THE RUSSIANS
FORGE FIGHTING
Claim to Have Stopped the Ger-
man Flanking Movement.
BORDER MAY BE CROSSED
Unofficial Advices Say Capital Of Aus.
trian Land Has Fallen.
Austrian Attacks In Carpath.
ians Reported Slackened.
Crown
central
where
mod
aro
London.—Except in the
Beskid Pass of the Carpathians,
the fierce Austrian attacks have
erated somewhat, the Russ
now on the offensive the
length of their extremely
from the Baltic Sea to the
border.
Apparently they
poecd of the German and
tempts to outflank their
wings and having turned
slow but steady progress westward.
Czernowitz Reported Taken.
After retiring to the Dnelster rive:
the Russians again have crossed
Bukowina and are unofficially
to be back in Crgernowitz, which mili
tary men say is extremely probable, as
they already had captured Sadagora
a few miles to the northeast of the
capital. Farther to the west they are
ans
whole
line
Roumanian
Al10NK
long
have definitely die
Austrian a
two extrem
are making
into
reported
have crossed the Lukwa river, a for
ward step which, in the opinion of
military experts, probably will compel
the Austrians to evacuate Bukowina
In the Beskid, Tukholka and Uzok
Passes, the Austro-Germans are in pos
session of strong positions whence
they are continually attacking the Rus
sians, while in the western passes,
especially the Dukla, the Rus are
on the Hungarian slopes, where the
fighting has degenerated into
warfare. The Russians are
large reinforcements to this
line.
sSians
sending
southern
Russians Advance in North.
In Northern Poland the Russians
advancing slowly westward from
Niemen river and the Germans are
fighting a rearguard action. Only at
one point is the German attack being
seriously pressed-—against the fortress
of Ossowelz. Here the Germans can
use their railway from Luck and there
is a good road across the marshes, but
ith their armies falling back on
either side they cannot long,
British military experts say.
To the south, according
‘dispatch, the Germans have evacuated
Myszyniec, which is right on the East
Prussian border, northwest Lomaza,
while further west, near Mlawa, they
are believed actually to have crossed
the border after a defeat at Przemylaz
The Russians also have the
Germans east of Plock and n
nlewice, southwest of Warsaw.
are
the
remain
Berlin
to &
af
oF
attacked
ear Skier-
Russians Claim Victories.
Petrograd.-—The
communication frori the General 8
of the Hussian Army was issued
“Along the ent Nieman-Vistula
front obstinate f In
certain sections our
progress. particularly in the of
Mocarze, where we gix ma
chine guns and four officers and sev
eral bundred soldiers. We also
tured ¢ number of German troops when
we occupied the fortifications at
Konopki
“In tho Carpathians, at Zakliczyn,
southeast of Cracow, we captured
some fortified positions of the enemy.
“In Galicia on March 4
Russian troops entered Stanislaa,
ing successfully crossed the Luokwa.
official
taff
following
ire
ing continnes.
troops have made
region
cay ptured
cap
East
hav-
Battle With Turkish Warships De.
fending Approach To Constanti.
nople In Prospect,
London—The ‘Russian Black Sea
fleet in steaming toward the Bos.
phorus, says a dispatch from Rome,
Should the Russian fleet attack the
Bosptorus it presumably would have
to deal with the Turkish fleet, which
is supposed to be in that region, and
is the cruiser Sultan Selim, formerly ;
the German cruiser Goeben
The Boaphorus is about 18 miles
long and from one-half to one and =
half miles wide. It is defended with
modern fortifications, which guard the
approach to Constantinople at the '
western end
Turks Report Three Ships Damaged.
Jerlin, by wireless to Sayville
Mapatehes reaching Berlin from Con
stantinopie continue to controvert the
reporis being given out in London con-
cerning tic damage done to the Dar-
danelles forts as a result of the per.
sistent bombardment of the past few
days of thie allied fleets. Two Turk
ish newspapers, El Tannin and Tasfirl
Ekfiar, hirve published reports of eye.
withesscn of these operations who de.
clare among other things that three
British warships, badly damaged, have
been lving in the port of Saloniki
for a week, One of these is the
Saphir, whose smokestacks have been
shot away and whose machinery has
been destroyed.
FRENCH GAN Lost GROUND
French Claim To Hold Advances Made
in Belgium-—Still Gaining In
Champagne.
