GERMANS GHECK FRENCH ADVANCE ON METZ
ARMIES IN HAND-TO-HAND FIGHTS IN ALSAGE
RUSSIAN VANGUARD ON-PRUSSIAN FRONTIER
3 0 mc —
Kaiser’s Forces Claim a Victory and the French Admit Being Driver
From Trenches Which They Won the Day Before
10:
+ © | m—
fighting London.—The batile for the trench
now! es in Flanders and France
desperate
which, with few exceptions, Is
confined to the eastern end of the almost without cessation
battle line in France and Alsace, each {sea to the Swiss border, witl not
of the opposing armies, according to] able advantage for either side, In the
the official reports, has practically off- mud of Flanders, the floods of the
set the advantage gained by the other. Alsne and the snows of the
East of Verdun the Germang have | Argonne and the soldier
made two slight advances, in one re-jof Germany and the allied nations
taking the trenches around Apremont, keop up a continual fight to hold what
near St. Mihiel, which the French | they possess, and take something from
captured, and in the other gaining a! that held by
small portion of trenches in the Forest According to a
of Le Pretre from the column which of the fighting during
is threatening Metz mouths, issued by the
In the Argonne forest, other Office, the
side of Verdun, the Germans made largely
great efforts to break the French line, while they
without success. Near the village of | most every
Fontaine Madame the invaders
driven back twice, and at another region, that of Soissons,
point of defence, called Marie T They are being test, how
the French were holding their posi ever, similar to that which obliged
tions after a desperate fight. them to retire south of Aisne, near
Fight Hand to Hand in Alsace. because the Germans, realiz
Probably the most violent engage- In danger to their communica
ment of the whole front is now in tons with Metz as a result of the
progress around Thann, in Alsace, French advance near Pont-a-Mousson
although the official reports give scant sent reinforcements
information. The French army in this begun a baftie for positions
region is apparently firmly fixed, as Which they lost. The Germans have
the Germans, operating from the great regained a portion of them,
fortress of Muelhausen nearby as a [ I.e Pretre.
base, have been fruitlessly attemp! Fast of Rheims the French have de
ing to expel them for several weeks. molished German field and
The French, however, are still within | Wrecked a German ammunition depo!
a couple of miles of Cernay part
heim), which has been their Alsace, there
ate objective in their attempted move i
ment on Muelhausen
The battle in the Hartman
kop! hills this region, according to n atempt by
the officlal T reports, is actual hand-f cut off
hand fighting.
News dispatch
situation in Poland
north’ of the Vistula, In
of Lipnow, Russian
are within twen'!y mi
man frontier
Paris.—In the
from the
10ut
Valley
Vosges the
the enemy.
official
the Past two
French War
operations
favored Allies, who,
have gained ground on al
part of the front,
forced to give way
long report
on the HisloTyY Of siege
has the
have
been in only one
were
herese, put to a
Folssous,
the
have there,
have
rest of
works
(Senn At other points, icularly near
St. Mihiel
been
and
infantry
the
immedi have
n-Weile
icmg toward
ing ia near Tho
¢ report that a force of Gern
rthwest of Wares
Rus advan
yen-Mlawa
are in small
merely deta
but a
vicinity | peared ng
advance guards
3 ithe of
the Qer id
the
ind the fans
les of Dobr
Germans
appear to be
10 reconn er
is thought to be
are observed
Plonsk
riiwest of
that the
orthwest P
that the
and
sent
heavy
SUBMARINE OPENS WAR ON
BRITISH FOOD SUPPLY back of them
along
to Goslitza,
the road {re
Plons 8 40 mil
Warsaw i
Russian
oland continue
ron Hindenburg's commu
the field m
Sinking of Merchant Ship Starts Cam.
paign to “Starve” England.
