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f.r .-fcefeai f the Germans itt their opera-
tWrw afeafnst the Allies In the vicinity of
Irafcy-ie-val, on the north bank ot the
t ialsne.la announced In an official French
fr-UtemeaL Issued here this afternoon. It
Estates' that WcilnfKrlrti- w rtarb4 W it
kYetVu4aeence of activity on the part of
derfflari artillery forces on tha Belgian
- front but that there was no attack by
P" "tha Infantry
V The FrtnCh positions In the Anjonne
forest, -It declares, have been maintained.
" 'The' official communique follows:
' At the north the day of yesterday
- 'waa marked by a recrudescence of
ii,fi.,t.etlvlty on tho part of the enemy'
J-5 'and-the" Ly. There was no attack
Ip'njr Infantry. . . .
. CaUNTlSn-ATTACK DIUVES FOE.
Between tha Olse and tho Alsno,
th operations arOund Trncy-Le-Val
1 havo terminated very favorably for
f . , our troops. It must bo remembered
i . that wo look that vIIIsro a few
days ago. Day before yesterday tHo
Germans attempted to recapture It,
. after- having taken our first trenches.
They advanced as far aa the central
crossroads or that locality, but a
vigorous counter-attack by our Al
reriah contingent threw the enemy
a"
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, back, took from him all tho ground
that we had lost and Inflicted, heavy
,, losses upon him.
, In tho Arsonne we hare main
tained our position. On the reit of
j -the front there 'Is nothing to r'eport.
This Is the first official announcement
that has been Issued statlnff "that the
Jufcos wero on the battle front alone
, , theAlsne. Aa they have been sent to
jj.pdlrits Where the lighting was fiercest,
'Jt.ft btlleved hero by the military ex-
Herts- that there has been a terrific con
tfpjnct wfthln tho last few daya on the
klfarth bank of the Alsne.
FIGHT OF LONG DUnATl'pN.
'J '; On November 13 the French officially
.Announced that the AIIIcb had taken pos-c-esslon.
of Tracy-Le-Val, with the erfcep
" tlon of, a cemetery to the northeast of
...ALLIES' SURPRISE ATTACK
CAPTURES
; ' - -.
'i'. . LONDON, Nov. 19.,
X ' correspondent, telegraphing from a
iii.'JW'nt ' n northern, France, says that a
IM.detachmciit of British soldiers and
French marines have captured Schoore
fri West Flanders, driving out tho Ocr
jtjhiarj defenders with severe loss. Tart
al of ithe British troops advanced along tho
"'only roadway by which, tho town could
'fio approached, while tho marines and
other British soldiers crossed the Inun
cn dated district on rafts and flatbottomed
" boats, delivering a surprise attack upon
tha Germans' rear.
t; Tho . Germans being thus surprised
while 'holding back the attacking force
'" on the highway with machine guns,
turned and fled, leaving guns, nmmuni-'
"'tlon and other1 stores behind.
.,, . ' Floods let loose When the dikes of tho
KAISEk'S ADVANCE HALTED.
TO CLOSE GAPS IN DYKES
BERLIN. Nov". 19.
temporarily halted In their
Though
campaign to gain tho French coast by
fhs floods caused by tho cutting of
dykes 'in tho Yser Valley, the Germans
are.' meeting this emergency as they have
tnet others, with forces provided for
Just, such an, occasion.
,' Bodies of engineers numbering ,"000 man
have' been taken to the Dlxmude front
durlnghe last week and are engaged
n closing the' gaps In the dykca' and
constructing pontoon bridges op which
tnfantry can' cross the inundated ' country-
CAVALBY SURPRISES BRITISH. '
"'Brief details' of- a heroic exploit by a
company of German cavalry wero ce
celved here today. The soldiers swam
their horses for a mile through "the Icy
water at night and took by surprise a
body of English troops guarding a posi
tion near Dlxmude. Though astonished
by ho sudden appearance of the German
troopers, the British soldiers fought des
perately to hold their position. They
-ware Anally driven out, and the Germans'
have "dug themselves In" at that point
and nxo holding it against every attack.
