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KALE WINS YARS1TY

AND OTHER RACES

FROM THE CRIMSON

Eli Crews Victors in All Three

Water Events Over Harvard

Oarsmen on the Thames

River.

BIO MARGIN IN FEATURE RUN

New Haven Athletes Defeat Oppo

nents by Five Lengths in

Four-Miler.

FRESHMAN CONTEST DELAYED

REOATTA COURSE, NEW LON

DON, Conn., Juno 25. Yale won the

varRlty eight race over a courise of

four miles by five lengths. The "pe

dal t'roei were:

Vcle 20:52

Harvard 21:134

The race started at 6:44 with

Ya'e leading shortly after the start.

Yale led slightly at the one-mile

mark. Yale was in the lead at the

two-mile post by a quarter length.

Yale was two and a halt lengths at

the three-mile mark. Yale finished

by five lengths.

Yale Wins Frnknan Race.

Yale won the freshman elght-oared race

over a course of one mile and a half by

one and c--half lengths from Harvard.

The contest wu rowed In the dark. It

etartcd aa a two-mile race, but an eighth

of a mile from the start, when Harvard

we leading by half a shell's length the

oarlock of Harvard-! stroke oar broke.

The race was halted and after repair!

were made It was decided to race only

one and one-half miles because of the

darkness. Yale spurted after the restart

was made, took the lead and won by a

length and a half. No time was taken

.because the Btart was made in an In

accessible cove.

Yale Wins Second.

Yale won the second varsity eight race

by a third of a length from Harvard in

a snappy two-mile contest over the

Thames course today.

Yale led from start to finish, though

Harvard made a (una rally In the last

quarter of a mile.

Yale caught the water first, and with

i .

a faster strode openea up a i""

length at the heJf-mlle mark. The two

crews rowed a clean stroke and there

waa little splashing. Harvard Increased

Its stroke and came up on nearly even

terma with Yale, but the Blues hook

off the challenge and at the mile had a

1a.iI nrtv a' lenath.

1 Neat tba-ftulUJtIrvard cam avrong

and cut down TJ' aovamag ioo ur

foot Tale, however, ahct over the Una

with ot)thlrd of a ahell length to ipare.

The official time waa. Tale. 10:; Har

vard, 10:11

Bl7 Crowd Gather.

Cheered by condition f avorabW for

both spectators and crews the thousands

ho form the most picturesque setting

seen at any American regatta began to

rather along th course before the sun

mounted the first quarter mark of lta

course.

Special trains from east and west,

motor cars, excursion boats, iteam

yachts and sailing craft, all contributed

their share, and long before the starting

tlmo of the Junior eight raoea the prin

cipal street!, railroad stations and water

fronts presented a confualon of color and

clamor. Alumni and under classmen

fronj the rival universities guided par

ties o pretty girls, matrons' and children

to points of vantage from which to watch

the contest.

The colors of the rival eUees were

evident on every hand In form of flags,

arm bands, feathers, balloons, confetti

and paper streamers. Ticket speculators

stood ready to aupply observation car

rats at prices ranging from 110 to 3

each, and did a lively business.

Wilson Arrives at

His Summer Home

CORNISH, N. H.. June 23. President

Wiison, accompanied by his daughter,

Margaret, and Dr. Cary T. Grayson, ar

rived at his summer home near here soon

after 1 o'clock today. He was met at the

railroad" station at Windsor, Vt., by his

cousin. Miss Helen Woodrow Bones, and

motored to Cornish.

The Weather

Tor Omaha. Council Bluffa and Vicinity

Partly cloudy; warmer.

Temperatwre at Omaha

Yesterday.

Deg.

Hours

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a a m

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5 a. m

a m

10 a. m ,

11 a. m

11 m

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t . m

p. m

4 p. m

6 p. m

P- m

1 p. m

rooaparattT Loeai Reeord

191f. U14. lSlil. 191)

Highest yesterday 16 tT to K

liowesl yesterday 81 n

Mean temperature 74 82

Prectpltallon 40 .10

Temperature and precipitation

tures f rum the normal; .

Normal temperature

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n 78

M .00

depar-

74

T'rtal dtftcloncy. since Haroh I.

