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TEUTONS RETIRE
FOR WINTER TO
BUG RIVER LINE
Fortify Interior Front,
After Failure to Secure
Lida-Rovno Railway
ELABORATE DEFENSES
General ;Ruzsky Predicts Rus
sian Advance Shell
Famine Past
BERLIN, Dec. 13 The nrmr of
Field .Marshal Von Hindcnhurg has
engaged at sorcral plnccs in minor
engagements between advanced posts
and the enemy's rcconnoltcrinir par
ties, the War Ofllce reported todny.
"The Russians succeeded in taking
an unimportant German poBt. A Rus
sian attack near Vtilkn, south of Lake
Vygonovskdye, failed. The Russians
lost about 100 in killed and prisoners."
LONDON, Dec. 13.
Dispatches from fctroBintl Intlicnte that
the German are withdrawing their centre
to what Is known tin the Bug ltlver line,
which, however, nt many plaren Is con
siderably northeast of that river.
This withdrawal Is due to their Inabil
ity to secure complete control of the I.lda-Baronovltchi-Rovno
railway, which was
necessary for the successful holding of
the advanced positions which thoy
reached after their great drive of last
summer. They havo evacuated Slonln,
lying to tho' -.west, and Baronlvltchl and
Kobr(n, Just to the east of Qrest-Lltovsk,
which they are making tho centre of
their new lines. These arc beltis strongly
fortified.
This sURKests that tho Germans hope to
creato a stalemate In the East, as they
did In tho 'West, and that If they cannot
break through they will make It Just as
difficult, for the Russians to do so.
Reuter'g Petrogrod correspondent gives
details of the fortifying of tho Dug River
line, saylnet
"Tho Germans assembled near Brcst
Lltovsk more than 100,000 workmen. In
cluding" numerous prisoners, who were
employed especially on trenches. "Women
and children also were forced to aid,
Becauso of poor and lnsutllclent food tho
workers fell III In great numbers. They
then were sont to Blalystok.
"Tho Germans are reorganizing- the cast
bank of tho Bug with particular care,
constructing Interminable lines of
trenches, fortifications and blockhouses,
with artillery of all callbreB. At the samo
time they aro energetically restoring the
forts at Brest-I.ltovek, rebuilding the
fortress according to tho plans of the
German general staff, with the view of
turning tho stronghold against the Rus
sians when tho latter aBsumo the of
fensive." ANGLO-FRENCH SWEPT
OUT OF SERBIA BY FOES
Continued" from I'nge One
patch to the Times says that the Bul
garians lost SOOO men In two attacks
against the British position north of
Lake Dolran.
Tho Greek political situation Is normal
again. Tho crisis between the Entente
Po.wers and Greece has been settled by
the understanding that tho Allies will bo
given every facility for freedom of mili
tary movement In Macedonia.
The Allies modified their original de
mands for the withdrawn! of nil Greek
troops from Salonlca, but only a small
number of Hellenic soldiers will remain
at tho Allies' base.
Tho Fifth Corps of the Greek nrmy has
been withdrawn from the Dolran to tho
Salonlca zone. Tho troops have been In
structed by the General Staff not to enter
hostilities with cither Teutons or Allies
on their soli.
The Greek Government Is now en
deavoring to obtain guarantees that In
no event shall Bulgarian troops invade
Greece, only Teutonic troops entering
Greek territory In pursuit of tho retreat
ing Allies. . 1 Cf
Tho allied troops are falling back
across tho Greek boundary with an un
broken front. The Bulgarians, slowly following-,
ore reported to be within five
miles of the frontier.
The retreat of the expeditionary forces.
It Is reported, was being covered yester
day by artillery forces and machine gun
contingents Flattened only a few miles
across the Greek border.
Direct telephone communication be
tween Berlin and Sofia was opened to
day, ' Ihe line runs through Budapest,
Orsova and Nlh, The first conversation
was carried on by General Falkenhayn,
German Minister of War, and General
Kaadenoff, Bulgarian War Minister, both
expressing the highest satisfaction over
the rapidity with which the service had
been established for the quick exchange
of news and views.
