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Turn Down Federal oYsrs.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Servfce.1
CLEVELAND, Ohio. Aug. 1S.-An
attempted raid on the Indians by Joe
Tinker, emissary for the Chffeds, fail
ed today. Joe Jackson, mighty slug
ger, Bill Mitchell. veteran southpaw,
and Walker. the Nashville speed boy,
turned down the offers. II IL said
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Baseball Briefs
For Busy Bugs

Ned EEan's protest to President JUS
ltice concerning Umpire Cooks decis-
ion In calling Hasbrook out on a home
run because the runner was touchef
lby coacher when rounding third, has
ieeen denied The decision cost
IMuscatine a game against Waterloo
!Egan protested that the ball was out
Iof the playing field. and was out OF
play and that as a consequence the
ruling which prohibits coacher Al
third from touching base runner.
was not in effect. President B. B.
Johnson OF the American league and y
member Of the national commission.
In response to wire from Egan, ruled
the player was not out on the ground
that the oell was out Of play. President
Justice, however, declared that no ex
|ceptions could be taken to the rule
and that 1t was up to the umpire to
decide In the matter.
Waterloo is backing Eddie Bren-
men. new manager OF the Waterloo
team, to the limit, according to all re-
ports from that city. The playing OF
the tail end clubs the past week has
been rather sensational and the lead
ing teams have been toppled on sey-
,eral occasions.
There has been much comment Ia
Central association papers OF the
near smash-up OF the ThreeI league
brought about by the loss OF DECATUR.
At the present time seven clubs are ~
Tearney's league A Wild story from
Clinton h TO the effect that about
three Central association clubs are to
drop out OF the league at the close OF
the present season and that present
Three-I clubs win join. thus rather
consolidating the two circuits. Just
where this dope originated from can
not be discovered. but of course there
lis about one chance in a thousand
that 1t is live stun and not . mer,
conjecture With no backing
According to word from Mason City
i.Liz" Garrett, the lengthy youth twill
ing for the ClayDakerps has been soio
to the CleveiGuds AMogfcan league
team. the huricr -je3psng the major
ileaguers on September S.-rThe price 10
said to be =, 100. assrF
At the close OF the Present Central
association season. the 1fnskies Will
not 1EQmSul8t6iy uiSuoAot 10 As-C s>S~-'-
the custom in years past. MANAGER
Ned Egan Is arranging transforming
tour for his proteges ande VIII take
the entire Musky clan for m extensive
trip before disbanding for 1.-The winter,
according to plans announced Satur-
day. e.Isl
II Is not improbable that several
semi-pro teams may goafp Muscatine
for contests, while It IL 1dnted that
series with the champions OF the
Three-I league may be afranged. II
that circuit is still in evidence Sep
TENDER 8.
The Central association season IL
nearly over and all Of the clubs have
been taking advantage OF the good
weather of the past week. Attendance
around the circuit the last week has
been much better than has been tbs
case for some time, and II the wealth
Ter continues good all OF the clubs VIII
probably finish in fair financial shape
Keokuk, Clinton and Burlington. are
making the. hardest fight for attend
ance, but they still have GOOD chancs
to pull out, as fans IN all three cities
are boosting to the limit.
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Trains beaverton the Union depot.
8. this and tickets. Fifta and johnson
1tY40tA
sourHBoUND.
sNo. II. St Louis. south and
west, leaves, .......... s:05am
xNo. 8. 81. Louis west and
south. leaves .... 1s:45am
.No. 20. X. 4 w. leaves 8:50an
MO. 4. st. Louie. west and
south. leaves 1:22pm
'No. 10. Quincy. Hannibal.
Kansas City. st. Louis,
leaves s:4opm
sNo. 4. Il = " leaves e:1opu
NORTHBOUND.
No. /, Burlington. Chicago
and east. leaves ........... I:zaa'n
xNo. Z, st. Paul and points
vest leave. .. assam
xNo Is. Chicago. ST. Paul.
Burlington and points west,
leaves ...-..... fsoPnA
enc. 3. Burlington. Chicago
and east. leaves .......... l:eepm
,e.ys. ..... s:sopm
No. s, X. E W., Sundays only,
l.sva. 7:s5pm
enc. 4. from K..k W., arrives 1:1epA
sNo. 80, from Mt. Pleasant
n..nch .rrtvc. 11:45am
EMO. z, from K. 4 ". arrives s:lopla
No 6. from K. 4 W., Sundays
only. arrives ............ l:eoam
xDaily. sDaiiy except SUNDAY
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AUGUST melody.

