Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, January 11, 1915, Night Extra, Page 4, Image 4

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Advance Lines at Soissons,
La Basselle and Perthes.
Gernlan Cruiser Koenigs
bcrg Destroyed in African
River."
GERMANS DRIVE BLOODY TRAIL FROM MLAWA TOWARD POSTS AT WARS
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AliAUl AS RU8SU
DRIVE SOUTH!!
New Troops Rushed F
iLrzerumtoSaveUttoD
feat Repulsed at Kl
can border. l
Russians Contest Gorman Drive
From Mlawa Base and Take
Trenches We3t of Warsaw.
patches from Boulogne, ivhloh declare
that on Friday the German troops evac
uate the town. th British hating jrMntd
a position Just ouUlde, from whli;h point
they thrtntoriMl to cut off tho Kaiser's
forces A letter received In Uoulonne
from tho wife, of a Lille merchant, who
had been conrwllcil to rcirmln In tho
town following: tho German occupation,
BajTi that tho German garrison of 6000
men has been withdrawn to a point about
six miles att-ay In the direction of Hou-
uaK Tho town, she adds, Tlrtually !s
In pvsesslon of the Drltleh, who were
about to enteir when the Jotter was
written.
In West Flandcr the heavy storms,
which put a stop to virtually all Infantry
movements, have abated, but the loads
arc still In an nlmost tmpnesablo condi
tion. With comparatively calm weather
prevailing, another attack hy tho Allied
fleets upon the German coast positions Is.
epeotcd, and the Invaders arc redoubling
their efforts to strengthen their defensive,
additional heavy suns having been sent to
IhA frnnt.
ENGLIST COAST TREMBLES
AT REPORT OF AIR RAID
The heaviest flshtlnjr on tho western
Wf front now centres nt Soissons, In
Twice, whore tho French attacks
v won ground, according to Paris
claims and Berlin admissions. After
a sortes of charges, marked by desoor-
nto hand-to-hand fighting, the French
captured tho invaders' trenches north
of that city. The French also report
the capture of trenches at La Bolssollo
and Perthes, but this claim Is denlod
la the Gorman official report, which do-
caares ttiat furious attacks at both
points wcro repulsed with Jieavy losses.
Tho German crulsor Koenlgsberg,
Which was bottled up Bevoral weeks
ago at tho mouth of the Rufljl River,
German East Africa, Is reported to
have been sunk by shells from tho
blockading warships after an acroplano
had obtained tho range.
Russian forces In north Poland ore
stubbornly contesting a vigorous Ger
man drive from Mlawa, with Its ob
jective In Novo Gcorgievsk, tho great i
stronghold which guards Warsaw on
tho northwest. Apparently the Czar Is
being driven back over the lino of ad
vance of a month ago.
West of Warsaw fighting continues,
smlnly of Russian roslstanco to Ger
man dashes on trenches. Tho Russian
advance lino is holding steady, about
80 miles from tho capital.
Russian advanco through Bukowlna
1b constant. Tho Borgo Pass, main
gateway to Hungary, has almost been
reached, and what amounts to a wedgo
has soparated Hungary and Rumania,
thus precluding an Austrian offensive
Into Volhynia and Bessarabia in Rus
sia proper.
Zeppelin Reported on Way Death
Toll at Dunkirk.
LONDON, Jan. 11. Kngllsh coast towns
fear an attack from German airships at
any moment. Tho coast of tho Channel
and tho North' Sea Is patrolled night and
day by a fleet of Urltlsh aeroplanes,
piloted by the best aviators of tho Royal
Flying Corps.
me situation is rapidly approaching a
panto at many point. Terror was spread
today by nows that a German neroplano
fleet had bombarded Dunkirk and Its en
virons on Sunday and that n Zeppelin
airship accompanied by several aeroplanes
was sighted over the Channel.
A dispatch from Calais reports that
17 persons, 11 of them soldiers, wore
killed and wounded by bombs dropped
from tho dozen Gorman airships that
attacked Dunkirk.
CRUISER KOENIGSBERG
SUNK IN AFRICAN PORT
"Wrecked by Shells When Aeroplane
Finds Range.
13NDON, Jan. 11. The German cruiser
(Tfoenlgsberg, wblch was bottled up fn a
river on the coast of Africa several weeks
ago, has been sunk, according to a dis
patch received here from South Africa
today.
