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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
CARRANZA ASKS
?. S. SUPPORT;
TO MEET VILLA
State Department Reluc?
tant to Recognize the
First Chief.
LANSING COMES
TO MEET M'ADOO
Conference Here To?day. but
'?iof uses to Tell
What Will Be Discussed.
l-.-i-auJ
W-astl *???' ':'??' st***- *'e"
part--' hi its re
iuf,a. - rmal demand
for i- Presi
*.o day bj Car?
ttitudc .' ii b 'iicv, d
? ? - ijority
r. . \ can eonferree?,
.;. certain of the dip
cognit ion of the
I of the Stats Pe- ,
of the
?fork *.o
lituation.
? night, I
H? ?aid
orraw
i, with
what phase
ked over.
,.i his
iven, Me..
t?a late to
to Sew York
of the
handed to ,
? r rec- j
"?nines ,
, and bis j
ace confer
lUtesi that
' rtquire
? .us precedent? and of
? ?- Copies of this
member of
m conference and to
;
? i? bel ?-ved. will be
'he opportunity pr??
charge of atti
? a conference of
eoi neetion, it
? chief
, rmy, en route to the
may be of ?arrie?. He
General Villa, ann may
litJF for K'V
I measure ot con- ?
a-hicb his military achieve
ration of the Mexican
ted by in
Wai Depart?
id? foi th
of Mexico
Attention
to the accumulation of
arrangement?
iter transportation of
?rip to the
? lation to the army
its main purpose is
? re nee with
Lansing to Meet McAtrJoo.
left for New
n in ---onnec
' nation. It
met i.i New
.iy McAdoo
now at bis
... Me.
. conference '
if the quea
?rovernment
? ?ico, either
of the fac?
tion of the'
ll known I
? ??r for con
? :ree? rccon-,
- ? SB*.
in financiers will |
and u was au(*
thal Secretary ?
arge i with the dutv
? ? ue, he I
*'" ^?v- nted with the
the Washington gov
' < South and Central
ch join in re
Secr tary ?
ara inferred,
o ?i. with thia phase of the '
Mum lUtkon will. Villa.
. *! '?' vi-ly to-dav by a
State Department
' not bel.eved to be in
"1 of the country in the
red for recognition; that
ugh weakened, is still SI
with.
, volution, according to j
il when Huerta was ex- !
".-..I ?truggl? since
,i a nvolution,
? i momentary c
faction cannot, therefore,
on for extending
it to thai faction.
to bun- the factions to?
ri the belief that
m the fruits of the
-if*?'? "Ntr Huerta, inassa? ch as they i
?II had their pan m it. l-'or Carranza
'neflciary, officials say,
I iaft of justice.
. | ?if the Carranza
that Carranza
"* ?illin?. t?. confer throagh his reore
? elsewhere with "any
i n who m trooil faith has
f?ir the wi
? i.i iv. Then- ha^ been in?
'"?if When Villa or the commun.I. r?
- him could not hart ob- i
ce with ObrcL'on or |
c?i" other commander? In a m?tarv '
*?v. W? an- willing to confer with:
foi th? welfare |
common country, bul we must
he winds the vir
???'v whu-h now aoable? us to realise
?at ?imj of tin- revolution "
at Carranza lim
i to Mtxi
Coauaued vu page t, column S
Marlowe, Stage Parts Ended*
Learning New Role of Leisure
JULIA MARLOWE
In Charming Connecticut Home. Actress. Youth Re?
newed. Prepares for Life of Ease and Companion?
ship with Husband, Who Retires Next Year.
! - , a OU?' < :? ? ;.: Of Th? Tr:'.
Litehfield, Conn.. Aug. 7. Julia M ar?
lo ve il cashing in on life. The two
force? m h ich govern her now are a de?
termination not to appear again on the
atOfe and an equally firm resolve to en?
joy the fruits of her long professional
career.
With her husband. E. H. Sotbern.
Ifiaa M;u'i..we la entering on her end?
less holiday, and at the close of the
coming sea.?on Mr. Sothern will retire
and become his wife's chief aid in the
business to which they will devote
themselves having a good time.
