South Bend News-Times, Volume 33, Number 225, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 12 August 1916 — Page 7

THE SOUTH BEND NEWS-TIMES

SATURDAY AITmXOOX. AVfiVST 12. 191.

CAPTURE

STANISLAU. GATE TD LEMBERG

Stanisiau, Railway and Agricultural Center, Gateway to Lemberg, Falls Before Onslaught.

L"NTnN. auk. 12. A further e-ri-s f ?urir jsin sun cs.f.s by the armi of (Jons. ..tkharoff an-! i."trhitzky. wfrf announce! today by tho Ku.-Mans. Th- rmt irn;"rtr.t of these su', . "s was the capture of the important railway junrtion uwl town of ,yt.n:.!.u; thf trir.ite occupation of Mona.sterzyska. jifnl the .izure of important positions of ZIota Lipa line. Couplel with the. victories wa-t the aptur' cf many t!ioiisinl. of rri.-"ner, especially on th" right hank f f th .t reth, where the j-ri.-oner.s t.tken i.imbfr ".0 00. The capture of .-Jt.uii.sJ.tii liv s tho Tluisians another gateway through which they an march toward Lem1 rp. Like iJrody. jtani-Iau is mi important railroad renter. Railroad., radiate from it m live directions. It ia ST mil's southeast of IxrnherK and is situated between two forks of th Hystritza ner, ten iiiilf.i houth

of the Dniester, .tanislau was a manufacturing city and agricultural c'T.tcr before the war and hvd a population of :; :.00'. Tho nrman? appeared to regard the Hovel-Lemberg ier-to" us the mot critical on the eas::rn front and the appointment of Field Marha1 Von Mindenhurcr to the thief command undoubtedly had the effect of temporarily stemming the Rus-s-ian advance on the northern section of the line. Iliiefrt le Army. r.ut Field Marshal Von Hindenlur' does not hold the controlling command over the troops fjuardins the southern approaches to Ilmberg, where (Jen. Ixttchitzky having taken St.ini.slau and being well within striking distance of Ilalich. is rapid

ly completing his encirclement of the army of Jen. Von Hothrner. The po.e.sion of Ftanislau and Klomea makes secure the Hussian possession of I.ukowina and gives them a base for an invasion of Hungary. The r;rrrnnn o'fioial statement today admitted that a rei,'roupin? of the Teutonic forces was taking place In order to meet the new positions of the Russian army. Nothing sensational is happening on the western front, where the entente allies maintain a steady pressure. Although the British forces have shown little activity north of th ,omme. the French report the capture of additional German trenches near Maurepas and a fortified quarry north of the Hem wood.

day. The statement also admits the withdrawal of Austrian troops to ne-.v positions in the .tanislau and Monasterzyka regions owing to the Russian pressure.

(Witiiu: tki:ciii:s. PARIS. Aug. 12. The French to the north of the river Somme in France in brilliant righting have captured German trenches near Myurepaa and a fortified quarry to the south of the Hem wood, according to the French official communication issued Friday eveninsr.

i:v.c i .vn; city. VIFXXA. Aug. 12. "We have racuated Stanlslau without fighting." says the official statement issued from general hadquartrs Fri-

MAN'V SHIPS SUNK. LONDON, Aug. 12. Submarines and mines caused the destruction of a number of vessels of various rationalities Friday, according '.o reports of Lloyds, amanating from videly separated areas. Among the victims were the British, F. Stobart, SOI ton?, which struck a mine in the Nortn f,oa with the loss of four of its crew drowned; the British steamer. Kan Bernardo. C.507 tons, which was torpedoed in the same vicinity; the French filing vessel, Annette Marie. 117 tons, from Dunkirk, and the Norwegian steamer, Gredo, 723 tons and Sora -which were torpedoed off Barlleur in "France, in the Fnglish channel. In the Mediterranean the French schooner Neptune waa sunk by an Austrian submarine and Lloyds says it is believed also that two other unknown sailing vessels were sent to the bottom at the same time and place.

boost in: piuci:. CHICAGO. Aug. 12. President of artificial ice today boosted the price of ice for household use from 40 to 00 cents a hundred.

