The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, June 24, 1915, Image 3

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■ l ^ I > f t '“*t< 7-.\r? RT REVIEWS FIGHTING IN Tery TTttBtr vrtttT onfy wtugiuiial in- ’•Tohr this s^Hon? and ^DARDANELLES IMPORTANT Show <;«ins on Tip of Cinllipoli—Hus- ‘ , ' «( . - sians Retreat Toward Frontier in Kastr—French Fighting to Domi nate Lateral Railway in West— Italian Advance Slows Down. The military expert of the New York Times reviews the war last! week as follows' 1 The most serious problem con fronting the allied troops in apy of the war theatres is that of dominat ing the Gallipoli peninsula and so forcing the passage of the Darda nelles. Official news is conspicuous by its scarcity. Reports are made op an average of only one or twice a wleek, and are even then so meagre in de tails that it is difficult to discover just what the troops are doing. In fact, it is seldom that the official re ports even mention the names of places. The most singular tiling, however, is the fact that in none of the com muniques has any reference been . made to the contributions of the navy toward the general operations. Never theless, we can. from the reports that have reached us, from a general idea of the location of the principal line of ^^ihe Allies and a fairly definite idea the problem with which this line t confronted ' That the Allies have made material ^^Kadvanee since they first effected a ^^Planding cannot for a moment be doubted. But the war in Gallipoli has taken on exactly the same character as the war on the western 1 front, where advances are only for a few yards at a time and are extremely slow, it will, therefore, take some reach their objective. In what has been done, however, the armies of the west have shown vast superiority to that of the east. Although outnumbered (the ratio Is not known <but can not be less than three to one and is probably greater), and of necessity on the offensive against fixed and permanent works, the Allies hare not only advanced but have inflicted on their opponents a loss epual in numbers to at least fifty per cent, of the Allies' own strength. It Is also reported, though unoffi cially, that all" o( the permanent * works that have been opposing the Allies’ advance have been destroyed and that only the mobile artillery now remains effective. The imme diate object of the Allies' attack is Krithla and the ridge to the east of that place, called the ridge of Achl- baba. The town of Krithla lies in a comparative hollow which, toward the Turkish lines, looks out on a jumble of Irregular hills of varying height. The Turkish line fiests as shown, one flank on the Aegean and the other on the Dardanelles. There are additional guards to these flanks that can not be shown on a small scale map. These are two deep ravine?, one in front of either flank, that break in from the coast. These ravines have almost perpendicular walls and there fore protect from dlreot assault any line formed behind. The Turkish line -runs behind both ravines and follows the general line of the highest of the hills between the Aegean and the Dardanelles. It is evident tlist the defensive position of the Turks is one of great strength. Krithla. while not really within the Turkish line, is still oc cupied, as far as tfe know, by the |Sultan's troops. K can not be ex- "pected. however, that the town could be held against the advancing- Allies were it really a part of the Turkish defense. But it is not. The entire basin in which it Is located is entirely controlled by two dominating hill positions in the main line of defense. These two points are absolutely essential to the Allies’ advance—Krithia, although on the only road to Maidos, the Turkish base, is more than useless unless the positions which control it are either occupied or rendered untenable by ar tillery fire. ’. The first problem, therefore, to be solved by the Allies is to reduce these points. An advance that does not contribute to this end, while It may inflict punishment on their adver saries, can not be regarded as being a ' step toward the eventual solution of the Allies’ problem. From Krithia the next step is the reduction of the summit or range of Pasha Dogh, which Includes the fort ress of Kiljd'Bahr, and from there the Turkish base at Maidos. This , presents problems of its own, and to discuss them would be ill-timed and premature. The problem involved In the capture of Krithia is of sufficient difficulty to engage the attention