New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 25, 1916, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HERALD HERALD “ADS” MEA BETTER BUSINESS PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 19 16. —SIXTEEN PAGES. ESTABLISHED WILSON SUMMONS RAILROAD MEN TO NEW SITUATION Employers and Em- ployes Hold Futile Discussed With Ex- ecutive Today. TALKS LEGISLATION WITH BROTHERHOODS Labor Leaders Say They Know of No Reason Why They Should Be In- vited—“No Concrete Proposition Tendered,” Says Garretson, on Leav- ing—Roads Accused of Spreading False Sentiment. Washington, Aug. 25.—President Wilson summoned representatives of the employers and employes involved in the threatened railroad strike to the White House today for confer- ences to discuss proposals which have developed out of his original plan of settlement. *" Arrangements were made for the representatives of the employers la- ter. The four brotherhood heads said on entering the White House that they dld not know why they had been called by the president. It was un- derstood President Wilson wanted to get their views on legislation under consideration to prevent controversy in the future. The four brotherhood heads re- mained with the president an hour and a half but would make np state- ment on leaving. The president kept the cabinet waiting an hour to con- tinue his conference with the railroad men. Situation Unchanged. “The situation, in so far as we are concerned,” A. B. Garretson, spokes- man for the employes, later said, “is absolutely unchanged. No complete concrete proposition to which the railroads will agree has been tendered us. Our position is exactly as it was when we accepted the president's plan. We have deviated from it in no way whatsoever.” The brotherhood leaders went from the White House to report to a meet ing of the men but insisted they had nothing particular to communicate. W. G. Lee, of the Trainmen, gave out copies of an order which he said had been sent by the Northern Pacific to station agents directing them to get t some CONEERENCE; IS UNCHANGED OPPOSITION TO GAFFNEY May Republican Probate Convention Not Endorse Democratic Judge of Probate at Coming Convention. Rumors that Judge B. F. Gaifney of the court of probate may not re- celve the endorsement of the republi- can probate convention, as he has in the past are flying thick and fast in political circles today. It is claimed that the four delegates from Berlin are not of one mind and that some are of the opinion a re- publican should be nominated. There is also said to be a tendency among some of the four candidates in this city to support this notion and the result may be a G. O. P. nominee. Five votes Is all that is necessary. Heretofore there has been no at- tempt to make a political football out of the probate court but with the large republican majorities rolled up in this city within the past few years of the republican lawyers are said to be growing itchy. MOHAMMEDANS QUIT TURKS Grand Sherif of Mecca Announces Definite Rupture With Powers in Constantinople—Raps Germans. London, Aug. 25, 11:19 a. m.—The grand sherif of Mecca, chief magls- trae of the Holy City, who announced his independence of Ottoman rule in June and, supported by Arab tribes, captured the Turkish garrison of Meoca and seceral other citles, has proclaimed a deflnite rupture between Orthodox Mohammedans and those represented by the Committee of Union and Progress, which now is in power in Turkey. In his proclama- tlon as forwarded from Cairo by Reu- ter's correspondent, the grand sherif denounces Enver Pasha, Talaat Bey WANT WAR BUFFERS T0 ENSURE NATION German Committee Favors Taking Belgium and Russian Strip ENGLAND ~ SPECIAL ENEMY Hopes to Unfurl Banner of Anglo- Saxon Dominion on Wreckage of Teuton Empire, Is Charge—Encmies Will Not Succeed. Berlin, Aug. 24, 5 p. m., via London, Aug. 25, 11:35 a. m.—A proclamation containing views of the peace condi- tions which might be imposed by Ger- many is published today by “The Inde- pendent Committee for a German Pence,” an organization formed some time ago by those considered to be the extreme war advocates in Ger- many. The proclamation asserts that, de- spite the fact that the Germans and their allies are holding three king- doms in their hands, the entente still talks of the destruction of the Ger- and Djemal Pasha, Young Turk lead- ers, staunch supporters of Germany and among the most powerful figures in Turkey. Djemal Pasha is com- mander of the Turkish forces in Syria and is reported to have adopted se- vere measures to crush the revolution. Tho proclamation of the grand sherif, addresseq to “All our Moslem brothers,” follows: “We were one with the government until the unionists appeared. Since then ruin has overtaken the state, which now has been drawn into this fatal war. We bore with the union- ists nowlthstanding their depart- ure from the precepts of religion, un- til it became apparent