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3 ALBUQUERQUE MORNING .101 UN A L.
CITY
CITY
EDITION
EDITION
,n lTH TEAM
, VI. No. 01.
HORRORS OF WAR
STAND FORTH IN ;
BOLD RELIEF AI
CAPTURED CITY
German Shells Make Fortress
of Novo Georgievsk a Seeth
ing Furnace; Thousands of
Piisoners Taken,
SURROUNDING PLAINS
LIT BY RED GLARE
O'Donnell Bennett Gives Graph
ic Description of Desolation
Wi ought on Russian Strong
hold by Kaiser's Men,
(Hy .1 WH S (OXNi:l,T. IIFNNT.TT)
.. 1 'H'.: lly The CtllSSgQ Tribune.)
i lorgievsk, Hiissia, Aug. 20
(Midnight, Uy Courier to Warsaw and
iiv Military Telegraph to Berlin.)
The fortress of Novo (ieorgievsk is
11 roaring furnaee. The hamlets
around the forts nne bedded with live
1. ..its and Hie biirraeks, chapel, bake
houses, ainl armory buildings, stretoh
, ,l along the heights, a hundred feet
above He' waters of Hi- Narevv Bld
tli, Vistula, fire in lla.iies.
The lire has reached the munition
chambers, and the stores which 'he
Russian! cOtlld neither mine nor de
stroy are exploding in ceaseless vol
leys! Mullets are tlnoWn a hundred
tin tram the windows by these ex
plosions and come swishing and pat
tering dawn among! the trees by the
river sale like a hailstorm. ,
The fir is raglhg for blocks be
hind He' walls seven feet thick anil
the chill night wind is driving the
flames steadily forward and is forc
ing tin 111 in crimson streams through
the sally purls, ventilators and chlm-
Already some of the walls have be
gun tu melt and are sinking slowly
into the craters created by the fire of
ili Austrian thirty and a half
((meter motor batteries. The glare
lights up the plain for miles around,
add Hie prisoners streaming slowly
;,ei.,s il by a dozen roads turn slow
ly nf their weary march to C&toh
.tUetpewt rf U nuU li'ijil'U ate'.lae'e
this war has brought.
Now the lire is breaking from the
barre Id and administration buildings
ar, lb, othW side of the river. on
this '-'lie flumes are moving along
wilh jumps from the topmost win
dows r the six-story armory on the
dlff.
ROW 11 Ceaseless rush.
The roar of the explosives no long
er Cornel in volleys, but in it ceaseless
crush. Q ratings constructed of iron
luirs as thick as a man's arm are
melting and fulling inward to the
depths nf (his fortress furnace.
The walls are so thick that there
lite still some high vaulted passage
Way cool enough to enable one to
Re through them and thus reach the
inside uf the fortress.
Taking one of these passages, 1
penetrated to the great pnved
court
Pfore lb.' garrison church, the gild
ing of which catches the glow of the
flames leaping from the powder
vaults and casemates.
.Ins! before the chapel lies a dead
RtMSlan soldier. Somebody has had
Ihe time mercifully ti throw a coat
brer hi! face, but in the glare his out-
pread hands show greenish white
agaiiisi the cobble pavement He lies
litre all alone, forgotten and unbur
led, but never had a mar. a more
Heroic funeral pyre, ami the emperor
trough) Ins hand to the saline when
he passed the body.
(.crinans Pour Into (lly.
Si landsliirm are pouting Into
tin courj now currying trusses of
straw io 1, ed themselves in the chapel
fur the night. one of them stum
bles over the dead Russian and an
01 In 1 throws loWD the truss Of straw,
bend! over the body, and lays the
upon the
lot be tr
breast si, that
imidcd by the
litlly feel.
s rolling upward to the
del tl
ivver where the r.ci i tosh
flying. I passed two Hussion
burses; the only clean women 1 have
een in two days, mid a Russian offi
cei uf ttie field hospital, and asked
Hi'in what madness prompted the
dding of the wounded on the edges
ol this rearing h,-ii of ammunition,
"It was a. mistake," he replies,
names Menace to Uonmhsl.
Whether ony of the WOUBded are
"till In peril l ean not learn. 1 think
"ot, but, whatever the situation, the
fire sunn will make ull questions iU
li f bmus.
It is rolling near the citadel tow
er, and one far flung brand hits the
Red Cross flag, but does not ignite
It. The wind has risen n little and
the flag floats valiantly and eon-
Ni w fires are starting and occa
sionally you catch the aromatic odor
''"in the green birch trees whose
ops are scorching under the ammun
ition Mown from the sixth stmv of
the arsenal. Fnr up both banks of
'"ih rivers are spots of fire from
'be burning farms.
Russians ibandoa Munitions.
