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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. Warsaw ha- been occupied by the Germans. Evidently "lib :i small Baas i-in rear guard remained to the east of the city when the victors tool; pooeeseloa i»f It. Tin main paint of military Importance i-•v nether or not. the retiriag Baanlaa forces have i iched. or will -al.ly reach, their new line of de- t.iiee before their pursaiag foes can overtake them. rilia will dev.l.. p shortly. Tin- oflii ial report given t-iit iu BetHa yesterday -ays: "Warsaw was taken i i this morning by German troops. Yesterday and la-t nisht Bavariaa troops under the command of Priace Leopold broke through the forts of the outer and inner lines of the citys defeases, where the rear guards of the Russian troops made a tenacious re-siatance. The German aiiphu under General v.n Sclnlz and General von GaUwits advanced in the direction of .the road between I.oniza, Ostrov and Wy-zkov and foaghl a number of violent engagements. The brave and desperate resistance at tin- Russians oa both sides of the road between Ostrov and Boaan was wltboul sneceas. Twenty-two Russian ottiiers and 4,840 soldiers were taken prisoners. The Germans also captured seventeen machine guns. German cavalry yesterday and the day before defeated in i ourlaud detachments of Russian cavarrj at points near Genes?, Bhrshi and Onlsksahty. A total of 2.22". Rnssiaa prisoatrs was taken. The sitnath .n mar and to the north of Ivanf.""1"! remains unchanged. The campaign is Doing continued between the Upper Vistuln river and the River ilu. Hi I man i -avaliyiueu have entered Wladiniir -Wolyask, on the Bag river. The recent Uus-ian operatloaa along the Anatolian roast have aii important bearing on the food Bap-ply of tonstnntinopie. A Russian torpedo-boat de trover Beet lias made a careful search aloag the shores of the Black sea. and the total Of the enemys vessel-: sunk reaches nearly 990, Including several .arm- steamers and a doaea sailing vessels of 1.000 tons each. Care was also taken to destroy the ship yards nloag the coast, so that the entire small vessel trade, upon which Constantinople is largely dependent for necessaries of life, may be regarded as extinguished. A statement issued by the admiralty relative to operations in the Black sea says: "Our sailors destroy Turkish vessels because they carry ei al anil petrol, materials of War, but take every measure to save the crews. The vessels are cannonaded only when they fail t I hall after they are signaled. In those case-, where sailors p refer to regain shore by swimming, in order to avoid capture, they never are shot. All who -ui render aie taken aboard warships and transported t- Behastonol." The l-ri nch war department yesterday gave out the following official statement: "In the Artois district, around Bouches, there took place last Bight fairly spirited engagements with grenades and bombs, as well as with artillery. There were also fairly active artillery exeaaagea al Tracy le-Val and in the vicinity of Vailly. in the valley of the Aisne. In the Arg macs, the night passed with mu.h activity. There was Title tiring and the throwing of bombs from trench to trench, together with artillerv ririnsr on several different occasions. On the heights of the Meuse. at Hois Haut. a German attack was easily checked. In the Vosges last aight there was a continued and very severe bombardment of our trenches at Lingekopf. Yesterday evening German forces delivered a very io teat attack agaiast the French positions at this point, but in spite of this anil with the exception of some trenches on the crest of the Llngekopf, we retained all our ground." A. A. Spraj-iic. chairman of the board of directors of the Chicago Bed Cross, and a member of Mayor Thompsons commission annotated for the relief of families of Eastland victims, has arranged to meet with the officials of the Western F.h ctric company, to discuss a plan of dlatribntii n of tin- fund raised in Chicago. The fund now amounts to 9346.237. Mr. Spragae and the Western Electric company officials will determine whether greater Iteiielits can be obtained through the Immediate distribution of the fnad, or the creating of a pension fund for the bereaved families. Mayor Thompson favor- the Immediate distribution of the fund as soon as the families entitled to benetits can be classed. The amount of money lo be received, he said, should depend BUOU the size of the family, the amount of wages received by the victim, and the number of remaining members able to contribute to the support of the family. The following statement was issued yesterday at the headquarters of the Italian general staff: "Oar heavy batteries directed an effective tire on the station of Borgo on the railroad in Yal Siigana. where there is an important freight traffic. The enemys Ih-ms in stubborn attacks on Mount Medatta in Carnia now are found to have been very grave. I in the Cars,, plateau the night of the third passed quietly. during the morning our artillery shelled mas-es of infantry observed near Marcottiai and columns marching along the road from Kupa to Hoberao. Our troops having resumed I heir advance, the bit wing and center made slow progress, but on the right we coaftaed ourselves to maintaining positions previously conquered. The enemy attempted vainly to recapture ground held by us on Moots Seibusi. but wa- beaten off with heavy lllS-Iv." A Washington dispatch of yesterday says: "The battleship Connecticut, after landing marines at Port au Priace, has arrived at Cane Haitien. the latest i enter of revolutionary activity. Oeneral Holm, with some troops, tried to enter Cape Haitien, Admiral Caperton reported today, but several warn ing shots from the 1nited States coa-t survey yacht Eagle frightened them away. The commander of the gunhnal NashvUle sent a warning to General Bono that if in- returned again with unfriendly Intentions he would be tired upon. Cape Haitien now is clear of armed troop* of tho revolutionists, and the formation of a native committee of safety has begun. livery effort is lieintr made, navy department officials say. to place the situation in the hands of native authorities a- aaaa a- possible." It has heen determined that the American protest against the Trench prhM court ruling confirming the aefamre of the American cotton steamer Pacta which carries confiscation of the runnel, will b. ..a he ground that a misinterpretation of international law has caused a denial of justice The issue will I ret Hie right of Hie United States •,, grant American register to the vessel sold to an American citizen by the Hamburg-American Steamship company, a German corporation. France hold-such a transfer to he recognized must have been made thirty days before the outbreak of hostilities. More than 10.999 painters, who have been on a strike and locked out fir several months, are prepared to return to work Monday, ending the last trouble in the building trades likely in Chicago tor at least three years. The referendum on a proposition offered by the contractors granting a cl.ised-shop agreement and an increase in wages of two and one half cents resulted in an overwhelming vote in favor of peace. The painter- went on strike in March, and later were declared locked out by the Painters and Decorators Club. Yesterdays baseball results— National League Chicago 4. Boston .!: Pittsburgh 1. Philadelphia 0; New Virk ... Cincinnati 2. BTSt ga American League: New York :;. St. Louis 1. lirst game: New Vara 2. St. Imis 0. second game: Detroit 11 Philadelphia .". lirst game: Philadelphia 9, Detroit s. second game. Federal League: Chicago :;. Brooklyn 1: st. Louis i . Baltimore 0. The Knglish ministry of munitions has decided to undertake the manufacture of munitions on a large scale in Ireland. A representative of the ministry will reside in Dublin and have Charge of the organization of Ireland as a munition-producing area. According to Berlin newspapers. Maj. Gen. von Fin-low. brother of the commander of the Niemea army, was buried Tuesday at Berlin. He was commander of tin- Fifth brigade of the guard infantry and was asortaUy wounded in battle recently. Advices from Issen say that all the demands of the employes of the Krupp works have been granted and that a serious strike has thus been averted. The German military authorities brought great pressure on the Krupp ailuiinistratioii to this end.
