Newspaper Page Text

]

I EIGHT PARTS jj

?yl)t jStmami st&f.' lisps j

No. 068.-N0. 20.227. ? 77?^

WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING NFnPi-.Dy

FIVE CENTS.

FIGHTING IS BITTER

IN MANY SECTORS

ON WESTERN LINE

French Assault and Capture

' German Positions in

Champagne Region.

TEUTONS REPULSED

IM PmiMTCD ATTAP^C

Kaiser's Men Attempt to Cross Yser

Canal. But Fail. Says

Paris.

PENETRATE BRITISH FRONT

Eventual Expulsion Reported by

London?Hot Action in Vosges.

English Answer Aero

Raid Claims.

LONDON, February u.?The

Champagne region in France,

where comparative quiet has pre\

ailed recently, while sanguinary

battles have been in progress in

the Artois and south, of the

Somme, has again been the scene

of bitter fighting, of which the

French have had the advantage.

After capturing about 300

yards of enemy trenches near

Butte de Mesnil, , the French

have been forced to undergo several

counter-attacks of severe

character, all of which have been

repulsed, according to Paris.

The fighting which is going on j

at many points is of intense char-1

acter. The latest French official

statement says:

Fail to Cross the Yser.

"In Belgium, after quite a violent

artillery preparation, the Germans several

times attempted to cross the Taer

at Het Sas. Under the combined fire

of our artillery and machine guns

these attempts failed.

"In Champagne there was very

marked artillery activity in the regions

of the Butte du Mesnil and

Xavarine. After a bombardment lasting

several hours the enemy was able

to penetrate a small salient of our

line between the road from Navarin

and that from Saint Souplet.

Germans Bepulsed.

"To the northeast of the Butte du

Mesnil the Germans attempted by a

new counter-attack to drive us from

those parts of the trench occupied by

us yesterday, but were repulsed. We

continued to progress by the use of

grenades to the east of these parts,

fcnd have made some prisoners.

"In the Argonne, near the Four de

Paris, we exploded a ramouflet, which

shattered the mine works of the enemy.

"In the v'osges to the north of Wis- I

' aenibach. eant of St. I?ie, an enemy at-I

tack met by our fire was not able to ap-'

proach our first line "

British Statement.

FJe!ati\e to the more recent fighting on

he western front the British official

statement of last night says:

"Marly this morning the enemy broke

into our trenches near Pilkelm, but was

driren out by bombing parties, leaving

some dead and wounded behind. This

afternoon the enemy made two small infantry

attacks about the Pilkelm road,

w bioh were repulsed.

I

Thcr<- has beer- mining a< tivity aboutj

Mullo'.h and north of the Ypres-Comines j

anal. At the latter place an under-j

ground fight took place, resulting In the j

enemy being driven bark, our miners j

successfully firing their charge. j

German Aero Attack.

"The farts of the German aeroplane

attack described ?n a German wireless

report on Tuesday are as follows:

Kleven hostile machines appeared. One

machine dropped three bombs about

six miles behind our front line. It was

driven down by two of our machines

crossing the line at 500 feet. The remainder

of the machines did not face

our patrols, no* did they cross the

line."

On Tuesday German army headquarters

reported an attack by a German

air squadron on the railroad station at

Poperingne, Belgium, and on British

amps between Poperlnghe and I>ix- ude.

Tne German airmen had several

c jrnbats with hostile aeroplanes, according

to the statement, but returned

without loss.

CONGRESS SEERS RECORDS.

To Be Uted in Impeachment of U. S.

