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FELLOW HAS? tn tm tH I I I I GETTING AN EARFUL AT THE AUTQ SHOW. t.i.4 Mt 'East 'Prussian' Reserves Storm Fortified Russian Post and Captures pyer 10,000 Prisoners. Today's War News Given in Summary. 'Another Important victory over the Russian was announced today by the German war office, la the capture of the Polish city of Prtasnysz. The' heaviest fighting in northern Poland since the expulsion of the Russians' from East Prussia, has occurred in the vicinity of this city, and its fall is sail to have led to the capture of more than 10,000 Russians; Petrograd has not confirmed the report.

The French and German official communications of today indicate that the Calm oii the western front ia unbroken. French attacks In Champagne continue without important results. A declaration in the house of commons today by Sir Edward Grey constituted perhaps the most important political development since the opening of the war. The foreign announced that Great. Britain was iitTaceord with Russia's' aspira STSV'iei.

HTrefei red to Russia's hope of obtaining. Constantinople as a result of the war IXurkey. Thj second week of Germany's submarine campaign today with the loss of 2 more British. ship. The.

steamer'; VVestrTtiM Coast Va nd 'Deptf ordwere sunk off the' English toast either by mines, or torpedoes. German western army was on French soil." Berlin, Feb. 25, The toWn of Przasnysz Russian Poland was yesterdajr taken, by storm by German forces, according to the official announcement given out in Berlin today; too uermans captured au.uuy Russian prisoners. The report is dated February 23 and reads as follows: "la. the western arena of the war: la Champagne' the enemy yesterday con tined his desperate efforts which iri spite of the.

strong forces engaged, were again absolutely without success. Otherwise there has been nothing of importance an the western front. "In the eastern arena: The engagements on the Momel, Bobr and Narew rivers continue. The town of Prtasnysz, In Russian Poland, which had been extensively fortified, was stormed yesterday by the East Prussian reserves. After a atuhbonr fizht we were victor ious, capturing' more thatt of machine guns' and a very' 'firge imount of war material.

"In other riidnRemetiUJoiight north of the river V'isftila "drrrmd the past fw days we have taken 'prisoners. In I'olanil 'oqjith of the Vistula, the RuHnlans advanced to Moutily. which is southeast of Iiolimow, and ocrupint this position. Their forces in this movement outnumbered ours five to one. Otherwise there is nothing of importance report in this region.

is' rhnmetcristii; that the commander of the Fifty seventh Russian reserve 'division token prisoner at Aii gtistowO, asked German officers whether Ft was true that Antwerp was eieged by tho Germans, and, soon would fait. When the situation oni the western front was explnineil to this Rinsian officer, lie refused to believe that the Although tho capture of Frzaanvsi hius uoi been reporteil Yrora Petrngrad, dispatches from that city stated that heavy lighting 'was in progress in the region in vhich'thn German vietory is now claimed in'Berlin. lrraiitsi is about 160 ruiles from the Kast lrussl in frontier, almost due north, of A'arsa and has a population of about 10,000 Following the expulsion of the Russian army from Kast Prussia the Germans yesterday inaugurated, an assault oh the fortified line In "ortnern round to which, the Russians fell bark. Of thene battles the most violent liaa been in progress at l'rMsnysf. RKPUtSE GERMAN ATTACKS.

French Maintaining Recent Gains, Declares Taris. Taris, Feb. 2.5. At tlin war offtre this afternoon the following statement was given out: "Xear ImUaertiycle our tillery demolished a blockhouse and some i3fvThe enenTV'r "In the we have main tained the new positions which we won yesterday. AH of thi enemy's; oiihtrr attacks were repulsed.

'''Our. aviators threw. sixty bombs on railway stations, trains and concentrations of the enemy, ThlSborrobardroent was very! onri8 'at Therese thw'eriem madA attack whlcu Immediately wasi checked. "Between the Ari' oiinO arid thejleuiw! in the Cfieppy Wood, we, made further progress. lJur artillery destroyed' armored shelters, The, was 'unable (Continued on iPatt Column .) I IS THE 6REATCST UTTtE a CliARlOT ,5.