It quotes Captain Wlllet, commander of
one of tho blockading easels, as saying
that tho Koenlgsberg was destroyed five
days after she was bottled up, an aero
plane giving the raneo for a rain of shells
upon tho German boat.
The Koenlgsberg, after a spectacular
career as a commerce destroyer, was
driven Into tho estuary of the Rufljl River
In Gorman East Africa by the Australian
warsnip Sydney. Itwas reported at the
time that the German cruiser had strand
ed, but this was later denied. The British
Admiralty, however, announced that her
scape bad been effectually cut off.
PAU STRENGTHENS FORCES
FOR DRIVE ON BURNHAUPT
Despernte Fighting Renewed for
Possession of Alsace Town.
PARIS, Jan 11
Tho fiercest fighting along tho entire
battle front Is taklnir nlaen It, 7?n.,,.
Alsace, whero General Pau has gathered
his forces for another drive mrnlnitt nun.
haupt, which lies In front of Mulhausen.
about half nay between Altklrch and
Thann. If the French had been able to
hold Burnhaupt they would have been
In a position to open a bombardment upon
tho outer works defending Mulhausen on
tho west.
Hard fighting Is also reportod from tha.
section of tho Vosgos Mountains lying
northncst of Wattuellor, two miles north
of Scnnhelm (Cernaj) Wattweller con
trols a road running- northward ir.,n.
Sennhelm through Sulz (Soultz) This
force Is part of tho Trench army that
took Stelnbach from the Germans.
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FROM EAST PRUSSIA
TO STRIKE WARSAW
Russians Tenaciously Dis
pute Advance From
Mlawa Base to Novo
Georgievsk Fortress.
PETTtOGnAD. Jan 11.
Advancing along the railroad line from
Mlawa, tho German forces In northern
Poland aro striking toward Novo Georg
elvsk, the great fortress that guards War
saw from the northwest.
Every step of their advanco Is being
stubbornly contested by tho Russian
troops, who, a month ago, drovo tho Ger
mans back to tho frontier of Kast PrUs-
sla, only to fall back In turn before heavy
I irelnforccments received by the Kaiser's
army.
At Bogurzjnok, southwcit of Mlawa,
the Itusslans Inflicted heavy losses upon
the advancing Get mans and then effected
a ultlulinwnl with small losses to them
selves Falling back behind Konoplfl, on
tho nay to Clechanow, tho Russians
mined tho railroad and blew up n German
troop trnln More thnn 300 soldiers were:
killed In the explosion
ITALY RUSHES PLBBT
I AGAINST TURKEY
Continued from r bne
Btato Department, but so far efforts to
arrange for the care of the sufferers have
been unavailing.
TTJltKS TO SLAY CHRISTIANS
in rADTTAI, TS HUFLLFD
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ATItHNS, Jan. 11. Baron von Wongen
helm, German Ambwsador to Turkey, has
warned the Minister of a Balkan State
in Constantinople that lit event of the
Allies' float forcing tho Dardanelles tho
Turks would vent their wrath by the
maMarre of the Christian population in
Constantinople.
Notwithstanding revensn measures
taken for tho dofense of tho straits, great
nervousness prevails. The authorities ore
serlouily considering removal of tho seat
of Government to Konla. Tho Public
Treasury already has been transferred to
that place.
OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS
Renewed activity of the Turkish forces is reported in today's dis
patches, fresh troops being reported on the way to invade Egypt.
The English army corps, with a train of 8000 camels, has left
Damascus. What has become of the forces' previously dispatched to
Egypt has never been revealed. The early Invasion reached El Arish
and almost to the Suez. The present march apparently is down the
Mediterranean coast.
hynla and Bossarabta through Transyl
vania Is now destroyed
The question of Rumania's future atti
tude, that Is, whether sho will Join tho
Allies, Is now also less Important, It Is
asserted, because tho victorious Russian
armies, In their wedge-like position be
tween Rumania nnd Austria-Hungary,
would parnbze any hostile action of
either against Russia.
RUSSIA CALLS 585,000
TO ARMY WITHIN MONTH
Summons More Than Half 1015 Re
cruits for Quick Service.
, , WARSAW, Jan. II.
