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OMAHA, TUESDAY M0RNIN6, FEBJICARY 9, 1915-TEN PAGES.

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TWO REPUBLICANS

GIYE SHIPPING BILL

FORCES A VICTORY

Norm and Ia Follette Help Crush.

Move, to Adjourn After Fletcher

' Off eri Amendment to Clark

Motion.

FOETY-EIGHT TO FORTY-SEVEN

Chief of Administration Cohorts

Asks Measure Sent to Com

mittee and Returned.

. IKSTRtrCTIONS FOR ITS CHANGE

WASHING TON, Feb. 8. Senator

Fletcher, In charge of the govern

ment ship purchase bill, moved In

the senate late today as an amend

ment to Senator Clarke's motion to

recommit the bill that It be sent back

to the commerce committee with In

structions for Its amendment and re

turn to the senate forthwith.

'The Instructions directed that the

bill be amended to limit to twelve

months the time for which the pro

posed government corporation might

lease snips to private concerns, to

stipulate rates lessees might charge

for service and to prohibit purchase

of a ship In a way which might

menace' -the neutrality of the United

' States. , , '

A motion by Senator Clarke to re

cess until tomorrow was voted down,

48 to .47, .Senators Norrls and La

Follette voting with the regular dem

ocrat to stay In session.'

Zapatista Forces

Are Closing in on

Capital of Mexico

WASHINGTON. Feb. J.-Zapatinta

forcs ar graduatly clowlng in on Mex

lea City again, today's official dispatches

report, and the apprehension is dally

growing more acute over conditions gen

erally. ,

Practically all the foreign diplomatic

representatives there have asked their

home governments for lnntructlon as to

what they should do In-certain contingen

cies and are hoping to be permitted to um

'their discretion as to abandoning their

. legations. - .- .... '

Demonstrations continue by the popu

lace, which has been affected by the

nullification by Carransa authorities of

paper currency Issued by previous ad

ministrations. Scarcity of food Is causing

grave anxiety. An official summsry of '

. other conditions Issued' by the fc'taie'de-

Trpartment is informed th.t

.the banks and principal store In the City

of -Mexico remain closed on account ' of

the ordea nullifying the Villa currency.

General Carransa is reported to have

telegraphed that relief will bo furnished

the poor. There is a continued scarcity

of bread. '

"Accordln gto the department's advices,

the Carransa administration Is shipping

Its own supplies out of the city and ar

ticles of prime necessity are dally getting

scarcer.

' 'The department ia 'advised that Felt

cltas Villa, real If still In prison In Mex

Ice City."

Carranza Troops : ' .

ake Monterey

LAREDO, Tex., Feb. 8. The constitu

tionalist consul here today announced

Carransa troops have recaptured Mon

terey. No details are available. Tele

graph communication with Monterey via

El Paso is cut.

GERMANY WILL WORK

PRISONERS ON FARMS

AMSTERDAM. Feb. 7.-Vla London.)

Prisoners 'of war In Germany will be

Used to carry on agricultural work under

a deioisfon of the military authorities, ac

cording to the Telegraaf. They will re

ceive 10 pfenings (ZH cents) a day.

The Weather '

Forecast till T p. m. Tuesday:

For Omaha. Council Blurts and Vicinity

Partly cloudy; slowjy rising teiupr-

ture.

Temperatare mt Untbs Yesterday.

Hour. , Deg'

6 a. m...t 10

a. m S

7 a. m 10

S a. m

a. in

10 a. in

11 a. ra

12 m

1 p. m .., '

2 p. m. &

t p. in SO

4 p. IO SI

5 p. in 'J

s p. m 2

7 p. m at

S p. in 3i

Ceaasxtra tl ve , Lonl Heevrsl.

15. V14. 13IS. 1812.

Highest yesterday il it ) j

lowest yetrdy g 7 j

Mean temperature X f jj u

Precipitation T .00 .00 .no

lemperaiur and precipitation depar

tures from the normal:

Normal temixrature 32

Iiellclonoy for the day S

Total escess slm-e March 1 ; tU

Normal precipllMtion 04 Inch

Iefli lency for the day 04 Un-h

Total rainfall utiue March l...2X.'M incbes

rMflrlenry since March 1 1 87 Incites

Deficiency for cor. period, JH13. 1. 7 Inches

Deficiency for cor. seriod, 112. i.L3 Inches'

Reports from Statlua at T P. M.