of the allied forces for some time to come, and it. is enough for the pres- ent to understand the general nature of the problem and the most impor tant elements which constitute It. Tb« Fight in Galicin- — / In Russian Poland and Galicia the past week has seen even greater ac tivity than the week previous on the part of the Teuton allies along the entire line from the Gulf of Riga to the Bessarabian frontier. The fight ing around the Gulf of Riga and at Ihavll has received scant attention An these articles' largely because it is. as;far as can be seen, without any military ..meaning. Thele are troops of any moment in that sec- fighting ban been lade food supply. The situation is cap able of no military benefit. Although the line from the Nlemen to Rawa on the upper Rawka, which is .the line guarding War-aw and fhe Warsaw-Pet tog rad railroad, the fight ing has been almost incessant, but seems to have been limited to artll terminate and without permanent ad vantage to one. side or the other. As a matter offset, Germany's ob ject in starting air engagement could have been nothing more than either to create a diversion from ether fields or to make a small addition to her agrtcaUere la. order 4o fantry attacks participated In by com paratively smafl numbers of troops. , The Germans, as usual, have been the attacking force. Artillery duels, however, that are not followed imme diately by heavy infantry assaults, can not in any way be conclusive. It Is, therefore, doubtful if the Ger mans had any other object than, by a threat or show of activity, to pre vent Russians from the Niemen-War- saw line from reinforcing the line in Galicia. The seriouH attack against Warsaw will come later, when the Galician situation is cleared up and the Rus sian army, still in front of fjemberg, is'driven buck beyond'its own bor- ders. i~ - v j It is to tfie accomplishment of this latter aim that the Teuton allies are exerting their every effort, to the al most total subordination of' every other section of the eastern battle field. It is estimated that the Teu ton armies on this front alone aggre gate about two million and a half men. This, itself, Indicates the Im portance in German councils of bring ing this campaign to a successful con clusion before making any decided effort in another quarter. The results of the week's opera tions along the Han and Dniester fronts all favor the Austro-Germans. Ever since the Russian salient at Przemysl was drawn In, the Germans have been hammering the Russian line along the Przemysl-Lemberg railroad, w».ich was astrider.the Vus- nia river at or juat west of Mosciska. Rut although losses involved were entirely disregarded the line held fast, while just to the north from Jaroslau to the confluence of the San with the Vistula, the Russians threw the Germans hack and threatened to break through and destroy tlie com- ntunicKUons in their rear. Mosciska has finally fallen, however, and about ten miles of the railroad toward Lem berg has already been taken posses sion of. The (tending hack of the Knsaian lint* at this |M>int endangered their line to the north along the San, and, as a protective measure to prevent the piercing of this Une, the Russians were forced to straighten themselves oat and withdraw from Sienawa, piv oting as near as can be determined at the present writing on Nlsko or Tar- nobrzeg. This section of the Russian line is in no respects in as satisfactory posi tion as it was last week, especially as it has been turned out of a posi tion l^fore which the San stretched out as an excellent defensive screen to a line where no predominant de fensive element exists. THe |iosition of the Russians fur ther east from Stanislao to Beaanm- bia has also changed. Their lines have been driven back from the San- talau-Czernovttx railroad and lonse- guently from the Pruth river to the Dniester so that now from Bessara bia westward the line is altogether back of the Dniester defending its crossings. This line is one of great defensive strength ami has successfully resist ed every effort the Austro-Germans have made to cross it. Were this the only line the Russians had to defend, the fall of Ijemberg would appear to be a long way off. The Dniester is a wide stream, the banks of which spread out into wide marshes. Only in comparatively few places can troops be thrown across in force against any material defense But the Dniester line is seriously .h>o|iMi-di/.ed by the giving way of the line east of the San. particularly that