Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-06-17

West Front in France and
Belgium.
London, June 16.-An official state
ment tonight, regarding the Zeppelin
air raid, said: .E ... ~
Further inquiries show the casual
ties In connection with the raid OF
Zeppelins to the north coast, Tuesday
night, amount to sixteen killed and
forty injured. 1t is now possible to
state more exactly that the casual
ties resulting from an air. raid on an
other portion of the north coast on
the night Of June 6 number "A deaths
and oyer 20 injured, seriously. The
principal fires were in the drapery
establishments, lumber yards and ter.
race Of small houses" -.
The British steamship Strathnairn
bound from Cardiff with a cargo OF
coal for Archangel, Russia, was tor,
pedoed and sunk in the Irish channel
Eleven Of the crew landed at Milford
Haven. The captain and the remain
der Of the crew were drowned when
the boat they were in capsized.
British Advances.
Sir John French, commander-in.
chief of the British forces in France,
reports that the British troops cap
tured and then lost line of German
trenches at Festubert, but the Brit
ish rave occupied the German posi-
tions to the north of Heage for a dis
tance Of a thousand yards.
A Petrograd dispatch says the Rus-
sian military critics estimate the to-
tai Austro-German forces operating
against the Russians as not less than
2,S00,000. He asserted about 100000
are operating on the Lubaczowka and
,Wisznia front in Galicia in addition to
Austrian troops, while it is believed
the Germans have $4,000 In the Baltic
provinces
G Many Prisoners Taken.
One hundred and twenty-five thous-
and men and four hundred and eight
odcers were captured from June to
June Is, the remainder Of the defeat
ed Aussian corps retreating across
the Newjow, Lubaczow and Javorow,
pursued. by the victorious Austrian
forces, according to official communi
cations tonight 51tl,1 So
Despite obstinate resistance Of the
Russians in n'Galicia theye were unable
to Withstand the attack by the Ger
manic allies. South of tho Dniester
fighting il; proceeding before the
bridge head. Nizniow was captured
by the Austro.Germans yesterday.
Attempted attacks by tho Italians
have been everywhere repulsed.
Pushing Russians Back.
Special dispatches from the Aus.
trian headquarters report the Teu-
tonic allies are pushing the Russians
vigorously from the San river to the
Bessarabia frontier. The latest oper-
ations are said to have resulted in
bringing General Msckensens forces
in contact with ,Linsingen and Flassr.
Heavy flghtirl gis proceeding along
the whole line in Galicia but the max
imum has not been reached. The
Russians are bringing all the avail
able forces, consisting partly fresh re-
cruits, to resist the advance Of the
German allies. " .s'.,.' ',' y
Heavy Fighting on West. @. '!'
For the first time in weeks there
has been heavy fighting over the COM
paratively extensive line Of. the Brit.
ish front in Belgium and France. A
Berlin official Communication makes
note OF it, and describes it as an
Angio-French movement synchroniz-
with the Russian reverses in Galicia.
To win a mile OF front and then lose
it before terrific German counter at
tacks, was the experience of the Brit.
ish Tuesday near Festubert, and this
is recorded in a frank statement of
General French.
The Germans are as frank in con-
ceding loss Of ground near Ypres. In
the east the Austro-German advance
continues to swing forward with ex-
ception Of the section between Dnies-
ter marshes and zurawna, where the
Russians are holding the bridge heads
and made some headway. Won Mac
Kensen has given himself fortnight
to, capture Lemberg and it seems at
any rate his coordinate forces are go
ing forward. and this time limit will
be ample if the Russians are unable
to initiate stiner resistance than
they are showing now.
Lloyds report three Aberdeen traw-
lers, Petrol, Explorer and ,Japonica,
have been sunk by German submar-
ines.
CONVICTED OF POLICE GRAFT.
Chicago, June 16.-Captain James
O'Dea Storen, Detective Sergeant
Weisboum and two of defendants in
so-called police graft trial, were con-
victed of conspiracy tonight by jury
in the criminal court. Weisbaum
was sentenced to three years impris-
onment in the penitentiary. storen
was fined $1,000. He was charged
with conspiring to share proceeds in
burglars trust. q u