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flU GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. r .nceitiiiig the as-ault on Kovao, which the Ger . in ins undertook Sunday an oHetal Baaaian revlea . us •■The riiiiiiv began an attack on Hi.- froal of oar works from the rUlage d Piph* to the Ellseii thai froal on the Blvar leaa ia. With aiege artll I lery they began a hoaibanlmenl at midnight. Btilia :- i . guns up to -ivleeu inches. The huirict f I fie lasted not les- than two hours .aid oar batteries - answered energetically. About o oclock iu the [ • 1 ; 1 i r - v !■ i . ■ I , . . ,". j ,. . n . t I e r p i. - t i- - n . . I :- f I - in .ruing the assaulting columns, in rlOM format ion. marched against our positona. By a concentrated lire, the explosion of mines and gallant counter attacks by our troopa the enemy was thrown back along the whole of the front. The weakened Hermans, who suffered enormous tosaea, were hurled back into the neighboring ravines, where they apparently began to prepare a fresh assault. Sunday noon the enemys tire increased with terrible intensity, but this protracted and destructive hurricane from most powerfal guns failed to shake our troops, who firmly withstood the hail ..I" projectiles showered upon them. Our artillery valiantly supported oac heroes. Ibis incessant cannonade mated all day. At nightfall the enemy columns, which had been continuously massing in front of our paai-tions. again rushed to the assault, the attacks lasting two hours, and succeeded m taking pari of our trenches on the lines of the advanced position, which his lire had swept. liul afterwards, by the heroic effort- of . ur reserves, which had been brought up. the Hermans were repulsed with heavy losses. The enemy retained only the works near the village of Ciple. which were won at the cost of enormous eh oris and lo-ses." General Carransa, through his Washington agents, yesterday notified Secretary Causing thai "the Mexican people view with displeasure" any attempt to frustrate the success ..i Carraaaaa armed forces. Carranzas message referred to the Can-American conference, and was taken as plainly signifying he would not agree with its action toward Mexican affairs. Carranza has sent a similar notification to i ih. diplomatic representatives of all the l.atin American republics participating iu the Mexican conference, aayiag that any attempt between them and the American government to solve the internal situation of Mexico "would involve an act which could not he looked upon with levity, as it would mean on the part of the Latin American nations the acceptance .1 the precedent that they can take part in any internal affaire of a sister nation with the co-operation of the Tatted states, aoaaethtng absolutely undesirable, not only in so far as it may affect the relations between the Cat in American i nations themselves, but also beeaaaa it might involve the moral support of any future decisions ; which grow oitl of similar conferences." The Herman war office announced yesterday the occupation of the fortress of Beajaminow, which i lie- east of Novo Heorgievsk. the Russian stronghold on the Vistula northwest of Warsaw. Tae w.-ir office statement says; "The army groan: under field Marshal von lltndenbnrg easily repulsed strong • advances made by the Russians daring the hut few days along the Ki-a .Milan road. North of the Niemcn there are no changes. An attack by strong Russian forces from Kovn i failed. The aamher of 1 r Russians taken prisoners there since August 8 has ■ been increased to 2.1 Hi and of machine guns lo I sixteen. Baal of Loaasa our troops tire advancing : in the direction of the i.ol.r Narew Use. The enemy still holds the bridgehead al Wi/.nia. South Of I I.omza the entice Russian line is reiieating. The -Hough fort bled sections of the Caerwony-BMk i position could not be held by the enemy. Our pur-u ing treeaa crossed the Caei W Uoy-Brok position and ] are advancing to the east thereof. The railway 7 junction southeast of tstrow was captured. Cast of f Nov.. Heorgievsk the fortress of Cenjamin.if. which j was evacuated by the enemy, was orranlf d " The British torpedo boat destroyer Lyax was sunk in the North sea Augusi P a- a result of -trik-r ing a mine, according lo an ofkial announcement I made by the British press bureau. Four otlicers and 1 twenty two men of the crew were saved. The de-« - strover Lym displaced 935 tons, was 200 feet long. . 