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No. 20,023. ~ WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1915?EIGHTEEN PAGES. ONE CENT.
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WHEN EXC
AT DOCI
Resellers Break
Upturned Steam
Dead Piled
EASTLAND, LOAD
LISTS AND I
Victims Were Emiloyes of ^
Friends Starting
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CHICAGO, July 24.?Probat
, drowned today when the steamer
nlnrrac r\f W#ct?rn F.1#?rtrir C
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river.
DEATH ROLL N
Deputy Coroner David Jones
Cook county, who are directing t
the hull of the Eastland, stated t
the bodies still within the hull t'
reach i.aoo and might reach 1,500.
Four hours after the accident
from the boat through holes chopp
500 dead had been found.
OFFICERS OF ]
The crowding of passengers t
to have caused the tragedy, but thi
explanation, ordered the arrest of c
Pedersen and Dell Fisher, first 1
quarters.
Passengers in a Panic.
Mala struck the passengers when the
Scat began to tarn over. Best accounts
f witnesses said the steamer rolled
slightly twice, then turned further,
and that hundreds of screaming, struggling
men, women and children slid
across the slooping decks, fought for
room and clutched at companions, deck
chairs or any other object that came
to hand.
Women and children by the hundreds
were caught below decks, and the
scratched faces, torn clothing and
bruised bodies of the dead bore mute
evidence of the desperation with which
? *V?ov Viatl fnmrht for life.
Could Not Beach Upper Deck.
The steamer turned over in less than
five minutes. Members of the crew
shouted warnings as the steamer first
tilted and endeavored to drive the passengers
to the upper side of the deck,
but the incline was already too steep.
Slowly, so as to agonize the spectators
drawn to the scene by the shouts
of warning and fear, the great steel
hulk turned bottom up, pouring its
passengers into the river.
Some 7,000 tickets had been distributed
for the excursion and five steamers
charted by the company. The Eastland
was first to receive its quota, and
when its chartered capacity was
reached federal inspectors ordere that
no more be taken aboard.
The boat was docked on the south
side of the river and when the hundreds
hurrying to the boat were turned
back from it they streamed across the
Clark street bridge to the steamer
Theodore Roosevelt, which was to take
the second load.
Feared Collapse of Bridge.
Screams of the Eastland victims halted
this rush and the bridge was jammed*
with people until police, fearful that
the structure would collapse, ordered it
cleared.
I'ulmotors by the score were sent to
the dock. Physicians, police, firemen.
government life savers arid nurses were
Summoned.
The steamer when relieved of its passengers,
floated on its side into midstream
and tugs, motor boats and
other river craft swarmed about it.
Firemen climbed on the hull, forced
openings in the steel hull and through
these searched the cabins for possible
victims. Hubert H. McCreary, chief
of the marine bureau of the customs
office, in the federal building, was
present at the dock from 6:45 o'clock
this morning with two of his steam
boat navigation inspectors. He declared
that the exact number of persons on
the boat was 2,5(^0; that the boat was
fcot overloaded; and that "the passengers
could not have been more accurately
counted if they had known
there would be an accident."
Chicken Coops Save Lives.
None of the officers of the Westerr
Electric Company was on the steamer
The merchants of the South Watei
street commission bouses and theii
employes made many rescues. Chicker
* coops and bales were thrown Into th<
river to the victims. Many saved themselves.
lp this manner. Other merchants
?
,200 PERSON!
1IRSI0N B0A1
K IN THE CH
Through Sides of
ler and Find the
in Heaps.
IED TO LIMIT,
IREAKS MOORINGS
Astern Electric Company and
for Annual Outing
Picnic.
>ly more than 1,000 persons were
Eastland, crowded with 2,500 emlompany,
capsized in the Chicago
[AY REACH 1,500.
