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9? CLEARS GALICIA With This Victory Austria Recovers Practically All Territory Lost to Russia Berlin, Germany.—Lumbers lias been conquered after a very severe battle according to official reports received today troin the headquarters of the Austro-llungarian army. The Galician capital fell before the ad vance of the second army. Taken lt,v Russia Sept. I!. Lemberg the capital of Galieia, oc cupied by the Russians Sept. 2, 1914 about one month after the outbreak of hostilities, in the course of the early Kussian drive into Austria. It has therelore been in Russian con trol tor over ten months. For the last, twenty days, since the Austro-German took I'rzemysl from the forces of Emperor Nicholas, it has been the objective" or a series of fierce and con centrated attacks on the part, of the Teutonic allies. Their success will have a far reach ing political el'tect, as the driving out ot the Russians from Galieia is count ed mi in Berlin to help maintain the status quo in the Balkans. The capture of Members was one of the earliest important successes of tl-e Russians. Fololwing it thov pushed rapidly through Galieia and the high water mark of their invas ion almost found all of the province in their hands. HJgli Tide, of Invasion. They approached within striking distance of Cracow at the western end of the province, close to the Ger man frontier, and stormed the heights and passes of the Carpathian mountains, which separated Galicta from Hungary and, to the east, swept down through the crownland or Bukowina to the Rumanian fron tier. All this has been changed by the steady succession of Austro-Gernian victories of the last few weeks. Tho change began with the launching of a great drive from Cracow eastward. Great, numbers of German troops were sent in to assist the Austrians, as well as a vast amount of field ar tillery. The use of artillery by the Teutonic allies has been described by the correspondents as on a scale never before undertaken. Its effect iveness was greatly increased by the shortage of shells on the part of the Russians, which is believed to have contributed largoly to tho weakening of their resistance. Drive Never Paused. .The Austro-German armies push ed forward through Galieia, recap turing Prezmysl June 3 and then, without a pause, they struck at Lem berg from the south and west. At no point were the Russians able to with stand the terrific bombardment di rected against their positions. Even the line of defenses near C.rodek six teen miles west of Lemberg, which are of great natural strength, proved to be untenable. With Lemberg now In her hands, Austria has reclaimed virtual ly the whole province of Galieia. The fighting in this campaign has been of unusual intensity. Tho fig ures of killed, captured, wounded and missing given in the Austrian, German and 1 Vfc. '-•tfv.. During War. -|§!f Russian official state ments runs into hundreds of thous ands. The Russians had made plans for the permanent occupation of Ga lieia. bringing in officials to set up a civil administration in territory as DAWGUNNIT, THE WEATHER MAN'S PUP s'~~ 8RIN6-Tn RtCE.AN 3L'LL BR)N(r- m'otD ISif pisip *j'st the south portion not much nmprTr 1 ii Fall of Galician Capital After Very Severe Battle, Is Announced Officially In Berlin Today. change]bv 1 fast as it was taken. Semi-official figures at Berlin place the Russian losses since May 1st at 700,000, of which over 400, 000 were killed and wounded. SMALL STRIP OK AUSTRIAN TERRITORY IIKM) BY RUSSIA. London, England.—South o£ Lem. berg, in the Dniester region, a strip of Austrian tcrrtiory is still In the hands of the Russians. An official statement from Petrograd reports an important victory after a battle along the river which lasted for several days. At liawa Ruska, thirty-two miles northwest of Lemberg, near the Bukowina border, other Russian successes are claimed. The Italian general staff announces the arrival of important reinforce ments for the Austrians along the Ison/.o front, north of the Gulf ot Tricst. in the Monte Nero district these forces, bulieved by tl-e Italians to have been brought in from till? Galician front, were encountered for the first time in a battle, which, the announcement says, they repulsed b\ Italian Alpine troops. An unofficial dispatch from Genei -i says the Italians have captured all the positions defending Malborgeth ,ind now are bombarding the fortress it sel'. Five Swedish steamships bound for England will lumber have boon captured by German warships in the Baltic Sea. Ttiisiania Torpedoed. London, England.—The steamer Tunisiania was torpedoed today otT Lowestoft by a German submarine. The crew was saved. PAPER SAYS l\ S. KEPT JAP TROOPS KROM EUROPE The Hague, Holland.