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Democrats From Senate Finance Committee Reconsider Their Decision.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. The democratic senate caucus tonight approved a committee amendment to the revenue bill, which would increase the surtax on income? in excess of $2,000,000 from 10 percent to 13 percent. Withdrawal by the committee of an amendment to reduce the income exemption to $3,000 and $2,000 respectively for married and single persons', prevented a threatened caucus revolt on that issue, hut there was a persistent light by several senators to increase further surtaxes on large incomes. Amendm ents to run the surtax as high as 13, 20 and even 25 percent on incomes in excess of $2,000,000 were advocated in place of the 13 percent rate proposal which finally prevailed. The caucus approved the provision making the normal income tax two percent instead of the present one percent and adopted and amendment providing that no income assessment should apply to dividends accruing before March 1, 1913, the date the income tax constitutional amendment became effective. The caucus did not reach tonight

the inheritance tax incteases or the amendment substituting net profit taxes on manufacturers of munitions. It will meet again tomorrowafternoon. Friday night the democratic caucus continued consideration of committee amendments and had before it tFe proposal agreed on by the committee late in the day striking out the specific excise taxes on munitions manufacturers and substituting a 10 percent net profit tax on the profits of alj manufacturers of munitions and wares that enter into munitions. The committee also adopted Friday an amendment increasing the salaries of members of the proposed tariff board from $7,300 to $10,Ö00 each.

As revised by the committee, the bill would yield an estimated annual revenue of $19S,0U0,000 as against $210.000,000 as it passed the house. The net decrease is due to the chance in the munitions tax, the house method providing for $72,000,000 and the senate plan $45,coo.ooo.

CHURCH WINS FINALS IN TENNIS TOURNEY

SEARRIGUT, N J., Aug. 12. George M. Chruch. of Tenafly, N. J., the western and northwestern champion, won the tennis singles finals here Friday on the turf of the Seabright lawn tennis and cricket club. He defeated R. Ijndley Murray of California, national indoor champion by 4-6; 6-2; 6-4. Church stands as the challenger of R. Norris Williams II., for the Achelis cup and will meet him Saturday.

CAMPAIGN IS NOT OUTLINED

Although Vilson Considers Trip Over Country No Decision Has Been Made.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. Brest Wilson is ser;ously considering a trans-continental campaign trip. Congressional callers at the white house Friday pained the impression that he virtually had decided on such a step, Out officials said later that his plans for the campaign still were uncertain and depended upon congress. Invitation? for the president to speak in all parts of the country. Including California are bing placed on file in case Mr. Wilson decides to make one or more long campaign trips. Some of his advisers are urging him strongly to cros-s the continent, but others believe he should spend most of the time during the campaign at his summer home at Shadow Lawn, N. J., receiving delegations and at the same time keeping in close tojch with the government departments in Washington. Sen. Phelan of California called Friday to urge the president to go as far west a? California and received wrd that a definite reply could be expected in about two

vr(ks. By that time the president expects that it will be definitely known whe.n congress will adjourn. Democratic leaders Insisted Friday that the campaign trip rf Charles L. Hughes, republican nominee, would have no effect on the president's plans. The president Friday completed his speech accepting the democratic nomination. It will be shorter than that delivered by Mr. Hughes, and in addition to

replying to the criticisms of the republican nominee will review in detail the legislative achievements of the administration.

COMMISSION GIVES VARIETY OF ORDERS

I ND I A N A POLIS. Aug. 12. A wide variety of orders was given Friday by the state public service commission and affected corporation engaged in business at Angola, Terre Haute, Muncie. and in other cities in the state. At Angola, new schedules of fiat and meter rates fo- water supplied by the company there were ordered. The fiat rate varies from $ to 4S a year, while the meter rates range from thirty down to euht cents a thousand gallons of water used monthly. The Citizens Gas and Fuel company of Terre Haute was given the right to increase its bond issue $32,000 of preferred stock and a like amount of five percent gold mortgages. The Muncie Klectric Light company was empowered to supply lighting service to Normal City and Riverside City at the rate of eight cents.

