R e.' ivsffay ir.i:yj-Hiiw'imiiwrtgM,i-wMift,awi , EVENING LED&ERPHILAtl3lPHIA TTrTTttR-pAY, MAY 6, 1915; TURKS DRIVE ALLIES i FROM ASIATIC SHORE ! OF THE DARDANELLES Gallipoli Peninsula Also Cleared of Invaders Ex cept at Two Points, Con stantinople Avers Cap ture of Towns Denied. Advance of Land Forces Into Interior Asserted by Anglo French Moslems Repulsed Artillery and Infantry Dis embark at Smyrna. BRITISH CHECK FOE'S ADVANCE AT HILL NO. 00 CONSTANTINOPLE:, May 6. All Allied trdopn tnmted an tlm Anlntlo horo of the Uatilnntltes have been driven off, the Turkish War Ofllce announced to. day, find the Gallipoli peninsula almost cleared of foes. Reports that the towns of Gallipoli and Nagarn had been cap tured by the Allies wcio ofllclally denied. It was stated that only at two points on the peninsula. Al llurnu and fiod-KI-flnhr, had hostile troops succeeded In holding their positions. The official statement follows: "The unfavoiablo situation of tr., enemy at TJardanclles Is unchanged. He ports from Athens and Mltylene resard- Irtjf the occupation of GalllpoU nnd Nn gara by landing troops of the Allle.s are untrue. "Gallipoli peninsula la rntliety at our disposal for military movements. The enemy holds his own at only two points on tho coast, AvI llurnu and Sod-El IJnhr. "Ah a result of tho constant bom bardment by his ships the enemy Is ur able to move against tho encircling Turkish. "The ABlatlc shore has been cleared of tho enemy." Turkish oniccrs who arrived hero todny reported that ten town-, had been burned. Ataldon has been almost completely de stroyed and flro Is raging In three differ ent sections of Gallipoli. From the Gulf of Saros tho British and French ships are wunng uncus continually into the peninsula. Contlnn-d From Pago One Upper Dunajcc Illver, now extends along- a. 93-mllo front. Invaders nro withdrawing from Hungary, Vienna announces. The Russians are In flight from tho passes, as the lines In West Gallcla continue to yield. Berlin de clares that recent disasters have mnde the Slav positions In tho HesUlds un tenable. The third lino of Muscovite fortifications hna been reached, Uerlln ndds. Petrograd tulmltn thnl some of the Czar's units In Gallcla have fallen hack to the second line of defenses and nli6 concedes the presence of hostile war ships off Llbau supporting tho German raid of the Baltic provinces. Assertion Is made that huge Teuton forces nro moving east from Cracow. AUSTRIANS DEMAND NEW PRICE FOR LAND CESSIONS TO ITALY LONDON, Stay I.. Reports received today from various ources stated that tho Allies havo launched new and violent attacks on the Dardanelles nnd at Smyrna. At the same time, however, the Hrltlsh and French forces have had to face fierce counter attacks by tho Turks. A whole Turkish regiment was wiped out by tho accurato fire of the Allies' suns, It was admitted by Turkish pris oners at Tenedos. Turkish forces on the Gallipoli Tcnln ula, advancing from Maghran, attacked tho Allies' position near Krlthla, but wero repulsed, losing ISOO In killed, suys a dispatch from Mltylenc. This attack was delivered on Tuesday after the Turk ish troops at Maghran had been leln forced. The same advices stale that the allied troops on the Gallipoli peninsula have resumed their ndvnnce Into the Interior, occupying positions of high strategical Importance. Artillery Is being landed southeast of Smyrna from Ficnch trnimpimts to sup port the infantry columns that will try to move ngainst the Smyrna foits from the land side. (.EK3IAXS OAI.N FOOTHOLD ON HILL CO. BRITISH ADMIT Allies Forced to F'nll Back Toward Yprcs by New Attacks. LONDON, May S. Aided by the smashing fire of their big Rtini which have battered the Hrltlsh en tannlements to pieces, the Germans aro slowly advnnclng In Hrlahim. Late ad vices from the front sav that the Hrltlsh limo ceded cnrtnln of their outer line of trenches "to straighten out their line" The losses on both sides nro rnoiinoiii, nlthnugh tho Germans far outnumber those of the Allies. Tho German'! continue their use of poisonous gnses. They are bringing tip enormous forces In an effort to retake IIIII U, south of Yprcs. hut so far tutve succeeded onl. In maintaining a foothold on the easterly approaches to It While