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iqm'T TuiQ Pirrrr uaph r\innru Tn QiMr \Y/iTum it 'ittm .
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"Sammies
Join Poilus
In Training
Army of Interpreters to
Make Possible Close
Co-operation
Southpaws Prevail
In American Ranks
?. S. Soldiers Find It Hard
Work to Spend All
Their Money
Me HEY WOOD BROl'N
Accredited to the Forahing army in
Franca for The Natv York Trihun"
Bad Syndicate,
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FIELD HEADQUARTERS OF THE
?MERK AN EXPEDITIONARY
rOtCES IN FRANCE. JULY M. The
S?mmies and the poilus will receive
thur training together from now on.
A sufficient number of interpreters
his bttn massed here to make com?
mon instruction possible, and a French
?attalion will share the drill ground
?-. each of the two battalions of
Atjwricana, beg lining to-day. The ma?
rines are first to fraternize as well as
?tat, and yesterday divided the labor
of building practice trenches with the
French.
The competition developed rivalry,
but the French finished first and then
"irew down their trench tools and sang
:he Yerdun .?ong. "'Ils ne passeront
p.?," to show that the effort had not
?\haustcd their wind. A few minute?
liter the Americans adopted the cus?
tom and broke ir.io "Hail, hail, the
ping'? ail here!"
The Sammies are confident that the
difficultic- of language which arise m
instruction and commerce are tempo?
rary. Asked whether he could make
iimsti' understood by the French, an
'American soldier replied: "No, but
they'll pick it up after a wh'le. They
f?t some words now. If 1 go into a
itere and auk for sardines just like
that ? I cot them. If I say cheese I
"on't cet anything."
The soldiers were paid Saturday, and
there is a stimulating jingle in their
tan. Hut it is necessary to do pay?
day ?hopping earlj? for ail the stores
irt now practically cleaned out by
afternoon.
To gel nd of his money one of the
Saw e- houglt a colored postcard of
? ? had just taken a bath, or
-cat abc?-, to do so; another uncolored
-a**? of Mam Mrnt, m tan of preserved
leaches and a loaf of bread. He could
j ipend no mo?e, for he did not lik?
anned lobrter or hairpins.
The greatest demand is for Rull
J-urham. It changed hands yesterday
ter five francs. A supply of American
tobacco has just arrived. French to?
bacco is plentiful, but unpopular.
The troops ar.d officers of both na?
tions are together continuously in the
rtreets and caf?s. Every evening there
;a an international concert. The Sam
tie? like their own band best. "That
French music is kinda classical," one
iildier explained.
Bombing practice has revealed the
far that almost l'i p.r cent of the
American troops are left-handed. Right
kander? ?ire urging the creation of a
?teeial squad of southpaw grenadier?,
to be placed in the first line trenches
aid kept there.
U. S. Troops Tackle
Trench Digging
With Enthusiasm
r-. Tt.? A??-v:??#-l r-??a)
?.-?rican Training tamp in France,
?a-jr 25. There was ?-reater activity in
Be training camp to-dav than at any
"lie line? the American troop? reached
rrance. The preliminary arrangi
? *; been completed, actual
? ?ork was begun. There is
H disposition by any of the American
tam^ir.'.- ??. belittle the amount of
Mrl* necessary to bring their men up
*? t*>. ropean standards, but
???pint -rith which the troops ha*>e
???idertaken this work has encouraged
?W highest hopes of early efficiency.
?ere being dug to-day by
praetitt with an enthusiasm
MM . ?, i,| to that with which sol?
ives in under actual
These trenches were
? rth and were ?luplicates of
"?fuir. sec!.on? of the front line, con
'??*?:?-? of frort, or fire, trenches, sup
?"??rt and r'*er\- trenches, with Intri
*** communication trenches connect
?** them The Americans were dig
?tof to-day ?u?t as if they hoped ?oon
?? be f g I
Tt|ter?"Uy 'he marines got under way
* '? ,-. and they were wir
to day behind great
?**'ri*r* ,,' barbed metal entangle
,ery possible way the
"' ?.ning is intended to ap
Rtlimate operation? un?!er actual war
**ae\\\ ? ?iffensivr and defer? -
II he employed, and ?ome
'??* ????ties with grenad?**,
**?)*>ret?. gr,d trench motors .oon will
?_* place Alrenly dummies h,\r
???r ?n? true ted for bayonet practice.
