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Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-07
PRESS ATTACKS ON
TURKISH POSITIONS
Asquith Tells Commons Operations
Against Dardanelles Defenses
Proceeding Satisfactorily.
LANDING OF TROOPS is TOLD

LONDON, May 0.-The operations
In the Darnanelles are being pressed
forward under highly satisfactory
conditions, Premier Asquith told the
House OF Commons this afternoon in
the course of statement upon tho
combined naval and land attacks on
the Gallipoli peninsula.
The premier said in part.
at daybroak of April a.. the landing
occurred tho troops making use OF six
landing places. BY nightfsll 5000 men
had been dlsembarltod in the face OF
fierce opposition by infantry and artillery
entrenched behind successive lines OF wire
entanglements.
Held Up All Day.
THE leading troops Of the twenty
ninth division were held up all day 20
the west OF Seddul Bahr. but at sunset
they succeeded In a fine attack along
the heights which made possible the talS-
ing OF a good position covering the dlsem-
barkation OF the remainder OF the divi-
sion.
"The landing brigade OF the Australian
and New Zealand corYS went ashore at
Gaba Tepe at A;SO O'Clock in the morning
in complete silence. The enemy opened
heavy fire at point blank range, but
the beach was rushed with good effect
and the attack carried out with the ut
most dash up tho slope.
French forces effected landing at
| Kun Shle and advanced with great
gallantry. Every report speaks Of tho
magnificent cooperation Of the. naval
forces ! regret tho casualties were very
heavy. including the death Of 1rigadier
General Napier
During April d the Decentralization
continued. The troops ashore we're sub
jected to continuous and determined at
taeks from the enemy but these IN every
case were repulsed with heavy Losses.
The Twenty-ninth division, In command
of General Hunter. with great valor car
ried the Turkish position at seddul Bahr,
which consisted Of rocky ravines, ruined
houses and wire entanElementa
Firmly Established.
by evening OF April q the Twenty
ninth division was firmly established
across the Gsllipoli peninsula, having ad-
vanced two miles from the point OF land
ing. They were Joined by French troops.
who. having fulfilled the task Of siiencing
tho hostile batteries on the Asiatic coast,
which interfered with the landing on the
Gsllipoh peninsula. had recrossed the
straits. The Australian and New Zealand
| corps defeated every counter attack and
steadily gained ground.
1.-THE Decentralization continued April
2s ana %. BY May 2 a further advance
had been made by French and British
troops on the southern end Of the penin-
suls. and the Australian and New zea-
land corps had been reinforced by the
Royal Naval division. The positions
everywhere had been consolidated.
'In the Euccessful performance OF this.
one OF the most difficult operations OF the
war. a landing on an open beach in the
face Of determined opposition. tho troops
displayed unsurpassed skill
'"rhe oerations are now being continued
and pressed forward under highly satis-
factory conditions"
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-07
YounR Trout for spearfIsh POND.

BELLE FoURcffE. s. D.. May a.
(speoiaD-rhis week Deputy State Game
Warden Edholm VIII plant $1,000 young
trout in the pond provided for them I'm
6pearfish canyon. The pond has been es-
tablished n give the small fry a chance
TO develop TO size that will make them
self-protecung before they are placed at
the mercy OF the larger fish. The people
who maintain cabins in spearfish canyon
or frequent the streams have for the last
two or three years been negligent In apply
ing for young trout ana consequently the
Of its supply.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-07
CAR PLUNGES INTO
OFFICE ENTRANCE
Headley's Automobile Descends
Headlong Into Areaway of
Peters Trust Company.
MANY NARROWLY MISS INJURY

