Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 5, 1915, Winnipeg, Manitoba Only morning newspaper in Manitoba. Weather forecast Fine and warm. Temperatures yesterday 7 maximum 64. Minimum. 44. Vol. 41. Sun rises . Sets Moon rises Midnight aels . Winnipeg monday july 5, 1915. Fourteen pages no. 313. I attempt of up shot by German sympathizer inside summer Resi Dence Glencove injuries not serious Assassin confesses making Effort blow up Capitol Washington i Enove n.y., july j. P. Morgan and the Morgan children were be held As hostages in their own horns and killed with dynamite if j. P. Morgan refused use his in fluence Stop the exportation of War munitions Frank Holt who yester Day attempted assassinate or. Morgan his Home near Here told police commissioner Arthur Woods in his cell Mineola today. Or. Morgan the victim of the bul lets which Holt fired continued show improvement today. My said Holt was get hold of mrs. Morgan and the Morgan children and take them into an up stairs room and then Send or. Mor Gan out see his influential friends Stop the exportation of ammunition from this country. I planned take the dynamite in the room with and Cut a Hole in the door and have the food shoved in through it. I planned keep them there until or. Morgan returned and gave me his that Tho exportation of War munitions would Stop. Unless he stopped i would Tell him of my intention kill mrs. Morgan and the children and myself by exploding the will reorganize russian ministry London july Petrograd correspondent of the times Stales thai the Corem Ykin ministry is be re organized in such a manner that All members May be expected work in Harmony with the Duma. The re organization has been carried another important step by the retirement of g. minister of Justice and v. C. Sabler procurator general of the holy Synod. They Are succeeded by m. Khz Rosloff former assistant minister of Justice and Alex Ander Samarin Leader of the Moscow conservatives. is understood the correspondent adds that Pierre l. Bark minister of finance will be retained but that other changes will be made soon. There is some doubt Asio whether the premiership will devolve on m. Krivoshein minister of agriculture or on Prince v Assil Chikoff but in any Case m. Krivoshein will remain in the new Cabinet thereby insuring great strength the ministry. Battleship mine layer was also destroyed by the russians in the Baltic sea fight. Turk troop ship sunk by British undersea Craft destroys shipping Glencove. X.v., july 3. Frank Holt i former Cornell University in Stetor i tempted assassinate j. P. Morgan bust Isle or. Mor sran s summer Home near Here Tactay. A also i onic Sketl tonight that he was the Man set the bomb which exploded in the United states Capitol washing ton lust night. Tvs i. Morgan was said by specialists his bedside be resting Well Highl. To vital Organ the physicians announced had been involved in his injury. The physicians How Ever declined state the exact location of or. Morgan s wounds. Holt by his confession and the de tailed description of the bomb he used in the Capitol outrage stamped himself Cis an Export on the use of explosives the police assert. Immediately after his confession was obtained the chief of the washing ton police n. Squad of secret service operators and new York City detectives and Bertillo and Finger print experts were summoned Glencove. Confessed Senate outrage. The belief prevailed that Holt had been connected with other bomb out rages which have the police notably the finding recently of a bomb on the grounds of Andrew car Esric s fifth Avenue residence in ecu York City. Thomas Tunney Captain of the bomb and anarchist squad of Detec Tives of the Stew York police depart ment and William e. Iii Oyster the Justice of the peace before whom Holt was arraigned late today obtained the confession. To do so they intimated they had employ so called third degree methods of police Headquarters. Three Sticks of dynamite bound Gether some match Heads placed in a hollow of on of the Sticks which Holt had scooped out with his pen knife a bottle of sulphuric acid in the neck of which there was inserted a Cork carefully measured and of a kind previously was the bomb which Holt placed in the sen Wing of the Capitol 4 o clock yesterday afternoon. Timed explosion for Midnight. Holt had ascertained by tests that the acid would eat Way through the Cork in about eight hours. There fore be estimated that the bomb