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RLMI.WHr.Kl-'. TWO ( KNTm.
OPERA SINGER
HURT; AUTOS
KILL 3 OTHERS
Mme. Matzenauer 'and
Husband in Accident on
Queens Boulevard.
COUPLE DIE UNDER
' CAR; CHILD UNHURT
.Machine Rms Into House. Toss?
lag Widow and Children
Out of Bed.
.* Matzenauer, one ol
tt,e ;, taltos at the Metro
mggitas w?a painfully in
jurfli moon, when the
gntor ? inch she was riding
vas ?Jtrnek by another machine at the
(jUrf* d entrance to Calvary
Cemetery. Tbe singer's husband,
Edosrdo Ferrari-Fontana, a*hd their
und Delia M. Valeri,
(jrajifd wiih minor injuries.
There wer,- many other motor acci
The pleasant Sunday
{tr? ... ere of the vehicles to the
ghcrr ? Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
f. ~, r*a99aic, were killed
?her- ? road on the way
to La- ~*u tipped over on
cyclist, who?? gasolene
>t-t e\- . .-. d showered him with
,vt ft,. . was seriously burned
It i ? Street. A
n wa* killed in an auto
crsih . ?'?or, N. J.
1er und her party were
rf?u:* 1 on g Beach, when the
by Peter O'Connor, of 151
fut .owed down
u ? ' - Calvary fot
iddenly another ma
.?.round the oth.
. . hed into th<
... >r> machine. All were
tarowB out The occupants of the
o.her auto, owned and driven by Wal?
ter Clai cey, of '-?5 Greenpoint Avenue
Long Island <"itv. escaped with a .?hak
Singer Brfuses Help.
were sun-,
-
tnatO ? r 'ieclined
and was
Dr. C,
? Sixteenth
? .- !. ? pa?
i the lower
ad gash in the tide ol
o bruised about
..-ien later to her
honif. ' Ninety-fourth -
i aeher
. 174-1
Brote-.-. . I her hu bai d were
?et : i apart mi-1
is been at the
1911. Although a
a repertory that in
? - . . I
i'i uiinhilde
?rtant soprano
tans. - n 1912. They ha
on a year airo
?ntrib
.. ..rial Acad
i'aris as an
- ?tto H. Kahn, Henry
ted from
t re?
to go to the.r
Hopatcong W hila
ipproach
? c soft edge of tho
.-ight of
'
. their six?
I
a : been
?
'?
?
?lie fan ?aie for
.- in the sash
W I smil) in Peril.
i. widow, and
?"rom their
..n auto
\ ve:.no.
??
Z
? turning
K *??"? machine
' ;'-e " B hedge*
rhe left
automobile
, "ne "' rashed ?ntc the
mnmt,l
in the walls
lo lephine
or under a
;?.. 'r ' r? ?1 and
3_v_ i
? 'o the
*m eccui
-av u a
?^Srasse? assembled there became
?|. ' ,a; ?e apparent carelessness
?rol of TA0rCyr!t" (ir'v*r who lost c< n"
t^ m? machine and injured two
t??t?n ?* r" !c r' HK(ui f]?'ven, of 2867
?hatee-. ' ha^]?'!, Sh<,a*
-SSri/*,ra ' ,; Kast Third
V* gk. ' .1 the edge of the
'"?I of tt
?
a turn. A*?
?*>ro*ni fr !!l' "<'?*
ck the
Dr K"**?
ital] fouJJ; ?,: d Hoa
. tat t..' ll ? id concussion
*???* hi....".''"1 ord? moved
?'vtAr a ":"- lh? othet boy
"&rui^?anjU_broken log. Sjl*
l-?W4 oa ?,_,, g? colmon 7
INSISTS DEAD BABY LIV
Mother Runs Through Strei
Carrying the Body.
Becoming hysterical when a rh?.
cian told her that her two-year-old
' was dead, Mrs. Abraham Pumb ;
roaming through the streets yest
with the ?body of the child in
arms. At the Clinton Street police s
tion I <? isted that the baby was 1
?-.?ni foughl policemen who tried
. hike the body from her.