Machine guns He mired in the sta
ple vards and whole trainloads of
"bells stand on the sidetracks land
lug Into the fortress. Some of the
Bridge! were Ro indifferently blown
"part that already the Hermans are
'winging them buck to plumb.
Rig Mrs tioxes of unexploded mines
'! all along the way, and uninjured
nfles will be gathered hj the hundred.
In many a place you could walk
along th muddy rinis for two miles
1,1 front of trie fortress and hardly
boll your hoots because the ground Is
Strewn with overcoats, belts, cartridge
hos and rifles.
It is no exaggeration to say that In
Spots the ground is absolutely car
J'ctcd with wreckage of equipment.
Here and there the soldiers had lime
-o "Ulfl Ul Oil. IK HO b, Utt U.VO,
THE WEATHER
Itllli l l
Washington,
Auk. 29. Now Mexi
"Kil'ly local showers, i
:a, fair, warmer ln
vac it w i tiii it i
Maximum tempi raturo,
I pof.T.
m, degree-
minimum. 57 degrees: runs. .1.
Rices. temperature at li p in . 7". III
(I'M; Snathl Sll winds; part)) ClOUd
trace of rata
often they ale in perfect condition
Hare the officer had tried to break
his BWOTd before tin-owing it inl the
ditch. Imt he has only succeeded la
1 ending is double.
Beam Ttj it i Mil l.i-niit
Everywhi ITS is a litter of red
shoulder snaps whii h the men have
torn from their overcoats so that lh
number of their regiment should not
bo clisi loseii when they were taken
prftaonefa
Many a square yard of the freight
.n ils lying a mile from the citadel ii
Padded with shrapnel. A trninload of
linseed . .'kes for c attle is burning.
j Shells and lime, reels of barbed wire,
ami thousands of bushels of grain are
si.hns and melting.
Not one touch of waste, of ruin, or
of squalor is larking in this picture,
ami the ih tills nt wreckage range
from fhe minutest to the most colos
sal, fur al i, in- point the Hussions tried
tu send one of their heaviest guns
mi -ross a viailiii't two miles from the
1 1 ill it sh. The viaduct sank five f.-el.
the traek gave gray, and the gun now
aw, i its the al rival of Herman engi-
rata
are
Many Prisoners.
so many prisoners
I . Then
Dial
1 often the Q
: herded, and
rmiins cannot keep lliein
you get the strange con-1
trasl of passing a column of 1 0,000
: pi isoners nankeii ny pcrnaps ivu 1
guards, and then cnmmg on to a lone
Hussion soldier who is paddling along;
! through the mud in search of soine-
body to capture him.
With a captain and Mr. dinger of
'the Associated Press I passed one such
; individual.
"Poor soldier," the captain wild
! "nobody wants him. Will not m
'gentlemen he BO kind us to Capture
j him ""
' -Mr. dinger speitks I'ussian, and he
I ipicst iuncd the man, but got no an
swers inure illuminating than thai
somebody had told him to go some-1
where. So we all saluted
,1 the wali
1 his highly
M ,
of war splashed onward I
indefinite destination.
i saw oaa column of pi
.prisoners who appeared
to be both
themselves
guarding and guiding
There was not r.ivrnuin within u
thousand feet ot thara and no Herman
:iv HI. Ilw.n, uihon at a e.,,mn,irl Iron, I
'one nf their own nffit ers thev swung I
fi in,, kJoJh and ,i. th road bad-!
;ing Into il stretch of -.voods.
Kaiser 1111 Hour on (.riuind.
i The emperor spent on hour nmld
.these scenes this afternoon, attended
hy flenernls Hindenburg,
, Vatkenhayn nn( Mueller,
b id by bis bod) guard 0
Dossier,
and fol-
riflomen
j in an autobus
The emperor's face was radiant, ex
rept when he passed new made
'graves, when he slowly saluted,
j Sv, n Hedin. whom the emperor
'called to his aUtO, says It is proper for
him to say nothing mole than that
I the conversation was about the war
jand that his majesty was very confi
! dent and happy. (Sencial Hlndsn
i burg's face was ashen, as always, and
' his eyes were Weary.
Troops toar a Greeting,
j At the end uf the ceremony nf the
liaise, s p.ua.ie ,,- iniini n .,-
bile, with the imperial standard 1 1 v-
jing, was rushed down the highway
I from the lane to the fortress, through j
line! of squealing pigs, scared hens,;
staring peasants, gnd wide-eyed, good I
I natured prisoners, who saluted him
roar Of cheers from the troops fol-1
I lowed him for two miles,
i Turning into a pasture road th.it
had been terribly cut Up by cannon,!
!his machine took the nils by leaps. I
i.md he must he a well man or he
j never would have stood the punish-1
iment those leaps nlllsl have inflicted.