Whllo the floods aro Interfering with
operations alont; the front from the coast
.CAPTURE OF BATDM
IS EXPECTED; TURKS
SEIZE EGYPTIAN POST
Sultan's Forces Press To
ward Russian Black Sea
Port British I-ands
- Pierced 75 Miles.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. tt.
It Iff offlclally announced that Turkish
troops aro nearlng tho Russian port of
Batum and that the, capture of that m
jarUnt town U Imminent.
In the Bgyptlan campaign Turkish
troops have occupied Kalatulnahl. IS
milt beyond tho Egyptian frontier, the
official 'ataUmeat today announced.
;'.' PETROGRAD. ov. .
TJie Turkish, destroyers have appeared
fester Sullna and aro reported actually
te fcavjuontortd tho Sullna arm of tho
Du(Wb delta with the object of getting
lftto ewnwunlcatlon with representatives
o; Austria and Germany, or possibly
iBM$y s a srot$t against tfie overn
ne of tho Panubo dlta.
Tib iUUUja aim of tho dslta. with othar
mouths of tba paaube, u under the pubUo
w ft- BWKMW, a4 prtMtMt by a rU
f tfaalHs frees tt dowi to tfaat of Io-
' JMmsi, as rtsult of tbla action, has
git uHfam put tnreadaldo en whether It
rm tfatut f44w wttfe tf areaaay and it ally
Ttttkay. o whether K will maintain: its
ow Wt aafport t. right of tba
fbila is t4 lwpe- In tho latter
ti;f Turkish wiWp. attempting to
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tha village. This waft six days ago, and
fighting has probably been In progress in
that seetlbn for that many day.
As tha French statement says that ths
fighting has ended favorably for the Al
lies, they have evidently driven th Ger
mans from their positions In and about
tho cemetery.
An unconfirmed rumor reached here to
day thdt the Germans have evacuated
Lille. That town, the MDort says, Is now
I, occupied by tho British. There Is rto con-
nrmation or this report.
GBRMAtt mmtBAT rntCDtCTED.
German attacks with Infantry In West
Flanders have become much less vio
lent, according to advices reaching here
from the north today, and French mill
tary experts are now predicting that the
Invaders along tho Ostena-Dlxmnde-Tpres
line will son have to retire. Any
offensive movement by the Allies In that
region, however, would meet with the
same obstacles which have hampered the
operations of the Germans,
Tho deep mud left by recent storms In
tho fields and upon the highways and
the floods north of Dlxmude would render
ah advance by tho British, French and
Belgians a difficult matter. Tney woum
find It almost Impossible tp move their
heavy guhs forward mrougn mo iiuhK
trilres nnd across the stretch of water
north and south of the Yser Canal nnd
the Yser- niver.
Tn connection with the renewal of war
ship activity off the Belgian coast, where
tho French and British men of war are
bombarding the Germans, the following
story comes through from Dunkirk:
"The Germans noticed that the fire from
English ships spared houses on the sea
front at Mlddlekerke, Thereupon, the In
vaders took up quarters In the houses.
TWs fact became known to the British,
who concentrated the fire of flvo war
ships upon tho buildings, demolishing
them, Tho German loss Is estimated at
i;oo."
It Is reported from Furnes that trans
ports o"f tho Germans In western Flan
ders have been moved back and that the
Invaders havo extensively mined the road
wavs. According' to' Information from tho
same source, the British have been able,
after terrific exertions, to move their
heaviest guns to tho front and they aro
now cannonading the German lines.
FLEMISH TOWN
Tser Canal wero dynamited In B'laium
ftaye caused Intenso suffering la the'Brlt
Ish and Belgian troops as well ns to the
Germans. Tho latter, plunging forward
In attacks wherever tho water Is shal
low, have forced the allied troops also to
advance In order to withstand tho efforts
to take their positions.
At some points the opposing soldiers
have fought hand-to-hand battles with
the water to their knees. Great numbers
of troops have been Incapacitated by
rheumatism and kindred ailments, ac
cording to wounded British ofllcers who
have arrived from the front.
That the furious German attacks will be
maintained forborne time Is Indicated by
Information received by tho Wnr Office
today. This was to the effect that lnrge
bodies of German troops, who had hither
to been held In north Flanders, wero
being transported rapidly to the Dlxmude
and Ypres fronts. This Information was
gained by tho British nnd French aeroplane-
scouts.
to Tpres, tho German troops are strength
ening their positions from Tpres to Arras
and farther south.