Swift action by Russia Is deemed nec
essary by London military experts to save
the Balkan situation. The czar has as al
ternatives. In any effort to throw troops
Into Serbia, violation of the neutrality of
Rumania by an overland drive of the
heavy forces massed on the border, or
transport of troops from Odessa and Se
vastopol across the Black Sea to Varna,
using the chief Bulgarian port as a base
of operations for a sweep through Bul
garia to the Graeco-Serb frontier.
The approach of the retreating Anglo
French forces In Serbia to the areek
frontier marks a crisis In the Teutonlo
Balkans campaign. The kaiser must now
decide whether to pursue the enemy Into
Greek territory and run the risk of gain
ing the enmity of the Greek nation by
carrying' the horrors of war among the
peaceful Greek citizens along a new bat
tle line to Salonlca.
A. profound Impression would be created
In the Balkans it the Anglo-French
troops were compelled to take to their
transports. The spirit would fall out of
the' Serbian army In Albania, and It Is
probable Rumania's future attitude would
not 'tw. hostile to the -victorious Germans.
But the work of drawing the western Al
lies out of Greece should prove mush
more difficult than the present operations
In Serbia!. Not only Is Salonlca. with
Its curroundlog hills a, very strong- de
fensive position, but It can be protected,
by warships In the harbor.
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PROBABLE ROUTE OF PROPOSED TEUTONIC MARCH ON INDIA
Reports from Switzerland assert that in the spring Germany plans to menace British possessions in tho
East with a morch on India. The map indicates how tho threat might ho accomplished. From Berlin
troops could bo transported by express trains direct to Constantinople. Thence there is a rnilwny across
Asia Minor extending part of the way into Mesopotamia, this being a portion of the far-famed project
of the "Berlin to Bagdad" Railroad. Tho Teutonic forces might reach the Persian Gulf with comparative
ease, but from this point there would be a march of more than 1000 miles acrosc barren and mountainous
regions in Persia, Afghanistan and Baluchistan to tho banks of the Indus. Tho British effort to prevent
this proposed move has met with failure so far, the advance on Bagdad having been hurled back by tho
Turks, who are now reported to be threatening Aden, tho important port at the gates of the Red Sea. It is
controlled by Britain.
LE TRUPPE ITALIANE
C0NQUISTAN0TUTTELE
ALTURE DI BEZZECCA
Dalle Create del Vies e del Mas-
cio le Batterie di Cadorna
Dominano i Forti di
Lardaro
UNA BELLA OPERAZIONE
ROMA. 13 Dlcombro.
Gil Italian! operantl nclla zona dl RIva
hanno conqulstato lo alturo tra la vullo
Cludlcarla o la vnllo Concel. In modo
che sono vonutl ad acqulstaro II controllu
complcto di tutta la conca dl Bezzecca
dove la valle dl Concel si unlsce a quella
dl Lcdro. In tnl modo lo forzo Itnllanc
hanno guadagnato un altro punto Im
portante da dovo possono quando sara'
necessarlo Inlzlare le operazionl contro I
fortl dl Lardaro clio sbarrano la valle
Gludtcaria cd lmpedlscono loro dl rlsallre
11 Chlcse verso Trento.
Le operazionl contro le alture che coro
nano la conca dl Bezzecca furono inlzlate
11 7 corrente con un bombardamento da
parte delta artlgllerle Itnllane dello po
slzlonl nustrlacho ben munltc sullo create
delle alture. Gil austrlacl rlsposero ancha
dal fortl di Lardaro, cho sono cinque,
cosicche' fu necessarlo portare le artl
gllerle ltallano su poslzlonl da cul poter
controbattere le battorle del fortl, prima
dl poter spingero lo operazionl sulle create.
Xella notte del 10 dlcembre la fanterla
Itallana comlnclo' l'attacco o guadagno"
poslzlonl sulle create oriental) ed occiden
tal! del grappa. Allora l'urtlgllerla pote
rlprcndera il bombardamento e sabato
mattlna la fanterla, rlpreso l'attacco,
conqulstava lo ridotte e le tiincee fortls
slno sulle creato del montt In segulto a
rlpetutl assaltl alia balonctta.
