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EDITION
WEATHER
Fair Tonight mid Sunday.
Alax. 81.r; Mill. III.
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EVERY STEP OF
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New Positions of Invaders Outlined
Line Runs From Ossowetz South
and East to Brest-Litovsk Mines
Stop Naval Attacks on Rljja
Russians Carry Out Plans.
PETitOGItAD, Aug. II. Tho now
positions occupied by tho Germans
and AtiHtrlnus woru outlined with ap
proximate accuracy on good authority
today, for tho first tituo slnco tho fall
of Warsaw. Tho lino starting from
tho vicinity of Ossowolz, near tho
I'rtiHshin honler opposite tho Mazur
liin Lilies region, curves to tho south
and east, running through Sokolow,
Sleillce. Lukow, Ostrow and Vladova.
Tho concentration, of Austro-Oor-mnn
forces In tho direction of tho for
tress of lircst-Lltovsk Is proceeding
along threo- roads, running to that
point from Malkln, from Lukow and
from Vladova. Tlio Invadors aro
still between forty and fifty miles
from Hrost-Litovsk mid are meeting
with strong opposition at every step
of their advance.
Naval Attack on ltlga.
According to Husslnn military ob
servers In tho near futuro tho orig
inal plan of retirement from tho Vis
tula lino will bo accomplished and
that llrest-LltovBlc, although not yet
in tho sphere of activity, will assumo
Its function as one end of tho Russian
line.
Delated details of tho recent naval
nrllon at the ontranco to tho Gulf of
Riga show that tho Germans with
nine ships of tho lino and 12 'cruisers
drew up In battle formation. A fleet
of trawlers, preceding tho warships,
cleared away mines.
Tho Ilusslnu denfenders estimated
that the Germans opened flro with
ono fifth of tholr strongth. Mcan-
whllo Russian hydro-aoroplanos bom
barded tho trawlers and warships.
Tho trnwlors eventually woro driv
en off. Two of tho Gorman warships
damaged woro torpedo boats, tho
other a crulsor. Thoy struck mlnos
nnd apparently woro Injurod severo-
ly. ,
To rtllle Pi (Minors
Tho council of ministers has ap
proved tho project for tho utilization
of prUonors of wnr and foreign la
borers for tho manufacturo of war
supplied. Chlnoso, Koreans and
Persians aro to bo omployed. Tho
council nho approved tho plan of tho
minister of education for opening cer
tain universities to women in tho
medical, scientific and legal branch
es. TAFT OFF 10 VISIT
ISCO F
NEW YORK", Au. 1 -William II.
Tdi't leaves New York todnv u a
western trip to bo abiont until Octo
ber H. In San FmiuuVoo ho will net
ox president of tho Unittiiiun con
vention nnd to nddres the Red
Cross conference, On September I)
he will speak before tho Amerieun
Hankers nasocintion at Sonttlo nnd
will lenvo San Franeiaco Septeml.er
18 to return to New York b way of
the Panama cnn.il.
XoGALKS, Ari., Aug. ll.-Mexi-ciii
soldiers onterod Aiuenean terri
tory 13 miles west today and began
slaughtering cattle, according to a
leport trout the Harrison raneb, "M
the .border. Three aulouitilMle
l.isil-d with armed men started for
the si-eiie at 10 o'clock.
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RAID ARIZONA RANCHES
GERMAN DRIVE
T0CUIRUS1N
ARMY IN I!
Steady Pro)ress By Bavarian May
Force Abandonment of Defense
Line Pctroyrad Claims Germans
Checked in North Russian Deso
lating Country They Abandon.
LONDON, Aug. II.-Steady pro
gross for tho forces of Prince Leo
pold of Havana eastward from War
saw is taken here to indicate thai.
the Germans are now manning their
main movements on a Irivo through
tho Russian center nnd the continu
ance of the enveloping of foil in the
north along the Dviiitt. Hoth Potro
grad and Horliu agree Unit thu Ger
mans have occupied I ho towns of
Hokolow, Siedlcii and I.uklw, form
ing a German front uhout (il) miles
east of Warsaw nnd fit) miles wide.
This is more (linn half way to
Urost-Litovsk which Grand "Duke
Nicholas, the Russian commander in
chief, hoped to make the new eonter
of his defense. Il is now regarded
as probable that this point will he
ulmudoncd.
