instigation of Mrs. Mohr. TWO HUNDRED ARE KILLEDJN WRECK Heavily Laden Passenger Train in Smashup Two Hundred Miles East of Mexico City. MANY jWOMEN AMONG VICTIMS WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. Two hundred people, Including many women and children, were killed In a train wreck several days ago 200 miles east of Mexico City, American CodhuI Sllliraan reported the accident to the State department today. An other train following with forty-five American refugees aboard was de layed by the wreck, but reached Vera Crus yesterday.' " "' " Orders Foreclosure . of Mortgage on the Missouri Pacific WOODSTOCK. Vt. Sept. 4.-An appll- .a.on oy counsel ror the uuaranty Trust company of .New York to foraolose a mortgage giveh by the MlaaouH Pacific railway was granted by Circuit Judge Elmer B. Adams of St. Ixuls at his sum- mer home here today. Judge Adams gave out the following statement: reotlon. The fortress and nil the forts sre tho ,nld9 lne te" ehM,rea "Edwin 8. S. Sunderland of the law i . nn...i,. m,. . Among the prominent laymei firm of Stetson. Jennings & Russoll of New York Clty.v-vlslted . Circuit Judua Umer B. Adams today as attorney of the Guaranty Truat company of New York, to file a bill to foreclose a mort gage given by the Missouri Paolflo rall wayto secure the first and refunding bonds 'Issued by that company. Judge Adams granted tha application." Professor Reed Is .Absolved from Blame LOCI8VILLH, Ky., Snt. 4.-:8peotal Telegram.) A coroner's Jury Investigat ing th- death of William Branch, Jr.. S ' who HloH oft U. Anl i .,.1 I-.. V I V. ,i I It. Ill nruilCII. Sr.. .... .....,., Mv.y.,, ...... inursauy anoinotn a few minutes after ! being airui-k by an automoMIe, driven by Prof. C. L. Reed, recently olected prin cipal of the Louisville Boys' High school, returned a verdict ' that the boy came to his dcuth from injuries due to his own cart'r.'i'ess and the accident was uu-avoloabk-, , Prof. Heed came to Louisville several weeks ato from Omaha. In the brief period he has been here he has won many warm friends, who were much grieved by the tragedy that marked the beginning of his residence In I.ouUvui, Dwarf Dies at the Age of 107 Years NEW YORK, Sept. 4.-Mrs. Jcanette Swarts, who died laat night in the Brook lyn home' for the aged, in her 107th year, established a record. It Is believed for longevity among dwarfs. She waa two and a half feet high and weighed less than twenty-five pounds. Her birth place was Stuttgart, Germany. Negro is Lynched at Dresden, Tenn. NASHVILLE. Tenn., Sept. 4.-A negro Darned Wilson was lynched last night near Dreaden for a crime against a white woman after the circuit Judge and the sheriff bad once taken him from the mob. MORE RIVER BOATS UNDER nnniMnrniTin.i A -v- nrA, vur. LUNOIUtnAI IUM Al UCLA I UH 1 Additional boats snd barges to handle the business on the river between Omsha and Decatur are still being considered. A conference of the business men of uecatur is to oe neia mis wwk io con- sider the advisability of building s cou ple of such boat a city during evacuation, the troops, cannon, wagons and KAISER WINS AGAIN IN FIGHT FOR RIGA Berlin Headquarters Announces the. or intoxioated. . . -r, t i . . The train on which ths Sundays arrived Capture Of Bridgehead at was s bout twenty -five mlnutas lata In Friederichstadt. side the gates at the Union station half y .- ,. -.. j a hundred ministers, layman prominent THOUSANDS MADE CAPTIVES'" tha worl1 nd MWWP" m,n hd BERLIN, Sept. 4. (Via London.) The German army engaged In the battle for possession of the port of Riga has won another inipor-' tant victory. Army headquarters today announced the capture.of the' aw Hundsy clasped his mother In hriHraVino tp-i-ii,t. ,. ' his arms and kissed hr and shook hands bridgehead at Frledrichstadt; on the,wth hf- makm Th,n tn, pn(. w.iuw, nuuui imiy iiiues diow iuga, The Germans oaptured thirty-seven officers and 8,8X5 men, The text of today's offloial statement Is as follows! "Wsstsrn theater:-The Situation on the western front Is unchanged. "Eastern theater: Army of Flold Marshal von Hlndenburg: The bridge head at Frledrichstadt was stormed yes terday. Thirty-seven officers and 3,325 men were taken prisoners. Five machine guns were slso captured. "On both aMoa nf VII r.. tt. V... repeated his vain attacks. Besides loslntr r a ,Rrt8 mimb(ir , k,nj ,, wouni,od,.ho iftft goo prisoners In our hands, 1 .In and around Grodno fighting still ' continues. During the night, however, th, Russians, nfter suffering defeat v.n,1,.r. i ... ...... . i. k.i .,' , o. i.