Casually List Shows Heavy German Losses

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LONDON'. Au 12. German i-xs-ualtiea during July, according to a table compiled from German casualty lists totalled 122.340, bringing th grand total since the commencement of the war, taken from the same source, to ".1 J 7 7. Men killed or who died of wounds during July numbered l'I.IO; those who died of sickiuss, 2.0 C2; missing. 13,",!4: severely woun.Te-1, 17.7; wounded, 3. 03-; slightly wounded. 3 0.1 37. According to thes,-. list since tho commencement of the war. the men killed or who have dud of their wounds total 735. s:; died of .sickness. 48.534: prisoners, 137, 97C; missmg, 190.042; severely wounded. 423.177.: wounded. 2SS.(3; tdightly wounded, 1.132,13: wounded remaining with their units. 1 47.742. The figures do not include naval casualties or losses to the colonial forces.

TWILXTY KILLim. LONDON. Aug. 12. Twenty persons were killed and 130 injured by the accidental explosion of a. military powder magazine at Dudesti. near Bucharest, says a Reuters dispatch from the Rumanian capital. Tho material damage was small and wert; at the powder plant continues.

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ET us praise Woman-Mother, the inexhaustible source of all-cpu-quering life! Here we shall tell of the Iron

Timur-Lenk, the Lame Lynx of Sahib-Kiran, the lucky conqueror of Tamerlane, as the Infidels have named him of the man w ho sought to destrov the whole world.

For fifty years he scoured the earth, his iron heel crushing towns and states as an elephant's foot crushes ant-hills. Keel rivers of blood flowed in his tracks wherever he went. He built high towers of the bones of conquered peoples; he destroyed Life, rying with the might of Death, on whom he took revenge for having robbed him of his son Jihangir. lie was a terrible man, for he wanted to deprive Death of all his victims; to leave Death to die of hunger and ennui I Prom the day on which his son.. Jihangir died and the people of Samarcand, clothed in black and light blue, their heads covered with dust and ashes, met the conqueror of the cruel Getcs, from that day until tb hour when Death met him in Otrar, and overcame him for thirty years Timur did not smile. He lived with lips compressed, bowing his head to no one, and hia heart was closed to compassion for thirty years. Let us praise Woman-Mother, the only power to which Death humbly submits. Here we shall tell the true tale of a mother, how Iron Tamerlane, the servant and slave of Death, and the bloody scourge of the earth, bowed down before her. This is how it came to pass. Tiraur-Bek was feasting in the beautiful valley of Canigula, which is covered with clouds of roses and jasmine, in the valley called "Love of Flowers" by the poets of Samarcand, from which one can see the light blue minarets of the great town, and the blue cupolas of the mosques. Fifteen hundred round tents were spread out fanwise in the valley, looking like so many tulips. Above them hundreds of silk Hags were gently swaying, like living flowers. In their midst, like a queen among her subjects, war the tent of Gurgan-Timur. The tent had four sides, each measuring one hundred paces, three spears length in height; its roof rested on twelve golden columns as thick as the body of a man. The tent was made of silk, striped in black, yellow and light blue; five hundred red cords fastened it to the ground. There was a silver eagle at each of the four corners, and under the blue cupola, on a dais in the middle of the tent, was seated a fifth eagle the all-conquering Timur-Gurgan himself, the King of Kings. He wore a loose robe of light blue silk covered with no fewer, than five thousand large pearls. On his gray head, which was terrible to look upon, was a white cap with a ruby on the sharp point. The ruby swayed backwards and forwards; it glistened like a fiery eye surveying the world. The face of the Lame One was like a broad knife covered with rust from the blood into which it had been plunged thousands of times. His eyes were narrow and small, but they saw everything; their gteam resembled the cold pleam of "Tsaramut," the favorite, stone of the Arabs, which the infidels call emerald, and by means of which epilepsy can be cured. The king wore earrings of rubies from Ceylon which resembled in color a pretty girl's lips. On the ground, on carpets that could not be matched, were three hnndred golden pitchers of wine and everything needed for the royal banquet. Behind Timur stood the musicians; at his feet were his kindred; kings and princes and the commanders of his troops; by his side was no one. Nearest of alf to hira was the tipsy poet Xermani, he who once to the question of the destroyer of the world, "Kcraani, how much would you give for me if I wero to be soldi" replied to the sower of death and terror: "Twenty-nve asktrs." 'But that is the value of my belt alone I" exclaimed Timur, surprised. 44 1 was only thinking of the belt." replied Kermani, 4 'only of the belt; because you yourself are not worth a Tartuing!" Thus spake the poet Kermani to the King of Kings, to the man of evil and terror. Let us therefore value

