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CZAR'S TROOPS
ARE REINFORCED
Powerful Army Rushes Back
Germans In Poland
SUPERIOR NUMBERS COUNT
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Slavs Are Reported to Be Over East
I Prussia Line For Third Time, With
. Kaiser's Men on the Defensive.
; Przemysl Said to Be Tottering
When Whole Body of Russian#
i Starts Pressure Will Be Enormous.
London, March 20. —Fresh reinforce
ments have reached the battle front
for the czar's forces and the superior
number of Slavs is showing its effect
the eastern theater of war.
Russia now has at the front more
men ready for fighting than at any
time during the war.
, One thing is fairly certain to all
military men. Field Marshal von
Hindenhurg will no longer be able to
ghift his army corps to the western
front before the Russians can recover.
The forces there will remain where
they are or the Germans will pay
dearly for it.
The Russians are once again over
the East Prussian border at two
points north of the Niemen. They
have the Germans practically over
whelmed at Corzelle, near Poland,
south of Przasnysz. They have strong
forces advancing on Suwalki and they
have other strong forces, passively
allowing the Germans to exhaust
themselves in a futile bombardment
of Ossowiec. All that is in the ter-
Tltory north of the Vistula and west
of the Narew.
On the left bank of the Vistula an
Effective force is holding off a direct
Srive on Warsaw along the Bzura.
arther south another German force
jjs against a stone wall to work north
east toward Warsaw.
< Still farther south in east Galicia
j&hrzemysl is trembling toward a fall
[which may come at any hour. Also
Ihere is a great Russian reserve in
[the fortified towns along the Narew
and the south around War
paw all waiting for the moment when
ijthe grand duke will call upon them
ito initiate a drive. Whether this will
*o toward Koenigsberg or over the
dCarpathi&ns into the plains of Hun
-gary toward Budapest no one now
ikaows, but its pressure will be enor
taaous whtn It Is exerted.
THE PA TRIOT
INVASION WiLL BE DIFFICULT
Austria Satisfied That Italians Can
not Penetrate Far.
Rome, March 20. —A dispatch re
ceived from Vienna says that Em
peror Francis Joseph received Baron
von Burian, the foreign minister, the
minister of war and the Archduk -
Eugene in audience and went over
with them the measures adopted
against a possible invasion from
Italy.
The army destined to resume the
offensive against Servia will consist
of lately trained troops while large
numbers of experienced soldiers are
being concentrated on the Italian-Aus
trian frontier. The fortifications near
est Italy have been strengthened and
since the defense is facilitated by the
snow covered mountains an invasion
is considered a difficult proposition.
The dispatch says in conclusion that
Francis Joseph approved the plan an 1
urged a st enuous defense, especially
of Trente, which he referred to as the
door leadirg to Vienna.
It lias ju.t become known that Ger
man agents attempted to blow up the
Giovi Montagnu tunnel, near Genoa,
to interfere with Italian mobilization.
The bombs were removed in time,
however, and several Germans, dis
guised as v.'orkmen, were arrested.
Discussing the position of Italy with
relation to the European war, the
Gioenale d'ltalia says that Greece,
Roumania and Bulgaria will follow
Italy's lead.
ASK FOP DACIA'S RELEASE
Ship's Owners May Succeed In Having
French Return Vessel.
Washington. March 20. —The former
German steamship Dacia now in
custody of a French prize court be
cause the French government chal
lenges the validity of the vessel's
transfer to the American flag may
soon be on the high seas again under
the American flag.
It was learned that a request for
the release of the Dacia under bond
is being made to the French govern
ment on behalf of the present owners
of the vessel. The owners volunteer
to produce the ship before the French
authorities at any time in the future
that her surrender may he demanded
and also that while she is out on bond
she will not engage in trade with Ger
many or in any European trade, but
will be employed on routes entirely
different from those used by her when
•he was under the German flag.
The Cutup.
"There goes the village eut^r"
"Is he a joker or a surgeoL .™—Balti
more American.
Being Right.
You can't be sure you're right sim
ply because you believe you are.—Al
fctv Mruk
THE STATE OF FRANKLIN.
It Had a Short Life In What Is Now
Eastern Tennessee.
In 1784 North Carolina, growing im
patient of the burden that her western
settlements had imposed upon her
treasury and irritated by the com
plaints of the people of those sections,
passed an act conveying to the federal
government all the lands that now con
stitute the state of Tennessee.
The people of the country that Is
now eastern Tennessee, feeling them
selves left without a government,
made haste to organize themselves into
an independent commonwealth, which
they called, as a tribute to the illus
trious philosopher, the state of Frank,
lin. These people applied for admis
; elon into the Union; but, the federal
government being slow and unwilling
to act and North Carolina having re
! pealed the act of cession of her west
! ern province to the Union, the state of
Franklin came into very troubled wa
ters for some years.
