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PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1916.
Commijit, 101B. bi ins rtuo Lxoota ceuriKi.
PBIOE OTSTE CENT
jtetsaaS -rffiBfa. J. i jisBam -MBSBBed A
i 11 - -
fEUTONS FAIL
If IN THRUST TO
CUT SLA? LINE
I W a r s a w - Petrograd
setfSlackens and Czar
jjy Keep Capital.
I usgjan Resistance Stubborn
Drive Down on Objective,
" But Petrograd Admit3 Re
' verses Elsewhere.
Mackensen Menace Still Grave About
Ivangorod and Buelow Nears Riga
' jn Baltic Province Raid Heavy
" Sacrifice of Life on Both Sides.
Move on Ostrolenka Under Way.
PETROGRAD, AUg. 4.
nn.rl von Gallwltz's new drive south-
) ward toward the Pctrograd-Warsaw Rail
way Is bflng held up oy suiDoorn us
,lin resistance along tho railway leading
through Wyszkow. it is auiciauy uuum-
ted that the Slav losses In tho last
hours have been very heavy.
A brief official bulletin issued today fur-
? atoned only meager Information regard
ping the German assault from tho north.
tut nevertheless It was considered very
t encouraging In military circles. Last
s night's official communique reported the
& Germans making progress along tho
E Narew River, but "only with enormous
tones." Today's bulletin said:
BEBISTANCB STRONG ON NAREW.
"Ve are gallantly resisting the enemy's
attack on the Narew line. Tho Russian
losses are very heavy."
Military men hero took this to mean
that the German advance has been
brought to a halt, though with heavy
sacrifices of lives. These losses, how
ever, were anticipated In view of reports
that von Gauwi was prepared to Dat
ter his way over the Bug by terrific ar
tillery fire. The belief prevails here that
It (he Russian line on the Narew con
tinues to hold for two more days tho
main Russian armies will have reached
the new positions assigned for them be
yord the Ylslula.
"Uhhoagh enemy Infantry has crossed
tha Narew near Schvka we prevented the
artillery from crossing," continued the of
ficial statement "In tho meantime our
own artillery annihilated several" unit a of
the enemy who werev without the 'support!
ineir guns.
Dispatches Indicate that Grand Duke
jCTshoIas has withdrawn tle majof part
Wjhls army from Warsaw In order to
meet the wings of the Austro-German
forces, and so. if Warsaw should fall in
the immediate future, tho Teutonic gen
eral (staff will have failed In its main
Object of capturing the grand army of
Russia.
It Is officially admitted that tho Rus
Jlah forces defending Riga, on the Bal
He Bea, have withdrawn across the Eckau
River, The Eckau River Is only 19' miles
southwest of Riga, and the army of Gen
eral von Buelow is now fighting to force
a passage.
There aro four zones of hard fighting:
Wrst), southwest of Riga; (second), on
the A'arew fronts: (third), around Ivan
gorod; (fourth), north of Cholm.
TEUTONS ACROSS VISTULA.
The Russian General Staff admits that
we Austro-German troops of General von
woyrsth have crossed the Vistula In the
Tlclnity of Ivangorod, driving the Rus
sians from the forests that stretch east
ward from the river.
It also announces that "the most des
'rerate nchtlnit" Ir mntinninn- ...
. Ponlewlez fPnnmvlssJiV k mil.. ...i. .
feet Shavll, on the Lawena River. Ponte-
Continued on Pace Six, Column Two
lUNAVITTORIAITALIANA
SUI MONTI DEL CARSO
fcl Bersaglieri Attaccano e Dis-
truggono un Intero Reggi
mento di Jaegers Austriaci.
