The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-27
GERMANY

UNITED Press Leased Wire I - eel
BERLIN (vla Amsterdaml 27.
Tho Austro-Germans unde 8 neral
Mackensen have reached thu .mysI-
Lemberg railway, accordip s unoffl-
eiai dispatches received today
from Eperies. Hungary, = ty miles
southwest Of PrzemysI. > war Of
flee has no oonfirmati & this re-
port.
IAN official announcement from
the German war Office yesterday
said that Mackensen had crossed the
San six miles above Przemysl, indicat-
ing that he was about to strike at
the Przemysl-Lemberg railway in
the rear of the fortress. If the above
unofficial report Is true. the Russians
line OF communication has been cut
and the Slav army at Przemysl is in
danger of being surrounded
CALL FoP RECRUITS.
AMSTERDAM, May 27.-Germany
has called all her unframed land
strun1, over 35, into active service,
according to Berlin advices today.
ItaIy's entrance into the war Is said
to have neeessitated this ster
[By Carl W. Aekerman, United
Press Staff corre.pondent.]
BERLIN, (vIa Tho Ha0ue) May 27.
Charged with insulting a German
officer, Mrs. Harriet Boyce and her
daughter, OF San Francisco, have
been sentenced to three weeks i'm
prisonment In the little Ravarian
town Of Lindau.
Ambassador Gerard today sent a
memorandum TO the GermIr. foreign
office about the American women.
Pending action by the foreign Office,
Mrs. Boyce and her daughter are at
liberty under $1,000 bail, offered by
the American consul at Munich. The
authorities at Lindau aIIege the
American women used insulting Ian
guage to the German officer who ex-
amfned their baggage. Mrs. Boyce
explained that she intended no insult
and that If her remarks were SO con-
strued, it was because she was unfa-
miliar with the German tongue.
The court at Lindau, however, SEN
tenced both women to serve three
weeks In Jail. They were allowed to
communicate with the American con-
sui al. Munich who prevailed upon
the Lindau authorities to grant
stay Of sentence. Mrs. Royce and her
sdadgnter were released 81, hail and
went at once to Munich to await the
outcome Of Ambassador Gerard's In
tervention.
OVERWHELMING THE RUSSIANS.
BERLIN, May 27. Via wireless to
London.) - Mackensen's army is
steadily southward toward
the Russians main artery Of retreat
from Przemys!.
The war office made this announce
ment this afternoon, but failed 10 con-
firm an unofficial dispatch from Eper-
Jes, Hungary, that the Austro-Germans
actually had reached the Przemysi-
railway.
"Our attacks northeast Of PrzemysI
are progressing" was the Iaconic Of
fetal statement regarding the ter
rife battle being fought within Isss
than six miles Of the Galieian fortress.
All reports from GaIicia today
agreed that the battle now being wag-
ed around PrzerysI is the most Violent
since Mackensen began sweeping the
enemy out Of Gaiicia. With their right
wing pierced at two points, the Rus
slams are making a desperate stand
on the east bank Of the San just mort
Of the fortress. Their extreme rqht
wing, squeezed between two German
forces across the river, is battling to
save itself from utter annihiIation.
"in the western theatre of war, the
French, regardless of previous fail
ures, again attempted to rush our lines
between VermelIss and the Loret.s
HIS" said the official bulletin. "They
we're repuIsed everywhere. South Of
the fighting continues" (Iere
a passage was eliminated by the Eng
Itch censor)
SUCCESSFUL ATTACK.
BERLIN (via wireless) London,
May 27.-Our airships successfully
British fortifications at
Observation-Disclosures vsald an off,
,iai statement from the war off<r
his afternoon, dealing with the zep-
,eIin raid on the English resort.