—The Iland elsblad asserts that Japan was pre vented from sending 300,000 troops to Europe as the result of an unoffi cial hint to Great Britain from Wash ington that such an expedition would be undesirable. It was reported that an army land ed in Manchuria preparatory to a riepatruer for the European battle fields,, but, Gerat Britain informed Tokio that she was "sorry, but under the American pressure, she must re quest the Japanese government to do nothing further concerning tlio dispatch of expeditionary forces to Europe." RUSSIANS RETREAT AS IWSl AS HER MUX CAN MARCH. Austrian Headquarters, Galieia.- advance has been checked only on the lower San river. A big hole has been opened be tween the two Russian annies which are now lighting separately, and they have been unable to cff?ct a junc tion on this side of the Kiu/ian fron tier. IOOO Tl'RKS AW1 SLAIX ITALIAN'S REPULSED OX ISOXZO London, England.—On the Galli poli peninsula, heavy fighting has been in progress. On Juno 19, it was logically stated, a desperate en- gagement occurred along the Turkish trench and later in the British lines,l| °P WILSON GOES ON A VACATION PRESIIJEXT LEAVKS TOXKJHT TO SI'EXI) TWO WEEKS AT THE SUMMER WHITE HOl'SE. Washington, D. C.—President Wil son will leave at midnight for the summer White House at Cornish, ri-anrf*i«i**1 New Hampshire, not to return until July 6th. He goes first to Roslyn, Long Island, to spend tomorrow.with Col. E. M. House. Late at night he will leave Roslyn for Cornish, where he expects to arriye Friday afternoon. 115,000 MORE MEN MAY JOIN CHICAGO STRIKE South Dakota—Partly cloudy to- 000 to 200,000 men night and Thursday, with showers in This ultimatum was issued tonight .y W VOLUME XXXVI. MITCHELL, SOUTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1915 LEMBERG, IN RUSSIAN HANDS TEN MONTHS, CAPTURED BY TEUTON ARMIES Despite the Russian resistance, the closes that the dispatch from Sioux general Austrian advance, in Galieia Falls published in The Republican continues at a normal daily pace. The Austro-German troops have city. Tho'Russians along the whole line nioiK- k,,„ .„w,ri„ are abandoning as much of the Gali- eian territory each day as their in hours of fantry can cover in nums marching. The normal rate of this MAX KOSSOVE NOT BANKRUPT! 4.1 KIMBALL MAX IS STRONG FINAN CIALLY—HAS BEEN INVOLV ED IN ANOTHER CASE. Sioux Falls, S. 1).—Further inves tigation by your correspondent of the warrant served upon Max Kossove, proprietor of a prominent depart ment store of Kimball, S .D., dis- Krand Jllne mh- C0Iltaine(1 a swept through the advanced Russian positions before Lemberd and arc that, Mr. now within artillery range of the^uptcy proceedings. Mr. Kossove is ul, j(o )ias ]1Ql |ings an(i The indictment against himself ij,.j nc otlier en court on May 27, 1!»15, dur-, in which 1.00 dead Turks were left a term of United States court at excellent position to drive them on the ground. Sioux City. The other defendants .] From the Italian front via Berlin,lare Barney Gelfand, Philip Celfand sula. and if this occurs a sudden come reports of serious reverses suf^and Sam Kossove. The offense'shifting of the scene of war to Egypt fered by the Italians in their at- charged against the four men is al-ji tempts to storm the Austrian posi- leged to have been committed about j„ the control of German officers. tions along the Isonzo river. The Ital ians are reported to have lost heav ily. tho months of July and August 1914 Kossove is charged with having entered into a conspiracy with Bar ney Gelfand, Philip Gelfand and Sam Kossove to corruptly agree and con spire "and confederate together for the purpose of cheating and defraud ing, and did hide and conceal goods and merchandise, moneys and prop erty belonging to the said Gelfands and did withhold the same from the trustee in bankruptcy of the said Barney Gelfand and Philip Gelfand for the purpose of cheating and de- It is charged in the indictment that Barney and Philip Gelfand operated a store in Sioux City, la., under the firm name, of.Gelfand and Gelf-in':. It is aif-o charged that they operat- Direct telegraphic communication be- ed a branch store at Wakonda tween the White House offices and According to the indictment. Gelfand Cornish has been arranged and the|and tlelfand filed a petition in lank president will be in constant touch,ruptcy with the clerk of the United with Secretary Lansing and other of- States District court in Sioux City ficials here. after application for sani? bad teen made by the Hicks-Fuller-rierson company and William Thnckabprry tompany, et al. After listing the as sets with the trustee, it is alleged that arbitration Sam Kossove, who operated the store Chicago, 111.