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jfi.uussmus CHECK TEOTONIC DRIVE: TOWARD msnw ¥ Gars Forces claim S'mss :in Ylprez andBngijers i, = 1,600 GEBMAN TROOPS Baflln )hlnnlns That RIlEsllul As- isaults Near Narew River Resulted In mm With Heavy Losses to | Atmckm and that xuseu Forces | v e Rr_n period covering more .than two weeks, has not made:any mate- / rial progress since Iast l‘uudny. ‘ac- mw. to reports coming'from -Pet- London . and :Berlin.- On the mm\. the Russian: authorities, in their latest official announcement re- gmg \their claims that the' German advance movement, in ‘the direction } vn(,flm Polish: capital have been check- nd they specify when. and where. | '!' Berlin Lnnounczmema do not dis- “‘pute Petrograd. § ‘Going_ into dehlll the /latest Rus- ' siap fepon predicts the favorable out- of. the. ‘advance: guard engage- . Mitau, . {n Courland and ermans are cantinuing their cross the Narew river.at » Novogorod, 'north . of The line or the left bank , from Ostrolenka to the i eome mant:h ne e mora to Between the N Bug a has been ltnhborn nx}mn“ in ‘& successtul it ofléfisive Desperate fighting ta, MM forces on the m platesu been actory and | have been successful in fers at: ler points: {4347 Minister ‘of Munition Lioyd-George, addressing a meeting omqumaeruo;. \ AL 5| Bomdat W prrtieuiy (amphania g n the need of toal; for the suc- cessful conduct of the war. He de- clared that events in the esst meant that a larger share than ever of the - 44 burden of the struggle was to be cast ~ on_the soldiers of Great Britain, and that .the country must pay the price ,.‘of vidtory if it meant to be victori- ous. ' . A . The. German Imperial Chancellor. whu returned to the Capital, yut.p sday from army headquarters, W re ‘William, i8"in con- o Sonck ?q ‘American Am;‘m {Germans Taki 10 l’rhonera ‘heGerman ‘official report of to- y-;‘?hy there has been changes in sn: north of the Niemen mvgerman troops have taken rs near Suwalki, - south ovno. )@d that--Russian - attacks river Narew. resulted in heayy losses to the at- ‘Pétrograd, July 328, July: 28.—The following o dll state- ment ‘wastissned today at' the'head- quarters of the Genergzl:staff: ‘““West and south of Mitau, Monday advinge guard éngégements resulted ‘to our advantage. The enemy advanc- ~ Ing from Ponicwesch wags stopped’ by . our rear guards near the village of Soubotch where our lntfintry inflict- ed heavy losses. “On the Narew front there has been : g&l artillery fire. Near Novegorod. “the'enemy continuéd’ his efforts ‘to . cross the river. Near the mouth of the river the enémy on Tuesday our via London, BRITISH ADMIRAL’S QON IS (‘IIEF HERE PR Ay Louis Mattison Left His Home in Sid- . mey, Australia, After Quarrel 4 ‘With Parent. ‘Working as a chef in the New Brit- ain club is one Louls Mattison, son of the late Admiral Michael Mattison of the British navy, whose home was in Sidne‘y.' Australia. Mattison’s career || has been that of an adventurer since he first disagreed with the views of his aristocratic father ten years ugo and left home to shift for himself, Given every, advantage in the navy by his father, young Mattison was .Dlaced on a training ship in the Brit- ‘ish fleet and toured the world for seven years, Visiting every prisacipal port in the world andl becoming an adept seaman. . Affairs at the Mattisgn home ' in Australia, however, did| ot please the scion of the family, for gvhile his dis- position. was purely derjocratic, tbit of his father was strongly aristocratic. The father, accordlt;f/hls son; was a.pompous individual’who believed in the divine right of the aristocratic class and was always trying to grind the working class beneatn his heel. On this point the views .of the two men clashed, with the reswit that the younger man shook the dust of Sidney from 'nis feet and left his home for- ever. His father died the following ‘year, Since he started ahifflng about the world, Mattison has had many ex. periences and has become a veritable Jack-of-all-trades. = He worked for some time as a newspaper correspon- dent in Brazil and Argentine anad final- ly landed in'this city as a chef. But the wanderlust is strong within him, and he is even now contemplatiay venturing forth in.search of further conguests, planning to go onte more into the South American tropics. (G0ODS FOR AMERIGANS HELD UP IN HOLLAND British Bloékade of, Tguwnic Trade Halis Merchandise Valued at $150,000,000. Wa-.mngton, July\ 29.