EUUon and State Tomp. Ulih- Raln-

,f Weatiser.

1 p. in. cat. fait.

fro CLOSET . , y

Cheyenne, clear 50 U .00

De.vfTUHsrt. clear... t- Z .o

lfuver, clear uatitt.ua

North fhme. cloudy M 40 .)

Omaha, cinar W 21 T

Kajtid City, cloudy K JW .00

Mivridari. pt. cloudy 24 St .J

friowx t ity. clear 20 XI M

iontlne, clouay... i '16 Si .uo

indicates beiow aero. '

X luoicaiea trac of precipitation.

JU A. WiOil, Local urecaster.

ON THE BORDERLAND OF WAR German guards ex

amining the cart of a Dutch trader on the Holland-Belgium

frontier. 1

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STOCPIEH DISCUSS

CLOSING WEST IOWA

largely Attended Meeting of Inter

ested Men Held with Sanitary

Board on Epidemic.

NO .. ACTION IS YET TAKEN

Kebra'ska's Live Stock Sanitary

board" has under consideration the

proposition 6f malting quarantine

and embargo against the foot 'and

mouth--disease, more drastic by ek-.

eluding all incoming "cattle" east f

the Missouri river. .TnUwquld mean J

tha tthe teed lots ..f .".wesiera. .Jotfa, i

tha tthe

f rt)m which approximately 250! cars

" .0 l' ?

MpcAl. market, would be shut .out, ex-

eeiJt 'for immediate slaughter,

Whether to adopt, the more drastlo

proposition was the nub of a Ques

tion oyer which banks, live stock. In

terests of Nebraska and Iowa fought

yesterday afternoon before the Live

Stock Sanitary board , of Nebraska,

wlilch held a called meeting In the

South Omaha Uve Stock Exchange

hall. " .' ' - '

AanfaaeVnieat Cone Sooa.

After the meeting an offrcll statement

of the proceedings was given ' out, in

which was this declaration:

The Iowa stockmen were very anxious

to have tlio western part of Iowa kept

frH, while the Nebraska stockmen

seemed equally anxious to have the line

driwn from the Missouri river.

After a thorough discussion by all par

ties the inn.ttr was taken under consid

eration hy the sanitary board, which,

agreed to announce its decision in the

early future. ... j ..

Many Mn Attest.

With James H. Bulla, president of the

board, st ths head of the table, sur

rounded by the other members, the hall

(Con'tlnued on Page Three, Column Four.)

Chinese Question "

Is Embarrassing

' ,To Missionaries

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6IOUX FAL.W, S.D.. Feb. S.-SpeclaI.)

That tho boasted civilisation of the so

called Christian nations because ' of the

war in Europe has become an object of

contempt to residents of even the more

remote portions of China, and that Ameri

can missionaries are being sneered at by

the Chinese is the statement mad In" a

letter m which has been received from

Joshua C. Jensen, a South Dakota man

who Is stationed at Nincvuen. sechuen.

S I China, where he la a missionary. "

j' 1 "But perhaps the greatest hardship that

13 the war has brought upon us." he writes,

'Is the attitude of the Chinese toward

the war. Not a few have taken up a

rather sneering attitude toward our re

ligion. They remind us that ths coun

tries now at war have beeen under Chris

tian Influence tor many centuries, an

ask us why Christianity was not stiont

and effective enough to keep them a",

peace. And the question is something 0

a poser." '

Dr. Jensen is stationed at a point about

a month's travel from the coast, and yet.

notwithstanding their remoteness, the

war Is affecting the missionaries and oth

ers to a considerable extent. For ex

ample, an order of goods w hich 'before

the war cost them IJA in Chinese cur

rency now costs them tiii.

TWO YEARS FOR PUTTING

OUT EYES IN KAISER PICTURE

AMSTERDAM. Feb. . Vla London.)

(lanover newspapeis received here stste

that a Frenh war prisoner named L

svhuyer has been condemned td two

years' Imprisonment following his convic

tion ou a charge that he committed a

crime against the sovereign by destroy

ing the eyes In a portrait of Emperor

Wll'lam,

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AUSTRI&HS CROSS "

IIITO. RODHAM

Attempt to Seize Turn-Severin, the

Only Point Connecting Eoumania

with Servia is Defeated.