They urc to be congratulated upon
their selection of a spot in which to
enjoy the summer. They have leased
an ancient house, built in 1760. and
surrounded by mammoth elm.? und spa?
cious, rolling lawns. In every direc?
tion the eye is met by the wonderful
beauty of the Litehfield Hills, the out?
posts of the more extensive Ilerk
?hirea.
The twittering of birds and a faint
rustle as a light breeze stirred the
treetopo were the only sounds to break
the summer stilness when a reporter
?The Tribune climbed the itepi ol
| the quaint old porch this afternoon
? Mr. Sothern, hale and ruddy, greeted
the caller.
"? >h. there ?i no qu< I ?on about Mis.?
I Marlowe'i permanent retirement," ht
- said. "Shell I??- h? ri in ,? minu! and
! tell you about it."
It vi-?? a vivacious Julia Marlowe who
' entered the room u momenl later. Her
step was light and springy. Her eyes
j sparkled and her cheek? glowed. She
: seemed a part of the grial OUt-of
. doors from winch she had come. Ill
health WOl the last thing on?: who
looked at hi r would think of.
sh- wore .i -hoit walking sun of a
rough material, ami with hei handi
stuffed in the poeketi and a hat to
match the suit, perched a bil launtily
; upon her head, ?he wa.? a picture worth
? going a long way to ?ee.
"Well, here is the lick girl," she
laughed. "Arent you sorry for mel
Everybody elae is. Thev come un here
in condole with me and tell me how
' terribly the;, feel about it."
"You don't wai I
"No- much. What 1 welcome iust
How arc eongratulationa. Am I -
In congratulated? 1 have gained that
i ? ?.III Hill, -, I ?III |>.1K>- 0, ?l.llllllll 1
PROGRESSIVE PARTY
DEAD IN MINNESOTA
Last of Leaders Quits and State
Is Expected to Go Repub?
lican in 1916.
[Bj 'IV lirai,!, I-, Th* Trll.um- ]
St Paul, Minn., Aug. 7. The T'ro
I ? v? party in Minnesota, which
vas strong enough to carry Uli
for Roosevelt in the last election, will
probably play no part in 11? 1 *;. There
is no organization and no effort- are
being made to keep the party alive.
Hugh T. Halben, the last Progressive
candidate for Governor, xca? tic last
to give up. He has left the atate.
The Progressives lost one of their
strongest leaders when Frank H K-l
logg, who prosecuted the Standard Oil
Company for the Federa: government,
decided to seek the Republican i
nation for 1'ni-ed States Senator t?>
BUCeeed Moses K. Clapp.
With the real leaders out of the
party and Colonel Roosevelt nol a?
tive, Minnesota will probably swing
back into the Republican column
BENZINE FOR FLEAS;
6 PERSONS HURT
Explosion Follows Investigation
with Candle to See How
Insecticide Worked.
I T.ictriDli '? Tli? Trimm?? I
Philadelphia, Aug. 7. -A swarm ef
fleas was indirectly responsible to-dav
for a terrifie explosion which injured
six persons and did bout $2,000 dam?
age to the home of Christian H miry.
Christian had fleas In his cellar and
seme one told him two gallons of ben?
zine would give relief. Later h> went
into the cellar with a lighted candle
to see the results, which are:
Six hurt, two seriously.
Cashier blown from cage in nearby
grocery store.
Every Window in block shattered.
Neighbors within five-block radius
badly scared.
Guatemala Minister
Ousted by Carranza
Mexico City. Aug. 7. Or. .Juan .1. Or.
tega, Minster t? Mexico from Guate?
mala, received hi? passports to-day ami
was informed that he must leave the
Country within twenty-four houis. The
reason for this step was not announced,
but it is supposed that he is ?"
non grata with Carranza.
SAVANNAH ?FLORIDA?CUBA
via SEABOARD AIR LINE RV.
Buperb st<el trail
The I'l?..in.' Iv? N. Y. 0:1 \ M '
Cuba Bui. 1 ?:? P M , faul Mall 1S.M
night. Inquire 1181 B way.?Adxt.
