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THE SUN, TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1915. mtiM satisfy herself with the role of ft hopeful onlooker, with hep eyed fixed upon the Hartlanellee. The paper .. the Important- of Humanla as ft fiwtor In the llnlkan ralrulatlone I (really re duced by the Kusslan defeats. Runiftnln. the hokatantelitrr thlnka. ran rtnllae h'r dreams of ajurrnnrtltenient on the fron tiers of a ruined Ituaala. "It la not on the atralta of the Dar danelles thftt Ittimanla's future Ilea, hut on the hftnka of the Truth anil of the Dniester." conrluilea the Merlin organ. The Dally Mail suftsreat In an editorial that Unit ii la short of ammunition and that this may be the key to the whole Balkan altuatlon The if.nl refers to ft recent despatch ssrnt from Hucharest vlft I'arli about (lermany pressing Ru- I mania to allow ammunition to pass ; through to ItulKarla. If thla ammunition j reftlly wfta destlnsd for Rulaarla. the rpr thlnka, the nutural conclusion would be that Bulgaria for aome time I hat deplatad her araenala and mugs- line In favor of aome other Power Htnl that ah now urgently need to replenish Hi ammunition atorea. The .ni,; Mini argue thai thia would help explain the concentration of Austro Oerman forces at OfBOVft, which la leaa than forty mllea from the nearest point to the Mu1:rln frontier. "Obvlmjaly the value of any agree ment with Oermany would be very small 1 for Oermany." Rays the Mail, "If the! Utter la unable to obtain war supplies, i Kquatly ob nualy Oermany will exert a n. in- i pressure upon Rumania to open the road to Union i The com en- tratlon at Oraova may be intended to affect a dofftil purpose that of threat ening Rumania, aa well as of Indicating the alternative route by which the am munition may get through despite Ru manian oppoaitlon." BERLIN INDIFFERENT. Tklnk Bailkaa Attltnde Wouldn't I ha nue Reaatt, a Report. Sptrlal Cable ,r.,i ' to Tua Si x. Reri-in (via The Hague). Aug. 16. The development In the Balkans ara waited In Berlin with perfect equanim ity. It la stated unofficially to The Si v eorrespordetvt th.it whatever may be the attitude of the Ilalkan State It will scan-eiy be likely to influence the ulti mate result of the Uerman military op eration. SKUPSCHINA CONVENES. erhlaa l.esrlslalnr In Neaalnn Premier to see Cronn Prince. Iperial Cable Despatch to Taa His. London, Aug. 16. The Serbian Kkup ithiti.i wa reoiiencd to-day. saya ft deepatch from Nlah. Premier IMshltch ha left Nleh. the deiatch eay. to meet the Regent. Crown Prince Alexander. NEEDS NEAR EAST ROAD. alaarln More Important to 4ier aa) Tfaan Hnmaala, Saya v nit?. Brgi.iN, via Amaterdari. Aug. 16 Theodore Wolff. Hermany'a leading pub Uelat and head of the aeml-offici il U'ajff Bureau, ha an article in the Berliner Tageblatt in which he aay that the road to the Neer Kaat I urh a nect Ity tp tiermsnv that everything muat be ventured to gain it. He continue : "We San do without Pumanla. The cooiieratlon of Bulgaria would be more useful to us. One way or another, how ever, a communication with Turkev be established." JEHOSHAPHAT "GEFALLEN' TOO staelnsaallen skareil Cities Kate, Herman Soldier Told Prisoner. Special Correspondence to Tun St.x. Pari, Aug. 7. On of the pr.soner recently returned to France, having been BChauged for a (Irrman of equal rank fid grading, tells the following story : "I was Interned In a prisoner' camp In Saxony. After our first stupefaction passed somewhat we became very eauer for new of the way the battle was going "Our guardians spoke nut a word of French, but one of our number under- lood a little Uerman, and he finally dared to k for Information of a non eommlaaloned officer who looked more r less human. "'What about Versailles?' he queried " 'Oefftllcn,' laconically answered the Oerman. " 'And Rouen?' " 'OefaJlen,' wa the answer. " 'And Nantes?' " 'Oefallen.' "Holy Jehoahaphat !' exclaimed the rleoirer in hi own language. ' 'Oefallen.' persisted the Information sHsponser. And then we breathed a Igh of relief. EXPECTS ROME CABINET MOVE. Twrklah K.nvo? Keluina I uan- noanrril