would explode about Midnight. He anted make certain he said that would explode so he took a stroll about Washington and Early in the evening went the Union station a few blocks away from the Capitol and waited there until he heard the explosion. Then he took a train new York. Arriving there he lost Little time in taking another train for Glencove. Several Sticks of he dynamite left Over from the making a of the Washington bomb were in his suitcase and those lie took with him Glencove. One of the Sticks hot stuck in his i pocket. With two loaded revolvers for be if his Mission she 11 Organ Home. was not used but found when he was locked up. Holt s amazing Story. Under the persuasion of the third degree. Hull talked Ferroly of his Lio Iii do siskins qualifications. His Story wrist that left Jersey City yesterday morning arriving in noon and Yuing a House Delaware Avenue and Strcic a. Where rented a room. Holt said that he loft the House where he rented the room taking a Liui titty of dynamite with him and walked around the Capitol a grounds. E then walked up the Steps leading Tho main Entrance of the Capitol. And strolled around through the corridors without meeting a guard or a continued on four on your vacation keep in touch with things Homo by having the press mailed you daily. A lion main now and live your order. London july russian Gen eral staff according a Des Patch from renter s correspondent Petrograd reports that a German battleship the deutschland Type was leading tiie enemy s line i during Friday s naval engagement in sea was blown up by two i torpedoes discharged by a russian submarine. Official report of Battle. Petrograd july the rus Sian naval Squadron in the Baltic save Battle five German cruisers and a flotilla of torpedo boats off the East coast of Gotland on july 2, one German Cruiser was beached and the other warships were put flight according an official statement issued Day by the russian Admir Alty under Date of july 2. The dam age the russian cruisers the statement adds was insignificant. The text of the statement follows this morning july 2 along the parallel of the Oeste Garn Lighthouse on the East coast of the Island of Gotland our cruisers encountered in a fog two of the enemy s Light Cruis ers and some torpedo boats and engaged them in Battle. 9 o clock in the morning a. Ger Man Cruiser badly damaged lowered her Flag and ran ashore. The other Cruiser and the torpedo boats fled. id o clock our Squadron encountered the armoured cruise r Roon one Light Cruiser and one torpedo Boa and renewed Tho Battle. 10.30 o clock the enemy began retire toward Tho South. During Tho Retreat the enemy was joined by another Light Cruiser. This vessel we attacked by our cruisers and fled. 11.30 o clock the Pursuit ceased. After the Battle our Squadron was unsuccessfully attacked by submarines. The damage our cruisers was Quito mine layer was victim. London july of the naval Battle Between russian and German cruisers in the Baltic yesterday apparently were lost in the. Fog which enshrouded the scene of the engagement. The. Official Story of the action Petrograd claims that a russian Cruiser Squadron drove a German Cruiser ashore but All unofficial re ports agree that the vessel which met disaster was the mine layer Al Batross. Petrograd claims that the German vessels retired before the russian attack while unofficial accounts of the engagement declare that Russia s warships had retire before Superior numbers after a. Battle lasting half a Day. Turk troop ship sunk. The submarines of the entente allies had their innings yesterday. From Athens is reported that a turkish troop ship was sunk in the sea of Marmora by sub continued on Page eleven will keep on Warpath. Liberal . Wants men guilty of ammunition mistakes cleared out. London june Henry dal Ziel. Liberal member of parliament and newspaper proprietor whose arraignment of the ordnance depart ment in the House of commons last thursday startled the British nation today announced his determination continue on the Warpath until in his own words the men directly guilty for the failures of the past year Are cleared out bag. And bag sir Henry Early next week will ask Premier Asquith give the House of commons facilities for full direction on the Lack guns and i am he said that the awful facts shall be dragged the Light of Day. This scandal is due two main and i Niblic indifference and largely be cause the real state of affairs is