that Enver Pasha, Djemal Pasha and Talaat Bey absolutely ruled Turkey, doing what- ever they plesed. On one day they hanged. twenty-one cf the most hon- orable and enlightened Moslems, while children, old men and delicate women local interests to send telegraphio Drotests to President Wilson against settling the controversy by means other than arbitration. The telegrams Mr. Lee declared, were to be paid for by the railroad, and were evidence of what the men characterize as a prop- aganda against the president’s plan. The negotiations resolved them- selves today, outwardly at least, into a more or less confused state. Expressions of optimism from both sides were not so free as they were yesterday and feeling heretofore gen- eral among the managers that a plan to include the eight hour day would be found was not o evident. Some of the railway execufives reverted to their prediction that it never would #e conceded. The railroad executives conferred among themselves during the day. For them this statement was issued: “The executives are understood to be studying the form of a communica~ tion to the President.” Some of the more optimistic still had hopes of a final decision being reached before tomorrow night. The executives and managers de- voted practically no time today to consideration of freight rate increases or settlement of future strikes, but centered on the length of the work- ing day and paw Many executives are willing to concede an eight hour day with the understanding that it shall not only be the maximum work day, but also the minimum, in other ords, that the present practice by which an employe may get pay for a day and a half or even two days when he works only ten or twelve hours will be eliminated. The brotherhood heads declared they were standing on President Wil son’s plan and had not changed their attitude a particle. WASHINGTON LETTER STOLEN. Message to Oatholics Taken From Baltimore Cathedral. Batimore, Aug. 25.—The original letter of George Washington to the Catholics of the United States, which has reposed for many years in the safe deposft vault under the sanctu- ary of the Baltimore ocathedral, has been stolen, according to a Catholic Publication issued here today. The paper appeals to the person who now Possesses the letter to “return it and Tepent.” The loss was discovered in the course of the work of indexing docu- ments in the vault which cover the history of the city and state for the past three hundred years. were bereaved of their natural pro- tectors and subjected to foul usage, even torture. What stronger proof of man Empire and entente statesmen continue to indulge in a flood of abuse | and lies about Germany, while them- selves violating every principle of in- ternational law, forcing neutrals to enter the war against their better | judgment, and endeavoring to force into submission, through hunger, mil- lions whom their swords could not vanquish. “Our enemies will not continues the proclamation. thing they have accomplished is to force upon us the realization that England is our special and most dan- gerous enemy. [ngland causes our enemies to stick together. England leads them. Upon England they de- pend and will depend more after the war. On the wreckage of our empire England hopes to unfurl the banner of Anglo-Saxon world dominion.” Must Annex Territory. The document asserts that Russian territory from the Baltic to Volhynia must in the future be included in the German sphere, to serve as a bul-} wark against the Russian tendency to annihilate Germany. Irance’'s revenge jdeas must constantly be kept in mind, so that in the west also changes would be nec ry “Belgium in the future,” adds the proclamation, ‘‘either will be a Ger- man or an English bulwark, so ‘real guarantees’ here also are needed.” succeed,” “One | dacy. REVENUE MAN SHOT ENFORCING BLOCKADE Attempt to Take Liquor Acro Carolina Boundary Results in Gun Battle. Lynchburg, Va., Aug. 25.—In a bat- tle yesterday eight miles from Btuart, Va., just across the North Carolina boundary, Revenue Agent B. H. Mays was shot and probably fatally wound- ed and William Smith, one of the al- leged Dblockaders, also was shot. James and Fletcher Smith, nephews of the wounded man, who were en- gaged in the battle escaped unhurt. The officers trailed a wagon load of liquor to the home of William Smith, and when ordered to surrender he opened fire. Mays was shot in the abdomen. Deputy Ross returned the fire and struck the elder Smith in the abdomen. Fletcher Smith shot Mays in the shoulder. HEALY LEADS WHEN VOTES ARE COUNTED | Windsor Locks Politician Believed to Have Edge on Governor Holcomb for the Nomination. With the Sght still anybody's and extravagant claims being made by sev- eral of the chief contestants in the republican gubernatorial fight in the state wide caucuses held last night, it developed that Frank E. Healy of Windsor Locks is still the uppermos candidate. Governor Marcus