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Rtalians Continues Vigorously Mhfiwu‘d Other Fronts—Austrians Were Re- Mm-nm.tmptto Recapture the Island of Pela- X THE .armies 6f the Teutordo' allles fhave made appreciable progress in Mr campaign to capture Warsaw and U the Russians from Poland or|tions them, according to the t—t m*" Communication wsued by the '‘German war office. ‘Teutons lew Prisoners. In the admittedly important strate- :lo sector of chaLm-Luhnn. sPeld Mase Von Mackensen is dealared )hlv. plerced the Russian positions ) Feaened the Chetm-Lublin pesiway, tak- 4ng many thousands of prisoners dur- ing the movement. In addition, n is ted that the Ruasian front Kovne Livosk, just ouhlfle the Polish bofll!r on ethe east. Apparently, however, not lkmn tho Russians, but the people in Great Britain take it for granted soon will evacuate Poland. . French Airmen Active. unnunbemm, tween the Vistula and the Bug hu glum and been shaken by the attacks of stro-Germans l.nd.lhlfl the l(umv dtés have evacuated Ppositions ¥onx the entire line, whfla General ‘Woyrsch has forced a of a passage Rhe Vistula in the Pilica. ndnn to the | in wouth of Warsaw and is now. _engaging hunuulm- on the right bank of the |the Ereat waterway. | Russian Defenss Weakens. L Jn the southeastern thestrs, Berlin @sserts that the Teuions anly to o noreh of Erubechow. swhich lios on the west pi i miles south- ¢ of Lublin. The German armies morth of 'War-d maw seemingly m time, with the Hindenberg again takes up vigor- ly his drive south and southeast- = to effect s _junction with them' Dring:o & ¢lifaax e Poliah gam- “The situation in the north, sccord~ to Berlin, is at present unchanged. Nothing from Petrograd. Nothing has -come through from Vmcnd as yet to confirm the un- lmit in Mr. Wade's favor, —_— PRESIDENT TOOK A LONG AUTOMOBILE-RIDE Unable to Play Golf Becauss of the the | accept any of them. One n( fl» Taviiations was to & clambake Claremont, N. H. recelved several days ago from pecple Iy difterant of the untry mm-zdtnc the. “tp-‘onl.fly today and plies thanking some of the senders. A | PLANNING NATION-WIDE dridtic. The first chamber of mflmflr Parliament has passed the landst: il providing for an Inm of the trained- soldiers- of Holland to 650,000 officers ang men., 830,000 men under arms. Two .more persons. charged with nplona.ga have been convicted by & rt martial in London md i put to acaih now has PlCKER ELECTROCUTED ™* t - AT SCHEDULED TIME. Walked Steadily to ¢ i, ‘Chanting “Have Mercy On Us.” belta EXPERT ACCOUNTANTS AT U. 8. FRUIT CO.8 BOOKS. ;he —_— c.’ 4t ls Known That the Company Has Not Sustained Any Serious Loss. Boston, July 30,—Attorneys for the ited Frult company announced fo- y that the books of the company- llt ‘words were ‘Jesus have mercy on| et his death without flinch. He lntehd the death chamber two pfluu “at his_side. They rere chanting a Joined &fi; litany. er repeating “Have mercy on us, have| eroy on us.* i:nr i a3 * aeat wiagosd and, mquarely into the eyes of the vflne\n. Eor & brief moment. Then he continued the ‘e mercy on us, have, Emsrey on “us’ mumbelnzuuma it vl o pre, vhich Lt P Rfl:rnw P ’h e, AL might received the electric shock An the midst of the prayer. One min- later a second shock was ~sent &m ‘body and the physicians renounced him ew- Body Brought to His Widow's Home. New York, July 30.—The ‘was brought to his FROM EUROPEAN CRUIS sl Money to Needy ‘Ameri- ‘cans in Turkey and, Asia Minor. J —The armored B o s resignation of Bubhnrd. treasurer of flze eommy since_its organization, had :’:::l accepted by the board of direc- w the'resignation of Mr. Hub- bard was in no way connected with ‘other changes, chief ut ‘which was the severance of relations with the cor- poration by George S. Inman, for several years the cashier. The statement which was given out by E. ‘'W. Dng of the law firm .of ‘Storey, Thorndike, Palmer and Dodge, follows: “The cashier of the United Fruit has not sustained any nrloul loss. There iz no more to be said at present ex- cept that the company is protected by A. Hubbard as treasurer of the com- tontght's. etatement 1t was. de- |28 TEMPE IANc! MOVEMENT. w.n.\l um.... N-w'!oflr:m :o.—'flrg mm‘d oday. by mam ‘of the Nati erful adjunct with the work. - The .movement s .an_ouf resenting thdl, 'lth a oommunmt membership| oq TRogers of 17,500,000 persons. Mr. sl 1ot demand prohidition, or urge pi ition laws, but we will show ; ey waste in the liquor traf— WAGE INCREASES FOR FORMER BAYONNE STRIKERS. Gdllll.of(nmfihfl?