FRENCH RETREAT BEFORE GERMANS London.—The official “reports from the Russian Staff dis- close a new operation on the part of the Russian Army which may have far-reaching results, Starting on their New Year the Rus- sian cavalry commenced a forward movement in Northern Poland on the right bank of the lower Vistula River, and have reached the Skrwa River, about forty miles east of the German fortress of Thorn, West driv- ing a small force of German cavalry and infantry before them. It is believed at Grand Nicholas, Commander in Chief Russian forces, intends to tirely new army, consisting, according to dispatches, of frem 800,000 to 1. 000,000 men, in this region, operating in conjunction an arm which is advancing in East Prussia. This new army would place the I man troops at Mlawa in a vise and at the same time threaten the rear of the Germans in front of Warsaw, The French have been obliged to retire ‘east of Soissons, but have be gun a new offensive movement and have taken town of Paul, northeast of that city. No fear is en tertained in Paris that the Germans will succeed in breaking through allied lnes, even though they succeed in capturing Soissons itself, Al lies advanced on the road from AS to Lille and in the Argonne as in Flanders, latest General Prussia, Duke of the use an en wit Ler the St. London. ~—Under the fierce German attack the Frencl been obliged to fall back a small city across the miles northwest of fighting continues ter of western battle the Argonne to the Oise, ual reports alternate losses. In Belgium, the of directing an effective Are on the enemy's earthworks near Nieaport and Ypres, while Berlin says the Al lies were forced abandon trenches in a suburb of Nieuport. In the Vosges fogs and snow delay the campaign. The Kaiser's the Allies’ positions and took 1 prisoners and all along the gain. and French tel of PA thelr Lo sed troops capiured two of 700 several guns 5,000 DEAD LEFT BEHIND BY FRENCH AT SOISSONS Jer by wireless The official report man main army headquariers following: three days’ fight about 5.2t cannon, issued Lhe {around have taken fourteen SONS) to five found upon tI JAPS VOLUNTEER TO FIGHT IN EUROPE. The pron been called “volunteer movement Dave announce ed their intentign of dispaiching an army corps to Etrope and are ing to both foreigner for funds. The manifesto cette helped the Garibaldi helped anese wish to Russia and France misery of and the world oler Japan what Tokio i OKO, Japan of the has appeal Japanese and gays. that as lLafay United States and France, so the Jap Britain, terminate the peace 10 assist Great tes War restore EMDEN SEA FIGHT MADE GERMAN PRINCE INSANE. Vancouver.—That Prince Franz Jo se! of Hohenzollern, a relative of the German Emperor, has become dement. ed as a result of his experiences board the Emden in her fight with] the Austalian crulser Sydney is as serted in a letter received here by | the Rev. T. Pitt, Secretary of the Sea | men's Institute, whose brother is al lieutenant on the Sydney. i Lieut. Pitt wrote that while the] young Prince was engaged in firing| a torpedo a shell from the Sydney en- | tered the torpedo room and killed the men in it, the Prince alone escap- | ing. When rescued Prince Franz was | in a dazed condition Later the Prince's mind gave way | completely, to that It was necessary | to place him under restraint. He was] taken to Port Said with the other pris | oners of War. | on SERVIAN DEMANDS GROWING. Mere Outlet on Adriatic Will Not Satisfy Militant Serbs, Rome. Contrary to statements in the mewspapers of London, Paris, and Berlin that an understanding has prac tically been reached about a Servian outlet to the Adriatic Sea, it Is stated in Servian official quarters here that this will not now stalsfy Servis. What she now claims, it is stated, are the Servian regions possessed by Auneiria, including Bosnia, Herzegovine, and Dalmatia, London.—~Hurling themselves des perately upon the French center, “un der the very eyes of their uppermost war lord,” as the Berlin official state ment puts it, the Germans sue ceeded in driving their enemy back ACTORS Alsne between Crouy and Missy and from the plains of Vregny, a few miles northeast More than a thousand French made prisoners in battle, which is said to have been a welcome Kaiser Wilhelm At other along the line little change, according to reports, Havas di shelled have the of were the sight for points there is 1 official western battle tae mich but a Says the French have man headquarters in the section. Field Marshal driving the head Jf the central Poland slowlj Warsaw, acct esl reports from the east Huge German and Russis struggling desperately eas zew and the fate