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, THE BIRMINGHAM AGE HERALD
II VOLUME XXXXV_ BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1915 10 PAGES NUMBER 75
' GENERAL EVACUATION OF WARSAW BY RUSSIANS, REPORT;
U. S. TO FIND IF GERMAN INTEREST IS BEHIND LABOR UNREST
MUNITION WOOKESS
AT BRIDGEPORT WILL
WALK OOT TODAY,
SAY IABMLEADERS
Efforts to Negotiate Differ
ences at Remington Arms
and Ammunition Company
Result in Failure
LEADERS INTIMATE
STRIKE MAY SPREAD
INTO OTHER FIELDS
This Is to Be a Fight to
the Finish, Says President
of International Machin
ists’ Union
Bridgeport, Conn., July If).—Ne
gotiation* to nettle difference* be
tween Bridgeport mnchlnlNtn nnd
the Hemlngton Arm* nnd Aiimmu
nltlon company, engaged on a gi
Igantlc scale In the manufacture
of war munition* for the allied nr
mlea, have failed.
Labor leader* announced tonight
that the flr«t of the machininta
would walk out at noon tomorrow.
They added that within n week nil
work In the Remington *hop* and
In the *hop* of subcontractora
would be at a atandatill.
Ju*t how far the atrlke might
•pread In other manufacturing
communities of New Knglnnd, the
labor leader* were unable to esti
mate.
This announcement was made by J. J.
Koppler, international vice president of
the machinists’ union, and John A. John
son, vice president of the Structural Iron
workers, after a meeting attended by
members of the machinists' union and by
, more than a dozen heads of International
* labor organizations.
It was said that It was planned to have
in the neighborhood of 500 men walk out
at first. Then one after another of the
various shops w'ould be emptied of ma
chinists. Six hundred hod-carriers, work
ing on new buildings by the Stewart
Construction company for the Remington
company .already have taken a strike vote
to follow the machinists out.
Unless the plans of the labor organiza
tions miscarry tomorrow or there is some
unexpected development which speedily
leads to a settlement of the demands of
the machinists, 1500 men at least are said
to be likely to be on strike by tomorrow
flight.
Kennlpr. advised nf a rail for a nnnfor.
■ ence of union officials to consider the
threatened strike, Issued tonight in Wash
, ington by Samuel Gompers, president of
the American Federation of T>abor, said
that he and other labor leaders here
, would pay no attention to any such call.
; “Neither Samuel Gompers nor the Pres
i ident of the United States can stop this
strike now,” he said.
*‘I want to make one statement most
emphatic. I want it known that if there
is a big argument in this town the peo
; pie of Bridgeport have no one to blame
but Maj. W. W. Penfield, works man
ager of the Remington company. We
have tried In every way to bring about
a peaceful settlement. As for the state
| ment by Major Penfield that German in
fluence brought about this situation, I
f want to say this: “If anyone forced the
issue, it was Major Penfield. We tried
; to confer with him. Even the -United
States government recognizes the right
\ of the employe to confer with the em
ployer. Major Penfield has denied us
this right.”
Keppler declined to say what other
| shops would be/ called out if the men
in the new plant of the Remington com
pany went on strike.
“It would not be right to have some
I of our men out on strike for eight hours
and the others working in other shops
for 10 hours a day,” he said. "Within a
week we will have all the manufactories
U In the city tied up.”
The Bridgeport Manufacturers’ associa
tion. according to a statement given out.
decided today to stand up as a body be
hind the Remington company in its de
cision to maintain an open shop. Tn re
gard to this statement Keppler said;
“That just beclouds the issue. That
is the old stock cry raised by the manu
i facturers to gain the sympathy of the
| public and of the nonunion men. There
was no mention of closed or open shops
1 in Brigeport until the Manufacturers’ as
j soclation made that statement today. As
a matter of fact it was the Remington
company or the Stewart company or both,
; that started closed shop methods. They
; told the millwrights that they would have
to join the carpenters’ union or quit. That
was what started all this trouble.
i| “In the carpenters’ union they would
I receive $3.75 a day. In the machinists’
jj union, where they belong, they would re
ceive $5. I should think that would be
sufficient answer to the charge that Ger
! man influences are behind the movement.”
i added Keppler. “We did not start the
thing. The Remington or the Stewart
people did it.