—Goods con- s on, the deck- . W by Much of t‘he érhhandlae is of Ger- man origin, cannat be moved pending the 1t ‘ot the | British- . American negotiations over the arder- fn-council. = Some 'of the shipments, however, are of Belgian origin and efforts are bejng made. with the unof- ficial aid; of the State Department to securel safe conduck for. this) portion. While Germany is in control of ' practically all of Belgium, inquiries from this government have ' brought forth the statement that Great Britain proposes to blockade Bel;lxn ports and invoke the ' order - in - council against German goods from Belgium. Representations have been made by shippers, however, showing that some of the shipments tied up are bonafide Belgian products and ‘that their deliv- ery will in no way benefit Germany. Officials- here hopé to secure the re- lease of this class of shipnients by in< formal negotiations. SENSATION IN JAPAN. | Count Oura, Minister of Justice Re- ,signs. His Portfolio. Tokic, July 29.—Count XKanetake Oura, the Japanese minister of Jus- tice, resigned his portfolio today. The minister’s action, following as it does. the investigation imstituted by .the ‘ministry’ of justice iM%o. the ' bribery charges growing out of the parlia- mentary elections last March, has caused a sensation throughout Japan. The case involves sever\l meémbets and ex-members of the Im\rial Diet. Count Shigenobu Okuma, thd premier, reported the situation to the Emperor. The investigation inio the charges elections resulted in the arrest yester- day of K, Hayashida, who had been chief seecretary of thelower house for twenty years. shida is said t0 be connected with the charge against Viscount Oura who is alleged to have rgceived a present of $500 frorm a candidate for membership in the house. ~on the left bank of thg ;, counter 'attacks = threw bK.. On the left ‘bank of the Ostrolenka to the' river e has been a spirited com- he line on'this front is un- 7 took the offensive against ‘attempting to counter at-’ “of Serock. Near the v udy (-outhea‘t of Pult.unk’ six attacks. istula ind bcfween the Vieprz there have been no. important changes. | “Between the Vieprz and the Bug & stubborn battle continued up to Tuesday morning in the region of the villages of Rakoloupy, Maidane ond kW ictfimnudi on e]eventh page). ANOTHER FINE FOR BRUSSELS. Germans Demand One Million Dollars For Loss of Zeppelin. Paris, July 29, 4:40 a. m.—Another fine of one milllon dollars has been imposed on. the eity of FErussels by the German authorities in consequence of the destruction of 'a’ Zeppelin dirig- ible balloon at Everzby by allfes’ ayia- according to the correspondent at Havre of the Petit Parisien A despatch from Amsterdam, July 14, said that British airmen had at- tacked the Zeppelin sheds at Hvere, north of Brussels and set fire to the building, and destroyed the Zeppelin 1nside. of bribery growing out of the March | The arrest of Haya- | REBELS THREATEN | FRENCH CONSULATE AT CAPE HAITIEN Guard From U. S, Rusiliary. Cruiser Eagle Landed to Protect Legation NO SERIOUS OUTBREAK AT PORT AU PRINGE it FANARELES Secretaries Daniels and Lansing Con- fer on Situation But No Further In- structions Are Sent 'to Admiral Caperton—Cruiser Washington Off | Shore Ready for Action . if Neces- sary. ‘Washington, July 29.—The French consulate’ at Cape Haitien, Haiti, 'is menaced - by revolutionists, ‘and a guard from the United ‘States aux- iliary cruiser Bagle has been landed to protect it: This information = was cabled early today by the State’de- partment by American Consul Liv- ingston. ' | 3 Rear Admiral Caperton, in a cable- gram ~sent ‘last night from Port ‘au | Prince ‘and received at the Navy De- partment ‘today said: . “Phe landing force entered. Port Au - Prince and stayed for the night at the market place in the northera ; recently married Mrs. Florence Gates, part of the eity. A’ gudrd was' place at the French Leégation. disturbance. ' FThis