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LXXXIII—
No. 285
TWO MEN KILLED ON
PENNSY Ml LIE
Harrisburg Signalman and Bryn
Mawr Policeman Meet Death
Under Wheels
BOTH HORRIBLY MANGLED
Edward Getkin, a Local Man,
Jumped From Train to Save
Himself Short Walk
Two men were killed last night by
trains on the Philadelphia division of
the Pennsylvania railroad. The vic
tims are:
Edward Getkin, aged 28, 634
Harris street, this city.
Samuel Greer, aged 42, Bryn
Mawr.
Getkin is a 'ennsy signalman, tem
porarily residing at Paoli. He was
cut in two just east of Paoli about 5.30
this morning when he jumped from a
rapidly moving passenger train. The
signalman fell beneath the wheels and
was killed Instantly.
Getkin has been at work on the
electrification on the Philadelphia divi
sion near Paoli. He was returning from
work when the accident occurred. He
jumped from the train to save himself
a walk of several blocks from the
Paoli station. The young man was a
member of the Pennsylvania Relief
and was single. His body was brought
to the home of hi* mother, Mrs. Ella
Getkin, 634 Harris street by T. M.
Jlauk. undertaker. Kuneral arrange
ments have not been completed.
Samuel Greer was a special police
man for the Pennsy. He is believed
to have been struck by a train while
walking along the tracks. His body,
horribly mangled, was picked up
shortly after midnight near Rosemont.
Christmas Trees Expected
to Reach City Before
the End of Next Week
i
The first shipment of Christmas
trees is expected before the end of
next week, according to the announce
ment of the freight officials and deal
ers in Christmas decorations in the
city.
The usual time for the arrival of
the trees is early in December, but for
the past few years the weather has
not been cold enough to preserve them
and the shipping was delayed. ■
This year, however, they will be on
hand two weeks before Christmas.
Dealers say the trees will be about the
same in price as in former years.
Domestic trees will come In much
later and are not expected before
December 17 or 18.. Christmas greens
were on sale In the markets of the
city this morning. Spruces from
Maine and pines from the South will
be the first on sade next week.
S. 0. S. ULL SENT BY
WIND-TOSSED SHIP
Liner Antony, From Liverpov' to
Para, in Distress North
of the Lizard
By Associated Press
London, Dec. 5, 2.40 P. M. The
Booth Steamship Company's liner An
t ny, bound from Liverpool for Para,
has been disabled by the storm now
sweeping over England and Is in dis
tress fifty miles north of the Lizard.
The captain of a local steamer re
ceived the signal "Want immediate as
sistance," but was unable to help the
Antony, his own bessel being short of
coal.
The Antony is of 3,760 tons net reg
ister.
The Norwegian steamer Waterloo of
J. 283 tons foundered off the Lizard at
midnight. Three persons were saved.
The remainder of tile crew is miss
ing.
The British cruiser Venus rain
ashore In the storm to-day, striking
with her full force. Her foremast
and a portion of the bridge were car
ried away by an enormous sea. The
warship was running for a port in the
south of England when the storm
broke.
Another victim of the gale, which
is still raging along the coast, is an
unidentified steamer which is ashore
near Mersey. Three lifeboats have
gone to her assistance.
THE WEATHER
f'n.' Harrlabnrg nnd vlclnltyi Rnln
to-night and probably Sunday)
not much change In temperature.
For F,a*tern Pennnilvanln: Italn
south nnd rain or unn In north
portion to-night nml probably
Sunday! KtronK northeast and
east nlnds.
River
The river and all Ita
branches will remnln nearly sta
tionery to-night and Sunday. \
•.tage of about a.4 feet la 'indi
cated for llarrlaburg Sunday
morning.
General Condltlona
The Southern storm has been re
tarded and foreed rantnard by
the strong high pressure area to
the northward and la now cen
tral on the "outh Carolina coaat.
It has canned light to moderately
heavy rain alnee laat report gen
erally mer the territory east of
the Mississippi river and south of
the I.«ke region with some anon I
In the Upper Ohio Valley.
Temperaturei S a. m„ 3S.
Sun: Illses, 7:13 a. in.; arts, 4:37
,j. m.
Moon: nises, J:S7 p. m.
River stage: 2.4 feel above low- ,
water mark.
Yesterday's Wen (her
llle-heat temperatnre, M,
I.on est temperature. 3».
Mean temperature. 12.