of the again hangs in the Poland the Austrians are holding Russians on the Nida To the the CC are von } toward Polish capita balance. In south ZAr 8 and alm tne closing Prussia both Mlawa, cl advantage ing new from CGaliels Per LUrKs Black Sea i Petrograd : Young Turk Minister of Constantinople a8 ordered the Turkish dience to the Word has Turkish troops are advanc! ward the Suez Canal in believed that British ready sent against them cient Petrograd renoris repos Ee v ¥en nye Pa War, turned to fr and of several menia, officers for Germans been received in that the wii their advance asserts that progresse {0 stop have ¢ f the a “ +ETINANR troops ank lower Vi cavalry wi ther fronts largely duels tsONeva Austrian iennese CHANGES FOREIGN Pit id fan foreign ye and had drafting h titimatum to Se which he prime cause of re, been presen war, had on a number of i both before and after the kan wars, asked Emperor Francis iffice conditiong whict he annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina made this Impossible. NINN ANNAN NNSA NNN i aa E | PITH OF THE WAR NEWS Y ai a hes The German official report characteriz. es as a "brilliant feat for our troops” the capture from the French of the heights of Vregny, which was achieved under the eyes of the Kai ser himself. Turkish control of Persian railroads and highways leading to the Rus sian frontier seems to have been es tablished by the capture two days ago of Tabriz. It develops that the city fell only after a fierce artillery battle, the Russian garrison retiring in the face of superior numbers seph to relieve him of Pat t unsettled foliowed SHIR ng troops who recently invaded Persia are now advancing to the interior of the country. The Germans have removed their sick and wounded from Lodz and Piotr. kow into Prussia and have changed their ammunition bases. Lord Worsley, Lieutenant in the Brit. ish Royal Morse Guards, who was reported some time ago as a pris oner of the Germans, is now known to be dead. He was killed in action in Flanders. Lord Worsley was the eldest son of the Earl of Yarbor ough. War at a Glance | MONDAY. Petrograd announces that Russian forces have stormed and taken Kirll baba Pass, leading from Bukowina into Transylvania. A dispatch from Tiffis to Petrograd states that the Russian Army in the Caucasus has completely annihilated the Eleventh Turkish Army Corpe. “Generally speaking, the position In | the east is unchanged,” according to | an oficial announcement at Berlin. Developments of only minor conse quence are mentioned In reports from the western front. An official state. ment at Berlin states that the Allies’ | losses along this front in the past four | weeks amount to 20,000 killed and about 17 860 wounded, and that their | attacks during this period have | brought them “no success worthy of mention.” | the four weeks, it is asserted not one-quarter as great the Allies, Refugees from Palestine Alexandria on the United States | cruiser Tennessee report that the { Turke have collected great numbers of camels south of Palestine, evidently | with a to invading Egypt ar those of reaching view SUNDAY. Constantinople reports the sinking of the French submarine Saphir as it tried 10 enter the Dardanelles some of the crew had Berlin transmitted British losses in Flanders weeks It 190 officers periched been rescued an estimate of for said and 6.200 men The fu of Aisne seems to the Germans, for are making no EAins they Furthe: today y offi al Berlin War Office minor import Tow battle the spent the have the effort over slong ftaelf least to extend the the French COPRPE RTE present at won (rerman su “ ’ f% “iatement rom ne arg it heir advantage "rench assert Antages compelled th ing and evacuate trenches near Clem oth thet the ing at days of The sides announce fight Solssons is over after several violent combats Russian Staff is vinced that the Germans pouthwest of Warsaw on & general Farther south German troops have re inforced the Austrians for 8 drive at the Russians designed to re Bukowina and Nor Hungary from danger of further invasion The Turks are reported to have de cided to attempt an invasion of Egypt British have again invaded German Africa, capturing General con wes! have determined offensive movement lieve 38] forces territory in Bwakopman BATURDAY the Ru revealed Pet; of S00 1 io Af against offic iz said a esh movement by East Pru al announcement at ograd new arm 1,04 #00 men is engaged in this operation that Berlin announces German at facke west of the istula river in making siow Petrograd reports that the battle he Poland, are DIOR re ss tween Russian and es Kara-Urgan, in 7 tinues which vaded Persia are reported advancing to