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The Wingham Advance, 1916-07-27, Page 74 - BRITISH PASS -HUN THIRD LINE; TWO MILES FROM MARTINPUICH Attacked on 8 -Mile Front, Carried Enemy Outer Works for 5 -Mile Stretch Have Penetrated Pozieres, and Driven Wedge Over Bapaume Highway. GEN, IIAIG'S 1113PORTS. London, My 23.—A report from British Headquarters, timed 2,45 Sun- day, reads: "The battle has been reetuned to- day all along the German front from Pozieres to Gulliernont, and reached a stage of intenee violence. "la the neighborhood or Pozieres territorial and Australian troops, at- tacking from the southwest and. south- east respectively, carried the German outer works by assault shortly after naidnight. Violent fighting is now taking place in the village, where the Germane are offering a desperate re- sistance with large numbers of raa- chine guns. "On other parts of the battle front the fighting is equally intenee, and here no definite progress is yet report- ed. At one time this morning we had recaptured the whole of Longueval, but the enemy once more regained the northern end of the village. Sbnilarly the outskirts of Guillemont already have twice changed. hands." At 8 p.m. Sir Douglas Haig tele- graphed: "Our troops have made furtb.er pro- gress in the neighborhood of Pozieres and have captured a number of pris- oners, On the rest of the front, be- tween Pozieres and Guillemont, the battle continues with intense viol- ence." London, July 23.—The British, in- cluding Australian troops, by a mid- night thrust on a front of eight miles between Thiepval and Guillemont, car- ried the Germau outer works for a etretch of five miles, penetrated into Pozieres, and, wheeling around the village, have driven a wedge acroes the 13apaume highroad, between Pozieres and Bapaurae. • The German defence line between Pozieres and Guillemont bore the brunt of the attack, and it was here that the British registered their larg- est seine. More important than the seizure of terrain, however, is the fact that General Haig has forestalled the Germans' counter -stroke which was in procees of preparation, and for which largo Teuton reinforcements had been gathered behind the front. The initiative is still firmly in tho hands of the British, and it is theirs to say what the next movement • will be. , That the British gains were attend- ed with heavy losses is indicated in re- ports from the German grand head- quarters and correspondents' de- spatches from the front. In one place to the right of Pozieres the artillery failed to corapietely level the wire entanglements erected by the Germans, and the English troops at- tacking on that front were eubjected to a furious machine-gun fire which cost them heavily. Despite this, they succeeded in penetrating into Guille- mont, and now hold sections of the outskirts. In addition, the British for time regained complete control of Longueval, where there has been keavy fighting for the last week. Later, the official report states, they were forced to -cede ground in tne =them part of the village before a strong German counter-attack. I3EYON1) GialtielAN THIRD LINE. a'ne gain at leozieres puts the Lug. Lruupti eeyona tne teerman third lme. Tile.), are tannin tv, o netiee or me Iteights seuraupuien,. (rt cut tne plateau. statenaent says that the British attacks vie met win' a neavy lire, and max tne aavancing trooes euirerea seveeeiyserial coneeaes no retirement. tri 'at numuers of Britisn took eiart in trio a.ctacie, bays tne grand headquarters, aucl tne casuattme were contmensurate to tne forces engage. eispectany heavy ftgatang, the state- inent saye, took mace west of roz.eres m Lae e•utireaue. Vt. LeuU atm aruuna Longueval. teen. Haig's night despatch; issued hours alter tne Benin statement, re- ports, however, tnat turther progress was made during tae day in the Pozieres region. un the front netd the French on nail banks' of the Somme a heavy artillery fire was OA- rected against the Germans through- out last night and during to -day. A night attack by the Kaiser's troops south of Soyecourt is reported by the French War Office to have been re- pulsed. "PUSH" Flan RHINE WELL 'UNDER WAY. The Central News to -night makes the statement; "from authoritetive in- formation," that the British and French in their three weeks of offal): sive have taken prisoners 26,223 Ger- mans, and that 140 heavy guns, 40 bomb-throwerand several hundred machineguns hese been captured. The gains which marked the open- ing Or the fourth week of the battle have created the best impression in London. Confidence is now felt that the drive is deztined to accomplish great things, and that the Stage has been paesed wh.ere the fighting will die away as did that in Champagne last autumn and the Artois movement In the spring of 1915. London bc- 'levee, it recognizes the real thing in the Picardy offensive, and that the "push" for the Rhine is well under way. , FIRMLY ESTABLISHED. The fact that General Haig has been able to resume the offensive so Soon after the unsuccessful German COUTt- ter-attacks •of last Week, in which very ntrong