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WEATHER.
Cloudy tonight and Friday, followed
by rain: jcentle to moderate southerly
I winds.
Temperature past twonty-four hours:
Hi?h. 72. at - p.m. today; low, 44, at 5
! ' a.m. today.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, MAY 6. 1915-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES.
ONE CENT.
Reached Peking Today and Is
Believed to Have Been
Delivered.
MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED
BY JAPANESE GOVERNMENT
Naval Vessels Take on Stores, and
Consuls Warn Subjects
Out of China.
NO MEDIATION OFFER MADE
United States Government Awaits j
Official Report of a Crisis Before
Making Tender of Good
Offices.
PEKING, May 6,8:15 p.m.
?The ultimatum of Japan
to China reached the Japa
nese legation today. It prob
ably was presented to the
Chinese government this aft
ernoon.
TOKIO. May b.? Flic official I
Gazette today publishes an im-j
perial ordinance sanctioning thej
application of martial law and the!
military requisition law on the!
Kwan^-Tung peninsula and the:
South Manuchurian railroad
Includes Port Arthur.
The Kwang Tun peninsula is the tip
of the Liao-Tung peninsula, on which (
Port Arthur is situated. Port Arthur, i
which was considered one of the j
stiongest fortifications of the world
and of great strategic value because
of possible use for a base against I
Peking, was taken from the Russians j
bv the Japanese on January 1, 1905. |
The Japanese hold the fortress in con- '
furaity with the treaty of Portsmouth.
The South Manchuria railway runs
from Shangchun, which lies to the
west of Kirin, through Mukden to
J>alny, with a branch line from Muk
? en to Antung, on the northwestern
vder of Korea at the mouth of the
nr. river.
Warships Take on Supplies.
T? ?KTO, May 5. 9:30 p.m.?The delib
er.it ions between the Japanese officials
concerning the situation between Ja
pan and China continue. The emperor
will preside tomorrow at a cabinet
council. So official announcement was
forthcoming today concerning the sit
uation.
A big fleet of warships is taking on
supplies at Sasebo, the Japanese in
the province of Shantung are concen
trating at Tsingtau and those in Man
churia are preparing to take refuge in
the railway zone.
The Kokumin, in its issue of today, )
says it learns from an authoritative |
source that the 1'nited States is en- i
deavoring to mediate between Japan'
and China and that this is one reason |
why the cabinet deliberations have I
been protracted.
Negotiations at Peking.
PEKING. May ?The third secretary
of the Japanese legation yesterday
visited Tsao Yulin, the vi? e minister of
foreign affairs, and intimated that the
legation might still be able to prevent
hostilities. h*. asked whether China's
rep'v of Ma;. I to the Japanese de
mands 'A as final. Tsa? Yulin said that
he had no instructions beyond that re
pi; , n it alt?;r the visit of the Japanese
?e' retary had ended Tsao Yulin re
pa 1:?-? i :o the Winter Palace, where he
wa-v President Yuan Shi Kai. leaving
the Winter Palace Tsao Yulin visited
th?- Japanese legation.
l-uspatches received here from Tslnan,
proMi.ee of Shantung, report that Jap
fir;* se troops have mounted nine cannon
|r: the suburbs of that city. The Chi
troops, obeying a general order
from Peking, did not interfere.
Tsi nan lies about 230 miles south of
Peking. It is the junction of the rail
vav leading from the Shantung penin
sula to Tientsin and Peking.
Japanese Flee Mukden.
JCKKN, via Peking. May 6.?The Jap
(*i.e.se consular orders issued May 2 re
sulted in a general fliirht of Japanese
fror- Mukd.-n the following day. The
val:,e of :t trold yen increased thirty
silver cents and a rich harvest was
reaped ?? exchange brokers. All Jap
anese civilians except few bankers
atd inilwa> officials now have b ft the
city.
I * clashes of chines*- view..] th
ex'ni is with stolid Indifference, not in
tuiting ??r molesting in any way the
persons leaving the city. Although
the natives nre deeply perturbed, the
ci?y remains absolutely quiet.
Japanese troop* occupy stiategi#- po
sitions in Mukden, while Chinese sol
ders are reported to be moving into
position to the ?outh of the city. Many
of the residents in that district are
coming north.