Diitrict Attorney.

rST>lANArOM8. T?,.l . February It?

gihpoenaa have been nerved on the

flaypool Hotel Company, the new long<1.stance

telepltone company and the

F'oetal Telegraph <Vnpany to present

?;>e.,r hooka ard ra*> reenter records

i.c'or* the Judlciary subi ouimlitee of

the na'.onaf House of Represents!Ives,

v h'ch * .11 investigate the I m peachi

tit chatges of Representative Krank

II ichansn against United fftates Attorney

Marshall of New Tor's, It wan

' prnril tods*

'lite record* nought are for the month

* of Ms'. '*J1 . when, it la alleged. Rep

,* rotative H'j. hanan. former He pre \

e . t |>iiw lei of Illinois mlid

t H Van uiic in I ltd la lis polls It |

I. i m|ri nli'-Hl thai the men repreaented '

units* 1 * ee .m lit?r*e huvera for Kttro |

. ?-<>tiit11 i* w till*' here and utade

i <|itf tt* ii|" ??i|t nf tlt? ?it'

T?.e Itnpeei hum it charge* glee out

9f ?,. tutlU titient of Representative

Ru. '? r?l ?rm?t jury In

i Ka.

CHAMBER SUPREME

CMWSIX

National Organization Estafa

lishes Fact It Has Become

Trade Arbiter.

PRESIDENT R. G. RHETT

nilTi IRICO vran>o mnn

uuiliivlo itnno vvuni

Immigration Committee Especial]

Will Seek the Equitable Distribution

of Aliens.

Growth of National Chamber

Shown in Official Figures

MEMBERSHIP.

1914. Organizations 516

1915. Organizations 624

1916. Organizations Til

1914. Individual members. 1.716

1915. Individual members. 2,364

1916. Individual members. 2,865

FINANCES.

1914. Deficit 410,542

1915. Deficit $3,666

j 1916. Cash balance $23,608

BY WINGROVE BATHON.

If the convention of the Chambc

of Commerce of the United State

which has just come to in end *

Washington, has brought out or e thin

mnrp than annth^r it is that 'his frps

organization of the big and little bus:

ness men of the country is now the si:

preme court of business of the 1 nite

States.

The time has gone by when busiies

big or little, is obligejl to appeal t

Congress, to the President of tli

United States or to the President's ac

ministratove officers?cabinet or bi

reau chiefs?for what may be callt>

real assistance of government:

agencies. On the contrary, thes

agencies are now appealing "to the na

tional chamber of commerce for hel

in finding out what business want

They want such assistance and it:

formation themselves. On the othc

hand, the business men of the countr

now all fight out their battles so fa

as they can in an organization brougl:

together only a few years ago, whe

twenty-five subsidiary organization

May 21. 1912, said they would "get tc

gether." ?>

Bailroads Face a Strike.

Here is an instance in point, a hag

pening at the convention of the na

tional chamber just ended:

The railroads of the country, it is vei

generally believed, because of the fa'

that the railroad employes have bee

taking a vote on the subject, and son

straws have been exhibited to sho

which way the wind is blowing, are fat

ing a strike. All the railroads are t

be tied up. If the strike comes, con

merce and industry in the United Stati

will be paralyzed. The country won't k

lalking any more about the necessity <

a merchant marine to ship the goods t

Europe or Latin America. The questio

of shipping munitions of war to Europea

belligerents will become a dead issu<

The United States will be intereste

chiefly in getting some flour from Minnc

sota. some gloves from New York, som

l>oof s and shoes from Massachusetti

some cotton from Alabama, Texas, etc

some sugar ingredients from the car

and beet countries and some cattle froi

the middle west, or, at least, a sma

sinuin hi can 10 pui on Hie table a

home, if such a strike comes.

Results of the Appeal.

The railroads of the country draftf

an appeal to the convention of tt

Chamber of Commerce of the Unite

States. Thev got thousands of people t

become interested in sending telegrarr

to the convention, urging the chambi

to take action to prevent the strike. Ti

resolutions committee did not like tt.

way it was done. The committee, j

fact, as well as the board of director

resented it. They made up their mine

that they could not go on record as i

favor of either the railroads' side of tt

quarrel, or that of the employes. Ri

sentful of the campaign of tel*?graphln

and propaganda, it was decided by tl

committee and the board to bring in

resolution which contained the one litt

word "must," in allusion to the fa<

that the railroad employers and en

ployes should settle their differences fc

arbitration, which contained more re;

evidence of power, when it is considere

that the business men of the counti

are those who pay the freight, than

thousand other words could indicate.