to Italian Capital, Special Cable OtaMet to Tirs 8r v ftOMK, Aug. If. Thg Turkish Am bftador. who has been keeping In se clusion In Vallombrosa, has returned to Home unannounced, execting some ex tromely Important decisions by the Cab inet. A .MUticil hid been fixed for Ibis morning, but was postponed at the eleventh hour. The ' Turkish Ambassador now Is bowing much optimism. He asserts thftt the Italo-Turklsh r-lations are im proved owing to Turkey's willingness to secede to the Italian demands. EAT THEIR WAY TO FREEDOM. Anatrla, food Scar,-,, Would lie- patriate Interned Itallnus. Special Cable Despatch to Tut Sr v. Home, Aug. it. It Is learned that Austria Is encouraging the repatriation of Italian cilltens Interned at the out break of thu war. The uhlect ih econ omy of food which is said to be con stantly growing more saarce since the Italian blockade of the Adriatic begun. Twenty thousand Italian refugees ur rived In Italy to-day from Switxerland. CHICAGO'S GRAIN RECORD DAY. eeelpls Itewck ur and Mn? Noon tin llluhrr. Chicaqo, Aug. 16 All ChloafQ rec ord for a smitle dfty's grain receipts wore broken to-day, when Ihe state drain Inspection Department reported 2, til car Inspected. These figures In cluded l.ttl cars of wheat. Iff curs of corn, 7s4 curs of oats, 47 cars of rye ftnd IH curs of barley. The receipts are only a forerunner of what may occur before many weeks pass should furmers be favored with dry wther. Owing lo the d lay in gather ing the winter wheat and oats croua, ths grain i hav been retarded utfl- lently to make their hut vest run coin old with tltut of spring wheat. erwan .iriu- Take Hal I ron. Amstkkii, Aug 111 Despatches from BtrlUJ report that ihe entire oal amp of t? Herman Rmulrt for ttis has been rSqUlsHsSlisd b the Uti'man lnillar)- sUtnorltlOSi I 7TB tte: m rNKKMAN furvia west MM I that line of defence land. Kovno r being tattered to the north, according lo the official that the German ire In the neighborhood of Jacobatadt and Uwlnak. which I ft considerable advance (.in the . rman poHltions last week. TEUTONS TAKE FOUR MORE POLISH TOWNS ('oirfimtrd from First Paw A Kovno. Blilostock and Brest Lltovak are the three Important Junction polnta nn thla railroad ill is apparent that they will be the object of a great effort on the part of the Herman if the Herman expect to eontlnu. their offen sive in Ruaala. Rleloetock I a Junction point on the WftreaW to Petrograd rail road, while Hreet-LitovRk Is Junction point on the Wareaw to Moscow rail road. FIERCE FIGHT AT KOVNO. Uerman Continue Determined At tack on Knrtiaratlons. Spuria! Cable Despatch to Tas Si v PrrnooRAii, Aug. IS. The War Office recounts to-night Russian successes In the Hausk district. The liermaur have been delivering ft fierce attack on Kovno, where the fighting has been Intense. The statement follows: In the Bausk district on the night of August 111 our troops again drove bock the Hermans ,oward the River Aft. The enemy's counter attack were repulsed The situation In the Jacobatadt Dwtnsk district Is unchanged. The bombardment of Kovno con tinues without cessation. The Uer mana are obstinately attacking the fortifications in the western sector. Between the Narew and the Hug on August It and II there was furi ous fighting. A series of Herman at tacks was repulsed with great losses to the enemy. On the left bank of rhe Bug there have been no Important engagement In other nectors of our front there have been local artillery fusillade, but no engagements of Importance. OIL FOR GERMANY. .New tirsri Say allelan lit? I STstllaMo. The Herman Information Service gave ( out the following yesterday "The evacuation of the oil fields In (ialicla by the Kussians will have a very favorable effect upon the oil supply for the central powers, us the most Im portant territory of Horysluw and Tus tanowlce hue been cleared by the Rus sians, says the weekly report of the American Association of Trade und Commerce in Herlln. "1 Hiring the Russian occupation the oil production had gradually laoroassd to 50 per cent, of the normal output, but crude oil could not be refined or used up. so