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HARRISBURG *GM6» TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 173
MUCINS Will
SWEEP HE couhtty
Dp SHOWS
Of 18,568 Registered, 8,376 Are
Republicans, and Only 3,065,
Democrats
5,884 VOTERS NONCOMMITTAL
In Middletown Ward, 178 of 181
Decline to Name Their
Party
Sweeping victories at the polls in
November are indicated for the Re
publican party by the assessors' re
turns of the county registration for
the September primaries alone, ac
cording to the official figures filed to
day with the county commissioners.
Unofficial figures announced the day
following the final county assessors']
return day, showed that something
over 18,000 voters had been registered.!
Lower Paxton township had not been
heard from however, and the book was!
filed yesterday.
Official figures therefore show that
all told 18,568 names were placed on
the assessors' books in the county ex
clusive of the city, for the September
primaries. But that isn't the signifi
cant feature.
Of the 8,568 prospective voters, Just
8,376 declared themselves as Re
publicans, only 3,065 «s Democrats,
and but 543 as Washington party men.
For the Socialists 323 expressed their
party faith, while seventy-one de-1
clared themselves as Prohibitionists, j
four as Keystoner followers and two
as Independents.
The remaining 5,884 declined to ex
press their party affiliations.
In some instances only a few of the
voters expressed their party affilia-j
tions. The oldest instance of this ac-1
cording to the assessors' returns oc- ]
curred in the first precinct of the First
Ward of Middletown. In that district j
ISI were registered but 178 declined to
commit themselves as to party prefer
ence. The other three are Republicans.
Following are the complete returns
from all the county districts:
SEE TABLE ON PAGE 8.
Mummers to Ask City
Commissioners to Attend
Mardi Gras Festivities
The Harrisburg Mummers' Associa
tion will meet to-night to hear the |
report from the committee in charge
of arrangements for the Mardi Gras]
at Paxtang Park Friday.
An invitation will be extended to the |
Mayor and City Commissioners to at
tend. Special seats will be provided |
for the mummers' guests during the j
contests.
Entries for the baby parade will
close to-night at 9 o'clock. The pa
rade will take place at the park Fri
day afternoon at 4 o'elock.
Another prize was offered to-day. i
Rothert and Company will present a
handsome present to the oldest man
in attendance at the Mardi Gras cele
bration.
Russians Born in 1896
Are Called to Colors
By Associated Press
Petrograd, July 28, via London. 1.321
p. m.-—An imperial ukase issued to
day calls to the colors men born in
1896. It is reported that a govern
mental order is about to be issued for
a general mobilization throughout Si
beria.
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Up In the mountains, down at
the seashore, or anywhere you
may be spending your vacation
days, the Harrisburg Telegraph
reaching you every day is like re
ceiving "a letter from home." Did
Harrisburg win the ball game?
Who pitched? Is the weather hot?
Where was the big fire?
Tour favorite newspaper, the
Harrisburg Telegraph, will have
all the story—a paper published
in a distant city might give the
Item in a few lines.
Phone the Circulation Depart
ment now.
THE WEATHER]
For HarriahurK and vicinity) l°n
aettled weather, probably ahoTv
rra to-night and Tliuraday; not
much I'bangr in temperature.
For Eastern Pennarlvania: Pnrtlv
cloudy to-night and Thuraday,
with probably ahowerai not much
change In temperature) light,
variable vrlnda.
River
The Wfft Branch and tbt I'pper
portion of the N'orUi Branch will
probably fall alotrly and the
lower portion of the Xortli Branch
and the main river rlae slowly.
A atage of about 1.0 feet la Indi
cated for Harriaburg Thuraday
morning.
General Condition*
Preaarnre continue* relatively high
eaat of the Mlaalaalppi, over the
greater part of the Mlaaourl Val
ley and on the North Pacific
coaat. It la below normal over
■early all the remainder of the
country, with center of loweat
barometer near Great Salt Lake.
Temperature have rlaen 2 to 8 de
gree over practically all the
country eaat of the Mlaalaalppi
Temperaturei 8 a. m., TOi 2 p. m.. 82.
Sunt Rlaea, 4550 a. M.i aeta, 7524
p. m.
