Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 1, 1915, Page 1

& « PART ONE. NEWS SECTION PAGES ONE TO TWELVE - THE WEATHER Unsettled VOL. XLV—NO. 7 MORNING, AUGUST 1 YEAR OF WAR IS OVER TODAY: NO END YETIN SIGHT Eleven Nations Still Battling in Europe with Fury Never Before Equalled in History's Records, : + HALF THE WORLD IN MOURNING | Millions of Casualties Out of Armies | the Size of Which is Staggering. JOOK TO WINTER CAMPAIGN The second year of the European ‘war opena today. On August 1, 1914, Germany declared war against Rus- sla and the last chance vanished of | localizing the Austro-Serbian war, de- | clared three days previously by Aus-| tria-Hungary. | All the great powers of Europe ‘were drawn into a struggle the like of which history has not heretofore recorded. FEleven nations are at war and almost all lands are affected, di- rectly or indirectly. Millions of men have been killed, wounded or carried to captivity in hostile countries, Bil- lions of do'lars have been expended. ThousAnds of square miles of terri- tory have been devastated and hun- dreds of citles and towns lald waste. Half the world is in mourning for the dead. And although the war has been in progress with unexampled fury for a year, no decisive results have been achieved and the end is not in sight, Some Figures on the War, Determination to pursue the war to a declsive ending has been expressed by high officlals of all belligerent nations, preparations are being made for next Wwinter's campaign, and, in fact, indica- tions from Europe are that it is more ltkely to Increase In size rather than de- crease. It is still an open question whether Bulgaria, Roumania or Greece | ‘will be drawn in. It is impossible to obtain accurate statistics of the number of men engaged, | the casualties and the cost. For obvious | Teasons the size of the various armles are kept secret. Most of the nations do consider It expedient to reveal the number of casualties; in fact, Great DBritain {8 the only one which has given out offielal totals. As to the money ex- pended, there are avallable only partial statistics. More than half the population of the tworl lives in the countries at war. The | population of the warring countries is| estimated roughly at §47,000,00, and of the countries at peace at 797,000,000. The | population of the entente nations is per- | haps five times as great as that of their opponents. The number, of men undor arms has been estimated - variously, | usually in the neighborhood of 20,000,000 | Willlam Michaelie, writing recently in a | Berlin magazine, put the number of #oldiers at war at 21,770,00; for the allles, 12,820,000; for Gerr Austria-Hungary und Turkey, 8,930,000, No previous war has approsc! present one In wholesale destruction of lite. This 18 due not only to the number of mon involved, but to the terrible ef ielency of modern weapons. Trench war- | fare on a great scale, with its deadly oharges. mining operations and exten- sivo of artillery and hand grenades, has contributed to this end. Whereas in | the past It has been calculated that the proportion of killed to total ecasualtl runs 1 to 8 or 1 to 10, the proportion in | trench warfare, as indicated by officlal ( Britieh statistics, 1s about 1 to b | Battles Near Butchery. { The battle on the plains of Flanders, | on the Warsaw front, in the Austro-Ger- man advance through Galicla and in the | Carpathlans, were attended by frightful | slaughter, Russian losses in the Car- | pathians alone were estimated unoficlally | { | | | | ¥, (Continued on Page Six Former Omaha Man is Killed by Train D., July 31.—(Spec Telegram.)—J. J. Alberts, 25 years old, | was struck by a north-bound Milwaukeo passenger train near Bonilla, 8. D, at 4] o'clock this morning and instantly killed. The man stepped from the weeds onto the track but a short distance ahead of the train, which struck him before it could be stopped. Alberts is supposed to have come to Bouth Dakota to work in the harvest fields, though papers on his person showed he had been brakeman on the Burlington and a switchman en the Northwestern at Omaha The body was turned coroner of Beadle county. The Weather Column Une.; over to the { an order prohibiting witnesses subpoenaed | | atter the federal body has concluded its | | midnight, , 1915—F1VE BECTIONS—FORTY PAGES. ADVANCING WITH BAYONETS POINTED-Remarkable smapshot picture of an Italian infantry regiment in the midst of a recent engagement in the Isonzo river valley. Thirty-Five Hurt in Wreck in Colorado Caused by Washout COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July 31.