ma the m? ? are being taught the -ix
****t ?Itg ? for tttaaCK.
are highly amused at
??"??tor,., of ho*? the French decorate
*** Par' ??.?? r dummies to \aob ?'?'?''
N Germ,i Emperor, von Hmdenburg
m other ?-ri.my notable?, and each
***?*??*.?, , ..arching it? rank? for em
"**? art .?, in that line.
rr???tif. m trench fighting will not
r*f*1 replace the rout?* marche? or
_*?*. fir the h?rdemng pro<*e?? must
9?**M tlj the time. Alre,dy the
T**? peek? weigh in the neighborhood
* "ftT pmun?a, but when finally they
J* '"'?^?'-.?d for the trenche?, with
J2J h?!rr,.?? ,nd an extra kit. th*?*
f*Mt? m?)? weigh eighty pound?, equal
**t?h-,?? ??.rr.ed by th. Rnti.h troop?.
tJ** AmtrletB ?tl?ltri are calling
j__r*a-lirig matter, ai.d it ha? been
^???t?-) that Amfrican? after re,d
JB *a?--?z,n?. ?r ,,<>.. perlodietlg
^ ?_?? ." the port ??"Tire, with a
tes? ??,mp. The government for
Sg^.?_*m pronnptly it, ?he troop? in
???M TK. men are also looking
?. jg ?? ''' 'h*' e?t,bli?hment of
?*?_ ? v? A. but? ,t the ramp, and ef
\**M0tAet tk''K m*<1*' t0 hurr*v th**ir
rRYING TO BREAK IN A HOME TALENT ORCHESTRA
Closed; Hampered
2 Big War Plant?
War Department Acts When
Liquor Demoralizes Work
on Government Contracts
The liquor licenses of thirty-five sa
loons and three hotels in the Bay Ridge '
Acquitted ot
Murder Charge
Her Attorneys Say Verdict Endi
San Francisco Bomb
Cases
San Francisco, July 26. Mrs. Rena
iMooney. one of the five defendants ir
section o? riruuaiiii ?.-,
pended for the period of the war b
State Department of Excise, actin
the War Department at Washingtc
All of the places affected are wit
I certain radius of the K. W. Bliss >
tion Works, now tilling contracti
the government, and the Morse Dry
' anil Repair Company's plant, whn
' engaged in repairing damaged (lei
. linara confiscated at the beginnin
? th?' war.
The action of the Fxcise Depart?
: came out of a clear sky, as far as
I liquor dealers were concerned. I
I they received their notices ?ester
! few of them had any idea that su
i move was contemplated. The sus
, ?ion of licenses went into effect at r
| Last night police of the Fourth Av<
I station patrolled the places affecte
see that no alcohol was sold. The
' loonkeepers mai continue t<> sell
? drinks if they choose, but "hard* ?t
i- barred until peace is declared.
For some time past, it is said, ar?
men of the munition and ship rep
lag works have been ?irinking hea
at the saloons of the district. Wor!
I great necessity to the government
i under way at the plants, and the
! n oralization caused by the sale
! liquor became so ?treat that it was
I tided that u stop ?-hould he put t<
\ at once.
Fach saloonkeeper i*i the affected (
tlict. receiveil this personal letter \
! tctday from Herbert S. Sisson, St
Commissioner of ExitMi
"You will find inc'i'sed herein a c?
! ot the order iaaucd by the State ('?
? missioner of Fxcise and approved
' the Governor, pursuant to the pre
? sions of Chapter S21 of the Laws
? 15*17. This order suspends the ngl
| of holders of Honor tax certificate?
' .i part of the Borough of Brook!;
' Couritv of Kings. City of New Y o
? h? uiidaries of which are describid
| the order.
"The certificate held by you ?
1 traffic in liquors at the above ?d'lrr
i- one of UlOM affected. Cnder t
(?rovisions of the order, during the ro
tinuation of the war with Garant
you ar?* forbidden to sell alcoh"
I l.quors under any certificate now he
01 which may M hcreafv-r attain
1 within the tf-rrttory describe?! in C
order."
Vial of the saloonkeepers afTecti
are members of the Ha; R'dge Liqin
f??*???-r-* As-aciation. This body wi
I hold a raaating ta day to prat?
against the order.
Germananrtericanisms
. n.. stooai i Ml
pr??M?nt Wil?on oppose? eneraetirally
, ( ?nares? *?hi?*h .muBRlH into th?? frw.rl I.i
i an a?l?i?"ry council of five *->nnt?.r? ?nil fi>
i R??.r???ntatlv??, with the ot.j?. t ?.f rurtailin
' the fr-aiflent'? p"?? Our ruler. V",. i? ?