WIFE AND SON PRAY
OVER BODY ON SAN
Crowd Joins in Appeal Aft
Surf Had Washed
Away Life.
Wber. a pulmotor failed to r? i
Bernard Brown, fifty year? old. of
South Hammels Avenue, Hamm?
Long Island, yesterday aftei
ter he ha.! been rescued from the iui
his wife and ?on kneeled on the- sai
by the body and prayed foi
While the Rev. Father John Brenno
of St? Roae of Lima Church, admini
tered the last riles. A crowd joint
in the prayer, which lasted many mil
utes, although a physician had pr
nounced the mai d?
While in " mi Brown gol b<
\?.i:ri his depth. Buffeted in th?
current, he soon became exl
Fdwi.rd Rudinaky, a bather, i
to the rescue. It- succeed? d in pul
ing the body ashore.
MRS. C. A. PLATT HURT
WHEN AUTO OVERTURN:
New York Woman in Acciden
in Which Chaurfeur Is Killed
Corniah, \. H, Aug. 7. Seven
neighbors and friendo of Pr?
Wilson in the ?dinish summer colon
were in an automobile accident toda
at South Royalton, Vt., near here
A machine carrying Mrs. C. A. I'latl
wife of a New Yoik architect;
Filen Shipman, daughter of Loo
Shipman, the novel iat, and Williarj
Plait, Mrs. Platt'i son, turned over
killing Charles Sherwin, the chauffeur
and Bruising the other occupants ?,
!he car.
YACHTSMAN'S AUTO
FOULS MILK WAGON
H. J. (iielow Hurt and ?uest*?
Shaken Up in Accident at
Coney Island.
Henry J. (iielow, a xv.-li known ma?
rine architect and yacht broker, woo
badly injured la** nighl when his
automobile ran into a milk '.?agon at
.nil.
With h:.? wie and a par,y O?
friends, Mr. Gielon had motored from
New York, intending to go to the At?
lantic Yacht <lub for dinner. ??ti
Surf Avenu?' the milk wagon swung
in front of him.
Fl\ ,-. from th,- windshield
cut tl Ct'o face and made a
cut m ! I ne rest of
the party wore bodlj ihoken op, but
unhurt. Mr. Gielow wai ettenoed bi
I>r. Charlea Hall, of \x,-- i iteenth
Street, Coney Island, and weal home.
| His machine was cnpi-led b) too ool?
I llblOIl.
OSBORNE SERENE,
SO IS S?NG SING,
AS CRISIS NEARS
Warden Off for Weekly
Visit to Mis Home?Con?
victs Play Ball.
VACATION PLANNED
FOR NEXT WEEK
Welfare League Determined to
Carry on Uplift Whether
He Stays Of (?oes.
Thomai Mot! O borne left Sing Sine
early last evening fur hi? home n
Auburn, there to lay until Tuesday.
What he think? of the reported plan of
Superintendent of Priaoni John B,
Rile) to remove him on Tuesday msy
be judged from the tact that he plans
to remain at the prison until Thurs?
day, testify sgainst ftiley'a conf'xlential
man, cx-Aldiiniari Patrick II. Mc
Donald, of Albany, on Thursday, an?!
on Friday ?tari for his vacation, "af
faira at the prison permitting."
Beyond announcing theae plans Mr.
Osbome ha given no public indication
of what lu think? of the result of the
conference Superintendent Riley ex?
pect? i?? have with Governor Whitman
?m Monday, when the head of the
Priaoni Department i expected to ask
permi- ??? to n move him from office.
Mr. Osborne'a attitude ws? that of a
man absolutely sun- ??: himself and
not worrt ins about what the future
mav hold for him.
"There ia really nothing that I ran
isy," he asid "Affaira in the prison
speak for themselves. Everything is
running imoothly."
In the prison yard there was the
uiual Saturday afternoon ball trame,
the swimming pool wai in use, and a
few'prisoner? were knocking
l'i>!i i about The nervousness that
ro be felt rather than ieen earlier in
th? v.-?-. . hen the reporta thai Os?
borne was to be removed gained ear
. was missinir.
All on Good Hchaiior.
