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New Discoveries About Wounds. Surgery's latest tenet, "let It alone," being vindicated in war hospitals of Europe. All about science's league with Dr. Nature in next Sunday's SUN. 'X THE WEATHER pdftfcCAST. Partly cloudy to-day and to-mor,tow!i!ot much change in tempertturtv Highest temperature yesterday, I2; lopMt, 66. Detnllcd weather, mall and marine reports on pstt3. VOL. LXXXII. NO. 305. MEXICAN MOBS FORCING U.S. TO INTERVENTION Decisive Action Expected in Ten Days by Washing ton Officials. CONDITIONS WOHSE THAN" EVEN BEFORE Kapnttstas Looting Stores and Running Iliot in Mexico City. ILLA TRYING TO EXTRADITE 1IUERTA Ex-Dictator Cheered by El Faso Crowd Report of At tempt to Kill Him. The Mexican situation lias Brown so irltlcal that the. t'nlted States will be lorced to net decisively within ten ays Washington officials believe. A courier from the Brazilian Minis ter brollgiu news mat mc Aap.mniu re looting the stores and Inciting the (iwless to disorder. Neither President Wilson nor Scc- etary Lansing has taken nny steps Ince Bryan left. , Villa's Minister of Foreign Affairs is n his way to Washington with his leader's pence plans. Gens. Huerta, Orozeo nnd Caravco nd three El Pasoans were In court at CI Taso on charges of conspiracy to loUte the United States neutrality mvj. The cans was postponed until uly 1!. Huerta protested ngalnst the delay Lad the espionage of secret service fctn, but In vain. It was announced in Washington hat somebody tried to kill Huerta by tapping a heavy weight from the roof mt a building on the ex-dlctator. A throng gave Huerta a warm re lation after the trial. The Vllllsta Governor of Chihuahua u presented a requisition for the xtradltlon cf Huerta on the charge of, liurvler. Villa claims to have defeated Oregon's army at iJigos. MEXICAN CONDITIONS TO FORCE U. S. HAND rcltlvc Action In the Next Ten !) r.iprc-tcd In Washington. Washington, July 1. The next ten til or two weeks probably will see me decisive action by the United tales In regard to the Mexican situs- Yi. Privately, officials were ac lwlrdglng to-day that this Government Inoi hold oft much longer. Also ly were admitting that the situation 'about as bad as could be Imagined, uch wo i hp In fact than they had uasined was possible. Conditions in Mexico city are com lued now to those at Pekln In 1900 urlng the lioxer uprisings. It Is frankly flmltted that were It not for the war hurope undmlbteJly either the United ate would have to send n relief ex Ultlon to the Mexican capital or the uropean Powers would do It. At the same time the general famine 'millions throughout Mexico are In- eating in Intensity with the Mexican ctlonal leaders selling- food for sold id the American public, through the u Moss, sending food supplies In. v.arranza nas not yleltlea ono Jot of pojltlun und no progress seems to ve been made toward bringing about operation for peace. Also the United aim uovernment has involved Itself In e prosecution of Huerta and others on e Mexican border, an action which ny feel will prove a boomerang. Other Nntlon Involved. Diblom.i Birred by the conditions existing In co city and frequent Inquiries have i mudo of the State Department on naif of other Governments in the last w days. That the thousands of foreigners Mid be cut ott from all oommunlca pn ith the outside world Oarrania Is "n noiding up British cables at Vera rUZ lit n pv tlin, U ivlrhnu, tnnA i.wl "der siege j regarded by reprtwenta- oi otner Governments as an In leratle situation. rd reached the State Department '"ay by courier from the Brazilian "wider under date of June 25 that on morning of that day the grocery ore of the city were sacked by hungry o. It Is charged that the Villa lturhe.td President, Chaxaro, Is unable oniroi tho Zapata Generals and that e latter nr. InAllln. .1,. . .11.. der. The Minister declared the ppen ,R of tho railway from Vera Cruz to MU-o city was the only measure of i ivnieii secmcu available. 'her ns yct no nijcat0 ,nat tne ""Idem Is willing to undertake this 'mure which has been recommended Pealed v bv im.ri..., i i.-..,.., lals n Mexico for nearly a year. Several months Sir llrvnn trlorl In f,rir," tr?" W'- o Mexico city over P 's line by means of representations to "a . -.npata and Carranza, Nothing ever rmn ,jf ,nM(, prp. JMtions except promises In which Mr. "an -eemed to liav n,.rrni f,.iih 0' even ifiiresent itlmm ti.i. h-ue been made since he resigned. Met 1.,, far ,-, ej, he seen, nothing lee done in necks with regard to i nspect of the Mexican situation "it me cats 0f Huerta, resara to the question of the rail Continued on Fourth ragt. CHINESE ADMITTED TO BAR. Ilann Chaen Mrl Firm of liner So llonnrril llrrr. iruan Chuen Mel. A. U.. LI H.. was admitted to the Federal bar by Judge Augustus N. Hand In tile United State District Court yesterday. He Is tlio first man of his race to win the prlvl- j lege of practising