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| OPERATIONS OF THE RUSSIAN ARMIES IN NORTHERN POLAND AND GALICIA. J
j Russians invaded East Prussia in August in two lines. On the n?rth they invested the fortress of Ko- ♦
♦ nigsberg. which is still holding out. A distance of ninety miles of swamps and marshland separates the «
♦ fortress from the southern line of Russian invasion. Germans drove the Russians from this southern line ♦
♦ and invaded Eussia. Now the Russians have pushed the Germans bark into East Prussia, with the excep- *
J tion of a forve which still holdsthe town of Suwalki. Nearly the whole of Galicia is in Russian hands. ♦
♦ The Russians have crossed the Carpathians and are rapidly pushing the invasion of Hungary. They have J
♦ advanced to the Theiss River and occupied Szig-eth. ♦
FOURTH WEEK IF
BAIILE OF B
Gigantic Struggle May
Continue for a Long
Time Before Decisive
Blow Is Struck
ALLIES REPULSE
GERMAN ATTACKS
Perfection of the Trenches of Both
Armies Makes the Country Side
Along the Kiver Aicne a Vast Mili
tary Rabbit Warren
Ijomlon, Oct. T, 5.12 A. M.—The
correspondent of the "Times'' at
Fpernay, Kranc£". teicura; hing under
date of Sunday says:
"The battle of the French rivers has
entered upon its fourth week an.l un
loss Mine flanking movement is carrie I
through there appears no reason why ;
tlie titanic tragedy should not continue'
for a long time its successful run.
"Now that the perfection of the
tierman trenches is rivaled by those of
tiie ai'ies it has become a struggle in
which one is pitted against an invis
ible foe who is never seen until he
springs suddenly from 'lis hiding place.
The country side along the Aisne is a
\ast military rabbit warren.
Both Sides Determined
' Both side.* are resolutely deter
mined not to give ground. The Ger
niaua are -ontinually delivering attacks'
and counter attacks but the allies arei
not making any definite attempt to ad
vance in this 'egiou. They are con !
te.-ii for the time being with beating I
back all German attacks and are not !
tryjui to occupy the enemy's trenches.
Ihe force* of the Hermans are worn
by liar i campaigning and frequent at
lacks while the allies troops are fresh i
because thev are frequently rested and i
changed. One feature of the allies:
stonewall policy is that the casualties!
on the allies side have been very j
recently. Everything possible is being!
done to relieve the men from the strain j
of waiting. Tcba o and newspapers are!
provided and mail is delivered regu-!
!arly. The »rrain of waiting has been j
especially severe on the troops.
"One of the most useful articles of
the German war equipment is a skv
rocket which gives a powerful illumi
nation lasting forty seconds above the i
ranks of the enemy enabling the Gcr- \
man artillery officers to obtain an ac- j
curate range of the trenches.''
WRITER SAY S W AR WILL DRAG
OX FOR YEAR WITH GERMANV
Petrograd, Via Loudon. Oct. 7, 4.54 |
A. M.—The "Bourse Gazette" learns
that owing to favorable news from the !
seat of war subscriptions will be in- j
vited for an internal loan of 500,000,-
000 rubles ($250,000,000) at 5 per
cent.
A writer in the "Army Gazette"'
estimates that the war with Germany i
will drag on for a year because thej
winter campaign cannot, have an in- ;
tensive character. The fighting will,
however, break out again in the spring
with its previous fury, he says. I
VIOLENT FORM OF CHOLERA
BREAKS OUT IN CALICIA
Loudon. Oct. 7. 8.35 A. M.—A dis
patch from Rome to the Exchange
j Telegraph Company says:
"A message from Vienna announces
the sudden outbreak of Asiatic cholera
. in a most violent form at Tarnow. in
' I Galicia. Forty cases, the message says,
' were reported on Tuesday."
Tarnow, on the Dunajee river, is a
town of about 35,000 inhabitants. It
is 135 miles west of Lemberg and on
the line which the Austrians and Rus-
sian« are taking on their way to Cra
| cow. The fighting between the Aus
! triaus and the Russians near Tarnow
i has been re[>orted several times re
i ■ centlv.
A CREAT AIR RAID ON TOE
BRITISH ISLES PROPOSED
Ixmdon, Oct. 7, 3.15 A. si.—ln a
dispatch from The Hague the corre
spondent of the "iHiily Express" says
that German newspapers reaching there
indicate that Count Zeppelin is now at
Wifhelmshaven, o r. i-iie North sea. with
iris staff. WiFhelmshavon is the point
i froui which the great air raid on the
British Isies is expected to sta'-t.
