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    United States Senators Weakening Under
HARRISBTJRG |Ss|fßfl TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 32
SEMITE. 11l SESSION
SINCE MONDAY NOON.
IS DEADLOCKED OVER
WILSON'S SHIP BICE
Senator Penrose, in Washing
ton Against Physician's
Advice, Weakened by the
Strain and Had to Be
Taken to His Hotel; Tem
perature Over 100
NO BREAK IS IN SIGHT,
ACCORDING TO LEADERS
Efforts to Adjourn During
Last Night Twice Proved
Futile; Wilson Now Sug
gests Shipping Measure
May Be Attached to
Weeks' Bill
By Associated Press
Washington, D. <Feb. 10.—Dead
locked over President Wilson's ship
bill in a continuous session which ex-1
cceds by many hours any other of]
which there is record, the Senate to-I
day showed no sign of an end to the;
legislative struggle.
At 10 o'clock this morning the Sen-;
ate had been in continuous session 40 j
hours—two days and two nights. Sena- !
tor fownsend. Republican, had reliev
ed Senator Sherman, who had been.
talking since 1 a. m„ opening the day's;
assault on the shipping bill from the i
Republican side. Mr. Townsen-I;
spoke, fresh forces on both sides ofj
the chamber relieved the tired, heavy:
eyed senators who had stood guard j
through the night.
Many senators had begun to break,
under the physical strain of the fight
Senator Penrose was compelled last i
right to go to his hotel tinder care of I
. physician. Others were forced by
Vdiysical exhaustion to retire to their I
™ omes, but plans of Senate leaders;
were made to rush them back on short j
notice as their votes were needed.
Plan to Adjourn Fails
Twice during the night Republicans
and allied Democrats of the opposi
tion vainly sought to adjourn the Sen
ate, but administration lines held flrm
l.v. Majority Deader Kern asserted
early in the day that there would he
no let-up until the pending question, at
least, could be put to a vote. The
pending question still remains on a
motion of Senator Fletcher to recom
mit the bill with instructions for its
immediate amendment and return to I
the Senate.
Meanwhile means for forcing the
shipping bill through were being dis
cussed by President Wilson at early
morning conferences to-day with ma
jority Deader Underwood of the House
and Representative Kitchen, who is to
succeed Mr. Underwood as the House
leader after March 1.
The President's suggestion to the
House leaders was that the Senate
shipping bill might be attached as an
amendment to the Weeks' bill, al
ready passed by the Senate, providing
for the use of naval vessels in carry
ing mails nnd freight.. The Weeks
bill is now before the House naval af,
fairs committee. The President, it
was understood, had not finally de
termined to press this idea but it is
said to have the support of a number
of Republicans in the Senate.
No T'jtra Scsion Wanted
Mr. Kitchen went to the White
House primarily to take up with the
President the views of members of
the ways and means committee that
there should be no extra session of
C'oncrress.
lie stated that position frankly to
the President but went away with the
imnression that the President will in
sist on the shipping bill, even if it nec
essitates an extra session. The Pres
ident told Mr. Kitchen, however, that
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CONSIDER APPROPRIATION RUX
By Associated Press
Washington. Feb. 10. —The Sundry
Civil Appropriation bill was aprain be
fore the House for consideration to
day. Items up for debate included an
anpropriation of $3,000,000 for a
physical valuation of the railroads of
the country. Republican opposition
to the proposed appropriation was re
sponsible for an abrupt adjournment
of the House last night.
THE WEATHER]
For HarrlahorK fiml vlrinllri Knlr,
continued cold to-night with
lownt tenipcrnture about 15 de-
Ifre«i Thursday, fair anil
warmer.
For Kastern Pennsylvaniai Fair to
night and Thursday; warmer
Thursday; light to moderate,
variable winds.
HI ver
The river and all Ita tributaries
will continue to fall slowly to
night and Ttiurnday and probahlv
for several days. A stage of
about B.R feet la Indicated for
Harrlsbtirg Thursday morning.
General Conditions
Pressure Is high over the eastern
and low over nearly all the west
ern half of the country. There
were snow flurries Tnesdav from
the I.akc Region and the Inner
Ohio Valley eastward to the \t
lantlc coast.
There has been a further fall of a
to 18 degrees In temperature In
the I pper t hlo Valley and front
the tireat Lakes eastward to the
Atlantic.
Tempera! lire I 8 a. m., tS.