that considerable quanti ties hud to be stored, it is said thai shortly before the Russians left forty six small and fourteen large refineries were In operation, but fortunately the Russians did not SUOOOOd in destroying meeting of the Central Hoard of the Na larger quantities of crude oil, us al- . tlonal Liberal parly yesterday It wa re most 3,r.00.U barrels were recovered, solved, with only two in. inlicrn diasent And this is almost one-huif of the yearly lug, to urge Ihe Reichstag lo advocate Qallcian output. ( m sgtonaion of the Oerman border in "Nevertheless a good quantity of oil ; thu east and the west SI well as In the was used up or destroyed by the Rus- overseas sisseelon. sums. The entire capacity of all I lu- ! The Central Hoard h.. ran liu.tr liciun tanks before to 6, 120,0011 barrels. the war amounted I I "I. etulled reports show that the con- ' alderable stores of the Ausinun BtfttO I stroyed, us before the war 400,000 bar- ! rels were stored In this place, which. however, the Russian did not refine, but used for heutlng purposes. "It wus reported that about one-third of all oil shafts hud been destroyed. Later reports, however, give a larger number. "The DOUtftChS Krdol-iiesellschttft re ports thai all their Qsllelsn plants have been left by the Russians, while of the ninety oil shafts owned by rhe Premier till and Pip Line Company in Horysluw rind Tustanowlce more than one-half have been destroyed. "The immediate effect of the recap, lure of the dSllOtan oil fields is de- croaaod dependence of the eontral powers upon the Rumanian supply." FLEEING ARMY PURSUED Austrian Ire Folio?? Inu Kiisslaus tinsel?, Na Vienna. Special Cable PfJSSlct lo Tim Si s. VlKNNA, Via Amsterdam. Aug. lfi -The War Office issued to-night the fol- lowing official statement regarding the I . 1 1 . r , ugulnst Russia : In Ihe region west of the Hug wi are rupidly pursuing I he Russian Austro-llunKtirl.in forceo, on the centre irf the allied line, an- closely following the enemy, who is retreating west of Mala, serosa the Klikawka. Archduke Joseph Ferdinand s troops advanced last nigiu m the distrlci Houthw.ot of llialu und threw a BrHbjg soross the Krsnft. They crossed tn bridge lids mornltiK Fverywhere the HUSSlSP reut guard has I,, en repuleed The u- ny of (Jen KoeyeaS hat, driven e utli of Mreit-l.itovsk are rapidly approaching where the Ruians were expected to make ft' by the big Herman howitzer, while atatement from Petrograd. It I admitted the Itusalana aero the I'pper Klla- kawka. We have sighted many great flrea near Biala and Hrest-Lltovsk. Our troops have gained a firm foot ing on the east Imnk of the Bug, In the region of Vladimir-Volynakl. There haa bi-en no change In east ern liallcia RESIDENTS LEAVE RIGA. Remove linn. II . I ., ,, I In lei of lirrnts Advnnee. Special l mi.lt Despatch to Tr In. CoPKNHAOKN I via l.nnclon), Aug If. Arrival from Riga :iy that the ma jority of the population of that city has gone to the Interior, taking their belongings with them. The bank and commercial house have removed their business to Moscow. All metal. Includ ing church belU, have been sent to the Interior. These fugitives ay that the Hermans when they occupy the city will find very little property. FRANCIS JOSEPH FOR PEACE. ... . I Km pr roe Writ to I e, Vatican Hove Kiperlrd. ! ItoMg. Aug f, The Vatican's ef forts are applauded In a letter to Pope Benedict from Kmperor Francis Joseph of Austria, who 1 quoted ae having written : "I also pray Hod that we may have an early peace." Cardinal liasparrl haa been sum moned by ihe Pop from Mont Catlnl. where trie Cardinal whs spending g va cation. The Pontiffs new move for WN are tielieved to neceesitate Car dinal Qggpgfli'g return. $16,000,000 RUSSIAN ORDER. (ash leposlted for Made in I shell to He y ii n. BOSTON, Aug 16 A contract for lurnisning I lie ituaslaa army with shell Involving flf.OOt.OtO, the payment of ! which h b in guaranteed by the de- positing of ensh. has been obtained by j John II Madden of l.ynn. The shells ; are to b- uelKerrd, fully loadSd and time I fuses attached, to repr. sentatives of Kussia in New York. Son.1 Approximately H.OOO.Ono has been de J poslt.