The child broke his neck while pi
ing around the basement steps at
Broome Street He had been ace
tomed to creep between the ?teps ii
an areswsy and explore the adjoin
basement. He had crawled thron
, yesterday, foot first, but his head
' came caught between the steps. In
struggle?! '..-> release himself he lost
! ?crip, fell and his neck was broken.
Mrs. Pu m h sat in the station hoi
clasping th.* body until Pr. l.ehano, 1
Coroner's physician, arrived, and c?
vinced her the baby wo ?lead. 1
i-ody was removed to tin* Morgue a
polieomon tool the mother home.
PLEADS FOR AGED
"BOY" DRUG FIEN
Colorado Mother Asks Dispens
tion in Case of Sixty-Ycar
Old Victim.
?aeeaak]
Washington, April 18. -Pleading ?
her sixty year-old '"boy." who, s
will die if he Ts not permitted
| obtain the drugs denied him by t
Harrison anti-drug bill, an eighty-or
year-old Colorado woman has writt
t i ful letter to Pr. B. R. Reese,
the Internal Revenue Division of t
Treasury Department. She address
her ietter to Proaident Wilson, b
retary Tumulty sent it to Dr. Rees
whose office is the clearing house
such correspondence.
Much as the appeal of the old Col
rado woman moved the ofici?is, no o
ception will be made in that cai
There is no intention on the
the Internal Revenue Division to iss
ket permits to obtain drugs for i
dividual cai?i-s.
DIES AS HE PRAYS
FOR DOWN AND OUT
? Cornelius D. Weaver, l.awye
Stricken in Midst of Appeal
in Lodging House.
"O Lord, help us to live that in tl
[ fulness of time we may come to Thir
' own good rest, rich in good deeds dor
1 in Thy name, and for Jesus' sake
prayed Cornelius P. Weaver before 2(
men in the Union ?Lodging House, 14
Hester Sired, last night; then, tun
ing to resume his sent, he fell d
Weaver was i lawyer,
years old, and lived at 3
Strei ' n. He ha?! I
of down and outs and was widel
known on the Ea it Side for V,
lanthropy. For twenty years he ha
not n inday afternoon servir
in the Manner's Temple, Oliver an
Henr
, ston ? keep him
lodgii .- immunity an
con . gious sen
Mi ? -id fin
i-h. :
1 loi! room. The
ant ? the Mariners' Temp,?
' ?
pray? :
He was I
pital. where Di
died from heart disease.
Mr, Weaver I . lh.-iny
He v
the City of New York, studied
tised h> profession for fifty years ac
lively as a men ber of the fin of K
G. I.uilar ; He will b.
buried in the family plot in Pii i
( emetery. !1<- leaves a wife, thre?
"ns.
EMPTY GUN HALTS
BROADWAY TRAFFIC
Patrolman Ends Car Block anc
Belligerent1 Ex-Army Man
Goes to Bcllcvue.
\ South Ferry hound car was howl?
ing along deserted lower Hroadway al
about y o'ciock last night when the
niotorman brought the vehicle to a
stop w.ih a suddenness that threw the
few passengers from the
When the eonduehor rush?.?! to the
platform the motorman was lying on
ng in tin* piar? o? the
I
,i r:lK* rais.*.l to
r. M r. Condu? lor fol*
: his crew mate, aa il.d the crews
on two northbound e
Patrolman Kelly mail?.* a dash -
man and disarmed turn. He btoi.e the
rifle. It was not lo?
When taker, to tin- Old Slip station,
the man described himself as Anthony
u'Hara, a retired United States army
sergeant, living at 29 North William
Street In et was foui.?; a
box of ball carlr
Ha said he had the rifle to protect
himself fr? ? ' wh j had
threatened him. He ? ? Belle
Hospital.
OLDEST WRITING IS
OF WAR ON LOCUSTS
Tablet Tells How '"Word of
Cursing" Routed Them 5,900
Years Ago.
Philadelphia, April 18.?A number of
ancient Sumerian tablets recording the
deeds of the Babylonians thousands of
years ago have just been deciphered by
\ ; ..*o ? (tu* University of
la mus.um. One of
ch tells how a farmer rid
his field of locusts an ??"? '?