5 and Sheriff John E. Traeger of
he work of removing bodies from
his afternoon that from reports of
hey feared the list of dead would
: rescuers were still taking bodies
ied in its hull. At 11 o'clock nearly
BOAT ARRESTED,
o one side of the boat is supposed
: authorities, not satisfied with this
tfficers of the boat, and Capt. Harry
mate, were taken to police headwith
the aid of ropes and poles pulled
dozens from the stream.
Divers Explore the Hull.
For the first two hours attempts were
made to revive every person taken
from the wreck. Then, as the hopelessness
of resuscitating later victims
became apparent, divers were summoned
to explore the depths of the
boat. Equipped with ropes, they j
groped their way into the innermost :
recesses of the hull. Every other min- j
| uic men aaiJiQiaiua "?;i C oignaicu wi
"pull." and another victim was added j
to the numbered dead. It was the results
of the divers' work that caused
the coroner and police estimates to
mount above 1,000.
Police and fire tups organized the river
craft into a rescue fleet. Boats were j
directed to cruise down the river and
watch for bodies, and the sanitary canal
trustees were asked to clcme the dam at ;
Liockport, 111., thus shutting off the current
of the river, in order to aid in this
work.
Humors of the disaster spread rapidly. |
Its full significance was realized when
motor trucks, piled high with blanketed j
forms, rolled through the loop district to
morgues and undertaking establishments.
Grand Jury to Investigate.
A grand jury Investigation was fore!
cast when Walter K. Greenhut, general
manager of the Indiana Transportation
Company, which chartered the Eastland
for the outing, was summoned to
the state's attorney's office and questioned
by State's Attorney Hoyne.
Mr. Hoyne was at his home when
informed of the disaster. He Immediately
notified his assistants to make
the inquiry.
Among those rescued was W. J.
Plamondon, an electrical engineer and
cousin of Charles A. Plamondon, who,
with his wife, lost his life in the Husitania
disaster.
Patrolmen Fred Fisher and John S.
Eescher, who were on duty at the
Clark street bridge when the accident
occurred, led in the rescue work, 'i ney
obtained a rowboat and life preservers,
weqt to the steamer and succeeded in
saving fifty persons.
Found Bodies In Piles.
When firemen chopped and forced
their way through the side of the hull
of the overturned boat they found
bodies piled on one another like so
many boxes of merchandise. They began
taking them out and placing them
on the tug Racine, which stood alongside.
There they were placed on
stretchers and carried ashore.
As fast as bodies were taken on the
wharfs they were carried to the steamer
Theodore Roosevelt or into nearby
buildings or the stretchers were set
down on the streets, where scores of
physicians and volunteer rescuers began
attempts at resuscitation. Fifty
Catholic priests summoned hurriedly
j from various churches reached th?
scene shortly after 10 o'clock.
Some of the priests went aboard the
steamer Theodore Roosevelt, which
Iwas lurnea into a temporary morf?ue,
but most of them devoted their attention
to the dying and injured.
Crew Reported All Safe.
There were seventy-two men in the
crew of the Eastland, and all of them
were reported to have escaped by
swimming to the wharf. Later they
aided in the rescue work.
Bodies were removed to downtown
morgues in wagonloads, where clothing
of the victims was examined in an
attempt to identify them. Sixty per
cent of the dead were women, a dep1
uty coroner said.
Faces of the women bore the appear
ance of a desperate struggle for life.
, Some were scratched and clawed, their
clothing was torn and their faces were
UIUIBCU.
> Scenes similar to those that followed
. the Iroguoig Theater disaster in 1903
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i PERISH
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ICAGO RIVER
PDENTMD
NATIONALOEFENSE
Writes to Heads of War and
Navy Departments for Reports
on Subject.
WILL TAKE UP QUESTION
ON RETURN TO THIS CITY
Executive Hopes to Lay Plans for
Permanent U. S. Policy?Officers
Are Gratified.
Formal announcement was
made at the White House today
that President Wilson on his return
to Washington will confer
with Secretaries Garrison and
Daniels on a program for national
defense. The President has written
to the heads of the War and
Navy departments for reports on
the subject, pointing out the necessity
for working out plans for
.1 rr~ f .1
increasing tne emciency 01 tne
military arms of the government.