GREftT BDITIIII
j Second Big Shipment of Gold
and Securities to Arrive for
Purpose of Strengthening
Credit Here,
SENDS $20,000,000
; 10 NEW Ml CITY
j both of Seattle, arere Injurfd, the two
iv mosn, no journal ttciAL LCAtio wisi) latter serioiiHly, w h c ii Gnpiatn Turner
I New York, Aug. 29. Nearly $20, i0H( control of his automobile today on
1000,000 in gold and securities WortWIg steep hill near Sultan. Wash The
I $2r,, 000, 000, the second largest ship- 1 machine ran ml,, a ditch ami turned
j ment sent from London In strengthen j over, pinning Mr, and Mrs. Turner mi -British
credit in this countr) arrived I demeath and throwing the ullni
here early today on 11 special train of 1
seven steel cars, guard
d by thirty-
eight al in, ,1 men.
The shipment came direct by mail
from Halifax, N. R, to which port it
was convoyed by a Hritlsh warship
convoyed by smaller craft, on the
way to New York the train was pre
ceded by a pilot engine and Car.
The gold and securities were con
signed to J. P. Moreno A; Co. for the
account of the British government
The first large shipment of gold and
securities received here on August 'l
last included about $ 1 0,569,000 In gold
and $3u, 000,000 In securities.
ENGLISH ARE ASKED TO
ECONOMIZE ON SUGAR
(AsssseBtef Press (',rrAniibne.)
London. Aug. 20. The big grocery
firms In various parts, of Kngland I
have sent circulars to Iheir custom-
askimz them to exercise the great
est' possible economy in the use of
loaf sugar, which is very popular
Kngland for looking, canning and
similar purposes. The grocers sug
gest the substitution of brown sugar
for most uses.
ftefore the war the bulk of the loaf
sugar used in Kneland was Imported
from Austria. Cermany and Belgium.
This supply has been cut off, und
there Is therefore n considerable de
ficiency, which the few loaf sugar re
i Pnl',il cannot make up
ALBUQUERQUE,
ZEPPELIN RAIDS
E
TO THE BRITISH
Y OR NAVY
thur J, Balfour Says No
Soldier or Sailor Has Been
Killed or Even Wounded by
German Airmen,
71 CIVILIAN ADULTS
AND 18 CHILDREN SLAIN
Losses From Incursions Ovet
England Greatly Magnified,
Says First Lord of the Ad
miralty, London, Aug. 29 (1:56 p. m l "m
old;, t or sailor has been killed or
even Wounded, 1
ii only on one 01 ea
been inflicted which
sion has datnagi
could
l, any stretch of language, be
described as of the smallest military
impel 11 in e," says Arthur .1 Italfoiir,
hrst lord of the admiralty, of the Zep
pelin raids "ii I'ligland 111 a letter to
a correspondent who had Complained
, that the British
raids raids wen
Qerhtaaa report
I "are quite rich i
'! "The reason,"
BOCOUnta Of these
meager, while the
on the same events
lurid details."
i.-iys Mr. Balfour in
iple. Zeppelins ul
,f night and by prcf-
his letter, "is si
tack under
, over
erecc, ,, moonless nights. in such
j eondit ions landmarks are elusive, 0SV-
ligation difficult and errors Inevitable
mil sometimes nf surprising magni -
'ude. The Germans sometimes assert.
"nil may s.iniei line , believe, that tnev
dropped bombs on plocei which in
fact they never approached.
"Why mako their future voyag!
easier by telling them where they
blundered In the past ? Him e ibeir er
tors are our gain, why dissipate them?
Let us learn what we can from his
folly but let us teach him only whai
we must.
"As to the result ,,f SSeppaltn war
fare, it has caused much suffering
of many innocent people, but flflNi
this, with all its tragedy. hhs I It
magnified nut of all proportion by
iii-lnfiirnied rumors 1 am assured
by the home officers that during the
last twelve months seventy one clsil
Ian adults and eighteen children have
been killed and that I Mi civilian adults
and thirty-one children have been in
jured. Judged by numbers, this
I cumulative result of many ettec ess! vs
j crimes does not equal the single ef
Ifnrt of a submarine which to the un-
cealdd pride of Qermany and the hor
ror of all the world, sent 19s unof-
.
, ' !""'
clvlllans to 1)1,' bottom in the
iaisil aula.
"Vct il is bad ennfigh, and W may
well ask, what military advantage has
been gained at the cnsl of so much In-
ROYALIST MOVEMENT
DISTURBS PORT
IGAL
LUbon, Aug. 29 (vlit Paris). - Par -
u. ,,,.,,, i i. i ,. .,,., i,. I..., ii
DO NODAMAC
ARM
!i,',o- ihui th nnMrnnitnt I. view rflprnoosH the stein was wrecked and
the grave evenu In northern Portugal,
1 will employ most rigorous measures to
preserve order,
Newspapers report that the pres
ent cause of the disturbance" is I'upt.