Emerson Enterprise: There Is
music In the air in THIS section oil
Nebraska. Sweet music. too, to every
one. It is the humming Of the now
ing machine and the song Of the
t1rastinz machine.
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Cars leave Hamilton City 10 MIN
utes before arrival and departure OF
Al steam ana ,siectrie trains a Ham
flton Junction.
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SUNDAYS RESULTS.
National LEAGUE,

National League.
Chicago, 81; st. Louis. 1-s.
Cincinnati, Sc; Pittsburgh, 81.
No other games scheduled.
Federal League.
Newark, 4-8: st. Louis. 2-1.
No other games scheduled.
American League.
Cleveland, /: st. Louis, 0.
Detroit, 5; Chicago, 2.
No other games scheduled.
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kEokuk I Des MONIES RAILWAY

sTrain 473-Leayes Keokuk. I:ooam
sTrain 741--Leaves Keokuk.. S:Sopn
IsTrain 472-Arrives Keokuk. E3opm
sTrain l7O-Arrives Keokuk. l:oopin
xsTrain s6-Arrives Keokuk 1:4eau
xsTrain s6-Lsaves Keokuk. 1:Sopa
xLocal Fre!gh. Trains.
~Daily except sunday.
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he oass c,sy want e0l'n1
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TOOkY'S SCHEDULE.

National League.
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati.
New York at Brooklyn.
Open date for other clubs.
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Federal League.

Open date for st. Louis and New
ark
Chicago at Baltimore.
Kansas City at Buffalo.
Brooklyn at Pittsburgh.
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8, >. . :. RAILWAY CO.

Trains beaverton the Union depot
8. this and tickets. Fifta and johnson
streets.
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Waterloo is backing Eddie Bren-
men. new manager OF the Waterloo
team, to the limit, according to all re-
ports from that city. The playing OF
the tail end clubs the past week has
been rather sensational and the lead
ing teams have been toppled on sey-
eral occasions.
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Diamond From Sky,
Colonial Tom rroWS|

The tWenty:eight chapter Of the
Diamond! From The SKY will be; shown
lat the Colonial Theatre tomorrow!
The story Of this chapter is as fol.
lows: y,
;'on The Wings OF The Morning.
IHagar and Esther. at the head of a
gypsy caravan, have come West to be
near Arthur. "A terrific storm comes
up bolt of lightning strikes nearby.
The van OF Esther and Hagar Is set
ablaze. Luke Lowell Is who has les.
capped from prison, Sconfronts; Arthur
as the lattel is about to- drain a pots.
oned cup. Luke compels the unstrung
millionaire to give him clothing, food
and jewelry. .Attired In Arthur.s
clothing, Luke leaves but before he
does so, he drinks the poisoned wine
that Arthur had set out for himself,
In a frenzy Luke clutches at the air
and staggerss from the house. Cross.
ing the road he is struck by an auto
mobile in which are Blair and Vivian.
His life is crushed out. The occupants
of the machine, seeing the clothing
they know so well, assume that Ar.
thur Stanley has been Killed. From
Lukes+ neck they take .The Diamond
From The Sky which he had com.
PEELED the! nerve shattered man to give
him. In the gypsy camp all is excite.
men for 1t is discovered that Hagar,
The Queer Of the gypsies; is dying.
Arthur further unstrung by what has
happened, goes to his hanger and
chambers aboard a mighty aeroplanc,
which is his latest hobby. High into
the air, out over the sea, on the wings
Of the morning. the young millionaire
scars. He turns landward again and
is thousands of feet in the air. Be.
low he sees the gypsy caravan. He
looks down: a wire snaps. thanks to
the treacherysof Blair. The mechan.
fical bird flutters for a moment, then
falls and dives to the ground, a torn
and twisted mass Of debris.
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JAMES CURTIS PAGE
DIED YESTERDAY
Prominent Marion County
FarmerH Had Long
BeenIll.

