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YOL. XCYII IS'0. 1 14 WaOLB.NUMBEB 39,445 FOUR KILLED, 10 tiURT IN AN EXPLOSION ON U 5. SUBMARINE E-2 COMMANDERS OF MEN WHO MURDERED NINETEEN AMERICANS. 110 FURTHER SJ IN VON FCASE iiiaEKl five of Injured jn Dangerous Condition Three Are Not; Expected to Live. CRAFT BEING REPAIRED Accident at New York Navy Yard and Only One of Dead Enlisted Man. Temporary Naval Coimittee Begins Investigation. Xtnv Ycrk, Jan. 15. Four men were killed and terf others injured, five of them dangerously, in an ex plosion which occurred this after noon on the submarine E-2, while the craft was undergoing repairs in dry dock at the New York navy yard. One of the men killed was an enlisted electrician and the oth er three civilian workers. At least three of the ten now in hospitals are not expected to live. The Dead and Injured. The dead: R. B. Seaber, electrician, second class; James H. Peck, civilian, general helper, Brooklyn; Joseph Lo gan, civilian, general helper, Brook lyn. . The injured: L. L. Miles, chief electrician. Brooklyn; Haymond Otto, electrician, Middleburg, Md.; auy H Clark, Jr., Frankfort, N. Y,; John Holzy, Baltimore, Md.; James Lyons, civilian; Henry Zoll. civilian; Otta Has ert, civilian; Richard Hevne. "ivitlftn ? Michael Peyser, civilian; August JKa-J jmi, civilian. - . -,.: r v.-- Although fhe"detonation Vas jter riHc, the submarine: itself, . from i the outside, shows none of the ' effects -of the explosion, the second iatal acci dent of its kind in the history of the United States navy.- .. , Interior Badly Shattered. The interior of the apparatus was badly shattered but so tight was the vessel's shell that there was no means of escape for gas which accumulated and it was more than "an hour alter the blast before the work of re?ov-.ering- the bodies could be completed. A ladder was blown . up through . the tower and fell 150 feet away. ' The injured men and one body were removed soon after the accident but three bodies far down in the craft could not be reached until the gas had been blown out by compressed ' air. Soon after the explosion several :aval officers led a rescue .. party . 'nto the drydock but were partly overcome by gas fumes when thev attempted to descend into the vessel. It was then that compressed air' pipes" were run into the shell and the gas forced, out. The number of men inside he sub Marine at the time . of the explosion is not definitely known. - About 20 were, working on the craft ; but all of them were not on the underwater boat at the same time. It is rot thought possible that any one who "as inside could have -escaped in . jury. Cause Not Definitely Known. What caused the explosion has not been definitely decided. - Commandant Usher of the navy yard, after on examination of the craft and questioning workmen who had been nearby, declined to express an opin ion. He said: - v "The men were "at work in the bat tery compartment of the E-2, Ilssharg- ing the new Edison batteries through a rheostat to measure the voltage, and the explosion occurred In -that compartment while -they were" work ing there. The battery will generate no kind of gas and there was no gas dine on board. The engine was 'of the oil-burning Diesel type." -' Pending the appointment of an offi cial board of inquiry by the navy: de partment. Rear Admiral Usher named a temporary investigating committee as follows: Lieut. Commander Hope, Washington, commander of the receiv njr ship Maine; Lieut. L. M. Stewart, tf the torpedo boat destroyer McCall, and Lieut. Rush H. Fay, commander f the submarine division to which the E-- was attached. This .committee immediately began to take the testi mony of men working around tee B-2 whfen the explosion occurred. . The opinion was expressed: that the Process of withdrawing the charge j roni the batteries might have caused m. lormation of hydrogen gas. - The explosions of that" nature have been frequent on submarines , of all navies, it was explained, and several have oc 'irred on American boats within the 1;ist few years. None of; the others v a serious, however. - - . " " Eqnlpped With Edison Battery. - The E-2 was the only vessel in the orid equipped with the - Edison hick f l batteries and she made her first tiip successfully with them on December 7, Jasr. it was reported that ' the new tat I'.