One of these papers |<ublishes an
interview with the count, in which he
is quoted as saying that he had not
forgotten England and would prove it
very soon. It is also reported, the cor
respondent of the '• Express" continues,
that 1 ouut Zeppelin was summoned re
cently by Emperor William to Mainze.
His Majesty said to the that
iie relied on him for a great work and
j offered to make him •commander-in- 1
chief of the German air fleet. The count
| smilingly refused, but said he would I
accept the title when he returned from !
j Kugland.
The Ze, pel in staffs are working day]
j and night at Wiilhelmshaven and an- '
other station is being established at :
Kmden for other types of air ships.
British Buy American Saddles
Jefferson <ity, Mo., Oct. 7. — A local
company closed contracts yesterday
| with i'he British government for 165, '
; 000 saddle-trees. It is said this is!
j the largest contract of the kind ever |
I made in the I'niteil States. I
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey
I
Good ft Good
Others You
A Medicine For Ail Mankind
(iives to the aged the vigor of
youth and the power to sustain i
; strength and energy.
Taken in tablespoonful doses in i
j equal amounts of water before meals '
and on retiring corrects defective di- |
i gestion of food, increases the j
tite, relieves insomnia and brings ;
restfulness to the nervous forces.
Sold by most druggists, grocers j
and dealers, in sealed bottles only— j
never in bulk—by Pennsylvania |
; trade Full Quarts $1.25 per Bottle; j
Commercial Quart SI.OO per Buttle.
The Duffy Ma't Whiskey Co.,
Rochester, N. Y.
FIARRISMTRG ST A R-IN D EPENDENT. WEDNESDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 7. 19U
mm SNIPING
IN FIANCE BAmE
Riflemen Replaced by
Batteries of Heavy-
Artillery Along the
Aisne and Meuse
A DIMINUTION
IN CASUALTIES
i ...
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Important Development of Fighting in
France Is Reported Movement of
German Army Through Belgium
Toward the French Border
| London, Oct. 7, 10.20 A. M.—With
tiie exception of the left wing of the
allied arniv, where there is reason to
i believe that lively actions are being
fought, the great battle front in the
western arena of the war may to-day
be described as a gigantic "sniping"
engagement, MI which riflemen have
been replaced by batteries of hifavv ar
tillery masked along the heights of
Aisne and the Meuse. These desultory
artillery duels seem to have succeeded
the desperate infantry charges with
which during the early stages of the
battle both sides sought to clear out the
extended lines of entrenched hostile
troops.
Casualties Less Numerous
One result of the present stage of
operations has been a very appreciable
diminution of the casualties. Observ- 1
ers recently at the front declare that!
the allies are well content to plav this
waiting game; tnev now outnumber the
tiermaus, and foi this reason can give
their troops rest, while the invaders i
must keep their men constantly in the
trenches.
The most important developments of I
the lighting in France is the reported'
movement of a German army, sa.id to :
be 20,000 stiong, southward through
Belgium by way of Temple Neuve and !
Touruai in the direction of the French)
border. Berlin military critics predict-1
ed recently that the allies would meet
disaster if they stretched their line ;
on the left wing too far, and it is be
lieved here that the Germans are now
seeking to crush the enveloping move
ment which has been closing around
(ieneral Von Kluck, the commander of)
the Herman right, for the past three j
weeks.
Calm Prevails in Center
Ihe latest official Paris communica
tion ignores this movement. It de- i
clares that the situation in this locality :
remains the same, but admits the light
ing along the left wing, north of the
Oise, is becoming more and more vio
lent. Calm prevails in the center, with
the allies gaining a little ground in
the northern part of the heights of the
Meuse.
Count Zeppelin is at Wilhelmsliaven, >
on the North sea, where his staff is \
working day and r.ight preparing a
great German air fleet, presumably for j
a raid on Kugland.
Following Kugland's lead in the,
North sea, where she felt compelled I
to imitate the German procedure of'
mine-laying, France has announced a
similar course in the Adriatic, where I
several trading sh'.ps have been blown !
up recently by mines. 1
J^EL
' *'2ll M STREET
i RUSSIANS STRIVING TO FORM
! A JUNCTION WITH SERVIANS
Rome, Via London, Oct. 7, 4.23 A.