Sunt lilacs, 7 a. m.s sets, 5:29
p. m.
tlooni New moon, February irt.
11:31 a.m.
Ulier Stagei 5.7 feet above low
wnter mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperntnre, SS,
l.oweat temperature, '.K.
Mean temperature. 25.
.\firunl temperature, 21*.
HARRISBURG OPERATIC SOCI
AT MAJESTIC TOMORROW AS
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LEADING PEOPLE IX "THE MIKADO*'
These seenes from "The Mikado" show several of the leading people. In the etching on the left is George
Hov, royal umbrella furrier, and Elmer W. Ehler, the Mikado of Japan, around whom (lie opera is written. On
the right is Miss Ada Heishley as Yum-Yum and Jerome Hamilton as Nanki-Poo, tlie Mikado's son.
D'CASTEtUNE LOSES
CASE SEC® TIME
Rota Tribunal Rejects Count's
Suit For Annulment of
His Marriage
By Associated Press
Paris, Feb. 10. 5.50 A. M.—The Rota
tribunal lias rejected Count Boni De
Castellane's suit for the annulment of
his marriage to Anna Gould, now the
Duchess of Talleyrand, according to a
special dispatch from Rome. Argu
ments in the third trial of the case
were doled yesterday after which the
court announced its decision.
<"ount De Castellane's 'appeal to the
\ atican courts for the annulment 01"
his marriage to Anna Gould has been
pending since 1910. Under the eccles
iastic judicial system before a religious
marriage is annulled the case must
be heard three times by the Rota Tri
bunal. each time by three different
judges and two decisions must favor
a contestant before the judgment is
final. In the Castellane ease the pres
ent Duchess of Talleyrand has won
two of these decisions.
If the count had been successful in
obtaining annulment of the religious
marriage he would have been enabled
to marry again. Under the French law
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ANTHRACITE TAX
REPEALER GOES 111
Mr. Ramsey, of Delaware, Pre
sents Measure to Kill Act
of 1913
A bill to repeal the anthracite coal
tax law of 1913 was introduced in the
House to-day by Mr. Ramsey, Dela
ware. This act placed a tax of per
cent, ad valorem on all anthracite coal
prepared for market half of which
was to be returned by the State 10
counties producing hard coal. It is
now in the courts and the revenue ex
pected has not been received owing to
the litigation.
A constitutional amendment to
abolish the fee system for county offi
cers and place them on a salary is
proposed in a resolution presented by
Mr. Neville. Montgomery.
• itlier bills presented were:
Mr. Adams, Luzerne—Appropriating
SB,OOO for a bronze tablet bearing Lin
coln's Gettysburg address to be placed
on the wall of the hall of the House
back of the speaker's desk.
Mr. Wilson. Philadelphia—Estab
[Continued on Page 5.1
Bishop Burt Confers
With His Cabinet Here
Bishop William Burt, of the Meth
odist Kpiscopal Church, who will pre
side at the sessions of the Central
Pennsylvania Conference, to be held
in Shamokln. in March, yesterday met
with the district superintendents of
the conference at the Bolton House.
The meeting of the bishop and his
cabinet is held annually for the pur
pose of making plans for the annual
conference. In addition to Bishop
Burt the following district superin
tendents were present:
Simpson B. Evans, Tyrone; James
B. Stein, Hazleton; A. S. Fasick, Car
lisle; B. H. Mosser, Huntingdon, and
Emory AI. Stevens, Willlanisport.
Teamster Knocked Under
Wheels by Shifting Load
Peter Miller, aged 70, a teamster
employed by Robert Bretz, of Enola,
is in a* critical condition at the Har
risburg Hospital as a resiilt of being
thrown from his wagon this afternoon.
Miller was hauling a load, of furni
ture at Enola. While descending a
hill the furniture shifted, knocking
Miller from his seat. The aged man
fell under the wheels, which passed
over his abdomen. He was brought
to the Harriiburg Hospital in an un
conscious condition.
HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBkUARY 10, 1915.
26 Pretty Girls Will Be Just One
of the Pleasing Features; Elmer
W. Ehler as "The Mikado;"
Ada Heishley in Role of "Yum-
Yum '
Pretty girls, catchy music and all
Operatic Society's presentation of
! touches will feature the Harrisburg j
< (peratic Society's, presentation of
"The Mikado" nt the Majestic Theater
to-morrow and Friday evening.