German forces were bronght forward, is regarded as a good augury. The fighting Ras been of the fiercest character, the Gerrnans working with their utmoet ztrength to prevent the British from ad e Juicing to their third - line positione, bub when the last re. Ports left headquarters in France the Australians had firmly eete.blished themselvee In Pozieres, and are re- ported to have placed themselvee astride the road in the direction of liapaume, while at Guillemont arid Longueval fortune fluctuated, both pliteca changing hands Several times. Late to.night fighting was proceeding • 0 The German counter-attacki re- cently delivered against the Preach front have proved equally emsucess- ful, and the Allies are now fighting, slowly in the direction of Combles, which is only two miles distant from Guillemont, "ANZACS" IN POZIERES. London, July 23.—A Reuter's de- spatch from the British front in France, filed at 3,30 p.m. to -day, says: "Following a heavy bombardment last night, British troops and Anzacs attacked toward Pozieres and Guille- mont. Despite desperate resistance the Anzacs succeeded in establishing themselves ia Pozieres, where they are now consolidating their lines. It is reported that the casualties were comparatively light. "West of Pozieres the British suc- cessfully advanced. On the right of Pozieres, the wire entanglements were insufficiently deetroyed and pro- gress consequently was checked by heavy machine-gun fire. Nevertheless, we gained a. footing in Guillemont, but on account of a determined counter-at- tack we were unable to maintain the advance. "On the whole, our progress con- tinues satisfactory, especially in the neighborhood of Pozieres and along the road through the village north- ward, on which we are reported as es- tablished." A 24 -HOUR -A -DAY ARMY. (By Frederick Palmer.) At the British Front, July 23.—To the Australians is the glory of to- day's action, whicla takes the British offensive to the end of its third week, or what might be called the third phase Not once in three weeks have the guns been silent. All the while the fighting has continued until the spec- tator becomes numbed with the rou- tine of this superhuman struggle. Mud -covered men return from the trenches and rested battalions go in. Prisoners taken in each fresh attack express the sante wonder at the per- sistent hammering, The British have become a 24 -hour -a -clay army, fighting at night as well as day. The attack on July 1, initiating the offensive, began at 7.30 in the morn- ing, that of July 14 began at 3 in the tegorning, and that of to -day began at dbout 1 in the morning. While resiting the many counter- attacks through the week, and al- though the Delville wood has become a shambles, the British have been creeping forward, HUMAN MOLES. Itiore little, round spots, new ad- vanced posts and pencilled lines of saps and trenches extend as the hu- man moles dig their way forward. More German artillery and more troops have massed to meet the in- creasing number a British, while British guns have kept moving nearer and practicing shots at targets 'for future concentrations of fire. More important than ever 'for either side, there are points of high ground on. the frone of the British pressure. Either of the atraining com- batants in the strifefor positions say: "I must have that—" All last week the correspondent kept his eye on some black stick -like .points, resembling broken telegraph poles, which were once shade -trees in the village of Pozieres. Villages like La Boiselle have become so unrecogniz- able from shell -fire that one does not know where the village begins or ends. Sticks of trees, whittled and whittled by- shell bursts, finally are levelled by a direct hit at the base. Pozieres was under the same pestle of British shell -fire which other vil- lages have suffered before th.e Ger- mans were forced out. Not a human being can be seen in the neighbor- hood, except by following a new com- munication trench,. which might end in a spur or sap, and a front where a feW British are making a shell crater • into a field fortress, looking across to- ward the Germans who are engaged in the same business, •aoth having sneaked out of their positions in the night. The British yelled satirical thanks to the Germans for the timbers from their trenches, which are being made into British. By the location. Jr bursts of shells this morning, a spectator knew how far the British had wormed their way up over night. Through all the army there is a sense of eXaltation, which seems to al. low no one to become tired—ad exal- tation over the army's first offensive, J'01 -CE AT GAS SHELLS. The death of comrades. officer or man, is accepted as snmething evitable and there Is an absence on the part of the British of any grim. nes. They go at it as a part of the lay's work. One of the humors of the week to the army was the German gas shells, At first such numbers of them were astounding, especially those which dicl not explode, bat emitted a volume of gas. "If yeti expect to kill us with them you'll have to come over and hold them up to our noses," one British soldier called over to the Germans, "They aren't as sweet as eau de cologne, but we like them better than your shrapnel and high explosives," 13ritish officers are worried lest the British public, hearing of the large, number of gas shells, will insist that the British begin to use a wa4po41e which seems to be wholly disbelideti, in bY Ile British army experts. fe-ra! TAXING OF poznatne, "Pozieree will be a hard nut crack," everybody bas been sayiug the test to Wdays, as they 'rooked -Ile the Wel* or trees and the rotas ofett knoll above Ovillers. 