"Wh ' trying to do.' said
'? the lead ? Mutual Wei?
?are League, ". t that Mr.
Oaborne may leave us, and be prepared
it hi does, bj trying to main?
tain the -': icti ? ion pline.
"Mi Mr. Johnson and
01 '? a ho l.;i- been trying to
make Mr. Oaborne'i r?gi m
tried to impress upon everybody
that, even should he go, the boy?
would only harm him and harm them
and th< ? hole cause of ,
reform by kicking up a rumpus. I
know that he ha? I m? f the
men to work harder t<> make good if
I pen than they are
ng now.
"Now. that's ten*i Most of the
men h? . -"ir. ther locking
in ?en ey have Im ,.,, ;',,oi.
enough to land here. There m
a few that ma) wan* I ?tart lome
tiiini:, but only a few. Almost any
of th?- men could tell >ou who they
art. We w thoae men,
a hat happi
"We don't know, o:' courae, whether
Mr. Oaborne ?? going to go or not. too
on the out-,?!(' don't know, to judge
from the papers. W ? don't like to think
of it. But, no matter what o
tay? put
down a bet ? warden or not,
thr men here will In- with him, and
?rill try to do what he want? done the
way hi- wanl
Many of the guarda, bul not all, feel
? Oaborne aa the convicta do.
Some of tin- oldsat men in the service
an- an that their lot
is pleatanter than under th? former
wardens.
"It was ',.,!.! at ' rat," ?aid one of
these; "it I way, ai I gueaa
it did ?? lags. Hut it's work?
? do? nol
help some guard , Th? re have been
guard* here worse than rhe nun they
hi re to guard. Some of these
chap hav? been the meaneal kiml of
graft? naturall) mean the
kind that will kick a puppy or a kitten
about. Thai kind doeant tit under the
new scheme of things. It hurts them
to h?- good and they miss their pick
inps.
"Those of the men who never cared
for a duly dollar an- finding no fault.
They don't miss what i had."
"Are there many of th?- graften her?
now '.'"
Ossining Awaits Next Turn.
"I ,,- of no man's con?
science but m\ own. A-k some! idy
-, von arc sstisfied ?"
"Perfectly. Before every msn'i
I ami wai airain?! urne if anything
? ted 1 ? actively again?!
nol with me. Now, nothing
?. would be
it and with me. Get
ii ? That i in't bec u -?? they love me,
I ut because they are locking out for
themae
In the village of Ossining, where
the 0 i- not overpopular,
H that the scheme to
redit him was checkmated las'
?hen tli" removal of papers from
the pi on '?' .-. - topped. 1 here is no
bint thai McDom parti to anv
conspiiacv again si Mr. Oaborne, but;
_? holding of thea?
record? until they could be copied and ,
marked foi ired Mr.
? lib? ? would not b<- without
meant <?f d? I ch ir^? i 'ha'
n icrhl in made airainst him.
. very well defined ?dea
.-ht he. but
Mr. 0 ill not discuss tlt-rn.
It ia arnonir th?- probabilities, how?
ever, that they will come up 'or dis- ?
i ussion early in the week. >
With Both Feet
Samuel Hopkins Adams lands hard this morning on
those merchant, who sell ?sample shoes'" which are
samples of nothing except how to throw a glamour
around inferior merchandise. Read what he says of
these merchants, whose business souls are as flawed as
their shoes. Page 10 this morning.
abc ?im?aij Sribmta?
First to Ust-the Truth: Ne*an?Editorials?Advertisements
Russians Quit Narew Front,
Check Germans on Flanks
FRENCH REP?LS
CROWN PRINCE'
VERDUN ASSAM
?Also Claim Check to G
man Attempts to Clea
Vosges Paisses.
CROSSFIRE RAKKS
KAISER'S TROO
Thrown Back at Hill No. 213 i
Pass of Schratzmannele,
Paris Claims.
London, Aug. 7. That the effort:
the German Crown Prince to env?