action was decidsd on after. conlulution with the Amer- ican wharge in' the affairs. . The French wauhlp Diucsnel is expected "tonight. Four Compunies Landed. . Two companies of marines and two companies of seamen were landed at 5:50° p. m. Have information from Commandeér of the United States ship Eagle reporting’ conditions at ' Cape Haitien, landed twenty men at Cape Haitien to protect French counsel for fear of attack on refugees there. They were landed at request of French counsel.” Secretary Daniels conferred with Secretary Lansing on the Haitien sit- uation, ‘but no - further . instructions were gent to, Admiral’ Caperton.” My, Daniels.-said hethought' the Amert- | can soldiers had the situation well in hand. v While only 300 men landed, the cruiser Washington is oif shore, ready. May Ask Reinforcements. Officials here expected that Rear Admiral Caperton would ask for ad- ditional reinforcements. A full regi- ment, it was said, would be necessary to patrol the city. .Additional forces are available at Guantanamo. - The landing of American forces at ' Port Au Prince followed the receipt of' ‘a wireless despatch from Admiral Ca-: perton describing as “Wery grave." Other officials told pf the assina- tion of President Guillabme by a mob which broke into the French Lega- tion, shot the executive and dismem- bered his body. CARRANZA FORCES CAPTURE PACHUCA Villa Flying Column Routed—U, 8. to '’ Protest, Urging Food Supplies Be Sent to Mexico City, Washington, ~ July & 29.—General Carranza cabled kis ‘Washington uagency today that his forces hfter six hours fighting had captured Pachuca and routed the Vilja flying column, which was working south to reinforce Zapata forces near Mexico City. General Carranza's despatch was the first werd from behind the vell which has covered military operations about Mexico City for almost two weeks. ‘When General Gonzales and the Car- ranza army evacuated Mexico City on July 17, Pachuaca, which the Carranza forces claim to have taken is an im- portant point to the north of Mexico City. The Carranza authorities claim their victory eliminates Villa forces from Central Mexico, So serious has the food shortage be- come in Mexico City that the United States will make immediate represen- tations to Carrai and Zapata, urging that provisions beé permitted to. get through to the starving people in the capital. . Stories of alarming condi- tions, have reached the state depart- ment under date of July 25. Secretary Lansing saia the first di- rect official advices for several days regarding conditions in tne capital coming by courier to Vera Cruz, show the food shortage. BLOW TO THE ALLIES, The local post office has recelved notice from Washington that tobacco and clgarettes intended for the sol- diers in France are no longer mail- able.. The French = governmen: charges an Impost on tobacco and the soldiers in the trenches have nv means of paying {t. For that reawon the French government has motifled the United States that such goods wiil be turned back unless some arrange- ment is made to pay the tariff charges. 4 No serious | I try and intimidate its recipient and | have been | | The letter concluded by ordering Mrs. MISS RIORDAN'S WILL PROBATED of Late TLocal Merchant's | Daughters Estate Is $12,000. (Special to the Herald.) New York, July 29.—The will of the late Margaret Riordan, who dfed in 1913, has been admitted to Hon. John P. Cohalan’s surrogate court after a spirited contest against admission en- | tered by Miss Rita and Marion Rior- dan of New Britain, daughters of the | late Dennis Riordan, a brother of the deceased. The disputants to the en- trance of ‘the will maintained that undue influéence was brought to bear on the testator whereby they were cut off entirely from their share of the estate. The will provided for a distribution | of the estate which amounted to ¢lose | tQ $12,000 equay between Philip SuL; livah of New BrNain, Conn., and Mis: Margaret Riordan. BLACKNAILERS DEMAND | 520,000 OF MRS, JUDD Harold Lee Judd Watches With Detectives for His Wife’s Pexsecutors. 5 (Spedp] to the Heraid) MIM Minn., July 29.