part of it which straddled the Przemysl-l-emberb railroad at Mos ciska. It Is inifiossiMe for tlie Rus sian left to maintain its |M>sition while the rigid Is being bent hack. To do so would be to give the Teu tonic allies a chance to pierce the Russian line and to defeat first one wing arid then the other in detail. As was pointed ou{ last week, no decisive success can be gained on the front unless the Russian line Is pierc ed, for It is only by such a ma noeuvre that the southern Russian army may be disposed of as an offen sive force. The coming week will In all proba bility see the retirement of the Rus sian line to its own borders. The Germans are only a few miles from Lemberg, and a further German ad vance will threaten all the life lines of the Russian Dniester front, as Ijemberg is the base frdtn which this front draws its supplies. . With the fall of Lemberg, the re lease of manv of the German troops that have been used in Galicia will soon produce greater offensive ac tivity in other theatres. Roumania May Enter. One element that may. however, completely change the whole Eastern Galician situation is Roumania. Re ports state that this country has come to an agreement with the Triple En tente and that It has agreed to enter the war on their side. If this step is taken before the Russian Dniester line is compelled to withdraw the Teuton grip on Lemberg will have to be relaxed. A half to three-quarters of a mil lion fresh men thrown aga'nst the right and rear of the Austrian line north of Bukowlna will more than neutralize all that has been accom plished by the great Gorman drive from the Dunajec. " The Western Front. The week on the western front was signalized principally by the battle at Kouchez. Although this battle seems, and is, so far as it has any direct ef fect on the general situation, but of minor importance, it has nevertheless been one of the most hotly contested of the war. We have become accustomed since around the old sugar mill at Roaches, at least half a million men have been engaged on a front not twenty miles In length. Two questions may naturally be aaked as to the fighting on this'sec tion of the front. The drst is, why should there be such Intense fighting huge numbers. An army of a million men'must be engaged In order to stir our imagination or excite our inter est. And yet la but faw of the great hattluU of, the civil war were more thaa a quarter of a million men an gaged on both aides In the fig north of Arraa, which the fighting crysUhsed why bhould so much pressure be ex erted at So uches? In answering the first, the general German tactics must be considered together with the effect on such tac tics of the terrain and the lines of communication. The Germans have always favored the close formation on the battle line as opposed to the open or extended order of the Allies. The German tactics ' necessitate, therefore, a much greater number of men to the miles of actual fighting line than those of the Allies, but on the other hand demand comparatively Inconsequential reserves. Therefore, when any point on the battle line (s attacked and it becomes necessary to reinforce the line at such a point, there, is no central reserve' - ftf>m which to throw’ forward reserves, but the reinforcement must come by drawing from some other section of the battle line. In order that this may be done expeditiously and with out dangerous delay, lateral lines of communcatlon, that is, lines parallel to the fighting front, are absolutely necesarry. By referring to any war map, the lateral communication may be seen in the road running from Arras to La Bassee through Vimy and Lens, and the railroad running through Lens from Arras to Amentleres. By means of this very excellent highway, with ample motor service, and by means of the railroad mentioned, and any point along this front may be rein forced heavily and quickly. Suppose then, It was the intention of the Allies to try to br^ak through the German line along this front, and, having-done so, to crumple up the twa flank?. Tjm^flrst step would logically be to obtain control of these lateral lines by taking possession of a number of points along them, which points completely dominate and con trol them to the extent of making traffic over them impossible. This is not only logical, but It Is strongly probable that it Is the object of the French in their attacks. Loos. Notre Dame de Lorette, Sou- chez. Hill No. 119, all of them are dominating elevations and points from which the plains