Mirton o. Headley plunged In an
automobile into the Seventeenth
street entrance of the Peters Trust
company, Omaha National bank
building. at 5 o'clock yesterday, es-
Gaping injuries in an almost mira
culous manner. but causing COM
motion among twenty-five clerks.
Harry Cameron. head OF the insurance
department OF the trust company. suf-
fered scratches on his face from flying
window glass. Miss Bulah Hall, stenog-
rapher. o few minutes before the crash,
left her record desk which was badly
damaged by heavy iron standard hurled
by the automobile from the edge Of an
areaway.
Lost Control of Machine.
Mr.. Headley, who has an office in
the Omaha National bank building. was
alone in the car when It made its specta-
cular plunge. His intentions were 10 run
up TO the curb, but he explains that he
Is not used 10 the operations of this auto
mobile, lost control and went headlong
into the areaway which serves as an Of
flee entrance. Before taking the dip
Ntlo htlOChSu OIL n CdbI iTOn
weighing 200 pounds and sent II through
plato glass windows to the floor OF the
offices below. The car became wedged
just outside Of the windows.
Huge Iron Missile.
The iron standard fell on the floor
about a foot from where Mr.. Cameron
sat. chatting to H. c. Freeman one of
| the department managers OF the Peters
I Trust company. Miss Halls desk is
between Mr.. Cameron and the window
which was smashed. This huge iron mis-
slle knocked off a section OF tho desk
! in its flight, which was in direct line
! with Miss Halls chair which happened
10 be vacant at the time.
| By clining to the seat OF his inclined
car Mr.. Headley escaped being hurled
! through the plate glass window. He sent
! his engine off and climbed out, very
much unnerved.
JRmmed in AreawRy.
The car was so badly jammed into the
areaway that workmen had considera bic
difficulty getting It out The crash was
heard throughout the bank building. Sen.
ator ]. II. Mlllard OF the Omaha National
bank went down into the Peters COM
pany offices and viewed the strange
( spectacle with interest. Miss Halls
friends I'm the trust office congratulated
her In her escape.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-07
Germans Are Partly Successful in
Their Attempt TO Recspture
Hill Number Sixty
Near Ypres.
BRITISH LINE IS sTRAIeHTENED
London Papers Profess to Believe
Drawing Front to Northeast
Will Prove Beneficial.
GAS IS NOW A REGULAR WEAPON
The Day's War Nesrs

THE BATTLE IN WEST GAJICIA,
launched n few days ago with an
Aastro-German attack from the
Crucow region, has developed into
one of the greatest encounters of
the war. PetrOErad dispatches ad-
init that the situation is serious.
THE BATTLE IN WEST GALICIA,
although II is asserted that the ad-
vance has been checked. AZ VIZ
ennR and Berlin, however, 81 is
claimed that the Russians have be-
RUn n general retrent, that their
whole position In the Carpathians
is precart0us.
EARLY REPORTS of consistent
progreSs on the part OF the allied
forces Rt the DardanelIea were
contradicted In an official state
meDt today from the Turkish war
office. Dispatches from French
and British sources said further
successes had been won ny the al
1ies.
vices indicated that n crisis has
come I'm the negotiations betwecn
Italy and Austria.
CLAIMS WERE MADE in Petrograd
that the victory of the Russian
army of the Caucasus over the
Turks announced last night was
an Important and decisive one. A
force of 10000 Turks which at-
tackled the Russians in the DiIman-
Khori region was said 60 have
been repulsed.
DANISH VESSEL CATHAY, from
Denmark for China, was blown nm
I'm the North Sea, but its paasen-
gers and crew, numbering forty
three, escaped.
GERMAN INVASION of the Baltic
provinces of Russia, witch a. re-
Earded lightly In Petrograd, fs
said tn berlin 90 be an important
movement, under the personal al
recftcn of Field Marshal Won Him
denburg.
IN BELGIUM further Eeins have
heen made by the Gerrnans. The
@fftetnI Frsncb staAannaut CON.
cedes that the Germans won posi-
uons ON the disputed biIi 90, near
fnress and that the Brittsh wsre
anie 20 retal<e only part of them,
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-07
MRS. THEODORE ROOSEVELT
IS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL

NEW YORK, May S.-Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt was at her home in Oyster
BAY today after spending three weeks in
Roosevelt hospital. where she underwent
an operation. Mrs. Roosevelt entered
the hospital April H. Apparently in tho
best OF health she left the institution
yesterday afternoon, walked unaiJed to
an automobile and accompanied by her
son Archie went to the Roosevelt home.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-07
MAN CHARGED WITH
AXE MURDER RELEASED

GALESBUHG. May s-'Lovey'' Mitchell
VINO has been held in Warren county Jail
charged with the murder OF the Dawson
family at Monmouth. was released today
because the circuit court grand jury
neglected 10 take any action in his case.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-07