! th? opinion that I" a ??nuin? ?lemorraFi? nnl
I he can l.rin?* lb? war to a .une?.ful en
I who r********* iH I"'***** "' at autor rat th
| p?,?v?r of a elieUt/T. Ru??ia. Knarlan'l. 1'nit?
i HtrnXr*' F.v?ryv?h?r? ?l*e th?y ?et out t
! tostomu "?***la?aa*a ""*? ?" **' ***rm mam t?
| I* ?litUt'.r? tmmmmsttttOt
At th? ??ry itiom?*nt when the Command?
' :n ("hi?f permit? our hrave troop? "?nine
! where in f-rar??'' to a-r?pt th? offer?*!
i Fr?nrh champa?-n? and r?-?t le.? intoxicatm?
j ordinary red win?, th? ?am? commander ir
i ehtt-f *'?<im?wh?r? In I' B, K." prohibit* th?
??alat*nc? of any wot. ?DrlnK within ten mil?*?
I F,f ?neampm?nU, armori?.. ?t<- It la th?
I aam? oie) ?tory: W? ??nd wheat t/> Knulan?!
in ?rd?' ?hat "?om?wh?ra> in Knalar.rl" th?
l???r priF'lurla tan increaa* And h**r?T
the mura-r cases growing um .?i i
bomb explosion here last summer, a
which have excited world-wide inte
est, was acquitted late to-day. Aft
a trial that had lasted nine and or
half weeks, the jury deliberated fift
one hours before reaching its verdi
of "not guilty." Seven other indie
ments are pending against Mrs. Moone
but it is uncertain, according to tl
District Attorney, ?vhether she will 1
tried igiiin.
Thomas J. Mnoney. her husband, ai
Warren K. Billing? have been convie
j ed and sentenced respectively to ?leal
land life imprisonment. Both have a|
| pealeil. Ivrael Weinberg and Edwai
i A. Nolan, the other defendants, rema
I to b?. tried.
"The bomb cases are at an end," df
i clare?) Thomas O'Connor, of Mrs. Mom
\a*f's counsel. "The ?iext trial will h
that of Oxman."
Frank ? Oxman. an Oregon cattli
: man, is tccuttd of attempted tubemi
1 tion ?if perjury in connection wil
Thomas Mooney's trial, in which be wi
'the chief witness tor the proatcutioii
"I am surprised at the verdict," sai
j District Attorney Charles If. Fickeri
who, with his assistant, Louis Ferrari
! prosecuted Mrs. Mooney. "We expect
? rd the jury to disagree."
As the foreman announced the ver
I diet Mrs. Mooney, a comely young mu
sic teacher, jumped from her seat an?
' kissed each juror. Friends, relative
' and her attorneys showered her wit!
! congratulations.
?
?U.S. to Share First
Invasion of Germany
By Air, Says Squier
Washington, July M, The first in
v!. lim of (iermany will be by aero?
plane, and the I'nited State? is going
' to have a large part in it. according U
! I rigadier ('encrai Squier, head of the
Army Signal Corns, which is in charge
of the ari-iy tvittOI I,
"The I'nited States is going to pro?
vide enough machines to make itself
; felt m putting this programme
through," he said. "This is not saying
. ni construct SZJ09B aeroplanes, or
24 British Ships
Sunk in a Week
Seven More of Larger Ves?
sels Sunk Than in Pre?
vious Week
t London July **."i A pronounced rise
' in the number of I'-boat sinking? la?t
week is revealed by the Admiralty fig
|ures issu7>d here to-day hearing on Oer
i many'? sub-sea campaign. Twenty-one
British merchant vessels of more than
\lj99t ton., three of less than that tOB?
! nage and one fishing craft were sent to
' the bottom, either bv submersibles or
I
I mines.
The inerea?e of destructivene?? is
I distributed entirely among thp larger
i ships, seven more of these vessels
I having been sunk than during the week
previous. The number of smaller ves?
sel? sunk i? one less than in the week
precefling, and there is a deerea^e of
seven in the numher of fishing smack.?
I ?le?troved.