Ecco II testo del rapporto del generate
Cadorna pubbllcato lerl sera dal Minia
te ro della auerra:
"Successive e brlllantl operazionl of
fensive nella zona compresa tra Val
Gtudlcarla e Val Conctl cl hanno portato
alia conqulsta, dl fortl alture cho cl as
slcurano anche II completo controllo
della conca dl Bezzecca.
"L'attacco comlnclo' II 7 Dlcembre e el
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800 BRITISH NOBLEMEN
GAVE LIVES FOR COUNTRY
New Issue of Debrett's Shows Heavy
Titled Losses
LONDON. Dec 13. War has levied ft
heavy toll upon the British aristocracy.
Changes In succession to more than 100
titles have already been caused.
According to the now Issue of Debrett's
t'rernge, Just out, there aro 800 names of
noblemen on tho roll of honor of those
who have been killed In action or died
of wounds. The list contains the names
of I member of the royal family, 6
peers, 16 baronets, 8 knights, 7 members
of the House of Commons, 164 companions
of various orders, 93 sons of peers, 82
soni of baronets and 84 sons of knights.
svlluppo' cautnmente, eBsendo neces
sarlo un controbombardamento della
podcroaa artlgllcrla del fortl dl Lardaro
o la dlstruxlune dl numerosl lavorl acces
BOrll dl dlfesa.
"Durante la notto del 10 Dlcembre le
nostro truppe ragglunsero le crente oc
cidental! ed orlentall del montl Vies 0
Masclo, a sud-ovest, dl norzolo.
"Nclla mattlnata, In segulto ad una
efllcaclsslma preparnzlono dl nrtlgllerln,
la nostra fanterla con assaltl nlla balo
netta conqulstava successive llneo dl
trlnceo o ill rldatte cho coronavano le
alture.
"Sul rcsto del fronto la sltuazlonc 0 lm
mutata." Slccome nclla Camern del Deputatl II
deputato Enrico Ferrl aveva sollevato la
qulstlone del controllo purlamentare sullo
spese per la guorra, u Mlnlstero Snlandra
ha chlesto In proposlto un voto dl tlducla,
aftcrrnando cho II govcrno doveva nvere
pleno ed illlmltato controllo delle spese.
La Camera dlctlo lerl un voto dl flducla, e
I0O deputatl votarono per II mlnlstero e
solo 0 votarono contro.
NELLA PE.VISOLA BALCANICA.
Notlzlo da Ateno dicono cho ognl pcrl
colo per gll alleatl In terrltorlo grcco,
pcrlcolo dl Borpresa da parte dl truppo
grccche, o' ellmluato uvendo II govcrno
cllenlco accettnto tutte le donmnde degll
alleatl. Salonlcco sara" la baso dl opera
zlono dcllo forze anglo-fmnccsl, cd In
quel la cltta' rimnrranno soltanto pocho
ccntlnala dl soldatl grecl. II governo
grcco ora sta cercando dl avere garanzlo
cho lo forze bulgaro non Invadcranno la
Grccla per combattcre contro git alleatl,
e che soltanto truppe teutonlche vl cntru
ranno so crederanno dl Inseguira lo
truppo anglo-francesl. Queste avranno
ognl llberta' dl movlmentl nclla Mace
donia grcca e lo forze greche non osta
colcranno in alcun modo queste opera
zionl 0 movlmentl.
Intauto le forzo alleata hanno evacuato
Ghovghell o Dolran, rltrandosl verso
Salonlcco, o si dice che lo forzo bulgaro
che le Inseguona stano ora a circa cinque
mlglla dal confine della Grecla. SI dice
che II capo dcllo Stato Maggloro greco.
generale Dusmanls, ha dato ordlne alio
forzo greche dl rltlrorsl davontl alle avan
zantl forzo bulgaro cd cvltare dl dar bot
taglla. I crlticl mllltarl svlzzcrl hanno calco
lato che la spcdlzlone In Serbia costa agll
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ERIE CONGRESSMAN PRAISES
THIS CITY AS A NAVY CENTRE
Thinks League Island Should
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WASHINGTON, Dee. 13. In comment
ing on Secretary Daniels' report, Repre
sentative I-lebel, of Drle, Democratic
member of tho Naval Commlttco fjom
Pennsylvania, said:
"A careful reading of the report Indi
cates that Secretary Daniels has covered
tho ground fully and with much detail.
