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Russians Smashing Through on' English Lady Foretold Time Wide Front to the When the Hohenzollern Gaiician Capital. ' Dynasty Would End. London. Aug. 13.â€"The semicircle A despatch from London says:â€" formed by the Rusian army chain in Some decades ago, when the present Galicia from the region south of Br0- Kaiser Wilhelm was a youth, he was dy to the area south of Stanislau has on a visit to his grandmother. Queen been drawn an average of 10 miles,\'ictoria, and while walking in the closer to Lemberg during the last 24§grounlds of a certain Royal residence hours. Swiftly roling up the armiesihe was boasting of the rise and the of the Austrian throne heir in thelfuture greatness of the Hohenzollern direction of the Galician capital, thelhouse. Among the ladies of the party main goal of Gen. Brussiloff’s drive in ' was one whose powers of Clairvoyance the south, the Muscovite forces drove 'had often greatly astonished her the Teuton defenders from the greaterjfriends. Shortly after the prince had part of their positions on the four3n1ade this boast this lady, pointing to great streams which formed the main the ornamental lake by the banks of natural obstacles on the road to Lem- ‘ which they were standing, said : berg from the south-east: the Sereth,"‘When they cut hay from the bottom Stripa, Koropiec and Zlota Lipa. lot this lake the Hohenzollern dynasty Though fighting desperate rearguard ' comes to an end.’ For certain reasons actions, the Austro-German troops are‘the lake has been drained since the rapidly retreating on the whole front-war began, and this year grass has from the head waters of the Sereth grown plentifully and hay has been down to the eastern and southern ap- i cut. preaches ot Halicz, the withdraw-all â€"â€"â€"â€"-4 having become necessary with the tali‘ . of Stanislau last Thursday. As a result of yesterday's and to-] day’s fighting the two southern “gates” of Lemberg, Halicz and Brzenany are now in the range of the Russian artil- lery and their fall is near. HALEANS OCCUPY THE ENHRE DQBERDO PLATEAU TEEJWN TROOPS EN FULL REWEA’E Four important towns fell to the Russians during the last 24 hours. The possession of each serves to tighten their grip on Lemberg. They are: Ezerna (Jezlerna). between the Stripa and Sere-th Rivers, 63 miles south-east of Lemberg. Podgaicy (Podhajce). on the Koropiec, 30 miles to the north- east of Stanislau, and only 15 miles south of Brzezany. From Podgaicy a trunk railroad runs north-west through Brzenany directly to Lemberg, which is 61 miles away as the crow flies. Horozonka, west of the Zlota Lipa, ten miles north of Halicz, Maryampol, on the Dniester, 10 miles to the south- east of Hallcz. $25,000 to the Kitchener Memorial Funr. which is being raised through- out the Empire in commemoration of the great British soldier. The thanks of the committee which is handling the matter have been received. The British advance followed a bril- liant success by the French cn Satur- day night, when Gen. Foch’s troops penetrated the German third line of trenches on a front of three and three- uarter miles and to a. depth of nearly woâ€"thirds of a. mile from Hardecourt to Buscourt. The French forced their way in the village of Maurepas and took a thousand Germans prisoner and captured thirty machine guns. A despatch from London says :â€"â€"- The Italians continue to press their advance on the lower Isonzo lines. They have now reached the line of the Vallone River, advancing, since the fall of Gorizia. about four miles on a front of 20 miles. The entire Dober- do plateau is now in their possession, according to official despatches from Rome, as well as the towns of Rubbla and San Martino del Carso. The number of Austrians taken prisoner is reported to have been increased by several thousand. The Italians are now approaching the strong defensive line established by the Austrians in the mountains east of Gorizia, and a. resumption of the desperate battles for high peaks is ex- pected to mark the new phase of the offensive. Vienna reports the repulse of Italian attacks east of Gorizia, as well as in the Dolomites. but Rome admits that Thus Halicz is being encircled and the Teuton lines there, menaced since the fall of Stanislau, have become un- tenable. A dcspatch from Ottawa says: The Dominion Government has contributed $25,000 FROM CANADA FOR KITCHENER FUND. London, Aug. 13.