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SIXTY-FIFTH YEAH NO. 245.
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RUSS ARMY
TAKES MEN
AND GUNS
Claim 20,000 Prisoners and
55 Guns on Western
Russia Front.
LETCHITZKY VICTORY
German Detachments Re
pulsed Along Somme
Checked at Verdun.
PetrofTad. July 29, (Tia London).
Tie capture by Russian troops in the
fighting yesterday cn the western front
included 400 officers and 20,000 men, it
was officially announced today. Fifty
five Teuton grins were taken. The Aus-tro-Germans
were driven back along
the whole front from the Kovel-Ro-jitcbe
railway to Brody.
General Letchitzky, the statement
adds, won an important victory to the
4 eouth of the Dniester in the direction
i of Stanislao.
IVoions German Success.
Berlin, July 29. (by wireless to Say
vtlle). The captare of 1,000 Russians
during the fighting north of Brody is
reported in the Austro-Hungarian
headquarters statement of July 27,
which al?o records Russian repulses
in this district. A success for tne Aus
trian? in the Prislop region, where
heights were captured from the Rus
eians, is announced.
Repulse Two Detachments.
Paris, July 29. Two strong German
detachments, which attempted to reach
the French lines at a point west of Ver
nandoviners on the Somme front yes
terday, were repulsed, it was officially
announced by the French war depart-!
meivt today.
Ia the region of the French fortress
cf Verdun two German attacks on a re
doubt in the ravine south of Fleury
vere checked. The French, the state
ment says, made some progress in the
region of Thiaumont.
In the sector of the Fumin and
Chenois woods an artillery duel con
tinues. Procress by British
London, July 29. British troops
V yesterday made progress tc te h
'''And northeast of Pozieres and near
High wood, it was off oiaKy a i.'.T,'
today. General Sir Douglas Haig also
reported that two desperate German
counter attacks against Delville wood
were repulsed.
Submarine A ttaekj
t Rome, Friday, July 28 (delayed in
f transmission). The Re D'ltalia, a 6,
237 ton vessel of the Italian Lloyd
Sabaudo line, was attacked by a Teu
tonic submarine at 9 o'clock in the
morning of July 23. while the steamer
was on a voyage from Genoa to New
York. The defensive gnns. with which
the vessel is equipped, were brought
into play and the submersible was
driven away. The liner then proceeded
on her way to America.
Aeroplane Engagement.
Rome, July 29. Austrian aero
planes yesterday attacked Bari, Mol i
di Bari.'.Molfetta and Otranto, seaports
on the Adriatic, Two persons were
wounded at Bari, and five killed and
20 wounded at Molfetta. Buildings
wore slightly damaged at Mola di
Bari.
Official reports say some of the aero
planes were struck by Italian artillery
fire.
Berlin. July 29, (by wireless to Say
Tille.j The Austro-Hungarian admir
alty in a statement today reports a
raid by Austrian aircraft on various
Italian towns as follows:
'"An Austro-Hungarian nival aero
plane squadron on July 27 bombarded
very successfully railway stations,
milita-y objects, and factories at
Ocea.no, Mola, Bari, Gievinazzo and
Jdolinetta with heavy, light and in
cendiary bombs. Especially at Bari
destructive bombs were used and ser
ious fires were caused iu railroad
buildings, factories and other places.
The squadron returned unharmed.
"Desertion or Insanity."
London, July 29. Telegraphing from
The Hague, the correspondent of the
txcLango Telegraph company says he
tas received the following message
from Maastricht, a Dutch town, 56
lailes oast of Brussels:
"fifteen German deserters, includ
ing a non-commissioned officer, ar
rived here (Maestricht) yesterday.
They all came from the Somtne region.
They said it was impossible to live
through the Anglo-French artillery
re without going mad and they pre
ferred desertion to insanity."
Serbian Lowes Lfcrht.
Paris, July 23. Intermittent can
nonading is reported along the Mace
donian front, where the Serbians are
operating against the Bulgarians, says
a Salomki dispatch to the Havas News
gnry. Serbian losses were compar
atively light, the correspondent says,
but the Bulgarians were taken by sur
prise and suffered considerable losses,
as was shown by the large number
of dead left on the field.
Austrian IhuIsL
liome. via Ixndon. July 29. Austro
Hungarian attempts to surprise the
Itaiiaa positions 7,000 feet above sea,
BarlSlegroes
From Using
Bath Beach
Springfield, m., July 29. Negro
citizens of Springfield planned today
to file injunction proceedings against
the park board of Springfield to com
pel the board to grant them permis
sion to use public bathing benches
here.