? B. C, ai
j pice?- of writing extant, according to
' an announcement to-night by officials
of the museum. The farmer. Dr. Har
translation says, called in a
necromancer, who "broke a jar. cut
open a sacrifice, a wold of cursing he
repeated, an?! the locusts ami caterpil?
lars Bod." lor this service he received
a tail oalm tree.
M'COMBS PART;
DIVORCE ACTION
EXPECTED SOON
Wife of Democratic Na?
tional Chairman at Home
of Her Sister.
Mews astonishes
capital society
Friends Have No Hope of Recon?
ciliation ? Couple Wedded
In London In 191.3.
[From Tfie Tr1t?iii,e Bnrri'i 1
Washington. April 18. Society circles
her,? were allocked to-day when it he
cntrie known that William P. McCombs,
chairman of the Democratic National
1 Committee, and Mrs. McCombs had
rated. The belief among close
friends of the couple I? that Mr?. Mc
Comba soin will bring nn action for
divorce.
Mr?. McCombs has spent much time
ior the last ae?/eral month? at the
i home of her parents, Colonel und Mrs.
John R. Williams, in this city. Re?
cently aha has been staying at the
cotant!"] : Mr. nnd Mrs. Joseph
Leiter, in McLean, Va. Mrs. Leiter
ami Mr?. Mc? omba are sisters.
Mr. McCombs is on his way to the
1 Pncific Coast, but intend? to spend
some time on his pluntaiion near Little
Rock, Ark. He staled in Chicago a
few ?lays ago that his trip had no po?
litical significance.
Although intimate friends of Mr.
ar.d Mrs. McCombs have Bought to ef?
fect a recorc i ation, it is stated by one
: of them in a position to knosv tl
aituation thai here is no hope o? an
; amicable 3m
Mr. and Mrs. McComba have been
married less than eighteen months, the
v.cddinp having bren ? in Lon?
don oi r 7, 1913, IVa hington
, ? the
which
?il?' daj m advance of
the ceremony.
?
. \s.is a
?
young
IP.atr?
Issue Reported Engaged.
On two occasions been
-. ment
once to t and
. ss n. i
mic, She and her
i Mil have t.'ik' n a
ilion.
Friends of Mrs. McCombs have com?
mented for some time on h"r frequent
MRS. WILLIAM F McCOMBS.
?o her parents' lio-ie. She would
? I, and
?on her in
ng oc
CUl'll'i.
a* the Will ami
'. a little
he then v,
living
Leiters.
. ? ? ends of M
Helen Taft. The**,
moved for years in the same circle?
?
on i They wer?
equally found ?>f dancing and were the
affaira
while Mr. Tafl was President
the marriag? of Mi??
h ,i Mr. McComba the
the i
would
? closely did Mr.
? iat '.he
',
.
man.
ice in
ind St. Ed?
ward,
pany. Ahum.- thl gueats at th?
ling break* I
the Rita Hotel were Colonel and Mrs.
.mis, Walter Hinea l'aire, American
Ambassador to Great Britain, and Mrs.
Page, Myron T. Derrick. Ambassador
to France, and Mrs. Herrick; James
Itryce. the Earl and Countess of
Craven, tl ?? of Suf?
folk, the Farl and Countess of li??r!?y.
Lord I
W. Halsey, Major < olon Pe
and Mrs. Campbell, Frederick
end Martin. Mrs.
: irtin and ' ' of the
Ann'
McCombi
to-d.iv. and at th? ? horn? noth?
ing could be learned of ner intei
but society folk will not be surprised
time to learn that a diron
tion has been started. It is sa.
?ven close fr enda hav? not been I
into BJ
the actua?*rciisoii? for the eat range?
ment, ~
RALLY TO SUNDAY
IS BUSINESS CALL
TO ALL BRITONS
Sir W. Rtinciman, Sir C.
W. Macara and Others
Lend Aid.
ADVERTISE IN "TIMES"
APPEAL TO NATION
"Immense," Says Evangelist,
When Told of Interest in Lon?
don Still Delays Decision.