Henrique tie Paiva Couceiro, royaJhrtl
lender.
On Friday Rut, Minister ,,f Ih" In
terior Pr. siiva. announced in the na- I
tlonal oounctl that a monarchlal I
movement hud broken out in northern
Portugal ami that the barracks ai
Hulmaraes, near llraga had been at
tacked gnd many persons Wounded,
ONE DEAD; THREE HURT,
IN auto accident;
IBV MOSNINO JOURNAL spicial liario WIRIl
Seattle. Wash., Aug. if, I'apl
Robert A. Turner, federal Inspector of
iimlers here, was insiaolly killeii, .Mrs
Turner and two friends, Mrs.
Hattlol'
Adams and Miss Catherine Fi II
cupants mil Mrs Adams was report
e, tonigbi to be suffering from con
cussion of the brain and Internal in
juries. .Miss l'"i s, b Sustained a broken
thigh nod Jaw.
BULGAR-TURK TREATY
AGAIN POSTPONED
H MORN, NO JOUNNAL RICIAL Lt,l(l WIRI
Berlin, Aug. 29 thy Wireless to lay
Vtlle, N V. , "According to Sofia re
ports." the overseas News agency
says, "Bulgaria has postponed for
smne days Ihe signing of the treaty
wllh Turkey, the quadruple entente
having notified her that such aclion
al the present time w mid be regan led
as a wilfully unfriendly get NeVer-
theieas the two powers pre In ,mn
plste agreement"
D D A 7 I I Tf) IQClip
U II n c I l J I vj o u i
$191,000,000 IN PAPER
RV mows, NO iOUIM'L IPICAL LBARfO WIRB)
RiO Janeiro, Aug. 29. President
Vol lau Hruz today approved the
issue of ; .,i entos fll 81,000,000)
in paper which Was voted by the
. h mini of depiilles on August 24.
This issue Is intended particularly
for i be payment of the treasury debt,
both gold and paper, prior to 1 9 1 f.,
according to a recent dispatch.
NEW MEXICO,
SUBMARINER
RAISED AT LAST ;
HONOLULU BAY
Vessel With Gruesome
Is Still Submerged
ficers in Charge (
Information,
Of
M,
CAUSE OF ACCIDENT
TO BE INVESTIGATED
Is Expected Tli
Submarine Will
in Diydock T lie's
DOrti
Till Oil
Placed1
I Inmiliilu. Aug.
Stales suluii II ilie I
29. The United
I. Hiibmi rged out-
side the hail, ur h 1 ,
suu
March II
Indav and
station 111
last, was refloated
towed to the quo I
late
tntine
Honolulu bay
The ai tual rajaina aj
pied tWO hours, tin pla
c.inei 1 s working w 11 houl
stui nibmergtea derelh 1
1 hitch
wits ti
1 hi
slowly ii) ih, harbor
snipping, including th
Where all
e interned 1
(In
man gunboat Qatar half matted their
flags.
Winn the submarine has been dry
dOCked, a I I'd I unifies, al uf Ileal
Admiral Clifford J. Bouah, c mand-
aBI of the naval station, Lieut. Kirby j
H. Crittenden mid Naval Constructor j
Julius a. Piiicr win bavin i thorough
! "'.,. i n I'lVsr IT possiT Ie the catiae ol
j vc dlaaater
1 Although the has been luoughi
1 into the harbor the wreck is still sub
merged to a depth of six feet mid I
probably will not be dry docked until j
Tuesday. Nothing has been divulged
by the naval officials regarding con-'
dltiona, if known, Inside th! vessel, i
laTTORX Ol
j
His ts 1 1 It
Tf) -si DM V 1 : 1 N
I
,San rrnnciscn, Aue. 29. The sub
marine l'-i, commanded by Limit. Al-
fred U Rde, and wHh
orSW ni twin
ty-one men, sank off
harbor Man h '.'ti. 1st;
neuvera,
she was located two
th Hon., lulu
d i
John Agran, a diver of the navy, de-
Wended
! world's n
i 1 1
lord t
.t ., I.liul,;,,.,
facilitatt the work uf
bringing lift to the Surface I hi
clew, it was said, might have been
alive at that time, bill attempts at n s
cue fail, ,1 and mi March 10, Real Ad
mill, I Moor mlli.'i ml 1 1, ' Ihe II i -
lulu naval statlan,. reported thai the
F-1 lay In 170 f- t of water, and
would have to in raised by pontoons
secretary Dan lea) announced
the boat would be raised at liny ,
t ,it
,st 1,,
determine the cause of the accident,
and diving apparatus ami divers were
sent out, leaving for Sun Frail i IgcO,
April ti. on Ihe CrUttOr Maryland, one
of the divers. Frank CrlUy, went down
1 228 feet, and found one uf Ihe com
I partmenl of the submarine filled w ith
water, another. William I ghtnan,
lies, SHdl il tii feet the next ll.IV . ilel
was seriously Injured by water p res
sure. These men put lines on Ihe F -1
I'"1" " " "' . ' '";'
I Up ine sneiviii!'. , ,oii, on. inn ill ine
Work was halted t await the arrli
I " POntOOBa,
1,000 CANADIANS
REPORTED KILLED
WHEN TRANSPORT
IS TORPEDOED
MORN, Nl) Jll, N,L INrill ,11,111
Berlin, Aug. '- (hi Wireless to MI.V
rllle, . V., ug. 20.1 Passengers
on Ihe Holland-niorii an line steamer
Rj lldlgiin, arriving in m-d nl.iin
bring a icsirt that it British transport
with 2.000 i ,i.,.i,.,i, on iHiaril, was
...... m ,,, , , , ...