; “We wanted to settle that difficulty by
a peaceful conference. We could not.
Then the machinists demanded that if
they had to strike to gain their demands
ther Would also stand out for an eiglit
? hour day .double time for overtime and
reinstatement without discrimination of
| all the men who walked out.
“It Is plain to see that this is to be
a tight to the finish.’’
j Timothy Daly, president of the Polish
! ers’ and Buffers’ union, in a statement
tonight, said:
"I understand from a published inter
I view with Mr. Gompers that he is going
\ to send an American Federation of T,abor
! man here to take charge of the situation.
I would like to know what Mr. Gompers
has got to do with this. The international
unions are capable of taking care of
| themselves. He has no right to tell us
what to do. He Is elected and paid by
f the Internationals and we tell him what
to do.”
■[ Gompers Calls Conference
| "’-ihington, July 19.—Samuel Gompers,
lent of the American Federation of
a y r. announced tonight that he had
iCoatlna#4 Pa*o Tta)
/ N
CHARGE GERMANS
! BEHIND STRIKE
United States to Investigate Activities of German
Sympathizers, Whom England Implicates
As Cause of Labor Unrest In
Munition Factories
Washington, July 19.—At the instance of the British government, the state
department has called on the department of Justice to investigate activities of
certain German sympathizers in the United States who are alleged to have
been employing unlawful means to strike at the allies.
I nt il inquiry has developed whether
there is sufficient evidence to warrant
prosecutions no names will be made
I public and officials are reticent about
discussing the matter. It is known,
however, that Information has reached
the* British embassy concerning plots,
ranging from schemes to wreck
bridges over which railroad trains
were carrying volunteers to the Brit
ish army to the incitement of strikes
at American industrial plants making
war supplies for the allies.
One case in which the British gov
ernment informed the state department
it had evidence Involving a wealthy
German resident of Detroit. Mich., who
was alleged to have supplied jnoney
to finance an attempt to dynamite a
Canadian armory and a Canadian fac
tory making clothing for the British
army.
All the evidence furnished by the
British embassy will l>»> turned over
to the department of Justice, which
will conduct the Inquiry. Widespread j
investigations of neutrality violations
already have been conducted by the
government a ' several prosecutions
have resulted is understood that I
stories of p ^ to blow up British
ships at sen £ been carefully looked 1
into and tb> V ores of suspected per
sons havi- > v under surveillance in
various the country.
Accord/5 > o reports today in off!
cial eirecToome persons of high re
pute in,^^ ricau business circles have
been u <> >ned in reports transmitted
by tli .tlsh government, but their
naniOQ • being jealously guarded
pend the outcome of the Investi
gate
SING SING ADOPTS
NOVEL METHOD OF
PRESERVING ORDER
Tho Self-Organization of Prisoners
Uses Stripes and Circles on
Clothes to Denote
Disobedience
Ossining, N. Y., July 19.—Members of
the Mutual Welfare league, the self-rule
organization of the prisoners at Sing Sing,
have adopted a novel method of inflicting
punishment for attempts to escape or vio
lation of prison rules.
Suspension from the privileges of the
league is the basis of tho punishment.
Offenders suspended for five days or
more will be compelled to wear a yellow
circle as large as an orange on the breast
of their gray shirts. Those suspended for
10 days or more must wear not only tho
yellow circle, hut a yellow stripe down
the middle of the back. In case of sus
pension for 20 days yellow stripes on the
trouser legs must he worn. The heads
of all offenders suspended for SO days
will be shaved and in addition they must
wear the yellow stripes.
Warden Osborne said the idea originated
with the prisoners and was based on tha
feeling that if a man offends against the
i ales he shows "the yellow" of his char
acter and the same color should show on
his uniform. Two prisoners found in
toxicated from drinking a mixture of al
cohol and water will be the first to wear
the yellow stripes.
