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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-09
GAINES UNDER ARREST
Former Congressman Charged With
Assault on Iiaberdasher.

WASHINGTON, April s.-John Wes-
ley Gaines. former Congressman from
Tennessee. and now secretary of the
International Boundary Commission.
was served to-day with a warrant of
arrest. sworn out by a local haber-
dasher, who charges that Gaines as
saulted him In Pennsylvania Avenue
shop in dispute over fancy waist
coat. Gaines appeared In court with
Senator Chiffon and his attorney and
demanded jury trial, which was set
for next week.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-09
AUSTRIA CONCENTRATES
SEPARATE, uI-,r.,

TURIN (via Paris), April S.-The
Eazetta Del Popolo declares reports
that Austria contempIates concluding,
peace with Russia In order TO defend
herself against italy are not so vision
AIRY as Vienna Official communications
Indicate The papers Vienna CORE
spondent processes to have obtained re-
llable Information that Austria already
has opened semi Official pourparlers
with two powers or the triple entente.
and he believes dramatic surprise
is possible
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Attempt to Assassinate
Sultan of Egypt Fails

LONDON, April S.-An attempt
wns made at o'clock this after
noon to asnnnsinnte the sultan of
Egypt, Iunsein Kemal, according
to Reuter- dispatch from Cairo.
As the Sultan uus leaving Abdin
Palace, native fred n shot nt him.
This went wide, and the native WINS
selzcd.
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VILLA LOSES 1000
KILLED AND WOUNDED

VERA CRUZ. April S.-Extra editions
or the newspapers to-day announced
that General obrcgon's reported vic
tory near Celaya cost villa 5000 killed
or wounded
II is officially announced that General
ODreSons troops are pursuing the Villa
forces. and ihat Obrcson will push
forward his headquarters to Irapuato.
The reports of the Carranza victory
caused rejoicing at headquarters here.
and during the greater part OF the day
the ringing of church bells and the
music of marching bands apprised the
public Of the Villa defeat
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There seems To he little doubt
thnt the sharp edge OF the wedge
has been moved bnck n distance,
md there In n certainty, too, that
the opposing forces nre paying n
heavy price In killed and wounded.
At EpnrEcs, ms an illustration of the
German cnsunitics, the French re-
port the finding of 1000 German
dead on the field.
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Narrow Strip in France Scene
Of Most Sanguinary Fighting

The German Wnr Onlce, too,
cinlms succcHscs in this region, and
declares that the French have
mnde virtually no progress, being
rcpulscd mt various points.
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HE narrow strip OF territory he
tween the Rivers Meusc nnd
Moscilc, In France, where the Ger
mnn wedge for months pust has
been pressing nEninst the French
line, iE the scene of some of the
most snnEuInnry lighting of the
Sar.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-09

The situation In the Carpathinns
resolves itself into ono of position,
80 fur ns the official statements are
concerned. The Russian report In
largely confined to the western
portions of the Bcsktd Mountains,
where the Russian drive hns hnd its
greatest success. The Austrian re-
port benrs the East DcHkIdH,
where Germans and AustrlnnH have
been bnttiinE desperately I'm the
Lnborczn Valley against Erent Rus
sim forces.
In this sector the Austrinnn
claim to have repulscd the Rus
sinns, infiictinE enormous losses.
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detailed statement by the
French Wnr Office gives n summary
of results attained by offensive
rcconnoisSnnccS and attacks which
the allies have carried ON since
April 4, with the object of forcing
the German wedge buck and
STRENGTHENING their own lines.
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In TINT period of time there has
been Snin ON t,ye1vc-mile front,
n0rfhWcst und cnst OF verdun, of
from t"o-thir'ls of u mile to two
miles; two villages have been car
rtcd, and the French have ocru-
pied heights dominating the Ornc.
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Similarly the French claim they
have captured the plateau COM
mnnding COmbres. have occupied the
southwestern pnrt of the ALLY
wood. and hnvc gained nearly two
miles on n fvc-milc front between
the forests OF AlOntmnre aud lie
Pretre.
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MOVIE ACTORS ARE BLOWN UP
Dynamite Exploded Too Soon, and
Man and Woman Scared Toward
Stardom.

