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BVEtfllTCf EEDGEE PHILADELPHIA, THTJESDAY, FEBRTJABY 10, 1016.
CZAR'S TROOPS
FORCE DNIESTER;
ON WEST BANK
Capture of UsciecjJko Gives
Slavs Advantage in Ga-
lician Campaign
DVINSK BATTLE CENTRE
IONDOtf, Feb. 10. Sovero fighting Is
again ueveioping on mo uvinsK ironi. i
preliminary artillery duels having been
succeeded by n continuous bombard
ment of groat Intensity on both sides,
according to a Potrograd dispatch. I
The Hermann liavo taken the Initia
tive and attacked the railway Htation at
Llksno, on the cant bank of the Dvlna,
seven miles northwest of Dvlnsk, This
would Indicate a serious penetration of
the Jlusslan lines, but tho Husslan Staff
explains thnt tho German forces were
unable to advance, still occupying their ,
old positions, and succeeded In reaching
I.lkano only by using- henvy artillery,
which they now have had time to mount
Regarding the security of the strong
German fortifications which were erect
ed along the northern front during
Field Marshal von Illndonburg'fl cam
paign against Dvlnsk. Russian military
critics bcllovo they will remain effective
only as long ns tho ground remains
frozen, and .that In the early spring the
German position, Including Mltau, wilt be
come, untenable
Little Importance, therefore. Is attached
In these circles to tho persistent predic
tions of a great German offensive against
Itlga and Dvlnsk In March, slnco Russian
military mcrr havo been convinced by the
failure of Von Hlndonburg's last efforts
to take Dvlnsk that even under conditions
most favorable to thci Germans tho
DvIr.nk-IUga Una Is Impregnate.
The German official statement Ib silent
concerting tho advance on Dvlnsk and con
fines Itself to chronicling tho rcpulso of
minor Russian attacks. It says:
"Minor Russian attacks, made In the
neighborhood of Illoukst. northeast of
Dvlnsk. and against tne field guard post
that wo haru captured on the Cth on tho
Baranovlch-Lyakhovichl Hallway, were re
pulsed," GERMANS WIN BACK
POSITION NEAR VIMY
Continued from Tune One
oners nnd captured Iwo rapid flro guns
and a revolver cannon."
German guns bellovpd to have a range
of more thnn twenty miles aro being used
In a systematic effort to destroy Uelfort.
tho mighty fortress that forms tho key
stone of tho French defenso on the east
ern frontier. On Tuesday nnd Wednes
day ten Bhclls were hurled Into Uelfort
by those mighty cannon, which aro be
lieved to bo the latest output of tho
Krupp factwry at Essen.
French aviators aro trying to ascertain
tho location of the guns, which probably
are mounted In some hidden recess of tho
Vosges mountains When their position
Is determined, French officers declare It
will bo a simple matter for an air squad
ron to put them out of commission by
dropping bombs.
BERLIN ASSERTS GAINS
MADE IN VIMY REGION
Trenches and Mine Crater Captured.
Twenty-two Machine Guns Tukcn
BERLIN. Fob. 10. Further success for
the German troops operating In the west
ern theatre of war Is announced In to
day's report from Great Headquarters.
Besides taking additional trerjehes nnd
recapturing a cratpr, the German troops
took 22 machine guns from the French.
The text of the report follows:
"Northwest of Vlmy wo captured a
large trench section from the French and
also a crater near Neuvllle. which had
been previously lost to tho enemy. We
took G2 prisoners and 22 machine guns,
i "South of the Somme several French at
tacks were repulsed. North of Uecquin
court the enemy succeeded in gaining a
foothold In a small section of the foremost
line of German trenches.
"On Combres IIIU we destroyed an
enemy mine position by an explosion.
French mine operations northeast of Celles
In tho Vosges were unsuccessful."
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UPRESA DI ATTVETA'
NAVALE IN ADRIATICO;
LE PRIME AVVISAGLIE
Gravi Dissensi tra i Govern! di
Vienna c di Sofia per la
Futura Divisionc delle
Spoglio
RUMANIA ED ALLEATI
nOMA, 10 Febbmlo.