â€"-â€"Ind1cauons that a new general attack by the British to- ward Bapaume is near came in the news toâ€"day that they had gained 300 or 400 yards on a front of nearly a mile northâ€"west of Pozieres and that heavy fighting was going on all along the line. The Anzacs again were the heroes of the advance. Heavy German counter-attacks against both French and British filled the night. Que terrific drive against The Austrians Have Been Driven Back Beyond the Line of the Vallone River. [M53 British Push Forward on Mile Frontâ€"French Move Eastward 1,000 Yards on Four-Mile Front. E’S AND FGCE'E’S TRQOPS MAKE [E‘a’EPQRTANT ADVANCE A despatoh from London says:â€" Some decades ago, when the present Kaiser Wilhelm was a youth, he was on a visit to his grandmother, Queen ,Victoria, and While walking in the {grounds of a certain Royal residence 3he was boasting of the rise and the ifuture greatness of the Hohenzollern 31101158. Among the ladies of the party ‘jwas one whose powers of Clairvoyance 'had often greatly astonished her {friends Shortly after the prince had 3made this boast this lady, pointing to the ornamental lake by the banks of ;which they were standing, said : W‘When they cut hay from the bottom For this lake the Hohenzollern dynasty 'comes to an end.‘ For certain reasons ‘the lake has been drained since the :War began, and this year grass has grown plentifully and hay has been l A despatch from London says:â€" The Italians aie giving the shattered Austrian armies no rest. They have pushed farther across the Carso Pla- teau, have extended their gains in the hills east of Goritz, and not content with this, are also carrying on a heavy and successful offensive around Tol- mino. This new drive has certainly reached the suburbs of the city, which is the key of the Upper Isonzo, and according to unofficial reports they ;have seized the entire town. The of- jficial statements made no mention of the fighting here, nor of that in the :Dolomites where heavy atacks are beâ€" ing made, though Austria claims repul- ses for the Italians in these sectors. It is recalled that the successful attack on Goritz has been under way for three days before the official statements told of it. The capture of Triest is ap- lpreciably nearer. i A despatch from Amsterdam says: 'The latest Prussian official casualty ‘llist adds 67,461 to the Prussian losses, imaking a total of 2,911,387 since the ibeginning of the war. ' The British gains toâ€"day take them nearer to both Martinpuich and Cour- celette, key positions on the Bapaume road. The German statement tells of heavy attacks being repulsed along this line, and also of an attack in the Guil- lem0M£wt°rg The Austrians are still holding out on Monte San Gabriele and Monte San Mal-to, the Italians admit, but it is as- serted that the attacking troops have reached the western slopes of the lat- ter position, as well as the line of Ver- tolbizza. reached the western slopes of the Vlat-l In the course of his reply the Chan- ter POSitlon: 35 we“ as the “’16 0f Xer‘ I cellor claimed that Great Britain was wibizza' table to borrow abroad at much lower Austrian aeroplanes have again‘ _ . raided Venice, and Rome admits that, terms than aPY 0th” beulgel‘ent He estimated the nation’s to- while some damage was done to build- DOW}??- lngs, there were no casualties. tal Indebtedness at the end of the The brunt of the fighting is being: present financial year to be £3,440,- borne by the Italian third army, under 000,000. the leadership of the Duke of Aosta.i From that amount, said the Chan- This army, WhiCh captured Gc"‘iZia-icellor, the nation was entitled to de- has been in almost constant action for l duct £800,000 000 loaned to Ames and a week, the divisions fighting in relays ‘ . . ’ . day and night. Their advance in this i Pommlf’ns 0f the emplrev the sum short time is one of the most notable}: _ __ I. h ‘ i ‘ ‘ W the principal gains have been made north and south of Gorizia. Severe fighting is being waged in the Plava. region, the Austrians claiming that all their lines have held. PRQPHMEED FALL @F PRUSSEAN HWSE Push Farther Across Carso and East of Goritz. Prussian Lesses Néarly Three Million. of the wan the newly-won French positions in Maurepas was repulsed with heavy loss only after a bitter struggle. Fol- lowing it the French pushed forward both in the village itself and on the slopes of Hill 109 to the south-east. The Teutons were no more successful in attacks against the British south- east of Guillemont. while north of Pozieres a contemplated blow was forestalled by a. British aeroplane, which reported the concentration of large forces behind the Mounauret Farm, enabling the British artillery to take these battalions under a heavy fire and put them to flight. Property Damage in West Virginia Cloudburst Very Heavy. A despatch from Charleston, W. Va., says: Investigations conducted ever since daybreak, in the face of ‘- such obstacles as prostrated telegraph and telephone lines, vanished or im- passable roads, bridges and streams, prove that the storm which swept the mining and lumber regions of Coal River and its tributaries on Wednes- day took a toll of more than 100 li: es, caused property damage of approxi- mately $5,000,000 and made between 8,000 and 10,000 homeless. The flood extended over an area of nearly 400 square miles, and reached its greatest destructiveness in the valleys of Paint and Cabin Creeks, which