"" " ' '
gllsl II
II Is .11,1 iiiiinll i.ihio Hire
saved.
No hint has come from I sh 1
sources of Ihe foregoing report. While j
it is possible that, had soon an event
occuri ed. the lirltlsh ceniors m
have withheld th! news, this in Im
probable in View of the fact that of
ficial aaaou ncemani was mads
promptly of the lorpednlng of the
British transport Royal Rdward In
the Aegeun sell, with the loss of abual
1,000 men. The Royal Bdward vms
sunk on August 1 I, one day before
the date mentioned In the wireless
dispatch from Berlin and " Is pos
sibie that the report bmugth in by
the Ryndam'i passengers is u gar
bled version of this incident.
The Scilly Islands lie off the south
west const of Knglulid, near Ihe line
of steamer Irafli, between PfeW York
ami Southampton,
CANAIH Ns DKKV
Miss ol
ICOOp slllP
Ottawa. Aug. 29, Official denial
was given her, tonight to the report
from Berlin that a British troop ihlp
carrying 2,000 Canadian Hoops hud
been sunk oil Ihe Seilb Islands mi
August II, The military authorities
issued ths following Statement:
"Between the aisi of Jul and the
14th of August, only two troop ships
with more than 300 troops on 4osrd,
have bOen dispatched from Canada I
and they hove both arrived S&fel) at
their destination if the ston com
Ing via Hayvllle has any basis for
truth. It must refOf t,, tin torpedoing
of the Canadian northern steamer
Royal Kdwaiit In Hie Aegean, the re
port of which reached Canada Au
gust 17."
FROM BOTTOM OF
1915.
GUNS QF ALLIES
n i i.
doiihmuifv
British Ai
Sqadro
VAGUE TALK AGAIN
HEARD OF -BIG PUSH'
RepoiteH
Yninsula,
From Gallii
Where Turks
Gained,
,e win! I
The ar
tnode of
Most
here- by
i' b hase
! London, Aug.
! 1 1 1 1 n has been
P
the , hiel
warfare on the western tin
activity has been displayed
guns
II, tl vl
or th,
t tin 1 1
iddltlo
ntlre Clatmaji
allies huve
aft 111 large
been using I heir nlr 1
SqUadroM to bombard
Oannas p,,si
turns
It Is being vnguely hinted here that
in in 1 a lober has been chosen as til,
nine tor the long-postponed "big
push ' nf the allies, but the general
pun
five
c does not expect a strong off; u
movement us rat,
No slackening of Pursuit.
Then has been more heavy fight-
ing OH Hi
cording to
This , Ian
heuvllv l!
all
'h
eulnsula, ac-
'l n, lal n poi I,
lllieg suffered
attacks last
Friday,
There are no signs yet of any
slackening f the Gorman pursuit of
Ihe retiring Russians and. aieoidlng
lO the official report Issued In Iter
1 i 11 today, progress has been made
in all iiectors of the eastern battle line
Sicepl that in northern Courlund,
Where the armies of lil'and lluke
Nicholas are offering an effei live re
distance.
From the southeast of Kovno,
where Hie ilernuius claims to hnve
broken the RUSabtn resistance and
must, therefore, be approaching Vil
li' along the N'lemen to Hindoo and
1 men,, southeastward through the
forest ur Blslovleah and along the
borders of the Prlpel river marshes,
u'fine liiissiiins are jailing niien in new
1 positions.