Mooni Hlaea, 8:01 p. m.
Hlver Stage: 3.8 feet above low
water mark.
Ye»terdny'« Weather
Hvheat temperature, 81.
I.oweat temperature. 67.
Mean temperature. 74.
Kormal temperature, ?C.
MOTOR CLUB PLANS
TO FREE BIG PIKE
FROM TOLL CHARGES
Have Scheme to Purchase Road
From Hummelstowii to
Werners ville
TURN IT OVER TO STATE
Highway Commissioner Cunning
ham Declares He Favors
the Project
The Harrisburg Motor Club is tak
ing steps to purchase control of the
Dauphin and BerksTurnpikeCompany,
running from Hummelstown to Wer
ntrsville, and to turn it over to the
State Highway Department.
A committee of the Motor Club, con
sisting of W. B. Meetch and J. Clyde
Myton, secretary, called on State High
way Commissioner Cunpingham to-day
and outlined the plans of the mem
bers. asking if the proposal would
meet with the approval of the State
Highway Department.
Messrs. Meetch and Myton assured
; Commissioner Cunningham that the
county commissioners of Dauphin
county favored their project and that
they w-ere endeavoring to secure the
approval of the county commissioners
in Lebanon and Berks counties. The
officers of the Harrisburg Motor Club
are all in favor of the project and it
will be formally taken up at the meet
ing of the board of governors to be
held next Tuesday.
Although the par value of the stock
in the Dauphin and Berks Turnpike
Company is 38, the market price for
the last sales reported were from'
•> 3 « to 7'4. The members of the Har
risburg Motor Club feel sure that they
can purchase control at a reasonable
figure, and, when they do so. Intend
'to turn it over to the State highway
Department, the proviso being, of
course, that the road henceforth is
free from toll.
Mr. Cunningham told Messrs. Meetch
and Myton that he favored the project
and would assist them in whatever,
way he was able.
BRITISH TRAWLERS SUNK
By Associated Press
London, July 28, 2.38 P. M.—The
British trawlers Iceni and Salacla were
sunk to-day by a German submarine
in the North Sea. The crews were
landed at England. I
PRESIDENT OF HAITI
MURDERED BY 108
Vilbrud Guillaume Removed From
French Legation and Shot
to Death
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Port Au Prince, Haiti, July 28.—A
mob of infuriated Haitiens to-day re
moved Vilbrud Guillaume, President
of Haiti, from the French Legation
where he took refuge yesterday and
shot him to death in front of the build
ing.
This act of violence followed imme
diately the burial of the 160 political
prisoners who were massacred in
prison yesterday morning at the time
of the revolutionary outbreak against
President Guillaume.
The mob was composed in very large
part of relatives of the victims of this
wholesale execution. The crowd in
vaded the French Legation and seized
Guillaume. M. Girard, the French
Minister to Haiti, protested vigorously,
but he was powerless before the fury
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CREW OF LEELANAW
WAS TREATED WELL
Traveled 60 Miles on Deck of Sub
marine and Given
Directions
By Associated Press
Aberdeen, via London, July 28.
"They could not have treated us more
courteously than they did," was the
unanimous verdict of Captain Eugene
Delk and the members of the crew of
the American steamer Leelanaw when
questioned last night regarding their
encounter with a German submarine.
They traveled about sixty miles on the
deck of the submersible and became
well acquainted with Its crew, several
of whom had been in America.
One member of the Leelanaw's crew
remained aboard the submarine at
his own request. He was .one of the
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I HERE ARE A FEW IMPORTANT
DATES TO KEEP IX MIND
August 24—Final say for filing j>rl
mary petitions for State offices
with Secretary of Commonwealth.
August 26. 31 and September 11
City registration days.
August 31—Final day to file pri
mary petitions for county and city
offices with County Commission
ers.
September I—Final day to be as
sessed for November election.
September 2—Return day for regis
tration lists to County Commis
sioners.
September 21—Final day to pay poll
taxes for primary election.
September 21—Fall primaries.
October 2—Final day for out-of
town voters to pay taxes in order
to vote at Fall elections.
November 2— General elections.
HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 28, 1915
GIGANTIC CROP OF
APPLES IN ADAMS COUNTY BELT
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The men who comprised the inspection party which traveled through the fruit belt of Adams county yesterday,
were photographed on the Raffensperger farm, near Arndtsville. They are, from left to right, upper row, E G. Tyson,
Flora Dale, R. C. Miller, Gettysburg: Robert M. Eldon, Aspers; A. W. Griest, Mora Dale; C. J Tyson, Flora Dale;
C. W. Myers, Gettysburg; G. C. Shenton, Carlisle; W. L. Hater, Gettysburg; R. J. Stackhouse. Harrisburg; E. L. Mc-
Colgln, Harrisburg; David Knauss, Arndtsville. Middle row, F. E. Griest. Flora Dale; C. A. Griest. Guernsey ; C. A. Wolfe,
Gardner; J. A. Cox. Gettysburg; W. S. Adams, Peach Glen; J. W. Prickett. Aspers. Lower row, W. E. Grove, York
Springs; Daniel Skelley, Jr., Gettysburg: W. C. Tyson, Guernsey; E. D. Hilleary, Harrisburg; Z. J. Peters, Guernsey;
C. J. Hershey, Pittsburgh; Dr. J. G. Stover, Goodyear; T. F. 'Wright, Asper.
Fifteen Hundred Carloads of Fruit, at Least and Prob
ably More; Reading Railroad Runs Extra Sidings and
Freight Officials Go Over the Ground to Note Trans
portation Needs of Growers; Great Industry Only
in Its Infancy
By ROBERT F. GORMAN
A few months after the close of the
St. Louis exposition in 1893, Noah
Sheely, now dead, who conducted a
fruit farm three miles west of Arndts
ville, Adams county, shipped a lot of
apples to a wholesale rruit dealer in
St. Louis.
That marked the beginning of fruit
growing on a commercial basis in the
now famous Adams county fruit belt
and the business has grown to such
mammoth proportions that it is esti
mated nearly 1,500 carloads of apples
and peaches will be picked during the
coming Fall. Last yenr there was a
total of 1,300 carloads and at that
time many of the young orchards were
not bearing. This year trees in many
of those places are covered with fruit
and an increased crop is looked for.
So abundant is the growth in some sec
RIVER FRONT PLAZA
IIRS COMPLETION
Will Be Official Grandstand of All
Big River Events in the
Future
City Commissioner Bowman is be
ginning to see the finish of the plaza
at the pumping station. He is giving
much personal attention to the work
ing out of this splendid feature of the
River Front transformation and the
universal commendation which has
followed the plan is his best reward.
As soon as the rough grading is
completed within a few days the plant
ing of the shrubbery and trees will fol
low, so that everything will be in fine
shape for the September celebration.
This plaza is sure to be the official
grandstand of all big river events. It
is the natural point of observation and
provides a fine observatory. In addi
tion to all this the concrete roof of the
old pumping station at this point is a
natural bandstand. All that is now
needed is a sounding board, which
could he provided at little expense.
State Police Arrest
2 Men Believed Insane
The State police stationed at Pen
brook yesterday arrested two men be
lieved to be demented. The first was
Charles Ross, whose place of residence
is the lime kiln east of Paxtang. He
was arrested after complaints were
registered by Paxtang folk that the
man was threatening to kill certain
residents. Squire Fry, of Paxtang,
gave Ross thirty days for dlsroderly
practice, until the court can inquire
into his sanity..
The other man arrested was Reuben
Hnuk, of Penbrook. Hauk was turned
er to the custody of his father until
such time as inquiry into his sanity
can he held.
' RADIUM PRODUCTION PASSES
Washington. D. C., July 28. —Pro-
duction of radium from Colorado ear
notite ores by the Bureau of Mines
in connection with the National Ra
dium Institute has passed the experi
mental stage and is now on a success
ful manufacturing basis. Secretary
Lane announced a greatly decreased
cost of radium.
WOULD WITHHOLD DETAILS
Washington, D. C„ July 28.—Details
of the administration's program of
national defense now being formu
lated will not be given out until com
pleted if Secretary Garrison can pre
vent it. This is made clear in a state
ment Issued by the secretary and pub
lished to-day in which he urged that
he be not pressed for details until the
new military policy is ready to be laid
before the public.
