Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 56, Number 48, Jasper, Dubois County, 18 September 1914 — Page 3

GERMANS FORCED TO WITHDRAW MEN TO OUST INVADERS

Kaiser Rushes Troops From Belgium to Stop Russians.

ALLIES TO TAKE OFFENSIVE

British and French Armies Retire to Second Line of Defense Pari Relieved When Teutons Halt Advance on City.

London, Aug. 31. Germany, which up to three days ago had been sending its vast legions plunging through the line of til? allied forces on the FrancoHelgian frontier and had been hurling still other armies in a steady flow into east Prussia in response to the offensive movement of the Russian army of invasion, now appears to have been checked in its aggressive movement and to have been thrown practicaiiy on the defens.e. Allies Have 3,000.000 in Line. Tie retirement of the allies to their

line ui ueiense nas Deen ac

complished. according to the latest re

ports, without a hitch; there are now

j.uu'ViUO men on the line. The allied

forces are now ready to assume the

offensive.

indeed this movement has already

begun. Dispatches from Paris report

that the British; in conjunction with

Hrittsta retirement was conducted. The battle on the 26th was most severe and desperate. The English troops, although overwhelmed by tremendous odds, extricated themselves In good order, with serious losses under heavy artillery fire. Machine Guns Csuse ,Psnie. In Landrecies on the 26th the German infantry brigade advanced in closest order into a narrow street and British guns swept the column away, killing and wounding S00 and creating frightful panic. The war office officially confirmed the occupation of Apia in German Samoa by the New Zealand troops. Apia is the capital of the German island Upolu, one of the three islands which came into the possession of Germany through a treaty with the United States in 1899. Russia Has 10,000,000 Troop. London, England, Aug. 29. Ten million Russian soldiers have been enrolled under the standard of Em

peror Nicholas, according to staff officers of the Russian army who have arrived here from St. Petersburg. At sea, also, Russia seems to be waking up. The sinking of the German cruis

er Magdeburg, reported, is hailed here as significant, and as showing that the Russian navy is no longer bottled up in the Gulf of Finland, as reported. Austria at War With Belgium. Rome, Aug. 29. A dispatch from Vienna gaya that Austria has declared war on Belgium. The Austrian declaration of war, according to this dis

patch, was accompanied Dy the explanation that Austria was going to war

because the Belgians were giving

assistance to England and France, The telegram adds that the Ameri

can minister in Belgium will look after

the interests of AustriaGeneral von Kluk defeated the English army at Maubeuge, renewed the attack and threatened to surround it.

General von Buelow and General von

GERMAN AVIATOR THROWS 3 BOMBS

IN PARIS STREETS

Flies

Over City and Demands Its Surrender.

"ARMY IS AT GATES OF CITY"

Residents Terrorized by Bombardment Which Damaged Several Houees French Slaughter Foe.

the French left, have begun a vigor

ous assault on the German forces who Hausen completely defeated the Fran-

nave penetrated a short distance on co-Belgian forces, about eight corps, the Somme river in the direction of La between the Sambre and Namur and

ere, in the department of Alsne. the Meuse. in several days of battle

Russian Victories Aid France. and are pursuing them to the eastward

Further west the French have of Maubeuge.

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cnec-Kea tne German s adwince guard The attack on Maubeuge was opened

and at the Other extrpmitv nn tho. hv tha HrnnH rinlro Alhronht n.t W.it

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jaeuse me r rencn are offering a vig- temberg, who defeated and pursued

orous and successful resistance which the enemy across the Samois and the

extends along nearly the whole front. Meuse

1 lie apparent turn in the fortunes nf TIip Herman omwn nrinro ta oron.

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war in favor of the allies was brought cing toward the Meuse. The crown

about by the overwhelming successes prince of Bavaria repulsed an attack

of the Russians in east Prussia which from Nancy and the south

nas iorci tne Kaiser to -withdraw r'our Belgian divisions attacking

nearly all the army left to occupy Bel- Tuesday and Wednesday from Ant-

gium, greatly weakening the force at- werp have been repulsed, losing guns

tacaing tne t rench frontier in order

to reiniorce the hghting line on the-

I iSt Great Battle Is Raging. 1 ..... . i- a. a t- . .

