The Syracuse Journal, Volume 7, Number 26, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 29 October 1914 — Page 1

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ALLIES GAINING IN EAST FRANCE i Paris Reports Germans Being I Pushed Over Frontier. KAISER’S REAR IS THREATENED Paris Claims That British and French ; Warships Are Withstanding German • Artillery—Antwerp Conqueror Is Reported a Suicide—Kaiser Hurries ' Reinforcements to Belgium. Paris, Oct. 28.—The allies made pronounced progress at three points In the battle line—in the region south of Dixmude, in the district between ■ Ypres and Roulers, both on the Franco-Belgian front and far to the east and between the forests of Par ro? and Bezange, where the Germans ✓were- driven back across the front’er. Important Allied Victory. The success in the east is 'regarded as of the utmost importance. For the first time since their advance cn Pariq began the Germans are now fighting on the defensive, the allies having defeated them in a prolonged enstgement east of Nancy and forced then past Arracourt into Haute Alsace, south of Metz. _ Not only is this a valuable goo because it has demonstrated the superiority of the French forces sent north from Belfort, but additionally because ft cuts the German line which has been threatening the border forts and dfvidec the field of action in eastern France into two distinct parts. From Arracourt on to the frontier of Switzerland a separate battle is being fought, in which the Germans can expect no immediate aid from their armies at Metz. St. Mihiel, French Goal Furthermore the advance brings the Frenoh troops mere and more to the rear of the German w»dge centering in the region of St. Mihiel. The French captured the road commanding the line of German communications with Metz several days ago, and still hold it so that now they are in a position to force a German retreat which will be carried out only with great danger if it is delayed too long. The movement to push the enemy north and back upon Metz has thus been characterized by successes at every point. War Ships Still in Action. •The British and French war ships ar 5 still in action off the Belgian coast and are taking their part whenever the Germans come near enough to the shore. The heavy German artillery has engaged with the ships but has not been able to drive them away so as to send forces .along the sand dunes towards Nieuport. K-aiser Hurries Reinforcements. Amsterdam, Oct. 28.—Great bodies of German troops are being hurried forward from -the reserve training, camps to reinforce the kaiser’s battle line in Belgium and France. Austrian troops have been brought up from the Rhine garrisons to occupy Ghent, the German forces in that city having been sent to strengthen the army attacking the allies near Dixmude. Annihilated Foe, Says Paris. Paris Oct. 28.—Advance columns of t •> German army numbering 5,000 m •>. were annihilated by the French i riay west of the River Yser, in Belgium. The kaiser’s troops attempted to carry the French positions by a furious infantry charge. The invaders found themselves caught on an open plain within range of the French guns. Only a few hundred of the Germans escaped the terrific fire that awept their ranks. Throughout western Belgium and as far as Lens the allies repulsed all attacks of the invaders. Near Roulers, Belgium, the allies defeated a large force of Germans and drove them to the north toward the sea. The text of the day’s official statement follows: “In the region to the east, of Nancy, between the forest of Bezange and the forest of Parroy, we have assumed the offensive and driven the enemy across the frontier. “The fighting continues to be particularly spirited between the mouth of the Yser and the region of Lens. In this part of the front the allied forces have at no point drawn back, and they have continued to make prcgiess in the region between Ypres and Roulers. In the general region between Soissons and Berry-au-Bac an artillery engagement resulted in our advantage and resulted in the destruction of several batteries of the enemy.” France Has Plenty of Troops. Reinforcements are being sent in a steady stream to the French battle front, especially to the armies defending the approaches to Dunkirk and Calais. It is semiofficially stated that France has sufficient troops to meet all the necessities of the situation. Sends $65,000 to Europe. Washington, Oct. 28.—The American Red Cross through the state department transmitted by telegraph $65,000 from its European war relief fund.