A swimming- pool in one of the local
parks was closed Thursday when three
negroes attempted to swim in it.
The plans for injunction proceed
ings followed a mass meeting last night
at which the radical negroes overrode
their more conservative fellow-citizens,
and voted to begin proceedings
at once, which, they predict, will eith
er gain permission for the negroes to
use the pools or will close them en
tirely. The court action will be taken in
the face of advice from white citizens,
who, remembering the race riots of
190S, when seven negroes were lynch
ed, have counseled against it.
WAR EFFECT 0
TRADE STUDIE
Washington, July 29. A study in
Europe of war's effect on American
commerce is being considered by ad
ministration officials as one of the
first tasks for the tariff commission
to be created by the revenue bill
pending in the senate. This became
known in connection with publication
of a letter from President Wilson to
Samuel M. Hastings of Chicago, pres
ident of the Illinois Manufacturers'
association, saying the president fa-
l vored investigation of the country's
trade relations.
When conditions Justify it, the pres
ident wrote, advantage would to tak
en of a provision of the Rainey law,
under which the president is author
ized to direct an examination by the
commission of conditions, causes and
effects of competition of foreign in
dustries with those of the United
States.
level on Monte Cimone the night of
July 27 were promptly repulsed, it is
announced in the Italian official state
ment issued today.
Serbians Driven Back.
Sofia, Bulgaria, July 29. The re
pulse of attacks on the Bulgarian lines
along the Macedonian front was an
nounced today by the war office, which
states that counter attacks resulted
in the capture by the Bulgarians of
hostile trenches. Attempts by the
Serbians to occupy heights were de
feated by a Bulgarian counter attack,'
..j L-A-n b -i-o .riii iv,. l-j tuu
ail 5uTJi.';;t' considerable '
losses. i
Yesscl Captured. j
Berlin, July 19, (by wireless to Say- j
ville.) A German auxiliary cruiser at I
1 o'clock on the morning of July 27,
after an engagement with the armed
British steamship Eskimo, captured
the vessel and brought her into port,
according to a statement given out to
day by the German admiralty. The en
counter took place at a point 15 miles
southeast of Arendal, a Norwegian sea
port on the Skagerrak.
Estimate of Prisoners.
Petrograd, July 29, (via London).
A semi-official estimate of the number
of prisoners taken by the Russians dur
ing the first half of the summer cam
paign just closing places the total at
350.00a
THE WAR TODAY
The Russian drive into Galieia
Is going forward with tremendous
strides. Hussion forces hare cap
tnrwl Brody, an important railway
junction in Galieia and hate brok
en the Austro-German lirst lines
west of Lutsk in YoLhynia, taking
9.(KM) prisoners and 46 -runs. The
capture of Brody. Rome 50 miles
northeast of Lemberg, opens a di
rect nwid to the (.'alician capital.
The occupation of the town also
may have the effet of causing the
entire Austrian line southward to
ward Tarnopol and Bueeaea to fall
back.
The success in Volhynia, while
also a menace to Lemburg, threat
ens the strong-hold of Vladimir and
makes more insecure the Austro
German hold on KoveL
British forces north of the
Sommo have occupied the whole of
Longueral, and their march to
ward Bapaume has been aided by
the reoecupation of DeUille wood.
Fk'htinar continues in the vicinity
of Pozieres.
In the Yosees the Germans have
attempt! to break the French line,
but Paris reports that the attacks
hae ben repulsed- The French
report some progress to the west of
the Thiaumont work on the rhrht
bank of the Mease.
Zeppelins raided the east coast
of Kngland early today. Casual
ty and property loss, if any, have
not been reported.
Almost coincident with the an
nouncement that the Serbians have
begun operations against the Bul
garians on the Macedonian front
comes a report froni Bucharest
that negotiations between Turkey
and Rumania retarding the ex
chance of supplies hac been brok
en off. The attitude of Rumania
in view of the Russian successes
against the Austrians and Germans
.. .. a i.o. threat nt mii allied advance
in the Balkans is belli ff closelr I
watched.
1 IS ENTERED fllll
WITH KflPP ' ttSBn-
"Enemy Not Yet Come to See
Impossibility of Subju
gating Germany."
GIVE ANNUAL REVIEW
Statement of German For
eign Office Is Compre
hensive One.
"Building upon what
she already has achieved,
Germany treads the thres
hold of the third year of
the war with unshaken
confidence. But the goal
has not yet been reached,
for the enemy has not yet
come to see the impossi
bility of subjugating Ger
many. Statement of Ger
man foreign office to Asso
ciated Press.
