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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-13
AMERICANS IN PARIS
VOICE THEIR PROTEST.

PARIS, May 12.-More than 100
Americans in Paris have signed the
following cablegram to President VII.
son:
I'VE. the undersign, having observed
strict neutrality. though living amid
the horrors Of war. now feel that in
justice TO our conditions and in order
70 preserve our self-respect. we must
voice an indignant and energetic pro-
test against the sinking OF the Lusi-
tania. an act pre-eminent in it's saw
agery, and which places the responsible
government outside civilized hu-
manity"
Among the sigffSrs of',he message
are: DR.. Edmund. eros, chief surgeon
Of the American Ambulance Corps in
France; A P!att Andrew, formerly AS
sistant Secretary of the United States
Treasury: Norman Hutchinson. Ameri-
can consul general to Roumania and
Serbia. and Lawrence V. Benet. former
president OF the American chamber OF
Commerce in Paris.
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German.

BERLIN, May IL (via London).-
German army headquarters to-day
gave out the following:
I'm the western theater:
Aviators of the enemy yesterday
dropped bombs on Bruges. without
doing any damage, from a military
point of view.
East of Ypres we took an inn
portant hill. Dunkirk was bonn
barded by our artillery. East of
DiNmude We shot down British
flying machine.
Trenches taken by the French
during the past few days between
Carency and Neuvile, north Of
Arras. are still in their possession.
otherwise, all the attempts of the
enemy made yesterday to break
through our lines were In vain
His attacks We're confined chiefly
against our positions to the east
and southeast OF Nermelles, In the
Lorette hills, and at the villages
of Ablain and Carency, as we'll as
against our positions to the east
and southeast of Arras
other advances broke down, with
heavy losses TO the enemy. An at
tempt by our opponents to take
Hartmanns- Wcilerkopf again re-
suited in failure. 1t is fact that
after vigorous preparations by ar
tllery, French Alpine Chasseurs
penetrated into the blockhousc sit
uated on top of the hill, but they
were Immediately thrown out again.
I'm the eastern theater:
The battle at Shawl. in Courland.
is still raging. without any result
having been reached
"On the Bzura, Russian bat
TALON, which made an attempt to
cross the river, was annihlated.
I'm the southeastern theater:
Our pursuit between the Carpa
THAN Mountains and the Vistula
River is still in fun swing, and fur
ther heavy damage has been in
ficted on the enemy along this en-
tire front. For example. battalion
OF the Fourth Foot Guards Regiment
alone took fourteen officers. includ-
ing colonel, and $500 men prison
ers. and at the same time captured
four cannon. onc machine gun com
pany, with horses, and one baggage
column.
Forces of tho Tcutonc allies
have crossed the River San between
the Sanok and Dinow. Further to
the northwest they have reached the
region Of Rzeszowmielso.
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Austrian.

VIENNA, May II (via London).-
The following official statement was
issued from general headquarters to-
night:
The defeat of the Russian Third
and Eighth Army is increasing
daily. The Russian troops, with
their trails. are fleeing in disorder
In the direction Of Jaroslau, Pre-
mysl and Chyrow
Strong enemy forces fleeing from
the region of Sanok and Lisko east
ward are being attacked from the
south by our columns. which adj
vanced by way of Balligrod and
Polena.
IN further pursuit our victorious
troops have crossed the lower Wis
loka and captured Brzozow. Dvnow
Sanok and Lisko are in our hands
Owing to the extraordinary sue
cess hitherto attained in West and
Central Galicia. the Russian Carpa-
THAN front east OF Uzsok Pass ia
now also beginning to waver.
The Austro-German troops are
attacking along the entire front In
this section. The enemy in the re-
gion near Turka and in the Orawa
and Opor valleys is in retreat.
North OF the Vistula our troops
have advanced across the Nida. In
Southeast Galicia a strong Russian
force has advanced across the Dnies-
ter in the direction of Horodenka.
We have evacuated Yale Szczymv.
The fighting continues"
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FISHING BOAT SIGHTS
BODIES or IJSTTASIA MAN