AUSTRIAN UNDERSEA
FIGHTER TORPEDOES
AN ITALIAN CRUISER
The Guiseppe Garibaldi Victim of
Teuton Submarine—Vessel
Founders in Eight
een Minutes
Berlin, July IP—(By wlrelr»a to
Sayvilie. I——'The following official
communication it an received here
today from Vienna under date of
July 18:
"An Auntrlnn niilnnarlne thin
morning torpedoed and nank, ncitli
of Kngur.n, the Italian crulner Gul
neppe Garibaldi. The crulner foun
dered within 15 mlnuten."
The Gulneppe Garibaldi wan an
armored crulner of 721(4 tona, 344 1
feet long. She wan laid down In
I sps. Her complement unn 530
men, and nhe carried one 10-Inch,
two 8-Inch, 14 ti-luch and 10 3-tncli
gunn.
Knguxn In a fort I Jed Auntrlnn nen
port In Dalmatia, on a penlnnula of
the .Adriatic nea, 38 rallrn north
went off Cat taro.
SEEK DISMISSAL
OF P. P. CLAXTON
S. A. H. Convention Springs Sensa
tion in Asking Wilson to
Oust Commissioner
Portland, Ore., July 19.—A resolution
that President Wilson be asked to dismiss
P. P. Claxton, United States commissioner
of education, because of sentiment derog
atory to the United States flag be was
reported to have expressed in a. speech
two years ago in Ronton. caused a com
motion today at the congress of the Sons
of the American Revolution.
The resolution, introduced by Christo
pher W. Horr of Seattle, was greeted with
hisses. It finally was referred to the res
olutions committee without debate.
His speech, Commissioner Claxton said,
according to an excerpt, read:
“After nil, the people of the world care
very little what flag they live under. The
flag moans nothing. It Is not a reality.
They can live under one combination of
colors as well as under another."
SUPPOSEDLY DEAD
MAN RETURNS TO HIS
AWE-STRICKEN FAMILY
Georgian Serving Sentence for the
“Murder” of Klug When the
“Dead” Man Appears on
the Scene
_ t
Milwaukee, Wls.. July 19.—Frank Klug,
for whose “murder" Nick Georgian is
serving a 25 years' sentence, and whose
“body" was was identified by relatives,
returned today to his awe-stricken fam
ily. Klug supposedly was murdered Au
gust 22 last near here. Georgian was
sentenced in December.
According to attorneys and officials, the
fact that it was not Klug who was mur
dered will make no difference to Georgian.
That a man was murdered was well es
tablished, they said, and the circumstan
tial evidence positively connected Geor
gian with the crime.
Klug left home because of discouraging
domestic conditions.
LINDEN BATES’ BODY
REPORTED FOUND
London, July 10 — (2:08 p. m.l—A body sup
posed to be that of Linden W. Rates, Jr.,
of New York, who lost Ills life on the
Lusitania, has been washed ashore on the
Limerick coast. A telegram today from
Wesley Frost, American consul at Queens
town, to Newton B. Knox, an American
mining engineer and friend of Mr. Bates,
said a watch and a cigarette case with
Mr, Bates' monogram were found on the
body. Measurements of the body also In
dicate that the Identification Is correct.
Mr. Knox will leave tonight for Queens
town to take charge of the body.
! PISTOL IJI'F.l. NEAR |
| STATE CAPITAL 4
\ Montgomery, July 19.—Wal- 4
4 ter Glddens, a farmer, Is dead, 4
4 Mose Kent is believed near 4
4 death, and Jim Glddens is In a 4
4 hospital here, where his recov- 4
4 ery is said to be doubtful as the 4
4 result of a pistol duel at Kent, 4
4 Ala., near here today. The dlf- 4
, 4 flculty Is said to be tile result of 4
| 4 an argument over a contract. 4
4 «
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KRUPP OFFICIALS
GRANT PORTION OF
LABORERS’ DEMANDS
I -
Hundred Thousand Men Affected by
Concessions—Both Sides Warned
to Make Immediate Adjust
ment of Differences
Geneva, Switzerland, July 19.—(Via
I’aria, 2:20 p. m.)—At a meeting held at
Essen yesterday, according to advices
received at Basil, between the administra
tion of the Krupp Gun works and the rep
resentatives of the workmen, the Krupp
officials are understood to have granted
a portion of the men's demands for in
creased pay.