IQaattro battagllonl dl Bersaglieri hanno
rswa In un'Imboscata un Intero ressl-
Btnto di Cacclatorl Tirolesl sull'nltn-
91150 del C.nran 1a ....... .-.. 11
i wU ,0 hanno d'8'"1"0 quasi com
, WeUmene, giacche soltanto pochi Cfic
;'jtori preferirono dl arrendersl pluttoato
s jnonre combattendo. II comandante
rwco aveva creduto dl avere egll teso
fvwscaia agn Itallanl, e quando gll
iJNus ayesse di fronte solo pocho cen-
R.uinenifH QttflM.n A .ma .011 lat
tf .7riT,r:r-' :.r ms;:
fT "v,,lco' 4nvcga jiraprto snoru
ti&tt? dl essero clrcondafo dni J3er-
Halites y. ooofo .a.iu iuimia iuoiti
SsJlnia dl rltlrata.
HaiiAfSs2mi aa "Verona dcono che gll
ra7Em?8tInuano ad avantare lenta
fotimJ!a,;8lcu,e't verso la cljta'
or. . x.fi Rovereto. la cul opera sono
Xy,1f?lt,i vlolento fuoco dello artigllerie
iii4ne j,e m-ossa batterie dl aseedio
bf seneraiA n.A .... i..i
fA t. ftuwiutt 19UUU omit? (iiiati
i S,8 8Ul,e aUu'e domlnati J forfl dl
kE!.VwMl la' vomltano una Incessante
n ' "anat sulle posUlonl nemiche.
Ll ra pccl 0a tialbaoh ad un glornala
2L?fl,Svra dce che gll Itallanl operanU
,i" -' nanno ratto una notevaia
ESSf ,tuPP austrtachs. ed hanno oo-
fT-i. "lrac: puntl dejla vallata.
E5?MU Wona del Fella (Malbor-
r'; 7 8 Itallanl si sano inv
Ifowti 4i va tratto della errovla au-
' vr pereochie tniglla.
fagllate nottxle Bulla. Suerra. In
THE) WEATHER
HiU ,LI-iMHIiptLIWy.gll Mill! 1M.I
FonmAsv
"Qr Fhtledelnhta and vicinitv-
towght and Tkurgdau, wtth mbd-
temnerniura.tr fresh uuuilerlu
bi.QiMfLii Uttkt Thursday.
Fr detatk, 30 UJ 4.
RAILROAD
ra'w-twy W'WftUfrwfr v I $M&gJ&Mffljm sBI &
kMB&mmffimmmmmm&aismBmBmiesnmsiem
The water front along the
BRITISH NOT ABLE
TO USE BIG ARMY
UNTIL NEXT YEAR
Conditions More Seri
ous Than Admitted.
Peace Acceptable if
Dardanelles Falls.
No Ammunition for Great Force
Recently Recruited General
French Lacks Machine Guns
and Munitfons Naval Needs
Great.
T7ie following story iias written by a
United Preaa staff correspondent who has
e'ld exceptional advantages in studying
the situation concerning which he writes.
jnis' 'naroo Jot abvfovs rcosqns iswithhepi
BY A UNITED PRESS
CORRESPONDENT.
COPENHAGEN, X-July 22 (by mall to
New York). England will not bo able to
use Kitchener's army for an offensive
drive against the Germans this summer,
and probably not In the autumn. If the
coming winter Is severe enough to Inter
fere with effective military operations
there may be no major English attempt
to drive tho Germans back to their own
frontier' until next spring one year late.
In tho meantime peace may come, and
the war may end. without the full strength
of the British Empire having a chance
to test Itself against the Germans.
This Information reaches the United
Press from Bources In closa touch with
inner conditions, both in England and at
the front. Tho United Press also learns
that the British munitions situation is
much more serious than is generally
known, and that peace Is nearer than is
publicly acknowledged.
British statesmen realize the Empire's
prestige has suffered severely because of
the small part England's army has been
able to play In tha continental fighting.
Thla is tho principal Teason why England
will not talk about-erms of peaca at tha
present time. But, once Great Britain's
offenslvo power is rehabilitated, England
will -nnt. fin averse tto conslderlne tover-
turea for ending tho war.
WOULD RESTORE PRESTIGE.
