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The Wingham Advance, 1915-07-22, Page 7r ;Paw litiNS TERRIFIC DRIVE AGAINST T114. RUSSIAN Enormous Forces of Germans Trying To Pierce Their Lines. Czar's Troops Fight Back Fiercely In Stub- born Retreat. Loudon, July 18. -The Ruselan front, running from the Isallic in the north le 13essarabla in the south, a distance of nearly a tleousand miles, is beteg sub- eected to violent attacks by tile per - mans and Austrians, and in places has, eecording to the German offielal re - ort, being pierced. lu the Baltic provinces Gen. von lluelow, who is using large forces or eavalry, bits crossed the Windau River, end is moving toward__ Riga, and is de <eared to have tale& 3,600 prisoners and six guns in the first battle. In the Przasnysz district Field Marshal von Hindenburg. who is making his fourth attempt to reach Warsaw, has tcvice brelten the Russian lines, and compelled the defenders to retire to: ware the Narew River. III Southern Poland, after a period of inactivity, Field Marshal von Mac- kensen is again on the move, and claims to have captured some Russian advanced positions which stood be- tween him and his objective, the Lub- lin-Cholm railway. Simultaneously with these attacks, which are the main ones, the Austro - German armies aro on the offensive west of the Vistula River, in Central Poland. and along the Dniester River, In Galicia. As was the -case in the drive through Western, Galicia, the Russians are fighting stubbornly, and on occasion are tureing'and delivering vicious blows at their opponents. But whether they will be ,able to hold their present lines rs problematical. MAY EVACUATE WARSAW. The probability of the Russians having to evacuate Warsaw, which is threatened by von Hindenburg in the north and von Mackeneen in the south, is being seriously discussed. The pos- sibility of a further retreat, however, is being calmly considered in Russia, where the old theory that the further the enemy is drawn into the country the worse it is for him buoys up their imam of final victory. With the enormous number of Ger- man troops being used for the offem sive in the east -the greatest move- ment of the kind ever undertaken in the history of war -the military critics here do not look for any events of out, standing importance in the west fcc some tines to come. The official statements received teem Petrograd have been very frank in admitting the extent of tile Ger- mans' progress in the fighting. The Russian -reports show, however, that the Czar's troops have been giving an eecellent account of themselves in the rear guard actions. When the Germans crossed the Orzyc River, for example, and occupied a village, cab - luring five Russian cannon, a detach- ment of Siberians from Turkestan came up and brilliantly attacked forces double their number, recaptuo mg the guns and driving the Germans out of the village. No fewer than '2,580 prisoners were taken. by a brigade of Cossacks who made a similar attack on the Aue trian vanguard in the Radom melee In Southern Poland. BERLIN IN HIGH FETTLE. ln striking contrast to the tone of the Russian reports is the boastfulness e Melt characterizes to -day's official communication from Berlin. It is one long recital of victories, written tie In a Vainglorious Style such ns letaerto has; not characterized de- spetehes from von „Hindenburg's sphere of operations. -Seery cocasiore Where the Ruesians have retreated is pre.sented as e glorious eonflict, in which regiments of guards have teen 'decimated and put to rout by detach- ments of militia. One case :n parte cuiar is described where, itecortiihg to Berlin, the Moscow Grenadiers were defeated Dy some .a 11 • hr troops. *Emphasis is laid. in the Berlin re- ports on the net; offensive movement to the west of the Vie:tax-in Central Poland. The German attacks in this direction are considered by British critics, however to be more in the way eta diversion, and not essential to the main campaign. According to the German reports, this offeneive was inaugurated by a sudden drive against a narrow point ih the .wire entanglements of a strong Russian position makihg an opening through *which the German troops poured, cap- turing a line of trenches nearly a mile and a half long and forcing the Rus- sians to begin a retreat on their whole front. e HINDENBURG IN COMMAND. • Pieldeelarehal von Hindeishurg's name figures in the German official renort.again after an absence of many weeks setting at rest innumerable rumors of bis whereabouts that had _arisen during the interval. The Ger- Man reports also announce that Gen- eral von Buelow is hi command of the tacos operating against Riga, in the )3altic Provinces, with Generals von Gallwitz and von &halt; under the CoMmander-in-Chief, heading the two ,armiee tn North Poland. General von Woyrich is in charge of the Ger- Man offensive In Central Poland. It it somewhat riteetvorthy Diet General- von Linsingen's operationson the Dniester receive no special Attri- tion in the Official despatches. irate either Berlin or Vienna. The Russian official report, however anitiOUnces that a suceess of seine itnportanee has been gained in that regtoh, oyer 2,000 Austrians having been tiken Prisoner efter they had tressed the river. During the month ot -June, 1,141 