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GALVESTON TRIBUNE
Q
Depositary of the State of Texas
VOLUME XXXV.
No. 147
LETTERS ON
ARMIES FIGHT
ITALY'S PART
WILL REVIEW
CANAL TRAFFIC.
GIBSON BILL
FOR PRZEMYSL
IN CONFLICT
U. S. ARMADA
ARRIETA DEFEATS
4
BERLIN CONCEDES
VILLISTA FORCES
PRESIDENT WILSON
BIG DEMONSTRATION
RETREAT ON YSER
TO INSPECT FLEET
SUPPORTS SALANDRA
6
THRUST INTO
AGAIN RIOT
GERMAN UNE
AT LISBON
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FRENCH RECAPTURE
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MONARCHISTS ARE
BRIDGE OVER YSER
LEAVING COUNTRY
By Associated Press.
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(Via Paris, May 17.)
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LISBON AGAIN NORMAL.
ADVANCE AT HET SAS.
ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP
SENT ON WARSHIP.
OUT UPON A RAID
NIGHT WAS QUIET.
APARTMENT HOUSE PLANNED.
BRITISH SEA LOSSES.
KING CONSTANTINE’S
V
CONDITION WORSE
ARRIVES AT GREENOCK.
THE WEATHER
CONSTANTINE FEVERISH.
S
British Advance Nearly
Mile Near La Basse.
tomorrow
of Italy
of the
expected
sunk or captured by the German nav;
since the outureak of the war.
Battle in Progress About
the Fortress.
Mighty Battle Fleet at
Anchor in Hudson.
Senate Receives Many
Following Appeal.
May Be Decided by Cab-
inet Today.
102 degrees Fahrenheit, his pulse was
112 and his respiration 22.”
KDE SKIRrS
sure: look
FUNNY.
YAQUI REBELLION
HAS BEEN QUELLED
Rebel Troops Are in Con-
trol of City.
6,000 ARMENIANS
WERE MASSACRED
SOME IN FAVOR;
OTHERS OPPOSED
Small Forces Are Withdrawn
to Eastern Bank of
the River.
Fight Upon Measure Reaches
Upper House of the
Legislature.
Higher Fever Accompanied by
Restlessness Aggravate
Illness..
Admiral Howard Reports That
Situation in Sonora Is
Under Control.
Civilians Raided Museum Dur-
ing Disorder to Secure
Weapons.
Most Powerful Array of Fight-
ing Ships Ever Gathered in
American Port.
Przemysl Closely Threatened
on Both Sides by
Teutons.
Carranza Leader Will Now
Prosecute Campaign Around
Torreon.
WOMEN RIOT
AT TRIESTE
FOR ITALY
47 Women Killed and 300 In-
jured in Anti-Austrian Riots
at Trieste.
SLAVS SUFFER
HEAVY LOSSES.
DURING ROUT
FEEBLE-MINDED
DON’T RECEIVE
PROPER CARE
KARLSRUHE
COMING INTO
SAFE PORT?
Wholesale Killing by Turks and
Kurds Occurred at Van,
Asiatic Turkey.
Greek King's Condition Is Set Out in
Bulletin.
By Associated Press.
London, May 17.—The Greek lega-
tion here has received a bulletin from
Athens reading:
COUNTRY’S RIGHT
TO ENJOY PEACE
COMES FOREMOST
GIANT STEAMSHIP
MAKES FAST RUN
BY WAY OF CANAL
Germans Have Sunk 460,628 Tons Since
War Started.
By Associated Press.
London, May 17.—Thomas J. McNa-
mara, parliamentary secretary of the
admiralty, announced in answer to. a
question in the house of commons to-
day that 460,628 tons of British ship-
ping, other than warships, had been
The FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF SALVESTON
Southeast Cor. Strand and 22d Sts.
UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY
Castro and Medieros Are in Hands of
Rebels.
By Associated Press.
London, May 17.—A Reuter dispatch
from Lisbon filed yesterday afternoon
says that Pimenta Castro and Goulart
Medieros, former minister of public in-
struction, who had been confined in the
Carmo barracks since the triumph of
the revolutionists, were placed at the
disposal of the new government yes-
terday (Sunday) morning arid sent
aboard the battleship Vasco da Gama.