'hat tettakeevah given to the Australian/5.0dB 'Moen: Mg. Smooth -shaven, dear etii oferetil ture there is no mistaking the ,Amilt tralian or his slouch hat, while ttlf lite rest of the British wear caphe ileeeise ,p.g sun his badge, his ways ere defft6. craft His pay Is the highest ot shy eoldier la turope, *Alt 11;e- sptede , . freely. Qpen-air men, with plenty Of luitiativeeee , • e. se .......e..ealeekeroreeee Some tip:night their discipline poor. Asked if he aid not know it wau the duty of a soldier to 'salute efteigesue perior officer, an Australian replied: "1 ant a fighter, not a soldier, mr, and absent minded." There are many like stories, and they have much to learn of military tormalitiee. Some critics have field they were all -right tor Gallipoli, but nct for this kind of a, show against the Germans. To -day they bad their first big test ia Prance. The free. limbed sons of the gmathera cross, charging from their trenches, on their venture, in darienees against the new German trenched around Pozieren did not have much to do at the 'Bret Gorman trench, or at least they (lid It quickly. Then out of the confusion of night And, the illumination of shell flashes, which is the hardest test of a inill- tary organization, came the new, when there was little news from other points of attack, that the Australians had passed their objectiee and were then on the main street of Pozieres, which is the main road to 13apaume, amt. were hugging close to the Ger- mans on the other side of the street so that the German artillery could not fire on them. The thing was to stop then when there had been a check elsewhere. "BIRDIE" KNEW. People had said either the Austra- lians would get there or be killed, and the reurprising titing, the wounded say, is how tew were killed. "Birdie had his plane • made all right," say the Australians, "He always knows what he is doing." This.is the nickname they apply to Sir Charles Eardwoqd, their com- monder, whom they would follow to any hot place ever Pained when the men are in the heat of a Charge. His tellowship with them conceals a steel They met the llith German division, wbich had been rushed from Ypres. and the prisoners taken, including 100 in a body, say frankly the Auatrallans came on too quickly for them. At other points over the four -mile front the British attacked at the same hour, at some points a diversion and some in earnest. The hottest in that terrible region were the Delville Woods, Trones Wood and the Gulltemont village. Guillernont is in the old second Rae of trenches, which have been strength- ened and supportedby infantry and artillery reinforcenaents, as a vital point itt the present German defence. The British rushed the village on the front from Trones Wood and on the flank. A battalion of the flank got in, but the front was repulsed, and the successful battalion was forced back, but gained a footing, which they still hold. .0 0 • GERMANS FEEL CRISIS IS ON Correspondents Realize Fate of Teutons in Balance. Angel of Destruction Pass- ing Through Armies. Berlin, July 23.—Max Osborn in a despatch- to the Vossische Zeitung from western headquarters says: "We are shaken by burning pain as new streams of German blood are flowing, and we recognize our power- lessness over what cannot be changed. "After two years of war the Angel of Destruction is passing through the ranks of the German arms with a fury and mercilessness as it the death dance of batles had only just begun. "Whilst our enemies suffer fearful losses, we do not blind our eyes to the new mourning coming to us, nor over the seriousness of the fate of this de- cisive battle raging on all fronts. We should be unworthy the stupendous task we have to fulfil and the most In- comprehensible sacrifces our heroes make if we were not able to understand the whole fury and burden of these weeks. "We feel the raging storm of the united power of the enemy. It is now a question of everything for the life or death of our nation. We stand if- ferentIy now from w.hat we did in August, 1914. Unexampled deeds of fate lie between. But still the tonclud- ing point has to be reached and every- thing is in the balance of death or Mee" OUR CAVALRY EN THE CHARGE Fort Garry Horse Took Part in SOMIXte River Fight, 0.00•00•160.0 Advance Guards for Both Attacking Brigades, London Cable,—Gerteral Seely has received a letter from'the general of- ficer commanding the cavalry brigade, wh'ich carried through the operations on the 14t1t of July, when the British cavalry got to wore, as cavalry for the first time