äjuuj5 me Ausi.ro-nussi.iu rrontier a

and many prisoners. The Belgian

population generallv participated in the ighting. necessitating severe repressive measures.

The corps of the last reserves have

great battle has been raging for three been called out to guard communica-

days with 1 .000.000 men entrain Thp tions

battle line is 100 miles long and extends from the Vistula to the Dneister. The Russians are reported to have penetrated over twenty miles Into Austrian territory. The attacks and counter attacks marking the engagement have been as ferocious as at any battle yet fought and there is no indication that a decisive result will be achieved inside of several days. It is to turn the tide of this great battle as well aa to stren; hen the eastern line generally that äe kaiser is rushing across Prussia from Belgium 136 trains loaded with troops and their impediments. Reports from St. Petersburg declare that Russia's invasion of Germany has been successful along the whole line of battle. Germans Are Repulsed. German troops have been forced to abandon several points held by them along the Vistula river which marks a line of great strategic value. The northern Russian army is en

gaging the Germans south of Koenigsberg, which is now in a state of siege, and further south the Austrians are being assailed near Lemberg in Austrian Galicia. More than ;,000 Austrians were killed and many prisoners taken in this engagement up to the time of the latest reports from St. Petersburg. British Lose 6,000 in Battle. The losses to the British army in the fighting between August 23 and 26 were between five and six thousand. according to the estimate of Field Marshal Sir John French. But an official statement announces that a sufficient number of fresh troops have been sent to the British forces in France to more than doubly make up for the losses in battle. In the language of the war office announcement, 'every gunner has been replaced and the army is now ready for the next great battle." Through the official press bureau Uie admiralty also announced that the MM incident to the battle of Heligoland fight were two officers and 2 7

men killed and M wounded. France to Call Out Reserves. That England is not alone in filling the gaps that have been torn in the fighting line in France is indicated by an official dis atch from Paris, which declares that the war ministry will call the li14 class of reservists to the colors, and wil also call the active reserve and the older classes of the territorial r rve, who momentarily have been sent to their barracks. An official statement from the British war office throws considerable light upon the ac!iies of the British troops in the four-day battle which opened at Mont on the 23d and ended on the 26th The British troops co-operated with the FrtllU) and resisted and checked the German advance while withdrawing to the new line of defense, known as the second Hue. Vigorous efforts on the part of the Oermans, through superior numbers to prevent the safe withdrawal of the British army were frustrated hv r .

tardiness and skill with which the

Exult Over British Defeat It is difficult to describe the fierce

exultation of all classes in Berlin over the news of the British reverses at Maubeuge, as announced officially from army headauarters.

The German resentment against

England for having "injected herself

into this conflict" and for calling in

Japan, a yellow race, is so deep that news of the surrender of the British army on the continent would be re

ceived with more joy and satisfaction

in Berlin than tidings of the fall of Paris.

It is reported here that a por

tion of the British force is shut up in Maubeuge.

In fighting between Germans and

the allies south of Lille German aviators flew over the trenches nf thp

French, dropping grenades filled with

a powerful explosive. These did great havoc to the soldiers.

It is estimated by the French that

the Germans, who have done most of

the attacking, have lost three times as many killed and wounded as have the allies. Also it Is declared by German prisoners that their officers have orders to carry out the plans of the

stan:, even ir it costs 50 per cent of the men. Louvaln Cathedral Saved. London. Aug. 31. A correspondent for the London Telegraph visited Louvain, finding the city greatly damaged by fires, and not shells, but all the wonder Gothic buildings of the cathedral, the city hall and the university, built in the thirteenth Century were almost intact. Only a few hundred of the 45,000 population were visible, though many may be hiding behind closed shutters. Many houses have been partly wrecked or burned and stand just as the occupants fled for their lives. The outer doors are open so that anyone may enter the deserted homes. The odors in the city are so intolerable as to drive the German soldiers into theopen places on the windward side of the town. Many bodies have been cremated, but hundreds still lie in the strets. including the bodies of some women and children. Germans Defeat Russians. LottdOB, Aug. 31 The German troops in east Prussia under command of General von Hindenburg, says a Berlin dispatch, have defeated a Russian corps comprising three army corps and three cavalry divisions. The fighting took place, it is said, in the neighborhood of Gilpenburg and ortelsDurg. The rinans are

pursuing the enemy across the fron t.er.