H. Hol- comb, who has the personal backing of ex-Scnator Morgan G. Bulkeley in Hartford, came through with a victory in the Capitol City and showed con- slderable strength in the northern section of the state, especially in Hartford county. West Hartford, Glastonbury, Weth- ersficld, Newington, Berlin and Plain- ville are all counted in the Holcomb column. Bristol split on Holcomb and Healy and the deciding vote was cast by the chairman in favor of the man from Windsor Locks. New Brit- ain and Manchester are understood to Eo practically solid for Healy. In New Haven it was a fight between the Plakeslece and Ullman forces and Ullman carried the city, sweeping every ward but the tenth, a Blakes- lee stronghold. Middletown, electing an uninstructed group of delegates, is believed to favor Blakeslee's candi- Uninstructed delegates were chosen in many of the small towns and while it 1s a question who controls them, the feeling that Healy is still a great power in the stage is gemeral, despite conclusions in Hartford, the headquarters of the Holcomb move- The document then cites the ex- pression of Dr. Peter Spahn, leader of the Catholic Center party In the | Reichstag, that must lie In German hands mili economical- ly and politically.” The proclamation concludes with | the assertion: “England’s plan threatens us with political and econ- omical helotry. It aims at our life as a people and as a state. It aims at our culture and institutions. Energy must | be applied regardless of consequences | to force peace upon this enemy. Let it not come true that, as England says, we will win all the battles, but Eng- | Jand will win the war. With Von Hin- “Relginm rily, their falthlessness is needed than the ‘bombardment of holy places, such as Abraham’s tomb, and the killing of persons praying within a mosque ? “God has opened the way to inde- pendence and freedom for us. Our independence is complete and abso- lute. Our aim is preservation of Is- lam.” MAY BUY PARK HOTED. “Heublein Brothers Said to Have Made Offer to Hadley Est. Considerable Interest was aroused about the city this afternoon, when it became rumored that the Heublein brothers of Hartford had made an offer for the Park Hotel cafe. Tt is understood that an offer of $20,000 was made by the Hartford people to tho helrs of the estate of R. W. Had« Jey, who cenducted the cafe for a number of years. Whether an offer was made for the hotel or not, is unknown for the interestod parties re mained reticent regarding any tran- saction. A move on the part of the Heu- pleins would no doubt be well re- celved in the city and throughout the state, for it is felt that the local hotel accommodations are not adequate for a oity of New Britain’s present mag- nitude. The building contains three stores, the cafe, Besse-Leland’s and the Riker-Hegeman drug store, the offices of W. H. Cadwell and rooms of the New Britain Driving club. The rear part of the second floor contains the dining room and the upper floors are let for rooms U. S. MARINES AS POLIC Washington, Aug. 25.—Thirty-nine commissioned and thirty-nine non- commissioned marine corps officers were selected by the navy department {oday to head the Hatien constabulary provided by the recent treaty, to en- force peace in the troubled republic ond enable the early withdrawal of the marine farces now there. ELECTIONS IN MEXICO. Mexico City, Aug. 25.—The depart- ment of the interior is formulating a decree oalling congressional elec- tions. It probably will not be issued until all returns are in from the mu- nicipal elegtions to be held September 3. Those eclectad under this decree will organize a constitutional assem- bly to consider reforms in the constitu- tion. denburg, let us say it is not only a question of sticking it out, but of win- ning. URGE SALE OF ISLANDS . Tegislators of Danish West Indies Want Quick Transfer to Restore | Commerce and Happiness. St. Thomas, D. W. 1., Thursday (Delayed.)—In resolutions adopted today the local legislature urged upon the Danish government | the expediting of the negotiations for the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States. The transfer of the islands to the United States as speedily as possible, to end the un- certainty of the present situation is “earnestly requested” of the mother country. The resolutions are as fol- lows: As constantly recurring sale neso- Aug. 24, tiations paralyze all ente St. Thomas, and great depr a public deficit and private misery has | already been caused hy the war and by disappointment from the Panama Canal, the mother country is earnest- ly requested o hasten the present | negotiations and implored not to re- ject the sale unless the entire nation demands it and be willing to the consequence afterward.” The resolutions, which were adopted unanimously were cabled to the fin- ance minister of Denmark at Copen- hagen. Washington, Aug. 25.