—With | two se=fivart detectives armed to the teeth, Harold Lee Judd, the wonl;hy | New Britain, Conn., soclety man'who Claims widow.. ' of the .famous -millonaire, | Charles G. Gates, hid {n an apartment ! on_Spruce place gll last night watch- | mysterious ‘blackmailers who have threatened 'his wife . and . demanded | $20,000 hush money. - The affair is in | the hands of the police and is creat- ing a profound sensation In social eir-, cles ‘here. For over a week Mrs. Judd has been the target of threatening letters from i the blackmailers, who have thus far | been able to successfully cover their tracks and evade the net which the police and private detectives have been trying to weave around: them. They | are thought to he of the gentleman ! adventyrer type, so. thorgughly fa- miliar they seem with the habita uf 5 the: gocial. set in: this plaoe; . / Mra. Gates received the first blac mailing-lefter-#bout - week ago. was worded in such a mdnner as to by veiled threats and inuendos tempted to frighten the heiress to acquiesce to at- | attractive its demand | Gates to leave the sum of $20,000 at the entrance ot the Spruce place | artments ‘and furthermore stated | tlat if she neglected to comply with the demand ‘‘something would hap- pen.”’ Mrs. Gates was not at all frightened by, this letter and passed if off lightly, paying no attention to’ the -‘threat. Yesterday, however, she received a | second blackmailing letter in her cor- | respondence. This communigation re- newed the previous threats and de< mands and ended with the specifie or- der that the money must be }éft at the specified place by midnight. This mis- | siye has been turned over to the po- [ lice. Mrs. Judd is one of -Minneapolis' most popular members of the younger/set. She is held in'the high- | est esteem by the entire community | and her fine character has endeared her to many. Mr. and Mrs.. Judd | have but recently returned to their | honia here after visiting with Mr. Judd's friends and) relatives in the east. RECRUIT IN U. S. FOR MEXICO’S CIVIL WAR | Department of Justice Belleves It Has | Broken Up Extensive System— Seorcs Under Arrest. San Antonic, Tex., July 29.—With moré thon a score of men now under arrest, officers of the Department of Justice here bellevea today'that they had broken up an extensive system of recruiting in the United States for armies ‘engaged in Mexico’s etvil war. Eleven Mexicans have been arrest- ed at Laredo, Eagle Pass and ~Del Rio, Texas, charged with havnig en- " listed. | Ambng those arrested at Lare- edo was Manuel De Icaza, Villa consul at that place, who was charged with ciolation of neutrality laws. Warrants, have issued for many ofher men, and forwarded to the bordek, on instruec- tions from the department of Justice. Federal officers said that probably 2,000 men/have been enlisted on the American side of the border to. fight | for Cananza and Villa, BELGIAN STEAMER SUNK. . _ London, July 29, $:56 p. m.—The Belgian steamship Princess E. Marle Jose, of 1,963 tons gross burden, was torpedoed and sunk today by a Ger- man submarine. Twenty-one mem- bers of the crew of 25 were saved, e WEATHER. Hartford, Conn., July 29.— Probably thunder showers to- night and Friday. Not much change in temperature, E ing for the eoming ‘of. one or more | the, proceedings, the state will f&mmfim’ the advice “TREDFED STARTS FEDERAL PROBE OF EASTLANDTRAGEDY Depity Collector of Customs De- nies Panic Among Passen- gers When Boat Listed | INVESTIGATION BY CITY COUNCIL IS ABANDQNBD . . S. District Attorney Cline Pre| to Empanel Government Jury to Delve Into Question of\ Responsivility—All - But Criminal Four of 832 Bodies Recovered Iden- tified—500 Persons Stil! Missing. Chicago, July 29—Examination of witnesses in the inquiry of the United Statds Department of Commerce into the cauge ¢7 the Eastland disaster, be- | gan here today under the personal su< peryision of Secretary Redfield. ‘While this-inquiry was progressing 'United States District Atterney“Cline prepared to empanel’ a federal grand jury ‘to. investigate the - guestion. of criminal responsibility foi the: aceci~ dent. In the states aitcrney’s office efforis were directed.to detérmine the | extent of jurisdiction of the . state grand ‘jury .over.the prisoners held by } the coroner’s jury for grand jury aec- | tion. ¥ Under Government Jurisdiction. Speaking of action by the state jury United States District Attorney Cline said: “If any action against those respon- sible is ordered by the state grand jury we:will demand the right to enter pro- ceedings against the twc steamboat | inspectors and the boat captain named | by the coroner’'s jury, in advance of any action which may be taken by the states attornéy following 'indictments: py the grand jury. These men are government officers, the ceptain hold- ing ‘a ‘government license and being under government jurisdiqtions 'in all ve Eration l’rum the goy- o ernment. City Council Probe Abandoned. The investigation ordered by the city council was abandoned today on of the corporation counsel. Before adjourning the council com- | mittee which was to have investigated the cause of the Bastland &isaster decided to petition President, Wilson to appoint an investiggting commis- sion to act in conjunctfon with Fed- eral authorities. The president also was petitioned to have the govern- ment. make a stability test of every excursion boat running out of Chi- cago. 500 Persons Missing, ./ Al but four of 8382 bodies recov- ered up to noon have been identified. In--addition to the victims whose bodies have been recovered 500 per- sons are listed as missing. At the opening of the inquiry of the Department of Commerce Robert H. McCreary, Deputy Collector of Customs, told of plg=iag inspectors on the Efi.!tllnd to count the p: ngers, and’ of making arrangements one of .the- inspectors to sleep on board Friday nizht, so that no passenger could be taken aboard without being counted. “I went to the boat aboul7, o ‘elock, | Saturday moruning.!’ eaid , Mr. Mc- Creary. “I .saw . Inspectors Oakley 2nd Lobdell in charge of the gangway 1 watched' them until countjof . the passenger 2,450 then 1 took Qakley's place! I counted off 45 and told In- spector Lobdell to let on five more. Folir women and a babe in apms'came aboard and I counted u.ee?Z: as the two thousand five hundredth person to -come aboard the Eastland.” Denics Panic Among Passengers. Mf. McCreary denied = that there was any panic among the passengers or that they rushed to the dock rail whén the boat listed. Inspector General Upter testified ‘that no case of overcrowding or vio- lation of the passengers laws had been found in the last twenty vears. One of the points to be laid before thie Grafd Jury is the incompetency of thg crcw of the Eastland, reports of inbestigators indicating that many of the members of the crew were un- familiar with nautical work. Evi. dence supporting a charge of negli- gence Also will be presented to the’ Grand Jury. The county grand fury which was adjourned yesterday following a con- ference beetween Secretary Redfield { #nd State’s Attorney Hoyne was re- convened today and the report of the coroner’s jury commending that six persons be held, was lald pefore it Charge of Manslaughtes, A charge of manslaughter was recommended by the coroner early to- day against ‘Willlam H., Hull, general manager of the company owning the FEastland; Harry = Pederson, captain, and Joseph N. Erickson, = chlef en- gineer of the Easfland; Walter, Greenebaum, general manager of the indfana Transportaticn company, who chartered the Eastland, and Robert (Continued on Eleventh Page.) LABOR WAR STARTS AT BOSTON' PLANT Over 600 Machinists and Other Em- ployes at Becker Miiiing Machine Company Strike. PRoston, July 29.—8ome six hundred | machinists and other employes struck | 1oday at the .plant of the Becker Mill- t ing Machine company in the Hyde Park seetion of the city, because of he refusal’ of the company o grant their 8emands for increased wages of approximately twenty per cent. and | the reinstatement of discharged | Wworkers. The plant has been opera- | Ung night and day recently, ordets for machines used breparation of war material. A committee of the employes was in conference with officials or the com- pany for more than an hour at noon. | ‘While the conference wus in progress j about 100 machiniste 1eft their work. Others quit when.the committee ieft the plant at the conclueion of the con- ference and