are lined with coal mines. The mines are flood~ ed and otherwise injured to such an extent that it may be weeks before ithey can again be operated. INCOME EQUALS BRITISH BURDEN A despatch from London says: Reginald McKenna, Chancellor of the Exchequer, was subjected to criticism in the House of Commons on Thurs- day on the ground of overâ€"reliance upon Treasury bills, his critics argu- ing that the large amount of such bills outstanding constituted a danger, and that the Government ought to have issued another war loan. From that amount, said the Chanâ€" cellor, the nation was entitled to de- duct £800,000,000 loaned to Allies and Dominions of the empire, the sum left being a burden it could well sus- tain, as it was practically balanced by the national income. He declared Great Britain was in the position of a man whose income was £5,000 and whose debts amounted to £5,000, which was not an alarming position. KELLENS @F BABE-S MS BEEN RESEEEED A despatch from London says: From seven to ten Zeppelins took part in the air raid early on Wednesday on the east coast of England and south- eastern Scotland, according to an of; ficial statement in the afternoon. About 160 bombs were dropped and 23 casualties were caused. The com- manders of the airships seemed in doubt as to their whereabouts, as they frequently shut off the engines and hovered in the air for minutes at a time. The raider which visited Scotland flew over a sparsely populated dis- trist and its bombs were dropped in fields and on hillsides. Another raid- er dropped twenty-six bombs in the open ground between two villages. One man, two women and three chil- dren were killed in a northâ€"eastern town. Five men, six women and six boys were injured. Correspondents in the districts visited by th( Zeppelins telegraph that the airshi‘js flew at a great height. They were subjected to a very heavy fire from anti-aircraft guns, which compelled them to make a hasty retreat. One airship dropped twenty and another incendiary bombs, some of which feli into the sea. As on all recent raids, many of the bombs fell on open ground or into the water as the airships were making ofl". A despatch from London says: Capt. Thomas Riley, who has just died in France from wounds, was min- ister in charge of Kennington Mission in British Columbia when the war broke out. With his bishop's per~ mission he returned to Burnley, his native town in Lancashire, and was gazetted captain in the R.F.A., hav~ ing previously held the rank of major in the Territorials. ' Chancellor of Exchequer Mc- Kenna Reveals Financial Strength of Empire. ENGLISH CLERGYMAN Ten Zeppelins Raid the English and Scotch Coast. QUEEN MARY VISITS A despatch from London says: Queen Mary made an unexpected call at the Maple Leaf Club of the Daugh: ters of the Empire branch on Tues- day and was welcomed by Lady Drummond, who received a pleasing tribute from Her Majesty, on the ex- cellent arrangements that are made for the soldiers' comfort. 8,000 PEOPLE HOMELESS. FOUGHT IN RANKS. MAPLE LEAF CLUB. A despatch from London says :â€" The French and British continue their steady work of extending and consoli- dating their positions in the German second line and preparing for a powâ€" erful thrust at the third. There has not been a let up of an hour on the western front now in weeks, the allies here realizing that they must keep the Germans busily engaged to prevent the withdrawal of men to other fronts where the offensives of the other En- tente powers are sweeping back the Germans and Austrians. 1 Gen. Letchitzky’s army, which has ‘beenhammering at the city's gates -for more than a week, taking one for- tified barrier after another, captured its objective on Thursday, in a swift dash across the River Czarna Bystri- tza. The city's fall was officially an- nounced by Petrograd on Friday, and is admitted by the Austrian WarIOffice which in its statement says: FRENCH TROOPS NOW STRADDLE MAUREPAS-HEM HIGHROAD As on other days this week. the Bri- tish and French concerned themselves principally with attacks beyond Poz- ieres and in the district of Hem wood. Some particularly brilliant actions oc- curred on the French front, resulting according to the official report of the French War Office on Friday. in the further advance of the French be- tween the Somme and Maurepas, The ridge for which Gen. Foch’s troops have been fighting for more than a. week is now completely in their hands, the summit having been reach- A despatch to The London Times from Italian Headquarters says: “The Austrian prisoners whom I have seen were made up of stalwart youths and men over forty. There seemed to be none between. They were in the worst possible condition, with nothin re- sembling a uniformâ€"a veritable beg- gars’ brigadewand they quite bore out the statements of an escaped Russian, with whom I spoke on Sun- day morning, about the extremely bad equipment and food of the Austrian troops on