Directly and indirectly about 100,000 men
are involved. Minor cases in which ma
chinery has been destroyed have been
reported.
The military authorities before the meet
ing. tlTe Basil advices say, warned both
sides that unless an immediate arrange
ment was reached drastic measures would
be employed.
The Krupp concessions are understood
to have brought about a temporary peace,
but the workmen still appear to be unsat
isfied and many have left the work. A
strike w'ould greatly affect the supply of
munitions, and for this reason the mili
tary has adopted rigorous precautions.
NEW AMERICAN
NOTE ON SHIPPING
REACHES ENGLAND
Outlines Standpoint of United States
on1 Prize Court Proceedings.
Not Made Public
London, July 10.—(5*511 p. m.)
The new American note on Mhlp
plng which outlines the ntanripoint
of the United Staten in prize court
procedure wan received at the for
eign office today. The note ban not
yet been publlahed here.
FOREIGN GRAIN
CROPS ARE LARGE
Washington, July 19.—Grain crops in
England and Italy promise greater
yields this year than last. Forecasts
cabled today to the department of ag
riculture put the Italian wheat crop
at 189,000,000 bushels, 20,000,000 more
than last year.
The prospective wheat crop of Eng
land and Wales is placed at 63,000,
000 bushels, a 3,000,000 increase; the
barley crop 44,000,000, a 7,000,000 de
crease, and the oats crop at 89,000,
000, an increase of 10,000,000.
CLAIMS POSTAL
TRAFFIC HINDERED
Berne. Switzerland, July 19.— (Via
Paris. 3:60 p. m.)—Switzerland has
complained repeatedly to the belllirer
ents that postal traftic'between Switz
erland and other neutrals, and especial
ly with the United States, has been hin
dered by the censors. Numerous letters
are daily retained or delayed, accord
ing to the steamship authorities. Pub
lic and official complaints heretofore
have been without result.
At; k- .Vs . A y.A
p -
SOLANS, BELIEF
Reported House Will Seek
to Recall Bill Now in
the Senate Abolishing
Office
CHANGE MINDS
AS TO IMPORTANCE
OF THE INSPECTOR
Fate of Bill Unknown. Bui
if It Passes It Must Go
Over Governor Hender
son’s Veto
By 1,. s. BETTI
Montgomery, July 10.— 4 Special.)
BegfirilleNN of the fate of the prlnon
eommlMKlmt hill, uhlrh contemplated
the consolidation of the highway,
prlnon Inspection nod convlet depart
mentN, Hr. William H. Oaten, Mate
prlnon Inspector, will he taken enre
of by the leglnlnture. Thin much him
been learned from the expressed stnte
mentn of lending memhern of both
hounen. But a more ntrlklng Indication
of tliln fnet will he revealed on M ed- j
nenday, when an effort will he made in
the hoime to recall from the neuntc the
hill nhollnhing the ntnte prlnon Inspcc
tlon department.
At the recent session of the legislature
the house, by a small majority, passed a
hill abolishing Dr. Oates' department,
but the senate did not take action on the
measure before adjournment for the split
session Therefore, the bill Is now In
the senate, and It is exceedingly doubt
ful if that body will be given an oppor
tunity to vote on the measure, for inem
beic of the house will on the next legis
lative day ask that the bill be recalled.
Change of Seniment
During the “past four months the mem
bers of the legislature have awakened
to a decided change of sentiment In regard
to the usefulness of the prison inspection
department and the ability of the man at
the head of the department. This has
been due, In large part, to the work of
the investigating committee.
This committee made an exhaustive in- ,
vestige tion of prison conditions in the
state, personal visits having been made
by the members of the committee to the
mines, lumber and turpentine camps where
convicts arc employed. Moreover, visits
were made to factories and other instltu-1
tions where child labor Is employed. The
committee reached the conclusion that an
inspector and sanitary health u/ficor for
these institutions was a most necessary
adjunct of the state administration.