A ukaso Just promulgated calls to arms
the 1315 claBs of recruits throughout Rus
sia, this will add 635,000 men to the
army between January 28 and Febru
ary ZS. '
Russia annually passes In normal years
Into Its army something over 700,000 re
cruits. This number represents only a
portion of those actually liable for serv
ice the rest aro registered In reservo.
For the present year the ukase orders
that there be summoned to tho colors
C$5,000 recruits. It Is significant of Rus
sia's confidence In tho conditions of its
forces In this great war that, after w
months of such fighting as the world has
never seen before, the Czar deems It
amply sufficient to call up hardly more
than half the number of young men who
are liable to be summoned to the colors.
FRENCH BRING DOWN TAUBE
German Air Scout Is Killed at
Amiens.
PARIS, Jan. 11. A German taube aero
plane nppeared flying over Amiens yes
terday. It was chased by a French aviator and
was brought down. The French airman
fired but eight bullets and killed the observer.
DOOM OF BRITISH
AMBITIONS SEEN
RUSSIANS SEIZE KAISER'S
TRENCHES WEST OF WARSAW
Strongly Intrench Themselves
Captured Positions.
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PBTROGRAD, Jan. 11.
West of Warsaw the situation Is vir
tually unchanged. Fighting continues at
Moghely, where tha Germans have lost
heavily in their attempt to take tho Rus
sian trenches,
A number of German trenches have been
seized and strongly garrisoned by Rus
clan forces In the Bzura region.
While the Russians hav need of all the
forces massed west of Warsaw to stop
the German advance from the west and
northwest, it has In fact stopped this
movement.
Tho Russians are still moro than 30
miles west of the main lino of trenches
prepared for the final Jefenso of Warsaw,
and the Germans have made no pi ogress
In. the unending battle In the mut wk.
Von Hlndenburg. with nearly a million
snen. has made his maximum effort along
the Bzura River and failed. The killed
and wounded sink forever under the
entddy freezing waters of the Bzura.
It Is bitterly - cold, with a freezing
Siberian wind which has turned the
muddy plain Into a field of flint, but the
river ! not frozen. The Vistula is also
ailed with floating Ice, but tho force of
tha wind prevents the ice setting.
No human being can plunge Into either
of these two rivers without becom'ng
numb with cold In a minute. Tet thou
fnds of Oerman soldiers have crossed
and recroaeed the Bzura In the ley flood
In the past three weeks in the vain effort
to take Russian. Intrenehments.
Siberian troops on the reserve line back
of the front have built underground huts
connected with the trenches. Each bur-
, row U large enough for two men to slesn.
fj. ' ae,h ha a fireplace where embers always
.? glow. The Russians caa maintain their
.irOJ. positions all winter, having War-
uciuuu inera.
NEW TURK ARMY LEAVES
DAMASCUS FOR EGYPT
8000 Camels In Train for March on
BritlBh
LONDON, Jan. 11.
"The 8th Turkish -Army Corps has left
Damascus for the Egyptian frontier, well
armed, provisioned and provided with S00O
cumois tor crossing the desert," says a
uispaicn irom tne correspondent of the
Exchange Telegraph Company. The
massage continues:
"It Is reported from Beirut (Syria) that
all French and Greek subjects have been
taken to Damascus in chains because of
an effort to escape "
It has been estimated that 120,00 troops
comprised the Ottoman forces now mov
ing upon Egypt.
RUSSIAN WEDGE BETWEEN
RUMANIA AND HUNGARY
Drive Gives Czar Military and Diplo
matic Advantage.
PETROGRAD, Jan U.
"The recent Russian victories In Buko
wlna and the occupation of Radautz and
Sauczawa (Bukowina) enable the Rus
sians In their positions on the banks of
the Tlszn, Sereth and Moldava Rivers to
out off Rumania entirely from Austria
Hungary. This is the situation as out
lined In dispatches received in Fetrograd
from the front r
This position of the Russians consid
erably alters the military and diplomatic
situation, military men say, since the
yielding of Transylvania to Rumania no
longer depends upon Austria-Hungary
and any possibility of the latter invading
the Russian southern provinces of Vol-
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Continued from rose One
countries also to a state of servitude
under the British arbttrlum mundl.
"Consequently, and as a matter of fact,
Germany, not England, is striving for the
liberty of the nations Thl swnh has
been forced upon Germany. We are fight
ing for our existence, and we shall not
stop fighting before victory crowns our
arms.