Results Run in "Waves"
The I -boat warfare runs in regular?
ly di?cernible "waves." When the av.
rrage of efT'ctiveiiess has been low
! for t?vo or three week? the destruction
' usually jumps, and thereafter continues
to rise for several weeks more. This is
'attributed to the fact that as the tor?
pedo supply of the submarines run low
they gradually. Withdraw to their bases
to be refitted. Not all of them get
back, but those which do are overhauled
and reinforced by new rraft just off
the ways The?? take the sea tog??ther
in fleets and immediately the number
of sinkings shows an increase.
Thus far. however, the mam curve
Of (ii'strurtion has been gradually drnp
j ping since thr week ended April -1,
when th.' greatest li?rman under?
water triumphs were registered, forty
large vessels and fifteen smaller ones
having been sent t?> the bottom in a
I single seven-day period.
The present increase is not large
! enough to cause alarm among the naval
authorities here, but it jg sufficiently
I serious to show that the submarine is
; ?til! a deadly menace to the Allitt' lines
' of commt niration.
Record Since "Rlack Week"
The following table shows the fluctua?
tions of the I'-boat campaign since the
"black week" in April:
VE88EL8 si Nh
Over Inder
I .?.on i .?-.on
Week en?!ei! Ton?. Tons.
April II . 40 II
? Arril ?*? . ??>?"" II
Mav .r> . U
Ma* II . 1? 5
.Mav 19 . II 9
May M . 1? 1
I ?Tent I . If .1
.lune 9 . 22 II
?aaaaa. I? . fl S
how manv machines we would or couia
construct in a year I wouldn't tell, b?'
?; IM thi? wi.iild be telling von Hndeti
H.r_, and he v.iiulil thans us for the
information.
?*<M course the publie want? to know
what we are going to do with the $?*>?n,
0(10,000 which Congress ha? appropri?
ated for the aviation service. Well,
it's safe to say we will spend that
money, and probably much more, on the
air rout? into C.ermany. That i? about
all we are going to say.
"The very spirit of warfare is shift,
rhaiitr?. inipermanency. A general on
?be field is working against a hid'len
foe ?ho?? hcienre and wit are constan*
1> employed for the wreckage of that
general'? plan. How. then, could I say.
if I would, what America's aviation
programme will be for the next aix
months or a year? If you will show
me von Hindenburg's provision for air
attack during the coming winter and
spring, then I might divulge a few
Yauke?' plana to counter it."
June 30 . 15
.Ti.lv 7 . 1.1
Julv 14 . M
July Z1 . -'I
British Submarine
Is Sunk by U-Bo?
Berlin, July 2V The British su
? marine '
-;U has been sunk by a su
?arine, it was officially announced I
day. The sole survivor wa? tak
prisoner.
The British submarine C 34 w
built in IMfi one of eight craft
identical design. She was a boat
313 tons ?nd a maximum draught
twelve feet, with a speed of fourte.
knots above water and of ten kno
?ubmerged. She was equipped wi
two torpedo tube?. Her normal cot
plement was aixteen men.
w miman ticks
Boards to Pass
On Exemptions
Hughes, Straus and Robert
W. Chambers Among
70 Nominated
Hrst Thirty to Serve
In Greater New York
Will Be Appellate Courts
After Ruling by
Local Exemptors
Albany, July 26. Governor Whitman
1 announced last night, after he had for
, wanied to Washington hi? nomina
| linns, the names of seventy citizens of
j New York State selected for service
; on the "district boards" for exemption
j ?.f drafted men which are called into
! being by Section 31 of the draft regula
tions.
These boards will have primary juris
; diction over all vocational exemption
; claims and will ?it as appellate courts
' 'n disability or other cases taken up
| by the government or individuals after
ruling by the local board-.
First .10 May Serve in City
After the Governor had issued his
?tatement announcing the nomination
of members of the district exemption
! appeal board? he left for New York.
?There was nothing in his statement
1 *o indicate uha? men were to serve in
i any specified district and no one in
'the Governor's official family or in the
Adjutant General's office would add
anything to the Governor's formal an?
nouncement.
It was stated unofficially by one of
'he Governor's assistants that prob
r.bly the first thirty named would
1 serve in greater New York and the
( other? in tat Federal judicial district?
in whirh they reside.
The Federal draft law provide.? that
i each exemption board of appeals shall
ronaist of at least five member?. It
'. had previously been announced at the
I Adjutant General'? office thai the New
York City board was to consist of
: thirty members, but no announcement
j had been made as to the number to
' serve la the upstate judicial districts.
Statement by Governor
Governoi^Whitman's ?tatement. which
accompanied the Kot? wag as follows:
"The boards of appeal for this state
will emol?! of seventy citizens, ap
I pointed by the President.
