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Russ Foreign Minister
Declares the Nation
In Contest TO Finish

PETROGRAD, Aug. 2.-Foreign
Minister Terestchenko has sent the
following telegram to Russian .diplo-
matists accredited to the allied pow
ers:
"At moment when new and grave
misfortunes are threatening Russia,
we consider it our duty 10 give TO our
allies who have shared with us the
burden OF trials in the past firm and
definite explanation of our point Of
view regarding the conduct of The
war. The greatness Of the task of the
Russian revolution corresponds to
the magnitude which il caused in the
life Of the state. Reorganization in
the face Of the enemy Of the entire
governmental system could not be Of.
fected without serious disorders. Nev-
ertheless Russia. convinced there Is
no other means Of safety. has con-
ttnued in accord with the allies COM
mon action on The front.
Fully conscious of the difficulties of
the task. Russia has taken up the
burden Of conducting active military
operations during reconstruction of
the army and government. The often
sive OF our armies which was necessi-
tated by a stratcgical situation, en-.
counternd insurmountablc obstacles
; on both fronts and in the interior Of
the country. The criminal propagan.
da Of irresponsible" clements was used
by enemy agents and provoked a re-
volution In Petrngrad At the same
time part Of the troops on The front
were snduced by the same prnpagan-
da, forgot their duty Ia their country
and facilitated rhe enemy piercing
our front.
The Russian people have been
stirred by thrS" events. Through the
government created by the revolution
and an unshak"ablc will. the revolt
was crushed and lis Oricnarors were
brought TO justice. All necessary
steps have been taken at the front
for restoring the cOmbative strength
of the armies.
THE government intends bringing
10 Il successful end the task of cs-
ldUIlSHlUS az fuIIlulSlI dllUi Ule
of meeting all dangers and guiding
tho country in the path Of revolution.
airy regeneration. Russia will not
suffer herself To be deferred by any
difficulty in carrying out ih" irrevoc-
able dcrSion TO continue rh" war to
final triumph nf The principles pro-
claimed by III" Russian revolution.
In Inc presence Of an enemy men
ace rhr country and the army will
continue with renewed courage the
great work Of restoration as well as
the preparation on the threshold year
, Of The fourth year of The war for the
coming year. W" firmly believe Rus
sian citizens will combine all efforts
10 combin" the sacred task Of defend.
ing their beloved country and that the
enthusiasm which lighted in their
breast a fame in The triumph Of lib
erly will direct The whole invincible
force Of revolution against the enemy
who threatens the country.
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US, AND BRITAIN TO
TAKE CONTROL OF
WORLDS SHIPPING
IMPERATIVE NEED
OF SHIPS IS SHOWN
Withdraw Steel Exports to
Japan Unless Shipping Dr.
verted to War Uses

