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GALICIA SCENE
; OF BLOODY FIGHT
Russian Positions Stormed
Again and Again
GERMAN LOSSES ENORMOUS
Kaiser's Forces Return to Charge
Twenty-two Times In Battle De
scribed by Petrograd War Office as
Being Without Precedent—Teutons
Struggle to Puncture Enemy's Line
at New Points.
London, Feb. 11. —From Petrograd,
Berlin and Geneva come reports offi
cial and otherwise telling of the su
preme efforts being made by Germany
in the eastern theater of war to stem
the Russian tide, which divided is
flowing toward Koenigsburg in East
Prussia at one end and over the Car
pathians into Hungary at the other
end.
It is agreed that the fighting at the
southern erd of the great battle line
is the fiercest not only in the history
of this war but without precedent in
any other.
In a single day the German troops
charged twenty-two times on a Rus
sian position. They made their
charges up a hill in the face of artil
lery fire. Twice they gained posses
sion of the heights, but were finally
driven out with bayonets. The Ger
man losses are described as "exces
sively heavy."
The scene of the fighting was Bali
grod, thirty miles south of Sanok, in
Galicia. It is claimed by the Russian
staff that the Hungarian forces in the
Carpathians have been augmented by
300,000 Germans and that German of
ficers are i>v* definitely directing the
Carpathian movement.
The German plan now seems to be
to abandon gradually their aggressive
on the Bzura and in the Vistula re
gion and to transfer their troops to
points where there Is greater oppor
tunity of piercing the Russian defen
sive. The fighting in the Carpathians
would appear to be a part of this
procedure.
Concentrating their forces the night
of Feb. 7, the Germans early the fol
lowing morning began what doubtless
rapidly developed into one of the
fiercest attacks in the history of the
Carpathian campaign. With their first
line almost annihilated, the Germans
pushed forward their second line, un
der the support of heavy artillery and
were successful in gaining a strategic
elevation. But from this position they
were almost immediately driven back
by a Russian bayonet charge. Attack
and counter attack followed in rapid
succession and toward evening the
Germans in great numbers seemed to
be in permanent possession of the
heights.
Then a genera! counter attack by
the Russians resulted In two hours of
hand-to-hand fighting v*hich left the
snow-clad hillsides strewn with dead.
After a most stubborn resistance the
German regiments finally were defi
nitely driven out. A Russian officer
claims personally to have counted up
ward of 1,000 German dead before the
Russian positions on this hill. He
described this engagement as typica 1
of the battles which are occurring
daily in the Carpathian mountains.
Fascinated by His Model.
The weekly meeting of the Married
Ladies' Society For the Better Control
and Guidance of Husbands had just
been called to order by the president.
"Members will now tell their trou
bles, one at a time," said the chair.
A meek looking little woman stood
up in a far corner of the room.
"My husband," she quavered, "is In
love with his model."
The buzz of gossip suddenly ceased,
and all eyes were turned upon the
speaker.
"But your husband is not an artist,"
argued the president. "He runs an
iron foundry, doesn't he?"
"Yes'm," said the meek lady, "but
all the same be loves his model. You
see, he's a self made man."—London
Standard.
Rather Too Light.
The landlady who had not a reputa
tion for overfeeding her boarders asked
her solitary boarder as he looked dole
fully at his supper, "Shall I light the
gas?"
The boarder gazed at the scanty meal
and replied, "Well, no, it Isn't neces
sary; the supper is light enough!"—
London Telegraph.
Bravery and Cowardice.
Cowardice Is often ignorance. Are
any men brave, more ready to take
their lives in their hands, to reckon
death as one of the daily encounters,
than the deep sea fishermen? Yet a
group of these men brought to London
by one of their missionaries have been
seen too terrified to cross the street
The police bad to stop the traffic to al
low them to cross. The quick, quarrel
some. fearless cockneys who laughed
at them—how would they feel In a
freezing storm In the North sea? A
spider may terrify the most courageous
of women and a veteran shrink from a
cat Every hero has his weakness,
and we may believe every coward has
a point where he turns and will flgbr
the world.—London Outlook.