I M.—A dispatch received here from
| Budapest savs Russians invading Hun
j gary with the intention of effecting a
junction with the Servians are advauc
i j in}; in two columns.
One column is making an assault on
Hossaumeze-Dlhepolje, (in Northwest
Hungary. 66 miles southwest ot' ()!•
mutz) and the other is rapidly de
' scendrng the 'alley of the Nagvaa
against Huszt, (province of Marmose,
1 nine miles east of Debreezen).
The Servians are also reported to
have begun a northeast advance from
Zenilin.
I'A KIDNAPPED SUBMARINE
IS BROUGHT INTO PORT
. I Rome. • k-t. 7, (via bon lon) —Tile!
Italian j biiilt submarine which diisap- j
I pea red while undergoing a triail trip |
> in the Gulf of Spezia, arrived yester
day at Batsia. a fortified seaport town ;
of France, in Corsica.
The submarine, which had .just been
completed iu a private yard near Spezia i
for the Russian government, was under
the command of -Lieutenant Angelo Bel-1
lini, retired, who was reported to have j
! expressed dissatisfaction over the neu-'
'j tral attitude of Italy in the war.
22.000 MORE CANADI ANS
TO 00 AT ONCE TO FRONT
Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 7.—Canada will
j raise immediately and send to the front
a second expeditionary force of 20,000.
with a first reinforcement of ten per'
j cent., making 22,000 in all. This de
' vision was reached at yesterday 's Cab- i
jinet council. The second contingent]
! will bring the total of Canada's forces]
I at the i'rout up to more than 50,000 !
men.
; Colonel Samuel Hughes. Minister of
jlMiilitia, said last night that 200.000 1
; men were voluntarily drilling through !
J out Canada with the intention of offer-
I ing their services for war.
The (Minister of Militia has had an
i offer of a regiment of cavalry from j
Montana, the men supplying their own
horsed.
.! Put Ehot Across Her Bow
New Vork, Oct. 7.—The Norwegian I
fruit steamship Katie, from Baracoa, '
reached port yesterday with a tale that
a British cruiser lired a shot across her.
; 'bow off Scotland lightship at the en
j trance to New Vork harbor. The i
Katie's officers said that the vessel did i
; not stop and that the cruiser made no I
further attempt to overhaul her, pre-1
; sumably because of her proximity to
the three-mile zone.
Most Remarkable War Hospital
London, Oct. 7, 5.10 A. M.—The
! "Times" describes the American am
I bulance service established in the Pas
teur Lycee at Noilly by a committee j
of Americans as one of the best i
i equipped and most remarkable war lios-j
| pitals in Europe. "Its splendid work is
not sufficiently known iu England,"
says the "Times." "It deserves all
i the help that Englishmen can give and
'the devotion and kindness of the self
i denying American citizens iu Paris
! should send a thrill of gratitude
{throughout England."
Appeals for Mors Nurses
■ London, Oct. 7.—The Women's
i. Emergency Service 'Corps has issued an
. | ap'eal for more nurses, declaring tliut
the need of efficient workers is great. |
Antwerp Near Its Fall
Antwerp, Oct. 7.—An official com- j
J municabiou issued at 10 o'clock last!
| night says:
"The 'Military Governor has Inform- j
' j'ed the Burgomaster that a bombard !
• meat of Antwerp is imminent and that ;
| the people who wish to tlee from the
' town are requested to leave."
; Germans Shipping Howitzers
j Uindon, Oct. 6, 4.45 A. 'M.—An:
i Athens dispatch |>ublished in the
i"Times" says: "According to trust-!
; worthy advices from Constantinople
! four huge howitzers of the 42 centi
j meter model have arrived from Ger- ;
i many and have been sent through the '
' Dardanelles on German merchantmen,
i together with large quantities of am
munition and war material."
Rheims Still Under German Fire
London, Oct. 7. 5.3 7 A. M.—A dis
patch to the "Times'' from Epernav,
j France, under date of October 3, states
that the northeastern suburbs of j
: Rheims are still under German shell j
| lire, which is doing considerable dam
age. The shells apparently are intend- |
i cd for the French batteries in position I
! just outside the town.
German Aeroplane Brought Down
Paris, Oct. 7, 3.35 A. M.—A dis- j
patch from Troves, France, to the Hav j
as Agency suites that an announcement ,
conies from Romilly-sur Seine, a town ]
23 miles northwest of Troves, that the !
Exench brought down a German aero- j
i plane while it was flying over that city |
j yesterday.