and railway back of l-ens can be observed and dominated by heavy artillery. And not only does this apply to this small sectlbn of the front, but it Is equally true in the Champagne, the Argonne, the Woevre. and the Vosges. So that when the attempt of the Allies to ad vance is really made, the Germans will have considerable difficulty re inforcing the points selected for at tack, through inability to make use o fthe lateral highways and railroads In regard to the ooject of the at tack at Souchec. in which such a great number of men and shells have been employed, there are two good reasons why Soucbez Is Important The first is because It is situated at the bane of a German wedge, the apex of which is at the foot of the slopes pf Notre Dame de Lorette. The other is the general idea of drawing as close to the Arras-I^ens railroad as possible, so that if. by the fighting around I-oos, c chance is presented to seize the town of Lens, the rail road along which troops would have to pass would be under control Two forte. one a rerollary of the other, are becoming more apparent with each effort of the Allies to advance— Hie Allies' policy of "attrlthHi" .la succeeding and thereare not enough men |>er mile in the German line to hold the Alliea hack. As stated last week the line must therefore be shor tened or reinforced. The Austro-ltaiian Field. On the Austrian-Italian frontier the most important operations of the week have been the Italian endeavors to capture Gradisca. The fate of Goritz is also still undecided, but it Gradisca falls into Italian hands the decision can not be for off. It is practically surrounded on three sides, and although it is probably the most strongly protected point on the Aus trian first line of defense-»-the Isonzo river—it is being rapidly hamnlkred hito Biibinisnion by the Italian artil lery. It is true that Austrian resistance lias stiffened considerably during the past week, so that the Italian advance has t>een much slower thhn during the first two weeks of Italy's partiei pation in the war. Nevertheless, the fall of Goritz seems inevitable unless the collapse of the Russians in front of Lemberg comes soon enough to permit Austrian withdrawals from Galicia to reinforce the Isonzo line. In the Trentinojthe Italian advance has been steady, though slow. No battle of'matm^ail proportions has yet been foughtpmutth§. parallel columns which arejadvanclng up the sides of the Adige river are almost daily seizing small towns, which are really the Austrian advanced posts, and are drawing near to the defenses of Ro- vereto. The Italians are now but a few mtles from this town, and it is here that the first great battle In the Trentino will be fought. And it must be won before Italy can hope to get possession of her cherished Trent. LONDON STOPS U. S. MAIL Swedish Government Instructs Min ister to Inform Government. Formal notice that United States mall pouches destir ed for Sweden had been broken open in England, and tlreir contents tampered with was submitted to the state depart ment Thursday by W. A. F. Eken- gren, the Swedish minister, with a re*- quest for appropriate action. - The minister called at the depart ment and delivered to Secretary Lan sing a letter, written on instructions renting ln- from his government, Jast September to think t>f battles fn {stances of interference with mall for Sweden and pointing out that such acta were In violation of the provi sions of the A’orld Postal Convention and of other treaty stipulations. The letter ststafi that the seals of mail begs were broken, that letters were opeaed and censored end that oae registered unit waa retained REFUSES TO ACCEPT TAXES OFFERED BY RAILROADS LEO FRANK ESCAPES BEAU; 60VERN0T ACTS FAVORABLY State Treasurer Reject* Offer Because Sheriff Slips Prisoner to State Penal rataadtaa of the Law.. 1 The stn^e treasurer Saturday re fused tenders made by attorneys of the Seaboard, Southern, Charleston ft Western Carolina, and the Blue Ridge t-ailroads of what the railroads say is the three-mill license on ^ross earnings for the year. > ' V The tender in each case was made In currency and refused by Stlte Treasurer S. T. Carter on tho ground that the three-mill tax was oir all gross earnings originating In South Carolina as reoprted to him by the state tax commission. JThe railroads contend that the law means only the gross earnings In intra-state business. - B. L. Abney,\ attorney for the Southern and Blue Ridge, tendered the state treasurer |9,289.14 for the