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THE WASHINGTO'TIMES; 'SATURDAY? 8, 2 the course of a bold stroke made Friday evening-," tho war office stated today. "East of the village of Estroes, the French made progress with grenades In a German trench, capturing fifty prisoners. "Bad weather generally hindered Derations on the Sommo front throughout the night." North of Lasslgny (twenty miles duth of the Somme) a German detachment attempted to carry a small French post, but was dispersed. yn me evraun ironi a violent artillery struggle was waged last night, particularly on the sectors of 111)1 804, Eenes, Souvllle, and Damloup. There were no Infantry actions.

In Loraine a French grenade attack cleaned up an enemy post near Derange. BIO AUSTRIAN FORCE CUT OFF BY RUSSIANS Cwr's Troops Squeeze 30,000 Men Against Carpathians. PETROORAD. July 8. An.

Austrian force estimated at between 20,000 and 80,000, has been cut oft the Russians southwest of Kolomea. The Austrians were massed cast of the railway leading southward through Jablonttza pass. The BUdden (IobIi of a iRusslan Infantry body that seized the railway station of Miklutczyn cut oft their retreat to tho south. Tho right wing of the same Russian army, ad-ivajiclng westward upon Nadvorna, levered their communication with tho Austrian 'foroes to the north. The latest reports to tho war office Bald that Russian troops were attempting to squeeze the Austrians against the foothills of the Carpathians and effect their capturo before they can escape through tho mountain passes.

Russian aeroplane scouts report the wlthJrnwnl of euomv heavy artillery on the right wing of General Von Both-mer's Austro-Oernmn army Thciti nro other Indications that Von Uothnier, hard-pressed by the Russians advancing on Nadvornn and Stanlslau, Is pic-jiarlng to fall back on the wholo Ga-llclan front. From tho Volhynlan battlerrnund northward, the Hermans continue a most stubborn de'ense. Both on the nisi-Dvlnslc fiont nnd In the flRht-Injf aiound SoKul, where Uio Rusr4nns have made further progress, the enemy Is with great vigor. WHOLE NATION JOINS IN PARALYSIS FIGHT Infantile Scourge Spreads to Nine States Outside of New York. WHOLE NATION JOINS JAPAN WELCOMES IN PARALYSIS FIGHT S.

Six Federal Experts in New York to Aid in Battle on In- fant Scourge. (Continued From First Page.) are known, however, In which tho tevcr has continued for several weeks. "Headache Is complained of by a largd proportion of thoBO who are old enough to give a clear account of their sensations. When tho onset Is sudden and acute thcro ti marked prostration. Even In cases with mild symptoms the proc-tratlon Is often much greater than would bo expetccd.

Txtrcme weariness antf muscular weakness are charactcris. tic features of many mild, nbortlvo cases. "ResMeasnesn or Irritability Is a very common and marked symptom. In children very often tho first symptom to ut-tract attention Is their Irritability. Older persons frequently show an early stage of excitement, characterized by extreme restlessness, vague anxiety and mental perturbation out of proportion to the severity of their other symptoms.

An apathetic, drowsy state frequently follows, especially In children." Tho United Statea Health Service announced the six experts ordered to New York wltl be on the job there Monday momlng. nesldes Dr. Lavlnder. these men Include Edward J. R.

Rlllon, J. P. Leake, C. W. Cliapln and J.

C. Wilson, who were ordered from posts In various sections of the coun- ry. SECOND PARALYSIS CASE IN BALTIMORE NEW YORK, July 8. The germs of infantile paralysis are doing "more deadly work than ever among babies. They attacked not only eighty-seven more chil dren in this city and killed twenty-two, in the last twenty-four hours, making a total number of 797 cases and 185 deaths in this city, but they affected babies in nine other States outside of New York, and also in Montreal.

The health department, tackling the biggest problem in many years, sought to expand its facilities to cope with the situation. The United States Public Health Service is sending six experts to help in the right, and it is hoped the American Red Cross today will lend its aid in furnishing nurses, doctors and ambulances. NURSES NEEDED. There Is a desperate need for more nurses and doctors and automobiles. Health Commissioner Haven Emer son made that point emphatically clear after he had called a conference of eighteen experts, Including specialists in DSDy diseases, DacienoioKisiH aim sanitary Inspectors, to discuss the situation and to develop plans for flght- Inir fhn nlfimlc He told the reporters the task of New York lay not only In stamping out the disease In this city, but also in nrve.ntlnir carriers of the germs from moving from New York to other places.