not disclosed. The tragedy is further from closed than the general Public has yet sir Henry Dalziel asserts Thau a conflict of authority already has Arisen Between the ordnance depart ment and the ministry of munitions ind he declares that the Only Solu Tion is give David Lloyd George supreme authority for munition sup fatally injured by High dive. Vancouver . July 4. Albert Cunningham succumbed today As a result of taking a High dive eng Lish Bay saturday evening cunning Ham jumped from the. Top deck of the raft and in striking the water wrenched his Back with the result that he was paralysed. He angered til this evening when he expired regains consciousness enemy eps up steady Advance swinging northward in Gal Icia rate of five Miles a Day fighting in Poland russians claim have repulsed Many attacks along Niemen and Vistula Petrograd july following official communication was issued by the russian War office on the Day and night of july 2 the enemy delivered numerous Par tial attacks West of the Middle Nie men Alons the front of the River Szescula on the Bobr near Osso Wetz on the right Bank of tile vis Tula in the Region of Star Ozeba South of the Piliu in the direction of radon and near Pak Slaw and Sienna. All of the attacks were pulsed. The enemy has succeeded in capturing our first line of trenches Over an extent in the Region Kalwary. A stubborn fighting continued on july 2 on the P.R.and North of Ramose. No other changes occur red. Our destroyers in the Black sea have successfully bombarded the present alignment of forces engaged in Galicia and South Russia is roughly divisible into two 75 Mila fronts running North from Halicz and the Gila Lipa River and the other travelling East from the Junction of the san and Vistula Rivers. Together the fronts form an obtuse Angle Sokal on the River Bug and on the galician Side of the russian Border. Although the germans recently gained new positions the North of Halicz where they fortified the left Bank of the Gila Lipa a preponderance of the forces and the chief Energy the Austro germans were employed the North end and Vance into the provinces Lublin and Holm along a front extending from the Vistula the Bug River. In this Region especially in the Eastern half Between the River Pieprz and the Bug the germans Are Mak ing steady if not spectacular pro Gress. The encounters in this Section have not been characterized by pitched Battles Bufrin chiefly of rearguard actions., followed by russian counter attacks and orderly retirement. Advance five Miles a Day. London july a rate Esti mated five Miles a Day. Gen. Void Mackensen s forces Are still swing ing northward in Galicia and Poland in a colossal and daring Endeavor drive a wedge into the russian Cen tre dislodge the russians from the Vistula River and Force them Back Over the Bug thus splitting the grand Duke s forces into two sections with thousands acres of swamp find Marsh land Between them. If the Austro germans can continue their Progress another week even the British press admits the russians will to give up War saw and with the whole line. In the meantime the germans Are mass ing More troops in the Baltic prov inces and the recent encounter in the Baltic seems suggest that they contemplate ordinate naval action but is possible that the sea operations were Only a feint. In Southeast Galicia the russians Are fighting tenaciously and have the advantage of a remarkable series parallel Rivers beyond the Gila Lipa and the Austro German Advance is Likely be extremely costly. Where they Are retreating is still claimed their retirement is or Derly and accompanied by vigorous rearguard operations. The Austro germans. Who Are a Lancing in the Centre Are. Moreover getting deeper into a country covered with forests and streams and Barren of railways Between the Middle Vistula and the advantages the rus sians which military writers repeat edly emphasize. As an explanation of the continued retirement of the russian Centre a Petrograd dispatch says the russians will refuse accept serious Battle in a country devoid of Berlin official report. Berlin july von Lin Singen s army is in full Pursuit the russian forces who Are retiring Ward the Zlota Lipa River Galicia and has forced them evacuate their positions in the Region of Ciasto and Krylow says the German official statement issued today. The report says Gen. Von Linsinger s army in full Pursuit of the enemy is advancing toward the Zlota Lipa. Three thousand russians were taken Pris Oner yesterday. Under pressure of the germans the enemy is evacuating his positions from Naranow , and the North of Przemysla and from Karni Onka. To Krylow. Vienna claims Advance. Vienna july 3. 