-ries gave better speed with less fui'!. . - -'' -'v - ' The Edison battery, experiments have proven, generates nearly ' ; double the '-iinary amount -of . hydrogen during lie process of charging but Ion - dis liai ye or while lying idle, - givss i ott luch less. Durinsr the battery trials there were reports from her officers an undue amount of .'hydrogen,. The ' -at made one trip with observers aboard and it was reported that while "i operation not enough gas was rgen--rated to be dangerous. ' ' There were three other submarines m the drydock, but they were about 50 (Continued on Pago Sixteen.) ; ;.? E OF ACCIDENT YET UNDETERMINED May JHaye; Been Explosion of Hydrogen Gas. BQARD MAKING INQUIRY Explosion Apparently Occurred Under Battery Deck While EdUon Bat- tery Wajs Being Discharged " : -Statement of 'KaTy.v,' Washington, Jan.' 15. What caused the explosion today on the submarine E-2 at the New York navy yard, with loss of life and serious "damage to, the vessel, probably will not be known definitely ,: until the special ; board of naval officers appointed tonight to in vestigate has . completed its Inquiry. From first reports, saying that the new Edison storage, batteries in the E-2 were being re-charged at the time of the accident, it -was concluded by navy department officials that ' hydro gen gas had ignited, but later official information that the batteries were being discharged, instead upset that the ory. A comparatively small quan tity of hydrogen gas Is generated-by a 1 storage battery in process of oia- f charge. The following statement was iJvued by. the Navy -Department tonight: Navy. Department Statement. 'An explosion occurred on the'j3-2 In drydock this : afternoon at -1 :15 j.. " ni apparently under 'the ' battery deck which tore, up - the battery Jloor.. under the forward -hatch. The Edison scor- age : battery -was being? discharged through- a rheostaat at the time at a slow rate. : " - ' - - . . . "Rob B... Seaber, electrician, third class, enlisted at Cleveland, Ohio., and whose next of kin, William H. '.eaber, lives at 2689 East 49th street, Cleve land, Ohio, was killed. Lac L. Miles, chief electrician, enlisted at Newport, whose wife, Sofia Miles, Uvea at New port, R. I..; Guy Hamilton Clark, Jr.?, machinist mate, ; second class, unlisted at Buffalo, and whose next of Kin, Guy Hamilton Clark, lives at . Frankfort, N. Y..;Jobn Holsey, gunner's mate, third class, . enlisted at Puget Sound and Whose next of kin, Henry T. Iiol zey, lives at Avery, Iowa; , Raymond Otto, electrician, second class, enlisted at New York, and whose next of kin, John T. Otto (father), lives at Mid dleburg, Md., were severely injured and were taken to the naval hospital. "In I addition J. H. - Peck, plumber, employed at the New York navy yard; Logan, also a plumbe.r in the navy yard; John Schuitz, navy yard workman, were killed and the fol lowing navy employes were taken to the Cumberland Street hospital, suf fering .severe injuries: ' - James Lyons, general helper; Henry L Zoll, plumber; Otto Hazert, plumber; Richard Heyne, plumber; Michael Pey ser, plumber; August Kapin, work man., Only Brief Report Received. ' "So far only a brief verbal report has been made by Lieutenant (J. U.) Charles CQbke, commander of the J3-2. A board of Investigation in accord ance with navy regulations," has' been appointed by the commandant, con sisting of: Lieutenant Commander Pope,- Washington, .senior naembir; Lieutenant L.,M. Stewart, U.S. A., McCall; Lieut. J. G.) Russ S. Fay, re corder, ..The board - will meet imme diately', to Investigate and report. . The department's .experts Jn submarine- construction "said they knew of only two ' possible causes of explo sion, aside from ' the possible ignition of hydrogen gas.v . , - v- Whiles highly Improbable, they "said, it' was posted here there had "seen- an explosion of the oil used to drive the surface -engines. There has never been an accident of that character .even with boats operatied by gasoline, a far more explosive liquid than the heavy .'oil used-to. run the E-2's engines. : The second possibility, they , said, was that of an air -flask' had exploded. Flasks which furnish the motive pow er of a torpedo carry a pressure 200 pounds to the square ' inch while the flasks used to store air for the boat while submerged carry much less pres sure, lite ia inai we vicums ui.uw explosion; were badly burned appeared to dismiss that possibility. It also was pointed out .that , the explosion of (Continued on Jfage sixteen. ; THE DAY IN CONGRESS Senatet . 'Not in session; meets noon Monday. . li.:.:-'. .Huse . .tl. . Met at noon. .Ways and Means committee contin ued hearings on dyestuffs manufactur ing bill. - " " ' . Passed the, Ferris bill for , Federal leasing of mineral5 lands in the public domain. . ' ". ' : - ..-- " - - Debated the Ferris bill for 640 acre "stock ; raising homesteads affecting 17 states, th last of the group of ad minstration conservation measures. ; Resolution for investigation' -of the so-called sisal twine trust of Yucatan and its' United States agencies intro duced .by Representative, Cox; of Indi ana. - r'"-'':-1.;' '"?