! WASHINGTON. Aug. 2-The i'm
peratve need of ships in the lrans.At-
| lartic service was disclosed today in
| indications that the shipping board is
! preparing 10 commander all Amerl-
. can tonnage and in an order issued by
! President Wilson which has the effect
of cutting off steel exports TO Japan
! unless Japanese vessels are diverted
! TO war uses.
The shipping board probably Will
: announce communicating program
within few days. II will call for the
requisttioning Of ships under authority
I recently given 10 the president by
congress and probably will include ar
rangements for turning the vessels
! back 10 their owners for actual opera
: tion. The government. 1t is said. has
! no desire 10 operate The vessels itself
! but through control of charters can
direct trade routes and al the same
time can lower ocean freight rates.
! Coastwisc tonnage and vessels TAX,
on off South American runs 10 be put
/ 10 carrying supplies 10 Europe prob
ably would BE- replaced IN large part
! by neutral ships.
| The British md American govern
! M ,nts have about reached al agreement
! for a Joint rpnrrnl "f all tho worlds
| Tonnage and tn" shipping boa. NOV"
| toward communicating is II preliminary
! step in that arrangement. nd"r tue
! plan the tniir,l states would operate
| most Of the neutral 1unnag" and Great
| britain would hav" under IT'S control
| allied ships TIL" arrangement w'nln pH
| used also To bring down freight rates.
! C;rcHt Hritain il WAS learned today *
! q houI ready 10 recall British ships that
; have been put III IT." disposal Of hrr
allies Continued sinkinss a." said 10
/ have. made il necessary that every lrit-
! ish ,.ssel bc used in supplying the
| british proplc and armies
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There. is no indication in either
the British or French official COM
munications just when their COM
bined push again would be start
ed, but it is possible that al
least a day Of warm sunshine
will be necessary 10 dissipate the
ouagmire so that the big allied
guns may be realiGnrd. and to
permit the airmen 10 relocate
the positions the enemy is hold
Ing.
Although the Tcutonic allies
are still advancing against the
Russians in east Galicia, Bukow-
ina and along the Moldavia front
ier. the allied offensive on the
western front apparently is on
the nerves of the German en-
peror. whose troops before had
to face. and with great losses Of
men and terrain. gigantic attacks
by the British and French COW
cred BY countless pieces Of mod
ern artillery Of all caliores and
ranges.
II is assumed that war coun-
Gil Of the high military and naval
leaders In Germany. called by
Emperor William 10 meet in
Brussels. had as its objective an
ANALYTICAL survey OF the offensive.
which. if it is carried out as
planned by the Allies, would
prove menace TO the German
holdings in Belgium. and espec.
tally along the coast.
Wednesday was the date set for
tht conference. which was to
have bean attended by Field Mar
shal Won Hindenburg, chief OF the
imperial general staff; Crown
Prime Rupprecht Of Bavaria, in
command in Flanders; the Ger
man crown prince and others,
including Fice-Admiral Won Ca
pelle. minister Of the navy, whose
naval bases on the North Sea
would be affected by a success to
the Entente allied armies. AS
vet however. nothing has come
through to indicate the trend OF
the discussion or concerning any
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LONDON. Aug. 2.-"Lookine
from the broadest aspect at the
events Of the past fortnight in
Russia" said Major General Gen.
erai Frederick 3. Maurice, chief
director Of military operations at
the war office. in his weekly talk
today to the Associated Press, at
will necessarily mean prolon9a-
ton Of the war. We cannot long
er count on any great material as
sistance from Russia. This means
a greater burden on the other en-
tente allies, and for the United
States it means that she must
come into the field as soon as pos
sibIe and with the greatest possl-
BILE force"
General Maurice continues:
"Ths week the battle Of Flan-
ders was an entire success. Gen.
erai Sir Douglas Haie fixed def
mite line Of oblectives and, speak
Ing generally. he attained it Sue
cessfulIy. On the southern third
Of the front he attacked and
gained his object easily. On the
northern third the enemy's resist
ance broke down so completely
that General Haig felt Justified in
permitting his troops to go we'll
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Desperate Counter Attacks By the
Germans Repulsed By the Allies
RUSSIAN COLLAPSE ADDS HEAVILY TO
BURDEN OF THE j. S. AID ALL THE ALLIES

beyond the collective. In the GEN.
ira third we fell little short Of
the objective owing to stubborn
enemy resistance"
General Maurice said that THE
British commanders next move
was to determine another obiee-
tive and then, after the custom
ary process Of preparation. to pro-
ceed similarly to achieve Il.
ain cases Of this kind" said the
director Of military operations,
"the objective line depends maIn-
ly upon the range Of the artillery.
The attacks must be patient and
methodieal. In this way we can
gain ground and inflIct heavy
losses on the enemy without
heavy losses to ourselves. That
Is the system we used at Arras
and at MessInes and the one now
being used in Flanders.
In this weeks battle we COOP
Grated with the French. There
were about six times as many
British troops as French soldiers.
or the British four-tifths were
purely English and one-Hfth Anzac
australians and New Zealand
ers), Welsh and Scotch. No Irish
or Canadian troops participated"
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RUSSIAN SITUATION MORE ACUTE
WITH TEUT0NS MAKING GAINS

Daily the situation Of the Rus
slams on the eastern front grows
increasingly acute. Across the
Zbrocz river in Russia, to the
south between the Dneister and
the Pruth rivers in Bukowina and
in the Carpathian region border
ing Rumapla the Russians every.
where are. steadily falling back
So far have the operations Of the
Teutonic Allies been advanced In
Bukowina that seemingly the lit
tie crownland soon again will be
returned to the Austrians. Num-
erous towns and vantage points
along the front have been captur-
ed by the Teutons. Berlin asserts
that from the Pruth to the eastern
foothills of the Keleman noun
tains, distance Of approximately
a hundred miles, the Russians are
steadily giving ground. Advices
reaching Petrograd from the front
are to the effect that retrograde
movement by the Russians has
been carried out fifteen miles
southeast Of Riga, the important
Russian port and naval base on
the Baltic. Here the Germans
have occupied the Ukskull bridge
head. which the Russians pre-.
yiously had evacuated.
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RUSSIAN WOMEN IN
RUSH TO JOIN ARMY
NOW BEING FORMED