London.—A hrill of excitement
passed through London
learned that Germany had struck her COmpeiie 0 in
first blow in what was accepted a 3
opening of the Kaiser's campaign Waier mpaign. There
British merchant marine Chan in the general
boat of iesians
of the open : nn 3 oRitions from F
was tor } iiway from Le
submarine long the Dunaj
the bot arpathian passes. Dis
e Dur stress upo
into their small Hoa Transyl
Austria
when arshal
terrapt
the remal:
the
against the
The
00 tons, was the
ing attack The Durward
pedoed by the German
U-19 sending her to
tom the submarine ordered {iw
ward's cr
and af
hours until
the D
situatio
hold firms
rer Durward, ’ nim
victim
Stean
Tarnow
”
. . :
Before palic
nthe F
ow ania
tra Bel
Weg
teh coast
Durward ca
go, among which were
ging
GOVERNOR OF CRACOW
PREPARES FOR SIEGE
Budapest
Cracow
provis belon
Relief
dispatch
The
the
ions
Commi 1,
from The Hague
London newspapers {rank
sinking of the Durwarc
beginning of policy
urged by Admiral
German Minister of
Tir pits apaerts that
tarve England by
merchant
red the partial
and
women, chili “1 ne men
military The
aight leave,
milit
have
The
Vie "a
vIiennR.
: uburbs
cept ¥
Maye
men
ire still active
svi $58 ped
Vie guarg
the the pub
von Tirpitz,
the Navy
Germany
torpedoing
¥ w
hours to The Over
Ary age
been formed
banks have
Provi
Are Ba
but who
into a
been transferred to
slong of all kinds, it
arce in Cr
The Austrian War Office ha
in both ar- an order calling up
the sturm men up to and
aged sixty. The order
Ausetri
vessels y
stated, BOOW
land
Lose
London~The fighting
of the war, because of severe
weather conditions, consists largely
of artillery duels, cul
An exception was region of
Point-a-Mousson, where French
they made further progress in
encounter with the Ger
all of the
including
applies thr
an Empire,
€as
the
the
tae
AT TB TY TR
PITH OF THE
WAR NEWS
BRR RT RRR eR ae ni
assert
a foot-to-foot
mans
This is a point to which military
men both sides attach great im.
portance, and it is predicted in news
dispatches that the Germans will start
at once a heavy offensive, as they did
with much success at Soissons, to put
a stop to the French advance toward
the roads leading to Metz.
Trenches in the Argonne were cap-!
tured by the Germans in bayonet
charges, but the French official report
says the ground was retaken in hand
to-hand clashes,
In Poland and Western
the Germans and Austrians
isolated attacks agains{ the Russian
kne, which, says the Russian report,
have been repulsed with heavy losses
to the attacking forces.
The Russians are advancing slowly |
through the mountains separaiing Bu- |
kowina and Transylvania
MHEG ENTER
on
Artillery duels continue all along the
350-mile battle from in Belgium and
France, with the usual varying for
tunes.
Germany sent her former Ambassador
at Vienna to Rome on a secret mis
sion and Austria sent the present
for the purpose of averting the in.
tervention of Italy and Roumaria.
The Germans have halted the French
advance designed to cut communi.
cational with the important fortress
of Metz, in Lorraine, and isolate the
German army in the 8t. Mihie! re
gion,
A hard battle has been raging in Bel.
gium without interruption between
Nieuport and Ostend for three days,
despite rain and flooded trenches.
{ News of the German air raid on En
PRISONERS T00 FREE. | land was recelved with acclaim by
. | the German le.
Paris Paper Says German Captives officially St a. Yuar Office
: insulted Shopkeeper, fortified towns on the ground that
Paris. The Intrangigéant asserts the aircraft were fired on from
that the German officers held prison- them.
ers are allowed undue freedom and
behave with insolence, [It adds that He Gee wan Win ar, Alou.
the prisoners are permitted to wa'¥ hayn, has resigned, and he has been
freely in the streets and that some replaced by Major General von Moh
officers entered a shop where were enborn. The former War Minister
sold postcards showing German “atro- has been made a general, and re
cities,” insulted the proprietor, and tains his position as Chief of Sta#
demanded the removal of the cards "
from the window. The. Russia aly is In pinay
Gallela
continue
BATILE
N NORTH SEA 7
Damage Two Others
Their Own Mine Field, Which
British Ships Dare
Not Enter,
London.-—An attempt by a German
squadron to repeat the attack
made on Scarborough, the
and other British coast
frustrated Sunday by the
and in a
fight the German armored
Bleucher wae sunk and two
cruisers were seriously
recently
Hartlepools
towns was
running
cruiser
damaged
The Bri
slight injury,
the B
tish ships suffered only
So far as Is known only
1echer's crew of 885 were
saved,
A battle algo oct
lHght c1 and
ocompanying the big
the result of this engagement
reached the admiralty
The British were superior in ships
engaged, weight of armament and
speed, and the flight of the
ships Into the mine and submarine in-
fested field possibly saved them fron
further losses
Bluecher a Fine Ship.