before the outcome had been made known. The strikers marched to labor headquarters, where a meeting was held, ‘The committee reporied that the company had offered sume concessions including time and a half for over- in the cmployes pending an investigation of cach individual case ana the placing of the plant on a fifty-hour a week bagis. This offer was debated for some time. The original demands of the workers weré for double pay for over- of ail discharged it-hour week. | time, reinstatement men and a forty-el It was claimed thjpt all the employes with the exception bf a few moulders were out. Former Governor Foss is president of the company, After a prolonged discussion the concessions offered by the compesmy were rejected. The strikers then in- | structed the commtittee to confer with company officials. The vote of rejection was unani- | mous. It was stated that the men | wanted the abolition of the efficigncy system, and eight hour day and time and a half for overtime, a flat rate of fifty cents an hour and the rein- statement of the men discharged. GERMANY’S ISOLATION flling | time, reinstatement of all discharged | Albany, N Charles Becker & She was acc Johnson, of Becker did not !-rrivl,l of the i from the city. were uncertain After nfl-l’ governor After a o Governor over the Johnson Public Shortly riva] the p AIM OF GREAT BRITAIN | Berlin, July 28, via London, 6: | &. m.—The Nordeutsch Zeftung ! the publication today:of ‘a* | documents: purporting. to ‘be Belgian diplomatic reports lollfl"ll | Bru\sels by the Germahs ‘and d ing international political affairs trom the time of the Mesroccan crisis until the beginning. of the present conflict. The purpose of their publication is to | prove that Germany maintained 4 peaceful attitude throughout thm, periods. The papers published today include alleged reports made to Baron De Favereau, former Belgian foreign min- ister; by Count De Lalaing, former Belgian minister to Great Britain; Baron Grendl, minister to Berlin; Leghait, at Paris, and Count. Dursel, in Berlin. These reports date from 1905 and deal with European policies, espe- cially the attitude of the triple entente towards Germany. Count Lalaing and Baron Grendl are quoted as having rted in February, 1905, that Brif hostility to Germany was caused by jealousy of | the latter. A statement attributed to Baron Leghait, written under date of May 7, 1905, was that while King BEdward was in Paris he said the confidence ex- isting between Germany and France had disappeared and conditions were like those twenty years earlier, Baron Grendl is said to have been the author of a letter written Septem- ber 23, 1905, pralsing the triple al- liance, led by Germany, for having maintained European peace, for thirty years, and declaring the new move- ment.of the British fleet was unques- tionably directed against Germany. The same minister is quoted as having asserted in a later Jetter that King Bd- ward was hostile to Germany and that Germany's lIsolation was the alm of British policy. All the letters print- ed emphasize efforts said to have been made by Great Britain to form a coalition against Germany. CARNEGIE IS NOT DEAD. (Special to the Herald.) Bar Harbor, Me., July 29.—Rumors that Andrew Carnegie, the steel mag- nate, had died here early today caused graye apprehension throughout the colony. ‘At Mr. .Carnegie’s summer | home here the report of his death was emphatically denied. He wijl be at his home here for some time, it is said. FIRE ON FREIGHT STEAMER, New York, July 29.—The freighter Parima, of the ' Quebec Steamship’ company, was damaged by fire early today at lHoboken, where the ship was undergoing mepairs. An investigtion is being made to determi whether the blaze was of accidental or in- cendiary origin, RAINFALL AT SHUTTLE MEADOW The heavy rainfall of last evening increased the supply of water at 8 ts tle Meudow Lake to 94 inches.® _”‘_‘f'_ total supply at present amounts toN8) feet 8 inches. At this time" the supply was 21 feet'@'inches. plea, executive's up that there is al taining a stay }Wlfil‘l degree or lly, ot L knmv C “Mr. Mnnton n he and Mr/ number of otherwise . 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