SggglSgfM J&.A . iflrtfc ft- fe- i P 1 M r - r TWO MORE CZAR BEATS BACK GERMAN ADVANCE ON 60-MILE FRONT JLowicz in Flames From Kaiser's Shells, But Furi ous Fight Near Mlawa Subsides Lodz Victory Discounted. petrograd, dc. 10. The Kaiser's Poland army advancing on a EO'tnllo lino from How, near Lowlcs, to Qlovno was repulsed with enormous losses, according to today' statement from the War Omce. The fury dt conflict on the Mlawa SoIdaU line, whence the Germans are aiming a how drive on Warsaw, has sub sided. X. Persistent attacks) within 40 miles of Warsaw afa' admitted by the War Of- flee. Night attacks by the' Germans In the battle now going on In' the region about Lowlcs, 'Poland, have- .been repulsed by the Russians. The German attacking columns were revealed by searchlights Used by tits Russians, " and the. assailing forces suffered serious Idsses,, according to an atrtclal Statement made today at thn AVar Office. Lowlcs Is being bombarded by the Ger mans and part of tlid town Is In flames. The Kaiser's troops are fighting to gain possession of the railroad between 'Qlovno and Lowlcz, but their attempts have re sulted In failure thus far. The Russian military expert's assert that the evacuation of Lodz .by the Rus sian troops, which wa announced last night, will be of no benefit to the Ger mans, because they will bs unable to break the Russian lines, east of Lodz. The campaign against' Cracow has not yet reached a successful termination. Fighting la going on In aallcla south of Cracow, with the opposing forces alter nately taking tha offensive. ALLIED FORCES SEIZE RAILWAY Continued from I'nicr One cessation of Russian advance in these regions. ' Turkish forces, under Subhi Bey, 'ex-Governor of Basra, surrendered to. the British after three days' fighting In the Tigris Valley. The British nov hold the entire region along the. Persian border. Kurna has been oc cupied by the British. The German cruisers Nurnberg and Dresden, which escaped when the three warships were sunk by the Brit ish off Falkland Islands, are reported, to have been caught and sunk. Ad miral von Spce, German Commander, is believed to have gbtte down' with his ship. Admiral von Spec's flagship, the Scharnhorst, with the Gneisenau and. the light. cruiser Leipzig were sunk, with the estimated loss of 2000 men and officers. The British squadron is commanded by Admiral Sir Frede rick Sturdee. ffllie Kaiser suffered a severe cough mgfattack. His condition is believed serious. GERMANS SEIZE STRATEGIC TOWN NORTH OF VISTULA aJakinrj of Przasnysr Marks Advance in New Movo oa Warsaw. RERUN,. Dec. 10. A, German victory at Przasynsz, a town of Poland north of the Vistula River, resulting in? the capture of that place and prisoners, was announced here today. The town was taken only after hot lighting to stop tho German admance. This victory Is highly significant, as It marks a decided German advance In the new drive, on Warsaw from the north, reposed earner this week. The capture of Lodz la regarded here as the turning point In the Polish cam. palgn. While the General Staff's brief announcement of the retreat of the Rus tans probably only refers to tho region adjacent to Lodz, It Is regarded as highly probable that the capture of the city will compel the Russians to withdraw to more easterly and southerly parts of Poland, because their connections with Warsaw are endangered. Even Seforo tho fall of Lods, German military men noted that Russian efforts to break the German lines had been abandoned. Highly pessimistic feelings In retrograd, reported here by way of Scan dinavian countries, have given encourage ment to the view that the Russian power Of offensive has already passed its zenith , and that further operations will virtually .deajde the war In the Bast In favor of Germany and Austria and that this will determine the general result, Austrtans continue to advance south yard from Belgrade, but. tha Servians have, been reinforced and " are making strong attaeks on the Austrian army xspttkOne from the West. KING PRAISES ADMIRAL ' FOR VICTORY OVER GERMANS tr Joha yrenob. Also Congratulates Sturdee, LONDON. Dee. 1.