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Ideal Conditions for Great _PRICE | ONE OENT. } SATIS " Coprriehe 1915, by GERMANS CAPTURE HALICZ RUSSIANS IN FIGHT AGAIN CHASED BY VON LINSINGEN Ce. (The New York World), CTORY REPLY TO UNITED STATES. COMING FROM BERLIN, GERARD CABLES — FINAL The __["Cirentation Books Open to All”|____ “NEW YORK, ‘MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1915. ‘The Preee WHERE I OLIVER? STILL UNSOLVED IN SLADE TRIAL Mr. Littleton Continues His Cross-Examination of James hie Osborne to That Purpose. | Never Has Seen or Heard From “Oliver” Since the First Time, He Says. Nessa Martin W. Littleton cross-exam- “OFFICE IN MY HAT.” b} wae Even Petrograd Admits a Retreat in Galicia Along Thirty- -Mile| Front—Just Escaped a Trap Set! by Mackensen. BERLIN (via fonder], fal June 28.—The town of Halicz in Galicia, on the Dneister River, has been occupied by German troops, according to the announcement given out to-day by German military headquarters. } Tho statement says the River Dneister has been crossed by the Ger- ! mans along the entire front. Heavy howitzers wrecked the Rus- {nian position at the Hallez, bridge: | j after a battle that has lasted nearly | ( 4 fortnight. ‘The Slag are? falling! back to the north in some disorder, "NAMED BY MAYOR: | Capture of Halicz and ‘the railway crossing the river north of Stanisiau| KOENIG Nig_ APPOINTED ie perhaps the most important Aus: | tro-German victory since the winning of Lemberg. i Gen. von Linsingen's extreme right.| Brother of ‘mana Leader i pressing on from Halicas, now throat <5 . } ens to cut tho Russian Bukowin«! and Two Former Of- army off from the forces operatins | around Lemberg unless the Hussian left wing makes a hasty retreat upon ficials Get Jobs. \ Tarnopoi. H i Following 1s the text of the War) gforris Koenig, EB. V. Prothiagham J “i Office report: and ©. Grant Esterbrook were ap- “The town of Halicz was occupied by our troops and the Dniester River has been crossed to-day, The army of pointed City ncles to-day Magistrates to ll vae | is a brother of Republican Gen, von Linsingen thereby succeeded ty Charman Samuel Koonig, im capturing or dominating all the) Frothinghum was Commissioner crossings over this river on the entire! public Works up to a front. months ago, and Esterbrook was for- “After five days of heavy fighting} merly Vico-Vresident of tho } further to the north our troops are} Aldermen. pursuing the defeated enemy towards] ‘The selection of Frothingham and the Gnila Lipa branch of the Dniester. Since June 28 the army of Gen. von Linsingen has taken 6,470 Russians as prisoners. “Northeast of Lev verg we are up- proaching the Bug section, Further to the east as far as the rogion of Gieszanow the allied Teuton troops are progressing. They bave made several thousands of Russian prison- Utical circles, but the clevation of Morris Koenig was considerable of a surprise to a great many patriots who had urged upon the Mayor thetr claims for the honor. This appoint- ment will certainly cause weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth, especially ax young Mr. Koenig has been a Deputy Assistant District At- j ers and have captured a number of|torney at a good sulary for some ; cannon and machine guns, Fume past “Russian attacks north and porths| “1 suppose," suid (he Mayor, “it east of Praasnyse, which were mainly | will be suid I appointed Mr, Koenig directed against the new positions| because he ts the brother of the Re- captured by us June 2% to the south-| publican County Chairman. Mr, Koe- east of Oglenda, broke with | nig was recommended to me by Gov, { heavy losses to our opponents.” Whitman, by District Attorney 4 PETROGRAD, via London, June 28.| kins, by all the Judges of the —A Russian official statement udmits| of General Sessions and by many a reverse for Russian forces in Gaiffia | others in whose judgment I have con- southeast of Lemberg. fidence.” down Tt is asserted that by retreating the| All tt appointees are Republi- | Grand Puke tas frustrated a doter-| cans. mined attempt by the Austro-Ger- Koenig and Frothinghum are to pierce the an lines he-| succeed Magistrates Fresechi and f Aepeeie preave the Busse Campbell respectively, ‘That means ! tween Lemberg and Braerany and cut) ir they will serve full terme of ten off the southeastern armies from those Esterbrook, who succeeds the years. 