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0 MASA DAILY- B THE WEATHER v Fair VOL. XLVII NO. 67. Omaha, titey morning, September 4, 1&17. ten pages RUSS .EVAGUAtE BALTIC' ' -LOWPEM IN SADDLE' AT ... . , Q ; , . o Oi Trains it Httslt. ' Dm Stssss, tit., a. SING1E COPY TWO CENTS. FORT; GO GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS TAKES PERSONAL CHARGE OF PEACE SITUATION IN WINDY CITY Stafje Executive Goes to Chicago to Take Over Authority WhenL.Mayor ThompsonDeclines to Obey Orders J , Concerning Canceling of Meeting of Pacifist Delegates. s Chicago, Sept. 3. Governor Frank O, Lowden arrived in Chicago today to tke personal charge of the situation arising out of the meeting of the conflict of authority between himself and Mayor Thompson, with whose aid the People's Council of America for Democracy and Termspf Peace was able toehold a meeting yesterday, after it had been interdicted by the gov i NO MORE MEETINGS The city hall was, closed, except for Chief Schuettler's office. "So far as I can, Jearn, there is no prospect of another meeting of the pacifists," said tnhef. "Apparent ly they concluded fbex work yester day." -M t - Most of the dekgaies, however, were reported as still ia the city. The' Seventh Illinois infantry, which was v called out last night by General Cartels commanding the Cen tral department, United States army, was back on routine duty today. Gen eral Carter permitted themto return to their homes late last night, when it appeared that their services would not be needed. , . SCHUETTLER SUBMITS. s Chief Schuettler today ordered that hift' men salute federalized soldiers and National Guardsmen and assist ffcem in every way possible. I am not going to nave my men take issue with the militia or the regulars or any representative of the United States," said the chief. "Any order for the police department to engage in , conflict with the soldiers will have to come from someone else." : . . A body calling itself the "American Liberty league, said ta be composed of women and affiliated with the so . ; called People's Peace council, met af a hotel .this forenoon, under the lead ership of Miss Crystal Eastman and resolved to go to Washington to "picket the celebration f conscrip tion day there, September 5. The pick eting, it was said, would consist ill the display of-hanners after the fash ion of the suffragists. League Meeting Called. H. N. Merrick, head of the local branch 'of the Natibnal Security - league, called a meeting of the league foMomorrow to take action against Mayor Thompson. ' ' "We hope," said Mr. Merrick, "to institute through the proper channels the city council and the State Coun cil of Defense a movement which, if it does not oust the mayor from his position, will at least take the police force out of his hands. We believe that the city council has the power to do this." v" . After various conferences, Gover nor Lowden left tor Ottawa, 111., to make a Labor day speech, leaving an impression behind with his friends and associates that he considers the meeting of, the People's , Council of America fox Democracy and Terms oi Peace as. a closed incident. Attorney General Brundage,' who talked with the governor, said that the governor also seemed to regard the fact that Mayor Thompson dis regarded his instructions in protect ing the meeting of the council yester- day also was a closed incident. It appeared that the governor, although he is said to have the power to start ouster proceedings against the mayor, has no present intention of doing so. . ' i Remodeling, of French 1 Cabinet Seems Likely Paris, ' Sept 3. A complete re modeling of the cabinet appears to be ' more and more probable, says fhe Matin, which dda -that in such an event Premier Ribbt will not present the collective resignation of the min- ? 'istry until he has a new combination ready. Various 1,1611 M shade of . political opinion are mentioned in this connection, but any prediction at this time is characterized as prema- ture. i ' .The Weather Tot Nebraska Fair. . Xempenttont at Omttut Testordnr. ' - - , Hour. De.' . t . ST a. m 1 a. m.. t T S a. m. ........... 68 .J a. m. If 'It a. m 1 11 sv m ."..( 8S m - 1 p. m.... ........ 1 ' I p. m i 3 p. m. ........... l vJm Sl S f. m 8 t p. m 7 T p. m It Comparative Local Record. 1917. lll. 115. 114. Highest yesterday.... S iff 8 (1 ijwut vesterday,.,. .if- 61 ti 7 Mean temperature..., 0 . It 74 Propltatlon .....n.. .00 N.OO .00 .00 Temperature and precipitation departure! from the normal at Omaha yesterday: Normal temperature................ 70 Excesa for the day ,.. 10 Total deficiency since March I......... Ill Normal precipitation,..... 01nch TWIlceocr for the day. .. .'. 01 Inch Total rainfall, stnrs March 1... .11.711 Inches rftclMy since March 1.-. t. 86 Inches Deficiency fofcor. period, 1J18. 0.73 inches . Excesa for cor. period, lli. ... .03 Inch Report From Stations at 1 A. M. Station and State Temp. JUnh- Rain Weather. 