Aormnl temperature, 35. J
AMUSEMENTS TO GET
THEIR RAPS TONIGHT
Stough Will Give His Views on the
the Question of "Inno
cent Pleasures"
WANTS REVIVAL CONTINUED
Evangelist Jumps Letter Writer
Who Says His Motives
Are Pecuniary
People who have been saving up
their strength all week to come out
to-night to he«;.r the lecture of Dr.
Stough on amusements will have a
treat that he declares "is worth five
dollars," because "some folks will
want to give $5 to get out of the taber
nacle before I get throueh with them."
The lecture Is considered one of the
best in his repertoire and deals some
practical blows on the common forms
of amusement that are considered per
missible by many people. He will ex
plain the reasons for opposing card
playing, dancing and pool shooting, not
alone on account of religious consid
erations. but from moral and psycho
logical standpoints particularly.
The entire service will be devoted
to the lecture and no opportunity for
trail-hitting will be given.
Thousands of women again jammed
the tabernacle this afternoon to hear
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Schwab Sails Again
For England; Won't
Disclose His Mission
By Associated Press
New York. Dec. 5. Charles M.
Schwab sailed unexpectedly again to
day for Liverpool. Since the war
started Mr. Schwab's duties as presi
dent of the Bethlehem Steel Cor
poration. builders of war craft and
manufacturers of war materials, have
kept him much of the time on tli&
ocean traveling between America and
Europe.
Mr. Schwab referred to Secretary of
State Bryan all interviewers who
sought to learn if his trip abroad was'
connected in any way with his recent
conference with Mr. Bryan. Mr.
Schwab refused to say if his call on
.Mr. .Bryan bad been pleasant and
merely smiled when asked if he had
been requested to surrender any of
his contracts for war materials with
the British government as being un
neutral.
"I'm going to London on business
was all he would say.
SALOON OPPOSED BY
SCHOOL DIRECTORS
Board Will Urge Court to Refuse
Transfer Because of Nearness
of Cameron Building
The school board at its regular
meeting last night passed a resolution
protesting against the transfer of the
liquor license owned by Patrick Sulli
van from 727 State street to 1819
North Third street, in the Eleventh
ward.
The resolution was passed just be
fore the close of the session and will
be presented to the Daupnln county
court next Tuesday when the appli
cation for the transfer is heard.
The objections that members of the
school board have to the placing of the
Sullivan place uptown is that the pro-
JHJSCII site of the saloon is only '2OO feet
away front the Cameron school build,
ins at Green and Muench streets.
Seventeen hundred persons of the
Eleventh ward nave signed a petition
of remonstrance against the license
transfer. The remonstrance was filed
yesterday with Prothonotary Holler.
It is the largest remonstrance that
has ever been made in Harrisburg ami
some of the reasons given are that the
proposed saloon is not necessary for
accommodation of strangers, that the
district does not need a saloon, that It
would be a detriment to the public
good and that a public school is with
in 100 feet of the proposed site
The formal protest will be made at
court December 8, by James W. Stran
ahan, former deputy attornev general
who will represent the people of the
West End.
H. W. Newman Elected
Commander of Post 58
The annual election of officers of
Post 58, Grand Army of the Repub
lic, held last night at headquarters, 26
North Third street, resulted as fol
lows:
Commander, H. W. Newman; senior
vice-commander, John M. Major;
junior . vice-commander. Thomas
Numbers; chaplain, William Huggins;
surgeon. R. M. Johnson; officer of the
day, H. M. Graham; officer of the
guard, David Bender; trustee, William
D. Rhoads.
Representatives to the department
encampment to be held at Easton
Pa., next June were also elected, as
follows: E. B. Hoffman, David Ben
der, N. A. Walmer, Thomas Numbers
and H. S. Watson.
The post unanimously decided'to
attend the Stough tabernacle on pa
triotic night next Thursday and oc
cupy reserved seats. All other posts
in the city and vicinity and all other
veterans are requested to join the
pr.rty and meet at post headquarters
on that evening and march to the
tabernacle.
HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5, 1914
|/ :
Women of Stough Party Who Are Doing Big Part to Make Campaign a Success \
M, S - M r art \vright MU» Miss Palmer Mls« xin»n M.s,
LIOUOR IS GREATEST
VICE CONTRIBUTOR
Contributory Causes Are Dance
Halls, Road Houses, Lack of
Public Amusement
By Associated Press
Madison, Wis., Dec. 5. Fifteen
months' study and investigation of the
vice problem in Wisconsin by the legis
lative anti-vice committee resulted In
radical proposals for law enforcement
and better social conditions, sum
marized in an exhaustive report which
was filed with the secretary of state
to-day.