0 operating east of Lemberg, liate Otto H, Kempner in Brooklyn, cs Russians, according tu the ofi-| serves out the remainder of that 4 ' ¥ a | judge's term, or until July 1, 1920. cial admixsion, have fallen back wlong| Phe’ salary of City. Magistrates ts a thirty-mile front southeast of Lem- | $7,000. < mise ol hdrawing his for: To-night Mayor Mitchel will an-| \ berg. But by withdrawing Bis forces! nounce the reappointment of Justica| from Bobrka to Zaravno, the Grand John J. Freschi of Special Sessions | Duke has kept bis lines intact and} for a term years, Tho salary } avoided the trap set for him in $9,000. exch was recently ele | vated from the Magistrates’ bench to | fill the place of Special Sessions Jus- tice Zeller, Who Was appointed a City Court Judge by Goy. Glynn to fill a vacancy. The Special Sessions Judgeship expires July 1, and it was understood when Mayor Mitchel ap pointed Fre term that he would reappoint him. ‘The now Magistrates were sworn tu this afternoon by Mayor Mitchel at the City Hall and told to report te Chief Magistrate MeAdoo for signment Mackensen and von Linsingen. The new Russian positions, along a smali river west of Rohatyn, are strongly fortified and are being maintained in the face of determined enemy as saults. Officers of the Russian General Staff now state that they have satia- factorily achieved the regrouping of thelr forces necessitated by the Ger- man campaign and that they stand ready effectively to oppose a further advance of the Austro-German forces in Galicia or in Southern Russia, The most important point of the Continued on Second Page.) | ee The ws hd mt a . is Prk Vlow Net Mangas Otfiee i al \Goantwiee Hersonds, c Suutit American ini fae, > abet eat ee ‘Telephene ‘Fok: ane lary “eckson mine and putamobiles tor Biciacaw 000.~- dark, Esterbrook had been forecast in po- | Court | hi to fill the unexpired | ined James W. Osborne for two hours and a half this forenoon, but did not seomingly shake his testimony. Neither did he discover any trace of “Oliver Osborne,” the vanished Le: | uuario whose faalition fwith Rae | Panzer have stirred up such a lot ot | jitigation. Mr. Government jn the trial of David and | Maxwell Slade and Detective A, J. | McCullough fur conspiracy in causing Fr, D, Safford that | James W. Osborne waa “Olive and to the Kensington} | Hotel at Plainfield, N. J. Safford is} now serving a sentence for perjury. | A subpoena was served this morn ing on Mrs. Ethel Nye, who believes |she was one of Oliver Osbor | brides, She was Miss Ethel Brooks. |living in West Twenty-fourth Street, | New York, when she met the dashing | | Oliver late in May, 1914. On June 20/ | | { Osborne is a witness for the to swear falsely {that he took her wood “of he married her in the Evangelical | 3 Winnet.)®4,.0» couple of Church at Sixth and Garden Streets, | Fit N. J. That ii he was Oliver Gaborne, {although he gave the name of Maine Mason Nye, he looked and dressed and woved and otherwise ucted just ‘like the famous Oliver. Mr, Littleton began the day's busi- ness by reading into the record a lot of legal documents in Rae Tanxer's $50,000 suit age‘rst James W. Osborne for alleged breach of promise of mar- jtlage. Then he showed Mr. Osborne 4 letter Rae Tanzer wrote bim as | "Dear Oliver” gn Feb. 16, 1915. This is the letter in which she wrote denoun- cing him for “having dummies call me up on the telephone.” In this letter she inclosed a newspaper photograph jof James W. (“Oliver”) Osborne to |show that she knew him, “Mr. Osborne,” asked Mr, Littleton, “why, after receiving this letter, did you send Police Detective Haskins ‘and your friend, Mr. Wille Hawley, up to see Rao ‘Tanzer?” “Object!” cried Assivtant Bistrict Attorney Wood. But Mr. Osborie was off like a shot almost before question. the Judge allowed the “T went him io see ber,” said Mr Osborne, “becuse I wanted to know what kind of a girl #he was and