12.11 Fol lowing official Rar state ment was Given out Here tonight in East Galicia the teutonic Al lied troops advancing pursuing the enemy East of Halicz and across the Narajo Stoi and the North attic King successfully on the Heip East of Janszyn. On the River Bug the situation is unchanged. Between the Vistula and the Bug Rivers the teutonic Allied troops Are steadily advancing under violent combats. Zamosc has been . West of there the russians every where have been repulsed beyond the P.R.Plain which is in our Possession. several places we forced a Pas Sage of the Brook. East of Bra silk for which fight ing is still proceeding Studz Lanki has been captured. The Village of Wys Nina West of Krasnuk also was stormed. Here and elsewhere in this sector the enemy was repulsed. Friday on the. Por and near Kras Nik prisoners were captured and three machine guns were German submarine u-30 raised. Amsterdam july German submarine u-30, which was sunk off the Mouth of the Ems through an Accident has now been raised and Only one Man of the Crew who for 86 hours were on the sea is dead according dispatches the the underwater boat has Emden for repairs. Canadian casualties Ottawa Tilly one list of seventeen casualties was Given. Out from the militia department last night. Of that number two were killed in action one died of wounds one Prin Cess Patricia s infantryman is believed have been killed two Are missing1, eight prisoners one wounded. But this was in addition a longer list of about 100 names issued during the , reporting a further Large number of missing and prisoners. The lists follow first battalion. A Krits Horace by Ward form Erly England. Missing after Given Chy june Middleton wm., St. Thomas. Ont. Second battalion. Prisoner Byron Gordon Kingston ont. Third battalion. Previously reported missing now unofficially reported Sullivan jambs. Toronto Lim Burg Pickering Horace. Toronto Tunstead. Robert Francis Ronto fourth battalion. Killed in action june Lane . Georgian Bay new Ontario ont. Seventh battalion. Previously reported missing now unofficially reported put ears j. P. Formerly Prince Rupert . Fleeton Alfred .1. Formerly Rossl Antl . Halliday Harry Al Berni . eighth battalion. Missing april Sanders wm., Toronto. Tenth battalion. Died of o Leary John .t., Toronto fourteenth battalion. Prisoner Buck with. John St. Join. N.1b. Fifteenth battalion. Previously reported missing now killed in a Talley Thomas Millbrook ont. Princess Patricia. Missing believed ladder Charles Herbert 513 the rfcs fourth Avenue Calgary. Sunday afternoon list Ottawa july following list issued during the afternoon first battalion. Killed in has Kjell . Charles gait ont. Previously reported missing now admitted no. 11 stationary Hospital Bailey corp. Victor near Kell Ley England. Admitted no. 2 general Hospital Ken Nategh pet. Herbert work ing ton England. Admitted no. 8 general Hospital Meyer John Cliris Tiania Norway. Harold Montreal que second battalion. Died of nid Dery b. J., Hampton ont. Unofficially reported prisoner of War Oberhausen. New George c., Carleton place ont. Third battalion. Killed in Hayes John. No address Given. Prev loudly reported missing now officially reported prisoner of War and wounded Dexter. We. Shelbourne . Continued on Pago four news of the Day an attempt assassinate t. Pier Pont Morg a was made saturday by a German sympathizer who filtered the famous financier s summer Home Glencove and fired a pistol him. Or. Morgan was not seriously injured. Page 1. Germans make an Advance on Posi Tion of allies North of Arras in close formation and Are repulsed with heavy loss. An attempt storm the Villig e of Fey also fails. Page 1. Teutonic allies continue swing northward in Galicia rate tvo Miles a Day. Russians claim have repulsed Many attacks in Northern and Central Poland. Patro 1, the new York Stock Exchange was badly excite d by the news the tempted assassination of j. Pierpont Morgan taut recovered strength soon afterwards. Pas e 10. Frederick Palmer the Ell known War correspondent shows How tie siege warfare in Flanders is being1 made comfortable As possible for the troops. Paffi 1. Rev. I lug Uson in Grace Ivl Etho list Church says High and Low connected