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BELGIAN LAND CRUISER Motorcars Have Many Important Uses in Warfare. i I. Photo by American Prese Association. A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE WAR. | Thursday, Oct. 22.—The French war office announces that the allied lines are holding in spite of the furious on- ■ slaughts of the enemy, while dispatch-, es from London assert that developments generally are against the invaders. The German announcement said that in fighting west of Lille German troops, taking the offensive, had re-> pulsea the enemy at several points* British warships have played an important part in these operations and there are. indications that their activities are not at an end. The German garrison at Antwerp is said to have been reduced and a German column of re-enforcemepts with two of the famous sixteen .iich 1 is reported as having passed through Antwerp on its way to Bruges. Friday, Oct. 23.—The Germans and the allies continue their desperate game of give and take in West Fland- . ers and northeastern France, neither si l » claiming a decisive advantage. : Fro i h war ships are said to have joined the British naval forces forming > the extreme left of the allies and fresh i Gen.an re-enforcements are reported constantly coming up. The French official statement says ; that violent attacks are being made by I the Germans all along the line from! the sea to the Canal La Bassee. They ' have also delivered heavy blows in the ' region of Arras and on the River . Somme. ) Russian reports continue to insist ’ that the German advance on Warsaw j has been turned into a retreat. It is I admitted, however,-that Germans and] Austrians still hold the Vistula south • of the Bilica river. Berlin and Vienna rt pert Austrian successes south of. Przenysl. Saturday. Oct. 24. — The. Germans! have adv need to the north of Dixmude and and in the neighborhood of. La Bassee. but as a counter stroke, it is said, the French have pushed for-1 ward of Nieuport, in the region of; Lai f (' rck, and between Armen-1 tmres and Lille. These, in the ’ language of the French war office, are | “inestimable fluctuations of a contest waged so fiercely.” The war office contents itself with the German statement that the line of combat as a whole has been maintained. O\er the remainder of the long' battle front the deadlock continued. Regarding the situation in the east there is, as heretofore, a conflict of claims. The French war office asserts that the Germans are falling back south of Warsaw, as "well as west c’ Ivangorod. Reports from Russian and Austrian sources agree in saying that one of the bitterest battles of the war is in progress along the River San. An official Austrian statement reports the repulse of Russians, who had been permitted to cross the river and were then attacked. Dispatches from Petrograd, however, report that the Austrian assault was repulsed by vigoro is counter attacks of the Russians. Sunday, Oct. 25.—The battle between Nieuport and the River Lys continues violently. German «.rces have crossed the Yser river botwaer Nieuport and Dixmunde. Went end south of Lillie lively attacks by the Germans have been rept./M by th*, allies. Between the Oise and tjie Argonne forest there is nothing new to report beyond some slight by the allies northwest of SoisMß:: and in the Caronne district. On the heights of the Meuse an artillery duel i; in progress. Paris reports an entire German Infantry regiment annihilated during an engagement in the forest north of lachalade. In the eastern theater of war the Germans have been driven back fifty miles from the Vistula, according to a Pctrotgrad dispatch. The Russians took Lovinz, Skimiewice and Rawa. Along the River San and south of Przemysl desperate fighting continues. An attempt by the Austrians to turn the Russians left wing south of Przemysl failed, the Austrians suffering great losses.

BLAST ENTOMBS J 200 IN COLLIERY 1 100 Dead Io Mitchell Mine at; Royalton, 111. f ; i 1 LOWER LEVEL IS ON FIRE' Gas Explosion Occurred Just After Miners Had Begun Work—Rescue Car Sent From Benton —Rescuers Enter Shafts —Thirty Bodies Are I i Taken Out. ST. LOUIS, MO. — News was received here that 200 miners were entombed in a mine near Royalton, 111., eighty-five miles southeast of here on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway. A mine rescue car has been sent from Benton, 111. A telephone message from the owner of the Mitchell mine says that of 300 men in the mine only 100 escaped. Many of the victims are on a lower level, he reports, which is burning, i The disaster occurred at the Mitchel mine, twenty-five miles north of Murphysboro, and was due to a gas ex-1 plosion. The men had just gone to work. Thirty Pead Taken Out Thirty dead have been taken from the mine. Seventy dead are believed to be in the mine. One hundred living men, it is believed, remain in the mine. I A telephone