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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-03-18

faithfulness ar6 abili,i,s On the
nccas,ou Of his 50 l. anliV nary At
entering the white houst srrvic' {,
which h. ceh brat,d January. 1915,
he w. presented with a hmtifu
cane, given b, p sidtrt Mi|rnr a,rd
M hers # VI, vi il, hcue' stiff
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-07
GERMANS FLANK RUSSIANS
kaiser's C~avalrymen Move Around
Right Of Cars Men on Baltic
Coast.

London.-A sensation has come from
the east, where it Is announced that
German cavalry, which apparently got
around the extreme right of the Rus
SLAMS, had invaded the Russian Baltic
provinces. There has been no indica-
ton In what force the Germans are
operating. but it is presumed here that
the cavalry is simply looking over the
ground to find out what opposition a
force landed at Polangen. in the prov
ince of Courland, would meet with. In
military circles here it is asserted that
this cavalry, however, can interfere
with the Russian communications and
give the famous Russian Cossacks
something to do.
At the other end Of the Russian line
the Russians are reported to be con
tinuing slow progress in the Uzsok
Pass, and to be repulsing Austrian at
tacks ON their flank in the direction of
Stry.
In reply to the Zeppelin visit to the
county Of Suffolk, England, allied air.
men have visited Belgium and bonn
barded Ostend and other towns, and
also attacked towns in Southern Ger
many.
Nothing of Importance has occurred
along the western battle front. The
Germans claim still to hold bridge
heads on the User canal at Het Sas
and Steenstraete. They are being at
tackled by the allies. who, according to
all the official reports, are on the of
fensive at most points.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-07
Washington 10 Stirred.

Washington.-Press reports Of the
torpedoing of the American steamer
Gulflight and the loss of her captain
and some members of the crew Great
ed a stir in officia lcircles here.
II the first reports are borne out,
the attack on the Gulflight constitutes
the first case of an American ship
struck by a torpedo with consequent
loss Of lives. Two have been sunk by
mines, the responsibility for which has
never been fixed. and an American.
Leon c. Thresheh, was drowned when
the British ship Falaba was torpedoed.
The United States government has
just completed It's investigation of the
Thresher case, but in view of the di-
rect attack on an American vessel nov
reported, it is probable that both Incl
dents will be dealt with in whatever
diplomatic action is taken"
It was recalled that in the note sent
to Germany in answer to Germany's
proclamation of a sea war zone the
Washington government stated that it
would hold Germany "to strict account
ability for the loss of American lives
or vessels.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-07
WAR CLOUDS OVER ORIENT
Tokyo Newspapers Make Announce
ment Of. Impending Jap Uiti-
matum to China,

Tokyo.-The Jiki Shimpo, q Japan
csc newspaper Of good standing, is
sued an extra edition May 3 in which
would send an ultimatum to China, the
Chinese reply to the latest Japanese
communication regarding the demands
of the Tokyo government being con-
sidered unsatisfactory.
The Japanese cabinet was In session
for six hours. A telegram was dis
patched to M. Hioki, the Japanese min
lister to Picking.
The Ihara News Agency said the en-
peror might issue an important order
In a few days.
The situation has aroused intense
interest here. Some newspapers reit-
crate the assertion of the Jiki Shimpo
that the government is dissatisfied
with China's reply and add that it is
obliged to prepare for the final step.
These newspapers say that in pursu-
they expect the government to an
nounce its decision in a few days un-
less China changes her attitude.
War department chiefs were in a
lengthy conference May 3.
The Japanese version Of article 1,
group v, of the Japanese demands,
which China rejected, is that Japan
requested, in case Of the necessity
arising for China to employ advisers,
that China would appoint some" JAP
anese advisers. (This clause, as amend
ed, according to Picking. provided for
the appointment Of many Japanese
~advisers.")
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-07
TEuT0Hs WIN IN GALIclA
<ure Of 5000 Russians on the
Hungarian Frontier.