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cause I am a mothcx and love him." the fain, of the poet, the friend of truth, always higher than the fnuie of Timur. Let us praise poets who have only one God the beautifully spoken, fearless word of truth that which is their god forever ! It was an hour of mirth, carousal and proud reminiscences of battles and victories. Amid the sounds of music and popular gam:-', warriors were fencing before the tent of the king, and endeavoring to show their prowess in killing. A number of motleycolored clowns were tumbling about, strong men were wrestling, acrobats were performing as though they had no bones in their bodies. A performance of elephants was also in progress; they were painted red and green, which made some of them look ludicrous, others terrible. At this hour of vt when Timur's men were intoxicated with fear before him, with pride in his fame, with the fatigue of battles, with wine and koumiss at this mad hour, suddenly through the noise, like lightning through a cloud, the cry of a woman reached the ears of the conqueror of the Sultan Bayazet, the cry of a proud eagle, a sound familiar and attuned to his afflicted soul afflicted by Death, and therefore so cruel to mankind and to life. He gave orders to inquire who had cried out in this voice devoid of joy. He was told that a woman had come, all in rags nd covered with dust; she seemed crazy, and speaking Arabic demanded she demanded to see the master of three parts of the world. "Lead her in!" said the king. Before him stood a woman, barefooted, in rags faded by the sun. Her black hair hung loose, covering her naked breast, and her face was the color of bronze. Her eyes expressed command and her tawny hand did not shake as she pointed it at the 4 'Lame One." "Are you he that defeated-Sultan Bayazet T" she asked. "Yes, I am he. I have conquered many and am not yet tired of victories. What have you to tell me about yourself, woman!" "Listen," she said. "Whatever yon may have done, you are only a man, but I am a mother. You serve Death I serve Life. You are guilty before me and I am come to demand that you atone for your guilt. They tell me that your watchword is

'Justice is Power.' I do not believe it, but you must

be just to me because 1 am a mother.

The king was wise enough to overlook the insult and felt the force of the words behind it. He said: "Sit down and speak. I will listen to you." She settled herself comfortably on a carpet in the narrow circle of kings and related as follows: 44 1 have come from near Salerno. It is in far-oS Italy you would not know it. My father was a fisherman, my husband also; he was as handsome as he was happy. It was I who made him happy. I also had a son who was the finest boy in the world" "Like my Jihangir," said the old warrior, quietly. "My son was the finest and cleverest boy. He was six years old when Saracen pirates came to our shore. They killed my father and my husband, and many others. They kidnapped my son fcnd for four years 1 have searched for him all over the earth. He must be with you now : 1 know it, because Bayazet's warriors captured the pirates; you defeated Bayazet and took away all he had; therefore you must know where my son is, you must give him back to me!" "She is insane," said the kings and friends of Timur, his princes and marshals; and they all laughed, for kings always account themselves wise. But Kermani looked seriously at the woman, and Tamerlane seemed greatly astonished. "She is as insane as a mother," quietly said the poet Kermani; but the king the enemy of the world replied : "Woman, how came you from that unknown country, across the seas, across rivers and mountains, through the forests? How is it that wild beasts, psd men, who are often more ferocious than the wildest of beasts, did not harm you? You came even without a weapon, the only friend of the defenceless that does not betray them as long as they have strength in their arms. I must know it all in order that I may believe you and in order that my astonishment may not prevent me from understanding you." Let us praise Woman-Mother, whose love knows no bounds, by whose breast the whole world has been nourished. Everything that is beautiful in man comes from the rays of the sun and from mother's milk; these are the sources of our love of life. The woman replied to Timur-Lenk: "I came acrovss one sea only, a sea with many islands, where I found fishermen's boats. When one is seeking what one loves the wind is a able. For one who has been born and bred by the seashore it is easy to swim across rivers. Mountains! I saw no mountains." 44 A mountain becomes a valley when one loves!" interjected smilingly the poet Kermani. 4 4 True, there were forests on the way. There were wild boars, bears, lynxes and terrible-looking bulls that lowered their heads threateningly; twice lynxes stared at me with eyes like yours. But every beast has a heart. I talked to them as I talk to you. They believed me that I was a mother and went away sighing. They pitied me. Know you not that beasts also love their voung, and will fight for the life and freedom of tho:e they love as valiantly as men!" 4 4 That is true, woman," said Timur. 41 Very cften, I know, their love is stronger and they fight harder than men." 44 Men," she continued like a child, for every mother is a hundred times a child in her soul, 4 'men are always children of their mothers, for everyone has a mother, everyone is somebody's son, even yon, old man; a woman bore you. You may renounce God. but that you cannot renounce, old man." 44That is true, woman," exclaimed Kermani, the fearless poet. 4 'You can have no calves from a herd of bulls, no flowers bloom without the sun, there is no happiness without love. There is no love without woman. There is no poet or hero without a mother." And the woman said: "Give me back my child, because I am a mother and I love him!" Let us bow down before Woman sie gave birth to Moses, Mahomet, and the Great Prophet Jesus who was murdered by the wicked, but who, as Sherif-eddin said, "will rise and come to judge the living and the dead. It will happen in Damascus." Let us bow down before her who through the centuries gives birth to great men. Aristotle was her son, and Firdousi, and honey-sweet Saadi, and Omar Khayyam that is like wine mixed with poison, Iscander and blind Homer. All these are her children,