Russians Claim Check
Pelrograd claims Hint tho Ger
mans have been cheeked between Po
niewesch and Dvinsk. Herlin, how
ever, docs not concede this. For tho
moment thu intensity of tho fighting
is giving way to u scramblo of the
relring fireos to nvoid tho envelop
njj net nnd the vapid advance of tlie
Germans In gather tho full fruits if
iho fall of Wnrsuw.
The outcome of Ihio iuivemcnln
probably will lie iulicaled within u
few days whether Grand Huko Nich
olas will lie able to resume tho of
fensive along the new front or will
oonecntrnto his energies in rear
guard fighting during a slow retire
ment,
German correspondents accom
panying the invading armies say the
Hussions are' following the tactics ol
tho Napoleonic campaign, laying
waste (ho country which thoy aban
don. Haitian War Cloud
War clouds continue to gather
over the lhtlkans. A Central News
despatch from Amslordum reports
that Germany is preparing for event
ualities by tmnspirting '1(1,000 troops
from Warsaw to the Serbian front
ier. Reports from the east const sav
that the Zeppelins which participated
in tho raid of Thursday woro plainly
visible. Crowds gathered on the Uni
codes of hotels and watohed tho nor
ml battle, in which tho dirigibles
were driven off by Rritish airships
alter h.ixing been Jit-t atlaeked by
nnti ain r.ilt gun1.
PACIFIC MAIL
SELLS STEAMERS
SAN FKAXCISCO, Aug. 11. Tho
two liners Siberin and Korea, Fold
yoslorduy by tho Pacific .Mail Steam
ship company to tho Atlantic Trans
port company, nlong with the Man
ehuria, Mongolia mid China, probably
will continue to soil from Sun Fran
cisco, running between hero nnd
New York, it was announced today.
Tho Manchuria and Mongolia prob
ably will be used in tho Atlantic
trade.
The five vessels will opemto in tho
several services of the International
Mercantile Murine company, ol which
tho Atlantic Transport ooinjinuy ia
ono of several mbsidiaries.
The probable ue of tho vowels was
toll in a message received heie today
by T. II. Larke, general passenger
agr'ttt of the International Mercantile
Marine company, tfrom 'P. A. S.
Praukliu, of New York, vice-president
of thej-oMtpwin.
PENNSYLVANIA BLAST
FURNACES KEPT BUSY
KHAHON, Pa.. Aug. 1 1. A.livit
-neb .i Ibis rnn bus nut known in
-cm n cii i- -lioii b ld.i-t 1 it ill
aeet intrrpotn, due to Ihe ineieaauitf
demand for pig iron. The i-tutenieiit
H.i tuiidk' l"d I hut tiiniui'i'i hIih'Ii
ll.lW lll.r llX'll li Ulllll.l III III, II III
i'l r.illoii btlv'li Ui lubtl 1
fcEEDFORD.
"There Was an
Lived in
Jgg'Tl : tJibfcialfeCT!-::::.
TWO MEXICAN NEW LANDING iHALF BILLION FOR
STATES DECLARE
IE
KL PASO, Towis, Aug. lit. The
military uomimiiider of the slaten of
ChiapaB, (luerrcra and, it is heliived
Duraugo, have rofu-el to recognize
tho authority of either Villa or Cur
rn ii7.il, necording to nulhoritativo re
ports today.
It i said tho tioiiiiniuidora have de
cided thnt for thoKO stntex tho revo
lution is over, and aro prepaicd to
resist invasion of tlieir taton, Tlu
boldiors aro to bo used in planting
and harvesting.
It is said thnt the forces Villa
sent to Durango several weeks ago to
head off an advance by Geneial
Obregou joined in a tdnto movement
there and will not rejoin Villa.
Genoral Angolan, ueennd in coin-
maud of tho Villa forcof,, wu ap
pointed hut night to deal with the
affairs of native and foreign mer
chants whoso Mores woro confix-i-nsteil,
according to advice lccciwd
todav.
IRE BRITISH SHIPS
SUNK BY I0RPED0ES
LONDON, Aug. II.-The IlnlUh
fiteamer Cairo and tho lmhiug Kimick
Amythiut woro mink bv n Milmiaririe
tbiw morniujf. The crown were nuve.1.