-''-' '; i Education Committee continued hear ings on proposed legislation for Fed eral censorship of movirig pictures. ; 5 Adjourned at 4 P. M until noon Monday. ; .' . CMS New Disclosures Not Likely to . Cause Reopening, OFFICIALS INTERESTED Disclosures. In Papers Seised In Eng. land Regarding Payment to Wcr- . ner Horn May be Link in Evi dence Againat Plotters. A . Washington, Jan. 15. Disclosures of alleged activities., of German agents - in the United States contained in the" pa pers seized by the British from -Captain von Papen, the former German mili tary" attache here, while they have commanded intense interest, have brought no indication of official notice. The general view Is that the United States government practically closed the incident ,-. when It called for the withdrawal of Captain von Papen and his colleague, Captain Boy-Ed, the naval attache. Much of the correspondence cabled to this country is looked upon by most officials as being little more than in teresting. - That which purports to be between Ton Papen. and Werner Horn Is eagerly awaited, however, as possi bly being a link in the chain of evi dence government agents collected re garding the attempted destruction of the railway bridge at, St. Croix, Me. In the files of the -State Department is - all the data collected by the agents of -the Department of Justice, secret service operatives and others touching almost every alleged war plot in this country in the last 18 months On the surface, officials express sur prise at suggestions that von Papen or Boy-Ed were under surveillance in this country after the outbreak of the war because" such action would hardly b'e In keeping with diplomatic usage. State Department, records, , however, are said to reveal that the activities of both were known to the government in detalLj Apparently? .about the only cane' ofcohsequence . inj .wJiiQjf, Federal detective agencies "have not made defi nite discoveries is. that of Robert Fay. '.and. the others recently indicted", with him in New York for conspiracy to in terfere with American' trade in -muni-, tions of war by attaching bombs to ships. The attitude of American officials has been that w4iile all the information they had was interesting it, was not sufficient, even if !t could be present ed to a court which was out of the question in the" case of diplomatic offi cers to bring convictions. ' ACTUAL BLOCKADE OF Will Soon be Announced by Great. Britain. Will Supercede Conditions Establish ed iy , Orders In Council Mijrlit eliminate Much Diplomatic Controversy. London, Jan. 15. That Great Brit ain will soon . announce the establish ment of an - actual blockade of Ger many and, her allies, thereby super ceding the conditions which have been established by the orders in jouncil, was the statement made today by Americans who have been in close con tact with- the machinery of the Brit ish orders in council , in conseq jence of their acting heTe as representa tives of American shippers whose busi ness had been affected by the execu tion of the orders. ; CLEAR UP MISUNDERSTANDINGS Would Not Warrant Interferenc With Our . Trade With Neutrals. Washington, Jan. ; 15. Enforcement by Great Britain of an actual block ade of the Teutonic powers would, in the opinion of officials here, move from the " field of controversy several international factors ., which have led to much diplomatic correspondence and much misunderstanding on the part of the public. ' -' r ' One of these is the question that i ow remains unanswered ' as . to the right of a neutral state to ship to Germany or her allies any. goods not contraband of far.i pnee a blockade was de clared there could be no legal question of the right of the blockading fleet to keep everything out of the enemy's ports. ' : ..'" " v" All doubts as to the application of the doctrine of the .ultimate' destina tion also might be removed so far as it concerns goods destined ; for - Germany through a neutral State. ; On the other : hand, declaration of a blockade would not - warrant, officials believe, interference with Americas trade with neujtral European states, provided; the' goods were not, consigned ultimately to Germany or Austria. Un der the orders in council such' goodsl are ; now oeing .aeiainea ana com mandeered. , "'.! - " Th6 forthcoming American note to Great Britain "; on contraband 's ; ex pected . to . take ?up his f question at length.- It will ?. Vigorously assert the right of .neutral-, states" to trade-un-molested among ' themselves- and rhe prospective change . in the 'British pol icy is not -expected to modify, in any wise, ttjkr stand. y : . TEUTONIC COUNTRIES fn i-mmm - tfe 1 Mnnmifiiio r J..x:Jpjt-i 1 IllUnillUiirJ - - i i j MRS. PANKHURST IS RUSSIAN FRONT IS DENIED ADMISSION CENTER OF ACTION flgraUonBt s - lis Island Station. APPEAL TO WASHINGTON Allowed to Enter Country Pending . Word from Authorities There. Says She is Not Jlere to Dis cuss Suffrage Cause. New York, Jan. 15. Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, British' suffrage leader, ar rived here today and was ordered ex cluded from this country . by the .spe cial board of inquiry at the : Ellis Is land immigration station. On order of Assistant Secretary, of Labor Louis F. , Post, she was allowed to enter the country pending her appeal to the au thorities in Washington. Mrs. Pankhurst and ' her secretary. Miss Joan Wickham, were walking down the St. Paul's gang plank when an immigration officer informed the suffrage leader that she would have to go to Ellis Island. She protested vig orously but the official explained that, although .she had been allowed to en ter in 1913, she was still subject to the Federal statutes barring aliens con victed of "crimes involving moral tur pitude." Mrs. Pankhurst then said that she had not come here in connection with suffrage; that she would not under any circumstances discuss politics or suf frage while here "and that she would not even attend a ' suffrage meeting. She added that .she came here xpress ly . at . the request of Cheddomil Miya tovich, former - Serbian minister of state: and foreign affairs, who .. is now head of the' Serbian relief commission. "I am not here to talk militancy or even votes for women," said' Mrs. Pankhurst., "I am here in an effort to aid the poor Serbians and I. am . sure that I see no reason why I should not be welcome.. Your President allowed me to enter the country two years ago and I see no reason for a change of attitude now." Before Mrs. Pankhurst- departed for Ellis Island, M. Miyatovich sent a tele gram to the Serbian-minister at Wash ington asking him to use his influence in securing admission to this country for MnL Pankhurst. M. Miyatovich also 1 offered to guarantee that Mrs. Pankhurst would not participate in any political or suffrage-discussions here. It Cas ordered that" Mrs. Pankhurst' be paroled after' it was learned that she had taken steps toward sending an appeal to -Washington. - - Mrs. ' Pankhurst was : brought from Ellis - Island ; to . the Battery by Immi gration Commissioner .Howe in his pri vate launch. Mr. Post accompanied them on the trip.- - - WOULD .HARDLY BE LOGICAL. To Exclude Mrs Pankhurst Unless Nevr Charge' Are Brought Up.J: " ' Washington. -Jan. 15. Immigration authorities here -take the .".view that it would be hardly logical to deny ? Mrs. Pankhurst admission unless " it - were clearly established that the basis for" her" exclusion were " a crime '..involving moral turpitude committed since , she was allowed to enter, the .country; two years ago. ' :'. M''': While details of testimony given to day "before the. special - board of in quiry . at ;New York; were 'not-known here, it' was 'thought - that the order . of exclusion was -based on the findings of two years ago .1 under which she was first" ordered excluded .hut "afterwards permitted to' -remain in . the United States' for several months. Determined NICHOLAS FALLING BACK Rapid Sequence of Events . in the . . , Crumbling of the tfontenegrln ' Kingdom Little. lighting In the West Summary. ' v . . Only on- the Bessarabian and east Qalician front and in Montenegro have there been recent military develop ments of prime importance. The rapid sequence of events in the Montenegrin campaign involving the crumbling of the '' little kingdom's resistance, pre sents greater interest for the moment at least in the conflict being waged between the Austrians and the Rus sians. -The Russian offensive, resumed in force after a brief halt, apparently is thaft before. Reports' of the fighting so . far have , come only from "Vienna, but these indicate that , the attacks against . the Austrian lines were of -a desperate character, the Russians' re peatedly charging in serried, line a dozen deep, only to be repulsed each time with frightful 'losses, ' according to. the Austrian official. statement. This report adds that the attacks have not netted the Russians an inch of terri tory, ' '.. : In;, Montenegro the Austrians, fol lowing up their capture . of Cettinje, are pursuing the depleted forces i .'of King Nicholas and have made .addi tional captures. The Montenegrins, according - to unofficial advices, after transferring, their r capital to Niksic, determined to make "a stand around Rieka, to the southeast, of Cettinje and if! necessary' to continue their retreat southward and concentrate their, de fense at. Scutari,, Albania. In the in terior Montenegro, on the. eastern front, of the fighting in this field of War-the Austrians have advanced from Berance and taken the heights of Gra dina to the south. The fighting along the- Franco-Belgian! lines has not. been of moment since the operations in the Champagne, started by the German offensive move ment there, came to a halt. Artillery engagements, and ; trench .warfare,V.with occasional aerial encounters, are the only- happenings that, have t? recently been' chronf cled : in the official statements.