LOSS OF ATJSTEIANS IS HEAVY

PARIS, Feb. 8. Austrian 'troops

have violated the Roumanian fron

tier near Turn-Severln. the Journal is

Informed In a dispatch from Its Nlsh

correspondent. The Austrlans are

reported, to have fired on ' frontier

guards who . attempted to oppose

thep iiaw' and ft Iari0lJ- figw.fol-

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Strong reinforcements came to the help

of the Roumanians, and after a three

hour' struggle, the Austrlans ere re

ported to have been driven .hack across

the line lth- a large number 01 wounaeu

If the Austrlans had captured the Turn

Severln, the correspondents say, thry

would have had corapletes command of

Kladova. the only place in 8ervia on the

Danube permitting communication with

Roumanla.- . . . -

. The Incident, which occurred several

days ago, has not been followed up by

either side, the Journal report states. 1

Trumblp to Move "

, Against the Lobby;

Aims at One.Official

(From a Staff Correspondent.)

UNCOUN, Feb. S.-Bpecil.-fcobbylU

this morning In the house leaning over

the dead line received considerable sn

mouragemeat from the prayer of a aaw

chaplain, who said,' "Ask and ye shall

receive; seek and ye shall find;' knock

and It shall be opened unto you.". The

The lobby business has not been a very

successful affair so far this session, te

all appearances, though It Is said that

Trumble of Bherman expects In a day

or1 so to introduce, a resolution against

the persistent work of a certain, member

of the Railway commission who,' rx says,

has been buttonholing the. members in

and out of season, until forbearance has

ceased to .be a. virtue. , . , t .

Mr.' Trumble refused to give the name

of the ,of fending, commissioner, but. said

he was a tall gentleman with long. black

hair and wears . glasses. It would prob

ably not . be hard work for a good, Sher

lock Holmes-, to spot, the member the

Sherman county representative 1 referred

to,- ' . S1 . - ' -- ' , 't

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Asks Blank; Credit u

for Military;Useis

LONDON. Feb. 1 For the first time in

twenty-five years the British government

invited the- House of Commons to give It

a blank check tor army purposes. This Is

virtually the effect of the new precedent

set up by the Introduction of the army

estimates without , details and without

the aggregates of the expenditures and

when Parliament has voted the nominal

sum of 1,000 pounds under each of the

fifteen groups of expenditures it will have

4 oted supplies without limit for aa eftmy

of ,".000,0110 men to be accounted for wtiea

the var Is ov r.

Bank Cashier Short,

Commits Suicide

LEBANNON. Pa., Feb. 8.-A notice

posted today on the doors of the First

National bank of Kchaeferstown, near

here, announced that the Institution

would remain closed until after the

funeral oa Wednesday of Alvln Binner,

the cashier, who committed suicide on j

Saturday. Blnnee left ariots to bis wife j

In which he said he was "wrong" In his

b stilt accounts. A bank examiner-la said

to have found Irregularities - involving

more than tU.OOO. The bank's deposits

amount to about 1100,00.

ITALIAN IS BURIED

ALIYE 25 DAYS 111

EARTHQUAKE RUINS

Michael Cairollo Imprisoned Under

Wrecked Stable Without Food

Till He Loses Knowledge ,

of Time.

RESCUERS THINK HIM A GHOST

From Moment He Enters Cellar He

Sees No More Light and Is

Seized by" Despair.

FEW LIVE TO TELL SUCH TALE

ROME, Feb. 8. Few men have

lived to tell a stranger tale than

that of MIchiel Cairollo, who was

extricated from the earthquake ruins

at Palerno yesterday after having

been Imprisoned for twenty-five days

without food. Cairollo Is recovering

from the effects vof his experiences,

which be wae able to describe today.

Saw Wo' Mora I.lsrfct.

'From the moment I entered the cellar

I saw no more light and I believed I had

become blind, as my mind could not con

ceive that the ruins covered the cellar

so .completely as to prevent a single ray

of light from penetrating through. Fbr

long time I cannot say how long my

despair increased until I became almost

freniled. I shouted with all my strength

untltr fell Into an apathe'tla condition,

almost like a coma. Tljls saved my life,

for had I continued my desperate efforts

to free myself, I must hava died of ex

haustion.