Tlie operetta is being given for the
benefit of the Belgian suftcrers.
The production is under the direc
tion of Elmer W. Ehler and Frank H.
Davies. Mr. Ehler takes the leading
role of the Mikado and Mr. Davies
is lord high executioner. The music
is under the direction of Professor E.
J. Decevee. Miss Ada Heishley as
Yum-Ynm and Jerome Hamilton as
Nanki-Pdo will put the romance into
the evening's entertainment. The cast
will be as follows'
The Mikado of Japan, Elmer AV.
Ehler: Nanki-Poo, his son. Jerome
Hamilton; Ko-Ko, the lord high exe
cutioner, Frank H. Davies; Pooh-Bah,
lord high everything else. H. Russell
Hupp: Pish-Tush. Louis Munneli;
Pitti-Sing, Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo and
Katisha, wards of Ko-Ko, Ruth
Hoover, Ada Heishley, Helen Kelster
and Mrs. Jacob Miller; C'hee-Fee, royal
umbrella carrier, George Hoy.
Aet I —Courtyard of Ko-Ko's official
residence. Act IT—Ko-Ko's garden.
The girls' chorus includes Misses
Mary Towsen, Nora Gaffney, Helen
Smiley, Susan Kurzenknabe, Mabel
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ASK MAYOR TO OFFER
RELIEF PLAN OR QUIT
PLAYINGTO GALLERY
Problem of Providing Work For
Unemployed Put Squarely Up
to City's Executive
RESOLUTION IN COUNCIL
Commissioner Lynch Offers Meas
ures at Special Session; Eager
to Provide Work
Mayor John K. Royal was asked by
cottncllntanlu resolution this afternoon
either to suggest a plan whereby the
city could provide work for the unem
ployed in accordance with the require
ments of Ills own resolution or yester
day or—
To admit that ho is simply playing
UP the galleries.
The question that required either
an "aye" or "no" vote, or straddling
of the fence, was embodied in a reso
lution offered at this afternoon's
special session of Council by Commis
sioner W. H. Lynch, superintendent of
streets and public Improvements, and
seconded by Commissioner Harry F.
rContlnuecl 011 l'age 2]
Bishop Urges Ministers to
Work For Half-rate Bill
Bishop James H. Darlington spoke
to members of the Civic Council of
Churches last evening In the Zion Lu
theran Church, urging them to co
operate in securing the passage of the
Hefferman bill to permit railroads to
grant reduced fares to clergymen. To- ,
day all the ministers in the city have
been asked to work for the passage of
the bill.
TAFT OPPOSES LAW TO
FORBID MUNITION KALE
Special Io The Telegraph
New Haven, Conn., Feb. 10. —Wil-
liam Howard Taft made public to-day
a letter he wrote on January 26 to
Professor Edmund Von Mach, of Har
\ard University, in which the former
President opposes the enactment of a I
law forbidding the supply of muni-,
tlons or war from this country to the!
belligerent nations.
BELIEVE KSISER IS
10 BECOME MOSLEM
ReV. Labaree, Writing of War
! Experiences, Says Persians
Think Germans Invulnerable
The Rev. Robert M. Labaree, who
married Miss Mary Fleming of this
city, and is at i>resent with his wife
in Tabriz, Persia, as a missionary of
| the Doylestown Presbyterian Church,
j recently wrote a letter to the congre
i Ration. Many Harrisburgers are
friends of the Rev. and Mrs. Labaree.
He tells many of his experiences in
Persia and of the treatment he re
ceived in some towns. His letter in
part follows:
Tabriz, Persia, December 19, 1914.
My dear Friends:
I missed my last quarterly letter to
you because just as I was about to
write it the war broke out and it look
ed as if no mail would pass either
■way.
Traveling Kxperionces
Let mo tell you some brief pictures
of a few of our experiences on this
trip, some of the lighter experiences
which helped to give variety and zest
to the work. »
Where we stopped for our first Sun
day, my companion, Rabi Stapun. and
I were alone in our very humble rooin,
[Continued on Page 81
CUNAFtDEB ORDUI
RAISED U. S, FLAG
; Passengers Say Stars and Stripes
Were Hoisted to Protect
British Liner
Ry Associated Press
New York, Feb. 10.—Passengers on
the Cunard Linn British steamer Or
duna, which arrived here to-day from
England said that the steamer flew
the American flag for nearly 24 hours
on January 31 while passing through
the Irish Sea. The Stars and Stripes,
they said, were hoisted on Sunday
about an hour after the Orduna left
Liverpool and not hauled down until
early Monday morning.
The Orduna was scheduled to sail
from Liverpool on Saturday, January
30, but did not depart until 10:30
o'clock the next morning. Passengers
| heard that the reason for the delay
was that a German submarine was
hovering in the vicinity. The Amcr|j
can flag was raised, they said, shortly
after the Orduna cleared the Mersey.
The steamship touched at Queenstown
the same day and was flying the Stars
and Stripes when she entered and
left the harbor, they said.
The explanation which the passen
gers said they received was that the
American flag had been raised for the
purpose of protecting the American
citizens among the 240 passengers.
TW O PI- \ NTS ItKSIMH IN Fl'l,l,
AFTER LONG CURTAILMENT
Special Io The Telegraph
Pittsburgh, Feb. 10.—For the first
time in six months, the Pennsylvania
Rubber Company resumed operations
in full yesterday. The night force
was ordered on duty Monday night
Several hundred men were afforded
employment by the Increase in work
ing hours.
Officials of the plant said vesterday
that the present force of 800 men would
be augmented by 600 additional work
men as soon as the company's new
! plant, which has been under conatruc
-1 tion for several months Is opened. This
Is expected to occur within the next
I two weeks.
The Valley Mold and Iron Company's
l.lg plant at Sharpsvllle resumed opera
tions yesterday morning after several
weeks' Idleness on account of a scarcity
of orders. Nearly 400 men tve.e or
dered on full time.
BOMBS DROPPED OX PORTS
Mitylene, Via Paris, Feb. io. 6.10
A. M.—Several Jsngllsh and French
aeroplanes flejv over Turkish Thrace
yesterday according to a dispatch from
Tenedos. Two of the machines went
as far as Adrianople, dropping bombs
on the forts.
STOCKHOLDERS HOLD
STORMY SESSION AT
SHAEF'STOII BANK
$41,000 in Cash Needed Before
Institution Can Open Its
Doors
| JAIL INSURANCE AGENT
D. B. Kieffer, of Middletown, and
Irvin Horst Both Involved
in Failure
Special to The Telegraph
I.elHinon. I'H.. Feb. 10. —A shortage
or at least M 1.000 in the accounts of |
, the SchacfTerstowii First National
Hank, which was closed last Saturday 1
' morning following the suicide of its
j < aslilcr, Alvln iliiiner. was disclosed by 1
| olllcers of the hank tiiis morning at a
i stormy meeting of altout 200 stock- 1
| holders.
The meeting was Anally adjourned
without any dellnitc action lo meet
again this evening.
| it was alleged that l>. I!. Kieffer. I
of Middletown, mid Irvin llorst, of
Schaefferstowii. were hotii involved in i
the failure, as well us Arthur •). Ho- 1
verier, the l<cl)uiioii insurance man, 1
who was arrested yesterday. It is pre- ;
sinned that these three men arc the
' three alluded to in the letter written I
|by the dead cashier telling of the
j hank's failure.
It was stated at the meeting that j
I Kieffer owed $12,000 and irvin Horst
j SIO,OOO, both of which were regarded
las collectible sooner or later. These !
| amounts, with the $18,500 with which
i Hoverter was charged with misapply
ing and the SIB,OOO bond of Alvin
Binner. it was stated, would make a I
lotal which, if collectible, would offset '
i (he shortage.
Expect Receiver Appoinment
Failure of the bank officials to give i
| the assembled stockholders anything
! delinite in the way of figures covering!
the loss or complete information as to
'the manner in which the loss was
| sustained caused a majority of tlie|
I stockholders to withhold their assent
| that they put up money at once. Aj
I few of the stockholders, represented i
by the directorate pledge themselves
Ito subscribe funds.
I D. B. Kieffer, who Is a cattle deal
j er, President Horst declared good for
all of the $12,000 which he owes and
Irwin Horst, the Schaefferstown qigar
manufacturer and tobacco dealer Is
I looked upon as certain to pay every
j penny of Ills SIO,OOO account. The
Kieffer and llorst accounts with the
| $1.1,000 represented by Hinner, the
I bondsmen pointed out, would even-
Itually reduce the present deficit of
$41,000 to but $4,000. but the whole of
the deficit is demanded at this time in
order to save the bank. As it is there
is every prospect of treasury depart
ment having a receiver appointed be
fore the end of the week, President
Horst said.