Normal precipitation

Deficiency for the day

13

IT Inch

.17 Inch

10 Winches

S Inahes

.45 Inch

.41 inch

Total laJnfall since March I..

Deflcloncy alnc March 1

Excess for cor. period, 1014....

Excess for cor. period. 1913....

Reports (rasa atatlaas at

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btatlon aad state

of Weather.

Cheyenne, cloudy....

Davenport, cloudy..

Ienver. clear

Ies Moines clesr...

Dodge City, cloudy..

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lender. rs.rtiv cloudv.

North Pfstte, cloudy..

Omaha, clear..

Pueblo, partly cloudy.

TUpId City, cloudy....

Fait take City, clear..

Panta Fe, cloudy

fheridan, rain

Klouv I 'llv

YsloBttne Partly cloudy

T ln.'.l-alestrai'e of Pre'clnltstlon

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THE MAN ACCUSED OF CAUSING THE GREAT

WORLD WAR First and exclusive photo of Wogo Tan

kositsch, who hatched the plot for the assassination of the

Austrian crown prince and his wife, the denouement of

which precipitated the present strife in Europe. Tanko

sitsch is now a major in command of a battalion in the

Serbian army.

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GOYERNOR CLARKE

IOWA DAY ORATOR

Exposition Officials Overlook Ar

rival of Hawkeye Executive and

- There is No Beception.

HE PRAISES STATE'S RESOURCES

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 25.

Governor George W. Clarke wu

the principal speaker today at Iowa

Day at the Panama Pacific exposi

tion. The welcome he encountered

was hopefully expected to obliterate

any Impressions he might have re

ceived when yesterday he arrived at

Oakland, ferried across the bay and

hunted up his hotel alone for his im

mediate party.

It was explained to him that his

staff of seventeen colonels, lieuten

ant colonels and other officers who

had arrived the day before, and

many high exposition officials had

gone to meet him at the wrong time.

Two hundred persons at Des

Moines were reported "listening in"

by telephone while the governor

made his address.

Miss Frances Clarke, the govern

or's daughter, sang "Iowa." A lunch

a dinner and a reception were fea

tures of the program.

Governor's Address.

Governor George W.. Clarke. In his ad

dress, said that there was nothing idle

about the boast that the Hawkeye state

was the "Garden Spot of the World."

He declared the statement had come to

be the consensus of opinion of the "com

petent of all other states who have vis

ited her or come to understand her vast

resource!." The governor declared that

conditions of heat and oold, sunshine and

rain, richness and responsiveness of ;cl!

throughout the entire extent of Iowa's

area are so perfectly balanced aa to Jus

tify the title.

"Whatever may happen or has hap

pened elsewhere, Iowa never brings anx

iety to her people," said the governor.

"The products of its fields, frequently lav

ish, are alwsys abundant. Like charity,

Iowa never falls. There is a sense of se

curity and substantiality In Iowa."

Billion in Farm Prod acts.

The governor declared that Iowa's crop

production la now more than twice as

much as It was fourteen years ago. "Last

year," he said, "It was W7.143.418, and,

when the value of live stock Is added the

1914 value rises to tl.01S,S8S,41. What the

state can do agriculturally is shown by

Its unrivalled exhibits here and the pre

miums It has taken.

"Iowa's School of Agriculture and Me

chanic Arts and I am only modestly

stating an everywhere conceded fact.

when I say this school Is the greatest

of Its kind in the world has been - a

wonderful help in Increasing Iowa farm

production and animal husbandry. The

state challenges the world on fine cattle.

Iowa appreciates this great school and last

year there was expended there 11,119,800.

The state believes In an educated citizen

ship and lsst yesr expended on educa

tion $20,298,773.

'The state is not simply agricultural.

It would be interesting to tell you of the

manufacturing Industries. Last year the

output of its faotortes waa t3SO.OO0.O0O."

The governor reviewed the history of

the state from the time the Indians were

Its only Inhabitants and told of the rec

ord It had mads In cltlscnshlp, pointing

to those who had filled Important roles

In the history of the nation.

Ante Maker Met More Pay.

