Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 145, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1915 — GERMANS GAINING GROUND IN RUSSIA [ARTICLE]

GERMANS GAINING GROUND IN RUSSIA

Dispatches Say That Lemberg is Now Within Gunshot—Czar's Soldiersb Fall Back in Disorder. % ] .* * k:LS S Russian soldiers are retreating in disorder a sthe Germans and Hungarians press onward toward Lemberg, which is reported by dispatches of June ltßh to be skrifc’t ready to surrender. The Germans seem to be gainnig rapidly in Russia and the Czar’s soldiers are reported to be burning village* as they retreat in order to prevent their occupation by the invaders. ; The French are holding some ground captured along the went front a few days ago. The Paris war office reports costly locoes to the Germans. Terrific Storm Kills Thirteen is Missouri.

Thirteen persons were killed as a result of wind and rain storms in Missouri Thursday night. Scores of others were injured and great property destruction is reported. Reports from Paris, Mo., state that a hotel was blown down at that place. In many parts of the state the storm leveled small buildings and detoured trains. More trouble will probably result as a cause of the heavy rainfall. Already many rivers are rising rapidly.