-Klng Oerge today sent a meae of eoagratulaMaa to Vie Adsairai Sir Frederick Standee and tM Jpil Of his flt for theJr Victory ever t Qtrmsiiia and the sinkfe of Llps; ft Falkland Islands, . 0nwi Wr Jr K4oh, eeramawiw. fci-Cfckf of to British Uad forces, aUa .jm W g to Amupu. BlBfgee oa fcatatf of tfc army. Id tba mtasage he "I asagnUuiata yo ad tits Ad tattaity oa having pfaeUesJiy awtpt tsa Mt clr of tt euMHjk'a Mas." X wtmw of oouaratjuUUo was also MeefwA U4y fa if. Aagasnatir. Mtaistar af iUtitut of Fraaot, by Wteu- to OwisahJW. Sir L4 a tkt Btfttek UOtJWOS. duo- --Th Jrtoo Of a EVENING GERMAN CRUISERS REPORTED CAUGHT AND SUNK WAR TREND FINDS GERMAN RESOURCES HEAVILY TAXED ('Diversion of Troops From Belgian to Ppland Front. T.ndi i . , edtes to Expert That Even Kaiser's Pre- ' ; parcdncss I By J. r. T. MASON NEW TORK, Dec. ".-Official confir mation Is now forthcoming of the Inti mation' that the Germans have withdrawn troops from the western front for opera tions against Russia. Petrograd esti mates six army corps and five cavalry divisions, about 300,000 men, have been added to the German strength In Poland within the last fortnight. Part of this force Is declared to have come from France and Belgium, hut Petrograd docs not state the proportion, The gains the Allies are now making In Flanders and northern France, fol lowing tho long weeks of slow requite ments subsequently, mean a very con siderable change In German strength. Of S0O.O0O reinforcements sent to Von Illn denburg, probably one-half, and possibly more, have been withdrawn from tho west. Whether the seasoned veterans can be returned to Ilelglum and France Is a crucial matter for Germany. That Oermany has had to divert troops from one frontier for work on thn other means beyond any doubt tho limit of supply of munitions has been reached, The official French estimates of Ger many's present battle line strength, cou pled with German census figures, show there are probably a million men In Ger many with military training apart from the untrained civilian population who havo not been sent to tho front. When, TWO GERMAN SHIPS CAUGHT AND SUNK Continued from l'nso One thn South Atlantic are pursuing the Nurnberg and the Dresden, which es caped, although damaged, after tho battle. It Is ofllclally stated that tho Scharn horst, the Gneisenau and the Leipzig were sent to the bottom and the loss If llfo Is estimated at 000 men and ofllcers. Thus does Britain avenge the loss In tho South Pacific on November 1 of the Good Hope and the Monmouth, with Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock nnd tho men of the two cruisers. Tho announcement of the victory was accompanied by an Injunction to news papers to forego discussion of the possi ble formation' of the British squadron, slnco "other combinations may bo effect ed." NINE SHIPS IN PURSUIT. Thero nro believed to have been nine warships In the British fleet under Vlco Admiral Sir -Frederick Sturdee, which de feated the German fleet under Admiral Graf von' Spee In the South Atlantic off Falkland Islands on Tuesday, with the loss of nearly 2000 lives. The battleship Canopus, which arrived too lata to take part In the engagement off Chill on November 1, when two Eng lish cruisers were sunk. Is believed to have played a part In the sinking of the German armored cruuers Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and- Leipzig. The Canopus, however, Is a relatively - alow ship, her best recent speed being but 18.5 knots, while of the German squadron tho Gneisenau had a speed of 21.8 knots; the Scharnhorst, 21 knots; the Leipzig, 23.7 knots, and the Dresden and Nurnberg, which escaped, about 2J knots each. SISTER SHIPS ENGAGED. Although the Admiralty has remained silent on the composition of Vice Admlrul Sir Frederick