CALLS IT PEOPLE'S WAR.
"This Is, in tho best sense of the term,
a war of the people, because it brought
about a wonderful display of all that
great moral strength and grit with which
the German Is gifted. Everyone of us,
be It the Kaiser or the youngest volun
teer. Is wholly nnd fully alive to the fact
that in this war, not only Germany's ex
istence, but also European civilization la
at stake.
"Even in the war of 1870, which re
sulted In a united Germany, the country
did not back the army with such un
paralleled unanimity and readiness to
make such sacrifice as you are witnessing
now.
"When in those days the siege of Paris
never seemed to end, when new armies,
formed to relieve the French capital, de-
manaea an ever-Increasing number of
victims, the voice of Impatience was
heard at home In the present war, In
stead of Paris, we besieged France.
iTwant iln .& .u .
... ul loiiow eacn other as
quickly as In the beginning; nevertheless,
all over Germany there is nothing but
absolute faith and trUBt in those who
bear the brunt In our brave men.
"Everybody, prince and pauper, young
and old, Is filled with determination to
stick It out at any price until the end.
Just as Important as this Is the fact
that we aro able to carry each and
T.7 nulden of thls war- Th essence
of It all, however, la this:
BEES TRIUMPH AHEAD.
"Germany and tha Germans can and
will be triumphant. Our forces aro Inex
haustible. There are more than 8,000,000
men upon whom we have not yet drawn,
not counting tha constantly growing list
of volunteers.
"Similar to the armies that operated In
1870 to relieve Paris, those Russian
masses, which wcro intended in the pres
ent conflagration to relieve France, ad
vanced against our Austro-Hungarlan
nlly and ourselves. But for months
France and England have vainly pined
for the expected Russian help. The Rus
sian armies are beaten. All their at
tempts to force their May Into tho heart
of Germany havo failed They did not
succeed In rcllelng Franco nnd they dis
appointed utterlj the' hopes of nil their
western allies.
"The blego of Franco will be carried on
3t'obody In Germany would oven think
of a hollow truce This unswerving Iron
will will attain victory, this splendid
maturcness which the Get man mture 1ms
shown In this hour of ttlnl will surely
bear the ovpected fruits
"Germany will come out of this war
powerful land In every way united, purl
Iflod by tho fire of battles nnd rid of any
scarifications iat might have accumu
lated during a period of welfare nnd pros
perity. Then she vlll bo the valid pro
tector of peaco In Europe, In which role
wo hopo to have tha friendship and ns
slstanco of tho United States."
In response to my question as to how
long the wnr would last, tho general ro
pllod with great emplnnsls:
"Wo aro not making any predictions.
It will last until our enemies have
enough"
CZAR POURS TROOPS
INTO INVADED BUKOWINA
. (
Advnnce Brings Russians Within
Few Miles of Borgo Pass.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 11.
While the Russians are tenaciously re
sisting tho Germans In the north, their
success against the Austrians In the
south Is maintained. They aro advancing
steadily through Bukowina and havo
reached Dornn-Watra, on the Dorna
river, half way between Kimpolung and
tho Borgo Pass, where they will enter
Hungary.
In their rapid advance through Buko
wlna the Russians have taken thousands
of prisoners and vast quantities of muni
tions of war. Sixteen thousand captured
Austrians hnvo arrived at Kiev alone
These prisoners Include 250 officers. 40
of them being colonels. A dlBpatch from
Kiev says that tho Austrians are be
lieved to have lost 70.QOO men In their
unsuccessful attempt to relievo tho pres
sure against their troops In western
Galicla by opening an'offonslve In Buko
wlna. (
SINKING OF VON DER TANN
STILL UNVERIFIED REPORT
Sighting of Argentlno Craft Probably
caused Rumor.
RIO JANEIRO. Jan. 11.
TJie Havas Agency has received no con
firmation of the reported naval fight be
tween the British battle cruiser Invincible
and the German battle cruiser Von der
Tann oft the Rio Grande del Norte.
Naval officials here place little credence
In the report.
The Minister of Marino, Admiral Alen
cra. Bald today that tho rumor probably
0iI2?lnatetl ln the dParture of the Invin
cible from Pernambuco, which coincided
with the passing of the Argentine dread
nought Rlvadavla three miles off shore.