[Ht OsHt to Th? TV
London, April 18. The strength of
the appeal t?. Billy Sunday to come
h"re ntid conduct a prohibition and rc
: vival campaign ?became evident to-day.
when a full-page call to the evangelist
was printed In "The London Times "
In addition to Henry J. Randall, or?
ganizer and chairman of the Commit?
tee of the Campaign for Prohibition in
England, tl ?m Indorsed, in
"Tin? Times" display) by Sir Walter
Kunciman, of Newcastle; Sir William
Lever; Sir Charles W. Macara; the
Kipht Honorable Thomas Robinson
i Keren I, Mem er of Parliament; August
Wal on, of Newcastle; Wesley Petty,
'of Leeds: Andrew Brown ?- Co., of
London; Chamberlain, Pole & Co., of
Bristol; the Bristol Ainsworth Mer
ecrising Company, of P.olton; Armitage
_ Rigby, of tor; J. _ R. Smith.
of Liverpool: Hollas, Ltd., of Bolton;
Tuke & Boll, of London; T. Blackburn
& Ifor.s, of Proston; Ben Pavies &
Son, of London; Holloway Brothers, of
London; W. H. BridgO, Ltd.. of Man?
chester, and the I.ongridge Hami?
lton.
'i he atlvei tis? m< nt asks not only that
Sunn. ..in.-il I,. ???.?; it calls
upon ihe nation i?i luppori prohibition
orten the war. and thus save lives
and money by giving th?- time spent
? alcohol to
lg out the of war mu
leu. ?
The fact that Sir Henry E. Randall
has be? .: .1? :.i w.,1r,
er.? for ?British war eiiicieiicy has
i.iin. ? i" I with
that of Uenrj .). Randall, head of tin*
n.-w H...-, i m. ni, .-. ho the London
busin? oi of large Americai
niaiiuiiu turing
Sir V\ l.it*T 1,1. III'. 111..:
1 ??
Lever is chairman of ?Lever Brothers, |
iv right Ma? prominent
cotton man I i the Right Hon?
orable Thomas Robinson Ferons, In
? being a .Member of Parlia?
ment, is a direct? itt & Sons,
Limited.
i.iislm M for Temperance.
The results of an exhaustive investi
gation mad?.- by the government in |
q ?or was re
for an astounding loss and delay
,n the prod war munition?
'1 h ? figure i 'hat thousand?
s were lost and that three tin *
. -h time haci been wasted through
? - th? war
?i of business men in
by bo d ??? i| lovers
he root of I
The i- men back of it
have never been identified w-ith any
ciaily, the per- '
?onn? 1 "? the commit great I
one of the
prii cipal mi era in Ne ?
of Premier As
quith. Sir V.'i.lt? r Runciman is the
the Board
of Trade In the And
there are many o
AT i all !?>r Sunday.
eceived
by The lent in Lon
! unday mat- :
tei - ? Macara telegraphed
"Mj advocacy of prohibition is not ?
con ne? ? nice move- I
. but. considering the suffering of!
bal Is and non-combatants
in the countries devastated by war, I
hold that eviiy one in this country
should ? " sucrifice."
From the Ainsworth Mercerizing;
? ived :
"We entirely approve of the project?
ed i-i Rev. William A.
Sunday to conduct of meetings :
here in favor of prohibition."
Wesley Petty wired:
"I am quite willing that my name
should be u ed ? ery way In
: * to bring Mr.
S indaj ? nl. ? an a ?
arranged for Lie,Is? I might be ??'
. ie m that C?Onne? lion, I am t??
address s meeting al Leeds, at which
Mrs. Parker, Lord K
Davies, of Be.i Davies .*?? Son;
Andrew Brown i.- Co., London, and W.
Tudor Pol?*, of Chamberlain, Pole &
Co., sent word that they regarded this
as the right time to begin the Sunday
revival meetings,
A meeting of the loaders in the move?
ment Will be held early this ween..
British Booze Belabored
as Billy Pours Bay Rum
Peterson, N. J., April lg.-* From
underneath the folds of the silk uhirt
which enveloped his head came the
I ..nlitinr.l on |)Ufr 4, column 1
Barnes and Roosevelt Forces Line Up
For $50,000 Libel Suit Opening To-Day
ITALIAN SPY NET
GETS AMERICANS
Edith Deacon and Epis?
copal Rector Held Until .