Paris, July 2ih Crown Prince
Alexander of Serb'a, asked for his
sentiments as to the future , n the
occasion of the second annier
sary of the war, has telegraphed to
the Matiu:
"H'c want to nght that is the
sentiment which inspires me and
ail my soidiers- To win back free
dom for all our brothers that is
my riew of the future.
Berlin, July 29. Reviewing the po
litical events of the second year of the
war, the German foreign office has
given to The Associated Press a state
ment, which says in part:
''The world war was caused by Rus
sia's aggressive policy, supported by
France's policy of rtvenge. But it
was rendered possible solely by the
fact that Knglao subordinated to her
economic antagonism to Germany all
her other interests.
"Wht-reas Germany's enemies regard
i ouitf in order that they demand ter
ritorial aggrandizements at the cost t of
l'.i:Z-s like Russia who wants Con
stantinople and Calicia. like iYaore,
who desires Alsace-Lorraine and the
left Lank of the Rhine, and like Italy
who seeks Austrian territory th.-y
grudge Germany even that she strive
to develop herself economically in
peaceable competition, and they pro
nounce this an unpardonable sin
against the world's order of things.
"They are unwilling that Germany
should become great and strong, be
cause the other powers want to be the
economic masters of the world. Ter
ritorial and economical agrandizement
has united Germany's foes in a war
of distruction against us.
Second Year Reveals Aims.
"The second war year whose end is
now approaching has brought these
true aims of our opponents into clear
er light. In Russia this is openly ad
mitted, they having an understanding
with England and want Constantinople
as their war goal. In France there is
a war mad cry for Alsace-Lorraine.
"In England it is openly admitted
that Belgium was only a pretext to
justify England's participation in the
war, which was undertaken only from
self-interest.
"Germany must be destroyed. Ger
many shall never more raise her head
economically nor military.
"It is clear that the talk of a strug
gle of democracy against militarism
is only a catch word used by our ene
mies to create sentiment and to cloak
outwardly their real purpose of de
struction. Assuredly, there can be
no talk of a struggle for the main
tenance of democratic principles when
one side sets out to destroy the enemy
completely, including the civilian pop
ulation. Land of Democracy 1
"And is England really the land of
democracy it represents itself to be. is
not the entire development of England
during the war shown that England is
drawing further than ever away from
democracy?
"Moreover, if England has really re
sorted to war in defense of the rights
of the smaller nations, she coul 1 with-
(Continued On Page Two.)
FEDERAL COURT
IGNORES GAS CO.
Council Bluffs, Iowa, July 29.
Judge Walter I. Smith, sitting with
Judge Campbell of Muskogee, Okla.,
and Judge Booth of Minneapolis, as a
court of appeals today sustained a mo
tion of non-jurisiiction in the applica
tion of the St. Joseph, (Mo.,) gas com
pany, appeal for an order restraining
the Missouri public service commis
sion from its ruling prohibiting aa ail
vance in rates of the company.
J'jdgo Smith announced that before
the case could 1 taken to th- federal
court, suits pending on the same issui
in Kansas and Missouri would have 10
be dtciclud.
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LOOK FOR EARLY
CARRAHZA-REPtY
American Officials tVant to Enter
IVeeply Into Investication of
Mexican Affairs.
50W C0SIDER1G CO.tDIlSSION
Chief Justice MTiite, Goethals Leh
man and Brantleis Are Among
Men Being Mentioned.
"Washington, July 29. "Washington
officials today looked for an early
agreement by General Carranza to sug
gestions for the extension of the pow
ers of an international joint commis
sion to settle border difficulties, which
accompanied the American acceptance
to Mexico's proposal for that form of
settlement. The state department
notified Carranza's ambassador here
last night that the commission plan
was satisfactory.
American officials do not want to
stop at discussion of problems deal
ing solely with bandit raids and the
presence in Mexico of United States
troops. They want to take up the
whole Mexican tingle, hoping the con
ferences may bring suggestions for
the reconstruction of Mexico on a firm
economical and financial basis.
It will be two weeks at least, offi
cials believe, before the commission
can meet. The state department will
insist that conferences be held within
the United States. Appointment of
American members will await Car
ranza's reply. President Wilson is
unuerstood to have under considera
tion already a score of men as com
missioners. These include Chief Jus
tice White, Major G-Mieral Goethals,
Frederick Lehman and Justice Louis
Brandeis.
Luis Cabrera. Mexican minister of
finance, it is understood, will head the
Mexican commissioners.
FUNSTON OBSERVES
ILLINOIS INFANTRY
San Antonio, Tex., July 29. An
nouncement was made today that Lieu
tenant Colonel De Rosy C. Cabell, chief
of staff of the expeditionary force, has
been promoted and assigned to com
mand the Tenth cavalry.