Will Make Civic Club
Contest Awards July 31
Flies killed in the Civic Club's
contest will be measured at 11
North Market Square from 9 to 12
o'clock, morning of July 31. Five
cents a pint will be paid for all
flies and nearly 120 1* offered In
prizes.
tions that orchardists have already
thinned their fruit twice.
Yesterday many of tne fruit grow
ers. railroad agents and newspaper
men of this city, Gettysburg and ship
ping points throughout the fruit belt,
made an inspection trip over the
various farms. The growers met the
visitors at Goodyear and from that
place more than fifty miles of roads
were covered in visiting the various
orchards. The trip was made in auto
mobiles.
Thousands of Acres
Thousands of acres planted with
nothing but fruit trees were inspected
during the day and those members of
the party who had never visited the
fruit belt were astonished at the vast
nesa of the fruit Industry in Adams
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WHICH OUT FOR FAKE
MAGAZINE AGENTS
Chamber of Commerce Warns
Public Against Imposters
Taking Subscriptions
Warnings against solicitors for out
of-town magazines came from tho
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce to
day. Describing this practice as a
confidence game, Secretary E. L. Mc-
Colgin said:
"The Harrisburg Chamber of Com
merce wishes to warn business people,
especially large employers of fore
men, forewomen ana department
heads, etc., of a crew of out-of-town
magazine solicitors that are in Har
risburg at the present time.
"The same sort ot people were soli
citing subscriptions in Harrisburg last
year and obtained entrance to some
institutions for the purpose of solicit
ing their people by wrongly stating
that the Chamber of Commerce ap
proved of them.
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Former Pastor of Paxton
Presbyterian Church Dead
Word has been received here of the
death of the Rev. Albert Barnes Wil
liamson, former pastor of Paxton Pres
byterian CHurch, at his home in
Bioomsburg, N. J.
He was pastor of the old Paxton
Presbyterian Church from 1887 to
1894, coming direct from Princeton
Seminary, and under his charge the
church made great strides. During
his pastorate the Christian Endeavor
Society was organized, evening serv
ice was Inaugurated and the buildtngf
completely renovated.
The Rev. Mr. Barnes was graduated
from Lafayette• College in 1884. He
procured his theological education at
Union and Princeton Seminaries. In
October. 1894, he left this city to take
charge of Mountain Presbyterian
Church, at Delaware Water Gap, and
in 1908 accepted a call to Bioomsburg,
N. J., where he had since resided.
The Rev. Mr. Barnes is survived by
his widow and two sons, one of whom
is a student at Lafayette and the other
at Blair Academy.
FTXCHES OCT BOSIB FUSE
Brave Cop Risks Life to Save Hotel
Full of People
Pittsburgh, Pa., July 28. Police
man James Haley probably saved a
score of lives yesterday when he
pinched out the fast-burning fuse of a
bomb which had been placed in a
small alley between the American
Hotel and the store of G. Seraflnl The
bomb was made of six heavy sticks of
dynamite, enough to have wrecked
both buildings had it exploded.
STRIKE OF OIL MEN ENDS
By Associated Press
New York, July 28.—The strike at
th«- Bayonne, N. J., plants of the
Standard Qil and Tidewater Oil Com
panies ended to-day whert virtually
every man who walked out ten days
ago returned to work. The plants of
the Vacuum Oil and General Chem- »
leal Companies, which were closed I
during the rioting, in which three
strikers were killed, also resumed op- I
•rations to-day.
REGULARS DRILL II
MI. GRETNA MP
Remarkable Demonstration Given
For Benefit of Citizen
Cavalrymen
By Associated Press
Mount Gretna, Pa., July 2 B.—Penn
sylvania, New Jersey and Maryland
cavalry commands figuratively sat as
pupils at the feet of the masters here
to-day and learned wisdom in the way
of cavalry tactics and maneuvers. The
seventeen troops comprising the militia
contingent of the camp were marched
out to the main parade ground, on the
broad plateau by Mount Gretna sta
tion, nearly two miles from the camp,
and there the two troops of the Fifth
United States Cavalry constituting the
regular army force in tne camp gave a
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INDICTMENTS COMING
IN CHICAGO DISASTER
Commercial Carelessness or Man
slaughter May Be Charged
Against Men
Chicago. 111., July 28. At least
six indictments for responsibility for
the Eastland disaster of last Saturday
will be returned by the State Grand
Jury to-day, according to an an
nouncement by State's Attorney
Hoyne.