They Could Explain.
Ri ?? .-. April IR. 1 .vatch
i
?
mi.? Ameri
II;,..
red 'he Rev. Wal
of Net? i ?n't. R. ?..
tor of the American Church
at Ro
Mi. Lowrie was stopped by the police
while ravelling on behalf of Ameri?
cana ?'? I unds for the re?
cent '?
to show the ?iarjci',-1 which he carried.
When he produced the lisl of Amerj
with the figures allowing their
donat,, nation be?
as ihe police thought tl
ssa? in cod? V' lien ihe n
Lowria was re.eased
with i
It i.? not long at,-?) that Albert Van
Buren, of the Ame
emv in Rome, wa arre ted in the Ital?
ian cm ; n apy, I eing re?
leased when the error wa-i made ap?
parent.
-
?mo. Sicily, April 1-? Mi?,?
Edith Deacon, of Boston and Newport,
('.. I., daughter of Mr?. Plorence Bald?
win a* .1 ter of Princes? Antoine
rill, n?e Dorothy Deacon.
recently was su I ?miik a spv
'.sliiie travelling .' G rgenti. Through
Ambassador Page ic.i to the
Minister of tne Interior, she
nally relea
RECALL TO SOLVE RIDDLE
Foes in Atlantic City Move to
Oust Him as Mayor.
!.. taSkSjrtptl to Tl.? Trll'Une.l
Atlantic City, April 18, Mayor Will?
iam Riddle will, if no hitch oo* ,
the programme, be recalled from his
office by ?he la<t of May, if not sooner.
may, I to close the
Sun?!.i. ? be included in the
lent. To-day several petitions
for the recall were circulated.
MARCH GAINS IN PUBLISHERS'
ADVERTISING
The Tribune Led All Other New York
Morning and Evening Newspapers Combined.
Comparing March. 1015. WlUl the same month last
year The Tribune gained more publi.-l.er3 advertising
than all other New York morning and evening newspapers
combined. This is an indication of the quality of the read?
ers of The Tribune and their responsiveness to advertising
of this character._
The Sunday Tribune, with its beautiful Graphic Section, ?old out
early yesterday. To nuke certain of Retting a copy everj Sunday, ask
sour newsdealer to deliver it at ?our home reblan;, ctciy ?eck.
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WILLIAM BARI versus THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
! Principals and Their Lawye:
Reach Syracuse and Mak
Final Preparations for Attac
and Defence in Albany Leac
er's Demand for $50,00
from Hx-President for Injurie
to His Personal and Politice
Reputation.
at Th' TVtiure. I
Syracuse, N. Y., April 18. Tl
Th" nctor-i are here. Every
i-? m rea 1 inesh to-night for th
the cut ain on what is ex
1 to be one of the most importan
libel ? rial.? ever held in this country
It wil be called promptly at 10 o'clod
mow morning by Jpstice Willian
s. Andrews in the Oncndaga Court
William Barnes, the plain iff, whi
00 damages for all 'ged in
jury to his personal and politcal rep
. . 1 Colonel Theodore Roose
! velt, the defendant, arrived on th?
train soon after 10 o'clock to
ni) ht.
-? elt ma,!<- the trip fron
New York on the Southwestern L.miteil
He kept to his stateroom all the waj
up, and r, fu ed to see any one excep
John McGrath, his secretary.
Mr. Barnes a is accompanied by hi:
counsel, William M. Ivins, ami ex-Rep
tative John J. Adams. They go
I on the train at Albany. When the?,
learned they had been assigned to th?
lame chair car occupied by the Colo
nel it was discovered that the car wai
full, and they changed to the cai
. I They took good care on then
arrival here not to reach the platform
?he Colonel had left.
Horace S. Wilkinson met Colonel
mi 1 took h.m to his home
where he will be a guest during the
trial. There was no one else to meel
I him, except a few newspaper men and
photographers, who took a flashlight.