FRENCH
From tho sea to the Lis there has
been an Intermittent cannonade less
violent In Its nature than on preceding
days. In tho region of Ypres our ar-
tlllcii has replied effectually to that
of tho enemy nnd succeeded In di
recting Its fire well ngalnst the Uoi
mnn trenches.
Between the Lys nnd the Olse, In the
region of La Bolssellc, our troops have
captured one trench after a violent
combat
To tho northeast of Soissons, on
Height No 132, our troops repulsed a
Gorman attack. Then thei nttneked
In their turn, and captured two lines
of tho enemy's trenches on a front
about 500 vnrds long extending toward
tho cast.
Thcso trenches are part of those cap
tured January 3 and assure for us the
possession of all of Height No 132.
On the Alsno and In Champagne as
far as Rhelms there havo been artil
lery duels.
From Rhelms to the Argonno our
artillery has bombarded tho first-line
trenches of tho cqomy nnd the shel
ters of his rescrvps to the north of
Perthes. After having repulsed tho
counter attack reported from this re
gion last night, we have advanced,
gaining a line of trenches 200 yards
long.
To the north of Beausojour the en
emy hus tried obstinately to recapture
tho field fort, which he lost. Ills
counter attack's wore each mado with
tho strength of two bnttallons, tho
second being In mass formation. They
were both repulsed nfter the enemy
had suffered severe loss,
OERMAN
North of the Soissons the French,
who had established themselves In
only a small nart of our outer
trenches, again attacked us go far
iney nave gained no successes The
battle continues.
In tho neighborhood of Souplr there
has been no fighting during the last
few days. East of Perthes we re
captured a portion of our trenches
which the enemy had previously taken.
The Trench suffered heavy losses.
Wo have made further progress In
the Argonne. The situation Is tran
quil In Upper Alsaco.
The situation In the eastern the
atro Is unchanged In East Prussia
and norther Poland Our attacks In
Poland west of the Vistula are mak
ing slow progress on nccount of tho
weather.
AUSTRIAN
The general situation Is without
change. South of tho Vistula the Rus- ,
slans yesterday bombarded our post
lions, but without result. They direct
ed their fire particularly to our posi
tions on tho heights to the northeast
of Zakllczyn (Galicla),
North of tho Vistula nt some points
there have been heavy artillery battles.
An attempt by the enemy to cross the
Nida with weak forces failed
Tho situation in tho Carpathians Is
quiet. Two reconnoitring detachments
of the enemy In Bukowlna were de
stroyed by machine-gun fire.
RUSSIAN
On the left bank of the Vistula
nothing but desultory engagements
with the Germans have taken place
During the night of January 8-9 and
throughout the following day the
Germans directed four successive at
tacks against us In the northern re
gion Our troops, proceeding by sap
ping, pelted the Germans with hand
grenades and forced them out of their
trenches and leveled their works.
In the region of the Moghely farm
we advanced and succeeded In taking
part of the German trenches In which
wo entrenched ourselves.
Tho Italian navy, although large, Is
mado up largely of old vessels. Between
1900 and 1912 there were virtually no nddl
tlono to the fleet, which now numbers
180 lighting vessels of all classes. There
aro now building the only superdrcad-
noughts of tho Kingdom, four In number,
whose keels were laid down last year;
two 22,000-ton dreadnoughts, duo for com
pletion this year, and 16 formidable de
stroyers, threo of 1500 tons, three of 1028
tons, due for completion in 1016, nnd ten
of 770 tons, which should be ready for
duty In the very near future. Eight Im
mense submarines are planned, but have
not been laid down yet. With these ad
ditional ships Italy will have an addi
tional strength of 30 first-class fighters.
The most powerful ships in tho Italian
fleet at piVsont are tho dreadnoughts
Conto dl Cavour, Glullo Cetaro and
Leonardo da Vinci. All have a displace
ment of 22.000 tons, a complement of 057
men nnd officers nnd the following arma
ment: Thirteen 12-lnoh guns, 18 7-Inch
and 14 3-Inch guns, with two submerged
nnd ono above-water stern torpedo tubes
firing 18-lnch projectltcs. Tho Danto
Allghlerl, the only other dreadnought, has
a displacement of 18,400 nnd carries a
crew of 500. The guns arc tho same In
calibre but differ In disposition from the
larger boats,.ias follows: Twelve 12 inch,
20 4.7 Inch nnd 12 3-Inch guns, and three
submerged 18-Inch torpedo tubes.