By Associated Press.
Paris, May 17.—The condition of King
Constantine of Greece has become more
serious, says a dispatch from Athens
to the Havas agency. Since noon today
the fever' of his majesty has become
higher and it has been accompanied by
restlessness.
(Pan-American News Service.)
Vera Cruz, May 17.—Gen. Domingo
Arrieta reported to the first chief today
that he had defeated the Villistas at
Llano Grande, state of Durango, with
heavy losses. Arrieta says he will now
prosecute the campaign in the Laguna
district, adjacent to Torreon, Gomez
Palacio and San Pedra, which may ne-
cessitate the concentration of Villista
troops in that region.
Passenger traffic over the railroads*
into the interior from Vera Cruz was
resmued today. It had been discontin-
ued for two days owing to the neces-
sity for operating military trains, but
it is now open and there is direct and
uninterrupted communication between
The king of Greece has been ill for
over a week. A recent dispatch said
his cold had turned into pleurisy.
HUTCHINGS, SEALY & GO.
Established BANKERS Estaklzhei
(Unincorporated1
For
Banks, Individuals,Corporations
American Bankers Association Trav-
elers Cheques for Sale
this city and Leon, Guanajuato,
headquarters of Gen. Obregon.
--
By Associated Press.
Norfolk, Va., May 17.— Unverified
reports, which could not be traced
to any responsible source, were
current again today that the Ger-
man cruiser Karlsruhe was coming
up the lane used by the German
raiders Kronprinz Wilhelm and
Prinz Eitel Friedrich to a haven of
safety at Hampton Roads. No war-
ship of any kind passed in the Vir-
ginia capes during the night, how-
ever, and up to just before noon
today none was visible at jsea
from the observatory at Cape
Henry.
FORECAST
For Galves-
ton and Vicini-
ty: Tonight and
Tuesday partly
cloudy weath-
er; light vari-
able winds.
For Texas,
east of 100th
meridian:
Tonight partly
cloudy, cooler
in n o r t heast
By Associated Press.
Washington, May 17.—Consul Hos-
tetter at Hermosillo reported today
that the situation in the Yaqui valley
appeared to be under control and that
C. C. Wilson, not Jack Wilson, was
among the Americans killed in the In-
dian uprising last week.
Admiral Howard, commander of the
Pacific fleet, who started from San
Diego aboard the cruiser Colorado for
Guaymas, reported today that, on in-
formation that the situation had clear-
ed, he was returning to San Diego.
Dispatches to the Carranza agency
today say railroad traffic in Carranza
territory, suspended two days for troop
movements, has been restored and that
communications between Gen. Obregon
and Vera Cruz are intact
“Yesterday
condition of
creased. His
the affairs
Cavalry Patrolled the Streets of Lis-
bon.
By Associated Press.
Paris, May 17.—A Havas dispatch
from Lisbon dated today says that
last night passed quietly in the Portu-
guese capital. The city was patrolled
by cavalry.
Brick Structure to Be Erected at 21st
and Avenue H.
It was learned today that plans are
under way for the erection of a two or
three-story brick apartment house by
L. W. Evans on the southwest corner
of 21st street and Avenue H. It was
said that the structure probably will
be a two-story building, erected at an
approximate cost of $9,000. Mr. Evans
himself, being out of the city today,
could not be seen for a confirmation of
this announcement.
French Take 145 Prisoners and 4 Ma-
chine Guns There.
Paris, May 17.—The French war of-
fice this afternoon issued the following
statement on the progress of hostili-
ties:
“In the region of Het Sas, we have
continued to make progress. Yesterday
evening we occupied a house strongly
defended by the enemy, and on the
east bank of the canal we took posses-
sion of the first German line, making
at the same time 145 prisoners and
capturing four machine guns. A coun-
ter attack on the part of the enemy
was a complete failure.
“Nothing new to the north of Arras,
where it is again raining, with the ex-
ception of an extremely violent artil-
lery duel in the region of Lorette, and
the sanguinary checking in this same
vicinity of four counter attacks on the
part of the Germans.”