HANKOW, via Peking. May 6.?The
Japanese barracks here have been pre
pared for a siege. Following the con
sul's advice many Japanese have left
th? city, although the Chinese appear
wholly indifferent. Several prominent
native residents were entertained at
dinner last night by some of the lead
ing Japanese citizens;.
Warned to Leave Capital.
IjONDON. May * ?"Tire legation here
1 ? notified all Japanese to prepare to
leave the capital within twelve hours,"
85'vs the Daily Telegraph's Peking cor
respondent.
" Telegrams arc pouring n irom ??very
j..: ? of China foreshadowing hostill
t :e.-. An ultimatum by Japan is \ex
pe- ted by the latest Thursday.
*1 learn in the highest quarters that
ft Chinese surrender is out of th* ques
as the revolutionaries, who honey
comb tne country, would rise immedi
tCfcaUaued on Second Page.)
CALLED "TRAITOR"
Witness Tells Industrial Rela
tions Commission Shopmen
Were Deserted by Trainmen.
SAYS COMPANY OPPOSES
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
"When Great Strength Is Shown, the
Pennsylvania Wipes Them Out,"
W. H. Pierce Testifies.
Charge? that organized transporta
tion employes of the Pennsylvania
railroad deserted the shopmen of Har
risburg and Altoona when they went
on strike last year and that W. G.
Lee, president of the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen, was a "traitor"
were made today before the indus
trial relations commission at the
Shoreham Hotel by \V. H. Pierce of
the Brotherhood of Federated Railroad
Employes.
Pierce told the commission that Lee
had promised the shopmen the broth
erhood would stand by them and had
urged them to strike, but that when
the crisis canni his promises were not
fulfilled.
History of th*? labor troubles of the
Pennsylvania railroad was given to
day by S. C. Long, general manager
of the road. He submitted a statement
charging that Mr. Pierce had acted*for
selfish reasons in attempting to organ
ize the Brotherhood of Federated Rail
road Employes, being disgruntled be
cause he had failed to be elected vice
president of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen and Enginemen.
Mr. Pierce, questioned by Commis
sioner Wei11stock, insisted that the I
Pennsylvania discharged, in wholesale
lots, men who joined the shopmen's
union.
"I do not say the Pennsylvania rail
road objects to 5 or 10 per cent of
their men being organized, but when
the organization shows great strength
the company sets its machine in mo- j
tion to wipe them out of existence." j
Labor Leader on Stand. i
W. H. Pierce, an organizer of the
Brotherhood of Federated Railroad
Employes, was on the stand when the
commission met this morning. Mr.
Pierce held that the employes of the
Pennsylvania railroad could not. obtain
the best conditions of labor unless they
were permitted to organize freely.
During his testimony he was asked
by Commissioner Garretson if the
laboring man was not always fearful
of losing his job. the implication being j
that the laborer would hesitate to
organize if his employer was opposed
to it.
When business is good is the time
to organize," said Mr. Pierce. "Whin
business is bad is no time to try to
organize men. The men are afraid
somebody will be knocking at the door
for their jobs. The average working
man is too dumb to realize what he is
being paid. It's his wife that runs th;;
job. anyway."
Mr. Pierce took occasion to criticise
harshly W. G. Lee, president of the j
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
"I ought to call him brother, but it
would be a disgrace,'1 said tht* witness.
He declared that Lee had urged along i
the shopmen to organizing and strik-5,
saying the Brotherhood of Trainmen
would aid them.
"I opposed the strike," said Pierce. I
He declared that Lee had gone ba ;k
on his promises to the shopmen. >
Terms Him a Traitor.
"Lee was guilty of high treason if '
ever a man was," said Pierce. "He j
caused suicides, loss of property and
the breaking up of homes."
Commissioner Ashton suggested that !
Lee be given an opportunity to reply
to this testimony.
S. C. Long, general manager of the
Pennsylvania railroad, was asked by !
Chairman Walsh the general attitude
of the company toward labor unions. |
He replied that the statement of Vice \
President Atterbury, made yesterday,
covered the subject.
"What about your police system,"
asked Chairman Walsh.
"Our superintendent of police is here
i and will give you all information
about the employment of police," was
i the reply, lie .said that he could give
i no detailed information concerning any
! firearms the company might have on
j hand.
I Chairman Walsh asked how he looked
upon mediation.