Therefore, the committee reported a
hill providing for the amalgamation of
tile prison inspection, the highway and
convict departments, the purpose of the
committee being to make Dr. Oates and
W. S. Keller, highway engineer, physi
cian inspector and ongineer, respectively,
on the new prison commission.
May Defeat Bill
Rut the fate of the prison commission
bill is unknown If it passes that re
sult. will only he achieved over the gov
ernor’s veto, and administration leader*
believe they have sufficient strength to
defeat the measure in the senate.
Hence, with the fate of that bill hanging
in the balance, the members of the legis
lature, particularly in the house, believ
ing they have done Dr. Oates an injustice
in seeking to abolish his department,'
are preparing to undo their work of last
session by asking for the recall of the
bill. If this is done the measure will then
probably be re-referred to the committee
which approved it. The bill's demise will
follow.
On the other hand, should the prison
commission bill pass, notwithstanding the
governor’* opposition and veto, the prison
Inspection department will then auto
matically cease to exist, for its duties will
be taken over by the prison commission.
In this event Dr. Oates will in ail prob
ability be assigned to the new' department.
But no mutter what happens, that official
will he taken care of by the legislature.
ORDER GUNBOAT TO
SANTO DOMINGO
Washington, July 19.—The gunboat
Nashville, on neutrality duty at Kan
Juan, Porto Rico, has been ordered to
Santo Domingo at the request of the
state department. Rear Admiral Cup
erton, with the cruiser Washington, al
ready is nearby in Ilayticn waters.
Aeroplane Destroyed
Rome, July 18.—(Via Paris, 11 p. m.)~An
Austrian aeroplane which bombarded
Bari yesterday was struck by rifle Are on
the way back to its base and fell into the
sea off Barlettu. 33 miles northwest of
Bari, according to an official statement is
sued tonight at the war office. A Ashing
boat, manned by two soldiers, a customs
officer and a constable went out an4l cap
tured the machine wMth the two Austrian
officers who composed the crew.
TODAY’S AGE-HERALD
1— Warsaw being evacuted, report.
United States to investigate labor
unrest.
Frank continues in critical condi
tion.
Prison inspector’s office may be
abolished.
2— Grain harvest of south will reach
colossal figure.
3— May fight to retain game de
* partment.
4— Editorial comment.
5— Awful condition of mine convict*.
$3000 per foot paifl for site.
Advocates change in court pro
cedure.
6— Society.
7— Sports.
8— Markets.
10—Henderson talks of convict lease
system.
*
PLEADS FOR MAKING
COTTON CONTRABAND
London Times Says Britain’s Explanation of Her Commerce
Rights Has Had No Effect On American Opinion.
Cotton Being Used For Shells. Is Charged
London, July JO.—(2;l)0 a. tn.)—In an editorial today the Times makes an
othe" strong plea for making cotton contraband. The newspaper refers to its
Washington correspondent’s report that the American government refuses to
admit the legality of the British blockade and the British explanations had not
had the slightest effect in changing American opinion on the right of ex
ports to neutral countries.
Arguing at considerable length that
Great Britain acquiesced in the Amer
ican extension of the blockade during
the civil war, the Times says:
“Surely the Americans will not dis
pute that we have the right of exten
sion which they have so widely as
serted and exercised themselves. If |
cotton could be regarded as contra
band in the sixties merely because it
enabled the belligerents to buy am
munition, how much more certainly
can it l*e so regarded now that It has
become a necessary ingredient in the
manufacture of explosives?
“It cannot be doubted that cotton Is
finding its way into Germany in large
quantities. The plain fact stares Brit
ishers in the face that their nearest
and dearest are being daily shattered
by German shells which cannot he pro
duced without cotton, which might
have been made contraband. We hto
confident that this consideration will f
not be without its weight in the minds'
of the American people.
“The dastardly attempt on the Or
duna Is another reminder to them of
the sort of foes with whom we are
striving. Arrangements ought to he
practicable under which cotton grow
ers would suffer no loss. We cannot
for any consideration refrain from
keeping hack Indispensable material
for the deadliest of all weapons with
which the Germans are slaughtering
our sons."