27 feel beam and 9.3 feet depth, and was capable .f a siiee.l of ::2 knots. The I.ynx carried three four inch guns and was eqaipned with four twenty- one inch torpedo tubes. Her com [dement in normal I times consisted of loo officers and men. Tin trawl era Westminster, Harbor Wiper ami Benardna nave B been sunk. The members of the crews of all three e Were sav.-.l except Iwo men on the I..-! na nlna . A V I dispatch lo Beaters Teh-gram Company from Copenhagen says thai the Norwegian steamer Geiranger r of Bergan, 1,081 ions, has been sunk. The members s of her crew « ere landed by a Batch lishing boat. The Danish schooner Jason has been burned by a i Herman submarine. The jury in Judge OConnors curt yesterday v convicted William Bgan and Walter OBrien, former 1 detectives, of accepting i icy lo protect the clair- royaata. Their peaaltj was lived at from one to " five years in the penitentiary. They are tin second ! batch ..f police defendants to be found guilty of graft lag in the last few months. Captain .lames s ODea Stolen and Detective Michael Weishauni were the principals in the first case. apt. John J. Hal-pin, former chief «.r detectives, and Lieut. John 1 Tobin are to be tried on corruption charges. At-, torncya Charles B. Krbstein and John k. Northrop, • counsel for the convicted policemea, entered motions s for new trials, but it is not expected Ihaf argil menta will be heard until the September term of 1 court. Administration officials yesterday were hopeful 1 thai the American reply to the la-t Herman note ,. regarding the sinking of the American ship William ii C. fry.-, dispatched lo Berlin last night, woahl d result in a settlement of the dispute glowing out f of the Incident. The communication probably will 1 ho given out for publicaiioti Saturday. The United ,1 Stales, it i- -aid. agree- to accept payment for the e Frye, as proposed by Germany, the amount to be ,. fixed by a Herman-American commission, although h it reileral.-s that destruction of the vessel was in n contravene ,f the Pi aaalan-American treaty of |- is2v Acceptance of Hie commission method makes s an appeal lo arbitration at The Hague unnecessary. What are described as remarkable cures of * wounded French soldiers have been effected by the e new polyvalent serum, discovery of which was announced " last March. Complete recovery is announced - ol men who were terribly mutilated and for • whom all nope had hen given up. so badly infected l_ were their wounds. Doctors I.eclainche and 1 Vallee, the iltscoverea of the serum, are unable to a make more than 2. »" tla-ks of it daily, most of i which ge.-s p, the base hospital-, where the worst rases are to l»- found. An appeal to Im.Hi the [Tatted Stales Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court is in preparation by attorneys lor Hie Southern Pacific Company from a decree rendered at Los Angeles Tuesday in the United States District Court by Judge Boberta It.-an of Oregon restoring lo the public domain more than li.liKI acres of oil lands in Kern County. Million- are -aid lo have been nro-dnced in petroleum from the property, which is situated in of the heaviest oil-producing sections of the state of California. TWO big tract- of public land. 86.030 acres, recently withdrawn from the Saina Barbara national forest, and 160,235 a.-r.-. withdrawn from the Sequoia national forest, become subject to settlement under the homestead law-, from yoster.|a lo September 7. The land, much of which i- valuable for agricultural and grazing, is located in the Loa Angeles hind district. California, between the Santa Clara river ami Casta lo Canyon, and in the Viaalia land district in the footbilla of the Sierra Navada mountains. Major .luliieii .f the Paris permanent court martial ha- closed his inquiry int.. the case ol Raymond Swoboua and bis recommended to the military governor ol faris that the proceedings be dropped. Swoboda, who claims i be tin American, was tir.-t held on suspicion of being responsible for the tire aboard the f rem h line steamer fa Touraino and later was accused of espionage. Replying !...»«• Bussian let ol a na»al attack against the Gull i Dga iry a Corrimn -d.--i . ..■ great strength, a semiofficial German statement sa.s ii" great action was undertaken, but that Oer- man war-hip- merely were i. connoilering to de-e teriniuf the positou of Uussiuu mines. It is as sert ed that two small mine sweepers wore the only vessels lost. Yesterdays baseball resatts — National League: Chicago :.. Brooklyn 2: Boston 8, St. LoaJa 2 flrat game.. American League: Chicago ?,. Philadelphia 2: Hoston 11. St. Louis : first game: Koston 2. St. I.ouis 1 second gainei: Washington .". Detroit 0; New York 2. Cleveland 1. Federal League: Newark 8, Chicago : St. Louis s. Buffalo 0; Brooklyn 7, Kansas City 6.