ALLIES LINE HAMMERED.
West of St. Quentln and Roye they havo
gained ground. It is announced here, by
continually hammering away at the Allies'
line. This has been bent at several places,
but no smashing attack on any one posi
tion has been made, as piercing of the
enemy's front In this region would havo
no Important result, whllo tho French
and British troops maintain their posi
tions on the Ypres-Armentleres front
Large guns Just turned out and fully
tesfed at tho Ktupp works havo been
transported to the neighborhood of Arras
by way of Alx-Ia-Chappelle and Liege.
The Frankfurter Zeltung says:
"Our losses undoubtedly are very heavy
In Flanders, but the country need not be
disquieted by the arrest of the German
advance on a great part of the vast
battle front. It Is true that the enemy
Is' defending himself valiantly and ob
stinately In northern France and Belgium.
Nevertheless our troops have advanced a
little. Those among us feeling discourag
ed because of the slowness of our progress
should remember that we are making
war entirely by now methods.
"Formerly fortresses required months
of besieging while battles in the open
country lasted only a few hours. Now
It is just the contrary,"
on tho southern coast of the Black Bea,
was shelled Tuesday by a Russian fleet.
An official statement by the General Staff
of the Russian navy says:
"Early Tuesday morning the Russian
Black Sea fleet, which had been cruising
off Treblzond, steamed close to the town,
bombarded tho harbor and barracks and
set on Are buildings along the coast.
"No Turkish ships were sighted off the
coast."
PARIS, Nov. 10.-The following dltpatch
has been received by a news agency from
Urmia, Persia;
"The Kurds everywhere aro giving
way before tho Russian troops, against
whom they dare to make anly desultory
attacks. That part of the Kurd forces
Which tho Russians defeated previously
at Tergeven have retired to Schallblnan,
where they aro reforming."
RUSSIANS TAKE TURKISH
TOWN ON THE EUPHRATES
Pressure of Ottoman Troops Increas
ing on Caucasian Front,
PETBOGRAP, Nov. 19.-Tho capture of
Tutach. on Important Turkish town In
the yalley of the Euphrates, lx announced
in an official report received from the
Russian Governor General at Tldls. It
said:
''On tha Caucasian front the Turkish
troops are Inoreaslng in numbers near
Batum, where several fights have oc
curred In the Oltl Tschal River valley.
"A Russian column has defeated the
Turks In the direction of Brzerum. There
havo been numerous skirmishes in which
the enemy was repulsed. Tha Russians
have Decupled Tutach, on the BuphraUs,
The situation elsewhere is unchanged,"
RADIUM FOR WOUNDED
an.nmi.Mpiu i i.
Jims. Carle Organizes Belief Service
for Battlefields.
PARIS, Nov. 11 Umt. Curie, who,
w)tti -her husband, discovered radium,
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NEW GERMAN DRIVE
GAINS GROUND LOST
. IN WARSAW FLIGHT
Great Battle Rages in Poland
Along 70-milc Front.
Petrograd Admits Kaiser's
Marked Advances.
BERLIN, Nov. 1.
Driving its way forward Into north
western Tolend, between the Vistula and
Warlhe Rivers, the German army has
changed its retreat of a week ago into
an advance, and by a determined counter
offcnslvo has regained about one-third of
tho ground lost In the recent retreat from
Warsaw to the Prussian frontier.
Along a. 70-tnllo front the Germans are
cttemptlng completely to crush the Rus
slan offenslvo directed against Thorn nnd
fosen. The Russians are making a de
termined effort to cheek what may de
velop Into another dash upon Warsaw.
An official communication, Issued by
Oeneral Headquarters today, says!
"New battles havo developed In Poland
In tho region north of Lodz, but no de
cision yet has been reached.
i,'TS.I,A0U,lcait of eoldau th8 enemy
has been fOrced to retreat In tho direction
,, "aw"-. nPn the extreme western
J1 K a strong Russian cavalry force,
wh oh we defeated on NovembeV 10 nnd
through Tllkallen."