MAINE MEMORIAL IN ARLINGTON.
Photo by American Press Association.
This monument at the national capital has been in course of construction for some years. One of the masts of
the battleship forms a portion of the structure, and the anchor is also used. The monument was completed
some time before Feb. 15, the date set for the dedication.
COAL MOUNTAIN TREATED
LIKE A FEVER PATIENT.
Fearful of Spontaneous Combustion,
Temperature Taken Frequently.
Europe is getting its coal supply
these days from the mines of West
Virginia. The coal is shipped to Italy.
France. England and other countries
through the port of Norfolk.
During the year 1914 there were
shipped from this port 12,050.000 tons,
the biggest year In coal shipments In
the history of this port. The Norfolk
and Western railroad hauled to its
piers at Lambert's point 5,959.793 tons
during the year, the Chesapeake and
Ohio 3.221,732 tons at its piers, and
the Virginia railway delivered 2,830.-
305 tons at its Sewell point piers.
The largest coal trains in the world
now pass through Norfolk. It is u
dally occurrence to see a train of 130
cars, pulled by four locomotives, pass
through the outskirts of this city en
route to the coal piers at Lambert's
point and Sewell point. The Vir
ginia railway has been operating spe
cial trains, and It has dumped 750.000
tons in its yard at Sewell point. It is
spoken of as the "black diamond moun
tain" by thousands of visitors who
have seen it. It is guarded as careful
ly as Uncle Sam guards his naval sta
tions.
Every precaution is taken to prevent
any one from tampering with or steal
ing it or throwing a match near it.
Like a patient with fever, the tempera
lure of this huge mountain is taken
every two hours. A mammoth steel
rod with a tiny strip of thick glass,
trough which the mercury runs, is
shoved down into the coal mountain
io remain five, ten. fifteen minutes. If
he temperature is above a certain de-
Tee the work of cooling the coal in
>egun immediately. The danger is
pontaneous combustion. A number of
watchmen are employed, and steam
derricks are used to move portions of
the pile as may be necessary to keep
the temperature at a point of safety.
This mountain of coal is said to be
the property of W. P. Tarns of West
Virginia. It took the Virginian rail
way seven months to accumulate it.
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Two Puzzles.
Mrs. Bowns—How do you expect me
to buy things for you to eat if you
don't give me any money? Mr. Bowns
—And how do you expect me to earn
money for you if 1 don't get anything
to eat?— New York Journal.
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Wasted Generosity.
"Oh, I'm so sorry I can't marry you.
I had no idea you thought of me that
way!"
"Well, what do you suppose I've
been letting your father beat me at
golf all the time for?"— Judge.
USE YOUR STRENGTH.
In the assurance of streng h there
is strength, and they are the weak
est, however strong, who have no
faith in themselves or their powers.
—Lord Bacon.
BOSTON STILL THE HUB.
"Three R'" More Taught Than In Any
Other Large City.
Pupils of Boston get more instruction
in the "three R's" than those of al
most any other large city in the coun
try, according to a report of Frank
Ballou, director of the municipal bu
reau of educational measurement.
Investigation showed, he said. 26 per
cent of the time In grammar schools
in Boston is devoted to reading, while
the average in fifty other cities is 21.5
per cent In arithmetic and writing
the Boston percentage is slightly above
the average. Pupils there give much
less time to spelling and more to sci
ence than elsewhere.
New York Products at Big Fair.
At the Panama exposition the Em
pire State will have a mammoth agri
cultural exhibit, under the direction of
the state department of agriculture.
Hon. Marc W. Cole, superintendent of
co-operation of the department, has
the matter in charge and is requesting
exhibits from all paits cf the state, in
cluding Long Island. Several prizes
are offered for best exhibits.
Beat Solomon a Mile.
