The Sunday telegram. [volume], August 08, 1915, Image 1

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jjerate Efforts Are Being
Made by the Slavs to Save
Themselves Intact.
RETREATING NEAR RIGA
Sweeping Flank Movements
Like Tnose in Kluck Cam
paign Made by Germans.
(IV AflSOCtATID HUB)
.; LONDON, Aug. 7.?The German
official report tonight claim's that the
resistance of the .Russians has been
'???" broken between Lomza and the
mouth of the Bug river. Thus,
-whether the Russians have been de
feated or have fallen back volun
tarily to a new position, one of the
bitterest battles that baa been fought
' since the commencement of the war
? has ended.
For just three weeks the Germans
under the supreme command of Field
Marshal von Hlndenburg have "been
trying to force this front, which us
ually is referred to as that of the
.^Narqw and to cut off the Russian ar
; mies in their retreat from Warsaw.
That not until three days after the
; evacuation of Warsaw has this line
given way leads British critics to the
conclusion that this Russian with
? drawal was a voluntary one and that
. Grand Duke Nicholas, commander in
chief of the Russian forces, 'certain
of the safety of his Warsaw army,
has abanadoned his struggle on the
Narew.
German .Advance Delayed.
The Russians are still holding the
eastern bank of the Vistula, includ
ing Praga, a suburb of Warsaw, and
at least are delaying the German ad
" vance across the river, while In the
southeast neither General von Mack
?t ensen, nor Archduke-?Joseph Ferdi
/ hand have made much progress, be
ing still twenty miles north of the
Lublin-Chelm railroad, which they
crossed a week ago. .' The resistance
which the^Russians are offering here
. and that which has delayed General
. von Hindenburg in tho north havo
kept the roads clear for the escape of
the Russians from the inner encir
cling operations.
K1 uck's Plan Followed.
In Courland and Kovno, General
von Buelow with 840,000. men, la
? carryiffg out sweeping -flank move
ments much on the same lines as
those with which General-von Kluck
opened the campaign in the West
though in different circumstances.
General von Buelow's left wing,
which joins with the separate army
operating south of Riga, has made a
further advance toward Dvinsk, the
Russians retreating across the Jara
river; while his right is approach
(Continued on page 2, first section)
.A LAUGH
Chuckles over Despatches Tell
Ing of Carranza's Willing
ness for Peace Confab.
(?T ASSOCIATED fRM?)
?BL PASO. Aug. ? 7:?General Villa
received ?with & chuckle "Washington
despatches today stating that General
Carranza had signified 'hl? wilitngnea
to meet his adversaries ill a peace
conference.
"I will make no comment," he said,
"until I' have more light."
General Villa has summoned mili
tary officilas from all parts of the ter
ritory he controls for a meeting to
morrow at Juarez.
The news that Carranza has con
sented to confer -wM.il other factions
was received with gratification by
local adherents of Villa.
George C. Carrothers special agent
of the state department, said today
that pending the arrlvaj of General
Hugh L. Scott on Monday to confer
with General Villa at Juarez all ac
tion of the northern chieftain against
foreign merchants and mining oper
ations would: he deferred.
Cop'es of the official manifesto of
August 2 received today fix execution
as the punishment for merchants who
j fail to declare all merchandise In
their possession.
I An emphatic denial of the report
Ithat. Sebast-'an Vargas, state treasurer
of Caihu^hqa. was executed Thursday
waB Issued today by General Villa.
The report had stated he was captured
while in flight from Ch-tuahua City,
returned there and executed.
Completely Ties Up Street Car
Traffic in Holyoke and
Amherst Cities.
HOL.YOKE, Maes.,' Aug. 7.?Sixty
thousand citizens of this city and 6,000
citizens of Amherst went without
trolley service of any kind today be
cause the directors of the Holyoke
Street Railway Company and its 250
striking employes could not agree on.
any method of arbitrating the question
of wages and working conditions at
issue between them.
Efforts, backed hy the Holyoke
Cham her of Commerce were tinder way
tonight' to arrange for presentation
tomorrow of a form of arbitration
acetpa-ble to both parties.
President Arthur T. Hadley.
"1 am in favor of the policy of a
greater American preparedness,"
said President Hadley of Yale to
alumni of that institution who re
cently met at San Francisco during
Yale week at the exposition. "We
may become involved in war by being
so little prepared as to invite attack
from one of the predatory overseas
powers."
In Anticipation of Battle There
the Americans Double Their
Guard Wear Border.
CATTLE ABE RUSHED AWAY
By a Villa Commander Who
Insists He Will Resist
the Attack.
-V.'
NO GALES, Ariz., Axis- 7-'?-General
Callea, the Carransa ' commanded,
drew closer to locales, Sonora, to
ddy and was expected to attack to
morrow at daybreak. In anticipa
tion of a battle a double guard oT
_ American soldiers was placed on the
~ International line and a machine gun
platoon stationed on the Tlticomb
hill overlooking Che city. United
States cavalrymen patrolled the bor
der near the city.
Governor Maytorena, Villa ? com
mander, insisted he will resist
Calles's attack. .He rushed 850 cattle
Into the United States. tonight. The
population of Sonora was reported
to be subsisting on the meat of bur
ros, horses and dogs.
Mexican raids on the American
side again were reported today.