"I have submitted the names of ?ev?
enly person?. Not one single one of
these nominations has been made for
! political reasons, and until the question
? was raised by the letter purporting to
? have been made public by Mr. Tumulty
' I had given no consideration whatever
! to the political affiliations of these
men.
"Sixteen of these are physician?. I
i do not know the politics of any of
! 'hese sixteen men. They were care
j fully selected and recommended to me
i by the State Deoartment of Health.
"The head of thi? nepartment. Pr.
i Riggs. is a Democrat, appointed by
i (iovernor Glynn. He has remained in
i my administration at my urgent re
' quest, on account of the great service
1 which he has rendered and is rendering
' the state.
"There are two or three clergymen
; with whose politics I am not acquaint
???!. and two or three persons who. I
'> am informed, are enrolled Progres
! livoo. About tins same number are
I regarded II imiependent in politics.
i>t" the remaining forty-five or forty
! six 1 sm informed that there are about
twenty-one Democrats and twenty
I three Of twenty-four Republican?."
List of Appointees
The list follows:
i harles E. Hughes. Nathan Straus,
' (.?*<? i ?;?? B. Agnew, William I Wa?hburn,
' pr. Sigmund Goldwater, George L.
lngraham. Louis Marshall, James A.
; Delehaniy. I. T. Flatto. Dr. George
i Dotv. all of Manhattan.
EdgU M. ? ullen. Rev. S. Edward
Young. Meier Steir.brink. ?Howard 0.
i Wood, Pr. F.dward F. Hicks, William
i H. English, WilPam N. Pykeman.
William B. Pavenport, Fdwin L. Gar
? vin and Pr. James S. Waterman, all
of Htooklyn.
Samuelll. Fvan?. New Rrighton, S.
1.; John Palton. Staten Island; W. W.
Mills. West New Brighton, S. I.i Rob?
ert A. Inch, (Queens; Pr. J. Evan
I Shuttleworth. Richmond Hill, New
; York CitJT.
Charles F. Sims, Fugene H. Rosen
quest, Richard W. Lawrence, George
B. M-Guire. Pr. Herman T. Radin, all
Of The Bronx.
John C. Crapser, Massena; Robert
W. ( hamhers, author; Broadalbin; Jef
lerson McPownell. Mechanicsville; Al?
bert H. Proctor. Malone; Pr. Georg?.?
Graves, Herkimer.
Charlefon H. Lewi-, SchenecUdy ;
| Stantnn P. Hull. Petersburg; Arthur
1 Wyer, Delhi; Rev George Pugan.
Albany: Dr. George Stover. Amster
1 ?lam
William Nottingham, Syracuse; Her
hert J. Fowler. Auburn; Thomas A.
MarClary, I'nion; Julius F. A. Poo
i little. I'tira; Dr. Alfred Goss, Adams
Fldyn Reynolds. Relmont; Jam?? H.
Owen?, ("hemung; William K. Leffing
well. Watkms: Milo H. Acker. Hornell;
Dr M. S Cxe, Dunkirk.
William Pitkin, Rochester; J. B.
Bradley, Interlaken; Philip N. Nicho
1 la?. Geneva; George TAT. Atwell. jr.,
Lima; Dr. Charle? R. Sumner, Roches
; ,e>r
John Lord O'Brien. Buffalo: John G.
, Wirk?er. Buffalo; W. W. Smallwood.
Warsaw; Norman E. Mack, Buffalo;
Dr A. N. Moore, Lockport.
William A. Davidson. Port Chester:
1 Clayton Ryder, Cantoli Charle? W.
i Swift. Poughkeepsie: Franklin Mont
. rose, Feekskill; Dr. Charles E. Towns
end. N'ewhurgh.
W. D. Gotario, Locust Valley: E. H.
I. Smith. St. Jame?; Ralph Peters. Gar?
den City; Sylvester Pearsal!. Lyn
hrook; Dr. Arthur H. Terry, Patchogue.
{VofM of further preparation in
Sew York and Washington for
axsentbling the nation's draft
or mu, or Page t.
Wastangt?