Paris, Aug. 31. The long-dreaded German airship attack on the city of Paris began on Sunday. An aeroplane flew over the city about three o'clock and dropped three bombs, tearing up the streets and damaging houses and causing intense terror among the unarmed and unprotected populace, but not killing any one. One bomb narrowly missed a militarv hospital when it fell in front of the Gade l'Est (Eastern Railway station). 'Its horrible! Its frightful!" ex-

ciainjea inited States Ambassador Herrick when he learned what the Germans were doin.

0 - "Surrender!" Demands Aviator. After hurling the bombs the German dropped a message into the city which read: "The German army is at the gates of Paris. There is nothing for you to do but surrender. "(Signed) Lieutenant Von Hidssen." The war ministry's announcement

issued at midnight says

ihe situation in its entirety is the same as this morning. After a lull

the conflict has been resumed in the

Vosges and in Lorraine.

iiiö Tituse near v eraun a regi A . Ä

mem or German infantry which had

just crossed the river has been almost

entirely annihilated. A S -v

un our left the progress of the

marching Germans has forced our sol

diers to give ground."

v i ne ract that the Germans reached

La Fere, 65 miles from Paris, on Sat 11 t . . T ,1 1 J I A a mm

uiuaj, uuiu inuicate mat tne new

repulse mentioned by the war office

took place in that vicinity and that

the Germans have accord! nlv flH.

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vanced nearer Paris.)

After four davs of

HELD MARSHAL SHEMU JJ ipSi Y G,'mPse Into Uncle Sam's Big Printing Office

B. ; ff: I TO ASHINGTON. Approximately 4.000 men working in shift1 W W : hours of the day and night, tons of naDer coin in and

Field Marshal Blasius Shemu, commander of the sixteenth corps of the Austro-Hungarian army and one of the best strategists in the dual kingdom.

J. C. M'REYNOLDS CONFIRMED BY SENATE AS U. S. JUDGE Member of President Wilson's Cabi

net Is Appointed to Supreme Court by Vote of 44 to 6.

Washington, Aug. 31. James Clark McReynolds, for the last two years attorney general of the United States, was confirmed by the senate as associate justice of the supreme court to succeed the late Associate Justice H. H. Lurton. The vote on the confirmation was 44 to 6, the senators voting against the confirmation being Norris, Cummins, Poindexter, Jones and Clapp, Republicans, and Vardaman. Democrat. Senator Norris led the fight against the confirmation. The senate then without a roll call confirmed Thomas Watt Gregory as attorney general to succeed Mr. McReynolds. No fight was made on Mr.

through the coming out.

the ceaseless whir of presses, the rumble of machinery, the clacking of linotype machines these are the things

that strike the visitor when he enters

the government's immense publishing

house. -

The infinite detail of the govern

ment printing office for that is the official title of the publishing establishmentcomes afterward It is only after the confusion of first impressions has cleared away that the complexity of the public printer's problems are apparent. Perfect system, a knowl

edge of arrangement so that the minimum of time may be lost in transportation, and individual efficiency are some of the requirements. What publishing house, putting out hundreds of new editions in all sorts of elaborate bindings, and running a newspaper on the side, would not feel that it was straining itself? That is what the government's printery is doing. An insight into the immensity of the work is gleaned from the figures of the post office showing that approximately 95 per cent of the total weight of mail disposed of in Washington Is mailed under a governnu nt trank. Perhaps the rush work of the printery is the most spectacular. Congress must have its Congressional Record every morning as regularly as the suburbanite must have his newspaper, and there must be no errors in the Record. When an error crops out in the Record a member of congress promptly arises next day and has it changed. So, as far as is possible, the government printing office must prevent them. While the mills of congress grind, the government printing office is going ahead with a speed worthy of an eleven-edition mail disposed of in Washington is mailed under a government frank, and this immense amount of printed matter represents, of course, only a part of the public printery's output.