Misunderstanding to Berlin and
Vienna. the German and Austrian ar.
mics have achieved a notable victory
In West Galicia, smashing the entire
Russian center along q front Of many
ment puts It. across the whole western
tip of Galicia, from near the Hungar.
ian border to the point where the
River Dunajec JOINS the Vistula. right
at the frontier of Poland.
Though the 5000 prisoners the Teu-
tonic allies say they have taken does
not compare with the number which
some OF Field Marshal o linden
burg's rushes netted him In the north.
the achievement, II subsequent reports
bear 1t out. will mean at least a tenn
porary check to the Russians hammer
ing their way westward since the fall
Of Przemysl.
Berlin is celebrating the victory.
though it Is admitted flags have been
flown before full details are at hand.
The Austrian official statement con-
firms the German reports of a big vic
tory along the entire front in West
G3llc1a.
The text of the statement follows:
"The Austro-Hungarian and German
forces on May 2 attacked the fortified
positions in West Galicia and repulsed
the Russians along the entire front Of
Malastow, Gorlice. 0romik and north
of these places.
''The Russians suffered severe loss.
We captured 5000 Russians and took
a great number of cannon and machine
guns. simultaneously we forced our
way across the Dunajec river.
ION the Carpathian front the Bes-
kid situation has changed. In the
wooded Carpathians we gained ground
to the east of Koziowka. We repulsed
several counter-attacks with great
slaughter, capturing several hundred
Russians and taking three machine
guns"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-07
10000 RETREAT|NG
RUSSIANS TAKEN
kAISER'S MEN CONTINUE PUR.
SUIT AFTER CAPTURING
MANY GUNS.
BRITISH LOSE FIVE POSITIONS
Cossacks Defeat Turks In Caucasus,
and Estimate Enemy's Losses
at $500 Dead-Airship
Sinks Submarine.

Vienna.-Thirty thousand Russian
soldiers, twenty-five canno and sixty
four machine guns were captured in
the battle Of West Galicia, according
to an official statement given out in
Vienna The statement follows:
The importance Of the total sue
8 cannot yet be approximately esti-
mated. The number of prisoners
taken so far Is $4,000. 1t is increas-
ing hourly. A great quantity of war
material has been captured in numer-
BUS Russian positions. including 90
cannon and 81 machine guns"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-07
WAR COSTS ENGLAND MUCH
Lloyd-George Estimates That HostiIi-
ties Costs Empire Over Ten Mil
lion Dollars Daily.

London.-David Lloyd-George. chan
cellor of the exchequer, has given the
British public further insight into
what the wal is costing the nation.
The expenditures now, Mr.. Lloyd
George said, was $500, 900 daily,
and he added that if the war con-
tinued for a year Great Britain's bill
would be upward Of $1,000, 00O. 900. The
debt of the country, according to Mr..
Lloyd+George. already had been al
most doubled. and stood well over the
$4,000, 000, 900 mark.
The chancellor declined to predict
the length Of the war. He introduced
no measures calling for new taxes, al
though he limited that such a step
likely would have to be taken. There
was little discussion Of the budget
itself. and the usual income tax res
olutions were passed before the house
adjourned.
MI. LloydGeorge said he was able
to report that the revenue Of the coun-
trY had exceeded the estimates, and
that the surtax and income taxpayers
were sending in their money with un-
usual celebrity.
Austen Chamberlain mentioned the
proposals for increasing the taxes on
beer, wine and spirits. which the
Unionists and Nationalist and several
Liberal members declared their in
tention to oppose. Mr.. Lloyd-George
announced that he intended to confer
with brewers and distillers, and also
that he was open to consider their
proposals.
The general impression in the lobby
after Mr.. Loyd-George had delivered
his speech was that the proposed new
taxes on wines. beers and spirits
either will be withdrawn or greatly
modified. for. above all things. the
government desires unanimity.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-07
GERMANS CLAIM
ANOTHER VICTORY
FIELD MARSHAL FRENCH, BRIT
lsH COMMANDER. ADMITS
ALLIES REPUISEO.
REIMBURSEMENT WAS MADE
Conflicting Reports Come from War
Capitals About Eastern Conflict.
East PRUSSIA Scene Of impor-
ant Battling.