— Rejection by the Danish upper house of parliament of the proposal to sell the Danish West Indies to the United States will Aclay efforts here to ratify possible the treaty providing purchase of the islands. An- hcement to this effect w made { night by Senator Stone, chairiman of the senate foreign relations | mittee A eeting calied for today the proposed treaty. as for the n s of the to committee was further Aug. Washington, 5.—The treaty West Indies was considered today by the senate foreign relations tee, but no action was taken the treaty could be ratified at session of congress, Chairman Stone sald, could not be predicted at this time. take | | denburg, | that when | pany may send out a swarm of steam- | ers with great rapidity. not | as soon | com- | consider | providing for purchase of the Danish | commit- | Whether | this | ment. Tolland county, \a to favor Governor Ioleomb's renomination IPairfield county swung tov its favorite D, Licutenant Governor Clifford B. Wil- Manchester counted solid for ing, s believ son, Hea henchman, Labor Commissioner W. S. Hyde, lives there and is considered the bull whip of the republicans in the Silk City, is reported as three to ¢ one in favor of the leader of the last house of representatives. West Hart- ford named delegates favoring Hol- comb and the caucus was in favor of anything to beat Healy, who was bit- terly attacked by his oppoments for his alleged activities in favor of the liquor interests. The fact that he was ejected from the office of the state tax commission by Governor Woodruff, which is not forgotten by any means, | was also raised as an argument against the Windsor Locks political leader. . s number of small towns in New Haven county, such as Cheshire, Ham- den, North Haven, Clinton and Guil- forq chose delegates favorable to Blakeslee. GOMMfiRGIAL CHALLENGE Philip Heineken Says Germany Ready for Competition on Sea With Many New Steamers. Copenhagen, Aug. via London, | 4:11 p. m—Germany Is now ready for the competition on the sea which will take place after the war, declares Phillip Heineken, director of the | North German Lloyd Steamship line, in an interview in the Politiken toda Tvery ship destroyea during the war has been replaced, he said, and the North German Llovd line has built four new passenger steamers which have been named the Zeppelin, Hin- Kolumbus and Muenchen. The company, he added, also intends to build a large number of 4,000 ton steamers of a uniform type in order the war Is over, the com- The submarines Deutschland and Bremon, said Herr Heineken, would not be used after the war, as the cost of their operation was too great. MARSHALL'S NOTIFTCATION.. Washington, —Vice Presi- Marshall notified for- Aug. dent will be mally of his renomination September | 11 at Indianapolis, and will begin his speaking engagements September 9 at Winchester, Kentucky. o S T Oy WEATHER. Hartford, Aug. 2 Hartford and vicinity: tonight and Saturday e | | which crossed the east and south: with Rockville lead- | . owing to the fact that his chief | | aie Hills, THREATENS LONDO Zeppelin 0;er Thames Estuary Cazse of Great Bxcitement SIX IN RAID ON GOAST London, Aug. 25, 11:15 a. —De- tails of the raid by hostile airships st midnight m coast of England between and 3 o'clock this morning, as dis- closed by the official statement’ of the war office, show that nine persons are reported to have been injured, some Other damage effected by the raiders is declared to have been slight. The announcement states: ix hostile airships raided the east and southeast coasts of England last night at intervals between midnight ana 3 o'clock this morning. One air- ship made her way well inland. The remainder of the fleet carried out short inroads over the coast. The number of bombs dropped by the raid- ers has not yet been ascertained. Several bombs are reported to have heen directed at ships at sea. The damage effected by the raid was slight. “In one locality, a railway station and some houses were damaged and two horses were killed. At another point, two houses were wrecked. “The total casualties have not yet been reported. To date, nine persons are reported injured, some fatally. “Anti-aircraft guns came into action at certain points both on land and from ships at sea. Some of our air- craft went up in pursuit. One aero- plane succeeded in firing on a raider at close range but she eluded her pursuers in the clouds. A further re- port will follow. Zeppelin Near TLondon. “Three persons were killed and sev- eral injured by a Zeppelin which dropped a large number of bombs in the neighborhood of a town on the southeast coast of England early to- lay, says o despatch to the Exchange Telegraph company. Several houses were damaged. At anotber place on the southeast coast, many hombs were dropped. One fell into a railway sta- tion yard ana demolished some rail- mortally. wrecked a dairy nearby A Central News was great excitement in a to Thames BEstuary at 1 o'clock X 1en the news was receive approach of a Zeppelin. th