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GERMANS, IN HOT DASH
AFTER SLAV INVADERS,
TAKE TAUROGGEN BASE
Pursuit Carries Kaiser's
Men Five Miles Over
East Prussia Border.
Russians Capture Five
Hungarian Towns,
German foreeu, dashiiiir, across the
Kdat I'ruBRlan frontier In pursuit of
tho Russians who drove tit Tilsit, lmvo
stormed tho Slav position ut TuuroR
Ren. Many prisoners wero taken In
tho capture of tho Czar's hasp for op
erations against Kast Prussia. An
other Slav foray from Ko no toward
Insterbujr has been checked In a
pitched buttle neur 1'IIvIbU, 20 miles
from the border, today's oi1lii.il toport
from Berlin announces.
Petrogrud ofllcinlty chronicles He
lory In a two days' battle nloug the
Plllca, where tho foe, it 1h asserted,
lost heavily In men uid munitions. On
tho Skwa niver, also in North Polnml
a German offensive w is checked with
heavy casualties.
Tho Russian drive Into HtuiR-ary
through Dukln Pass 1ms resulted In
tho occupation of Bunzow, Al Poly
nnka, Shoro. Al Komarnlk and C'ser
tesz, Hungarian towns north of llnrl
feld and Svldnik. the Important rail
way centres, which are the present
objective of tho Slav campaign. The
Russians have ponetratod to tho out
xklrts of Svldnlk, and their van lias
entered Bad Bartfeld, a suburb of that
railway centre.
Austria announces repulse of Rus
sian troops in the Lnborcz Valley. Des-
perato efforts are being made by tho
Carpathian defenders to prevent being
driven from the mountains down Into
the plain of Hungary.
The capture of tho slopes of Hart-mannsweller-Kopf,
In Alsace, by tho
French Is announced from I'nrls. The
Invaders had previously taken tho
summit of tills Important hill, and
tholr guns now dominate the valley.
Paris admits that the Germans have
mado progress near Epnrges. south
east of Verdun, having retaken por
tions of trenches that they lost on Saturday
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HARVESTER TRUST
CALLED A MENACE
TO LAW OF TRADE
Attorney General's Brief
Declares Perkins Formed
a Combination That
Strikes at Root of Com
petitive Business.
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Navy ard ns in the case of the Alabama, which cleared today supposedly for Newport News. Th
picture shows the throng which stood up close beneath the ship's guns and watched every movement
of the hurrying sailors.
GERMANS STORM SLAV
POSITION AT TAUROGGEN
Pursue Tilsit Invaders Into Czar's
Territory and Capture Base.
BERLIN. Mnrch .
Continuing their pursuit of the Rus
sians who Invaded Eust Prussia with tho
Intention of attacking Tilsit. German
troops have In turn invndpil the Cinr's
territory and stormed and captured Tnu
Toggen, taking 300 prironers, according to
todny's official report from the German
General Staff.
Other heavy Russlnn losses are reported
In the district of Krasnopol, where the
Germans captured more than 10fO prison
ers, nmong them a squadron of cavalry
with their horses and five machine nuns.
Tauroggen is live miles across the bor
der of northern East Prussia, and Is a
basa for Slav incursions ,nto East Prus
da. The Russians lmvo acaln Mireatened.ni
Invasion of East Prussia, thW-tlme along;'
the railway lending from Kovho over the,
Prussian frontier to Instctburg. A Ger
man detachment defeated this advancing
army near Pllvlskl, 20 miles from the bor
der, witn heavy losses.
ALABAMA SAILS ON
NEUTRAL MISSION
cheered with enthusiasm and acclaimed
with shouts of "Long live uar." The
mobs then smashed In the fronts of
shops ouned by Grnnatm and assaulted
several nermnns and Austrian, who
barely neaped a ducking in the Tiber.
Troops are still guarding the embassies,
but tho agitation had nbatcd by noon.
WAR PREPARATIONS CONTINTK.