Recovery of military self-respect could
bo gained by England If Sir Ian Hamil
ton's army would bring the Galllpolt cam
paign to a triumphant conclusion. The
forcing of the Dardanelles would be chief
ly a British viqtory and Constantinople's
fall would restore England's prestige.
The Galllpoll operations, therefore, aro
mora Important than the campaign In
Franca and Belgium In so far aa their
bearing on peaca la concerned. Sir Ian
Hamilton's task Is becoming noticeably
lighter after each assault against tha
Turkish positions and quarters not given
to baseless optimism believe the fortifica
tions guarding the Dardanelles Narrows
may be subdued from tha land aide by
next autumn and possibly before.
Tha necessity for hammering away at
the Turks la one reason why the English
army In Flandera la so short of ammuni
tion. The United Press la able to state
that tha lack of ammunition Is not the
sola source oj worry to Sir John French
Not only has the British War Office
failed to supply sufficient shells for the
troops At .the frqnt, but also it has neg
lected to furnish an adequate number of
machine guns.
Tha British, army on the Continent Is
now unable to create a. diversion favor
able to the Russians because 61r John
Contlued on Page Two, Column Seven
30.INCH WATER MAIN BREAKS
Chestnut Hill and Germantovm Find
Supply Cut Off.
Three thousand householders in Chest
nut Hill and Germantown found their
water supply suddenly cut off early thjs
afternoon when the 30-lnch wain la Wes
Mills Road, east Jf Bhawmont avenue,
broke A dozen workmen were caught
In the powerful streams of water that
spirted In all directions, and some of
thwn narrowly escaped being drowned
Th pipe that bioke supplies all Oftast
nut Jllll above Mount Airy aven.ua arid
a far as the elty Una. Bfforts hava taffi
nwda to obtain an apnroprUtlon fgojn
Council nxi rlj it. Jst far ffeajr
hv tMMM uAvfflB,s. Tb kaavy rain
last nig tit imhMout some of the sup
port oi tba main.
Workmen from tha Water Buraau ware
sent to the line this morning, and they
ww dNWrately ft work trying to r
pin th supyetia wb th Vf $tp
broke It was mme tin lsur Mere the
watar cut o.
TRACKS ON DELAWARE AVENUE SUBMERGED BY FLOOD
Delaware River again found itself
100 LIVES BELIEVED LOS1
:N ERIE FLOOD WHICH
WIDESPREAD RAVAGE
OF SUMMER TEMPEST
Entlmuted IB to 100 liven lost at
Erie, I'o.
From $3,000,000 to fS.000,000 damace.
rropertr loss In Mchmond, Va
(600,000.
Sixty-mile gale olon? coast.
ABOUND rillTjADELPIIIA
Worst storm lit jears.
Jinny persons Injured.
Damage so far Impossible to esti
mate. Delaware and fichllyll.lll Ilivers over
flowing banks. Deltunre avenue at
Chestnut Mreet covered with water.
Cobb', Darby and Tacony Creeks
higher that) for 10 years.
Corn, celtry anil tomato crops ruined.
Thousands of trees uprooted or blown
down.
Hundreds of windows blown out.
Traffic suspended In several sections.
All irnlni Inir WnshntiU nlonir lln...
'asnMwirTffirfifflrT'
Temperituro 0 a. in..,. ,.74
Temperature 1 p. in...., 16
Lowest temperature at midnight. ...61
Italnfall 2.75 In.
forecast for today Possible showers.
PHILADELPHIA
SUFFERS HEAVY
LOSS IN GALE
Terrific Wind and Rain
Storm Sweeps Down
Upon City, Damaging
Buildings.
The worst summer storm In years swept
through Philadelphia early today, up
rooting trees and destroying millions of
-dollars- worth of crops throughout the-
(State.
No estimate, ,of tho damage In this city
will bo possible for many days, but there
is no doubt it will bo enormous,
Tha Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers,
and all tributary streams, aro higher than
they have been In years.
Commuters landing at Market and
Chestnut street ferryhouses, this morning,
had to wade through a foot of water to
get over Delaware avenue.