message from Royal- i ton says a rescuing party has penetrated far into the drifts and is trying to reach the entombed men. Town Aids Rescue Work. The telephone operator at Royal- j ton said that the mine was about a ] mile out of town and that everyone in : town except herself had gone to the j mine when they heard the explosion, i TURKS RENEW PEACE PLEDGE Allies Are Assured That Sultan Will Not Aid Germany in Present War. LONDON — Turkey, which is was believed at one time had decided ! to throw in her lot with Germany, has j again assured the ambassadors of Great Britain, France and Russia that she intends to maintain her policy of neutrality. Turkey, however, continues her military activities and is collecting transport animals, which, it is said, are destined for the Egyptian frontier. It is considered that the presence of strong Russian forces on the Turkish border has influenced her not to take any action against the allies. frenchsteamerhTts mine About Twenty or Thirty Persons Drown; Nearly 500 Saved. DOVER — The French steamer Admiral Ganteaume was sunk by a mine just outside Boulogne harbor. About twenty or thirty persons were drowned owing to the panic which prevailed as the passengers were being transferred tp the British channel steamer Queen, which rushed to the assistance of the sinking vessel. Most of the 500 passengers were peasants from Pas de Calais, who | were being transferred from Calaies i to Boulogne. ROYAL SLAYERS CONVICTED Twenty-four Found Guilty in Death of Archduke. SARAJEVO — To the accompaniment of the booming of cannon of the combined Servian-Montenegrin army desperately trying to take the city in time to save them, the twentyfn’ r persons accused of conspiracy connection with the murder of the hduke and Archduches Ferdinand were found guilty of high treason. Sentence will be passed on Wednesday, when it is expected all will be ordered immediately put to death. DANIELS~FORESEES PEACE Secretary of Navy Says United States Will Be the Medium. MANCHESTER, N. H—The time is not far distant, the Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels told an ‘ am ltr.ee here, when the warring powers of Europe must heed the peace proposals of the United States. The tender of good offices of President Wilson, he said, was still open. Suretary Daniels, speaking on “The Spirit of the Wilson Administration,” chfscterized that spirit as essentially on i o; peace. GERMAN GENERALfIS KILLED • Pool hammer Slain Leading Troops— Canadian Major Also Victim. BERLIN — In the casualty list just issued appeared the name of i Major General Pochhammer, who was killed on Oct. 4 while leading his troops in the forest of Argonne. OTTAWA — Major T. Rivers-Bt-lkeley, comptroller of the household of the Duke of Connaught, governor general of Canada, has been killed in action at the front, according to a cable message received at government house.

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INDIAN* STtTt NEWS No Sabbath Breaking Goes. LAFAYETTE, IND. — The lid was put or all forms jf gambling in Lafavettc and the police were active in vis. ting cigar stores and rooms where num and poker games have been played. In the rear room of a cigar store opposite the police station thirteen men were arrested for playing rhurc. The police surrounded the front and alley entrances to the gambling room and swooped down on the gamblers. . W. H. Harrison Voter Dies. PETERSBURG, IND. — George S. Vnnna, ninety-five years of age, one of the best known men in southern Indiana, is dead at his home in this city. He cast his; first vote for William Henry Harrison in 1840. Before the war he*'was engaged in shipping produce to New Orleans from Newburg, Ind., and was one of the last survivors of the flat boat captains. : Death Laid to Sunbonnet. ROCHESTER, IND. — Blinded by a bonnet w'hlch she was wearing and further handicapped by deafness* I Mrs. Fred Graber Sr., sixty-sex _ s u . years old, was struck and instantly , killed by an Erie passenger train. She i saw the train too late and was struck , as she was stepping outside the rail. Mrs. Graber was the mother of nine children, seven of whom are living. Get Work Away From Home. HARTFORD CITY, IND. — There was an exodus of glass workers from this city. Hand operated plants in various parts of the country will resume operations next Saturday, and skilled labor from this city will help man them. None of the hand operated factories here is in operation. Little Things Can’t Stop Her. MUNCIE, IND. — Mrs. Elizabeth Howell, who is a candidate for the office of Great Minnehaha of the Pocahontas Grand lodge, suffered a fracture of her right shoulder when she fell while attempting to board an interurban car at Daaleville. She will continue her campaign. Woman Injured In Runaway. BLOOMINGTON, IND. — Mrs. Preston Sare, sixty four years old, was injured seriously when a horse she was driving ran away. She was thrown out. of-the <»lMaba> and