"If you had all the labor troubles on
your shoulders that a railroad man
iiias you would welcome most any kind
of mediation." replied Mr. Long. "I do
hope that you gentlemen out of jour
: wisdom will devise something better
j than at present exists in mediation. We
[would welcome a high-class mediation
j board."
Railroad's Last Strike.
1 ' When wan the last strike on the
Pennsylvania railroad?" asked Chair
I mari Walsh.
"In 1^14, if you call the efforts of
j Pierce a strike,' was the reply. "The
i last real strike was in November, 1M3,
an the Mor.ongahela division" Mr.
Long said that some 042 road and yard
freight men had gone on strike, nearly
the entire number employed. He said
that the men were not afhiiated with
jan> organization that he knew of.
j "What were the grievances of the
men?" asked Chairman Walsh.
None were presented. I don't be
lieve they thought of them for several
days." Mr. Long said the men were
given notice to return to work at a
certain time or else they would auto
matically be discharged. The com
pany, he said, had found it necessary,
owing to general business depression,
i to drop men where they were not need
? ed. It was decided to take one brake
| man from yard crews when possible to
| do so The men flared up, he said, and
j quit work. He read a statement re
garding the strike contained in a
? pamphlet submitted yesterday by Vice
j President Atterbury.
Strikers Barred From Jobs.
j May 7, be read to the commission,
the strike leaders called upon the gen
eral superintendent to ask under what
conditions the men on strike could be
restored. They were told that they
could not come back to work.
Commissioner Weinstock questioned
Mr. Long regarding a statement in the
Pennsylvania railroad pamphfet charg
ing that W II. Pierce had had an *-n
i tirely selfish motive in organizing the
? Brotherhood of Railway Employes, it
! declared that Pierce was disgruntled
1 because he Had failed to be elected vice
I president of the Brotherhood of Loco
i motive Firemen and Ebginemen, by
| which lie had been employed as an< or
ganizer. He then offered his services
to the Pennsylvania railroad to handle
legislative matters.
"If this statement Is correct it will dls
Continued on Second Page.;
Col. Roosevelt Not Permitted
to Tell of Democratic-Repub
lican Combine There.
FAMOUS LIBEL TRIAL
IS NEARING ITS END I
Few More Witnesses to Be Exam-!
- ined. the Lawyers Intimate.
Newspaper Articles Bead.
SYRACUSE. X. Y.. May Thf case
of the defense in William Barnes' suit
against Theodore Roosevelt for alleged
libel is nearly completed, attorneys said
today. They added that only a few
more witnesses remained to be called, j
Col. Roosevelt was not permitted to j
testify to conditions in Albany and the
alleged combinations betweer. Demo- j
cratic leader McOabe and Republican \
Leader JBarnes. Justice Andrews ruling j
out the attempt. j
Rules Out Albany Questions.
When court opened today Mr. Ivins!
and Mr. Bowers leaned over the Judge's ?
bench. Mr. Ivins had in his hand copies,
of a New York evening newspaper and j
a Syracuse evening newspaper which |
he showed to Justice Andrews. Coun
sel and Justice Andrews discussed ar- !
tides in the papers for some time, and)
when the conference was over Justice'
Andrews reiterated his warning to the
jury about reading newspapers.
Then counsel began their argument
upon the admissibility of evidence con
cerning local affairs in Albany.
Air. Bowers, for Col. Roosevelt, urged i
that the colonel be allowed to answer :
the question put to him yesterday as to j
information he. possessed about an ar- |
rangement between Mr. Barnes "and a j
man named McCabe, at one time leader
of the democratic party in Albany." !
Mr. Bowers argued that the evidence
should be admitted in mitigation of
damages. '
i He said: "I expect Col. Roosevelt i
j will testify here that Mr. Barnes bar
1 gained with one McCabe. I expect the
defendant will testify that Mr. Barnes 1
found places in gambling houses for I
men to work."
Justice Andrews ruled against this!
line of questioning, saying that the in- j
formation the defendani had received j
which was confined to county or city i
affairs in Albany was immaterial.
Col. Roosevelt then resumed the j
stand.
"I don't care to have anything further!
to say to Col. Roosevelt," remarked Mr. [
Ivins with a smile. So, contrary to ex - <
pectation, the colonel was not cross
examined upon his testimony of yester
day. |
Ethics of Boss Rule.