She—That's Mr. Osborn over there.
He married a million. He —You don't
say! Well, that beats Solomon.
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LINE IN hil/LJ
Germans Move Great Armies
About In Wondertul Manner
MOIC3 TRUCKS ARE EMPLOYED
Constantinople Reports That Turks
Have Crossed Suez Canal and That
English Cruiser Was Damaged.
Roar of Big Guns In France May
Be Only Preliminary to Violent En
gagements.
Petrograd, Feb. 10. —Two great bat
tles are developing in the Poland
theater of war, one in East Prussia
and the other far to the south in the
Carpathians. The £.-~:r.nns, at the
expense cl — lines in
central Poland, have shifted large
forces to East Prussia to ward off
the Russian blow at Koenigsberg.
The wonderful ability of the Ger
mans to move their armies is dis
played in the new arrangement.
Where three days ago tiie territory
in the region of Bzura was the scene
of the fiercest fighting the extremities
of the eastern battle front, East Prus
sia, and the Carpathians are witness
ing engagements which are growing
in intensity with every minute.
The Germans utilizing the 30,000
motor trucks and the railroads havo
suddenly shifted some 600,000 men to
the north on the Koenigsburg line and
have brought up reserves to reinforce
the Austrians holding the passes of
the mountains on the Hungarian
border.
The fighting line to the north in
East Pruss is continuous. It extends
from the province of Plock in Russian
Poland as far north as Tilsit. The
Germans apparently are taking the
offensive from Gumbuno as far south
as Lipno in Poland, thus making an
other drive at the right bank of the
Vistula.
Marshal von Hindenburg. af
flicted with 'he g,.u., ... leaves n
car in his p.unervisirg tours, but vii..
his feet wrapped in plaids travels
constantly, receiving reports and
transmitting the orders of the str.rf.
Dispatches from Zyradow, Poland,
describing the recent furious fighting
on the Bzura facing Warsaw says the
tide began to turn in the Russian
favor on Feb. 4. The Russian peas
ants advanced to the task which was
like forcing the gates of hell, so ter
rible was the fire rained on them. Inch
by inch they forced the Germans back
from the threatened Polish capital.
"God knows how they suffered," said
the correspondent who sent the mes
sage. "I have never seen such hor
rible wounds as disfigured the poor
fellows who lay in Count Sobinsky's
chateau at Guzow. The sight nearly
unnerved one of the most experienced
Russian surgeons. Great numbers had
their chest and stomach torn open by
explosive bullets used by the Germans.
Arms and legs were torn off and in
almost all cases the wounded were
mangled."
FOR CANNED ART LECTURES.
Boston Man Would Have Nickel In
Slot Phonographs In Museum.
Municipal nickel In the slot art lec
tures were advocated by Henry Turner
Bailey of Boston, prominent art au
thority and former supervisor of draw
ing in the public schools, at the Twen
tieth Century club's discussion of "The
Significance of Chinese Art"
"I would like to see installed In the
Boston Museum of Fine Arts," said
Mr. Bailey, "a slot machine where,
upon the dropping of a coin, by phono
graphic reproduction I could get an ex
planation of the particular subject I
wanted to understand and appreciate."
He declared that the museum author
ities should place the best specimen of
Chinese pottery, for instance, in con
cealment "Then in some conspicuous
place post directions telling us what to
look for to see what is artistic."
A Domestic Disturbance.
The trouble began with a tea fight
The milk was sour, the cake cut up,
and the sugar fell out with the tongs.
The spoons clashed, and the table
groaned. The fringes on the doilies
snarled, and the crackers snapped. The
easy chairs were soon up in arms, and
even the clocks did not agree. Things
were no better in the kitchen. The
pitchers were all set by the ears and
stuck out their lips, while the teapot
and kettle poked their noses into every
thing. The raDge was redhoL which
made the saucepan look black and final
ly boll over. The bells started Jangling,
all the pickles and preserves in the
cupboard were jarred, and there were
any number of scraps in the refrig
erator and meat safe. Naturally when
the mistress of the house reached the
scene of disorder the cook was put out.