rtlcomlncla ncl Maro Adrlailco l'attl-
vlla" ti.avaln. f!I trntfn per ora solamento
di slluranti e dl sottomarlnl, ma lion o'
Hiinnssltilln elio si jiljbla tra non molto,
sprclnlmcnlo so gll nUBtrlad declderanno '
,11 nlt.inr.nrn Vnlrtntl. nllnlellQ Combattl
mento tra unitn' dl mngglore Importanza. ncutrn0i
fil credo lllfattl cllC. BO I'attnCCO SU V- j 11 nrr.it,tntn ,lel rVinalnlfn .!(...... I
i lona dovra' e-iftero operato, sara necensa- n)lo vocl BCCon(0 cu u ROvcrno cllcnlco
no rue lo lorzo navaii nusinacno uwium snrcobe slato fatto segno a fortl prcs-
qualchc portltn. I Honl porcho' partcclpasso nlla gucrra,
Qucsta mattlna it Mlnlstoro dclla am- , jssc cIlo ncssuna coerclzlonc, per quanto
rlna ha pubbllcato un comunlcato ufil- Brave o penosn, potrebbe ugungllaro II
rlthrdo. nasi d'attrondo non st nzzardano
dl avanzare senza 1'aluto delta forza but
gare.
Inlanto el contlnua a dlro che la Ru
mania si trova nella sua ora crltlca e
sarebbo Irrlpegnata In grnvl trattatlvo
con lo potenzo centrall cho honno fatto
passl dcclslvl. SI dlco a qucsto propo
slto cho quando I tcdcschl avrnnno Ilnlto
II loro concentrnmento sulla frontlora
rumena domanderanno cho Ilratlanu
ccda 11 potero a Carp, cho o' nssolutamento
In favore del tedeschl. Kl dice che una
grave nota sla gla' stata prcscnlata a
IJuchnrest o che I bulgnrl vadano conccn-
tra ml os I sulla frontlera rumena nella zona
dl Kutscluk. II governo rumeno ncmbra
pero' Bcmpro plu' propc. so ngll aleatt.
Un lolcgramma da 1'arlgl dlco cho Un
rcpnrto dl truppo frnncosl ha occupato
l'lsola dl Fano, che o' a nord dl Corfu' n
cho nppartlcno alia Grccla. Gil alleatl
occupano ora lo Isolo grecho dl Molos,
Lemno, linbro, Mitllcne, Corfu' o Fano.
Telegrnmml da Atcno dlcono che II prcs
Idente del Conslgllo grcco, Skutudls, par
lando lrl nella Camera del Doputatl cho
era stnta rlconvocotn, rlaffcrmo' la de
clslono del governo cllcnlco dl rlmanoro
WHERE GEItMANS LOST 00,000
Fierce fighting has been in proR
resa for several days around the
heights of Viny, above Arras,
France. These heights dominate
several towns of industrial and
strategical importance. The Ger
mans have lost heavily in suc
cessive attacks in the direction of
the arrow.
AUSTRIA MUST
EXPLAIN ATTACK
UPON PETROLITE
U. S. Wants Apology for
Seizure of Food From
American Ship
SHOT WOUNDED SAILOR
FOOD CRISIS IN GERMANY
CAUSES ALARM THERE
Papers Reveal Extent of Shortage.
Substitutes Widely Used
LONDON, Feb. 10. While the German
newspapers aro telling of the Kaiser and
his armies marching on from victory to
victory, and are relating dally new ex
ploits calculated to stir the people to en
thusiasm, the fact that Germany actually
Is on tho vergo of starvation Is becoming
dally mora apparent This conclusion Is
not founded on the statements of alleged
"neutrals," whoso Impressions necessarily
are biased, but Is based on reports of tho
artuaJ conditions as related by the Ger
man press.
The theory Is advanced that the Berlin
Government encourages the publication
of alarming reports on tho food situation
with a view to misleading tho enemy.
This obviously is absurd. The German
press Is filled not only with reports of a
moat serious food crisis, but with adver
tisements of substitutes for missing arti
cles of diet and the feverish activities of
scientists seeking to discover new food
stuffs. It Is obvious that the Government does
not encourage the publication of adver
tisements like the following, displayed In
Berlin papers:
"In view of the great shortage of fats
hotels, restaurants and all cooks are
urged) tto make use of the new apparatus,
called the Fats-separator, which. In
serted In an ordinary sink, prevents a
particle of fatty matter from slipping
through into the drain."
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.
Austria must explain to the United
States why one of her submarine com
manders stopped tho American ship Pe
trolltc, a Standard Oil tnnkcr, In eastern
Mediterranean waters and helped him
self to stores nhoanl. In making this
announcement today Secretary Lansing
said the request for explanation was not
a "note," but ho said also that "perhaps
there may bo demands later."