It is events such aa this, partlcipatic

in the biggest questions concerning tl

world, which show how the nation;

chamber of commerce has grown, ar

the high place In which it now stands i

American business.

Outlines Chamber's Ideals.

Robert G. Rhett. the new president <

the Chamber of Commerce of the Unit*

States, is a big. tall, smiling. blue-eye

lighting man. The growth 0f the biggc;

business body In the world over whic

he has now come to preside, working h

way up In the ranks from committ<

chairmanships to the directorate and tf

chairmanship of the executive com mi

tee, which he now relinquishes, has be?

one" of the surprises of his business lif

Mr. Rhett talked yesterday with a Sti

reporter behind closed doors in one <

i he big rooms of the Pan-America

t nion building, in analyzing some of ti

things the national chamber stands f<

and some of the ideals he believes

should have.

Mr. Rhett is what is popularly know

as a "shark" on the by-laws of tl

chamber, which tell Just what that bo<1

an and cannot do, and he talks amu

ingly of how he haa come to be know

ah "The Human Why?"?"The Walkiv

Interrogation Point." as he sa3'S his fe

low members In the chamber descril

him When it comes to "throwing tnonkt

?ranches Into machinery." to again ti:

me uiiiuhk*- oi inr iih> tor at moinpi

Mr Rh^M hHD earned more endnrlr

fame in the I'ouiM'tla of the chamber I

MHktng propowm or resolution*

writer* of urtloii "What I* to tie fltairn

l> this?" or "Where will this lead iik

thiiii |?io?m??iI\ any other prominent t?u

Mr Imp Ii.ih aorvoa on the dire-torn!

Ahi* h leads naturally to the concluah

that he has soma of tha uualitlan of fa

i (OMMMMI M IMM4 Piic*,)

PRESIDENT VISITS

S FORTRESS MONROE

I* Makes Informal Inspection

and Is Interested in 12Inch

Guns.

REACHES NEWPORT .NEWS

K TOO LATE FOR LAUNCHING

y Accepted Invitation, But Biggest Oil

Steamer in World Had Left

the Ways.

I NEWPORT NEWS. Va.. February 12 ?

! President Wilson this afternoon personally

inspected one unit of the country's

defense, when he made a tour

of Fortress Monroe, whose mammoth

guns guard tlfe entrance to Chesapeake

bay. ten miles away. Cutting short his

j inspection of the fort, when he received

an invitation to attend the launching

of the largest oil steamer ever

built in America, the President hurriedly

returned to his launch and headed

for the plant of the Newport News

Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company.

But before his speedy little craft

could cover the twelve miles the giant

hull of the Charles Pratt, building for

;r the Standard Oil Company, had taken

its maiden plunge in the water of the

S' James, and the presidential party had

II to satisfy itself with a view of the ship?

building plant and other interesting spots

along the shores of the James and Hampit

ton roads between Old Point and Newport

News.

j Pleasant Trip Down Potomac.

d ! The naval yacht Mayflower, with the

j President and Mrs. Wilson and Dr.

| Cary T. Grayson, the President's phy- i

'* j sician. aboard, arrived in Hampton

? I roads about 1:30 p.m., after a delight- j

ie ful trip down the Potomac river and j

l_ Chesapeake bay. The Mayflower did j

not fly the President's flag, and there j

l" were no salutes from the fort or other

formal ceremonies to mark the chief

il executive's arrival in Virginia waters.

5& It was stated at Old Point this afternoon

that the presidential party would

remain in Hampton roads district ujitil

P 5:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, when

s the return trip to Washington will be

begun.

i- Accompanied by Mrs. Wilson, Dr.