In the Federal courts here, or In any other court In this 1 city, as far as Seaman Miller, the. bank. ruplcy expert, who vouched for htm, knows. Although both of ltu.in's parents were full blooded Chinese, the young man Is n citizen of this country, having been born In San Francisco. He has oted at several elections. Huan presented an Interesting study In contrasts as ho stood up to take the oath before Judge- Hand. Decidedly Mongolian of feature, he was neverthe less attired as smartly ns any lawyer , In court He Is IT years old. I So tha,t he might be fitted for his work, Huan was sent to China at an early nge. Ho studlod there for seven years nnd then returned lo this coun try to complete his education. He was grnduated from Columbia recently and was a memlssr of lhl Beta Kappa, using the first Chinese student at Columbia to earn that honor. "13" NO HOODOO IN AUTO SMASH t Thirteenth Child nnd Bicycle F.mrrcr Safely. Hrxipstead, N. V., July 1. The sup posed "hoodoo 13" failed here yesterday In the case of George Harmon, 9 years old, who Is the thirteenth child of Mr. and Mrs. 'aeorge Harmon. His father Is also the thirteenth child. The boy was riding on his bicycle lu Franklin street with his head down when he ran Into the automobile of Chester Grant. Every one who saw the accident thought the boy was kilted, but he surprised them by Jumping up and beginning to examine his wheel. Satisfied that It was not damaged he turned to Grant and asked him why he did not look where he was going. Then he Jumped on his bike and went home. W.W.ASTOR GIVES . $7,230,000 TO SON Four Downtown Parcels Go to John Jacob, Now in English Army. William Waldorf Astor made a gift yesterday to his younger son, John Jacob Astor. of well known properties In the lower part of Manhnttan which city tax assessors estimate to be worth 17,230, 000. They Include the northerly end of the old Astor House, at the southwest corner of Ilroadway and Barclay street ; the neat Estate Exchange, on Vesey street, and adjoining buildings; the Ex change Court Hulldlng, a twelve story office building, at the south corner of Broadway and Exchange place, running through to New street, and the Astor llulldlng, an eleven story structure nt 10 Wall street, extending through to Pine street. These are three of the more Important properties left to William Waldorf Astor by his father, John Jacob Astor. The Real Estate Exchange property was added to tho Astor House site through purchnse at auction by Mr. Astor a few years ago. This property, on Ilroadway, Barclay and Vesey streets, Is valued at 2, 130,000, The Exchnnge Court llulld lng la estimated to be worth 13,100,000 and the Astor llulldlng Is placed at t:, 000,000. These are the first of the William Waldorf Astor properties to pass out of his direct control since he succeeded his father as head of that branch of the family In 1890. During that time Mr. Astor has made many Improvements, one of the first having been the Ex change Court llulldlng, one of the pioneers of lower Ilroadway. In June, 1911, Mr. Astor deeded to the Farmers Ijan and Trust Company In trust for tho eldest son. Waldorf, the Waldorf section of the Waldorf-As-torln Hotel, being the Fifth avenue nnd Thirty-third street half of the hotel. In addition there were Included the Astor Court llulldlng and the old structures nt 23 to 27 West Thirty-third street. Ileal estate men dlscuHsing the transfer of these holdings to the younger Astor suggested that It may have been done to avoid payment of Inheritance tax later on. The William Waldorf Astor properties In New York are estimated to be worth nnywhere from $60,000,000 to $100,000,000. John Jacob Astor Is the second son nnd third child of William Waldorf Astor and was born In 1SS6. He baa been In this country seldom since he was a boy, having spent most of his time In England. lie held a commission In the English army, but whether ho has gone to the front Is unknown to the public. F. D. ROOSEVELT UNDER KNIFE. Assistant Secretary Operated On nt Navy Hospital. Wabiunqton, July 1. Frnnklln D. rioosevelt, Assistant Secretary of th. Navy, was operated on for appendicitis at the Navy Hospital here this after noon. It Is said his condition Is satis factory. Mr. Roosevelt suffered last night and summoned medical aid, Naval surgeon.