—Unless in the strike of 16,000 carpenters' at Wakonda, S. here is accomplished, every building amount of goods from materials yard in the Chicago dis- The exact amount is not known, ac trict will be shut down, thus throw- cording to the indictment. ine out of employment another 116, in temperature, Istruction Employers' association, are out on bonds. something of its su THREE CROWNED NEUTRALS OF EUROPE—WHEN WILL THEY JUMP? FROM LEFT TO .RIGHT, KING FERDINAND OF HOUMANIA. CZAR FERDINAND "OF Rt'l PARIA AND KING CONSTANTiNE OF GREECE. WHO ARE MOMENTARILY EXPECTED TO PI fM'V' INTO THE EUROPEAN MELEE ON THE SIDE OF ENGLAND. FRANCE AND RUSSIA KING FF ']',! NAND IS OF THE HOUSE OF HOHENZOLLEKN. THE GERMAN UQYAl FAMl'Y H-KU1- EtYPT Mil* BE IHTIITTIIKID false statement wherein it was a id it occupies a great part of French and Belgian t.erritorv, and at Kossove had tiled bank- 1 tn ,allcl lll dblp to n\UZTtorZl one of the strongest men in Kimball kaiser will be in a position to dictate l.f„ 4 1 1 1 ... .. bankruptcy proceed there is not the remotest ly the long delayed spring drive with chance of his doing so because of his which Kitchener bolstered up the large financial resources. The state-j hopes of Englishmen during the win nient that he had done so was wholly (er and early spring recruiting sea unwarranted. season. At. the same time tile Ger- Max Kossove who recently was ar- mans are pursuing their campaign rested at Kimball by Deputy United against Russia with greater vigor States Marshal Win. Hickev, on an than ever and Mackensen's promise indictment charging himself and in lie in Lemberg not later than July three other men with entering into ii iav be fulfilled. a conspiracy to conceal assets in a Balkan Sit nation Interestina. bankruptcy case, has furnished a I At present the sit nation around the bond'of $2,000 for his appearance in, nalkans and the Dardanelles is as the federal court at Sioux City. interesting as the situation in Ga- a U1I] 0I) defendants was reported nes' coup for the Dardanelles ap- ))Pa S D.. SJid a large that store the secretary of the Building Con-.tbt bonds is fixed at $3,000 each. All this war, it is about Tv-v,. & & V—- ih. MILITARY EXPERT THINKS Ol' IENSIVE THERE MAY FOL LOW ALLIES' FAILURE TO TAKE iA RDA ELLES. BY A MILITARY EXPERT. Washington,vD. C.—The European war is now in one of its most inter esting stages. If Germany is able to hold iis own on ie western front mi "of" AusU^T llie ,f I )0!KC I wherever he pleases and in whatever the next few months. quantities he desires, as usual terms. The allies are making a tremend- sought w.unr. ous drive all along the west, probab- the west front. The al- to have gone wrong. Turkey oar away from tho Gallipoli penin- no unlikely. Tin? Turkish army is who have brought it up to a wonder ful state of efficiency. A land movement on Egypt, known to be tho present plan of Germany and Turkey, would be an excellent strategic move to force Great Brit ain's hand. It probably would do more than any other 'i he law firm. Oliver Harding ar.d danelles. Oliver have enter r-d appe-i 'imcg noti.-e While much has been said about f^r the defendrnt. The amount nf (he failing of German diplomacy in time tn ''V thing 4 to discon cert Kitchener and to deflect a large portion of his new army from the western front. Hecent reports indicate that Rou jnania has been dickering first with the allies and then with tho Germans. If Roumania should enter the war at present, it probably would be on the side of Germany and Austria, for with the defeat of the Russians Rou mania would have a better chance of getting Bessarabia from Russia than Bukowinia and Roumanian Transyl vania from Hungary. Efficiency Demonstrated. The wonderful efficiency of the Gorman war machine has been dem onstrated in the Galician campaign. Early in the war daily defeats suffer ed by the Austrians were standing jokes. Today the tide of battle hay been truned, however, by reason of German strategy. German officers ap pear to be in command of the com bined Teuton forces in Austria, just as they are of the Turkish forces contesting with the allies for the Dar- kept Italy out of the conflict until Russia was practical'" "xliausted. While Italy's entrance undoubtedly will prove a great help Hie allies in tho long run, that cptn nce was so delayed by Prince I'ticlow that the drive against the Russians had accomplished its desired effect. Russian Diplomacy in Hud Light. Russian diplomacy is shown in a bad light by events around the Dar danelles. Had Russia not tricked Bulgaria during the second Balkan In the present war Germany has had to fight not only its own battles but also those of Austria and Turkey. Much Credit to JoflVe. If the allies can hold out indefinite ly even German efficiency must break under the strain. If the allies are able to hold it will be to a large ex tent due to the remarkable ability of Joffre. The doughty little French commander ust receive a higher rank than any of the other generals, not excepting von Hindenburg. With an army much inferior to that opposing liini in the early days of the war Joffre halted the German drive