Gentian and Austrifin officers And 60,- .848 Men arrived at Kiev as prisoners )of war, according to a despatch from e that city to the Novtie VreMya. Of the Men More theft 10,000 were Ger- Mans. SUNDAY'S myssiot nr,Pon.T. The Russian °Metal report issued toenight In Petrosrae Is as follows: "In the Itiga-Shavli region the enemy's offender! against Takurn and Altautz continues, In those dir- ections yesterday there were actietio in whin large bodies of Cavalry, as well as intantry, were migaged On both gid, Eng Of PepelianY a tug- ceeeful attack fecultc4 in our cap. 44i tare of 500. Germans, including nine officers. Seven machine guns also were taken, An enemy attack north of Shavli was repulsed. "The enemy's offensive in the dIree- tion of Przasnysz, which is being coa- ducted on a wide front, has forced us to concentrateon positions uearer the Narew, and this necessitates the re- grouping of our forces to the left ce. the Vistula -a movement which we are carrying out without molestation.. "The battle between the Vistula and Bug rivers attained, a character of extreme intensity yesterday. Our troops are repulsing the enemy's on- set with valor and tenacity. In the directign of Lublin the enemy deliv- ered attacks on the whole front, chief- ly concentrating his efforts on the Wilkolae district, where we repulsed during the course of the day more than ten attacks GREAT BATTLE ON VIEPRZ. "Great mas.ses of German troops during the day attacked our forces on the left bank of MoVieprz. The enemy succeeded In making progress northwards In the Isdevno district near Krasnostav Notwithstanding the losses they suffered our troops herolcatly repulsed the furious at- tacks, which were continned until late in the evening, On the right bank of the Vieprz the enemy on julY 16 suffered very great losses in the course of an attack on our positions on the River Volitza, where they left heaps DI bodies in front of our trench- es. There was a very violent can - made in thee region yesterday. "On the front of the villages of Grabovetz and Berestie the enemy de- livered desperate attacks on the 16th and 17th, .and after repeated bayonet charges succeeded only in capturing trenches held by two of our com- panies. Between the Gutchva and the Bug we repulsed numerous at- tacks and dislodged the enemy from Metcblin forest.; On the Bug, near Ilkovitze, Tzelontze and Konotopy the enemy yesterday attempted to cross to the right bank, but was re- pulsedby successful counter-attacks. "On the Dniester Friday we gained a rather important success against enemy trcops who had crossed the river, taking during the course of the day about 2,000 Austrian prisoners and seven machine guns." IN FISHER HUH BOARD Ex -Naval Chief for War Inven- tions Committee. Many Great Experts On Consult- ing Panel. London, July 18. -The .1d1niraity an- nounced to day that the appoint- ments to the Inventions Boar:I. established to s.seist the Admiralty' in co-ordinating and encoleraging scilertel- fie effort, have been completed, with Lord Fisher as chairtnan. The state- ment eays: "The board will comprise eentral committee and a panel ef consultants composed ef seientifie ex- perts, who will advise the named cone Mittee en questiees reZerred to them. "The central comtatttee will eonsist of Lord' Moshe: as president. Sir d. J Thomson, Sir C. A. Pareons and G. T. J3eilby. "The consulting panel will comprise Prof. Ie. B. Baker, Prof. W. C. Bragg, Prof. H. C.- II. Carpenter, Sir Wen. Crookes, W. Duddell, . Prof. Pertly Frenklaud; Prof. Beaton Replan:, r„ Fir Oliver Lodge Pro, W. T. Pope, Sir Ernest Rutheeferd, 7. Conti (3t0ncy ond Prof. R. Strutt." e PREMIER SEES THE CANADIANS Sir Robert Borden Reviews the Di- vision at Shorncliffe, Later Visits Hospital and Talks With Wounded. •Canadian forces aeseutblea, at ellern- cliff°, the Prime Minister cengratue land them upea the spleudkl aPPeat's allee of he Men Under their cerulean& He renituded Mein that while tite training of the men is iMportant, that of the Officers is even more %Mittel, as to them are confided the meet mid safety of thotlearalit of Men Under their command. "We realize," he said, "the great importance of the officers' training, and feel you have devotee yourselves to your duties in Meat regard witit the greatest possible success. The game for which we are contending is the highest that can be itnagined. Not only does it involve the future of our Dorainion anti of the EMpire, but vit- ally concerns the future of humanity and the destiny of the world. Caned - laps were thrilled with pride at the splendid achievement of the man of the First Canadian Division. We are assured your record will not be less worthy or less splendid. Canada ex- pects you to do your duty, and more than that, Canada knows that YOU will do It. His Royal Highness the Gov- ernor-General commanded Inc to bid you Godspeed for him in the full con- fidence, which is sbared by all the people of the Dominion, that Mir career at the front, which we shall watch tvith the most intense interest and, anxiety, will be worthy of the great races from which you have sprung." Before returning to London Sir Robert visited one of the hospitals at Shorneltffe, in which there are many wounded Canadians, and found the arrangements most comfortable and satisfactory.. Premier•Borden