-) lost no time In hurrying him to the hospital and the operation was per formed nt 2 o'clock this afternoon. Mrs. Hnosevrlt and their children nr at Eastport, Me. They were notified after the operation had been success fully performed. WALTER JOHNSON A FATHER. IMlrher lluatens In Wnshliiirlnn lu Nee First Horn. Wasiiinoton, July 1. A brand new twlrler has arrived In town. He weighs l't pounds. The stork dropped him at K :30 o'clock this evening at the homo of Walter Johnson, the famous pitcher of the Washington American I.eaguo team. Koth mother and son are dolm; nicely. Walter himself was In New York, where the Nationals nr playing thn Yankees, when the stork arrived, He wired that he was leaving nt midnight to welcome this new baseball prodigy. Walter married a daughter of Itepre sentatlv Itoberti of Nevada last August NEW YORK, TWO WEEKS STAY GRANTED TO BECKER i Governor Indicates at Samo Time That Ilr- Will Not Ex tend Clemency. -MAXTOX TO QUIT CASE Doomed Man's Wife Says Jack Hose Lied About Inter view With Her. Charles Decker, sentenced to death for (he murder of Herman Itosenthal, will not die during the week of July 12. Gov Whitman esterday granted a re prieve of two weeks, until the week of July 2. The Governor not only declined to commute Pecker's sentence to Imprison ment for life, but also refused a request to appoint a commission to examine the condemned man nnd witnesses who tes tllled ngalnst him nt his last trial. He told Martin T. Manton, who spent an hour In the executive ofllces nt Albany yesterday nfternoon, that he would hear nnythlng Pecker had to sa.y or that any of the witnesses desired to say to him personalty or by Illlng affidavits with him, but It Is understood he did not hold out the slightest hope that he will grant clemency. Mr. Manton told the Governor that he was to retire as Becker's counsel and that hts successor, whose name has not been revealed, will endeavor to In duce the United States Supreme Court to entertain an appeal from the State Court of Appeals Judgment sustaining the conviction. The granting of the two weeks respite by the Governor. It Is believed, was done more with a view to marking the end of Mr. Munton'a connection with the case than anything else. Manton Ilomneast. Mr. Manton returned to New York last evening. He seemed to be down cast nnd persons who talked with him got the Impression that he expects little from the brief delay granted by tho Governor. "Convinced of Becker's Innocence, I have done all I could do to persuade the Governor that Justice and fairness require some sort ol rehearing of the case," said Mr. Manton. "Becker was convicted on perjured testimony. The truth will coins to light some day, even If It be too lite to save Becker's life. "I do not wish to make n statement now. The Governor has made a state ment, I believe. Later, to-morrow per haps. 1 may have something to say. Personally, I feel that I have done all I could do. The only recourse left Is an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States. It Is probable some other lawyer will be asked to make that ap peal. I cannot say now who will be asked to make the appeal or what grounds will be offered. Becker's con stitutional rights have been Invaded. In that lies the opportunity to apply to the Supreme Court of the United States." Mr. .Manton would not admit thnt necker had offered to tell Gov. Whitman who the men higher up were In the graft dealings In which Becker was connected. It was reported from Albany that Becker had offered to tell the Governor the names of half a dozen men who had benefited from blackmail levied on gam bling houses and other resorts, but the Becker lawyers have maintained all along thnt Becker had nothing to tell so far as they knew. It was learned from Mr Manton that Mrs. Becker will not go to Albany to make a personal appeal to Gov. Whit man. The Oo'ernor. It Is known, desires that she be spared the pain of making n futile appeal. Lawyers familiar with the procedure necesnry to transfer an appeal from the State's Jurisdiction to the Supreme Court of the United States said a consti tutional question would have to be raised In case of a Becker appeal nnd thnt It would have to be passed on either by the United States District Court or by Jus tice Charles K. Hughes, In charge of this Federal district, before It could bn certi fied to the Supreme Court. An applica tion for appeal would not act ns a stay of sentence. WleUersham's Vlen. George W. Wlckerrf'nm, formerly Attorney-General of the United States, now on? of the leaders In the Constitutional Convention, expressed the view, ac cording to a dispatch to Tub Sun from Albany, that, Judging from tho Supreme Court'H action In the Frank case. It Is unlikely that Becker's counsel will be able to obtain from nny Judge of that tribunal an order staying Becker's exe cution so ns to permit an appeal In that court, which does not meet until autumn. Becker himself apparently does not share the despondency of Ids attorney. When Deputy Warden Chnrl's Johnson went to the death house nt Sing Sing prison and told him Gov. Whitman had granted n reprieve the condemned man exclaimed : "Gee, that's good ntwo. So far so good. It strengthens my holies:" Becker spread the news to Hans Sii inldt, Carol Dranowltz nnd others, who are In the shadow of death, and they were quick to congratulate him, "1 hope I will fare as well," said Drano wltz. convicted of a barrel murder on the Eait Side, who Is hoping for stay to nvo him from execution next week. Mrs. Becker did not visit her hus band ycterday nor did she call him