The greatest cause of the commer
cialized vice, the report says, is the
use of intoxicating liquors. Contribu
tory causes are public dance halls,
road houses, poorly lighted parks and
public places, lack of responsibility by
parents, nonenforcement of laws by
public officials, lack of public amuse
nient and recreation facilities, and au
tomobiles. The committee found that I
the wage question had no material
relation to a girl's downfall.
The committee recommends, among I
other things:
That the sale or liquor be prohibited
within or in connection with dance
halls.
That all hotels, rooming and lodg.
'iWr,.i= US tK .' H * required to secure
licenses, that they keep permanent'
wUh S,e n S of ,„ tho " ames of a" guests,
with penalties for using fictitious
names.
Publicity of ownership be
tstablished by requiring the name of
owners on the front of all hotels and
rooming houses.
That in cities special classes for
subnormal children be established trf
the public schools and that where
necessary the state furnish free text
books, meals and clothing to make
co I"l >llls °ry education effective i
That municipalities provide super
oiwL am " sem «!nts. particularly con
certs, mo\ing picture shows, etc.
hat employers of domestic servants
«nit=M to furnitih them wit ], a
company/ 00 " 1 " WhlCh to rece,ve
That tiie number of hours of labor
foi domestic servants be fixed by law.
be protected ° f th 6 ,aborin * clms
Adequate insurance against poverty.
Reformed Church Will
Have Big Meeting of
Men in Allentown
By Associated Press
Wernersville, Pa., Dec. s.—Repre
sentatives of the Reformed Church
from five states—New York, Pennsyl
vania, Ohio, Virginia and Maryland—
one delegate to every 5,000 members
of the 312.000 enrolled in the United
States, attended the meeting of the
general committee of the Laymen';.
Missionary Movement held at Grand
View Sanatorium on South Mountain
At the close of the convention there
was great enthusiasm in anticipation
of the men's congress to be held in
the tall of 1915. Salem Reformed |
Church. Allentown, was the unani
mous choice of the delegates.
The Rev. James I. Good, D. D„
Philadelphia, president, presided over
a meeting of the board of foreign mis
sions of the Reformed Church In the
United States. The principal business,
before the board was to devise ways
and means to liquidate the indebted
ness of $135,000. An effort will be
made to raise $250,000 for tills pur
pose and for immediate needs. An
additional SIOO,OOO is required for
general work throughout the vear
The basis of the 1915 expenditure ofc
money was decided to be the receipts
during 1914. This will, it is hoped,
prevent the board from assuming an
indebtedness.
Engineers to Hear Talk
on Locomotive's Growth
The Engineers" Society of Pennsyl
vania will hold n meeting in the lower
hall of the Hoard of Trade Building
Monday eventng, December 7, to hear
a lecture by George R. Henderson,
consulting engineer of the Baldwin
Locomotive Works on the subject of
"Recent Development of the Locomo
tive."
The lecfure will be Illustrated by
lantern slides, and it N is stated that
some new data and pictures will be
presented which have never before
been shown. Members of the society
have been notified that their friends
will be welcome.
Biscuit Company Makes
City Distributing Point
Warehouses and wholesale depart
ments will be opened in Harrlsburg by
the Loose-Wilse Biscuit Company of
New York, Boston and Kansas City.
The new firm will start business as
I soon as negotiations have been com
pleted for a building close to the
Pennsylvania railroad tracks.
C. K. Peale formerly of Philadel
phia, will be in charge of the whole
sale department and the distribution
business will be In charge of John L.
Deßruell, of New York. The Harris
burg Cnamber of t'onimerce was a
factor in getting the new firm located i
in Harrlsburg.
IVUN TOOK MERCURY
TABLET MID LIVES
: Dr. A. B. Gloninger Saves Life at
Lebanon Sanatorium by
Prompt Treatment
Special to The Telegraph
Lebanon, Dec. s.—Bangrantz
Knable, a German, residing at No.
I 120 North Fourth street, this city, has
i.iust returned from a trip through the
i valley of the shadow of death, dur
ing which he approached nearer the
brink of etenfty than any other human
being in this region and probably In
the world. Knable has the distinction
of being pulled out of the jaws of
death in a manner not experienced by
any other person whose record Is con
tained In medical jurisprudence, for
he ate and digested seven grains of
I bichloride of mercury. He owes his
| life to Dr. A. B. Gloninger and his as
jsistant surgeons at the Lebanon Sana
• torium.