As Resu
Baker Denies (
Washington, July Ct.?Seen
?tatemen! t;-ntght through the C
In one of the morning newspap
just returned from France are ere
to th? effect thai the (ieiman line
impregnable. I hrve succeeded il
military mission, and an assured
?uch an opinion, either to a newi
eluding his own {.?.?ociares on thi
therefore, is wholly withcut found
The member? of th? military
teennical quciicn*. They were a
both the British and French g<
and were given opportunity to ob)
The mission is unanimous in its r
Allied fo.ces on the Western froi
realuaf.on of the gravity of this
mijtic opinion whatev?_r a? to the
"The WorloT ]rrin'ed n Wat
ma announcing the return of the
the West Front, and adding in p
Ten American officers who
France and made a tout along th.
ington to-day. According to the
Western front is virtually impreg
ment of forces is concerned. The
they receive tremendous assistanci
The Allied officers on the fron
the German line with their presen
Temporarily, at least, German)
Kaiser Sees Ar
Russian W
Germans Unchecked
Front ; Brilliant Rum
pathians; Cyclist Troo
London, .July 25 The Russian re?
treat has become a great sweep east
i ward over an arc swinging from the
; upper Sereth River, near the Galician
! border, to south of Tartar Pass, in the
, ? arpathian Mountains, a distance of
I approximately IM miles. Nowhere on
! this line of withdrawal have the Rus
! sian leader? been able to check the pur?
suing enemy, though at points the Rus
! nan rear guard troops are fighting
I bravely.
| Even women are flinging themselves
! into the battle line to stem the tide df
I defeat in Russia's darkest hour. Yera
j Butchkareff's "Command of Death," a
j battalion which from the twice-wound
I ed commander down, is composed
I wholly of women, w-as recently in ac?
tion on the Krevo front and inflicted a
I defeat on the Germans. Correspond
! ents at the front declare that the de
| voted women advanced across No Man's
Land and into the enemy trenches with
an utter disregard of casualties and
I death.
Tarnopol. according to the official ad?
mission from Petrograd, was given up
by the Russian Guards without a fight.
Stalislau and Nadvorna are both in
Teuton hands, and in the middle of the
line the Austro-Germans are closing in
on Buczacz. Practically all of General
Brusiloff's Galician gains of last year
have been or are rapidly being sacri
| fired.
The R'j?sian withdrawal is not yet a
rout. Emperor William, stationed on a
! hill near the Sere'h to watch the Slavic
flight, wa? enabled to see ? lirst class
I battle. Here the Russians turned on
i thafir pursuers and attacked with a
1 ferocity which for a while left the issue
| in doubt. They were unsupported,
! however, and finally were driven back,
! abandoning a height on the east bank
! of the stream.
Rumanians Win Success
A brilliant success of the reorganized
j Rumanian army, cooperating with Ru?j
j sian units in the Southern Carpathians,
broke the enemy line on a considerable
I front in the Suchitza Valley, and, on
the admission of Vienna, partially re
I lieved the pressure on the retreating
; Russians to the north. Berlin admits
I the Teutons were force?! out of their
j highly organizo! forward defence belt
' anil compelled to take up their stand
I in protecting position? well to the
I west. The Rumanian.! and Russians,
i under the Rumanian commander, Gen
eral Averescu, fought with devoted
1 courage and took several hundred pris
! oners, as well as nineteen guns, sev
I eral of them heavy piece?
One of the Rumanian batteries served
. their guns until only seven men were
i left alive. These continued the action
until the enemy artillery was silenced.
, After the battle the Russian General
; Stcherbatrheff pinned the Cross of St.
I George on th? breast of each survivor.
Teut??n Forces Drawn (Iff
Vienna confessais that near the bor
! d?r where Bukowina. Moldavia and
Hungary meet the Rusto-Rumanian
! armies are thrusting with great stub
; bornness. These attacks, located in
the To?lgyges region, between the <a
' sina and the Puma, and la the Putna
: Valley, were severe enough to draw
i off Teuton forces from other fronts,
; while further south on Rumanian terri
i tory strong a?saults were also made
against von Mack?nsen'a forces.
In the far north, however, the Rus
i sian counter offensive on the Vilna
I front apparently has died away. Berlin
' declares th? Russians, "impressed by
I their failure and sacrifices, have not
l again attacked." Petrograd indicated
y?st?rday that the trouble in this ar?a
i wa? the same shaken morale that
I caused th? disaster in Galicia.
In the Carpathians the Russians yes
. terday were ?till clinging to Tartar
i Pass, es a pivot on which t,? swing
i their line of re'reat. To-night's Berlin
statement say? 'hev have even given
! up this and art? now withdrawing to
the southward. There is a hint here
"tat the Russian armies south of the
Carpathians and those to the north may?
be wholly separated if the German pur?
suit is not ?temmed in the near future.