Paris. The following French official
statement was issued here
“In Belgium, in the region, of the
Dunes, we have organized solidly the
advanced trench takem by us. The
Germans attempted to push forward
{ thelr trenches into contact with ours,
but 12 times cur fire dispersed them.
“To the north of Arras, our centre
| attacks in the region of Notre Dame de
Lorette were crowned with complete
success,
“In Champagne,
Perthes, we made marked progress
On Thursday evening a company of
ithe German Guards became surrounded
in our lines and was On
Friday we gained ground on the whol
front, carried trench
| west of Perthes and occu
{north of Perthes, a
' took prisoners
"We captured 600 meters (about 650
vards) of tr
meters beyond the
Mesnil, a
adjol ng
in the region of
captured
north
the
we
a to the
pied, to
whee
salient
enches with a depth of 200
group which lies
northeast of nd made progres
in the
i Eained
the
‘jour.
woods Finally we
trenches
Beanse
prisoners’
losses
morale of
sion of several
northwest of
According
counts, the enemy's
tremely high. The
troops was excellent
“In the Argonne
'we made important
western portion of the
part where the
| ground.
“In the forest of Le
man attack war repulsed
the region of Badonvillers and
region of Celles, our attacks made
headway, having brought us into im
mediate contact with the enemy's wire
entanglems Wi
terattack.
“In Alsace, at
kope, we captured a
fort and two
POSREeR
in ravines
fo ae
our
Vauquois,
progress in the
village, the only
still hold their
region at
Germans
Pretre, a Ger
easily. In
in the
nta repulsed a coun
Hartmanns- Weiler
trench
guns.’
a small
machine
British Suffer Heavy Loss.
The War Offic
statement
Berlin, via London
gave out the following
“South Ypres we inflicted
siderable on the British with
artillery fire In the positions in the
Lorette hills which we took away from
the French a stack was re
pulsed
“In
French
Mesnil
pulsed
tained
“Attacks on
east of the
of Cor
fafled
our posses
of con
losses
counters
district the
north of Le
were re
main
the Chs
continued
All
and
impagne
attacks
attacks
were
their
our positions
our positions at Vau
aquois, Argonne,
Foreat
Meuse
senvoye, east of the
All attempts
of zround captured in
the distr {
Several night
f H
SUCCORRIUL a
nye bef
WS I10Nns
days
failed
HO Were un
ad F !
fenchmen
ORr entang
the last few
Badonvy
tacks }
1.000 de
in
llers at
ire
WILL PROBE DUMDUM CHARGE.
State Department Offered
dence By German Embassy.
gion in
Washin
leged manufacture
in the United St
Allies
State Department
submission
German Embassy
nounced that an inquiry hs
When the embasay
with exhibits to the
weeks ago Mr. Bryan
could be established that suc!
tion was being sent out of the
States the President would use
fluence to atop it
vest
al
has becn
as the
Ol Bew «¢ vidence
retary Bryan an
1d been
ni a pro
Se
Or
dered. #4
deg
sald
t ammuni
United
hin in-
test
aome
ERITAIN TO LET WOOL COME.
Washington. by the
members of the
jditions under which the
i ernment
of blackface and merino wool from
Great Britain and her colonies to the
United States was announced by the
British Embassy. The British Govern
ment, it was stated al the embassy, has
i agreed to accept the guarantee of the
' officers of the Textile Alliance that the
imported wools and yarns will be used
in American manufacture only, and
not for PeUXportalion,
4,000 MORE CANADIANS LANDED.
Dominion Troops Went To Join Forces
in England.
Montreal. Four thousand Canadian
{ troops have reached the Beitish Isles
on the steamers Megantic, Southland
| ana Missanabie, whose safe arrival
| there was announced here. The troops
are made up of the Sixth Canadian
Field Artiliery, composed of units from
| Quebec, Hastern Ontario and the Mari.
time provinces: the Twenty-third
(Westmount Battalion, Thirty-second
(Winnipeg Battalion and the ‘Thir
teenth (Victoria) Battalion.
BRITONS DIVERT COTTON SHIP,
Steamer Pacific, With Cargo For Rot.
terdam, Taken To Deal.
Boston. The steamer Pacific, carry.
ing cotton from Galveston for Rotter.
dam, has been held up by a British
warship and taken to Deal, according
to a message received by the Emery
Hteamehip Company, owner of the
} vessel.
-
SINT-THIRD
CONGRESS ENDS
{
| Two Supply Bills and Other Big
Measures Fail.