they all have drunk her milk and every one of them was led into the world by her hand when they were no taller than a tulip. All the pride of the world is due to mothers. k And the gray destroyer of town, the lame tiger Timur-Gurgan, grew thoughtful and for-a long time was silent. Then to all present he said: 4 Men Tangri Kuli, Timur (I, Timur, a servant cf God) say what I must say. I have lived for many years and the earth groans under me. For thirty years, with this hand of mine, I have been destroying the harvest of Death, I have been taking revenge upon Death because Death put out the sun of my heart robbed me of my Jihangir. Others hav straggled for cities and for kingdoms, but none has so strivca for a man. Men had no value in my eyes; I cared not who they were nor why they were in my way. It was I, Timur, who said to Bayazet when I had defeated him: 0 Bayazet, it seems that kingdoms are nothing before God ; you see that he gives them into the hands of people like us you who are a cripple and me who am lame!' I said this to him when he was led up to me in chains, groaning under their weight. I looked upon his misfortune and felt that love was bitter as wormwood, the weed that grows on ruins. 4 4 A. servant of God, I say what I must. A woman sits before me, her number is legion and she has awakened in my soul feelings hitherto unknown to me. As an equal she speaks to me and she docs not ask, she demands. I see and understand whv this woman is so powerful ; she loves and love helped her to recognize that her child is the spark of life from which a flame may spring that will burn for many centuries. Have not all prophets been children, and all heroes been weak! O Jihangir, the light of my eyes, perhaps it was thy lot to warm the earth, to sow happiness on it; I have covered it well with blood and made it fertile." Again the Scourge of Nations pondered long. At last he said: 44 1 Timur, slave of God, say what I must. Let three hundred horsemen go to all the four corners of my kingdom and let them find this woman's son. She will wait here and I will wait with her. Happy shall be he who returns with the child on his saddle. Woman, is that right!" She tossed her black hair from her face, smiled at him and, nodding, answered: "Quite right, O king!" Then the terrible old man rose and bowed to her in silence, but the merry poet Kermani sang joyful' like a child: "What ;? more delightful than c song of fioxctrt and stars f Everyone wül say ; a song of love. What is more enchanting than the middvj sun in ' May? A lover vcM reply; she vchom I love.

Ah, I know the stars are splendid in the sky fit

depth, of night, And I know the sun is gorgeous on a dazzling Summer's day, But the eyes of my beloved out rival ell ths flowers, And her smile is more entrancing than the sun in May. But no one yet has sung the best, tnost charming song of all; 'Tis the song of all beginnings, of the heart of all the world, Of the magic heart of women , and the mother of us all!" Timur-Lenk said to his poett "Quite right, Kermani! God cftd not err when He selected your Lips to announce His wisdom!" 44 Well, God himself is a good poet I" said the drunken Kermani. And the woman smiled, and all the kings and princes and warriors smiled ton. like children, as they looked at her the Woman-Mother. All this is true. What is said here is the truth, all -uothers know it, ask them and they will say: ' Yes. all this is everlasting truth. We are "more powerful than Death, we who ceaselessly present sages, poets and heroes to the world, we who sott in it verything that is glorious I"

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