The ethics of boss rule and machine
politics as Theodore Roosevelt claims
Wrilliam Barnes expounded them, were
related by the former President upon
the witness stand late yesterday after
j noon. N- The colonel swore that Mr.
i Barnes had told him that the "riffraff
! could not be trusted to handle political
[ affairs without a leader," and had ex
| pressed himself as being in favor of j
I the democratic and republican organ
izations combining to defeat legisla- }
tion providing for direct primaries,
j The colonel related what he alleged to >'
j be the substance of conversations he
j had had with the former chairman of '
the republican state committee over a *
period of from 1S98 until he left the
White House. He told his story with
j all the forcefulness at his command,
j In part, it follows:
"Mr. Barnes and T had many conver- )
sations upon the boss and the domina- '
I tion of the machine. There was more !
? than one conversation concerning the!
franchise tax bill. There were some
j before Payn (Louis V. Payn, state su
perintendent of insurance) was re
move#. They were in the spring of
1899 and again in the beginning of
1900. t
Machine Powers.
"Those conversations were upon the
power of and the necessity for the ma
chine under the system of party gov
ernment.
. "Generally our conversations were
! held in the executive mansion at Al
i bany. We were entirely alone. Others'
| were held in the governor's and .secre
tary's chamber in the executive offices
at the capitol. We were entirely alone
then, too.
j "Other conversations were held ju
! the reception room and probably other
persons were ther<-. We had one talk
on a train from Albany to New York.
One of the conversations was just prior
to the appointment of a successor to
Payn 'who had been removed from th?
office of state superintendent of insur
ance). The substance of our conversa
tion was this: Mr. Barnes said it was:
necessary that the head of the organ
ization should have complete control,!
and he instanced Albany county. He!
said the riffraff could not be trusted to!
handle political affairs withoqt a lead-i
er. He said they would misconduct1
themselves at the expense of property.
"He said it was not necessary for the
boss to issue orders to executive offi-'
cials and legislators; that they found;
out for themselves that if they did not!
support the organization they could not!
Ret bills through, they would not be j
renominated and they could not secure;
funds with which to carry on cam-)
paigns. He said it was to their inter
?*sts to find out. w hat they should do j
and then do it.
Disobedient Eliminated.
"Mr. Barnes said: 'You know the sen-j
ator does not bully. He does not have!
to.' He said it was 'quite sufficient to
have it understood that if a man did
not stand by the organization be got
; punished.'
i Roars of laughter came from the
j spectators, interrupting the colonel for
a moment. Then the witness said:
"He got punished and eliml
nated."
John M. Bowers, chief counsel for the
defendant, asked him this question:
"You say there were similar conver
sations, while you were President?"
"Didn't I say that?" asked the colo
nel. pointing to the stenographer; "Just
read what I said there. Yes, I thought
I did."
"What else did Mr. Barnes say**"
asked Mr. Bowers.
The colonel crossed his legs and
turned to face the Jury.
"Mr. Barnes said it was not necessary
to ask business men for contributIons'*
that they were not coerced into it," j,e
replied. "Mr. Barnes also told me
either at Oyster Bay. or at the White
House, after the election of <;ov
Hughes, that the organization had
complete control of the legislature. n?.
said the effort to pass the priniar\ bill
represented an effort to break down
party government and that the demo
cratic and republican organizations
should make common cause against it
On another occasion he said that tht
(Continued on Second Pafce.) "
ANOTHER INTERNMENT
More Than Ninety Thousand American
Horses
Have been poured into Europe's death hopper
from one port alone during the past few months.
Read the story of these doomed creatures next
Sunday in THE SUNDAY STAR.
NOTED CHURCH
IS SERIOUSLY ILL
Archbishop Quigley of Chicago
Stricken at a Washing
ton Hotel,
lit. Rev. James Edward Quigley,
Catholic Archbishop of Chicago, and
one of the best known churchmen in
the United States, who was taken to
Georgetown University Hospital from
the New Willard Hotel last evening
supposedly suffering from an acute at
tack of Blight's disease, showed a de
cided improvement this afternoon.
Although his condition is yet critical,
the hospital authorities are today hope
ful of his recovery. Last night the
worst was feared.
Following a conference today, par
ticipated in by I?rs. J. Lawn Thompson,
Daniel Webster Prentiss and Edwin B.
Behrend, a statement was given out by
the hospital that the distinguished
clergyman decidedly better, recog
nizes his visitors and is suffering from
nervous breakdown caused by over
\\ ork.