“On the rest of the front nothing
has been reported. ,
“On the Oise at a point near Bailly,
the Germans, undoubtedly in an effort
to influence on sharpshooters, dis-
played in front of our lines a Turkish
flag, a green background with the
crescent. Our African troops responded
to this, provocation at once by rifle
fire which brought this flag to the
ground. A sharpshooter subsequently
went out and brought the flag back to
our lines.”
London, May 17.—A telegram from
Greenock to the Exchange Telegraph
company says that the Transylvania
has left that port to proceed to Glas-
gow.
Transylvania Reaches Scotland Waters
Without Mishap.
By Associated Press.
Liverpool, May 17.—The Cunarder
Transylvania arrived safely at Green-
ock, Scotland, today at 3 a. m. When
the vessel sailed from New York this
city was supposed to be her destina-
tion, but her course was changed to
minimize the danger of passing through
the German “war zone.”
Dispatches from Persia, Armenian
and Trans-Caucasia, in Russia, have
set forth several weeks that the po-
sition of the Armenians in Turkey and
Northwestern Persia was one of grave
danger, but no message had conveyed
any indication of extensive massacring.
Kurds and Turks have been perse-
cuting the Armenian residents of these
localities for several months. Many
have been killed while large numbers
have been driven away as slaves. Van
has normally 30,000 inhabitants. Ameri-
can missionaries there have taken an
active part in the protection of Armen-
ians.
Massacres of Armenians in 1895,
which resulted in international action
for the institution of reforms, occur-
red in October and November, when
15,000 persons were killed.
By Associated Press.
Washington, May 17.—Record
breaking cargoes passing through
the Panama canal in March, ac-
cording to war department sta-
tistics, would have filled approx-
imately 1800 freight trains of 20
cars each. The cargoes handled
aggregated 635,057 tons.
By Associated Press.
London, May 17.—Six thousand Ar-
menians have been massacred at Van,
in Armenian, Asiatic Turkey, according
to a dispatch received in official quar-
ters in London today from the Russian
consul at Urumiah, Persia.
This message is dated May 15. It
adds that the Armenians are defend-
ing themselves to the utmost against
the Turks and Kurds arrayed against
them, but that help is urgently needed.
By Associated Press.
Madrid, May 17—(Via London, May
17).—An official dispatch received here
today from Lisbon announces that dis-
turbances similar to those of last night
broke out again today. Details are
lacking.
London, May 17.—Announcement was
made at the admiralty today that the
German dirigible which raided Rams-
gate early today, dropping forty bombs
and injuring three persons, apparently
had been damaged seriously. The state-
ment says:
“When off Nieuport (Belgium) she
was attacked by eight naval machines
from Dunkirk and rose to a great
height—11,000 feet—with her tail down.
She is believed to have been severely
damaged. There were no casualties on
our side.”
ship’s band and a regiment of New
York state naval militia swung in be-
hind.
The head of the parade was timed
to reach the reviewing stand at 10:30
o’clock. Here, Admiral Fletcher and
other high officers of the fleet, Acting
Mayor McAneny and other local nota-
bles had seats with the president. They
were to accompany him after the pa-
rade to the Biltmore hotel, where he
was to be the city’s guest at a lunch-
eon and make a brief speech.
The program called for Mr. Wilson’s
return to the Mayflower immediately
after the luncheon. Then the raising
.of the president’s flag was to be the
signal that the commander-in-chief of
the fleet was ready to receive formal
calls for its flag officers and cap-
tains. This ceremony completed, prob-
ably by 3:30 o’clock, the Mayflower was
to weigh anchor for the review. Her
course, cleared of all other traffic, was
ndrth between the battleships and the
Manhattan shore. The Mayflower’s es-
cort was a division of destroyers, fol-
lowed by the dispatch boat Dolphin,
carrying Secretary Daniels, and by the
(Continued on Page 6.)
evening the feverish
King Constantine in-
temperature registered
By Associated Press.
Olympia, Wash., May 17.—At a
“peace Sunday” observance here
yesterday United States Senator
Wesley L Jones of Washington
said his vote would “never be
cast for war on the basis now
existing, to sustain the techni-
cal right of a citizen to go
abroad and thus place that right
above the right of the country
to enjoy peace.”
utmost im-
By Associated Press.