Tho request for Information and an In
vestigation, it ;ik learned today, is based
on affidavits received by mall from Tap
tain Thompson, of tho Pctiollte, which
supplemented naval affidavits and which
clcarod up the question of tho Identity
of tho submarine
C.iptnln Thompson's affidavits to tho
State Department set forth that he was
bound from Alexandria to Philadelphia
lie said tho Petrollto was Hying the Stars
and Stripes and had her name and na
tionality painted In huge white letters
on her side While he was IipIqw deck
Thompson sworo he was startled by the
sound of a. shot. Ho rushed to the bridge
and stopped the ship One man, a Dane,
was wounded by a shot fired after the
ship stopped.
When the submarlno ran alongside tho
Austrian commander asked Thompson to
sell some provisions Thompson refused.
Tho Austrian commander is said to havo
replied: "We'll take thorn any way."
Then, according to Thompson an Ameri
can seaman was taltcn on board the sub
marine as a hostage whllo tho Austrlans
helped themselves to tho stores.
A report which was not denkd at tho
Statu Department today was that tho
Thompson aflldavltH contain mention of
shots fired by tho submarine whllo
Thompson was on his way in a small
boat to present his ship's papers to tho
submarine commander.
Despite the seeming seriousness of tho
Incident, ofilclals today refused to Eeo
another crisis In the Petrollto case.
clals ncl quale annuncla cho si Bono avutl
ncl giornl Hcorsl clnquo scontrl navall
nell'Adrfatlto. Ecco 11 tcsto del comunl
cato: ".Vol nomerlcclo del G corrcnte un
I caerlatorpodlnlcro Itallano rho scortava
un Incroclatoro allcato nvvisto- un cuc
clatorpodlnlcro nustrlaco del tlpo Hussard
cd un Idroneroplnno puro austrlnco. Un
lncroclatoro Itallano aprl" II fuoco sulla
sllumnto austrlaca cho fuggl' alia sua
baso dl Cattaro mettcndosl sotto la pro
tczlonc delle battorlo del fortl.
"Ncllo stesso glorno un lncroclatoro al
lcato Inseul' qualtro torpcdlnlcro nus
trlncho oblilignndolu n lornare nlla loro
base Plu' tardl un sottomarlno nus
trlaco nttneco' lo stesso lncroclatoro
tncntrp questo era dnvanll nll.i' ratla dl
Durnzzo, ma II slluro non colpl' II ber
sagilo. "Un nitro sottomarlo nustrlaco nttacco'
davantl a Capo Laghi, sulla costa nlban
cse, duo torpedlnlero Itallano cho, dopo
nvcro Bc.in&ato I sllurl, attnecarono a loro
voll.a il sottomarlno con bombo.
"Ncl pomerlgglo del glorno S un sotto
marlno nustrlaco nttacco' senza colplrll
un lncroclatoro franceso cd una squadra
Itnllana ho Incroclavano davantl alio
costo nlbanesl."
Notlzle dalla Pcnlsola Ralcanlca dlscono
cho lo vocl dl dlsaccordl scopplatl tra
l'Austria c la Bulgaria per quanto rl
guarda l'Alhania hanno mi fondnmento
dl verita' Gll Intercssl del duo pncsl sono
In conlllttQ c per II momento non pare
che si sla ancora trovata la via dl ri
solvcro lo dlvergenze. Non solo, ma si
credo eho questo conllltto dl Intercssl ab
bla II suo effetto aiicho sulla offcnslva
che teutonl o bulgnrl dovevnno lanclarc
contro Salonlcco Qucsto splega 11 rl
tordo degll austrlarl o del bulgnrl ad oc
cupare Durnzzo, pure cssendo alio porto
dl quclla cltta' nlbancsc,
Xji ricrmanla ha promesso Durazzo nlla
Bulgaria, ma sn la Bulgaria occup a Du
rzzo l'Austria l vedo tagllata dl nuovo
la via dl Salonlcco a cul cssa non ha
nffntto ilnunclato. Intanto proordono
trattatlvo dlplomatlchu tra 1 governl dl
Vienna e dl Sofia
t'n telcgramma da Atone dlco che II
mlnistro dl Bulgaria a Bucarcst, M. Ha
doff, ha dctto ad alcunl lntlml nmlcl cho
mentro I duo governl d'Austrla o dl Bul
garia cerenno dl venire ad un nccordo,
laioIa condlzlono alia quale I bulgarl par
tceiporanno nlPattacco su Salonlcco e'
cho dopo la guerra qucsto porto groco
slu dato alia Bulgaria.