tho Germans continue their main attacks on the liiltMi positions In ntt effort to take Ypres, the French and t)el glan forres aro violently attacking their right whig nnd have made gains between Pypegaale and llotsas. SLAVS IN (JALICIA RETRKAT ALONG 93-MILE FRONT Rout From Carpathians to Dunnjcc Makes Beskid Positions Untenable. LONDON, May 16. According tn tho Austrian and German official reports to night, the no-mile nimslnn ictroat In Western Gallcla hns spread to the Car pathians nnd now covers 93 miles, tnklng In the line from southwest of Dukla Paul to Lunkow Pass. The Vienna communique nn Hint Hie rtusslan front of Zooro-Sztropko-Lupkow, in tho Bcsklrt Mountains, has become un tenable. As the Teuton Allies are con tinually advancing from the west toward Jnslow and Zmlgrod (In Gallcla) the !tu slanw on the west Carpathian front started this morning In full retreat from Hungary, pursued by the Austrp-GerniPli tioops. The Itusiians, therefore, woie beaten on a front of 160 kilometres (03 miles) and wcie forced to retreat with tho heaviest losses the report adds. nerlln announced that an attack by the nllied troops north of the wooded Car pathians pierced through tho third forti fied line of the Russians, who ycstciday wero defeated along the entile front, re treating toward the Wisloka River. GERMANS MAKE GAINS NEAR YPRES, PARIS ADMITS GERMAN WARSHIPS SUPPORT HAID ON BALTIC EJiaVINOESi Cruisers Off Libau Invasion Halted. However, Slavs Say. PETROGRAD. May 6. ' Cruiscis and smaller warcraft 'are sup porting the German Invasion of the Bal tic provinces, the War Office admits. In Kavno Province, nt Roasleny, tho Czar's forces are making a steady ad vance toward East Prussia. The demonstration in Northwest Russia doubtless Is Intended to detain large Russian forces available for tho battlo between Cracow and tho Carpathians This German move has completely failed. It was turned back Monday from ft point south of the line from Llbau to Mltau, abandoning a number of light suns. French Lose Position in Alsace Ad vance in Woovre. PARIS. May 6 Dcspernte fighting continues In the Ypres region, where th Germans arc maintaining their violent nttacks. Th fighting now ccntrca about IIIII No. liO, southeast of Ypres. which the Germans nro trying to recapture from the Rrltlsh. 3 The official communique Issued by th war Omco this nfternoon ndmlts that some of tho German attacks there te suited In succffcs, but somo trenches which they took wero later recaptured by the British. A French reverse In Alsace Is also admitted, German troops have ic occupled tho summit of Mamolon, )n the left bank of the Fecht River cast of Slllakerwasscr. This hill wbh capturd by French troops Wednesday morning, but the Germans later retook It. In tho Allly forest tho French havo recaptured some trenches which tho Ger mans had taken by assault. Offer Reported Made Through Count Golu chowski, as Special En voy, for Strengthening of Triple Alliance. ROME, May 6. Austria has Increased Its offers of terri torial compensation In return for con tlnued Italian neutrality. Count Golu chowskl, formerly Austrian Foreign Min ister, Is expected to arrive In Rome to day, tfe Is the bearer of a special mes sage from the Vienna Government and will bo at once received by King Victor Emmanuel nnd fiaron Sonnlno. It Is be lieved here that he brings the reply of tho dual monarchy to Italy's demand, mnde through Prince von IJuelow, that Austria make a clear statement of her Intentions. According to reliable Information Aus tria Is now piepared to make any tcrrl toiinl and political sacrifices to prevent wnr with ltn. The Vienna Government, however, insists that Italy enter Into a new nnd stronger Triple Alliance. This Itnly Is not ready to do Those In the confidence of high Government oftlclnls hern believe that tho Cabinet council yesterday discussed precisely this point and that It was decided to set n short time limit to the Italo-Austrlnn negotiations It is said to have been on this account Hint the King decided not toro to Genoa, ns In the case of Intervention the mon arch Is constitutionally hound tn make the declaration of war, hence his presence nnd that of all the Ministers at Homo Is lndlspciisnhta. naron Ronnlni