I where the Teutor **?dg? has been
thru?t in deepest, the Russian with?
drawal is hopcleas in most places and
>n Lxpects Long w ar
lit of Russian Defeat
)*p\ Victory Now Deferred a
mmous Keports ,? Terin, Mad, v_
Victory Now Deferred and
Ternis Mad?? V
Mii.-Ki Harrlaar
'tary Baker issued the follo*t~ing
mnmittee on Publie Infcrrmation :
lers members of the party of officers
dited with an expression of opinion
on the Western front in Europe is
i reaching all the members of this
that no one of them has expressed
?paper man or to anybody else, m
? mission. The alleged expression,
ation.
mission were sent abroad to study
iccorded the fullest opportunity by
?vernments to complete their study
ierve actual conditions at the front,
iraise of the splendid morale of the
nt, and while it share? the general
war. it returned without any pessi
final outcome.
hington eiotrnttk yesterday ?torn
American officers who uent over
art :
accompanied General Pershing to
e Western front returned to Wash
observers, the German line on the
?nable, as far as the present align
Allies cannot budge this line unless
s from the I'nited ?States,
t admit freely that they cannot break
t force,
r is in the ascendancy in the air.
my Push On;
romen in Battle
on 160-Mile Galician
tanian Stroke in Car
ips Hold Back Teutons
j panicky in som?. Southward, however,
and below Halic?. General Kormloff's
I seventh army seems to be retreating
( in fairly good order, and the command
j er has issued orders that all deaerters
, endangering the lives of their com?
panions, shall be shot by non-commis
I sinned officers. Petrograd declarea
! that in he streets of Stanislau there
I were stubborn bayonet engagements
? and house-to-house fighting, th? popu
I lac? joining with th? enemy and
throwing bombs on the retiring Rua
sians.
Eleventh Army Demoralized
The seventh army had been put in a
state of high discipline by revolution?
ary commissioners, and consequently
was able to attack under Korniloff and
win striking victories, whleh carried
it almost to Dolina. The commis?
sioners had not time to apply the same
methods to the eleventh army, and it
was at the junction of the two units
that the Teutons delivered their heav
, iest blow.
The demoralisation of the 11th
caused the retreat of the 7th Army,
and it now appears that the R>s
i sians. despite the iron remedies
| which Kerensky has promised to pp
? ply, cannot be rallied west of the 'ine
?from which Brusiloff struck last year.
I Southeast of Tarnopol they already
I have pass?d this lin?, and the Teutons
I may open i gap there that will cause
an even mor? disastrous evacuation.
The reports from the Teutonic C3p
i'al- stil! announce nothing definite
i in regard to prisonem and gur?.
?Vienna explains to-day that events
' have followed one? another so fsst
i that there has been no time to coi'.nt
I captives or booty, but that there are
?great numbers of the first and an
j extraordinary quantity of the secord.
! The Russian flight is said to have
been so precipitate a* places that the
ground is strewn with war material.
Women of Russia,
| Fighting Like Furies,
| Enter Enemy Trenches
London, July 2.*.. Russian women are
setting an example for the men of the
nation by fighting like furies in the
ranks. The "Command of Death" led by
the twice wounded girl officer, Vera
ButehkarerT, went into action for the
! first time yesterday on the Krevo front.
They were reported as successful in
beating the Germans, although they
suffered some losses, the extent of
which have not yet been ascertained
Every soldier in this unit is a woman,
and correspondents at the front assert
' that they crossed No Man's Land into
the enemy trenches with an utter dis?
regard of death.
The "Command of Death" is the offi?
cial title of the battalion raised by
Mile. Butchkareff. It recently left Pet?
rograd for the front after a review by
Minister of War Kerensky. Moat of
the recruits are from the higher edu
. cational academies or secondary
schools, with a few peasants, factory
' girls and servants. When the recruit?
ing began there was a. rush of society
women to join, but most of these were
eliminated by the heavy routine which
th? women underwent in training, for
Mile. Butchkareff spared none of the
? rigors to which the male regiments are
i trained. Some married women were ac
i cepted. but none who had children.
Most of the members of the bat
; talion are between eighteen and twen?
ty-five years old. and are of excep?
tional physique. They wear their hair
short, or have their heads entirely
. shaved. They are armed with the cav
! airy carbine, which is five pounds
? lighter than the regular army rifle.
The girls were drilled under the di?
rection of a male sergeant of the Ko
j lynsky regiment
I Neon of the political situation
in Ratlin on Page 7.