New -York.-Betty Marshall and
Frederick de Belleville, heroine and
hero in a moving picture play, were
Hastings, by the premature explosion
of 200 pounds Of dynamite.
Miss Marshall was to throw herself
into the water. De Belleville was to
leap to her rescue, and then the BOAT
they left was to blow up. Something
went wrong, N the boat blew up
first.
Fortunately the two actors in the
drama were the length of the barge
from the dynamite. They went high
into the air and then into the water
simultaneously with the terrific fash
and a defamation that shook windows
q mile away.
Marshall w. Taggart, head of the
film company, which had purchased
the dynamite and the barge, was In
a launch some distance away ready
to pick up the pair when they got In
the water in the proposed stunt"
Taggart got into action in earnest and
soon pulled them out.
Miss Marshall's burns on face and
body are severe, but not serious. De
Belleville was struck on the head by
a timber, and has a scalp wound I'M
slight burns.
Three photographers rowing from
the barge to get ready for the picture
were upset, but managed to right
their boat and Chamber back. The
cameras went to the bottom.
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FIRST. YEAR Of MAR
IN THE WEST

Tho first month and a half OF the
western campaign was made up Of
startling, swift moves. On September
IL. after the defeat on the Marine. the
Germans took up defensive positions
along the Aisne i've The ten and a
half months since then have seen a
long deadlock.
The battle line of the Aisne and the
Disc quickly extended. northeast to the
sea- Fighting has been continuous.
with tremendous losses. The general
situation has remained unchanged.
gains of a few miles for one side at
n point Offset by minor gains for
the enemy in other sectors.
At the beginning OF August the
kaiser took possession Of the little
state of Luxembourg and demanded
passage through Belgium to the Fran
co-Belgian frontier.
Permission to pas denied, Won
Einem attacked Liege august ~,
while other German armies passed
around the city and swept over the
level Belgian roads at a terrific rate.
The little Belgian army yielded Brus-
sells and fell back to Antwerp and
Client.
First Big Engagement
Not until the Germans had almost
reached the French border did the
first important engagement take place
This is generally known as the battle
OF Mons-Charleroi (about August 20
z8), but at the same time there was
severe fighting along the whole line
through Thionville in Lorraine and
along the Vosges in upper Alsace,
which the French had invaded with
temporary success.
This battle resulted in defeat for the
French and English.
While obtaining some successes in
co~unter-attacks on the advancing Ger
mans at Per0nne and at Guise, the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-08-06
FIRST YEAR OF WAR
N The EAST

The nrst twelvemonth OF nghtfuK
between the Russians ON one side and
the Austrfans and Germans on
the other il story Of great changes
Of fortune, both combatants being re-
peatedly driven hack only to show
the greatest rcsiliency in defeat and
o to resume the offensive in ! most
surprising manner
The end Of the year. however, finds
the pendulum swinging strongly
against the Z He may o
and take again the roads to Cracow,
Vienna and Berlin, but just at pres
ent he is on the whole in worse plight
than In any hour since the war
started.
Russia's losses in the first year Of
the war are not approached by those
Of any nation in any war Of history.
According to reliable estimates. she
has had between $500. 900 and 4,00O,-
900 men killed, injured and captured.
Despite these horrible gaps made In
her ranks, she still has millions in
the field, and her great reservoir OF
personnel does not show signs OF ex-
AoA0tAOAs i = 40 AOG AQOA SIG xACAS, OUt
guns. shells and brains.
Slow to Mobilize.
On August l, 1914, Germany de-
ciared war on Russia. Almost imme-
diate1y the Germans crossed the from
tier at Thorn and the Austrians south
Of Lublin. They were practically IN
opposed because Of the slowness Of
mobilization in Russia The Grand
Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch was
forced to gather his main armies we'll
to the rear of the line OF great fort
resses running through Kovno, Grod-
no. Ossowetz, Novo Georgievsk, War
saw ana Ivangorod.
On account Of his desire to do all
he could to relieve the French. who
we're being driven from northern
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coURTED WHILE IN A JAIL
Youthful Prisoners Fall In Love and
Rush 70 Hymenal Altar When
Released.