Sturdee's fleet, It Is under stood that among the other ships en gaged against the Germans were tho cruisers Shannon, Minotaur and Defence. These three are sister ships of 11.600 tons displacement, but they are rated at from 21.5 to 2X1 knots. Unless the German ships are so foul, as a result of long service In tropical waters,, that their speed has been greatly reduced, these Britishers will have some difficulty In overhauling the Dresden and Nurnberg. The British, however, probably have still faster cruisers In the South Atlantic. It Is not unlikely that one of these Is the Invincible, rated at 23.6 knots, and with a displacement of 17,250 tons, which was reported to have left her home base some time ago. GERMAN MERCHANTMEN BUNK. The Buenos Aires dispatch adds: "A wireless message to the Ministry of Marine from the commander of the Argen tine war transport Ptedra Buena says that three German merchantmen were sunk by either British or Japanese men-of-war off the coast of Terra Del Fuego, at the southern extremity of South Amer ica, on Sunday, There were Ave armored ships and a transport in the fleet. One of the German ships was sunk In the roadstead of Plcton Sunday morning and the other two were sent to the bottom Sunday evening outside the harbor of Pantalon. One of the steamships be longed to the Cosmos Line." Rejoicing over the victory swept through tho British Isles like wildfire, and today Vice Admiral Sir Frederick Sturdee, wa acclaimed as the national hero of the hour, Warm tributes to tha British navy were paid by the press and many buildings were decorated with, flags In honor of the signal vic tory. According to the Admiralty none of the British ships suffered severe dam age from German shells and the cas ualties In the English fleet were light Naval experts say that the victory is another tribute to the roaster seaman ship of the British navigators, the pluck of the officers and Bailors and the accuracy of the gunners. In addition to the Dresden and tha Nurnberg only two German warships are now unaccounted for In those waters--the Karlsruhe and tha Stressburg-raN though strong rumors hays reached Lon don that the Von der Tann also is in the South Atlantic. Also there may be one or two armed merchantmen which the. Allies have not rounded up. AUSTRIANS IN RETREAT FROM SERVIAN POSITIONS JIWII Sl'l I I Nlali Exports Panic Among Invaders, "Who Xeaa Hsavlly. NIBH. Dee, fc. The AuairUB. 9r tft invaded Servt Is tratBg Ih disorder-Wdrlj ofl paste. asaofdlNr ta an offleMl stftffit from Sarvlaa headquarters. It adds; ' "On Saturday aloaa. when iW Aur trians retreated precipitately Iran ifee wbol front, tbay tost MM pmotfersJ may taouatala cum and vast U4tt uaa o swnaOHS. Tsa Auttrtaa uwa Is aUaoct oomaistoly bfeksa. DIAMONDS tfaurmttwuti P1iu-mj !; all . 9mt atasiBd tmt: I ! atajaona' rtm . ifytgWHXxx a3rfut tukt LEDGEB-PHXEABEPHT THtfUSDAT, DECEMBER Has Limits. Instead of drawing on this force, the wostern trenches are weakened Jo give J von Illndenburg tho reinforcements lie needs, there can be but one Interpreta tion. Four months of devastating war faro hove terminated even the unprece dented preparedness of tha Germans. Undoubtedly this limit would have been reached before If tlege had not fallon Into German possession, Liege Is one of the world's greatest manufactur ing centres of war supplies. Not only Is It the Belgian Essen, but It Is also the munitions factory for many of Europe's smaller countries The Germans un doubtedly have set oil tho furnaces and forges of Liege going at full speed. The supplies thuj turned out are forming a splendid supplement to the Krupp out put, and yet the wastage of war Is pre venting the continuous arming of Ger many's reserves. It appears now as If Germany were fast approaching the critical time of Its double campaign. Hitherto the tactics of Frederick the Groat, who held Kuropo at bay by quick concentrations against Isolated divisions of tho enemy, have been followed