Continued on Second Page.) S| sans HA aeaa BERLIN 1S TO FLOAT LOAN OF $75,000,000 | Electrical Works and a New }announced to-day, will issue a loan of about $75,000,000 within a few} | weeks. Half this amount is to used in the} construction of a municipal electrical works and half in tho building of # aew qubway, Money to Be Used in Constructing | i Subwa) | IN, vin wireless to London, June %%&—The city of Berlin, it was Racing Results and Entries $44,725 PAID FOR YEARLINGS AT SALE ‘AT SHEEPSHEAD BAY |; E John Sanford Gives To-Day for a Colt and a Filly. AQUEDUCT RACE TRACK, NEW YORK, June 28,—Evidence that rac- ing 4 destined to become as popular as ever is furnished by the prices se- cured at to-day’s sale of yearlings at Sheepshead Bay, One, a chestout colt, by Star Shoot and Hamburk Belle, went for $12,600 Preston Burch bought hil for John Sanford. A filly by Star Shoot und Tradition went to Mr, Sanford, too, for $6,000.1 A two-year-vld. by Watercress a Ptue W. went to the Elkwood P Stable for $5,600. B. Lemaire bid in & colt by Watercress and Enter- prise for $4,600, The sale to- talled $44, ‘An unusually big Monday crowd was at the track this afterndon. Aque- duct seems to be the most popular of | all the local courses, James Butler's Miss Puzzle just breezed home in the $18,500] 6 , She had | Crew Race at Poughkeepsie | THAW ADMITTED HE MADE MISTAKE IN KILLING WRITE HAMILTON RESULTS. FIRST RACK The Maple Leaf: yume 6800; twoyearolls, foaled in Canada; maiden eye fire furlongs, Armine, 113 (It, Jactore), & to 5, 1 to 4 and 1 to 6, flirt; MeBride, 100 (4G, Grant), 7 to 1, @ to 5 and 1 to 2, second: Banshore, 103 (H, Donakison), 6 w 1, @ to G and 2 to 5, third Time, 1.08 1.5,° Waterdown, Greek Maid, Heias| Chairman of Federal Sanity Frame ala ra, , BRCON eee 3 et coer ate Commission Tells Why He Kicrore, a 108 Chaver) Thinks Prisoner Sane. et, REPORT IS EXCLUDED. et Mt aE yt het Gen. Streeter Says Slayer Ex- LATONIA RESULTS. pressed Regret Over Shoot- PIKST BRAC + r=, vie tt a ita | ing—Evelyn Not Served. Arti. Wed (Riek "ni, “time 88: to ipeten. Alger, beri ogy Stonew our on | That Harry Thaw admited he had made a grave mistake when he killed Stanford White and that the act had = eens “My | caused him great regret and horror, i Py iaert Be: [cvs out to-day at the beginning of 18.10 n bi the second week of the slayer's sanity —s hearing before Justice Hendrick in AQUEDUCT ENTRIES, the Biprome Cdurt. pct abc P sab RACE TRACK, AQUEDUCT, tL. 1, June 24,—The entries for te-morrow's| ing session was Gen. Frank 8. Street- races are an follows: J, , VINST RACK -Bor twbyeor-cids; eetiea: rive [ef Of Concord, N. Hy a former at furlomen, ior; Ply. |torney for Mrs, Mary Baker Eddy, We “Han, 110; Boum: | head of the Chtiatian Sclonce Chureh, who had acted as chairman of the sanity commission appointed by Fed- eral Judge Aldrich, which clared ‘Dr, iremer, 107; “Pralee, Md; High Hore, ROOND RACK mailer Vari 1 orden, opening event of the day dy a world of speed all the way, Little Hive’ | Thaw sane and recommended that he Dipper tried to stay with her, but | fi be admitted to bail while his case chucked" before the final eighth was was pending in the United Statos reached, Malachite, the favorite, tin- Marla tee ml ad Gasis ished strong under the whip to be a Nee st ol pe Gen. Streeter repeated bis belief good second in front of Sprint, who | Was away badly, Fo O54 teh i flor welt and Joche Mise tussle 338, (Borel 110, Tumery ist ty unto Also. tai—-Little Diver tau —Kna Keni For marge ait geldings: th upward; selling: $3000 aided : 406, “i | a ‘ore Timo | iy 108 (Hux rn flare 100 (Minh Mi 2! Also ran=-Noureddin, Orotud | Seratabed Blackbur, Nephthys just breezed » in the ond, in much the same manner as Mise Puzzle did in the opening event. Nephthys was at the fancy price of 20 to 1. Miss Barn Harbor, another long shot, led all the Way to the quar- ter only to be outgame® by finish. The two Oro- Penalty right at the short-priced horses ‘of the r tund and Noureddin, performed dis appointingly, Orotund stopped bad- ly after seven-eighths, and Noured- din hdd no speed at all. THIRD RACK ‘The Oakliil Ht for