QUEENSToWN. May IA fishing
boat reported tonight having sighted
about 100 bodies floating ten miles
south of Glandore, which upsets tho
contention that the current. wind and
tides had so scattered the bodies of
the Lusitania victims as TO make the
recovery OF any considerable number of
them doubtful Among the twenty
one bodies landed here today. there
were no prominent Americans.
Final efforts are being made on a
large scale 10 recover the Lusitania's
dead. Not only are the tugs FlyInr
Fox and Stormcocl< cruising about the
scene OF the disaster, but rroup of
admiralty patrol boats Is scouting over
wide area,
Beach patrols also are on the look.
out from Queenstown TO the southern
tip of Ireland. One patrol boat has
been designated TO bring in any bodies
recovered, leaving all the other vessels
TO continue the search
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Russian.

PETROGRAD, May IL tvia Lon
don).-The War Office communica-
ton tonight says:
I'm the Shawl region our troops
on Tuesday continued to press sue
ccssfully on the heels of the retreat
ing Germans. who have been driven
back from the town Of Shawl to-
ward the southwest.
"On the left bank of the Niemen
and OF the front of the Narew there
is an almost general lull.
''On the left bank of the Vistula,
south of Sokhatchoff, our infantry
command. having crossed the Bzura
Tuesday night. captured. after
bayonet fight, a group of German
trenches and took several dozens of
prisoners and an officer German
attempts to attack our reconstruc-
ton of troops south of Skiernicwice
and Nava were repulsed.
I'm Western Galicia on Monday
our troops to the north in the direc-
ton of Lutowiska, continued fall
ing back to positions previously
chosen. and the enemy's offensive
was checked by our counterattack
In the direction OF the uzsok
Pass and the Stry River the Aus
TRAN attacks were repulsed, with
great losses to the enemy. Near
Rojanka the enemy exploded q mine
close to our trenches, and followed
this up with an attack on our posi-
tons in that vicinity. They sue
ceeded In occupying part of the
crater by an explosion, but our men,
in furious onslaught. dislodged the
Austrians, who fed in disorder,
leaving several hundred dead. We
also captured many prisoners.
In the region of the Javornik
we completed our success by an
energetic offensive. During the last
few days the enemy at this point
has suffered heavy losses, leaving
5000 dead on the mountain slope.
In the trans-Dniester region. on
the Czernowitz-Ob front, for
distance of over sixty versts (forty
miles), our troops have taken the
offensive, and progressed with great
success, inflicting heavy losses on
the enemy and frustrating his nu-
merous attempts to stop us by coun-
terattacks.
I'VE captured numerous prisoners.
over 1000 on the 10th alone. and
sin guns, eight machine guns and a
large quantity of booty also fell
into our hands. The enemy. falling
back hastily, evacuated the whole
left bank of the Dniester, and was
elected from the town of Zalcs-
zczyki, twenty-siX miles northwest
Of Czernowitz"
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AMERICANS ATTACKED WHEN
MISTAKEN FOR GERMANS