Knable took the poison by mistake
ion November 20 an dthen started to
the country in a buggy. He soon be
came ill and was returning to the hos
pital, where he was occasionally em
ployed to do odd jobs about the
> building. Dr. Gloninger had been noti
| tied of the occurrence and started out
in his automobil? to lind Knable. He
[met him coming into the city and
hurried him to the sanatorium. He
| role treatment was immediately re
| sorted to and he was kept in the hos
■ pltal five days under constant surveil
j lance of the physicians and was then
allowed to go home, and has now
fully recovered.
Dr. Gloninger admits that the re
storation of Knable is phenomenal,
and he has decided to give a techni
cal description of the treatment he
administered to the medical Journals
at his earliest opportunity.
lCTinble is 3S years of age. and Is a
sturdy fellow. He is engaged several
hours each day at cleaning boilers at
the American iron and steel manufac
turing works, and the rest of the time
he assists in all-around work at the
hospital.
VILLA FREES SEIZED BI LLION
By Associated Press
Washington. D. C„ Dee. s.—Bullion
of the American Smelting and Refin
ing Company, seized by General Garcia
and .Mexican troops, has been ordered
returned to the company by General
Villa.
Emergency Aid Workers
Will Organize Monday
A meeting will be held at Mrs. Mar
lin E. Olmsted's residence, 105 North
Front street, at 4.30 Monday after
noon, December 7, to receive the re
port of the organization of an emer
gency aid committee for Harrisburg.
The aim of this committee is to
draw together all societies and indivi
duals interested in giving assistance to
thousands of Innocent victims in this
season of unprecedented suffering and
hardship both at home and abroad.
The meeting is open to all interested in
home and foreign relief work.
Mr. Wickersham Gets Nice
Bouquet From the Bench
"To your preparedness and capable
handling of the cases before us was
largely due the celerity in which the
business of the court was dispatched.
Your assistance has been invaluable in
speeding along the work and I wish
to extend to you the thanks of the
court for your efforts. Dauphin coun
ty should congratulate itself on having
so efficient an assistant district at
torney."
That was Ihe parting bouquet
Judge Charles Johnson, specially pre
siding. handed down from the Dau
phin bench to Assistant District Attor
ney Frank B. Wickersham this morn
ing at the conclusion of the.criminal
sessions in No. 2 room.
Judge Johnson also expressed his
appreciation of the work of the Jurors.
WHERE RED CROSS WAR
GIITS ARE TO BE SENT
By Associated Press
Washington, Dec. s.—Confusion re
sulting from a misunderstanding in
some quarters as to which Red Cross
address contributions of clothing and
hospital garments intended for the dis
tressed peoples In Europe should be
sent, led to an official announcement
to-day that all gifts sould be for
warded freight prepaid to American
Red Cross. Bush terminal. Thirty
ninth street and Second avenue. South
Brooklyn, N. Y."
NOW REAR ADMIRAL TAYLOR
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., Dec. s.—Secre
tary Daniels to-day announced that
Naval Constructor David W. Tayloi i
will he appointed chief constructor and 1
chief of the bureau of construction i
i and repair with the rank of rear i
admiral. ',
CARMNZA THREATENS
BRITISH IN MEXICO
Feared That He Will Destroy Eng
lish-owned Railroad to
Capital
! Washington, I>. C.. Dec. 5. —sir Cecil
Spring-Rice, the British Amltotisador,
informed the state Department to-day
of a dispatch from British Charge
Hohler in Mexico City, saying reports
were current tliat General Carranza
was planning to destroy the British
owned railroad between Vera Cruz and
Mexico City by blowing up certain
tunnels.
The Ambassador also informed the
department that Carranza had seized,
at Vera Cruz, British cotton consigned
to interior mills as well as other ship
ments of British goods. IJe is under
stood to have made no specific re
quest of the United States and his
action was in line with the estab
lished policy of communicating to the
department all reports from Mexico
City.
Grave concern was expressed, how
ever, over the reported threat of Car
ranza to put the railways, the only
line operated between Mxico City anil
Vera Cruz, out of commission. If
this were done by destroying tunnels,
a long time would be required to re
store traffic. Meanwhile British sub
jected and other foreigners in interior
Mexico would not have that means of
escape from Mexico City.
Sir Cecil let it be known that the
British government has not taken a
position of unfriendliness toward the
possible candidacy of Villa for the
Mexican presidency. It is understood
that England will not undertake to
pass upon the right of any individual
to aspire to the leadership In Mexico.