Altre notlzle dlcono cho il rltardo
dell'attacco su Salonlcco e' dovuto al fatto
cho I turchl hanno dovuto togllere truppo
dalla Tracla per mandaric verso Krzerum
nd arrestarc 1'avanzala del russl Qui i
ltoin.i si ritlene che soltanto la promessa
del porto ill Durazzo varra' a dccldcre I
bulgarl ad u anare verso l'Adrlatlco SI
dlco cho i bulgarl non hanno potuto avan
zare plu' oltro dl Klb.-jinan perche' man
cano vlo ill comunlcazlone, cohlccho' si
credo cho II collegatnento degll austrlarl
e del bulgarl Mn sia avvcrmto ancora o
gll austrlacl t-arebbero csaperatl per questo
dlsastro che vcrrebbo nlla
sua porleclpazlono alia guerre
Orcrla da
europea.
AUSTRIANS WIN
DURAZZO;FRENCH
LAND AT VALONA
Italian Expeditionary Col
umn Reinforced to Check
Foe's Control of Adriatic
BULGARS MAKE ADVANCE
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VIENNA, Fob. 10.
A dispatch from Ccttlnjo says It Is re
ported thero that Austro-Hungnrlan
troops havo reached Durazzo and aro oc
cupying tho Albanian city without re
sistance. Their next move will bo toward
Valona In on offenslvo lo gain tho base
of tho Italian expeditionary forco nnd
thus control tho Adriatic.
HOME, Feb. 10.
Allied troops nrc reported to have
landed at Valona (Avlona), Albania, to
reinforce the Italian nnd Serbian forces
which are defending" tho city.
Vatpnn Is on tho Gulf of Valona, 60
miles north of Corfu nnd GO miles south
of Durazzo. It l the objective of n Bul
garian army which has been advancing
slowly through southern Albania and
which Is now at Herat, about i- miles
away. t
It Is possible that French troops from
General Meullo Dcsjardln'a command at
Corfu may have boon sent to Valona to
assist in tho defenso of tho port
French soldiers havo been landed on
Fano Island, 15 mllci northwest of Corfu,
oml havo taken complete possession.
Thero Is severe lighting in progress
north of Durnzzo, where both tho Ser
bians nnd AUstrd-IIungarlans claim to
hnvo won a victory. A dispatch to he
Idea Nazlonale from Durazzo Btatps that
Prlnco William of Wleil. former King of
Albania, has arrived at Scutari to mnko
a triumphal entry Into Durazzo, his for
mer capital, If the Austrlans aro success
ful In taking It. . L ,
Tho lull on the Greek border continues
with the exception of Intermittent nlr
raids by both sides The Greeks aro said
to bo masilng heavy forces on tho north
ern border of nplrus. ...... .
Advices from Athens state that the be
lief exists thero that no attack will
bo mode by tho German allies at present.
Tho explanation is that tho offensive
against tho Allies has boon postponed
until nttcr a grand attack against ono
of the more Important fronts, possibly
the Italian front.
75,000 SEItl! TROOPS llEACll
JJASE ON ISLAND, OP COlUj
Remnants of Shattered Army ComM
pieung rjvncuaiion or Albania
PATHS, Feb. in 1
Tn timnher nf flerlilnn lhv,n. ., .- . i0- A
ronrherl Ihs Island nf C.nrt,. I. ...,1W9
,nt 73,000 by a correspondent of tho piiul
Pnrlslcn, who says that In two days im 3
000 Serbians will havo arrived there .V
llm Avnrimflnn of Alhnntn ,lll i Rnll
completed. "V0M!1
The dispatch says the Hulgarlaha hJ
occupied Tirana, 20 miles enst of Dur. i
zo, and that Important fighting aDn.-m.nTT
Is Imminent. Tho Austrlahs In front . J
nitMsin nrrt linnitiererl lir . i . w .
dltlon of tho roads. a C0I
A French detachment, tho corrrsDonii.i
reports, has occupied tho Greek l.tV?J'
nf l.'nno. north of Corfu. "'M
Uurnctl nB Wire Hlln Locomotive
Whllo standing on tho tender of a lomlH
motlvo attached to tho Pcnnsvlvnnl. Wi
road express duo to leavo this city f '
New York at 12:31 this morning, KraiVjr !
Wlncss, n fireman, was seriously Inlnw
when a looso feed wlro touched tho mIH
of the engine. Wlncss, whoso homo li ul
Jersey City, was burned nbout the fectLS '
ono nnnu. no was laKen to tho JIcdlnC'SK
Chlrtirglcal Hospital In a serious cnn.i.7i?r$?!
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