The Bluecher was a cruiser of 15.550
tons displacement, and, although com-
missloned in 1808, was completely re
rigged last year She was not classed
88 a battle cruiser, but was in th
those
urred between the
the
German ships,
uisers destroyers ac
but
not
has
German
© next
clase to formidable fighters
With he;
atept
(Ger
h had
the
were the Derflinger,
whic
hands, and
and Moltke
Goehen
’ ’
many battle cruiser,
Just le the builders’
battle
the
formerly o i German.
which
by the Russians in
Seydlite
latter a sieter ahip of the
but
Was
now of
recently
British squadron ommanded
by Rear Admiral Sir David Beatty
who also was in command at bat
tle off Helgoland last August, congisted
of the battle crui Tiger
Prip Royal, New Zealand ar
domitable The first three of
cruisers mount eight 13.5-ineh
even the New Zealand
12-inch gu
the
Lion
d In
thes
gers
Cees
and
ne which
and
Indomitable carry
are equal to those of the
the only one of the German ship
had better than 11-inch guns
each,
Derflinger
that
“NEVER AGAIN"--NOYES.
Watchword Of Allies, Declares
Poet, Who Arrives In New York.
the
glisk
iting
Alfred Noyes. En
advocate, and vis
English
aboard
York
poet and peace
New
professor of
reac
The
hed hers
word of
waich
pronounced militari
Allies sald M:
again When the
comes there will
attempt to establish
lective responsibility
87
up
reducer
to have nter
future
A system of
NOY “e
gettiemont
certainly be
Eome sort
among nation:
} again be
nity. The whole
to whether we are goings
the
that treaties tor:
with lwp thing
itself
pational wars in
international
distant idea, but I don’t
principle of international alk
nnot be worked out.”
rather a
why the
Hances en
257 OFFICERS IN 13 DAYS.
Casualty List Published
That Loss In
In England
Shows landers.
London. — There
officers’ casualty list
an
and which
the British army
days lost a total of 2567 men
2 were killed and 133 wounded
Thirty-two were reported missing.
Added to the previous totals
January 12,
the
266; wounded. 2.418, and
misging, 662.
JAPS MAY KEEP KIAUCHAU.
China's Realm,
New York. Dr. Teyokichi Iyenaga,
former professor ef polities! science at
Chicago and Columbia Universities,
declared in an address before the
Japan Society here that the retention
of Kiauchan by Japan would not be »
violation of Chinese integrity inas
much as Kiauchau had been leased to
Germany for 99 years and was, there
fore, not a part of China.
RUBSIANS BLOWN UP,
Railway Station Full Of Troops De
stroyed By Austrian Shell,
Berlin (by wireless to London). It
is officially announced here that the
Russian raflway station near Chenciny
(about 10 miles southwest of Kielce,
Bouthern Poland), which the Austrians
destroyed by a single heavy shell, was
filled with Russian troops at the time
all of whom were killed,
Fm
(WELL YOUNG MAR
wiHAT HAVE YOU TO
Sf? pip you
Zi Atv THAT NY
“ZI BALL AT MITE
| DWADD PLE 7
" ourRT MARTIA L7
[IME TO EXPAND
FOREIGN TRADE
cussed at Convention.
EUROPEAN WAR OPENS DOOR
Declares American Products Should
Be Exploited To Get Firm Foot.
hold In Markets Of the
World For Future,
8t. Louis
European
Mo. "One week of the
war more than 10 years
of academic Tine ion to
the Americar sople that
tirade is }
convince
foreign
lement in dome
prosperity that the
if § gry
iGreen
No doubt remain:
ermined to see iis
of
uarded and increas
opinion relate only
and all eiements
inited in patriotic
the comm
This statement
A. Farrell,
on end.”