PETROGRAD, Nov. 19.
Admission Is made. In official statements
of the Importance of the new German ad
vance. Tho statement is as follows:
"Between the Vistula and the Wartha
our advance guards In an engagement
with the Germans, who took tho offensive,
fell back In tho direction of tho River
Bsura. The enemy succeeded In gaining
a footing In the region of Lentchltza
(Lenczyca) and Orloff, throwing out ad
vance guards In Inc direction of Plontek."
(Lentchltt Is 15 miles south of Kutno,
which tho Germans occupied several days
ajre.)
Additional advices are to the effect that
the General Staff anticipates no difficulty
In checking the forward movement of tho
German nrmy, which Is at Its strongest In
this section.
The mnrked ndvances are explained as
duo to the numerical superiority of tho
Teuton troops rushed into Poland from
Thorn nnd the withdrawal of the Rus
sian forces to ground moro favorablo for
waging a great battle.
AUSTRIAN RETREAT MOVE
OF STRATEGY, CONSUL SAYS
Explains Becent Operations in Poland
as a Play for Position.
Tho retrograde movement of the Ger-man-AustrO'Hungarlan
forces of the last
few days was not a retreat after a lost
battlo. but merely a strategical move,
according to a statement made today
by George von Grlvlclc, Austro-Hungar-tan
Consul General In Philadelphia and
lieutenant colonel in the Austro-Hungar-lan
army, in which he discusses the re
cent operations of tho Austrian army.
The Russians greatly outnumbered the
Germans and Austro-Hungarlans, ho says.,
anil' this necessitated a retreat In order
to gain time and not expose tho forces
of the Kaiser and Francis Joseph to the
danger pf a defeat.
In the other theatres of tho war in
which tha Austrlans aro engaged the
Consul General states that, according to
the latest official dispatches received by
him from his Government in Vienna, the
Austrian forces aro everywhere meeting
with success.
Tho statement made by Mr. Grlvlclc Is
as follows:
"According to the latest official Infor
mation, the German, Austrian and Hun
garian forces In tho Russian theatre of
war are concentrating In new positions.
The Russians are following them slowly.
The fortress of Przemysl Is again under
siege. The retrograde movement of our
forces during the last weeks is not a
retreat after a lost battle, but Is a stra
tegical movement In order to gain time
and not to expose our forces to the dan
ger of a defeat, which might be caused
by tho numerically greater forces of tho
enemy.
"Tho operations of the Austro-IIungar-Ian
army in Bervla are progressing very
favorably. Our fifth and sixth armies
have repulsed the whole Servian army
every time It offered resistance and have
already reached on the 12th InBt. the
territory of BanJanI west of Valjevo.
"The Montenegrin forces, which were
repulsed to Montenegro, have been now
attacked In the Krlvosje region near
Grahovov.
"The bombardment of Cattaro has been
discontinued after the French battery
on tho Mount Lovcen had been silenced
by our coast and naval artillery."
RAIDER KARLSRUHE
DASHES AT VICTIMS
FROM BRAZIL BASE
Mystery of Supplies Cleared
by Captain of Captured
Merchantman, Who Tells
of Cruiser's Decoy Scheme,
The mystery surrounding the source of
supplies of the German cruiser Karlsruhe,
terror of tho Soutlj Atlantic, has been
solved. The warship has established a
base of supplies on Rocas Island, off the
coast of Brazil, according to Captain Noel
Pitcher, master pf tho British steamship
Inoranl, wblch was captured by the
speedy cruiser.
Captain Pilcher declares that the Karls
ruhe has stored more than 15.090 tons of
coal and ship supplies on Rocas Island
They were taken from tho IT merchant
men which she captured during Beptem
ber and October. When the cruiser creeps
out on her raiding expeditions, Captain
Pilcher said, she is accompanied by two
Of her captives which are used as decoys.
Thtse vessels signal passing steamship's
and, by supplying them with misinforma
tion guide them Into the cruiser's path.
The Officers of the cruiser, according to
Captain Pilcher, have secured a copy of
the British code book wblch has been !
sued for communication between mr
ehantmen and British warships, and this
makes the task of the decoys simple.
