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NO. 273
THREATENED BY
SLAV ADVANCE
Von Hlmlcnliiirii Continues Costly
Liiiiucs to Drcnk-Throtiuli to War
saw, Willie Russians Cross Dzurn
River ami Conic Dchlnil Stru-jlo
In Carpathians Drauul"U
LONDON, rob. , On lilri chosen
Kioiind tn thu wont or Warsaw. (Ion
nrul on lllndenburg, tlio Gurmnii
rinnniutiitor, Ih routluutug liU costly
luiny-n to break through to tlio Polish
capital. At tlio nhiiio tlmo tlio Huh-
HlitiiH, further to tlio north, have
prciisod forward ami n(lor crossing
thn D.iira rlvor tlioy nro seriously
thic'iitoiilug tlio German with nn
otitllunklug movement.
Thus another great battle for War
aw In on, Involving perhaps u greater
loss of llfo than any other conflict In
tlio war, Tlio Inmio lit still unde
cided, hut tlio IdiHNlann claim that
tlio Inltlatlvo linn passed to tlii'in, at
t tumuli furtlior Oormnn uttnek nro
OXpOCtUtl,
'niwi()ilin Stmgglo
Moro complex ami strntcKlcnlly th
moro Important struggle In thn Car
puthlniiH Ih dragging on without any
ili'tiHlvo turn, llroudly speaking It
appears that In tlio western half or
tlio Imttlo roKloii tlio Ituimlnn nro
making progress, whllo In tlio east
ru half they 'appear to havo fallen
bark from tlio I.upkow anil HcNkld
Passes on proparoil positions, where
they nro attempting to slum tlio rush
or turpi Austni.tloruiuii forces.
Tlio ItiiMhlan counter blow on tlio
massed nsmiultM of General von lllu
donburg's men Ih, to llrlllih obcr
vorri (ho mn-l Interesting develop
ment of I he HtniKKlo In tlio eaiit. It
overshadow for tlio moment tlio
operations of tlio Itusslan In oast
Prumdn anil In taken In ronio quart
ers to liiillcnlo that they havo conned
iIii)Iiik tlio rolo of merely holding
their linen to tlio went of Warsaw and
determined on nil effort to oxhiI the
luvndern.
n (liango In Wet
Tlio woHtern war xouu him seen
virtually no chanito diirliiK the week,
hut them nro many report of (tor
man preparation for renewed activ
ity In HoIkIuiu. Tho Gorman threat
or a submarine hlockado may ho a
factor In UiIm situation, tho theory
heliiK advaureil that tho Germans ex
perl tho allien to attempt to force
IIioiii hack from tho count, with tho
Idea of destroying their mibniurliio
Iiiiko, i
Dispatches from ('alio Indicate
that tho Turka who attacked tho Kilo
canal worn merely tho advanco con
tliiKout of throe cohimiiH which nro
struggling across tho desert. Tho
main bodies of tho luvadlni; army
noon should ho hoard from.
AMERICAN SHIPS
NOT MENACED
BYSDBMARINES
German Embassy Declares That
There Is No Intention to Molest or
Seize Neutral Vessels Laden with
Foodstuffs for Civilian Population
of Enemies' Countries.
BREAD LINE HELPS POOR ON NEW YORK'S FAMOUS WHITE LIGHT WAY.
I
HOLD
RUSSIANS SHIFT
10
EASI GALICIA
lll'UU.V, Fob. (I, (by wireless,)
Nowh dispatches received In Hurllu
fiour IlmlupoHt, Hungary, Hpoal; of an
oxtonslvo shifting or troopn hy tho
ItiiHiilana In enHt (lallcla, and In Ilu
kowluii, with tlio ovldont Intention or
maintaining tho parts of theso pro
vinces occupied by thoin ovon nt tho
expense or giving ground olsowhoro,
A number or Husslmm enptured In llu.
kowlnu. Hiild thoy hud boon Hunt to
' that region from thn vicinity of tho
AiiHtrlau fortress In Przomysl.
Another dispatch from Ungvnr In
iiorthenHtoru Hungary, tolls of n ho-
Voro defeat suffered, by tho HiihbIuuh
on tho so-culled l,upkow saddle, to
tho north of tho Xempllu country.
tlormaiiH and Austro-Iliingarluns
Joined In (Ida engagement against
thO ItUHHiltllH.