Problems of U. S.
Fast Increasing
To Roll Back the German
Flank Might Be Decisive
at Appalling Cost
(Bv The Associated Press )
Washington. July 25. No attempt ia
made here to minimize the ?eriousneia
of the situation in the war theatre? ig
Europe. The I'nited State? la in the
w?r, and will go through with it; but
any hope of a short struggle has gone
glimmering with the almost complete
; collapse of the Russian war machine.
The development was not unexpected
by many army officer?. When the
! offensive of July 1 was started by the
? Russian force.? the most frequent com
' ment heard here was that It wa? proba?
bly the dying kick of the old Rusnan
machine. Most observer? were franklv
j skeptical that it could produce any de?
cided result.
Ehr the Cnited State?, the Russian
? collapse may have an immediate and
direct hearing. It will, if the German
General Staff pres?e? its advantage, re?
lease additional G,'rman force? to
bolster up the Western front, where
American troops are to be engaged. The
German line in the West has not been
seriously impaired at any point, officer?
here believe They do not claim to
i kr.ow specifically the situation all
1 along the battle front, but they are
? unable to see that the British end
! French have wrested from the Germans
I any key position of ?uch importance
that it can be used next year to hurl
the enemy back toward the Rhine.
On.Aip- of Victory
At itTiific Cost
It has been noted, in fact, that the
one ?trategic advantage gained in re?
cent fighting w,? gained by the Ger?
man?. Many officers here believe thgt
when a ?mall sector of the British line
in Belgium was overwhelmed and it?
defenders nearly all captured or killed
the Germans Improved the situation on
their weakest front materially. That
view is based on opinion that the only
hope of decisive attainment? for the
Allies in the West lies in rolling up the
German right flank where it reaches
1 the sea in Belgium.
If that could be done, it is argued
that the l-boat base? could be ?tamped
out and the only offensive instrument
of the Germans be eliminated entirely
or so seriously impaired as to make it
ineffective.
This would require combined grmy
j and navy operations on that part of
! the Belgian coast held by the Germans,
I for it would be necessary to force a
I landing behind their line and force the
whole right flank back from the sea as
a result.
The price of a victory of this niture
egsir.st the I'-boats and German ?hor-?
J batteries probal ?y would be appalling,
| and there is nothing to indicate that
I the effort is being seriously eon?id
i ?red at the present. It cannot be ques
i tioned, however, that many army men.
both in Great Britain and the Unite?!
: States, favor ?ome such desperate at
? tempt to bring the struggle to a eon
? elusion.
No Cheering
I Picture in Franco
Reports from France, official and un?
official, so far as known, give no cheer?
ing picture of what must be done.
There appears to be no doubt that the
Allie?, line can stand against any force
Germany can bring against it. Even
the Russian disaster does not affect
| that situation. But to gather the ne
\ cessary strength for a ?ucct?gful of
; fenaive will take time and ample sea
j transportation facilities if the l'nite?*
! States is to furnish the needed surnlui
of men, airplane?, munitions and food.
The transportation problem? before
! the United f?ate?, both on lsnd and
, ?ea, ar? constantly increasing in acoro.
i It seems certain now that whole rail
! road ijatOaaU will have to be ?et up in
i France to give the American line th*
t flow of war material? and men that it
! itiiiit have to press horn?? gn attack.
There is an old military rule that
| a fortified position cannot be taken by
i direct attack, lut must be turned or
isolated entirely. Some observer, here
say the Allied offensive has c-?Woisted
, only of direct attacks aga:ns"H > 'line
? of fortifications stronger than any fort
of former days.
If the German Line
Were Impregnable
The maze of trenche?. entanglement?,
armored strong post? and fortifi'd vil
? lages extend? miles back of the front
on both ?id??, so that in effect a fort i ?
I fiei belt stretches from the ?eg to the
? Swiss border that is perhaps more than
one hundred m'le? wide.
It i? the belief of ?ome military men
here that no breach ran be made for
many month? through the German line
of sufficient width to permit auch
operation? in the rear as would force
' m rolling up <?f the entire German
1 front.
Admitting all these points, however.
I there is r.c ?ign of discouragement
? among Amcrirni. official?. Pre?ident
Wilson'? declaration that tke nation,
not merely an army, must be made
reidy for w?r It being carried out de?
terminedly and apparently with confi
?lence that in time men and ?upo!! ?
can be got to France in sufficient tore?
to make certain the result.
K