PETROGRAD. Aug. "A a result
of the heroic conduct at the front of
Miss Vera Butchmareffs female bat
talon, the movement for the creation
Of a, great army of women Is progress
Ing throughout Russia like w1ldflre'
Already Petrograd. Moscow and kiev
have formed regular recruiting bu'
reaus and established barracks under
the ordinary system Of army admins
tration. subject under newly issued
order by Minister of War Kerensky TO
The staffs Of the local military dis
tricts. The government has issued
arms and complete equipment TO the
women and has appointed mate com
manders and instructors, and in view
OF the spread Of the movement 1t is
planning a more suitable uniform for
the women fighters.
In Petrograd Il new battalion is be-
ing raised by the chairwoman of the
new Women's Military League, uni.
versity student. Miss Fromenko. The
Spacious engineers palace has been
turned into barracks in which 100
girls and women are already In uni
form out of the 300 so far enrolled.
For the remaining places in the bat.
TALON there are 1900 applicants.
In the entrance hall today there
was gathered a group of new recruits
whose ordinary feminine attire. long
hair and soft fea tures contrasted
sharply with rhc cropped heads and
masculine bearings Of tho girls al
roodr in uniform The chief of the
battalion. iss Fromenko, youthtul.
personally attractive girl. after organ
i1ing the battalion. will herself go 10
rhn front.
The girls are for the most part be-
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WALLACE, BRITISH ARMY DESERTER
KNOWN HERE, INDICTED IN IOWA

fer, e5 retired farmer: William Rich
man. 66, furniture dealer; Ernest
Meier, G5. retired farmer. and Carl
Gerhl, IS, farmer. All are reputed to
be wealthy.
United States Marshal Moore and
Deputy Healy arrived here from Ce-
dar Rapids after they had been In.
formed that this town Of TOO popula-
ton was a hotbed OF sedition. Rich.
man has a son who enlisted In the.
army and he Is reported to have said
that he would rather see the boy dead
than bearing arms against Germany.
The charges against the other men
have not been made public.
The trouble began early IN July and
1T was said TO have been accentuated
by the dragging OF a German flag be.
hind an automobile In the Fourth OF
July parade. Feeling between the
loyal and pro-German elements has in.
Icreased since then. famed by public
and private utterances. "
CEDAR RAPIDS. Iowa. Aug. p
Deputy United States marshals went
TO Lowden. Iowa, today to investigate:
trouble there last night between Amer:
lcans and pro-Germans. which for a
time threatened 10 become serious.
When the Rev. John Reichert. pas.
tor Of the German Evangelical church
at Lowden. was arrested on a charge
Iof maxim reasonable utterances
Tuesday night he was taken to the Of
fee Of Daniel McGillivary. an attor.
ney. where he was questioned. Nc.
,Gillivary Is said 10 have given the fed
!eral officials information regarding
the alleged reasonable utterances OF
the minister. which enraged the Ger.
man sympathizers, who organized a
mob and threatened to do bodily harm
to the lawyer. After further confer.
ence. however. it was decided By the
!pro-Germans not to take action against
McGillivary. :,
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KAISER, IN HOUR Of CRISIS, HAS
ASSEMBLED HIS WAR COUNCIL

While the rain and the have served TO hod inc nlc
Allied forces in leash preventing resumption the great oftcnr
Tuesday, been effective keeping the
throwing attacks with large forces OF men asal sever"
newly won sectors of the held the British and French troop
nor in bringing about cessation of the violent artillery duel a"
the entire line 49,.
Grown Prince Rupprect evidently considers the British gan
northeast the important made in Tuesday battle 10
upon this territory concentrated the strongest q" his co
offensive attempt regain the lost ground l
efforts however, gone for naugh the British artillery ana III
fany fire rang advancing forces mercc putting an enc
to the attacks aiding materially to the already heavy caSac
the Germans have suffered.
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WAR COUNCIL CALLED
BY KAISER WILLIAM

