2 AUSTRIANS RUN OUT OF GALICIA Czar's Soldiers Have Province Nearly Cleared of Enemy j RUSSIA REPORTS SUCCESSES Dispatches Saying That Germans In. Poland Have Been Checked Are De nled by Berlin—Czar Has Three Armies Advancing Toward Kaiser's Frontier—Tarnow Falls Before In vaders Advancing on Cracow. London, Sept. 30.—The Russian hordes are sweeping through Galicia and what few Austrlans are left in the province are fleeing. A Petrograd dispatch says that the czar's army of invasion h.s been everywhere suc cessful. Reinforcements for the Aus trian army have been forced back, it Is claimed, by a Russian army that entered Hungary over the Carpathian mountains. The Unghvar district is being over run by thin Russian force, the dis patch says. Budapest, the Hungarian capital, is only 180 miles from the Unghvar section. A Reuter Telegram company dis patch from Petrograd says that the river Durzetz, toward which the Aus trian army is now retreating, the last important obstacle to the Rus sian advance on the fortress of Cra cow. The German offensive operations in Poland have been effectually checked. That is the information secured from the general staff. It was stated that the German army that advanced in an effort to cut in two the forces of General Rennen kampf and develop a wide drive south ward through Poland has met heavy opposition from the Russians. Dispatches from the frontier indi cate that the Germans are preparing to retire. Russia's t'.ree great armies are now sweeping forward into Germany. The army of- the south, hotly pursuing tb : Austrians through Galicia, has occu pied Tarnow, the last fortified position In front of Cracow. The army of the v north, under Gen eral Rennenkampf, has resumed the offensive in east Prussia after driving back the German forces there. Now the great center Russian army which has been moving across Russian Po land is in action and making its weight felt against the German de fense lines. The successes of the three Russian armies during the past few days has enabled the Russian staff to almost straighten the long advance, especial ly through Galicia and Russian Poland. In east Prussia the line still curves to the east, but it is believed that General Rennenkampf will be able soon to drive his forces forward again into east Prussia. It is believed that the southern army after taking Cracow will push on to capture Breslau in Silesia. The center army which, it is reported, has inflict ed a severe defeat on the German forces around Kaliscz, will probably advance on Posen. General Rennen kampf has again started forward to ward Koenigsburg in the north ard will push his campaign until all ot east Prussia and west Prussia as far as the Vistula forts is in the hand* of the Russians. Berlin, Sept. 30.—Information given out in Berlin declares that the Aus trian government denied Russian sue cesses near the fortress of Przemysl. It is further declared that the sit' tion on the river Save is unchanged. Attertion is called here to tb-> Daily Citizen, a workman's paper pu lished in London, which criticises Great Britain sharply for accepting help from Japan In the present wa \ This paper it is said, predicts un fortunate consequences for Australia and America from this move and says that 100,000 Japanese are ready to embark for Tndia. Auditor Accused of Blackmailing. Youngstown, 0., Sept. 30.—The Ma honing county grand jury indicted 1 Fred M. Sayro, auditor of Franklin county, on a of attempt i 1 >i: .nail, growing out of the recent I .uary campaign for the Republic: a nomination for governor. The charge was brought by Senator David Tod 't Youngstown, a candidate for \ ? nomination, who charged that Sayre had tried t•> get $5,000 from him for carrying Franklin county. Savre SuCd Tod for libel and he was tried and . ;• quitted in a Columbus court. . Church In Germany Seeks Help. Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 30.—The East Pennsylvania synod of the Lutheran church was asked to assist the Luth eran church in Germany by contribut ing to the support of missions hereto fore maintained by the Lutherans of the empire. Appeals from Germany have been received in this part of the country asking that at least $31,000 a month be contributed to take up the work. Sixty-Foot Fall Fatal to Man. Johnstown, Pa., Sept. SO. —William Smith, aged fifty-one, died at the Me morial hospital after being uncon scious for thirteen days. He was work ing on the top of a building and fell to the bottom, sixty feet below. Smith j 'suffered a fractured skull. A 810 BANK VAULT How Its Coirs V&ro Opened b> a Message From the Sea. THE MAGIC OF AN AEROGRAM. A Dilemma From Which a Great Fi nancial Institution