by tho German Ocncrnl Staff. It Is bebomlng, however, moro nnd more dangerous to contlnuo these tactics, becauso tho enemy's strength Is growing. For the flrst tlmo elnco tho war started tho German raco back nnU forth between frontiers Is beginning to make tho men pant, ALLIES' OFFENSIVE, AIDED BY ARTILLERY, . THRUSTS BACK FOE Gains South of Arras and in the Argonne Claimed by French Crown Prince's Army Menaced. PARIS. Dec. 10.. Slight gains by iho Allies In tho region of Le Quesnoy and Sandechy, south of Arras, and an Increase in 'th:o violence of tho artillery flro along the Alsno were reported In tho official statement Issued by the French' War Office this afternoon. The French declare that In tho Argonne their guns nre showing superiority over tho German artillery, while tho Infantry havo taken several trenches and havo repulsed counter attacks. The capture of more German trenches between tho Aire and Meuse Rivera by the French and tho occupation of an Im portant plcco of strategic railway line, upon which the army of tho Crown Prince has been relying for a consldoranle por tion of Its supplies, nro announced In un official dispatches from the eastern end of the battle, front. . Heavy exchunges df artillery are ?" ported from tho remainder df tho front, especially In -west Flanders, where the French and British have advantages In' position which offset the heqvler calibre oi mo ucrman orananco. The French have made a number of prisoners In tho Argonne, where tho fighting has Deen at close quarters for the possession of trenches commanding strategic highways. These prisoners ro-. late that their generals havo Informed tho soldiers that the Allies aro losing- sieaany in me nortnern sphere and that the Germans would be In a position to undertake another drive against Paris before Christmas. In tho Woevre district, between the Meuse nnd Moselle Valleys, the French have been trying to operate the roa,d to Conflans and to secure positions In the rear of tho Germans, -who lie along tho cast bank of the Meuse. Members of the staff- of General Gal llenl. the Military Governor of Pars, predict that the pressure of the Allies at both ends of the line will soon cause a withdrawal of the German troops lying between the Olao and Alsne Rivera. The French Government feels secure. Presi dent Polncare and Premier Vlvlanl, who returned yesterday, assumed their ordi nary routine of Government duties today. . , tufmtfUt &'fwOwflN30rSrkWlW9.r (UnnnuMjS .A-a Arthur JLB t . Anemetfcodof : ; . . ' indesdng cards Study this HlHstratf on and you wU seew the L. B. Automatic Index mettfod of iuflSflji i is applied to card fndexea. " . Spfjdyl Simple I Accurate! Write for deecptixt booklet Free rW-l S'h r --... Jr ft I i. I . - ,-v -Jt AFTER THE Germans Have Lost Twenty-Eight Battleships Since the War Began The'declsl'vo defeat of tho German naval forces under Admiral von Speo leaves tho Attantla and Pacific Oceans practically free to the commerce of tho Allies. The 'Dresden and tho Nurnberg, which "madd oft, but are being pur sued," cannot long escape capture or destruction, with the powerful fleets of tho British nnd the Japanese in pursuit This will leave tho Karlsruhe and the auxiliary cruiser Kronprlns Wllholm still operating against merchantmen of British and French register In tho Atlan tic. Naval experts assume that tho British fleet which disposed of Admiral von Spce will speedily overtake nnd vanquish those two vessels. Tlion tho Germans will be left without a wnr vessel In nny water excepting the Baltic nnd their two Turkish cruisers In the Black Sea. The Atlantic, Pa clfla and Indian Oceans will be open to, tho .commerce of nil tho Allies and tho neutrals without a chance or Interference by German cruisers, and all German commerce will bo effectually swept from tho seas. With the sinking of tho cruisers, the Scharnhorst, the Gneisenau and tha Leipzig,. Germany has lost 23 warships of various classes slnco the war