Colonel said he did not have a
word to say. *His famous smile was not
: in evidence.
"Ail I care to say," said Mr Barnes,
"is contained in the statement of Mr.
i Ivins. Any suggestion that the case
may be withdrawn in arrant nonsense.
The case is going through to the jury
for determination."
Widely Circulated.
The ?alleged libel, which was issued
ilonel Roosevelt, ex-Covernor of
this state and for more than ?even
years President of th.* United State?,
1 to have received greater circula
I tion than any statement on which a
suit was ever brought. The proceed?
ing? of the trial probably will be more
widely printed than those of any sim
i ilar action.
John M. Bowers, of Bowers <S Sands,
chief counsel for Colonel Roosevelt,
d here late in the afternoon,
after which the entire legal staff for
the defendant had a three-hour con?
fie Hotel Onondaga. After
\ ?Ilium H. Van Bs i
: schoten, partner of Mr. Bowers, who
with John J. Halpin, one of his
. m the morning, said there
was nothing in* eared to say about 'he
lease. Thoy had no desire to tip their
. hand off to the opposition.
Mr. Van Benschoten, who was born
Co m lour?! on paf? ?, column I
ITALIAN GUARDS
INVADE AUSTRIA
Border Patrol, Fired Upon,
; Drives Back Intruders?
Cession Plan Fails.
[n> litre to Th? Tr '
London, April 18. Italian troops
fired upon by Austrian patrol guards
repulsed the attacking party and made
an incursion into Austrian territory, '
according to courier dispatches to-day '
from the vicinity which escaped cen- ;
sor.-hip by transmission ihruugh Switz
erland. yesterday's dispatches told of i
an uttempt by Austrian frontier guards
to pass through Italian territory, pre- I
sumably merely as a shorter route to
one of their own stations in that ser?
rated border.
To-day's message?, however, indicate
that .. miniature battle between the
Austrian? and Italians has .aken place
in the pasaea. The Austrians, it is
stated, when denied a passage fired ,
, upon the Italians. The ii.trt. lera were
then driven back. How far the Italians
penetral? ?1 into Austrian territory is
no' stated. The Italian censor-hip is
no v extremely rigid, and no reference
to che aifair appears in i.ny of the dis?
patches from Home.
The clash between the frontier
guards of the two nations, although it
might be readily explained away
through d.plomatic channels in times
less tense, is likely to be magnified in '
importance by the report- undoubtedly
authoritative, since it was passed by
the censor at Rome that Cern?an ef
forts to bring about an understanding
between Austria and Italy have failed.
Italy and Austria Fail
to Reach Agreement
i Rome 'via I'ur.s', April 18. From
' an authoritative source it is learned
that, notwithstanding Germany's ef- I
, forts, Italy and Austria have failed to ,
reach an agreement with reference to |
; territorial concessions.
Many reports have been current re?
specting the proposals said to have
! been made by influential Austrians
anxious to preserve peace with Italy
| for the temporary disposition of the
province of Trent, provided Austria
ted to cede it to Italy. The Ut
est proposal, according to these re?
port?, was that the territory be ceded
; to the Tope, and that the Pontit*** turn
j the territory over to Italy after the
| war.
Prince von B?low, the German Am
j bassador at Rome, is said to have
j frowned upon this suggestion because
he feared that it woul.l be a new
I source of friction between Austr.a and
Italy, something he had been itriving
to el it:.
Earl rding the
of Trent were that it be
ceded to Germany, to bold until the
end of the war, or that it be occupied
j until that time by Switzerland, svith
the agreement in either case that the
'territory should eventually "? become
Italian.
RUSSIANS TAKE
70,000 CAPTIVES
IN THREE WEEKS
Hold 75 Miles of Car?
pathians, Dominating the
Roads Into Hungary.
PREPARE FOR SWOOP
DOWN UPON PLAINS
Petrograd OiTicial Analysis Says
Troops Performed Task As?
signed in 18 Days.
a . ? >n TU. Trlrianr 1
Petrograd. April 18.- The Russian?
now holl the principal chain of the
Carpathians for a distance of seventy
five miles (between Reghetov and Volo
sate), in positions which control the
outlets to the plains of Hungary, ac?
cording to a report issued by General
Headquarters to-night. This was th?
task set for the Grand Duke's armies
to accomplish by the time the snows
began to melt and the mountain roads
became clogged with mud, the com?
muniqu? siates.