The third and fourth regiments of
Illinois infantry left their camp here
today on a march to New Braunfels,
30 miles distant. They will cover about
fourteen miles on the first day of the
hike. General Funston went out by
automobile to observe the regiments
on the march.
DAY IN CONGRESS
J
SENATE.
Met at 10 a. in.
Resolution adopted urging up
on Great Britain clemency for
Irish political prisoners.
BOISE.
Met at noon.
Army appropriation bill, as
anu-uded by the senate was ent
to conference- liepresentatire
Gardner declared It inadequate.
Speeches were ms'e by North
Carolina members in tribute to
late Senator Zebnlon Yance, whose
fitutute was recently uutciled at
the capital.
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United States Court Says
German Commander Can
Not Keep Boat.
LINE OF PRECEDENTS
Rights Lost When Ship Was
Brought to "Lay Up"
Here Indefinitely.
Washington, July 29. The federal
court's decision holding for the British
owners in the Appam case confronts
the United States government with de
ciding what to do with Lieutenant Berg
and his prize crew, which brought in
the ship after one of tne most thrilling
chapters in the sea history of the war.
Generally speaking. Lieutenant Berg
and his men are regarded as part of
Germany's naval forces, and if that
view were carried out to its conclusion
they would hav ? to be interned for the
war for the crew of the other two Ger
man raiders, Prinz Itel Friedrich and
Kron Prinz Wilhelm, at the Norfolk
navy yard.
State department officials expect the
court's decision will be carried through
to the supreme court on appeal and
disposition of the German crew must
be decided while proceedings arc pend
ing. If appeal is taken the ship would
remain in custody of the federal court.
Court's Holding.
Norfolk, Va.. July 29 Federal Judge
Waddill today decided the libel pro
ceedings for possession of the captured
British liner Apam in favor of the Eng
lish owners and against the German
prize crew which brought her here.
The court held that the German gov
ernment lost all legal claim to the
Appam and her cargo as prizes of war
when Lieutenant Berg and his prize
crew on last February first brought
them into the neutral waters of Hamp
ton Roads, with the intention of "lay
ing up" the vessel indefinitely.
The court held further that the
Prussian-American treaty of 1799, re
newed in 1S2S, does not apply or con
trol in the case so as to guarantee the
prize crew asylum in United States
waters.
That the action of the German prize
court in declaring the Appam a prize
wLile the case was in litigation in the
United States courts has no effect on
the jurisdiction of the courts.
That the jurisdiction of the United
States courts in the case is established
by a long line of precedents including
several by the supreme court.
I'iatt for Lientenant Governor.
Galesburg, 111., July 29. Roy Piatt,
exalted ruler of the Elks for Illinois,
announced his candidacy for the demo
cratic nomination for lieutenant jeow-
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EE NO RELIEF
FROM HOT WAVE
uiiiir iiAiiiKvr in ji itiii jivi vi i iviu I
ised Before Middle of Week in
Central States.
HOT AREA EXTENDS EASTWARD
Intense Snfferini? Continues in Con
gested District of Chicago
During Nights.
Washington, July 29. Forecasts of
weather for the week beginning Sun
day were announced today by the
weather bureau as follows:
Great Lakes region : Warm and gen
erally fair. There are no indications
of a break in the hot wave, which will
probably continue until at least the
latter half of the week.
Plains states and upper Mississippi
valley: Generally fair and continued
warm. There are no indications of a
material change in temperature.
Chicago, July 29. Slight hope was
held out by the local forecaster early
today for possible relief from the pres
ent heat wave, which is sweeping over
the central portion of the United
States, by Sunday night or Monday
morning. But for today no such en
couragement was forthcoming from
any source.
The government weather bureau at 7
o'clock this morning officially reported
the temperature at 85 or one degree
'warmer than it was at the same hour
I yesterday morning. Eighty-tive de-
grees was also the minimum for the
; night. The forcater said nothing had
j occurred to indicate that relief before
i tomorrow night was in prospect.
Suffering in the congested districts
of Chicago continued unabated during
the night.
Two more deaths attributed to ex
! cessive heat had been reported before
I 7 o'clock this morning, making the to-
tal for the 30 hours preceding, 72, and
since Thursday at midnight, S8.
Health department officials so far
have found their greatest burden to be
the heavy baby mortality.
Heat Area Extends.
Washington, July 29. Continuation
of the excessive heat now overspread
ing the central part of the country un
til tomorrow and its extension to the
north Atlantic coast states was fore
cast today by the weather bureau.
From the plains states eastward the
heat wave today held sway. Temper
atures ranged from 96 to 102 degrees
in those states, and in the Missouri
and Mississippi valleys and the upper
lake region.