N
James Curtis Page, aged g; whose
critical illness was intentionally lin this
paper yesterday died yesterday az.
ternoon at his home IN Riyesyille. Mr..
Page had been in declining health
for some time but had only been
Ialarmingly I'll for a week when, death
came. Z n .ys z z, . lis
Mr.. Page was among the promi.
net men OF Marion county and was a
prosperous farmer and man much
beloved in his community.
I Mr.. Page was born IN Amherst
county, Va In the year 1889 and
came to this county when a young
man. He was twice married, his first
wife being Miss Anna Rice, to whom
he was married on August %, 1869.
Two children were born to this union.
Harry Page. OF Clarksburg, and Ben.
5amin Page. at home. In 1895 Mr.
Page was married TO Miss Emily, Jane
Arnett One child was born which
died lin infancy. ;.s
Mr.. Page is survived by four broth.
ers, John, Paul /, Abe and Robert. Two
sisters. Sarah and Hannah, and two
brothers, Thomastand Frank are de.
ceased. Harry Upton, brother of
Mrs. Minnie Martin and Mrs. Thorn.
as Buckley has made his home with
the Pages for some time, Mrs. Page
being an aunt.
The funeral will take place Thurs.
day morning at 1880 from tho Royal
Chapel near Riyesville and services
will be conducted by Rev. Henry B.
Borgan, Of Fairmont, and Rev. Cd.
dell and Rev. Jarvis. Rev. Morgan
and Mr.. Page had been close friends
for many years Undertaken r. L;
Cunningham has charge of the funer-
al services.
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foreign TRADE OF
FIVE BILLIONS
Outgoing Shipments Were.
Three Times Larger
Than Incoming.

wAsH1NGToN..4 November "a!
American foreign trade rose to the
new high Level Of five billion dollars.
In the 12 months ending with octoa
her, 1915, according to figures made
public today by the Bureau: Of Foreign.
and Domestic Commerce, Department
Of commerce. Imports OF merchandise
amounted TO $751; 13, comparediwith
1850 l4,5 sol in the preceding period
while exports aggregated ss;s1s,6S4
as3, against s2,14o,s47,S2s In the l2
months ending with October, 1914.
October exports also established a
new high srecord, rising to sss4,6sS,.,
57s, or sSS,9c1,756 above the former
record made in September last, and
comparing with s194,711,17o in octo.
Der, 1911, and s271,ss1, 464 In October
1913. October imports were s14S,529,.
= $40, against $1Ssl 0S0 $50 In October,
1914, and 81 1887 1886 in October, 1912,
the former October record.
The export balance for October was
s1S6, los. 1868, ) against $56,630,65 In DC.
tober, 1914; and for the 12 months
with October, 81 ,626, SS6, G2SS, compared
with s2s0, 433,S2s in the preceding pc.
kriod.
Free merchaSdise comprised 7o.s1
er cent. OF the total imports OF Octo.
.er, 1915, as against 62.07 per cent OF
hose OF October, 1914.
Gold imports during October,
amounted to $40, G6o, 1853, against s5,.I
1908 in October last year, and gold
exports were valued at s2,93S, 800 in
October, 1915, compared with $780,.
301,972 in October, 1914. October thus
showed a new inward gold movement
of s76,731,o59, instead OF a net out.
ward gold movement OF $44,356,969 in
October last year. For the twelve
months ending with October gold i'm.
ports aggregated $357,061, 165, com.
pared with s5s ,osS in the proceed
ing period; and gold exports for the
~ months ending with October,
amounted to $50 .532,3s6, against $225,;
t94.301 q year earlier. "a net outward
gold movement Of 6157.193,213 in the
~ months ending with October last
year has been followed by a net In!
ward gold movement of s326;52s.-
40 In the 10 months Just ended.
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Cleveland Avenue
toIBe I0pen Tonight