has lea no time in commencing the visiting of the Canad- ian wounded. To -day he delighted the men at the Duchess of Cannought Hospital at Cliveden, Sir Robert spent two hours, going through the wards. His cheery words to the men individually were much appreciated. Sir Robert subsequently remarked that he had been greatly impressed by the undaunted spirit cf the men and the wonderful cheerfulness which seemed to animate them. He hoped as far as possible to visit the Canad- ian wounded throughout the Britisb isles and France. ,although they were pattered in 1,300 hospitals and con - velment homes. TRIED TO KILL - LEO 1111 FRANK Famous Georgia Prisoner's Throat Cut by Fellow Convict. Citizens Petition for Pardon for the Assassin. Atlanta, July 18. -Leo M. Frank, serving a lite imprisonment sentence for the murder of Mary Phagan, was• attacked and dangerously wounded by a fellow -prisoner at tbe Georgia State priscna farm at Milledgeville last night. Frank's throat was cut half -way around while he was asleep, the jugular vein being partly severed. William Creen, hie assailant, is also a life -term convict. Frank had been sentenced to his death, and the commutation of his sentence to life imprisonment recently ,by Governor Staten was the cause of that executive's retirement from of- fice. It is state' that great animosity had been shown rewards Frank by his fellow -prisoners slime his arrival at tbe farm. • Frank is still holding his own to- night, following an operation. Some of the beet surgeons in the state are in attendance, Frank's condition is still critical, however. The wound' is deep and long. There is danger of in- fection and da.nger of stitehes that are holding the jugular vein In place slipping. Governor Net E. Harris will urge a thorough investigation of the at- tempt to murder Frank in order to determine whether Creme acted on his own initiative or was the tool of confederates. So many rumors of 'vio- lence to Frank and threats upon his life have come to the new executive's attention that lie will insist on a thorough probe. Governor -Harris received an ap- peal to pardop the phisoner Creen this afternoon , from a body Of citi- zens of a small city near Columbus. The appeal Was made by wire, the mcgeage reading: "We, the under- signed, reepeetfully appeal to you to Pal -don William Creen, now serving lite sentencein the State peniten- tiary." It was signed by a dozen names. London, July 18. -Premier Borden left Londen for Shorneliffe Friday afternoon and in the evening attended a diluter given by General Hughes, at whiclj were gathered General Steele and the officers of the staff. On Sat- urday he insepeted and reviewed the Canadian division, the men presenting art inspiring appearance, as they marched past the saluting point. I3oth officers and men were in the best of health s.^4the highest of spirits and are eager Or an opportunity to get to the front. The Prime 'Minister was aceompanied by Geheral Hughes, Sir Archibald 'Murray, representing Lord Kitehener, and by the General coni- mandiug the tropes in •tho Shorneliffe district. The Prime Minister later proceed- ed to the taint), about a mile distant, 'eviler° the details of reinforeentents for the Canadian trocps at the front are stationed. Ile inspected and re- viewed the Canadians at this camp. Among thent were several hundred wounded Mete now conveleseent, who had sufficiently recovered to appear on parade. The Prime Minister went carefully through the lines of these wounded reert and inquired of each as to his condition and treatnient III the hospitals. Without exception they reported that the tare and attention btetowed mom them in the boaeltals bad been ilitad excellent and eatisfttc- tory, Itt•addreesing the officers of' the Canadian division and of the: ether HUNS REPULSED British Beat Back Many German Assaults. London, July 18. -The following of- ficial communication was given oat this evening: "Since the last communication of the 0th there has been no change on our front. Although there has been no engagement callieg for a special report, there hau been considerable activity in front of out Mae, several mines having been sprung both by the enmity and ourselvee, and various positions on our front having been subjected at times to heavy bombard- ment. "On the Mtli the enemy developed a small attaek north ot Ypres and gained a footing in Our front line. On the 13t1i the enemy rushed an ad- vanced post on the Ypres-Menin road, but were iminedintely driven back again. Farther north, on the same night, Our line was heavily shelled, and we lost a trencliateld bY one com- pany. Again the Germans were driven Mil at once by our bombing parties, and the trench was reoceepled. A. fea- ture of this ineldent was the employ- ment by the enemy of a large quaiitity of gas hells," MAY PACE TREASON C,HARE, • Windsor, July 18. -Charges of treason carrying penalties of life imprisonment may be made against William LonneY, alias "Shump" !Amity, sma Mae J413CryLZ, dente 01 this city. by Cankillan et/abort- Ities. The Men are locked up at police headquarters tharged With smuggling alien enettlieS ef Canada from this side Into. the Baited States, ALSACE TO STAY FRENCH. rktill, July 18.