wrong do Rig i Man Toba scandals a Oxild be punished. Page 4. Lipid girl Thorpe makes a strong1 plea for Britain taking greater advantage of Canada s resources in respect of manufacturing munitions of War. Pages s. Tennis players from various parts of Manitoba and Saskatchewan opened the Western Canada tournament in Winnipeg Satur Clay. Page 7. Better crowds in attendance Satur Day patriotic week events than on previous Days. Good weather will ensure Success. Pas e 5. Over people watched the Otic Aci Jatico carnival the Winnipeg Canoe club course on tie red River saturday. Page i. Grand Forks and Superior drop out of the Northern Leas be and players will be assimilated by other clubs. Patre 6. A German battleship and mine layer Are reported have been destroyed by the russians in the Baltic sea Fig lit on Friday. Fane 1. A letter from the front relates How pet. Con. Nankin was ruled trying Aid a wounded Comrade. Pase 2. Three More records were broken the Dominion track and Field championships in Winnipeg Oil saturday. Paste g. The russian ministry is be completely reorganized so As work in com plete Harmony with the e Duma. Pac e 1. Sir William Crooks Speaks confidently about the ability of the allies win in a Long drawn out War. Page 4. Grant Hall vice president of the p.r., does not think crop has yet suffered from Lack of Sunshine. Page 5. Freddy Welsh lost on Points Chart a White in a bout new York saturday night. Page e i. A decrease of 187.249 tons is reported in connection with Lake Commerce for the month of june. Page e. Royal com Mission on the contracts for the parliament building s May make interim report. Page e 9. United states Bankers Are handle a Large P.R. of the new British War loan. Patre 10. War office appeals for razors for men the front. Page 4. Or de of Erin wins big jumping event horse show. Page 5. Maj Gen lessj1rd inspects troops 44th battalion encamped Sewell military Camp presents splendid appearance. Germans suffer heavily in attack Advance on allies position North of Arras in close formation. Storm Village of Fey reached wire entanglements of French but Are forced re guns Active Sewell Man., july p. L. Lessard. C.b., inspector general of the Canadian forces commenced his tour of inspection saturday the morning was brilliantly a Fine and the 41th battalion which was the first be inspected presented a very Fine appearance As they marched their Parade ground. The battalion has reached a High dog rec of excellence in the physical Drill exercise in which tile troops engage daily and la Asarel was invited witness this Drill with band prior th0 in spection., Sharn Battle. During the Forenoon the battalion inspected under company com Manders and also under platoon com Manders. In the afternoon the Bat Talion was divided into reds and i blues for a Sham Battle. The red Force in command of major Brownand capt. Laughlin defended an out Post position against the Blue Force commanded by major Swinbourne. This manoeuvre carried out in an excellent manner by both the tacking and defending forces but was generally thought that the red Force held the position against the Blue. The 45th Battai Iii will be inspected tomorrow by . Lessard. C. B. Major Norman from , sask., has received instructions from Ottawa immediately proceed Saskatoon commence his in connection with mobilization of the 05th battalion e.f. A. Robb nominated Ormstown. Montreal july a. Robb ., Huntingdon was nominated yest erday Ormstown que. Aa Liberal convention candidate for the House of commons from the United counties of Chateauguay Hunting Don. Cholera is widespread Paris july despatch the havas Agency from Geneva states that on tune 30 there were two cases of cholera in Vienna five in . Three in silesia., two in Cracow four in via prow and 27 in Walovitch. Captures artillery. Carranza Force nears Mexico Huerta is re arrested. Washington july Des patches from Vera Cruz today said Carranza authorities claimed that general Gonzales had captured some of the Zapata. Artillery and had advanced nearer Mexico City. A consular despatch from Puebla re ported the City quiet 6 ., june 30. Huerta is re arrested. Elpaso Texas july Hierta formerly presi Dent of Mexico was lodged in the county jail Here today. Incarcerated with him were Ignacio Bravo and of Edwardo cams former eral generals general Jose Delgado j. B. Ratner Enrique Gorostiza. Huerta had been re arrested and the other five were taken into custody on