.;0JTH END. ENGLAND, May r.
The people of South End tonight
showed their anger over the recent
Zeppelin raid and the sinking of the
Lusitania by big demonstration
throughout the borough. a meeting
was held to protest against the many
German residents being permitted to
be at large. A great crowd then
visited and wrecked German shops.
The police were powerless against
the mob, and the general comma nding
the district ordered out the soldiers.
Quiet was restored when the military
appeared.
Three New Workers. Captain Louis
Sorcho. his assistant, Louis b. Mann,
and Frank Winch. a newspaper man.
while photographing the wrecked
shops, were surrounded by q mob.
which mistook them for Germans. Ac
cording to Sorcho's account, the party
had TWO cameras and had received per-
mission from the police to take photo
graphs. Several women shouted:
They are GermanAmerican spies.
Kill them! Avcngc the Lusitania."
The Americans got away on Il street
car.
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COLONEL TOLD WITNESS
HIS PARTY NEEDED HIM
Also Said He Would "Go After Presi-
dent Wilson" on Foreign Treaties
land Tear Him to Pieces"
LoEB's TESTIMONY IS DENIED
New York Broker Contralicts State.
ments Made by Former Private
Secretary to Observation-Disclosures
and Murphy Not Political Allies.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, May IA wit.
ness for william Barnes swore in tho
Supreme Court here to-day in the trial
OF Barnos's libel suit against Thco-
dore Roosevelt that less than a wear
ago Colonel Roosevelt agreed that the
Republican party needed him, and said
that he would ''go after President viii
son" with his Pittsburgh speech and
on the foreign treaties land tear him
to pieces" Then, declared John w
Hutchinson. the witness. the former
President asserted that after what had
happened at Chicago In 1912. the Re.
publican party was not big enough to
hold him and Barnes. Hutchinson Is
New York lawyer and Was chair.
man of the speakers bureau of the
Republican State Committee from 1906
until 1912.
Hutchinson went on the stand after
william j. Woolman, New York
broker had contradicted statments
made last week by William j. Loeb
former private secretary to Roosevelt,
who testified that he talked to Barnes
at woolman's office in 1911 when the
state Senate was deadlocked ovcr tie
selection of United States Senator
Most OF to-day's witnesses gave ties.
timony designed to show that Barnes
md Charles F. Murphy were not po-
l'ucal allies at the time of the dead
iosE In the State Legislature Ben
tam.n e. odeli. former Governor and
Republican leader of New York de-
MED that any Democrats "as indi-
viduals" had contributed to the Repub-
lican campaign fund in 1898 and 1899,
while he was chairman of the Repub-
lican State Committee.
Hutchinson said he met Colonel
Roosevelt by appointment in the Har-
ward Club, in New York, on July l5.
1914.
~ told him." he went on. that he
was in way the whole Progressive
party. / said il did not make any ma
terial difference what the Progressive
organization did in the way OF nomi-
mating candidates. There was a rumor
that Colonel Roosevelt was consider
ing running for Governor in the fall
That's what ! wanted to find out about
/ told him that 1t would make a lot
OF difference IL he took an active po-
ston himself. and that IL he were to
OPPOSE tho Republican organizations
it would simply widen the chasm and
prevent reunion OF the party. He
said that would not do and added. You
have to have me. / can go after MI.
Wilson and tear him to pieces, and
you have not anybody who can do IL
told him We would have to get to-
gether. BY We, ] meant the two fac
lions OF the Republican party"
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French.

PARIS. May 12.-The French War
Office to-day issued this statement:
in the sector north of Arras we
\ have maintained our gains. except
ing in front of Loos. where n night
counterattack resulted in taking
from us n part of the terrain we
captured In the daytime.
ON the rest of the front yester-
day saw artillery engagements"
The following official communica-
ton was issued to-night:
The ighting to the north Of
Arras continues with extreme vio-
lencc. During the course of last
night the enemy, re-enforced,
delivered several counterattacks,
which, however. were without re-
suit.
I'm an attack directed against
Melville ST. WAIST. our opponents
suffered particularly heavy losses
We found in the cemetery alone
more than 200 bodies of Germans,
and we took about 100 prisoners.
"A second attack between Carency
and Abalin was likewise rcpulsed.
- tHlIu, from the ulreCtlOn or Alb
lam, was completely checked
This morning we made progress
in the wood to the east of Carency,
taking 125 prisoners. The progress
continued in the afternoon. We
have. besides. taken three successive
lines of trenches bordering the
wood to the north of Carency, after
which We penetrated the wood, thus
Threatening very closely the last
line Of communication which re-
mains open to the defenders of that
position. Finally we have taken n
new part of the village, capturing
500 prisoners.
''ln the afternoon we attacked
that section of Neuville st. Vast
which the enemy still holds the
fighting in the streets gave to us
the mastery of several groups of
houses. our progress here con-
tinues
The total number Of prisoners
made by us since Sunday had
reached this evening 1000.
ON the rest OF the front we
brought TO a sudden halt by our
fire three German attacks. near
Berry-au- Bac. Peausejour and Marie
Therese Bagatelle."
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Tower Hill. where the following res.
olution will be put:

Tower Hill, where the following res
olution will be put:
Thousands Of citizens OF London
gathered together at a mass meeting
unanimously protesting against any
ktth and kin of German mutilators.
prisoners and murderers Of men, wom-
en- and children being any longer al
lowed to be ut large In the British
Islands and fearing riots. fire. the
spread Of disease germs and poisoned
water. hereby unanimously demand
that the government take steps to
intern or deport all allen enemies. male
or female whatever their nationality,
haturalized or otherwise"
some newspapers have called atten-
ton to the wealthy fnanciers OF Ger.
many as the most dangerous potential
enemies because OF their facilities for
furnishing information to the enemy.
MAY LOSE THEIR HONoRs
AS KNIGHTS OF GARTER
There also has been a demand that
the German Emperor, the German
crown prince. the Emperor of Austria
and Prince Henry OF Prussia be in
some way deprived OF their honors as
Knights OF the Garter. and particularly
that the banners OF tho German EN-
peror and the crown prince. which
hang in the knights stalls in ST.
Georges Chapel at Windsor. be re-
moved This Is a matter over which
the King alone has Jurisdiction.
The Liverpool Journal of Commerce
says: Members of the commercial ex-
changes in Liverpool have been in touch
with their colleagues in London, Glas-
gov, New Castle, Birmingham, Sheffield
and Cardiff. The interchange of facts
has startled the whole community.
They have revealed that an extraordin-
airy number of we'll to do Germans
and Austrians are Mt large who are
suspected of being part OF the great
German spy system, which is daily
obtaining and transmitting information
relative 10 our shipping, munition fac
tories, air craft stations and naval
bases
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SCENES OF INDEsCRIBABLE
PANIC OCCUR on BORDy

LONDON. May IAN Evening News
dispatch from Lugano, Switzerland
near the italian frontier, says scenes
OF indescribable panic are occurring
on the border. Several thousand Ital-
ians are waiting for trains to take them
back to Italy. At Udine. in Northeast
ern Italy, the Mayor of the city Is pro-
viding temporary accommodations for
tho increased population. italian
steamers. the correspondent says. are
bringing from cara in DaImatia, hun
dreds OF Austro-Italians, who are fear
full Of reprisals at the ands OF the
Austrians.
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ing more troops to the southern from
tier, especially to Lugano, because OF
recent antiGerman demonstrations 1t
is estimated 10000 Germans from Italy
have marched in procession in front Of
the Lugano hotels. particularly those
occupied by Germans. calling out to
them insulting phrases. The Lugano
police apparently are finding difficulty
in dealing with the crowds
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British.

LONDON, May IAN official
communication. giving report OF
Field Marshal Sir John French.
dated May IL. was issued tonight.
as follows:
East of Ypres last evening We
repulsed another German attack
south of the Menin road. This was
the third costly failure experienced
by the Germans yesterday.
Elsewhere along the front there
is no change in the situation
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TO KEEP FLEET ON THIS SIDE
Regarded Almost ms Certain That Trip
Through Canal VIII he Abandoned.

WASHINGTON May l2.-Secretnry
Daniels said again tonight that he had
not determined finally to abandon plan.
for sending tho Atlantic Fleet through
the Panama Canal next month. but il
now is regarded in official circles as
virtually certain the feet Will be kept
on the Atlantic Coast
Ma1or-General Cocktails is under
stood TO have advised Secretary Dan
iels that. while it would be possible TO
put the battleships through now. he
could give no assurances of what con-
ditions would be In June. and could
not promise that the feet, once
through, would not have its return
blocked by new slides
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-13
AUSTRIAN SHIPS ORDERED
FROM ITALIAN MATTERS

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND. May IL
tvia Paris). The Austrian government
has ordered all Austrian ships in
Italian waters to proceed at once to
Trieste or Pola.
Germans arriving in Switzerland
from Italy cay II is no longer safe to
speak German on the streets Of Milan
or Turin.
They say that several Germans have
been handled roughly by crowds.
Two are reported 10 have been near
ly lynchod at Brescia
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-13