The White House statement follows:
"The President has been considering
every phase of the matter
of national defense, and intends
immediately on his return to
Washington to confer with the
Secretary of War and the Secretary
of the Navy, his purpose
being to procure information on
which he can formulate a sane,
reasonable and practical program
of national defense."
Preparing for Emergency.
Although nothing was stated officially
concerning the purpose of the government,
it was hinted officially that
with the dispatch of the emphatic note
to Germany the President had decided
to hasten the reports and recommendations
beieng prepared by the War and
Navy departments for the regular session
of Congress, so that ail necessary
information might be available if
emergency arose.
As yet there are no intimations that
I the President has fixed any definite
time for submitting the program of
national defense to Congress, but his
purpose is said to be to map out comprehensive
plans so that no time will
be lost should he decide to call a special
session.
President Wilson, himself, already
has collected much data on the subject.
Secretary Garrison has been at
work steadily with members of the
army general staff for several weeks
olannine a general military uolicv. The
j navy also has been occupied in secret
with emergency preparations.
Permanent National Policy.
j The delicacy of international affairs
brought these facts to light, and officials
admitted today that for the next
few weeks the question of national defense
will be a foremost one. The
j President hopes to lay foundations for
! a permanent national policy, particularly
for the army. Details of a reserve
system being planned are withheld, but
it is said the aim of the general staff
is to create a reserve army of at least
500,000 men and possibly more. Increases
are planned in the regular army
posts at Hawaii, the Philippines and
the Panama Canal Zone, with a material
increase of the forces in continental
United States.
In the navy, work is proceeding
steadily on the perfection of the submarine
and the aeroplane. Attention
has been concentrated on putting the
navy on an equality with the most
efficient. Although the navy general
board has not completed its plans, it
is understood authoritatively that at
least thirty submarines and possibly
fifty will be asked of Congress when
the reports are submitted. Work on
ships now building is to be rushed.
Officers Are Oratlfled.
Officers in the army and navy manifested
much satisfaction today at the
decision of the administration not to
wait for the regular session of Congress,
but to inquire immediately into
the needs of the two branches of the
service.
The President wants nothing to disturb
conditions in the navy yards and,
at his direction Secretary Tumulty has
informed employes of the Washington
yard that the President will confer
with them on their wage scale demands
as soon as he returns from Cornish.
The machinists seek restoration of the
wage scale discontinued July 1.
The President will study the subject of
preparedness during his stay at Cornish,
N. H., so that when he returns
here he may be prepared to discuss it
finally with his advisers.
Practical advice concerning national
defense from every available professional
source is being sought. The
best minds of the military branches
of the government have been at work
on these matters for some time.
Men of the army and navy who have
been most directly in touch with conditions
of defense that have been
evolved out of modern experiences
have been called upon for their views.
The President not only wishes advice
from those who have knowledge of actual
conditions of warfare existing in
Europe today, but he is seeking light
from those who are able to understand
and comprehend all possible
phases of altered conditions on both
land and sea.
He particularly wishes the navy tc
stand upon .equality with the most efficient
and serviceable fighting sea
force maintained by any power, especially
in the matter of submarines.
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a two-week cruise on 01
fighting ships. They
they did not know befor
interesting sidelights on
day Star.
MR. BURLESON ACTING
HEAD MM HERE
With Vacation Season On Postmaster
General Is Senior Cabinet
Officer Present.
Postmaster General Burleson today is
the acting head of the nation here, :
having been made so by the process
of elimination. He is the senior cabinet
officer present, which thrusts upon I
him the honor of being acting President
of the country, on the Job at
Washington. All his seniors, the heads
of the State, Treasury, War and Justice
departments, have gone out of
town, leaving their offices in charge of
other officials. x
President Wilson is at Cornish, N. H.,
for a protracted stay.