Turkish troops recently n » interior To Pers these troops be withdrawn fron Porte retire replied that the the the has will an definitely move territory the Turks Russians SOON BS out of territory Attacks and counterattacks varying results but no material change {in the situation, are reported from the western Promoters of a front “volunteer move tion to send an army corps to Europe ito aid Great Hritain, Russia and France FRIDAY. { Furious fighting bas been resumed : in Russian Poland, according to a dis | patch from Petrograd. The dispatch | states that Russian forces in the north, toward Eas! Prussia. have raptured a number of villages. but says | that in the centre the Germans, by | violent attacks, have gained consider i able ground. i In the presence of Emperor Wik i liam, German troops drove the French from the heights of Vregny, northeast of Scizsons, in a spirited battle on Wednesday, according to an official announcement at Berlin An nouncement at Paris admits that the Freneh have been obliged to yield at this point A flood in the River Aisne, threat. ening to break the French communica: tions by destroying temporary bridges thrown across the stream, hag caused French forces in the district between Crouy and Missy to fall back te the south bank of the river, according to an announcement at Paris, THURSDAY. A renewal of the Russian offensive on the East Prussian frontier is re ported in an official announcement at Petrograd, which speaks of the ad: vance of a Russian vanguard column sast of Rosog, East Prussia, “ yecupled the Persian city of Tabriz, A dispatch from Amsterdam states | that all ordinary passenger traffic has been stopped over most of the rail roads in Germany to expedite the movements of troops and munitions, Russia has arranged to borrow $12. 000,000 from a group of New York bankers WEDNESDAY. Turkish and Russian ermies are en Turke Germans, after an all-night bom bardment of French positions north east of Solssons, delivered a strong at tack yesterday An official announce ment issued at Paris last night the result of the attack was not known yet heights south of Cernay, in Upper Alsace, now held by the Germans, has i announcement at Berlin. { From Petrograd it ig reported {the German cruiser Bremen has ar {rived at Wilhelmshaven, badly dam | ased by a mine { Turkey Is sald, in dispatches from i Rome, to have agreed to the demands fof Haly In with the | Hodeida incident | Albanian insurgents are | have placed guns in position | ARS Duarazzo, the Albanian port : recently occupled by Italian forces attempt Ruse Poland connection reported to for use ilse of an by the TUESDAY Mall advicer from Madrid that F forced by hostile the last of interior, and i ceipt of word rench troops in have been ITCeR Morocco native f{«¢ io their fortified posts in the their abandon | that position was Italian troops siands Roumania's entrance nio the war at an early } countries allied against Germany, Aus and pected al date, to cooperate with the Turkey i= confidently London ria ex JAP ARMY CORPS FOR EUROPE | "Volunteer Movement” Appeals For Funds To Finance Plan Tokio fapan The promoters Japan of what has called the vol s gnteer movement erued 2a man festo in which thes nnour thelr ced intention of dispatc} Corps Bre ap foreign fo says that ted States ing an arm} ’ end this they nese and ae and heiped the | Garibaldi helped France, so the ilies to and re fea wish tO assist! the France {f wa: Britain, Russias and ihe misery « io the world ALBERT DIGS TRENCHES Sta¥ Relieve For a Time Tired Soldiers Lo: King Alber Sunday with eral hours and i shovel, digeing trenches like a com mon soldier,” writes a Belgian from his family in cam here it happened in thi= way While inspecting with #taff offi jcers the King saw a group of us dig ging, looking very tired He inquired how long we had been working. He ling told, he sent Gs away for a rest | while he proposed to his staff the! he and they take our places” the front to the some MRE. GOLDSBOROUGH JOINS inU..8. League. Washington, D. C.--Mrs Lee Goldsborough, wife of the Gover Made in public here, National made Woman's league, U.-8.