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Phte AT THE MERCY OF ALLIED FLEET Moreover, the water communicaâ€" tions to her coasts, both in the Aegean «nd the Black Sea, areâ€"at the present time, and will be, whatever happens, controlled by the fleets of the allies. MHowever formidable she may prove from a military point of view her naval force is practically negligible, and would be quite unable to prevent a landing on her shores. The news from Paris of preparaâ€" tions for an immediate landing of Francoâ€"British troops in Macedonia, and from Salonica that Russian naval forces have already appeared off Varâ€" na, should be a convincing indication to Bulgaria that the allied powers are prepared to follow up the .warning from Petrograd by prompt naval and military action. The first phase of any such action is bound to be naval in its character, and will afford a furâ€" ther demonstration of the value of sea power. The geographical position of Bulgaria makes her particularly vulâ€" nerable to attack from oversea. ~The â€"only harbor of importance which Bulgaria possesses in Maceâ€" donia is Dedeaghatch, which has been several times visited by our ships since the operations began in the Darâ€" danelles. This place, where the Bulâ€" garigns landed in the opening stages oi the first Balkan war, is connected by rail both with Salonica and Conâ€" stantinople through Adrianople. â€"It is unlikely that there will be any great difficulty in occupying it. A despatch from London says: Of peculiar interest at present is the following article by the naval corresâ€" pondent of the London Times:â€" A despatch from New York says: In spite of the official assurance of the German Government that it is able to cope with all problems growâ€" ing eut of a shortage of food supplies, nextral travellers returning from Germany is most serious, and that while the Kaiser‘s armies are fighting the leading powers of Europe, the Gerimzsns at home are expériencing very Litter suffering as a result of the evirâ€"increasing price of food proâ€" d@ucis The shortage in necessary Russia, taking advantage of the control she has retained over the Gulf of Riga, has landed a force on the Courland coast and is threatening the rear of the German army in front of Riga. Riots of Daily Oâ€"currence as a Result of Shortage and Everâ€"Increasing Price of Food Products Italy, which for weeks has done nothing in a military way, has launchâ€" ed the greatest offensive she has yet undertaken against the Austrian fronâ€" tier. Bulgaria‘s Naval Weakness on the Sea Makes Her an Easy Prey. A despatch from London says: The spirit of coâ€"operation that animates the allied War Offices and is coâ€"ordiâ€" nating the common campaign against the Central Empires, was never better exemplified than by a series of recent developments. North, east, south and west the allied powers have moved simultaneously by land and by sea. From Russia to Italy, from Belgium to the Aegean the forces of the Enâ€" tente unified their actions, all with one purposeâ€"to relievye the strain that threatens to break Serbia. "I rejoice in my Empire‘s effort, fortstlheâ€"ss fffrsea zfiro shrdludluu and I feel pride in the voluntary reâ€" sponse from my subjects all over the world who have sacrificed home and fortune and life itself in order that Sending Forces on Land and Sea Into Action to Lighten Burden of Little Balkan State "To my people: At this grave moâ€" ment in the struggle between my peoâ€" ple and a highly organized enemy, who has transgressed the laws of naâ€" tions and changed the eordinance that binds civilized Europe together, I apâ€" peal to you. A despatch from London says: King George has issued an appeal to his subjects to come forward volunâ€" tarily and aid Great Britain in her fight against the Germanic allies. The message follows: ALLIED ARMIES ARE STRIKING ON FIVE FRONTS TO AD SERBIA THOUSANDS ARE STARVING Boyal Manifesto Asks for More and Yet More Men to Volunteer to Sz2cure Victory for Empire KING CALLS UPON HIS PEOPLE : TO COME FORWARD FOR BRITAWN IN LEADING GERMAN CITIES A despatch from London says: The Russians, taking advantage of the reâ€" moval of German troops from other points on the front to reinforce Field Marshal von Hindenburg for his drive at Riga, which seems to have been checked, have been delivering some fierce strokes at the German centre on the Styr and in Galicia:. In all these they have had at least initial successes. The latest offensive by the Russians was assumed north of Tarnopol, where the carrying of Austroâ€"German positions gave the Russian soldiers nearly 8,000 prisoners, two howitzers, and a number of machine guns. These prisoners, added to those taken near Baranovichi the day before, make a total of over 14,000 Austrians and Germans captured in two days. A fire department school is conâ€" nected with the west side branch of the Y.M.C.A. in New York. RUSSIANS GAIN â€" NEW SUCCESSES They Deliver Fierce Strokes on Gerâ€" man Centre and in Galicia. articles of diet is acutely felt, accorâ€" ding to these travellers, throughout the empire, and riots of grave