The cruiser is welt informed as to the
movements of various steamships and
the oharaatsr of their cargoes. Captain
Pitcher said, a fact which shows that
slU is in wireless onsuBtcatln with
totit tk. Untied States and South Auur
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GERMAN AIR SCOUT FLIES
OVER PETROGRAD FORTRESS
Views Defenses of KroneUdt, Which
Protects Czar's Capital.
AMSTERDAM, NdV. 19.
A German army aviator has made a
successful flight over Kronstndt, the prin
cipal Russian military and naval baset
according to a statement published In the
Frankfurter Zellung.
Kronstadt Is n fortress built on an
Island at tho head of tho Gulf of Finland
and Is but M' miles west of Petrograd.
Its naval and commercial' dock yards aro
protected by heavy fortifications. On the
opposite Side of the channel, but 360 yards
distant. Is the sister fortress of kronstoL
OCEANIC CAPTAIN ON TRIAL
British Probe Loss of Ship Off Scot
tlsh Coast.
LONDON, Nov. 19.-The court-martial
of Lieutenant David Blair, navigation
officer of tho former Whlto Star liner
Oceanic, began yesterday at Devonport.
He Is charged with having caused tho
toss of the vessel by negligence.
Tho Oceanic, converted Into an armed
cruiser, ran ashore on the coast of Scot
land September 8. All her ofllcers and
crew were saved.
WAR MOVES OF WEEK SHOW
DOUBLE GERMAN OBJECTIVE
Operations in West Indicate Desire to Frighten England
by Threatening Coast Military Advantage
Subverted to Political Expediency.
By HILA1BE BEILOO
PARIS. Nov. 19.
The most striking characteristic of tho
campaign In Krance-that which seems to
differentiate It from every other-Is that
tho critical situations havo never devel
oped. They havo never matured. The)'
havo never led to n decision.
Nevertheless ono Is tempted to say that,
with (1) tho violence of the struggle, (2)
tho large reinforcements Involved upon
tho German side, and (3) the concentra
ting nl nn rvntnt the situation On tllO
Belgium frontier does look nearer a de
cision now than any wo havo had before.
Tho Germans have concentrated now
forces. Among other better troops .they
aro using boys much younger and men
much older than the Allies have yet put
Into tho Held; and tho action during the
last fortnight near Ypres nnd to tho north
between Lllio and La Bassce, proves they
ore depending upon superior numbers.
Now let us estimate the elements which
may lead us to expect In thlH "eld suc
cess or failure upon cither side.
The first of these elements Is the sepa
ration of objectives which, I do not say
the German commanders, but certainly
tho German Government, has Imposed
upon the German forces.
Some one, clearly, has presented an ad
vanxA oinnr- dir must from Ostcnu to
ward Calais as one of tbe objects to be
obtained by the German army. Clearly
some other person has proposed another
effort (and very Vigorously maintained
It) south and west of the-town; of Lille.
Tho two may be co-ordinated by some
agreement. But the two objectives do
pot come from one head.
Now see what this duplication of ob
jective means.
From tho little town of La Basseo to
the sea at NIeuport (which lino Is the
general frontier of the allied roslstence)
Is not less than miles. Following the
sinuosities of the battlo line, It Is n good
deal over EO miles.
POUNDING THE WEAKEST LINK.
In a strugglo of a lino of 10 against
a line of 10 there Is not likely to be a
decision unless two of tho 10 rush at
one point to get through or turn round
by one side to catch tho opponent in
flank.
You do not tear a hole In your oppo
nent's line by striking It everywhere with
equal force. To tear n hole you must
concentrate upon some supposedly weak
link in the chain.
A'nd the German army being what It
Is. possessing the tradition, doctrine and
efficiency in practice which wo know,
we are equally bound to find some ex
planation for this divergence of objective;
this attack of the enemy; not alone In
front of Lille, but at both these distant
points. If tho Germans massed all the
men they could spare for their "bolt"
In front of Lille and hurled them against
the point of La Bassee, and If by so
doing they toro a hole through the al
lied lino there, they would achieve a re
sult largo In proportion to their success.