4 The section % Cleveland Avenue
formerly called Parks Avenue. which
has been closed 70 tfaffic for soma
time, will sbe lnished and opened this
evening. The paving win be rushed Il
completion by the men In charge d
hejjob:s 80 that Thank sgtying day Fair
mont citizens may be truly thankfu
and the heavy tratfic to and from tie
railroad stations can pass over thiv
street, avoiding the dangerous noun.
tain pass linownsas bridge Hill" The
concrete is all poured ON The balance
OF the Work the; street commission haf
in hand. and the laying OF the brieA
only remains TO be done :
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Murder Raber

CONTINUED from Page one.y

lsonttnuedS from Page One.l
hounds the fugitive turned on stall;
and came back to Gloyer's Gap in.
this county and from there by train to
Fairmont where he was arrested
MI. Sturms explained that he prom
tsed 70 procure an attorney. for Luth.
er Raber and the offer being accepted
he brought the Fairmont man who
,lmpersonateds ian attorney telling Ra.
Der that in order to defend him It.
would Unnecessary to have aSstate-
mentI Of exactly Of what occurred. v
Luther Raber, then according to
Mr.. Sturms, told of5having been CIV
en- 81 by a man named Jesse Kerns,
alias Jesse Karen, to set fire to the
barn. The pretended attorney Mr..
Sturmss says, wrote down this con.
fession and Luther Raber signed It.
According to Mr.. Sturms, Willis
Woods. the man whom Joseph Raber
recently declared had been killed by
Jesse Kerns in revenge for the EVIL
dence he Us alleged to have furnish
ed to aid in the conviction of Luther
Raber, had nothing to do with the in
though he may have assisted in gath.
ertng the evidence which caused the
conviction OF Joseph Raber for at
tempting to ditch a railroad train in
1903 and for which he served term
in the penitentiary.
MT. Sturms says that he, was never,
able TO find the Jesse Kerns whom
Luther Raber eight years ago nam.
I'D as having given him 81 for burn:
ing the barn! Z, y. Y.
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TEACHERS TO H0[D
..SE|.S G ! j ! \ N ] / Y
Tenth Annual Meeting Of
Teachers Of Northern
West Virginia.

I-5g u .aNf a..
The 7 eachers Association OF North
ern Westsyirginia will meet in Trinity
N. E. Church on tomorrow and Fri:
day OF this week in its tenth annual
session. Teachers will be here from
practically every town in the northern
section ofsthe State. Subjects OF in.
terest to the teachers, pupils and
school work generally will be dis.
cussed. The association is Just clos:
ing the most successful year In Its
history and good things are looked
for in the year shout to Open.
THE. officers Of the convention are:
President, J. II. Rainbow, Wheeling;i
vice president, Florence Ruffin.
,Clarksburg; secretary, Sadie Mays,
Grafton. Board OF Directors--J. r..
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Y. NC A. Directors
Pass Whit Plans

Last night the Directors Of the Y.
ii: G. A. met with Secretary Right
and the regular business was dis.
posed Of; and plans Tor the physical
department the coming winter were
discussed! The. basketball plans OF
Chairman J. O. Watson of the physi:
cal work committee, and Director q.
w. Brickley, OF the Physical Depart.
ment, were approved and Mr.. Watson
10 at work now on the basketball
schedule.
IS The Employed Boys group met last
night in the dining rooms at the
IaY..r and organized themselves into
a brotherhood for the purpose Of soc:
Sial, physical and spiritual betterment.
Louis Ross was elected president,
Henry Parlitt, secretary Plans. for
the year were made and the boys are
much interested in the work. Meet
.ings will be held Tuesdays at $50 and
Thursdays ati7.30. ~
~ Last nights results in the Com.
fot ~ IN no ms ffNi'ai
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tsuffragisst in Sport, Land
Victory in5the IA. "a. ~.