Thoro aro two HritUh veael
named Cairo, a hrigantiue and a
keteh. No Mtoonmliip Cairo of Hrit
Uh rogiiter i mentioned in uiuritiuie
records.
Thoro aro two Ilritwli uteauier.
Cuiro, tho larger of which ia a ve
sol of 11)71 tons gmee, owihm! by tlu
Glaagow Nnvigntion oowpaur. The
other in a biuull liuiug bout ov. icI
in Hull.
SAMPSON H. FRIENDLY OF
EUGENE PASSES AWAY
KPOF.NR, 0e., An. II. -Kau-on
(. Friendly, one uf the U-il
known citisenK of the state, uiomrl
Bterehant of Uuiiene. rc. nl !'
;),,, J
I ui it -il nt tlrr'oii loi mi-" i'l
years, fonaer stute senator, lmii'r
eounriluiaa and niawtr of l'.'ij; ii--,
died xuddflilv at ln lioliic .it tilt
ci.nur hi i'U m nib .imhhi K.i t m.l
High strict 1'J.I
NDEPENC
NCE
0RKC10N, SATHIDAY, AU(US'r II, 1915.
Old Woman Who
Sh
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BY BRITISH FORCES
PAUI&, Aug. 1 1 n official com
munication on the nituntlon at tho
Uardnnollos, given out by tho Kronuli
war offlco thin afternoon, readv:
"On tho Galllpoll iH-nlnnulix HrltlMi
forcos, nlnco AuguMt 0, hnvo boon hiio
ctHfully dobnrhed at u point near
tho Hay of Suvla, on tho wot aldo
of tho penlnHiiln. Thoy have mailo
progroaH at a point further to tho
south in tho vicinity of Gabatopn.
Horo, aftor nonio severo flirliting, tho
forcon woro BiiccosHful In gaining a
footing on tho slopes of tho liolght
of Sari Hasir. Thoy took nioro than
0110 prlHonorn nnd enpturod uino ma
allien gunii. Tho operations at thin
point continue to progress.
"At tho Koutli end of the penin
sula tho efforts of tho Turks to peno
trate our lines all remiltod in failure.
On tho seventh of August wo mado
slight progress. On this dato tho ac
tivity on tho Tit il. h front co'imlit-
ed mainly In nrtllbrv fighting, with
mnrUod advantage for our battorios."
WASHINGTON, Ac. II. The iu
lorstato ooiuiiuiie "nuni'ioii Mill
umko an incli.iiioii of hhinniu
facilities between fie United Stiilc
and South and diliul Ainerus. It
will gather full rfpoilx of ship avail
nKlii Tiki HiaI Iih..Im 1'iti iiaa In. l'n.j- (
ideut Wilson, if an effort ia inuilc
at tho coining sfi-M(.n of rongress to
Ihsms Mime kind of ! islatiou to pro
vide shipping (iK'ilii ir.
Cliuiriiuiii MeClmnl baa lieen de
signated to coudui t I lie iiivesUyatiou.
ON CATTLE DENIED
WAMIINGTuN, Aug. 1 1 - IV.
mmh1 lucreuM'il mi' -i uf two ceiit
Mtr hundred puun.l- I'or tr.-m i.i.rt .
Iinll ot rlltl i .il il lii it III i HI i I
Iraaa I otoranu, houta lmkoiu end
olhtr u.tm xtatea to Chii'iiuo ,mJ
MiHt- on tbr MiMouri mill Mi --I-. ril
1 1 I i -, v 1 1 ill- '('I'1 i .1 I".' I 1 1 I i
U.' I li illlll tilt L UI.. i u.
PON
GLLIPOLI
oe
! EUROPEAN BUYERS
i
OF
NIAV OltK, Aug. II.- Inlerna
tionnl bnnkci-H who have been hand
ling financial affairs for which Great
Hrilain, I'ninco and Itussia in this
country contetnphited today tho pos
sihilitv of arranging n credit reaching
.f.-iOO.OOO.OOO to meet tho situation
arising from heavy Kurnpeuu pur
chases of war munitions and tho eon
sequent extraordinary decline in rates
of foieigu exchange, Disousbiou of
methods for advancing tho sums
were in progroes.