Secretary Dansing of the State Department
is the guest of Col. House at
Manchester, Mass., leaving Assistant
Secretary Adee in the capacity of acting
secretary. Secretary McAdoo of the
Treasury is in Maine, and Assistant
Secretary Malburn is acting secretary. I
Secretary Garrison of the War De- j1
partment is at Seabright, X. J., leav- j
ing Assistant Secretary Breckinridge In I
charee. f
Attorney General Absent.
Attorney General Gregory is spending
the week end with his family at
Blue Ridge Summit, while Solicitor
General Davis is directing the affairs
of that department. Then comes Postmaster
General Burleson, who is in the
cit^. Secretary Daniels of the Navy
is at Morehead, N. C., while Assistant .
Secretary Roosevelt Is at Eastport, Me., ,
leaving Rear Admiral Benson in the ;
capacity of acting secretary. Secretary ;
Lane of the interior Department is on
the job, as is also Secretary Houston
of the Department of Agriculture. Sec- ,
retary Red field of the Department of :
Commerce is on a motor trip through
New York state, and Secretary Wilson
of the Department of Labor is on his
farm at Blossburg, Pa.
CANADA PLACES CONTRACTS.
Munitions Orders Not Handled by
the Morgans, Lloyd George Affirms.
LONDON, July 24.?The Times says
today that it is able to state on the
authority of David Lloyd George, British
minister of munitions, that no Canadian
contracts for munitions have
been placed through the American
banking firm of J. P. Morgan & Co.
Virtually all such contracts, it is
stated, have been placed through the
Canadian government. j
False Facts Lead to Prison.
PARIS, July 24.?The Geneva, Switzerland,
correspondent of the Havas Agency
sends the following:
"The criminal court at Constance (Ger- i
many) sentenced a factory workman <
named Radolfzell, nineteen years old, to
hree weeks in prison for giving 'false'
uformation concerning the economic situttion
in Germany In a letter to hie parents
in the United State*"
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THE THIRD NOTE.
:t naval militia
i. KEARSARGE.
I militia returned from
ne of Uncle Sam's big
learned many things
e. Read this story of
the cruise in The Sun
RANCHER ESCAPES;
ABDUCTOR CAPTURED
Eansom of $6,000 Will Hot How
Be Paid by Ernest A.
Empey of Idaho.
IDAHO FALLS. Idaho. July 24.?The
$6,000 ransom demanded for the safe
return of Ernest A. Empey, wealthj
rancher, who with his young son was
kidnaped from his ranch Tuesday, will
not he paid.
Empey today Is in safe hands ir
Montpelier, and his abductor, whose
name has not yet been learned here
is under arrest.
Empey arrived late yesterday at a
lumber camp in the woods near Montpelier.
He told of having escaped while
his captor slept. Soon afterward a
posse of cowboys reported the capture
of the abductor, whose location wai
given by Empey.
Empey and his young son were
marched five miles from their home al
the point of a rifle to the mountains
The boy was returned with a demand
for $6,000 ransom, which was to bt
left in the road at a command from
the mountain side. The money which
have been delivered today.
SWISS INFANTRY FIRES
UPON GERMAN AVIATOR
GENEVA, July 24.?Prediction that
the Swiss government will protest
against the action of the Germans in
cutting barbed wire barriers erected
along the frontier near Largin by
Swiss troops, is made by the Delemont
Democrat. "The incident is of a certain
gravity," the paper says. "We are
convinced the Swiss authorities will
make representations at Berlin."
For the third time German aviators,
it is reported here, violated Swiss territory
Thursday near Bonfol. Swiss infantry
opened a heavy fire, and the
aeroplane disappeared to the north
after ten minutes.
Germany to Safeguard Fodder.
LONDON. July 24.?A dispatch to
Reuter*s Telegram Company from Berlin
received by way of Amsterdam, says:
"The federal council has decided to
establish an imperial fodderstuff company
to safeguard and to distribute homegrown
fodders. The council also has decided
to issue a proclamation directed
against the exorbitant increase in the
price of articles of daily consumption, including
luxuries. The possibility of expropriation
is provided where such articles
are held back."