war made by James
the United
States Steel Corporation, in an address
at the banquet to delegates to the
foreign trade vention in session
here
Mr Farrel] said
‘What ad
the European
Inrgely
trace
president of
con
disadvantage
bring us de
changes In indus
antage or
war will
CnaGe
that cannot be
Pp
trial i
fc Mean while the
interests of
are sufficient to
oper respect al com
ed will,
mainisining its trade at high level
AX a Just regard for belligerent inter
serve the larger and per
of those gaged
recast
y United States war
for neutr
States
merce and the Unit
&I& LOTTE
€ 8 permits,
interests not en
Time For Action Here
atever may be the politics
come of the
that
t pagent
European war, it is ap
each of the belligerents
ial vigorously to pur
the
parent
will find
sue ita foreign trade to repair
ravages of iis domestic commerce
returned
and to ameliorate
provide iabor to soldiers
peaceful pursuits,
ie burden of taxation
“Diplomacy of
past, will be in
con agegrandizement
of vital consequence to
future position that
taken of the present opportu
ploit the products of American inven
tion and to establish a fi
he markets of the
either political effort,
sation nor low
sail ®
For Certified Cargoes
John Bassett Moore, forme:
sellor of the State Department,
address before the convention on Prob.
lems of War and Commerce, aseertod
the ae of the
concerned with
and it is
America’s
sdvantage be
nity to ex
future
mately
mercial
rm foothold in
world, which
tariff di
surcesfully
scrim:
prices can
coun
the United States and Great
in regard to the right to visit and
search, and British interference with
American ships and cargoes could ro»
sult in nothing better than a make
shift: that the points at issue
be settled only by the abolition of con
ditional contraband, and the coopers-
tion of neutrals and belligerents in
the certification of cargoes.
22 HELD FOR MANSLAUGHTER.
Deputy Sheriffs Arrested As Result Of
Roosevelt Riots.
Roosevelt, N. J With 22 deputy
eherilfs as defendants in a blanket
warrant charging manslaughter, in
vestigations are under way by the Fed.
eral Commission on Industrial Rela.
tions and the prosecutor of Middlesex
county into the shooting here of 19
etriking employes of the American
Agricultural Chemical Company. One
man died from his wounds and soveral
others of the strikers are in a serious
condition. Twenty-one of the accused
depution pleaded not guilty when ar.
rajlgned before County Judge Peter PF,
Daley, in New Brunswick, and were re.
leased on bail of $2,000 each, bonds
being furnished by a surety company.
They were sent back to guard the com-
pany’s property.
INGULT 10 FLAG
SIARTS INQUIRY
Washington Asks England to
Explain Greenbrier Case.
AMERICAN SHIP NOT A PRIZE
Why It Was Necescary For Brit
To Bearch Ship Pro.
vided With Certificate.
ish
W alter H
American ambassedor
been cabled by the 8
k the British
an cxplanstion of the
uit to the American flag on
steamship Greenbrier,
to all the
tain Far
now at
detention of the ship and as
charges m by Cag
who with his ship
other nde
under certifics
at New York,
a British
British flag to a
und detained two days before
her voyage to
cruiser
British port
being al
lowed to
Hremen
The
was brought to the
itate Department by
Farley, her come
Farley
North
complete
Greenbrier
they
detension of the
aitention of
telegrams m
ander, now
stated that at
Atlantic, which
latitude
overhauled on Decer
aint on the
fixed by longitude and
(sreenbr
ber 20 by & British cruiser. The board
required him to continue
fe COnYeyYet
or two wi
for arme
src hed
the cruiser placed abe
additional
the British 6
crew who
BOLE
officers who hoisted
navigated the
’ Capta n Far
bf
and a prize
ship 20 that, according
ley, she damaged
ought! into Kirkwal
remained for
WA re she was
There the
three dave.
sail her
American
finally
sreenhrier
Farley
further except
fag. The British
onsented 1o the raiving of Ameri
can flag and Captain Farley took his
ship to Leith pilot was picked
snd the was {aken to
destinatic Bremen
he pointe which the
The
ment
refusing to
under the
authorities
the
where a
Greenbrier
her mn at
upon
Wants
Was
the Greenbrier In
ficate
New York, and
svegen]l was
her flag when under no known
could she be regarded as a prize
State
information are
necessary to search
the
consul at
tral
first, why it
Yivw of certd
British
why
issued by the
second a ney
MANNING VOIDS BLEASE ORDER.
it is Thought, Re.
Militia.
Governor Manning
here declaring
" the action of Gover
disbanding the
Governor's Action,
stores
Columbia, 8S. {
issued an order
and of no effect
Bilease in
Adjutant-General Moo
feved the order automatic.
he retired
be unnecessary
$2.500000 YO REPAY FARMERS.