Another conference is to be held this
evening, when the archbishop's brother,
his own physician and his auxiliary.
Bishop Dunne of Chicago, reach Wash
ington.
Came Here for Conference.
Archbishop Quigley came to Wash
ington Monday for a conference on
Catholic Church administration afairs
with the apostolic delegate, Mgr. John
Bonzano, after attending the funeral
of brother in Buffalo. He had an
appointment to dine with the apostolic
delegate last evening and when he
failed to keep the appointment inquiry
was made at the hotel and the arch
bishop was found unconscious. He was
removed to Georgetown University
Hospital in an ambulance by instruc
tion of Dr. Prentiss. At the hospital
the last sacraments of the church were
administered by RevrMCdward M. Cor
bett, S. J , pastor of Holy Trinity
Church.
Among the first to reach the hospital
was Mgr. Bonzano, who remained for
some time with the stricken prelate and
ordered that everything possible should
he done for his comfort.
All of the prominent Catholic church
men of Washington either personally
visited the hospital today or made in
quiry by telephone regarding the con
dition of the archbishop and express
ing hope for his recovery.
Messages of Sympathy.
F>ractically all of the hierarchy of
the United States sent messages of
sympathy today.
Among those to visit Archbishop Quig
ley today were Mgr. Bonzano, Bishop
Thomas J. Shahan, rector of the Catholic
University ; Mgr. William T. Russell, pas
tor of St. Patrick's Church, and Rev.
A. J. Donlon, president of Georgetown
University. Among those who made in
quiries were Rev. Eugene de L. McDon
nell, president of Gonzaga College and
pastor of St. Aloysius Church; the
Paulist and Dominican monasteries, Trin
ity College, the Apostolic Mission House
at Brookland and Mgr. James F. Mackln,
who has himself tteen confined to Provi
dence Hospital with an injured shoulder.
Lassen Peak in Eruption Again.
REDDING, Cal.. May 6.?Lassen peak
is in eruption again, it became known
here today. The latest eruption, which
isVthe ninety-first within the last two
years, occurred last night and was vis
ible for many miles in every direction.
ITALY AT WAX, TICKER SAYS.
j State Department Asserts Report
Only Wall Street Rumor.
Italy's entrance into the European
war was rumored about, the city this
afternoon, the report being to the ef
fect that the State Department had
been notified by the Italian ambassa
dor that Italy had declared war on
Austria and Germany.
Inquiry at the State Department
elicited the information that the rumor
emanated from Wall street, being one
of the "ticker" stories which have been
of frequent occurrence.
It was stated that the State Depart
ment had heard the report, but that no
official notification of any kind con
firmatory of the report had been re
ceived from any source.
EMCWljVMSI
IN CAPITAL SUNDAY
I _____
i ?
: Officials Await Report of Pres
I ident's Personal Represent
ative in Mexico.
Duval West, who has completed an
investigation in Mexico as President
Wilson's personal representative and
talked with the leaders of both the
Oarranza and Villa factions, will reach
Washington Sunday. Sjcretary Bryan
said today no time had yet been fixed
when the President would see Mr. I
West or when he would make report \
to the State Department. Mr. West is i
on his way from Vera Cruz viu Havana |
and Key West.
New complications in the Tampico j
oil fields, from which the British navy '
draws much of its fuel, appeared in to- :
day's dispatches that Villa forces now j
control practically all the producing j
points while Carranza forces continued j
to hold the outlets at Tampico and :
Tuxpam. Fighting was reported be- j
tween Obregon and Villa forces at !
Morales, and through Carranza sources j
it was reported, without confirmation,
that Obregon had begun his attack on
Aguascalientes on May 4.
Carranzista Advices.
I The constitutionalist agency here has
received the following cablegram from
Mr. Carranza:
"Reports in the press that communi
cation with Gen. Obregon has been cut
off are incorrect. We have direct and
perfect communication all along the
line to Gen. Obregon's encampment, as
well as to Guadalajara and Manzan
illo."
Naval advices today from Progreso
said an additional export tax of 3-16 j
cents, gold, per pound, has been placed
upon sisal shipments by Gen. Elvarado,
the Carranza government. Since the
first of the year 122,000 bales of sisal
have reached Progreso. the great bulk
of which has been shipped to the Unit
ed States.