Southern, and $290.92 for the Blue Ridge, as their three-mill tax on gross earnings. This was refused be cause the state treasurer calculated that, from the returns of the gross earnings of the railroade-made to him by the state tax commission, the Southern’s license tax Was $27,- 242,23 and that of the Blue Ridge was $553.07, f Jo-Berry Lyles, attorney for the Seaboard and C. & W. C., tendered the treasurer $1,857.06 for the Sea board and $1,41-2.60 for the C. ft W. C. as the three-mill tax on their gross earnings. This was refused because the treasurer calculated that the tax of the Seaboard was $6,790.84 and the C. & W. C. $5,239. RAMMED BY MERCHANT SHIP; SUBMARINE WAS DESTROYED Berlin Kavs I**** of I'-iiff Prove* That Ships fan Not Be Stopix-d for Search. Berlin says: A statement given out by the German admiralty that the German submarine U-29. which was lost two months ago, with Cr.pt. tOto Weddigen and his crew, had been rammed aad sunk by a British tank steamer flying the Swedish flag, after the vessel had been ordered to stop, is expected to have ap important bearing on the German-American ne gotiations. The announcement Is made In most positive form, as though tho admiral ty had conclusive evidence. The ad nilraity says Weddlgen't humane treatment of merchant seamen un doubtedly cost him and his crew their Uvee. Weddigen ordered the tank steam er to stop and show Its papers, the admiralty says, and the BrHUh steamer took advantage of the delay. (’apt. Weddigen was a hero in Ger many. ranking In popular esteem with Field Marshal von Hlndenberg. He won from the Brltlsm the title of The Polite Pirate" because of the consideration he displayed for crews of torpedoed merchantmen German naval officers and the pub lic at large say it is Impossible for German submarines to treat mer chantmen In the way requested by the United States or to take steps to ascertain the nationality of shtps dis playing neutral flags in the war zone so long as British captains fly neutral flags and ram submarines. In the opinion of well informed persona, the admiralty's announce ment will make a deeper Impression on the public mind than would almost any other possible event, and, more over. it is likely to delay the answer to the latest American note consid erably. * JAPAN THREATENS CHINA Semi* Protest to Republic Regarding Anti-Japanese Movement. According to announcement made in Tokio Wednesday by a Japanese news agency, Japan has sent a protest to China concerning the anti-Japa nese movement in the republic. The discontent of China with Japan's course during the negotia tions culminating in acceptance of the Japanese ultimatum last month has been manifested principally by boy- cots. A recent dispatch said British and Russian volunteers had dispers ed an anti-Japanese riot at Hankow for their own protection, and a mes sage from Tokio late in May declared considerable uneasiness had been caused there by private reports that anti-Japanese agitation was spread ing through south China. FRENCH TORPEDO BOAT SUNK British Steamer Arleya Collide* Witii Allied Warship Wednesday. The French torpedo boat. No. 331, sank Wednesday after a collision with the British steamer Arleya. Six of the warship's crew were drowned. The others were rescued by torpedo boat No. 337. The torpedo boat. No. 331, was launched in 1907. It had a displace ment of ninety-seven tons and could make twenty-six knots an - hour. Available stlpplng. records cdntaioa no mention of a British steamer Ar leya. r— . « Villa Releases Americans. Special Agent Ccrothers telegraph- ed MWrstate department from El Paso, Texas, Friday, that Marx and Finkelstelnrtho two Americans, who were under death sentence In Chihua hua for circulating counterfeit money had been released by Gen. Villa and were on their way tq the border.. Vote* More Money for the War. „ In addition to four billion three hundred and ten million dollars al ready voted’ the House of Com mans Tuesday voted one biiliqn two hun dred and £fty million dollars for the rigorous prosecution of tho war. ' Sunday Night. The sentence of Leo M. Frank, convicted of the murder of Mary Phagan, and sentenced to death, has been commuted to life imprisonment by Gov. John M. Slaton, of Georgia. The governor made the official an nouncement of his action Monday morning, but it leaked out Sunday night through the vigilance of the newspaper men. About twelve o’clock Sunday night the prisoner was slipped out of the Fulton county jail and In charge of a sheriff and four deputies boarded a train for Atlanta, on his way to the state farm at Milledgeville. For hours verification of the movement was most difficult. Gov. Slaton would not discuss reports. No offi cial would, but the newspaper folks got after everybody connected with the case. None of them would Imme diately confirm the report. A dispatch from Macon, Ga., says that Leo M.