In answer to pleas from Dr. Emer nth nnrnnlzHtlona of a chart table or philanthropic nature offered their services to combat the plague. The Charity Organization Hoclety and tho Society for improving the CondlUon of the Poor adopted emergency measures for helping the work of cleanliness among the poor. Of giving further aid In the homes of the 111 and of carrying Into effect the Important request of Commissioner Emerson, that no child be permitted to play with any other child. Isolation and Cleanliness.

In the absence of scientific data as to the manner In which the fierms oilgl-nate and how they are transmitted, the health authorities deem It of the utmost importance to keen children as clean as possible and to Uolate them. At tho amo time, the commissioner pointed out. It Is possible for adult persons who have tonded 111 babies to Infect well babies. Tn th nrohlem of detecting carriers of the germs and In preventing the spread of tho dlscaso by tho exodus from New York of children or their parents, the health department will have the unstinted aid of the Federal public health service. Health Commissioner Emerson has announced he will enforce rigidly the sections pf the sanltarv code, providing that all caiea of Infantile parnlyBls must be reported at once.

in "Lost 24 Hours" The return of Richard C. Travers to the Essanay studios after his threo months In vaudeville, was marked bv an Immediate start on a new live-act feMMre Plav, "Iost Twenty-Four Houp." which was taken from tho famous stogo hit of the same name. He appeared In "First to tho U. S. a two-reeler on a patriotic topic, and then without delay filming of tho fealuro was begun.

With him In the play aro Mnrguerlte Clayton and AVarda Howard. It Is a fast-moving comedy with numerous amusing situations. BALTIMORE, July 8. Health officials, both city und State, and physicians generally, while counseling watchfulness on the part of parents for any symptoms that might indicate Infantile parstysls tn their children, carefulness In diet and the maintenance of clean premises, do not feel any onuno for alarm In the pres ent situation as regurds Infantile paralysis. At th 11 saino time the health officials are taking no chances and are keeping a close tab on every case that has the slightest uppearance of the disease.

Alice Lechlnsky. the two-year-old baby who ns taken to the University Hospital fiom the neighborhood of Annapolis Junction a few days ago and whose ailment was diagnosed as Infantile paralyMs. died early yesterday. Tho other children have died In other pats of the State from what was apparently lnfiiiitlli paralysis although health officials aro not prepared to say positively that It was the disease. rue urdt case to no reported as Breaking out in Ualllmoro occuircd tiio victim being John Lcmkuhlcr, ten months old.

It was xupposed at first that tho case was one of meningitis, which In Its early stupes Is often mistaken for In- rnnlllo paralysis, and Dr. Moarne so reported to tho Health Denaitmont. which investigated and pronounced it to be infantile parolytls. The house was put under nrlct quarantine! and the" men of his department are makinr ev ery effort to locate those who haVo coma in contact witn tno child. CASH IN CHINA Prime Miniter Declares Mikado Will Maintain Open Door Despite Treaty With Russia.

NEW YORK, July 8. "Japan welcomes American money nnd Invett-ments nnd will steadfastly maintain the open-door policy In China," Count Okuma, Japaneso prime minister, declared In an Interview with a New York Times correspondent at Tokyo, published today, In commenting on the new Russo-Japanese treaty. "Japan has no' ambition for Chinese territory. The territorial ambition of the old-timers Is a droam. Japan Korea nnd leased the Manehur-Ian railway zones, 'as Japan's existence was menaced.

The world docs not think President Wilson's Mexican policy Is an Indication of territorial ambition, notwithstanding that America took Mexican territory years ago. "Tell Americans we heartily welcome their commercial and Industrial activity In China. America has enormous capital, which If used commercially Concert Today By the U. 8. Marine Band, at ths White, House, at 5 P.

M. i K1VUAU II. BANTEUIANN, Leader. March. "With Shot and Shell," Bllse Overture.

"William Tell" Rossini (a) "Dance of Uie Fisher Maids," von nien (t) Vale petite, von lllon Euphorilum solo, "Cavatlna," Richards (Musician Peter Hazes.) Suite, "Peer Oynt" Grieg (n) Morning, (b) The death of Ase. (c) Anltra's dance, (di Dance of the Imps In the halls of the mountain king. Vulse Caprice Rubinstein Orand scenes from "Hansel and Oretel" Humperdlnkc "The Star-Bpangled llanner." 100 LOST IN GULF IS REPORT STORM Schooners Carrying More Than That Number- Unaccounted for, Biloxi Hears and Industrially In China, will further Japan's trade with China." LONDON, July played an Important part In the framing of tho new Rurso.tapanese treaty, the London newspapers hinted today, In registering thrlr approval of the pact. The papers generally refrain from discussion of the effects of the treaty upon American Interests. They express the Idea that the Russo-Japanese treaty Is In a way an extension of the Anglo-Japanese treaty and strengthens the bond of the allies in the Far East against Oerman aggression.