the Isonzo. Very few of these men had more than one hundred cartridges in their belts, which goes to show how unprepared the Austri- ans were for an attack upon them. A despatch from Fort William, 0nt., says: Two cases of infantile paralysis have broken out in the city, one in the east-end of the city and the other in the municipality of Neebing. The health authorities are taking every precaution to prevent a spread. A large number of children have died within the past few days from Sum- mer complaint. A despatch from Melbourne, Aus- tralia, says: The Government of Vic- toria has under consideration a proâ€" posal to close all the Lutheran schools in the State. It is expected that action will be taken in the near future. AUSTRIAN PRISONERS ‘ A BEGGARS’ BRIGADE INFANTILE PARALYSIS AT FORT WILLIAM. PROPOSAL TO CLOSE A despatch from 'London says:â€" Stanislau, next to Lemberg the most important railway city in Galicia. has fallen to the Russians. vThe garrison and the army wnlch had been defending the city’s eastern approaches escaped. Fleeing north- A despatch from London says: That the British Government is con- templating the confiscation of all the Germanâ€"owned property in England in retaliation for the execution of "We evacuated Stanislau without a fight." Charles Fryatt of the English liner Brussels, was revealed in the SEAN GWERE‘EJMENT MAY CQNFHSMTE ALL GERMA N-OWNED PRGPERTY British Gain Additional Ground North of Bazentin le Iietit and This Action Is to Ensue in Retaliation for the Execution of Capt. Great Railway Centre in Galicia Taken by General Letchitsky’s Army. LUTHERAN SCHOOLS. {ESLAU CAPTURE!) EN TEE RUSSEAN SWEEP North-West of Pozieres. Charles Fryatt. ‘Will be Floated in the United } States About a Month Hence. A despatch from New York says: uSeveral prominent financial interests in this and other large cities, it was learned on Wednesday from authori- tative sources, have been approached by J. P. Morgan and Company, finan- cial agents of the British Govern- ]ment, regarding a new loan to that Government ,of between $150,000,000 and $200,000,000. wards along the Stanlslau-Lemberg lrailway. the Teuton forces are hotly lpursued in the direction of Hallcz. another important railway town 15 miles to the north. The capture or this town is believed to be only a mat- :ter of hours. According to information available ‘at present, an American corporation Lowned American securities. This cor- sporation Will issue its own debentures iwill be formed to hold the British- iagainst the collateral, .as in the case of the recent French loan. ed in a dashing charge this afternoon. The French now straddle the Maure- pas-Hem highroad and hold the most dominant position in this sector. Night fighting enabled the British to gain some additional ground north of Bazentin le Petit and north-west of Pozieres. where the apex of the British wedge is now approaching the Martinpuich ridge. Haig's report on Friday night deals principally with aerial adventures, in which 68 British machines carried out extensive bomb- ing operations against the German concentrations at Brussels. Namur, Mons, Bussigny and Courtrai, all points far behind the Kaiser's front 0n the Verdun front the respite continued for another day, broken only by small raiding actions, in which the French gained minor successes on both banks of the Meuse. The artil- lery combat continues with violence, and another German aeroplane has been shot down by a member of the FrancoAmerican Flying Corps. Two more British aeroplanes also have been lost as a result of their dar~ ing exploits behind the German lines. NEW BREWE‘E MAN F63 $ZQWW9M House of Lords on Wednesday by Lord Lansdowne. He stated that the Government was consulting with fin- ancial houses as to the advisability of taking the step. The German pros petty in England runs into many huna dreds of millions of dollars. The negotiations thus far have not been in the form of general terms, but simply as feelers as to how a loan of this sort would be taken in the near future. The credit, it was learned, probably will take a similar form to the French loan recently floated by the same institution. Noth- ing definite could be learned regard- ing the terms. Wall Street does not look for an announcement for at least another month. It is generally expected that the new loan will be secured by Ameri- can stocks and bonds which the Brit- ish Government have been mobilizing through the borrowing process. Meanwhile the Russian left wing, acting in conjunction with Letchitz- ky’s Stanisiau army, resumed its drive against the Teuton Carpathian forces and captured Delatyn. their main base, according to official admission on Friday night. Petrograd is silent on this success, but all indications are that the long and bitterly-fought-for Russian aim. to separate the Teuton southern Wing from the northern armies is near its realization, if it is not already acomplished.