-Frank arrived at, this city Monday at 2.44 a. im under heavy guard. The sheriff and his prisoner were transferred to an auto mobile in which they completed their journey to Milledgeville. “Has Frank’s sentence been com muted?" Sheriff Hangum was asked^ by a reported for the Macon Tele graph. “It has," said the sheriff. The sheriff stood silent for a mo ment. ' \ “It has for the time being at least." added the sheriff with con siderable emphasis. “Are you going to take the pris oner to Milledgeville?'' he was asked. “That's where 1 am bound for," said the sheriff. Frank was seated In the automo bile by this time, taking the rear seat In the canopy-coverefi car. Sher iff Mangum was in the same seat be side him. In front were the other two deputies and the driver of the car. The party stopped at a garage for a supply of gasoline. They were there only a minute when the car speeded away. The whole party was outside the city limits of Macon with in thirty minutes from the time the passenger train stopped at the pas senger station. ANSWERS WILSON’S NOTE Prexideut of Vllla-Kaputa Ooalitiou Government Replies on Friday. Francisco I>agos Chazaro, the latest president of the Villa-Zapsta coalition government In Mexico City, has re plied to President Wilson’s Mexican statement by challening the consist ency of the president’s declaration with his much discussed Indianapolis speech. The reply was received Fri day at the state department in Wash ington. Chsxsro cays the convention gov ernment esn not reconcile that with the president’s declaration in Indian apolis that Lo had no disposition to Interfere In Mexican affairs. “But,'' says Chasaro's reply, "we continue to conjecture that the gen eral idoa of President Wilson’s proc tarnation is to help us in a friendly way. “If the president's proclamation is conveyed as a threat.’’ aays the reply, “the Mexican government will maintain the dignity of tho "Mexican people." It blames the farranxa forres for Mexico's pllghP Abound ing In epigram. It makes extended references to economic and social re forms. tho establishment of a pro visional government and guarantee to life and property. It makes no reference to recognition by the Unit ed States Its text will be made pub lic later. ft FOUND IN BLAZING BED Illinois Woman May Have Rem At tacked and Burned. Mrs. Edmund M. Allen, wife of the warden of the Illinois penitentiary, was found dead-in her blazing bed Sunday at Joliet, lili., and a com mittee is trying to determine whether she accirentally set herself on fire or was slain and burned by George Campbell, a negro prisoner, who serv ed the warden’s family as personal servant. Mr. Allen war, absent on a trip. A jug of* wood alcohol was found in the room after the fire was extin guished, and members of the inves tigating committee said it was pos sible some of the fluid had been used in an effort to crepiate Mrs. Allen. The condition of the body prevent ed a satisfactory examination Ip de termine whether Mrs. Allen had been Attacked previous to the fird. Attend Sheriff’s Funeral. Gov. Manning, Liejt. Gov. Bethea and others left Columbia at noon Wednesday by autpm bile for Winns- boro, where they,“at two o'clock, at tended the fuutfal of the late Sheriff Adam D. Hood, of Fairfield county, who was killed In the battle at the court house there Monday. Ixvst Two Aeroplanes. Paris admitted officially Friday that two of the aviators who bom barded Karlsruhe were lost by be ing forced to descend when they had steered out of their course. ^ ToWn Burned I>own. Shepherd, a suburban town of Chattanooga, Jenn., was wiped out by fire Friday 'afternoon. The school was burned, but all puplla escaped safely. Turks Loae Three A dispatch from Athens says a British submarine is the Dardanelles has torpedoed m4 mU tfere* Turk trs; sports of whom 1 ALIKS BMJ TEN HUS; TURKS’ BUNS EFFECTIVE Retirement of Allied Fleet Cover Right. Krithia, DardaneUea. reports, via London, that the allied troopa who landed at Soddul Bahr, on the Galli poli peninsula, hold about ten square miles of the extreme southern part of the - peninsula. The occupancy is coupled with the