E. C. Martin, N. Y., Editor, Dies.
NEW YORK, July 24.?Edward C.
Martin, one of the editors and part owner
of McClure's Magazine, died yesterday In
his country home at Watchung, N. J.,
after a short illness. He was flfty-foiir
years old. Prior to coming to this city,
Mr. Martin had been a Journalist in thi
middle west.
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Why Appeal Should Not y?
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NEW YORK, July 24.?Charles Becker's
hope of escaping execution for the st
murder of Herman Rosenthal was re
based today upon his application for a
. new trial. Supreme Court Justice ^
' Philbin yesterday granted an order re- ~
quiring the state to show why the appeal
should not be granted. The order
is returnable before Justice Ford
Monday, when arguments will be heard
| and witnesses may testify.
W. Bourke Cockran, counsel for
Becker, was busy today in the preparation
of subpoenas for witnesses who
had made affidavit comprising the al'
leged new evidence which formed the
basis of the request for a new trial.
This Is Final Legal Move.
The court's order for the state to
show cause does not act as a stay of
Becker's execution. If the court
grants a new trial the stay will be
; given automatically. Mr. Cockran said
this was the last legal move that could
ho m qHo in Roolrop'o hohalf
Gov. Whitman Hears Convict.
| ALBANY, N. Y.t July 24.?Gov. Whitman
today heard directly from Joseph
' Murphy, a Sing Sing convict, his story
of how he overheard Jack Hose,
" "Bridgie" Webber and Harry VaJlon
[ plot in the Tombs to place the blame
for the murder of Herman Rosenthal
J on Charles Becker. i
"I know the story that Murphy will
1 tell me," the governor said before the
arrival of Deputy Warden Johnson and
' his prisoner, "but I am having him
: brought here in order that he may feel
r he has had every opportunity to be
1 heard."
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| CAS MEN GIVEN INCBEASE. 1
5,000 Chicago Elevated Employes
Granted Wage Kaise.
CHICAGO, July 24.?The G.OOO employes
of Chicago's eTevated car lines
have been granted a wage Increase,
; and practically everything they demanded,
without resorting to arbitra1
tion, it was announced today by Brit
ton I. Budd, president of the elevated
Isyeiew.
The Increase In wages granted will
i cost the companies about $300,000 a
year, It was said. The new agreement
will be for two years.
MINISTER HELD E0B MUBDEB.
Bev. W. H. McCart Arrested for
Crime Committed 45 Years Ago.
COVINGTON. Ga., July 24.?The Rev.
1 W. H. McCart is in jail here today,
charged with killing Monroe Smith
near Covington more than forty-five
1 years ago. Smith, it is alleged, struck
McCart's mother and was killed a few
? ciays laier. jjicuan ieri here shortly
afterward and went west, where he
became a minister. He returned here
on a visit to relatives and his arrest
followed.
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Forests Burning in Alaska.
VALDEZ, Alaska, July 24.?Reports
received here today indicate that forest
fires are raging from the coast to the
Tanana river. Much damage has been
done and many culverts and bridges on
the government road to Fairbanks
have been burned out. Col. W. P.
Richardson, president of the Alaska I
i road commission, has dlreoted all his *
efforts to keeping the rood open. |_
AVY YARD MEN F
AREUPJN ARMS C
link President Ignored Them
in Not Overruling Reduced
Pay Order. Gi
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0 MEET MONDAY NIGHT
AND REACH A DECISION
B
nployes, on Learning Today That
Mr. Wilson Has Left City, Pe- j
nnon ior meeting.
Ei
favy yard employea are up In arms
lay at the apparent Ignoring by
esident Wilson of their appeal to
n to overrule Secretary Daniels' ac?n
in reducing their pay. They have
actlcally determined to wait no
iger for negotiations, but Monday
?ht at a meeting in the Naval Lodge
ill, 4th street and Pennsylvania avee
southeast, will reach a decision as
what they shall do.