-4t has just been an- reereeets ease men had seen a tor- netinced that General ;toffee spent the I4th July festival wiles the troops peen pees neross the stern from port to Aimee. He visited tile of the villages etarboard within ten feet elear 'of the LINER ORDUNII 1 ouflfieesetrela:b dtatuayeoeulft di trall of the toreedo extending from 2scitiancytalYrdeisaeovut toll: the Port beam, About eitent IIIimitea rrET the Submarine come to the surface aabttoeratWat.rwd: 141oelieltislie01:7:: starboard: ONLY TEN [LEI quarter, a distance' of about throe- s quarters ief a rano; with five or siX FRO DisgsTED taFuillnin znheordidaetcerygeQttrtgreau,gau31 ir)eoa.sollit.iie M But That Distance Separated Her StOrn From the Pirate's Torpedo, HAD NO WARNING 41W.1••••••••,••.• Submarine Chased. Her and Fired Seven Shells, but Was Outfooted. • New York, July 18. --The Gummi ither Orduna, bound frota Liverpool to New York with 207 passengers, in- cluding 22 Amertcans, was attacked eithout warning, it was learned on her arrival here Saturday, by a Ger- man submarine on the morning of July 0. Twenty miles from the graveyard or the Lusitaula off Old Head of Kiu- sale, the Orduna escaped the Lusa tania's fate by one-half a second of tinie or ten feet of space, the Ger- man torpedo churning the water that distance behind the liner's rudder. Then the Orduna sped away. She was foblowed by the submarine, whica rose to the surface, manneu a gun on her deck and shelled the 'fleeing steamer. The attack was timed at ten min- utes to 6 o'clock in the morning, alien all but a few of her passengers lay sleeping in their berths. Aroused by stewards, the passengers dressed nurriedly and went to tee upper deck, where they put on litebelts and took their places at the lifeboats. They heard the scream of the shells and saev the ocean spit up columns of water where the shells struck, When the fire grew hot they were'ordered, for their own protection, to the next deck below. For half an hem' the Orduna showed her heels to her assailant. Through, marine glasses the passengers watched the dark splotch on the water's sur- face astern. They saw the low-lying German warship coming on with a bone in her teeth, but the Orduna's flight' was fester than the pursuit, and alter seven sleets had been fired, with- otliatsee.ffect, the submarine gave up the w A wireless call for help was sent out by the Orduna wben the torpedo vas seen. She was then31.rs, south of Queenstown. Captain Taylor says in his otficial-re- port, was that he'p would be given within an hour. It WAS four hours before the first British vessel, a small armored yacht, appeared. WILL LODGE PROTEST. Protest will be made to the Ameri- can Government by at least one citizen of the United States, and possibly others, who was aboard,. William 0. Thompson, of Chicago, counsel to the Federal Industrial Relations Commis- sion, who went abroard in his official capacity last (starch, and was returba ing to complete his mission by malting a report, is the passenger who said to -day that lie --would make vigorous protest to the American Government. "It probably will be several days be- fore I shall make my report and my pretest," Mr. Thompson said. "1 cousider that I am in duty bound to do so. As an American citizen •em- ployed in an official capacity by the Government to go abroad', 1 feel that I should bring the Government's at- tention to the attack. -"I felt that I had a right to return home on tho Orduna, although she flies the British flag, because she is a Passenger ship. The tact that she had no munitions of war aboard forti- fied this opinion. 'rho Ordvam, an un- armed paeeenger sitip, arrying no munitions, was deliberately attacked without warning. pUrsued and • sub- jected to shoti fire. it, is little short of marvelous that she was net sent to the batteni witn all aboard. "in Malting my protest to Wasting - ton. I shall proceed along these lines, cembining with the protest a report of the attack as I SAW it." Whether the submarine hid behind an American ship -the barque Nor- mandy, from Gulfport, Miss. --was a point upon which paeseingere held varying opinicns. A small -staling with two Ara name flags paine cat her side Was sighted aimed slant- ly before the attack. Capt. Taylor, euspicious of ti' e craft, chereged his (earn. Soon teereafeer the torpedo was sIghted. There was no certainty as to the identity of this slap that diselaaed the two painted Americati flags, but one of the passengers thought that he made out her name tc be "Normanie" thrpugh his glasses. There is ne such veasel listeel. The Amertean barque Normandy was in the vicinity at the time, however. When she reached Liverpoel July 12 some of her crew said that a submarine had used her tie ol shield front which to unnineuvre agaiust aad torpeda the Rueeian steamer Leo -a. story that the Nor- mandy's captatte &pied. The Leo was torpedoed twenty appioximitely, front thte. place where the Orduna' was attacked. The Normandy's 'crow Said the submarine had held them up on the evening of .luly 9. The Orduna attacked the same Jay, but in the morning. CAPTAIN'S OPPICIAL•1110PORT. The Cunard Line made public late yesterday Captain Ta.ylaes official re - Port, in which he Stated that he re- ceivea not the least warning of the attarit, asid that "it was almost an- other ease of brutal murder." Tele report as.serted that the Orduna Was attacked wider Ideal conditions for subnairines, a clear day, it gentles wied and it light ripple while most of the paseengere slept. Captain Taylor's offleial report ef the attains follows: "At 5.50 a ne„Itily 9, A lookout man on the after -bridge rang the tele- graph, at the same thee Pointing his hand •downward and out on the port beam. 