Grayson and two secret service men,

ir the President came ashore a few miny

utes after six o'clock. A number of

soidiers from the fort and civilians

-r who were gathered on the dock greett

ed the President with rousing cheers,

to which he responded by lifting his

n hat and bowing, a broad smile indicat-'

ing his pleasure at the impromptu reB>

ception. The presidential party then

neadea tor tne main entrance iu me

fort. En route the President was

stopped by several men who knew him

and wfcs forced to acknowledge the

demonstrative greeting every few

steps. Each time he lifted his hat

>- and bowed with a smile.

Waives All Formalities.

y Beaching the fort, the President

tt stopped at the guardhouse and asked

in the guard on duty to request the ofle

fleer of the day to notify the fort auw

thorities that he did not desire that

c- any formal courtesies be shown him;

o that with his wife and Dr. Grayson

n- he would see the fort without escort.

;s The party then walked through the

main barracks, circled the parade

^ ground, looking the barracks over

,n from the outside, and then mounted

n the ramparts of Battery Parrott, where

the President inspected with a show

d of deep interest the twelve-inch guns.

i_ which in time of war will be called

,e upon to keep hostile ships out of the

8> waterways which lead to Washington,

Baltimore, Newport News, Bichmond

e and-Norfolk. /

|J It was while on the ramparts thdt

" the President received the invitation

Ll to attend the launching, the messenger

explaining that the exercises would be

delayed if the President should accept

} the invitation. Mr. Wilson men led

,j the way down the barracks and breakwater,

making: the exit from the fort

le | through the officers' quarters. Fully

:d | two hundred persons bad gathered on

|Q ! the pier and a volley of handclap!

ping and cheers greeted the nation's

18 | chief executive. The greeting again

?r was cordially acknowledged.

|| Courtesy of the Sailors.

In During the President's absence the

^ sailors In charge of the launch from

n the Mayflower had gathered some

white boards out of which they had

(e~ constructed a temporary platform at

ie the point the party would board the

a launch. The President seemed greatly

|c pleased by this show of sentiment and

? Mrs. "Wilson smiled and bowed her

?y thanks to the sailors,

al The launch was headed for Newport

>d News with all speed, but if they had

y only known it, the launching had alii

ready taken place, the start from Old

Point being made at 4:10 and the

?n launching having occurred at 4 o'clock,

ie The trip was not entirely without sata.1

isfactory result, however, as the Presi,d

dent was afforded an opportunity to

n look over the superdreadnaught Pennf

sylvania, which is nearing completion

and expected to go on her trial trip

during the latter part of this month,

and the Mississippi, to be slightly larger

er than the Pennsylvania, and which

;c| is now about 30 per cent completed.

To Visit Soldiers' Home.

!? Tomorrow President and Mrs. Wilson

la are expected to visit the National Sol5e

diers' Home and the Hampton Normal

School atvHampton. Their plans have

t not been made public, however, and it

?n i? not definitely known how they will

e. upend the Sabbath. They will spend the

night aboard the Mayflower, which

3f1 rides at anchor in practically the same

,e spot where the captured British liner

ur Appant dropped anchor after being

? brought into Hampton roads by a German

prize crew ten days ago.

.n Returning; to Old Point from Newport

ie News, the President and party went dilv

rectly to the Mayflower, not touching

at the dock. The President later declined

an Invitation extended by the

management of the shipyard to attend

I a dinner party tendered the sponsor

be and launching party.

?y

"*, Killed in Auto Accident.

i* MiRT VAI.f.KY, Oa... February 12.-"y

llr O. Slnglrlon killed and hi* !

elfe and *l*ter, Mr*. (.'artleae. painfully,

injured when their automnhila o\cr*'?

tinned near here at I In o'clock this I

S_ morning In- HingUIon ? .skull ?a*

mailed. II* llv*d nnly a faw mlnntng.

f_ Mra. <Mnglet'.n and Mra. I'aMtMP* ar*

auWwIat rlom fractured rlba.

