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VOL. XIX NO. 2.

OMAHA, FIJI DAY

MOKX1XO, JULY

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MULE GRAFT SUNK

ACCORDING TO THE

LAWS OFNATIONS

Sinking of Armenian Justified by

Reported Attempt of Ship to

Escape and Its Being a

British Transport.

SUCH IS WASHINGTON VIEV7

If Press Dispatches Officially Con

finned it is Unlikely Com

plaint Made td Kaiser.

LITTLE TENSION OVER INCIDENT

WASHINGTON. July 1. Official

Information regarding the sinking of

the British steamer Armenian with

the loss of a number of American

lives was lacking tonight, and until

all details are available Secretary

Lansing stated that the position of

the American government could not

be determined.

From news dispatches, however, and a

doner reading of offirinl reports of yes

terday officials were Inclined to the view

that Inasmuch as the Armenian appar

ently refused to submit to the warning

command of the German submarine to

halt and attempted escape, according

to International law. the sinking- of the

vessel was Justified, even though non

comhatante were on board.

There was little tension over the Inci

dent In official quarters here after It be

came known that the Armenian ahd

sought to evade capture.

"No Cause of Complaint.

It was admitted that If official reports

bore out the press dispatches there was

no likelihood that any new cause of com

plaint would be added to the issues pend

ing between the United States and Ger

many. !

One or two officials suggested that last-much

as Germany had In effect given

warning that enemy ships would be tor

pedoed without warning, a merchantman

carrying contraband might be justified

in attempting to escape, since to halt

would mean certain destruction, with no

assurances of an opportunity for the

crew to escape. It was pointed out that

the last American note to Germany on

the Lusltanla and Falaba cases said:

"Nothing but actual forcible resistance

or continued efforts to escape by flight

when ordered to stop for purpose of visit

on the part of the merchantman ever

has been held to forfeit, the Uvea of its

passengers and crew."

These officials were Inclined ti. argue

that the German submarines might not

order vessels to stop merely "for the pur

pose of visit-" Others, however, de

clared that the rules of warfare do not

require the commander of a warship to

state his purpose when directing a mer

chantman to halt.

In Admiralty Business.

The only fact of Importance received

officially by the State department came

In a report from Ambassador Page, who

said the British admiralty had informed

him that the Armenian was engaged In

admiralty business.

Officials at the department declared

the question of whether a ship so en

gaged should be treated by hostile ves

sels as a public ship of war or a de

fenseless merchantman was "a close

question of international law, ' and an

opinion could not be given until the ex

tent of the belligerent government's con

trol over the ship and crew was defi

nitely known.

When It was suggested to officials that

if the Armenian were a public ship of

war it could not have sailed from the

United States without violating neutral

ity. It was pointed out that there had

been cases before the federal courts In

which this point arose and It had been

ruled that the chartering of a vessel by

a foreign consul for his government to

transport munitions of war or supplies

did not constitute a violation of federal

' statutes.

Treated as Ships of War.

In the case of vessels which are loaded

to supply a belligerent fleet at sea, how

ever, the American government has ruled

that such ships must be treated as ships

of wae.

The question of charter and belligerent

control was overshadowed In official

quarters by the press dispatches telling

of the desperate attempts of the Ar-

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i PROMINENT BUSINESS MAN DIES

AT HIS HOME.

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ALFRED C. K ENNBDY.

ALFRED C. KENNEDY,

LONG ILL, IS DEAD

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Omaha Business Man, Widely

Known for Pnblio Service,

Passes Away.

HEART TROUBLE CAUSES DEMISE

Alfred 0. Kennedy, one of the

most prominent of Omaha's business

men, widely known for his activity

in public affairs, died at 4 o'clock

yesterday at hla home, 102 4 South

Thirty-second street, after a linger

ing Illness, which cut short his life

at the age of 53.

More than a year ago It was

learned that Mr. Kennedy was suf

fering from a serious heart trouble.

For the last two months he had been

unable to leave his bed and for eight

months he had been confined to his

home. The members of the family

were at the bedside ' when death

came.