HE MmmO dMTHE Makkjet oHts Some boat! rt MravttTMtiyeHVr00' I I WHY SM, THAT IITTLC BUS WILL iMAKE 'Ik TKVrjAUTOMOBILEr TALK AOoOT Sq tcam I WUG CARTS LOOK iwrfS; R.i Van IWH AH0 TOR AM ALL AfeOl)N, BUZZ 'tiP A HlVBinwIS M'm'bw 11 AT AIIIITIW WUIUUILII PLEW FIVE i i "ENWEMAY mm GO IT ALONE MOTION FILED FOR NEW MER TRIAL Justice Weeks Hints That Marshall Affidavit is Evasion. New York, Feb. 23. A motion for a new trial for Charles Becker, the former police convicted for the murder of Jiermau Rosenthal, was made in tho supreme court today. Becker's rouivser said hja motion on newly idisdoverecfTcvidence to the that one 'state's witnesses to a mntcrial fact hsd testified falsely at Becker's Second trial.

Attached to the papers was the affidavit of James Marshall made, in Philadelphia recently in which Marshall' repudiated part of his testimony at the second trial, At tho conclusion of the hearing Justice Weeks that he won 1 hand down a decision' Some time between rrow alid riext Saturday when theyBecker, appeal is tor be argued jgi AlbaAy. 'My first impression. xp this affidavit of Marshall's," Justice Weeks said, "ia that it is manifestly an ingenious eva sion of a direct Contradiction of the witness testimony Rt the. trial and in my mind it not come within the legal requirements of a. motion for a new trial." Hi LOST GRIP Ought to Be; Belegated to Scrap Head, Declares Mr.

Niblack. DEMOCRAT STAGES A BITTEE ATTACK Tells Legislature He Re? joices Over Return of iPeople to Power. Rockefeller Testifies to Resist Tax Leviedin Ohio New York, Feb. 25. John Rockefeller today testified by deposition at his home at Pocantioo Hills in an effort to avoid piying peisdnah property tax of 150,700 levied upon him by the Cleveland, tax authorities.

Mr. Rockefeller testified that he was not a resident of the state of Ohio, had not been for the last fifteen years and that consequently ha could not be taxed in that stated He was examined, by Virgil P. Kline and E. both of Cleveland, his personal attorneys. Ohio was represented at the examination by Cyrus Jiocher, prosecutor of Cuyahog county, amd' F.

Oreen, his assistant, The examination occupied but a. few minutes. Mr. Rockefeller testified that he moved to New York from' Cleveland in 1885 and his domicile here. He said he wstsv citizen of New York Slid had regularly been assessed by the proper authorities, in this state, and had paid his taxes regularly in this state.

lie said he had not voted in Ohio during the past 15, years: Mr. Rockefeller said that on June 24. 1913, lie went to his summer homo, at Forest Ilill, East Cleveland, which ho occupied usually from Jiine to October. Ho intended, he said, to return to New York as was his usual custom, the following uctouer. Ain Kockefeller sail he ordered AllflpO.rtiH vtOIr "fOx'' ftiHiSCtlr Kill' ily at tbat time but that by reason of tho1 illness of Mrs.

Rockefeller and her sister, Miss Spellmatt, he had to countermand the order. Ho was forced tJ remain in Cleveland first Monday, in Febrriary, 1814. Mr. Kockefeller waa assessed on 1311,. 000,000 per'soual estate by the authorities of Cuyahoga county on tho grounds that he had spent the greater part of the year ending February 1, 1814,, in the state of Ohio and that consequently he had established a legal residence there.