Extricated Itself In Double Quick Time by a Rapid Exchftnc* of Wireless Dispatohaa. To the ordinary layman, to# busy or too Indifferent to bother bin head with scientific matters, wireless telegraphy is somewhat of a rnj'stery. In a geu eral way he knows that by it messages are flashed through the air over oceans and mountains, but he does not realize to what an extent and in what varied roles the aerial magic plays its parts in daily life. In "The Wireless Man" the author. Francis A. Collins, nar rates an instance in which aerograms averted a possible financial mishap. He writes: "A secret, even a very big one. may be intrusted to the wireless man and flung halfway across the Atlantic with complete safety. There was the case, for instance, of the president of a great New York bni k who sailed for Europe without leaving the combiua tion of the locks of the vaults. As a rule, the combination is a single word, and the secret is known only to two or three. In this case, by an oversight, there was no one left ashore who knew the key. The money and securities of the bank were very safely locked away, and hours of work would be required to force the locks of the safe deposit vaults. "Tlie bank president's steamer had sailed at 6 o'clock of a summer's morn ing to catch a favorable tide, and when the bank's officials tried to open the vaults at al>out 9 o'clock the steamer carrying the secret was up ward of two hours at sea. A hasty examination showed that there was but one way to open the vaults, short of breaking into them, and that was by getting Iho code from the presi dent, serene!v unconscious of the trou bles ashore i\> delay opening the vaults would, of fourxe. be a very seri ous matter if the i <-s - f money were not ready behind tie birred windows promptly at lu. the fact would be known within a few minutes through out the financial sectioi/ A serious run cn a bank has been started for a less •da use. "In the old days, bef >re the cable, the Jfjcret could not have been gained in less than two or throe weeks at best, or until a message had reached the president by mail ard returned across the Atlantic. The cable alone would have cut the delay in two by catching the traveler on his arrival on the other side. Meanwhile the bank officials, hastily summoned to a conference, had acted quickly. The wireless stations had been notified, and a message ex plaining the situation was flashed from the top of a high building in New York and from the Sea Gate and Nantucket stations. All this was the work of less than ten minutes. "Now the combination word used to lock up these millions in gold, currency and securities is, of course, not a piece of information to be flashed broadcast along the Atlantic coast. It would be known to scores of people, even if the stations receiving guarded the secret with the utmost care. The officials therefore impressed upon the president the importance of sending his message In the private code used by the bank in its important cables. As the hour for opening the bank approached the offi cials waited with an impatience which may be imagitxd. "The wireless message was handed to the bank president as he sat at breakfast well out to sea. It was now exactly 9:16. There was a sudden va cancy at that particular table. After one glance at the aerogram the presi dent, realizing the situation to the last detail, rushed madly for his stateroom to search for his code book. A few mo ments later a dignified elderly gentle man rushed into the wireless booth, de manding at any cost that his message be given the right of way. He got it "An aerogram expressed in an unin telligible cipher was soon being flashed with the full power of the apparatus. The wireless stations along the coast had been ordered to expedite the mes sage in every way and were waiting anxiously for it It was read by two stations ou the Long lslaud coast and repeated hurriedly to New York. A few minutes later the clerk at the telephone in the bank was carefully writing out the strange jumble of letters and trans lating them Into intelligible English. The clock pointed to twenty minutes to 10, the bank's opening hour, when the great steel door swung noiselessly open on its hinges and the day was saved." He Was Precise. "The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth," is the motto of police witnesses at Ystrad. "Did you see him coming through the door?" asked a socilitor In court "No. sir; through the doorway." answered the police precision in the box.— London Globe. Very Conservative. Tailor—You have inherited a lot of money. Why don't you settle my bill? Owens—My dear man, I wouldn't have It said for anything that my newly ac quired wealth caused any departure from my simple habits,—Boston Tran srript Most of our misfortunes are more supportable than the comments of our friends upon them.