Gregory, who is a Texan and came

fierce fighting into prominence recently in connection

against the German advance, which with the department of justice inves

uieu io turn meir oraeny retreat into ligation ot the New Haven railroad

a rout, the allied armies arp nnw in. hnanHal uffnir

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trenched in their second line of de- A touch of bitterness was given the

tense. fisht on Mr MpRpvnnMo -Vi

w . ...v..v-;uiUö UCI1 OCllCl"

The first story of the slaughter of tor Lewis of Chicago, defending Mr

a German detachment in Sedan has McReynolds, assumed full responsibil

jum. reacaeu i'ans. a rerueee savs: ilv ior acts dv the attorr.ov proi

When the Prussians approached forcing the resignation of James H.

the town the French force concealed Wilkerson, district atorney at Chicago

itseit on one of the heights overlook- l make way for Charles F. Clyne.

ing Sedan, from which the Germans I am responsible for all this," said

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uau uomoaroea tne town in 1570. ir. iewis, ana l take the resDonsi-

i

Dead Piled Six Feet High. I bility. I am not willing that the re

"The kaiser's troops fell Into the sPnsitiIity shall be fastened on the

trap and when thev encamned in thp general or that blame for

w i ,

Place Nasau the French guns sudden- bucn aci 11 tnere De cause for blame,

ly opened a murderous fire

"The square became heaped six feet

high with the bodies of the dead WWW a o .

v nat happened afterwards I don't

know, as I fled from the town."

ine rrencn right wing (of the

western army) drove the

rr i .

lenLu corps ana ine guard back to

Guise after a fierce fight. The French a. I B ...

it it. wnicn was reported as "less for

tunate," has apparently retrieved its reverses.

2,500 WOMEN PROTEST WAR

shall attach to anyone but myself. I

cannot allow any senator here to read

from anonymous letters or from let

ters and withhold the name of the writer which covertly indicates that I

am doing something I should not do.

German 1 mUSt demand that we sna11 stand on

tne record ana in the open unfcer such

conditions."

The Lewis challenge came when Sen

ator Norris reDeated his rharP thr.r

- mgv v v Mr. McReynolds had made many re

movals of district atorneys at inopportune times, and especially when trust

heads were coming up for prosecution.

urcssea in Black, All Classes Take

Part in Solemn Parade in New York.

New York, Aug. 31. Woman made her protest against the war in Europe by marching through fashionable Fifth avenue to the beat of muffled drums. The marchers clad themselves in black or. dressed in white, wore mourning bands on their sleeves. Silently they trod through this canyon of hotel, club, residence and office structures, while thousands of persons stood as quietly on the sidewalks, viewing the slowly moving procession as they might look upon a passing funeral cortege. Nearly twenty-five hundred women took part in this unique demonstration, which had the approval of President Wilson. Boy Scouts with drums led each division. A lone ban ner fluttered in the breeze the world ensign of liberty and peace which floated at the foremast of the government steamship Ancon when it passed through the Panama canal a fortnight ago.

ORDER ALL AMERICANS HOME Secretary of State Bryan Urges Citi

zens to Board Vessels as Soon as Possible.

Capital Social Strategists Have Many Difficulties T HE handling of the diplomatic corps in a diplomatic way at society affairs I is no small matter at any time, but when anv unpleasantness breaks out between two countries the difficulties of the social strategists in Washington increase ten-fold. It will take but a 9 jm m ...

Drier calculation to understand what would happen in Washington if the social season of the capital were in full swing now with the European situation in its present status. If peace

is not declared within a few weeks there will be some curious situations developed in the Washington society world this winter. Hostesses will be put to it in the matter of inviting guests and the White House also will have some problems to solve.

It is true that handling of representatives from warring countries at society affairs will not be a novel experience to Washingtonians. It is not so long ago that the ambassadors from Italy and Turkey were not on intimate terms. Some time before that the representatives of China and Japan could not be placed side by side at a dinner. Prior to that it was the Russo-Japanese war that gave the society folk of Washington more or less trouble. In spite of precautions accidents did happen and many a hostess would have been In tears had it not been for the diplomacy of the diplomats themselves, who appreciate perhaps more keenly than anyone else the difficulties of the situation. Hard as it is to manage society affairs here when two countries are drawing swords against each other, it will be as nothing compared with what must be done if practically all Europe continues to fight. It has been facetiously suggested that John Barrett, director general of the Pan-American Union, should be appointed to manage society affairs here this winter because of his success in promoting harmony among the representatives in Washington of the South and Central American countries for some years past.

