mmmmmmmwmm -v&ffe&trf- e ! T' eM -iwrr3rjr" ip? co" fir 9hBbhp38: MP R' MP-i '4 EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA FRIDAY, DEOEMiSiSK ml, i " Russian and austoanIiosts in jyEMTWSERj(ML3i FURIOUS GERMAN CHARGE CARRIES ' ; ALLIES' TRENCH Repulsed in Three Other At tacks in Yprcs Region, In vaders Succeed in Piercing Opposing Lines. PAttlS Uco. It. Strengthened l) the reinforcements that have been sent to aid tlrtrri'ln their attempt to plereo the Allies' line In the "reglori, of 'pft, the Uermans have token fierce ofTciislvo there At) ofnefl'statcnle'rit, Ireucd here thin afternoon oya they made several attnakfl yesterday. Three ot theso nt tneltn were reputaed, hut In another the Germans captured nun of the Allies' trenches. Trie Kreljeh, nre making progress In the region of Arras and Juvlncourt, and In the Argonno they have beaten back two German attack nnd tnken several ireilrhes. Further Rnlnq In tho forest of Lit Prctro arc aluo claimed. The French advance Jn tipper AWnca Is continuing, nnd tho railway station at Aspach. south of Thnnti. has been cap tured. Elsovhe.ro atonif tho tines the battle Is largely' an artillery affair, tho German Btins shoultu? Increased activity.' oekMan itKThlJAT itujtonnD. The report that the Gormans have, evac uated rtoulera Is unconrirmcU, but credit Is given to tiio rumor, which comes from Amsterdam. Thourcyt and Tlclt may also be abandoned, movoments of tho Germans appear to Indicate. The per sistent advance of the British along: tho railroad from Ypres to Holders has forced this action upon the enemy. French military men believe that tho Germans have "bosun to develop vigorous demonstrations at several points to cover the retirement of troops, from these dis tricts. ' , Those troops aro being sent Into tho eastern theatre of war. It Is of grent advantage to tho Germans to keep up brisk activity, especially- nt points from which they havo v. Undrawn formations. Tho French' have established an Im portant base' for aerial activities at Bel fort. Both Fr6nch nnd British airmen aVe been sent there to mako raids over southwestern Germany and to attack German strongholdi on tho southern Rhine lino of defenses. BIG GUNS KEEP UP CANNONADl! Never before in tho world's history has there .been gathered together such nu enormous amount of heavy artillery upon any battlefield as has been massed along the SOO-mllc front from tlio Vosgcs to tho North Sea, ivhero the gigantic nrmlcs of tho Kaiser and the Allies aro locked in an Iron embrace. All- tho. biff Buna In Franco have been planted along the battle lino with the ex ception of those defending Paris and the Immovable artillery In permanent fort resses. All the 1)1? etnn in the British Isles, with the exception oj thobo neces sary to defend the coast, have been i reinforce tho French artillery. .r Morv than 10,000 biff1 guns, exclusive of tho light artillery and the nytng-wtund rons of field Buna attached to the cayp.brj arm of tho service, thunder death and destruction at each other by day and by night. When tho artillery dueling Is vio lent, the artillery ammunition bill In "West Flanders and Franco mounts to Jl.000,000 a day. FOES FIGHT HAND TO HAND FOR POSSESSION OF L0WICZ Germans Only 15 Miles From War saw, "Unofficial -Report. BEBIilN, Dec. 11. Fierce hand-to-hand fighting has been ji progress In tho. streots of T.owlcz, Poland, for U hours, and the Germans are In complote control of the outskirts of this Important railroad centre, says a dispatch received from Breslau Unofficial reports' give the Germans greater advantage In tho drive on War-. w. Thesa state jttiat tho Kaiser's army U -within 15 mtlea of the objective. This news, tdgofher -with the German successes north of-.th'o "Vistula, led Berlin military experts today to predict that Waraaw -would soon be attacked from two aldea, the .