- "'Aroond Salftnikl where the. Entente fortes have been energetically prepar ing themselves' for the .expected ad vance of the Teutonic Allies, there have ;l been additional defensive preparations in' the way of. destruction of - bridges. A -German air raid on Saloniki, ehich is declared to have- been -futile, is the only .notable - incident - reported. - ''y. Berlin reports opening of through railroad service-to Constantinople with thej departure -of the first train , from the German capital. '.;.;". --li- -A ' semi-official statement issued in Bcr in declares : that ' Emperor William has completely recovered "from - the slight indisposition caused by a car buncle.M " s , ' :i ' " - I British losses i-in : officers during. De cember", totaled1 930, of whom - 276 were killed. Total casualties of . officers since the war began to the end aT-De-cemoer rwere 22.081 and the killed 6,847, General Jose Rodriguez. General Pancho Villa. The Mexican soldiers or bandits, who shot to death' nineteen Americans Mon day near Chihuahua in Mexico, were Villa men of the command of General Jose Rodriguez, one of the bandit chief's trusted lieutenants wo was re ported captured by Americans the oth er day. Col. Pablo Lopez, a minor lead er in the Villa' force, is charged by those who saw . the murders with hav ing been the leader on the scene. TO LEAVE MEXICO Will Concentrate Under Car ranza Protection. TO EXTERMINATE VILLA Carranza Officials to Hold Conference to Perfect Plans Americans Re luctant in Xeavins; the State of Chihuahua.. .. El Pasoj ,TexaS; Jan.1 15. Mormons' in Chihuahua state do hot intend to come to the United States, despite the ad vice and counsel of the American gov ernment, according to Mexican officials who received advices tonight stating that the colonists, numbering about 500, were to concentrate under protec tion of Carranza garrisons stationed at Casas Grandes and pther points, until the country is cleared of bandits. Other Americans iri the same district were described as being reluctant to leave Mexico where many still have property. Several were reported to have returned to the interior of Chi huahua state on the. train which left Juarez late today"and only a compar atively small number of foreigners in the neighborhood of Parral are expect ed to come out on the special due here tomorrow night. How Many .Villa Followers? . There is . uncertainty here regarding the number of Mexicans operating un der alleged orders of Francisco :Villa and his lieutenants, although General Jacinto- Trevino, the Carranza com mander, who was quoted last night in dispatches from Chihuahua City to the effect that only 300- Villa men remain ed .uncaptured. .Mexican officials at Juarez estimated, however, that there are at least 1,800 men. on the war path in Western ; Chihuahua. A ' conference; of Carranza officials will be held at Juarez early next week to perfect plans for the extermination of Villa and his band, said a statement by Roberto V. Pesquiera, personal rep resentative of General Carranza, ac cording to ; dispatches from Douglas, Ariz... Carranza Conssl Lelevier at Douglas, according to these dispatches, is 'au thority for the statement that James Lord, manager of a mine south of Moc thesuma, Sonora, ' for whose safety there, has been apprehension, is safe and that quiet prevails in that district. According to. Mr. -ielevier, cavalry under "Col. Francisco Anchetta has been ordered from Hermosillo to Sahuaripa, Sonora, 200 miles south of Douglas, to exterminate-an independent band op erating under the leadership of Col. Alverto Garcia. ,' - . General' Gabriel. Gaviera, Carranza commandant at Juarez, opposite here, announced tonight that the bodies of General Rodriguez and General Rivas, Villa commanders shot after their forc es had been defeated at . Pearson re cently, would reach the border, shortly so that Amerlcaps ; could verify re ports . of their execution. Speaking - of the . Carranza govern ment's plans to round, up bandits and Villa adherents. General Gavjera said: - Americans Should be Patient. "The American people should be pa tient. We soon shall have entire con trol' of the situation. Argumedo, the bandit" in Southern Sonora, has '. only r,800 men. We may have thousands." Gaviera announced . that a commis sion', to regulate prices and profits in Juarez had been appointed. . : The sheriff's , office - here received a report ' tonight that ; United States sol diers at Fort Hancock,; 53 . miles east of Tiere, had .'attacked a number of residents-Mexicans and : severely ; beaten them. . , ..-, ' .' ;!'r ' ' 'L ---- :: '. General John J. -Pershing,' command ing the United States troops ' here, -said he had received nothing official but had heard ' the same reportj ' - " Marion Letcher,- American consul "at Chihuahua City, did; not leave for his post today." He received1 v. "a?