AMSTERDAM. Aug. 2.-Emperor
William has called war council OF
the high military and naval leaders
in Germany 10 meet at Brussels, Bel
GUM. today Field Marshal Won Hin
denburg. chief of the imperial Ger
man general staff: General Won Luden-
dorff. the quartermaster general; the
German crown prince, commander or
the German forces In Champagne ::
Crown Prince Rupprecht Of Bavaria,
in command of the Relgian front;
Grand Duke Albrecht of Wurttemburg
and Vice Admiral Edouard Won Cap
pelle. minister of the imperial navy
and others will be present.
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Death
For Three Army Avlators in
Collapse Of Machines
Over Long Island

NEW YORK. Aug. 2. - Charles
Flelschmann, son of Julius L. Fleisch-
mann, former mayor of Cincinnati,
was instantly killed tonight when the
hydro-aeroplane in which he was NY
ing collapsed in Great South Bay.
Harry Witt, pilot Of the machine, also
was killed.
Fleischmann, who was a member OF
the First Battalion. Aviation Corps,
had left the naval station at Bay
Shore. Long Island. for a ride with
Witt, who owned the machine and
gave exhibition flights. They had
risen to a height of about 100 feet
when the machine was seen to turn
over, and Fleischmann was thrown
out, falling in shallow water. WITT,
who was strapped TO his seat, went
down with the plane.
Persons on board a power boat Wit
messed the accident and recovered the
bodies. It. was said the noise Of an eX-
plosion was heard just before the ma
chine dropped.
MINEOLA, y. Y, Aug. 2.-Captain
Ralph L. Taylor. in command Of the
training section of the aviation signal
corps here. lost control Of his airplane
to-day and plunged 500 feet to his
death. Sergeant Thomas Pell, who
was in the machine with him, suffered
broken jaw and internal injuries.
The two aviators had been flying
but short time when 1t was noticed
something apparently went wrong
with the machine. and it dropped to-
ward the earth. Captain Taylor was
dead when taken from the wreck.
Captain Taylor had been in command
of the instructors and students about
TWO months and was an expert flyer.
He was married TWO months ago. His
home was in Branford, Conn.
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FIRED TIMELY VoLLEY.

SUPERIOR. Wis. Aug. o.-Rluejack-
els from a United States sunhoat
carly today were Obliged to fire vol
ley over the heads OF A mob. believed
10 have been made UP of Industrial
Workers of the World. that attacked
"a policeman. The patrolman had ar
rested a man believed 10 have been
a member Of the l. ". w. whom he
detected robhing man asleep in tho
street The attack followed and the
blue jackets nearby were called. Both
the officer and his prisoner were res.
cued and the mob dispersed.
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VEGETABLE CROPS In
GERMANY DAMAGED

AMSTERDAM. Aug. 9.--The from.
tier correspondent Of tho Handelshlad
reports that the vegetable crop In Ger
many Is a great disappointment.
hurricane on Sunday last did
great amount of damage IN the whole
Of western Germany.
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HASTY MARRIAGES !.
NOT GROUND FOR
ARMY EXEMPTION
GENERAL CROWDER +
INSTRUCTS BOARDS
Deliberate Effort to Escape:
National Duty Expected
to Be Prevented

CHARLESTON, ". Va. Aug. 2.
Major George S. Wallace. Judge
advocate general and chief Of the
state department Of military cen.
sus and enrolment. today called
A conference of the two federal
distric, draft boards in the state
to be held in Charleston next
Monday. The object Of the con-
ference is TO reach an agreement
on uniform rules regulating the
execution Of the draft
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Russian Statements