1 am Interested particularly In what ho
pays about the Philadelphia Navy Yard,
because personally t believe that money
can be spent profitably there In making
It a greater and more valuable yard, I
have said repeatedly that geographically
Philadelphia has the best situated yard
In the country, and It Is deserving of
every consideration. It Is near to every
needed source of supply and It has un
surpassed transportation facilities. The
Philadelphia yard should bo given every
facility so that It can build the greatest
of dreadnoughts."
tillcutl teutonlcl, cloc' Gcrmniila, Austria
Bulgaria 0 Turchln, 317,000 uomlnl tra
inortl, fori. I e nmlatl. I mortl Barebbero,
secondo I cnlcoll dl quel crlticl svlzzeri,
51,000, til cul CO.OOO tt-dcschl od austrlacl.
Iutanto corro voce che truppo franco
Inglesl Blano sbnrcnto a Kavnla, altro
porto greco suH'Egco, a circa SO mlglla da
fa'alonlcco.
GLI S. V. ALL'AUSTIUA.
La nota Invlata dagli Sfatl Unltl
all'Austrla per protestare contro 1'affon
damento dell'Ancona 0' molto energlca,
e moltl la consldernno come qunliho cosa
dl plu' ill un ultimatum. 11 govcrno
amerlcano domanda che II govcrno aus
trlacno dlchlarl ruffondnmeuto dell'An
cona lllesalo od Indlfcnslbile; cho l'ufTicl
ale cho comnndava II aottomarlno cho
affondo" II plroscafo sia punto e clu- ri
parazlone sla data sotto forma dl paga
mento dl Indennlta per gll nmerlcanl pe
rlll o ferltl ncl dlsantro.
DIco lo nota nel suo perlodo ultimo;
"II govcrno dcgll Stall Unltl aspetta cho
II govcrno austro-ungarlco, coneclo della
gravlta' del caso, acccda prontnmente alio
sue domandc; e basa quosta crcdenz.a sul
1'oplnlonc cho II govcrno austro-ungarlco
non sanzloncra' no" dlfcndera' un ntto cho
0' condannato da tutto II mondo come
lnumano c barbaro, cho e' orrlbllo per
tutte lo nazloul clvlll 0 cho ha causato la
morto dl clttadlnl nmerlcanl Innocent!."
AGED WOMAN DIES
Born Christmas Day, Married Christ
mas Day, Life Ends Near Christmas
LANCASTER, Pa., Dec. 13. Horn
Christmas Day, married Christmas Day,
mtb. Anna Howe, bo years old, of Quarry-
vllle, died today, not far from another
Christmas Day. Her husband, John B.
Rowo, died November 17, aged 92.
She was known far and wldo as Grand
mother Rowo and was active among the
Dunkarda. Tho two were married 03
jears last Christmas.
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BRITISH LINES IN
DRIVE ON CALAIS
Great Artillery Conflicts
Reported North and
South of Ypres
TEUTONS MASS TROOPS
Amsterdam Reports Bijj Guns
in Continuous Action
for 24 Hours
Artillery actions of Krent Intensity
and extent Indicate that n great battlo
Is In progress to the north and south
of Vpics. Tho Hrltlsh nnd Belgian
nrinlcs hold the positions which arc
reported under lire.
decent reports from Atnsterdnm re
vealed that the Clermntis wero movlnB
Kleat masscH of troops and Kims to
tho 1-MatuIrr.t front, and It la believed
that tho Kteat artillery action now un
der way loreshfidows another attempt
by tho Knlser'a urmlrs to snianh a path
through tho British lines. Although
this attack may ho an effort to cut tho
Hrltlsh llne.f and turn the loft Ilnnk
of tho Fronoh nrmy, tlnm opening a
possible path to Paris, It li more thnli
likely that Cnlalfl nnd Dunkirk aro tho
Immediate objectives of tho (leitnans.