-.l in a Boston bank and th balance i will lie sent to Huston or to my other r,'!"'''v "Ity to Insure the payment of th CONQUEST DEMANDED BY GERMAN LIBERALS outside Ihe London bureau of THI St:N a meeting Is held every day at Peace Without Territorial WtAu V:.' ZJ?15; ,X:Zr:" tention oiiposptl Party's Coaneil. by special Cable OeSpOtCh to Tin: si . Kkhi.in, via Lot. Ion. Aug 16. At record as opposed to any peace whloh Will lint mia rs rite, llia.a Ihinv. tnm Am. ma,iy. and make adequate mllltarv und mill leal ur,n ..,..,a . ,. af alnut rutther attacks from outside. It is held that the Herman people are en titled to no less in return for their enor mous sacrifices. The board further affirmed its deter mlnstlon te stand out for a ooiitlriuunre of i e war to a VlotorlOUS loncluslon, re sohltiK M th- name time to SUPPOI t the Oovernmem to the utmost extent. Several Socialist newspapers are dls entlahcd with Dr. Karl Llebknecht's h lerpellatlon of iMt week, in whloh, tela Sraphlng from the front he asked hi co- factioni.sis to demand in the Ralohetef that the Government disavow all aim ..f territorial egpainalon and corsttusat and do all in Us powei lo conclude an early peace, These newspapers declare till Inter- pellstlon is nothins but s personal n- tUr on the pant of the ultraradical 8o cialiat leader anil that It la without Interest or significance to the Socialist party. Invent Torpedo t.unril lie? Ice. 1'aiiis. Aug If - A desputeh from Rome ggyg tests of a device Invented by rhe I l.i 1 1 it n engineer guarlnl for the successful warding off of toniedoes have trOVSd salisfaclorv and that the Meet of the Allies will be supplied with It. I 'Pile dOVlee is said to make it h.h!1 ; to drive loirpadoai out of tiu-lr iviurs end esplode theen NORTH BEACH j Boats from Eisl 99th& 134th St. mini irnllr? tlu liueensboro L'rMae. FREE FIREWORKS TUES.ft THURS. I nn aaa aaa TiTiriinmnii IN GREAT BRITAIN Work of Enrolment Moots With Somo but Not For midable Difficulties. ItJFFBAOITTBfl say XO1 Special Cable Despatch to Tsi St. London, Aug. II The Rrltlah Gov ernment now la In the poaaeaalon of complete data concerning practically all of the Inhftbltant of Oreat Britain, the registration forma having been collected , to-day. Twenty-aeven million forma, duly filled out and signed, were handed to the volunteer collcctora thla morning. All vlRltlng ftllen were compelled to reglater In the aame manner the Brit ish subject. Forma were distributed and collected In all hotela and big and amall hoarding and lodging houaee While cpjeatlona j concerning nationality, age, plftce of j birth and occupation did not present j liny, difficulty, the question as to the style of (killed labor which the lgnee j could or would be willing to perform 1 proved to be n problem In the regtatra ttOH of foreigner, particularly to Americana, of whom there lire great number here, engaged In contracting fur wr material of every description i While unwilling to prove dlscourteoua by refusing point blank to perform ftny akllled lftbor t all they did not feel In clined to make promt At the aame time they were faced with the alarming, line at the ton of the registration form stating that Incorrect Information would be severely punished. However, all filled out the blanks as best they could. May Seal t p Their Aare Women naturally objected to reveal lag personal Information about them- aelve. surh their age. The enumera- j tors, on the other hand, gallantly vol- unteered to permit them to enclose the registration blank In a sealed envelope. While the blanks were being collected I the newspapers continued their attack upon the registration measure, urging the Hovernment to abandon its "round- ; about scheme" and announce Immedi ately It definite plans Despite th g con- ' tlnued outcry, however. It I certain tht th Information obtained by the regis tratlon will prove Of great value, as the Government will be In a position to know definitely Just how many men are available for army service and how many persona can be called uon to do work of any description for the national cause Measures of a sweeping nature aft exjiected when Parliament reoiwn. j Although the collection of the regie- j tratlon form at some plana was at- tended by scenes of violence, the cheme j a wh"le proved entirely succensful. nd little difficulty was encountered The action of certain Irish agitator.1 a ho went over Wic different dIMrtcts and tried both to avoid and hamper reglslratlon. '.id not seriously Interfere ' with the work Loyal Irishmen gaih- eied to deirior strate agnlnst th.