London.-The German Official report
of May S claims victories both over
the Russians in Western Galicia and
owe the British in Flanders Field
Marshal ST. John French, British COM
PEELED to readjust his lines in the re-
gion Of Ypres. but the French COM
mander, far from confirming a Ger
man victory in Belgium. declares the
German attacks were repulsed and
that the Germans, being taken on the
flank by French artillery, suffered Sc
verely.
A late report from the British war
office also says that German attacks
we're repulsed, although the Germans
used a~sphyxiation gases and by the
use of these fumes did get a footing on
Hill No. 60, southeast of Ypres, which
since the British captured 1t recently
has been attacked repeatedly.
There has been fighting all along the
rest Of the western front, in all Of
which the Germans claim
advance continues both along the User
canal. IA Flanders, and in the Woevre,
where battles have been continuous for
weeks on end.
Conflicting reports from the east
make it impossible to Judge Of the po-
sition there. The Austrians and Ger
mans say the Russians have been
beaten badly in Western Galicia and
have commenced to retire from the
Western Ca%rpathians, whereas the lat
est Russian report, while admitting
that the Austro-Germans got across
the Dunajec river, declares they were
checked there.
The county around the East Prus-
sian frontier also has been the cen
OF battles of more Or less Importance,
while at the other end of the Russian
line, in Eastern Galicia, the Russians
are attacking the Austro-Germans, de-
spite their reported check in the west
ern part Of that province.
Athens credits the allies with fur
Their in their attacks on the
Dardanelles and Smyrna, but the
Turks again report the defeat OF the
allied troops on the Gallipoli PENN
sula.
German submarines seemingly
are devoting their attention to the
British fishing fleet. Fifteen trawlers
have been sunk since May 2. but with
out loss of life.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-07
TURK ADVANCE IS CHECKED


LondOn.-The Russians have had at
least a partial revenge for their de-
feat in Western Calicia by badly beat
ing the Turks who had invaded Per-
ala.
The Turkish defeat took place in .
three days battle near the frontier.
and Petrograd reports that the Rus
slams inflicted heavy losses. II the
success has been followed up. military
observers declare that Persia low
should be free OF her unlimited guests.
This battle. however, was a small
affair compared with what Germany
and Austria claim to have done to
the Russians ip Galicia. Their reports
state that some $4,000 Russians were
captured and that many guns were
taken. There was no mention, how
ever, Of any towns, such as Gorlice
and Tarnow, which were close to the
front. being captured, which leads
British military critics to the conclu-
sion that while the Germanic allies
have won important local successes,
they have not driven the Russians far
back. Should they do this, however,
it is asserted that a general retreat
Of the Russians would be imperative.
and that the whole Carpathian often
s1ve, on which the Muscovites have
spent so much time and SO many lives.
would be nulli1ed.
The Russian side of the story is
anxiously awaited, for a big success
in the east, it is believed here, would
mean an immediate commencement
Of operations or a large scale in the
west, for which the Germans already
are preparing.
In Belgium thus far the fighting has
been confined to the Ypres region,
where the Germans claim to have cap
tured some villages which the British
say they evacuated in the process Of
readjusting their line.
Rumors concerning operations
against the Dardanelles were con-
frmed when the British wal office and
admiralty issued reports stating that
after beating of Turkish attacks the
allied forces had taken the offensive
on the Gallipoli peninsula and nov
were advancing into the interior.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-07
Wireless. Record Made.

Observation-Disclosures that q
wireless message had been flashed for
the first time during daylight hours
from Panama to Arlington Is made
by the navy department.
The distance is about 1000 miles
and hitherto wireless communication
has been at night. The new service
is expected to effect a saving In the
governments cable bills, as it is hoped
to handle all official messages be-
tween Panama and Washington b.
wireless.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-07
Murderer Gave Warnjno,

New York.-New York's child muir.
derer sought by scores of detectives
for Staying ~five-year-old Leonore Cohn,
gave warning by letter recently that
he would find a new victim, and with
in three days kept his word by muir
dering four-year-old Charlie Murray,
found stabbed to death in a hallway
near his hcme on First avenue.
The letter, it was said, was ad-
dressed to the mother of Leonore
COINS uncle, Henry Eckert, who
turned it over to the police.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-07
King Changes Plans.

Rome.-The decision of King Victor
Emmanuel not to take part in the un-
yelling of the Garibaldi monument at
Quarto SAINT Elena vas commented on
as a step of a very great significance.
The presence of his majesty at the
unwilling had come to be regarded as
virtually tantamount to a declaration
Of war. Now the change Ing plan is
regarded as meaning Italy's participa-
ton in the war again has been post
poned. Pacificists hope efforts to
reach a peaceful agreement may be
successful.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-07
MANY INJURED IN
SERIOUS WRECK
LIGHT ENGINE CRASHES HEAD
ON INTO IRON MOUNTAINS
HOT SPRINGS TRAIN.
TWO ARE FATALLY HURT
road Presidents Car, Engine Hits
Memphis Bound Passenger.
Surgeons to Scene.