-west and northeast. They say that Jn this eventuality the Russians. probably ,irlil evacuate Warsaw. The fall of "Warsaw would open tho way for the Investment and capture of Novo Georglevsk, v,hlch -would leave the Ger mans master of -western and northwest ern Poland and remove all possibility of the Russians striking any blow at Thorn, The lull In the fighting: east of the Mazu rian Lakes Indicates that the Russians there have been weakened In order to re inforce the forces In western Poland. PETR0GRAD DISCOUNTS RUSH ON WARSAW FROM' NORTH Buggeste, However, That Evacuation of Capital Would Not He Reverse. , ' PBTROaUAD. Deo. 11. ' Tli operations of General Francois to the north o Warsaw are oauslns little alarm here, as scant progress has been made by the Germans in this, region. However, this thrust of the Germans from the Bast Prussian frontier through SUawa. Is a threatening development o( the eastern campaign. It Is obvious that the Germans are endeavoring to tawoop duwn upon Warsaw from the northeast, making a detour to avoid the fortress ol Novo Georgkvsk, on the "Vistula, toojlhwest at the Polish capital. VI Dress CnaitLs Platinum and Small Pearls fancy -kand-made Jinlcg Nabfty nhdrreet for "' a man's tveniao dress. $3542 to $100 Fan Dm en & Stokes Co THREE BRITISH SHIPS REPORTED LOST Continued from l'nse One ofTleers, and one cruller Interned, should the report heie bo true, are tho results of tho greatest havaljjattle of the war. . LONDON, Dec, I)! All Britain Is rejolclhg today .pver jtjjie great nnvaf lctory In jtho South AtfUn'tloJ Reports hefo pay tho Dresden, solo sur vivor ot the bntllo off Falkland Islands, has been trapped In the Strait of Magellan. A dispatch from Buenos Aires says: "The German cruiser Dresden, the only warship of Rear Admiral von fipce'a squadron to escape after the battle with tho British under command of Vice Ad miral fiturdoe, has been cornered In the Straits of Magellan, according to advices obtained through well-In formed iclrclrs to day. The naval 'division commanded by Admiral Hturdeo Is understood to Include nine warships, notable amonjr which arc the British battle cruisers l,t0n and Ind fatlgnble." The Numbers had a complement of 205 olllcers and men, and It Is regarded as significant that the Admiralty announce ment makes no referenco to tho rescue of nhy one on board of her. Tito German, loss In men has probably beeh swelled' to nearly MOO. Tho announcement' of the sinking ot the Nurnborg, following Its, pursuit, was Issued through the Ofllclal Press Bureau. It says: A further telegram has been re ceived from Vlco Admiral ' Sir Fred crick Sturdce reporting that the Nurnbcrg was nlso sunk on Decem ber S, and thnt tho search for the Dresden li still proceeding. Tho ac tion taBted for five hours, with In tervals. Tho Sclmrnhorst sank after three hours, anil the Gnclscnau two hours later. The enemy's light cruisers scattered nnd were chased by bur cruisers and light crulscrsi No loss of any British vessel Is reported." The statement thnt tho Dresden Med toward tho Strnlts of Magellan, tho eastern eritrance of which is nbout 125 miles west of the Falkland Islands, Is borne out by a dlsnatch from -Montevideo, Uruguay, which says: Naval observers, (.ommentjng on the ac tion, mnke note that in nil naval engage ments In the present war there has been great disparity between tho losses of the victors; -and tho vanquished. In the (aso of the British cruisers Good IIopo and Monmouth, sent to the bottom by a Ger man squadron off the const of Chill No vember 1, tho Gormnns were practically unscathed, and tho snmc Is truo or tho British, In their victorious engagement in the South Atlantic. In gther words, say tho experts, de feat at sea means virtually annihilation and tho loss of crews, with the exception of bucIi men ns the- victors may be able to save. This Is attributed to a great ex tent to the fact that naval "engagements navo been between ships of unequal arm ament. The German guns outranged tho British oft tho coast of Chill, add tho roles wcro reversed off tho Falkland Islands. Nevertheless, It Is argued that even with ships of similar armament the disproportion of losses between tho victor nnd tho vanquished would bo greater by far than anything posslblo In land war fare. The British battle cruisers Lion and In defatigable, reported to bo part of Vice Admiral Frederick Sturdoe's squadron, displace 20,350 tons and 18.7M tons, respec tively. Tho T.lon was completed In 1012, Is CS0 feet long, 66!4 feet beam and has a draft of 30 feet. The I.lon carries qlght 13 fj-lnch guns nnd lfl four-inch 'guris, and Is equipped with three 21-Inch