VIENNA, May 6.-(via London.)
The victorious Austrian advance
continues on the entire west Galician
front, according to an official an
nouncement made by the War office
today. Russian prisoners to the
number of $4,000 have been taken.
The text Of the announcement follows;
Forces of the Teuton allies are ad-
vancing successfully along the entire
front in West Galicia. Troops of the
enemy still intact. are attempting by
taking up favorable defensive positions.
to cover their hasty retreat
Seriously Menaced.
The strong Russian forces in the Bes-
kid region are being seriously menaced
by the flank attack OF our victorious ar.
mics. Already we have forced the fight
ing in the regions OF Jaslow and Dukia.
and the engagement now in progress will
complete tho annihilation Of the Third
Russian army.
-.-F5ie number Of prisoners in our hands
has been increased TO more than $1,000
''on the remainder of tho front the sit
uation remains unchanged
''In the orova valley a strong Russian
attack on the hill OF Ostry has been re-
pulsed with great slaughter to the
enemy
BerIin il Optimistic.
BERLIN, May 6.-(via London)-The
military developments OF the last week
has had a visible effect on popular feel
ing In Berlin. which is decidedly more
optimistic. Operations in the Russian
province OF Courland, then the Baltic.
IN Galicia and In Belgium. indicate that
German forces are taking tho offensive
on a large scale and that great events
are expected.
II is understood in well informed quar-
ters that the German troops in Courland
are now nearing the port OF Libau, which
probably will be attacked by land and
sea. Field Marshal Won Hindenburg
himself is in command there. His design
appears TO be to take Libau and prob
ably Biga as well, and use these ports
as bases for harassing Russian communi-
cations with Petrograd.
The Russians already have sent from
Kovno reinforcements for resisting these
operations, the results OF which must
soon be apparent The Russians also
are attempting TO resist the Austro-
German movement eastward In Galicia.
having brought up reinforcements from
the Csrpathians for that purpose. In
formation received here. however. indi-
Gates that the Russians are being swept
along before the Teutonie allies or elsa
captured.
Austrian reports stated that there is in
progress general Russian retreat ex-
tending from the positions TO the south
OF Dukla Pass in Hungary, where weeks
ago the attacks upon an impregnable
Austrian front, entailing frightful losses,
had exhausted the initiative Of the In
vaders.
Eastern Campaign iB Balance.
Further Developments in Galicia are
awaited here with breathless interest. as
It is believed that the events on thit
section Of the front may give a decisive
turn to the entire eastern campaign
The view held here is that the whole
Russian position in the Carpathians hal
row become precarious.
II II understood that strong pressure
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Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-07
BULLETIN.


WASHINGTON, May 6.--The Rus
sian embassy today received the fol-
lowing dispatch from the Russian
minister of foreign affairs;
"PETRoGRAD, May 5.-The re-
ports from Berlin and Vienna OF a
victory gained by the Germans and
Austrians in western Galicia are alb
solutely unfounded. The battles that
are proceeding in that region give no
foundation whatever to talk even of
a partial success of our enemy. You
are asked to contradict most en-
phatically the report spread by the
German. (SignedD
"SAZANoFF."
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-07

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Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-07
VIENNA ASSERTS
$4,000 RUSSIAN
CAPTIVES TAKEN
Austrian War office Reports Vic
torious Advance Continues on
Entire Western Galician
Front.
THIRD ARMY IS NOW MENACED
Announcement Says Teutonic Allies
Capture Position After Position
from the Russians.
FIGHT RACES DAY AND NIGHT
BULLETIN.

VIENNA, May 6.-tVis London)
The Austrian southern wing has
crossed the wisloka river. The Rus
SLAMS are retreating eastward of Lup-
kow pass.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-07
The Weather

Forecast till 7 p. m. Friday
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Fair. rising temperature.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-07

LONDON. May e.-ror the first
time since the British forced the Ger
mans from Hill No. so. near Ypres,
the soldiers of Emperor William have
been partly successful in their coun-
ter attacks and no advices to the con-
trary having been received, II is az.
sumed that the Germans are stnl
holding today the positions they OBJ
tanned on the Hill by the use OF
asphynating gases.
In the meanwhile the German line to
the cast OF Ypras is within three miles
OF the line Tho British press does not
intend to minimize the persistence Of this
German extensive. but there is no dis
position to lament the drawing In n the
British front 20 the eastward and the
northward OF Ypras. which was the only
alternate TO a successful counter attack.
Confidence Is expressed that the new
British alignment will provo beneficial, IN
view OF the hard fighting which A ex-
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BULLETIN.