proâ€" portions are occurring in the leading cities. The food shortage is not confined to Berlin.. According to the Tageblatt, the commissariat arrangements to supply the German troops at Galliâ€" poli have broken down hopelessly. As military observers here view the situation all these operations have for their first purpose the weakening of the Teutonic blow in the Balkans. Concerning the need of quick action to restore favorable conditions in Serâ€" bia there is no division of opinion. It is, however, in the Black Sea that the Bulgarian coast presents many points on which a descent might be made with advantage. Neither Varna nor Burgas has fortifications of a modern, formidable character, as far as is known, and little trouble should be found in disposing of the few torâ€" pedo craft. Our Russian allies have asserted their mastery in the Black Sea in such a way that this should present no difficulty, and they have also organized sufficient tonnage for the transport of an expeditionary force. These statements are borne out by the German newspapers, which have been permitted to publish accounts of the seenes in the markets. Grand Duke Nicholas, at his Cauâ€" casian headquarters, is directing a sharp offensive against the Turks which is making appreciable progress. Russia, fortified. by greater supplies of ammunition and larger trains of artillery than she has had at her command since last January, is drivâ€" ing back the Austroâ€"Germans in Galiâ€" cia and Volhynia. France is increasing slowly but inâ€" exorably her pressure in Alsaceâ€"Lorâ€" raine and in Champagne. "The end is not in sight. More men, and yet more, are wanted to keep my armies in the field, and through them to secure victory and an enduring peace. In ancient days the darkest moment has ever produced in men of our race the sternest resolve. I ask you, men of all classes, to come forâ€" ward voluntarily and take your share in these fights. "In freely responding to my appeal you will be giving your support to our brothers who for long months have nobly upheld Great Britain‘s past traditions and the glory of her arms." A powerful allied fleet, including the Russian cruiser Askold, is batterâ€" ing the Bulgarian coast defences in the Dardanelles. another may not inherit the free E}‘A- pire which their ancestors and mine have built. I ask you to make good these sacrifices. 5 Kept Facts Back. Secretary Gibson‘s report says that Conrad, an official of the German civil branch, gave positive assurances on the l1ith that the American Legaâ€" tion would be fully informed of the developments in the case, and conâ€" tinues. "Despite these assurances, we made | repeated enquiries in the course of , the day, the last one being at 6.20 p.m. Mr. Conrad then stated that] sentence had not been pronounced, and specifically renewed his previous assurances that he would not fail to inform us as soon as there was any news. l How the secretary of the American Legation, Hugh S. Gibson, sought out the German Governor, von der Lanckâ€" en, late at night before the execution, and, with the Spanish Minister, pleadâ€" ed with the Governor and the Gerâ€" man officers for the English woman‘s life, is graphically related in a memâ€" orandum from Mr. Gibson. This docâ€" ument makes reference to an apparâ€" ent lack of good faith on the part of the German authorities in failing to keep their promises to inform the American Minister fully of the trial and sentence. "At 8.30 it was learned from an outside source that sentence had been passed in the course of the afternoon, before the last conversation with Mr. Conrad, and that execution would take place during the night." i Minister Whitlock telegraphed to Ambassador Page on the 12th: "Miss Cavell sentenced yesterday and exeâ€" cuted at 2 o‘clock this morning, deâ€" spite our best efforts, continued until the last moment." PROTEST FROM SWISS IS LODGED IN BERLIN A despatch from Berne says: The Swiss Government has instructed its Embassy at Berlin to lodge an enerâ€" getic protest against the new violaâ€" tion of Swiss territory by . German aviators. The protest is occasioned by the act of an aviator in dropping eight bombs over Chaux de Fonds, causing the injury of four persons and considerable damage to property. Switzerland demands compensation and the punishment of the aviator. Execution of English Nurse at Brusâ€" sels Causes Worldwide Horror. A despatch from London says: The world will read with indignation and horror the details of the putting to death by the Germans of Miss Edith Cavell, an English woman and head of a training school in Brussels, for helping English, French and Belgian soldiers to escape from Belgium. The full report of the cireumstances of the condemnation and execution made by Brand Whitlock, the American Minisâ€" ter at Brussels, to Walter H. Page, the American Ambassador at Lonâ€" don, has been issued by the British Government, and tells of the greatest fight for a woman‘s life that was ever fought, and of unavailing efforts of nobles and neutrals to combat the calâ€" lous secret cunning of the Germans. There are 17 