Ono of (ho chief quostlous was the
nature of security to ho required for
tho advances of American fnndH. It
has been suggested that the credit
nmy ho secured by tho deposit horo
of American bonds held in Europe.
An olio it to collect hiidIi bonds for u
similar purpose in Or oat Hritnin re
cently lid ifot meet with an encour
aging response, To. faeilitatu this
operation it was said tho Hritisli gov
ernment may imposo a special tax on
American bonds unless they are de
posited with the Hank of Knglmid.
Il is also proponed that British
ami C.iuadiaii bonds fo tho propor
tion i :.'." m r rent of tho total he
adv. meed a-, collateral.
AirSTIV, Toxas, Aug H. -Mexicans
In Guadalupe, Hays and Gon-
salea oouuUos, aro forming secret so
eittoa, which ar a inouaeo to tho afo
ty of Amcrloans, ni-fiording to 1 C
Walnert, mansjier of the stato cot
ton warehouse, who yesterday return
ed from a trip to Seulu, whore he
wm called to adrlae a group of farm
era wbo hail received throatoalng
lettera.
"Taeae MealcaJM are organliwl by
aglUtora from San Antonio," said
air. Welnert. "Tne agitators have
urn- uriiunicut that always brlma ro
huiu. Tliey sy to tjiu seon, "these
taads are rwlly nurs," and Inelte him
to seise taetn."
The agltatori ijenirslb illaappear
i'Ii r colli rllii iliit-n limn the mem
Lx.i
WAR
STORES
AGITATOR
BORDER
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European Powers A"rovc Efforts to
Restore PeaceOutlaw Band Rav
aolnu Border Prove to Be Carran
za Soldiers Mayor of Vera Cruz
Ousted By Carranza.
-WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 1. Tho
I'au-Amerieiiu appeal to nil Mexican
leaders and fad ions to resloro peace
"ill be published in the United Slate
iif tomorrow inirning's papois. It
will be given out tonight by tho stale
department.
Then will folliw it period of possi
bly ten daya or two weeks of wuiliny
of momentous iinportuuee to Mexico,
for it will will lotonuino whether tho
country has leaders capable of re
storing her constitutional govorument
without aid from outside.
There hnvo been no assurances Unit
its transmission will not ho inter
fered with by chiefs hostile to its in
tent and neither hnvo thero been in
timations (but it may he.
Informally those Kuroponn powors
interested in Mexico have in one way
ifr nnolher signified their npprovnl
of the effort to restoro government.
CarranJi Hrlgauds
Tho war department issued this
summary of its advices from General
Punstnii:
"Nothing soriou has occurred
within tho last two days. It is
known that tho piincipal part of a
band of outlaws was driven across
the Itio Grande into Mexico. It is
now estnhlished beyond doubt thnt a
considerable portion of the baud
came from Mexico and were officers
nnd soldiers of (Jnrriuncii'H forces,
doubtless acting without authority of
their chiefs. OnOee on this nide of
the river (hey woro joined by about
2."iJI'exas Mexicans, all well armed
and mounted, nnd proceeded to raid
through Iho country as far as Nor
ias.1' ."Mayor Airehled
Tho navy department issued thin
statement relating to Cnrnin.a's dis
ci i urge of tho mnyor of Vera( Crwr.,
disclosing that the ousted official had
been arrested:
"Commander Willinm 1 Scott, of
tho U. H. S. .Marietta, senior nnwil
officer at Vera Cruz, Mexico, has
informed tho department that when
Carranzn learned of tho incendiary
speech mado by (bo mayor of Yora
Crur. on August 8, ho was very in
dignant and thereupon removed tho
mayor from offico nnd placed him
under arrest, Commander Scot l
stales that tho local papers of Aug
ust 10 quota General Aguilar us slat
ing (hat tho mayor's action was un
timely nnd ill iiiUIhihI. It is reported
(hat (ho demonstration has been gen
erally condemned by tho Mexican
people as unwo."
E
LONG IWACII, Oil., Aug' I l.-Hr.
David Starr .Ionian duelnred to a
pence assembly last night that th.t
present European war was started by
drutotcistfi, "old men who did not
waul to bo shored off tho stago of
life without shoeing how grunt they
were."