Agricultural conditions in Mexico are
so bad that starvation will face the
people unless something is done before
next year, President Wilson, was told
today by Dr. J. A. Ochsner of Chicago,
who suggested that an American com
mission aid in reconstruction.
President Wilson said he was hope
ful that conditions would improve be
fore long.
Asserts Negro Detective Prom
ised Prisoner Would Pay Her
$300 to Change Testimony.
MINEOLA, N. Y., May 6.?Celia Cole
man, the negro maid wiio is the chief
witness for the state in the trial of Mrs.
Florence Conklin Carman, charged with
the murder of Mrs. Louise D. Bailey,
caused a sensation on redirect examina
tion today by testifying that a negro de
tective, named George Hicks, had en
deavored to induce her to change her
story of the murder, and told her that
if she would do so Mrs. Carman would
pay her $300.
"Hicks came to Charleston, S. C.,
where I was spending the winter," said
the witness, "and told me Mrs. Carman
would give me $300 if t would change
my story."
Testimony Is Admitted.
Mrs. Carman's attorney objected to
the admission of the testimony, but
was overruled upon his admission that
| Hicks was connected with the defense.
. Mrs. Carman evidenced considerable
| agitation during her former maid's tes
I tirnony. George Toomer, Celia's cousin,
i and a man named Flood were# present
| when Hicks made the alleged offer, the
witness fiYrther testified.
j Toomer, who was the last witness be
.fore recess, corroborated that portion
, of the maid's testimony in which she
; said she had told him a few nights
J after tin* shooting what Mrs. Carman
.had said to her the night of the shoot
ing and the morning afterward.
Toomer had written down the story
she related as it was told. The mem
orandum was produced.
Repeats Former Testimony.
Celia Coleman, conceded to be the
prosecution's chief witness, was under;
I direct examination only ten minutes j
[yesterday afternoon, the remainder of
the time being consumed by Mrs. Car-!
man's counsel in an unsuccessful effort j
j to break down her story.
j On direct examination the maid re- i
pealed the testimony she grave at the I
I first trial that Mrs. Carman had told!
her that "she had killed him," meaning'
Dr. Carman, and reiterated other de-j
tails. Celia testified that Mrs. Carman J
'came to her room the next morning i
and asked her not to say anything!
about the shooting.
The local weather observer was put j
on the stand at the instance of the!
district attorney, and testified that it r
was still light at * o'clock the night of
the murder. Mfs. May I. Hlack pre- i
jviously testified that it was shortly be
! fore H o'clock apd still daylight when'
she heard Hie sound of falling glass
land saw a man walk away from the
! Carman house. The defense claims that
j the crime took place after dark,
j George Golder and Archie Post, call
ers at Dr. Carman's office, testifier! that
lit was dark when the shooting oc
!curred.
! Says Mrs. Carman Was in Office, j
i The district attorney brought out !
that Golder had identified Mrs. Carman i
as the woman he had seen in Dr. Car
man's office immediately after the
shooting. This woman, he admitted
having said, had leaned over the body
of Mrs. Bailey and helped Dr. Carman
pick her up.
Golder said he ha\l made the identi
fication while testifying at the coroner's 1
investigation. He was apparently much |
averse yesterday to testifying along i
this line. The district attorney after I
getting Golder to admit that his recol- j
lection was better then than now,
turned him over f.o Mrs. Carman's I
counsel. On cross-examination the wit- |
ness said he had picked out Mrs. Car-j
man from a group "by dumb luck."
The prosecution claims Mrs. Carman
was in Dr. Carman's office immediately
after the shooting; the defense that
she was upstairs In her room and did
not come down.
BY MS, ISM
Unable to Advance From Their
Precarious Position, Says
Constantinople.
CAPTURED OTTOMANS
ADMIT HUGE LOSSES
Invaders at Krithia. on Gallipoli
Peninsula, Attacked. Bat Mos
lems Are Bepulsed.
LONDON, May 6.?Allied troops which
landed on Gallipoli peninsula are In a
precarious position, being encircled by
Turkish forces and unable to advance,
according to the Turkish official report.
The statement is made that only two
points on the peninsula?Seddul-Bahr
and Avi Burnu?are held by the allies.
Turkish prisoners who have arrived at
Tenedos admit that the Turkish army
has suffered enormous losses from the
combined Are of the guns of the fleet
and the quick firers of the expedition
ary forces.