If they poured through In great numbers
and very rapidly, they would probably
cut oft that great body of their enemies
which Alls up the remaining SO-mtle line
between Lille and the sea. But even If
they failed to cut off that northern group,
with Its hundreds of thousands of men.
even If they failed to take them pris
oners and destroy them as a military
force, they would, even In case of that
Incomplete success, compel this advanced
northern portion to fall back very quickly.
They would "uncover,'" as the phrase
goes, all the sea-coast well past Dunkirk
to tho neighborhood of Calais. To win
In the Lille region by using there, at the
La Bassee point, all the men they have
free, would be. In Itself, to win Calais.
One would have thought that the heav
iest "bolt" the Germans could afford to
gather would have been shot at the centre
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3000 Russians Captured, Vienna
Officially Announces.
VIENNA, Nov. 19.
An official report from tho Austrian
General Staff announces the capture of
3000 Russians In Gallcla, and states that
tho operations asal" th Servians are
proceeding with great success. The re
port follows:
"The continued operations of the allied
armies In Russian Poland and Gallcla are
dpveloplng conditions that aro highly fa
vorablO to our troops. Near Grebow (In
Gallcla north of Rzeszow, and about 80
miles east Of Cracqw), a strong Russian
cavalry force wa dispersed by our ar.tll-
Jery and we captured 3000 prisoners.
"The Russian advance toward tha Car
pathians is of ho Importance at present.
Our troops occupy positions that are or
great strength.
"In Sefvla our advance toward Belgrade
continues. Wo have Captured" many guns
and great quantities of supplies."
INSISTS BEUTEIt IS DEAD
PARIS, Nov. 19. The Figaro prints fur
ther confirmation of the death of Colonel
von Reuter, of Zabern fame. In a letter
from a French priest, who says that ho
himself carried off tho body bf tho Colonel
from a battlefield In Alsace. The Colonel,
the priest -says, had been bayoneted.
of the Nleuport-La Bassee lino only, be
cause success there would, as a necessary
consequence, Involve tho abandonment of
the seacoast between NIeuport and Calais.
Why, then, has this diversion of forces
taken place? Why have the Germans
struck not orily west of Lllio against La
Bassee, where success would automatical
ly have uncovered tho seacoast, but also
along that seacoast Itself?
Tho nnswtr must bo political. There
Is no other answer. Somo ono In contact
of Oermnn affairs has said; "If wo can
occupy the scaconst quickly we shall have
a certain political effect which we much
desire, nnd which an ultimate success
furthfr south will not subserve." Some
one else, moro military, has said; "I re
gret this waste of men upon a political
object. Our only chance of breaking the
enemy's line is to go for the main point
west of Lille. I Insist upon having, at
any rate, great- masses of men ,for that
main point (the neighborhood of Lille).
Use what you think you can spare to
the noilh."
WhcrcUppn a compromise has been ef
fected between the politician and the
sOldler. The former first look large rein
forcements for his attempt along the
co-ast; the latter had reinforcements, also
large, not as largo as he could havo
wished, for his effort in front of Lille.
But as tho politician Is master, the at
tack along the sea coast has used up
most of the men, and Is attracting to It
self, by Its very lack of success, moro
and more forces from the south.
Tho seizure of the English Channel op
posite Dover has In this war strategic
value.; but that value Is quite out of pro
portion to the sacrifice of life It has al
ready Involved.
''Bernard Shaw's
ihe town, and
Arnold Bennett, the English novelist, in a cable di's-:
patch to yesterday's Public Ledger made this reference to ,v j
.
i
George Bernard Shaw's
"Common Sense
About the War"
Sunday's Public
"s Mnr pupn "RprnrmrrJi'c -nrA-nnA-lmn
cerning war have excited the civilised world more than the,t?,v ; J
mocking, merciless charges of England's caustic philojo-i'' '
pher. A storm of protests has gone up, though even Arnold ''"'.
Bennett, in replying to the Shavian arguments, pays tribute
to their extraordinary value as literature. .-,.
? Next Sunday's contribution by Shaw deals with ' '
.
"Recruiting and Terms
S '-6
' '
It is animated with the, same dash, fervor and disregard
of consequences that marked the first article in the sen'esf
. -It is an impassioned demand for justice to the British recruit
and his-;'fapoi!y and an imperious call to labor to assert' its
.power ;ini51itiqs jh the present national crisis.