That, however, does not mean that an
indemnity for the death of the British
subject Benton, would not be de
manded from Villa should he become
president.
ALLIES' AVIATORS ACTIVE
By Associated Press
Berlin, Dec. 4, via London, Dec. 5,
12.10 P. M.—Hostile aviators dropped
four bombs this afternoon in the
neighborhood of Freiburg, in Baden
not far north of the Swiss frontier.
The intention of the aviators, appar
ently, was to destroy the railroad
bridge there.
Lackawanna Steel
Heads Go to France
For Bridge Contracts
By Associated Press
New York, Dec. s.—Frederick Hol
brook and William S. Patten, of the
110 l brook, Cabott & Rollins Cor
poration; A. B. Adams, a contractor,
and three representatives of the Lack
awanna Steel Company sailed on the
Lusitania for France, where
It is reported, they will visit the battle
fields and later submit bids to the
French government for the recon.
struction of bridges destroyed by the
armies of the allies and Germany in
the war.
The proposed contract will call for
an immense amount of work and thi.
shipment of millions of dollars' worth
of American steel to France, it is said.
New German Minister to
Rome Arouses Comment
By Associated Press
Rome. Dec. 4, 4.45 P. M.—The for
mal announcement that Prince Ber
nard von Buelow, former' chancellor
of the German empire, had been
placed at the head of the German em
bassy here while the present ambas
sador. Herr von Flotow, is to be ab
sent for three months on account of
his health, has aroused much Inter
esting comment in Home.
Many advisers are of the opinion
that the appointment of Prince von
Buelow to this post means that Berlin
is about to exercise strong pressure to
prevent Italy from passing to the side
of the allies.
SKIRTS MUST BE FULL
Tailor-Made Season Decreed for
Styles of 1915
Toledo, Ohio, Dec. 5. The style
committee of the National Cloak. Suit
and Skirt Manufacturers' Association
decreed to-day that the tight skirt
must give way to fullness below the
waist line.
The coats and skirts are to be
shorter, and almost entirely there will
be a tailor-made season in 1915 for
American women. In working out the
styles the Idea Is to have more sense
in the fashions. All is modest and
conservative, foreign suggestions of
color or style being eliminated.
FARMERS WARNED BY GOVT.
Seed Potatoes From Maine Should
Have U. S. Mark on Them
By Associated Press
Washington, Dec. s.—The Depart
ment of Agriculture t.o-day issued a
warning to farmers of New Jersey, the
Middle Atlantic and Southern States
against buying seed potatoes from
Maine unless they hear the Depart
ment's certificate showing the potatoes '
to be free from powdery scab. They
also are warned against the use of
table potatoes for planting purposes
ns these, according to the department,,
even though they do not show the I
disease may have been exposed to It. I
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ITALY'S STAND
ON WAR
CA USES ALARM
Terms of Triple Alliance to Be Made Public if Germany
Questions Loyalty; French Cain Foothold in Alsace;
Kaiser's Forces Perform Heroic Feat in Cutting
Through Russian Ring; Poland Campaign Undecided
Italy's attitude In (lie European war
lias iMtain become a source of concern,
in view of Premier Salandra's decla
ration that Ills country was in-110 way
bound to fight with Germany and Aus
tria and the intimation that if her
loyalty to treaty obligations were ques
tioned further she would illsclosc the
text of the triple alliance agreement.
The German government's appoint
ment of Prince von Biiclow, former
chancellor, as tenmorary head of the
embassy at Home Is inlrriiii'lnl by
Home dlspati lies as meaning that Ber
lin would exert strong pressure to pre
vent Italy l'rom joining forces with the
allies.
The newest phase of the war, so far
as was indicated by the day's dis
patches, is heavy lighting In Alaacc.
where the French have succeeded in
maintaining a foothold 011 German
territory since the opening of hostili
ties. Comparatively little has been
heurd of the struggle there, which Is
virtually a separate campaign, but now
the French apparently have begun a
vigorous offensive movement. The
main battle is In progress near Alt
klrcli. where, the German war otllce
says, the attacks or the French have
been repulsed.
Dispatches are iN'giuniiig to come in
rroni Petrograd which give a closer
view or the war in the east. Tliey
Indicate that tile Germans who fought
tlielr way out of the Russian trap per
formed a most desperate and valorous
feat. The heavy force southeast <>r
l,od/. which was hemmed in is said to
have cut its way with bayonets, step
by step, lor fifteen miles in the face of
constant attacks, until It was able to
rejoin the main body. Tills battle is
described as the bloodiest and most
pitiless ol' tlie war.