WAR HEAD CHOICE I

TO 6E MADE AFLOAT

| :

Secretary Lane Heads List of. I

Those Mentioned for Post

e\ - .

oi decreiary.

No messages reached the White

House yesterday from President Wil- p

son. cruising in the Chesapeake on the F

Mayflower, and officials said if he had n

reached any conclusion in his consid- v

eration of a successor to Secretary Gar- b

rison they had no knowledge of it. Tt u

was said the President left the capital C

Friday night with an open mind, ex- i<

pecting during his trip to give careful o

consideration to each of the long list t

of candidates suggested to him. s

Several in High Official CTircles. "

Among many of those familiar with y

the President's views the impression

prevails that unless he goes outside of

high official circles for a War Secretary

he will name Franklin K. Lane, ?

now Secretary of the Interior. Others be- ^

lieve that of those already associated n

officially with the administration. Sec- n

retary Houston of the Agricultural Department,

Assistant Secretary Itooseveil

of the Navy and Counselor I'oik of

the State Department all are being

very seriously considered by th? President.

There would be little surprise here, S

however, if the choice fell upon some

man outside official circles and not

publicly discussed for the place. The s

President's mind, White House offi- rr

cials believe, virtually will be made up w

when he returns here late today or to- a

morrow. h

Gets Stronger Support.

In letters and other messages reaching

the White House yesterday from c

members of Congress, officials profess- f<

ed to see a decided tendency among S

those who had opposed Secretary Car

rlson's ?ntal army plan to sup- |

port O $dent on a compromise I

progra \ than forty represents

tives. Yx was said, had sent word they

would support the President, among

them being several who heretofore had r

opposed the administration's proposals. 1

WILL HELP SUCCESSOR.

Former Secretary Garrison Willing

to Break New Man In.

NEW YORK. February 12.?Linrtley j

M. Garrison, former Secretary of War, v

said tonight that when his successor ^

was appointed he would offer to go to g

Washington and help the new Secre- g

tary become acquainted with his duties. a

"I shall not make myself vocal in any ?

m- r;--j. 1-1 .11 ?* '

vv c* j , ?<i > . uai i i oui i nam. I Hill UUl

of politics and intend to make no n

further statements." t

? ? - T

e

ti

ii

1 he Star will be j?lad -to a

have its attention called to

any misleading or untrue

statements, if such should ^

appear at any time in any t

advertisement in its col- *

il

umns. ?

Readers arc requested to ?

assist in protecting them- J

selves ami legitimate ail- (

vcrtikcrs. t

II

I

?

ALOXE.

MANIA MESSAGE I

WEVOpH.

Berlin Officials Confer on Its I

Contents, as Received From

Ambassador.

BERLIN, via London, February 12, 9

m.?A message from Ambassador von n

ternstorff relating to fhe Lusitania t

egotiations, which arrived yesterday,

.'as the subject of deliberations today d

etween Dr. Alfred M. Zimmermann, d

ndersecretary for foreign affairs, and b

.'ount Montgelas, head of the Amer- o

can section of the foreign office, and c

ther experts on American affairs of f

he foreign office. The message was i1

ubmitted to Dr. tlottlieb von Jagow, 1

ecretary for foreign affairs, on his I c

eturn from the headquarters of the r

eneral staff this morning. ^

Air of Pessimism Noticeable. ''

Officials of the foreign office and

thers connected with the government P

ere reticent about expressing an r

pinion on Ambassador von Bernstorff's s

lessage. but an air of pessimism is 11

oticeable about the foreign office. s

Dr. Zimmermann is credited with the

emark that the situation looks fairly

avorable.

Berlin Approval Expected Here. ^

TWe message, from Count von Bern- s

torfT being considered by the Berlin "

oreign office is presumed here to be 11

hat dispatched by the ambassador

cveral days ago, asking his govern- c

tent to approve slight changes in the v

rording of its Uusltania proposals, so H

s to put them into a form that it P

as been declared by high officials a

*oubl bring the United States and

-erniany into complete accord on the

erms of final settlement. The gen- t<

ral expectation here is that the tl

hanges, made after extended con- ] f]

erences between the ambassador And

ecretary Dansing, will be approved.