Turks Are Bepulsed.
The Turks, considerably reinforced,
attacked the allies' camp at Krithia,
but were repulsed, leaving 1.500 dead,
according to advices from Mitylene.
The allies have advanced into the in
terior, the dispatch says, and now oc
I cupy positions of great strategic im
portance. .
A report from Tenedos says that
[British warships continue their bom
bardment of Turkish positions in the
Dardanelles and also of Smyrna. Yes
terday seven ships were seen and heard
off Seddul Bahr, firing intermittently.
The allies, according to reliable in
formation, have occupied a number of
strategic positions, and the land forces
continue to receive reinforcements
? daily.
At this time a firm footing has been
gained by the landing forces, which as
sures the allies control of the tip ot'
the peninsula and the entire western
section.
Turkish Towns Burned.
Despite the decision of the Turkish
j government to refuse all correspond
ents access to the Dardanelles region,
I exception was made In the case of two
I Germans and the Associated Press cor
respondent. The party arrived on the
i night of May 1, while the town of Dar
danelles. after thirty hours, was still
ablaze. The scene was one of desola
[ tion, with crumpled walls and houses.
Maidos also was burned, and the town
of Gallipoli was set ablaze?all by in
direct fire from the Gulf of Saros. with
ignition shells directed by captive bal
loons and aeroplanes.
Incessant and heavy fighting on the
Gallipoli peninsula has continued from
the first landing of the allies* forces.
Tells of Hard Fig-hting.
The Dardanelles correspondent oi the
Chronicle has sent the following dis
patch under date of April 30:
"During the early fighting tiie Turk
ish positions ran from the crest above
Maidos to the crest abo\c Boghali. The
allied forces were along the shore at
the mouth of the valley and occupying
the Zazmak valley.
-The allies then extended their posi
tions along the northern ridge, where
upon the Turks position on the south
ern riuge becu ie extremely daugerous
because it was commanded by tne fire
both ironi warships and landing forces.
April 2a the point oi interest was tne
southern tip ot the peninsula where
forces were landed in Morto bay 411U
nortn of Gaba Tepeh, During tne fore
noon these troops occupied the district
extending a distance of about a mile
a*d a halt from the point of the penin
sula.
Batteries in Advance.
"At midday allied batteries began a
general advance. The Turks replied
from positions a mile from Krithia,
which the guns of the fleet had set
afire earlier in the day. Just nortn of
this village is Achibaba peak, 700 feet
high, which dominates the region, and
is the chief obstacle to the allied ad
' vance. The Turks retreated gradually
| iu that direction from their positions
I in the southern part of the peninsula.
Their movements were easily followed
irom the sea. especially t?y clouds oi
dust tnrovwi up i>> moving oatteries,
anu la?.er tne artillery duel was plainly
ooser\ed.
Line Across Peninsula.
"Before evening the allies had
stretched their line across the penin
sula. showing an advance of another
mile and a half, while the Turkish
forces had retreated to the outskirts
01" blazing Krithia. By nightfall the
town was virtually in the hands of the
allies, and the fleet was shelling Achi
baba preparatory to an attack upon the
positions there. The same afternoon
there was activity also in the northern
position below Gaba Tepeh. .Evidently,
good progress was made in throwing
tiie. force across the peninsula there
with the object of commanding the
narrows from the heights above. *
Belate Stirring Incidents.
CAIRO. May 6.? Some of the British
troops who took part In the landing at
the Dardanelles have arrived in Egypt.
They are the first men to reach here
from the scene of the fighting, and
they relate some stirring incidents in
connection with the landing of the al
lied forces at the straits.
At Sani Hair the men were so eager
to get ashore that they jumped from
the small boats before they had beach
ed and found themselves up to their
necks in water. Wading ashore they
rushed three ridges in succession and
a running bayonet tight extended for
a distance of more than three miles.
Lifted Turks on Bayonets.
in the words of one enthusiastic in
vader. "We lifted the Turks on the
ends of our bayonets apd hurled them
over our heads."
Continuing their recital these men
relate that with the arrival of rein
forcements the ridges were carried by
storm in the first rush. The concen
trated Turkish fire during the begin
ning of the fighting was terrific.
Shrapnel, machine gun and rifle caused
verv heavy casualties among the al
lies. but the wounds of many of the
men are slight and they will soon
again be on the fighting line.