Indianapolis, Feb. 25. Declaring that "the democratic machine has lost its grip and ought to be relegated to the scrap heap" nd that the "powers tbat be" have lost tontrol of the legislature, Representative Mason J. Niblack, democrat, of Vincennes, in an impassioned speech in the house today said he rejoiced over the people coming back into power of their own. The bitter attack was launched ill urging the house to udopt tho Friend resolution provides for the house omployes, numbering about seventy, be ing paid for sixty one aays or senii as agreed to at the opening of the sea sion instead of for time actually acrved which is the plan being" carried out, The resolution was voted down DO to 37, six republicans joining with tlurty pno democrats in support of tho resolution Twentv nine republicans, twenty demo crats and the progressive member voted against the resolution.

Sundav Amusements: vSunday amusement of "good, moral including programs at motion picture theaters and at dramatic and musicaVntertainments wp'uld be legalised by bill whjeh Representative Friend Introduced wWlef Representative Rule offered a bill to make it a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of from 110 to S1UU lor scnooi Doaraa or oi flcials to employ married women to teach in the publio schools except when their husbands may be incapacitated by illness or accident. Five Other bills were introduced while one measure was pass, ed. The senate received five new bills including tho Vannuys direct primary compromise bill, and passed three measures. Involved About $600. The Friend resolution providing for the assistant clerk of the house paying employes for1 full time, involved an estimated expenditure of $l)0.

The members of the employment committee defended the committers aetton. They said shortly after the legislature was convened the house adopted a resolution which the committee wee caryinif out. Representative Sare, a member of the committee, said the Friend rcsoiu tJAn TYUE' "enllwjt fni the state's treasury, and if made. It would be illegal. Representative answering lhu committee members, said.

the house iri the caucus which preceded' the Opening of the assembly, had agreed that each member of the majority would be entitled to one employe for the fu'V session. "I have no idea this resolution will pass' he said. Hut I merely 'want to test out the majority. The faffs are, (Continued on Pirn Column 5.) GUNMAN TAKEN AS HE STEPS F0 A TRl Man Who Wounded Evans yille' iolleenn in Revpl ver Duel Captured. Evansrille, I'eb.

Charles IfoHibach, H'allatOn, 111., Avhb shot a.tl woiuided JVtrolmau. Charles Anslinger (n a revolver diwl with Iwnl )orce wmlo resisting arrest here early, today, was arrested by Roohvilic police as he stepped from a train in that iilace. this aitPr noon: He resistance. Hu was Lrouglit hers by "(tdoiivilla police Officer wis. wounded in tho John Hornbatk, Wallston, 111., l'atriil mari John Anslinger was wounded iiitlis left forearm and windows the Jiesrt of the business section for a distance of two blocks Were shattered by bdllets.

A demand by railroad' officials that Hornburk leave the ladies waiting room the K. I. railroad station where he sat with his wife, precipitated tho Hornback drew a revolver when police arrived in answer to riot call, and opened tire and fled when his weapon was emptied. TRAINMEN ArOLSO AIDING, ROADS' CASE Chicago, Feb. 23.

At today's session of the board of arbitration in the west ern railroad case, Warren S. Stone, rep resenting the man, reminded the generul managers present that while the ejim neers and firemen were seeking to oli tain higher wagea they were also ai'tivi in trying to get higher freight rates. A. W. Trenholm, t'eneral manager the Chicago, St.

Paul, Minneapolis "nil Omaha railroad, was under cross examination and remarked that while the men were seeking more money thev were active in pushing legislation, which witness said would curtail the earning powers of the roads. lie instanced the movement to restrict train lengths. "While that is true," said Mr. Stone, "you neglect to mention that we ore helping you in your efforts to obtain higher freight rates. "I didn't know it," replied the witness.

NICHOLAS HEINY EXPIRES SUDDENLY Pioneer Fort Wayne Grocer leiliipaV't'giy j.i ij" Succumh3 in Brief Illness. Nicholas 73 years; who lias ber if in tho business for nearly 'fifty yesrs fh. Fort Wayne, died Very suddenly at the family home, 418 East Wayne street, Thursday morning at 10 o'clock a brief illness of but four days' duration. Death was duo to. complications and comes as Republicans Appear Before Judge Anderson for Arraignment, Possibility, of Extra Session Merely for Upper Houso Now.