Vk !
Next Sunday's Public
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1914.
MRS. FREDERIC C. PENFIELD
MRS. PPNFIELD WINS UNIQUE
HONOR IN AUSTRIAN CROSS
Phlladelphlan rlrst Recipient Out
sldo Royal Family.
BERLIN, Nov. 13.
Emperor Francis Joseph han conferred
upon Mrs. Frederic C. Pchflcld, wlfo of
tho American Ambassador at Vienna,
tho Grand Cross of tho Order of Eliza
beth, In recognition of her efforts for the
welfare of Austrian soldiers.
Austrian newspapers emphasize the dis
tinction of this decoration which, for tho
first time, Is now conferred upon a
woman not connected with the Imperial
family.
Mrs. Frederic C. Pcnfleld has frequently
been described as tho second richest
woman of America. Bho Is tho daugh
ter of tho late William Welghtman, a
manufacturing chemist of Philadelphia,
who left her a large fortune.
This Is not tho first foreign honor that
has been conferred upon Mrs. Pcnfleld.
In 1MO the Popo conferred tho tltlo of
Marchioness upon her In recognition of
her widespread clmrltles. At tho tlmo of
her marriage to Mr. Pcnfleld tho Popo
sent her a chain with a crucifix of gold.
Ambnssador Pcnfleld was recently hon
ored by the Austrian Emperor, who con
ferred upon him the Star of tho Red
Cross Order.
TURKS SINK RUSSIAN SHIP
ATHENS, Nov. 13. A Turkish armed
merchant steamship has captured a Rus
sian steamship near Slnope. The crew
wns taken off and tho vessel sunk. The
members of tho crew were landed and
paraded through the streets of Constan
tinople to Impress the populace.
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'Common Sense About the War' is the'talk bf-
it deserves to be. One of its greatest values is"'1' '-
its' courage, for tn it Shaw says many things no one else'wquld .
have dared to say. . It contains the most magnificent,
brilliant dnd convincing common sense that could possibly be
uttered. Hence everybody should read it, though
everybody will not be capable of appreciating the most-pro J
found parts of it." . '
the remarkable article now running in
Place.Yqjur Qrfar Tgday for
y laiajfjieMmi'i, iiiii.
PRUSSIAN MfflE
RAGING AT SOLDAU,
AS CZAR ADVANCES
Four Days' Terrific Fight
Advantage to Russian In
vasion, Petrograd Says.
Foe Driven Back, Berlin
Announces. ,,
PETROGRAP, Nov. 1.
A dispatch from tho front describes A
furious baltlo at Soldau, which waa taken
last week, but where the German. array
continues vigorous resistance to the ad
vance on. tho great fortlflod centre of
Oraudenz. The dispatch stales.
"A terrific battlo of unexampled Vlo
lence has been proceeding for four days
nround Soldau. Tho cannonading baa
been maintained night and day. Tho Rus
sians nre endeavoring' at any cost to
avenge their former check at Soldau and
are throwing themselves at the Germans
with Indescribable fury. Thty have car
ried position after position by assault. In
spite of the Infernalflre of the Germins.
"In spite of tho torrential rains, -which
rave turned the ground Into .a quagmire,
the Russians are advancing toward, tha
interior of Germany. They have captured
10 big cannon, none of them damaged."
Tho official statement covering this field
of operations Is. as follows!
"In East Prussia our tro.ops continue to
make progress and fighting is. going on
near tho Gumblnncn-Angerburg. front,
which tho enemy Is defending.
"In the trenches, which wo captured
near Varschlaghen, tho enemy abandoned
more than 300 dead". Among tho offlccra
whom we took, prisoners hero was. an
artillery officer sent to the Infantry be
cause of a lack of officers for that branch.
"On tho front along tho Mazudlan
Lakes our' troops reached tho wl'ro en
tanglements of tho .enemy's position and
forced them.
"On tho front between Czenstochowa
nnd Cracow wo have attacked Important
forces of tho enemy, detachments of
which operating nt Lodovltzo were routed.
"In Gallcla wo have occupied success
ively" tho passes over the Carpathians.
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