by telephone. She has never quite relin quished hope 'thai something would cur to save her husband's life and was greatly cheered by bfe news from Al bany. She paid over the telephone: fliis Ilusp I. led. "I rend what Jack Hose had lo say about my talk with him. and Rnwe, as usual, isn t telling the truth, lie told I a half truth, which Is worse than a He. Tim way li happened was this: I was on mv wav to the Grand Central Station to ' ! go to see my husband when I was told 1 I... r-l,,.l If,.. at Unn. ' Schepps's Jewelry store. I hoped to In lluetice Ills better side by a dllect appeal to him to come forward with the truth. There Is nothing I would not do to help Chniley. "When 1 got to Schepps's store l nsked Bone to go to the Oovemur nnd merely tell him the story he had told me nnd otheis about the Rosenthal muider. That story whs not the same as Rose told on tlw stand, because he told me that Charley didn't know a thing about the Continued on Fourth Pagi. FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1915 U. S. AVIATION CLASS FORMED. I Flral Orgnnlsnllon of Mne Ofllrrr Will On to Prnsncnln. Wasiiinoton, July 1. Announcement was mndo nt the Nnvy Department to day of the selection of nine officers to form the first organised clnss In avia tion. The officers will bo assigned at once to the nvlallon sratlon nt Pensa cola for the study of the construction, nssembly nnd repair of neroplnnes and later will learn to operate the machines. Practical shop work will be one of the chief features of the first period of In struction. Another class will be selected n few months later In line with the policy of the Department, supported by appropria tions by Congress, to expedite the de velopment of aviation In the United States navy. The ortlcers. composing the first clnss are I.letits. E. F. Johnson. A. C. Reed, K. G. Haas. R. Paunank. W. W. Corry and Ensigns J. p. Murfleet and W. II. Scofteld. all of the navy, and Meuts. 12. T. Evans and A. E. Cunningham of the marine corps. U. S FLEET TO HAVE LAUNDRIES llanlel Plan to Itrllrve Men From Wnshlnc Clothe.. WAilllNOTON, July 1. The American bluejacket shall no longer be "a washer woman" at least not If Secretary Daniels can prevent It. He announced to-day that as a result of nn experiment on the dreadnought Texns crews' laundries will be Instnlled lu ell new battleships and In the older ones as rapidly as conditions permit. Capt. A. W. Grant, until recently In command of the Texas, has submitted a report to the Secretary stating he found the Innovation an excellent one and recommending that It be made universal throughout the battleship fleet. The Secretary, approving the recom mendation, believes that In addition to effecting economies In the use of frenh water on board shin a modem laundry will be more innltnry and also give blue Jackets more time for military duties. Enlisted men will be charred 10 cents a month for laundry work, while officers chief of petty ofllccra and the mess will pay so much a piece. WARDEN OSBORNE SEES GOV. WHITMAN Staff Siiiff Hopeful How With Hiley Will End Prize Fight Blocked. Ossinino. N. T July 1. Warden Thomas Mott Osborne slipped away to Albany this morning and hnd a conference with Gov. Whitman. No one In authority Is willing to talk for publication to-night, but It Is gossip here that an announcement which will let the world know who's who In Sing 8lng is likely to be made soon. There were two Interesting develop, ments In the Osborne-Riley controversy to-day. One had to do with a report that, on the order of flohn B. Riley, superintendent of prisons, eighty-four convicts will- be removed to Auburn prison to-morrow. It Is reported that several members of the executive com mittee of the Mutual Welfare League are to b Included In the transfer, the second lo be made In four days. Warden Osborne Bcored a triumph this afternoon when Sergeant of the Guard Hulpln returned from Comsjock bring ing two blacksmiths who had been trans ferred recently. Hereafter these work ers are to be employed in the Sing Sing hops. It Is understood that their return resulted from complaints made by New York city purchasers of Sing Sing In dustrial products that work turned out In the last few days had been below standard. Slug King prisoners who had arranged n prizefight are not ho much displeased over the tabooing of the llstlc combat by Supt Riley as they are over the method he took of doing It. They were angered when It was nn nounced to-day that Battling Ryan, the "white hope," who was to try to wrert the prison belt from Chink Harris, negro champion, had been drafted to Comitock. Mr. Riley, it Is said, removed Ryan over Warden Thomas Mott Osborne's head to make sure thnt the prlrellght would not take place quietly on July & over his protest. As matters stand now there Is nn white boxer lu the prison regarded as the qua) of Chink Harris, GERMAN TROOPS MOVE WEST. I'loaltiK of Swiss Frontier Slav lu ll lea It- Drive nl Paris. Oknkva, July 1. The complete sus pension of International communication on Lake Constance In believed to indi cate a great westward movement of German troops, preparatory for a ne v drive toward Paris. Nn German train hns arrived at Con. stance for three days. Tho Swiss. Baden frontier has been closed since last Sun. day, nnd the Wurttemberg line wns closed to-day. Neutrals thus are unable to cross fiom Germany to Switzerland. 