Federal warrants issued san an Tonio charging conspiracy violate the neutrality Laws of the United states by attempting launch a new revolution in Mexico. Failure pro cure Bond of each resulted in their imprisonment. Mail opened and censored by germans. London july 4. The British foreign office in official state ment issued tonight commenting on the allegations that the swe dish Majl steamers Bjoern and Torsten had been captured by the germans and that mail from. Rus Sia and Sweden had been opened and the contents censored this been established beyond doubt arid is desirable under the circumstances that be generally known in View of the wide publicity Given state ments from German sources that the bags had been returned the swedish authorities medal for famous London july distinguished conduct medal has bean granted Sergt. Fulton Queen s Westminster the King s prize Man of 1913, who lost on a tie last year. Fulton shot for great Britain tie Palm match in Canada in 1907, his father also was formerls1 a famous shot. Weather report. Saturday evening the weather re P.R. from the meteorological Observatory St. John s College is a Pesature 7 ., 53.9 maximum for tie preceding 12 hours 64.5 minimum 53.5 barometer 29.75 Northeast wind 15 Miles an hour Trace of rain. Sunday 49-1 maximum 59.9 minimum 44.4 , 29.37 North a Veat wind 10 Miles an hour .22 inches of rate. Sunday 7 . 62.0 maximum 65.0 minimum 48.8 barometer 29.92 North wind 12 i Milch an hour. The Canadian meteorological Serrico weather observations taken 7 o clock last evening july 4, Sveinn Lepej time 72 Cloudy Cal Rary. 70 Cloudy Edmonton 66 role Medicine Liat 78 Cloudy manned Oak 66 Clear P.R. a thur. 52 fair Prince Albert. 70 rain Quappelle 64 fair Swart current 64 Cloudy Winnipeg 62 fair. A talk weather with moderate tempera Tures has prevailed today in nearly All parts of tue Western provinces. Minimum and maximum temperatures 54-68 Vancouver. 56-78 Kam loops. 60-88 Calvary. 44-72 Medicine hat. 42-78 Edmonton 44-66 Battleford 40 74 Prince Albert 42-70 Moose Taw 39-71 Rejna 40-68 Winnipeg. 44-64 P.R. Arthur 44-54 Parry round 48-73 London 4s-7s Toronto 52-74 Kingston 56-74 Ottawa., 58-76 Montreal 62-so Quebec 60-80 Halifax 52-58. Ocean steamships. Paris july following offi Cial communication was issued by the War office tonight there ha.v3 been quite spirited artillery actions in Belgium in the Region of nieuport and on the Steen front As Well As in the sector tie North of Arras. On the right Bank the Aisne in the neighbourhood of Prissy mining operations continue. In. The Argonne engagements with hand grenades and torpedoes occurred but no infantry action. On the Heights of the mouse and in the Vosges there has been no night attack repulsed. Paris Tilly troops in close formation last night attacked the French forces defending the the North of Arras but were dispersed after suf Fering heavy losses according Tho French official statement issued this afternoon. A German battalion the statement adds attempted storm the Village of Fey five Miles West of pontau Mousson and the Moselle River but was forced retire after reaching the French wire entangle ments. The text of the statement follows in the Region the North of. Arras the enemy last night attacked in close formation our positions along the hollow Road from Angres a lain which is the North of the Highway running Between Aix Roul Ette and our assailants were dispersed and driven Back by the fire from the French barricade and from our machine guns and they suffered heavy losses. In the Argonne infantry fire and Cann Nading did not cease All Dur ing the night. Along the Road be tween binary ill and Vienno he chateau As far Asle four de Paris the Only activity consisted in some local infantry engagements. The Region of la Fountaine i there has been no change in the lines j either German or French. On the front of la Haye the Ger mans following a very violent bombardment endeavoured attack our trenches aabout Mlyn Wirht. To the North of Regni Eville the fire from our barricades prevented the forces of the enemy from spreading out. In front of Fey a battalion of the enemy which came As far As our wire entanglements was obliged retire. Another attack this place i was no More i general Gouraud wounded. Paris july h. E. Gouraud., commander of the French expeditionary Force the Dardan Elles has been wounded and is re turning France. This announce ment is in the French official statement