A great lack of provisions prevails
In Warsaw, according to advices ro
celvod by tho Frankfurter Zoltung.
lioino million rubloH worth o( provi
sions, n mesHiigo to thin nowspnpor
HayB, ban arrived at Archanglo iloa
tlned for tho I'oIIhIi capital, hut It Ih
ImpoHHlhlo to cay when (lie food can
lit) (lollvoroil,
WASIIINUTON', Feb, II, The i.r
fieial text of tlio (leriunii iiilmlrultv
liriielaiiiulioii, triin-mlttecl by Amlian
Hiiilor (leiunl to the Ntute ilepulluienl
today, levenlt that uiiViuiition unite"
to (lie north of tho Shetland inland
mill the eiinleru putt of the Ninth
wear iih well iih u ntrip of tliiitv tin lit i
eal mile. uloii tin; Uuteli eount, me
not in the danger r.nne, but that tin
wierH ilireetly uioiiml (treat Ilrilaiii
utiil Ireland oiiiirixo the prohibiteil
ureiiM. Tliin iJVrN limn llie-piih
hulled repoil.
Not Agalnoi .VciiIiiiIn
The (leniinu embiihsy ileelureil in u
hlalcment issued today in repaid
the ileeiee placing the waters urouiiil
the llritili lles in the war .one, (hut
(lenniiu.v "iIocn not iuteml to molest
or scire Ameiiemi M-ssels laden with
I'oimIsIiiITh for the eiviliuu popututioii
nt eneinies' eountriei."
The slalement expresses the hope
"(hut llngland will not make nolo of
the reconsideration of this uttjtuile by
seizing Auieiieun ships like the Wil
helmiuu. Thu statement in 'n fol
lows :
"The (ieiuuiu niiibiissiulor litis not
leeeived iiistriielious leyaidui the
decision of the (iormiiu adiuiraltv, but
according to the text of thu decision
it seems eleur:
Nut a l'N'r ItliKkailo
"There is nothing new in the ilis.
crimination inmlv on l-Ylirtinrv -I by
thu (lertuiiii uiliniiiilty witli n-pee to
tho attitude of the (leniuiu imperiiil
navy toward ships of the enemy or
toward neutral commerce. It is ab
surd to describe this us the pinelama
lion of u paper blockade of the llrit
ish Isles. The communication is
simply a statement of what since the
begiuuiui; of war the attitude of the
navies or all of the belligerent pow
ers Ion aid ships of the enemy.
"A few mouths ago the Kuglish
admiralty proclaimed the closing of
the N'oith sen, the waters of which
are essentially neutral, (lermuny
does not profess to eloso even the
l.nglisii channel to neutral commerce
mill she does not Intend to molest or
scire American vessels luileii with
foodstuffs for the eiviliuu population
of enemy count lies; it is to bo hoped
that F.ugluml will not make necessary
u reconsideration of this attitude by
seiint: American ships like the Wil
lieliuiiiu. To Destroy Foreign Ships
"Ooriuuny iloes, however, nnnouueo
to tlio world that it proposes to de
stroy ships belenging: to the enemy,
anil it uilds the notification to neu
tral powers that, on account of the
fuels that Itritish ships are employing-
neutral Hags, according to secret
insliuc'tions now known to have been
issued by tho Hritish government,
bonufiilo neutral vessels inuv actually
ho emlungered.
"Although, ncoording to well un
derstood ami universally accepted
usnges of warfare, navnt vessels are
perfectly justified in destroying mer
chantmen of tho enemy, tlio (lormitu
government now sees fit to issue
simply n genernl reminder' to that ef
fect, stuting the actual radius.of op.
orations of the German submarines."
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EM SESSION ARKANSAS DRY
MAY BE ALL ED
SHIPPING BILL
Conference Between President anl
Democratic Leaders Called to Con
sider Question Impossible to Get
Bill Before Scrrtc Without Modifi
cation Ccnfi'Jent c' Support.
IWtADUNC AT THE KNICKtRBOOCMS HOTEL.
In the heart of Jie White l.tght district of .New York, tity tho famous Knickerbocker Hotel tins cxtabtlnbcd a
bread line wheie IIioiimiiiiIh of issir turn, women and children nre fed dally. Hot coffee and nourishing food Is pro-
ii ror an wno appiy, ami several policemen nro always ou naim to prurcnt tlio curio u from Interfering with thtl
t iiotnb'eiliiirlty i
Vldeil
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ASAMA SINKS
AFTER SUING
SUBMERGED
ROCK
SAN IjIIKJO. Feb. f, Tho Annum,
It Is unlit, went down last Hnturday
afternoon at tho entrance to Turtlo
Hay. At the tlmo the emitter woh'
tanking ten knots. Tho rock, sub
merged to n depth of nbout 12 reel,
ripped open thu hull about lo feet
aliovo tlio bow,
Tho wnrfthlp settled quickly and
the .gate, which l)ean to blow that
night Is mild to havo completed Its
destruction.