One result of the storm has been to
wipe out the glut of produce, because of
which commission men have been throw
ing away tomatoes and other vegetables.
If early reports of the damage to crops
are correct, Philadelphia and adjacent
communities will have to get their prod
ucq for the balance of tho summer from
points nol included In the storm area.
Trains on every line entering thla city
and Camden were delayed by washouts
or trees that had been felled by the
storm. At many points In ths city trol
ley wires were down this morning. The
Continued on Page Two, Column One
SWAMP NEAlt PLAYGROUND:
HEALT1M1EAD INVESTIGATES
Civil Service Secretary Complains of
"Dismal Bog."
Director Zlegler, of tha Department of
Health and Charities, started an inves
tigation today of what Is said to be a
psstilept swamp adjoining the children's
Playground near 33d street and Columbia
avenue In Bast Falrmount Park-
The immediate cause of tha investiga
tion Is a Utter recelvad by Dlrestor Zleg
ler from Peter Bolger. secratary of the
Civil Service Commission, who sails at
tantton to tha fact that, although tha
"dismal bog" has bean in existence for
mnrn than a ysar. neither tha Falrmount
rpsrk Commission nor any otbr munici
pal authpmy nas taaao any eiep to eraa
lcafe tb evil.
-t
"THE LONDON MARKET
The Bwaing l.fdr l printing series
of financial, articles .
By FRANCIS W. HIRSE
Kdltor of the tendon "Eeotionilat,"
Who praunU brUlly th mUat develop
ment of tbe tSaaUdt markut as aa ex
pert tlicra. Yuu will Had It (wellUUle
ta fallow tbM arMcies, wtaicb or r
Uvit a Meaday nl ttfdaM4ax bjr ta.
Xsday' arUelo U jirlotea aa t(a il.
besieged by high water today in consequence of last night's storm.
ES $3,000,000 DAMAGE
Only 27 Bodies Recov
ered From Wreckage
Piled Up in Streets
of City.
Mill Creek Overflows Banks
and Tears Away Blocks of
Homes and Business Places.
Trains Held Up and Wires
Are Down.
ERIE, Pa., Aug. i. The death list re
sulting from the storm' and flood which
swept EriJast ptght was. esttmaed nt
between 75 lind 100 by Coroner "Hanloy
this afterrfdolr. Tho deaths may run to
nearly 150. he stated.
Twenty-seven are known to bo dead.
Tho only ones Identified are:
JOHN DONOVAN, city fireman.
JOHN .HIG0IN3.
MRS. JOHN HIGCHNS,
MARIAN HIGOINS, 13montlu.
JAMES HIOOINS. 14.
MRS. EMMA OSUORN.
THOMAS I.ANODEN.
MRS. ANNA 'WEISDAUER.
U. ALLEN.
MRS. M RUES8
CORA ANDERSON, Albion, Pa,
CATHERINE E. CARROLU
RICHARD GARVEY.
MRS. HENRY CASEY.
Tha missing aro.
TIMOTHY CARROLL, Sr.
TIMOTHY CARROLL. Jr.
L. D. HOPKINS.
LENA SLOW.
WILLIAM: DAVITT. .
MRS. EUGENE BALDENWICK.
MRS. AUGUST MEYER.
EDWARD GARDER.
Donovan was a hoseman of Engine
Company No, 1.. He went down trying
to save Fire Chief John J. McMahon
when a house In which they were work
ing collapsed.
A property I033 of nt. leas UJ3.CCO, 000 andd
'tha suffering of hundreds of homeless'
families followed In tha wake of the
storm.
Mayor Stern early this morning asked
tha local militia to aslst In the rescue
work. Captain D. M. Phelps has Teported
with a company of 60 men. They ara
assisting the police.
Mayor Stern has been in charge of the
rescue work since tha first rush of water
down the business section of the city, and
with him-are two members of the City
Council, Frank Pelon and Theodore Elch.
horn. Tha Mayor started a subscription
list for the sufferers with a donation qf
1100 The Erie Trust Company gave J10O
and tha Board of Commerce another 1W.