i°. Je 1U--,/ *r- war Constantinople probably nowj°r would 1 be open to the allies and am munition and other supplies would be. pouring through the straits to the czar's army. Russia's double dealing there left Turkey in command of the straits, and it looks as if it. will be a long time before Turkey will be dislodged. Not in the last half century has Tur key appeared in so strong a light, as today. This is due entirely to Ger man efficiency, for German influence is uppermost in the Ottoman empire, both in its diplomacy and in its army. 1 UlG GRrman ti 1 rl Pans. With an army equal to the At the present time, howevQr, Ger many is entirely in the ascendant. The only foe it has met worthy of its steel has been Joffre. He has proved more than worthy. TONN MURDER CASE 14 ft IS GIVEN TO JURY STATE'S FISHING LAW a success. Germany IS TO BE TESTED Belle I-ourche, S, D.—Ed Hollen beck was in Justice Kirkham's court charged with selling fish. Deputy State Game Warden Edholm was the complaining witness. The game war den claimed Mr. Hollenbeck had sold _2_- Sag* SWEDEN HEARS BIG BRITISH ARSENAL PREY OF ZEPPELINS A Christiania Dispatch Asserts Big Damage Was Done. FIRE ALL NIGHT Total of 57 Casualties Result ed From Air Raid on South Shields, England. Berlin, Germany.—Tho Overseas News Agency Issued the following: "A message from Christiana Bays that the steamer lotum, which arriv ed at Stavangcr, reports that several Zeppelins on a night between Tues day and Wednesday (probably 15 and 10) dropped many bombs on the Armstrong works at South Shields, England, which destroyed the navy yards and arsenal. Several buildings burned all night and Hie damage was enormous. Seventeen persons were killed and forty were injured." NEW NOTE FROM GREAT BRITAIN REPLY or SOME SORT OF U. S. l'UOTKST A AINST BLOCK ADE HAS BEEN III CEIVEI). Washington, D. C.—Great Brit ain's further memorandum to the United Slates on tho British order in council, as it affects neutral ship ping, has reached tho state depart ment from Ambassador Pa/ at Lon don. Sir Edward Grey delivered it to Page yesterday. Secretary Lansing has not gone over the memorandum and it is not known whether it will be construed as a reply to the last •American note a new communication on the sub- ject. The initiative in making it pub lie, it is stated will be left to Great Britain, unless tho memorandum it self contains some suggestion on that point. the fisli from Uedawter to Belle Fourche. At the close of the trial the jus tice bound llollenbeck over to the circuit court under a bond of $250, which was furnished, and it is un derstood the case will be hard fought, as it will really be a lest case to de termine whether or not the state game laws as applied to fish will stand the test. $500,000,000^PER ANNUM IS STAKE CLIFFORD THORNE TELLS COM MISSION DESIRED WESTERN I E ADVANCE INVOLVES THAT MUCH. Washington, D. C.—The argument before the interstate comerce coin jnission in the western railroad rate jadvance case, turned today on the German forces in equipment train- representing the San ng and experience he might have succeeded in driving the invader from. nat.ve soil. As it is, he has slow- French has been held Germany cannot afford to weaken its forces on the west front while ac complishing the destruction of the Russian army, for if it does Joffre is likely to break through. Once the German western line is successfully broken France will be cleared of the Teutons and possibly Belgium also. a duct8- rai iroad, contended the level of iu tho wes (J ,. tern territory be)ow lh(? leve q£ rateg on graln but surel) pushed him back, by Farmers organizations op inches on it is true but in the last increase, he said, had re few months every ,nch gained by the $8i000i000 and have gone about their fight in a systematic, through manner. "The farmer, howeever," he said, "doesn't pay any freight on grain. That is paid by the consumer." Washington, D. C.— Opposing views of the effect of the proposed increase in freight rates in western territory wore laid before tho itner state commerce commission yesterday by representatives of the railroad and of interested shippers and state rail road commissions. C. C. Wright, representing many roads, made the only argument in their behalf yesterday, which touch ed financial conditions. Clifford Thome, representing several state railway commissions and associations Leola, S. D.