Arthur J. Hoverter, a prominent
and well-known insurance agent, of
366 North Eighth street, this city, was
arrested as an accomplle last night.
Hoverter is charged with aiding and
appropriation of the funds of the in
appropriation of me funds o fthe in
stitution. Technically he is charged
! with having received from Binner the
proceeds of twenty-nine worthless
checks, ranging in amount from $26
| to $4,000, all dt-awn on the Farmers'
j Trust Company of Lebanon and ag
gregating a total of $18,582.21. The
checks were cashed during 1913 and
1914 and Bank Examiner Trfigan as
serts that they were all fraudulent
[Continued on Pace 2]
Desires Week Longer For
Filing Nomination Papers
Under the terms of proposed
amendments to the election laws pre
sented in the House to-day by Repre
sentative Kitts, Erie, one week is
added to the periods in which nomi
nating petitions may be filed with the
secretary of the commonwealth or the
county commissioners, according to
the classification of the offices. The
period for filing with the secretary is
made five weeks and with the com
missioners four weeks prior to the
primary elections.
•Mr. Kitts stated that he has In con
templation bills which would restrict
voting at elections to candidates duly
nominated and to do away with the
practice of -writing in names or using
j "stickers."
| Representatives Stern, Philadelphia,
I to-day introduced a bill in the House
to provide that in case of a vacancy
occurring in the office of mayor of
Philadelphia his successor should be
elected by councils in Joint convention
and hold office until his successor can
be elected at the next ensuing muni
cipal election. He stated that the aet
would prevent automatic filling of the
office by a director of a city depart
ment.
READY TO SIGN" PEACE TREATY?
By .Associated Press
Paris, Feb. 10, 6:15 a. m.—Certain
French newspapers to-day reprint with
the consent of the government cen
sors an article published in the
"Democrate De Deleniont" stating
that previous to the battle of the
Marne a party existed in France
which was ready to sign a peace
treaty, at the same time ceding to
Germany the towns of Brley and
Nancy, France Lorraine, the island of
Madagascar and the protectorate of
Morocco as well as paying an indem
nity.
CREW OF /iKI'i'KI.IX I«OST
Geneva, via Paris, Feb. 9. 11.53
P. M. —The entire crew of a Zeppelin
which has been missing for four days
was drowned when the airship fell in
the North Sea off the coast of Den
mark during a storm, it. Is reported ai
Frledrickshafon. Details of the disas
ter have not been received.
ZEPPELIN DROPS IN SEA
I.ondon, Feb. 10, 8.15 A. M.—One
of the newest German Zeppelin air
ships which has been missing for four
days is reported at Friedrlcksliafen to
have been lost in the North Sea off the
coast of Denmark, the Express is in
formed by its Geneva correspondent.
12 PAGES
RUSSIANS ALONG WARSAW
FRONT BEGIN ATTACK ON
GERMANS; ZEPPELIN LOST
Heavy Snows in Carpathians Are Delaying Progress;
Each of the Opposing Armies in East Has Won Its
Minor Victories; Berlin Correspondent Says No Big
Successes Should Be Looked For at Present
The battle of the Carpathians, I
which is to decide whether the Rus-!
sians will be able to force a way j
over the mountains and Invade Hun- |
I
gar.v or will be driven back to tljej
northward, apparently is as far from
a decision as at any time since the
Austrians, with their German rein
forcements launcned the attack.
Each of the opposing armies has
won its minor victories but neither
has been able to gain sufficient head
way to placyi the other definitely on
the defensive. The correspondent of
a Berlin newspaper states no speedy
successes must be expected as move- j
ments are slow on acount of the heavy
snow and the most that can he looked |
for by Germany is the forcing back j
of the Russians step by step.
Although the Russian forces along |
the Warsaw front have undertaken an
attack, they apparently have been no |
more successful than were the Ger-1
mans in their last onslaughts. So far |
as has been reported, there Is no lm- I
portant shifting of positions. In,
Northern Poland another important!
battle is under way, with the issue I
still undecided.
Another Zeppelin Ixtst
The Russian Duma adopted a reso
lution expressing the purpose of car
rying on the war until the peace of i
Europe was assured on terms satis- |
factory to Russia.
It is reported from Geneva that an
other Zeppelin has been lost. It is
said to "have been wrecked in a storm
during a (light over the North Sea.