Vhen the employes learned this
>rning that the President had left
a city without acting on the plea of
e yard machinists they circulated a
tition for a meeting. This is the
S^ilar procedure. To get a special
>eting they must have a petition with 02
majority of the names of the mem- ar
rs of the "local" attached. This is
rned over to the president, who calls
a meeting. ? ]
Jhortly after 9 o'clock this morning ,
b names of nearly all the machinists til
the Washington yard were attached
the petition, and it was given to ar
mart G. McAllster, president of CoTibia
Lodge, International Associa>n
of Machinists. Mr. McAlister lm- w
sdiately called the meeting, when
b whole matter will be threshed out S3
d the machinists will take a deterned
stand.
Think President Ignored Them. Wl
kelson P. Alifas, president of district
rty-four. International Association of ce
ichinists, declared that the employes
the yard were this morning in anying
but an easy state of mind. He g(
clared that there was no other feel- <
g but that the President had absotely
Ignored them in their appeal for ht
lp, and they have decided to wait a
longer to take action than is necesry
to call a meeting. He intimated
at the men were not in a frame of w
Ind to be put off. Mr. Alifas said
at at Monday night's meeting, which tr
11 be a closed meeting, international .
leers of the association are expected in
be present to give their views of r
e matter.
however, a letter went out from the
hlte House this morning saying that
e President, on account of being R
essed with other matters, was unable
take up the complaint of the navy n?
trd machinists, but that he would re- ,
ive a committee of three or four QJ
them upon his return and go over ft.
e whole matter with them. u
When informed that the letter was
i its way to him, Mr. Alifas declared
at the call for the meeting would in
and, and that the letter would be ,
ad to them. He declared that when til
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TOMORROW
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CHICK EX BUSINESS, and Is ^
attaining remarkable success as fr
a breeder. C(.
"Can a MillionaireJs Son Make
Goodf" by BURTON J. HENDRICK.
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"Hoic France Is Caring for Her SS
Blind Heroes, Stricken on the
Firing Line."
I
The strange story of an American,
a MURDERER, who helped jn
write a DICTIONARY from his
cell in a LUNATIC ASYLUM. at
"The Making of Madigan," by Iv
GEORGE WESTON. h*
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An interview with MRS. ROBERT ^
LANSING, both wife and daugh- at
ter of a Secretary of State. tu
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CORNELIUS FORD, Public of
Printer, tells of Uncle Sam's big | pa
print shop. j
"Things You Might Have to Do If j Be
You Acted in Moving Pictures."
"Could Women Run the World
Without Ment"?? double-page ^
spread of photographs of what in]
women of the warring countries ce
are doing. ov
ad
"run ana rroiw *t? tno oummvr ou
Camps of Washingtontei
es
CHARLES M. PEPPER writes of I02
"Mexico's Capital and Its 501
Chances in the Future."
FRANK O. CARPENTER describes 1
the Niagara Falls of South *>r;
America. Rl
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"When the Siren Shriekedby tr<
FRANK X. FINNEGAN. tr<
STERLING HEILIG teUs how He
autumn styles are being pre- 22.
pared in Paris despite the war. rej
Another installment of BEATRICE
GRIMSHAW'S new serial, "The we
Girl of the Ny,tmeg Isle." arc
DR. EDWIN F. BOWER8 teUs Jb;
what to do when you can't tio
sleep. sta
WASHINGTON NEWSPAPER
aescnoes a uauto vn ?/?o t
air between a German taube in
and an English aeroplane. coi
"The A-B-C of American Defense"
?Harbor Defenses and the J*
Mobile Army. 22<!
TOMORROW, 5
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SUNDAY STAR P1
IGHT FOR WARSAW
IROWS IN INTENSITY
AS THEDAYS PASS
eat Struggle on Three
-ronts Rages With Outcome
Still in Doubt.