- shirk-. ggitatkm, ftnd thee were over- whelmingly In the majority, so that llllle attention pain to rne oriioi- tlun movement Notwithstanding the efforts nt Mrs Pankhurst to persuade all suffragette to support the Hovernment and for the tune being bury their electoral aspira tions, many of them have returned th. registration forms with the following nut.' written across the face: "As a member of the Women's Polit ical l'nlon and an ex-pnonr of hi MHjesty'a I'ristle Holloway. '. protest oaji nftl th Injuitle of oompulgory reg istration for women who have not the vote." It Wag ofAdftJly intimated to-day that the several thousand Irishmen wsho fled lo Inland to escape the requirements of the r.-alstr itlon act will be subjected to the full penalties prescribed if they return to England. lireut cotiflilence Is expressed by statesmen in the outcome of the meas ure Lord Derby, In u speech in Liver-, pool, OSld he wwm convinced that when the returns come In the will show I that thousand of men, who have not I come forward before baeauat they did not I reallBS the need for It. are willing to come to the country's aaalatarice. j Hmnii In Hecrnltlna. In many places the registration caused a Is. ,m In r.-crultlng. Raorulllng of-1 I flees were kept open all day tfun.oxy. i The registration also will cause a great' ; increase In the number of marriage, i Many are eager to notify the tjovern- in. oil that 1 Ley are not without de pendents hurt pasershy to come to the aid of! the nation. One oung Ciuiadlan at fleer I particularly energetic in hi up peols. Any young man who is unfor tunute enough to stop rieur by is shurply aftsallsd by this officer and closely ques tioned as lo why he Is not wearing a khaki uniform. Tug BUM correspondent has been re peatedly taken to task by ttie young of ficer, Sfha undoubtedly is doing ex. el lent woek. In which, n lurally, discrim inations as regards neutrality do not figure In any marked degree As re cruiting speeches go on military bands pas by und soldiers ting murtlul songs. While Ihe recruiting officer ure doing their work the owners of restaurants and hotels are endeavoring to help along tire enlistment. The greatest respect is paid to uniformed men everywhere. At night, in place where men of weulth ure refused admlseloti becuuse they are not In evening clothes, khuki clad men ure cheerfully welcomed. Woundexl soldiers, ore to be seen evei -where. PoubTed ay Rae & Co, Michael affejka at afaf bu Gene Stratton- Horter AficMey Says : "Be Square" " There 1 no me erMcW morgue linei on jour mug, n ith all May running sWAf juit lo leaie you and the man in the moon ; iooien up!" gy Ibe ... i nl kUh", "Tst Hiooui", "Uden" f I.SS nl-i all Beokitorea JUST OUT Deebleaay, Psi A Cs. Greae utr, n. I. EVENTS IN THE WAR ONE TEAR AGO TO-DAY AUOUBT 17. Russians are reported to hftve cap tured Oumblnnen ftnd Inaterburg. Kast Pruaala. French cftpture Schlrmeck. In the Voagea, taking 1,000 prlaoner and twelve field gun. Belgian Government begin re moval of capital from Brussels to Antwerp. Ruaala monies Turkey thftt Rlnck Sea fleet will go through Dardanelles, whether or not permission Is given. GERMAN PAPERS URGE SPAIN TO FIGHT ALLIES Surest Possible Possession of (ihraltar. Tnnjrior and Portugal a Reward. Spent Cable Detpatcn to Th 8c. Ixtnikin, Aug. 16. leading I'-ermap newspaper are making a trong hid for the entry of Ppaln Into the war nn the Id of the Teutonic allle. The Krruz aritunn. the organ of the military party, publlehed In Herlln. extend an out spoken Invitation to Spain, pntmlng out th tremendous moral and material re sults which would