since Mons. The Fort Garry Ilorse had the honor of supplying the advande guards fox' both brigades, The whole regiment came into action for the that time, although they had been up to the line before, but were not used, They Were fortunate to get oft light- ly, losing only five men wounded and eleven horses. The troops of each side, though, suffered severely. The Fort Garrys were the first cavalry through the line, The letter to General Seely is as fol- lows: "Will you please convey to the officer cominanding and all ranks of the squadron ot Port Garry ROM, which I had the honor and pleasure of having had attached to my brigade, my thanks for the valuable work theY performed, and tiro keeness which all ranks displayed during the operations of the 14th, The Port Garry IIorse 4squadron were called upon to temeol- *idate the sewed line a, long time after tia:rk, and a magnifigent job they Made of'it It Was a pleasure to have such • a fine body of men attached to one. I am zure that eveWunder more trying eirciunstances they' ewill do equally goad work and•dteedey the same mark- ed Iteenteeteg:lee' BOMB OUTRAGE KILLED SEVEN DURING PARADE 000,0000.0}0.00,0. 0.00.00.10 San Fra,ncisco "Prepared- ness" Demonstration • Scene of Tragedy. FORTY INJURED Foreign Anarchists Blamed —No Trace of Those Responsible. San Francisco, July 23.—During the preparation for a celebration Satur- day afternoon, San Francisco was made the scene of one of the most terrible borab outrages since the Hay- market riotin Chicago. The eity is stunned by the mad eat of a man who set an infernal ma- chine at the crowded comer of Stuart and Market streets, and left it to un- chain death and destruction, Seven were killed and forty men, women and children were injured when the bomb exploded at 2.06 u'elock There is no trace of the man who left the timed explosive, slieltered in a cheap suitcase, by the side of the marchers, The outrage is laid at the door of the foreign anarchists who have been sending out threatening and warning letters In connection with the "anti - militaristic" propaganda. The police department and other agencies are working with energy to find the guilty ones, for the crime has roused San Francisco as nothing has .clorie in years. Ten divisions had moved up -Mar ket square before tno explosion came. fifty thousand marchers were in line and twice Mat number had coin° to see them pass. At Stuart and Market streets, one block from the ferry building, the lines of the Grand Army of the Republic were forming behind a great flag, which was carried stretch. ed from hand to hand across the width of the street. It was near this flag that the mis- creant placed the suitcase, made of a paper materiel and drifted away through the crowds. No one noticed the harmless appearang bag against Ike wall. Just behind the G. A. R. veterans, the first California United States volunteers were forming. The crowds in a confused, swaying mass near the corner were craning their neck to see the troops go up Market street. Above the music of the bands and the cheering of the crowds sud- denly was heard, the report of a sharp explosion. For a moment the people further away thought it was the signal for the G. A. R. and volunteers to get un- der way. A cheer started and then died away, cries of women and chit - dna shrieking in pain and terror. A heavy cloud of black smote overhung the street. As this curtain lifted there were revealed scores of -bodies, crumpled, maimed, torn and bleeding. Some were stilled forayer. Most of the dead and injured were bystanders. If the man who placee the bomb wanted to wreak vengeance on those who marched for prepared- ness, he was disappointed. The bomb was made ot an iron pipe, the police declare. Portions or the pipe found gave the odor of a peculiar acid which police did not recognize. Two pieces of nickel -plated tin were found, in- dicating that a time lock had been used, with a set fuse. The bomb was loaded with 32 calibre Remington bul- lets, pieces et lead, brass, etc. BURGLAR V. C. British Hero Has.Now Given Life for Empire. London) July 23.—How an moon. vitt saw his chance in the war made good was revealed by. the death ee- cently on the western front of Rifle- man William Mariner, of Salford, Manchester. Mariner gained a Vic- toria cross several months ago for "very gallant =duet and devotion to (luny in the face of the enemy." Mariner was an adroit burglar, with several eonvictions against him. In fact, at the outbreak of the war he was on a ticket -of -leave. Without hesitation he made up his mind to join the army, first notifying tne police authorities of his intention. To the polMe's credit, let it be said that they never betrayed his past. Messages of sympathy from the King and the Queen, aft Well es a letter from Premier Asquith, were re- ceived this week by the dead hero's relatives. WORLD'S CROPS Less Than .Last Year, but Above Late Average, ,01100 ik.1066.0000,100•• MY. Rome, July 24.