55,000,000 SUGAR ORDER. I'.nsrlnnil SeniU to Federal HeHiihiK fit. for nn,000 Ton. Yonkkiib, N, V July 1. An order for 65,000 tons of refined sugar, worth l.', 000,000, was received to-day by tho Fed ernl Sugar Reflnlrw Company. Tho order came from an English concern. Because of the size of the order Iho company declibd to split It up with other companies. The Federal company took 12,000 tons, the National Refining company the same amount and the rest will b divided between the American Refining company of Brooklyn nnd the Warren compiny of Kdgewater, N. J, The Federal company received tin order two months iwo for 25,000 tors, worth $3,000,000, and ns h result the plant has been working nlelit nnd day, Shorty HeTabe. national fun-maker, has movtd Into KVKRV WEEK. Spend to and read "Shorty" story ihla Umt.Adv, . Copyright, 1916, by the Run Vrinttng BRITISH ORDNANCE CHIEF IS ASSAILED Accused in Parliament of Con temptously Hefusitiff Pri vate Offers of Help. LLOYD OEOHOE EXPLAfXS Minister Admits Orave Mis takes, hut Says Xo One Official Is to niamc. Sptctol Cahlr llttpottl to Tim Sri London, July 2 (Friday). Aftr eight hours of debate on the munitions problem the House of Commons was startled nt midnight by a sweeping at tack made by Sir Henry Dalzlel, man aging director of Wryiiods's .Vetrjpnpir, upon the ordnance department nnd i Mnjor-Gen. Sir Stanley Von Donop, chief j of tho department, whom Sir Henry cunrgeu witn incapacity, scanuuiout neglect anil Innumerable blunders which, he said, have seriously endangered the safety of the country. Sir "enry Dalzlel specified In his charges lofty rejection of offers of help by business men despite the repeated urgent demands at the front for shells and machine guns. Sir Henry Dalzlel dared that but for the ordnance depart ment's contemptuous treatment of pri vate firms whoso cooperation the Gov ernment had Invited thousands who are in w dead would to-day be alive. Sir Henry chajned that Major-Gen, Von Donop is inali.ly responsible for the state of affairs existing In the ordnniicit ilepattinent and demanded that he be dismissed and the' department nbsorbed Into the new Ministry of .Munition;. Several members, supported by David Llod George, Minister of Munitions, deprecated the critlcUm of Major-Gen. Von Donop and thu ordnance depart ment. Mr. Lloyd George said certain mistakes had been node, but that such had been the case In all dipartmenls of the Government. He was sure this de partment, as others, would bencflt by the mistakes if the past. Serious mistakes of Judgment had been committed, he admitted, and added that he would not guarantee that ho himself would not have made similar mistakes nine or ten months ago. The questions raised, he said, would doubt less have to be Investigated and the blame allotted to some one, but no ar raignment could be fairly Initiated dur ing the discussion of the munitions question as no opportunity would be af forded to the accused officials to present their case. All the facts In the matter could not he divulged at the present time, said Mr Lloyd George, but he wns convinced thnt the powers granted to him under the new bill would prevent the recurlence of mistakes. He appealed to Sir Henry Dalzlel to withdraw his motion, ns the Government wns entirely unprepared to reply to such an attack. The motion was withdrawn and the debate con tinued. TWO NEW FRENCH WAR AIDS. First I'nder Secretary to Serve as Minister nf .M millions. Pahis, July 1. Tho French Cablnel decided to-dny to create places for two additional under secretaries of the War Department, making threo In all. Under Secretary of War Albert Thomas, recently appointed, will be vir tually Minister of Munitions. The two new Cabinet members are Joeph Thierry and Justin Godard, PARISIAN STREET FETE TO HELP SANE FOURTH Miss Anne Morgan Arraiiffcs Novel Entertainment at Vacation House. A feature of the Fourth of July cele bration being in ranged by the Mayor's committee for a snfety first Independ ence Day will lie n Pnrlsl.ni street fete, I such as has never before been attempted In New York. Miss Anne Morgan hns permission ; from the city nuthorltles to close Thirty- IMIIlll n, l" m, t H , nun avenues to traffic "on the night of July &. In front of the Vacation House, which she directs, nn extended entertain ment will take place, Besides speeches by Mayor ' Mltchel and others, patriotic songs will be sung, movies will flicker, and Maurice and Florence Walton, garbed ns Uncle Sum and Columbia, will go