'By feeling about with my hands in the

darkness, I found a wet spot and moist

ened my burning lips. This revived me,

and with my hands I dug a hole in which

water collected and I was able to drink.

Lm1 Css af Days.

"Thus I managed to exist how long Z

know not, as I lost count of the days

until yesterday I heard voices above me.

mm one, ah are -dead." another an

swered. "Quite so, but let us recover what

we can of our property

i aroused myseir to make a supreme

effort and screamed, 'I am alive here In

the cellar; Miehlel Calrolo.' Those above

me, t ten told, thought It was a ghost.

but X continued my course and convinced

them that a living man was Imprisoned

in tin ruins. They cam to my rescue,

and In about three hours I was tree,"

Old Soldiers Won't

t

Have to Go 5 Miles

For Glass of Beer

, . FJfHtrte. "S. P., Feb. aSpeeial Tele.

graJu,V-Tha., th old isoldlers of the atata

home and the national sanitarium at Hot

Eprtngs will not be required to take

five-mile stroll to get a' glass of beef, nor

that .the residents ef the towns of the

state generally ' where stats institutions

era locaed will be placed under the same

restrictions, was the view of the house

this afternoon after a "long debate Over

the five-mile saloon limit act for Hot

Springs, which .was first amended to In

elude all the towns of the state which

have state, institutions. within their bor

ders and then defeated.

The house also decided that a t-mill

levy for -any purpose is enough for the

operation of the business affairs of the

state, and struck from the resolution for

a constitutional amendment the provision

Which would allow an additional levy for

any purpose. The senate also decided

this afternoon that . the State Highway

commission has shown a right of expense

by adopting an adverse committee report

to wipe that organisation, out of existence.

i After debate the senate passed the reso

lution for' constitutional amendment

allowing the legislature: to fix salaries of

state and judicial officers. -

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German Ship Seeks

Refuge in Gravesend

NEW YORK, Feb. 1 The unusual

sight of a steamship flying the German

flag passing quarantine, apparently bound

te sea, coincidental with an official ma'

rtne report that a British warship was

off Fire island, bound toward the en

trance of the harbor, ereatod excitement

in shipping circles this afternoon, until

the German vessel, After passing through

the . Narrows, turned and anchored

Gravesend bay.

The ship proved to bo the Harburg,

which was merely seeking anchorage to

escape wharfs ge charges, according

Its agens. It moved to alongside Its sis

ter shlpT the Magdeburg.

Auto Racing Driver

'Dies of His Injuries

LOS ANGEXE3, Cat.. Feb. L-Jaek

Callaghan, the young racing driver in'

lured yesterday in a WO-mrte motor car

race at Ascot park, died today. lie was

impaled upon a fence ' post, which rent

his left side, exposing the lung. Several

of his ribs also were fractured.

Dust clouds raised by the racers

blinded Callaghan during the twelfth

mile of the contest, and be ran Ms m

chine, which was then in third place.

into the fence. Victor Wells, his mechan

ician, was unhurt. .

Callaghan was 36 years old snd came

from Kaleraasoo, With. '

IOWA MIDWINTER TERM.

ENDS WITH GRADUATION

IOWA CITT, la., Feb. S.-(8peclal Tele

gram.) Iowa's midwinter commencement

today furnished twenty-two degrees to

that many candidates. '

WAKTRD-r-Man with some monsy to

inrsai in manufacturing; numnesvi

alao to take executive position at

good saJary to start.

Pes forth iafonaatloa abeat

this opportunity, im tiia Wul

, A WM of todays Bse.

Right of Merchantman Ship to Fly

Neutral Flags is Not Well Defined

WAaillNOTON. Feb. A report from I

Ambassador Page at Lndon on the hoist

ing of the American flag oa the Cunarder

Lualtahla while crossing the Irish Sea

was expected here today, and pending Its

arrival theie were no official statements

of how the American government re

garded the Incident.

It was stated, however, that while no

report had been called for one would be

asked If the ambassador did not send

one today on Ms own Initiative.

Naval officers recalled that the navy

regulations permit a warship An fly an

other flag than Its own. but specifically

provide It must be hauled down and the

ship's own flag must be hoisted before

shot Is fired. There are many Incidents

In naval history where that has been

doneythe latest being the German sea

rover Emden. which hoisted the .Japa

nese flag Just before making a daring

raid at Penang.