Shade Cooler.
Chicago, July 29 At 9:30 this morn
ing the thermometer registered 88,
four degrees lower than yesterday's
mark at this hour.
SHOOTS WOMAN IN
RAGE OF JEALOUSY
Chicago, July 29. Edgar Foster,
aged 53, today bhot and instantly killed
his 3-year-old son Raymond an.l in
flicted probably fatal wounds on a
woman known as Bertha Brown, at his
home on the south Bide. Foster's Jeal
ousy of the woman, whom he accused
of paying attention to other men, 1a be
lieved to have led to the tragedy. Fos
ter's wife, it ia said. wa tn the home
SAYS DEEP
WATERWAY
IS 14 FEET
Ruling Knocks Out Legisla
tive Action for Channel
Eight Feet Deep. -'
HUBBARD PETITIONER
Judge Norman Jones Gives
An Opinion When Over
ruling Demurrer.
Springfield, 111., July 29. Judge Nor
man L. Jons, in the circuit court here
today overruled the state's demurrer
to the bill for an injunction filed by
William A. Hubbard of Carrollton, to
restrain the commissioners in the con
struction of the Illinois deep water
way. Hubbard seeks to enjoin the stata
from issuing $5,000,000 worth of bonds
for a deep waterway, passed by the
last legislature.
The suit has held up for some time
the bond issue, which is a portion of
a $20,000,000 issue authorized by the
people at an election by Governor De
neen's administration, for the building
of a deep waterway from Lake Michi
gan across to the Mississippi river.
This would be a section of the pro
posed Lakes-to-the-Gulf deep water
way. Hubbard contends that the proposM
waterway is in no sense a deep water
way, as only an eight foot channel is
proposed.
Act Passed In 191.V
The decision involves an act of the
legislature providing for the issue of
$25,000,000 in boDda to build an eight
foot waterway from IiOckport to Utiea,
111. The act was passed in 1915. Hub
bard alleges an eight foot channel ia
not a "deep" v. ater vay.
Judge Jones holds, in overruling the
demurrer, that a deep waterway means
a H-foot channel, and not an S-foot
channel as provided by the legislature.
He reviews the history of agitation
and legislation for a deep waterway in
Illinois, and comes to the conclusion
"that the people, when they voted to
amend their state constitution, did so
with clear, positive and definite idea of
what the proposed deep waterway
was."
Deep Waterway Is 1 i Feet.
Legislature, congresn. commission
ers, and boards of engineers, says the
opinion, "have all declared that, a deep
waterway is a 14-foot waterway."
"The canal provided for by the act
of 1915 is most certainly not the canal
contemplated by the constitutional
amendment of 1908," concludes the
opinion.
GIVE NO REASON
FOR EXCLUSION
Washington, July 29. American Am
bassador Page at Ixndon today cabled
the state department that Great Brit
ain insists upon excluding from Eng
land and Ireland Thomas Hughes
Kelly of New York, treasurer of the
Irish Relief fund; his assistant, Joseph
Smith, and Mrs. Kelly. They will
leave England Monday on the Ameri
can liner Philadelphia.
Ambassador Page has been Inform
ed by the foreign office that the deci
sion to exclude the three Americans
was irrevocable. No reasons for ex
clusion of the Irish relief workers was
given by Ambassador Page who said
that during their detention at Liver
pool the British authorities hail per
mitted them to remain at a hotel
without being actually Imprisoned.
State department officials today still
hoped the exclusion order might Ihj
modified, however.
PLAN CAMPAIGN OF
PROGRESSIVE PARTY
New York, July 29. The attitude of
the progressive party In the national
campaign probably will be decided at
a national conference in Indiunapolts
Aug. 3. The call sent out last night
by Matthew Hale of Boston, acting
chairman of the progressive national
committee, has eausecj the abandon
ment of a plan to hold a nation arHsoti
ventlon in Chicago on Aug. S.
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THE WEATHER
II
Forecast Till 7 1. M. Tomorrow, for
Rock Island, Davenport, Molina
and Vicinity
Generally fair tonight; Sunday, part
ly cloudy with continued high tem
perature with the highest Sunday about
95 degrees.
Temperature at 7 a. ni., SO. Highest
yesterday, 102; lowest last night, 79;
at 1 p. m. today, 102.
Velocity of wind at 7 a. m., on mile
per hour.
Precipitation, none.
Relative humidity at 7 p, m. Si; at 7
a. m., 75; at 1 p. ru, today, SO.
Stage of water, 6.8, a falL-oC J In,
-a
lat 21 hours.
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