through a pro gramme of strictly "Made In America" dances. At the end of the formal exer cises there will be dancing for all on the smooth tisphnlt. Before thu stieet fete the Waltons will give u series of exhibition dances In the stadium of City College, An exten sive programme, which will include the I first public exhibition of Kdlson's new , searchlight, will be given According i tu the Mayor'H committee, the Waltons have been "loaned'' to the city by Miss ' F.llsilieth Marbury, their manager. DARDANELLES LOSSES. ' British I'nsnallles In (inlllpoll Kx- 'cif lonnlly llrnvy. London, July 1 Premier Asqulth ' niiiioiinned in the Ilotine nf fiimnwuis tills afternoon that the British unvnl mid military losses In the operations nt the Daidam-lleH mi to Muy 111 aggre gated 3(1,035 ofllcern and men. The figures showing the klllixl, wounded nnd missing by officers and men follow: Killed. Wounded. Mllnr. Men HX1 :s,5i (1,415 Olflcers t!0 1.131 ; Total. 7,1.'; :i e; 6 537 AUSTRIANS IN ACTION. Vlriuin deports FlRhlliiK Along; (in I In LIpn nnd laoiisii, Sprrinl Cablt ltrinlrh to Tub Sun Viknna, via Amsterdam, July 1. The following official statement was mndo public nt the War Office to-night: Fighting Is proceeding along tho Gnlla Llpa. Heavy engagements are occurring on the uppe Itonzo River In Italy, am', PubttiHing Aimoctatlon. Germans Renew Effort to Invade Baltic Coast Region OniispT Squadron Arrives Off Windnu, but Is Driven Off. TORPEDO BOAT ST HIKES 3IIXE AND IS SPXK Slrfi,il Cab! tttiatc, to Tiik Slv I.ONPON, July 1. Germany's Invasion or Russia by wny of the Bnlllc Is still strong In the mind of the Getiernl Staff, according to despatches received here to day from Petrogrnd. They tell of tho bombardment of the port of Wlndau, on the Baltic, and nn attempt to land troops which was unsuccessful. According lo the Petrogrnd despatch a German squadron consisting of one large cruiser, four light cruisers und a Inrge number of torpedo boats appeared off Wlndau and opened fire. One of the torpedo boats struck a mine, and wns destroyed. Tho Russian torpedo boats went nfler the light craft mid compelled all to retire. This Is the first report received from that quarter since It was hinted in despatches that Germany might try to effect a lauding on th coast of the Gulf of Riga, which would be ii base for it movement against Petro grnd Itself. There appears to be nothing new In the Gatlclnii region. The Auatro-Ger-man advance Is proceeding without seri ous check. Despatches received hero to-day from Berlin quote hii editorial In the Tope bluff In reference to the formation of u Russian board of military supplies. "The proclamation of the Cznr," It says, "shows how far removed the Rus sians still are from peace thoughts nnd how undependable were the reports orig inating chiefly In Scandinavian coffee houses, which professed knowledge of n growing Inclination for peace lu lite Rus sian court und all huMm of peace ne gotiations." The newspaper expresses the belief that the Duma will decide that the war must be continued until victory Is won. and asserts that the Russian Ministerial changes do not denote preparations for peace, but merely for the better con duct of the war. The newspaper as serts that In spite of all their reverses the Russians are not discouraged r defeated. RUSSIANS LOSE 41,000. A nstrn-firrman Armies Drive Them Oat of .rw Positions. Special Cablt llrnptlel. to Thk Pi Rkkmn. via London, July 1 The annlefl of Gen. von Llnsingen drove tho Ruwlans out of their Gnlla LIpn position furthnr went yesterday, while Field .Mar-1 idiul von Mackeneen drove them further I Kick on tho I.emlerg-Brody line. Tho Auatro-Gerrrmns captured during tho month more than 41,000 Russian , prisoners. Including more than !(30 offl-; corn; two Mags, N7 cannon, .120 machine' guns and mueh other booty, according to , the official statement of the armv nd-1 ministration, msde public to night ns j follows : I The military character of the east- 1 TROOPS FROM IN BATTLE Sir Ian Hamilton Describes New Zealand Corps on Gallipoli Peninsula Allies Take Krithia, Says Report. Af.erml CMe fie;Ki7. lo Tine St Los-PON, July 1 More details regard ing the part played by tho Australian and New Zealand army corps during the advance on the Gallipoli Peninsula on the 29th are given In a message fiom Gen. Sir lan Hamilton tecclved to-day, of which the following le a part . "As stated, the otllccr commanding the Australian and New Zealand army corps wns Instructed to undertake operations having ns their object pre venting tho enemy from dotnclilng troops for reenforcement nt the southern area. "Between 11:30 o'clock and noon tho' action opened, II M S Humbe. Plncber nnd Chelnier engaged the enemy's heavy guns. At 1 o'clock n part of the Second Light Hoise Bri gade moved out on the right, advancing some 700 ynrds. The enemy was en countered In strength. Moanwhlle the artillery engaged the enemy's reserves, which weie