struck on her head, suffering a severe scalp wound. The was rendered incensibie for some time. Farmer Killed by Tennant. HENRYVILLE, IND. — John Jann was killed by his tenant, James Bran mel, at his farm, two miles east of Charlestown. It is alleged that Jann was entering Brammel’s house with a reck, and that Brammel shot Jann with a rifle. Jann died before a docto' could be summoned. Slander Sult Dismissed. CRAWFORDSVILLE, IND. — The $50,000 damage suit of the Postum Cereal company against John W. Hays for slander, which was brought here from Indianapolis on a change of venue, was dropped when attorneys for the plaintiff filed a motion for dismissal. Former Mayor Must Support Wife. GREENFIELD, IND. —ln the circuit court here an order was entered in the divorce suit of Harry Wallace, former mayor of Indianapolis. that he pay sls a week for the suprort of his wife during the pendency of the case and $l5O attorney’s fees. Charged With Murder. TERRE HAUTE, IND. — Mike Murphy is charged with murder in the first degree as a result of the death of Cory Gould, a bartender, whom Murphy knocked down in a fight a mentt ago. Gould’s head struck a building as he fell. Insurance Company Elects. GREENSBURG, IND. — The follow irg officers have been elected by the Patrons of Husbandry Insurance company: President, M. E. Newhouse; vice president, Frank Brown; secretary, S, W. Hillman; treasurer, J. F. Templeton. Fire Destroys Marion Mill. MARION, IND. — The mill plant of the Spencer Barley Lumber company was destroyed by fire, causing a loss of SIO,OOO, principally in machinery. The origin of the fire is supposed to have been in the boiler room Gets Word of Brother’s Death. SOUTH BEND, IND. — Miss Grace Flanders has received word that her brother, Harry Flanders, a forirei resident of Mishawaka, was killed in the Great Northern railroad yards at Seattle, Wash. Oldest Colored Woman Dies. MUNCIE, IND. — Mrs. MinerMuncie, Ind., Oct. 22. —Mrs. Minerva Hale, the oldest colored woman in Muncie and a former slave, is dead at the age of ninety-two years. Old Soldier Dies in Jail. MARION, IND. — Henry Oppey, sixty-two years old, a war veteran serving a brief sentence for intoxication, was found dead in his cell at the county jaiL ______ _

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WILL COMPENSATE OWNERS Indiana and Federal Authorities Will Pay for Diseased Cattle. IN DIAN APOLIS, IND. —Responding to a demand from live stock breeders of the state, Governor Ralston yesterday agreed to a proposition of the department of agriculture that the state and federal governments shall share in the expense of compensating farmers whose diseased stock is killed in the effort to stamp out the conta- ' giotis foot and mouth disease. 7’. e department of agriculture has i anree.l to advance the money to meet the expense, depending upon the gen- ‘ era! assembly of Indiana, which meets i in Ji nuary, to make an appropriation I tx reimburse the federal department.. Girl Sues Alleged Lover. Vevay, Ind., Oct. 26. —Miss Garnetta' Ruble of Moores Hill, Ind., has filed i sv.it for SIO,OOO against Ora Hallgrath ; of this county, alleging breach oi promise. Miss Ruble alleges that fol ! lowing Hallgrath’s divorce from his j v ; ’> he made love to her in August, i 1913. SISTERS AREKILLEDBYTRAINj , Mistook Flying Mail for Train They Were to Take. WINAMAC, IND. — Miss Olive’ i Kelso, twenty-two years old, and Miss j M.'itle Kelso, eighteen daughters of • O. S. Kelso, a contractor, were insti'.vtly killed here by the fast mail train on the Pennsylvania railroad. They were at the depot, waiting for a train on which they intended going to Clrcago. This train was late, and when the other train was heard comin, the girls, believing it to be their train, started to the opposite side of th» track to board it. They evidently believed the train would slow down. Tie pilot struck them before they got across, the track. Their parents are prostrated. OFFICERS FINISH ROMANCE Eloping “Tramp” Girl of Cincinnati Taken Home. LAFAYETTE, IND. — An end has been brought to the romantic adventure of Miss Evelyn Ashford, “tramp girl” of Cincinnati, who was taken from the front end of a blind baggage car here last week, with ! Francis Nolan, with whom she was j eloping. The girl is fifteen years old. I Nolan is eighteen. ■] The would-be elopers were discov ; ered on the train as it left Indianj apolis and were apprehended at Lafayette. Mrs. A. E. Richard, an office.' of the Cincinnati juvenile court, has taken the runaway girl back to | Cincinnati. The boy also has been sent home. MUNCIE GIVEN CONVENTION Indiana Christian Endeavor Ends Sessions at Logansport. LOGANSPORT, IND. — Enthusiastic pledges to promoting the work i so? the coming year marked the con- ! eluding sessions of the Christian Eni deavor convention at Calvary Presbyterian church. i So great was the crowd in attendance that overflow meetings were held at