Tho Assam s condeimors wero put
out of commlimlon, It Is understood,
a few hours after thu Impact. Its.
wireless nilpnrtus was useless.
Thu United .Sntes cruisers Halelgh
and Snu Diego reached tho Asamn
last night Hint tho Japnueso cruisers
Idriimo aili") Ilhteu nro steaming at
full svccd for thu scene.
According to word received bore,
tho officers and erow of tho wrecked
Japanese warship will not ho brought
Into an American port, hut will em
burl; cither aboard the lllsen or the
llzumo.
AK
AMU
TO BRING PEACE
TO
OLD
MEXICO
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., l-'cb. 0.
REV
L
UTIONS
M
E
SULLIVAN
MOST UNPOPULAR
WASHINGTON, Feb. O.-James M.
That the .Mexican eaeo conference ..Sullivan, minister to the Dominican
willed to begin hero this uftemoon I republic, became iinnoijtiliir with eer-
SIX KILLED IN
MN
EXPLOSION
IWYKTTKN'IM.K, V. Va., Foti. ti,
At least six men aro believed to
hnvo been killed today by an explo
sion In a initio of the now Itlver Coal
company at Cnrllsle, near here. Thoro
woro If.S men In -tho workings. All
snv ten reached tlio mirraco In safe
ty. Tliey reported that six .minora
had boon killed tint said thoy knew
nothing or the remaining four. Res
cue partlos woro organized Immed
iately to search tlio initio. '
Nowh or tho dlstnstor was sent to
thu I'lttburgh station of tho bureau or
mines and word was received that a
rescue car would proceed nt onco to
CarlUlo.
might request notion by the I'nilcd
States to bring peace iu Mexico, was
stated today by some of those who
were to attend tho conference. Dr.
Aureliuii L'rretiu, former minister ot
the interior under lliicrtu, said nil the
I'll i ted States woiildTmre to do would
be to miv to Currauzn and Villa:
"Vim two make peace," tiud they at
once would do so.
Amoug- nrrivnls today was Querido
Mohcno, . fonner minister of foreign
affairs. More than 1200 former gov
ernors, army gcncniN, diplomats ami
eabiuct ministers were expected to
attend.
MONTENEGRINS
REPULSE AUSTR ANS
l'AIMS, Feb. (5, '2iU p. in.- The le
galiou of .Montenegro, in Paris, is
sued today nn announcement under
date of Cettiuje, February 5, which
reads us follews:
"Austrian forces recently attacked
with energy our nunics operating' iu
Herzegovina. They wero repulsed
with serious losses, our troops retain
ing nil their udvmituges.
On tho sumo day tho Auslrinns
tain faeiioiis iu the islands because
of his conduct iu relation to n revo
lution there, aeeoidiug to testimony
today by C. II. Alhre'eht, fonner vice
and deputy consul genernl to the
Dominican republic before Federal
t'onimissionefPIielan". who U eon
diietin mi iuve-tigation of .Minister
Sullivnu'.s fitness to liftlil his oft ice.
Alhreeht said Sullivan had prom
ised Unit the Tinted States would
jrimrantee n "free and fair election"
after the revolution ami that the pen
pie were disMitisficd with the election
when it wns held, lie said he had
never heaid that Sullivan "was re
sponsible for bloodshed or the do
struetion of propoitv," us had heen
said.
.Mr. Alhreeht said that Sullixan
was untiring: iu his work as minister
mid hud accomplished many reforms
iu the conduct of the department ot
public works.
KAISER OFF FOR
POLISH
FRON
T
LONDON.
nouncement
Fob. (. An ofirclal an
received today from
WASHINGTON. Feb. O.-Whcther
President Wilson will call an extra
session of congress iu ease of iltfeat
of the ship bill nt this session prob
ably will be decided at conferences
next week between the president and
democratic leaders m eonre-s.
At the white houc today it wns
said pre.-ent sentiment among- offic
ials was against nn extra session, but
that no definite conclusion had been
readied.
All appropriation bills will be freed
of legislative riders, which might
ouufrc prolonged dieu-siun in the
senate, and leader- think thev can be
passed in n week or ten days if the
ship bill is dispo-ed of.
Program Ijild Out
Administration -enators agreed to
day it would be impossible to recom
mit the ship purchase bill with in
structions for its modification and
determined that their only way to gel
nn amended bill before the senate
was to yield to Senator Clarke's mo
tion, which threw the democratic
ranks into confusion.