Suffraglstslin sports hayeswon a vic.
tory. The amateur Athletic Union
has decided to let down the bars, sane:
ton athletic events for women and
keep records OF them.
In addition, the "A. A. u. decided
to sanction events in which both men
and women compete, such as swim.
ming races. Not even mixed events
were sanctioned by! the national ath-
letic body prior to the recent action.
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Local SWordslmen
to App Jar On Film

Tomorrow films showing scenes Of
the last encampment OF the state
guard at Parkersburg will be Shown
at the new Nelson theatre. One reel
10 devoted entirely to the work and
play Of the two local companies.
The pictures were brought 10 Fair
mont under the auspices Of the local
companies and a portion OF the pro:
,ceeds OTTO the company funds.
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PAYscARa HERE

The Monongahelal railway. com pany's
pay car arrived this morning at 1870
with the money. forlthe employees OF
that company The 5Monongahela paid
the men off the day before Thanks
giving so thattthe men would haveSa!
little money for the holiday.
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Lodge Of Sorrows.
Program issOut.
eARkERssuRe ATTORNEY WILL
BE THE PRINCIPAL
SPEAKER.

T d 3 3 sHII 1. -
The program Of the Elksl Lodge OF
Sorrows, to be held Sunday, December
S, at the Grand Opera House, has
been completed. Hon. Henry o. lite
shaw, of Pa rkersburg,E prosecuting at:
torney Of Wood County will be the ora.
tor Of the day The program follows
+ /. Professional, "Our| Country.
Sergeant; (2) overture, Memorial
Grey; (3) opening Memorial Services.
Exalted Ruler, Bert S. Leopold t4)i
quartet, Lord, Thou Hast Been Our
Dwelling Place. j ohm Porter Law.
renee; % Responsive Service, Of
lficers Of the Lodge; 1851 Opening Ode
air "Auld Lang syn1ee.'Y'-qu artet and
lodge. i, ~ e & =. G M. /!
a. Invocation, Rev. Herman G.
Stoetzer; Isl Due, o Lord |, In Thee
,IETrust,,"' Hammered Mrs. iorris, Mr.
Abbott; (9y elodieS IN = Isl Rubin.
slime; Mrs. George DE Bolt; q II 1dylle;
t.s;Heartsease Y, More torch estra t12)
Memorial address, Brother Harry O:
Hiteshew. 4 w z i. !. z.
Hiteshew, ParkersburgS dge No. s1ss,
b.. Pr o. Elks. s u.
S(1SJ Quartet, 81 Lead Kindly Light
Dudley Buck; "a y Closing Ceremon:
iesS officers sof the lodge ]; poxo.'
logy Ola Humid ED r. NJ, Guiliaume
Franc; t16J Behedietion, Rev Stoet.
ger; u occasional, orchestra.
Miss Mary Coleman, soprano Mrs.
Edna fLeyman; M orris, alto Prof.
Louis Black, bass Miss Hazel Book
accompanies " fi5 ~.
lBossele's 4 Orchestra Brother JOS
Bessie, Jr Director. II III =
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BREAK ICOLD
.|N.AI|F|E'WIHQURS
FIRST DOSE OF "PAPE'sa COLD
COMPOUND SRELlvESs kAL T. ~ Fl Fl
GRIPPE MISERY. vi
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of "Pape's Cold Compound" taken
every two hours until three doses are
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1t9promptlyF opens Sclogged:up nos:
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headache, dullness, feyerishness, sore
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SSsPane's Cold Compound Isl the
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causes no Inconvenience Don't &C:
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Meredith street these days is the
scene Of trench digging from the rear
of the Marley hotel to Madison street.
The men are working four feet below
the ground preparatory to laying al
pipe line through the street.
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WORK .ATsREsTAuRANTl