It was recalled In naval circles here

today that when Captain 01aa, com

manding the cruiser Charleston on' his

way to the Philippines with a convoy of

troops, stopped snd captured Quam, he

ordered the Japanese flag to be flown

on his flagship and. on ths ships of the

flotilla. He signalled this message to

the steamers Australia, Peking and 8yd-

DACIA IS READY TO

SAIL FORGERHAHY

Steamer Bound for Rotterdam

Mores Out from Norfolk Sock N

', for Perilous Trip Across Sea.

BETTISH CRUISE& IS WATTING

NORFOLK, Vs,, Feb. The

steamer Dacla late tonight moved

out from the dock and was appar

ently preparing to sail on the long

heralded voyage to Rotterdam with

cotton from Galveston for Bremen.

Captain cDonald took out his clear

ance papers early today and said he

would sail before night on the usual

lanes. Five members of the crew left

the ship here.

Great Britain, questioning the

validity of the transfer of the Dacia

from German to American registry,

hag given, notice that it will seise the

ship and par for the cargo.

One British cruiser has been In

this vicinity for some time.

Cardinal of Cologne

Says ; God Is with

"Armies of Germany

AMSTERDAM. FVb. .-(Vla London.)

The Cologne Church Qasette published a

pastoral letter by Cardinal Von Hart

man, archbishop of Cologne as follows;

Ood has been with our heroic warrioss

In the 'west. In the esst, on the sea. in

the air. He has been with our Ourman

people in whom the determination to hold

out and confidence' In a victorious issue

are glowing.

"The war is an extremely severe trial

en all. Every one la courageously mak

ing the requisite - sacrifices. Supreme

confidence In God is being shown by all

Germans. ' .

"With God our warriors went', into this

war which has been forced upon us to

fight for the existence and liberty of our

beloved fatherland and. to fight for the

holy treasurers of Chrlstlarlty and its

uivUislng influences. Heroic deeds al

ready have been accomplished under

God's protection and under the direction

of our glorious leader, the emperor and

the German princes. We must look upon

the war In the light of our faith." .

SCRUN, Fab. S. (Via London.) Pope

Benedict's prayer for peace was , read

yesterday in ths CathollJ churches

throughout Germany. The reading ef

the prayer was the occasion of a

ceremony of particular solemnity at Co-

loge, where Cardinal Von Hartman took

part In the eucharlstie procession to the

cathedral and read the pope's prayer.

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ChicagOvUnion Stock

Yards Reopened for

Interstate Business

CHICAGO, Feb. S.-The Chicago Union

titock yards, which hava be eri under

partial federal quarantine since January

2, because .of a threatened outbreak

of foot and mouth disease, were reopened

today for the Interstate shipment of

cattle. No cattle, however, may be held

for more than forty-sight hours. Gov

ernment Inspectors have been authorised

to' slaughter cattle nald in violation of

this order.

. ETLDORADO, Kan., Feb. 1 What is be

lieved to be a new outbreak of the foot

and mouth disease was discovered today

near here. The disease was found among

flfty-ona head ef cattle recently pur

chased at ths Wichita stock yards. Eldo

rado is ia Butler county, one of the four

southern Kansas counties under federal

quarantine for the disease.

Half Million for

Work for Chicago's

Unemployed Men

CHICAGO, Feb. t.-8ollcltatton of the

500.000 fund to provide work for Chi

cago's unemployed began today under the

direction of Prof. Charles K. Henderson

of the University of Chicago, chairman

of the Municipal Industrial comniisaion.

The fund Is being raised as a result of

an appeal made by Mayor Harrison to

cltlsens on Saturday. ,

It is the object of the commission to

insist upon a year's residence in Chicago

as a qualification for work.

The work created by the fund will be

to beautify tbe city. Cleaning unsightly

spots and street work of all kinds, for

which public funds do not provide, will

be started Immediately.

ney, merchant ships under charter to the

government and In use aa troop ships.

'Tasslng signal station at Ouam,

Charleston will hoist Japanese colors:

other vessels same or none."