7 p.m. est lall. Omaha, Clear.......... 71 ' S -00 . . t. -A.-WELSH Meteorologist s'" 1 SENATE PROBES DEFECTS FOUND IN 'AMEX' SHELLS Military Affairs Committee De mands Statement From Sec retary Baker; Chemist's Investigation Urged. ' (By Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. 3. Creation of aiboard to investigate the cause of de fects jn cartridges sent to American forces in France was recommended today by Brigadier Oeneral Crozier, chief of ordnance, in a letter to Ad jutant General McCain. The letter follows: "Certain small arms ammunition supplied tcf, the expeditionary force jrt trance nave oeen touna to contain ae fective primers and theommander of the force .had 'been - warned and duly advised in the premises by this de partment. I recommend that a board whose .membership shall include , at least one competent chemist be ap pointed to investigate the cause of the defects which has been in these primers; the methods of inspection which are intended to guard against defects in small arms ammunition; "the adequacy of the measure in con seauence of the incident and all the circumstances connected therewth and to make ful reports upon the subject. Shortly-before General Crozier's let ter was made public the senate mili tary affairs committee decided to have Secretary Baker make a statement be fore it tomorrow in regard to, the de fective shells. Whether an investiga tion will be made will be decided after the secretary has testified. Garbage Decrease Shows Food Conservation Effect Washington, Sept. 3. Practical re sults of the food conservation cam-! paign are shown in the garbage re ports for July from fifty-nine cities compiled today by the food adminis tration. San Diego, Cal., heads the lists with a garbage collection only 43 per cent of that for a year ago. Among other cities showing a decrease of 25 per cent or more are Portland, Ore.; Lin coin, Neb., and Davenport, Ia. Texas Cattle Dying as , Result of Car Shortage Austin, Tex., Sept. 3. Owing to a shortage of cars, cattle in the drouth stricken section of west Texas- can not be moved to points where water and grass are obtainable, according to findings of the State Railroad com mission today. Telegrams from west Texas said cattle are dying as a re sult. . KELLY SWEATED" American Schooner rH&lirnl? Tin Fluhnmrino a "aiBABBSsai tru s ALLNIKHId::L HE "CONFESSED" The State today of Y tue mking August; 23 of the Ameri can scnooner can r. cressy ot Bath, Me., by a submarine. The crew of seven was saved. Preacher's Attorneys Declare He Wass Promised Freedom if He Would Admit He Com mitted Villisca Murders. BULLETIN. Rev. and Mrs. L. G. Kelly, ac companied by . Sheriff Dunn of Montgomery county, left: Logan, Ia., for Red Oak by automobile, at 7:30 last night - Kelly is reported to have shown considerable fear, going from jail to the automobile in the street. His removal was without demonstration of any kind, since his going had been kept secret by the authorities. John A. McKenzie and Silas A. Harris, associated with A. L. Sut ton in the defense of Rev. Lyn G. J. Kelly, charged with the Villisca ax murders, returned yesterday from Logan, Ia., where they passed Sun day with Kelly and his wife. "Kelly told me that he was scared into signing the paper which pur ported to be his confession," said Mr. McKenzie. "He told me he was given a third degree treatment from, 9 o'clock in the evening till 8 the following morn ing. He was denied right to send for his attorneys. He. said that a repre sentative of the attorney general, the sheriff of Harrison county and the deputy sheriff remained with him all night and that they read to him for hours from papers said to contain evidence which would be bf6ught against him at the triaL, He was told that the slate had eighty-seven wit nesses wno would appear against him, in additionto thJ,who testified be fore the grand juryv , Was Promised Freedom. "Kelly wants to go to trial and still maintains his. innocence of the crime with which he is charged. During the lasfet few days he was told that public sentiment at Red Oak was so strong : -i t.: .u.i. L . ...u t..i..i,.4 against mm nidi no wuuiip uc ijmiicu if he was taken there) tMat it ho would sign the so-called confession he would be taken to' an asylum where he would be held six months and then released and it would all be over." -" Attorneys Sutton and McKenrie are going to Red Oak tonight, They declare they will disclose some sen sational facts in connection with the alleged third degree methods used on Kelly. Havner Withholds Confession. Attorney General H. M. Havner at Des Moines refused tcr make- a statement as to the probable effect of Kelly's confession on the continuance of the trial ofher than to say that the text of the confession would not be made public until it was brought out in court. . " . ' Four People Hurt When Two Automobiles Collide ' Angelo Dondero, Anselmo, Neb received a bad ,gash behind the ear and a deep cut in the forearm, whem his machine, driven by Dominick Rolli, of Anselmo, collided with the automobile of George Siert, ' drug gist, of Florence, at Twentieth and Manderson streets. Dondero was im mediately rushed to the Swedfsh Mis sion hospital. Rolli's wife and 8-year-old child, who were m the car with him, were badly shaken up. Mrs. George Siert received a few cuts about the forehead, and Margery Siert, 16 years old, was bruised about the shoulders. Rolli- was driving north on Twentieth street at a good rate of speed, witnesses 'of the acci dent say, and in swinging around be hind two cars he crossed to the wrong side of ' the road, and crashed into Siert's machine. Both .machine were demolished. An Army cart from Fort Omaha, was coming immediately" be hind Siert's automobile and trashed into the fender before the ear could be stopped. - - Khaki Clad Men in Omaha Spend Labor Day in Various Activities The army'and navy, as represented big business' today ? said Lieute'n in Umaha, observed Labor day . in different ways. Some of the stations took a holiday, while others cele brated by laboring. v V "That is what Labor day is for, isn't it?" said . Major Harries of 4he Sixth Nebraska. "We shall keep right on with qpr usual .schedule, as we nave had no orders to take a holi day." : A. The four companies of the Tth were out on the streets drilling at their usual early hour. Crowds of holiday-making people took opportu nity to watch their evolutions, many thinking ifwas a special entertain ment staged for the day. The Sixth being the youngest regiment, the men feel they Jiave no time To lose if they wish to make a gAod showing at Deming. At the Army building the officers were down early, but only to finish up business left over from Saturday night. Recruiting Officer Lane "ex amined a number of men who applied for enlistment Saturday, but no- new names were taken. . The recruiting office of the Sev enth, ,1612 Farnam street, was open early and men soon began coming in for information. "We expect to do ant Leidy. "Many will take advan tage of the holiday to get the facts from us. We expect to convince many of the ned of men in the Na tional Guard reserve." The quartermaster's offices in the Army building also wore an unwonted appearance of leisure. No business was done there or at the supply de pot at Twenty-second and Hickory streets. Ensign Condict and his staff at the navy recruiting office worked during the morning sending out letters to Nebraska and South Dakota newspa pers, enlisting their services in the drive for cooks and bakers. The navy office in Omaha is making personal appeals to 600 papers in the two states to help get these recruits that are needed so badly. . LABOR'S DAY IS CELEBRATED BY MEN OF OMAHA Starts With Parade in Morning and Closes With Picnic at Lakeview; Stores. Gen erally Close. Omaha paid its tribute to tl(e men who toil yesterday and the festivities incident to Labor day did not cease until midnight. It was a full day of rest and pleasure, free from the hum drum of every day work life. Starting with a parade in the morn ing, in which 5,000 members of the labor organizations marched, the pro gram of the day concluded With a dance' at' Lakeview park, participated in by not only the "members of the younger set, but by many of the men and women well afong in life. The day was perfect and everything helped to make the observance of the holiday most enjoyable, for there was not an incident to mar the pleasures of the occasion. Practically all who took part in the parade spent the afternoon at I.ake vieto and in addition there were thou sand of others. There were men, women,, boys and girls. It was a happy, fun-loving lot and they made the most of the outing. Oratory at the Park. It was 2 o'clock when the Labor day oratory started and it was not concluded until 5 o'clock, after which came a long card of sporting events, races of all kinds, jumping and other tests- of strength. And with the end of the sport card, came the dance, in which hundreds' took part. V .- J. J. Carrigan, one of the oldest members of the Central Labor union and former president, introduced the speaker. The first was Mayor rJahl man, who as soon as he removed his hat apologized for being bald headed, contending "that in making furniture they never put a marble top on a cheap article." The bald-headed men in the audience applauded the mayor. Mavor. Dahlman spoke at some Jength up.on the wonderful growth of umaha and attributed considerable ot its prosperity to' the loyalty of organ ized labor. He predicted that the future growth and prosperity of Omaha would be the greatest of any city of the central west and that at alC times organized labor .would be found doing its share. Effect of War on Labor. Attorney Bigelow discussed labor in all of its phases, urging organiza tion, contending that organizing is the only way of fighting what he termed