A RUSH AT THE CLOSE
a—
No Extra Session At Least Till Oc.
tober—President At Capitol To
Last Legislative
Fruits,
Sign
After
session Lhe
two years of al
Washingto
most
Sixty
® tarifl
ich revised t
Lion,
the nat
continuous
[third Congress, w
{and the currency
suppleme d tl trust
nog and demos
6 on of United
ators, ended at noon March 4.
% When gavels fell in the House and
!
yaten of
laws, created
strated
States
i
{an
first povulas elect
Be signalizing sdiournment, thes
{ we of half of Preside
the first unde:
ded ue cit
iW ilson's adminis
{ domination of the
| Binoce 1885. Strenuvou
the fading
completing the
he
meas
tration,
Democratic ts
party
& scenes enlivened
chiefly
appropriations for sub
Government
ires, the
bills, failed in
alter
to save them
hours, devoted to
aistence of t
Important
and Indian Suppl
final legislat crush
orts had been made
occasioned by
parsed
conting
Postoffic«
ve desperats
the emergency
& Joint
{and signed by the
ing in foree
present
While
atives
ilure utions were
President
fations [x
resol
appropr nw
your.
tired atora and Repr
sting their
President
Ian hour
surrounded by
signing
were
¥
to final
spent
egsents
more. tl an in his room
members
the last fruit
Wil
neg
President
svman’s bill,
powering
American 1
for belligerent wars!
ping ours
signed the Se the
him to
iris
ips
be a
resolution em
ships leaving
supplies
promos d Colonel Goethals to
the Panama Canal and
iotions to other officers asso
he work
Many Important Bills Failed.
Besides the Government Ship Pur
chase bill, important measures which
were forced over until another time in.
cluded the Philippine enlarged Self.
Government bill, rural credit legisla
tion, the bill to prohibit interstate com
| merce in goods manufactured by child
{ labor, and the conservation bills A
resqglution which contemplated an in
vestigation into Senatorial campaigns
in Pennaylvania, Illinois and other
States, and which had been recom-
mended by a Senate committes, also
failed.
Little, General Legislation,
Very litle general legislation is car-
ried in the appropriation bills. Much
was proposed, but most of the meas
ures were practically cleared of such
provisions by points of order. The
Postoflice bill, which failed to pass,
contained more new legislation than
any other,
r of EAVS
or
pr
with
SITE FOR TITANIC MEMORIAL.
Will Probably Be Erected in Potomac
Park, Washington,
Washington.—The memorial to be
erected here in memory of the women
who perished in the THanic disaste:
probably will be located In Potomac
Park. The Fine Arts Commission in
charge has informed a Senate commit
tee that a suitable site can be had in
the park. The cost of the memorial is
to be defrayed by public subscriptions,
which already total $40,000.
MOTHER AND THREE BURNED.
Snow Cripples Fire Alarm and Ob.
struc’, Firemen,
Quebec. Mra. Arthur Talbot and
her three children were burned to
death in their home here. The recent
storm ‘had so crippled the fire alarm
system and blocked the streets with
snow that firemen were unable to
reach the house in time to rescue the
family, .
BOMB OUTRAGE
FOILED BY POLIGE
Anarchists Had Planned to Kill
Many Wealthy Men.
REIGN OF TERROR FOR CITY
Assassination Of
John D. Rockefeller and His Son
Vanderbilt
Plot.
Andrew Carnegie,
and Cornelius
Part Of
New York An era
ipated th
Rockefc!ll
D
!
{
|
1
eT
There Vers
when
shadow ir
’ ’ * — 1
LOT hres woe
of ti}
!
4
i
!
|
{
i
|
He 1
the plo
BOCK
the
{ Captain
reau directed the ple
tectives wi
Tunt oy
srked on it
So carefully had
out their
oven
plans
& 1 g .
allowed to
bombs which }
despite the
ths
nt
io
d possibly
the
nough
s gdilice a
carcely had
1 the fuse
iteqQ
iszuised
aged th
many in it
carrier
of hall a bundre:
tectivea, who were stationed
about the church, crusued the sputter
ing thread under his beel and in an
other moment the plotter wae taken
into custody just was about to
light the fuse of the Juctive
instrument.
Organized For Outiawry,
it was part of the plot, the polie
assert, for gange of ten armed wit
rifles and revolvers to appear simul
taneously In various parts of the city
to shoot and pillage tue biggest banks
of New York city were to be blown
up and many wealthy men were to b
slain.