TOLEDO, O.. June -The Willys

Overland Automobile coinnsny today an

nounced that the wages of employes

will te advanced i ner rent beirtm.in

July 15.

GLAD HAND GIVEN

OMAHA BOOSTERS

End Second Day's Trip at Norfolk,

Where Big; Welcome is

Given

CHICKEN -

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NORFOLK, Neb., June 25. (Spe

cial Telegram.) The second day of

the Omaha boosters' good fellowship

tour was completed at Norfolk this

evening at 6:80. Not a drop of rain

nor speck of mud had been encoun

tered.. It was truly a glad hand day

for the glad hand was out every

where for the Omaha delegation.

At Norfolk the crowd was entertained

at a picture show until V o'clock, after

which they were escorted to the Elks'

club rooms, where C. E. Bumham, chair

man of the good roads committee of tha

Norfolk Commercial club, formally wel

comed .the guests. The quartet replied

with some good roads songs and O,

ernor Morehead, who Is sticking to tli

ship like a submarine captain, gave a

(.'ood roads talk, telling the Norfolk men

what he believes convict labor will ao

complish for the roads of Nebraska.

8. A. Rearle, Senator John M. Thurston

and others came to the front with their

famous booster talks, and refreshments

were enjoyed.

Visitors llelsi Kntrrtaln.

The Commercial club of Norfolk sent 760

Invitations to farmers and men of neigh

boring cities to' be In Norfolk to be a

party to the entertainment. A delegation

wag over from Madison and group of ten

came from Pierce.

Dinner was served at Elgin by the

women of the various churches. It was a

huge chicken-pie dinner, spread on Ira-

(Continued on Page Two, Column Three.)

Suit Against Oil

Man is Frame-Up

SAN FRANCISCO, June S6.-A J60,000

damage suit brought by Leon H. Fair

child against Walter P. Shaw, wealthy

oil operator of Los Angeles, Cal., came

to a sudden close here yesterday after

witnesses for Shaw had testified that the

suit was a "frame-up" and after Fair

child's attorneys . had asked Superior

Judge Hunt If It would be unethical for

them to withdraw from the case. The

Judge told them not to do that, but to

submit the esse without argument. They

Old so and the Jury promptly returned a

verdict In favor of the defendant. Mrs.

Fairchlld killed herself In Lo Anreles

about two month ago.

Mrs. Annie C. Fleming, a friend of the

Falrchllda, testified that they came to

her last New Year's evening and Mrs.

Falrchllda took her aside and told her

that a "plot had been arranged by her

husband and herself whereby ah waa to

entice Shaw into her room, where Fair

child waa to discover him and threaten

to kill him if he did not give him flt.UiO.

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JawLsw urn m I

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Omaha now has tn area of

3 1 .23 square miles covering'

the most beautiful plateau

surrounded by hills over

looking' the Missouri river.

It's wor;h seeing1.

NEGRO CONFESSES

KILLING 3, ONE IN

NEBRASKA; HANGED

Black, Executed in Alabama, Leaves

Note Saying- Among Victims

Was Crawford Deputy

Sheriff.

BUT TWO WHITES AMONG THEM

He Orieves Because He Did Not

Murder Another to Make the

Number Even

INDIAN ONE OF THOSE SLAIN

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 25.

Byd Jones, hanged In the county Jail

yard here today, left a note In his

cell In which he confessed thirteen

murders. Two of his victims, a Mo

bile & Ohio brakeman and a Ne

braska deputy sheriff, were whites.

The others were ne.troes.

Jones named among his victims Thomas

Thompson, Charlea Bennett und Depute

Sheriff W. 8. Mosley of Crawford. Neb :

Shsy White, Thomas Shay and Sem

I.ee, Monterey, Cal.; Patile quirrgo, a

Mexican at Fort Wlnitnte, N. M.. and

John I.tttlejohn, an Indian at Bhrrldtin.

Wyo. The unnamed railroad brakemsn.

he said, ho killed at Boyd. Ky.

1 am sorry I missed getting Klchanl

Moore September 13, 1911!." Jones wrote.

Just one more would hsve msde an even

number."

Crawford Calls It Myth.