'The third officer was im- mediately tent aft to enquire what wile :wee% Ile returned (wieldy and arid Abaft elands with miter or tun children, railing to theritt iirt/A anithat," "In the Meantlino both the Chief reetch Arid French You will gn her right atiteru wheu they bcgan shelling us. The fir% :Mot struck tho water abreast ot the forecastle Mt the starboard side about 30 foot aft The wend dropped just under the bridge; the third abreast of No, 5 batch quite close alongeide; the fourth under tae stern,- Sending a 'volume of water forty feet high; tte fifth, eixtlz and last shells all fell short, The firitig then, ceaeed and the subnearino was 00921 left far astern. "Marcorit distress eignals Were tient out at once. We were 37 miles south of Queenstown. I got• a reply that as- sistance would be with, us in an hour, but it was four 'Inure before the .small armored yacht Jeannette eta - peered. "I count tor the torpedo missing the ship to their misjudging the speed. alb:ming 14 knets instead of 3.6, which we were doing at the time. The torpedo only paused ten feet clear. "It was an ideal day for a a:tilted') attack, light wind, a light tasela clear weather, The perlscope could onlY have been a few inches above water, for a very strictlookout was being kept at the time by the chief and third officers and enyself and four lookOut men. However, we fail- ed to se her before she fired the terpedo. "Not the leas1 warning was given, and nearly all the pessengers were asleep at the time, It ways almost an- other case of brutal murder. We had twenty-two American passengers on boara." s HARRY K. THAW, Court ,Upholds Deefeion of, the Jury That.He Is Sane. ITIILIAN DRIVE STILL GAINING Austrians' Desperate Resistance Fails to Check Advance, Brilliant Bayonet Work by tho Latin Troops. Rome, July 18. -Despite desperate resistance on the Part of the Austrian troops the offensive of the Italian army continues, the progress, although steady, being somewhat retarded by heavy. rains and the unseasonable character of the weather in the moun- tainous regions, where the bulk of the heavy fighting is being staged. In the brilliant attacks of the Ital- ian infantry recourse has been had to the bayonet, such charges proving nighty effective against the resistance of the Austrians. A wounded officer of the engineer- ing corps, now in Rome, told the cor- respondent that the Austrian trenches beyond the Isonzo, besides being pro- tected by wire entanglements, ditches and mines, are provided with special iron man -traps, 'placed about 100 yards before the trenches and made invisible by a -covering of soil. In addition the wire entanglements are interwoven with electrical wires that, whea touched, explode mines. allege complicated obstacle, he says, Wore' prepared long beforehand in the hope that they would render the Austrian trenches impregnable. The Italians have, however, discovered a simple method of rendering the mine traps harmless. An official statement issued by the general staff to -day, says: "Our troops, continuing the offensive, be- gun auspiciously some days ago againet the group of forts near Fal- ezarego and Val Livinaliongo, now ara engaged in capturihg the high and dif- ficalt region situated between them. "Surmounting yesterday great diffi- culties of the ram and the desperate resistance of the enemy, we reached the line which stretched between Bois - lass and Faizarego summit as far as the slopes cf Lana. "Fepecially brilliant was the action of -Our infantry in fighting for the pos- session or the slopes winch descend trent Lana Pass to Sallesi and Agai and the Anduras valleys. Under a murderous fire they stormed with the bayonet the enemy's advanced en- trenchments, and are now strengthen - :ng the ground. al» the Isonzo zone the enenlY shows increasing activity around Mem. They made numerous weak aesaults on the evening of. July 15 against our ecsitions on the height forming the brigehead of Pleza., but without avaa. "On the night of jelly 16 two of our airships bombarded the Meal y's works around (lorz and campon the northern slope of Monte San Mithele, in Tame, With satiefactory regults. The airships, Which were well and constaittly lighted up by the fleece and severely cannonaded, re- turned safely at dawn. "emall enecunters favorable to the Italians are rceorted in the Tirol°, Trentino and Camila, districts. The fire of our heavy artillery hits caused explosions end a serious conflagme Hon In the enemy works in Predit Pass. "No ebange has cecurred on, the Isonzo front." MACHINE SUNS FOR CAME Our Troops to Have Greater NiiM. ber Thu Briti31i, Acting Minister of Militia Makes Announeemept. Toronto, jetty 19. -That tbe Came. .dian overseas expeditionary forces will be equipped with machine guns in such large numbers as to be proper - flannelly superior in numbers to We Britieli troops was announced Mut night by Senator the lion, Jantets A. Louglicetl, Acting Minister of Militia. Accompanied by ,Adititaut-Geaeral itoeteins and staff, lion. Mie isougheed arrived in Torento last night from Ni- agara Vamp atter 10 o'clock, ana left almost immediately for. Ottawa. "The Government is fully alive to the neceesity of veining all the ma- ehiee teme chtitiaable, and has pieced. au order for additional. 