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CZAR BEATS BACK
.GERMANS ON NORTH
TO PRUSSIA BORDER
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Downward Stroke on War
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1'ETItOanAD, Dec. 14.
. Belli In tin Ixmlcz and Mlawa regions
the Itusilan offenslvo lias been highly
Successful. The army descending on War
aw from Bait Prussia lias, been badly
beaten and Russian troops are chasing
the enemy toward life frontier.' West of
. Warsaw th invading army has been
Mocked In Its hlttiertb constant advance.
The Russians defending the lino In the
Lowlci region have Inlllcted such seri
ous losses upon-the attacking army ot
General JIackenzen that his lines will
have to be re-formed before another gen
eral offensive can be attempted. Reports
reaching here today make this claim, and
assert that the Germans have been held
In check all along the 30-mlle front
orsr whloh the engagement has been
raring.
Through ureal snowdrifts In the region
west of Warsaw the Germans are hurling
100,000 men upon the Iusslan lino from
How to Qlovno In llio greatest attempt
they have yet made to open the. way to
the capital of Poland, They are making
night and day attacks, but all have been
Repulsed, the Army Messenger states, and
the Russians have maintained their posi
tions without change.
In the Mlawa regloU. where the Rus
sians are tnaklng a drive toward the
Thorn-Soldau front, th,o Germans have
been forced to retire nt several points
from 10 to 25 miles before dashing raids
by the Czar's cavalry.
The latest ofilclat statement from tho
war Ofilco claims that the forces to the
north of the Vistula havo met with com
plete success In repulsing the. German ad
vance from ths direction of Mlawa. This
movement has been completely crushed.
It had for Its object an advance upon
VTbrsaw from the northeast. The Ger
mans were attempting to make a wide de
tour through Prtasnyss, but are now de
clared to bo In retreat.
Numerous villages In tho Mlawa-Przas-nysz
region have been destroyed In the
fighting. Guns from both sides havo
raked the towns and the Inhabitants are,
homeless and destitute.
AUSTRIANS HALT CZAR'S
ADVANCE ON CRACOW
Becapture Important Positions In
tho Western Carpathians.
VIEN'.VA, Dec. 14.
According to today's War OfTlcc state
ment In West Gallcla, the Bouth wing of
the Russian army was defeated at Idma
bovo (M miles southeast of Crncow) and
compelled to retreat. The Austrlans are
pursuing the enemy. All attacks' along
the rest ft battle front failed, as did tho
previous ones.
Austrian forces which crossed the Car
pathians after numerous battles again
continue an energetic pursuit. In the
"afternoon they took Neu Sat.dec. Troops
again haye entered Orybow, Gorllco and
ZmlErod. Tho enemy has' completely
evacuated tho Zemplln country.
Neu Sendee, Grybow. Gorllco and Zral
grod are all In the Carpathians. Neu
Sandec 45 miles southeast of Cracow, nud
Zmlgrod 10 miles from the Dukla Pass,
with Grybow and Gorl(ce between. Yes
terday's ofllclal report from Vienna told
of great battles! developing In that te
flon. Two thousand Russians wera said
-to havo been captured by Austrlans ad
vancing across the Carpathians.
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BATUM BURNS FROM FIRE
OF TURKISH BATTLESHIPS
Russia Denies Damage Qoeben
Again Active.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dee. 14.
It Is offlcftally announced that the- Turk
ish warship Jawas-Sellm, formerly the
GoriTOin cruiser Goeben, bombarded and
set fire to the Russian port of Datum
last Friday. Husslun land batteries re
plied ,to the bombardment, but were In
effective. TETROGRAD, Dee. 14.
An omclal statement telling of the
bombardment by Turkish warships of
the Russian fortified port of Datum, In
the Black Sea, was Issued by the heatl
quarters of tho Caucasian army;
"On Saturday, December 12, toward 2
o'clock In the afternoon, the former Ger
man cruiser Goeben, accompanied by the
Turkish torpedo gunboat Berkl Batvet,
approached Datum and attempted to
bombard tho fortress of the city.
"The forts, however, opened fire, and
tho Goeben, after firing IB shots, rapidly
withdrew. The damage caused by the
flro of the warships was Insignificant."
ATHENS, Dec. 14.
Mutiny broke out among the crews of
the Turkish fleet at Constantinople,
otvlng to tho brutal conduct of tho Ger
man olllccrs.
At tho same time, owing to a similar
cause, thcro was a revolt in tho barracks
nt Rtnmhnl. in which two German offi
cers were killed.
DRESDEN ESCAPES FOE
AND SAFE, SAYS REPORT
Passed Punta Arenas'ln night Hu
mor Discredited!
BUENOS AIRES, Deo. II.
The German Consul at Punta Arenas
today reported that the cruiser Dresden,
of Admiral von Spee's squadron, has
passed that port, escaping the British
fleet uninjured. The ConBul reported that
the Dresden had wirelessed to him a
brief account of the engagement with the
British, and stated that she was pro
ceeding on the high seas.
In view of other reports that have been
received the statement that the Dresden
In unlnjtired Is not generally believed.
CORNWALLIS'WESTSHOT
AS TRAITOR, IS REPORT
Well-known Englishman Accused of
Being German Spy.
SALT LAKE CITT, Dec. II.
Two private letters have reached this
city from London, having passed the cen
sor untouched. One was written by a
woman In the British capital to her hus
band here and the other comes from a
man In close touch With official circles.
Both state that George Cornwallls-West,
a well-known political and social figure,
has been shot for treason,
In the letter written by tho woman re
ferred to, now In the possession of the
Herald Republican, the following state
ment la made.
"George Cornwallls-West was found In
General Kitchener's private room, tam
pering with offlelat paper and getting in.
formation for the Germans, One report
says he was taken out to sea and shotj
another says he was taken to Lewis
prlsCn and shot. Anyway, he was shot."