CRAWFORD. Neb.. June 25-tSnecla'

Telegram.) Hldney Jonne, the negro

hanged at Birmingham, Ala, and who

confessed to the murder of Deputy Sher

iff W. 8. Mosely of Crawford. NeU. la

unknown here. George Vhl, one of the

oldest settlers of Crawford, having re-

elded here continuously since 1878 on be

ing Interviewed regarding the confeelon

of Joness aid: "I have known every

sheriff and eputy sheriff of Dawes county

for the Inst thirty years and none were

killed and no one by the name of Mosely

haa evrr acted In that capacity. The

only officer that was killed here to my

knowledge was Arthur Moss, deputy

sheriff of Crawford, who was killed by

Private Heed of the Ninth cavelrv about

twelve year ago. RmJ. who im a col-

ored trooper, waa convicted of murder

and sentenoed to life Imprisonment at

Lincoln 'whore he died

J; R. Moeely, a resident of Crawford

for' thirty year, disclaims any relation

ship to W. B. .yosely or knowledge of

any such person.

Many of tho oldest inhabitants, hnweer,

recall several cases of murder where

urriiru. -

Car Bearing the

Bell to Be Parked

While in Omaha

En route to San Francisco the Liberty

Bell will be In Omaha from S until 10:10

o'oloek the morning of July 9. During Its

top In Omaha the car carrying tbe bell

will be parked on a siding alongside of

the "Wrfht Wllhelmy building on Jack

son, between Ninth and Tenth streets.

In order that children and others may

get a good look at the bell approaches

will be built alongside the car, the top

rlush with the floor. Guards will be with

the bell constantly. From her the bell

will go to Lincoln and thence to Denver.

Hundred Drowned

by Collapse of Pier

PETROGRAD, June .-Vla London.)

-jA dispatch received her from Kaian.

In European Russia, 400 miles east of

Moaoow, gets forth that upward of 100

lives have been lost in the collapse of a

river pier at a local pleasure garden.

The laat steamer returning to the city

was to leaiv the garden at midnight. A

crowd of holldaymakers men. women

and children, were forcing their way in

the darkness to the boat over the flimsy

pier, when the structure collapsed, vir

tually everybody was thrown Into the

water.

JOHN REED. AMERICAN

HELD IN RUSSIA, FREE

WASHINGTON, June K.-John Reed,

an American war correspondent arrested

In Russia recently for entering the war

sons without permission, has been re

leased. Ambassador Ma rye, reporting to

day, made no mention, however, of

Boardman Robinson, an artist arrested

with Reed.

Aroerk-an missionaries and other for

eigners In Urumlah, Persia, and vicinity

no longer are In danger, the Russian for

eign office has advised Ambassador

Mrye.

I Russian troops recently occupied the

, territory where Kurd bandits attacked

I .u.tv I'luiBiluns. The Petroarad -

ernment assured Mr. Marye that a fore

sufficient to protect all foreigners will be

held there.

FOUR EDGAR AUT0ISTS

MAKE TOUR OF THE EAST

From a Stsff Correspondent.)

WASHINGTON. June r..-(Bpclal Tele

gram.) Mr. and Mrs. Charlea A. Vonr

heea and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Btout of

Fdgar arrived In Washington yaaterday

en route to their former home In Trenton.

N. 3. They motored all the way from

Nebraska, making the trip in about six

days br way of Chicago. They will re

main la the east for a month and then

return by auto to their horns In the Prai

rie state via Albany and Buffalo. Mr.

Voorhees Is president of tbe May County

bank of Edgar, his son-in-law, Mr. gtout,

being engaged tn real estate.

A. F. Btryher, secretary of the Omaha

Live fttork exchange, and his son. Hlrd.

who Is In his senior year st the Harvard

law school, left last nljht for Omaha.

London Times Demands Nation

Be Told Truth About the War

liONno.V. Jun 2.V-A demand tha the

nation he "toM the truth about the asr'"

it voiced hy the Time tn an edttorlivl

The paper declares there Is no imm.dlnte

prospect of being able to comiyl tha

Oerman t" withdraw within their own

'frontiers; tbat It will take nvmth to

piovlde the Hrltlfh forces with tbe Mg

! gns. high explosives snd maclilne guns

which are necessary.