—The attorneys In the opptsed to the increase, replied, case of Jacob Kiesz, charged with Mr. Wright maintained that coil' the murder of Ed Tonn', his brother-! ditions would be fairly shown by in-law, near here, completed their taking 41 roads iu western territory arguments to the jury yesterday af ternoon. and a verdict is expected at any time. The general opinion ap pears to be that Kiesz will be ac quitted. and using them to give a composite picture. He said this picture show ed that labor cost, taxes and cost of maintenance all are increasing and that the only way in which the rail roads can meet these increases, un less they reduce the number of trains, is by increasing their rates. He de clared there had been much "wild talk" about the present case being unsupported by evidence, but that the railroads expected the commission to reach a conclusion on the record and the facts. Select List of Roads. "Some folks," replied Mr. Thorne, "have different ideas on these is- the fish to him, charging him twenty ^ents per pound for "transporting sues, These gentlemen Jiave come iinw^iitiipfl^jan. NUMBER 38 4 *4 -t SOOTH CALIFORNIA! IS BADLY DAMAGED BY EARTH SHOCKS */. Five Are Dead and Property -Loss Is One Million. FIRE DOES PART Quake Is Worst at Mexicari Border,—Little Cities Par tially in Ruins. Ciilcxlco, Calif.—Further cartlu tliiako shocks were felt here today* Several tremors after midnight wer9 followed by a severe shock at ten o'clock this morning. Parts of (lie irrigation system of the Imperial Valley were affected. Elcentro, Calif.—Originating' some* where in the old volcanos of tiie Cocopah mountains, the granite backbone of lower California, a seis mic convulsion shook and rattled the Imperial valley of California last night and today its cluster of little cities is partially in ruins. Buildings were rent asunder and lire did its part. Tho damage was estimated at more than a million dollars in tho flrst re ports coming to hand after the re« Htoration of wire communication. Five persons are reported dead at Mexicali, a little adobe town, con sisting principally of saloons, gambl ing halls and other resorts not per mitted on the American side, that lies across the stream from Calexico. No dead are reported from other val ley points. The roar of the trembler below the border was the flrst warning the peo ple of the valley had. That was about eight o'clock. The first shock was to most the severe. Two others followed. Electric lights went out all over the valley. Towns in Darkness. After the first shock tho stricken towns were- in darkness, ekcept for light furnished by the blazing build ings. The greatest confusion reigned everywhere. Ranchers and city resi dents who dined at home last night awakened today in open fields, be" side roadways or irrigation ditches. As far as can be learned, tho shocks were severest down at the border and also below and grew less and less the farther north they came, so that Calipatria and Niland appear to have been injured slightly less than towns at the south end of the valley. The earthquake extended all the way to Yuma, AHzona. The dur ation of the first shock was about thirty seconds. This was followed half an hour later by a second shock almost as severe as the first. Plate glass windows, flimsy brick walls and hollow tile structures were more or less damaged. No one in the Imperial Valley was killed The five killed at Mexicali were caught under a falling wall. Fifty deputy sheriffs took stations about the business district of Elcentro and all other towns damaged are under patrol. Either by deputy shrifts or militia. before you with a selected list of rail roads and nothing else. They have taken a half dozen of the subsidiary companies of the Southern Pacific railroad and put them in their 41 roads and left the Southern Pacific out. These subsidaries show deficits, but the Southern Pacific is one of the best^jyroperties in the West." riT. 1 He asserted that the present re quest for an increase was an tenering wedge and that if the contention of the railroads that the book cost was the real value of a road and that seven per cent was the fair return on such value was held to be sound doctrine, the people of the country would find themselves in a few years paying Increased rateB amounting to $500,000,000 annually. The hearing is expected to con tinue the remainder of tho wcok. JURY SELECTED TO 4 TEST THAW'S SANITY New' York City.—Harry Thaw took the stand as the flrst witness to day in his trial before a jury to de termine his sanity. New York City.—Harry K. Thaw's seventh attempt to gain freedom siuce his conviction nine years ago this month, for the murder of Stan ford White, was begun yesterday with selection of a jury to inquire regard ing his sanity. If the jurors decide in his favor and JuRtice Hendric*. presiding, who has. the power to re verse their verdict, accepts it, Thaw will obtain a permanent release from the Matteawan insane asylum where he was incarcerated after being ac quitted of murder, at the second, trial from which he escaped In 1923. The selection of the Jury occupied the entire session but the completion in one day is regarded as rapid pro gress. Today. Thaw's attorney, John Stanchfleld will outline the ease, and the taking of testimony will begin. Thaw is said to be entirely satisfied jwjth the E: