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;;V C;1?'U I ill -..j :-; r:- mttm :S2fwSi SAvS'l -- UL H I LA LU ILUM Ul I I Lll iLuiJ J U : LUUl nrm hi Vim T HM IHIU 71 I n n ID H ROTE N GBSvBAN CCftSE BARNES TEST F ES ARE HURUHR RACK " ' . v - ::-?...f.vA??j..y ' yr,.- r-w t r iii i iiiii iiii i if i iinni -v . ? ? . - : . : . , nrnnii i :-ir-i imwssr The President Reviews theAt lantic Fleet and Ad- ; , dresses Throngs. A TRIBUTE TO DANIELS Tells What the Country and Its Navy Stand ForMoral" 1 ' Principle. ' V ' REVIEWS LAND PARADE Progress Through, New York Streets Continuous .Ovation. V New York. May 17. President Wjlson today reviewed the Atlan tic fleet in the .Hudson river and, at a luncheon tendered . to him' on shore by the city of New York, told 'a v distinguished,; gathering what the country and its navy stood for. The great battleships i that lay in the river, he said were "engines to promote the interests of humanity." ; ; ; . "'The inspiring thing about Am erica. ' , the President asserted, ' is that she asks nothing; for, herself except what she has a right to ask for humanity itself. ; t : - What We Staml i For : : "We want no nation's prpperty; Ve wish) to question no nation's honor; we it ish to stand 'Mlflshlj iiwtftej.-raT; of the development of no nation. "It isnot pretention, on oir part to say that we are priTilegred - to island ..for wiiai evci j iictiiun wuuiu, wisu w buuiu for and speak for thbSe things which all humanity must desire.. E - . The spirit which brooded over , the river today, ; said the President; was "just a solemn evidence that thef orce of America is the force of moral prin-; ciple, that there is not . anything else she loves, and that there is riot any thing: else for which she win contend." The President took occasion to pay tribute to Secretary of the Navy Dan iels who sat beside him. ,4- i A Continaons Ovation. Although the dav was damn and chilly, with occasional downpours" of rain, the weather abated in no way the enthusiasm with which. New York greeted the head of the nation. In the forenoon he reviewed a land par ade of 5,000 sailors and marines and from the moment he set foot on shore until he returned to the Mayflower to review the fleet, his progress through the streets was a continuous ovation. He was plainly touched by the wel come accorded him. ; Everywhere a spirit of patriotism i was shown.. Many ,men and women seized every opportunity to tell the President of their support in the pres ent international crisis. Thousands stood in-: the chill drizle while the bri gade of sailors and marines marched -up Fifth avenue, and during the after noon, with a cold damp wind blowing across the Hudson, and thousands more later thronged vantage points to watch the Mayflower as she passed up the river between the warships. The President's remarks at -'' the luncheon were greeted with , tremen dous applause. He was introduced , by Acting Mayor George McAneny. . . TEXT OP PRESIDENT'S .ADDRESS. The text of the President's address follows: 's-. " . "Sir. Mayor, Mr. Secretary, Admiral Fletcher and Genflemen of the ; Fleet: This is not an occasion upon which, it seems to me, it would be wise' for me to make many remarks, but I - would fepriAe myself of a great gratification I did not express my pleasure at be ing here, my gratitude for the splen did reception which has been accorded me as the representative of the Nation and my profound interest in the. navy f the United States. . "This is an interest with which I 'as apparently born, for it began when was a youngster and has ripened "th my knowledge of the affairs and Policies of the United States. I think 'fc a natural, instructive judgment of e people of the United States .that ney may express their power -appro-' priately in an efficient navy, and their nterest iE partly, I believe,; .'because nat navy somehow is expected to v ess their character, not within our brders. where its character is "ndemood. but outside our .border,' , cr 's hoped we may occasionally ur., others with some slight vision of nat America, stands for. .,p Pay Tribute to Daniels. . a ? tho t before 1 speak of the; navy of v,L ted states. I want to take ad- 1 ha 'ave had tn cr... i- A - ci . of ti-A v. w ofixiv ui uiu qcgi c ka.i jr has mv n !!!lr, and to say that he I Unonali fieri ninnnrt fn T knvn COlln it uwtvi ., x. j jl iiTV ion c " with him in intiniate. fash- hfart u snicereiy ne:nas it ai ' " . tnat evervthiner th' nwlHnn led hbndles should be done and hand--ihH! people of the United States is". hem handled because, efficiency ..p6111111 more than organization, -vdr nf'enc runs into every wellvcon 4 w-detai? of Personnel and niethl lift in ?"enc y runs to the extent: of everv eal of a service a above Ii ' - --- r ' -; - : . UL Ul L;IILL 1 L lUU MWWwbW III IIIIIHI1 H I I HI Nil I Y3L jr..-' 0k want to take advantage of the,llrst public opportunity t have 'had to apeafcof the Secretary of the Xavy, to express my.confldence and my admir ation, and fo say that he has my nnqualiOed npport, 'for I have connseiled wlthjhi ia intimate fashion.. ,1 know how .sincerely,-ke haa ittat- heart that everything the, navy does and handles should be done and handled as the people..ofJ,-the United State wish, them handled because efficiency is aome thinp more than organisation." Extract from? President ; Wilson's navy' nd--dress. ; , ,' '' ' -.- . -1 ' , ' CABINET IS His Assailant Shot Dead - Trouble Breaks Afresh : v 7 ' in Lisbon. Madrid, , (via Paris), May :17. Joao Chagas, vpresfdent of the : Portuguese cabinet who was shot.on a train while reports reachingT. here -from' 'Lisbon. , traveling 4 from Operto toLIsbon' died of his wounds, according ,to the latest " ? On-: 'Midnight. Traln-V " : Lisbon. via Ixndon, May -17. Joa Chagas,' the new president of the .cabi net, was .shot four times' with a pistol while on board the .midnight train from Oporto." His assailant was Senar tor Preitas,. who . '. also ; was shot ; and Wounded by l a passenger, on the tfaini genor Chagas was.-taken "to a hospital where it was announced othathisjeon dition was grave. In additioh to. othe wounds he.ls suffering from a fracture of the skuti. , . -P. ivY Kiehtinar ' In Lisbon Again Madrid, May" 17. via .Paris Fighting In Lisbon lias "begun again according to - the latest news reaching : Badajos. WarshiDS i are bombarding the city: j More, than 3.00 ' persons have been - kill ed, inciuamg several opa.ina.iua., -Tfte Spanish warships . Espana and "Rio de La Plata and a Spanish: torpedo boat have arrived aft Lisbon. ij; iV?: - ''A-'.l ' ' -mhl -'T fifOiM ; Breaks Out Afreah :: v Paris;? May ? 17. Telegraphing V frpntv Lisbon at 3p'clock this afternoon, the correspondent 'or the , ttayas -Agency saysWH ' - J v .v--y"!Js -, senator , Fredas, who shot and found ed Joa' Chagas, the head of the new ministry; was shot dead by gendarmes." - : ;''' .1 - : ' - v. : V .'' ' Tiro 'Hnndre Persons Killed. f' ' Paris, May, 17.: Lisbon newspapers a" Havas correspondent says- declare' that General ; Pimenta Castro, president of ;the:;cabinet, asserted that, wnen tne revolutionary movement ,; broke out he offfredHhe collective resignationof?th ministry to Presideht! Irriagair:! Js vAAaA tna.lvfnerai;uasiroiasBurijiB trusiiFiiwPv.! ; : r i . ,1m. i-i,r . t: i nr!itfiii -and dlsumtea peo- i news agency aversion oz the American i the srreater Dart ox Its snace to ODtimis- l the Jmml 1 W4V:.?i:;c;.S t wounded are the reported results of the fighting. Most of the killed . and the wounded ( belonged'' to - the " Republican Guard.' 5 ANOTHER DELAY IN LONG . PROCEEDINGS AGAINST, THAW Judge Iswues an " Order Staying AIL Habeas Corpus Proceed ig. - New ork, May 17. Anorder issued late,, today by. Presiding Justice In graham,' in the appeliate division4 of the Supreme court;'' staying all proceedings in the habeas ' corpus proceedings 1 in .which Harry K, Thaw, seeks , to have a jury in the Supreme court pass ' upon h-is sanity,- brought ' another- delay in the long drawn out proceedings against the slayer of Stanford White. . --.Thaws case had been .twice called during: the day ; in the - Supreme court andi' Justice' Hendrick; had; postponed the case - until ' tomorrow. at .: the- re quest ,of ' Deputy ; Attorney . , General Becker:, The: justice at 'the time Stat ed ? that) unless some action 'waSr taken in Jithe imeantime .' by the appellate divi sion he would ' begin the hearing to -morrow. '. ; , $ '; , :;v. ;'' ' ' ; The ' Stay granted by the appellate division' is part of an action" begun by Frank xA- Cook,: o,f the attorney gen eral's .office. , The order directs Thaw to show cause Friday morning why a stay should not issue pending the ' determination- of an appeal taken bvthe attorney general from the decision of the appellate division last Friday in which the ruling issued by the" Supreme court granting.' a jury, hearing as to Thaw's sanitywas upheld . , - 1 '. FOR iTNITY OF ALL AMERICANS - -i S i .';,."' AT.; THIS CRTJCIAL ' PERIOD" Illinois v Cntnolic.;f Union Adopts Reao- ..f';'."ti"I:i?:v3;.vltIolsu.':''-;v-: -v .i-j,' fAurora, 111., ,May 17. The : Illinois Catholic Union, formerly the. German Catholic- Federation,:, adopted . a. ;reso-i lution; here.. tonight faVoring unity of alt Americans at: this crucial , period." i. The; resolution .which was adopted af ter a r spirited discussion :-j in-. German saidr; V'-iiv''i: :V - . h'- ' -r .',We -solemnly recommend '.to elf f el low, citizens, ..whatever- their birth tor anftfisttvi to exercise ax tnis crucial pe riod. "when the . tinity of the. country Is put ; toaBevefeiitesLAniutual forbear- ance so ) that (neither prejudice, u dis 1 Ambassador Gerard Given No Intimation of Feeling of German Government. NOR OF THE PEOPLE German and Austrian Ambas- sadors .Trying , Hard to Prevent a Rupture. : Washington, May 17. Germany is expected to answer the Lusitania note before the end of this week. .Ambas sador Gerard cabled' the State Depart ment today that . he had read the docu- ment to Herr Von Jagow, the German foreign minister, and that an early re ply would be forthcoming, The ambassador was given no inti mation of the feeling of -the German government. He was assured; merely that the? subject; would require consid eration by high officials and that a re ply would be ready, soon. As the press had not been permitted; to publish the text of the note, the ambassador' also ras unable ; to report on the state of public opinion.' - . , - In the meantime both Count Von Bernstorff, the .. German ambassador, and Dr. Consta'nttn T. Dumba, the Aus trian ambassador are understood to be actively endeavoring -to prevent .a rupture of .friendly" relations between Germany and the United States. k Neither of the diplomats would dis cuss the subject today. Dr. Dumba conferred with", Secretary Bryan and later with other officials at the State Department, It is known that he' dis cussed 1 informally; the' situation pro- 1 duced by "the 'sinking' of the Lusitania and the 'sending "Of the; American note oind1 It is "understood also that Secretary Bryojn.apflsedgetesi4? sypatance of tne- conversation Dr. Dumba conferred with- Count, von Bernstorff.. ..' . . -'.'- :;f,' .:,v. . Both the Austrian and t German .am bassadors, are understood to, have tele graphed, to their governments urging suspension ..of. submarine 1, attacks onJ passenger ships ' while the diplomatic discussions are in progress,- - , - Extreme Care Cantioned. They have cautioned"; extreme care lest the sinking of . another ship with American lives aboard- may lead to ah immediate break in the relations of the United States with Germany.- ,? . Austria is watching with much in terest the situation with which; her ally is confronted -and her,, influence is being used in. the .direction of assisting in-a peaceful settlementr: Neither the German nor ' the Austrian ; ambassador is -informed ;yet. as- to- the policy th German government finally will follow! That Count, Bernstorff r is endeavoring to secure the adoption - of a' policy by his government which will satisfy pub lic opinion in Germany with reference to the continued use of. the submarine as a commerce destroyer- and . still meet the American appeal for humane treatment of ., passengers, and crews of belligerent vessels is the prevalent; be4 lief in many quarters. ",, . ; The general , expectation here is that Germany will reiterate her willingness to abandon her present submarine war- fare on " merchant ships' and follow the maritime prize laws, if neutrals wiH influence the Allies to permit the ship? ment of foodstuffs to. civilians in bel-f ligerent territory., ' In this connection there'' has been ", some, consideration in official quarters here as to the advisa bility of sending a : note ; of protest ' to Great Britainagainstthe actual oper ations of its 'fleet in ; enforcing .the blockade with Germany. . 1 . , " ; 5 While the United States recognized the right of the Allies to maintain an effective blockade of the German coast; it never has admitted their right' to In? terrupt ;' trade . with neutral countries (Continued oh Page Eight.) da War News at a Glance 4e Victories 4n the West for- the. Allies and a continuation of the Austro-Ger man drive in the East are chronicled in bfncial reports of the various war chancellories; ' : f'' . Two miles -of : German trenches ;cap tured by the. British first army in the region of Richebourg-L'Avoue, the tak ing "of a . large number of German pris oners and" the; annihilation of one Ger man contingent . numbering : several hundred men, -by their own artillery fire,-' are recorded by Field Marshal Sir John French and-the Paris warofr flee , in announcing a further success for the, British arms in France, north of JLiaBassee. -- German positions, according to Paris, have been .taken" in the Allly wood,' German attacks near - Berry rABao and on the outskirts of the Forest of LePretre s were t arrested by the, fire of the French while to the west of the Tser canal iti - Belgium, German, posi tions have tieen evacuated' owing, to .. a threatened ' envelopip g movement. V The Austriaos in. Central Galicja as sert that they , ha v4 advanced . toward the upper, Dneister ; and occupied - Dro hobycz, 40 miles southwest of Lemberg, Italy's final.: decision is still;. being withheld. An- announcement . is expects ed with the convening of parliament Thursday. , .Revolutionists againi are attacking Lisbon f aided Kby . the warships,- which are ). bombarding .the city; More .than JOO persons, werei;injured Berlin" newspapers haVe ; published a news agency version, of th American Qpposing Lawyers Get Into a Heated Wrangle in Court. CALLED DOWN BY JUDGE Argtmcnt m Motions to Dlsmiaa for Waat of JnrIetoas Begun ' Government PrertyIn-f" . voIved'One Argument. -.- Washington, May 17. Arguing pn motions by goyernment. counsel to dis miss for lack of jurisdiction the in junction suit brought by the Riggs Na tional bank against Treasury officials began, today in the District of Colum bia Supreme court. An indication of the bitterness with which the litigation will be fought de veloped soon after the case was called. The opposing lawyers engaged in a heated wrangle over publicity methods employed in the proceedings, on which Justice McCoy, preRcrng, .called a halt with the announcement that "this; court is not going to be used as a laboratory to test bad blood." - ; Louis Brandies, Samuel Untermeyer and associate counsel for Secretary- Mc Adoo, Comptroller Williams and Treas urer John Burke, charged with, con spiring to 'wreck the Riggs bank, filed briefs in support of their motions to dismiss the; proceedings. They main tained that "the suit involves the prop erty of the United States, is a suit againat the United States," and - that the government cannot be made a party tp a suit without its consent. ; The officers in their dealings with the bank, it was declared, acted in their official capacity and within, the law. . . xne ngnt or tne Dank to sue in equity also was challenged on the ground, that it had an adequate remedy at law. '-..K: .Frank J. Hogan for the bank, charg ed in "his. argument that ajpolitical as pect had been injected into the case and , that .. most of the "affldavits filed ! by ' Secretary ; McAdob. had nothing to do -with" the -proceedings. 1 He 'cited authorities to show that officials of .the government may- be made amenable to the court when they attempt to usurp authority, and , asserted that "Mr. ,Mc- $5,000 interest on bonds due the Riggs ho nlr " ' . - .-, ! . r.j V ; - Referring to Comptroller Williams, Mr. Hogan said: " . . "We hale to the bar. an individual whq has abandoned being, a law ad ministrat'ot' and" become a law violator.'.' .. The attorney dw.elt at ' length on de mands .'for '"informatidh t'made on the bank by Mr. Williams. He said the directors of the bank-last summer ask ed .the comptroller, just what . he de sired the bank to do, but that no ad vice: or suggestions- were received." In f demanding a - penalty of (5,000 from; the 'bank for failure to submit a report of the" loans" of the institution for 18 . years, Mr. Hogari declared that Comptroller, Williams made, an erron r ((Continued on Page Eight.) Southern Convention Creates ' Educational Commission. ANNUAL MEETING ENDS fio Action Taken With Regard to ' the , "l Baraca-Philathea movement i : Stand Taken for1 Nation al Prohibition. Houston, Texas, May 17 The SouthT eirn -Baptist Convention, at the , final session of its 70th annual meeting here today,' created an- educational 7 commis sion pledged co-operation to the Anti Saloon League of America and similar organizations,' and , adopted ' resolutions deploring, the presence of a papal lega tee at . Washington . and alleged ' "efforts of the Roman Catholic hierarchy to gain control of our government.". " , " V The educational commission - will be 50mPsea of one representative from each State. i The' convention took no action with regard to the Baraca' and Philayiea movement,-opposition to which was ex pressed in a committee report. Discus sion of na report -was interrupted Sat urday "by a special order of business, andiit'was not 'again taken up.;?; ; .Before giyingr endorsement to the Anti-Saloon : League; ; the .-convention voiced its objection teethe "Centralized form of government," recently adopted byJ the league, Ijy. the insertion , of a clause in the report; ot. the committee on. temperance, and social service insist ing. that ; the league "be kept.', in har ipjony, with our democratic institutions." ;ri Each of the Southern Baptist church es 'is : self-governing, and. if: was .urged that the " league .be so constituted that each state organization be. self -controlling;'-' ' . ',' ' .; i ' '-'' v -b -; ' -t" The - convention" will, meet' next, year .in;'iUhe-?S: N. C; .igfrn:.- -V ?a : i'The irepork of- the. committee; on tem peranee and social servicewas-submitted' by Chairman -A..-J. Barton;of;:I)allas, superintendent f9r;. Texas m ifta'Antt-.' Saloon LeagufOf "AmeriCfUlttldivoted MANY REFORMS ARE' NOTE NOT YET MADE URSED BY BAPTISTS PUBLIC IN GERMANY Republican Boss Under Most t Rigid Cross-Examination. ON STAND THREE HOURS Roosevelt's Lawyers -.' Hake Grilling Warm Barnes Tells About Many Things President Roosevelt sed ?Teilepllone, Syracusej N. T:, May 1. William Barnes was on the witness stand in the Supreme court here more than three hours todaV, and submitted to the most rigid cross examination counsel for Theodore Roosevelt, defendant in his suit for. libel, could devise. Under a 'rapid fire of questions, the former chairman of the Republican state committee told aDOut his interest in the anti-race tracK and direct pri maries legislation; about buying and selling a contract for-public printing; about what he considered a "legitimate piece of patronage' in the form of f printing, and about a score of other things. - , -. In answering one question regard ing who was the Republican leader in New York state 'from "1906 to 1910,' Mr. Barneg asserted ' that; while .Colonel Roosevelt actually didn't attend the state convention of 1908, he "used the telephone."- The defendant then was president of the United States. - - Mr. i Barnes freely admitted" that ' he had talked to Senator Gratton about the Hart-Agnew racing bill after Pat rich McCarren, organization Democrat im the state senate, had informed him that a canvass had revealed that should Senator Grattan, vote against the bill it' would be defeated. Senator Grattan, according to the records, did so vote. ' . ' Mr. Barnes made no secret of the fact that he was opposed to the Hin man-Green direct primary bill, and he swort that '" the $20,000 'claim he as signed to the Albany 'Journal Company, was not, as stated In the minute book of that corporation for 'salary owed him by James B. Lyon, founder of the Albany printing concern which bears his i name,' but in "reality was a debt owed, to him" by Lyon for a contract for chased frbm the bidder who had' seciir- ed it, , and -then, re -sold. for; print ing given , out by the clerk of the asr sembly .were , considered "legitimate patronage." Patronage, he witness defined'as being" "anything given by: fa vor,". He : said he at no time consid ered he' should - be especially favored, buf he did'pbject' to being discriminat ed against in the matter of public printing., Mr: Barnes wrote a letter to Thomas ; C yPlatt, and complained thaT the clerk of the assembly was about to deprive him of a "piece of ler gitimate patronage;" Cdlonel Roosevelt' seemed to have lost some of his interestsin Mr. Barnes' remarks. He read a magazine nearly ail afternoon. Government "Not to be Dis turbed From Any Side. BERLIN PAPER COMMENT Moat Afternoon Papers Print a Version i of Note, Bnt Refrain from Com- . .ment A Few Make Edl- V torial Remarks. Berlin, via London, May 17. The American note to Germany has ' not been given but officially. -.The after noon papers, however, print the. ver sion of .the document as telegraphed by the ;Havas ' Agency. Most of t them refrain from, comment. The Lokal An zeiger says : . , "The German government certainly will not delay long with the answer requested, and 'probably will reply that in occupying itself with its 'sacred duties' It is not to be disturbed from any side. "That ' the . American , government should consider - the- Lusitania as a harmless packet boat, rwithout taking notice of the fact that.it was really an auxiliary cruiser and an ammunition steamer of the British - navy, appears to us scarcely believable. r, "But the German answer- to Wash ington will, make; it comprehensible to Mr. Wilson, in .language as polite-as it will be clear, that we must conduct the war ; as we are conducting it and can conduct ;it with a clear conscience." The Tagliche Rundscau, commenting on reports that the Lusitania incident has : caused a "growing insight" in America, says: , . "-'.''''. '"This insight probably will lead to the " discovery that England really, is the guilty party because 'it took ammu nition on board a passenger steamer In contravention tf . the American laws." : After quoting the statute, -whlch' It argues covers this point, the "Tagliche Ruftdscau concludes: . v '": . , , ' . ; ; .. "According to the American, laws, the captain of the Lusitania ought to go to-'-prisoni" ''V- l; -ptf c '.'"- ' A. confidential; note; to; the editors of the - new spapers, -which reached - them too la5, says .that ; nothin gV regarding; American note may b,e printed for Have , Captured All German bouirg-L'Avoue SAYS GENERAL FRENCH Vefcjid Passed With Uttle ' Activity in the East, - Says Vienna. London. May 17. Field Marshal Str John French in a message tonight in formed the British people that their troops; again -had taken the offensive, : after a fortnight spent in hurling back , German .'; attacks, and had swept across ;: and captured all German trenches south " of Richebourg L'Avoue, over a. twl-mila front. .-.-.- , rjr- This movement which has resulted in the capture of numerous prisoners, ia still under way, - and gives indication of being as important in the matter. d . territory won as was the recent French advance. ."Elsewhere along the western battle front, a lull prevails. ' . . v : In the East, Vienna reports that Sun- ; day passed with' little activity. This- is considered here; as possibly indicating ; that the' Russians had reached a, point where .they were able to re-establish their line. The Austrians, however, aa- Z sert that , their army still advances. . A J home-bound Zeppelin returning from a raid on England. ,waa attacked today as it reached - the Belgian coast. . The ; big 5 gas bag .is reported to have .been dam- . aged,, but the fate of the . aircraft was not learned, as ; it drifted away in the . fog'otit .of 'sight of the attackers. ';. The . strain of waiting for definite news of Italy's intentions with regard to the -war, has been relieved somewhat by the statement that nothing further is to be done until Parliament- meets ' Thursday1' Meantime, special trains are reirt" : German and Austrian ambassadors " out -of the- country;: The ; German preis' is ; gloomy over the situation. ; ALLIES WINNING VICTORIES. According to the Official French Re " , port-Aetlvitiea in West. .,, Paris, May 17. -The official commun ication issued by thet French war Oflics tonight announces the capture by the British troops of several additional German trenches to the north of La Bassee, together with a thousand pr.is oners. . .:: In an engagement, at Ville-Sur-Touf be, the French took 400 prisoners and in an attack at the Allly wood carried several: German works and captured 250 prisoners. ; ':: The text is as follows: . ; : , "In1 Belgium the enemy, - threatened by pur successful attacks of " the i pre ceding days,'-with a complete envelop ment, evacuated rt last night the posi tions which, he -had occupied west; (f the Tser canal. .We have maintained all our gains on the east bank. ', -.;, . ' "North of LaBassee, the British troops . who were strongly countered during the night of Sunday-Monday, are victoriously continuing the fight ing.1 Today they carried several. Gerr man trenches and inflicted heavy lossi es. 'v; . - ? ' ."'" ''' , '. "; v' "One contingent of several 1 hundred Germans caught between; the . Are ; of the British marine guns and that . of the if own artillery was almost entirely exterminated. "Ojur allies have taken 1000 prison ers and 'some machine guns. "North -i of -Arras, a thick mist has prevailed all day, preventing impor tant actions.: ; Nevertheless, the strug gle continues actively, on the slopes of Lorette especially.. There we have re pulsed all-German counter attacks. . "At Ville Au Bois, near Berry-Au-Bac, , the- enemy attacked our trenches unsuccessfully. ;The number ; of un wounded prisoners taken by us on "Sun day ) in the . affair ; at ,Ville-Sur-Tourbe was' 350, besides 50 wounded. : : "This morning, at break of 'day, we carried out' .an. attack in the ."Allly wood, occupying several German works; - we also tobk'. three machine guns- and 250 prisoners. - . ' . "In the outskirts Of the forest of Le Pretre two German battalions : made three'' attempts, to sortie fromC their trenches, but bur fire held them up short." .'!-.."'' '.!,,.-:.., .-'-.'-" AUSTRIANS , CAPTURE DROHOBTCZ Official Statement Claims Further , Ad- - .;,;-, : A'vaneea'in Galicia. - -:. j. GiennaMay l7 (via London). A fur ther Austrian advance in Galicia 1 an nounced in an 'official statement; issued here vtoday. The Austrians have cap tured Urohobycz, in Central Galicia, about 40, miles southwest of Lemberg. . The statement follows: . ' . -; - .- -; "Compared with the last fortnight ob- orally1 without material events ;r along io-; ontlra f print ; ' Oilr -? fl rmA ;; ''iji'ii ilii-' further 'ground. J. 1 " r1 Y. '' "Austrian . columns, advanced;; toward. f J-ft? the - upper unxester ana . occupied uro-';;;:i,;f hobyce, ; capturing. 500 men and eight machine guns.". .. ( GENER AL ' FHKNCH REPORTS, British Expeditionary 'Foreea -oreea -y Aeniev ;-.pft-WM lac; Some - Pneemn in France. London,. May -17. Field -Marshal John. French, commander-in-chief the British expeditionary forces Fran ce, today sent a report .under date.-' of May .17thf to ? the war , department ' This morning severaf bodies of Ger successes south of. Richebourg L'Avouo erman :4r-lMl- M t: srh i'v' mm -, i: i mm --'Aij- mm i;?;.; mm Ill If- ' it-, h mm -mum- mm I ' -- ,a . , i;rp;.ij?'4';1 ..v.-4ar,t.svi',!4 urn- - hit""' i .if ; PORTS. - - - Ut:,; ! 1 4 Of :;Miilkn mm .'; .'4;f.; - 3--., an - f ftuuai in (Continued being.- : ': (Continued "on Page .Two)..: Hi r Is'
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