collecting In u ravine op poslle our right centre, shelling them effectively with guns and howitzers. "At about 2:30 P. M, the enemy appeared to bo preparing a counter attack on the left of our advanced tioops, but the fire from the howitzers and machine guns enslly turned the enemy and the attack was repulsed. "The retirement of the advanced troops began at 3 P. M., well covered by rllle, machine gun and artillery fire. The troops were all back in their IrenchcH between 4:30 nnd .1:30 P. M. "Our machine guns nnd artillery did considerable execution. The naval gun fire gave valuable assistance. Tho lllghth Corps reports ISO prisoners taken since June 21. One Circassian prlvnte, who hnd been wounded, was oirrled a prisoner Into our Hues by a private of the Royal Scots during a terilflc fire." A despatch from Athens says the Al- lies have taken the Turkish stronghold , of Krithia, on the Gallipoli Peninsula, to the western edge of which Gen. Ian Hamilton'! report of yesterday carried by Sea Attack sa. ri$T$sr WNIGSBERG I German move on Dnltic. em situation Is unchanged. The booty taken during June was two Hags, "o.Oii; prisoners, of whom 121 were otllrers ; 7 cannon, tf intiitt throwers, .12 machine guns, one ueruplane and much material. In tho eoutheastairu field: After bitter lighting the troops of Gen von Llnslngen jrslerdjy tortnisl the Russian jKwltlons cast of tho Gnlla Llpa River near Kunlcze and I.uczyncc. north of Rohatyn. Threo olllcers nnd 2.3 2& men were mada prisoners nnd live machine guns enp tured. East of Leinberg the Austro-Hun-garlim trooiw pressed forward Into tho positions occupied by the enemy. The army under Field Marshttl von Mackenen is continuing to press forward between the Bug und the Vistula rlvere. West of the Vistula after stubborn fighting by the Russians the allied troops ate advancing on both side of Kamenint In pursuit. The totnl inptures during Juno made by the allied troops under Gons. von Llnlngen. Von Marknnsen and Von Woyrseh are 409 tlicep., ll,8.',0 men. SO cannon and 26S machine guns. A squadron of German ships con fluting nf one patrolling cruiser, four light cruisers and many torpedo boats botnbiii ded Wlndau and attempted to mnke a landing nn the coast, but ivbh repulsed. One nf the hostile tor pedo boats was blown up by n mine Our torpedo boats engaged the en enyV cruisers. Other Russian tor pedo boats, protecting these opera tions from the north, compelled the enemy lo retire. There has bern a lull in the Shavll region, nn the Nlemen and Narew fronts Hiid on the left bank of the Vistula The enemy offensive between the Vleprz and the Bug on the ZamoMIe Sokolka front continue. On tho western Bug nnd on the Gnlla Llpa on the 2tli and 29th we successfully repelled enemy attacks. Noticing the enemy crossing the Dniester, near llnllcz, we took the of fensive and diove him b.ick, making hundreds of prisoners. ANTIPODES WITH TURKS Advance of Australian and liN furies No olfii la) confli ui.itniii is ob tainable TURKS CONFIDENT. Correspondent Writes of (.rent In si. Before Wiles. Sl'fchll ftlhlr Dtiimlri In Tilt: M Lokpon', July 1 The V'eepnipt prints a despatch from Its special cone spomb'tit, Oram Hie I'm teveue, dated from Constantinople In the first week lu June. The witter dwells on the eiiuriuous dif ficulties cont routing the Miles on the Gallipoli Peninsula, but says that they arc ns nothing compared with the bar riers facing the warships. The writer ti,leised the cnaM flilln Putt Nagaia to a polm near Kuiii Kale inn) ound the entire distance one gieat line of fortivsee Since March I every suitable position has been converted Into a battery The lack of large calibre ar tillery, excepting movable howitzers, has been compensated for by an imcouutid number of small guns The forte guarding the X.imowm, be hiih, have siifTired scarcely an ilitin nge fiom I lie guns of the wmshlps .and the ciews manning the batteries iiave liecume highly eltlclent under the tule lage of the Geiuinu otllceis The morale of the Turkish troops has Increased a bundled fold since Match Ifc, he says, and a seiene confidence among the men Is apparent everywhere. Tlieie is a certain amount of friction among the Turkish and Gtiinan idllcrs, but tills, lie believes, is not likely to In terfere Willi tile opeiHtlllllH The ques tion of aiiiniuiilUoii is one of great Im port. nice, as Tin key cannot manufacture shells for the biggest guns. It Is stated, however, that the existing stoics are ample. Speaking of the land opeiatlons, he s:ik that the Gallipoli Peninsula ban passed throtmh a met.ini n-phosls slneo March 18. livery ravine has been con verted Into an obstacle and ever) rl Igu has been converted lino n fori The whole country Is an muml ciitnp, and the nun are In training eve, jwheic with eveiy evidence of leiiiarkaliln patrlotln cnnsclentloiisners, The corripondeiil denies that anv pessimism est nmong the people if believes that the Miles wlU succeed In time, but thinks that victory will bo tvon only at enormous sacrifices, am munition probably proving the decisive factor. t PRICE TWO CENTS. LINERARMENIAN AN ADMIRALTY SH1P,SAYSPAGE Anilmssndor's IfoportLeavcs Sit tint ion still in In definite Stage. NO PASSENGERS CA H1IIED BY VESSEL Officials Chiefly Concerned With Question of Ship's Resistance. 