Rome, May 16.—(Via Paris, M(ay 17)
•—Premier Salandra has convoked a
council of ministers for tomorrow
morning at which it is expected a de-
cision will be reached as to the stand
Italy shall take. A decision probably
will be reached also as to whether
parliament shall reopen May 20, as
arranged before the ministerial crisis,
or whether it shall be prorogued.
Premier Salandra has called the first
formal meeting of his cabinet to be
held since the passing of the minis-
terial crisis which resulted in his re-
maining in power, with virtual vindi-
cation of his foreign policy. It is con-
sidered highly probable a definit de-
cision for peace or war may be reached.
The tension has been intensified by
reported clashes between Austrian and
Italian frontier guards. The temper of
the Italian people has been more highly
inflamed by dispatches telling of a
“women’s revolution” at Trieste. Forty-
seven women are said to have been
killed and 300 wounded there by
gendarmes when they charged a crowd
which was threatening the governor’s
palace.
APPROVE SALANDRA.
Official confirmation of the report
that the Salandra cabinet would re-
main in power was greeted by one of
the most remarkable demonstrations
of approval ever witnessed in Rome.
A crowd estimated at 300,000 gathered
in the Popolo square at the foot of the
Pineian Hill, the slope and summit of
which we e thrssed with represen-
tatives of the most aristocratic familes
in the capital.
Society women wearing the triocolor
of Italy, waved flags and handkerchiefs
as they joined in the cheers for Salan-
dra and Foreign Minister Sonnino and
bands played patriotic airs. To th®
Garibaldian veterans in the crush, it
seemed that the stirring days of the
war of independence had returned.
Even horses and cabs were decked with
flags. Beside the obelisk in the square
was an immense caricature of Em-
peror Francis-Joseph of Austria at
which all kinds of missies were hurled.
French, British, Belgian and Russian
flags were borne aloft with the Ital-
ian colors.
There was a great patriotic demon-
stration before the home of Ricciotti
Garibaldi. The veteran “Red Shirt”
leader responded to insistent demands
for a speech by declaring "today the
Italian people are writing the last page
of their national liberation to which
our red shirts contributed.”
URGES UNION.
A young priest who declared all po-
litical parties had been merged into
a united Italy, was hailed as a new
Ugo Bassi, the priest who followed
Garibaldi and was shot down by Aus-
trians.
A long procession of enthusiastic Ro-
mans marched from one end of the city
to the other and back again under a
shower of flowers thrown from the
houses along the way. There were ex-
trarodinary demonstrations at the home
of Premier Salandra, the war office,
the royal palace and at the consulta,
where it was thought the girm visage
of Sonnino, the foreign minister who has
been implacable in his demands upon
Austria, was seen behind a window.,
Rome’s great demonstration of re-
joicing at the solution of the minister-
ial crises by the retention in office
of the so-called “war cabinet” was
echoed on a smaller scale in hundreds
of cities and towns throughout the
kingdom. Everywhere was evidence on
the part of the people of a desire for
war with Austria.
Movement Was Solely to Strengthen
the Republic.
By Associated Press.
Paris, May 17.—Lisbon has resumed
its normal appearance, according to a
dispatch to the Havas agency filed
late yesterday. Some of the best
known monarchists are leaving the
city. The movement is said to have
been directed solely towards strength-
ening the republic, which the revolu-
tionary elements believed threatened
or weakened by the policy of Pimenta
Castro as premier.
Additional details of the rioting are
given in a Havas dispatch filed Friday
evening but delayed in transmission.
When the cruiser Almirante Reis
caught fire and began to sink the
crew escaped to shore and sent an ul-
timatum to the government, giving it
until 11 o'clock that night to resign.
Senor Cunha, former governor of
Madeira, was killed by a shell which
entered his house. Jaime Castro was
at the head of a division which march-
ed on Lisbon to support the govern-
ment troops.
Civilians went to the artillery mu-
seum and helped themseves to all
kinds of weapons. A large body of
them attacked Republican guards
posted around the ministry of the in-
terior. The ministry buildings and
those of the museum were badly dam-
aged.
By Associated Press.
San Diego, cal., May 17.—The
22,000-ton Finland of the Pa-
nama-Pacific line, first of the
big trans-Atlantic steamers to
be diverted to the New York-
San Francisco run, steamed into
San Diego harbor today, having
made the run from New York
through the Panama Canal in 15
days and 10 hours.