BERLIN, May (via London -
In German official statement issued
today the announcement is made that
German soldiers forced the French
troops TO evacuate their positions in
the ALLY wood and captured more
than 1000 Frenchmen. The state
ment says that the number of French
men killed was extremely heavy and
that they lost two cannon and a num-
Der Of machine guns and mine throw
ers.
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Fair; Warmer
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-23

felt compelled to use the most strin-
gent measures to crush the clergy. the
landed nobility and the turbulent
artisans and educated classes. Scien-
tific schools and high schools were
closed. monasteries and nunneries
forcibly emptied. and hundreds OF Rus
sian officials called In to take the
places of the Poles.
But the change brought astonishing
prosperity. Cracow grew moldy under
Austrian rule. The Polish lands seized
by Frederick the Great never prosper
ed under the Denomination" policies
of his successor. Poland's high-strung
nobility had ever been its bane. Rus
STA exterminated the aristocrats pitt
lessly. and the Polish common folk.
denied political liberty but freed from
obligations to the owners Of the soil.
found chance for advancement In in.
dustry and commerce. Warsaw is
their city, despite its Russian governor
general and Russian army corps. II is
the metropolis of Russian Poland, a
city of 100000 inhabitants, magnifi.
Gently built. proud alike OF its glorious
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-23
RUSSIANS BELIEVE IUBLIN BATTLE
WILL SOON DECIDE FATE OF WARSAW

PETROGRAD, July 23.-With the
Russians holding back the Germans
along the Narew river front, the bat
tie now raging in the Lublin district
is expected to be the decisive conflict
determining the fate of Ivangorod and
Warsaw
Preparations for the Evacuation OF
both these fortresses have been COM
pleted. but the military experts still
see hope for repulse of Field Mar
shall Won Mackensen's army In the
south
The retirement of the Russian
forces from the Radon district to the
defenses of Ivangorod is declared at
the war office to be only precaution-
airy step taken in view of possible
eventualities This is the second time
during the war that the Germans have
neared Ivangorod. The first time
they were so decisively defeated in
their efforts to cross the Vistula there
that they did not recover for several
months
Petrograd has been prepared for
the worst in the Poland campaign
The war office has made no attempt
to conceal the fact that the Austro-
German forces have advanced all
along the front. Some officials were
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HERS THE CITY
tcontinued From Page one.l

above it; as from the city to the sea.
and its water-borne commerce has
made it possible for Warsaw to be-
come real competitor of the great
industrial cities OF Silesia for the trade
of the eastern provinces of the Ger
man empire. In German hands it may
prove as valuable as Liege with its
armament and ammunition factories,
or as the northern tier of French de-
partments, with their coal and iron
deposits, now in the kaiser's hands.
Originally the seat Of the dukes of
Masova, for nearly 200 years Warsaw
was the capital of the Polish republic.
succeeding Cracow in 1909, when
Swedish influence began to be domi-
nant in the Polish court. 1t thrived
amazingly, although its possession was
continually disputed by the Swedes,
the Brandenburgers (Prussians), Rus
SLAMS and Austrians. The Swedes
captured it in 1855 and lost it to the
Poles the next year. In 1857 Sweden
held it again, this time for seven
years, but never was the land free
from the curse of war. Augustus II,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-23
DEMOCRATIC CHIEFS
INVITE INDIVIDUALS
TO ATTEND MEETING

FRENCH LICK, Ind, July %
Leaders of Indiana Democracy met
here to discuss the various provisions
of the new primary election law and
formulating conformatory rules.
Among the rules adopted Is one in
viting Democrats, individually or by
delegation, to appear at any and all
meetings of the state central com
mittee for the purpose Of discussing
matters pertaining to the interests OF
the Democratic party While it has
always been the rule of the Demo.
cratic state committee to encourage
such interest on the part of Demo
Gratis who are not members of the
committee, it is desired to encourage
more extensively such practice. AT
the meeting Wednesday no less than
a score of non-member Democrats par
ticipated in all the discussions of party
interest All parts Of the state were
represented and some time was taken
in listening to and discussing reports
Of political conditions in the counties
and districts.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-23
STRIKERS MAKE
VAIN ATTEMPTS
TO FIRE PLANT
Strong Searchlights Used by
Guards at Bayonne Fluster
Rush of Squad With Oil
Soaked Waste.
SHIPPING CONTINUES
Exchange of Shots Results in
Wounding of Four Guards
and Two of the Rioting
Strikers.