Retween March 1?) and April 12 the
Russians captured 70.000 men, includ?
ing 900 officers, together with 30 big
guns and 200 mach.ne guns, from th?
opposing forces lined up between L'?
sok and Lupkow passes.
The resistance of the Teutonic al?
lies is described as most desperate,
and along the line from Rartfeld to
I'zsok Pass the Austro-German forces
were estimate?! at 300,000 men.
Southward March Planned.
The subsequent fighting is declared
to have been in the nature of detailed
actions for the purpose of consolidat?
ing the Russian positions, a statement
which would indicate preparations for
a further general movement as soon
as the troops have rested and rein?
forcements, of which the Russians are
credited with having an abundance,
have come up.
The text of to-night's communication
follows:
"At the beginning of March in th?
principal chain of the Carpathians we
held only the region of the Dukla
Passes, v.here our lines formed an ex?
terior angle. All other passes, of
Lupkow and further east, were ir. the
hands of the enemy.
"In view of this situation our armies
were assigned the further task of de?
veloping, before the season of bad
roads due to melting snows becan. our
position in the Carpathians which dom?
inated the outlets into the Hungarian
plains.
"About the period indicated ?he great
Austrian forces which had been con?
centrated for the purpose of relieving
Przemysl were in a position between
Lupkow and Uzsok Passes. It was for
this sector that our grand attack was
planned. Oar troops had to carry out
a frontal attack under very difficult
conditions of terrain. To facilitate
their attack, therefore, an auxiliary at- .
tack was decided upon on a front in the
direction of Rartfeld as far as Lupkow.
Secondary Attack Made.
"This secondary attack was opened
March 19 and was completely devel?
oped. On March 23 and 28 our troops
had already begun their principal at?
tack in the direction of Balligrod, en?
veloping the enemy positions from west
of Lupkow Pass, ana on the east, near
the source of the San.
"The enemy opposed a most de?per
ate resistance to our offensive. They
had brought up every available man on
the front from the direction of Hart?
feld as far as Uzsok Pass, including
even German troops aid numbers of
cavalrymen fighting on foot. The ene?
my's effectives on this front ? ?.
300 battalions. An Austrian or 1'er
man battalion numbers 1,000 men.
Moreover, our troops had to overcome
great natural difficulties at every step.
"Nevertheless, by April 5?that is,
eighteen days after the opening of our
offensive tne bravery of our troops
enabled us to complete the task as?
signed, and we had seized the princi?
pal chain of the ? arpathians on a
front between Reghetov and Volosate,
of Ho rents ?about seventy-five
miles).
"The fighting subsequently has been
in the nature of actions in detail, in?
tended to consolidate the successes we
won.
70,000 Prisoners Taken.
To sum up: On the whole Carpathian
fron'. l.?tw.',.n March If and April
12. the enemy have suffered enormous
"?MS, and have left in our hands in
prisoners alone at least "0,000 men. in?
f urther, we
have captured 30 guns and 20? machine
I, ns.
"On April II the actions in the Car?
pathians were concentrated in the
?n of Rostoki. The enemy, de?
spite the enormous losses suffered, de?
livered in the course of that day no
less than sixteen attacks in great
strength. These attacks, all of whi<-h
were absolutely barren of result, were
made against the height? w? have, oc?
cupied further to tho east of Tele
potch
"Our troops during the night of
April 16-1?, after a desperate fight,
stornud and capturt d a height to the
southeast of the village of 1
wher? we took many prison,
counter attack* delivered by the enemy
against this height were repulsed."
a rria London), April It"
following official communicatioi,
1 to-ilay:
"In the Carpathians, in the wooded
mountains near Knagypota iy, Zeloe and
Telepotch, Russian atta -
v.ciouslv repu'.sed. Sevra officers and
1,425 men were captured. L
"On the other fronta th*? were only
artil.ery engagements." ?