Alfred Conkling Kennedy was born In

New Lebanon, Columbia counly. New

York, April 7, 1S62. He was brought to

Omaha by his parents when he was a

child and grew up here, obtaining his

education In the Omaha public schools.

Ills father, Howard Kennedy, was one

of the pioneers of the city and .was the

first school teacher here after the public

school system waa inaugurated, Novem

ber 10, 1859.

Alfred C. Kennedy began his business

career going out with a Union Pacific,

surveying party from April to December,

1879. He then became clerk In the coal

department of the Union Pacific, which

position he held until September,

From then until March of tho following

year he was clerk to Herman Kountze,

receiver of the Kouth Omaha Land com

pany. He was assistant secretary of the

South Omaha Land company from March,

1887 until 1K00, later becoming a member

of the firm of Howard Kennedy & Bon.

In 11)05 he engaged in the real estate

business for himself. In which he con

tinued until the time of his death, with

offices in the First National bank build

ins. Public Services In Omaha.

Mr. Kennedy was an active participant

in public affairs. For two terras ha was

a member of the Omaha Board of Edu

cation and for two terms a member of

the board of directors of the publlo

library. He served a vice president of

the Board of Education, president of the

Prospect Hill Cemetery association, di

rector and corresponding secretary of the

Omaha Masonic library, and treasurer

of the Omaha City mission.

Mr. Kennedy wss a member of learned

societies and stood hlgn in Masonic cir

cles. He was a member of Correspon

dence circle, Quatuor Coronatl lodge

207ti. I,ondon. England, a member of the

Bt. Andrew society of Edinburgh. Scot

land, and a member of the Nebraska

Academy of Science. He belonged to

Capitol lodge No. 3. Ancient Free and

Accepted Masons and to Clan Gordon,

Order of Scottish Clans, and was a thlr-ty-second

degree Scottish RHe Mason, a

Knight Templar and a Chillier. He was

a member of the Omaha club and the

Happy Hollow club, and an e'der in the

First Presbyterian church.

Mr. Kennedy wis msrrled twice. His

first wife was Elizabeth H. IxiHennnir.

j to whom he was married In Omaha, Feb

ruary ai. lsss. She died March S, l3.

In September, 1837, Mr. Kenneiiy married

Jessie Came:-on Godso In Omaha.

The following children have been born

to hhn: Donald L., Margaret. Alfred

C. Jr., Gilbert Verncr, Jean Gardiner and

George I-ong. Judge Iioward Kennedy

of the State Board of Control Is a

brother.

Jealousy Causes

Tragedy at Oxnard

OXNAKD, Cat. Juiyl. William "S'.lm"

Wheeler a negro, shot and killed C. K.

Crcxler. driver of a 5-fent fare autonio.

bile, her today, and fatally wounded.

"Hupps" Adams, a negro. Ruby Miller,

a nrgrras, was also injured by the fire

from Wheeler's revolver. The whooti.ig

occurred at the railroad station. Crex

Icr was killed In Ills automobile. The

trascdy was due to Jcaliusy. .

Six Are Killed by

Oklahoma Tornado

MUSKOGEE, OkU July l.-A tor

nado that swept psrt of Ottawa rounty,

nothesstorn Oklahoma last night, today

was reported to have killed six fersons

Three deaths hsve been verifi-d. Tha

cssualties were In tha rural districts, near

Miami, difficult to res?n, the trlephone

lines being out of commission. Consid

arable property damage is reported.

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TOAiiiGAISNOW

IN KAISER'S HANDS

Note rrobably Will Be Presented!

by Foreign Office to Ambas- j

sador Gerard on Monday ;

or Tuesday. j

' OFFICIALS SEEK SETTLEMENT ;

They Have to Reckon with Public

Opinion. Which Opposes Grant-, j

inj Demand. j

LIKELY TO BE A COMPROMISE

BERLIN (Via London), July 1.

As (he result of conferences on (he

German reply to the American note

It Is now in the. hands of Emperor

William. The emperor's decision Is

expected so that the note can be pre

sented to James W. Gerard, (he

American ambassador, probably July

5 or 6.