issued tonight which adds that the general who received his injuries by the explosion of a. Shell which fell near an ambulance is not dangerously wounded. General bail Loudi commanding the. French troops in algeria., has taken general Gou Raulfs place provision ally. Four drowned when overtaken by storm Wallaceburg ont., july 4. Four Wallaceburg people were drowned in Lake St. Clair this afternoon. The victims Are or. And mrs. Chester Mcdougall mrs. W. A. Howard and miss Eva Fothergill. They were members of a party of nine in a j motor boat. The cra.was swamped j by Waves during a storm which came on suddenly. The other live members j of the party were rescued by an other launch which rushed the scene. Details of the tragedy Are i lacking. The survivors Are or. And mrs. F. A. Davis miss Steinoff .1. A. Fother Gill brother of the girl who was and Herbert Mcdougall i son of or. And mrs. Chester me i Doug All who also were All Are of Wallaceburg. Young recruit Dies. Pet. Fenton enlisted reruns., died Brandon Hospital. Sewell Man., july Walter Fenton of a company 46th Bat Talion died Friday night in the Gen eral Hospital Brandon from intestinal obstruction. The deceased had been ill for about two weeks but was taken the Hospital Brandon Only two Days before he died. Pre Vious his illness he was a member of the reinforcement company which left the Camp this week and would gone Forward with them but for the illness which ended in his death. Pet. Fenton enlisted Regina last december and was 211 years of age. His occupation is Given As a Ware Houseman. Next of Kin is miss Pris Cilla Fenton. Address London eng land. Pet. Fenton was one of the leading athletes in the battalion and kept goal for the soccer football team. Germany throws blame on Britain London july a dispatch from Amsterdam the Cen trial news Agency a Semi official statement was published today by the Wolff Bureau of Berlin concerning the sinking of the Leyland line Steamer armenian by a German sub Marine saying if american citizens lost their lives the guilt lies solely with the British government. If the Story told by the English Captain be True then the submarine commander acted in accordance with the declaration of London which specifies that a War j ship May use Force when a vessel does i not obey orders requisition was can celled. Washington july advices the stale department today established that the British liner armenian attempted escape the Ger Man submarine which sunk or i consequence of her efforts evade j capture. Ambassador Page reported that the Annenia originally had been j requisitioned by the British Golem j ment but that the requisition was cancelled before her sailing from Newport news. Previously tile Brit ish government had informed Ambas Sador Page that the ship was engaged in admiralty so far As the United slates is concerned the incident seems be closed. Siege warfare is made comfortable Frederick Palmer gives impressions during Lull in the fighting epidemics not feared gains fes Tubert la Bassee and Arras of very great tactical value violent attack by austins foiled italian troops retain position on parnian 200 prisoners. J Progress made in Trentino and Sonzo is panic stricken. J Steamer arrived from 1 Ancona. Spetla. York arabic Liverpool Hevr York tue Anis. Liverpool Xiv tort i William Chatham san Francisco Balboa i Minnesota Seattle Manila Seattle Liverpool South Africa offers Send troops front. London july Router Des Patch from Johannesburg South Africa says general Jan Chris Tian Smuts minister of Interior mines and defence of the Union of South Africa has announced that the South african government has offered organize a contingent of volunteers for service in Europe and also a Force of heavy artillery. He is momentarily expecting a reply from the Imperial govern Rome july following offi Cial communication was issued by the italian War office tonight alone he in Tiro front the Situa Tion remains unchanged. Aji Artil Lery action of an intense nature continued against urn works Mal Borg Elk and Prudil causing serious damage and heavy explosions. The enemy attempted yesterday a violent counter attack against our position on the Carnigan plateau but were repulsed leaving in our hands about two killed in air raid. Udine Italy july people were killed and five others were injured yesterday by bombs dropped from in aeroplane on the town of Cormons Austria i a the italian Frontier eight Miles Ortli of