_I
WILSON ANI) LANSING
PREPARE DRAFT OF
REPLY TO GERMANY
Document Embodying America's Pol
icy on Submarine Warfare Will
Be Submitted to Cabinet
Today
Washington, July 19.—President Wil
son and Secretary Lansing today pre
pared the draft of a note on submarine
warfare to be submitted to the cabinet
tomorrow and to he sent to Germany
probably before the end of the week.
Other than that the position taken by
tlie United States in previous eommunl
catlohs will be reiterated no informa
tion waH forthcoming concerning the
probable contents of the note.
The President cautioned those with
whom he counselled to refrain from
discussing the note in advance of its
dispatch and White House officii Is
particularly requested correspondents
to avoid speculations as the character
of the document had pot. been de
termined Anally.
The note, it is understood, will be
comparatively brief, expressing this
government’s conclusions as a result
of Germany's failure to give assurances
that the lives of Americans travelling
on unresisting and unarmed merchant
men be not endangered.
As yet the case of the British liner
Orduna, attacked by a German subma
rine. has not been brought officially to
the attention of the state department
Secretary Lansing said today he had
expected word from some of the Ameri
can passengers aboard but If this failed
to arrive soon he would request one of
the government departments to start an
investigation to obtain accurate infor
mation concerning the incident.
(FRANK CONTINUES IN
IL CONDITI
BUT DOCTORS THINK
HE MAY YET RECOVER
Possible Blood Poisoning
From Infection One of the
Chief Dangers, According
to Physicians
MllledKcvIlle. On., July 10.—The
condition of l.eo >1. Frunk, atif
ferltiK from n aerlotin knife wound
In the throat inflicted by William
Crecn. a fellow life-term convict
at the heorgla pr|*on farm here,
remained critical tonlirht. Dr. G,
D. Compton, the prfaon phyalclan,
announced, however, that he wan
hopeful of Frank's recovery. Poa
nlble blood poInoiiIiik from infec
tion In one of the chief dangern, he
anld.
Frank’s temperature late today was an
nounced as 101.8, Ills circulation ns 100
and his respiration us 20. Early today his
j temperature was 102.4. Attending physi
| clans were gratified at the decline.
CYeen, questioned further by prison of
j facials today, said be believed that ho had
j been culled "from on high” to kill Frank,
w'h« se death sentence for Mary PhagHn s
[murder recently was commuted by dov- '
! ernor Slaton, now retired. He indicated
| no remorse, as he had done immediately
•alter the attack Saturday night,
j "I only wish that 1 had had more
, strength,” Creen said. "I think that I
j have done my duty In this matter as wrell
[as my strength allowed. I believe that Hod
| has helped me. I don’t think that 1
| ever did wrong in my life.”
Creen. although he weighs 1® pounds, Is
partly paralyzed in his left arm. Physl
clens attending Frank believe that this
fact probably saved his life, as Creen
was unable to seize 1dm while he used
the knife.
Warden Smith said today that Croon had
! spent much time recently reading the
Hlble. Other prison attaches said that
Creen recently had shown a tendency to
| discuss religion.
Should Frank die, Creen probably would
be tried for murder. No decision has been
(reached us to what action will be taken
| If Frank recovers.
No InveHtigation
Atlanta, .July 19. -The penitentiary com
mittee of the Georgia house of represen
tatives late today voted Co table three
resolutions which would have provided for
a legislative investigation of the attack
made on Deo M. Frank at the state prison
farm at MllledgevlIIe. Two resolutions
calling for an investigation were intro
duced early today, and later Representa
tive Campbell of Newton introduced a
resolution providing that members of the I
lower house personally investigate the !
matter.
Members of the committee saJd they be
lieved that William Cfeeti, the convict who
attucked Frank, alone was Involved, and
that there was no negligence on the part
of prison officials.