High officials are endeavoring to bring

about a friendly settlement of the ques

tions with America, nnd there 1.1 every

reason to believe that they are anxious

to make the proposals as acceptable us

possible.

The officials, however, have to reckon

with; publlo opinion, which undoubtedly

will oppose anything savoring of a com

plete asqulescence In the American posi

tion. Friends of a settlement are working

with considerable dlfftrulty and the note

probably will represent a compromise not

In accordance with their desires.

Austrian Salesman

Who Threatened

Wilson Under Arrest

NEW YORK. July 1. The federal

grand Jury today indicted Rudolph Malik,

an Austrian salesman, arrested here last

night, charging that In a letter mailed

June 23 to President Wilson he threat

emed the president with "a political

crime" should the president refuse to

pay him 1300. The money. It wss charged,

was demanded as an lndeiilty for

Malik's inability to return to his family

In Austria. The letter rend In part:

"My finances are exhausted and I am

here without any help. Tho Austrian

consul will not help me, as he Is in duty

bound to do, because his government

had called for this horrible war. The

United States is also guilty of my mis

fortunes. '-Through the delivery of war

materials to the allies, yott are prolong

ing the war Indefinitely.

"1, therefore, have the right to demand

indemnity from your government. This

amounts to a sum of $aod, which you will

send to my address within a week at

the latest. Should this amount, how

ever, not be placed within the time, f

will, without further ceremony, commit

a political crime, for it is absolutely Im

possible for me to- live longer In my

critical situation.

"Observe once more that it Is my firm

resolution to give no wit, my knowledge

isle) no longer any rest. I must do

something for my rescue. Should you

deny me the Indemnity ssked for, then

pray let me be immediately arrested,

whereby you can still prevent the great

est misfortune."

The salutation to the letter was"honor

Mr. President."

Senator Sues Head

of Anti-Saloon

League for Libel

SIOUX FALLS, S. D July USperlul.)

The commencement of a damage suit

by Stat Senator W. E. Van Demark of

Alexandria against R. N. Holsaple, pres

ident of the State Anti-saloon league,

will create a sensation throughout South

Dakota, where both the defendant and

plaintiff are well known. The plaintiff

formerly was assistant United State,

attorney for South Dakota. He has pent

his entire life In Hanson, Cook and

adjoining cour.tlea. and has instituted

the action for the purpose of being vin

dicated of charge.! which were made

against him by Mr. Holsaple In connec

tion with his official course In the state

senate last winter.

The plaintiff has engaged the services

of Gamble, Wacner & Danforth of Sioux

Falls, who will represent hlln at the

trial of the cae, which will take plat'

n Hanson counly. The trial In Hanson

county will be in accordance with the

wishes of the plaintiff, who wishes to be

vindicated among the people with whom

he has resided all his life.

The plaintiff does not seek to profit

financially from his suit, so he has

Placed the amount of dsmagea st $99 the

lowest amount possible under the South

Dakota statute. He seeks only a vin

dication snd will prosecute the suit vigor

ously with only this object in view.

The dumaae milt is hssed on sn artlrln

sllcgrd to hsve been written by the de

ferdMH and published in the April, IMS.

iHAue of the American Isnue. a monthly

periodli si published at Westervllle, O.

Cotton Area is

Reduced by Nearly

Six Million Acres

WASHINGTON. Jury l.-Itepeated ap

rral by t'.e governirrnt to southern

farmers to reduce th'Hr' cotton planting

In. lew of the stagnation in the market

raunn by the war has resulted in a re

duction of 1,871,000 acres from last year s

acreage, which would, according to last

year's yield, reduce cotton production

approximately I.i'4.078 bsles of 600 pounds

esch.

A totsl area of Sl,(B5.0no acres of cotton

Is tndT cultivation In tha t'nlted States, !

the Department of Agriculture announced 1

today. j

The condition of the growing c rop on

June was 10.1 per cent of a normal.

LORD NORBURY, one of Britain's wealthiest noblemen,

who has "taken a job" in an aeroplane factory to do his

share and encourage by his example others to go to work

in the shops for the country.