, p, , lllal ion OiiUill Is -.icing lllilllli'eil
in as to whether the Qermani Intend
io follow the Ruaalans farther or pre
I""
'hold
positions from which they cull
ihe Muscovites, while Hie Teu
tons attempt an offensive in the Bat
loins in iii Ihe western line In Franco
ami Belgium, Military observsrg hare
1 a re nl II pinion Hint this iiiestliin
1 must be settled before many days
have elapsed, arguing thai with ihe
summer coming to an end tut van
(Urei proposed for the full must soon
de elop,
PHI II sill I I, PIHE
I rilK.M Mi sl Kill
Pans. Aug. :'!i (10:11 p, in. 1 The
foil,, wing' statement huh given out by
I In war office tonight
"The same activity on the part of
our artillery has prevailed on the hint-
sr sscttoh of the front Parttcutarlj
1 1 iti H ie nnis bombardments ,,r the ana
jmy's lines inclined in the region of
Hetsas and Bteenstraeto; In the region
of h. mines; to the iii, lib of the Alsne
In the neighborhood of Allies and at
Coureoon, ami akw between the Meuas
and M
the
esln
neighborhood of
ami of Mmii inure
K
rTOP t 'i f t w
in i l asi opi i: tion
London, Aug 29 1 1.' II p. 1
iTht ion,, wing official itetsmsnl
forwarded in, lay from NtaB to
ter's Telegram company I
I "On August 26, we stopped
enemy's defense operation! on
Danube, also mi Ihe large Island
j Mala-Sirati beva, ami on the
near
Have
fro
Sk
ed
'losltehluii bare, opposite
sa me ,ia v w, interrupt
rati, , ns near thu Island
the left bank of the
I of
Mold vi
ttn
HI
FIHIITINfi
I III I HI M II
I HOST
Pi
Aug. 29 (2:30 p. m.
I Tin!
following statement was issued i,y the
war office today
"Our artillery Continued during the
night in its u tivlty against the posi
tions nf ihe enemy. The cannonading
was especially acllve In the section of
Ablaln, in the region of iioye, tn th
moth of the Alsne, in the vicinity of
Crsonni .md Berry au-Hao, ns well us
between tin Alsne and the Argotme.
"There was violent bandtohand
fighting at Marle-Thargse and to the
west of the forest of Mallaeoart, trit
I inn of exenvatloiis made by
minis We remain, ,! Hi possession of
(hee positions
' We subjected tu a he-ivy bombard
ment th trenches and groups of tfa?
man plune, rs over Ihe vvtiole line
along the Lorraine frontier at i1n
me, v. Besange, Qondreaon and Bm
bermenll There was heavy righting
wllh IhhiiIi ami hand grniisdeS In the
n glon of Metgeral.
our aeroplanes last nlxtn pom
barded the railway station and the
barracks of Ihe enemy at (Irani! I'm
(in Ihe Arg-niinosi ns well as the bar
racks at Mnnchemln ami Idtnoow, In
the Argotmag," ,
M s I It I N Blf
n in
;l Poltl
srccKssi:s
Vienna, Aug It Ola London. 11:80
p. m.) Ihe following official Hlalc
mint was given out lure tonight:
"i nil successes east of Vlldlmlr- V'o
lynskl and on Hie Zlota Llpa broke
the enemy's resistance on u flonl uf
200 kilometers lis! miles). Kvcry
When, In their retreat Hie Hussions
RAIN SHELLS ON
GERMAN LINES
ON WEST FRONT'
Uiotl Positions Are Also
i i... r i.
i uy rieiicn aim
niitiii in Larfffil
who is retreating
esu of Lutsk. Seal K
illns are gaming far
ie Onk) wn n. n then
to the Russians I
, usl n
southeastern edge
ISXeXM I
it an attack on the
da incr, is d In 1
but now hers w as
I label di sector 01 1
i-nt
a nd
nil
Inli ne.
Ill Hie
th, bile evening an attack prepared
h) strong arttllerj lire on Monte Zel
busl was repulsed. In the for, neon
two mobile regiment four times
stOI m d Mmile San Mil hele and pene. I
(rated ' some places our tranches,
but everywhere were again repulsed,
sustaining severs losses.
Some time ago the enemy opened
a sail attaok sgsinsi the GsarMaj
bridge head, but nut Runs snd mine
throwers daatroyed all the naps dug
in the environs of our front The To.
limno bridge head w.,s under in ni I
gun fire during the Whole day, after
which two regiments and two Alpui I
imttallona attacked, hm , ie re,uise,i
In hand-to-hand lighting. Some at
inks agnlnst the bridge west of To
limno ami In the region north of this
passage "lid four attacks on the front
,h llvrh-Pgemnifl slsu were repulsed
An attach attMnpted wlh eonaldai
able forces against the 1'lltsch region
also was cheeked,
t , main strongly In
All the positions,
ur bauds.