In spite of this doubtful situation Italy's
preparations for war go on npace The
latest move was tho annoumement tint
the Alpine reservists of tho class of lSSI
had been called to the colors for April 7,
to go through a month and a half of
training, and the complementary officers
and artillery and engineer contingents
have been summoned for April 1G for
.ft mrtnfVlo Irnlnlnf? In firlriltlnit ,n rhld I
increase In the force of men under arms ' n"lJ "?l!lJ the "V Irglnla co.i-t. The
M7 cadets from tho ml'ltnrv ncndem.v. ' A, 'i0,fl "'"."u nre wnltlnS fo' the Prl"7"
Including the Duke of Plslola. cousin of ,u,el Fr,!;rlc.h1 to E'ln ot.and the Aia-
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I The woil; oi stocking the ship continued '
up to -I o'clock this morning, after being
j r.uiled on liuiing a whole day of prcpaia
tiim which, despite tho fact that it uni
on Palm Sunday, presented tho most war- i
like aspect of nny occasion at the Navy
Yard hince the Spanish-American war. I
AVhen the tugs Samoset and Modoch '
pulled the Alabama away from the back
hnlitinl tmfnrn 'I n'nlnnl. 1 Hnn,,l......
of the Petit ParMen, Austria him dell- , ''", ' ,". T ". . " ", '
fly"Bcd tocedopart of theprnvlnee munlon for ,, v,.Illcll 600J,
of Trent to Italv as the price of continued , ,,,,ia f. ,i, ,.,, ..,- . , .,,
Italian n.tniltiv It iinder.tnn.i tl.nt ' ?"''' for " smaller arms and provl-
Pre-dreadnought Speeds Away
From League Island for Vir
ginia Cape3.
Wivci and swecthenits of the tars and
marines on board the pre-drcadnought
Alabama gave them a royal sendoff this
morning when tho big fighting ship start
ed down tho Delaware The Alabama Is
on lis uny to Join the vessels of Krunce
CONSTANTINOPLE FEARS
AS FOES SHELL FORTS
missioned sublieutenants and 123 new tor
rltoilal olfh ers have been appointed
Special course? for eomplcmentarv of
ficer also hnn been npcncl.
A cabinet council uas held ve"t-iln
and lasted for three hours. It was le
sumed today.
Acco-dlng to the
PARIS. March l
Rome cflrrespond' nt
the Italian Goemment has not yet re
plied to the proposal.
FOE'S SUBMARINES TAUGHT
IN TRAPS, HRITONS DECLARE
Steel Nets Used to Guard Coasts
ITALY TO BE PLACED
UNDER MARTIAL LAW
AS FINAL WAR MOVE
Mobilization Orders Ex
pected to Follow at Any
Moment, Although Rome
Hears Hostilities May Be
Delayed a Month.
ROME. March 3.
Martial law will go Into effect through
out Jtaiy on April 1. AVhllo no formal
proclamation may be Issued, the military
establishment will take over all the tele
phone and telegraph lines and the railroads.
After midnight on March 31 no Infor
mation relating to the- movements of the
Italian navy or army may be transmitted.
This rigorous censorship has been ordered
by royal decree. While the decree covers
only tha period up to July 30, It will be
extended at that time to cover the entire
period of the war.
This is one of Italy's final steps In Its
vifir plans. Mobilization orders will be
the next. These are expected by many at
any moment, but reporta are afloat that
actual Intervention will be postponed un
til the end of April.
There has been no change In Italy's
attitude, except In putting off the In
evitable action of intervention until a
date when. It Is expected, the Dardanelles
will have been forced and Constantinople
occupied, possibly with the co-operation
of Bulgaria, and when the Russians will
have passed the Carpathians and per
manently invaded Hungary.
The delay In Intervention Is based upon
the possibility that Austria will forsake
Germany and sue for a separate peace.
Thlsj la a remote contingency, apparently,
but It is by pp means Impossible and Is
actually being seriously considered.
PRO-WAR MEETING.
A "pro-war meeting organized by the
Trenta. and Trieste propaganda commit
ter -was held yesterday. Among those
present were many Senators, deputies,
the membership of political associations
and cluba and representatives of political
societies and patriotic associations. Five
thousand persons, Including many wom
en, made up the audience.
Deputy Baritll, the Socialist lender
Jionemt and the Nationalist leader Cor
radlnl made speeches and provoked wild
enthujlam when they explained the ne
cessity for the annexation of the "lost"
provinces. All deplored Von Buelow'a
negotiations, which they said were dls.
gracing Italy since neutrality was Im
possible. They declared that neutralists
are unworthy of citUeushlp,
After repeated acclamation and amid
luu of "Long live Italian Trent and
Trieste," a resolution waes passed unanl--awiusjy
urging Intervention, with the ob
ject of widening Italy's frontiers, den
rat larlba.t4l. Insistently urged to apeak,
j tnat ha hoped to lead a volunteer
nny iftto the Said soon.