"The country has got to set Its ti-rth, '

sys the Times, ' disregard confusliif bul

letins and face the probability of pro.

longed and unprogreaslve CMmpalgn in the

wet while tleneral von Maokensen t sue.

etssful march probably had postponed a

re.nmptlon of the Russian offensive for

BRYAN WILL COME

BACK FORCAMPAIGN

Former Secretary to Take Lively

Interest in Senatorial Campaign,

Says Tom Allen.

HITCHCOCK TO HAVE BIO FIGHT

(From a Staff Correspondent.)

WASHINGTON, June 2 5. (Spe

cial Telegram.) T. 8. ("Brother

Tom") Allen of Lincoln, who has

I'evn In Washington for a day or

more, left this morning for the west.

Mr. Align, while refusing to talk

politics to any appreciable extent.

Intimated that Senator Hitchcock

would not have clear sailing for the

senatorial nomination next year, not

withstanding present conditions.

"Colonel Bryan will continue a factor In

the political life of Nebraska, altnough

out of the cabinet, and I look for him

to take the liveliest possible Interest In

the campaign next year In our state, not

as a candidate, but In favor of the prin

ciples for which he baa stood for the Inst

twenty-five yeans."

After talks with a number of Nebraska

politicians, who have been In attendance

upon the arguments that have been going

on this week before the Interstate Com

merce commission to increaae freight

m,M on western rosds. it has been

i l'rned that Governor Morehead will

make the fight for senator against Sena

tor Hitchcock and that John U Kennedy,

Ktmer K. Burkett, ex-Governor Aldrlch

and possibly Representative Charles Sloan

will be in the running for the republican

senatorial nomination.

Attorney General Willis Reed has the

senatorial be bussing loudly In his bon

net and If nothing intervenes will make

the rase-far Sens tor N orris' seat lir-i1&.

But then ISIS la a long way off and a

world of things may happen in the mean

time. .

Coming for Short Visit.

LINCOLN, June K.-W. J. Bryan U

coming- to his Lincoln home early next

week for a stay that is expected here

to be brief. He wired his brother, Charlea

W. Bryan, today that he would be here

all of next Tuesday. The understanding

la Mr. Bryan will go from Lincoln direct

to Ban Francisco, where he will arrive in

time to celebrate Independence day.

Proposal to Name

Regent in Turkey

Causes Deadlock

PARIS, June tS. vnformation has been

received from Constantinople, says a

Haves dispatch from Athena that after

It became apparent laat week that the

Illness of the sultan was of a serious

nature, the royal princes met and decided

that Tussof lusdlt. eldest son of the

late sultan, Abdul Hamld, should assume

the regency. This proposal was vigorously

opposed by the committee on union and

progress, resulting In a deadlock, the so

lution of which has not yst been found.

An operation for the removal of a stone

In the bladder has been performed upon

the sultan by Prof. Israel, the German

specialist, who has been at tha sultan's

bednlde for several days, according to a

Constantinople dispatch received at Lon

don laat night by the Reuter Telegram Co.

"Big Hank' Alleged

Swindler, is Arrested

BAN FRANCISCO. June -Henry M.

Meyers, alias "Rig Hank," who hsd been

sought throughout the country for more

tlian a year, is under arrest he re today,

charged with having been one of the

gang thst defrauded Henry Davis out

of $10,000 In San Diego In February, 1914.

by what la known as the "pay off" game.

The pollco aay he Is also wanted in

Buffalo, N. T., where Is 4s accused of

having defiauded a victim out of 127.000.

The police say also that Meyers was at

one time a member of th famous 15.-

OuO.ono swindle syndicate that operated In

many large rlttea and of which J. C

Mabray waa the head.-

Fac Simile

of the

First Resolution

Adopted by the

First Legislature

of Xebraaka.

Title Is In the handwriting

of lta author and illustrates

an Intereat-arlpptnfc story,

tolling how A. 3. Poppleton

caune to locate tn Oniaha a

few months after the town

waa laid out.