Goritz. Cormons which was formerly an austrian customs Post is now occupied by the italians and austrian aviators the. Bombs every Day on the Little town. One of the bombs dropped yester Day fell on the residence of Signora Donda killing her and wounding five others in her household. Another bomb filled a boy a Sou of Deputy j mayor Marni italians Advance in Trentino. I London july dispatch the daily Telegraph from Milan says the most important news today is the Progress made by the italians in the Trentino along the a i Del j Thiessa. The thalian advanced Posi i tons Are now Between go Dino and .stello, where the austrian troops were driven Back after a Sharp ii castello is on the. High any going North Kading Trent. This Road which is very important is barred five Miles North of Calello by for Ini Dable fortifications Lardaro of which the italian artillery already Luis begun a vigorous bombardment. In the Region of the Progress is also reported. The Austria is Are. Making desperate attempts Dis Lodge the invading troops from their Strong positions by incessant Day and Riis attacks. All were invariably Defeated with the result that the troops Here and there have succeeded in occupying fresh ground. One of the most determined of these attacks was on the Middle Sonzo where the austrians with a. Considerable number of infantry supported by machine guns and artillery sallied out of their fortified positions hoping Rush the italian trenches by taking them by Surprise East of Plava. The austrian attack was resolutely repulsed. Fresh ground was occupied by the italian Advance forces. Guns Are daily heard and reports state that the austrian authorities there Are in a state of panic and the same Lime terror izing the City which is mainly in habited by an italian speaking popu . Provisions Are becoming scarce Ned famine is threatening Yel the officials remain indifferent As 10 whether n population of people perish. The prisons cannot hold All the a Cronk under suspicion and Many Hove been sent into Tho Interior or 7 Bent old men and women Are. Engaged in the lint Vest by the Way Tommy uses his scythe or Fork one knows whether he is City or country bred. The correspondent has walked through the Contr communication trenches safely in Broad Daylight the la Rig trenches which if approached in Winter except Over open or round. Stumbling through mud under cover of darkness would have been Worth one s life. Warfare made comfortable. Siege warfare been made comfortable. Some trenches even become a sort of Sylvan Paradise where and Tea Are taken Al Fresco and Lowers even have been planted on the parapets which sup P.R. the trendiest. Where a Winter men stood Freez ing in water up their Knees mud boxed and Only continual pain typing and bailing kept them from Complete in Morsian and Walls continually falling in. How ule Only complaint of the Trench House keepers is the want of water for washing for the spongy in soil is us dry As a Bone and As hard As Cement. The toll of casual ties where there Only sniping infrequent Shell ing has been much reduced owing not Only the increased adapt Mility of the men in re sult of experience in Trench warfare an immense improvement in the Harncter of the work. Though a Trench May be on exactly the same line was in december Spade work in the a priv and sum Mer has completely transformed if. From Ding Small Chance for either shrapnel Shell bullets or Jirel by snipers from Trees or hit the defenders. Maze of human Warrens. Von can move Only few fee. In a line in this Maze of human Warrens. The. Localise in make. On Dull Days in Thyl stalemate Jirl of the Jim Havo been instances of not a single for a. Distance of a mile hours. is when the by is and Elfort is get through the wire and take a. Trench by either Side thatho casualty list leaps like a. Thermo meter thrust from an iou Box into an oven. So used have they become Trench life that Home soldiers prefer life in in average Trenov on o Eraine any that in by Lols sniping has the elements of sport and excite ment. The Confidence an-1 of Canadian units search Plymouth. Ottawa Only according a Cable received Here Lias sol Ely arrived Aplymouth ring., with the following on bowl company each of Isth Ottawa Ami 47th Yane Wiatr and the 39th Nellc Villa battalion com plete if f Inami Ifni corps. The men of the Anil is under stood Are As reinforcements for the i vat lei.-.-. 7 . 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