PETROGRAD. Aug. 2.-German fore
cs have occupied tho Cskill hridgehcad
southeast of Riga, according to reports
received here from the battle front Tho
position has been evacuated by the Rus
SLAMS.
West Of the Putna river In the Car:
pathians the Russians were pressed
back.
Ii the Moldavica reCian Russian
,rnops took tho offensive and drove hack
the enemy. capturing some prisoners.
Betweon the river Zhroczon on the
Russo Galician frontier and the Dntcs'
ter river. northwest Of kholin. the Rus
slams yesterday abandoned their posi-.
tions. says the official statement Issued
today by the Russian war department..
The Russian forces also retired In nm
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DAVENPORT. Iowa. Aug. 2.-Dan'
iel n. Wallace, lecturer, wno' ac'
cording 10 his own admission deserted
from his British army. Fred Nollmer.
brother of Henry NoIlmer. iornle'
Iowa Congressman. Earl {. WINS
Charles Weise and A. II. Miller, were
indicted BY the federal grand jury To-
dav investigating espionage cases.
Wallace was charged in two counts
with violating rhe espionage law ana
conspiracy; Willis. Weise and Noli-
rer who arc Davenport attorneys,
and Miller. with conspiracy. Al
pleaded not guilty; Bonds were flS'o
AT 1000 each. -
Fred Vollmer IS brother Of Ar
thur Volmer. an officer In the United
States reserve corps. stationed at
Fort Smelling, as an instructor. He
is veteran OF The Snanish-American
war.
Later in the day, the indictment on
conspiracy charges of DR.. Henry Mat
the. and his nephew. DR.. Walter
Matthew, was announced.
Or. Henry Matthey went to Europe
soon after the war broke out and
served for two years In the German
army as surgeon.
Wallace was in Wheeling several
months ago. and was operated upon
In one OF the local hospitals. While
here he gave ont several sensational
interviews on the war. and admitted
deserting from the British armv.)
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WASHINGTON. Aug. 2.-Local
boards were formally instructed BY
Provost Marshal General Crowder to-.
night that they may we'll hold that q
marriage recently consummated. espe.
cially by q registrant after he has
been called for examination, does not
create a status Of dependency justify.
ing immunity from conscription.
"The selective service law" read
the instructions, docs not require dis
charges in all cases OF technical legal
dependency, but only permits dis
charges where in view Of dependency
a discharge Is advisable. Local boards
may we'll hold that a marriage hastily,
consummated recently, and especially
one consummated by a person after
he has been called TO present himself
for examination to determine his fit.
ness for military service, does not ere.
ate a status OF dependency In which
it is advisable to grant a discharge.
1T is to be expected that local
boards will exercise this full discre'
ton in cases where they are con.
vinced that unscrupulous persons have
thus violated the principles OF the Sc
lective service law In hope OF escap.
ing a duty"
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THE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-Forecast:
west Virgtnia-Fair Friday and sat-
arday, except thunder showers east por-
t1on.
western Pennsylvania and ohio-Gen-
orally fair Friday and Saturday.
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Treason Charoed

LOWDEN, Iowa. Aug 2.-Four per
sons. three Of them past sixty years,
were arrested by federal officers TO-
day charged with treason and resis-
ting the government. Half a dozen
others were questioned and 1t was
announced more arrests were expect
ed This action followed An outbreak
that approached a riot between clti-
zens and pro-Germans last night
The prisoners are, Albert 5chaef-
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At New York.

NEW YORK. Aug. 2..-Thunder
showers and cooling breezzes late to
day brought relief from tho paralyzins
heat which has tortured New York for
the last four days. The lower temper
azure came TOO late. however. to avert
alonther long list ct deaths. The
board of health announced that sixty
seven persons had been killed by the
neat today and there were hundreds
Of prostrations. Or Charles +. Boil
duan. director Of public health educa-
ton. declared that most of the SIS
deaths which have occurred in the
ciry since Sunday were caused by the
high temperature.
Parks a,,d beach resorts were again
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Good Showing.

CLARKSBURG. W. Va. Aug. z.--Ot
the first 90 men examined today by the
Harrison county conscription board. Is
were found physically At. but IL OF the
latter number claimed exemption ono
because he is an allen.
Seven Out Of Eight 1sjsctsd.
CHARLESTON. W. Va. Aug. 2.-ES-,
animation was conducted in Charleston
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HEAT WAVE BROKEN
IN EAST, BUT WEST
STILL UNRELlEVED

WASHlNGTON. Aug. 2.-The
heat wave in east. broken tonlght
by scattered showers. shows slight
probability Of an imminent recur-
fence. according 10 the experts Oh
the weather bureau. No immedi-
ate relief is promised, however.
fdr the west. while a climb in the
mercury is expected in the Ohio
and Mississippi valleys.
High temperatures continued
late today throughout the cast.
Boston and Baltimore reported
9S and New York. Philadelphia
and Washington 96.
At Boston.
BOSTON. Aug. 1.-The heat wave
killed six persons and prostrated nifty
FIVE others in this city today before
evening hreezes relieved the oppres
sion. Il was the fourth consecutive
day IN which a maximum Temperature
of aS degrees was officially recorded
\ total OF - deaths and scores O
prostrationS have been caused dSrint
the four days.
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