—Judge.
Bullet Wounds.
The entrance wound caused by the
modern small arm bullet is not a
grewsome spectacle. It is small, and
Its appearance has been compared to
that produced by the bite of a cert ate
! parasite insect- Often there is bo*
little external bleeding, but this is not
to be taken as a danger signal, as
might be popularly supposed.—Londoa
Telegraph.
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MRS. LENA MUELLER.
Mrs. Lena Mueller, supervisor of the
children's department in the Odd Fel
lows' home at Yonkers, N. Y., where
eight mysterious deaths are now being
investigated, is accused of ill treating
her wards. One of the children in
the home is shown with Mrs. Mueller.
MORS MAY LEAVE HOSPITAL
Former Porter of Home to Be Turned
Over to Law Officers.
Yonkers, N. Y., Feb. 11. —Frederjf
Mors, the former porter in the Ger
man Odd Fellows' Home, may be re
leased from Bellevue hospital and
turned over to Deputy Sheriff Moore
of Westche3ter county, who planned
to bring him before Coroner P. J.
Dunn on a warrant charging him with
the killing of Frederick Horn and
others by poison or other means at
the home where he used to be an em
ployee.
Whatever may be the opinion of Dr.
Gregory as to the sanity of the porter,
who has confessed to hastening the
deaths oJL jnmates in the home,
was net tnvi i&ea.
Adam Bangert, the suspended ■
perintendent, and Max Ring, one
the porters in the home, were e
amined by the alienist and the other
officials. Their testimony only con
firmed the conviction that if Mors'
story is true Mr. Bangert nor any of
the others at the home had anything
to do with the confessed actions.
It was frankly stated afterward,
however, that there was no truth that
the deaths had been hurried along.
KEEP MINES IDLE FOR TIME
.Eastern Ohio Operators Await Find
ings of Conciliators.
Clevelanu, Feb. 11. —No definite
policy with reference to the eastern
Ohio strike zone was formulated by
coal operators at their session here.
Action was postponed, they said,
pending submission of the report of
the federal conciliators, concerning
their efforts to settle the strike 'o
Secretary of Labor Wilson at Wash
ington.
Federal Conciliators Davies and
Keefe met with the operators for a
time and it was said they offered their
services toward making further ef
forts to bring about a settlement if
£hs operators desired.
Operators said they planned to
keep their mines idle for a time at
least and that "the findings of the
conciliators" probably will determine
what course tliey will pursue.
Would increase State Militia.
Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 11. —The na
tional guard of Pennsylvania will he
increased f rom 10,000 to 22,000 men
if a bill introduced in the house by
Representative Adams of Luzerne is
passed and sufficient money is appro
priated to carry it into effect. The
measure, drafted by Adjutant General
Stewart, would put Pennsylvania
militia on a "war basis" and establish
a full militia division. Last year ap
proximately $325,000 was expended by
the state on its citizen-army. To carry
out the provisions of the new bill an
additional $250,000 would be neces
sary.
NO FULL MOON THIS MONTH.
First Tims It Has Happened In This
Country Since 1847.
The moon will not be full at any
time this month. This is due, Profes
sor Harold Jacoby of Columbia nniver
sity says, to the fact that full moons
follow one another at intervals of, ap
proximately, twenty-nine and a half
days. The Intervals were irregular,
he explained, because our calendar
was based on the solar Instead of the
lunar system.
The last time a month passed with
out a full moon—in America, at least
was in 1847, he asserted. In 1885 Eu
rope had no fall moon during Febru
ary, but the full moon was visible be
fore midnight on the last day of the
month in this country because of five
hours' difference in time. February,
because it contains fewer days, is the
only month that is ever sflghted in
this way.
There were two full moons last
month and there will be two next
month. After that each mouth will
have one full moon for some years.