— Thirty-five persons were Injured in the derallment of Santa Fe train No. 6 one man wag drowned and two are missing as the result of a cloudburst last night near Crews, elght miles south of Colo~ rado Springs. Bert Colburn, an automobile driver, was drowned and V. H. Lucas, a ranch owner, and Harry Robinson are missing as a result of the cloudburst eight miles south of here shortly before midnight. Col- {burn’s body was found lying face down | on a sandbar in Sand creek, near Kelker. Lucas and Robinson were on an auto- moblle trip with Colburn, NEBRASKA 1§ SIXTY MILLIONS RICHER Grand Assessment Roll Shows Total Wealth of State About Two and Half Billions, REDFIELD PEEYED: CASE “PRBJUDGED" Secretary Asserts He Has Not Been Fairly Treated and He Is Sorry and Hurt. PROMISES FULL INVESTIGATION CHICAGO, July 31.—8ecretary of Commerce Willlam C. Redfield, stirred’ by eriticism of his inquiry into the steamer Eastland disaster by local public officlals, declared to- day he would make a thorough in- vestigation of the entire United States steamboat inspection service, if proper charges ageinst individual inspectors or the department are filed. The secretary sald that both he and the federal officials whose duty It was “to give a square deal to all’ bad been prejudged and “not given a chance’ by the Chicago officlals and others. Follows O'Hara's Demand. The stutement made by the secretary followed & domand by Lieutenant Gov- NEW UNION STATION DENIED 10 BLURES State Commission, However, Orders Railroads to Improve Union Transfer Depot. PROVISION OF LAW DISCUSSED DES MOINES, Ia., July 81.—(8pe- clal.)—The State Rallroad commis- sion has entered an order refusing to direct the raillroads entering Council Bluffs to unite in formation of a company and construction of a union passenger station. ' What the decision would be, or would have to be, has long been a matter of com- mon knowledge, because the statute is plain and previous decislons set precedents which could not very well be overlooked. But because of the work of the commission on rate ¢ases and other matters there has not been until this time any final conference of the commissioners and agreement as to what the conclusion crnor Barratt O'Hara, acting governor ! of Tilinols, that: the federal Inguiry be widened “to cover every activity ot the United States steamboat service dyring the lust fitteen years." ° Allen L. Thurnian, = soliéitor of *the Department of Commerce, replied to the acting governor's request in a heateu speech In which he sald: “It cannot be done; it i impossible— LARGE INCREASE IN DOUGIABI (From a Btaff Correspondent) LINOOLN, July 81.—(Speeial.)—! Without Greeley county, the assessed valuation of Nebraska, as reported by the county assessors for 1915, | shows an increase over last year of‘ this request of fhe lieuténant governor. nearly $12,000,000, according (ot The statute does not allow it.”" igures prepared by Secretary Ber- At ‘the close of sthe morning session|pocker of the State oBard of Assess-! Secretary Redfield adjourned the inquiry | o until o'clack Monday morning and | | sald that before that time a meeting| The Greeley county assessment,| would be leld as Licutenant Governor| While showing aum increase, will not! O'Harn had suggested to considei ways | materially change the total. There | and means for widening the investiga-|aro some changes to be made by lh“i i 5 I Thurman advised Secrstary | SCCTEtary in the totals, | Redfield that the law does not- auths Douglas county shows the greatest in- | any such investigation as that |crease, being 41,300,808, while, Cedar | by Lieutenant Governor O'Hara. PRAY. Mhows Jhe Aeast AN, st At noon Federal Judge Landis fssued| Bo¥d shows a big decrease of $102,455, t of the elght counties | while the low ] » A 4 |falling off is Wheeler, with $1,208, | b CR C8ral ETOAQ SuFy Tr08 SSTINEY s Tl iinneesad valtation | Wiktiadt st any other Investigation without pe- | 0 OIA! SREEEE vEluation withaut Sial parmission 208 \ShaicEM - ARHK! o fT0 luation whioh would make the | real value of Nebraska property, counting Greeley at $3,444304, the same as last year, subject to'dssessment, $2,403,081,%15, | Following is the assessed valuation by | 10 work. Will Not Comment. Solicitor Thurman and State's Attor- ney Hoyne declined to comment on Judge - el 2 B Landls' order further than to say that (Continuea Column Two.) | they did not believe it would interfere | Ve e Imestestons wnde »a. Gonzales Re-Enters . | Mexican Capital a coirt order authorizing the July state grand jury, whose term explres - at| to continue the finvestigation | of the, Eastland wreck into the August | PR e " | N ANTONIO, Tex., July 3L.—The re- term | 3 . July 2 o 1o When the inquiry which was being | °°CuPetion of Mexico City last night by | conducted by Becrefary of® Commerce! e constifutionalist troops under Genesal Redficld Into the Fastland disaster con- | 8Plo Sonsules was. roported u & e | vened Captain Trank A, Dority, §ia® 3;’::1"?,.,',:" “‘"I"ly\,“"n?":'.