1AAChine guns, Whigh: will furnieh ear units with a mutt 'larger number than that sup- pliea the P,ritish forces," sail lion. Mr. Leugheed, o.na added that tnclie guns would be rushed to the front. UP - 011 ecte.Olotiou and that within a zhort thee the Canadami would be fully out- fitted with a large additional number of guns. Ide also expressed great ap- preciation for the gift; machine guns whtch beel been contributed by private individuals emit such:tie-a It was ennounced by Hon. Mr. Loug- heed that in aadttion to the Increased number of machine guns the Govern- ment will supply an immense quantity of camp kitchens 1.0 the troops, Orders for these have been placed, and the kitchens aro being rushed to the vari- ous battalions as rapidly as Possible. "We aro making every provision for the comfort of our soldiers," he saga 'and I also wish to exprees.my Clanks tor the many gifts of this nature that we have received. They are samethiug willeb will be greatly appreciated by the soldiers." Hon. Mr. Lougheed expreseed great admiration for . the petriotiten of the Canadians, and said that recruiting was progrmstng excellently. * He de- clared that the showing made by the recruiting officers had been in every t%ay eatisfactory, and said; "There Is a welt -defined understanding betweea Lae Canadian and imperial Govern- meuts as to the .mmtber of men re- quired, and the Dominion will keep UP to her agreement in every particu- lar. We will continue tosend nem Stan the war is finished.' Mr. Lougheed then paid it tribute to the splendid sentiment which has ac- tuated the nation since lhe outbreak of hostilities, He cemplimented the menufacturers, and atated that the munitions are pouring in as rapidly as pessible, and that not a -tingle soldier has been delayed front leaving Cana- da owing to lack of equipment. lion, Mr. Lougheed had just complet- ed a, totir of inspection, during which he visited- the military amps at King- ston and Niagara. efe. said thnt he foupd the conditions at both catnips Ideal, and that the men appeared to be in the best condition. "Everyone is anxiously awaiting the tinie when be will take his place in the trenches," itoconeluded. OUT GAS 1V4nnipees, Jul y19. -Major A. tee Stamm, of the Pelgian army, lecturing here on. behalf of the Belgian relisf filed, stated that Belgium had a new tinny, nameerieg a. quarter of a lion !nen, well trained and equipped, ready lo take the field towarcts the end of August. He atenottuced thee Ole next thnc the Germane use poisonous goes in fighting, tioa Franca wall re- taliate .1:y using turpinite, the tercucii Government hairiiii; vieed Berlin to tale effeet • }IAN ON THE ROCKS, Petroskey, Miele, July le -During it 'heavy fog Saturday morning the passen- ger steamer Arizona, of the tiondrielt Transit Contpany, ran on the rocks at Seven 1Tile Point, TJttla Travera,e Bay. :The was pulled off this afternoon bv the Manittii, of thr same line, and is being towed to 'Manitowoc for repairs, Iter wheel Wttg, broken zuid bottoifl badly strained, U. S. PROTEST - President Wilson Back in Capital to Meet His Cabinet. MEXICAN FAMINE TerriMo Conditions Reported in to Capital City. Walshington, July 19,-5tate De- partment despatebee to -day from No- gales, confirm earlier reports of the victory of Carrell= troop e over Villa tome at Anavacacha Sonora,. Tito triumphant force took poseession of emulate/a U, S. email Sillimau reported Um • arrietti of lama titiantitiee ot food at ,'era Cruz, and tt..• wireleas conarauni- cation between Vera, Cruz and elegiac) City probably would be eatabliehea to -day by meatts of the new Anti= at Chapultepee installed by General Car- ranza. Famine conditions in the capital are described by a, Rad ()roes report re- ceived 'to -day, Dated July 1st, it eays more than 100,000 women on the previous day, applied to the interna- tional committee for food tickets. Only 40,000 were available. "Where formerly 200 people a dat went to the slaughter house to get the blood that is saved and given away," tbo report says, athere aro now 2,000 daily beeleging the gates. Near there the other day, twcnty pe.ople were seen struggling to get pieces. of a dead horse." 1.11:10UNII CASE ENRAGES 1.11 5. Now York Papers Condemn Lat- est Submarine Attempt. Germany Steadily Alienating the Uountry's Sentiment. New York, July 19.-Commeuting editorially on the submarine •attack on the Orduna, the Now York Sun this morning says: "The question of vital moment ie whether the Orduna was hailed by her asuailant and ordered to stop MI Ositation and search before the attack was made. lithe challenge was gie en, and trei merchantman, seeking to ea - "cape, aisregarued it, the commandei of the war vessel may cite Mose Mete in explaining and defending -his sub- eequent conduct. "rne testimofty of the Orduna's cap- tain is that his ship was not cbal- ienged; that the first evidence given of the presence of an enemy warehip was the appearance of a torpedo, and that thereafter Bine shells wero fired at his vessel. 