he gained by righting on the Uerman side. The newspaper ac cusee England of plotting revolutions In Portugal, with the double object of rul ing that country and fomenting trouble on Spain's borders In order to drive Spam Into Joining England and the Allle. "New hope have been created lately." y the hreuzscitung. "for the Spanish monarch. Thank to the wise Herman diplomacy, the hopes which the Span lards are beginning to recognise ire not impooalble of reallialton through Uer man aupport "i"rytalllid In cold prln' 'hese new hope reprenent Uibraltar. Tangier and a .111.11, with Portugal and soverergnty over the Portuguese rivers and th- glori ous port of Lisbon. Theee form the prospect of the new Spanish policy, which should be as welci me to the peo ple of the Iberian Penln .ula as to our selves. "It would, therefore, not be tbs fault of Uerman diplomacy If the negotiations which, deaplte secrecy, are be ng forced on the British Hovernment by Spain relative to Ulbralur were to fill their ob ject We do not think they will, but In any event Spain knows that she can count on Uermany's support In her legit I mste aspiration and the equally legiti mate desire to put an end. OHM und for all, to Kngllsh intrigue at Lisbon ' CHINESE AT AJB MOTOR PLANT. Mnte Altont Pnrpoae Nnasln Mny Place War Order. HARTronn, Conn.. Aug If.. -Th Hr r man motor plant In Glastonbury, where motors for hydro-aernpt.ines are being made for the I'nlted State Government, ws visited to-day by Muen Chi, a Chl nese commissioner, who avoided Hart ford by going to Glastonbury on a Con necticut River htearner. He would not u.s. us the putse of his Is t to the fectory. It was admitted thl afternoon at the factory, however, that negotiations were Iri progress for the sale of motors to the Ittisslan Government, and that price ,-ind specifications hud lieen sent to Petrograd 2,000 AMERICANS AT FRONT. More Than HHl In ( a iinil In n i on- Ilnient Killed In I 'linid, r. fjMX in l able Despatch to Tor Si s Lonpom, Aug. in - Two thousand Americans are fighting in tho ranks of the Canadian contingent at the front with the 1-lnglish arm). ftOCOrding to a slttletiient by Major -i Jen Sum Huphoa, Canadian IflntOtor '-f Mlliria. in a ipse h before a meeting of American here last night tien Hughes said in part "I have ftlrftftd) written letters of gratitude und sympathy to the mothers of more than one hundred American boys who have fallen while fighting In Klan ders alongside of Canadian comrades More than I.OSf enlisted, and We could hftVft mnny more If we desired Any number of West I'olnlers offered their services us officers and some are now with us." I.r.74 Rrltlah 4 nanaltle te-terdu?. special ' ablt Despatch tn Tn Si n LoNtsiv, Aug. is. The oaSUSlty list issued to-day by Ihe War Office Included the names of enty-elght offloors, if whom eight were killed, and ,fff men. of whom S."9 were killed. Geo.C. Flint O RIMER FALL EXHIBIT FLINT'S FINE FURNITURE This is our first season's Exhibit of the combined efforts of the two oldest Furniture Houses of New York, and we feel justly proud of the display of new Patterns and the great reduction in costs 'of production. DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST we will combine the display of our new creations with ' MATERIAL REDUCTIONS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS of patterns we wish to discontinue. Flints Horner Co Inc. 20-26West36th.St, New York ITALIANS ADYANCE ON AUSTRIAN SOIL Report Marked (talna in the Valley of Kaeherbacli and Kodenback. HEAVY ARTILLERY Bt'SY Special Cnblc Despatch to Tn Si v. Romr, Aug. If. Italian force mde notable advancee In the valley of Boch erbach and Rodenbach yesterday, de stroying many Austrian defence and taking numeroua prisoner Austrian attack against the Italian poaltlons at Valplccolo, Krelkofel and Valgrande, In Cartila, were successfully repulsed. Th Wir Office gave out the follow ing statement to-night : In the Tonale gone, on the sector of Valdnssa yeatefday there waa In tense artillery action. In th Sexten valley we continued our progress Our artillery destroyed the Austrian trenches