Marshes on Somme Are Choked With Dead Animal Embargo Raised To Aid Paralysis Fight So that mrnkeys may be Imported for experimental purposes In the search for a remedy for Infantile paralysis, Secretary of Agriculture Houston today raised the cmburgo on the Importation of anlmuU from the Philippines. The Importation of all Philippine whrm-blooricO animals had been forbidden because of the department's belief that they arc disease carriers. A request went to the department late PARIS. July 8. Repeated and violent attacks by the Hermans on the rrencn positions at lhlaumont enabled them to obtain a footing In the French advanced trenches, but they were driven out ty a complete attack, according to the French war office.

It is reported that a British artillery bombardment on the whole front from the Somme to Belgium Is In progress with and Intensity equal to that of the two days preceding the beginning ot the onenslve. Tho German attacks on the French front are described aa entailing thee severest losses for the enemy. Jne of these attacks, made between batrees and Belloy-cn-Santerre. Involved the irnnsinz nwamos and wide tracts of flat ground without shelter of any Kind. The French light batteries and machine guns cut tho teutons down by tne thousands.

The marshes are now tull of dead. Piles of bodies can be seen Irom the French lines. Ihu Seventeenth Division or Bavarians sutletcd very Heavily, iwo regiments attacked In mossed formation. At hrst the French tire curtain was sufficient to hold their charges, but some got through and were cut down by machine guns. ihiin were six charges, 'tnen tne trench charged with the bayonet and put the remainder of the brlgado to (light.

Bavarians Surrender. Bavarian company managed to obtain possession of some sheds, where they were besieged by the French. After two hours of fighting the IJavarlans surrendered. When Interrogated they said that their officers, had not thought of the possibility of a French, offensive. Half an hour before the attack of July 1 their commander distributed leaflet among the men in the trencnes, copies of which wmn found on dead and wounded and on piisoncrx, referring to the attack on Verdun nnd Its expected sucrcsn.

The leaflet declared an allied offenslvo In th north had been prevented. A BILOXI. July $. The loss of life In the hurricane that swept the gulf coast Wednesday and Thursday expected to reach more than one hundred, according to reports reaching here today. Schooners carrying more than 100 persons are still unaccounted for.

First Direct Message Received From Pensacola NO ADVANCE IN PR ICE OF ICE EXPECTED HERE Officials of Corporation Declare They Put No Confidence in Alarming Reports. No advance tn Ico prices Is likely for Washington. Such la the statement today of officials of the American Ice Company here. The National Housewives' League la Investigating the Ice situation In New York city, and has appointed a com mittee to gather evidence and place It In the hands of District Attorney Swann, If the ffets warrant It. The charge Is that the smaller dealers are be.

i Ing absorbed by the larger dealers, nnd The first direct message from Pensa- that Ice prices will be forced up by this I'm. since me nig sun mm hi move. BO DELIGHTED BY AMERICAN NOTE People 'Believe Secretary Lan- sing Has Pledged Withdrawal of U. S. Troops.

yesterday from Acting Surgeon General quarter of fin hour later a certain army (ilennan. urging that more animals wero rP which tho Gerimns believed to be needed for experimental purposes. Sec- "till on lh" Mouse was gathering spoil without cessation on the western end of the village. "Back of the firing line we con'e across a group of prisoners from the 146th Refiment of Prussian Infantry, of which an entire battalion has sui ren dered. Prisoners Are Questioned.

"'Why did you surrtnder so they wore axked: "'Wo were without shelter, and tho artillery toro our ranks to pieces. 'We felt ouraclvcn to be In such a complete state of Inferiority that nothing remained but to surrender We mae'e a haaty decision and raised the white 'Are you satisfied to be out of the flghtf "The answer was given entnuslastlcal-ly In the affirmative." Describing the chaiacter of the new Kitchener army which took part In the battle the observer gives the following stntemmt by a Btlttah officer: "Three-quarters of my battalions are of the recently formed army. Only one of my battalions belongs to the old army nnd yet when the test of battle came my new oattallons could not be distinguished from the old. They ma-neuvcrd with the same aurencjs and moved with the expertnejs of veterans This nomogt nlty of the old ard tho new pleased me rirently. Chiefs of other brigades had the same experience.