PMRWteaMHa followed the meeting
mm( erowl paraded the streets shouting
'ttwa wtab Austria" They attempted
i rncfa ts Austrian Umimuf, but I
s,r irevM4 by tpsp. who tve J
Prove Effectiveness.
LONDON. March M.-Tho effectiveness
of the steel submarine traps which have
been put down to suard British rivers
and harbors hns been shown by the fact
tnat two German submarines were le
ccntly caught In the Firth of Forth. In
addition a third was sunk off tho coast of
Haddingtonshire and a fourth was ram
med, disabled, captured and towed into
Lelth, where the crow was taken prisoner.
Tho first of the submarines, one of the
very Inrge type, was caught In the net
of the Firth of Forth, which held It
at the bottom until It was found b
Inspectors. When the hatches were
opened an Investigation showed 23 dead
German sailors and their olilcer. In addi
tion there were four Scotch fishermen
It has been learned that the famous
submarine U-:i. the oillcrs of which
wero personally decointed with Iron
crosses by the Kaiser, has become a
part of the British nav.
While the Admiralty has strlctlv
guarded the facts, the repoit Is that U-;i
was sunk somewhere off Fleetwood after
the middle of Februarv.
1 Flons for two months She will take on
, coal at Newport News
Wives of the Alabama's ofilcers mingled
with sweethearts and slaters of her ordi-
nary seamen when the battleship was un
i tbd. Toms and sobi showed their inn-
tlon. The cottaKes on the ofilcers' row of
. tho sard were deserted All the lesldints
were watching the departure of a rhlp
Contlniifd from I'nRo One
tectlon of tho foits, according to Petro
grad dispatches During tho eiiKagemcnt
enemy aviators appeared over tho Rus
sian fleet to obfoivo Its streiiKth, but re
turned to the nosphorus without dropping
bombs.
Tlir Russian (loot, which Is attacking
the Turkish foils defending the llos
phuriK Is under the command of Admlinl
Ehcihnrd.
Tho battleship lmpcr.itrlsa Marin, IJ.&OO
torn,. Is his flagship and led tho attack,
being accompanied bv the battleships
Evyctol JJvbtnfll, loann Zlatoust, Panic
lelmon and Itotlsiav and tho cruisers
Paniyut Merkurla nnd Kngul.
The strongest Tuiklsh forts on the
Rntphorus are Rumell Hlssar and Anatoli
Hlssnr, standing about eight miles from
the entrance on tho European and Asiatic
side, respectively.
Tho fnits at tho entrance to the Hos
phorus, which felt tho first effects of tho
P.usshui attack, nre Kllin and Kabei
Ode..s.i on the European side, and l'olr.iz
on the Asiatic.
PETROGRAD ELATED.
Rejoicing was caused In Pctiograd by
the news of tho attack upon tho Hosphor
ns and the hope was expressed tliat the
Russian fleet would he able to force tho
straits befoie the Anulo-Fronch licet suc
ceeded In smusli.iig the Dardanelles for
tifications. The appearance of n Russian fleet be
fore Stninbotil and it capture of tho Ot
toman capital would gratify a national
ambition that has existed since the days,
of Invasion.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Mnrch 2.-OfIlclal
WASHINGTON, March t9.-Atlorncy
General Gregory's 'brief In tho harvester
trust ease, awaited with tremendous lo
in est becnueo It was expected to deflno
tho present Administration'!! working
policy toward all combinations, was filed
in Supieme Court today.
Thu brief fulfils expectations. "Probably
ItH most striking feature Is the distinc
tion It makes between "growth from
ulihlli" and growth through combination.
In effect,, Attorney General Gregory says
that pniLtlcrilly no limitation can bo
i laced on any Industllnl Institution's
Krowth from within lUeir, for that Is a
proper result of competition. It Is re
nt intcd that competition must be tho law
of trade.
Two innln considerations, pays Gregory,
iioed Congress to pass tho nntl-trust
id
"First. Tho desire lo preserve Indus
trx's competitive system.
' Second. Tho conviction that tho undue
i onoentrntlon of economic power, result
ing chlelly from the unrestricted right ot
riitiihliinilnn, threatened that system "
"Appnrcntlv," he snyp. "Congress saw
on cuhstnntlal danger throuoli the growth
of n single business fmni within, no nint
trr how largo It might become in that
vvny: even, though, for exnmple, through
greater efficiency, onerg.v or resource,
nnd consequently ability to offer a better
grade of product than that of Its com
petitors nr Ihe same grnde of product at
a lower price, n corporation might come
to posse's tho trade to the very point of
contiolllng the market for the tlmo being.