began. Of these 13 aro cruisers, 10 destroyers, two auxiliary cruisers, ono Is a submarine, ono a rnlno layer nnd ono Is a gunboat. Of tho 28, two are Interned the Gcier In Honolulu and tho Berlin In Sweden and the Koenlgsberg Is- bottled up In East Africa. Tho following Is tho list, with tho approximate dato of their loss: . Name Cmss. Panther ,.. Gunboat Unnamed Destroyer Koenlgln Lulso Minelayer Augsburg Cruiser Kaiser Wllhclm dcr Crosse.. Auxiliary Magdeburg Cruiser V-187 Destroyer Arladno Cruiser Koeln .' Cruiser Mainz Cruiser N-87 Destroyer Hela Cruiser H-12G '.,.. Destroyer Four unnamed, ..' ., . ,Destrpyers ri-DU .."....., ,,. . uosiroyer Koenlgsberg I'.'A.. ............ Cruiser Yorclt .;..'...;.. , Cruiser Gcler Cruiser Emdcn ' Cruiser U-15 Submarine Berlin Auxiliary S-1M , Destroyer Scharnhorst Cruiser Gneisenau .' Cruiser Leipzig Cruiser GERMANS PRESS FIGHT FOR RAILROAD TO WARSAW Check Russian Reinforcements in Ac tion Near CzenBtockolvn. BERLIN, Dec. 10. Whllo tho German forces northward to ward the Vistula are continuing their nd vane'e along the Ilow-Lowlcz-Lodz line, great interest is manifested here today In the development of the lighting In the Plotrkow region. Owing to the numerlcal.1 strength of tho Russians, It may be sev eral days before further appreciable progress is reported by Field Marshal von Hlndenburg In his main advance. In tho Plotrkow region, the fighting Is for possession of the railroad line between Warsaw and Cienstochowa. Troops from u ' U . -. . i From London Punch, WAR' '11 Displacement Built. Lost. S3 . 1901 August 3 .... .... August 5 10.56C .... August 6 4,350 1910 August 7 14,310 1008 August 27 4,478 1009 August 27 C46 1007 Augyst 28 2,618 1907 . August 20 , 4,280 1008 August 20 4.280 1907 August 20 August 29 2,003, 1893 ScptomberlS . ,390.-' ' 1900 October 0 s , '.'.'.:' . :..;..'-October 17 ,. -' 338 'T21899 . October 21 3348, lOOl October 30 9,350 - '1903 ' -November 1.604 ' " -1804' 'November!) " -3,592 ' 1908 November 10 e 200 ',-.1011 -November 14 :..', . ' ,... ' November 1G ' .... j ' .... No'vember23 t 11,600 1907 Decembers 11,600 . 1907 December 8 3,250 1908 - Decembers the south have been checked In an at tempt to reinforce the Russians In this section, and the possession of this line by the Germans can only be followed by a, retreat of the Russians. Useful Sensible XMAS GIFTS IN LEATHER Traveling Bags. BRIEF CASES. TRUNKS. SUIT CASES, Llmouslno Cases. Wallets, Umbrellas, Etc Special Repair Dejit ARATA & CO. jTK: TUe Old Trunk Htand. XttablUhcd 1S3I 118 S. 13th St. K. vv ' " '1r J .IS -----'. i, :, Ordtr-Your YO, 10H. BY BRITISH STURDEE'S VICTORY FREES BRITAIN FROM FEAROFSEAROYERS Prestige of English Naval Power Restored by Result of Battle in South Atlantic, Says Expert. Dy A NAVAL EXPEHT NEW YORK, Dec 10. With the de struction of the armored cruisers Scharn horst nnd Gneisenau ahd of the light cruiser Leipzig off the Falkland Islands ends the career of tho main botfy of rovers that have given a now meaning to commerce destroying nnd compelled the admiralties of the world to readjust their theories In regard to this Important though secondnry operation of war. The performances of the Emden have revealed the Influence large In the financial side, but greatest of all In Its moral aspect that such efforts havo on an enemy. It shows besides this tho errors Into which most admiralties have drifted ns to tho possible functions of cruisers, moderate In displacement, high In speed nnd ample In coal capacity and endurance. Much sympathy has been wasted on the capturing of prlvato property at sea, not only as first In descent from the forays of pirates, hut as in direct antagonism to tho laws of wnr on land. Even Voteran seamen havo been misled by this altruism of peace, forgetting that a blow to the finances of a country and to Its lines of communication Is nn offensive weapon or high value. As nn American author has wisely said, property belonging to prlvato