By Associated Press.
New York, May 17.—A mighty ar-
mada of battleships, destroyers, sub-
marines and auxiliary craft swung at
anchor in the Hudson river today,
groomed for review by the president
of the United States.
The most powerful array of fighting
ships ever assemblea in an American
port, 64 in all, the fleet stretched for
four miles in a double line of solemn
gray, but touched with gayer colors
where pennants and ensigns streamed
from fighting top and masthead. Each
battleship was in readiness to thunder
out the presidential salute of 21 guns
when the navy yacht Mayflower, with
the president on the bridge, passed
them during the afternoon.
MAYFLOWER ARRIVES.
Convoyed by the cruiser Baltimore,
the Mayflower, bringing the president
from Washington, reached the harbor
last night, and after a short talk near
Tompkinsville, steamed up the river to
anchorage off West Forty-first street.
It was after midnight when she arrived
there, and the president and his party,
expecting a long day of ceremonies,
had retired for the night. A squad of
policemen and ' a patrol guard from
Secretary Daniels’ yacht, the Dolphin,
remained on guard at the Forty-first
street landing throughout the night.
The naval review, preceded in the
forenoon by a land parade, was on
the program as the chief ceremonial
feature of the ten days’ visit of the
Atlantic fleet to this port. Tomorrow
1. the demonstration will end with the
departure of the fleet for a naval war
game along the Atlantic coast.
Three times since the ships of Ad-
, ' miral Dewey returned from the victory
of Manila bay seventeen years ago, has
New York been the formal host of a
United States fleet, but never since
Dewey’s return had the presence of
the warships here aroused greater pa-
. triotic interest than on this occasion.
Hundreds of thousands thronged the
streets at an early hour to witness the
land parade, later to seek vantage
points on the Hudson river front.
This morning the president set out
for shore aboard a navy launch, to per-
form the first duty of the delay, a re-
view of the land parade of sailords,
marines and New York state military,
near 6000 strong. Waiting to greet
him at the foot of Forty-first street
were representatives of the mayor’s
citizens’ committee, an escort of
mounted police and a great crowd of
citizens. Automobiles were on hand
to carry the president and his official
party to the reviewing stand in front
of the public library at Fifth Avenue
• and Forty-second street.
Extraordinary precautions had been
taken to protect the chief executive.
In addition to the usual secret serv-
ice guards and the uniformed police,
the whole detective force. 600 strong,
had been ordered to report and were
assigned to stations along the line of
march.
ACTIVITY ON FLEET.
Meanwhile all was bustle and activ-
ity aboard the sixteen dreadnaughts
in the river. From each ship 250 blue-
jackets and sixty marines were landed
to form four regiments of bluejackets
and one of marines—under the com-
mand of Admiral Dewitt Coffman, bri-
gade commander. Not a few of the of-
ficers and men had distinguished them-
selves at a. less peaceful landing party
at Vera Cruz more than a year ago.
Between each regiment marched a
e•
Rome, May 16.
•—Developments
portance are
(Monday) in
By Associated Press.
Calais, France, May 17., via Paris.—A
Zeppelin airship coming from the chan-
nel flew over Calais last night. It
dropped bombs on various quarters of
the city, killing two children and
wounding one woman. The property
damaged was slight..
After its raid the Zeppelin sailed
away in the direction of the sea.
By Associated Press.
Rome, May 16.—Via Paris, May
17.—A revolution has broken out
at Trieste, according to a message
to the Idea Nazionale, telegraphed
from the frontier. A crowd com-
posed chiefly of women, because
most of the men have been called
to the colors, invaded the square
on which faces the palace of the
governor, Baron Friesseki. The
women cried “death to Francis Jo-
seph”; “down with Austria,”
burned an Austrian flag and a
portrait of the emperor, then at-
tempted to attack the palace.
The governor ordered gendarmes
to charge the crowd and the wom-
en retired, fighting stubbornly.
Lamp posts were turn up, and the
signs of tobacconists which bear
the Austrian coat of arms because
their business is a government
monopoly, were destroyed.
The Idea Nazionale dispatch
states that 47 women were killed
and more than 300 injured.