The state prison commission, how
ever, will visit the state prison farm
.Saturday to Investigate the attack on
Frank, according to an announcement
tonight by It. K. Davison, chairman of
the board. He said the Inquiry W’ould
try to establish If others than Creen
were involved, how Creen got the
knife he used and If he had permis
sion from a guard to leave his bed
at the time the attack was made.
Slaton Surprised
Seattle, Wash., July 19.—Surprise and
regret at the attempt on the life of
Deo M. Frank by u fellow convict at the
prison farm at Mllledgeville, Ha., were
expressed by former Gov. John M. Slaton
of Georgia, who was here today on his
way to San Francisco.
“I do not believe the attack on Frank
could be traced to any outside Influence
working for Frank's destruction,” he said.
"I believe that the criminal mind, aroused
perhaps by newspaper reports, was respon
sible. Frank was put in the safest place
for him in the state.”
He said he bed no reason to regret com
muting Frank's death sentence to life Im
prisonment.
**T would do It again tomorrow If con
fronted with the same possibility of mis
take in the evidence by which he was con
victed.” declared Mr. Slaton.
\
DAVID LLOYD-GEORGE
ADDRESSES COAL
STRIKERS IN WALES
Says He Hopes for Settlement of
Joint Coal Strike, Hut Can
Make No Predictions
Cardiff, Wales, July 10_p.
m.l—The minister of miiiiltfou*.
David Lloyd-George, arrived here
tonight and addressed n delega
tion of miner*. He presented a let
ter from Premier Asquith.
Hr. Lloyd-George nald he hoped
for a settlement of the coal miners*
strike, but could make no predic
tions.
Cardiff, July 19.— (11:50 p. m.)—The
center of the negotiations in connec
tion with the great strike of coal
miners shifted suddenly to Cardiff to
night with the arrival of the minister
of muntlons. David Uoyd-Oeorge: the
president of- the Board of Trade, Wai
ter Runciman, and the president of the
board of education, Arthur Henderson,
for a conference with the miners’ lead
ers.
Henderson Is leader of the labor
party in the House of Commons The
cabinet members vver_g^net at the train
by officers of the South Wales Miners’
federation. They held a preliminary
talk and arrangements were made for
an address by Mr. Lloyd-George to
morrow before the whole body of rep
resentatives of the miners in the South
Wales field. It is thought some agree
ment may be reached then, although
the men are still obdurate In the mat
ter of accepting the terms offered in
conceding that they are subject to the
government’s compulsory arbitration
act.
Despite a heavy downpour of rain .»
great crowd gathered at the station to
greet Lloyd-George, who is populai
throughout Wales.
Lloyd-George told the executive of
ficers of the federation that It was Im
possible to wage a successful war
abroad with a strike at home and that
no government responsible for a
colossal war could positively allow the
continuance of a conflict between la
bor and capital to imperil the chances
of victory.
Frank Randolph Dies
Beaumont, July 19—Frank Ran
dolph, an editorial writer of the Beau
mont Enterprise and one of the organ
izers of the Southern Rice Growers’
association, died here today. Mr. Ran
dolph was 50 years old.
1 DARDANELLES CASUALTIES t
| London, July 19,—(8:26 p.m.) j
4 The total casualties of the allies* 4
4 Dardanelles expeditionary force 4
4 to date In killed, wounded and 4
4 missing have been 42,423 offl- 4
4 cers and men. Premier Asquith 4
4 told the House of Commons. 4
4 That Includes both naval and 4
4 limitary branches. 4
• *
I.. . . , ..... .. I' I.,,.,..
THE EVACUATION OF
WARSAW ORDERED
BY RUSSIANS, SAYS
REPORT TO LONDON
Two Gigantic Austro-Ger
man Armies Are Whip
ping Great Arc Around
Capital of Poland
TASK OF DEFENDING
CITY NOW BELIEVED
ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE
Unless Duke Nicholas Can
Straighten Out His Line
Warsaw Must Go, and
With It the Slavic Line
♦ ♦
4 NLAYM PAHALV/.fCI>. 4
4 N \\ N IIMI'FROH 4
4 ♦
4 London. July 20. a. m.) 4
4 The Morning: Post's Petrograd 4
4 correspondent says Kinperor Wtl- 4
4 Ham hflR sent his sister, the *
4 Queen of Greece, tills telegram: 4
4 "I have paralysed the Russians 4
4 for at least six months and am 4
4 on the eve of delivering a coup 4
4 on the western front that will 4
4 make all Europe tremble.” 4
4 4
London, July 20.—(3:36 a.
m.)—The Morning Post’s
Budapest correspondent re
ports I lial tlu> gradual evacua
tion of Warsaw lias been order
ed by Russians.