Indlvlduols but embarked on tho process of transportation and exchange Is Ilka money In circulation. It Is tho life blood of national prosperity on which war de pends and as such Is national In Its em ployment To stop such circulation la to sap national prosperity, on which war de ponds for Its energy, and Is a measure as truly military as Is killing of men whose arms maintain war In tha field. Grea Britain has como to recognlzo this1, and now tho destruction and disin tegration of tho largest force of com merce destroyers Germany has put afloat w(ll bo welcomed with unbounded satis faction ciulto' apart from the satisfaction of tho amour propre engendered by a stand-up fight on the surface and In the open, where, as of old, ho gallant gun has been the main weapon. Bound In tho end to be picked up, al ways facing dctpcrato conditions that de manded, desperate remedies, seamen the world over must unite In praising the In trepidity and Skill with which tho Ger man ravers carried out tho duties In trusted to them. On tho other hand, when the wldo expanses of sea that had to bo covered and tha' will o' wisp conditions that had to be resolved, no less praise Is tho meed of th squadron whloh, under command of Vice Admiral Sir Frederick Sturdee, has added, In a good, old-fashioned gun way, new lustre to British arms. BA1LEY.BANK5 BDLE GD. Toilet Articles , ' Library Accessories Novelties Domestic and Imported. One of the largest Collections In America. . , Chestnut Street '!, . . . t.y--fmit Ifctidyard Kipling A seriqs of articles on the upbuilding of England's vast recruited farces, done from personal observation Tby this .great" writer, wjlj appear every Sunday the first one KE3XT Sunday in the Qopy From YmitQcakr IN ATLANW WHOLE TURK ARMY SEIZED BY BRITISH IN PERSIAN FIGffl Tieris and Euphrates Valle) Captured and Occupied byl Invaders Kurna Taken. British Losses Slight. LONDON, Dec 10. It Is officially announced that Subhl Bey, late Governor of Basra, Aslatlo Tur key, commander of the Turkish forces at Kurna, yesterday surrendered uncondi tionally with his troops to tho Indian ex peditionary force, which Is operating at the head of tho Persian Gulf. Kurna subsequently was occupied by tho British, who aro now In complete con trol of the country from the Junction of tha T grls and isupnraies m" " ; sea, and of tha richest part of tho fertile m.. T,iin nfflp.. In a. dispatch describ ing the operations of tho British forces on . the Persian GUir, saysi .,. ..u.ndnnra nf tha enemy s posi tion at Kurna was made DC0r"r,,8rJ?jr Colonel G. S. Fraxer wun mo uui ..... ..it,, t !. tnfnnirv. The enemy was en countered on tho left bank of the Tlgr s opposite Kurna, He was promptly at tacked and driven across tho river, losing heavily. Two guns nnd 70 prisoners, In cluding three Turkish officers, wore cap- "Kurna was found to be strongly held by guns and Infantry, and tho British, finding no means of crossing the -Tigris, withdrew to their original bivouac. "The following day reinforcements were sent from Bazla under Brigadier General Charles Irwin Fry and -captured Masera, cleared tho left bank of the Tigris and took three guns and 100 prisoners, includ ing threo ofllcers. "On Decembor 8 the British crossed the river and the next day Subhl Bey sur rendered. "Tho British casualties during the whole of these operations amounted to one Brit ish ofTlcor killed and three wounded, with 40 Indians of tho rank and file killed and 120 wounded." CROWN- PBINOE ON YSER PAniS. Dec 10. "Crown Prince Fred erick Wllhelm has taken command of tha German troops along the Xser," says a dispatch from Furnes. USEFUL CHRISTMAS GIFTS Umbrellas I Lamp Shades At Snrclal Triers Very Low Triers. jirasonaDie. HARMAN'S' 115 S. 13th St. Jut below Cheatnnt Street Enamels .- ; Today wj'.iyi. isctuia swHsaaei or taa fi &,rM. aaa sarwnsMdi to . Las nidU.t: lkt T , pm """ SMtmeodi, if ; 4-v , Wsi-ljiVHt. 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