All the authorities of International law

snd the manual In use at tl naval war

college Justify the use of other flags on

warship The navy war college manual

sayst

"The regulations of the-tTnlted States

naVy state that the use of a foreign ftag

te deceive an enemy Is permissible, but

that It must be hauled down before a

gun Is fired' and under no circumstances

Is an action to be commenced or a battle

fought without the display of the national

snsign." ,

The record of International law, bow

ever, eontala few instances in which the

use of a foreign flag on a merchantman

has come into a question. -,

Chairman Stone of the senate foreign

relations committee, a White House

caller, said today that In his opinion the

flying of the American flag by the

Lusltanta was an "Improper use et the

flag." Senator Stone added that It would

be possible for congress to adopt a reso

lution protesting against the Incident.

Phot that that he thought it a matter to

be handled entirely by the executive

rench of he government.

RDSS CAPTDRE

FOORYILLAGES

Eeports from Geneva Tell of Des

perate Fighting in Carpathian

Mountains and Bukownia.

STILL STRUGGLE FOB WARSAW

GENEVA, Feb. 8. CVia Paris.)

Desperate fighting is rolng on la the

Carpathians betweon Lawocsese, In

Gallcia, and VolocU, In Hungary.

According: to advices received here

the Russians have captured the

villages ot Ulcs, Komarnllc, Csertess

and' Swldnlk,

A treat battle Is raring In Boko-

wlna between Doronowatra, and

Kimpolung. Austrian headquarters

has prohibited war correspondents

from coins; .to the front at Poschor

lts. The Austrlans are reported to

have been driven back beyond the

fcloldeva river, and the Russians also

have gained some small successes at

Tablomltsa. v:

Raaslasi Official Iteport.

PBTROGRAD, Feb. S. Hard fighting

continues in the Carpathians, .with suo

cessee of considerable importance for the

Russian troops, according to an official

communication lesued here today. A pur

suit ef the Austrlans, after their resist

ance had been broken at three fortified

positions near Mesolaborcs Is said to have

resulted in ths capture of more than

2,500 prisoners. The capture-of additional

troops after a retreat north of Ussok

Pass Is recorded, while It Is Stated that

Austrian attacks were repulsed at other

mountain passes.

Minor Russian victories are claimed In

east .Prussia and northern Poland. The

test of the communication follows:

"On the right rank of the Vistula

some skirmishes favorable t us have

taken place. On a broad trout near the

village of Nadros Cossacks attacked

squadron of the enemy supported by in.'

fantry, capturing twenty hussars.

"Our cavalry at S o'clock in the morn

Ing dislodged by bayonet attacks the Ger

mans from the village of PodlesUe and

Prondrstarr. oupturtng a quantity of

arms, ammunition and wire.

An important encounter took place on

the road from Slerpeo to Rypln, where

we delivered a sueeeeful night attack In

the vicinity of the village of Orsulewo.

On the left bank, of tbe Vistula, en

the Bsura and Rawka rivers, oonnonad

lng continued on February 6, but neither

adversary undertook active operations.

Ia tbe region ot the village of Kamlony

we began an offensive and -made some'

little progress In spite of an obstinate

resistance by the enemy.

"Our artillery successfully bombarded

a column ot Germans who were moving

In the direction ot Bollmow from Zeml

ary. Tbe infantry was compelled to flee,

sbandonlng Its artillery upon the high

ways. -'

Victory la Carpathians.

"In the Carpathians hard fighting con

tinues. Our troops broke down the en

emy's resistance at three fortified posi

tions near Mesolaborcs, and pursued the

retreating enemy several versts. taking

two cannon, five machine guns, capturing

the commandant of the third Honveds,

forty-seven officers snd t,B18 men.

North of Uzsok pass, near Lutowiake,

ths enemy was forced to retreat Our

troops occupied his trenches, taking three

machine guns and many prisoners.

"The attacks of the enemy, which

crossed the Toukholka and Beskld passes

nd February S, were repulsed with heavy

losses for the enemy, who was forafed

Into a precipitate retreat.