Berlin claims heavy captures of pris
oners In this struggle, while from Kiev
comes the announcement that the
fortress there Is crowded with German
prisoners. Incidentally, Kiev reports
that since Hie lieginuiiig of tlie war
130,000 soldiers and 2,500 officers have
passed through Kiev as prisoners of
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE-TUESDAY
Washington, Dec. s.—Congress leaders made arrange
ments to-day foi a joint session of the House and Senate at
12.30 p. m. Tuesday to heat President Wilson read his an
nual addiess. Formal resolutions to that effect will be per
fected when Congress reassembles Monday.
PAY FOOTBALL MEN TO ENLIST
London, Dec. 5, 3.25 P. M.—The directors of Aston
Villa, one of the leading professional football teams and sev
eral times winner of the championship have issued a letter to
the players on the team urging the men to volunteer for ser
vice in the field and promising to pay them half wages. Many
of the players are responding to the appeal.
SHIP FOUNDERS; TWO DROWN
Newport News, Va., Dec. s.'—Two men were drowned
and a third had a thrilling escape early to-day when the
schooner William Donnelly of Baltimore, coal laden for
Hampton, foundered off Thimble Shoal in Chesapeake Bay.
The schooner was in command of Captain John R. Phi
lips and a crew of two men.
LIEUT. INGRAM NAVAL COACH
Annapolis, Md., Dec. s.—Lieut. Jonas Ingram has been
appointed head coach for the Naval Academy football team
for next season, succeeding Lieut. Douglas L. Howard.
GERMANY CO-OPERATES WITH U. S.
London, Dec. 5, 1.50 P. M.—The American Relief Com
mission in London to-day received a telegram from Captain
T. Fa Lucey at Rotterdam, in which the American Relief
Commissioner incorporates an important telegram which he
recived from Brand Whitlock, the U S. minister to Belgium,
denying charges which recently have appeared in news
papers in connection with the relief work, and saying that
Germany is heartily co-operating.
Chi a. o, Dec. s.—Jessie Cope, complainant in the white
slave indictment against Charles Alexander, a millionaire of
Providence, R. 1., was arrested here this afternoon on a
chaige of attempted bribery.
Paris, Dec. 5, 2.45 P. M.—The official French communi
cation out in Paris this afternoon says that north of
Lyi> tiie Ficuch tioops have made perceptible progress.
MARRIAGE
i Cheater Seller* nn<| MUMBII Shuler, Steolton.
John K. Wilier, city, and >lar.v 11. .shiver, Kerrnvllle. Vn.
Ilnrry J. Shaffer nnd MurgNrtl E. lilppennteel, IJghntrcet, Columbia
* POSTSCRIPT
war. The allies liavc ceased claiming
a tremendous victory in Northern I'o
land. but they do assert that the op
erations there have h«"en a strategic
defeat for (icrmauy and a tactical vic
tory for Russia.
The Russians would appear not yet
to have lieeii diverted from tlicir at
tacks In Gallcia and the invasion of
'Hungary, but the fortresses of
Praemysl and Cracow still arc intact
and are likely to put up a stronger
defense against the Russians than did
the Belgian forts against the Germans.
Unless a decisive defeat can be in
lllcted 011 the Austrian army at Czen
stoehowa. it is argued In Ijondon. It Is
not probable that the Russian army of
the south will be in a position to begin
any serious invasion of Silesia until
Cracow has been reduced.
An eye-witness with the British
forces in France reports tliat both
sides in West Flanders are engaged ill
siege operations and that the Germans
have almost entirely aliandoned their
infantry assaults In force. A novel
kind ol' warfare, recalling the hand-to
hand comlMits of » century ago. but
with entrenching' and engineering fea
tures undreamed of liefore the days of
the present powerful explosives, is a
feature of the lighting along the west
ern battle front.
An ollicial report from Vienna ad
mits that the advance of the Austrian*
lias lieen prevented by violent attacks
from strong hostile forces covering
the Servian retreat. No hint Is given
ns to the Identity of these forces, but
the oninion is expressed in London
that Russian aid has reached tin*
sorely pressed Serbs. Berlin rertorts
that such help will lie no longer pos
sible for the reason that the blowing
mi the great tunnel near Tekija lin*
blocked communication with Rumania.
DESPERATE FIGHTING
The despe-ate character or the
luin<l-to-liand lighting in assaults on
trenches, the use of hand grenades
and bomb throwing machines are de
scribed in a British ollicial eye-witness
refiort issued to-day, which also dls
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