-A has ac {the organization for the State. The {action of Mrs closely upon that of Mrs. James H | Ereston in accepting a similar post in {the organization for the city of Balti more CONSTANTINOPLE FEARS. Outer Forts Of Dardanelles Damaged By Allied Fleet. Rome, — Advices from Constants nople indieste that the bombardment by the allied fleet of the Dardanelles forts has already greatly damaged some of the outer forts. The fear ia said to be growing that the fest eventually will force a passage and that the Allies will be able to capture Constantinople. If that happens, grave fears have been expressed by officials fully cognizant of the situation that a massacre of foreigners will be hard to prevent. Fight on Reduction. LOSS NEARLY $45,000,000 Coal Field Fatalities Fell Off 238 In 1914 Ask Receiver For Fire In. surance Co. New Alle. gheny Court Clerk. Appeals from the Pennsylvania Pub Service Commission's decision or- to 40 cents a shipped from the mines to Philadelphia, were filed in the Court of Pleas, of Dauphin County the five carriers concerned. They The Pennsy! Railroad, Philadelphia & Reading 1ohigh the Jer sey Central and the Delaware, Lacks- wanna & Western. The Pennsylvania and the Reading are the only two hard coal roads which Philadelphia, but anthracite shipped from the to Philadelphia also over the and the Maines ton on anthracite Common by are vania the the Valley, enter three lines they have from the to the points conneclung reduced rates originally ordered be «but the date to this expected that the can afk an injunction preventing he reduced Commission last commission postponed the were to have effective Tuesdays Fuesday It is riers will rates from Ye pending Lh becoming ef fect ¢ outcome of the ap peal, That the railroads ht ig indicated in a sta i} the hard ssued which fig Lg by Pennsylvania id the effect of reduc pet re Approx those of of and and hundred the rail Receiver For Fire Ins. Co (Genera dential ‘ of Wilkes. Barr receiver tho department all & insol ine bitumi x field last “Ar. against 811 in 190123, and 586 in nthracite against production of anthr about the same as in 1813, but bituminous mined was 324.000.0000 less than in the preceding year. field Year ite last year was May Be Brumbaugh's Secretary The name Alfred R. Houck, of Lebanon, chief of the State Bureau of Statistics, i# being mentioned ae a possible private secretary to Gover norelect Brombaugh., Mr formerly postmaster of Lebanon. of He faire Henry Houck. New Allegheny Court Clerk. R. Balley as clerk of the Courts of his confirmation by the Senate to succeed Congressman-elect Coleman. resigned, WwW. KH ITEMS OF INTEREST. There are 422,000 acres of forest in Corsica Whaling le active off the British Columbian Coast, from the United Staies Corsica's big industry is the manu facture of chestnut extract Orders for 100.000 tunics for the Russian army have been placed with Leeds firme. In Bavaria, Germany, a number of towns have decided to introduce un. employed insurance. Queensiand is estimated to have §0,. 000,000 acres of forests as ye! unin apected and unrecerved. Latest News Happenings Gather- ed From Here and There. SHORT ORDER a— Coal Co's Right To Mine Under School Upheld—False Teeth Strangle Woman. Arrested at of bigamy and perfury, Mrs Barker-Wright-Kerns- Amos YEArs aged a well-known young woman and member of a welltodo family, created a4 sensation by calmly she has had three divorces Bhe added of her third husband, George H on Christmas, duri that Amos, 1g their honeymoon, wae the direct result of nifnerous in § il, in unty jail, the his discovery of hes detail experiences and re had marri fortune ber ages swoeomb, tt Board loses its i Clearview Coal Company under Number Forty The in School Scranton, WHS backed by inetion junction by two city tax-payers court not oniy ‘} ard ml vie He Choo! prog me provided, but tha distance of Valley tober 14 soned In @ sion of ery Robert lle Hospital ritical condition EAR was though floor ited, and al brothers dropped to the fSames, fire aver their pros { bodies flesh nti inti i Lhe York information Dover Reading » the hotel yf 's argun 3 presented the Schuyl £ granted prominent y Court signed declares that Gordon is a and that it i= important ciase of men be sober It that the sentiment of the town the closing of its four saloons by that out favors that the working hours of its male em- 54 hours year ago the hours of Choking on a set of faise teeth which Middleton, of Scranton, died before she could be removed to a hospital The falling plate completely locked her jaws so that ordinary first aid was of no avail. Fires under four furnaces at the Ivy Rock steel plant of Alan Wood Iron & Steel Company, Norristown, were lighted and work for about two hun. fred men will be furnished after weeks of suspension. The rear portion of the new $20,600 public school building in course of erection at Moknton, collapsed, the damage amounting to several thousand dollare. Interior decorators were st work at the time. Ex-State Senntor Webster Grim, of Doylestown, was reelected president of the Board of Trustees, of Allentown College for Women, at its annual meeting Wednesday. yi
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