LONDON, Dec. 13.
A Renter dispatch irom Amsterdam
says Ihe Tolegranf loams from tho fron
tier that for the hist 21 hours there has
been nn uninterrupted cannonade audible
from the dlioctlon of Ypres. The bom
bardment was so heavy between noon
and 2 o'clock that tho lire could bo dis
tinctly observed on Ihe horizon.
Tho Belgian report today tells of con
siderable artillery action along tho Bel
gian front.
An olllclnl communication from Brit
ish heudqunitcrs nt tho front in 1'rance
saya'
"Our nrtlllcry has continued tho bom
bardment of portions of the enemy's
linos nt Wcz-Mnniuart and La Boutell
Icrlc. The parapet was broached In
several places. A lire started by our nr
tlllcry yesterday In Cite Saint Kile whh
still burning thla afternoon. The enemy's
shelling of Armentlcres hi reply to our
bombardment caused two fires, which
woio quickly got under control.
"A Micecsxiul bombing party was car
ried out by us last night about Ncuve
Chnpc'lle. The Herman trenches wero
entered, although strongly held; ono
German machine gun was destroyed by
bombs, and a number of casualties were
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Inflicted on the enemy and the party re
turned to our trenches safely. One officer
and four soldiers were wounded.
"On Wednesday U ct our aeroplanes
bombed a store and depot at Mlraumont
(Sommo district) and tho aerodrome at
Harvllly. The nttack was carried out In
a high westerly wind, which made flying
difficult. All the machines returned
safely and considerable damage Is be
lieved to have been done both objectives."
BRITISH ATTACK REPULSED,
SAYS GERMAN REPORT
BERLIN, Dec. 13. A statement issued
Inst night at Army Headquarters says:
"East of Neuvo Chapelle, southwest of
Lille, an endeavor by n small British de
tachment to penetrate our position by a
surprise nttack broke down beforo our
entanglements.
"In tho Vosges there has been spo
radic patrol fighting."
FRENCH NAVAL OFFICER DEAF
TO U. S. SKIPPER'S PROTEST
Seized German Steward Without Mak
ing Any Explanation
NEW YORK, Dec. 13. The arrest of
tho United States steamship Carolina, of
tho New York nnd 1'orto lllco Lino, by
n French cruiser was described on her
nrrlval hern today.
"It was about 5:30 o'clock on the after
noon of December 8 when tho cruiser
llrcd a shot across our bows as a warn
ing to stop," snld Captain J. O. Foss.
"Wo had been stopped many tlmcB be
foie, but thnt was tho first time wo were
ever boarded. After tho ship stopped a
French lieutenant came on board, appar
ently looking for Germans. There were
mnny persons of Germnn descent on
board, but only one, Cnrl Schade, my
chief steward, was taken off. I protest
ed, but to no avail. The olllccr would not
oven mnlto an explanation."
South Phlla. Business Men Meet
The board of directors of tho South
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Federal streets, tonight nt 8. IB o'clock,
.Tames A. Hamilton Is president of the as
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ITALIANS WIN STRONG
POSITION IN TYROL
Capture Heights Commanding
Austrian Forts in Giu.
dicaria Valley
ROME, Dec. 13. In the on.u
northwest of Rlva, at the head 0?z.Z
Sarda, In the Tyrol, tho Italians hill
captured tho heights between Ml ?
dlcnrla nnd Concel Valleys, glvw .?.
control of the Bezzecca basin Si hS
mouth of the Concel Valley and a 'h
advantage In the campaign against ti,.
Lardaro forts In tho Gludlcarla Van.,
to tho northwest, '"'i
Tho nttack began on December : .
nitlllory bombardment of the cren.
tho heights. The Lardaro forts Venli.i
nnd a counter bombardment of the ..
necessary before tho operations couM k!
continued. u "
Quicksilver at Record Price
NEW YORK. Dec. 13.-qulckslver I.
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nn advance of 30 per flask In about J
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$35 to $t5 per flask and Just before, n2
war was selling nt $3C75 per flask.
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