autocracy. Mr. Bigelow predicted that the out come of the war in Europe will mean that in the future the laboring people of not only the countries on the other side of the Atlantic, but those of the United States,-as well, will have more of a voice in the affairs of the govern ment. He asserted that the war will bring about many reforms in govern mental matters and probably pro hibition and universal suffrage for the entire nation. Miss Gladys Shamp, a young wom an of more than ordinary ability, was greeteH with rousing cheers as she arose to speak. "We are .all loud in our praises for the t boys who have enlisted and gone away for oversea service, but the women at home are entitled to some credit, Aor they are doing their bit.' They are going to feel the effects pf the war in many ways, even if they do not send their boys to the trenches." Women in War Vocations. Miss Shamp spoke of the many new vocations into which women are en tering, due to the men having been called to the colors, and urged that in this new industrial life they must be taught strength, urging that the first and most impressive lessons should be those of organization. Pointing to hctw conditionshave changed within a few years, Miss Shamp said that it was not so long ago when most of the men were say ing: ... . "The place' for wdman is in the fhome, but now the cry is different; you hear it on the street, in tne busi ness house, the office and the club, women must go where they are needed and do whatever work they may be called upon to perform. " "With this change and this demand for female labor it js only fair that there must be an equal wage for equal work and there is no reason why a woman working alongside of a man and doing the same class of Work and performing as much, should not have the same wage." Mis? Shamp insisted that women in entering the industrial field should be dignified and' independent and that POLICE NOW SEEK MOTIVE FOR DEATH OFMRS.NETHAWAY Belief Now is that Florence Woman Ws Not Killed by Negro Who Chanced to Be Near (fontlnned on Pate Two, Column Two.) The machine gun company of the Fifth Nebraska at tlje armory sus pended drilling and took a holiday. As this company has been drilling at the armory for three months, h felt it could afford to take a day off. Many had permission to extend their week end leaves and stay home for another day, promising to return in good time for Tuesday's work. Lone Air Raider Swoops Down on Kentish Coast London, Sept. 3. One man was killed and cix women and children injured by bonabs dropped in the aerial raid over East Kent last 'night,-it is officially announced. The attack' was made by single air plane and was directed against the important Channel port of Dover. Seven bombs Were dropped. Mrs. C. L. Nethaway, victim of the black crime that shocked Omaha and Nebraska a week ago Sunday, was murdered by a person with a motive, is the latest belief of investigators. Both Sheriff Clark and his workers and keener minded police are now centering their search for new clues along these lines, instead of continu ing on the theory that the unfortunate woman was hacked to death near the Northwestern railroad track in South Cut by a fiend who chanced to cross her path. Charles Sjnith, negro suspect, is still in solitary confinement in countv jail, but .the so-called "chain of cir- spent all. last4 week in "weaving around him" is weakening; in fact, it is nearly brokfti. Resigns to His Fate. The negro, visited in county jail this morning by AdultProbation Of ficer Andreescn, prison worker and criminal expert, seemed resigned to the fact "he was in a bad fix." Andreesen. who had fhad wide ex perience with degenerates and mur derers, is confident Smith knows nothing of the brutal slaying of Mrs. Nethaway. "I'd stake my reputation Smith never murdered that woman," said Andreesen. "I've checked him ut and I know he knows nothing about the crime. He's nothing to me a plain 'shine,' in the parlance of the street bt I'd bet my last dollar if I was a betting man that Smith knows no more about that crime than the postmaster in Pe dunk, la." - - , ; Brutal Deed Planned. Investigators who have followed the case from the beginning and who have gone over the scene of the crime carefully are sure the mutilated body of the Florence woman, who left her home on a sunny Sunday afternoon to meet her husband, was the work of someone wjio planned the brutal deed planned it, carried it out and left the spotvW,ith the stage set. tier nat was thrown oneplace, piece of her undergarments another, her hair switch another, a knife han dle another 'and a big blade still an other. All these articles" apparently were thrown where they would be found. , Struggle Hardly Probable. If a struggle had taken place the murderer would have had to drag the woman around in a circle in or der to scatter the bits of evidence so carefully. The murder spot is such that a. struggle of this kind, while