Senate Adopts Bill To Cover Loss On
Cattle Killed,
Nashington, D. CO -- An Urgent
Deficiency bill was adopted by the
Senate carrying $2500.000 to reim
burse farmers for cattle slaughtered
in the campaign to eradicate the foot
and-mouth disease. In presenting the
measure Senator Overman said farm
ers were complaining at the slowness
of the Government in paying or cattle
destroyed.
WOMEN SUPPLANT MEN.
Soprano “Helios” Now In City ONices
At Washington,
Washington, D. C.—-Soprano “hellos”
will supplant bass in all city offices,
the Commisioners having ousted all
men at the private telephone switch:
boards and appointed women operas
tors.
ARMIES HOLD
THEIR POSITIONS
Neither Side Seems Able to
Make Important Headway
ae Y
RUSSIANS ADVANCE IN NORTH
Also Russian Fleet Reporied To Bs
Continuing Their Raids On
Turkish Bailing Vessels
in Black Sea.
Except in Alsace
battle has been in
days, but whic receives
briefest mention in the off
the fight been com
eastern and
heavy)
for a
but no battle
a proportion
in this
where a
Progress
London
stubborn
for several
only the
cial reports has
paratively light on
wegtern
bombardments and
and there
ag is cons
worthy xter
titanic Ar
The glege
to the opinion of
will go on un
sufficiently
manders to move a large body of
ng
both
routs. There have been
gun
trench here
such sidered o
ded mention
ceording
perts
continy
hardens
com
men
{to er the
with
surprice
a speed that il rmit bim fo
enable hin
weak spot in the line
i= opponent and
io find a
in the
the lower
Carpathi
about the game
two months ago
break
seemingly
Russian
Austro-Gery
east, along the old front from
Vistula to Galicia and in the
An the two rimies rems
ans, 14 » Bin ! n
positions as they were
all efforts by
Rusisan re
failed, and
the
racow
the Ger
ans to down the
sistance have
the attempt to drive
forces back to C
in the north,
sian offer
them well
however new Rus
apg has carried
toward th ; ian frontier
the
sive arently
meeling ser istance
Transy)
ecked
fous
advance
sorted to have been o
large Aust
fh
riay
hile Enow
$ ey
readiness for th
weather will
the forward
No
last few days of
remnants of
the Russian
had been
believed by militar
permit
IMOYeImer
mention has been made during
fate of the
les which
said
asus, but
men here
the the
the 1 arm
reporis previously
defeated in the Cau
Russians, having use for thelr
clsewhere, have decided not to
Erzerum
Russian fleet
still is busy
that the
men
ish on to
ding to re
£ is
as evidence tha reports thet
at the
had beer
irr Goeben
were not ex
AT 100,000,000 MARK
Population Of the United States
Will Soon Go Beyond 1t
ton. D. C At4 P.M
ation of the United
nied
Apri
States
passed the bun
ging to { n
the
Bureau ho estimates the populatios
100000000. J. 8
Census
ati that hour will be $
McCoy, a the easury De
partment however, calculates the
population will be 016.000 on Feb
ruary 1
The di
from
fuary of
1 (03
10m
sagreement in the
the dif i
computation employed by the (wo
eslimates
arises erent systems of
Clans
In he Ce
direct
ference i
nsus By
increase ar shown by
population in 1900 apd 1910 is taken
By thai m the country would con
104.999 318 July 1.
108,000,000 om
owed
#yete
tain
i815, an
July 1.
the
Persons on
than
1900 consus s
more
1820. The
population to be TE.894575. while
the 1910 fiztre was 91 972.266. By the
census estimates the population of all
United States, including Alaska and
Hawaii, would be 110.750.0000 July 1.
1915
Actuary McCoy arrives at his con
clusions, upon which Treasury state
ments of the per capita wealth are
based, by including in the calculations
His efiort
increase within
show the
increase
By
the con
is to
the
ferences,
that system he estimates
at S9.875.000; February 1. 100.016.000
100725000. On July 1,
1820, Mr. CeCoy estimates it will be
109.330.0600
GARY RAIL MILL To REOPEN.
creased By 1,500 Men.
Gary, Ind-~The Cary rail oud
closed for three months, is to be open
ed on Pebruary § and other depart
ments of the lilinoiz Steel Company's
plant will take on'more men within a
few weeks, according to an announce
ment made bere by the company. The
present working force of 3,000 will be
inoreased by 1.500 men,
a CAS VRE
AGAINST SALE OF ABSINTHE.
Se —
Favorable Report On Prohibition Te
French Deputies.