GALVESTON, TEXAS, MONDAY, MAY 17, 1915. —TWELVE PAGES
€85 portion; Tues-
5 day generally
.E S~ fair, warmer in
<e? north portion.
For Texas,
west of 100th meridian: Tonight and
Tuesday partly cloudy; warmer to-
night in the Panhandle.
For Oklahoma: Tonight partly
cloudy, warmer in northwest por-
tion; Tuesday fair, warmer.
Winds on Texas Coast: Light
variable.
By Associated Press.
Baltimore, Md., May 17.—The
problem of the care of the feeble-
minded was discussed from many
standpoints at the national con-
ference of charities and corerc-
tions. Amos W. Butler, secretary
of the Indians board of state char-
ities, supplied the following data:
“The most conservative estimate
of the number of feeble-minded in
this country is one in every 500
of the population. This means 200,-
000. About one-tenth of this num-
ber are receiving proper care. At
least two-thirds of the feeble-
minded have inherited their
feeble-mindedness. The average
number of the children born in a
family is four, whereas in these
degenerate families we find 7.3
each. Eighty per cent of truants,
and from 46 per cent to 89 per
cent of refermatory inmates are
feeble-minded. Should these state-
ments be taken at only half their
value, they still show a condition
important enough to need prompt
action.”
Bombs Dropped on Calais and
Ramsgate by Aerial
Warship.
By Associated Press.
London, May 17.—-Field Marshal Sir
John French has broken his silence in
regard to the movements of the Brit-
ish army northwest of La Bassee with
the announcement of advance, of nearly
a mile into the German line. This,
together with the continuance of the
French thurst, both north of Ypres and
southwest'of La Bassee, constitutes the
outsanding feature of the military sit-
uation today.
Military commentators here regard
the British advance as a genuine break
of the German line which if main*
tained must mean a retreat for a con-
siderable section of the invaders’
forces.
Recapture of the bridge over the
Yser canal at Steenstraete by the
French deprives the Germans of their
last connection with the west side of
the waterway. German assaults on the
British position at Ypres seem to have
spent themselves at least for the mo-
ment, as Field Marshal French re-
pots all quiet there for the last forty-
eight hours.
MENACE PRZEMYSL.
Officials reports from Petrograd do
little to minimize the severity of the
defeat which the Russians have ex-
perienced over practically the whole
line from Central Poland to the Car-
pathians. The victorious Germanic
armies have robbed the Russians of
most of the gains of the hard winter
and early spring campaign, with the
exception of Przemysl, which is closely
threatened on two sides by hostile
forces. In the latest Petrograd com-
munication there is a suggestion that
the Russians are crouched behind the
River San in readiness for one of those
sudden movements such as previously
have turned defeat into victory for
them.
It is evident that the Austro-Ger-
man forces will leave nothing undone
in the attempt to force a crossing of
the San. The Russians admit the loss
of fifty guns during their retreat to
the San, but assert that most of them
were destroyed.
ZEPPELIN ATTACK.
Another Zeppelin attack on seaside
resorts on the east coast early today
accomplished no more than recent air
raids. British airmen, however, were
awaiting the Zeppelin on this occa-
sion. A vigorous attack routed the
Zeppelin, which, when last seen, had
its tail down and appeared to have
been damaged severely.
Germany’s reply to America and
Italy’s next step divide diplomatic in-
terest. Nothing has reached London to
dissipate the impression that Germany’s
answer will be more or less negative.
As to Italy, the return of the Salan-
dra government with its policy intact
and enormously strengthened by public
approval, is accepted in England as
confirming the belief that Italy will
enter the war on the side of the al-
lies.
By Associaed Press.
Berlin, May 17.—Via wireless to
Sayville.—The Overseas news
agency today gave out a report
reading:
“Unofficial reports from West
Galicia confirm previous state-
ments that the Russians suffered
very heavily during their defeat,
in spite of the Russian attempts
to deny these losses. The 48th
Russian division was totally dis-
persed. A Russian commander and
his staff were captured by a bag-
gage escort behind the Austrian
front.”
By Associated Press.