It is estimated that Erie will rats? flO.OCO
before night
A bureau has been established at the
office of Mayor Stern to care for the suf
ferers, while Street Superintendent Elch
orn's office has been turned into an em
ployment office. The Erie Times Is tha
only newspaper running today, and that
journal Is setting Its type by hand, as the
entire city gas supply has been cut off.
Tha tempest struck this city about 7.30
last night. For an hour after the sudden
arrival of tha storm, residents along the
course of Mill Creek, through the eastern
side of the city, were watching, with
scarcely mora than passing interest, tha
slow rise of tha waters.
At S.4S the Glenwood dam, threo mlla
above Erie, burst, and a huge wall of
nater swept through the central district
of the city, carrying houses, factories
and struggling human beings In lis path.
In tbe darkness the efforts of voluntetr
Continual on Page Two, Column Six
GEIpIAN HEPLY ON FRYE
MADE PUBLIC TOMORROW
Reaffirms Contention That Case Is One
for Prize Court.
WASHlNaTON, Aug. 4 - Germany's
latest reply to tha United States on tbe
Frye case will m triad publlo tomorrow,
tha Stat Department annauncad today.
Aa statad bafore in dispatshea the note
imply reaffirms Germany contention
that tha caa la one for a prisa court un
der tha German law
Tha Uartnan Government makaa It claar,
however, that It ts perfeetly willing to
mak a settiaaaaat or ltw easaoand; intl-mate--that
tbe action ofMhy prize court
in not nacanaarUy &Mi,
ENGLAND INSISTS
BLOCKADE LEGAL;
WILL CONTINUE IT
Will Not Consent to
Permit Unmolested
American Trade
With Neutral Ports.
Washington Government's Ac
tion in Civil War Cited in
Justification of Change in In
ternational Rules Governing
Sea War.
"WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.
"We Bhall continue to apply these
measures (the British blockade of Ger
many) with every desire to occasion, tha
least posslblft. umqufit' of Inconvenience to
persons engaged In legitimate commerce."
Summarized, it was thus that England's
answer to America's protests against the
former's Order In Council was read today
by Washington officialdom generally and
by representatives here of tho country's
biggest exporting Interests, without a
dissenting voice.
Tha British note, supplement and
Neches communication, all bearing sub
stantially on the samo subject, included
some 7000 words, but the whole thing
boiled into seven, its critics agreed:
"We chall continue to apply these
measures."
The communications were friendly In
tone. They were not friendly In qulto tho
tamo fervid form of expression as the
notes which have comefrom Germany,
but they were not less so in eliect.
WRITTEN BY GItEY.
British Foreign Minister Sir Edward
Grey, their autlior, wrote aa If he .took it
for granted that the two countries were
on the most cordial terms so much so
that apparently ho did not deem it nec
essary to say so In so many words. His
phraseology was amicably crisp and busi
nesslike. His Idea, he said, was to convince Amer
ican Ambassador Page, with whom, nom-
Continued on 'nsa Six, Column Four
U. S. MARINESDRWE
REBELS FROM HAHW
Garrison Flees to Gunboat to
Remain Until Town Is Recap
tured. CAPE HA1TIEN, Haiti, Aug. 4.-The
revolutionary army of Dr. Rosalvo Bobo
pntered Capo Haltlen today. The garri
son fled at tha approach of the rebel
troops and the officials took refuge on
the Haitian gunboat Paclflque. Addi
tional United States marines were landed
from tho gunboat Nashville to guard for
eigners' lives and property,
Tha revolutionary forces no sooner had
got Into the city than tha marines ad
vanced against them, while the United
States converted yacht threw shells Into
their ranks They hastily retreated be
yond the outskirts.
The Kenslngtonian Says;
Prof. W. A. Cromer, the talented, director
of Class Bis Band, is enjoying a well''
earned rest in Atlantia City, and during
his absence the rehearsals of his, famous
band sound Ilka "The Latt Rose of 'Bum'
roer."