‘"'::’,' commandey of the Eastland from 1908/, = '°F oo el oy % to 196, was called to the stand. u.uf:n:mm Jogus Acunasinister of Capain Dority testified that about| gy o ma.'u, sald: “General Gonzales'.! the middie of the scason 1of 1904 the | (1oop, tecccupled Mexico City o ] Fastland carecned while crossing the 'ning with Mttle resiatance.. The movement | ber outside of South Iiaven, Mich, was thé culmination of & campaign de- “I consider the Eastland a safe veasel | tormined upon when it was $ound necos<| under all circumstances, It it has. water sury to crush the Vilia column com- in ita ballast tanks gnd 1f it Is properly | masided by Fierro «eie . distributed,” sad Capiain wvority, who| “Iustead of sending a small force now commands the steamer City of Bouth agninst Fleiro, General Gonzales decided Haven. “I deemed the water ballast (o infict & crushing blow that shoutd properly distributed when it was in the climinate himi as a future menace when middle tank. The water in the' tanks the capital ghould ceupled. The shifts with the list of the vessel. In plan proved eminently succeksful, though my opinion water is the most dangerous misnnderstood and misrepresented Ly torm of ballast e taken Into his confidence. x neral Lechusa commanded the | German Shell Drops In American Hospital today forces which reocoupled the city llll; night.” Steamship Orduna - - | would be, The commission denies its jurisdiotion under the law, hence | the merits are wot entered into. | The cssente of the decision is that the iaw under which the complainants asked | fof the order was-intended to apply and | does alone apply to country crossings, in! which case the board may require erec- | tion of platforms and shelters for pas- sengers transferring from one road to| another. In this class of cases the com-! mission has ample authority to compel | erection of accommodations. But the | |law as to union depots merely gives the | companies the right to unite and main- | taln such stations. | Heiter Facllities Imperative, The commission did make, however, an | order us to some things as follows: “While we hold lack of power 1o re-| quire a union station at Council Blufts, | yet we are given authority to require adequate station facilities generally. Jode, Section 2113, Until a union station is constructed at Councll Bluffs, it may be impracticable and impossible to make | eubstantinl inprovements in the crossing of surface tracks of rallrodds, in the blockading of many streets by passenger trains, and in the furnishing of the usual modern improvements of city depots, such ng luneh couniers, news stand and parcel room with attendants, at the several ata- tions of the individual roads, where four- tifthe of the passenger traffic, in and out of Councll Bluffs {s accommodated. However, we urge the carriers to use all reasonable means within their power to tmprove these conditions just described, ““The commission has the power to res quire better station facilities generally, where the same are inadequate.’ We find | that ‘those having charge of the Unlon | Pacifio, transfer station should improve | the sanitary condition of tollet roms, en- | large and improve its platform llcllllleu‘ | for passengers getting on and off trains, | an .dalso for those coming through or | going from said station, | Milwaukee Statlon Inadequate. “We further find that the Mflwaukee railroad should make important and sub- stantisl improvements in its station fa- cllitles at 'Council Bluffs; that all of the rallroads should make substantial im- provements in the tollet room facilities of their station houses, and that all of | raliroads should make more ade- quate provision in the way of platform factlities for passengers getting on and | off trains. | “An adequate opportunity will be given the said carriers to comply Wwith the foregoing requirements. Upon thelr fail- ure to meke substantial compliance with the same, within a reasonable length of time, an order will be Issued in ! cordance with the foregoing findings. The case was brought by the oity of | Counctl Bluffs and the Commercial club | sald Mob Threatens U, S.—“ Embassy at Berlin ZURICH, Switserland, July 31.—(Via London.)—American travelers arriving here today from Berlin report that there were serious anti-American disturbances in the German capitol on Tuesday and ‘Wednesday of this week. A large crowd of students gathered in front of the American embassy and hooted and yelled until they were dia- persed by a force of police summoned to protect the building. ‘The police, according to the travelers, requested Americans in Berlin to refrain from wearing the Stars and Stripes as badges or scarf pins, the sight of which, they say, irritate the Germans and often expose the wearers to insults and moles- ' tation. DISARM RESIDENTS OF PORT AU PRINCE Rear Admiral Caperton Reports Six Natives Killed During Attack on United States Marines, BATTLESHIP. CUT SAILS WASHINGTON, July 31.