The Carlnthian
quiet, In the Ti r
trici srtlllei dueli
t, rmlttent strength
front Is rather 1
'Ii an frontier dis- !
ill II IN
M l i K Is
lU.DODII
I1KPI I si i
islantlnople. Aug 29 Ivlil l.on
I p in ) Th following state-
was Issued I y the war office to i
dun.
nienl
he DardaneNas front on AU -
in the region nf nafriita, Ihe
mada i land ind sea ttaok
enemy
nfti r
i , , , i ,n i ,
bninbiii dnieiii
with artillery on mil
Uret h Tepc. and
lOUth uf Asmukdcr,
were n iisiicv essf ill
nil Ottr center wet, 1
nil sustaining heavy
t Ighl wing near i
in our ' enter
These attacks
Three
.'pulsed,
losses
"our artillery repeatedly hit
tile cruiser and a transport.
"on our west wing mar Arl
on the night uf August ( , the!
rep' ated attacks with bombs
"our artillery damaged a tr
a ml i liu; n.-ar Seddnl Haiti'."
Huron
I ,,,,.
bsnort
PLOT TO VIOLATE
NEUTRALITY FRUSTRATED
W MOMNINO tOUMMAL. BPCC I L tt 'M I
fioiiglns, Arls., Aug. '.'. 4inlted
Si, lies official.-, here say they have
discovered plot, believed to hove
in i n fomented b) Vtlts afftnta here,
to cross the International boundary
line and captuie AgUS Prletn, wbieh
is now defended bv only a small Cnr-
rattM garrison.
The names Of several well known
American! and Mexicans here are
mentioned a! having la en approach
ed with u proposition to lead 01 take
aarl In the alleged espedll
The government officers say they
bale sufficient evidence to arresl the
alleged leaders and acinic COnvlCtloMsj
uf violation of neutrality, shoals an
attempt be made to carry out the!
plot. They statS, however, that Ihei
dlSCOVery of th! alleged plan and!
I Hi i ii il 1 1 , iim ulifiidv
taken
fl
ii , i ,-ii the effort
Most ill Henernl P.
Carrania forcM are
around Nogalet, which
vested.
.. .
' '
,
'""
I !,.
NOT FIGHTING
John MH ennan Denies c
That Colorado Unions
loryj
Are
Interferinfl With Militia Or
! MORN I NO JOURNAL RRILIAL LIAIIO WIRf
Denver, uc to John McLennan,
president oi District 15, United Wins
Workers or America, tonight mads
pubic no following statement re
gnrdini; Ihe seizure bv a committee of
the Colorado National guard ul
ciir-
I espitudcn
the mln
llegc.l In Indicate Unit
vvul SOS Were Intel fel nig
i enlistment;
ing the charge made by
v court nf in Ii lb.lt the
l! Workers have employed
with mlllll
"i 'oiu err
the mllltar
1,'nlted Mil
den i I Ivc
i,, pi i v snl enlist men! i in
the national guard, I Wish to deny ,,m
emphatically as I know how thai the
united mine workers have employed
no iiete. i ives rm any such ptlrpoes The
nulled mine woi ks are Interested in
more important mattera, chief ol
which Is obtaining UStloe for their
members in their struggle for better
conditions, the need ur which Has
been shown to Colorado and to Ihe
IMtionMn Hie re, , in SShSUStlVS report
by Hie United Hliiles cotnmlssion mi
Industrial relations We hope that
tile
of
am credit raise reports
icier concerning the,
I kefs."
unit
,i
iRO DESPERADOES
BURNED AT STAKE
1ST MORN, NO IOURNAL SPICAL LIAIIO M,RI
Sulphur Springs, Tex . Aug. II
King and Jos Blehmond, negroes,
were burned tu death by a mob in
ituiford park hers late today.
The IWO negroes, while n sistlng nr.
rest todiv, shut ami kiiici nepuiv
Shei irr Wathan A. Khpp, n and prob
ably falnllv wounded Sheriff J. B.
Iliitler. They were captured by a
thl
rm
ii.
Ml
WORKERS
N.G.ENLISTMENT
1er or Mall,
agio CofUea, 5a.
RUSSIAN ARMY'S
iv pftaaaer
CONDITION NOW
GRAVER THAN AT
ANY FORMER TIME
teuton Caval
R.itnr
Defeats Slavs
Brest-Litovsk
itfl Hfvpn Intn
Enemy's Flank,
GRAND DUKE'S FORCES
CRITICALLY DIVIDED
Pursuit May Br
Converted Into
lion ol Military
Studying Great
Strati
! MOaNINO jr,UNl tut IH k t AMD WISH
l'eilin, Aug. 1 1 via bOWtOB, 9.29
Pi in 1 The AiiNtro-derinnii mopS
lune broken the HuHlan lines alnng
the Zlola I.lpa river In Rsst Uallcln.
the Teutons resuming nctlvlty on a
section ,,f the front where, for long
lime, thev have tieen merely holding
their poaltiona
Th,. Uusalan extreme left, which
hitherto bus been unaffected hy the
general defeat, now apparently is
shaken and involved In the general
retirement Military exuerts exnress
1 tks ballet that the invaders soon will
I he expelled from that little corner In
oaHala where gUm they hava hang
able to nuiilitiiiii a foot hold on Aus-
Irian soil.