—A. Dumas. TEUTON RIGHT REPORTED TO HAVE BROKEN *aris DispaTch Says Von Kluck's Men Are on Run NO CONFIRMATIuN OF STORY Allies In Autos Are Pursuing Flying Germans, According to Report—An other Paris Dispatch Says That Gen eral Von Kluck Offered to Surrender to General Joffre—Kaiser Expects to Break Allies' Lines, Says Berlin. London, Sept. 30. —A Paris dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company •ays: "It is stated here that the German right has been entirely broken and Is now being pursued by the allies. All the automobiles in northern France have been requisitioned for the pur >ose of pursuit. "Armored motor cars with mltrail uses also are being used to pursue te enemy." Earlier a dispatch from Paris said jat General Von Kluck had offered „j surrender to General Joffre, the French commander-in-chief, if the Ger mans were allowed to retire to Ger many. He offered to guarantee that aoDe of the Germans would again take up arms during the war. According to this report General Joffre declined to accede to these terms. Still another report was that the Germans have been surrounded in the Somme districts and that the allies' flanking movement was being extend ed further east. The German right wing, according to this dispatch, was retreating from its fortified position between the Aisne and the Somme rivers. It is added that it was believed the German center army is now in grave danger. There is no confirmation of any of these reports from official sources; in fact they are contradicted by the of flcial reports. Furious German attacks on the £ench left front, all of which were ipulsed, marked the seventeenth day | the battle. When the communique was given )t in Paris the French were still hold- \g their positions, while on the right center they had made progress in the assault of the German positions on the heights of the Meuse. The French line passes through the region of Pont-a-Mousson, which has already been the scene of numerous engagements, and the region of St. Mihiel, along the heights to the north of Spada and then through a portion of the heights of the Meuse, where the Germans have held strongly forti fied points to the southeast of Verdun. The general front of battle between Verdun and Rheims is indicated by a line passing through Varennes north of Souain and along the old Roman road which runs into Rheims. From Rheims the line passes west of Berry-außac, then along the right bank of the Aisne into the region o£ Soissons. It runs into the first plateau on the right bank of the Aisne between Soissons and the forest of L'Agile and reaches the town of Ribecourt on the Oise about midway between Com pegne and Noyon. From here the battle front is almost directly north passing Lassigny, Roye, Chaulnes, across the Somme and be tween the towns of Albert and Com bles. It is evident that along this part of line the two forces are In close bntact. Ribecourt is occupied by the Vench. Lassigny, five miles to the rth, is in the hands of the Germans, Jhile Roye, five miles further north yard, is occupied by the French, and Jhaulnes, < bout the same distance rarther on, is occupied by the Ger mans. The Temps summarizes the position on the Aisne as follows: "We have reached the eighteenth day of the battle and Mukden's record has been broken. The Germans have not yet quit the position which they are bound to quit, having nowhere ob tained an advantage which would al low them to hope for a return of their fortune. "The morale of the allies is excel lent and the Germans, especially the leaders, must have known this. A proof that they had observed it is the hasty preparations of their lines of resistance on the Sambre and also further north. "A prolongation of the battle and heavy losses by the enemy will deprive him of the means of making an equal ly strong resistance on these lines. "Gur sacrifices have been cruel, bu* they were necessary. After this out rageous war France will take up agair her former gran a situation on Ger many's ruins." Berlin (Via Wireless Through Say. 111% L. I.), Sept. 30. —Reports re vived here from the front say the igh German military officials in harge of the campaign in France pre lict the Germans will break through jhe allied lines within the next week. The resistance is said to be slowly slackening at several points. That many of the wounded who might be saved are being sacrificed through the scarcity of doctors at the front was the statement made by the THE PA RI >T FORCES ARE DEADLOCKED ALONG AISNE Seventeenth Day