Looms Up, MANY TREATIES AND NOMINATIONS FIND A NEW COUNTERFEIT. Bad Sao Gold Certificate Said to Be Particularly Crude. Washington, Feb. 25. A new counterfeit $'20 gold certificate has been discovered by the secret service.

It is of the series, of 1000 aqd bears the portrait of Washington, the workmanship of which is said to be particularly poor. The number of the specimen in the. hands of the secret service I Dl044f787. BUT SOMEBODY SAW 0REN HIDE THAT TWO HUNDRED. Feb.

25. Orcn Deavers saved 8200 to pay off a mortgage on the farm. lie put th money in a tin can and, burled it. Mrs. Deavers pleaded with him put the money in the bank and hu finally promised that he would.

Today Deavers hitched two horses to1 buggy arid while his wife held the horses' he went to get the money. Rut it wis hot there. Someho.lv bad. seen him hide EaBsasamaaaLuPiVaiLaaal! NICHOLAS HEINY IS SECOND LOT OF CONSPIRACY CASES ttlmck in lii? fnnty friend? (ind arntmint ii rices ia 'o'rt iine and tovnj. Mr.

Hrin M'ho rctirWl from active lmiiK'4M tix ycurm ngo, eamc Jiomt Kri (Contlnued ori Paite Column THEY HAVEN'T SEEN JACK CURLEY AS YET Fight Promoter Discounts Rumor of Its Transfer to Havana. El Paso, Texas, Feb. 23. Curlev, promoter of the Johnson Willard tiirht. before his departure today for liavami.

was told that Tom Flanagan, Jack Johnson's former trainer, had given out a telegram 111 which Johnson war re puited as saying that the fight would be held in Cuba. "I don't believe Johnson ever said that," declared "I am going to Havana to see what's tho matter. Therfr is Vifhlnj definite yet. It is true It baa been sun. gested holding the fight in Havana, but' nothing has been settled as far as I am Tom Jones, Jess Wlllard'a manager, said: "I am not going fc break camri or leave El Paso until the affair Is settled.

Johnson will have to fight Viard in JuSres or not at all." Willard will' do no training for two days. It was announced, after which he will do only the lightest sort of work. He apparently has. become acclimated and has worked off, his excess flesh. Separate indictment from First Terre Haute Charges.

Indianapolis, Feb. .2 5. Charged in a federal with conspiracy to, corrupt the Flection of Nov. 3, 1914 in the Fifth Indiana, congressional dis trict, five republican when arraigned before United S'tates District Judge. A.

n. Anderson here' today, pleaded not guilty. The live who pleaded tint guilty arc: Roy Shntttick. of Brazil, who on. posed Crongressiunn Raljih W.

Moss for re election, and Warren Soules, W'm. 1 ears. m. K. Meyers ami Morton It.

Hnlmea, all of Terrc llsute, ahd candidates for office in Vigo county. In Separate Indictment. Tliese men were named in a separate indictment from that in which 116 men were arrested in December. The republicans nro alleged to hav entered Into, a conspiracy which, according to the included Mayor l)0nn M. Jtoberts.

of Terre Haute, dem ocrnti John Nugent, former progressive city chairman and night superintendent of polft under John If ines and Frank Hesse, all of whom were included in the first' indielmcnt to buy the elee. tfori for themselves. It is set out in the indictment that 11.0.00 was paid to Hesse who is said to have shared the money with the others in order to se curo the election of the republican. The republican, however, were defeated. Other Charges Made.