21 AMERICANS WERE AMONG THOSE LOST A Survivor Says the Sub marine Chased Sleamer Two Hours. ?- Wasiiinctov. July 1 Though there weie many Indications to-day that the totpedolng of the Armenian with the loss of American Uvea may not be so serious from tho United States view point as nt first thought lHc.lnbi nt the State Department still found them selves without sulllcUnt facts on which to base a definite conclusion. The piess reimrts telling of tho em counter botwetn tlw German submnrlni and the merchantman seemcl to sttg. gesl a strong probability that tin Armenian ofTercd tcslftnnee to thn submarine and might therefore have ben properly subject to shelling. On tho other hand Iho statement that a majority of those drowned met thnt fate through tho shooting away of HfelHXit ropM ns tho boata were being lowered oft'r the vessel had sur lendered was pointed to an evidence of a ruthles and unjustifiable disre gard of non-combatant Uvea by the German commander. Tho question whether the Armenian, offurcil resis tance Is now regarded as tho chief jsilnt at Issue In the cae. Officials, however, refused to pasi juJgnmtil on these reports, ns cnmpletn despatches on the case havo not yet been received from Ambassador Pao nml United States Consul Armstrong at Bristol. Curried No Pnsseimers. Ambassador Page npoit'd to-dny that the Armenian was derlnred by the Foreign Office to be engaged on "Admlraltv business" and that Mm car ried no pasenger. lie did not say, however, that she was under .III ret charter to the BtltNh Government, and until olllcl.il knowledge is had to thu contrary It Is probable that tho state ments of 1 1 pi eseiitatlves of tho Ley land and Dominion line, which owned or rontiolled the vessel, will lie nc i pled The m.ijurit.v ollli'lal opinion Is that even if sliu weie uiiuir dinner to the I Admlr.ilt) t'he could not properly b I recnrdnl as ti Government nhlp for pur . poses of attack h German nuval fori.es. There was ,i disposition, therefore, to legaid this point a having been i virtually disposed of, and attention la 1 Adiiilnl.stnit.lon quarteia was centred mi Hie roports Indicating what resis t.iine, If any. thn Armenian orf red lo the subiiiarlne. At lit st ll was Inferred from enilv rt ports of the ineotititor between tin two vessels that the circumstances had been such as tp Justify tho nrtlou of the submarine, but later accounts led ottlclnls to tile belief that It Is not . t safe to form n definite conclusion. It was generally tigroid that thn President's ptoicm to Germany on tin siihmnrliio IsHiie must ho the guide of the Administration In determining it attitude towaid the Armenian casn nfler all the f.uta have been developed. In this connection the following sen teme from the note of Juno H wnrt pointed to its having particular signifi cance lo the question of resistance; "Nothing but actual forcible resistance or continued ".fforts to escape, by flight, when ordered to stop for tho punsiso of visit on tho part of iho merchantman, have ever been li Id to forfeit the live of her passengers and crew." A lner Itnlseil. Particular attention Is called to the fact tint tile phrase "for the, purism, of visit" Is Inserted here and uls In a similar sentence found later In thn nolo of June H. In other words, tho question Is asked ; "Is a meivliniitiiian required to stop w hen ordered to do so by a sub marine for the pnrjiose of detroying her'" It Is isilnted out that Germany ban niinouiHNMl that she would not and could not follow with milium lines the law te gardlng visit and search of merchant men. Tho whole (ffiirt of the United State has been to bring her In an observance of this law It Is declared by some authorities that a iiierohaiitman .wild properly nssuino If ordered to Htop by n German suluuailne that the purpose of tho HUbm.'iiine was not to visit mid search but to destroy tho vessel, and that, the purpis-o being unlawful, im obligation rented on the memliainman to obey tho order to rtop. though repl for tho lives of thcn on board might mako it expedient to do so The principle Is laid down In llm connection that n part) committing nn unlawful net cannot evado the onus of that net by claiming that tho vb'tliu of the unlawful act almi fallod to comply with the law In m accounts of Hie case doe It ap pear nor Is It In any wny suggested tint the Armenian was arimd. It Is not be lieved, tbeiefoie, 'tli.it the question whether or not tho Inlted States authorities nt Newixiit News slioul I "have permitted her to sail will be raised Fiirtbetniore It wn,s oliited out tti If there had been any evidence ava.laui.j