- ... . ... ... . . . ? . "To the south of rodno also the enemy has evacuated no Inns on the Nle'in. "Between the confluence of th. Awl.. Iocs snd the reslon northeast of the for- est of Blelovlesh, the army nf General ,,, vmunn. i, iinimnB. i y iu Ilia present time M0 prisoners have been taken. . "Army of General Field Marshall Prtno Leopold of Bavaria: The firMIng H the psssages through the marshy dlatHot north- and northeast of Grndana contin ues. ' :' ' ' ' "Army of Field Marshal von Macken sen: The enomv ts still holding V.- hr'1e hesd near Berexa-Kartuska. further ,0thi , tha region of Droh'csyn, sixty V Am.(a,. f h .(...V.n m .at V . . ft of I .... . . i imsK, tns enemy nss neen repuiaea Sunday to Dedicate Tabernacle Built At Corning Monday "Billy" Sunday will spend his weakly rest day, Monday, by going to Corning, la., in the morning with Mrs. Sunday ' and Pianists Brewster and Matthews to i dedicate a tabernacle which' has , Just been completed there for a revival cam paign. He will dedicate the tabernacle In the morning and return to Omaha in time to attend the ball game at Rourke park in the afternoon. Former Omaha Man Accidentally Killed Near Gibbon, Neb. OIHBON, Neb.. Sept. 4. (Hpeclal Tele gram.) Uert Rlchcy was caught In the flywheel of a trtshlng engine last night And had one arm badly torn, ile .dled at t o'clock this morning. Ilia father lives st 6322 Center street, Omaha He has a brother on a hutm-ateud near George town, Custer countv. New York Stands By Death Penalty ALBANY, N. T.. Sept. 4-In Its closing I ...,. ,h. rwn.uFln.tl.tnul ,nnv,ntinn oiuiui ' , refused to abolish tho death pnnulty and I voted to raise the tu'ary of the governor 0f New York from SlO 'mO to f-'O.uOu a year. effective January 1. 1H17. The projiosHl to permit Juries In first degree rnuidcr cases to dcil.li whether i convicted persons snoum ue en cirocuieu or sentenced to life irnpi laonment. w as beaten by a decisive aye and nay vote. SUNDAY ARRIYES IN CITK WITH HA AND THEIR PARTY Met at Station by Crowd of Minli tert and Laymen Who Are In tereited in Revivalist and Hit Meeting. INTRUDER SHOUTS HE IS INSANE Evangelist jind Hi Wife Well Pleated with Preparations Made for Them. READY FOR ARDUOUS CAMPAIGN "Billy" Sunday arrived In Omaha yesterday morning at 10:40, com ing from Winona Lake, Ind., where ho has been for ten days. A large number of ministers, mem bers of the committee and others were at the station and greeted and cheered him In the midst of all the greeting and gladness and welcome a sombre note was sounded. I( was Just as the party had entered the automobile of F. D. Wead outside the station that a wild-eyed, unkempt man about 40 years old made his way up to the side of the machine and, shaking his fist at "Billy," cried in broken Eng- I linn: "You ought to be In an Insane j asylum." The man looked daugermis. Rsv. 3. Wj , Welsh, who was putting Mr. Sunday's valise In the oar, turned and gave the innu a push backwards. H moved away, mumbling, but a moment later while tha photogiaphers were busy, he came back and shouted angrily: "You ought to be locked up In an In sane asylum." The fellow was evidently somewhat de- gamereu. , Ma Comas wltb Him. "Billy" cams, smiling from one of ths rear Pullmans, carrying his blaok vallae i -!"n1 followed by the mulling "Ma" Bun itu&elan j . , . ..... , uny, vj i sc. 1 1 1 1 tsJ 1 1 itaiill, w uv stsa-ss vi is, a pa m of extension work for women, and Robert 1 Matthews, one of ths pianists, , togrsphlo corps got busy. "Billy" and "Ma" and George Sunday, Mrs. Ashar, (ha smiling evangelist. He stood with his arm around "Ma's waist. Several plO" tures were taken of him separately and then ha rushed oft up ths platform, but soon found lis had lost "Ma." Baok hs went, looking snxlously till hs found her on ths arm of Geosge, and the three pro ceeded Into the station arm in arm. It is very evident that Mrs. Sunday Is tha Idol of her husband and family. "Billy' wore his gray suit and cap. no vest, low black shoes and whit silk : h,rt Ml'"- H,"nd'"' w" modlshly gowned in mauve c-uiureu bum,. Rev. I.owo Leads Yells. Rev. Titus Lows led several yells of ths "What's the matter wlU Billy' Sunday" variety and the crowd responded with salvos. As the party entered the station red. Kmen at the station were W. E. Foshler. K. F. Denl- I son. E K. Thomas and F. D. Wead. The ' mrly " Bl"on 'r' vrn na Mr. Foshler's automobiles, driving directly to the Loyal hotel, wnere spienaio rooms !" reeo'ved for the accommodation of ine mcmurri or m pwnr. rvrwi rcu l'r. Welsh and Pianists Brewster and Matthews posed. "Turn 'sr loose," said ognlxed the much-heralded' evangelist as the cars glided up the oity's streets and frequently there were