Atistrians Win Over Russians. Berlin, via wireless to London, Aug. 31. The position of the Austrians In the great battle that has been raging on tin- Russian frontier since Friday without any decisive result is favorable. Following the Austrian victory .a Krasnik the troopp of the German allies defeated over ten Russian divisions on Thursday. A general, 45 other officers and 2.000 men were captured. The German army is energetic-

Washington, Aug. 28. Secretary

Bryan issued the following direct warning to all Americans in Europe

to return home:

"All Americans are advised to re

turn home as soon as they can secure transportation facilities. War creates uncertainties, so that predictions

about the future cannot be made with

any degree of accuracy. It is not wise, therefore, for Americans abroad

to delay their return longer than is

absolutely necessary. This does not, however, mean that every one should

try to take the same boat, but means that there should be no unnecessary'

delay."

It is feared that within a short time

both Italy and Trukey will be drawn

into the European conflagration, and

the administration is anxious to be relieved of the work of caring for Americans in Europe in order to be able to turn its full attention to more pressing problems that will face the United States in its commercial and other functions.

What the Waiter Said to Senator Cummins SENATOR ALBERT B. CUMMINS of Iowa rejoices In initials similar to those by which the diplomatic mediation commission was designated, for the first letters of his three names are A, 13, C. His family originally came

from Pennsylvania, but they emigrated to Iowa some years ago. If Cummins has a fad it is books, and first-edition books, at that. His library is magnificent, and particularly rich In historical works. His pride is his ancient tomes, though he is equally proud of the fine farms of which his state boasts. There is a story told on Senator Cummins to the effect that last summer he and his wife went to a fash

ionable roof garden In Washington. After a day at the capitol, the cool breezes and music seemed delightful; so the senator bethought himself of something to eat. Taking up the card, he tried to read it without his glasses, which he had left on his desk, but was unsuccessful. He appealed to Mrs. Cummins, but that lady had also forgotten hers. So he handed the card to a smiling colored waiter who stood at the back of his chair. 'Waiter," he said, "please read this for me." The man took the card, looked at it in a puzzled way. then gave It back. Ts sorry, boss, that I can't help you out," he said, with a shake of the head, "but you see I ain't got much education either."

G. A. R. Encampment Opens. Detroit, Mich., Aug 31. Under low

ering skies and in a drizzling rain the j forty-eighth national encampment of , Food Is Scarce In Berlin. 0m irand Army of the Republic was ; Copenhagen, Aug. 2S Travelers arteun here. Despite adverse weather riving here from Berlin say that the conditions, Detroit presented a gay ap-1 war has caused intense suffering pearance in welcome to the visiting i among the people and that prices have ins Every incoming train and j risen 30 per cent Manufactories have boat brought in Its quota of comrade. closed down and shops are impt.

Hotel at Atlantic City Burns. Atlantic City, X. J.. Aug. 31. A fierce blaze discovered in the top floor of the Hotel l3lesworth. at Virginia avenue and the board walk, drove over three hundred guests from their rooms and for a time threatened to destroy the entire structure and spread to the board walk. Many guests were unable to save any of their belongings from Mie blaze. The Islesworth is situated m the heart of the board walk district and over flftv thousand visitors left the piers and theaters and watched the conflagration Lcm the board walfc.

Fish Leaps Into Boat of White House Sleuths

"D1

ICK" JERVIS and "Tommy" Callahan sprrpt H-rvi

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cf T " lyuiaiJUU3 IO! catching counterfeiters, and land fraud crooks, but it was not until recently that they gained any reputation as

fishermen. The reputation, however, is based solely upon what they are tilling themselves, Jervis, usually a reserved and modest individual, doing the telling and Callahan adding. "That's so." There are fish stories and then some more fish stories, but these bodyguards of the president have one which does terrible violence to the wildest imagination, their yarn being

to the effect that a three-pound bass they displayed about the White House actually Jumped into the boat. "I guess maybe he didn't want to get his Jaws pricked." opined Jervia. "Anyway, without the slightest warning, this bass splashed out of the river

and almost into Tommy s lap. I think we must hare caught his wife s had three pretty big fish when the sensational leap was made, or he have gotten a squint at Tommy's sparks."

"Jimmy" Sloan, chief of the secret service squad at the White Hoti vouches for the veracity of his two associate

may