was In continual con ference with the King jesterday. If, nfter tho Interview between Count Goluchow ski nnd the Italian ruler today. It Is con sidered that Austria's final proposals aro unsatisfactory It Is believed thnt the Sa landra Ministry will mnko a formal an nouncement to tho country to thnt effect. A dccien has been published author izing the War Office to suspend absolutely nil leaves oi nnsence lor oiucers nnd men of the regular forces. The expmtntlou of sulphur, n com modity of great value for military pur poses, hns been prohibited. Enormous shipments of this substance which wore destined for Austria and Germany have been slopped nt the frontiers, where 630 carloads aie being taken off the trains It Is again reported thnt the German Embassy has wired all Consuls to Invite German subjects to leave Italy. This re port Is not ofilclnlly confirmed. Ambassador Page denies a rumor that the United States has been entiusterl with the protection of German Interests In Italy. HUGE TEUTONIC FORCES SPEEDING FROM CRACOW Pressure on Slavs In West Gallcla Enormous, Pctrogrnd Says. PETROGRAD, May 6.-The pressure of Austro-German forces cast of Cracow has developed to notable proportions, and, In the opinion of military observers, may be leffarded as a preliminary to one of tho fiercest battles Is the war. An SH-mllc front from the lower Nlda to Gladyszow, In tho Carpalhlnns, Is now the scene of Important developments. In the Tatnow region and south of that town tho artillery flro has attained grcnt Inten sity. It Is believed that General LiUlngon's Bavarian army, which last week aban. doned Its nttempt on tho StryJ road, now Is hastening westward to fill tho right wing of the German lino. GERMANS TAKE HEAVY TOLL OF SHIPPING Submarines Raid North Sea nnd Irish Coast, Sinking Many Vessels. imiTISH BAR COAL EXPORTS None to Be Shipped After Mny 13 Except to Allied Countries. LONDON. May 6. Consternation followed in mining circles today an announcement of tho Intention of the Government on May 1.1 to place an embnigo on the exportation of coal to any place other than British posses sions and the nllied countries. It is feared thnt tills action will forco tho closing of ninny collieries and that thou sands of miners will be thrown out of woik. Pressure was being brought to bear today to have tho order modified to peimlt Hie continuation of coal exports to the Scandinavian countries and to South America. LONDON, Mny 6 German submarines In the North Sea and off the Irish Coast are continuing to raid shipping, while In tho Baltic Sea tho nuxlllary cruller Bllvnna Is raiding merchantmen. Tho British schooner Karl of Lithom was sunk by a German submarine eight miles olf Klnsnlo Head, Ireland. Wednes day. Her crew landed at Klnsnle today. The crew of the schooner was ordered tn leave nnd hand oxer the ship's papers. The saltnrs scrambled Into a boat, nnd as they pulled awny thej saw tho Hiihmnrlnc fire nine shells Into the schooner, sending her to the bottom The Grlmshj trawler Stratton was sunk by a German submarine In the North Sea Wednesday. The crew of the Stratton was taken on hoard tho mibmnrlno while the Oermnns set nbout sinking the trawler Tho sea cocks wero opened, but this meth od was found to bo too slow, so tho sub marine drow off nnd eight shells wero fired Into tho fishing hont, sending It to tho bottom. The seamen were then given a compass and wero placed in n boat, be ing told to Rteer westward. They were picked up nv a Hnrtlcpool trawler. The Danish steamship Cathay, a vessel of 1076 tons gioss, hns been sunk in the North Sen, cither by a mino or n Ger man submarine. The Cathay hud a num ber of passengers on bonrd. These as well as tho members of tho crow wero larded at Romsgnto today. The Swedish steamship Vnnatlls, from Bljth, coal laden, has been torpedoed nnd sunk In the Baltic by tho German nuxlllaiy cruiser Sllvnnn", nccoidlng to n Copenhagen dlrpatch, which stated that the Vanndls was torpedoed by the Syl vnnla becauro the steamship lefuscd to stop when signaled. Owners of tho Rrltlsh steamship Cher bury wero notified today that that ship was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarlno in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Ireland on April IS. All members of the crew were saved and Inndcd In an Isolated Irish village, wheie the captain found It difficult to get into communication with Glasgow. AUSTRIA P0STP0NKS CALLING RESERVES TO THE COLORS JAPANESE ULTIMATUM RECEIVED BY CHINA Continued from I'ujn One piles at Sasebo, Southwestern Japan. The Japanese In the Province of Shantung are concentrating at Tslngtau nnd those In Manchuria nre preparing to take refuge In the railway zone. i WASHINGTON, Mny 6.