Continuing, the writer says: "We could
have saved MaUbeuge (France), had it.'i
not been for the treachery of two French a
officers. They kept their armies back if
haurs and our men were obliged to mHu -i
Kitchener went over to France hlmtelf.3!
ana ineu incm uu nuu mem snoi, r
Captives, on Tarole, Keturned
AMBTBRDAM, Dee. 14. Two German
otflcers who had been Interned at Bergen, ?
In the Dutch province of North Brabant
and who made their escape from ths '''.
country despite the fact that they had '!
their parole, havo arrived back front )
Gormany. They stated they were or--!
dcred to return by the German authotl-v
lien.
SERBS WIN DASHING
CAMPAIGN AGAINST
AUSTRIAN, INVADER
Right Wing Forced to Retire
Across Drina, While Cen
tre Falls Back Toward
Belgrade.
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FRENCH RIGHT PUSHES
BACK FOE IN ALSACE
Continued from race One
upon the Austrian army of invasion,
putting the right wing to flight across
the Drina and compelling retreat of
the centre to Belgrade, reoccupation
of which is now the Servian objective.
Berlin claims a decisive success in
the downward stroke from East Prus
ia on Warsaw. The official state
ment is to effect that several of the
nuasian positions near liast .Prussia
;were taken and that 11,000' prisoner
x. and 43 guns were captured.
tv The British submarine B-U, diving
,,-feeneath fields of mines, entered the
. t jjanjanelles and sank the Turkish bat
.. Ueshlp Messudieh, a 10,000-ton craft
f the Aldu type. The B-ll was under
water nine hours, escaping and re-joining
the allied fleets at the en-
trance of the Dardanelles.
Batum, Russian Black Sea port, was
set afire in the bombardment by the
Turkish cruiser Goeben, according to
Constantinople official statement.
Petrograd, however, states the dam
age was insignificant,
FRENCH RIGHT WING
PUSHES ON IN ALSACE
-fl-lUes' Offensive Threatens . Three
German Strongholds.
PARia, Dee. 11.
The steady offensive taken by the
French, forces on their right wing haa
advanced their front In Alsace, accord
Ins to the official announcement Issued
he th! afternoon. In the Woevre re-,
, Ktoa the French have captured a line of
;. 3rman trenahes on a front CO) yards
lenac apa hav repulsed two tleree coun
fi it tanks.
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m the a(retton of the three nitoel
Wl Canaan stroochoMa o the AUaln
lArraiue front, namely. Met. Strasaburg
ad MuimLsen.
Kvacuatloo of Hi. MJiiUl by the Ger
waaii Ut iuualucot as a rMMlt of the pro -seas
ot Im Jwtch la the furM of tut
f-tu-a. where ftwy are menacta? the ta
Mra' Una of vwmmuaicatlua with Metfi.
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N1SH. Dec. H.
Every attempt of tho Austrlans to re
form their lines to resist tho victorious
Servian army led by Kins Poter has
failed, says an ofllclal statement issued
hero today, and tho Serbs nro continuing
their successful offensive. The state
ment adds:
"On December 11 we advanced beyond
the lino of JIokrah-Gora-Sovalaka-Deb-rlva.
In the direction of Mllanovatz and
Bclerado our advanco was miccensful.
Tho enemy Is retreating toward Obreno
vntr. Wo captured seven officers and
218S men, two standards, 18 mortars and
a Urge quantity of equipment."
Tho shattered Austrian right wins:
crossed the Drina Into Bosnia, whero It
was attacked by the Montenegrins near
Vlshecrad. and had to leave another
toll of prisoners, killed and wounded and
yar material. The pursuing Servians
also picked up another 6000 prisoners and
some suns and munitions.
The Austrian army from Belgrade has
again csayed attacks against the Ser
vian right wing, but, meeting with no
oucceaa, reiirca. i is unomcially re
ported that the Austrlans are preparing
to leave Belgrade.
Tho extreme left of tho Servian army
pursuing the enemy forced him to re
cross the Drina River toward Banja
vasto. On the rest of the front the Ser
vian, armies continue to repulse the Aus
trlans toward the north and the northwest.
TWO AUSTRIAN WARCRAFT
MINED IN THE ADRIATIC
All Hands Lost on Disastrous Trip
From Poln Base.
ROME, Dec. 11.
Two Austrian torpedobonts nro reported
to havo been sunk In tho Adriatic with
tho loss of nil on bonrd when they struck
mines while en route from Pola to Llssa,
according to a dispatch from Trieste
Tho message says the report was re
ceived by financial circles In Trieste.
FORESEES RUMANIA IN WAR
Athens Newspaper Predicts Hostili
ties by End of Month.
ATHENS, Dec. II,
"Rumania will declare war on Austria
before tho end of December" is the
startling prediction made today by the
newspaper Nea-llellas.
It declares it has "good reason" for
making this announcement.
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Illness Now Regarded as Not Serious.
Issues Orders.
TXWDOrJ, Dec. Jl. According to pri
vate Information received from a Berlin
source, -the Kaiser will be obliged to un
dergo an operation of the throat. Army
authorities hava been Informed that the
Emperor will not be nble to return to
the front before Christmas and that the
doctors advise a quiet life for at least
a mouth.
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The Crown Prince, the report from
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cretly and Visited his father.
U. S.XMAS TRUCE PLAN
EXCITES GERMANS' INTEREST
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Berlin Press, However, Predicts Fall
ure of Proposal for Armistice.
BERUK. Dee. 14.
Reports that the United States Intends
to suggest that the warring European
natloito agr. to a Christmas armistice,
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day ' -
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made by Pop Benedict, they would prob
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gestlon from the United States.
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