Gen. Von Seidenitz Killed.
AMSTERDAM, May 6.?A dispatch
received here from Berlin says that
Gen. Hug\ von Seidenitz haa been
killed on the field of battla.
t
LOSSES APPALLING
Slavs Losing Position After
Position on Galician Front.
Vienna Declares.
50,000 OF FOE TAKEN
PRISONERS,IT IS CLAIMED
Most Sanguinary Fighting of Entire
War Now Going on
in East.
BRITISH SEE RAY OF LIGHT
j Declare Czar's Armies Have Be?a
Beaten at Different Points, But
Have Not Yet Been
Crushed.
LONDON, May 6.?That the
battle raging for the past few
days in the eastern arena of war,
where the German and Austrian
forces are participating in re
newed offensive movements, lias
been marked by the most san
guinary fighting of the war is
the fact borne out by both
Russian and Berlin statements.
Losses on both sides, as the re
sult of the deadly fire of both
sides, have been, in all senses of
the word, appalling.
Germans have brought up fresh .
forces of great strength in Galicia
between the Vistula and the Car
pathians, and the fighting is go
ing on with great stubbornness,
according to Petrograd, which ad
mits that some sections of her
army have been driven back. At
some points where ground was
lost it was later regained, it is as
serted. alter terrible counter at
tacks.
A battle of the most desperate
character continued all niglit l"ng
land throughout today without a
break on the west < ialician front,
according to \ ienna. I he Au-tro
German arrme? continue to gam
ground on the southern section of
the battle front, capturing posi
tion aiter^ioMtion from the Rus
sians.
Russian prisoners to the num
I ber of 50.000 have been taken, ac
cording to an Austrian official
statement today. -
Teutons Gaining Ground.
The fighting is taking place tn the
difficult country of mountain spurs and
foothills of the northern Carpathians
and the Teuton armies are gaining
ground in spite of the stubborn resis
tance of the Russians. The Auatro
German forces now are approaching
the Wisloka river.
The city of 'l'arnow still is in Russiaa
hands although under Austro-Germau
rire. The lute of Tarnow and that of
the Russian line northward to the \ is
lula river depends on the struggle now
waging for possession of Wal moun
tain. which towers to the so.ith of > ar
! now
Battle for Mountain.
The Russians have fortified this
mountain until it has become a veri
table (iibraltar. but the archduke?
men are attacking it with desperate
valor and they are being well *cive<i
by their artillery. Vienna declares This
struggle may down in history with
that tor rutiloii hill, to the south ol
Mukden, in the Russo-Japanese war.
The Austro-Germau advance tn tnia
region rendered a long section of the
Carpathian front untenable to the Rus
sians, who retreated from positions iu
the L>ukla depression and eastward iu
Lupkow pass, which they ha.I capture*
at such a frightful expenditure of life.
Russians Fighting Hard.
The successes of the Austro-Gern.ao
forces are not being won without the
hardest efforts, according to Vienna.
The Russian forces uulckly rallied from
the Memoraliiation caused by the
vehement onslaught on their Hiala line
made by the Austro-German forces
Sundav, and they are now fighting for
everv foot of ground on their retreat.
I \11 hills and bridges in the rear of the
original Russian lines had been forti
' tied with triple rows of trenches in
I preparation for such ail emergency.
?Hid the Russians with all the advan
tages of prepared trenches ami gun
positions are putting up a stubborn re
sistance.
The success of the Austro-Germaus
under the circumstances has been due
largelv to their artillery All the dis
u-.uhes from the lighting /.one conc.ir
in describing the crushing ?>r tn*
allied artillery, which is claimed to l??
greatly superior to that of the Rus
sians.
Petrograd View of Conflict.
The Germans are developing a tno-t
serious movement in large fojee from
the region of the Austrian fortress of
Cracow in the direction of the River
Dunajec. according to Petrograd. Th.
Germans succeeded in forcing the river,
according to Russian advices they
were effectively checked on the east
bank by artillery flre. .
In number of troops and pieces of
artlllerv and generally through the
vigorous character of the movement
rtf, offensive eclipses a l the other
scattering maneuvers which the Ger
mans have been employing In an ??
tempt to dislodge the Russians from
,tlje Carpathian mountains,
German Tenacity Cited.
On May J German forces tn a hurri
cane advanced until they approached
within 200 pace* of the Russian