on Selkofel and r'roda Rossa and nllenced the Austrian batteries. The Italian Infantry advanced In the valleys of Racherbach and Hoden bach. destroying the Austrian defences and taking numerous prisoners. An attempt by the Austrtans to recover their lost position In the Bodenbach valley was repulsed The Austrian losses at Valpohen on the 1 St h were heavy. In one trench we found L'IKI dead, Including several officers. On the Cnrnla front on the 15th the Atistrlans attacked the Italian posi tion at Valplccolo. Krelkofel and Val grande, but were repulsed with heavy losses. On Monte Nero yesterdsy the Italian troop progressed In the direction of Pletso, taking 100 prisoner. ITALIANATTACKS FAIL. aalrlfin Wnr Ofllrt Ha Kntui Offt-nftl vr tiroltr Down. spi i (able ',i lo Thi Si. Vienna, via AmMerrintm, Aug. K. The War OfflOt Insure, the MtoWlng tatrment to-nl(ht about operations on the Italian front ; On the Tyrolean front the. Italians yesterday dlMCtOd a heavy bombard ment acaJnst our fort tflcatlems at Tonale Pass and the Lavarrone and OlfftHa pateaux. Infantry attacks on the Tonale road and aa-alnst our posltlonn at I'opena, wouih of Sohlurierbarh and In the I'relzlnncn region frilled. New attacks In the ronstal reflon anel Mouth of Kru and an attack against the salient on the plateau of Jiohrrdo also broke down. VENICE BOMBARDED. tuslrlnn (rrn Mlslle Kiplofle Within Kortlflenllun. Special Cable impair!, tv Tftf St s. LONBOM. Aug lfi. '. despatch from Amsterdam gies the following oftVlal gtatMMM from Vienna with regard to the ltullsri campaign : tine of our seaplane n the after -noon of August H bombarded four tile airmen ascended to pursue our Im.ihIis with the exieptlon of one ex ploded within the fo-iiflrutlnris Hos tile airmen ascended to I ursue our mftn. Two were forced by our ma chine gun Are to land, two other abandoned th. pursuit and m fifth followed our machine along to the Is Irian OOnat, where he was compelled to turn hack after an unsuccessful pursuit, (lur seaplane returned safely deaplte th heavy tire from th. Italian Wal cr.se!e and fort. ; REPLY TO GERMANY TO-DAY. Will 4ce.pl PayftMBI for the frys i astef Uaadltlaaa, VVASHINOTON, Aug it The reply of the United Slate- to Uermany in the fry oaae ill he mad public to-morrow moprrlng, Oermany has contended that He Bitot Krledrlch had a right to sink the I- v.- despite the guarantee of pro. lection WhlOh Is contained in ihe treaty of IStf with Prussia The t inted States will assert that the I Rltel frlodrloh had a right t.. search thu l''rve. destro) any contraband found on lumnl and then permit the vessel to go ' on her Way, In bet last not. Qerimuiy offered to nomponasts for the Frye provided the settlcm.nl would not constitute any ac- knowlodgmenl on her part of vtolatlon iroftty rights. The I'nlted Slates in I 'he ic. to he made public to-morrow will ICCppI the offer of rierniany to pay ! for the Krye. with the stipulation how- over, Hint the acceptance of payment snsll ill no way be regarded ns acqul. I sooencf by the I'nlted State in ier- Imany'g Intorprotatlon of the treaiy. There Is considerable douht whether Oerman) will socopi this stipulation Co. Co. yes, FRENCH SAY BIG GUNS INFLICTED HEAVY LOSS Violent Artillery Kiinirr inonts Reported Along West ern Front. pp.11111 mine .r.jK,, . . ,9 i ... d,i, Pari, Aug. IS. Violent artillery en gagements at many place on the west ern front are reported In to-night's offi cial communique, ivhlch add that the j Tmirh batteries Inflicted aerlou damage. The afternoon communique asserts that the French mod slight gain In tkt Vosgee and took some prisoners. The night communique ws as follow Violent artillery engagements took place during the entire night at many place, on Ihe front Our batteries caused severe loose to th emmy in the region of Quennevlere and stepped a hostile bombardment on the plateau of Nouvren. Our batteries also did aerlou dam age to th Oerman earthworks north of Oodat i between Herry-aii-Bac and Ilvre). The enemy, having again libelled Sim-Ile. w fired upon the gas works of Salnte-Marle-ux-Mln.