Another instance of the use of the
American flag by a British steamer
was reported to-day by passengers on
the Orduna which arrived at New
York from Liverpool. The Orduna is
said to have flown the American flag
while crossing the Irish Sea.
Battle Front in Gallcia
j A battle which the Russian war of-
I flee describes as without precedent in
) history has occurred in Galicia, in
I the course of the campaign for mas
tery of the mountain region which
! screens northern Hungary from Rus
jsla. In a single day the German
i
C MAYOR EVADES ISSUE J
C Harrisburg—Mayor Royal latethif on evaded g
C the Lynch employment resolution by declaring it out of f
C order. He asserted that neither he nor Mr. Gcrgas were f #
C miliar with work contemplated.
( PASS LYNCH RESOLUTION '
J Harrisburg When Mayor Royal d red the Lynch ( '
J resolution out of order this afternoon, it was passed over hii (
g head by the usual 3 to 2 vote.
\ Harrisburg—Bids opened by W. h, late this I
I afternoon for a motor truck were as follov .. Morton Truck i
* lpany, $2,000 <
J The Bent I |
/
police are sc . city for rela* i
' nd last Sep- I
1 tember on the Jtepb of St. Pktrick's .view York. |
1 The child says he remembers of Sixth and liroad streets, |
( t that his mother's name was Eleanor and his oister's Gwen- I .
dolyn. He has no recollection of the name of the city. f
I Topeka, Kan., Feb. 10.—Kansas women under 45 years J
J of age who wear earrings or treat their faces with cosmetics #
W "for the purpose of creating a false impression' will be
M guilty of misdemeanors and upon conviction be subject to
X fines, if a bill introduced in the lower house of the legislature .
i becomes a law. . „ j ( •
% Lebanon, Feb. 10.—Christian Long, aged 60, and Harry
% Minnich, 24, were killed today in the Lincoln coal colliery, |
■ near Pinegorve.
• Washington, Feb. 10.—Count Bern, t I, the German (
■ ambassador, delivered to the State Depart nent to-day a |
W copy of the memorandum of the Gc treign Office |
W amplifying the German admiralty's proclamation warning i
3 neutral ships not to enter the new war zone around Great K
J Britain and Ireland. M
m Cincinnati, 0., Feb. 10.—A pistol battle between Cash- t
J ier William Cross, of the Mohawk Morgan Banking and I ,
W Savnigs Company, of this city, and two men who attempted ' j
9 to rcb the bank to-day resulted in the death of one of the 1 ,
g robbers. The other robber was caught. '
|. MARRIAGE
J llo»ard t. Kurd mid Nellie P. llrnder Dnncatnaon. I ,
K llnrry h. Mrikorn, Xm Oxford, and Mary B. Miller, RonaeauTllle. I
* POSTSCRIPT.
I troops charged 22 times on a Russian
I position. They made their charges
jup a hill in the face of artillery fire.
I Twice they gained possession of the
j heights, but, according to the Russian
•statement, they were finally driven out
j with bayonets. The German losses
| are described as "excessively heavy."
There is no information on this phas*
of the situation from German or Aus
trian sources.
In the recent attack of the Germans
on the Warsaw front, the Russian
statement says, their losses amounted
to "tens of thousands."
Another Russian victory is said to
have been gained in Poland, where
the Germans attacked the Russian
i forces. The Petrograd war office as-
I serts that the Germans were driven
| back and that one of their battalions
i was almost annihilated,
j The official statements of to-day
I from Berlin and Paris says that there
was no important fighting yesterday in
I France.
; Russians Will Carry on
War Until Lasting Peace
in Europe Is Assured
!By Associated Press
Petrograd, Feb. 10, 8.45 A. M.—
I Resolutions expressing the conviction
| that Russia would carry on the war
i until the peace of Europe is assured
were adopted by the Duma at the close
of its sitting yesterday.
DEEP SNOW IN CARPATHIAN'S
By Associated Press
Berlin via The Hague and Dondon.
Feb. 10, 10.35 A. M.—A description of
conditions under which battles are be
ing waged in the Carpathians is col
lected in a dispatch to the Dokal An
aeiger from its correspondent in the
mountains who says: "Deep snow liei
in the Carpathians and troop move-,
ments are confined to the valley paths.
The Russians are pressing with very
considerable forces against Dttkla Pas*
and are continually bringing up new
troops there.