greatest dtfficnltles. The grounds held by the allies con sists principally of a smell plateau north of Seddul Bahr and two adjoin ing ridges to the northwest, between which the Turks are pushing advance trenches. The Associated Press correspond ent, who spent two days in the trenches, found the Turkish troops in ecellent condition and spirits, in spite of the fact that the. allies are using eyery conceivable means to carry on the operations, including bombs thrown from catapults and from aero planes. From the Turkish station of artil lery fire control the effect of the Turkish fire upon the allied trenches could be observed, and the shells were reaching the mark. The sanl-~ tary and supply cervices of the Turks are being carried on efficiently. The number of wounded at the hospital bases at tho front was smaU, although the fighting during the night had beeq fairly severe. During the daytime both sides are usually inactive, the Turks preferring night bayonet attacks. Many Turk ish batteries are in pooition. but the nearness of the opp sing trenches makes their work difficult. The Turks In this have the support of their heavy batteries on the Astatic aMe, which, since the retirement of the al lied fleet, work without fear of betag molested, bombarding the allied right wing, composed of French, home aad colonial troops. Weber Pasha, the German general commanding the soath group, gave the correspondent'every opportunity $o visit the Beddnl Bahr district, plac ing no restrictions whatever upon th* correspondent’s movements. Weber Pasha made no comment on the sltna- tlon himself beyond saying that “the failure of the alliee to consummate their plan of forcing the Dardanelles Is too obvious for discussion.” Krithia was once a thriving village of four thousand Inhabltah$s." By their bombardment the alliee left no house in the town standing. RUSSIAN TROD!*'FORCED INTO RUSSIAN TERRITORY Petrognul Admit* WlUxtowal From Bakowlaa Three-Day Fight ou Haa Result la Withdrawal. ~ linadoa reports Wednesday: la tbs eastern war arena the Russian forem still are slowly and stubbornly retir ing The latest Petrogrod official re port admits withdrawal of n ‘-im troopa across the froattev i*to Ran- staa territory from (WaowtU, Boko- wins. between the Dniester and the Pruth, and at the extreme southeast of the long eastern fighting line. The same report says fresh Ger man forces, brought up near Jaroe- l»u, compelled the Russians to retire for some distance oo the right bank of the San. after three days of des perate fighting. - Oh 1 the remainder of the eastern front the Russians apparently are contenting themselves with repelling stUcks except on the left hanks of the Tismenitza and Stry rivers, where they claim to have taken numerous prisoners and machine guns and to have recaptured villages. CUNARDER HAD NO BUNS TeHtimony of Wltaewse* ol New York I) Up rove Staid Affidavit. The federal grand jury investigat ing the facts of the* matter at New Hork Wednesday had it established before them by at least three wit nesses that the Cunard liner Lusi tania was unarmed when it was sunk by the German submarine on Us way to Liverpool. The testimony brought out in the hearing is a complete refutation ot the affidavit of Gustav Stahl, whp swore in an affidavit before the state department , he saw four guns hidden on liner before she sailed on her voyage. Others made the same affidavit with Stahl, but the testi mony conclusively proves, according to those who were present, that such was not the fact in the matter. It was brought out in the hearing that Str.hl, who was virtually an Im migrant appeared to possess plenty of money after the affidavit waa made, and the inference was corn- polling as to where the money was secured. STATE DEPARTMENT SATISFIED l.a(>*ing Tells German Ambassador That ‘/Spy’’ Incident is Closed. - . v v Acting Secretary of ptate Robert Lansing Friday afternoon announced that he had informed the German ambassador that bis denial of the story that another German had been substituted for Myer Gerhard, bia special messenger to Berlin, was con sidered satisfactory by the Ameri can state department and that tha Incident was closed. It was charged in sonic ’-quarters that another person was sent abroad in place of Dr. Gerhard, and that this person, who was m spy, gained free access to his country under the safvr conduct which was griwu the special representative from the Oer- man ambassador here. Admits J Beilin I tins t’-lB H r' bv the British. ” ■ t. *,