Verdun continue to be met with fail
il the claim of th" French War (>!l
which receives eorroboration i". the
lenco of the Berlin official ?tateme
After two assault? on Iliil No.
which the French succeeded m repi
ing, the German? explode?! tv. 0 mi
under the trenches defending
ilopeo. They were able to gain a f?.
1,d1 | in one of them, only t.. be ?In
out by a French counter attack.
The persistence of the Germana
seeking to clear the Vosges i? tal
lure a? indicating that, despite the
mored stripping of the western fn
to aid in the drive against Russia, tl
still have sufficient reserves to und
take minor offensives.
Alter the capture of the I.ingek?
trenchei on Thursday the Germans
?lay turned their attention to the p;
f.f Schratzmannele. on the roail t'r
i-h claim the repu
..i two a-'.u-i?? i .!.? ..i.?- bj the awe?
ing cros ; lire <>!' their artillery, I
other by a bayonet charge and gr<
FRENCH OFFICUL
The following official statement vi
i .sued by the French War Office
night:
Some artillery lighting has tak
place in Artois, around Souchcz a
I!?-, liiicoiiit. and al?o between t
(?ist- and the Aisne on the plateau
Nnuvr.'ti.
In the Argonne the Germans t-.v;
repeated attacks around Hill No. 2
They were repulsed. The explos;
of two mine? enabled them t.> gam
old in ??tic of our trenches. Th
were immediately expelled by
counter attack.
In the forest of Apiemont the bor
bardmenl hai been continued wi
the same intensity as on previoi
days.
In the Vosges the enemy sever
.imei ?hell? ,1 our poaili?". at l.inj
and Schratzmannele. Toward 2 p. i
ili.y made an attack on th?' pool ?
Schratzmannele, on th?' road fro
? ,'k. which, " ' opped by 01
At the eii.l of tr
oon a ii'-'? German attack wi
? ??i t.y means of a hayon?
charge and gi.?
Earlier in the day the followin
statement wai given out:
Laat nigh! paoaed quietly on th
weatern part of the front. There hi
been reportad nothing moro tha
some engagements with hand grei
ades in the vicinity of Souche:: an
artillery lighting in the region c
Tracy-le-Val and in the neighborhoo
of r.erry-au Htc.
In the weatern section of the At
gonne there has been a continuant
if the very spirited lighting wit
di ai?d bomb i, An attack o
i-tny in the vicinity of Hill N<
219 has hern repulsed.
In Lorraine a strong (?erman re
connaissance has been disponed b
our tire at a point not far from Lein
trey.
In the Vosges there has been not?
ing to report.
GERMAN OFFICIAL
From Berlin the following statemen
of ihe ?.peni! unis on the western fron
I
In Flan i.i? the Belgians, owing t?
the . fli, ? en? - of out artillery
were obliged to partially ?vacu?t?
their advance position over th?
Yser near Hei i?h of I>ix
mude.
Freneh hand grenade attacks wen
re| rth of Nancy. Fast ol
Luneville our advance patrol eaailj
repel?-?! an enemy attack.
In the district north of Muenstei
nothing of importance took place.
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BATES'BODY HERETO-DAY
Church Services To-morrow
?Burial at Mt. Lebanon.
The body of Lindon Rates, jr., lost
on the Lusitania. will arrive on the St.
Raul to.lay. To-morrow it will be
taken to the Fifth Avenue Presby?
terian Church, where a private burial
?? will be held.
A pec:al ear will take the funeral
party to Mount Lebanon, N. Y. Burial
xvill be on T*7??lv Mountain, near the
family home. Mr. Bates'?, boily was
washed ashore on Eddy Island, Gialway
Hay, Ireland, _.>0 miles from where the
Lusitania sank.
Trench War a Lonely Hell
Where Only Death Is Seen
Even Insects Flee Desolation Like Nevada's Desert
Which Tribune Correspondent Sees in Six Days
on French First Line Positions.
By FRED B. PITNEY.
(Copyright, 1915, hy The Nero York Tribune)
Taris, Aug. 7.?I have just returned from six days spent in visiti?.'
the French front, from a point northeast of Verdun to Nancy. In tha
time I have seen every activity of the armies from Paris to the lirs
battle line, and I am told it is the most comprehensive view of the wai
any correspondent has had.