(ACE WON BY LYNCHERS I

< V

tl

Georgia Mob Seizes Negro Before *

Officers Can Arrest Him on

Murder Charge.

tt

w

MACON. Ga., February 12.?Marvin d<

iarria. a twenty-one-year-old negro. c(

?*as hanged to a tree in Twiggs county

oday, after a race between officers **

eeking to arrest him on the charge of **

hooting and killing S. A. Fountain, an aj

ged Wilkinson county farmer, near al

effersonville, Ga., yesterday, and a

lob formed after Mrs. Fountain had lo

estified at the coroner's inquest that ^

[arris hau confessed to her and threat- r?

no?i lr ill if sh# tnlfl

The negro, according to Mrs. Foun- flj

ain's story, said he shot Fountain dur- sl

rig an altercation over the work of

nother negro.

Afraid to Tell Story, elMrs.

Fountain testified at the inquest

hat Harris came to her home after the w

hooting, told her of the crime and

rightened her so badly tiiat she was ~*~

frald to tell her story. She said nothng

until late last night, when she reported

that her husband had failed to

eturn from the field where he had

?en plowing. Neighbors found the ;

,?>d\ after a search lasting several I

lOUI'S.

Immediately after Mrs. Fountain told

ier story officers started in search of

he negro. Before they could locate

iim, however, a mob had formed, capttred

the negro, hanged him and fired

number of abode Into the body. Harts

Is said to have confeased.

I

ynrr,

W///"' '! |

%*?

?-- - - - _

KtVtLI IS LlVt

_ISSUEATCAP1T0L

Republicans and Democrats

Alike Discuss Chances of

His Nomination.

How far will the movement to nomilate

Col. Roosevelt on the republican

icket go?

The question was discussed yesterlay

at the Capitol by republicans and

emocrats alike. The announcement

y Representative Gardner and three

ther well known citizens of Massahusetts

that they wanted Roosevelt

or the nominee of the party preciptated

the discussion. A report from

llinois to the effect that three of the

andidates for delegate to the national

epublican convention in that state had

ome out for Roosevelt added to the

nterest.

Here are some of the opinions -exressed

by senators and representatives

egarding the matter, who, however,

aid they did not care to have their

anios used in connection with the

tatemcnts.

How Situation Is Viewed.

That Hie Roosevelt movement in

lassachusetts is the result of the

trife there over candidates for the

omination and an attempt to climiate

Senator Weeks from the running.

That the announcement in Massahusetts

and Illinois regarding Rooseclt

are only the forerunners of a

weeping campaign which will carry

toosevelt into the nomination against

11 opposition.

That these announcements are inended

to feel out the country and paricularly

the republicans in regard to 1

fie possible nomination of Roosevelt. 1

A republican senator from the west '

airl that hf thorp was a nna.

Ibiiity, even a probability, of Roose- 1

elt's receiving the republican nomi- 1

ation. He added that if he did the

uestion in which the nation is most

itally interested would then become

le issue in the national campaign? 5

hether the United States is prepared

) protect its citizens.

Fear Roosevelt Nomination.

i

Other republicans in the Senate take <

le stand that to nominate Roosevelt

ould be playing into the hands of the (

emocrats and would bring about a j

jndition which the democrats are (

oping for?a division in the ranks of t

le republicans?and also would align J

le peace element of the country f

gainst the republican nominee. They j

re fearful, too. that Col. Roosevelt's

lything but neutral utterances in reard

to Germany and Austria would

>se him the entire vote of citizens of <

eutonic extraction in this country. '

It was recalled that reports stated ''

oosevelt would not accept a nomina- <

on for the presidency which meant a ?