Some efforts were made to persuade
the Kentuckians to join themselves to
the state of Franklin, a provision hav
ing been made for such co-operation in
: the constitution of the experiment, but
they came to nothing. The new state
| gradually fell to pieces, and in 1787 its
[ brilliant and able governor, John Se
vier, was put on trial for high treason.
He was released by a daring rescue
and subsequently pardoned and restor
ed in name to the leadership, which he
never lost in the affections of his peo
ple. In 1757 the last legislature of the
state of Franklin held its session at
Greenville.—Philadelphia Press.
Napoleon's Confidence.
( Just before his marriage Napoleon re
ceived the appointment of commander
in chief of the army of Italy. He
was then twenty-six. "You are rather
young," said one of the directors, "to
I assume responsibility so weighty and
to take command over veteran gen
erals."
"In one year," Napoleon replied, "I
shall be old or dead."
"We can place you in command of
men only," said Carnot, "for the troops
are in need of everything, and we
can furnish you with no money to
provide supplies."
"Give me only men enough," Napo
leon answered, "and I ask for nothing
more; I will be answerable for the
result."—"Table Talk and Opinions of
Napoleon Buonaparte."
Disaster Blamed on Dust.
Charleston, W. Va., March 20. —
That the cause of the explosion in
the Layland mine of the New River
and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal
company, March 2 was due to a "dust
explosion caused by a blow-out shot
in the third left of main tunnel head
ing in No. 3 mine" was tfea verdict of
the coroner's lu nr.
THE ILL FATED WILLIAM P. FRYE.
Photos by American Press Association.
The American ship sunk by Captain Thlerichens (at top) of the Prlnz Eltel
Friedrich, the German auxiliary cruiser and sea raider.
Pure Bred Arab Horses.
In Cairo there is a society for pre
serving the pure bred Arab horse. It
| is said that recent changes in the lives
and habits of the Bedouins have re
sulted in the deterioration of thesfe
horses. A practical horseman of wide
experience says that as a rule the Arab
horse is now no better treated than our
own horses, whatever may have been
true of the old days when such poems
as "The Arab to His Steed" were writ
ten. —■
Consistent.
She —This wait between the acts
teems to me to be dreadfully long. He
—Yes. You see, twenty years are sup
posed to elapse, and the management ;
is simply trying to make the effect as
ivaUatic as possible.—Richmond Xieaee-
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Ownership of the Air.
Our ancestors must have foreseen
the aeroplane or they would not have
embodied In the law the principle that
he who owns the land owns the col
umn of air above "usque ad coelum,"
or up to the skies. This can be traced
back as far as the reign of Edward 1.,
and from this time every authority to
the present court of appeal has em
phasized the right of every citizen nol
only to be king of his own castle, but
of the sky above it.-1/Oin'on Chronicle
Too Deep Far Him.
A Britisher was announcing his
views on things in general and sum
med up his own position by the state
ment, "Well, I've seen life." "But,"
■aid his American friend, "one of your
own bright poets has said, 'Life's a
joke.'" The Britisher is still exploring
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Odd Bits of War
News
Georges Carpentier, Frenchman ar.*l
champion heavyweight pugilist of Eu
rope, has been wounded and is now a
German prisoner of war.
The latest craze In millinery—Belgian
soldiers' caps—attained such great pop
ularity In Brussels that the German
authorities had to confiscate the neff
style of headgear from hundreds of
women and to forbid their further use.
The short man makes the better
fighter, says Dr. M. S. Pembrey, lectur
er on physiology in London. This state
ment he bases on a careful study of
the fighting capacity of tall and short
races and also of the tall men and
short men of the same race.
The Saxon minister of the interior
has issued a warning against writing
useless letters to Geneiul von Hinden
burg. The minister declares that Von
Hindenburg and his staff are compelled
dally to attack a mountain of letters
which reaches to tht* ceiling.
The war is teaching a great deal
about dentistry, reports from the front
■ay, and many new devices have been
invented to fit emergencies, mostly by
American dentists. When one man
had his lower jawbone shot away a
new one was made from a piece of rib.
Parisians dally make a close study
of weather conditions to anticipate
Zeppelin raids, and the favorite saluta
tion is, "Is this Zeppelin weather?" A
low wind and steady barometer are fa
vorable for airship raids, and on such
a day bets are made on whether the
Germans will come.
DOCTOR FINDS MEANS OF
FIGHTING LOCKJAW GERM
Expected to Bave Thousands of Euro
pean Soldiers' Livss.
A method of decreasing the great to
tal of losses In the European war
through the treatment of tetanus vic
tims has been discovered by Dr. S. J.
Meltzer of the Rockefeller institute of
New York. Twenty-five instruments
for use in bestowing the treatment
hare been manufactured. These wll
be presented to the foremost surgeon®
of the nations at war. Patents for tha
Instruments have been thrown open
to the world.-
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