At any rate. I have done such widely varying things as taking \,r\r
in a theatrical performance for the amusement of the "Poilus," and the
-ame ?lay I stood in the most exposed position on the French front?a
position I crossed sixty feet of open ground between the French and
German trenches to reach.
It only serves to illustrate the incredible conditions of modern war?
fare when I sav that I will probably never appreciate at its true value
the danger I ran to reach and return from that position. I will never
appreciate it because, though I stood between hostile armies, thousands
strong, every man -if whom was intent solely upon killing, though .-very
minute was crowded with action, though bullets sang and shells screamed
and crashed, yet I was in the midst of the most utter solitude and
J ?isolation.
N?> way that I looked could I see a single human being. Twisting
lines of French trenches crept over the hills and through the fields be?
hind me, but from end to end not a man was visible. Fifty yards ahead
were German trenches with not a sign of life. At my feet lay many
square miles of fertile valley, and not a living creature in all the broad
fields.
F.ike Nevada'?? Desert Waste.
The wrath of God had struck across the length and breadth of
that land. There is only one landscape to compare to the zone of war.
It is the dry and burned out valleys, the scorched and blistered moun?
tains of the Nevada Desert.
No preconceptions of war are fulfilled on the western front of this
conflict unless it il tr.e siege of Vicksburg. Hut Yicksburg was an inei
uent, and this is all Vioksburg?*.??0 miles o? Yicksburg. with no Gettys
4 untiniKMl on pitare ;l, column 1
SWEDEN REPORTED
READY FOR WA
, London Hears Army Is Mobilize
for Action Against Russia
Minister Denies Rumors.
London, Aug. 7. The Lonilon "Mori
;ng Post" ?helares the attitude ?
Sweden toward Ruaala and the latter
allies tor some time has revealed el?
menta <>l a disquieting character.
"Emboldened by recent German sui
eesses," the newapaper ?a\?. "th
latent hostility of Sweden, which hi
never forgiven the loss of Finland, ha
become strongly developed Considei
able preparations for warlike contir
genciea have been made in Nor'
Sweden, and the Swediah army is full
mobilized. Ii Sweden persists in he
unfriendly attitude toward Russia ?h
may rapidly drift into a war whic
would intvitably !??? a great obstacle t
her future progr?
"The Times," in a long analysis o
the Swedish situation, s.ivs the wa
party has lost itl importance and th
people generally accept neutrality a
the wiaesl course. ?
"Sweden's decision to remain neutra
ii ,i- Arm oo evil." wai the reply o
Count Wrangel, the Swedish Ministe
hei ?. to these rumora.
"There is r.o foundation for the ru
mors." the minister said, "and the sug
g.'?t:on that Sweden contempla'' ??
tion for the recovery of Finland i.? ab
?nid. Premier Sazonoff's ipeech in th,
Russian Pouma on Sunday dearly m
dicateo that relations between Swedei
and Russia are most friendly."
GREECE MAY FOIL
PACT OF BALKANS
Will Not Cede Territory to Bui
liar?a, Premier Tells
Macedonians.
London, Aug. 7. "Greece will no!
Cede "tie inch of territory to Bulgaria,'
i "a- the substance of a repjy m i.ie h-,
i Premier Gounarii to a delegation ol
Macedonian deputies '-"-ho ??ske.l ?
? statement relative to th" purp,
j the government, saya a Reuter dis
! patch from Athen-.
In the negotintions conducted bv the
Allies of the Quadruple Entente with
Bulgaria to induce her to enter the
I '\ar on their side ?he ha- iaaiatently
' demanded that she be ceded that part
? ? Macedonia which was awarded to
Serbia at the close of the Baikan wars.
she aleo h.is sought to obtain at least
' a part of the Macedonian territory
which came umler the (?reek flag in
the ?ame ?? i;
Macedonia was a Turkish province
until the elo ?? of the Balkan War. The
inhabitants include ? maulis
and Greeka. The Slavs are Bulgarians
and S.-rli?