barely possible,' was hardly probable. On the ownership7 of a razor, found Saturday afternoon by a little girl shortly after a coroner's jury, Sheriff Clark and others had visited the mut der district, led by Claude Nethaway, Florence real estate man, husband of the mufdered woman, hinges an im portant phase, of the mystery. "Another important find was the dis covery Sunday, a week after the crime occurred, of a necklace, the property of the murdered woman, near the spot where she was hacked to death. Assault was not the motive, for a- SLAVS: ABANDON RIGA IN FACE OP GERMAN ATTACK I l Threat of Offensive By Land and Sea Causes Russian Troops to Evacuate principal Baltic Port; Military Consequences of Move , Considered Problematical. (Continued on rose Two, Colnmn One.) Beatrice Man Killed in Auto Wreck at St. Joseph Beatrice, Neb., Sept. 3. (Special Telegram.) The body of James Kas parek, who was killed in an automo bile accident near St. Joseph Satur day evening, was brought to his home at Odell today for burial. He was 35 years of--age and leaves a widow and two daughters. Lee Taylor of OdelJ, who was prob ably fatally injured, is in a hospital at St. Joseph. Manley Hoppes, Private in Company L, Drowns in Lake .Gothenberg, Neb., Septi 3. (Special Telegram.) Manley Hoppes, a pri vate jn Company L of the Nebraska National Guard, wlio are stationed here, was drowned in Lake Helen here this afternoon. Another guardsman tried to save him and was nearly drowned in the attempt. German Victory May Be Blessing In Disguise, Say Slavs at Capital Washington, Sept. 3. Abandonment of Riga in the face of the new German drive into Russia and even the evacuation of Petrograd itself, have been forecasted as possibilities in confidential advices to the Ameri can government during the last two weeks. Such a development is not regarded with so much alarm as might be supposed. With Riga abandoned and German occupation of Petrograd in prospect, the seat of the Russian provisional government undoubtedly will be moved to Moscow. .- ; " Much as they may regret seeing the Russian capital occupied by German army, the forceful thinking men of Russia, working to set up a government, may regard it as a blessing in disguise. There are many advantages in moving the Russian capital to Moscow. It is the center of the conservative group and commands the sentimental almost religious regard of the Russian populace as the ancient capital of the old empire, surrounded with traditions of Russia's greatness, tri umphs of Alexander, Catherine and Peter the Great. Furthermore, some Russians of the new government are said to think that a German occupation .of Riga, and even Petrograd, might be a whole some object lesson for the radical element which has been hampering the new government, and that an experience under the military heel of Ger many might convince them of the need of supporting the government as now constituted to save their fatherland for Russia., COSSACKS LOSE PRIVILEGES; MAY START REBELLION PetrograJ Fears Taking Away of Ancient Rights of Tribes men by Provisional Govern ment Basis for Trouble.' London, Sept. 3. The Petrograd correspondent of the Times predicts trouble in conslquence of the treat ment of Ithe ossaks by the provi sional government and cites the state ment thai the rights and privileges of the Don Cossacks, consecrated by many centuries, have been canceled, their peculiar elective offices abolished and government commissaries substi tuted. Under this order General Ka lebin, the Cossack commander, be comes a simple soldier and after the Moscow conference, at which the an ti-Cossack campaign began openly, a personal aitercationoccurred between Premier Kerensky and General Kale bin, f The Kuban, Terek and Orenburg Cossacks have not yet been affected by the new order, but, according to the correspondent, the blow that strikes one Cossack host must be felt by all the twelve armies adhering to the Cossack league and it is to be expected that they will not tamely submit. Chicago Woman Shoots Self Accidentally Concord. N. C, Sept. 3. Mrs. Maud King of Chicago, shot near here last Thursday ntght, met death as the re sult of an accidental pistol wound by jher own hand, according to the ver dict of the coroner's jury. Mrs. King and several friends drove into the country Thursday evening, and a mile from town left the car with Gaston Means of Concord, to walk to a nearby spring. Means, was taking a drink of water, when- he heard a shot, and turned to see Mrs. Kin? falling. Members of the party iestified that her pistol, was lying by her side. The bullet entered the head behind the left ear and she died several hours later. N Senate to Recess Tuesday to Do Honor to Drafted Men Washington, Sept. 3. By unani mous consent the senate today agreed to recess tomorrow afternoon so that members may participate with Presi dent Wilson in the parade in lionoi of Washington" men drafted irfto the national army. Pupils from Larger Cities Are Better in Studies, Says Masters Miss Sarah Vore Taylor was over whelmingly re-erected chairman of the advisory committee of the Reg ister at the meeting of the faculty of the Central High school. Dr. Her bert Senter was appbinted secretary treasurer by Principal Masters. Plans for standardizipg' the work were discussed by the teachers. 