three.y upward: $600 alded Post 3.8) 4. Leo Skolny won all the way in the | ak Hill Handteap, on the card, at which came third He went to the front start, suved ground all the had something left at the the and Hester Prynne chased the pace all the way, but ha to be whipped even to save the place money from | | Double Royal Martyr was in Ja commanding position, lapped on | Hester Prynne, when’she ran out at th 1 of the stretch K «lot | 7 same Winer yeight and poowey | sehen = Lawyer Martin B. f No. ‘yo | \ Garden Plu: cht to- | ay in the he ar tracks be- tween f" southbound Brona: | Street and badly Drtechod 6 Yolunte or Hoagie oe i tert tires 10 Barer Toa! Mtanuviae ie via ra, 102. XH HACK mi that Thaw was sane, adding that he thought the killing was the result of! a flash of anger. Before the trial opened this morn- WACK Vor rarolde a Conus alroee, For, thve peas a ap eit Rue antten * ioe, Ws) fermand. wt, sam Ack, o8:°Yo. ling Justice Hendrick, before whom| Thieboid, rend. 110. the hearing is held, warned certain Tevbeutted gtorabee vlalmud, Weather cheer track — os IDEAL CONDITIONS FOR VARSITY BOAT RAGE Not as Big a Crowd as in Former was being published was improper, and declared he intended citing cer- tain publications for contempt unless their attitude was changed, Justice Hendrick also particularly warned counsel for both sides that they must be more careful in thelr state- ments to reporters as to what they proposed doing. It was learned to-day that Just be- fore Evelyn Nesbit Thaw left New York City for Upper Chatenugay Lake consulted William and Moses Grossman of the law firm of House, & Vorhaus, No. 186 Brond- Yours at Poughkeepsie Regatta, POUGHKEEPSIE, N, Y,, June 24. At 5 o'clock weather conditions prom- ised to be ideal, A bright sun was ee ony nN tml! white | vay, concerning divores proceedings The course was cl of river {fom Harry Thaw, craft than ever betore,, Small hoata [PAY OIVORCE HERE 18 prac: heretofore permitted along the west Tic a Thaw was informed that it Mrs. bi e key © oppouite side | ank, were kept on the opposite sid would be almost impossible for her cou Evidence ‘against Thaw cous ot be Unlike former years ut that hour, | used Walle he was an inmate of Mat- Lore sull Were Tihany vacant mute ig {teawan, she was told, nor could a the observation train, the hill | sult he deasitnied wit the law looks + space—w we iw not {UPON him as p e. xen . itil sebbbi ewer eee It was stated that Mrs Thaw then private yachts in the river than ast [considered Bringing sult for divorce year in’ another State where there is more eee ae than one legal ground for absolute QUEEN FAVORS GERMANY, = “!vores 4 Young Mrs. Thaw, for whom mab- Wite of Swedish Huler Wants “ontinued Wer to Know tt - ee aad BERLIN (vin wireless to Sayville, Ls GIANTS WIN. 1), June The ment Press Kureau reported to-day that the Queen of Sweden, following the ovation accord~ NATIONAL LEAGUE. Jed her at Potsdam last night, told Ger- | FIRST GAME: man ‘students her whi sympathies | At New York Abab hades were with Germany and that she was} t Pala’ i jae |willing to have that fact known to the| a o> Ragen and Gaway; world. ee ANOTHER VICTORIA CROSS. King George Pim nure | Mathewnon and Meyers. | Rigler and Hart, - | YANKEES WIN. 1t on the Breast | AMERICAN LEAGUE. 1 Ndward Dwyer, LONDON, June 28.—King George wo- FIRST GAMB, AT BOSTON, day personally pinned the Victoria Cross of Col o3000 on the breast of Corporal Edward | Highlanders o--3 Dwyer of the Nineteenth East Surrey | Boston 00001 0010-3 Regiment and congratulated bim on Batterios— “Pisher and ASAT amaker ; bravery In holding a trench without a*- Shore, Mays and Cady. Umpires— slelance aguinst @ ecore of Germans, Dineen and Neiite. Ae NITED newspapers that much matter which | _[*e ion Books ¢ Open to telat 14 PAGES | SAFETY FROM SUBMARINES a |to the last American note on submarine warfare Is indicated | ‘The wittiens who coupled the moth. in toeday's State Department advices from Berlin, | ii aC ABDI Stabe eee. Ambassador Gerard based his @-—~ | Umptres— | anpual com | Former v, &. iz WEATHER—Fair to-night and Tussday. INA —————— ‘PRICE ONE CENT. DR. MEVER GERHARD CHANGES SENTIMENT IN BERLIN TOWARD US. Washington Grows Optimistic Over the Report From the Ambassador, and His Message Is Hurried to Wilson at Summer Home. SEEMS NOW TO BE ASSURED. f WASHINGTON, June 28.