New Offensive llogln-
attacks rhli d 'velopmant, together with the
the aha- 1 Sharp advance hy the Alistrtiuis north
I east ,f Koven, is believed here to In
t a hos- I dh ale 1 the opening of a campaign
agnlnst the fortress triangle funned
i "v ins sirongnoios or i.uisk. uuano
I 1111,1 ROVnO, erected as a bar to access
io southern Russia,
I ' ll(' Russian armies retreating
, north and soiitli of llr, st-l.llovsk lire
setHtrated by the Itotlkim swamps and
j military men here say that the Aus-
I tro-Oerman strategists are in a pool
I 11,,,, ,,. i!i r,.r, ..u .,', It, u, ..ill....
Kuaslnii wing lind expose It to a crush-
Ing defeat DUpatl'Kes received here
todai ..iv that the Russian teliiiine
behind Crest-Utotsk has be n broken
anj ""it 'he pursuit by the Teutons
Is being pressed,
ftfgj lie I tier Houl.
Sammary, where Oarman cavalry
yeaterduj defeated a Russian cavalry
division, ih forty miles east of Brent
Litovsk The military experts say
that tills mounted fore, of (lermaiiM
Is now In a position to bile deep Into
the flank of the retreating Russia na
and bag many prisoners If not to . on
yen the retreat Into utter rout, with
mors cavntr) In hand, the Austin. Her
man strategists, It Is suld, lalghl pel -halm
before this have compelled
tlrand Duks Kloholaa to turn ami as
cepl battle, The baiief is sapressed
that his retreat from now on will be
doubly difficult,
Will (, unhurt' r,o hi,
Naturall) there has be n much spec
ulation hel'e concerning the limits to
which the pursuit of me Russian)
WOUld be pressed Home had assumed
that th,- advance would not be con.
tinned much beyond llrest -Litovsk,
lull Hie Impression Is BOW general that
I the pursuit will proceed so long as it
, continues to give paying returns In
captive or offers a chance to bring
' the fleeing armies tn bay. Meanwhile
a oermnnenl line of defense will he
selected and fortified ns u burner
pi nsi r
op Itt'HNlANfl
i.ol s o. VIOOHOI sl.V
Berlin, Aug 39 viu London, 4 p.
in i rhe following statement whs is
sued today in army headquarters:
In the western theater or war
I bet e gave been no new ilevelupmenls
uf Importance,
''Eastern theater of war Army
roup ,,f Field Marshal ran Hinden
burg southeast ,,r Kovno, the stub
born resistance id the enemy bus been
broken Out troops are pursuing tha
retr, aline. UllSSlftnS. The WOOded re
gion east f lUgUStOWO has beet,
crossed Further south, in our pursuit
of ihe enemy, we reached Dombrovii
,,nil Qrodek und Ihe section east uf the
city of V&rew
"Thi 'ine gi oup ut in nil " Leopold
is advancing through the Blalowia!
forest iii pursu "f ""nemy und
OH n. nil i nine Up With lli I Ight
w ing near Szei csnowo
"Army group or Held uursnsi von
! Mackensen, after rear guard fighting.
Ille Itusslnns Were messed back as fill
las the Knddubfln Mm on the Prusans
road, Troops oo-operating with ns
from the south through the marshy
region have pursued I he enemy and
almost reached Kobrln,
"Southeastern theater of war: Tha
AustroOerman troops which di feat
,1 ih,- cii,ii,v have dclvi ii him hack
act,,.,.! Ihe Pol iaiiy-ICoiiUlchy-Konu
'.,i I'ue snd behind the Km,, pet. Sec
tion." Ill'HHI tXri UWm I HI
Ra! vrti.i, hi i hi mini.
Peirorad. tug, 30 (la London.
ug. :iu, ggjO a m.) The fallowing
official Hussion statement was given
nut bete tonight
in tin niga region the situation Is
unchanged
"In the direction if frerterh ksladt.
after the lail few days of stubborn!
lighting, mil troops have retired fur
ther In the direction Of Jacnbstadt
ind Inliisk inward ihe west there Is
no Important changes,
"On the right of the Vlllva and be
tween th, YHtya and the Nlemeti river
uubborn righting continued Friday
and Siitiirday in the front from
Podhrodae toward the north of Vlln.'i
to N'udyc-Truki and flanchoucgl md
still further up the Niemen
, ,n the front between the sources
of th. Bobr and Ihe Prlpet. there Is
no essential change. In tho course nf
Saturday nlghi I Sunday in this re-