Earle, Ark.-A light engine, west
bound, and the Hot Springs Special.
eastbound. on the Iron Mountain rail
road, collided at Grassy Lake May S,
four miles Isl of here. No n was
killed, but several were seriously in
jured, two of whom may die.
The injured are:
L. l.. Page of Memphis, conductor
on the light engine: right leg crushed
and head BADLY bruised.
F. M. Ridgway, IIot Springs, express
messenger: legs and head bruised.
w. l.. Lloyd. Argenta, engineer on
the special; badly scalded; may die.
Luther Mcdaniel, Forrest City, Ark,
passenger ON the special; both feet
cut off and internally injur9d; may
die.
o. w. Lamb of Denver, Col, repre-
sentative Of the Paragon Film Com
pany; fatally hurt.
Practically every person on the Hot
Springs Special was shaken up and
many received serious cuts and
bruises.
The injured were brought here and
given "0O1Cdl WT0CK1QS
trains and physicians from Wynne
and Memphis were soon on the scene
and the work of escue begun.
1t is considered a miracle that more
fatalities did not result, as the passen-
ger train was travelling at a rapid rate
of speed when, on rounding q curve,
the light engine was seen too late to
prevent disaster.
Emergency brakes were applied and
members Of both train crews jumped.
The passenger train fortunately did
not leave the track, but both engines
were demolished.
The light engine in the collision was
returning to Wynne from Memphis,
after having conveyed the private car
of President B. F. Bush Of the Iron
Mountain railroad to the Mariana cut.
off. MI. Bush, with First Vice-Presi.
dent Alex Robertson, vas on the way
to Helena. Confusion of train orders
is given as the cause of the collision,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-07
Labor Leader Sentenced.

Trinidad. Col.-The jury returned q
verdict pronouncing John r. Lawson
guilty OF murder In the first degree.
fixing the penalty at life imprisonment
for the killing OF John Nimmo. . dep
uty sheriff. In q battle with strikers
Oct. Is, 1913. Commenting on the YER
dict, Lawson said:
They may get me. but they can't
defeat the cause Of labor. I'm not wor-
ying about myself: It's the fight I
hase hen making TOR the workingmen
that I am interested sin-an4 that wdl1
- ahead."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-07
Supreme Court Affirms Denial

Washington.-Upon request of coun-
sal for Leo NJ. Frank. the supreme
court issued its mandate by which the
decision Of the Georgia federal district
court denying Frank q writ Of habeas
corpus was affirmed. The mandate
ordinarily would not have been issued
until May 10. It was reported that the
action Of Franks counsel was to facil-
itate his application before the Georgia
state officials for Communication of his
death sentence for the murder of Mary
Phagan.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-07
JAPs WARNED TO LEAVE
kilograms Received ~Foreshadow Hos
tiIities and Uitimatum Is Ex-
pected at Once.

Peking.-The Japanese legation here
has notified all Japanese to prepare to
leave at once. kilograms are pouring
in foreshadowing hostilities. An ulti-
matum by Japan is expected May g
by the latest. A Chinese surrender is
out of the question, as the revolution
aries would rise Immediately, thus pre-
c~ipitating the fall of Yuan Shi Kai's
government.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-07
Iitnexa AK Election.

riers' Association, composed OF the
jitney owners Of New Orleans, has be-
gun the circulation Of a petition call
ing for q referendum election on re-
Gently passed ordinances regulating
5itney bus traffic. The feature object
ed to is q provision requiring a IS. 1000
bond for each bus. The ordinance also
requires hat the street railway com
pany must give bond of s 1000 for each
of its cars. Signatures OF 80 per cent
Of the voters are necessary to call an
election.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-07
Girl Drowned in Auto Accident.

Atlantic City, N. Miss Bella
James of Goshen, N. j., was drowned
when an automobile driven by
Charles Leslie James crashed into
an 18-inch coping in Chelsea and
hurtled into Thoroughfare Creek, send
ing the party of tour beneath the
waters.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-07
Probe GuIfIiaht SINKING.

washington.-On May 4 President
Wilson discussed briefly with his cab
met the ~torpedoing Of the American
steamer Gulflight on the Scilly Islands
but in the absence Of q detailed re
port on the incident no policy was
formulated.
Officials want to establish beyond
doubt whether the vessel was struck
by a torpedo or a mine. Secretary
Bryan declared that until these facts
were known no predictions could be
made as to the curse Of the United
States.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-07
Our Guns Superior.