Tho four supor-dreadnoughtB building
are the Chrlstoforo Colombo, tho M.
Colonna, tho F. Moroslnl and tho Car
lacclolo. Each vessel will carry eight
15-lnch guns, which can bo fired in broad
side from port or starboard. Tho rest oj
tho armament will consist of 16 6-Inch
guns and 20 3-Inch guns Both forward
nnd stern turrets carry tho 15-Inch guns,
four ln each turret. Theso ships will each
be of 30,000 tons displacement, and al
though no Indication Is given as to the
size of tho crew, vessels of this sort re
quire at least 1200 men to be manned
properly.
Of the rest of tho fleot, there aro four
first-class battleships completed In 1905;
four in 1901 and two In 1898; one second
ilass battleship put into scrvico Inst
year; four In 1901; ono in 1S99 and ono
in UOS; a total of 10 flrst-closs and seven
socond-class battleships Five old ar
mored cruisers, completed between 1830
1S99, are also in service. Threo scout
cruisers, two In 1913 and ono In 1912, and
ono protected cruiser commissioned In
1912 with nine others from 1SS3-1899. com
plete the cruiser clnss. Eight old-fashioned
torpedo-gunboats, none built slnco
1899, are counted as part of tho fighting
force.
In the destroyer squadron are only ten
real first-class ships. These, completed
In 1913, are of approximately 700-tons dls-
platemont each, with a maximum speed
of 30 knots and 14,000 horsepower. The
remaining 23 In commission nro of from
300 to 400 tonnage, and although of high
speed have little power. The S3 torpedo
boats, with tho exception of 31 of the sea
going type, nio all old. The fleet Is di
vided Into 60 seagoing, 5 first-class, 14
second-class and 6 third-class boats.
Tho submarine fleet Is In far better con
dition. Eight powerful boats, with two
tubes and a cruising radius of 1200 miles
each, were put Into service a little more
rthan a year ago. Two others, of a
Btnaller type, were completed at about
the same time, while In 1912 three other
submarines wero built. These were the
first of the new type. One other boat,
built In 1907, and five more, built between
1903 and 1906, complete the effective un
derwater fighters. Nineteen of tho sub
marines havo two tubes and effestlve
cruising radii. The remaining submarine,
still in service, is a relic of 1890. It has
but ono tube and a cruising radius of
only SO miles.
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portance In tho Russian CMll
now endeavoring to Prorld,T;l
point for the fuglUves of th lt ,
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The Russians, however, hiT it
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Urgan, where emergetlo attack Jj
Turks are being ropulsed with Jll
loss to the Sultan's forcg. s'vl
-i. mra is report,,!
mn1ft Iln lnvr.,1,, . . . tl
Is apparently -the only force tfcyj
un,3 mo ,ny w iurzerum. Thii
rilflAVA Anlfs- SV iL. ST
".!., icoun. ui win iiussion Ylclona
destruction of two Turkish armr
must be frantic efforts on tbif
to Erzerum to defend this v!,l
Whole vast rwrfnn hnni.ij.. . "'."H
slan frontiers. ",i
There Is, thanks to the SLctlrltvJ
of transporting troops bv Z
and shortest route, and, UitMWJ
Tllrka will hnv. In H,.J,."'3
military district of Van. whrr.?
corps already Is stationed In n..?
Prisumably the force there m 1.1..
been doubled since tho war bcu
tiiu uiiiiMuivMi ui tcvi ves ana tntni
fighting tribe ln that region. Thniu
evor, havo been kept more or fa.
VU1-.1 u -.. u, igio ilUMiaiJ Ma
ftmen Btivnnccu irom ino East.
BOMBARDMENT WROUGHT
HAVOC IN BELGR
Servian Re-entry Discloses
Capital Many Hostages Tkn
LONDON, Jan. ll.-Z. D. Frrfeit
special correspondent of the Dlyc
Iclo with the Servian army and Hut
English correspondent to enter B2r
sends a long dispatch relatlnr lis
Seivlans' re-entry of their caplUlJ
says: -si
un nrsi view ueiKraae does not
to have suffered to any great extent tM
the bombardment. Here anil tiwij
house with an upper story Momi u
Is seen. Further progress, however, tlai
the havoc resulting from the fitters
tack,
"A museum Is a shapelest head
debris and a university is so miicS J'J
tered that tho cheapest remedy UJ
nn entirely now edifice.