LOST AND POUND
WHAT DID YOU IjOSH?
WHAT DID TOU FINDt
All lost, articles advertised la tbe
Ledger will be listed, in A, p-ermnnoa t
ender can locate tha owner at tar
time. If you have found an srtteu
that has not beta adtertlsed aa last
the Ledger win iUo record your
nam aod address and assist In nad-
ma u iiiuuut ,.!-" uVrt?i, -
iiUccd In touch with. you. TbU
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colas froo Broad and Federal tt. to lata
and Utrket u- aunt iiaoui-elect, a small
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QUICK NEWS
MANAYUNK MILLS CLOSET) BY FLOOD
Thv" rjfpr mills nlone the Schuylkill JUver in MnnnwiitiV ""
foicecl to close at mldflftenioon because of the rising wntcrs. A S
o'clock thr River road was four feet under water and 10 feet of wnW
wa Howlng over Tint Rock Dam The telephone line th the offi"e"
of the dam hnd been cut. Residents nlong the liver started to move
their household goods, following a rumor that a dam had burst at
Conshohockcn.
PHILLY-CHlCAGO DOUBLE-HEADER OFF
CHICAGO, Aug. 4. Wet grounds cnused the postponement of
the twin bill between the Phillies and Cubs here this afternoon.
Two double-headers will be played on the Philadclphian's net visit
to this cityi The Phils left hero for Pittsburgh, where tho Notional
League leaders will stmt a thiee-doy stand tomorrow.
DROWNS IN COBBS CREEK V
John Jolnic was drowned today in Cobbs Creek at Cardlngton.
He wasendeavoiing to reach some driftwood when the bank, which
was washed away by the swollen stream, caved in.
Teutons storm eight Warsaw forts
BERLIN, Aug. 4. Eight of the outer forts defending Ivan
gorod, on the Vistula River, south of Warsaw, have been stormed by
Austio-Gcvman tioop", it was officially nnnounced today.
FRENCH PRIZE COURT JUSTIFIES DACIA SEIZURE
PARIS, Aug. 4. The Fiench Prize Court today handed down
a decision holding the selzuie of the American &hip Dacla to be legal.
MEXICAN BANDITS BLOW UP UNITED -STATES BRIDGE
BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Aug. 4. Following up their recent raids, which yes
terday resulted in tho death of a United States trooper, Mexican bandits today
burned the 233-foot bridge of the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexican Railroad,
eight miles north of Harllnggen. Wires, too, were cut. A posse is pursuing.
ACKLEY-SAYS HE IS WANAMAKER'S SECRETARY
Bentloy D. Ackley, former private secretary, organist and hymn writer for
"Billy" Sunday, tho evangelist, gave out a statement today, in which he said
he had been named as secretary to John Wanamaljer. Mr. Ackley, who is In
Bcranton, said he will have, an ofljee alongside Mr. Wanamaker1, and claims ho
quit the Sunday partybecause of money matters. "In tho Philadelphia cam
paign,' he" said," "Rodeheiver got more money? than Tcould recelvfe in five years (
Slbert got more than I could receive In threp years."
Mr. Ackley'a appointment as secretary to Mr. Wanamaker woa neither
confirmed nor dented at Mr. Wanamaker'a office. Mr. Wanamaker's secretary
eald he knew nothing nbout it. Mr. Wanamaker is away and his secretary did
not know when ho would return.
GERMAN FLEET WITH STEAM UP IN KIEL HARBOR
NEW YORK. Aug. 4. Germany's battle fleet Is at anchor In the harbdr at
Kiel Instead of being confined in the narrow limits of the Kiel Canal, accord
ing to Miss Reglna V. Wlsley, of Holyoke, Mobs , who returned here yesterday
on the Scandinavian-American liner Fredtrlk VIII from Copenhagen. She said
one had seen the German fleet at anchor In Kiel Harbor, and had met a German
naval lieutenant at a social affair who told her that steam was kept up con
stantly on all the war vessels and that they were ready at all times for a dash
to sea.