—Reports today from the American legation at Port au Prince, Haiti, say the city Is quiet and that the disarming of the natives i{s going on. They recom- |mend a larger naval force be sent to the islands for the moral effect and to assist in patrol duty. ‘The Navy department issued this state- ment: “Rear Admiral Caperton reports from Port au Prince that during the entry of the United States force into the town of Port au Prince and the fighting during the previous night, six Haltlens were killed and two wounded, The disarming of soldlers and civillans is still going on nd & quantity of arms and ammunition already has been collected and placed un- der guard in the palace. Due to the large area covered by the city, it will take me time in completely disarming all. “He also reports that the revolution- ary committee declared for Rosalvo Bobo, The selection of this committee however ‘Was only made after an attempt to get twelve other prominent men to accept the candidacy. These other men would not aocept. The Blot party at Cape Haltien, it i3 reported, has declared for Baurand. In view of the conditions al- most sure to follow the rivalry between the varfous candidates and their adher- ents in various parts of the country, the political conditions are very uncertain. Another dangerous clement in the situa- tion may result’ from the presence of a large niumber of ufiemployed men in and around Port au Prince. “Cape Haifien was reported quiet.” Battleship Connecticut Salls, PHILADBLPHIA, Juiy 81.—The battle- ship Copnecticut, with nearly 30 mur on board, salled from the Philadeciphia navy yard today for Fort au Prince, Haltl, where the sea soldicrs will rein- force those already on duty there. MayO; Hawkins and Captain Wilhelm Quit WASHINGTON, July 3l.—~Major Willlam Hawkins of the coast arftillery, stationed at the Bandy Hook proving grounds, and Captain Walter M. Wilhelm, also of the coast artillery and assigned to the arsenal at Philadelphla, have resigned from the army to take places with munitions man- nufacturers. Secretary Garrison will accept resignations. There s also pending before the secre- tary the resignations of Lieutenant J, their | 1 | PONT A MOUSSON, France, July 81.— | A German shell fell intg the mess room lof the fiela | ambulance of Paris, while the staff was {at d'nner today. The missile penetrated |the floor and burst in the cellar. A | French orderly was kilied and one American was slightly scratched by & fragment of the shell. "% AEROPUANES COLLIDE % DURING TRIAL TRIP do= s——— 74| CHARTREN, France, suly 3L—During 1 tr'al flights this moruing an aeroplane 201 making steep volplanes ran futo «n army hh | machine approximately 200 feet above inclies | the flying field. Both the aeroplanes fell. | One aviator, & youth of 2, was burned to death, while the other was injured. o yesterday. " est yestetrday..... temperature ... itation .. mperature and precipitation ures from the normal temperature cy for the da N A otal deficiency since March 1. nches e | hospital of tie American | agalust eight railroad companies doing business there. The declsion signed by all Men's Coats Will Be Short and Snug NEW YORK, July 81.~Men's coats for the winter season will have padless COLT COMPANY PAYS BONUS TO EMPLOYES | shoutder ana snug waists and will be —_— abbreviated, sccording to the announce- HARTFORD, Conn., July §l.—Fmployes | ment of James MecGinley, spokesman for of the 'Colt Patent ¥Fire Arms Manu- | the style committee of the Clothing De- facturing company were informed today | signers Assoclation of Ameriea, Whose that @ bonus of 1 per cent would be annual convention ended here yester- beald to all, based on wages carned and 'day. McGinley sald that the broad lapel @ating from May 1, last. The action was and deep color would be banned this year. Ivamm on the part of the company. Trousers( he ssserted, will be tight. Safe at Liverpool o wes & unanimous one, NEW YORK, July 3.—~The Cunard the membe: liner Orduna, which salled from New York, July 8, arvived at Liverpool today, according to cable advices. The Orduns on her outward trip from Kaogland was | fired upon by & German submarine and | narrowly escaped being torpedoed. | Thomas of the coast artlllery corps and I:no application of Lieutenant Colonel Tracy O, Dickson for retirement. Bo far ten of the best experts of the ordnance department have retireq or resigned from '| the service. |Berlin Commandeers Copper and Nickel BERLIN, July 8L—(Vis Lendon.)