-rc‘n Immdl-uly. New York, July 80—Notices of ‘m- metints’ futtfespe of from ¥ € 16\ cent, in wages were d today at o Bayonna N. U plant of the Tides ‘water Oil company, whose 1,800 em- ployes wers on’ etrike last week in sympathy with, the employes of the &djoining plant ‘of the Standard Ofl Company. ‘The Tidewater cmployes re- turned to work this week without ask- any ;:e increase or reduction in uh.a.ymlmwm per cent. granted 15 Increases; men earning more than $2 and less than $3 Ministry of Justioa inta Bribery Filled with Citations and Deals =t Length with Intricate Questions of h International Law. le- y | embase; Mm-mwflmm investiga- | state d Not All Advertisng Done it Type ‘A good advertisemient In a live newspaper is u good salesman. A cobweb across the store door and #ays as plainly as type could: “Slow! shop-worn goods in the window Nothing Doin’!” The prom- 1ses made in print should always be honored at the counter of the ad- vmwmvdnmmhmr and operate against business Hfl‘hsmw from the west designed to please, and ‘Wwhether truth or fiction it contains the manifest spirit of initiative, persistence and success: “He didn’t have & doller, he didn’t have a Aime; his clothes and shoes looked as thoygh they had served their time. He aidn’t try to kill himself to dodge misfortune's whacks. Instead he got some ashes and filled five dozen sacks. Then next he begged a dollar. In the paper in the morn he advertised tin polish that would put the sun to scorn. He kept on advertising and just now, we're forced to say, he's out in California at his cottage by The way from adversity to opulénce the bay.” is always open to the thoughtful and keen-sighted. Whers the way seems dark get the searchlight of thought into action and make for better conditions. Get out of the #ddy into the flood-tide of trade. Do not let discourage- ment hypnotize you or Dispair make you afrald. Trade will come your way when you have what the people want. The Bulletin is a good advertising medium. Get a rate card and see for yourself, Following is a summary of the news printed during week: Bulletin Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, - Wedn Thursday, Totals . ... ... July 29. tion by the ministry of justice into bribery” charges resulting from tlie par- elections last March. Vi ation was sanction- ed by the emperor after a report on the sitbation had been made to him by Count Okuma. Followed Example of Chief. Premier Okuma; believing he should hold - himsel? responsible for the acts of the members of his cabifet, was the first to tender his resignation. The other ministers Immediately decided to follow. the example of thelr chief. After recet Count Okums, the emperor summoned the eider statesman for a Conference. A cabinet change at this time is unpopular with the public ‘because of the war. Bribery in Elections. that 10,000 yen ($5,000) had been offered Viscount Oura by a candidate for the house as the price g a rival candidate out of the fleld” The minister of the interior the past Telegraph Local General Total — July 24.. 300 July 26.. 153 July 27.. 151 y July 28,5157 138 July 30.. 464 150 105 165 130 150 420 1236 293 270 238 1686 551 586 525 538 543 820 will be releasea for publteation early Dext week. Whether the origical note fecelved here lpst Mondsy held from the press at the ‘Britisn rorelgn offica, will be. aix lowed to stand in its present form, and also be made public, has not been dis- closed. It is thought the entire British argument may be covered in the new note and the previcus communication be withdrawn. Deals With International Law. The new note, it is understood, is the most formidable in point of length and scope of the entire series of communi- cations exchanged by the two govern- ments on this subject. It is filled with citations and deals at length with in- tricate questions of international law. The British position on’ at_least two points not treated in the original note —the detention of the American steam- er Neches, en route from Rotterdam to New York with cargo, and the Ameri- can caveat of July 71, declaring the orders-in-council would not be recog- nized by this government as a substi- K. | tute for international law—will be fully a day received a 10 per cent. increase, | ¥ ang men earning more, than 33 & day 5 per cent. increase. HACKED TO DEATH WH'H A HATCHET IN HER HOUSE.]| gLty Mre. James H - Martin of Murshjsbore = che boml of cthe National Surety com- | Servant, wh P*i¥he resigmation of Mr. Charies | il wa s arrested. A mob formed near &.jdl.undt.halhmwo ‘the ‘pris- oner away h an automobile. An at- tempt to jail the negro o | vas, wal No officer of the 4 to_the statement of counsel. ‘| satd that Mr. Inman had the office since Monday and not to be seen at his home in clusive residential section WHEN CAR CML! BROKE: ~ | At-Mine of lho United Coal Co. N nboth, Pa. Pittsburgh, Pn., July 30.