—The iateet report of tlie Interriattonal Institute of Agricul- ture indicates that the world's crops this Year will be less abundant than last, but that harveet prospecto are bet. ter than in the five year period, 1909- 1913. The estimato. of the total wheat crop thisyear for the seven Most ime Portant countries is 396,510,000 quin- tal(a quintal equals 220.46 pounds), or 76,734,000 quintals less than last year. Por the United States the wheat total is estimated at 207,000,000 quite. tato or 25 per cent, lees than last year, for India, 87,000,000 quintals, or 15 Per cent, under lest year. Estimates Lor Germany and Austro-Hungary war* not obtained. -• -* • bRAYTON TO MEET SMITH, Oftawa, July ee.a.Sir Henry Drayton, chairman of the Beltway Commission andtthe Canadian member of the new boayd which fa to investigate and report upon the railway problem in Canada, has tgine to New York. 1.41r Henry will (lento. hvith Chairman Smith, of the NeW ori*! Central, head of the new investigato lug Commission, as to certain organiza- ticuw,matters witiolt must be attended to beroite the commencement of the en- UtIOY. LBO is impeteible for a man to keep hie up ?melees eite eeareentakeebOth oldji yet. e•--4, f-1 • 41, •4• • TURKS LOSING MUCH GROUND BEFORE RUSS Czar's Troops Now ioicI All of the Trebizond—Erze- roum Road,. TOWNS STORMED Ottomans Lose Arclasa, and Russians Drive On To- ward Erzingan. London, July 23. ---The auccess of the Grand Duke's troope on, the Cau- casus front es becoming increasingly decisive with the progress west and eouth. Since the capture of Gumusk- haneh the Ruesian line hes been push- ed rapidly northwest, and Ardase, 13 miles in that direction, has been occupied, At thie point 16 officers and 260 Turkish soldiers, together witit three machine guns, were capttired. Antcas the prisoners was the cora- mender Of the 29th Regiment. On the heights of Baraban Doglari 600 Turk prisoners were taken arid much am- munition, Vigorous operations have been pur- sued M. the Black Sea region, and a number of important Maces were taken, anacetg them the town of Kiel- kit-Chevtlik. At the occupation of this position many prisoners fell into Rue- sian hands. The town of Foil wag also carried by storm, In operations in the direction af Erzingan and of Mosul the total num- ber of prisccers taken amounts to 27,- 000, together with 40 guns. Of this number 13,700 men, including 370 offi- cers, among them a general and a colonel, and ten guns, were taken in an engagement with the Turies in the district of Mosta Ketur-Kerri, to the east of the Revabuza district. In the direction of Bagdad there have been patrol engagements with Kurds, The Petrograd official, reporting then operations, states: STRATEGICAL ROAD OCCUPIED. The Ruselane hold the whole of the Trebizond-Erzerum road in A,sia- tic Turkey. "On the hore of the Black Sea we have effected a considerable ad- vance. We have taken a great num- ber of prisoners and captured the Town of Kialkit-Chevtlik, situated near the River Eshit-Trmaka. After some eighting we carried the Town ot Foll.by storm and advanced a consid- erable distance southward of that point. "In the direction of Erzingan, we have crossed the river west ot the the Euphrates. "In the district of Mosta Ketur-Kerri. In the direction of Mosul, to the east of the Revabuza. diatrict, we had en- gagements with large Turkish forces. "Note: During July 20 and 21, we took prisoners 370 officers (one general and one colonel), 13,700 men, and ten guns. The total number of prisoners, including -those given in the official communique yesterday .morn - Mg, amounts to 27,000 men. The total' nurnber of guns taken is 40." . FRENCH FLIER ABOVE BERLIN Aviator Drops Proclamation Showing Ally Honor. Reaches Nearly Across to Russ Lines. Paris, July 21, 12.30 p.m.. ---Lieut. Marched, ot the Ierench aviation corps, last month lett Jerenca soil and tiew over the German capital, on which lie dropped proclamations, and then con- tinued hts flight, intending to land within the Russian lines. He was forced to descend, however, in Poland, and was takeh prisoner by the Ger- inaTire. proclamations dropped by fAeut. Mancha). on Berlin mated that though it was possible, the aviator retrained froni bombarding the open town„ and "thus kill the women and innocent children." Lieut. Marchal made a continuous flight of about $07 miles, most of which he travelled in dark- ness. The official communication, given cut to -day, telling of Aviator Marchal's achievement, said: "On June 20, at 9.30 o'clock in the evening, Sub -Lieut. Marchal ascended at Nancy on board a Nieuport mono- plane of a special type, taking with him a supply of fuel sufficient to last fourteen home. Hie mission WttS to cross Germany at a low altitude, in crder to drop proclamations on the capital, Berlin, and then to descend in Russia. "This audacious flight was accom- Wished point by point, and after fly- ing all night, Lieut. Marchat was compelled to descend at 8.30 o'clock lif tile Morning of June 21. near Chelni, Ituesian Poland, at least 100 Itilome- ti•es (62 miles) from the Russian lines. Ile was made a primmer. "Pilo proelaniatinn which Bette, Marchal dropped on Berlin began with the words: 'We could bombarltte open town of Berlin, and thus kice werneu and innoeent children, but eve are content to throw only the follow- ing proclamation: SUSSEX VICTIMS. Germany and Switzerland Agree On Iudemities. Lucerne, vitt Patli, Cable. --The Lacerhe newspapers say that Ger- many And Switzerland have reached aIi ageeement regaftling the indeele tiltiets o lid Phietheefamilies of SWies Victims of the sinkieg of the Susatee. Ilash SOVernment he'S appointed ail experti. who will &Insider the ees.es separretely and fix ilieeemount to. be. paid. , . . ! The BritisheteaMer filpseeX Wae.eere pedot4 WithoieWathiug ifi the in on Viereee fiftyelivese being 4.bst.