They then will press Senntor
Gore's motion to di-ehai-ge the com
merce eommtitee from consideration
of n substitute bill containing amend,
tnents satisfactory to progressive re
publican senators. Thev are confi
dent that Senators Nm.ris. Kern and
I.u Follelte will vote for this motion.
Senartir NewlnniN aNo will e here
and they expect to curry that motion
without the aid of the vice-president.
Smith Is Absent
Dt termination In resort to this
program was rcMrtrd when the word
eiime today that Senator Smith could
not return iu time to aid the demo
crats in their stre-jgle for the bill.
Without his vii e. Senator Fletcher's
motion to recommit with instructions
would he def.'uted bv a majority of
one.
What would be the fate of the hill
after it has been letitiued to the
stage of seuei'Ml delate next week is
still problematical. Several demo
cratic lenders declare the tight will
continue until March I. nt the end of
the session, licpublicnu leaders- ive
renewed nsuranees that no quarter
could be expected.
BUT LIHLEROCK
REMAINS WET
Dill Provldhifi Statewide ProhlMMwi
Sltjnctl by Governor Hayes Prohib
its Granting, of Further Saloon Li
censes for 1915, But Does Not Dis
turb Those Granted.
CHICAGO, Feb. C.Arkanaas Is
tho 10th state with a stntowldo pro
hibition law among Its statutes, It
was said today at tho headquarters
of tho prohibition party. John !A.
Shields, headquarters secretary, unlet
tho Arknnsns law as ho understood It,
provided fbr com pie to prohibition by
January 1st, 1910. Some or tho oth
er states will not bo dry until July
1. 191C.
LITTLK ItOCK. Ark., Fob C
A bit proldlng ror state-wide prohibi
tion In Arkansas wob signed today by
Governor G. W. Hayes. Tho meas
ure as amended and pnsscd by tho
sonate yesterday and passed today
by tlio house prohibits tho granting"
or furtlior saloon licenses for 1015,
but docs not disturb those already
granted.
Forestalling tho crrcct In Pulaski
county. Judge Joe Ashcr granted tho
petition ot Little Hock saloon men
ror licenses at 10:30, -10 minutes be
fore the measure was signed by tho
governor. Fifty saloons opened Im
mediately. The Uttlo-Kock saloons had been
closed slnc December 31 pending tho
circulation of petitions for their
opening. The Llttlo Hock licenses
wero granted under a law that re
quires the petitions of a majority of
the white adults or tho city asking tor
the grants.
Pulaski county prohibitionists said
they would contlnuo tho tight against
tho liquor Interests. A representa
tive trom tho county said ho had pre
pared a bill to forbid tho salo of li
quor within ten miles of any church
In the county and would immediately
Introduce it into tho legislature
mm
M
Herlln says that Kmpcror William,
directed n severe nrtillerv firo from lnrtor completing his Inspection of
CREST OF FLOOD
AT
BAT
I
EXPERIENCES
the forts at (loradza nml GruhoviU
mid thu cruiser anchored in fatturo
bay against our position tit Mount
Lovehi'ii."
HIGHWAYMAN GETS
F
FAMINE OF CORN
WASHINGTON. Fob. C This la
today'H orrtclal flood bulletin Is
sued by thu weather bureau:
"Tho rain fall in tho Ohio water
shod Is over for tho present. Fortu
nutoly it wns not hoavy enough to ser
iously altor tho flood situation.
"Tlio crest of tho flood Ih iiemlng
Cincinnati this morning, whero tho
stage lit 8 o'clock was 54,3 feet, or
1,3 feet above floodVstngo,
"Down rlvor points show rising
stngos; KVausvlllo Is four feet above
flood stage and Cairo about three
below flood Dingo."
PCTHOGIiAl), Few (l.Tlio lteieh
has published a dispatch from its
Hpeeial oorrespondent nt Odessa, wjio
declares that according- to nows
ieueliinj that city from Turkey u'
famino of uorn is imminent in the
Turkish empire; und furthermore tho
government is urgently iu need of
funds.
Thy military authorities tiro ex
empting1 uble-hodied tnen from serving-
in tho army for .fJOO. Of this
amount .$100 noes to the ministry of
war mid and tho lemninder is divid
ed between tho niivy and tho lied
Cross, lleserves nro exempted for
the Hum of.l-IO. Well-to-do Turks
are mnkinir free use of theso exemp-
Ition chutes,
KOC'IIKSTKU, N. Y., Feb. 0.-A
highwayman vutered the Limn hank
nt Limn, X. V., today, held up the
cashier and assist ant cashier und es-
enped with money estimated to
amount to $10,000.