both afternoon and evening sessions. Muncie won the convention for 1916 after a spirited contest. .The delegates favoring Muncie pledged p their support to Fort Wayne for the i 1918 convention. CONVICT YOUTH OF~KILLING Fifer Will Go to State Reformatory for Manslaughter. ELKHART, IND. — Floyd Fifer, eighteen years old, son of Mr. and ] Mrs. William Fifer of South Bend, was convicted of manslaughter in the Elkhart superior court for the killing For. 2, of Emanuel Fink, South Bend, i drufgist. ! . The verdict carries xvith it a sentence of from two to twenty-one years in the state reformatory. Fifer attempted to rob Fink in his store and shot him while he was opening the cash drawer. STOP! YOU LEFT SOMETHING Only Stump Stands After Auto Party Hits Telephone Pole. COLUMBUS, IND. — John Ben--1 jamin of Seymour suffered a broken wrist and lost some of his teeth while he and Harold Stewart, also of Seymour, were returning to that city from the Shively speaking here in Stewart’s automobile, which collided I with a telephone pole. | The pole was broken off at the ! ground and the broken end was swung up among the wires. The machine ran 20!) feet after striking the pole. FEVER PATIENTS ARE FINED Family Caught at Station After Breaking Quarantine. ■ ROCHESTER, IND. —J. R. Field and family, who have been quarantined on account of scarlet fever for the last two weeks, left their home without permission of ti e health office i and before the quarantine was suspenued and attempted to leave the city on a train. They were arrested at the depot by the officers and were taken back home. Tie head of the family was fined $lO n justice court

GERMAN RESERVES Recruits at Drill; Kaiser Has Called All Available Men to Arms. k \ ; :.'v. '■ VS- 1 BELGIANS NEAR STARVATION Brand Whitlock Tells of Plight of 7,000,C00 People. BRUSSELS — Nearly 7,000,000 people in Belgium face famine unless they receive help at once. The American minister to Belgium, Brand Whitlocks, says that less than two weeks’ supply of food remains in the cities, while conditions in the country are even worse. Germany disclaims responsibility for feeding the Belgians. Mr. Whitlock has had on hand only black bread for two weeks. One hun-“ drod soup kitchens are feeding over 100,000 of the needy in Brussels. Noblemen may be seen slipping into soup kitchens. Factories are closed. Many stores remain open, but have no business. ITALIANS OCCUPY AVLONA Expedition, However, Is Merely For Relief and Sanitary Purposes. ROME — Avlona, Albania, was occupied by Italian' naval forces. The expedition was in the nature of a relief and sanitary organization, which has taken refuge in the city to escape the persecutions of the insurgents. These people are said tb be in a deplorable state. Everything was done to remove from the expedition anything savoring of political or territorial occupation. Pains were taken to show that Italy’s stey was merely for the purpose of seeing that the decision of the London corference creating an autonomous Albania was carried out. FOUR KILLED IN COLLAPSE Theater Building Tumbles Through on Itself in Ohio. YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO — Through the collapse of the partly completed second floor of the new hippodrome theater building under construction here, three men are known to be dead, four are in the hospital seriously injjured and half a dozen other work'men are missing. Part of the concrete work in the second floor collapsed and crashed through the first floor and into the basement. Thworkmen who were injured were on the first and second floors. They were buried under tons of broken concrete and twisted steel. “BLANKET BALLOT LAW” VOID Supreme Court Decides Party Tickets Must Be Printed on Separate Sheets. JEFFERSON CITY, MO. — The Missouri “blanket ballot law” was declared invalid by the Missouri supreme court. Two of the seven judges disoented. As a result of this decision the Missouri ballots will be printed on separate sheets for each party. Herrera Defeats Villa. EL PASO, TEX. — Rallying his defeated army to an unexpected attack, Gen. Maclovio Herrera, with 1,000 men captured Parral, Chihiiahua, Friday night, according to arrivals at the border. They said General Herrera, who revolted against Villa when the latter broke with Carranza is now in undisputed possession of the town. Rebels in Africa Lose. CAPE TOWN — It is officially announced that the rebel Lieutenant Colonel Maritz and his forces have been defeated at Kakamas in the Gordonia district of Bechuanaland, by Union of South Africa troops. Lieutenant Colonel Maritz was wounded in the engagement and fled to German territory. Red Flag Law Upheld. BOSTON — The constitutionality of the law which prohibits the carrying of a red flag in parades was upheld in a decision of the supreme court in the case of John Karnoven. Karnoven was arrested in Fitchburg in November last for carrying a red flag in a Socialist parade.