11: this course was fol. lowed by the under -sea boat, the at. tack was in violation of the laws of marine war. - "It is unnecessary to discuss the eituation of the Orduna, her cargo, her mission, her passenger list. No matter how laden, or where destined, she was entitled under the law to warning, to be hailed, and if she was deprived of that right, the attack on her was lawless and unjustifiable." The World- says: "But for folly almost inconceivable 3omewhere in tho German service, con- ditions wolud to -day be favorable for drawing American attention to wrongs iuflicted by the Entente powers, chief - le Great Britain, upon American com- merce. Once more neutral trade is fcrgotten in the peril of neutral lives; once more one nation's tort and trespass drop • out of sight in the bigger grievance. as we see another nation, apparently with deliberate pur- pose, resuming against out citizens at sea upon lawful errands the polies* of murder. • al -low can- we account for this shocking occurrenee? Eor it time there -had been reason to supposa that the German Government had seen a great light upon the folly of thus. Qt. fending a powerful neutral nation. The evidence' of wiser counsels in the Ger- man naval control had been sufficient in recent weeks to justify the hope that that new outbreak of 'frightful- ness' was an error of an over-zealaue commander. oft it proves to be a cal- culating act emanating from a naval eontrol watch submits to no restraint of statesmanship or policy, it muet eravely increase the difficulties of rep china an agreement with .Germ any peon the questions nt issue between tWo Governments." Woshingtent, July 19,a-Presitient Wilson returned heri early to -day, af- ter aa absence of netriv month, to take tip irnmediat3 consideration with Secretary of Slate Leasing and other members of his Cabinet the situation between Germany and the United States, growing out of Genital Stub- inavine wartare, Els had been at Cor• nish, N. 11., farm June 24. The President was to dieense with aecretary Laming formulation of the policy which the United States in tends to follow as a result of the last German note. A tentative draft of the American answer efts been ammo. for cousideration: It will be submit- ted to the Cableet, to-morietw, and the revised draft probably cabled 1.0 Der - lin before the end ot the week. The now note, in all probability, will tot forth definitely the consegneaces of further violation Of Aineritall riglits. Offielat advices atill were being awaited to -day as to the eirentustancee 01 the submarine attack on the steam- er Orduhre carrying a ecoro of Anima - vans. The fact that the litter carried an munitions or contraband leads offi- cial:3 here to believe Gust the position of tbe tinned States as outlined in its previous nOte3 has been eonsiderably strengthened. It bears out, officials the Anierienn amitention that the eltaractev of t vegeta, her deetintt- tiem. and viten(' can be safely deter- talitid only by vistt and Peat -0h. Pelee( EABON‘E'i:SENTENCEO. New York, July 18.-4b'nry C. Carlysie whp suctesstelly posed tor several months In blew York and Boston tor Henry L. Stirling, an English baron.'t here from England to purehase it new was yesterday sentenced to .one year and A day for attempting, to Ilse the Titilte,t States mall to elefraul. The swindler is also wanted in 'England 101, deserting from the British army, takinw with hilt. IVA entrusted to him as nay eergeant. I Iatzy n t'nIln tIie swell. wtat'd lay clown h's life for a girl abaolately neglects to lay anything ult far her. TO PHARE Us so PINTS . London, July 10. -The Meriting Post Budapest correseemelent says the Aus- tree I:tinge:Ian Government contem- plates following up its note to the Ana crieali Ck3144111111011t WWI tEchono for the mobilizatien 'of Anartain Ale - Wane. and Hunguriane, of whom there are six million bit the United States, it, as to interfere with the manatee. tart, of wav materials. CANADIAN ormens Home, Montreal, July 19.--A.borthi the Scandin- avian froin Liverpool, -which reached here Yesterday, was captain Dolturtere, Strat- ford, who has been invalided home. He was wounded in the Ypres fighting re- cently. Tiitt officers Who left the yesiel at Quebec were: Lieut. I, W. Anderson, Lieut. Chesham, .Lieut. 1). 0, Hagarty, of tho Third .Battalion, Toronto, and Lieut. H. Ie. Ince, Lieut. S. D. Parker and Corp. tl. H. Taylor, SPELLS DEFEAT FOR THE TORS Roumania Flatly Refuses to Allow munitions Transport. Moans Earlier rail of Dardanelles Defenses, London Cable.