Berlin, May 17.—By wireless to Say-
ville.—German army headquarters to-
day gave out a report on the progress
of hostilities reading:
“In the western theater: North of
Ypres and to the west of the canal
near Steenstraete and Het Sas, the
Germans yesterday gave up the ad-
vanced positions .and to avoid losses
from the strong artillery fire of the
enemy, they drew hack their smaller
forces to the main positions on the
eastern bank of the canal.
“South of Neuve Chapelle, the Brit-
ish still hold parts of the front trench
taken May 15. The fighting continues
north of Arras near Ablain and Neu-
ville. French attacks yesterday were
repulsed with very heavy losses for
the enemy.
“German airships have successfully
attacked the seaports of Dover and
Calais.”
(Dispatches last night from England
set forth a hostile aircraft had ap-
peared over Dover, but for a short
time only and no mention of an at-
tack was made. An airship, probably
the same vessel, did deliver an attack
on Ramsgate, 20 miles north of Dover,
dropping 40 bombs.)
“In the eastern theater of the war:
On the Dubysa river near Ejargola and
Ozekiszki and south of the Niemen
river, near Mariampol and Ludinols,
attacks by the enemy were repulsed.
Among the Russian prisoners taken
near Shavli, in Courland, were a num-
ber of recruits of the class of 1016,
who had only been in training for
three weeks.
“In the southeastern war theater:
The German advance between the
Pilica river and the upper Vistula,
and along the front from Sanbor to
Stry and Stanislau, continue. The riv-
er San has been crossed at several
places near Jaroslau and to the north-
ward. There is fighting going on
around Przemysl.”
By Associated Press.
Austin, May 17.—Many letters and
telegrams received by members of the
senate were sent up and read today
when the senate convened touching on
th Gibson bill, as a result of the gov-
ernor’s appeal of Saturday night. Some
of the senders of the messages and
letters favored while others opposed
the passage of the measure. There was
objection to the reading of ail these
letters and telegrams when Senator
McNealus, who is opposed to the pass-
age of the Gibson bill, insisted that the
governor should be given free range
even if the reading occupied the at-
tention of the senate for the next two
weeks.
The fight on the Gibson bill, which
reached the senate today, was pre-
cipitated when Senator Lattimore
offered a resolution that the entire sen-
ate be resolved into a committee of the
whole for the consideration of the
measure. The opponents of the Gibson
bill favored this resolution. Senator
Brelsford raised the point that it re-
quired a two-third vote of the senate
to change the adoption of the Latti-
more resolution, as it changed a rule
of the senate. After considerable de-
bate, the chair, President Pro Tem
Wiley, overruled this point, holding
that only a majority was necessary.
ADOPT RESOLUTION.
The Lattimore resolution was
adopted by a vote of 13 to 10, which
means that the Gibson bill will be
considered by the committee of the
whole. The vote would have been 12
to 11 but Senator Brelsford, who is
favorable to the bill, changed his. vote
from no to yes in order that he might
move 'that the resolution might be
called up again. This is considered in
the nature of a test vote, which dis-
closed a majority of one against the
bill, but as there were three pairs the
final result may be different.
Following is the roll call on the Lat-
timore resolution:
Yeas—Brelsford, Conner, Cowell,
Johnson, Lattimore, McNealus, Nugent,
Page, Smith, Suiter, Townsend, West-
brook, Wiley. Total, 13.
Noes—Astin, Bee, Clark, Darwin,
Gibson, Harley, King, McCollum, Mor-
row, Parr. Total, 10.
Three pairs and two absent, being
Senators Harris and Robbins.
MUST STAY ON JOB.
In the house today a resolution was
introduced by Representatives Wag-
staff and Maddox providing that no
member of the legislature shall be ex-
cused from attendance in the future
without an affirmative vote of a ma-
jority of the members of the house.
This resolution was inspired because
during the last regular session redis-
tricting and penitentiary legislation
was defeated because of the absence
of a quorum during the last few
days of the session. After som de-
bate the house refused to table the
resolution by a vote of 44 to 64. At
this point Representative Tillotson
made the point of order that the rules of
the house provide that no member shall
be excused except by a two-thirds vote
while the resolution said a majority.
The chair sustained this point and the
resolution was accordingly defated.
The house educational appropriation
bill, which had been made a special or-
der for 10:30 this morning, was side-
tracked for the departmental appro-
priation bill which is now under con-
sideration.
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