—A favorable reply. by Germany Secretary Lansing himself said it was ‘along favorable The advices were notably the first of a definite nature received since the American note reached the German Foreign Office. The exact nature of the Ambassador's message was not divulged. The Ambassador's despatch was of sufficient detail to put officials in an optimistic attitude. It was communicated at once to President Wilson t the summer White House at Cornish, N, H. servations on the favorable effect which the visit of Dr. Anton Meyer- Gerhard, emisary of Count won Bernstorff, the German Ambassador, had produced on officials of the Ger- man Government. Or. Meyer-Gerhard wae under- stood by Ambassador Gerard te have reported that public opinion in the United States had” been’ grewing more and mere favera- ble to Germany when the sinking of the Lusitania undid what had been accomplished. Gerhard made it clear also that the United States did net want war wanted @ satisfactory reply te representations, German officials are eager, to Ambassador Gerarcts report to give such an answer, but at the same time they have made it clear that Germany cannot make any concessions which would destroy the effectiveness of the submarine as an offensive weapen, What the German government is ea- deavoring to do, jt is understood, ie to find some method by which Americana traveling on ships primarily used for Passenger traffic, shall be safe while the submarine continues to be used tn attacking freight ships of belligerent nationality carrying chiefly contraband. No information had been recetved on what the attitude of would be toward assuming Hability of the loss of American lives on the Lusitania, but tho feeling prevaile that if 4 satisfactory arrangement can be made as to the future conduct of submarines toward veasels carry- ing Americans, Germany would sug- gest a basis for a favorable adfust- ment of the Lusitania case as well, BRITISH SHIP SUNK OFF IRISH COAST The Indrani Sent to the Bottom by a Submarine, but Crew Is Saved, LONDON, he British steamship Indrani, of 3,640 tons gross, was sunk yesterday by a German sub- marine at a point southwest of Tus- kar, Ireland, The crew of the Indrani June 28,— STOWN, 28. — The crew of the coasting steamer Lucina, sunk by a German submarine off Bally Cotton, was landed here to-day, having been picked up by a trawler, The Lucina was bound for Queens- town with a cargo of coal from Liver- pool. The submarine hailed her and gave the crew fivy minutes in which to take to the boats, The steamer was then shelled and sunk June The steamship Indrani on her last eastern voyage across the Atlantic sailed from New York May 28 by way of Bordeaux for Glasgow, whore she arrived June 19, The Indrani was 361 feet jong, 44 feet beam and 27 feet deep. She was built at Liverpool tn} 184 and owned by Donalson Bros, of Glasgow. Tuskar Rock 1% ap islet off tho southeast coast of Wexford County in St, George's Channel. —_—_—e BECKER PLEA WEDNESDAY, Gover Will Them Hear Argu- mont for Commutation, ‘-— ry ce Phy yy ot a ne 28,-—-Gov. v1 - r. ‘A 0. MM. Pepsi ET itera MN Lcd CAN OBJECT TO REP. Becker's case. consideration of Chai The Governor is to-day the guest of Amherst Collegy at his alma mater’s By Carl W. Ackerman, ment, He will return] BERLIN (via ‘The Hague), Jume here Wednesday, prepared to hear the former New York police Meutenant’s appeal for @ commutation of sentence, ——— 28 (United Press).—The German reply to the second American note regard- ing the Lusitania will be handed to Ambassador Gerard on July 6 oF @& Because of the Fourth of July caller” brations in the United States the Her- eign Office deems it inadvisable | shal Alcott of New Jersey Den MOUNT HOLLY, N. J, June 28. Former United States Marshal Thomas J. Aleott died here early to-day in his seventy-ffth year from @ sudden attack | date, ft trouble, Mr; Aloott served as Jersey trom 1907!) ‘TRO pPrey ori f for New seul |. i) aa