BAYONNE, N. J., July 23.-Rioting
was renewed in the Standard Oil
strike early today and resulted in the
wounding of two more strikers and
four guards Two strikers who were
shot as they attempted to approach
the Tidewater plant to set it on fire
were not seriously hurt but the four
guards are in a serious condition.
The wounded guards were struggled
out Of the mt and nothing was
known OF Il injuries until Chester
Edwards, SC { the general manager
of the plant, announced that three OF
the victims had been taken to New
York by boat and the fourth to st.
Francis hospital at Jersey City.
While searchlights operated from
vantage points within the 26-acre plant
of the company prevented a general
attack, shipping went on all night be-
tween the Standard Oil armed guards
and the besieging strikers. Shortly
after 2 o'clock this morning, a score
Of men tried to reach the wall with
oil soaked waste which they intended
to set on fire and throw into the plant.
They were betrayed by a search
light and the guards opened fire. TWO
of the strikers FELL but their comrades
r opened fire and retreated only after
more than three hundred shots had
been fired.
For several hours there was quiet
except for the occasional sniping eff
forts on the part Of the strikers many
of whom have now obtained rifles,
hut about O'Clock another attack Was
made on the plant with tn intention
OF blowing up the barre! factory.
Twenty-Five strikers nearly reached
the factory with more than fifty
pounds of dynamite. They were only
twenty feet from the factory walls
when the guards discovered them and
opene fire with rifles loaded with
buckshot,
The dynamiters fled as other guards
opened fire with heavier guns and all
are believed to have escaped injury.
While todays developments will de-
termine whether troops are necessary
to maintain order, Sheriff Kinkead Is
trying to hold down violence with a
force Of three hundred special depu,
ties. These men have established a
deadline at the main entrance OF the
Tidewater plant beyond which the
strikers are forbidden to pass. The
deputies are armed with riot sticks,
but a store of deadlier weapons was
placed in fire house number four for
their use in case Of emergency
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MAINTAINS GUARD
AT u. S. CAPITOL

WASHINGTON, July 23.-Though
the night passed without any attempt
being made to carry out threats to
blow up the United States capitol, a
strong guard was maintained through.
out the building today and will be
kept there Indefinitely, Captain Luth
ran, chief of the capitol police, today
stated.
The precautions were taken follow.
ing receipt of letter by Major c.
Pullman, chief of the Washington Pc
lice, from Los Angeles, and signed
Brown" which stated that the writer
would complete the attempt of Frank
Holt, J. P Morgan's assaialnt, to blow
up the capitol.
Officials generally believe the let
ter was written as joke, but all visi
tors are required to leave their pack
ages at the door.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-23

elector of Saxony and elective king Of
Poland (1697-1733) impoverished his
two kingdoms to embellish and adorn
his new capital and his successor.
Augustus III. continued the beautifica-
ton of the city. Throughout the
eighteenth century Warsaw's was the
most brilliant court in Europe, save
that at Versailles. and its university
and its conservatory Of music we're
world famed
In 1764 Russian trops first occu-
pied the city to assure the election
to the Polish throne of Stanislaus
Poniatowski, paramour Of the Empress
Catherine 1t was the preliminary to
the first partition Of Poland nine
years later. In 1894 the Russians
took it again, by storm and there was
bloody massacre in the Praga, the
suburb on the right bank Of the Wis
tula. The next year in the third
partition, Warsaw was given to Prus-
STA. In 1906 French troops under
Napoleon occupied the city and the
conqueror set up his Grand Duchy of
Warsaw as promise of independence
to Poles he hoped to lure into his
battalions. In 1909 the Austrians took
the city, but were driven out after
Wagram. Since February. 1913, when
the Russians, having vanquished
Napoleon in the SHOWS of the interior,
poured westward to aid in crushing
the first empire at Leipzig. the car
has held Warsaw for his own. Only
once, from November, 1880. until Sep.
TENDER, 1881, have the freedom loving
Poles been able to call the city theirs
The Russian general, Paskevitch, who
carried it by storm September Z, 1881
gave the city over to his experated
troops, and the bloodshed was appall.
ing Deportations, executions and
confiscations of property followed on
a grand scale and not until 1856 was
martial law withdrawn. The year 1862
saw similar uprisings. in the Polish
capital and the Russian government