TEXAS RANGER FORCE
IS BEING RECRUITED
>ii; C?T MIOCIATBO MIM9 "
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex.. Aug; 7.
i;?Recruits selected from ranchmen
with recorda for shooting and a
knowledge of the border country are
being sought to augment the Texas
ranger force In an effort to ?
raiding outlaw
Mexican border, :
tonight by Ckr
guson, who to ?
"The rti ""
On Account of Two Blunders
Though lill Health is to Be .
Given as the Cause.
Are Given the Minister to Mex
too from Guatemala t>y.
Carranza.
' '*$ > _'< tfsi
Billy Chandler and Morris
Keller in Second Accident
Are Fatally Injured.
RACE IS FULL OF THRILLS
Finish So Close Ttiat Judges
Are Divided Several Min
utes as to the Winner.
I . -
. <MY ANOCIATID i '
DES MOKVKS, b., Am:. 7?JKpr
r* S. lvell?*i-, mechanician to Billy
Chandler, died at tbe hospital short 1 y
before 9 d'cflosck tort jcht.
(?V AMOCIATKD ??"'
DES MOINES," la., .Aug. 7.?One
killed and three Injured, two prob
ably fatally, marked the Initial 300
mile automobile derby', here, this af
ternoon. Ralph DePalma was. win
ner, Ralph-Mul ford second and Ed
die O'Donnell third. " The time wan
3.28.52.
-Joe Cooper was- killed. on the thir
ty-eighth lap of the race; when, his
car literally sailed* over the outer
edge. of; the bowl as he was nearing
the grandstand and' fell outside with
Cooper and his mechanician, Louis
Peio, pinned 4nde"rneath?.*the wreck
age. ? . > '
^^Kf.Chandler's
The second accident came near the
close of the Mice when In. the:238m
lap, Billy Chandler's car ;<aag^ga,
against the *"
uilk
more senou? wuuiuvu vi mo v??v.
Chandler has lBss than an even
chance for recovery, according ; to
the physicians. Pile, .a victim otSuie;
first accident,' was reported also\.to
be in a critical condition with better
prospects, however, than the others;
? Cooper's skull was crushed in "the
first accident, and his. death was
practicalyl instantaneous. ; ; i
Chandler in Convulsions.' :.y
Keller's injuries were ,a.: broken
?right shoulder and hip. fractured col
lar bone and concussion of the brain.'
Chandler went into convulsIons.wMle
being taken to the hospital, where
it was found that he suffered a brok
en left hip and internal injuries.
In both accidents tire blowouts
were ascribed as the cause, although
In the case of Cooper a Broken steer
ing knuckle was said to have been
the immediate reason for his loss of
control.
After striking outside the track
the car crashed into the end of the
grandstand. rS
.Race witli Many Thrills.:
. Officials said Cooper was going
100 mlleB an hour. The race itself
was full of thrills aside from. Its
tragic features; For most of the 300
miles it was a nip and tuck afTairbe
tween DePalma, Mulford and O'Don,
nell, the former, keeping the lead the
greater part of the time.
In the last fifteen relies, however,
he developed a run of bad luck with
his tires, which threatened to lose
him first place, but he torged- ahead
in the las* three miles and crossed
ahead of Mulford. .
So close were the two leaders that
the Judges for several minutes were
divided as to who bad; won. The
first announcement was that Mulford
.was the victor but this was chajgjjggj
and the official announcement gav%
DePalma the prise.
COOPER OF THE Y0UN(H|R ^
SET OF AUTO. DRIVERS.
?: Stun
CHICAGO, Aug. 7.^?oe Ooopen
killed In the Res -Mtoines auto ;race to
day, was one or: the y<Mn?er genera^
tlon of auto drivers having token, his
first mount about four yeara *8?
bears no relatlonsht pto B?rl
Cooper's earliest experience was on
dirt roads and h? *lad done little on
tracks or speedway?. He <troveracar
in the sweepstakes at Indianap^ns
this season and although he qualifies
well above the limit ^. tte -BDborter
trophy there was some queatton'Talaed
about his being permitted to gM be
cause of Inexeprience. , ' pooper . wm
born in Yomngstown; O., dbout twenty
four years ago. w*? nnmaxriea.
He TwniXr
NEW WORLD'S RECORD.IS ,
established by resta
driving a French car, at
102.86 nilles an bour won th*;Cbi??
idway 100-mile Muggf
so doing h? ~ ~
competlt
Virgifl-. Highland,
Thirteen Funerals AreJIeid and
All Regj^Bu^ ^ V v
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?jg^ms^mssssss^^? 1 '
ERIE, Pa.. Angr- 7.-r-S^lrteea tun-,
orals of victims of Tuesday night's
flood were held today an4:Erie was a
city of mourning. All regular feuslhesB
was suspended aiad oply the Jworfe l of
olearlng-away.tlie debrlsanid- disinfect
ing those portkwr X|f wreckage . and |
streets that threatened pestilence was!
proceeding.', ' - vVvk ;
The wrsckizi^ forc6 was .augrociitcd
to 2,000 men today while the ..state
health department 'had SOO ?ddttlonaJ
at work w^^neaiy fans ot 41^a^ The
T&i&aGSSttssm
Brfe and -asked tteat the usual Sunday
excursions c*t?c?ne<lI.m tfie
Of Russia: on Exports to the
United States is Planned
thede]
Be Set tip in Mexico
Peace Confab.
.WASI^INGfTON, Aug.
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