Washington.-Critics who claim thu
American navy's 14-inch rifles ara in
ferior to the 15-inch British naval gun
are answered In q statement issued
by Secretary Daniels. declaring that
the bureau Of ordnance has developed
q 14-inch gun that will shoot farther.
shoot straighter and hit harder than
any gun now In or known to b
designed by q foreign country"
The firing Of the Pennsylvania II .
given time viii exceed that q the
Queen Hlisaheth BY 20 Per cent.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-07
AMERICAN SHIP TORPEDOED
Sinking OF Tan Steamer by Submar-
inc Is a Serious Affair to
Washington.

London.-The American oil tank
steamer Gulflight, which sailed from
Port Arthur, Texas, April 10 for Rouen,
France, was torpedoed May 2 off the
Sicily Islands. according to a Central
News dispatch.
The captain of the Gulflight. accord
ing to the same advices, died of heart
failure as a result Of shock. Two sea-
men jumped overheard and were
drowned.
The other members of the crew were
taken off by a patrol boat. The vessel
was towed into Crow Sound and
beached.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-07
Turks Are Routed.

Petrograd.-The Russians have had
at least partial revenge for the defeat
inflicted upon them in Western Cali
cha by the Austrians and Germans by
badly beating the Turks, who had in
vaded Persia. The defeat ook place
in a two days battle near the frontier,
and the war office reports that $500
Turkish dead were found on the bat.
tlefield.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-07
Enollah Hold Hill 60.

London-England and France claim
no gains IN the west, the British mere.
II saying that the German attacks on
hill so in Flanders have been repulsed.
The Germans maintain they are push
ing forward 70 the northwest Of Ypres
and toward st. Julien. which they cap
tured after the stack following their
f1rst extensiyo No of gas, but which
thoy ware forced "a Yield under cosnr
stag<aktncka. E46Anus1ians cQn&ona =
aeNnlryH
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-07
Trolley Car Hits Auto.

Los Angeles. Cal.-Three women
and two children were killed and a
sixth person was injured seriously
when a Pacific electric car struck an
automobile at Lynnwood, eight miles
south of here.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-07
Officers Killed Making Ares,

Officers Killed Making Arrest.
Osceola, Ark.-Word has reached
here from Nodena Of the killing OF
Deputy Sheriff Dave Wells and an
other officer whose name was unob-
tainable on Island q. near that place.
May 1. It seems that Wells and the
other officer who was killed were Of
ficers Of the state OF Tennessee and
went to the island to arrest some OF
the ~bootleggers who have infested that
place for . number OF years. The al
legged b~ootlegger. who it Is claimed did
the shooting. escaped.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-07

Action Dsiayed on the Frank Case,
Atlanta. GA petition Aled by
the state IN the supreme court for
the resentencing Of Leo n. Frank
viii not be acted upon until the case
= restored to the jurisdictoa Of the
stoeo nom ire federal tribunal.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-07
Airship Sinks Submarine.

Berlin.-The following official state
ment was issued:
ION May 3 a German naval air
ship had an engagement with several
British submarines in the North Sea.
Several bombs were dropped from
the airship, one of them hitting and
sinking one of the submarines"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-07

Chinese Seeking u. s.. Commerce.
San Francisco, California.-Eighteen
commissioners Of the Republic OF
China arrived here to undertake de-
velopment Of commerce between their
nation and the United States. They
will tour the country and start home
in July.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-07
Mayo Divorce Suit Up Nav "a.

Ccranton, Pa.-May IA was fixed
for hearing in the divorce suit Of Mrs.
Florence Weeks Mayo OF this city
against Virginius ]. Mayo, who came
into public notice several months ago
after the death of his stenographer.
Lillian Cook.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-07
Taken South In Murder Case.

William Lee Williams, a negro, was
taken south by Sheriff Ed Munroe
of Marion, Crittenden county, Ark,
in connection with the killing of a
white foreman in a lumber camp at
Proctor, Ark, June 2, 1914.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-07
Richards Heads PouJtrymen.

Peoria, HE. E. Richards of Cedar
Rapids, Ia, was elected president of
the American Poultry Association. S.
T. Campbell of Mansfield, Ohio, sec
rotary. and A. A. Peters Of Denver,
Colo, and Joseph Russell Of Toronto,
Ontario, vice presidents. San Fran
cisco gets the fortieth annual meet
ing.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-07
Bernhardt to Act Sept, 20.

New York Sarah Bernhard.
whose right leg was amputated re.
Gently, and who has been r~ecuperat.
ing at her villa in France, will return
to the stage in this city Sept. 20.