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DAMAGE BY HAIL

IS THREE MILLION

Crops Over Large Area in Vicinity

of Giltner and Fairfield Prac

tically All Destroyed.

BIG DAMAGE NEAR TECUMSEH

HASTINGS, Neb., July 1. (Spe-c'al.)-

Damage to crops estimated

at I M04,n)r tijr fratf yesterday-ln an

area (wnty-flve rulles square be

tween Giltner and Fairfield, near

here, follows a Jl.OOO.oOO loss by

hall a few miles west of Hastings.

Heavy Dinnngit Near Teromseh.

TECl"W8EIIt Neb.. July 1. (Special. j

Thoyands of dollars in damage waa done

to growing crops trees and farm build

ings In Johnson county Thursday in a

circuitous storm which prevailed In Ne

maha, Lincoln and Maple Grove precinct a

The damage was principally from hall,

though In some places, where there waa

not a great deal of hall, the wind blew

tho wheat over. As nearly aa can bo

learned the entire path of the storm waa

some fifteen miles In length, though the

'aniae was not severe the entire length.

At the widest point, which is directly east

of Tecumsph in Lincoln precinct, the

damage extends for four or five miles.

Whrat that promised to make from

thirty to forty bushels to the acre was

driven into th ground In places. Corn

was stripped to the ground and alfalfa

waa riddled. Soma of the farmera think

that a part of the corn will make half a

crop, while other fields are past redemp

tion. Krult trees were stripped of their

branches, window were broken from

houses and barna where ths storm waa

the most Intense. A hard windstorm pre

vailed and fully an Inch of rain fell In

a comparatively short time. Soma of

the farmers will put In "ninety-day" corn,

mll!'t, rape and other grains In the hope

of getting feed. If nothing better. A very

few of those affected had hall Insurance.

One Man's Loss Two Thousand.

STELLA. Neb., July l.-(Speclal)

Fsrmers estimate their loss from Thurs

day's hallHtorm into the thousands. The

loss to the wheat and oata on the W. B.

1'iitt'a farm alone is more than $2,000, and

betides on this same farm a hundred

acres of corn is ruined. Two neighbors,

escii on elghtv-acre farms, describe them

selves us "cleaned out." Wheat and

oats are leveled to the ground, and corn

cut off and rldled. An area noarljr ten

miles In length and in some places mora

than four miles wide Is badly devas

tated. Municipal Saloon

With Two Bars Starts

STI RGI8, 8. D., July I. (Special Tele

gram.) The Sturgls Municipal company,

recently organized, opened Its saloon

hern this morning for business. The

ti-rce saloons whleh nere running here

for s number of ytars rinsed their doors

last right and quit. Sturgls Is entitled

to only two ssloons, therefore the new

LOiipsny took oct two licenses, a double

set uf bar fixtures being insisted In one

place.

Omaha it a well illumi

n ted city o that people

can go about by night al

most aa well at by day.

The bright lights offer the

visitor a continuous welcome.

ZAPATA TROOPS

ARE INCITING RIOT

Conditions in the Capital of Mexico

Are Growing More Chaotic

Each Hour.

FEAR IS FELT FOR AMERICANS

WASHINGTON, July 1. Officer,

of the Zapata forces In Mexico City,

disregarding orders of the conven

tional government, nominally In con

trol there, are charged with inciting

the manses to violence, In dispatches

carried from the Mexican capital

June 25 to Vera Cruz by courtier and

cabled today to the State department.

The texts have not been made public,

but they are known to state thaa the

Insubordination of "some Zapata of

ficers" Is making the situation more

icute.

No prospect of relief for tho starving

civil population of Mexico City Is held

out In the dispatches. It Is declared

that until the railroad to Vera Crux la

reopened there can be no abatement ot

the suffering. The convention officials It

Is stated "claim to have repulsed" the

Carransa forces, under Cienorsl Gonzales.

Apparently whatever fighting has taken

place has been lu the more remote

suburbs, so dlstsnt from the residence

and business sections that no definite

knowledge of the result has come to

tho foreigners in the city, who probably

do not venture Into the fighting aone.