-The United States Government has received no In structions that It la to act ns mediator between China and Japan, and It has not volunteered Its services, Secretary of State Bryan today stated. He would not discuss the situation further, declaring the correspondence on this question re ceived by the State Department was con fidential. Mr. Bryan said that It would "not be unnatural" for Ambassador Guthrie, who has returned. to the United States from Toklo, to corne to Washington during his visit, but that he had no special engagement, VILLA GAINS ADMITTED BV CARRANZISTA PARTY ALLENTOWN POLICE WANT GIRL WHO LEADS ROBBERS Gang Stole From Stores and Blew Up Safe There. ALLENTOWN; Pa., May 6.-The police here are taking: steps to extradite Mamie linger, the 19-year-old girl who, masquer ading (is a man. headed a gang of rob bers and robbed a railroad detective at Warren, Ohio. She says she will fight ;jttradltlon since she plans to go to Ok lahoma and become a cowbov ax itnnn on ' ,..- . ' .. . . .... vinu juaiica la auno wiin per. The elrl Is wanted here on charges of having heided a gang of Allentown crlml- "nal who robbed a number of stores and poolrooms and blew up a safe In a store Jn the heart of the city. After cleaning up about JMO here, they left for the West, riding on freight trains. Before they started. Miss Unger dressed tn men's clothes and had her hair cut short Her sex was no) discovered until she was lodged In the Warsen Jail. In associating with her companions of the underworld, the girl drank and boasted with the boldest, and her action In -loons. was that of an experienced "round er." Frederick Belbert. one of the gang ferouehj East Monday by City Detective JL Ni0n today was sent to Jajl, by Alder win. Bower. Tne two ot&ers, tarry and 'itfge Long-, are still in jail In Warren, as Is flfe slrl leader She was married two ytari ago to. Samuel Yanier, but she says married life wa too, humdrum for her geiberfe confession contain a statement that In perpetrst(tut the Allentown Jobs, tbe sill always Jrce4 as a tgan, but in Urn dpume,ia Hr .b tewji o wore Obregon Loses Virtually All Oil Land, But Holds Terminals. WASHINGTON. Msy 6. General Villa's forco at Aguascallentea was attacked by General Obregon's soldiers on Tuesday, according to Carrnnzleta advices sent to the State Department today by Consul General Sllllman at Vera Cruz. The Carranzlstas admit the town of Tamesl, on the Panuco river above 'Pam lico, has been captured by Villa tioops, who hold practically all of the oil pro ducing territory. The Carranzlstas, how ever, control the oil terminals In Tux pan and Tnmplco. Vice Consul Staddeu, at Manzanlllo, re ported that censoring of his telegrams by the Carranblstas authorities was discon tinued after he protested against it. Consul Garret, at Nuevo Laredo, re ported n battle was In progress yesterday at Morales. Admiral caperton advised the Navy De partment that Carranza had Imposed an additional tx of 3-18 cent gold on each pound of sisal exported from Yucatan. F-4 Lines Break Again WASHINGTON, May 6.-AU lines at tached to the sunken sumbarlne Vi, in Honolulu harbor, have broken or slipped off. Rear Admiral Moore advised the Navy Department today. It Is expected that new lines will be made fast tomorrow. 