Monopolistic power so nttnlucd would be
so rare nnd Its field so limited that It
might snfely be Ignored."
But, he sas, Congress Intended that
every combination which Interferes or
threatens to Interfere with the normal
and effective operation of the law of com
petition In trade should be prohibited.
The International Harvester Company,
says Grcgory'B brief, Is not the result of
tho normal growtn or a Finnic uubuicb.
but Is n combination of able competitors
tho McCormlck, Deerlng, Champion, Piano
nnd Milwaukee companies controlling nn
overwhelming proportion of the trade,
brought together by Gcorgo V Perkins,
of J. P. Morgan & Co., "n banker and
promoter " My a single stroke, says tho
bilef, rivalry wns extinguished and a
virtual monopoly achieved. Ijatcr other
big companies wero taken In.
GERMANY CUTS FLOOR COST
BERLIN, March JSBeglnnlng April 1
the prlco ot flour will bo lowered consid
erably, tho Government nnnounced today.
By taking over slocks and organizing a
scientific distribution of foodstuffs the
compnin formed by the Government has
found It possible to make a substantial
reduction.
While the Government wishes to dis
courage eitravngancc, It was announced
that tho present supply of flour Is nmple
to feed Germany until tho next crop.
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GERJIAN SUBMAMXE SUNK
BY RUSSIANS IX BALTIC
Three Lost, Two Damaged, Accord
ing to Czar'a Admiralty.
PETROGRAD, March .
Two German submarines are known to
have been sunk by the Russians In the
Baltic Sea. and two others have probably
been destroyed, according to a statement
Issued by the Russian Admiralty today.
This statement, which takes the fornot
a review of operations on the Baltic,
says:
"Since the war started, German sub
marines havo suffered to a considerable
extent. One was destroyed by tho ar
mored cruiser Bayan; another, of the
newest type, was put to flight by the
torpedoboat destroyer Letutchl; a German
under-sea boat was sunk by striking a
mine and two others were probably ile
stroyed by Russians mines.
"It can be stated that the Germans
have suffered heavy losses along their
own coasts by the loss of a number of
transports. In two months the Germans
delivered 19 submarines attacks In nine
of which the torpedoes fired failed to
report their mark In nine other cases
the submarines were driven off before
they could deliver any attack. In only
one Instance did an attack of the enemy
achieve any result."
ships of Great Urltaln. Franco nnd Ger
many will wage when the cruiser Pilnz
i.ltel j-rlcdrlch makes a dash for the open
?ea from her dock at Norfolk and,
acain, may havo to unmuzzle her heavy
Kiuw to enforce the law of the three-mile
limit or the maintenance of the neutrality
code.
A few minutes before 9 o'clock tho flag
of the rear admiral was run up The
American flag flying from the stern was
hauled down and the sailing flag was run
up on the mast, accompanied by the
cheers nnd shouts of the Jailors. The
tugs chugged as the last cable was loos
ened nom the dock. Handkerchiefs
waxed from tho shore. Music, shouts
and tho scream of a whistle came hack
from the decks, as the sea fighter shook
villi the first null of the tugs.
The battleship Connecticut Is due to
nrrlve at League Island from Guantana
mo, Cuba, tomorrow. The warship re
ceived Injuries to her shaft during gun
practice ofr the Cuban coast recently.
She Bill be placed Immediately In dry-dock.
slan attack against the nosphorus de-
lense oy me uussian lilack Sen lleet was
mado today by tho Turkish War Office
It was stated that Russian ships bom
barded the Turkish guard ships at long
range and then drew off. Tho announce
ment follows:
"Early on Sunday morning our observa
tion posts on tile Bosphonifl signaled the
approach of some Russian worship,
which shelled our guard ships at Ion?
range nnd then quickly disappeared."
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German Offensive Halted With Heavy
Loss in Skwa.
PETROGRAD. March 29.
Official reports give details of Russian
victories on the Skwa and Plllca Rivera
In Poland.
In the German offensive east of the
Skwa an entire division was engaged. It
suffered heavy losses and was compelled
to abandon Us first line of trenches at
the village of Tarak.
Heavy German forces are engaged In a
tenacious battle at Wach. Russians ad
vanced some distance behind the enemy's
first line.
At the village of Domanevlco, on the
Plllca River, the Czar's forces routed the
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