'A system of cost accounting , will be started that a comparison may be made between the Centrar High school and other schoojs," said Prin cipal Masters. JHFifty to 75 per cent of the pupils who come from other schools fail in their studies. This is especially true of those who come from country, nigh schools. Pupils '"f I who come from the larger cities are found to be more successful. It is the duty-of each teacher to conduct her class as economically as possible. She is expected to han dle as many students as possible and handle them well. Each teacher has a maximum of 125 pupils. Good teach ers are made as well as "corn. If a teacher is only doing average work that teacher should either leave (the school or improve her work. We want fewer failures and have adopted the seven-rsxiod day for that reason." An extra chance to enroll will be given to those who have failed to register this afternoon in the office. Seventeen hundred have enrolled so far, RIGA IS ABANDONED. (CorrespoAdfeneo ot Ths. Asaoctttsd Press.) ; Riga, Russia's principal Baltic port, has been abandoned to the Germans under threat of an offensive by land' and sea in which the deciding stroke on the land side was delivered by the Germans last Saturday, ' The fate of Riga was virtually sealed when German troops forced a crossing of the Dvina southeast, of , the 'city and began to push northward after making good their foothold on the right bank of the stream., . . Menaced also by the attack of a Column f Teutonic forces moving from Mltau, southwest of Riga, and by the German naval forces recently reported hovering in the vicinity of the gulf of Riga, the Russian military authorities evidently considered the city no longer tenable and decided to evacuate it. The possible ultimate military con sequences of this development are difficult to estimate. The right flank of the entire Russian western front was anchored on the gulf of Riga at a point to the west of the city and with this anchorage apparently lost, the possible strategical developments of the situation seem infinite. . May March on Petrograd, ' Much' depends oil the purpose of the Germans and the size of the forces at their disposal for operations in this. war theater. It is too early yet x for it to be made apparent whether they will be content at, pres ent with occupation 'of the Baltic sea- port the Russians have left to them, ox, if the advantage is to be pushed and attempt made to swing back, the entire Russian line, on this front, ere- t ating an opening for an operation by land and water with Petrograd as the objective. ' ' Riga, capital of the government of Livonia, had a population of more than 500,000 persons before the -war and aside from Petrograd was most important Russian . commercial and industrial town having access to "the Baltic. . .v. It is situated at the southern ex tremity of the Gulf of Riga, a stretch of water 100 miles long and sixty miles wide. Riga lying at the point where the Dvina empties into the gulf, The port is icebound during virtually one-third of the year. ' Founded by Germans. , , It had a very large German popu lation before the opening of hostili ties and it is interesting to note that it was founded in 1158 by German merchants as a storehouse, the city passing through the control of various nationalities during the centuries until it; finally, in 1721, was incorporated " with the Russian empire. Its com- mercial standing is indicated by the fact that it was the third seaport of Russia, only Petrograd and Odessa exceeding it -inimportance. ' ' TheGermans long have had tUVir eyes upon Riga and at the close of the great campaign of 1915, when Poland was overrun and large sec- . tions ofRussiarysoil occupied by the Teutonic force an effort was made by Field Marsnal von Hinderburg to break the line of the Dvina between Riga and Dvinsk, 110 miles to the ,' southeast. Had Riga in View. ' The Russians at that time, how ever, were able to hold their grip on the line, being aided by the advent of winter. During last year no seri- ous offensive was undertaken by the' (Contlnavd oa Fairo Two, Column One.) Fire from Ambush On Repair ff . Men ofNStrike Closed Mine MiddlesboroV Ky., Sept. 3. From a concealed posftion on a mountainside 200 shbts were fired across the val- , ley early today at a partjr of repair ' men, proceeding to the mines ' of the Lower Lignite Coal company, where a strike of union cpal miners is in progress. Three persons were wounded, including Manager L. B. Gunn and Gillis Johnson. The lath ter was said to be seriusly injured, j