"The higher part of1 the city hijtW
iciuu jiiubi. items in pavement nic
snens pnarged wltn very high tim
wore employed At one house a neilktj
marked the passage of a projactllt tit
nnu traversed tne building and nw
In an adjoining house, now a pwtii
uroiten orick and matchwood.
"About 3000 persons remained ooUl
normal population or jro.ww aunsi:
bombardment. The number of kUldc
Injured runs into hundreds. Kt Inl
than 1000 persons were carried tLI
Austria as hostages."
JAP WARSHIPS IN ATLANTIS
NEW YORK, Jan U.-That Jiitit
warships are now operating In Dill
lantlc is the opinion of Captain W
son, of the steamship Curaoa, in Ui
rrom Havre. He reports that B pw
a warship off the Azores and thit t'
sure, from her build, that the W
Japanese.
GERMANS REPORTED DRIVEN
OUT OF LILLE BY BRITISH
i '
Kaiser Strengthens Coast Defenses in
Expectation of ffjeet'a Attack.
LONDON, Jan. 11
yrtsfnt reports that the British have
itltm Lille receive cpnflrmaUon In dls-
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Thresher Brosi
The Specialty Silk Store
1322 Chestnut Street
January Clearance Sale
LETTER'S
Best Coal
Sf f ii, SUre $7.25, Chestnut $7.50
MtsTf Raima Pea Coal, $5.60
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SALE
of Books
AT THE
BOOK SHOP
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1701 CLftmtl Sfer&
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PRICE
AND
1,312,850 Tons Sold
Last Year
Whv d this enormous business come to us?
T "J It tukes merit, consistently maintained,
to reap such reward. Newton Coal represents the
Vlll of ??,ecte Wghest grade mines, in most
cases the entire output. It means clean, economical,
trouble.proof coal Send your next coal order direct
to ua. Newton prices are no more than you pay for
ordinary coal, v ' '
Egg 17.00 Stoy $7.25f Nut J7.50J Pes 15.50
25? jdde If crrUd
GEO. B. NEWTON COAL 0.
mm im&amirx' anw&i;
ivnvca woo
hack asoo
Silks, Spool Silks, Silk Waists, Lace and
xiuuuu waists, lingerie waists ana
Silk Petticoats
Wo ClUOto below but a few of tho mnnv onnnlnl ,,n1,,o nfford it
thi3 time. v
Silk Remnants I
Six months' accumulation of every known'weave and color; lepgti
are from 1 yard to 10 yards. Usual retail nrlces fin.- to 1.25 wrll
yard. All at one price in this January Clearance Sale, OEr j
Six months' accumulation of Double "Width Remnants? lengty
from 1 yard to 5 yards. Usual retail prices, $1.00 to C wrl
$2,00 per yard. All at. . . , , OUC j(h
(Quantities limited to each customer)
36-inch Satin Messallne. in line of colors: also white
and black. Retail value, $1.00 . ........ ,
40-Inch Crepe de Chine. Good line of street and
evening: shadesr also white and black, Retail value, $1.25
40-Inch Crepe Meteor and Charmeuse. p.,ii
line ox colors: also slentv of wMfA nA v,i-i, - H
Retail value, f2.00 ..,.,.. .... i 1 .dO yOfi
65c ydj
78c yd;
40-inch Balkan (all-silk Crepe) and 44-inch i 1 fr M
Crepe Meteors. Sold fn the best retail stores at f 3.50 $ 1 .95 yol
"Thresher Bros." Snool Hlllr. R,,an.n...i inn j. .-j nil
WpSppJiwVo,!? any 10c brand on th markfit Sala 6c'
Silk Waists
Crepe de Chine. All new mndatn. Rnia.ii.i it . .. .
styles also Mewallne Waists, in both tailed Tand f drew fi
roodeli. Retail value up to fS.SQ.. ,,..... $&"
Silk Petticoats
Black and Colored Messsline Fettieoats. made from pur d1 OS
own silks In pur own workrooms. Retail value, $3.60. . . P 1 "
Mail orders
promptly
Ud,
Thresher Building
1322 Chestnut St,-
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Wholes!
prites
on allow
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