;ht within the republican party, since

ich a fight might mean the victory

' the present administration. ,

Snmp nt th#? democrats at the Canltol

ere announcing that their predictions

n'cerning the nomination of Roose?lt

by the republicans were being upsld.

and some of them apparently

ere glad that this was so.

Looking at World War ?

Through Analysts' Eyes

Kxtended articles on the great

Kuropean conflict, current events

and their purport, by Frank

Stinonds. Richard Harding Pavls

and Oliver Owen Kuhn. on pages

k and 9, port 3.

RUSSIANS AR

FORWARD I

MFNifF i

iiiutiiiyu

German Forces Noi

Rivers Seretl

Dnie

HUNGARIANS ARE

FOUR MILES NE

T *r n ..l r 1.

lernnc came rougnt in

Reported to Have Suff

in Coi

PETROGRAD, February 12.been

indicated in the reports of th<

over the whole Galician front.

The Germans, according to ad

are on the defensive on three impoi

and the Dniester. Czernowitz, ca

ously threatened by the Russian a

as by the Russian crossing of the ]

troops are firmly intrenched. Thi

interrupting one of die most imp<

tween the armies of Gens. Pflanzer

A third important Russian i

Zale Szczyky, where a fierce count

successful in routing the opposi

Hungarian troops to such an exte

four miles to the rear. In additio:

have been made in the opposing

active immediate to the northwai

moved slightly forward.

Keeps Germans in East.

It is believed in military circles that

the new Russian offensive has prevented

the Germans from withdrawing;

troops from this front, thereby lessening

the chances of successful attacks

on all lines elsewhere.

The initiative on the Dvinsk front

remains in German hands, but the mild

weather of the last month, threatening

with inundation the trenches built by

the Germans on marshy grounds, is

seriously handicapping their effort to

move forward. Prisoners report that

a great number of French prisoners are

employed in the construction of drainage

works.

Russian Statement.

The following official communication

was issued from general headquarters

today:

"Western (Russian) front: In the

Riga sector the Germans fired large

bombs into our trenches adjacent to

the Dvina. Near Dvinsk fighting for

the crater formed by a mine explosion

lasted the whole day and ended to

our advantage.

"After a lively bombardment we occupied

the village of Garbounovka.

Near Lake Sventen there was a very

intense bombing duel. Near Tchemerine

DISTRICT MEASURES

IN BALANCE TOMORROW

I

Fate of Items Will Be Decided at

Conference on Urgent Deficiency

Bill.

When the conference report upon

the urgent deficiency bill comes before

the Senate for action tomorrow, that

body will be called upon to decide

whether it will insist further upon important

amendments to the measure in

which the District of Columbia is interested.

The conference committee yesterday

reported only a partial agreement on

the bill, leaving a number of items still

in dispiite between the two houses.

Among those still in dispute are the 1

tern for the addition to the Powell ,

School, the item for the Lincoln Me- i

morial. increasing the limit of cost; (

he Senate amendment permitting the

Dureau of engraving and printing to <

ransfer an appropriation already made J

10 as to be available for the purchase ,

>f supplies, and the Senate amendnent

carrying $25,000 for the memorial

>ridge commission.

The report showed, however, that the ]

House conferees had agreed to the I

Senate amendment providing that here- i i

after the envision of efficiency of the

. ivil service commission shall be an in- 1

iependent establishment, known as the *

bureau of efficiency, and that officers j

and employes of the division shall be t

:ransferred to the new bureau. t

The House conferees also agreed to ]

:he Senate amendment increasing the

imit of cost for the new central power

>lant for the government to $1,669,104.

limit was $1,494,104.

lilt: iu? ???v. - Another

Senate amendment to which

he House conferees have agreed re- I

ates to the publication of notices in

condemnation cases for the opening

md extension of streets, avenues and

illeys. h

Baptists Baise $500,000. *

CLEVEKAND. Ohio. February 12.? V

Cleveland Baptists announced today

hey have completed their campaign ?

or faOO.OOO for permanent relief for L

iged pastors, begun May. I?t*. It ia <J

he first block of t2.M0.000 tj*be raised

E DRIVING

INGAUOA;

r7CD?nWIT7

U?iLilUlV V? llli

w on Defensive on

i, Pruth and

ster.