-s. which ex ploded Another set of reprisal caused the destruction by fire of a Herman factory east of Muenster The uftemoou statement said I There was an Intermittent cannon ading last night In the vicinity of tOUChSS ami on the plateau of Nouv ron to the north of th Klver Aisne. There were aio engagements with bombs and hand grenade In the sector of Queenevleres and In the western part of the Argonne. Tn the Vosgr the exploslnn of a urine against nn enemy trench located between Burnhaupt-le-Ha and Am mertiwlller made It possible tor us to take some prisoners and to capture two bomb throwers and a machine gun. GERMAN DEFENCE HOLDS. French Atlnck In I pner Alenoe Broken, ) Herlln. firm. in, via Amsterrl.im. Aug in Army headquarters issued the following I gtft tome fit to-day regardlrig operanona In the eastern theatre of war: North of Animei xweller, northeast of Datmnorklruh, in upper Alasoo, a h'rench attack broke down under our Hie. LINER MERI0N SUNK. nlititarlne l)rtrii) Former Ih- enaer Hhlp, l.niely n Trnnsuort. PHtbAPBLPNIA, Aug It The Ameri can Line st.amshlp Merlon haa been sunk by a Turkish submarine In the I 'ur dandles, ...-cording to a sailor of the American liner lonuiilon, which arrived at this port yesterday. The Merlon, which operated between i th: port and Liverpool for severul years, hud been In the service of the British Government Since the beginning of the war. equipped a u transport. I It is suld thut she also was Fitted with "dummy" guns and wus mistaken by the submarine for the Itntisli battle ship cruiser Tiger, which was known to , be operating in the I luvdurirlle. 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The irrlter, who lias just arrived In Knglan.l, Vowed 1 sympathetic to the cause of the All tt On his arrival In Kngland he rt. marked the ab.ence of feeling egarillnr the war which 1 o strongl) fi I lie tiys. by the people of Holland, .sum.,, land and Sweden. The British people do not seem, 'he Bltds, to bt Indllfen to the war, but they are either ill ,n. formed respecting It! progres 0r are :nm far removed from its realities i0 . very much heed to It. The great mm of the people, he lots found, semi u treat It as something r. m..t. n.,m , lf dully lives. The writer say that Kntland ' to be only half at war And this presslon. he says. Is Widely fell a R . sis and KraniN., hiuI In many n 1 i countries Kesiiecting the OOtton sltuftl writer iifflrms that Ihe OermftM have made strenuous effort t get , . ;, , . oar swtatlt now , ,, ,,. ilt inuny k. en und nrniwi in . :. r.. Auglrtang who ar strtisTgling to gi - plies of the com, n Mi,,, h Is so pn to ham He says further thftt A,.-. Icuris. many of them from Hi. Stutes. are constantly In and nut ( Stockholm. He heard .. . ..... thai . was impossible to understand wh) t British w re permitting the Henna have it all their own w.. about lie add-s rhui even rhe selves ure nuzzle. 1 that Qreal hti ,- , maoe no wiT.'n to prevent rottoi reaching Oermany, fr. i ici i ,u ii.y, rie w ri'.j- IpfttCl unneor. In tn, sn,.,i 'ireut HHte'n tc in. off gel ipg) be plat i on me contra when there la prudlAiotu ex. Itean , activity on the part of th. i ;, nothing lrapiens. and the 'ie- -tlnue to get oottoti In vnrioii- . '-. PU promptly tor what i . ' The Hi . I .mi talk of a 'In , Oermany," he any "Then .- . ade of liermany The Haiti- - i open mouth Ihrouatl which tli getting Immense volumea n ".11 4'. :i bjt of si, it. slli lans may produce flu i.r. apHur to l-lie this stale. ra sia-ak of who: I hae ii. II- I i ; . .- may have iaen Inoonven ence. t I it Blockade, but the blockurli is not should DO, "li.rmany bus been far less il imaled ihuu you think or than self expe nd I have heal I no pluint of shortages In Herman: ss reopects cotton, just nbw busy tulkitig wood pulp 'I h il Is the same kind if Oerman .1 the bread uckel which rnused sh. I fei .- i f soft hearted neutrals to bellevi Hrltlsh navy was cruel"? stun man women und children a-- rega In wissi pulp. Oermany la mil mal m effort lo get it .Most of came from Russia. Ma what she s striving with all her streugl nllig to 1. 1, rain is cotton, wit the war cannot be continued