-' message from .Washington countermanding pre vious instructions to proceed and ordering- him to remain on the .'border. He said .Hhere -was. no significance. attaf" to the message.,. - Do Not Doubt Good Faith of Mexican Assurances. CONGRESS IS COMPOSED No Repetition . Yesterday of. Outburst of Indignation Which Have Fea tured Recent Sessions Re port Gen. Trevino. " Washington, Jan. 15. General Car ranza's formal reply to the demand of the United States for punishments of the bandits who killed 18 American mining men near Santa Ysabel, Mexi co, had not yet reached Washington to- night, but officials were not inclined to doubt the good faith of assurances given by' the Mexican ambassador des ignate here, Ellseo . Arredondo, that every effort would be made to run down the murderers. These assurances were renewed by Mr. Arredondo tonight in making pub lic the report of General Trevino, in charge of the forces detailed to cap ture the bandits and insure protection to persons in the district in which they -have been operating. General Trevino, whose dispatch, transmitted by tho Mexican consul at El Paso, also de scribed the massacre, said those re sponsible would be "hunted down with- ; out rest." . The day passed without any repeti tion in Congress of the outbursts of indignation that have marked almost every session since word' of the Santa Ysabel incident -was received. Chair- . man Stone, of the Senate foreign rela tions committee, -however, called on Secretary Lansing and requested that the committee be kept advised prompt ly of receipt of any further informa- . tion. ' The secretary promised that would be done. : ' , The report of General Trevino as made public by Mr. Arredondo fol lows: ' : - General Trevinos Report. "On Monday, at 11:15 A.- M.. special train No. 41 left Chihuahua for Cusi churiachic, arriving at Santa- Ysabel a.t;.l:15 - P: .;M.,. ami . starteoU f rota - there' . s and upon, arriving tit :6S - kilometers. : west; of . Santa Ysabel it found another ( .train of the National Railways hauled' by engine No.'909derailed.- Upon per sons alighting from their train to see what occurred, they saw armed men on both 'sides of the road who were firing , upon. them, after which, a so- .. called general 'named Reina, ordered -that the crew be put under guard. Hs , then robbed all the passengers, looting the contents of the cars and express:; The murders followed. "On jihe same day of the above inci- dent ; the "v headquarters ordered that' a regiment embark at once under the command of Col. Jose Villanueva to start in the direction of Santa Ysabel .- with instructions to pursue the bandits and to endeavor , to get in touch with General Cavezos, commander of the detachment at Bustlllos, -Cusichuiria-chic and San Antonio, who was watch ing the movements of the enemy which had assaulted the train. "The bandits upon observing the movements of the constitutionalists in . all directions retreated to a place call ed Carretas, according to the informa tion at hand, scatterisg in small groups; (Continued on Page Thirteen.) ,' I ' ATTACKS OF RUSSIANS But Austrian Repulse Them, , Says Vienna Report. Russian Columns of 12 to 19 . Lines) Make AMiaultn at Some Places . in Eastern Galicin and On Bearabian Front. . Berlin,' Jan. 15, (by. Wireless to Say ville). Russian attacks on the Aus trian positions in eastern Galicia and on the Besserabian front. are increas ing in intensity,' the Russians repeat edly charging in ' maeses, but the as saults all along the line have been' repulsed, according to ' the official statement by " the '. Austro-Hungarian war ' office given ; out today in' 'lenna and received ; here - The statement read: , ; .' - 'V - "The battle in , eastern Galicia and on the Bessarabian frontier is proceed ing. Fighting : in the Toporoutz dis trict and east of Barenczle is more tit ter r thaq ever, " .Russian columns of a3 many - as 12 .to 19 lines attacked our positions i at sme places four times and at others .six times, but the aes perate - contests "always resulted . in their repulse; frequently "with .h4 bay-1 onet in hand "to band fighting, r "The Russian; losses have been ap palling... "More ; than lOOO dead Ri-s-sians were counted ' before the potfi-, tions Of one.Austro-Hungarian bri gaded VTwo officers and 240 men were, taken prisoner by us. - - s "The; AustroKyugarians have; main tained all their positions' and 'the Rus sians have .not .'gained one inch of territory."'' '- """ ' "'. ' -- "Vienna territorials hav erepulsed superior Russian forces on the Kar? min. " : ' ' ." -. "v . - : "On; the Italian front the enemy-artillery has been 'active against Mai 1 bergeth -and' RalbL'. - v "Austro-Hungarian troops hav : - (Continued on Page Sixteen. GUI IHTEHSTY n. -5 i: -
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