torpedo tubes Her complement consists of- 1000 men nnd she Is, capable of traveling 23 knots an hour. The battle cruiser Indefatigable Is 673 leot long, 70H feet beam and 27?i feet deep. She .was constructed at Devenport Th 1D11 and has a speed of 26 knots. The Indefatlgable's armament consists ot eight I 13-incn guns, to rour-lnch guns and three 21-inch torpedo tubes. Sho has a com plement of 800 officers and men. Tho Nurnberg v. as one of the small units of tho Gorman squadron. Sho had a displacement of 3150 tons nnd a com plement of 295 men. Ilcr length on the water line, was 35 feet and her beam -II feet. Sho carried ten 4.1-tnch guns, eight ft e-pounders, four machine guns and two torpedo tubes. The cruiser Dresden Is a sister ship of tho famous cruiser Emdcn. Tho Dresden is 261 feet lopg and -II feet oil tho beam. Her(d!splacemeut Is 3511 tons. Tho Dres den carries ten 4 1-lnch cuns. four Hva- pounders and foiir machine guns. The J Dresden has a rated speed of 25 knots fl an jiour, uut'her null cannot possibly have been scraped for a long time, nnd sho has been cruising in Southern waters whero barnacle gronth Is fast. UGANDA WOULD AID BRITAIN Chiefs Offer BOO Warrlora for.ServIce In Europe. LONDON, Dec. 1. The Colonial Office has received an offer from live Uganda chiefs, far In the Interior of Africa, to Join the British army, bringing with them S00 of their native -warriors, FIREPLACE Furnishings Nat patterns In Tongs nnd Fenders Brass Shovels Brasp Spark Guards In Gothlo and Squire pitttrnj Brass Coal Hods Odd and aUlUov And Irotu lu llrM mad Iron. Kuldlur and BUUoaary Bparit uuruf vie J. FRANKLIN MILLER MM tJUKSTlSrpT 8TBEET aaMaMajji EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA FRIDAY, DECEMBER GERMANS, IN LEAD, AID AUSTRIANS IN FIGHT AT CRACOW Petrograd'. Admits Serious ness ol Austro-German Offensive Kaiser's Staff i Controls Campaign. PKTltOaltAD, Dec. 11. Clcrmnn ofllccrs have nrsumed complete control of tho operations ot tho Austrian?!. ns -well ns of tho German nrmleB eolith of Cracow In western Oallcla, whero one of the biggest battles of tho war Is de veloping. Tho serlousncfw of the Austro German ofTenslvods admitted here. Tho fighting to tho south of Cracow Is developing Into ono of the great battles of the war. Tho Atistro-Oerman forces have mndii desperate nttempts lo break the Hussion line by mMRscd frontal nt tocks pouring men forward In seemingly unending numbers. The artillery flro has been lorrlflc. Kvcry Ihdjr-ntloti Is that tho German nrtler outranges tho ftus slati, but the Ilusslans have held their linen by the bravery (it tho Cossacks lighting on foot. Arcliiluko Krcdct Ilk, commander-in-chief of tho Austrlnn armies, has jlcldcd the direction of tho massed fortes BOUth of Cracow which aro trj)ng to hurl the Hunsliuii back nnd rellove Cracow, whore tho KtiRslans ate establishing a siege. Upon tho outcome of this conflict de pends the .fate of Silesia. If tho Austro German forces aro defeated tho Hussluns will sweep onward Into Silesia in an ef fort to open up the way to tho very gates of Vienna. Field Marshal ou Illmicnburg, the Ger man commander-in-chief, is throwing huge masses, of cavftlr) toward the south east, In an effort to push through tho passes of tho Carpathian Mountains nnd relievo the situation In Hungary. Alarmed nt the steady advance of tho Russians Into eastern Hungary, tho Hungarian Government sont on appeal to the Ger mans to send aid Tho march th'rqugh- tho Carpathian Mountain passes, which Is being forced nt top speed because of tho seriousness of tho situation In Hungary, la being attended b tho greatest difficulties and hardships AMERICA NOT NEUTRAL GERMAN PAPER SAYS Acceptance of Wnr Contracts "Merely New Form of Subsidy." BEnidN, Dec. II. 'Hie Deutscho Tagcs-Zcltung today do clnrcd that the acceptance of war con tracts from England and. Franco by America Is merely a new form of sub sidy. "American war contracts for England and France mean mllltnry and economical backing up for Germany's enemies. Thoy aro a new form of former subsidies. Th American assistance Is Indispensable for England and France, it would only have effect to prolong the present war." 