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.■ ■, .,, are j,f . Z ,j, tl, j ti the ,,. Tl r, 7, tl the ,,. • ,„ , u ,1 the „ ;,, • .f ,,j .1 w _, •■• CI 11 n a 11 w of o I a . h . ■ ■ of j. , I is / « in 9 1 I ■ J is J j I f f t u " J . ;, « " ]l t " 1 * « ,, ] -| g j i, 1 I J 1 1 l 1 i ] | 1 I t 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 t . 1 ] , : , I • , , , 1 1 GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. The doiman statement of progress In Buaelaa. made bj the war oaace at Berlin yesterday, waa: Eastern theatei Army group ..i Fi.l.i Marshal von Hiiidenburg: The treo is of General von le-eler stationed In the region surroonding the bridgehead souiii ol Priedrichstadt. In an engagement east of the Niemait the army of General "ii Elch-bora reached a point m ri least of Ollta. Au additional 1,600 prisoners and -e n cann n were cap tared. In the direction d Gi idno the towa of l.ipsk. on the Bobr river, was taken bj stoi a and enemy forced to surrender. The Widra. a tributarj of the Sukelka, v - crossed by oar troops. The eastern liorder of the fores! direetlj eas! of Bialystok lia- been reached a I several point-. Army group of Prince Leopold In tl Bit blobieg 1 fi rea! fighting goes 011 for possession of the ei sslng upper Narew, German and Austro-Hnngarlan troops under General .o. Woyrscb drove the enemy •in if id- position al Buchodol, oa the eastern border of the fores! and . I SacTesaowo aad are now closely pursuing Mm. Irmy group of Field Marshal von Mackenaen In order :. remler |M»»siblf retreat of their rear unir.l .iii-i..ii- through the marsh dist ict. the Rus-inns made a stand unci more yesterday on a line in the Koddubno district, south Kot.rin. Thej wei - del ated, al 1 uugh tin brought back and threw nto the battle some divi-slona which previously had been falling back. The Halted States submarine I--l. sabmerged .•inside the barb, r at Honolulu since March 26 la-;, wis refloated late Sunday night and towed to the quarantine station In Honolulu .ay. The submarine commanded P] Lieut, klfred I.. Ede and with a ereu of twenty-one men, went to the bottom off the harbor of Honolulu oa March 2o. 1915, .luring maneuvers of the "1" Bojtadi n. Ii was located two days later, and diver John Agraa of the navy descended 215 feet, establishing n new worlds record, in an effort to facilitate th ..ik bringing r to the sarface. Later Prank frilly, diver, went down 22s feet, and found one of the compartments hi 1 with water. Another. William Lougbman, descended 220 feet the n.t day aad was seriously injured by water pleasure. At the time of the accident reports gained circulation that the F4 waa not in good condition when it west below water. The-- were "lie ally denied. Careful Investigation la being made by the de partm nt of state Into the aeries of explosions and tires which have wrecked two of the countrys large ammunition factories and the shrapnel casing plant the K. J. Codd compaay, na Hi awns The faci thai all three aiyaterloaa accidents have occurred m factories engaged in the manufacture of munitions for the European war is considered too significant !■• go unnoticed by the State department officials ll stated that some foundation is being discovered for the belief that a gigantic conspiracy i- being carried out to prevent or retard the manufacture the United States of ammunition and war - i] Ilie- which, under ore-cut condition- can be .lo livered only to the alii.-. Whether tlc.se engaged in the eapposed plot arc working entirely on their own initiative or are heing encouraged from Europe has not yet been divulged. At Potrograd yesterday the following statement was given out: In the Riga region the situation unchanged. In the direction of Prederlckstadt, after the last few days of stubborn lighting, our troops have retired further to the westward of Prederlckstadt. on lie right of the Viliya and between the Viliya and the Niemen river stubborn fighting continued Friday and Saturday 00 the front from Podbrodae toward the north of Yilna to Nody Troki and Oanchoucki and still further up the Nienuu. x s a consequence of the enemy ma-sing strong f nees south of Vladimir VolynsUi. with a view of developing an offen-ive toward . Lutsk. Staroe and Rojislche. in an endeavor to turn our right Hank in Galicla, we took the necessary measures to change the position of our force a. These changes were executed lriday and Satur.lav under ever of aetioaa northwest of I.ntsk. The Preach Oaacia] statement of yoster.l.u -ays: Yesterday evening saw severe artillery lighting accompanied by the explosion of mines and engage-meats with bombs and hand grenade-, at a Urge number of positions in the Argonne district. The. trenches of the enemy were scrionslj damaged a! Iourtes. chaus-ees. Meariasona and at Boiante. Another raid by French aeroplanes oa military es-tablishments of the Germans has been announced by the iinr otti.e. Barracks and railway stations in the Ardennes and the Argonne were attacked. Violent German attack- near Marie-There ae and weal of the tore-t- of Ma line urt were repul-i"!. lre-ideut WBsoa had given U| all idea Men lay of a further extended vacation thi- year. He had planned to pass the whole month of September at Cornish, N. II. . but his plans now are not to leave Washington until the situation between the Halted States and Germany clears, if he leave- ai all. Ilie president already has received assurances from ifficial German sources which he hopes will r.-uii in s.lving the controversy with Germany over her submarine warfare. lie is waiting, however, for Germany to make formal disavowal of the attack on the Arabic and assurances ol safety ti Americans on the high seas in tic future. It is stated that Thomas A. Edisoa baa asked the Inited State- naval authorities t.. reserve decision on his submarine storage battery until it hi- received a mere thorough test on 1 he submarine B-2. The battery, designed to eliminate the format! n of poisonous chlorine gas. has been tested in the Brook-lyn navy yard and it not only measured up to all hopes of the Inventor but exceeded the expected efficiency by at least twenty per cent. Rat the drastic series of tests which the Lattery ha- already been given is not eaoaga for Mr. Edison. Nearly 820.000,000 in gold and securities worth 5,000,000, the second large shipment senl from London 1" strengthen British credit in thi- coaa-■ try, arrived al New York early Sunday on a special train of steel car-, guarded by thirty elghl armed men. The shipment cam. dire t lo rail from Hall-fax. N. s.. t.. which port i- o;iv conveyed by u British war-hip convoyed by smaller .raft. What an claimed to be authentic reports have l.een received b counl officers al l.r ow 11-vllle. Tex., thai forty -even Mexican hanilil- who parlc-i-pated la the attack oa the Norias ranch, sixty Ave mil;- north of Brownsville on August v nave been killed by American possea and officers and that the others of the hand. numh. ring probably nfteea, are still al large in the brush. rhe di-aided Japanese cruiser Asama. which a ml ashore near Turtle bay. Lower California, early in February, was expected t.. arrive al San Francisco Monday. The Asama i- being convoyed by the Japanese naval repair ship Kwante Mara, which will o permitted to take on coal eaoaga to earn it to the nearest home port, and necessary supplies. General Emilia no Zapata has male 1 favorable reply to the peace note recently aeni by the Paa-i American conference to all Mexican leader* oral Manu.i Palafox, Francisco Chaaaro, Pachecu Laze and others also have made favorable repMef. .