ATTLE FOR RAILROAD
HAS LASTED TEN DAYS
assians Declare Enemy on LublinChelm
Bailro&d Is Near Limit
of Endurance.
ETJTONS STRENGTHEN ARMIES
ttermined That Fourth Attempt to
Capture Polish Capital Shall
Not Fail?PetrogTad Claims
Minor Successes.
LONDON, July 24.?On the
ittle fronts of the Warsaw triigle
what is generally coniered
the most important struge
of the war Qinrp
e Marne is still raging without
lv indication of the ultimate
itcome. The Russians are not
:t prepared to abandon the
ilient, continued occupancy of
hich,against a successful enemy,
ould threaten the very existence
their armies. Petrograd condes
there is fighting six miles
luthwest of the fortress of Ivan>rod,
where the Germans smash1
wire entanglements, but were
tried back with heavy losses by
Russian counter attack.
Both Vienna and Berlin claim,
ithout giving details, that Auso-German
forces are now fightg
virtually along the famous
ublin-Chelm railroad.
TU? i?a.xi _ r? ! - * *?
x tic udLLic iur iiiib lmporiani
ussian line of communication
is now been under way for ten
lys, alnd the Russians assert
leir opponents are approaching
le limit of their endurance. The
itensity of the battle indicates
lat the central powers are determined
that the fourth attempt to
ipture Warsaw shall not end in
ilure.
The impression is growing here
lat Grand Duke Nicholas is now
jhting in the hope of saving
"arsaw and defeating the Gerans.
That the Germans feel
leir forces are not entirely adelate
is indicated by the news
om Riga that a German army
)rps recently landed at Libau has
?en dispatched to the south to
:rengthen the attack on WarLW.
Battle Grows Intense.
PETROGRAD. July 27.?The furious,
ree-front battle for Warsaw is grow g:
more intense daily. Oil July 21 the
?rmans smashed the entanglements
Gniewoszevv, six Hides southwest of
angorod, but are said to have been
irled back with heavy losses by a d?rmined
counter attack.
Field Marshal von Mackensen, opering
between the Hug and the Vis
la, continues his wild sledge hammer
ows against the Chelm-Lublin line
the Russians, directing them now
rticularly against the city of 1-ublln.
is immediate objectives are Belzyce,
avniki, Vosslavitze and Grubechow.
:lzyce is twelve miles southwest of ,
iblin.
)n July 21 the Germans in the center
the Lublin-Ohelm line suffered cruclin
assaults on the Piaski, Voislatze
and Grubechow positions, accords'
to reports received here. They suceded
in occupying Russian trenches
er a wide front and proceeded to
vance northward of the Vol6lavit/.e,
it. It Is stated, the Russians encounred
them that night in the dense forts
and drove them back with much
5s, the Russians taking six guns ami
0 prisoners.
German Forces Large.
Che German^ forces In this region emace
numerous divisions, according to
iBsian accounts, and tko Russian
mmanders have given the Russian
>ops the highest praise for the exime
energy of the counter blow,
iwever, the Germans succeeded. July
in regaining some of the ground
us lost. The battle in the Chelm
?ion has proceeded for ten days with
abated fury, though the Russians
,im the Germans have been greatly
akened by their losses an.l that they |
i approaching the limit of endurance,
e Germans are reported to have
undoned their attacks in the direcn
of Relovetz without making subintial
gains.
Seize German Trenches.
further southward on the river Bug,
the region of Sokal, the Russians
ntinue meeting offensive with ofisive.
On the night before July 22,
patches say, they seized several
es of German trenches, and on the
I drove the Teutons to the outskirts
Sokal. In a counter attack on
tourjltza the Austrlans were cornled
to surrender remnants of the
h Jaeger Battalion with Its comnder,
it Is reported. On the afteri>n
of the 21st the AustrorGermaa
ces occupied Dobrotovra, but are
d to have been driven out in the
>nlng, surrendering several hundred
sonera
Xh Strong Positions.
(Test of Warsaw the Russians have
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