Morgantown, w. Wa courtship
that began in jail and developed there
into love. although the principals
could not get a good look at each
other during their courtship. resulted
q few days ago In the marriage of
Minnie Brooks. twenty. and John
Bohis.
The girl was serving q sentence OF
six months o threatening to kin q
sutton. When three months OF her
time was up Bohis was brought to jail
to serve 90 days. The girl Was ON
Ia second noor Of the jail and Bohte
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FIGHTING IN SCORE OF
OTHER REGIONS

In = score Of regions there has
been fighting which would have held
worldwide attention were 1t not for
b mighty battle lines in France and
Poland.
Servia's " war was a greater trial
to her than either OF tho two preced-
ing Balkan struggles. Assisted by
Montenegro. the little Slavic nation
twice threw the hosts OF Franz Josef
beyond her borders and inflicted
losses Of about $4,000 men, but she
suffered severely herself.
The Austrians invaded Serbia In
great force about August Is and pene-
trated to the Jadar river, where a
great 1ve-day battle ended In the
rout Of the Teutons.
The Austrians returned soon in
stronger force than ever. They
reached Valjevo, where on November
II the Serbians met a defeat.
With their supply Of artillery am
munition exhausted, the Serbians now
had to retreat. The Austrfans, be-
Heving them crushed, withdrew six
army corps for re-enforcements
o60AA0k LILO v1CtOIlOU8 uuS8l6u8 ID ia
licia.
Shells and English tars with naval
guns reached the Serbians, and on
December 5 they turned on the Aus
TRANS and cut them to pieces.
The entry Of Turkey into the war
WA marked by q brave, but foolhardy
attempt to invade Egypt. Great Brit
aims Indian and colonial troops threw
the invaders back with heavy losses.
British and japanese troops invest
ed the fortified German port Of Using
tau. China, and after q siege Of q few
weeks the defenders gave up the hope
less struggle.
A section of the Boer population Of
South Africa revolted. The revolt
wa put down by . Boer, Premier
Botha- He then invaded German
Southwest Africa, and after ! long
campaign, IN the water1ess deserts
captured the greatly outnumbered
Germans (July 81.
After taking three-quarters Of year
10 Urn herself TO the teeth, italy At
tacksd AustriA this spring. the erect
Of the entry Of Italy upon the arena
has not ret been marked.
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was fought the desperate first battle
OF Ypres, when the Germans suffered
enormous losses In attempts to break
through the line In Flanders and reach
Calais. They succeeded in pushing
back the allies only a little and the
invasion Of Silesia by the Cossacks
finally induced them to desist and
send re-enforcements to Russia
The Germans in September had per-
formed the feat of pushing q salient
Into the French line south of Verdun,
which terminated or the west bank of
the Mouse river at st. Mihiel; while
the French had taken the offensive
with some success In Champagne at
about the same time.
Fol the most part throughout the
winter the fighting consisted of regu-
lar siege warfare. with heavy artillery
combats and mine and counter-mine.
The flooding of the River Aisne
from winter SHOWS gave the Germans
a chance to entrap the French troops
on the north side of that river in the
vicinity of scissors for a considerable
distance and kill or capture most OF
them January I'D.
Take Offensive in Spring.
With the spring, the French and
English attempted to take the offensive
at several points. Always preparing
the way with tens or hundreds Of thou
Stands OF shells, they tried joint after
joint Of the German armor.
In the Vosges the dominating height
Of Hartmannsweilerkopf was taken
and retaken several times in sanguin-
airy charges and finally remained in the
hands of. the French.
The salient of St. Mihiel was also
subjected to tremendous French pres
sure on both legs" The French sue
ceeded in gaining a little ground, but
the Germans, despite the apparent
weakness of the sharp wedge they had
driven into the French line, could not
be dislodged and later succeeded in re-
gaining some of the territory they had
lost.
The British also reported victories"
at Neuve Chapelle and Hill No. 60, in
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the north. thinking 20 take inc pursas
ing Russians In hank with the south
ern section But the Austrfans were
too slow to carry ont the field mar
shal's plans and tho Russians, slip
the Germans and their allies. slAugh-
tered the latter. Tho result was the
high tide Of Russian invasion. The
Austrians withdrew over the Carpar
thians again, leaving Prxemysl to be
besieged . second time. The Ger.
mans withdrew to Silesia and the Rus
SLAMS. following closely. we're able
for = brief moment to raid this rich
province ut Pleschen. At the same
time they entered East Prussia
again.
But again the German strategic
railways proved their undoing. Hin
denburg concentrated at Thorn and
drove into the right flank Of the Rus
sian main forces, throwing them back
on Lode.
He advanced too far, however, and
when he had the Russian forces rear