MEN BACK

AR ZALE SZCZYKY

Tsebroff Region?Teutons

ered Enormous Losses

nfliAt

IIIUU.

-The Russian offensive which ha*

: last few days is maturing rapidly

vices from the scene of hostilities,

tant rivers?the Sereth, the Pruth

pital of Bukowina, is again seriidvance,

east of Raranche, as well

Dniester at Uscieczko, where their

s move also has had the effect of

jrtant lines of communication beand

von Bothmer.

advance has been recorded near

ter attack is declared to have been

ng forces and demoralizing the

nt tnat tney retired to a new line

n to these breaches announced to

g lines, the Russians have been

rd of Tarnopol; where they have

'the enemy directed from time to time

a sweeping fire against a height we

had occupied.

Fierce Fight in Galicia.

"In Galicia, in the Tsebroff region, the

enemy 'made desperate efforts to dislodge

us from a height. ^He succeeded

at the cost of enormous losses, but one

of our glorious old regiments ejected

the enemy for a second time by a terrific

attack against the height. Prisoners

taken here stated that our ar- '

tillery inflicted enormous losses on the

enemy.

"Last evening and during the night

the enemy, seeking to win back the

height in the Tsebroff region, made

three desperate counter attacks, all of

which were repulsed with heavy losses

to the enemy."

No Gain for Buss Admitted.

The current Austrian report on tho

operations against tne itussians aamits

no permanent gain for the troops of

Emperor Nicholas, mentioning specifically

an operation northwest of

Tarnopol, Galicia. where Russian detachments

that occupied several ad-r

vanced Austrian trenches are declared

to have been ejected in a counter attack.

LONDON NOT REACHED

IN RAID OF ZEPPELINS

Returning Americans. However,

Bring Reports of Hilling of 179

and Wounding of 300.

-NEW YORK. February 12.?Zeppelin*

did not reach London in their raid on

the night of January 31. according to

passengers from England who arrived

here tonight on the White Star liner

Adriatic. There were reports in the

British capital, however, that 179 persons

were killed and nearly 300 wounded

in the midland districts not far

from London by bombs dropped from

the German airships.

George T. Knowles, chairman of the

American University Club of Liverpool,

who was on the Adriatic, was in London

the night of the raid and declared

the Zeppelins bombarded neither that

city nor Manchester. Considerable damage

was done, however, at Burton-onTrent,

he said. He visited that place

and saw the ruins of a large brewery

which had been burned. Bombs were

dropped also in Nottingham. The misjiles

evidently were aimed. Mr. Knowles

asserted, at large buildings in the hope

that arsenals might be struck.

Statement Confirmed.

George H. Dora, a New York publisher.

confirmed the statement that

:he raiders did not visit Bondon on the

light of the 31st.

Aboard the Adriatic were forty of the

>assengers who were aboard the Pliilalelphia

of the American line when she

:olllded with the big sailing ship Ben

?ee. six hours out from Biverpool. on

lie night of January 22. The prow of

he Ben Bee struck and. raked the

Philadelphia.

HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING.

Iniversity Club Chooses Governor*

and Committee Members.

Elections reporteO- on st the annual

uslness meeting of tht University Club

ist night were as follows: To ths

oard of governors?Hsnry P. Rlalr.

rilliam P. Hoover. Ralph P. Barnard.

Morrill t'haniberlin and J. Miller

ienyon. To the committee on admialone?Edward

B Kimball, t.'harles V.

angworlhy. William K. jSkvta and

idol I 8. Hmlth.

Prlar to the announcement at the raolls

of tho balloting, rogolg^ >Him

? traaaaotad.