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Fare $90. ant! upwards Tb palatial Ulrshlj "P'ict et tb Pacific-' SiS tM low. S3 (set btm-ooatJa vry teodeia & P4tet9st lor WBfy.conveoWet aad saMty, Tlity W rsfal-"F: b 3&E?fraJ"?IL',i2fl? &3 fcrMltHa10-"1 lft.Io,.Atlf.M hPI TawmBI. 711 tunuuiu tfco jnts Kit, iS f0 TkVyu st FOES GRIPPED , HARD EIGHT Continued from Tnie One stipcrsctlcd Archduke Frederick of Austria in command. The catiinatan in IToland novv ten 'ires rfliolit LoVic. where Berlin re ports the Germans' fn control of tills important railwnyMown southwest of Warsaw. Further progress of the Allied troops at a number of points along the Franco-Belgian battle tine is re ported today in the official com tiuinitlttc issued this afternoon by the Paris Wflf Uincc. About Yprcs, however, the Germans have assumed the offensive. Uiey made four scparate-attacks there and at one point carneu tnc rtcncn trenches after furious lighting. Reports from Amsterdam that the Germans have evacuated Rottlcrs lack confirmation, but the news is credited in Paris, where it is also be lieved that the Kaiser's forces arc about to fall back from Ihourout and Thiell. Turkish forces frustrated an at tempt by the Russians to land a de tachment at Gonia, south of Balum. It appears Russia is attempting to re inforce its garrison at the Black Sea port The German cruiser Dresden, sole survivor of Admiral von Spec's Meet following the battle off Falkland Is lands, is reported to have sought refuge in Santa Cruz, Argentine port. AUSTRIANS DRIVE FOE BACK 25 MILES IN WEST GALICIA Vienna Forecasts Abandonment of Cracow Investment. VIENNA. Dec. II. Austrian successes In western Galicla coupled with German successes in Toland have virtually broken the back of tho second Hussion advance on Cracow. Held back In their Immediate nrlvanco, and with the situation nlong tho AVnrthc Vlstula front, ono of peril to Warsaw and later I'etrogrnd, tho Itusslnns will bo compelled to repent their procedure of the time of the Initial drive on Crserfw that is withdrawn from Galicla to tako hold of tho serious situation at borne. The Czar's forces defending Warsaw on n fiO-mlle front have been bentcn back by tho Austro-Getman columns. The re treat at some points) covers a distance of i'o miles, nn official report Issued to day, states. In western Gnllcla tho Austrian arms have been successful. Up to the present more than 10,000 Itusslnns hnvo been Vtken prisoners. The lighting continues stubbornly for the objective of Cracow. Tho Tlusslan advnnco to Cracow has been' halted nnd It Is considered probable that tho situation In Poland, where the German nrmlcs have won successes at Lodz nnd Przasmysz, will force the Czar's General Staff to withdraw troops to reln forco the army defending Warsaw. USEFUL CHRISTMAS GIFTS Umbrellas Lamp Shades Tricon Very Reasonable. ,U Special Low rrli rices. HARMAN'S 115S. 13th St J tut below' Chestnut Street January , KWIIMrirWVH.'1"J '.'.'. J'TT" "Ti r lOT'OTI'.'W.M'WiUMWH I yW If y S 1, the magnificent nnu steamships "Great Northern" and "Northern Paciic,, will sail from Philadelphia for the base of their future opera tions. This means that you'ean travel fiiEWi pgfH DANIELS FAVORS TWO-BATTLESHIP PROGRAM FOR NAVY Says There Should Be No Change Before Interna tional Disarmament Agreement. WASHINGTON, Dec. ' -Secrelnry of Hie Nftvy Daniels today told the House Naval Affairs Committee Hint until tlicie wns an International disarmament agree ment this country should continue to build tuo battleships a year, no matter what the slo of tho navies of other conutrles may be. This statement wns brought out by Hep rcsentatlve Wotherspooti, n "small nav" mnn, who soURlit to liavo Mr. Dnnlcli say that It foreign navies nre reduced by war or otherwise, this country might Intetrupt Its building program. "Supposo tho navies of other notions should conslBt of only IS battleships each, must wo keep on building?" nsltcd Wlthcrspoon. ' "I would continue building tno bat tleships a year until there Is nn Inter national agrooment regarding reduction In nrmantont," replied Datilols. "We aro not building ships against any particular navy." Dnnlcls added that this country wViuld be glad to Join In nn International agree ment looking to disarmament, but thnt until this cornea tho policy Is to go