documents in the corâ€" respondence, covering in all 320 typeâ€" written pages. SHOT TO DEATH AS ENVOYS PLED The above map shows the war developments of the past week. Determined German attacks against the French lines near Rheims have been sorry and costly failures. Elsewhere on the Western front there has been little activity. It is reported that the Italian armies have begun a general advance with a view to relieving the pressure against the Serbians by drawing Austrian troops to the Italian front. The Serbs are heroically contesting every foot of territory against the Austroâ€"German advance. The Bulgarians have met with some success, and the Serbian army appears to be practically cut off from reinforeements and supplies. The French expeditionary force in the Balkans is operating against the Bulgarian armies. The British have effected a landing at Enos and may invade Bulgaria from this point. Cyprus has been offered to Greece as an inducement to join the Entente Allies, and pressure is otherwise being brought to bear, as it is hazarâ€" dous for the Allies‘ expeditionary forces to run the risk of being cut off from their base at Saloniki by a possible enemy. Greece must declare herself. The Germans are close to Riga, the Russian Baltic port, but this gain is offset by Russian successes at several points on the Eastern front, notably in the centre of the line. Pled With Governor. THE WEEK‘S HAPPENINGS IN THE WAR AREAS. James Ruddy of Perth Amboy, N.J., lost his ticket from Elizabeth and was killed â€"while walking the tracks home. Chas. Ahearn, trick cyclist, went from Cincinnati to New York to go to jail for nonâ€"payment of alimony to his wife. For loss of his left arm in a planâ€" ing mill at Woodside, L.L., John Roeâ€" mer was awarded $10,000. Barney Himmelstein, aged 32, has been sent to Sing Sing for life from Brooklyn as an habitual criminal. Herbert L. Flynn, $10â€"aâ€"week clerk for New York City, got away with $2,800 jury pay from one office. Hit by the auto of Arthur Hetzelâ€" wood, of Cornwall, N.Y., Ruth Fink asked first "Is my skirt soiled ?" Offered a lift in an auto during a storm, John Whitehead was held up and robbed therein at Cleveland. Philadelphia‘s public charges last year cost the city $822,817.95 in the single item of coal. Seattle street railway demands regâ€" ulation of jitneys because they are severely cutting profits. The loss of weight in cattle from the August fly pest in Kansas cost the beef men $2,000,000. John Hornung, cashier of the Dresâ€" den National Bank, near Zanesville, O., is short $74,892, and out on bond. Peter Pacha, aged 15, arrested in New York on suspicion, had 500 moyâ€" ing picture theatre tickets on his perâ€" son. Sebe Teblow, ranch cook, gathered $15,000 worth of pearls from mussels ACROSS THE BORDER Milton London, aged 91, of Linden, N.J., is candidate for justice of the peace in Elizabeth. Three clerks in New York naturalâ€" ization bureau were dismissed for taking tips from aliens. _ Leach Cross, boxer, offered $83,000 for some property being sold in New York. St. Paul‘s three breweries employ 1,700 persons, and pay out $1,300,000 yearly in wages. The Prinz Adalbert, qooo Tons, Sunk Near Libau by a British Undersea Boat * A despatch from Petrograd says: The following official statement was issued here: "A British submarine has sunk a German cruiser of the Prince Adalbert type near Libau." There originally were two German armored cruisers of this type, the Prinz Adalbert and the Friedrich Karl. The latter struck a mine in the Dallas, Tex., is to have a new Postâ€" office building within two years. Brooklyn, N.Y., finds auto thieves specialize in stealing expensive cars. Oklahoma City expects completion of Oklahoma‘s new eapitol in 1917. WHAT IS GOING ON OVER IN THE STATES. Latest Happenings in Big Republic Condensed for Busy Readers, GERMAN ARMORED CRUISER ’ SUBMARINED IN THE BALTH Caleutta Helps War. Calcutta residents, says a Daily Mail correspondent, have overâ€"subâ€" 1scribed a sum of £75,000 required to ‘place a convoy of 50 motor ambuâ€" llances and a contingent of motorâ€" ‘eycles at the disposal of the War Ofâ€" Afice. A despatch from Paris says: The Germans attempted an attack against the French lines east and southâ€"west of Givenchy, but were repulsed. Anâ€" other attempt was made by them with no more success in the valley of the Souchez stream. Friday they preâ€" pared for an onslaught in the enviâ€" rons of Lombaertzyde, Belgium, with the usual preliminary artillery fire. On this occasion the French artillery dispersed the enemy before he had completed the assembling of his troops fox the attack. Germans Planned an Attack in Force in Belgium But Were Stopped by Allied Guns Governor General von Bissing made the jokers pay for their fun, howâ€" ever, at the rate of 15 marks for each offence. The official announcement of the fine accused the jokers of adoptâ€" ing "a method of raillery which could only be disastrous to the excellent reâ€" lations existing between the civil popâ€" ulation and the authorities." Germans in Brussels, However, Fail _ to Appreciate Their