The wrecking of the Cathedral war
to be the gignal for the opening of the
elaborate camnaign of murder and
looting. The next move, according to
the police, was to place bombs in the
homes of Andrew Carnegie, the Rocke
fedders and Cornelius Vanderbilt. So
far had the plot progressed toward this
end that the manufacture of the
bombs, the police say, had already
been started.
With these and other capitalists dia.
posed of, the anarcaists planned, ac
cording to the police, to invade the
nancial district and lay their bombs
in the city's biggest banks. General
looting was to follow,
POSTOFFICE SHOWS SURPLUS.
Burleson Turns Over $3,500,000 For
Last Fiscal Year.
Washington. The Treasury Depart.
ment received a check from Postmas-
terGeneral Burleson for $£3.600,000,
representing the surplus in the reve
nues of his department for the fiscal
year, which ended June 10, 1914. Por
the fiscal year of 1813 the postal reve.
nue surplus was $3.800.000, which also
was turned over to the Treasury. In
acknowledping the receipt of check
Secretary McAdoo sald these payments
were the first representing actual sur
pluses made by the Postoftice Depart
meant since 1836.
killed 8
bomb
jen wi oan
de
in and
as he
other de
FOR LAST STAND
Defense of Constantinople Turn-
ed Over to Germans.
SULTAN OPPOSES FLIGHT
Ships, Pounding At Dardanclles Forts,
Expected To Reach Sea Of
Marmora In Two
Weeks.
London. —" According
advices received
dispatch from Sofia,
the Government
nople, The
to cross to
but the
in the capital
“lt ¢
decided to intrust
to
here,”
are stil
Governme
Asia Mi
Sultan iz in f
_avor
is un
stantinople
under coms
Sanders
Army,
Police,
while Bed
al eontrol of t
valent
Troops Sent To
“Meas
beer
of
the
motica
ures of
have n ads
ture the city
all Lroops
“ave beer
to the Galipoli Peni
Having
the European side of t.e
viously, the British
Elizabei..
ships Saturday
by indirect
Asiatic
been expected
hard
Turkish
guns,
nels.”
damaged two of the forts or
Narrows pre
Queer
ers of Lhe allied wa
started & bom
fc
battleship
and «
bardme
the
ire on ni
side of the Narrows
forts are
In
mode
thes
crack
with
nuts to addition, the
ary ™m
is conce Gallipo
Peninsula ogee any landing, and
il
10 opp
ft
un
tant
deciare,
disposed naval exrer
rh
© ships not be safe
“a ates
the slrails
ron
AriR is 314 10 ? * D Ee
UiR
by this attack
fs looking to 1} future. It
that King Fe nd
it
formation of a coal
we Dardanelles, and
ied
iz sta
8 considering the
government i«
direct the affal of the eountry
through the
re
crisis which is expected
GERMAN LOSS PUT AT 3,000,000.
Makes This
Casualties In Ten Regiments.
Paris Estimate From
official
reau
losses since th
in killed
reaches
An note issued bb
ch press bu
Paris
the Freon
the Ger
iares that
e beg'nning
ded
the enerm
This
known
an
of hostilities
and
total
tion
wou
prisone Ons
3,000,000 calcula
cesualties
of men
based on the
in 10 German regis
“Analysis of the
monihs in 10
Army corps on
and weslern German
total of 36
that is,
ants
German losses dur
nents taken
the easter:
fronts shows a
officers and soldiers
ng five reg
both
“51
ahi
per regiment of 725
note
BI AVOTARC
gaye the
Lg th
erman Army
detrum,
marines, the ded
total German losses
seven months of the wa
cpad
Apply
including the
formations
uction made
daring
must eo
landwehr new
and
lar
is
the
3.0060 fix
the Ways.
London Greece is at
the parting of the ways, with her
King exerting his influence to main
country in
Venizelos
and the
revival,
apparentiy
neutrality of his
$ herios
the retiring premier man
Greece swowen her
M. Venizelos announced the resigna
of himself and his cabinet, ae
did not approve the
policy of the government.
in the Chamber of Dep
indicated th
ulies M
iat the Qif
over the question of peace and
war. He said had advised the
King to select 4 new premier M.
Zaimis, governor of the National Bank
who, he said, “will follow a policy of
neutrality, which 1 hope will not en
danger our newly acquired Syrritory .
BUILDING MORE SUBMARINES.