Finds Armies Still In Clinch j REINFORCEMENTS COMING UP Speed May Be the Determining Fac tor, For the Side That Can Receive New Men First Is Likely to Be Able to Drive Other From Position. Paris Report Says That Allies Have Advanced Slightly. Paris, Sept. 29. —On the seventeenth day of the battle along the Aisne river the official communique issued at Paris says that in the center the French troops successfully resisted several violent attacks made by the Germans and that they gained slightly on the heights of the Meuse. All that is officially given out regard ing the struggle on their left is that the reports received are all favorable. At no time since the opening of the war has there been fewer comments on the situation at the front. The bulletins sent out seemed mere ly to emphasize the fact that there had been no change along the battle line. The latest official communique is as follows: "1. On our left wing the reports re ceived are favorable. "2. In the center our troops have steadily resisted several violent at tacks. We have gained slightly on the heights of the Meuse. In the Woevre a heavy fog has brought operations to a standstill. "3. On our right wing (Lorraine and the Vosges) the situation remains un changed." The statement that the situation on | the allies' left wa? favorable indicated that the pressure of the flanking move ment against Von Kluck vas not d mimshed and that Ins wing was still in danger of being bent back. The imperative necessity of lessen ing the pressure on Von Kluck led to terrific assaults against the allies center which maintained its iad jininit able stand. Bad weather has dulled the fighting In the Woevre and the Lorraine dis tricts. If the allies can envelop or crush Von Kluck's army before the Germans rush a great force through the Verdun line no German troops can remain in French territory. If the Germans break through the barrier, a reverse, but not disaster, may be expected for the allies. Fresh troops, the weight of new army corps, will most likely decide the contest of speed. It is believed the allies can bring to bear a greater number than the Germans. For the first time since the begin ning of the war news by wireless sent out by the French government through the Eiffel tower station was received in London. The message, dated Sept. 28, follows: "Feeling that their position was be coming more and more critical under the pressure of the allies' arms, the Germans have tried to stop us by re peated counter attacks. Since Sept. 26 they have delivered by day and night frequent and very violent at tacks at several positions on our front. Everywhere they have been repulsed, sustaining considerable losses and abandoning as they lay thousands of dead and wounded. "The Eighth army corps and the guards were severely put to the test and a large number of prisoners fell into our hands. It is to be remarked that many of the latter gave them selves up voluntarily, although they could have escaped." Berlin (Via The Hague), Sept. 29. — While still maintaining the position that there has been no really decisive changes at any part of the 125-mile battlefield, the report of the German general staff is more optimistic than anything issued since the battle of the Aisne began. It said that there have been dis tinct gains by the German center, which has driven the enemy back with heavy losses. The armies operating through Varennes have succeeded in forcing the French back on Clermont, on Aire and on St. Mennehould and now hold the main, highways and the railroad lines in that vicinity. On the heights of the Meuse the Germans continue to maintain their advantage and are in strength on the west bank of the river. The bombardment of the Meuse forts south of Verdun continues with perceptible success, according to the general staff. On the German right it is said the fighting is of the most bitter character, with the enemy plainly throwing all of his available force into the fight in the effort to break through the Ger man line. At no point has he been successful, while at a number of points the Germans have advanced. Discussing the actual fighting the war office declared that heavy losses have been inflicted on the allies by German bayonet charges and that as a result the allies have been obliged to call upon their reserves to strengitcn their lines. I DAMAGE DONE BY SHELLS IN MALINES.; © 1914, by American Press Association. BELGIAN SOLDIERS DIGGING TRENCHES. Photo by American Press Association. RUINED GATE AT TERMONDE, BELGIUM. © 1914, by American Press Association. SERVIAN REFUGEES CAMPING IN STREET Photo by American Trese Association.
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