It will not be decided until late in
the day whether to ask indictments on
charges of commercial carelessness or
manslaughter.
"There is plenty of evidence for
either charge," Mr. Hoyne said.
The coroner's inquest, it is expected,
will be completed late to-day and Im
mediately thereafter the State Grand
Jury plans to go into session.
Explaining the taking into custody
of W. K. Greenebaum, general man
ager of the Indiana Transportation
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SIYS HIS Ml WIS
BUI JO IKS
Missing Dauphin Resident Found
in Pennsy Station This
Morning
William H. Ely, aged 39 years, of
I Dauphin, missing from home for two
I days, was found at the Pennsylvania
I Railroad station this morning.
| The man's mind is a olank regard
ling his whereabouts after he reached
Harrisburg on Monday. He had just
I purchased a ticket for Dauphin when
friends met him to-day.
The young man is employed as an
engineer for the Hartman Lumber
Company. He had been In ill health.
On Mondy Ely came to Harrisburg
to consult a physician. He reached
Harrisburg during the afternoon.
From that time, until this morning,
Ely knows nothing about his actions.
He did not recall seeing a physician.
Eby missed no money or valuables.
He would not talk about his disap
pearance, except to say he was going
home to his wife and children.
ALASKA SWELTERS AS
MERCURY REACHES 103
Seward, Alaska, July 28.—The tem
perature rose to 90 degrees in the
shade here yesterday and reached 103
at Kenai Lake. There have been only
four rainy days in two months.
Several forest fires are burning east
of Anchorage.
THREE KILLED AS ROLLER
COASTER JUMPS TRACK
New York, July 28. Three per-
Ii sons were killed when a roller coaster
on the "Rough Rider," an amusement
enterprise at Coney Island, jumped the I
track yesterday while traveling at high i
•peed.
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MORTON FIRM MAY
MAKE TRACTORS FOR
0. S. GOVERNMENT
Exhaustive Tests Made at Plant
Yesterday Under Army Officers'
Supervision
RUN TRUCKS UP STEEP BANKS
Plowed Up Fields So Worst Road
Conditions Might Be
Presented
Armored freight tractors may be
manufactured in the near future by
the Morton Truck and Tractor Com
pany for the United States govern
ment as the result of exhaustive tests
made last evening under the super
vision of several army officers.
In preparation for the tests, the
grounds surrounding the plant at Nine
teenth and Manada streets were
ploughed and dug up so that every
conceivable road condition was pre
sented. The trucks were run through
ditches and up the sides of steep
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NEGRO MUST HANG FOR
ATTACKING GIRL IN MS.
By Associated Press
Denton, Md„ July 28. Aloysius
Sheppard last night was convicted of
a criminal attack upon Miss Mildred
Clark, 15-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Enoch Clark, of Federals
burg, on July 15, and sentenced to be
hanged. The verdict satisfied the hun
dreds of Eastern Shore men, who gath
ered here from all parts of Caroline
and adjacent counties and who last
night surrounded the jail, threaten
ing to lynch the negro. The Gover
nor will fix the date for execution.
KEPT COMPANY 23 YEARS:
THEN THEY GOT MARRIED
Special to The Telegraph
Fond Du Lac, Wis., July 28.—A ro
mance that started 23 years ago in
Crystal Lake, 111., culminated here
when Miss Musette Gay Groesbeck, of
this city, was united in marriage to
Emery David Hoffman, of Crystal
Lake.
Miss Groesbeck and Mr. Hoffman
met at a dance at Crystal Lake while
the former was visiting at that place.
The couple kept up a correspondence
ever since that time and the bride
groom has been a frequent caller at
the Groesbeck home.