—The military suthorities of the province of Brandenburg, In which Berlin s located, have lssued an order expropriating all supplies of copper, brass and nickel. The order covers skillets, pots, pans and kettles and household utensils. The articles may be retained until further notice, must not be sold, destroyed or disposed of In any way. ZAPATA DESTROYS LEGATION'S MAIL Mexican Chief Personally Breaks Seals on American Pouch After Messenger is Assaulted. EDITOR HUDSON IS LOCKED UP BULLETIN, SBAN ANTONIO Tex.,, July 81.-— The reoccupation of Mexico City last night by the constitutionalist troops under General Pablo Gonzales was| reported in a telegram received here| today by Samuel Belden, legal rep- | resentative of Governor Carranza,| from Jesus Acuna, minister of the| interior, | MEXICO CITY, Baturday, July 24.1 | ==(By Wireless from Steamship City | | of Tampico to Galveston, July 31.)— {Paul Hudson, president of the Her-| |ald Publishing company of Mexico | ‘;L‘,Ity. an Americamr citizen, together with members ot his family and the | staff of his paper, are prisoners in/! {Mexico City and threatened with | court-martial, The charges against Mr. Hudson have not been set forth and it s not known what fate awaits him, Allan Mallory, an American, has been | assauited by followers of Zapata, while carrying diplomatio correspondence. At the time of this attack Mr. Mallory was carrying an American flag, which was torn and insulted by his assailants. Zapata personally destroyed the cor- respondence taken from Mr. Mallory, He broke the legation seals, saying that “the Americans were fools." The Brasilian minister made an effort to obtain the release of Hudson, but he was openly flouted, Wil Execute Sp rds, Governmental control 1s lacking in Mexico City and terror prevalls. Swiss and Spanish citizens have been removed in automobiles and ordered exeouted. Zapata is quoted as having said that he intended to kill the local Spaniards. The forelgners feel that thelr pesition particularly precarious for the rea- on that they are unable to appeal to any assistance. The governor of the fed- oral district treats them with contempt. The food fituation in Mexico City s desperate. Starvation is abroad and the people are eating cats and dogs, Some of the forelgn residents are starving. Certain Mexicans are appealing to the (Brazilian minister for intervention by the United States. Bands composed of followery of Villa | and Zapata are extending thelr control | throughout the interlor of the republis, | and almost all of central Mexico 1a today | without any constituted government. The | followers of General Carranza are flesing toward the comst cltles. i Carransa Gets Tusy, | WASHINGTON, July $1.—Fimt results' of the joint warning from the United ! States to Carrensa, Villa and Zapata that ' the rallroad from Vera Crus to Mexico | City must be kept open for transportation | of food to the starving thousands In| | Mexico City, became apparert today. Carranza's sgents prepared to give as- Aurances that a Carranza army will| again oocupy the capital and keep the | rallroad open. They will explain to ad- | ministration officials why it was neces- sary for the Carranza army to evacuate two weeks ago. It was disclosed officlally today that Carranza’s army occupled the ocapital against the judgment of the military com- manders because the United States asked Carransa to do so. Danish Ship Sunk | by Torpedo Boat, ! Not a Submarine’ LONDON, July #1.-~A Copenhagen dis- patch to the Post say: ‘““The crew of the stemmer Nogill testi- fled before the maritime court that the | steamer was sunk by a German torpedo | boat and not by & submarine. The tor- pedo boat was one of a flotilla of elght (ships of a new type, 327 feet long and mounting four ¥.5-centimeter guns. The Nogill's sailors sald they were told by the German crew that they were return- ing from a ten days’ cruise in the North Sea and that they had no fear of the |enomy's fleet because of their speed and unusuaily heavy armament. The Danish steamer Noglil, bound from | Gotheriburg, SBweden, for the Tyne river, laden with railroad ties, was reported | July 27 to have been sunk in the North Sea by a German submarine. The crew of the steamer were landed at Wilhelmas- haven. |Okuma Called Twice | toImperial Palace TOKI10, July 31.