Humor. Practical jokes continue to annoy the German authorities in Brussels, who have considerable difficulty in putting down this form of insult to the invaders by the Belgian popuâ€" lace. Machine guns were recently installâ€" ed by the Germans on the roof of the Palais de Justice in order to command the Minimes and Marcelles districts, where the rougher elements live. Imâ€" mediately, as if by. one thought the people of the neighborhood mounted imitation guns of stovepipe on their housetops, so that the whole district seemed to bristle with artillery. Baltic last November and was lost with all hands. y The Prinz Adalbert was completed at Kiel in October, 1903, and ranked as an armored cruiser. She was of 9,050 tons disâ€" placement, 394 feet long. She carried four 8â€"2 inch and ten 6â€"inch guns and had a speed of 21 knots. Herâ€"compleâ€" ment was 557 men. in the Concho River, Texas, in one afternoon. FRENCH ARTILLERY PREVENTS ASSEMBLING OF THE ENEMY BELGIANS ARE JOKERS. | _ The German aviation grounds. at Ounal, between the Argonne and tho \Meuse, have been bombarded by n \|French aeroplane squadron. In a protracted artillery duel in Champagne the French guns succeedâ€" ed in silencing a very violent cannonâ€" ade directed against the French lines in the vicinity of Tahure, Massiges, La Harazee and Le Four de Paris. Efficient work of the French guns also is noted in repressing German artillery attacks to the cast of the Butte de Mesnil and in ths vicinity of Villeâ€"surâ€"Tourbe. A report that the explosion was the regult of the work of spies was absoâ€" lutely denied. s A despatch from London says:; In order to release men of military age in London it was announced at the Police Department that hereafter licenses would be issued to women to work as omnibus and street car conâ€" Of the 41 bodies recovered 31 are those of women. . Forty injured perâ€" sons were treated at the emergency hospital which was quickly installed at the scene. Twenty others were removed to another hospital. It was said that the injured would exceed 100 in number. WILL LICENSE WOMEN P AS ‘BUS CONDUCTORS duetors. The explosion destroyed not only the main factory and other buildings connected with it, but everything within a radius of 100 yards, and damaged buildings 500 yards distant. The explosion was followed by fire, but the flames were soon extinguishâ€" ed. An auto truck was being loaded when workmen accidentally droppe‘i one grenade, causing an explosion which was followed by two others in quick succession. A despatch from Paris says: Fiftyâ€" two persons are reported to have been killed in an explosion in a factory in the Rue De Tolbiac, while one hunâ€" dred or more were injured. Many of the victims were women workers in the factory which was wrecked, as were buildings in the vicinity. President Poincare and Minister of the Interior Malvy, who were immeâ€" diately informed of the disaster, visitâ€" ed the scene and gave directions to the rescuing forces. SCORES PERISHED IN FACTORY WRECK Accidental Dropping of a Grenade Caused Great Explesion in Paris. For five months the Italian biga guns have been hammering the strong forts on the steep hills around Gorizia, which, situated in a pocket formed by a bend in the Isonzo, its natural protection on the west, ah(‘ the mountains stretching in a semiâ€" cirele north, east and south, has been regarded by the Austrians and the military experts of other countries as an impregnable fortress. _ _ The official statement issued by the Italian War Office makes no menâ€" tion of the fall of Gorizia, but speaks of heavy fighting in this vicinity, ix‘ which the Italians were victorious! The Italians took enemy entrenchâ€" ments on Monte Sabetina and the Podgora Hill, in the Gorizia zone, and under fire of the Austrian artillery captured by infantry attacks posiâ€" tions on the Carso plateau which the Italian artillery had bombarded. The Austrians made a counterâ€"attack and the positions were taken and retakex* the Italians at nightfall retaining their advantage on the left wing, east of Peteano, and in ‘the centre in the direction of Parcottini. The Italians claim the capture of 1,003 prisoners in the day‘s fighting on the Isonzo. * A despatch from Rome says: Gorâ€" izia, the key to the entire campaign on the Isonzo, has fallen before the combined artillery and infantry atâ€" tacks of the Italians, according to‘ news brought to Rome by staff offi= cers who have just returned from field headquarters. These officers further report that the results of the Italian offensive, begun several days ago on the entire front of the Alps to the sea, are much more important than has been anâ€" nounced in the official reports fromt® Gen. Cadorna, chief of staff, which have been given out by the War Office "¢ here. Official information on the extent of the Italian gains in Tyrol and on the Isonzo are, they say, withheld unâ€" til the positions conquered by the Italian troops are consolidated and their advance is made a permanent victory. It Was the Key to the Entire Camâ€" paign on the Isonzo f Front. GORIZIA FALLS T0 THE ITALIANS