• 'TEUTONS IN DISORDERLY mow ItErCrckEES From Bukowinal Encamped in Oarpatb.lanis. 0.4,0•••00mso•••000.00,"0". Milan Cable.—Aecording to news received here from Hungary, It, panic preceded the exodus of the popula- . tion of Brody, where the Russians are expectee. Eighteen thousand Per- sons have left the town, only 100 fatuities remaining. Mann WA spread throughout HallgarY, even pee litteal circles being deeply moved, Judge Pepnenberg,• of Radantz, de- scribing the hasty evacuation of the town, in whiclt he participated, esti- mates that halt a million refugees from 13ukowina, have encamped in the woode of the Carpathians, terrible pante occurred in Itim- polung, resulting in xnany deaths,. STILL IN PORT, The Deutschland Has Not Made Dash to Sea. Baltimore Report.—It was plain to- day that some mysterious setback, sone difficulty known only to Cap- tain Paul ICoenig and to the officials of the Eastern Forwarding Company, agents of the Deutschland, has been encountered to prevent the sailing of the merchant submarine, which was undoubtedly scheduled for several days ago. There is nothing wrong with the boat, or its naechanism; the cargo with the exception of the re- ported shipment of gold for the eerie tral Powers is aboard, and, as the gold need not necessarily have been carried back by the Deutschland, it is not thought that insurance trouble is causing the delay. ' Something mo- mentous has happened. Shore leave to the sailors., revoked several nights ago, has been granted again. Even social activities leave been resumed. Palpably the Deutsch- land is comfortable in her berth, and may remain there indefinitely. HOOSIER POET PASSES AWAY James Whitcomb Riley Dies • From Heat Stroke. Friend of Children and Leading U. S. Writer. .10.0P/ri00001...mo0000.06. Indianapolis, Ind., July 22.— Whit- ccmb Riley, the Hoosier poet and friend of children, died about 11. o'clock to -night as a: direct result of a heat attack suffered earner in the day. The poet appeared to have re- covered late in the evening, and bus physicians gave out the statement at the time that there was nothing alarming in his condition. • Later, however, the patient weak- ened and failed rapidly until the end Caine, In 1873 Mr. Riley began- to contri- bute his first, poems to the Indiana papers under the pen name of Ben- jamin F. Johnson, of Boone County. Ile referred to himself as the "tined- jucated man, who from childhood up tel old enough to vote allus wrote more or less poet -J.7, as many ef an albun in the neighborhood could tes- tily." James Whitcomb Riley began life as a sign painter. Ile was -the son of Reuben A. Riley, and ws born 171 Greenfield, Indiana, October 7, 1853. Instead of following his father's foot- steps in the practice of law, young Riley became a sign painter. He hail not worked at his chosen trade long, however, before he joined a company of strolling actors. By remodelling plays and writing new songs and drama for the troupe, he began his literary career that won for him the admiration of the entire country. Most or Riley's verse was written in the Hoosier dialect. It is noted for its human appeal, pathos, humor and sentiment. ARAB TROOPS ROUTED TURKS Garrison Lost Heavily in Sortie Against Grand Sherif 2,500 Turks Slain—Taff Soon Will Give Up, London, July 23—Authentic •news has been received in Cairo, Egypt, say; Reuter's correspondent there, that serious engagements took place re- cently near Medina, Arabia, between Arabreeelatienists and the Turkish garrison, .eT,11.4„garrison made a sortie against the Aeabs, who were besieging the town eront the southern side. In the fighting that followed the Turks are said to have lost 2,500 men, while the losses of the Arab forces, under Command of the Grand Sherif of Mee. ea, leader of the rebehe was 500 men. The Arabs captured a large quaatity of arms. Sherif Abdullah is now bombarding the barracks of Talf, where the Turks are still holding out. The rebels, how- ever, expect that, the garrison at Talf will eapitulate soon. SUBS. ARE BUSY. Three Steamers, Six Trawl- ers, Reported Sunk. • London, Cable. --A despatch to Lloyd's from Nplers stts•s ,that the I.Prencli steam. 