—Premier Count Okuma was twice summoned to the imperial pal- ace today to confer with BEmperor Yoshihito regarding the cabinet crisis that has arisen from the investigation by the ministry of justice Into the bribery charges growing out of the parliafmentary election of March, which, it is alleged, involved Viscount Oura, the minister of ! the iunterior, in the Japanese cabinet. The minister of the interior retired July 2,,and by this action the resigna- tion of the ntire Okuma cabinet was preciptated on the followns day. Up to a lat hour tonght no decision had been reached as to who should assume the premiership. Ex-Premier Marquis Matsukata favors the retention in office of Count Okuma. (Germany Answers Last Note on Frye BERLIN (Via London), July L—Ger- many’s reply to the American note of June M, regarding the sinking by the German suxiliary crulser Prince Eitel Friedrich of the American ship Willlam P. Frye, with a cargo of wheat In the Pacific last January, was transmitted to Washington last night. COPY FIVE CEN TEUTONS BREAK RUSSIAN GRIP ON LUBLIN RAILWAY One Line of Retreat for the Grand Dukes’ Forces Through South- ern Poland Has Been Cut Off. POSITION IS NOW PRECARIOUS Czar’s General Will Have Serious Trouble Extricating Army from Maze About Warsaw. INHABITANTS LEAVING THE CITY BULLETIN, GENEVA, Switzerland, July 31.— (Via Paris.)—@erman aviators, re- turning to their lines after a flight over Warsaw, reported that they clearly saw the Russian troops evae- uating the Polish capital, marching |toward the east, says a dispatch re- celved today by the Geneva Tribune from Innsbruck. LONDON, July 8$1.—Austro-Ger- man cavalry have entered Lublin. Ctficial announcement to this effect from Vienna supplementing German claims of last night that the Russian grip along this southern front had been broken indicates that the im- portant Lublin-Chelm rallway now is strongly held by the invaders, cutting off retreat for the Russian foreces in southern Poland. Meantime General Von Buelow continues hig drive toward Vilna, seeking to cut the Northern railway trom Warsaw to Petrograd, and the predicament of the Russian armies seeking to withdraw from Warsaw, unless the main forces already are out of the district, becomes more perilous. Warsaw's 800,00 tnhabitants, laden with such household articles and supplies of food as they can carry, are fleeing from the city toward the east and every dfs- patch from Russian makes guarded refer- once to some phase of the vacuation of the ecity. Official announcement of its abandon- ment has not been however, aithough the slender hope of the entente allied countries that the Germans might be held on the threshhold is dissipated and military writers sse.centining them- solves to debating Grand Duke Nicholas' chances of | his armies from the hard pinch ‘without disaster. Germans Cross Vistula. Bealdes the capture of Lublin and the selzure of the rallway, the German forces have crossed the Vistula river between Warsaw and Ivangorod and the problem for the Russians to hold their wings north and south of Warsaw, while the center retired, becomes more acute. It was argued that the conduct of tals retreat, without great loss, would entall the necessity of the Lublin-Chelm front holding firm. Now that It is broken, quick action on the part of the Russians be- comes impurative, as also does the stem- | ming the increasing German forces driv- ing from Kovno and Buwalki toward Vilna, the capture of which would cause the northern line to retreat. Britons Advocate Comseription. With these developments, Great Britain is greatly concerned, Some sections of the newspapers are selsing the oppor- tunity to emprasize Russia's task and press for conscription here as the best proof to give Russia that the western | allies purpose to stand by it in exerting all the pressure posaible on the west. The Russian press, according to spectal dispatches reaching London, feel that the weatern allies should have initlated some movement in France or in Belglum to relieve the strain on Ruseis, as Russia Aid by its invasion of east Prussia. With events shaped as they are now, e (Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) Day’s V;’ar News GERMAN AVIATORS fiying over Warsaw report that the Ruass are evacuating thut clty, aceordl: to & mewsdispatoh recelved by » paper at Geneva from Latbach, The LUBLIN-CHELM RAILROAD, the line of retreat for the Russians in Warsaw, leading to the southenst, is in German hands and the forces of Emperor Willlam are gravely menacing Vilua, a city on one of the main railroad lines from War- saw morth to Petrograd. FRENCH OFFICIAL STATEMENT of today describes aerial activity on the Germans at three points, Nancy, St. Pol-Sur-Mer and Gravelines, There has been a fairly spirited fight in the Argonnme, but other- wise no action of importance. BRITISH STEAMER IBERIAN, owned by the Leyiand Mue, of 5,225 gross tons, has been sunk by Germ: ubmarine. Sixty-one of the erew were saved, but seven lost their lives. Ome of the latter was an American, The American con Quenstown has reported that the Iberian dlarve- &arded the submarine’s warning te stop. FOUR MORE itish flshing boats were sunk by German submarines today. AMERICAN DOCTORS in the field of France have been undergoing shell fire, One group of them at- tached to the American ambulancy of Paris were dintng today in thele % and burst fun the cellar. One doctor was slightly wounded, while a Prench orderiy was killed.