London, July 10. (11:26 p. m.
With the German Kield Marshal voi
Hlndenburg on the north and Vor
Mnckensen on the south whipping for
ward the. two ends- of a great ar
around Warsaw. It Is realised In Eng
loud that Grand Puke Nicholas, I
defending the city has the most sever
task imposed upon him since the out
break of the European war. Some mil
Uar.v writers seem to think the fea
is well-nigh Impossible.
There was sustained confidence that
Germany’s previous violent attacks
along the B/.ura-Rawka front never
would pierce the Russian line, but the
present colossal co-ordinate movement
was developed with such suddenness
and carried so far without meeting se
rious Russian resistance that more and
more the British press Is discounting
the fall of the Polish capital and while
not giving up all hope of its retention
is pointing out the enormous difficulty
the Russian armies have laid under
from the start by the existence of such
a salient.
Warsaw Must (.#©
TTnable to straighten out their line
b> an advance through East Prussia,
In the north, and Galicia. In the south,
the Russians perpetually have faced
tin pincers of the Austro-Gornmns, arid
If these can be sufficiently tightened
Warsaw must go and with It the en
tire line.
As was the case Saturday, when the
Aystro-Getmans recorded the success
of their offensive in the east, no offi
cial communication from either Berlin
or Vienna reached the London news
papers today. Saturday's communica
tion wns released Sunday for publi
cation and up to nearly midnight to
night no new communication has corns
to hand. In the absence of additional
official Information from Petrograd
there is nothing to throw fresh light
on the eastern front, hut the Austro
Gcrman advance could hardly so soon
have lost Its momentum.
According to the latest accounts the
A ustro-German forces, advancing
from Prns/.nys/., were within 4ft miles
of Warsaw, while to the south Von
Mnc.kensen’s Center at points wss
within 1ft miles of the laiblln-Oholm
railroad.
British Advancing
London, July 20. <2:24 a. m.)—The
British press representative in the
Dardanelles under date of July 4 says:
"The successful advance of the Brit
ish left wing on June 2R placed In our
hand another mile of the "Gulley ra
vine" which Is the Gallipoli penin
sulas valley of death. The Turks know
every inch of the ground and pour a
tremendous number of shells into the
ravine, which Is dotted for miles up
from the shore with lonely graves
marking the last resting place of some
soldier buried where he fell.
"As the correspondent traveled up
the ravine 24 hours after the battle
there were visible plenty of evidences
cf the strenuous character of the
fighting, scattered bodies half pro
truding from the ground, hastily dug
graves, hundreds of broken rifles and
scattered equipment and everywhere
great fires burning;, giving forth s
sickly stench, for on ^he fires Turtclsh
dead in hundreds were being burned.
"In front of the trenches British
soldiers were working like bees pre
paring barriers and trenches under a
continuous fire of enemy sharpshoot
ers, while others, for whom there was
no room In the trenches, were sleeping
lalmly “lose behind and awaiting the
summons to resist an expected counter
attack.”
Cruiser Sunk
Rome. July 19.—(Via TiOndo^ fy 30,
12:42 a. m.)—An Italian cruiser V 'ron,
comprising the Varese. Frances\ >r
mcio, Giuseppe Garibaldi and the V or
Pisan!.* proceeded at an early hour V -
day morning to Oattaro .an Austrian tok.
port In Dalmatia, and opened Are.
During the course of the operations tha
Italian commander discovered that a
number of Austrian battleships had taken
refuge in thp harbor. These, although
not of modern type, would have been
able effectively to face the somewhat slow
(Ctsaaac* •* Pact Tts)