" surrounded, he suddenly found Rus
slams in his own q In this *
tremity, the Russians say, he tele-
graphed for re-enforcements.
But before the re-enforcements
sen from Flanders arrived the Cor
mans had managed at frightful cost
to hack their way to safety. This was
the bloody battle of Lodz.
Wins Second Victory.
With stronger German forces oppoS-
ing them the Russians withdrew to
the line OF Bzura, Rawa and Nids
rivers. At the same time the Aus.
TRANS, attempting to debouch from
the Carpathian passes, were driven
back everywhere. leaving $4,000 pris-
oners.
With January Hindenburg made q
third desperate attack on Warsaw.
For ten days. both night and day. the
Germans came o Then, having lost
probably $4,000 men and the Russians
nearly as many, they gave it up.
Unable to reach Warsaw, Hindenburg
concentrated twice Siever's force in
East Prussia, and won his second
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French were obliged to fall back rap
Idly to the line of the River Marine.
On the left the French had with
drawn to below Paris and the western
most German army. under Won Kluck,
followed.
The garrison Of Paris was put in
thousands of motor cars and hurled on
Won Kluck's flank. The latter was not
taken entirely unawares and met the
attack strongly. but at the same time
the army of General Foch attacked the
German army on Won Kluck's left and
drove it back.
Driven Back From Paris.
The Germans had begun the battle
with five armies in line. The with
drawal Of the two farthest west now
caused the retreat of the third, fourth
and fifth in that order. each in turn
finding it's flank exposed by the with
drawal Of the troops on its right. At
the same time the movement on the
east end of the German line was ac-
CELEBRATED by q strong attack from the
French fortified zone Of Verdun.
The German retreat was as orderly
~ that OF the French and English had
been. The invaders took up an ad-
mirable defensive position. 1t ran
just north Of the Aisne river. on a
series Of bluffs, then just north OF
Chalons and through the wooded,
rough regions Of the Argonne and the
Woevre. joining hands here with the
troops ~besieging Verdun. The allies
have tried this line in vain yer sinces
Both combatants now tried to turn
the west flank. Enormous bodies OF
cavalry. On the part Of the French
Flanders. On the part Of the French
there was largely the desire to link up
with the Belgians, now being attacked
In Antwerp. The mighty siege guns
Of the Germans made short work Of
the Belgian seaport. however, and 1t
feH On October 3. The remnants OF
the Belgian army ~retreated along the
eee coast and the Germans in Z nnal
rush reached Ostend October 1S).
kine Extended q the 8ea.
The battle line Of the Aisne was now
extended to the sea. the Germans hold
M tMo important French city or Lille.
while = allles kept Ypres in belgium
nnA. pGrtly BY flooding the lowlands,
held tie position Of the User river and
oanal-
From October IL to November 10
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Flanders. Whether these should be
accounted successes for the allies is
doubtful. The British suffered enor-
nous losses and at Neuve Chapelle
bungled affairs to the extent of she'll
ing their own men who had taken Ger
man trenches. In other cases they
left gallant little parties lodged in
enemy's trenches without supports to
be annihilated.
The next development was the un-
expected 8 of poisonous gas fumes
by the Germans in attacks just north
of Ypres. With this novel weapon
they succeeded In taking several small
villages and more than compromising
for the British gains south Of Ypres.
The losses OF the French, Canadians
and British were severe, but they sue
ceeded in stemming the German on
slaught effectively a few miles back
from their former position.
Begin Series Of Attacks.
The German line makes a salient at
scissors, though not such a pro-
nounced n as at st. Mihiel. The
French now began a series of at
tacks on the upper side of his salient.
to b north Of Arras. Expanding hum
dreds Of thousands Of shells, they time
and again blasted away the barbed
wire entanglements and concrete
trenches. held by Crown Prince Rup-
precht Of Bavaria's men. and then
charged across the desolate ground for
slight gains.
The fighting centered about the su-
ga refinery Of Souchez and the great
German work called the Labyrinth.
Fighting went on in cellars and tun-
nels below the earth and the casual
ties were heavy. The French bent the
German line and captured the LADY
rinth. but whether the gains justified
their sacrifice In human life Is ques-
tionable.
In July. Crown Prince Frederick
Williams army attacked In the Ar
g0nne forest, west OF Verdun, and
succeeded IN gaining several hundred
yards Of shattered Woodland and cap
turing several thousand Frenchmen.
There were rumors that the Ger
mans wer r~e-enforcing for another
great drive toward Calais or Paris,
but the Teutonic campaign In the
West continued to walt upon the
crushing Of tho much weaker
IN Poland
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WILD BULL BREAKS
UP A MERRY PARTY
king of the Pasture" ChaseS
Girl Hikers Who Cross Into
His Domain.