Dr. Jordan also assert oil that Eu
rope was now going through tho must
awful period since tho reformation,
am that as n result of the oonfliet
thu countries iuuihcd Would ho re
duced bv 1i..kc of thu big men to
"tho nations of mollycoddles,"
THREE BUSHELS OE
EASTLAND'S VALUABLES
CHICAGO, Aug. II. Three b.i.h
els of jewel-, pumes and other auiall
pieces of pin ale projierty winch be
longed to victims of tbf Hs-Hand dis
aster, were recovered when the ship
wm restored to even keel todnv.
The property win found 011 the
ilpi I link Vtllli'li Welt' tin I r -1
tittiii-.bli. 1.
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WILLNG
NEGOTIATEWTH
ALLIESFORPEACE
German Emperor Informs' Popo
Benedict of Willingness to Accept
Peace Negotiations Provided Ene
mies Make First Overtures Aus
trla Makes a Similar Reply.
PAItIS, Aug. It. A dispatch to
Fournlor's Nows ligency from Rome
suyn thnt tho Gorman omporor, in
answer to tho peaco letter of Popa
Hencdlct XV declared his willing
ness to nccopt peaco negotiations pro
lded tho nntlons with which Ger
many wbh at war mado tho first ov
ertures. Austria mado a similar reply to
tho popo'fl letter, tho dispatch adds,
l'opo Benedict's nppeal for peace,
addressed to tho belligerent nations,
was Issued on July 28, tho anniver
sary of tho oponlng of tho European
wnr. It naked why a direct or indi
rect exchange of views could not bo
Initiated in which "tho rights and
Just nBplratlons" of tho various peo
ples could bo constdrcd as far ns pos
sible nnd "thus put to an end tho
trrlblo combnt, ns has been tho caso
provioiisly unilor similar clrcum
BtnncoB." Tho lottor Invited "tho trno friends
of peaco In tho world to extend their
handB to hasten tho end of a war
which for a year has transferred Eu
rope Into nn enormous battloflold,"
nnd declared that ho should bo
blessed "who first extends tho ollvo
branch' nnd tenders hla hand to his
ouemy In offering bin rcasonablo
comlltlonu of peaco."
TO
TO USE BAYONETS
CIIATAUQITA, N. V Aug. IL
Miss dano AddiuiH of Chlcneo,
spoiihing on "Ponce," before tho
Cliiiutiiiiqiiu nssembly, re-affinned
her statement thnt Europe's soldiers
in some cases hnvo been stimulated
by aleoholiCH nnd drugs for buyout
charges.
".My informants in Knglnnd, Franco
and Germnny were soldiers, officers
and well informed civilians," said
Miss Addaina. "I don't question tho
soldiers' courage," she suggested,
"but when it iromiuent official ,'11
tho PariB office tells mo his mon nro
given absinthe hoforo n ' bnyonet
ehnrgo, I boliovo him. When a Gur
innu lieutenant tells mo his men worn
given n drug formula, containing sul
phurio ether nmoug other things, to
stimuluto tlioir bloody bayonet' work,
1 beliovo him. And when a big Ox
ford University profossor in England
tells mo his son and nephow woro
given rum to stimulate them in battle, -
I beliovo him.
"When common talk in all countries
among tho women who have husband
nnd sous and Mvoothoarts at tho
front tolls me the samo thing, I he
gin to beliovo that tho nverago soldier
Is not sufficiently brutish and beast
ly to fight with old fetool against
his brother man unless primed with
drugs or strong drink."
PAHIS, Aug. 1 J- Tho French war
office this ntturnoon gavo out a re
IKirt on the progress of hibtilitioa
which reads;
"In the Artois dlstrlot thero was
fiithting during a part of last nlyht
with hand grenados and bombs.
"In tho Argonno tho eneiirj yester
day ovonliif delivered nn nttnok nloinj
the entire front in tho Marin TJieresu
sector. ISvorvwhoro they woro re
pulsed and suffered perceptible
tosses. At this ioint thero was u
freah German attack nt an early
hour this morning but loss violent
and it was rupiillv checked.
The night pnw.l quietly on. tho
rviuuibiier o the fronts
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