75 SIGN BARBERS' SCALE Employers Socking to Meet Increase by Abolishing Tips. Owners of 75 bniber shops In the city have now signed the new union scnlo of wages nnd hours demanded by the bar bers" union. Twenty moie signed the agreement yesterday and, nccoidlng to the strikers, their ranks were augmented by 100 new Journeymen halrcutters, Kfforts on tho pait of the Master Bar hois' Association to amend tho unloi. regulations to peimlt longer working hoiir3 hno been unsuccessful. The master bathers will make an effort to agree upon a plan to end tho tipping system In shops hiring union labor and ralsn the price of hair cutting nnd shav ing 5 cents. Only perfectly sterilized In struments and shaving cups will bo per mitted. The shops nffected by tho Btrlke nre mostly In the northern section of tho city, with a few scattered In other localities. Unrest in Dual Monarchy Causes Change in PInns. VENICR, May C. Private ndvlics from Vienna stnto that, owing to the unrest in Austria, the War Ofllco has postponed calling up tho re servists Jigecl from -13 to SO years. A supplementary levy of all tho land sturm men botwecn tho nges of 21 and 30 hns been Issued, these recruits Including those who had provlou&Iy been passed over as unfit for service. ALLTHATYOUGETHEREIS jkhskv nnAiN-rnn white i'f.kin DUCKS IIROlr.KItH (MII.K FKni and Strletlj lresh Kegs for Invalids Tho hut of tabls butter F"reh eggs from the country. Fine, clean-dreed poultry. The you can count on Bitting hero always. Every thing fresh ery day. Deliveries anywhere. W.A.Bender ONLY Tlir, riEHT 1UJTr.EI,,J!"(8H AND I'OULTKY READING TERMINAL MARKET Alalia 600-008-610 Filbert. 2380-3357 Hace 1505 81'RINO ItESOllTS ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. CHALFONTE Atlantic City, New Jersey The Leeds Company LudiD Mlfh'Claaa lIoderaU-Rau Hotel. 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If the flower of American manhood crouched in shrapnel spattered trenches choked by deadly asphyxiating gases, exhausted, but doggedly fighting for this country's very existence could you love the nation with which we were at war? .Could you "love your enemy; do good to them that hate you; bless them that curse you?" Headmaster Lyttleton, of Eton, an eminent English clergyman, preached a stirring sermon on the subject. Christians throughout the world have taken sides in a heated controversy as a result. Next Sunday's Public Ledger gives you the individual point of view of America's foremost ministers of various denominations. PUBLICmLEDGER SW0B0DA AN AMERICAN, SAYS PARISIAN PAPER Life Story of Alleged Spy Shows Him to Be Soldier of Fortune. PAniS, May 8. What purports to be the life etory of naymond Swoboda, tho mysterious prisoner who claims to be an American citizen, but whom the French authorities declare to be a Ger man py, waa published today by the Petit Parlslen. It shows that Swoboda Is really an American, nnd that he has lived the life of a soldier of fortune. "Swoboda.." the account states, "was born In San Francisco. Flvo years aft erward his mother quarreled wjth her husband, fled and took the two children with her. In Switzerland sho met and fell In love with a man named Bchwlnd. Swoboda went to school In Switzerland, and then to Heidelberg, from which he graduated In 1897. "He was employed In Hong Kong. Can ton, Tlen-Tln and Shanghai. At TIon Tsln Swoboda was employed by Ameri can Interests to Investlcato local condi tions with n -lew to opening up an oil field In that region. "In 1000, Swoboda. again served under tho Gorman flap, talcing part In tho oper ations ngnlnst the Boxers. He had been successful in passing an examination to be b rrserve officer, but when the upris ing was put down, Bwobods, .(rain leit the service and returned to Europe. "Tho following year wain found Swo boda In the Orient, this lime In the em ploy of tho Itusso-Chlneae bank at bhang hal He was arrested there, charged with embezzlement and sent to prison, but escaped. When recaptured ho was re sentenced to a long term In a, German X fortress, Good behavior tAvtt&S, Lum an InA Affa i-la-. JtS """""-."-- " " in m no cauio iu x-uiis "swoDoaa uvea in Paris as years, making big sums of rnofttj stockbroker. When the war hfijp Swoboda. eeelng a chance to maW?! look up negotiations for the sal. P fmilnment. cJl m "Faultless" Bedding Now Clean Up Faultless Mattresses Box Springs Brass Beds the old Matlrejscs, Pillows and Bolster We renovate bedding almost equal to ntv Now is the time to do it. Replace InoseU far (jone tyth "Faultless" and cnjoyi highest quality of rest known to the Caucasia Race. Dougherty's "Faultless" Bedding 1632 CHESTNUT STREET mpor tunc otice! 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