r. WORK Az STAURANTt K. :,
ii The anew Amato and Hixenbaugh res.
taurant on Main street opposite the
McCray building Is rapidly nearing
completion: The notice which the pro;
prietorsl gave out two weeks ago that
the restaurant would be open for the
crowd on Turkey day seems to be cor.
rec. ~. u t.sgTr 4 Z 5hfif 400 = ~ f3ii'
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PLAYS VAUDEVILLE = PICTURES

JEFFERSON. parkersburs: l.. R. Jordan.
Gierissburg; W O. Armstrong, Fair
mont: Laura n Grayscn. Wheeling;
Alma Lightfoot. Wheeling; Matte
Pronty; Nforgantown. director of mn.
sic. ophelia Washington.
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THIS AFTERNOON the Junior "A Bas'
ketball League played two games;
Navy VS.. Army; Howard" vs.
yale" In the High School Bowling
League the Never Vas met the
.Slims." NJ, sS
The Professional Mems League have
the Dentists and the Professors on the
schedule for tonight.
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TEAR UP STREET TE

8 z. = ~ I
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-18
MEYER GERHARD HAS
TALK WITH VON JAGOW
Bcrn>torff'S Envoy Refuses to
Say Whether He Is to See
the Kaiser.
Bv star Corysspondrnt Of Tur Sr>.

BERLIN, June l7.---Dr. Anton Never.
Gerhard who arrived in Berlin last
night, visited the Forei-n once this
mlrning and discussed his mission with
Foreign Minister Won JAEow and the
Under Secretary Of State. II is not
known when he is To see Chancellor Won
bethmann-iollweg or whether he will
see the Kaiser. Dr. Meyer -Gcrhard is
absolutely silent on these points.
The newspapers here do not discuss
the purpose of his visit t. Berlin.
The reply TO the United States will
not be drafted for a fortnight at least.
but u may be said with certainty that
an equitable solution is earnestly hoped
for The latest development of the
Bryan crusade for universal peace
naturally occupies considerable space
In the newspapers, but is naturally
suhordinated to the glowing reports OF
successes IN the hcld ! have gained
the impression that it is the German
view that when the appropriate time
for peace proposals arrives the move
mcnt must be initiated outside Germany
in order to receive consideration The
certainty of victory in the German mind
is daily growing stronger.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-18
MOSCISKA EVACUATED.
Russians Prepare 10 Make stand
NJ t.rOdck.
Special Cabie D,spd,ch to TIM sr>

Special Cdbie DeSpdtcL to THr Sr>
LoNDoS, June II.-Accorting to the
official statement issued in Petrograd
late tonight the Russians have evacu-
ated Mosciska. between Przcmysl and
Lcmb"rg. and have fallen back on Gro
dek. where in tn" lakes and marshes
they intend making their final stand to
protect Lembcrg. Grodek is only six
teen miles from the Galician capital.
The official statement follows:
The elimination Of the h=ht.ns in
Galicil is approachin-. Three great
enemy forces are advancing from the
san toward Len berg II H. hardly
al eNagGcration TO describe the pre-
Nious movements which G.. y tens of
thousands of lives as mere outpost
aiflirs as compared with what is to
come
The Russians had none f the worse
OF the exchanges at Mnsciska. from
which they have retired. The town
OF Mosciska served their purpose in
staying the eremys direct advance
pendiuS the final concentration in
positions further east.
As far as can he foreseen q decisive
battle is likely TO be fought around
Grodek, Where the Russians will bene-
tt by the lake country.