cheers. At the hotel another big crowd was waiting and cheered the party with enthusiasm. ' Pleased with Booms. x The Bunday smile waa n evidence to all. Both Mr. and Mrs. Sunday were pleased with the rooms prepared for them. The convenience of them to the tabernacle was ons of the things that pleased them. Thsy were decorated with flowers and a big basket of fruit was on the table. Mr. Sunday went right to work, con ferring and advising with committees In the afternoon. The revival starts Sunday morning at 10:80, when "Billy" will preach his first sermon In the tabernacle. He will preach alao at I and 7:W p. m. He looks in spleudld health and per fectly "fit" for the arduous work ahead of him. Department Orders. WASHINGTON Sent. 4. (Special Tele gram.) Mrs LI i lie K. Stewart has b-en re-appointed postmistress at Strang, Pll mora county, Nebraska. a rivil series examination will be held on October t for rural carriers at M ywood. .Neb. AWeek Begtaalag Slept. 6.' 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Good on Mondays .n" aecompan- vaeate This Coupon good , Thursdavs d t-sld ad- Qoo& on Monday any Monday r.lgi.t n,f k Tnur " 0 y. mission, this Cou- rTTnin.. -V. h IV If ar.onn.anls.l by on port la good any evenings with oik a paid aduiiaslon. ticket. Monday nlsht. paid admission GuLGARS STILL DEMAND WHOLE OF MACEDONIA Concessions Which it is Said Serbia Offers Are Not Satisfactory to the Government at Sofia. FINAL DRAFT OF NOTE READY Indications that Attempt to Revive Balkan League in Interest of Entente Mav Not Succeed. PEACE TALK INTERT-" LONDON LONDON, Sept. . tn the absence of marked changes on any of the bat tle fronts, the English public has again turned Its attention to the diplomatic situation In the near east and to rumors of tentative efforts In the direction of peace negotiations. It Is announced officially at Ntsh that the final draft of Sorbin's answer to the note'of the quadruple entente Is ready and will be presented shortly. It Is presumed here that the reply on the whole will be favor able, In regard to concessions to Bul garia, although little hope is eiuer talned that Serbia will grant Its lut enemy all the territory demanded i Macedonia. Advices from Sofia Indicate that lmWva the whole of Macedonia Is ronr;dvd tirr Is Uttle chance of reestabllnhment of the Balkan league. It is pointed out In of floial circles st tha Bulgarian capital that compliance with tha program of the en tente allies means actual participation in ths war, while agreement to the request of the central powers Implies merely friendly neutrality, expressed In permit ting ths shipment through Bulgaria of arms and ether war supplies for tha Turks, I.naaoa Interested In Peace Talk. Although it has been established rather definitely that London has no part In the invitation ot formal peace discussion. It Is plain that official oiroles are Interested keenly In the news of. activity in this direction. There are straws ia the wind which in dicate that what are designated as "proper peace overtures" on the part of Germany would meet with consideration. However, the general publlo, not so wall Informed .as Is the government, prob ably would regard such overtures as pre matura. While diplomats art seeking to enlarge the sphers of the war, and while talk ot peace is In the air, the greatest struggle continues along all fronts without Inter, ruptlon. Ths Russians are fighting des perately along the Dvlna, protsctlng the shot test road to Petrograd. Thsy are de- (Contlnued on Page Two, Column Two.) The Day's War News GERMAN TROOPS fighting toward the Russian port of Rig, have won V a notable victory In the capture of the bridgehead at rYei lrich.sta.lt, on the river Dvlna, about forty miles from Riga, German army headquarters announced today. IVTKXSK UHE of artillery continues to be reported from the fighting In France. Paris allude to the latest engagements as ot "par tlcular violence." MILITARY OBSERVER abroad In cline to the belief that" tlie per istent bombardment of, German positions presages . an offensive move by the entente allies la the west, PETROGRAD, In its latent state ment, admits a retirement of the Russians to the north bank of the Dvlna, In the sector where the dee-' perate struggle to protect Riga and the road to Petrograd la In progress. NORTH OF VILNA, where the Ger man lines have apparently made little progress of late, the Rus sians claim to have continued of fensive operations and to have gained ground ajjcninst the Ger mans. 11ALKAN PROBLEM still Is In au unsolved state and there are na signs that the situation will defi nitely shape Itself within the next few days. 1