Germany Reported To Have 15 Of New
Type Under Way.
Copenhagen, Denmark Germany is
reported here on what appears to be
good authority to be building at Kiel
16 emall wobmarines of a new type,
which will be used for reconneitering
the home coast in the Baltic Sea.
a an
he
as
PETROLEUM RUNNING SHORT.
Germany Reported To Mave Curtailed
Purchasing Privilege.
Copenhagen. Reports received here
from Schleswig are to the effect that
the supply of petroleum in Germany
has become so amall tat persons who
formerly were permitted to purchase
one botue a week now have been de
srived of that privilege. The stock in
Schleswig hes heen virtually ex
hausted.
IN SHORT ORDER
————————
LatestNewsHappeningsGa‘ther-
od From Here and There,
TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS
Solon Hurt By Fall in Capitol—Motor
cyclist Hits Pole; Killed—Lehigh
Canal To Open March 15
Mother of 6 Ends Life,
Clarence
way bra
absolved
Jury in connection
Charles Fisher, one
noers of
traine whicu
December. Snyder, wh ered
switch i
ders of
the Reading Rall
Philadelphia, wah
Grand
of
engl
gat
ir
Loe
Snyder,
skeman,
rom
oi
blame by the
with
of t
ae ceath
he two
the fred
ford
elsin
Fisher
for a bus)
were posts
on the
aware Divisions of
ted by rh
Company yuld
During t e last few
improvements and
locks :
With every
eon before it
no thal navigation
high Iw
sanal opers
Navigation
March 185.
extensive
have
eannl
Le
the
{ and
slart or
incing
and
wees
renair
heen made th
Io the
itself.
At
mites
gelistic
leading
masulacicrer, t tendered hi
important
Mohn was one
campaign. A
mittee of thr
Mr
Sam
M Bampsel was elected to succeed
Patrick Murphy,
for burglary, walked out of the
county pri and
Murphy was a trusty
the prison
The su
serving ten mon
AON is wti
liberty
outside to scru
Eleps ns id cor
Mine ar
that
y resist
offered a temptation
great for him
several blocks away
sttaches
WAS
Ls and he
before the
took up the pursuit
The Catasauqua Town
ed i police probe by
Chief of Police William H
who is probably the
in the Btate, having fill
for than this
Council end-
BE
exonerat
Sheckler
oldest police ¢ lef
ed the
posiiion
more ty years, He was
arresting an Allentown
athlete who ciating st a fool
assaulted a player.
while offi
'
ball game
Mrs. Ray Silberman, mother
children and wife of
Harry Silberm
& prominen chant, com
ted suicid
been ill
over
local mer
ling gas. Si
vears and brood
g a rubber
+
fon dye
8 0¢ fac i OL a0 10 a E88 4
then
wo others
strike at the
any’s pl 1nd
mber of thx
ow an off
the
comp
ner me
and nd oer
» department
Magistrate Breen
and ba'lery
Janesrewski
war
on
pre
of the Read
held for ¢
a charge
tere
plant
Jude
injnne
th
er
iv
striking full-fashioned kni
Nolde & Horst hosiery
filed oe tions
The
of the
in Reading
Endlich’s
tion against { en
ods of “peaceful pic
aclions ©
cep io
granting an
1 because their mw
eling.” and ot
plant resulted
general disorder.
decree
about t
iots and
Rotarian Billy Sunday wrote to ihe
Allcatown Rotary Club that it would
be impossible for him to accept an
invitation to be the guest of the or
ganization while he was in Philadel
phia, but promised to run over during
bis Patersoa eagagement.
At a mesting of the Reading Rotary
Club, a movement was started for the
purchase of the Peadora Park prop
erty in East Reading, to be used for
park purposes and especially as a
playground for children. It will cost
about $20,600.
After having apparently recovered
from the effects of an operation made
necessary hy blood poisoning whieh
followed a slight seratch on the knee
resulting from a fall, Frank Kunkel
man, of Klesinger's Church, suffered
a relapse and his condition is eritieal,
Archibald Courtney, for more than
fifty years an iron worker at Catasay-
qua, long suffering from the effects
of a fall, died while on the way home
from the M. BE. Church, of which he
was sexton. He sae cighiytwo years
old.
#
a.
Representative James Borgy, on
Juniata County, was painfully injured
by a fall on the marble steps in the
Capitol rotunda while leaving the
House. He was taken (0 a hospital
and later went to his home.