No one was in tho hank except the
cashier mid assistant, After cover
ing tlii'in with two revolvers the rob
ber forced the cashier to hand over
till the cash.
IEXAS PANHANDLE
WANTS SECESSION
AUSTIN, Texns, Fob, G. A resolu
tion to crcnto out of tho pnnhundlo of
west Texns, n now stnto named- Jof
rerson was Mvorably reported today
to the stato sonate. During commtt
teo debnto, both sides announced they
did not expect adoption of the resolution,
tho Gorman naval bato at Wlllieltn-
sbtiven, has gone to tho eastern war
zone by way of Czeiibtochowa, Hus
slan Poland.
A toiegram by the emporor to the
troops which participated In tho at
tack on the heights at Crnouno is
given in a Herlln dispatch as follews:
"Warm congratulations for your
fine success which Is to bo ascribed to
tho wisdom of tho commanding offi
cers, as well as to tho great bravery
or tho troops, whoso month-long ac
tivity In trench warfare could ti no
wlsu diminish their attacking power."
OF
EIGHT
MATE
M
SPREAD DEATH
OF L 0. 0. F. HOME
001.1) MUCH, Or., Feb. li.- A e
tit ion is beiii circulated und very
generally signed munnx tholisheriuen
and people living near the mouth of
llogtio river inking the legislature to
abolish seining altogether in Kogiio
river, and also to prohibit fishing
with set nets between Mug noil' ferry,
the point affected hy tidewater, and
the mouth of the liver. It is argued
that by making those two changes iu
the present law goxerning fishing on
llogno river the fisheriui'ii will all
have nn eqnnl chance, and it will do
away with the cause of tho constant
jangling ami eutkiug of nets that
lime enured trouble in the past, i
- YONKKHS, N. Y., Feb. C Inves
tigation of Fred Mors' story that he
put to death eight aged and Infirm
inmates of the Gorman Odd Fellows
homo hero "because thoy were old
nud a uUaiico" extended today to
physicians who nre said to havo
signed the death certificates In some
of the cases. Adam Hangert, super
intendent of tho homo and three por
ters are under nrrest as material wit-
ntsses. Mors is In Itellovuo hospital,
Vow York City, under the surveil
lance, ofo alienists,
Tho coroner said that the three
porters told htm that when an. In
mate of the homo died a certain
marlvMVus chalked on tho door of tho
room In which tho body lay and that
A Ofiyslclnn was supposed to seo this
mark and examine tho body before
Issuing tho denth certificate. Tho
porters said, according to tho coro
nor, that in soma Instances tho doors
had been passed by and tho death
certificate mado out showing the
cause of death to bo apoplexy.
According to the story told by
Mrs, when ho walked Into tho district
attorney's office In New York eoveral
days ago, fivo inmntos were killed
with an anotheth) und three with
other drugs.
SADK.M, Oro., Fob. C That
death to man and beast Is tolowlng
In the wnke of attacks by mad coyotes
In central and eastern Oregon, Is thu
substance or many letters being re
ceived by Governor James Withy
combo trom residents or theso por
tions of tho stato. ltabtes Is so pre
valent that travel on foot und oven
on horseback is declared to bo perilous.
Tho governor received a letter to
day from Dry I.nke.u smuM village In
south central Oregon, In which It was
asserted that u dog, which had been
bitten by u mad coyotes had In turn
bitten his owner, u boy, mid 13 other
persons. "The boy Is dead and
doubtless other deaths will follow."
says tho letter. Stockmen report
considerable losses. The correspond
ents ask for Immediate statu alii In
exterminating coyotes.
GAM
ND
WAR
EFI
ENDED BY TRUCE
An orphans' home
lished at Ahhuul,
Is to be e-tuh-
SALF.AI, Or., Fob. 0. Ily u com
promise between the sportsmen nml
('litis Sehuehel of Clackamas, tho
house today passed Heliucbt'l's II. li.
:!.", creating it general fund into which
(ill tho moneys received hy thu state
from, genernl sources shall ho paid
und out of which nil wurrants shall
he disbursed.
The hill us originally drawn wjw
objected to by the sportsmen, who in
sisted Hint tho money they pay in
hunting mid fishing license fees
should he devoted to fish und game
protection exclusively.
The hill this morning was amended
to allow such fees to lemuin iit'the
general fund to tho credit of the fih
mid game department, s,uidwes to gu
into tlio fund permanwuly,
i
w