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JAPANESE PRESS nITTERI.Y
ARHAlGNS GERMANY

TOKYO. May l2.-Japan has sent to
Great Britain and the United States
messages OF sympathy on the loss of
life in the Lusitania disaster
Inc Japanese press bitterly arraigns
Germany for the sinking OF the pas
senger ship. The Asahi Shlmbun char
acterizes il as massacre OF inno-
cents" certain 10 excite the righteous
indignation OF Americans" Other
papers declare the time has come to
remove forever The German menace.
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ITALY's INTERVENTION
REPORTED DECIDED On

GENEVA. May 13 tvia Paris).--The
correspondent at Rome Of the Journal
de Geneye. says he Is able to affirm
that Italy's Intervention In the war
has been absolutely decided on.
The government" the correspondent
adds. shortly will take steps which
will leave no doubt about Italy's In
tentions. and when the Cabinet APP
pears before Parliament on May 90
that body will ratify an accomplished
fact"
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SITUATION Regarded
AS UNUSUALLY Ora

BERLIN. May IL (via Amsterdam and
L"ondonl.-The Tageblatt says:
The situation In Italy, despite exer-
Nons at late hour by neutralists, is
undeniably grave. All available news
makes II clear military preparations
continue necessarily. The task OF
those trying 20 avert catastrophe is
almost superhumanly great 1t Is not
hecessar" completely to abandon the
last nope. but 1t is urgently necessary
10 give decisive warning against
optimism"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-13
Discontinues Warnings
Not to Use Allies Ships

WASHINGTON. May 1.-THE Ger
man embassy Tonight notified news
papers throughout the United States
tn discontinue publication of Its nd
vertisements warning Americans
against transatlantic travel on
ships of the allies. TclcErnms and
letters to the newspapers gave no
reason for disseminating the ndver-
tiscmcnt, hut mt the embassy 1t was
declared IL had been run sufficiently
long.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-13
DAMAGE AT LIVERPOOL
ESTIMATED AT 500 ,OOO

LIVERPOOL. May l2.--Two hundred
German establishments in Liverpool
have been attacked by rioters. and
damage estimated at 100000 done.
One hundred and fifty Germans gath
cred to-day for internmcnt. and were
removed under a military escort to
Harwich. Northumberland. All public
houses in tho Liverpool district were
closed at o'clock tonight.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-13
MAY PUT DECISION
UP TO PARLIAMENT
CONTINUED from First Page

Bavarian ambassadors accredited to
the Vatican To leave Rome. but to with
draw the papal nuncios from the courts
OF countries which would he hostile TO
Italy
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-13
100000 GIFT REPORTED
Rockefeller Said to HIVE Sent This sum
TO Serbian Red Cross
Special 10 The Times-Dispatci

Z PARIS. May l2-It is reported here
that John d. Rockefeller has sent 81
100000 10 Prince Alexis Karageorgo-
Witch for the Serbian Red Cross.
Prince Alexis two years ago married
Mrs Huger Pratt. whose father II il
said, loaned Rockefeller 10000, en-
abling him 10 build W his fortune.
Mr.. Rockefeller takes this means OF
showing his gratitude.
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For Aid of Jewish War Sufferers.

PHILADELPHIA, May 1.-THE BIZ
cnnial convention OF the Order Of
r Rith Abraham voted to-day to tax
each OF the 10000 members % cents
10 be used for the aid Of the Jewish
MAR sufferers
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WHAT WARNING NATIONS CLAIM
IN THEIR OFFICIAL STATEMENTS

Troops lighting in the Carpa-
thians on both sides of the Stry
yesterday drove the enemy out of
his positions"
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SWISS GOVERNMENT SENDS
TROOPS TO SOUTHERN FRoNTIra

HAZEL. SWITZERLAND, Nav n
mo swiss government to-day lie send-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-13
Mothers Friend
Before Baby Arrives

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there is splendid external embrocation
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-13

February 10, the date set for Miss
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These who have heard Miss Pow
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