"On the Black Sea our torpedo boats

destroyers have bombarded Choppa.-'The

cruiser Breslau, which has arrived at

Betum, fired twenty shots without re

sult at our destroyers -maneuvering la

those waters. After two shots from the

fortress the Breslau steamed, away." ' . v

Crew of Asama Does

Not Need Help of

1 Any Neutral Ships

WASHINGTON, Feb. (.Rear Admiral

Howard's flagship, BandUigo, and tbe

cruiser Raleigh, which had been standing

by the Japanese cruiser Asama, loft fcan

Bartolome bay yesterday for San Uiego,

Cat. They did not take any of the offi

cers or crew off the Japanese vessel nor

wsre they called on for other assistance.

Although the Navy department la pre

vented from making public any details

for consideration of neutrality, as Ger

man ships are about. It Is understood that

at least one Japanese collier and two

Japanese warships appeared at the scone

and have taken charge of salvage operations.

LUSITAtllA FLAG

INCIDENT HOLDS

CEI1TER0F STAGE

Use of Subterfnje by Bij Liner to

Get Into Home Fort Humiliates

the-Pride of Teople of :

Great Britain.

TWO BIO BATTLES IN THE EASt

Bnssians Said to HaTe Stayed Ad

yance of Austro-Germaa Forces

Through Carpathians.

STUBBORN FIGHT KEAB WARSAW

1 .

The Day's War News

GERMAI ARMT la the Argesae has

ktcia another ef the repeated t

tacks which w that

flow of rasters Franc ot he

moot Utterly eoatrate battle,

fields ef Ewrope. The official

German etatemcat of today

iscti the cm p tare of porttoe

ef the aIlle ooaJtlon la the Aw

sjoaae. Tho Frestk ..-vnr office

aye that os Oorma ottaeU was

rcoalaed aad that tho fla-htlwsjr U

till la progress.

PREMIER ASQVITH aaaoaaced la

tho ITowse of Commons that Brit,

Ish loasea In tho west a to Fen,

rauy t IncIedlnsT killed, wounded

mm mtsstasr, were approalmately

104,000 men. .

AMBASSADOR PAGE made a report

to Washington en tho nso at the.

American flagr by th Lasltania,

Mr. Psgs haa Toeelved o report

from tho British government nod

fcoaoe his eommanleation oh ths

atorr of the American paaseagert

on tho Lnaltant to members of ths

staff of tho American embassy.

GERMAN ATTACK In eentral Pm

land than far haa fatted to make a

ran In tho Rasalaa Unee whlcS

would open tho way to Wni

ad apparently the only rosnlt

the battle haa been heavy looses

on both aides.

PBTROGRAD haa announced h

eav'tnro of several Geraaa nosla

ttoaa, bnt tho ffeaeral alisamrni

of tho Opposing armies haa ao4

boon ehaaged materially.

AT7STRIAIVS, assisted by German res

laforccments, are straggling- wltf

tho Rnsslane for mastery of th

Carpathian mountain panara

which, giro access to' Aastrla. '

Hoasrary. Important smcese

for tho Rosalaas In several ,n

grasjomeats r aoaoaaced of f V

dally at Petrogrvad. ' ',

PRIVATE DISPATCH from Slab,

Servia, describes a battle betweee

Ronmanlan and Anstrlaa troopa,

which la aald to have reaaltre

from aa Ahatrlan Invasion ot Ron

saaalan soil la tho direction ot as

important strategio position whirl

controls tho only Servian poeltlo

on tho Daaabo permitting codu

manleatloa with Roamaala.

. BCLLETIJT, .

LONDON, Feb. 8. Walter U

Page, the American ambassador II

London, today forwarded to tho Stay

department at Washington a report

on the Lusltanla flag Incident. Th

ambassador In his report Informally

reviews the alleged use of the Amer

lean flag by the Cunard liner on en

terlng Liverpool harbor Saturday

morning, as described to the member

of the embassy staff by American

who had crossed the Atlantic on th

vessel.

' LONDON, Feb. 8. The news o(

the arrival at Liverpool under th

American flag of the Cunard llnt"

steamer Lusltanla, la given mucl

space in tbe English papers todaji

The Information waa received to

late to permit of much editorial com

ment as yet, but enough has beet

printed to show that the Incident It

regarded as one of great importance:

It is not generally expected, howevet;

that the British government will tak

further action unless Washington ra

quests an examination.

Commenting editorially on the u

of a neutral flag by British rues

chantmen, tbe Dally Express sayj

that while such action may be legall

consistent. It nevertheless will did

turb BrItlah"pubUc opinion.

"In our case, above all others," a

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