ralde put it could \ching rapidly from it passed toward | morni of the obscured heard appc coast. After for some time west. Shortly afterwards a violent explosiens. followed by can- nonading, shook buildings and lighted the sky The people thronged the streets, calmly watching these operations, which lasted for half an hour. Eight persons were lkilled, and fhirty-six injured in the Zeppelin raid town the were the bombs reached Omne hundred One Zeppelin today. dropped | outskirts of London. This despatch indicates that Zeppe- lins which visitea England last night may have appeared in the vicinity of London, which is on the Thames, sixty miles from its mouth. Th course of the airship referred to was in the direction of T.cndoen Berlin, Aug. 24, via TLondon m.—An attack on Loridon by a Ger was made on Wodnesda night, day. WELSH TO INSURE HANI Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. Freddie Welsh, who will defend title against Charlie White in a bout here Labor Day, has ations to insure his ,000 during the traln- ing period, 1t was announced today. Figures on the cost of $100,000 Ir surance againgt rain on Tabor have been requested of Lloyds by manager of the champion- Requests from women the arena today ¢ used aside a block o5 his 20- round opened negoti hands for $20, ship battle. the manag of seats for their use. HELD FOR MURDER Jewett City Man Tells Court He Does Not Remember Admitting He Struck Vietim With Axe. Jewett Clty, Aug. 256.—That he did not remember admitting striking his antagonist with an axe, was the claim of Clarence Simons, a half-breed, when arraigned before Judge Arthur Brown in the Grisweld court today charged with the murder of Mitchel Gravelin at Voluntown Sunday night. Simons sald that he hit the other man With his fist. He entered a plea of not guilty to the complaint, The coroner, called as a witnes testifled that the defendant made sworn statement that he used an axe Stmons was caught in Providence | Monday and brought Dback here. Probable cause was found and he was held for the superior court which comes in week after next at Norwich. Sadie Wheeler, who lved with Simons and over whose affections Simons and Gravelin are said to have quarreled, was held as a materlal wit- | ness. a a ings, while another bomb rnmpl(‘lo]y‘ despatch says there ,wn on the | this 4 | Heavy fog held up the steamer during | advanced lines on series of | Jast night, it was announced officially | r office announced to- | GERMANS ON BREMEN REPORTED | CAPTURED IN THE ‘1 STRAITS OF DOVER. | e I New York, Aug. —The New York City News Assocla- tion quotes “An officer of the British merchant marine,” who arrived here taday aboard the White Star steamship Baltic, as authority for the statement | that the German submarine Bremen has been captured by the British and thirty-three of her crew of thirty-five made prisoners of war. The Bremen, according to the account, was captured in the Straits of Dover in a steel net an August 2. The other two members of the Bremen's crew lost their lives. The Bremen, it was said, while epmeshed in the net was sighted by a British patrol boat, her stern under the water and her bow high above the surface. After endeavor- ing for a time to extricate the wreck from the net, the rol boat steamed away for Dover with her prisoners. According to the officer quoted the British government has maintained silence in re- gard to the capture as another German transatlantic sub- marine, the Amerika, was said to be on the way here and it was hoped to capture her also. WILLEHAD ENDS TRIP TO NEW LONDON PIER German Steamship Successfully Com- pletes Journey From Boston to Connecticut Port. New London, Aug. .—The Ger- man steamer Willehad which was in- GERMANARFLEET |BRITISH STAR WAY PAST SOMME LINE RUSSIANS RESUME DRI French Clinch Wrested From tons Despite He Counter Attack. COMBLES TWO MILHE FROM ALLIES’ L Serbians Claim to Have Pushed garians Back All Along I Macedonia — Germany Trainloads of Munitions to B —Terrific in P Fighting Western Area, London Repol London, Aug. 25, 4:42 p. m.—O! announcement was made today after hard fighting on the 8ol front the British lines had been vanced several hundred yards ¥ Delville Wood. French Hold Gains. Aug noon.