I AMERICANS TO PLAY INDIANS
j Harrisurg. The New York Americans will play Har
risburg, August 30.
| FIND AGED WOMAN DL ? AD
Harrisburg. Mrs. Anna Dunn, aged 90 years, was
r found dead in bed at her home oh Howard street, near Har
ris, late this afternoon. The woman had evidently been
I dead for several days. There were no marks of foul play,
p Coronor Jacob Eckinger is investigating. A son, known as
| "Biddy' Dunn found by the police noon claims
he had not been home for a week. He is being held by the
j police.
I GERMANY SHOULD NOT REPLY
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j London, July 28. —The Cologne Gazette to-day pub- 1
| lished a wireless dispatch from Washington containing tha
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1 suggestion that "in order to avoid the further excitement!
of public opinion in America," Germany should not reply to
f the American note unless it is able to give a favorable ant*
i
wer, says a telegram from Amsterdam to Rcu'.er's Telegram
I Compsr-y.
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l > 9 . KILLS SELF AFTER HUSBAND'S SUICIDE
Annville, Pa., July 28. Mrs. Mary Miller, aged 34, of i
i
; this place, committed suicide to-day by drinking carbolic
; acid. Several weeks ago her husband, Samuel Miller, blew .
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t out his brains while at St. Louis, Mo. Grief over the death
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* of her husband who was a sufferer from tuberculosis is be-
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! lieved to be the cause. )
I WAR BECOMES CONTEST OF ENDURANCE
London, July 28, 4.33 P. psl.— The war has become and'
L Is likely to continue for some time a contest of endurance,
premier Asquith told the House of Commons this afternoon'*
while making a general review in moving the adjournment
of Parliament from to-morrow until September 14. I
NO DECISION IN BECKER CASE
New York, July 28.—Justice Ford received a number off
letters ay regarding he Pecker ca.« e. All but one u: ;ed
P that the former police lieutenant be granted a third trial.
The justice also received a number of telegrams urging
l mercy for Becker from persons in various parts of the
_ country. A decision may be made to-ni^ht.
MARRIAGE LICENSES '
Harvey Ralph Jh< oI»h, .MerhauliNburK, nnil Mary Louisa Bolton, Hut
melfttotvn.
IMnckey Joveph Wylle and Anna Florence Earlln, Brown* Mills, N, J.
Horry JR. Reynold*, Bre**ler, and Helen E. Bennett, Oberlln. i
I 1 loyd E. \elnon. city, and Martha HI, (illberg, Hlshaplre.
Frank Yaroa and Mary B. Lockard,. Mlddletown.
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RUSS FORCES HOLD
GEMS IN CHECK
111 WinSlW REGION
Issues Are Still Undecided, but
Petrograd Claims Tempo
rary Advantages
GERMANS USING RESERVES
Kaiser's Soldiers Making Desperate
I Effort to Cut Communication
Outside Warsaw
Tlic severe fighting on the Italo-
Austrlan frontier which has been going
on foi approximately a week shows no
signs of a let-up nor is there any clear
indication of a definite outcome. Tho
Italian oflicial re|>orts continue to claim
a succession of either advances or the
holding of the Austrlans in check. The
I Austrlans are contesting every foot of
, the Italian advance with stubborn de-
I termination and have lost 1,200 pris
i oners to the Itulians, according to IUI
| official statement given out in Rome.
In addition to the capture of War
| saw. the direct objective of the Ger-
I man Polish campaign of the past two
: weeks, the troops of the (iermau em
| pire evidently are making a splendid
effort just now to cut commitlUcaUon
I between Warsaw and Petrograd with
the purpose of preventing the sucoess
j ful retreat, if Warsaw rails, or the Rus-
I sian army now defending that city. To
this end are directed their operations
' north of Kovno, according to dis
patches from Petrograd, as well as
their advance upon Brest-Litovsk by
way of Chelm and the right bank of
the river Rug. The issues still are un
decided, with the Russians claiming
temporary advantages.
WATCH THREE POIXTS
Observers in Petrograd are watch
, ing to-day with interest three points
| around Warsaw where the German
maneuvers are regarded as of special
These are the oiierations
on the left liank of the N'arew to the
north of the Polish capital, against the
town of Chelm, to the southeast, where
possession of the railroad la the point
at issue, and along the Bug.
The Germans, according to Russian
reports, have brought tip enormous re
serves. but nevertheless the Russian
authorities say Uie troops of Emperor
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