Battle Mar Be la Proaress.

Today's report was the most recent

word from Mexico City from any source.

What may have happened in tha mean

time no ona here can conjecture. There

has been no report of tha occupation nf

the city by Carransa troops, although all

rolling stock at Vera Crua has been

pressed into military service and a larva

shipment of relief supplies of the Ameri

can ea c ross for Fachuca hss been held

up tor lacK or cars. ReDorta from Vara

Crua said it was hoped the shipment

would go forward today. Indicating that

tha troop movements had been finished.

If this Is true, a battle for possession of

tha city may now he In progress. Much

concern Is felt for the safety of the 20,000

or more foreigners. Including many

Americans.

Advices from the Carransa unvarn.

ment to its agency here say General Oon

sales has been Instructed to use every

effort to Induce the Zapata troops to

evacuate tha capital without endangering

noncombatants. The Zapata forces are

said to number 2i000 men. All are on

tna flerenee lines about the city, leaving

the business and residence districts with.

out military guards. Ths Carransa forces

are smaller.

Carransa Reports Loot In a.

The Carransa agency announced that

serious looting by Zapata forces la re

ported In Meslco City.

A dispatch from Vera Crua headquar

ters. It was announced, ssld a special

train of elKht cars of food had been sent

forward to General Gonzales for distribu

tion when he enters. Other food hss been

sent to Monterey and Iaredo. Corn, tha

agency ssys. Is selling In Meslco for $o

a ton less than In the 1'nlted Plates.

Famous Bison is

Sold to Butcher

; NEW YORK. July l.-Blsck niBmc.nd.

i the famous bison of the Centrsl park

zoological garden, whose Image adorns

; one side of the nickel, will be slain within

a few days, but his massive hesd will be

f preserved and mounted. The animal hss

i been the model tor iiuinv sculptors snd

' painters. Despite hla fame there were no

; iililders when lie was put up at auction,

but yesterday the bison mss sold to a

j dealer In poultry and game for about

t $7ifl. Hlark Diamond was born nineteen

I years ago In the zoological garden.

HUERTA-OROZCO

l TRIALS POSTPONED

Conspiracy Cases of Mexican Lead

ers Go Oyer Until July 12 at

Request of Prosecutor.

VILLA REPORTS A BIO VICTORY

EL TASO. Tex., July 1. The

rase agalnpt Vlctorlano Huerta, ras

?ual Ornzco snd four others charged

frith conspiracy lo violate the United

States neutrality laws was postponed

today to July 12. The defendants

tvere continued under the same

bonds.

The postponement was grsntcd on

request of attorneys for the prosecu

tion. H. F. Crawford, assistant

I'nited Rtates district attorney,

tsted that the government had been

unable to collect and arrange all ita

evidence or to bring Important wit

nesses into court; that the stste

would proceed to trial on July 12.

Counsel for the defense agreed to the

governments request and briefly ex

plained the status to th defendants, who

nuletly left the court room. This agree

ment as reached shortly before 10

o'clork, the hour set for the hearing. The

spectators filed out of the court room

quickly and the crowd that surrounded

the federal building, unable to unln ad

mittance, dispersed rapidly.

As Huerta emerged from the federal

building he wss greeted with "vivas"

and hand clapping by several hundred

Mexicans, adherents and sympathizers.

ho thronged the streets. Huerta waa

taken to the offices of his attorneys and

later driven to the home of his daughter.

1. 1st of Defendants.

General Vlctorlano Huerta. 115,000

bond; Oeneral I'asrual Orosco, 17.500 bond;

Uenersl Marceln Caraven, tn.nco bond;

Jose Zosaya. Kl Paso, 17,600 bond; Ike

Alderete, El Paso, $4,000 bond; Frank

Ablerete, El Paso. $4,000 bond.

The detention of Huerta and the sub

sequent arrest of five others haa given

a glimpse of an alleged plot to launch

a military expedition from the United

Slates by ntembers uf the old Clentlfleo

party and adherents of Huerta In Mexico.