Tli Germans had thought that this new army was a lot of amateur soldiers but they found themselves deceived." Fair Bathers May Parade Mackintosh Order in Atlantic City Modified as Result of Many Protests. reached Washlngtori 'today In the form of a United Press dispatch, written Thursday night. It had been placed aboard tho first train leaving the city and filed at the first telegraph office In touch with the North. The last wire went down, the dispatch relates, Wednesday morning about 10 o'clock. The hurricane broke over Pensacola, about S'JO a.

with a sevcnty-mlle-an-hour wind that Increased In velocity until p. when for two minutes It registered 104 miles an hour. The storm continued until Thursday morning. At the time the mesage win sent no loss of life was known, but the property Iokh was known to be large, the naval aero station being one of the sufferers. StORILK.

July (delayed by broken wires), Threo schooners and a barge aie lost, and probably a doxen men. na a result of the hurricane which swept the gulf with mountnln-hlgh waves es-terdav. Partial reports of the disaste'a were brought here by Cnptaln Dorgan, hr nllnt. The schooner Emma was tort with Captain Kellv and four men. Two Ice mon In Washington, who, are well acquainted with the situation, state that put no confidence In these reports.

'It's the same old stories, every year," stated one of them tqday, "I might almost say the same old lies. There la always a big howl, but they haven't found anything yet to justify It." It was also stated that no Information had been received that would make an advance In prices for Washington consumers at all likely. Beadle and Brown Are Champions in Doubles Finals In men's doubles and women's singles In the Home Club tennis tournament 'were played yesterday on the courta at Sixth and streets northwest. J. B.

Beadle and II. A. Brown, of Reclamation, winning the doubles title and Miss Allison, of the pension bureau, gaining the singles championship. ucaaic ana urown defeated John Andrews education. 64.

62. fi 4. while Mlfa Allison won from Mrs. Walter A. Ballard, Reclamation, 3, 62.

rotary Houston then modified the de partmcntal order making possible their Importation under special safeguards. Paralysis Claims First Victim in Pennsylvania BETHLiEHEM. July mothers today are preparing their children to go to the country for the summer as tho result of Infantile paralysis which has been discovered here. Three cases of the dread disease were reported at South Bethlehem, just across the river, and one resulted In the first death from this malady in Pennsylvania. The fatality was that of Ralph 'Miller, aged three.

Infantile Paralysis Appears in Indiana INDIANAPOLIS. July 8. Infantile paalysls appeared In Indiana today, when cases wero reported at Garrett, Burnett and Mlshawacka. The three cane were quarantined and the State board of health hopes to prevent the spread of the disease. in the vhi tienches where the boast wso uttered.

High prnlso Is bestowed on the Foreign Legion, which was In the hottest of the fighting. Many brave deeds ore ascribed to American members of the legion. A French officials observer describing conditions in the village of Frlcourt after It had been taken by the British In the recent advance north of tho Somme, said: "Frlcourr. like Mantauban, presented a spectacle In ruins, which were In a mate of Mich complete disorder as to show the power of the new British heavy guns. It Is now the German's turn to pulverlic the ruins, and they are destroying what remains ot the shattered relics.

"Dead, and Still More Dead." "Everywhere are dead. Behind a de mollshcd pnrapet a German grenadier still hoIdH a clvtched III hand. Further along Is a group of three German Infantrymen, torn to pieces by shells and then halt covered by falling wolls. In every corner and In the holes made by the shells are dead and still moro dead. "Ihe battle continues not far off and grenade fighting Is going on.

We plainly hear the repeated explosions of those projectiles. Herman shells keep falling ATLANTIC CITY, July 8. Summer girls, ordered by Director of Public Safety Sooy to keep off the street In bathing suits, have won a victory. Officials of the new administration, taken to task by mall and telephone for the unpopular decree, decided that a silken sweater will suffice for covering so long as It reaches the knees of the fair paraders. A thousand pretty girls rejoiced over the concession.

Silken sweaters In the gayest of colora will add to the gaety of their parading attire, they ifatd. All over the city men marching to the ocean without covering, were turned back by policemen, and forced to don mackintoshes. The order was particularly unpopular In Chelsea, where the crosstown avenues to the beach are short, and there was much running of the police "gantlet." Many professed to believe bathing masters Inspired the decree. Cottagers threatened to go to Ocean City next year If the police Insist upon Imposing such unpopular exactions. Boardwalk amusement men who have been ordere dto shut down next Sunday, prepared.to fight the city law, which exempts moving picture houses and pier concerts.