Other charges in. tho indictment are similar to those placed against the democrats and progressives and include: Conspiracy to intimidate voters, to prevent qualified voters serving as election officials and to vote Illegal vofera, (here: by attempting to. defraud the United States through corrupting the election at which a United States senator and member of cohgrcss were being chosen: The federal government as in the first rase, asserts its rights' to regulate the election on the ground that officers of the United' States were being chosen. Of the 116 democrats and progres sives arrested: 87 have entered pleas nf guilty and the case of the remaining 29 who pleaded not guilty, have been set to begin here March' 8. Others Also Arraigned, A number of other persons, in addl signed before Judge Anderson and thj maiority pleaded guilty to charges against thera.

Walter Colmar, of South Bend, was assessed a fine of 110 and, costs on his plea of guilty of sending an obscene letter through the mails. Arthur Rupe, of North Liberty. pleaded guilty to, sending obscene matter through the mails to Esther Rush, of South Rend, also was 810 and costs. Among the. others who pleaded guilty (Contlousd oa Pais Column Will Fail Ratiflcatiori During Session Now, Nearing End.

t'eli. 23. possibilities of an' extra sesaiou of the senate alone after March 4 for consideration of treaties and lioininations were discussed! today among administration leaders amt, while white house officials refused tc discuss the it is known PresW dent is giving it consideration Treaties with Colombia to pay 2i, for the partition of Panamas and with Nicaragua to pay it, fol interoceanic canal righta and naval basest undoubtedly will fait of ratiflcajr tiuh at th present session. The need of action upon tliem is considered the administration of great imlportaneci Officials' also fear' conlirroation of the. federal trade eomniission will be delav ed.

Tlie president, it was said, has ru thought of an extra session cd. congress as a whole. Hf onat, hlthsT. cabinet as uh ot alxty fourth congress would, be. Uncv ganised, probably no general, legislation woiild be undertaken at a.

special sesy sion the oenate. 'The treaties. will be taken.up th caiuiot.aeeUng;,tomorr.o' ana. some cisloit probably be reacnea whether, ani extr.sesuon of thejSensta, is necessary. The failure of the senate to rnnfirui the irado commission nomi nation during the present session wouM not alorie be taken aSSufTifient reason for ra )li lig an' extri session of the senate, it was said, because President Wilson has been informed ty hi legal advisers he Tins authority give recess vrorktni nth nlv six' working days remaining of the 'present session of rongre.

pro.iect of enacting any ticm aside from the. arproprialion bills before adjournment was regiirded by. senate denioeralie leaders today as very slim and thev were eoneentrating prac tieally all their efforts towards the sage of tlie supply measures. While reports continued trtday. ay revival of attempts to pot through the; government ship purcTuiss (lillln accord anee with the wish of President Wilson, administration senators admitted there was littln 'hope of doing so.

because of republican, opposition to the measure. Prospect Jf passing; the river, and harlmr bill iit its present fonrl also Is anvthing but bright snd it is exTwcted that a joint, resolution will be substituted for it appropriating about t30, OOO.OOO for continuing existing project, No action will be recommended to this congress by the house judiciary carrying charges against Federal Judge pavton. of West Virginia. Chairman Mefillliriiddy began preparing a. report today which may serve as the.

basis of snv action the next congress decided tr take. LAST MINUTE NEWS ASQUITH ENP0ESE3 CHURCHILI, STATEMENT London, Feb. 26 Premler' At quith took occasion In the houio of commons this afternoon in replying to a question to endorse the opinion expressed recently by First Lord of the Admiralty Churchill; in a newspaper inter, view to the effect that Great: Britain would continue to fight to the bitter end, even should France and Russia, withdraw from the war, The premier pointed out that Mr. Churchill had declared with especial emphasis that he could not conceive of such a contingency as this, "but," added the premier "I am in complete agreement with hint," READY TO EXCHANaE PBISONERS OF WARr Berne, Feb, 25, France, Germany hare concluded ar; rungements for the exchange of prisoners of war totally incapacitated for any future military, activity, and in a few davi the repatriation of these men will be gin. Swiss hospital trains will be' made use the transportation of invalids.

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