Tor weeks, government officials here

nave been cognizant of activity among

refugees on this side of the border. Sup

plies of machine guns, rifles and am

munition auspected of connection with

the new movement had been lonated. In

El Paao and kept under surveillance.

Villa RepdrtS Victory.

Although thejifhlaf Interest hate today

centered In the'- appearance of Oeneral

Huerta In the ' fed'ersl court, more In

terest has developed In the news of the

fighting south of Aguaa Callentes, Villa

reported last. n!ght that he had Woken

Garraaisa'a offensive movement fey

ting to the rear cf hla enemy at Lagos.

After bard fighting. Villa officials said,

they drove Oeneral rtenjamln Hlll'a men

into a retreat towards Leon. Officially

It was announced that Villa captured

many prisoners, two field pieces and

caused Hill to abandon three trains,

which were burned, however, before the

Villa forces could get to them. Tha

vlotory and the reports that Zapata has

betn able tc check the advance of Gen

eral Dablo Gonzales at the outskirts of

Mexico City caused Villa partlstans here

to believe the turning point In the strug

gle with Carranza was near st hand.

Miguel Diaz Lomhardo, Vllla minister

of foreign affairs, expects to leave today

for Washington to place before President

Wilson a plan to establish peace In

Mexico. He Is expected to suggest that

a commission of men selected from the

ranks of both Carransa and Villa ba

named to choose a provisional president.

Carranza Forces

Win Successes Near

The Mexican Capital

GALVESTON, Tex., July l.-General

Ralphael Pacheco, In command of Za

pata forces In Mexloo City, waa killed

yesterday during an eight-hour engage

ment with troops under Pablo Oonzales,

according to a cable gram reaching tha

constitutionalist consulate here this

afternoon. General Gonzalea reports Ban

Pablo and Tacama, near Mexico City,

had been occupied by his troops.

1'1'BBLA. Mex., June .-Via Havana,

July 1.) Fighting for possession of Mex

ico City by the forces of General Car

ranza and General Zarata haa been In

progress for eight days.

Hk'ports received in Puebla indicate

that General Pablo Oonzales, at the head

of tha constitutionalist army ot 30,000

men, which murrhed on the federal cap

ital from Puebla, met with severe re

sistance by General Zapata's army and

armed citizens, who barricaded the ap

proaches to the cly.

The constitutionalist forces on June 20

penetrated to Xochomllco, a auburb, hop

ing to gain possession of tho water works,

but they are reported to have been driven

back with heavy losses.

Buffering among the poor In tha capi

tal Is thought to ba intense as trafflo at

preaent la rut off entirely and tha pr

Jected Red Cross relief haa been indef

initely Interrupted.

According to some advices received

here, the people of Mexico City are as id

to oppose the return of the constitution

alist forces because they say in the

previous occupation of tha capital by

Carranza fortes they were not treated

-.'roperly. Tha stubborn resistance of the

no'Hilatlon Is reported to have greatly

surprised tha constitutionalists, as they

expected to march Into the city without

much opposition.

Becker is Given

a Short Reprieve

ALBANY. N. T., July I. Governor

Whitman today granted Charles Backer,

the former New York police lieutenant

under sentence of death, a reprieve until

July

Tho governor said that ha would take

no further action in the case than tha

granting of the reprieve. This means that

If the I'nited States supreme court does

not Interfere Becker will have to die.

ENTENTE ALLIES

ABOUT TO TAKE

THE OFFENSIVE

London Experts Say French and

British Troops Are About to

Make a Strong Drive

North of Arras.

GREAT ACTIVITY IN OALLIPOLI

Supreme Effort Being Made to Clo

ture Hill Which Dominates Pe

ninsula Below Narrows.