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GERMANS LOSEAT NANGMEI REAT Capture Cities on Coe >t at Any Cost, Kaiser Ortirs. PARIS CLAIMS ALLIES ADVANCE British and French Hold Ground Between Mouth of Yser an. Lens and ; Gain Between Ypres ani Roulers— Fresh German Troops an Way— Teutons in East Beaten Back Toward East Prussia. The French are on the o fensive in the vicinity of Nancy, oh the eastern frontier, and have driven the Germans across the Tronti xr in the direction of Metz. This wa* the chief declaration contained in the official communique issued fron Bordeaux. The French official announcement says that spirited fighting cc itinues be-’ tween the mouth of the Yser and Lens; that in this distric the allies have not drawn back anc. that they have continued to advanc in the region between Ypres and F outers and elsewhere. The Germans continue to send large masses of troops to the westward and the southwestward, a cording to a dispatch from Terneuze i, Holland, The allies, who approached Thielt Saturday, were repulsed by fresh German troops. Sunday 0,000 Ausstrians arrived at Ghent, vhere only a few Germans remain. LONDON — The Copen agen correspondent of the Times vires that reports received from Gern *n sources say that the kaiser has Ist led the direct order that, no matter t. e cost, Calais is to be taken. It is reported the kaiser was in Belgium on Sunday and listei ed person ally to the reports of his oft eers. He is then reported to 1 tve stated that the occupancy of Calais and Dunkirk were vital points in » e German strategical plan, but that this was especially so in the case 'of Calais. Therefore the order was i med that, no matter how much war aterial or how many men were, sac ficed, the march to the channel must .ucceed. With a number of their -javy guns mounted to protect their front and rapid-firers deluging the s ’lied lines with shrapnel and bullets the Germans continued their supi me effort to win through to the coas. from the north and east. Fight Throughout N ;ht. Inside of the Dixmunde-Ni uport line tha fighting continued wit out let-v.p all night, the combatants o erating in the glare of enormous s archlights that made the scene as 1U at as day/ Ttie rival aviators flew' over the trenches, dropping bombs, while the monitors of the fleet, whicl withdrew to se-a Sunday aftetr tthret had been hit, were back throwing s ells from their long-range guns. In the territory lying so thwest of Ypres and between Armer ieres and Lille, further desperate fij iting was in progress. Here the Britis , who are bearing the brunt of the st iggle. are reported to be losing vi-ry h avily. But. they are also said to be skn-ly forcingthe Germans back to he e< st and on their heavily intrencl - I pc sitions at Lille. The main purpose of the Germans, officials at the headquarte - 3 of General Gallieni in Paris say, is apparent. They are now concentratin their efforts to break through to tl ; coast on on almost direct line to Dr ikirk and leave along the coast the t in line of French and Belgians who a e holding the coastal positions di frig' tful odds. By changing their front aftr their object is obtained, and maki g part of it again run to the north nd south instead of to the east and west, the officials poin out, once the Germans attain either Calais or Dur kirk they would have a human prote ting wall between them and the sea from the guns of the warships. Germans Retreat to East Prussia. LONDON — A Petroi rad dispatch to Reuter’s Telegram company says: “The Army Messenger In summing up the operations on the Rw nan front says that the German fort is in the region of Elawa and Vlitz ivsk, disquieted by the situation on the front at Thorn and Cracow, have retreated in the direction of East Prus ia, w'here the population has been ordered to retire into the interior.” Austrians Leave Dead Behind. “On the Galician front tna entire Stry Valley southward from the river and the railway tracks from the Stry to Drohobycz are congested vith Austrian corpses. Between last Thursday and Sunday, during the pur: lit of the enemy, the Russians captur >d seventeen officers, 4,000 men, eliven machine guns, twenty-two gun., twentythree caissons and masses of other war material.” Say Von Moltke is D; Ing. LONDON — A dispa ih from Amsterdam announces, it i ; officially stated, that Gen. Helmuth V i Moltke, chief of the German genen staff, is dying and that he is being taken to his home iu Berlin on a stretcher.

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