'm ii ji ii mi ma mi mm a You Owe It To Yourself to Inspect THIS IDEAL HOME Elf i ThiirJXv morrJiSr arnment Hospital, and B. the overturned craft Thursday mornine; Androwf, -ducat on. 64. fr-2. fii bv the United htates steamer tiouoira.

The barge Hary T. Mow went down with the entire crew. It was In charge of Captain Fell, of this city. The schooner J. Smith foundered off Fort Morgan with all hinds.

An unknown schooner Is reoorted sunk In Navy Cove. The schooner Clara C. Scott was dismantled, but the rrew saved. Two men of the crew or the launch Anona hung to the craft for an hour and a half after It was wieckud until the wjvea rolled In so heavily they had to let go. They were washed ashore.

MRS. GREEN'S HEIRS OPPOSE STATE TAX NEW YORK. July S.The executors of Hetty Kreen will resist paying full Inheritance tax to this State on the ground that Mrs. Green was not a resident and had never resided In New York State as much as six months In any one year. Their attitude was foreshadowed by C.

W. Picrson of IM Broadway, who was Mrs. Green's attorney. "Hetty Green's home was at Bsllows Falls, the home of her father and of her ancestors." said Mr. Plerson.

"She had maintained that residence tor twenty-five years. It may be that a tax will be paid In this State, but If so the estate will be sublect to a tax pay ment only on the property owned In this state, mat payment woum De considerably less than 5,000,000. I think the whole estate will come well within the 1100,000.000 estimate MEXICO CITY, July Secretary of State LonMnr has pledged th withdrawal of American (roop fiom Mexico In his answer to the Mexican note, is the popular belief here. The people sre awaiting expectantly for the contents of the note. It Is the.

general Impression that the United Htatea abandons tho Idea of Intervention and expresses a willingness to negotiate future difficulties. (The American reply, which merely exptoifod willlnsnosH to continue tho negotiations, 'evidently has not been mude public In Canaiua's capital). There great satisfaction over til Mports that Mexico and the United KtateH will reach both a peaceful and practical solution of their difficulties. Sentiment has undergone a marked change, and it Is quite likely that demonstrations and parades to show friendly feeling for the United Statea will ho held tomorrow. SUFFRAGISTS HINT AT POLITICAL FIGHT National Association Shows Signs of Becoming Militant.

NEW YORK. July 8. Possibility that the National Association for Woman'! Suffrage may decide to become militant, was hinted In a statement today by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the organization. The association meets at Atlantic City on September 6 for Its annual convention.

Mrs. Catt Intimated that a great sentiment had developed In favor of concentrating on a national political fight to secure passage of the Susan B. Anthony resolution for Federal amendment permitting women to vote. mm i XT 17 1 L. m.l new LiiiHiiMi uesign Chevy Chase, D.

C. Which completes our Connecticut Avenue and Joceljn afreet operation-one of the finest residential streets in tiie Chsae. The) 're different from anything ever attempted In Washington. Finished In white enamel and mahogany. A cheerful homelike home that Mill appeal to every womnn.

ft, TO SEK THEM. Missourians to Picnic At Glen Echo Park Today The Missouri Society of Washington will hold Its annual basket picnic at Glen Echo this afternoon. Several prominent Missourians will be present and address their felbw statesmen. Each member will bring his basVcl and bo ready to serve dinner at- 5 o'clock. The committee provides table covers and plates.

The officers of the society are Thomas L. Rubey, president; Otis J. Rogers, first vice president: Mrs. William C. Deanc, second vice president: Horace J.

Phelps, secretary; and William C. Stlerlln. i Connecticut Are. Jocelyn St. All Large Outside Rooms Take Chevr Chase cars, get oft at Connecticut arenas and Jocelym street.

Exhibit house open. 25 MINUTES FROM TREASURY. I HARRY WARDMAN, 1 1430 Street N. W. Phone Main 4191 for Auto 1 1 i nana ii ii mmi iinni ilb? -ifiwriptwripin ififiiifii-is-ii-ifirif ifir-ifi DUNIGAN'S Illinois Avenue HOMES ONLY FOUR LEFT The Only Houses In Petworth With Two Baths THE WEATHER REPORT.

The forecast for tho District of ColumbiaPartly cloudy tonight and Sunday; coolor Sunday. Gentle to moderate shifting winds becoming northeast. Moiyland Fair tonight nnd Sunday; cooler Sunday In east portion. Moderate north and northeast winds. a.

m. h) a. m. TEMPERATURES. (U.

S. llureau.) 7t 79 81 TIDE TAI1LE. High tide 1:01 a. m. and 1:17 p.

m. Low tide a. m. and 7:52 p. BUN TABLE.

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