Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-07-09
RUSSIANS FAIL TO
STOP TEUT0N TIDE
FIGHTING IN SOUTHERN POLAND
AS or MOST DESPERATE
CHARACTER
GERMANS SHOW GAIN IN WEST
Claims From Berlin Are Disputed But
kaiser's Troops Have Doubtless
Made Advances on Both
Fronts
GERMANS SHOW GAIN IN WEs1

Fronts
London. July 6.--Much activity was
apparent today in all three elements
where the warning powers come in
actual contact, but reports regarding
results are contradictory. Berlin uses
reliable source" for a denial that
German battleship was sunk by .
Russian submarine ut the mouth of
the Dansig bay, but the Petrograd
assertion is accepted as correct here.
Desperate Fighting.
Grand Duke Nicholas. commander
OF the Russian forces. reports that
fighting in southern Poland is OF .
most desperate character, while Wen.
ma admits the Russians are attack
ing in strong force, declaring. how
ever. this effort is forlorn hope.
General Linsingens. Teutonic army,
after fortnight Of terrific fighting
has reached the whole front of Zlota
Lipa river in eastern Galacia.
French Lose Trenches.
Berlin claims important successes
on the western front also. where in
the forest lie Pretre the Germans are
reported to have compelled the
French to evacuate trench after
trench over Il 500 yard front, until
1000 prisoners. iscluding "a battilios
staff and a number OF guns fell into
the hands of the attacking troops.
Paris admits only slight concession
to the Germans ut this point.
Not in years has the American In
dependence Day been less observed
here. Shops and hotels, usually gay
with American flags, flew allied flags
Or none.
Russian Attacks Fail
Berlin. July 5. A dispatch from
CzernowitZ, Bukowina. reports the Rus
slams are continuing their desperate
but unsuccessful attacks in the region
between the Pruth as,d the Dnlester
rivers and meeting with very heavy
losses. These amounted to 10000 me1
in the last few days. Violent artillery
engagements ragged Saturday in North-
eastern Bukowina, the Russians re-
firing and being followed by the AUS
tro-Hungarians across the frontier.
British Losses Heavy
The ConstantinopIe correspondent to
the Zeitung am Mittag reports that the
British lost 10000 men during the IL
days of fighting around Seddul Bahr.
on the Gallipoli peninsula. He states
that he saw thousands of wounded
transported to hospital ships while the
dead were left unburied. This carnage
reached "a climax July after IA three-
day offensive by the British. (which
failed utterly"
$4,000 Wounded Turks
London, July 6.--rhe total Turkish
casualties in the Dardanelles between
June % to July are :.150 men killed
and $4,000 wounded, according to the
British official press bureau.
| French Steamer Tor:aedoed
| Paris, July 6.--lt is officially am
| nounced the French steame- Carthage,
$500 tons gross. was torpe1ocd by a
Six Of the 66 members of the crew arc
| missing. 1t is also announced the
French squadron sighted two sublnar-
one was hit by several shells and dis
appeared.
| Washington, July 6.-Germany's re.
ply to the last American note con-
| corning submarine warfare prODiOIy
] will not be received for at least anoth-
| err week. Ambassador Gerard in his
| reports to the state department has
| not set IL specific time, but conjec-
| tured Il week would be required to
| finish the counter proposal communi.
| cation.
While Gerard GAS kept the Ameri.
can government constantly informed
I Of the gossip of official quarters in
| Berlin with reference to the German
reply. he is unable to learn ely
| just what 1t will outline. He knows,
however. Germany will make Il counter
! proposal and its exact nature is now
being discussed by the German gov
| eminent.
Hopeful Sign.
| 1t is apparent the delay in the
completion Of the document is looked
| upon by officials AZ IL hopeful sign
| and they are not iSappointed at the
protrlctcd discussion. Such advices
as Gerard has sent portray II favorable
atmosphere in Berlin from which he
infcrs the reply will be friendly and
| perhaps satisfactory.
FRENCH SCHOONER SUNK
q GERMAN SUBMARINE.