DRIVE AT WARSAW C0NTINUE3

t.OXPOX, July 1. While th.i

Austro-ttcrmen armies continue to

push the Hussions back over the Oa'l

p'an border in their own territory,

there are rumors in London of con

templated offensives by the entente

allies. The Trench are credited with

the Intention of making a formidable

attack on account of the enormous

expenditure of artillery ammunition

to the north of Arraa, where a per

alatent bombardment haa heen kept

up for the last fortnight, while the

Anglo-French forcea on tne Oalllpoll

peninsula are said to be on the po nt

of making a supreme effort to cap

ture the massive hill of Achle Piaba,

which dominates all the country

gouth of the narrows of the Darda

nelles. The recent galna rtnlmed by the Brit

Ish and Trench on the southern end cl

the penlnsult are considered Important

because they Indicate sn nppronch to tin

hill on three sides.

Way to Wirinw Oprn.

On the eastern front every eJ-an;o

leaves Warsaw, the capital of Russian

Polland more open to the drive V. hi' h

the Germans nnd Austro-l lungsrlsna

evidently are milking toward that city.

Along tl.n northern line the Auetr"

Germana appear to be experiencing tl.o

Rreutent surress, for the Russians seem

to be making r. stubborn fltht along the

GnMa Llpa, while retreating generally

between the Vistula and Bug rlvera to

ward Lublin.

In the west both sides have attacked in

the Argonne forest and beyond tha

Meuse hills without decisive results.

Ths fighting of tha last night haa been

without permanent result except In tha

Vosges, ' where the French have con

solidated substantial gains.

From Vienna the Italians are reported

lo ba showing renewed energy along tha

laonzo river, they . having brought up

meresna) and guna, but no decisive ac

tion la reported. .

French Official Report.

PARI?. July I, Tha French war office

this afternoon gave out a report which

reads:

"Last night passed quietly in the north

In the vicinity of Arras and as far as

Champagne. The German attack In tha

Argonne, reported yesterday, waa par

ticularly violent. It Is estimated that

tha forces engaged amounted to two

divisions. Thla attack, however, waa

checked. Furthermore two freah move

ments ngslnst our trenches at the eaat

of the Benarville road were repulsed.

"Another violent attack delivered by

tho Germans In tha vicinity of Metxeral

has been compleaely checked. The Ger

mans suffered Important losses."

Carransa Troon Train Wrecked.

LOREDO, Tex.. July l.-Threo hundred

Carranza soldiers and their wlvea and

children were killed, and aeveral hundred

Injured In a wreck of a military train

near Monte Moreloa. between Tamplco

and Monterey, according to an American,

who arrived here today from the Interior.

Tha accident took place ten days ago, ha

aald.

The American traveler's story was the

first 4nttmatlon here of tha wrack, but

thla was attributed to tha censorship,

which haa bene extraordinarily strict re

cently. Tha train waa heavily loaded and

proceeding at full apeed when It left tha

track, tha American aald, and tumbled

Into a email canyon.

Tha soldiers with their wives and

children and scores of women camp fol-

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The Day's War News

OFFICIAL W llllTOM It wait

ing for full Information regard

Ingr the sinking; of the Armenian

from It representatives abroad.

The situation, however, was re

garded as clarified to n great de

gree, dispatches telling of at

tempts by the Armenian to evade

the submarine after being ordered

to stop. Parh an attempt, It was

held, would justify tho sinking of

th vessel nude, tho rules nf In

ternational law.

ALLIES ARB APPARENTLY snak

ing determined attempts to gala

Important ground on Oalllpoll ne

alnsuln. FRENCH STATEMENT Indicates

that the Gallle armies hare been

chiefly occupied In repalslnw

tiermnn attacks. .

ITALIANS CLAIM a favorable nut

come front nrtlons la th Trentlno

district and th rrpuls f Aus

trian attacks along th I so as.

R18SIAN LINES ar still being

swnng back la northern Gallcla

aad southern Poland In aa effort

way for determined uav n

Warsaw.

GERMAN ATTACK by water on

Wladaa, la Courlaad, on th Sal.

tic Just south f th Gulf of Riga,

was repulsed br th Russlass,

their official statement says.

GERMAN SIBMARINE activity,

brought shnrply to tho front by

th sinking of th steaatvr Ar

menian, with th lues f a number

f American lives, 4 further

shown by new ,nt ttti4 sinking ml

British bark iaistlrbaak and

the Norweglaa ., strasscr Uirssi

through torpedo attacks.