TELLER OPENS VAULT AT GUN'S POINT; 23,000 GONE
CEDAR RAPIDS, la., Aug. 4. An armed man held up Leo Perrln, paying
teller-.of the Cedar Rapids National Bank today, forced him to open the steel
vault, and escaped with $23,000 In currency. Perrln was found locked In tha
vault by other employes of the bank when they came to work. He was re
moved to a hospital in a hysterical condition. In escaping, the bandit dropped
two packages containing $1000 each.
BIARYLAND COUNTY GOES DRY
LEONARDTOWN, Md., Aug. 4. St Mary's County, the oldest county In
theStato ondjforiraany-'yearsvtho "wettest" In southern Maryland, went "dry"
ya majority of'fiBS, according-to total, count oC yesterday's' vote.
GERMANS SINK BELGIAN STEAMSHIP
LONDON, Aug. 4. The Belgian steamship Koothandel has been sunk by
a German submarine. A Lloyd's dispatch reports nine men Injured.
BELGIAN ARMY STRONG AS EVER, SAYS KING
MILAN, Aug. 4. Through the medium of II Secolo, which has above all
other Italian papers supported the cause of Belgium. King Albert expressed hla
thanks for the sympathy which has been shown to the Belgians byUhe Italians.
After having spoken of the events of tho first year of war and the present posi
tion on tha Belgian-German front, the King remarks that the prolongation of
the war has allowed the Belgians to, re-form their organizations. The result,
says the King, la that after a year of war tha Belgian army now finds Itself
again as strong as it was at the moment of the German invasion last August
GENERAL NICHOLAS VON BELOW KILLED IN ACTION
BERLIN, Aug. 4. Major General Nicholas von Below, commander of an
Infantry brigade in the German army, has been Wiled In notion, it waa an
nounced today.
1,000,000 MUST WORK FOR BRITAIN'S FLEET
LONDON, Aug. 4, The labor of a million man will be required to lnsura.
the predominance of tha British fleet at sea, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Reginald McKenna, declared at a meeting at Preston last night. The British
Government, he said, waa spending upon the nayy nearly $3,000,000. dally tn
excess of what was spent in peace times.
RUSSIAN AIR FLEET DRIVES GERMAN GUNBOAT ASHORE
PETRQGRAD, Aug. 4 An official tsommunlcattem issued iare saya "Oar
hydroaeroplane! have attacked near Wlndau a German gunboat and forced
It to run ashore. The same hydroaeroplanes attaekud and forced to retreat a
Zeppelin and two hydroaeroplanes, of the latter of wWeh one waa brought
down,"
ARMENIAN REPORTS MASSACRE OF 8QM
PARIS, Aug. 4v B, Varazdate, a roambar a th cojnjUta) at th Armenian
Social Democratic party, writing to L'Humasltn, saw VUf HBMe w re
ceived word that Turks, after massacring all of th. maps t Ums vopuUuan
In the reflon of Bltlt,n, Turkish Armenia, asaaratrted, 89 wate awi &ntr
and drove ,them to the twnka of the Tigris, wtxtra y shot them ajid &mg
tho bodies! Into the, river. These advices Have not paP suJptaUfttad front jtuir .
other source. "
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KBICHSTAG TO VOTS NBW WAR CREDITS
BERLIN. Aug. 4. Tha chlaf buaiaMS of tte Rfaa. -vrUUih anfttaa os
August 19. will be to vote aaw credits for w purpoaaa. Wliile th oatdiia I
the new booda have sot bean arranged, it is asauintid ytMir bii-i-MM ':-:
tha awouat, like that of th last lon, wtU l onltUgl. Tfea rftW will tw pa
cailfe, fc k aubfccrlptiou prtc is (WpaOed to kMsetttIW S, as raspr"
!ard wltlt Se for tha Umreh loan. m