—Bight-men- I were kilied Patterson argued. Much Data Gathered. ;Meanwhile much data has been gathered by the state department upon which to base & rejoinder which prob- ably will be ready for. President Wil- fous Somsideration bafgre he returns to. Washington -next "THe acouracy of the Agures Droduced in previous British notes covering the many visited the German front in Galicia. The University of Wisconsin received $400,000 from the estate of J. Steven Tripp, of Prairie Du Sac, Wis. Mordeoai Brown, star pitcher of the ‘Chicago Feds, is in a hospital in Chi- cago suffering from an acute attack of nephritis. Thomas. Barron was killed and six others hurt “when the Lux hotel at ‘Waterloo, N. Y., was burned at a loss of $50,000. Coroner Eli Mix of New Haven was in Waterbury investigating an alleged criminal operation performed on a fac- tory girl. Operations of oil companies in the Tampico flelds of Mexico are still ham- pered by the revolutionary disturb- ances there. Albert Perell, 50 old, of Corn- N. Y., was killed in saving the life 'of his friend, Joseph Kemp, who fell in front of a train. Rear Admiral Charles B. T. Moore, recently relieved as commander of the bpaval station at Eonolulu. has Dbeen placed on the retired I A circulated In Wall street that Andrew Carnegie had died- sud- denly at Bar Harbor, ‘his summer home, proved to be false. While running to catch a train to take him to work, Cecil Murray, 18, dropped dead near the Bay Side station of the Long Isiand railrod. Rumanian students at the University of Liege have left, fearing that war between Rumania and Germany would prevent them from leaving. Arthur J. Jones, professor of educa- tion at the University of Make, Te- signed to-accept a lar position at the University of Pennsylvania. e e Almerlnn ‘Woman snflnx- associa- tien. All of themen who had been.on strike in various plants In Sayonne, N. J. returned to work. The city was turned over to.the local government by Sheriff Kinkead. A despatoh from Woellington states that the government’s proposal for the formation of a coalition government in New Zealand was defeated by the op- Pposition, . Axel Johnson of Bridgeport and his - thrown an aute which Johnson was driving and seri- ously injured. A baby born to Mrs. Joseph Petrosky of Passaic, N. J., has no toes and only three fingers on each hand. The baby is normal In every other way and weighs nine pounds. While pl-ym, with a gun which he thought was unioaded, Antonio B: llese, aged 11, shot and killed hi. ter Kate, 18 years old, at their home in Philadelphia. Because the factory management d clined w provide an automobile tru eir carriage to and from Milford CGM 30 of the Askam Rub- ‘ber company went on strike. President Wilson commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence im- posed on James Waupoose, an Indian, of Milwaukee, who pleaded guilty to the murder of an Indian woman. Charles Moore of Dnvv". Mich., was elected chairman of the National Fine Arts commission, succeeding Daniel C. rench of Now York, who resigned re- jen, | cently. e | ment of E. T. Burrows, wealthy manufacturer of Portland, Me., who is spending the summer at Pasadena, Cal, announced that he had refused a telegraphic offer to supply $27,000,000 worth of rifles to the Up to .m{oa, 160 lfl‘inn bull€ ves- sels of m, mlumt of omeNI 1914, ac- an congress . 18, , ac- to a statemert by the depart- Police wers sent to guard the docks in ‘Where the steamers Crag- Brooklyn, and Anson S. Whitehurst, Ordinary Seaman, of Norfolk, Va., Victims omepcn—'nuM CWWEMFMWT&W‘ a Regiment of Marines Numbering 500 Men—Navy Transport Hancock Also'Will“‘Convey Troops to Haiti— No-Great Apprehension<is Felt About the Situation. . ‘Whshington, July 30==Two American Bluejackets were killed last night In 'y ap- city ang order was maintained in the city itself. - No sailors were wound- ed and the loss of the attacking forces ‘was not reported. The dead: Seamen Killed. Willlam ~ Gompers, seaman, of Brooklyn, Cason S. Whitehurst, ordinary sea- man, of Norfolk, Va. Reinforcements had been ordered to Haiti before word of the fighting was received. The battleship Connecti- cut will sail from hia to- 500 men. Themavy trans- port Hancock, mow being overhauled at Philadelphia, also will go to Haiti, it is sald, although it is not known what force she will take south. Few Details of the Fighting. Admiral Caperton’s message gave few detalls of the fighting. It show- ed, however, that he had been warned of the intention of the Haitens to at- tack the city and early in the even- ing Captain H. L. Beach of the Wash- ington, commanding ashore, moved his N e s o e oy o most ‘them. loaving strong maintain order in 'l'h- Hllllen soldiers and civilians in the city were disarm to t snip- Bluejacket Battafion: Bore Brunt. h.&u&km-tlm&kh‘t turned and the attackers driven off, but not before Gompers and White- hurst had been killed. The following summary of Admiral Caperton's terse report was given out tonight at the navy department: Admiral Caperton’s Report. “Admiral Capeton reports . from Port Au Prince that owing to a.report that the town would likely be at- tacked during “the night he made disposition of his forces for defense at 5 p. m. Attack from south about § p. m. Sniping from brush in outskirts of town. Two killed in the seaman battalion, none wounded. Successful- 1y repulsed attack. Maintained quiet and order in inferior of city through- out night” In his first message after his arrival FEDERAL INVESTIGATION OF EASTLAND DISASTER. Examination of Inspector Developed Few N Chicago, July 30.