—The F! gains on the Somme front in th cinity of Maurepas yesterday followed by a heavy German cod attack last night. The officlall port issued today says the Ge were repulsed with heavy losse The German assault was deliv| against Hill No. 121 near Maurd Heavy shelling of the German continued in the, region of Lasi region near Paris, ‘and Roye. On the Verdun front the Ger attacked Fleury in the night, but unsuccessful. terned at Boston at the outbreak of the European war, and which sailod from Boston yesterday by way of | Cape Cod canal, arrived here this morning, having passed into Long | Island Sound shortly before 9 o'cloc ! {he night but the weather cleared at | daybreak and the Willehad proceeded here lirectly up the harbor to the new state pier, on which are | new storage sheds of the stern Forwarding company, the American | azency for the German line of sub- [ mersible merchantmen. It is expected the Willehaa will tie up there indefinite period of time, The big German boat | dock and came for an was it the state pier without E of a tug. ‘ around in the river and backed to her moorings without the slightest diffi- | culty ana Capt. Jachens declared “Your harbor is magnificent | not say too much in praise of it | When asked why he had come here for the German command | cally replied: *‘Orders.” | The steamer was tied up ¢ wharf at 9:5 Capt. Jachen { that the Willehad anchored o’clock Thursday afternoon off Seconn- | set and resumea ner trip to this city at 4 o’clock this mornin able to the as- turned o he laconi- DEUTSCHLAND COMING BACK. | | | | | Wil Bring Larger Cargo Than Was | | Expected, | Berlin, Aug. 25, Wirel - | ville—Preparations for another voy-| | age of the submarine Deutschland to | } the United States are well under wav. The amount of cargo now ready to be | ioaded 15 largor than had been ex- pected, the Overseas News Agenc v i says., All the members of the crew | have agreed to sign for the mnext, voyage. SE TRIBUTE TO BRAV. Washington, Aug. 25 statement today the n paid tribute to the valor of the fire | and engine room crews of the de- stroyer Terry, who braved death to save their ship when she struck a reef on the Dominican Coast several months ago. The Terry finally went down in shoal water, but will be raised and brought to Norfolk yard for repair AMIIN. In an official vy department | GREAT BEAR MISSING. Nome, Alaska, Aug. ~—Continued anxiety is shown, here aver the non- errival of the power schooner Great | Rear, bearing John Borden, Chicago mlillionaire sportsman, and | his party, now a week overdue. A storm has been raging cver this sec- tion of Bering Sea more than a week MORRIS-MORAN FIGHT OF Oklahoma City, OKla., Aug. —At- torney General Freeling today issued instructions to the sheriff, county at- torney and mayor of Tulsa not to al- low the Morris-Moran fight advertised for Labor day to take place. Accord- ing to the attorney general the fight would be in direct violation of state laws. T OF CONGRESS. .—Administra- ADJOURNME Washington, tion leaders in congress were today planning adjournment next Friday or €aturday. Aug. . i thea! office report statement follows : gion artillery bombardment, attack on stopped offensive, cesses a the line of the Serbian front in Maoe: donia are reported in the Serbian of ficial statement declgres that the Bulgariar center was yielding pressure and viously Y Serbfan lows: an artillery pusher back | Two Miles From Combles. Aug. 25 0 a me~— occupations of Maur the French and the En the Somme wil | two milles of Gombles, the advaned | which“is greatly aided by this | ward movement. Maurepas for one of the principal supporting v between the Somme and the high | from Albert to Bapaume and also ‘\un important strategic base by rei of its situation on a plateau domii iing the region towards the south. The Germans have placed on line against the French betw Hardecourt and Clery the fifth divl of the Prussi This g1 division is rnded In person i Prince Eitel ich, the second lof the Germ emperor, and art in the fighting at Maurep: Guillemont, where the English h is being defended 11 Regiment Paris, complete brings Gua made progress. Wilhelm emberg, aiser Aaiatic Advano rograd, by wireless to Lond| 11:50 a. m.—It is announ t the Russians have resumed t nce along the entire Asiatic fro| o Turks have evacuated Bitlis Tinssians Resume ady Russians Display Energy. Aug. 25, via Londd The new offensive oy Russians in south being develop The war office reps Petrograd 2:56 p. m ment of the Turkish Arme cnergetically i ed today that the Russian troops | continuing their attack west of L& Van. district, The recapture of Mush, in ti was announced last nights Austro-Germans Repulsed. Petrograd, Aug. 25, via Londany p. m.—Austro-German forces befe Kovel, in Volhynia, attempted to tall the offensive yesterday but the were repulsed. ! “In the region of the village Sabitki, north of the Lida Molode¢ rallway line, the Germans on Wedn day evening let loose & cloud of B onous gas. “At midnight Thursday in the south of Tsirin (northwest Baranovichi) the enemy, after a fii launched our trenches. He our advanced posts. direction of Kovel, in by ‘In the region of the village of Viitick, the | €nemy made but attempts was to resume repulsed.” Bulgarians Pushed Back. 1% 11:50 @ nst the Bulgarians London, m all uel lon: statement of August Thé to the Serbia that the positions pre. designated for Serbian occu tion were being seized and held b: troops. The statement fold “On the right wing there has been| duel. “Our offensive is developing ‘in: thel senter, and the Bulgarians are baingl gradually toward thi (Continued On Fifteenth Pagely |