-Ileumania, has refused to allow weapons and. imam- nItion to pass through her territory from Germany to Turkey. TO Ber- lin's dernands filte bas sent enmhatio rejection, according to the Comae bagen correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Company, who quotes the Vorwaerts. This action Is accepted bete as Presegiag the conquest of the Darda- nelles and the Cal eture a Constanti- nople by the, allied forces. The pinch of scant ammuaition supplies has al- ready been felt by the Turas on Gal- lipoli, It found expression in the Franco -British game on the penin- sula, important advances atter many checks. As the direct line through Serbia was closed, German co-operation with Turkey was established through 11011 - mania, Along the route which pass- ed from Vienna through Budapest, . Bucharest, Sofia and Adrianople, Ger- man officers traveled to train the Turks in warfare and to lead their armies in the field. Along that route arms and ammunition were carried to the Turks defending the Dardanelles and Constantinople until Roumania evidently under pressure of the al- lies closed the railroad to the shell and powder trains. To Germany, Turkisli control of the Dardanelles means greater power In the fight against the Czar's forees, for if the allies win Constantinople and the strait, Russia can get ammu- nition through Um Black Sea, and German diplomats have admitted that the successes of the Galician cent - Deign were due more than anything else to the failure of Russian muni- tion supplies. With the only land route to ter Turkish ally out off, Ger- many cannot send the weapons with which the allies were resolutely re- pulsed up to the middle of June, The Turks already suffering from a scarcity of •ammunition, are faced now with a famine. Resistance te the Franco -British changes • in the peninsula will be appreciably weaken- ed. Roumania's refusal of Germany's demand is accepted here as an indi- cation that she will throw her lot with the Entente and attempt to wrest Transylvania and Bukowina, her "irredenta," from Austria. COST OF THE WAR • Gerthan Statistician Gives Some Enormous Figures. Berlin Cable, --(Correspondence of the Associated Press) -In justifica- tion of the superlative adjectives that are applied to the present war, 'Wil- liam Michaelis has compiled figures in Over Land and Sea, showing just how big the war is. He estimates that 21,770,000 men stand oppcsed to each other -12,820,- 000 on the side of the .allies and 8,- 950,000 for Germany, Austria and Tur- key. On the naval side his estimates are as follows: Allies. Ger. et al Line ships .. .... 313 55 Big cruisers ........ 87 17 Small cruisers .. .. 128 56 Torpedo boats .. .... .. 701 358 Submarines 179 40 i‘liscellaneous 231 130 Germany's number of new boats -un- known. The area of the countries ranged against Germany, exclusive of Italy, he finds to be 67,000,000 square kilom- eters, with an aggregate population of 800,000,000. Germany and her allies on the other bend have a. territory of ;3,000,000 square kilometers, and a pop - elation of 150,000,000 persons. The daily cost of the war to the ten nations now taking part he places at 169,000,000 marks ($42,250,000) and he estir:ates that up to the first ef April the total ceet ef the war was 40,000,- 000,000 marks (e10,000,000,0003 Italy again excepted, he placed the auntie' cot.•:t of such a war at $15,- 000,000,000. It weuld take 60,000,000 of, the huge 1,000 mark bank notes to pay this cosi, and these notes, stacked up on top of the other, would make a pile 20,000 feet, almost four mites, in height. In gold this same sum • would weigh 24,000.000 kilograms (52,- 912,800 pounds) whereas the attire go:d ereduetion set the entire world during the past 500 years hen amount- ed to nbout 15,000,000 kilograms. Tile daily war Costs for the German empire he places at 33,000,000 marks. ($8.830,000) and only 40 days of this conflict cent as much as the Whole forancc-Pruesian war ef 1870-71, The cost to England, exclusive of the col- onies, is about the same, and three months of this war cost Britain as much as the Boer War, lasting two years and reven months. France spends a little more daily. StiANTPORte HE110 DECORATED. Brantford, July 18. -Pte. Robert Little, a Brantford num with the 1.6th battalion, hes been awarded the Distinguished Cott - duet MOdtki, nee:lading to word received here to -day. Little, who was it member of the Zith Brant Dragoons Anel a na- tive of this city, was awarded the 110A* for_CuttApiettOUS bravety in elreetving maps 'Of the enemy's positions under 1,eavy fire while doing scout duty in fierce fighting around Tures. The tutor- inati..a he obtained. it transpires, proved invaluable ta the Canadian division. ----- HINOti‘llilURO NOT DISGRACED. Bonn. July Is.- The reports that the loni quarreled with Oen. von Bin- d. Chou; have been set at rest by fhe 1 ll • tl In thc tlernitin .vers of a plitt•Intaph of Emperor William and Gen, von litnelenburet Rale to bawl been amino teal by the Millirem Augusta, FOODS SOARING But Prices ;11 Gernianic Countries Greatly' More So. London Cable. -Statistics cone. piled by the Board of Trade Labor Gazette show that foed in general is about 35 per cent, dearer than a 5 ear ago in the large towns and villages. The Gazette quotes official German, figures for May to show that the gen. cral level Of food prices in Begin dur- ing that month Was 69 per Gent. aoovo that of May, 1914. No general average estimate is given for Vienna, but. taking indtvideal items, beef was 105 per tent. mere in April than in the same Month in 1011, bacon 182 per cent. dearer, egge 137 per •e,ent., bread 83 per cent., lard 161 per cent., and so on. "SAFEGUARDING" ARM eNIANS. Lendori, July 19. ---The Copenhagen cot,. respondent flt the Exthange Telegraph Company learns that the Turkish Bev. eminent has Issued a communication to neutral governments, ercpinining that the Turkish 'general Stet 18 removing Ar. neenians front all places where they are tonsidered to be trelarigerlog Turkish inifety.