—Investigation to @etermine whether anyone was crimin- ally to blame for the sinking of d in the Chicago river Satu day, with the 1oz of about 1,000 lives, was confined today to a federal grand jury and the steamboat 1nspwuon ser- vice under Secretary of Commerce William C. Redfield. The ship, still Iying on its side at its wharf, was taken over by a !.durl.l marshal on orders from Judge Landis of the United States district court, The county grand jury, it was decided by Maclay Hoyne, state's attorney, prob- ably did not have sufficient jurisdiction to accomplish anything and ceased its inquiry for the present. Sec: Redfleld’s examination of steamboat inspectors continued today but developed few new facts. Ch.lr'u that the steamboat inspection servi would not be stringent enough with its own members continued today an elicited from Secretary Redfleld a repetition of the statement that the in~ quiry was according to law and that judgment should not de passed until it was ended. Before Mr. Redfield resumed his hear- quest would be s Whitewash for o0 eral inepectors. These labor leaders telegraphed a protest to President Wil- son, but received no reply. w9 e ASSISTANT STATE TAX COMMISSIONER. Charles W. Cramer of Portland Ap. pointed By Commissioner Corbin. Hartford, Conn., July 30.—Chatles W. Cramer of P Judge for the pro- bate dumct of for years, ding, Admiral m ton asked for an additional r mm of to police the city and surround- m‘ disthict adequately. Anticipated Trouble. He suggested that the additional mm= rines be sent on the cruisers lum Carolina or Tennessee fast ships, in- dicating ‘that he expected some diffi-- culties. These vessels were not avail- able and the department ordered the battleship Connecticut at the nm- delphis yard made ready to sail to- morrow. ~ The Connecticut was m on stores tonight. The department 8- sued this statement: perton, now in command of the fores execrising military control of Port Au Pflnca, Haitl, for the protection of Uves and property in that city, the following reinforcements have sent him. “The U. S. S, Connocucut. E. H. Durell, commanding, directed to proceed to Port ntAu Prince thout delay. A regiment of marines, about 500 in number, will be p ed on the Connecticut and will be der the command of Colonel F. Cole, United States marine corps. Un- & on the arrival of the Connecticut Port Au Prince the marines 2 disembarked and the Counlcucut return for necessary muwnn- the, Atlantic fleet.” No Apprehension Felt. - B retary Daniels feit no great mnm about the situation. ; flm force was sent primamily, he tL to permit short hours of that he might operate the shore in relays and have a sufficlent to assure adequate protection st all Disarmament of the Town. Disarmament of the town Yyesterday ‘was directed after a conference be- tween a committee of safety organized among the citizens of Port Au Prince, American navy officers and the Ameri- can charge de’affaires. The commit- tee of safety is the de facto govern- ment. Any megotiations by the state department will be addressed to this committee, inasmuch as there appears to be no other form of government at the present time, WINCHESTER PLANT GRANTS 48 HOUR WEEK Becomes Effective August 16—Wage Increase for Piece Workers. New Haven, Conn., July 30—A new time schedule was announced at the plant of the Winchester Arms company, in this city, today, based primariily upon a reduction of the normal schedule from 56 to 4§ hours a week, effective August 16. Employes on plece work will receive increases in wages which will them for loss which might come with, reduction of houurs, and fifty per cent.- bonus is to be given for overtime fo all except pleceworkers. There .are to be bonuses for night workers ex: copt those on piece work, In most i stances these to be figured at ten per cent. on weekly wages. The company states that the ehnu- made are voluntary on its part, will continue until further notice, b fecting all but salaried and office em- ployes. d | TWO MORE SPIES EXECUTED IN LONDON® Were Tried by Courtmartial—Ten Others to be Tried London, July 30, 8:40 p. mThe following official statement —b public tonighe: officially announced that M pdl-onerl Who were charged fith es- Pplonage were tried by gemeral court- on the 16th and 17th. M were found guilty and m death and the sentences having bsem carried out auly wnnmed, were out this morning. The RBritish smfim in ficial statement Thursday the question of esplonage, said addition to five persons whose tion already had been others had apprehended would be tried for spying. h t!uuvu-o-rmmnll-l‘ it in NEGRO BURNED TO DEATH IN PUBLIC m

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