The statement attributed to M. Gou
naria is significant as the British,
rreneh, Russian and Italian Hin
I at Athens made united representations
?to him Wt dneoday regarding the po?
litical situation. Their purpose was
to gain the aid of Greece.
Similar representations were made
yestirday at Nish to the Serbian Pre?
mier in the attempt to bring about a
RaUan agreement so that Bulgaria,
Greece may be numbered
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BRYAN JO OPEN FETE
Peace League Celebration
Here Aug. 28 to Sept. 4.
William J. Bryan will open the fe?-'
tival <>:' the National Peace League at
Sulzer's Harlem Liver Park Aug II
The celebration will !a*t until Septem?
ber A. Other well known men will
?peak. The Woman's SurTrage party
?rill participate on August SO. (ier-'
man, Auatro-Hnngariaa, Irish and otherj
aocietie? are ejected to attend.
BLUNDERS COST
VON JAGOW HIS
POST, IS REPORT
German Foreign Secre?
tary's Resignation Said
To Be Imminent.
London, Auf. V. The correspondent
at Amsterdam of the Exchanga Tele?
graph Company hears from Berlin that
the early resignation of Gottlieb von
Jagow, the German Foreign Secretary,
is probable.
The Minister's retirement will be at?
tributed to ill health, but the real rea?
son, according to the correspondent'?
a?l'. ice?, will be ?lu.- to two blunder?. |
The first is the Austriy-Hangsrian note i
to the t'nitcd State? regarding the ex?;
port?t ions of munitiona. This wa-i sent
to Washington without his being con-!
?ulted. Th? second I? the r?volution
contained in th? Belgian (?ray Hook
that Herr von JagOW irtr<*?i the division
of the Belgian Congo oetween Germany
and Prance.
l?r. Alfred Zimmermann, Under Sec?
retary of Foreign Ahatrs, it i?
will probably ?ueceed IK-rr von Jatrow.
Von Jagow Defended
for Belgian Congo Pla?i
Berlin. Aug. 7 i by wirelea? to Say
ville, N. Y.i. Among the news itemi
prepared oy the Overseas News A.
to-day for trail-mission abroad whs. the
following:
The "Norddeutsch? Allgemein?? 7.1 i
tung," commenting officially on the at
?ertion made in the Belgian Gray Book
that Herr von Jagow, the German For?
sign Secretary, proposed 'he par'
of the Belgian ? ongo botwson 3of?
many, France and Great Britain, to the
exclusion of Belgium, in the spring of
1914, remarks th*t certain information
about the ? tiation? between Great
Britain and Gornianv r?-gulating eon?
ditions in Africa seemed to have
reached Paris. i
"Jules ('ambon, the French Arnl
dor in Berlin, asked for an explanation
of Herr von Jagow, who replied that no
French rights were involved, but that
perhaps the Congo region would be an
appropriate subject for general agree?
ments between the three countin
"Belgium, he said, probably would be
unable financially to meet the re?iuin
, and it was doubtful generally
whether the small countries were
financially strong enough to administer
Urge colonies, which opinion was
shared by Belgian publicists.
"The violation of Belgian rights,".
says the ne paper quoted, "never was
intended or mentioned. The discussion i
started from the fact that France dur-1
ing the Morocco conference offered '
Germany her option and rights in or1
to buy the Belgian Congo, if it was
salable.
"Seemingly M. Cambon at once in?
formed the Belgian Minister of his con- ?
'h Herr von Jagow, mi ?rep- ?
rea luting its tendencies, but the fact
that Germany eariy in 1914 began .tucfi
colonial negotiations is the best proof
ha had "?> thought of attacking
the other powers or of beginning a ,
world conflgration."
Six British Smacks Sunk.
London, Aug. ?. The British fishing
?macks Hesperus, Ivan, Ces, Fisherman,
Heliotrope ?nd Challenger h?ve been
sunk, ores.urr.ablv by German subma
r.nes The fishing crews were landed
to-day. The Danish steamer Haus Emil
was set on fire. The crew wa? ?ave?!
Three Weeks' Battle
EndsasHindenburg
Forces River.
ARTILLERY HOLDS
RIVERATWARSAW
Von Buelovv Thrown Back
to Mitau by Czar's
Flank Movement.