'er• eet 1,240 tot's, and the British steamer eitaenut, 2,254 tons, have been ,suniee e The crews were landed at Algiers. liloXds..0.13tiOunces the sinking of the 'yritlfdt (aeon:1111p Wolf, 2,444 tons ,gross. Julreirevia Snyville wireless"— , Ms: erawiere were eunk by Ger. num tedonatenes off tint English east cocest en Jttl'y 17, aays a German Admire alto statbreeneoto.dity. /t,,tshoultlri't .talete .a .fretit grower to •cceivince .:vou..thitt theapple of discord 1s1teuld ,be hipped in the bud. • . •••••.eff, tvf 2..i • 4% c. RETREAT ON STYR AND LIPA Central Empires' Forces Utterly Fail to Check the Russian Armies Gen, Sakharoff Inflicts Severe Losses— Hindenburg's Line Broken* e SOON CLEAR POLAND, Petrograd, July 23,—General Sale- introff's brilliant stroke in forcing the enemy back from the 14Pa and the Styr has placed the Austrians in the most dangerous predicament of the war. 'Unless th.e Russians ean be held off from Lemberg and leovel, either by way of Vladimimr-Volynelei or tlte Stokhod line, the Austrian armies, worn out and depicted, and looking in vain for help from the Germans, are doomed to an ignomin- ious retreat over the whole face of Galicia and into the sbadow of the great Carpathian wall and the great- er part of Poland 'will ponce more be freed of German troops. London, July 23J—Desperate coun- ter-attacks by the Austro -German forces have failed to arrest the ad- vance of the Ruselans along the Lipa aud the Styr, southwest of Lutsk. The Teutonic army continueto re- tire before the heavy onslaughts, They have been driven from the new positions occupied at Beresteczk after the big push that hurled them back of the Lipa. Petrograd reports the ene- my is retreating in great disorder, and that Russian troops under Gen. Sakharoff have taken in two day's fighting 300 officers and 12,000 men. This brings the total number of Teu- tons prisoners up to 26,000 since July 16th. • On the right bank of the Styr, south of its confluence with the Lipa, the 13th Austrian Landwelar Regiment was cut tff and surrounded. It sur- rendered in its entirety. Gen. Sakharoff's forces are now firmly established across the Lipa about 13 miles from its junstion with the Styr, and are still pressing for- ward unchecked, This coatimeed ad- vance of the Russians further imper- ils both Koval and Lemberg, Meantime, the Russians are ham- mering away at the Teutonic lines in Bukowina, and in the Riga, sector, in the north. An Important height on the road from Delatyn. to Marmaros- SzIget has changed hands several times. Petrograd teports it is now hold by the Russians. Austria admits that under the men- ace of a heavy Russian assault the Austrians in the Carpathian region of Southern Bukowina southeast of Tat- arow have withdrawn towards the main ridge of the Carpathians. COST ONE-THIRD OF FORCE. A Petrograd special to the Daily Telegraph, says: "Gen. Sakharbff's success to the west of Dubno, which: resulted in the occupation of Berestevzk, is said at general staff headquarters to have cost the enemy a third of his total force in this part of the field, esti- mated at 150,000 men. He is still bringing up reinforcements, and his resistance cannot be regarded as fin- ally broken. "In the great battle on the Lower Dvina, apparently Abe bulk of the fighting is eonit,kcjine..right, in the immediate vicinity o/ -Alga, and the Russians have had fuentain successes at one or two places. ,!..1 "It is reported on good authority that one place they goteerward, flee miles, apparently when tiler tapitili111 Hcmutern, and a private Vitifittege. speaks of an advance against TukItifine It is evident that the eneray is indicing t. vigorous counter-attack." FIVE -MILE ADVANCE AT RIGA. Fierce engagements have talten place south ot Riga, and Russian' troops have penetrated the elermen first line at several points, says the official statement issued bet the War Office to -night. In the Caucasus the forces of Grand Duke Nicholas have occupied Ardasti, about thirteen miles northwest of Gumusklianeh, on the Chit River. A Petrograd despatch to the Tele- graph says the Russians have broken the 'German line on a front of five miles in the Riga sector. • Von Hindenburg'e line wee consid- ered the strongest on the whole east- ern front, and that the Russians were able to break it is regarded as must significant. The bulk of the fighting is reported on the extreme Russian right wing, in the immediate vicinity of the Baltic port. Despatches also state that the Germans are advancing on Tukkum, west of Riga, indicating that the Ten - tons are making desperate counter- attacks. For several days the artillery of both armies has been active in this sector, and 13erlin officially states that the Germans' curtain of fire has frus- trated Russian attacks southeast or Riga. .An unofficial report from Petrograd declares that tho armies or both Gen- eral Boehin-Ermolli mid General von Babbler have been outflanked on the north and south, and tho Russians aro cm the point of entering the northeast corner of Galicia. Military experts assert the position of General von 13othmer's forces such that he may soon be forced to retire on the front before Lemberg. Berlin reports officially that Ituselaa at- tempts to cross the Styr near Zee hatko, southwest of Beresteezk, have been "Impeded" by German batteries. Further south, Russian troops have fought their way to within four miles of the summit of the Carpathians. This