Vernon Kan.-If' It hadn't been for
. wild bull. which has the habit OF
seeing red. in q pasture they crossed
two Kansas school ma'ams, Miss Edna
r. johnson and Miss Lillian Jaggar.
who are hiking on foot overland from
here to Pueblo. Colo. would not be
spending this week in Dodge City re-
operating before continuing their
journey.
The bull chased the two young
school teachers across a rolling pas
ture a half mile when they rolled to
safety under a high barb~i wire fence.
Probably nothing would have oc-
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cONVlCTS GET A DAY OFF
Prisoners on Kansas City Municipal
Farm May Spend Sunday
at Home.

Kansas City, Mo.-Prisoners wht
have families and who are confined
at the municipal farm at Leeds are
to be allowed to go home to spend
Sundays with their families, provided
they can be trusted.
The Sunday paroles will be granted
by J. o. Stutsman, superintendent at
the farm. The men who will be pa
rolled will go home after finishing
their work on Saturday and will re-
turn in time to begin on Monday morn
ing.
The paroles will depend entirely OF
a merit system. II the plan works
successfully it may be extended to
trustworthy men who are not mar
rfed.
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France by the amazing German rush
through Belgium, Nicholas attacked
sooner than he otherwise would have
done. As a result, he met two disas-
ters.
He sent General Samsonof into
East Prussia from the south and
General Rennenkampf into East Prus-
STA from b east. the latter winning
the first large engagement Of the war
in the East at Gunbinen.
At this moment the Germans, be-
lieving that the French were well in
hand and about to be surrounded on
their eastern frontier, quickly with
drew $780, 900 men from France and
hurled them by rail into East Prus-
STA, where they fell upon Samsonoff
with crushing force In the great Ger
man victory Of Tannenberg (Aug. 2S).
Meanwhile. the A~ustrians, leaving
only a few troops in Galicia to hold
back the Russians advancing from
Tarnopol on the line OF the Gnila-Lipa,
struck the Russians en- masse at Kras-
mix and routed them to Lublin.
Most Bloody Drive Of War.
With two armies in difficulty, the
grand duke decided to abandon one
to its fate and say the other. He
threw re-enforcements into Lublin
and ordered the line of the Gnila-
Lipa river be forced at any cost. In
one of the most bloody drives Of the
war the Russians advanced into east
ern Galicia and occupied Lemberg.
The Russians then advanced to
OAvrA DrN1Nr> ~~A A-~1~ --A-l--
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ufactories. causing slight damage.
After two other scares the big craft
did reach London on the night Of
May 81 Il Il known they were near
the Woolw1ch arsenal and unofficial
reports have It that they oct great
docks a1lre.
After this raid tho British CENSOR
determined that no news OF the localt
t1ee and details Of this or subsequent
Or expeditions would be Given ont
e. tho ground thnt they did not wiah
u lN11eoruet1oa - to 0arnono
tAnt mlnht5siosh fntpre vcstS1A