ahead with the rcgulat building piogrntn. Hcprcscntativo Hutlcr dovoloped that In tho event of trnublo It wpuld reisilro at least two years to build 10 battleships by working ull of tho private and Govern ment shipbuilding yards. Secrelnry Dan iels said England has tound It Impossible to rush out i battleship, In loss tlmn tuo cars with her Improved facilities nnd that the United States has facilities not qulto ns good ns thoso of Knglamt. Heprescntatlve Ilcnsle asked If Din lels wns not sony that tho Philippine had been acquired ns n. result of Dewey's victory nt Manila Hay. "I nm sorry, of course thnt we took the Philippines," said Dnnlcls, "but TJowoy pursued exactly tho right course nt Manila liny nnd his actions wcro wlso nnd patriotic." PERSIAN VASES PERSIAN LAMPS CHINESE POTTERY CHINESE LAMPS CHANTILLT VASES CHANTILLT LAMPS FANCY BOXES OF TORTOISE SHELL LOWESTOFT VASES Merchandieo purchased now may be reserved for Christmas delivery. Get 1 m DlOH I m Ills H One Cent In 'SSI nu PPTROGRAD CHEERS SERBS' VICTORY DESPITE HANDICAP. 22,000 Austrinns nnd 100 Guns Captured in Campaign. PETIloanAD, Dec. 11. News of Hie hard-pressed Serbs' victory over tho Austrlans lias aroused great en thusiasm here, . Just n week ago the Austrlans extended their lines over very difficult country alons the right banks of the Mvcrs Kolu bara and Dlga for a dlstalico ot nbout TO miles. The two left-wing divisions start ed on a triumphal march to Belgrade, while the right wing was extended to en velop tho Servian left, Tho Servians attacked the Austrian centre held by tho 16th Coips and, break (ng through, compelled the right wing to retreat In considerable disorder. Turning then northward tho Servians continued to break up tho Austrlnn centre, Including divisions of the lSth Corps, and pursued tho retreating right wing, consisting of tho 16th Coips Tho Austrlnn left, a portion or tho llh Corps. wMch rested on Belgrade, does hot nppcar to have como up In time to take nn effective part In tho fighting. Indeed, It Is Plated that Austria, believing the Serbs practically crushed, already had dispatched several divisions of this corps from Belgrade lo the nusslan frontier. The itjoiclng In llustla over tho Servian vletoty exceeds unjthtns nroused by Itus sla'a own successes, for It Is recognized that Scr la has had n hard task. A dispatch from Nlsh eaya the total cap tures of tho SorvlatW In battles fought with tho Austilans from December 3 to December 7 wcro 121 olltccis and 1!2,1U men, C9 field pieces, 43 qillck-Ilrcre, S mortars, 10,000 rifles, DD wagdnloads of ammunition, 1205 transport wngons, 10 liospitnl wagons, -I ambulances, 2 treasury safe and 3.'7 horses. STADEN REPORTED CAPTURED British Drive Germans Erom Flem ish Town North of Ypres. llOTTimDAM, Dec. 11. British troops havo captured the town of Stndcn, It miles north of Yprcs on the railroad between Thourout nnd Yprcs, according to a report from Sluls. TOT IQQPQ KLABTIO AIIDOMIKAT. filirroItTEIlS. KTO. Ividy attendant l'urchasa f?J A VHRT T 'CJ direct from tlin fnctory. l Liil.ljL'lJ 1011 SI'llINO QARDEX ST. 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Washington, Dec. n.-vigorous k1 pot-ltlon to the I.odge-Oardner rcsolutlonJ demanding public invcstiBntion or the pre,-; parcdncss ot the untteu states for war wns voiced In the Senato today by Sen ntnr Weeks, of Massachusetts, who d.I clarcd for Immediate reorganization ofl the regular army uy increasing ltfl strength to KX,ooo men ana tiio cstablUlw ment oi a sifoiik mmiih.ii i-cscrvo, ( Senator Weeks, who Is an ex-naval of-'a fleer and a graduate ot tiio united Stat Naval Academy, said at this tlmo It wart not prudent to tako any action whlchi would change the Government's policy,; or add to the naval equipment except bpj an omnibus appropriation -which couMl bo expended under tho direction of thai General Board ot tho Navy, with th. npproval ot tiio secretary ot tiio Navy' and tho President. 4 Tho Senator said the United Slatstl Navy was In a class with that of Gcr-1 many nnd rrnnco, and probably'sccondl only to that of afcat Drltnln. 1 THE BGDK3IIOP Books, Cards, Calendars for Holiday Gifts DAYLIGHT ' BOOK STORE 17th and Chcatnut Sts. 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