advance indieates an irtvasion.of Hungary, through Jablonitza Pass is rear. Several days ago Cossacks were reported to have slipped through the Carpathians at several points into Hungary. • • • Bain and snow in certain tections ore the Carpathians may hamper military' operations tilt a large wale, • • A despateli to the Reuter Telegram Co. froni Potrogred says: "A Russian adeetnee of five miles* Is reported on the left wing of the Rio sector. Gotten:1 von Went loseee an Styr -and 1.3pa. Rivet aro computed at least 50,000 inert out of the three corps engaged, "The Russians are on the point of entering the northeast corner of Galicia, Colonel - General Boehm - Menotti and General Count von Both - mer being outflanked both on the nortit and south. "The heights captured by the Rus- sians are only four ralles from the summit of the Carpathians, and the mIlaurnagmarnira:s.sfrzoinotitef, in the direction 0! ovErt 300,000 PRISONERS, Petrograd, July 23.—The Russian War Minister, lit answer to a request for an expression "on precisely what has been accomplished during the campaign and what effect Russia be- lieves it will have on the ultimate re- sult of the war," gave out the follow- ing statement: "After having dealt during the first nine months of the war a series of heavy blows on the Austrian, German. and Turkish armies, the Russian forces, in the auramer of 1915, re- treated to a line which enabled them to rebuild their strength for fresh blows in the month of May in this yea'"P"o effect this the Russian army replenished its supplies, armaments and equipment, and again took the offensive, which has continued sue:- cessfully during the Past six weeks "The Austro -German tomes and their Turkish Allies, seeing their Plans continually failed, are trying in vain tO check the successful offensive of the Russian armies, but the Initia- tive has been wrested from their hands and there is every reason to believe they will not regain it. "The loss of territory by the Austro - German forces during the last six weeks amounts to about 10,000 versts (6,000 square miles), and about 300,000 prisoners of war alone, also a large number of guns and aii immense amount of stares and material have been taken by the Russians. "All these losses have deprived the enemy of taking an active offensive, and have forced him to keep continue ally on the defensive. •"There can be no doubt that owing to the present strategical position of our armies and to the complete cones - ion of our movements with those of our Allies, a sweeping victory will be groaein„ed over our powerful and stubborn THE BELGIANS DISPERSED Food Rioters in Cities Scat- tered Elsewhere. 25,000 Driven From Lille Alone, is Report. 000*/0•01.0 .IMM0 Rotterdam Calhie.—FoFod riots which broke out in Belgium and Northern France have been. supp,ress- ed by the German. Inilite,r7! ritlegifie Ves, according to reports' 44eivell ,44.4 from reliable sources. The Moe. ingewas especially severe ,at Liege, Vfereiers, Roubaix, Renaih, • Ste Niche:- „ ; itteee,Lpleern and Termonde. lihOrtage of food which resalte !L1ie riots, according to 'the 're- lief agebecies, was due to the shortage of tonnage, which is not likely to be corrected as the German Govefnment definitely has refused to consent to the Plan to use interned Gernien eliipn to bring relief food, and b4cakiate of the -embargo which the G'etnedia an- thorlties have placed onthe Invert into Belgium and Northern :Franco a native Dutch food sumilice, which, especially meats and tats, ha;ve done much to supplement the supplies sent into the occupied regions by the Com- mission for Relief in Belgitien. The quelling of the riots in the populous Centres has been followed by the cotnpulsory evacuation from the citiee by the German authorities of the industrial populations. !Mese Iiavebeen scattered homeless through the agricultural regions, the reports say, as punishment and. to minimize the risk of a recurrence of the trouble. The greatest forced migration took place from the city of Lille, .from which 25,000 people, including -we- men and children, were expellee, - TO ERZINGAN.,. Russ Capture Means. .Big Stride Ou Their Objectiite. •.:t . 4 14011d011 Cable.—The &teenage; of Gumislikartelt Indicates that the..Rus- sinus are pressing forward rapidly to. 'ward their oblective at Erznigan. Since the Menne: of Raiburt Q1) ,'July 116tla e Czars troops have advanged to Gutulehkaneha a distance neanly 40 nile Further suceesees in thtt e, Caeeeitta aro, reported M the official,: s.t,a..tetenui. to -day .from Petrograd, which.fellows: "In •the region of Djwizlyk we made further progress,. taking prisoner, an officer mid 40 Turks,. "Between Trebizond and &einem aftere.a fight,. we. took the etown of GumislikanelfeItt the region ,north, west ef the town ofeleialkitechevelt•we madeeprisoner -e0 Turkish efficers.atut 400 men, and 'captured emportant none !voyti. We repulsed an.enemy toffeasive the -region east of .Rivandouzaerege ion of Mout)." Perhapa the doctor makee leis nioneY thetteetle in spite of the fact' that :hie efetes are, in a snot+, ill-gotten gaiter f. • •