See it in The Sunday Dee

Mversl months until they also are pro

lred with guns and sheila

"To put It briefly the alllei on both

fronts are being held with no prospect

of an early change Moreover, the out

look In the Dardanelles, of whlrn the

less said the better, long ago rca'.d to

effer prospecta of a swift and eay di

version In tha middle east"

The Ixtndon Times Is one of lxrd

Nortlirllffe s papers which has wared an

energetic campaign for greater puhllcltj

In connection with the war. His attacks

upon the Hfltlsh government are credited

with being largely responsible for the

formation of the new coalition ministry

am. the appointment of David Word

Hforge as mlnlptor of munitions.

ADSTRO-GERMAN '

FORCESJEPULSED

Official Report from Fetrograd Says

Teutons Defeated with Heavy

Losses at Three Points.

BIG BATTLE IN K0ZANY REGION

PETROGRAD, June i4 (Via

Lnndon, June 25.) Austro-Oerman

forces were repulsed with heavy

louses at three points on tbe Dniester

river by tbe Russians, according to

an official statement under date of

June IS given out today at the head

quarters of the general staff. In the

Kosmlerjine district the. Russians

eerrled by assault a strong fortified

height. Enormous losses are said to

have been Inflicted upon the Ger

mans in the Kocany region.

The text of ths communication follows:

"There has been no Important change

on the Vldava and Dubysa rivets.

"On the front of the Narew and Vis

tula there have been only small outpost

affairs.

"Calm haa prevailed ua Lb Tancw

front.

Tee ton Move Checked.

"In the direction of Solktew and Lvov

(Lemberg) the evening of the t2d and the

whole of the 2.1d were oocupled by the

enemy In attempts to renew their ulterior

offensive, seeking with particular obsti

nacy to advance In the direction of the

Cstglkouff and Dlmltrovse, along the

railroad between Lvov and Brzesany.

"Nevertheless, thanks to ' our troops,

by energetic counter attacks these at

tempts failed.

"On the front of Joumauo-Detneax-.

kovlts there haa been a fierce engage

ment, which thug far hts developed un

der conditions,, fa voratd to us. .

"Important Oerman forces which on

the morning of the 33d crossed th the

Koaanv region to the left bank of the

Dniester; Suffered ' enormous - losses

Driven' back to ' the river, they - were

forced to assume . th defensive . ' under

Very difficult conditions, some of . their

troops being crowded on an island In the

river and others tfltginr to th left bank.

Aaatrlans Driven Aeroaa River.

"Near Martyovo and Rouadvlany the

Austiians crossed . the left bank of the

Dniester, but by impetuous . counter at

tacks our troops threw them back to the

river. Up until 10 o'clock the morning

of the 23d tha enemy Inst about forty

officers and 1,700 men of various ra&i-

j ments, whom we took prisoners. The

1 enemy Is endeavoring to hold his ground

(Continued on Page Two, Column Two.)

Workmen Leaving

Arsenals to Work

for Private Firms

PHILADELPHIA, June l6.-cor of

killed workmen are leaving the employ

of tho government arsenal at Frankfort

to accept position with private concern

that are supplying order for munition

of war for th European belligerent.

For the flrt time in year th arsenal

Is suffering from a shortage of employes

and offflals fear the situation may be

come terioua. Twenty men In the

machine shop and twenty-five In the

fuse department resigned yesterday. A

number of others gave up their positions

last week and It was said today that

nrtarlv ftvura lUntrtman h.J U. t. mni-a

or lcs affected. The defections have

' occurred not only among th workmen,

but afong officials as well.

The men declare thsy have been given

three-year contracts with the private

firm at wages far In exceas of thoee

I paid by the government. According toj

'officials at the arsenal there Is a federal

statute which makes It unlawful for

private concerns to use a promise of

hlghe- nrages to induce an arsenal em

ploye to leave the service ot the govern

ment and an investigation was said to be

under consideration. 1

Colonel Montgomery, commandant at

the arsvnel has recommended to thai

Washington authorities that the men be

given a 21 per cont Increase In wage.