ATTACKING KOVNO
Petrograd Says Gas Was Used
in Assault on Fortress
and Ossowetz.
London, .-Vug. 7.?The German
official report to-night says the re?
sistance of the Russians ha? been
broker, between Lomza and the
:nouth of the Bug River, along what
is known .is "the Narexv front."
Thus, whether the Russians .lave
been defeated or whether they have
fallen back xoluntarily to a new po?
sition, one of the bitterest battles of
the war is ended.
For just three weeks the Ger?
mans, under Field Marshal \on
Hindenburg, have been trying to
force this front and to cut off the
Russian armies in their retreat
from Warsaw. As this line has
hol?! three day? after the evacuation
of Warsaw. Rritish critics believe
the Russian xvithdraxval was volun?
tary ami that (?rand IHike Nicholas
has made certain of the safety of
hi* Warsaw army before he aban?
doned his atnigglc on the N'arew.
Attacks on the fortresses of Kov
no and Ossowetz hy the German
forces have begun, according 10 :xn
official statement to-night from the
Russian War Offre. The works of
., part of tne Ossoxvetz for?
tress, xvere storim ?1 i'rulay under
cover of a pas attack, but the Ger?
mans were ?.??lodgo,! (>y counter at?
tacks, the statement say.?.
Inofficial reports that Kovno was
being evacuated by the Russians
tvai'hed London to-day. The city is
the capital of the government of
Kovno, a fortress of the first clays.
Ossowetz. aleo strongly fortifie 1. is
about fifty miles northeast of War?
saw on th?4 Narow River and about
the same distance southwest of Kov?
no.
After evacuating Warsaxv the
Russians-, it is stated, stationed ar?
tillery on the right bank of the Vis?
tula and made earnest efforts to
prevent the rebuilding of the Vis?
tula bridge? by the Germans, ami
this is borne out by the Rerun of?
ficial communication, which declares
that the Ru.-sians continue to horn
liani Wiir-:i\v from Traga, on the
eastern bank of the river.
Mackensen I'nabie to Advance.
There is little change in the other
sections of the Polish salient. In th?
? southeast neither General von Macken
sen nor Archduke Joseph Ferdinand
has made much progres?, being still lit?
tle more than twenty miles north of the
! Lublin-C-Olm Railway, which they
en..1 a week ago. The resistance of
the Russians here and that delaying
(?enera! von Hindenburg in the north,
has kept the roads clear for the escape
of th. :'rom the inner encirc?
; ling operation.
In Coutiaod an?! Kovno General von
r, with .iiO.niiii men, is carrying
out sweeping dank movements much on
the same lines as those with which Gen?
eral von Kluck opened the campaign in
tiie west, though in different cin-um
Itancea and in a much more difficult
country. General von H?low's left wing,
wh.ch join?, up with the separate army
operating south of Riga, has made a
further advance toward I'vinsk, th?
Russians retreating across the Jara
River, ?hile his right is approaching
Kovno.
I Linking Move Threaten? Germana.
The German? have received a check
to their enveloping movement in the
region of Riga, the Baltic capital,
where the Russians ?ay the invader?
have been driven back on Mitau. Pe?
trograd also intimate? that the Teuton?
for the time being have abandoned their
efforts in the direction of Riga and are
turning their attention to ?tern a Rus?
sian flanking movement from the direc?
tion of I'oniewesch.
Hereafter General von Billow's prog?
ress i.? likely to be slower. Between the
Jara and the iK'insk there are great
swamps, while between Kovno and Vil
second objective, lie? the Nie?
men River to the south and the Sventa
and many other streams to the north
and east, all of which lend themselves
to defence.
The besieged fortress of Novo
Georgievik. at the junction of the Vi?
I tula and Narew rivers, the most w??u
ernly place retained by the Russiano,
! ?till holds out, although the Germana
; claim to have captured one fort.
According to the official ?tatement
given out in Berlin by th? Army Head
j quarter? Staff to-day. Fort Dembe,
cuauruiiuc j-at, _{ _.? ___.?_* ??Hit?