Great Lake of Wine

Burning at Fresno

FRESNO. Cel.. June 25. Surrounded by !

a great lake of fire, the complete de- 1

tructlon of the buildings of the Barton

Vineyard company, owe of tha largest

wineries In the world, located about

three miles east of Fresno, waa threat-

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winery and storehouse, together with

about IO0.OU0 gallons of wine, already has

been destroyed by the fire, which broke !

out about 10 o'clock last night. The 1

loss thus far Is about to"0,000.

The burning win spread out In a huge

lake and ran down ditches surrounding

th buildings. Shortly before 3 o'clock

today a brisk wind sprang up and score

of men were hurriedly called back to th

fir line In an effort to save th remain

ing buildings.

Th government war house, containing

brandy, th sherry bouse, containing

more than 100.00 gallon of sherry; the

distillery and cottages, were th build

ings threatened.

RUSSIANS SAY

WARSAW LINE

STRONG AS EVER

Petrograd Reports Defensive Posi

tion So Secure that Germans

Cannot Withdraw Troops

for Elsewhere.

LULL IN FIGHTING IS GENERAL

Belief Expressed that Teutons Are

Preparing to Make Drive Into

Russian Poland.

MANY BRITISH OFFICERS DEAD

LONDON, June 25. Something

of a lull tn the fighting as compared

to tbe feverish activity of the last

fortnight Is enabling military observ

ers on both sides to take stock and

forecast future operations.

Petrograd claims' that the Russian

defensive positions are so secure that

the Austro-Germana will not be able

to withdraw many troops for use

against the allies of Russia. The

Russians assert, further, that their

present line before Warsaw is as

strong as It ever was and tbat their

armies on the river Dniester will fall

back only If the eastward drives of

the Austro-Gerraans from Lemberg

threatens to cut them off.

The authorities of the central empires

are less communicative concerning their

future Intentions and movement, but it

Is believed that Warsaw again is their

oblecttv.

In England the campaign for muni

tlona la In full swing with th possibility

of national registration to ascertain the

"man power" of the nation. That Kng

land appreclatea the need of adding to Its

fighting resources la significantly Indi

cated by the publication In the London

Times of tables showing that the casual

ties of offioers during tha last month

come within a few hundred of th total

casualties during the entire South Afri

can war. The total In Bouth Africa waa

2.751, while the lists since May M show

that 1.440 offioers have been killed or

wounded or reported missing.

Italian Official Report.

ROME. June 24 (Via Paris. June 23) A

gradual advance along the laonso river.'

with the occupation of Globna, north of

Plava and the edge of th plateau be

tween Sagrado and Monfalcone are an

nounced lu an official statement Issued

toplght at the headquarters of th Italian

general " staff. The communication fol

lows:

in the Tyrol-Trefitlno "region and in

Cadore there hare been methodical artll

(Contlnued on Pag Two, Coltuna 81a.)

The Day's War New

ACTIVITY ALONG th Italian frea

tler Is atlll chiefly la artillery ea

aasremeats, with occasional later

lade of Infantry activity.

OERMAN OFFICIAL aeraasts of th

flahtlaai aloagr the Dniester aarree

with th Rasslaa a to tho 4e

perateaess of : tho straggle which

th two armies are still wagrlasr 1st

that part of Oallela. Th Tea

tool version, however, admits re.

troarreaalaa only at on gvelat, atat.

laar that saperlor connter attach

by th Rosslaa at Tarlaew had

raeaed a portion of General Lln

elaaa's troop to ho withdrawn

toward ' tho Dniester aonfhcra

hank.

KLREWHKRB IX th eoatbeaatera

theater of war inrosrrea woo betas;

made, the official said, whll far.

thcr north, althoasjfc the Gorman

had evacuated tho -rlllaaro ol

Kepaesyska, which they had r-

really raptared, they had hrohoai

throaah th Rasslaa line seas'

Btes-aa and held their footldal

there.

cam rams in franck show tho

rcanmptloa of sapreme activity Oa

th hclaht of the Mease, where

the French tell of a violent Ger

man attaek. Tho German claim 1

that th operation there wrrt he.

arna by the French and that a

trench was retaken from them.

The French admit a German ad.

vaaee, hat declare tha former

line later were re-established. In

th Araroaee the German declare

they have ajalned stroaad.

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