Say German Losses Are :{»>(»,<M»(»
London, Oct, 7, 7.25 A. M. —An offi- j
cial lisrt published in Berlin says a
Koine dispatch to the Exchange Tele- j
i graiph Company gives the German losses I
' in killed and missing up to September ,
1 as 117,000. The authorities admit,
the dispatch adds, that the total losses ;
to date are at least 300,000.
SUBURBAN
I
DXLLSBURG
Campmeetlng Stockholders Hold Their
Annual Business Meeting
Special Correspondence.
Dillsburg, Oct. 7. —The stockholders |
I of the Dillsburg Campmeetiug Associa- (
] tion held their regular annual meeting
on Monday to make an accounting of!
I their finances for the year and consider j
I the plans for the coming year. No |
! definite action was taken on any im
provement, 'but tho proposition to make .
a concrete bridge across tho Dogwood ;
was held under advisement,
j Mrs. Amelia Bender and Huldali j
i Bender spent Saturday in Harrisburg.
j Misses Kosa and Gretna (iochenour, .
of this place, were riding homeward iu !
a carriage from the services at Molil
er's meeting house, Cumberland county. :
Saturday night, when the horse lie
came frightened and started to run. I
Both were throwu from the carriage I
mill, while not. seriously injured, they !1
were somewhat bruised anil scratched. ;
Mrs. Barbara Snoke and daughter,
of Lemoyne, visited friends in town j
! Saturday and Sunday.
J. M. Karns is ill at his home on I
| Second street. He had been sick a few
days and became better and was at I
■ work again, when a horse on which he
J was placing a shoe struck him while j
i chasing the flies and resulted in his j
j present condition. '
-Mr. and .Mrs. James Trostle and
I daughter, of Lemoyne, were the guests
J of Mr. and Mrs. William Trostle, Sec
j ond street, Sunday.
Two new monuments were erected
j in Dillsburg cemetery, one for William
j Bittinger and another for C. K. Louk
! art.
The pear crop in this sectiou is very
! large. Three carloads of lvieffer ipears
. have been shipped from this station.
I with one or two to follow in a few
j days.
On account of closing the East Berlin
| railroad, largo quantities of hay from
| that section are being loaded and j
this section.
Alls. William Dull is ill with typhoid 1
fever.
M iss Ada Hollinger fell down the j
' stairway at her home on Gettysburg j
street Sunday. Dr. Veaggy was sum ;
j mooed, but found 110 serious results.
John Goudy and Grace l>ick were!
j married last week at Lancaster while i
j ou a trip to the Lancaster fair.
NEW CUMBERLAND
Citizens' Hose Company Renders Aid
at Lemoyne Fire
1 Bpnclal Correspondence. ,
New Cumberland, Oct. 7.—Vester-j ]
| day afternoon the ( itii.ens' Hose Com 1
j pany was summoned to Lemoyne and ;
assisted in putting out the fire. Quite 1
a number of residents from here went j '
there on the trolley cars. ! ,
1
The Susquehanna woolen mill and j
I the New Cumberland knitting mill will (
: close down this evening. The knitting j
I mill will not resume operations until ! 1
1 'Monday. J 1
Airs. Bertha Atlaiid, Miss Bertha.: i
Kijjgiemaii, Aliss Fannie Kemey, Airs, i
I Lincoln Atland, Airs. G. B. Osier and i 1
| daughter, Annie, attended the Sunday j I
j school rally at the I'nited Evangelical '
I church, Harris street, Harrisburg, on j
Sunday. 1 j
I Mr. and Airs. C. K. Shuler, two chil-; |
1 dren, of Chester, l'a., and Airs. Krrick- I |
j son, of Philadelphia, are visiting Air. ! ]
; and Airs. A. J. Shuler, Fourth street. |
Airs. H. G. N'ewmyer and daughter,
j Laura, of Bellavista, spent several days
| with Airs. Newinyer's sister, Miss
1 Laura Bidding, a deaconess at the I
1 Drexel Home.
: Chester Williams, of Highspire, vis
! iked his grandparents, Air. ana Airs. S. , 1
! A. Williams, yesterday. ' ,|
W.illiam Cook and son, Paul, have j „
returned from a visit to relatives at I „
I Sparrows' Point and Baltimore. | |,
| 'Mr. and Mrs. Grover < . Negley and '
j daughter, Blenore Herr anil Mrs. Lizzie j j,
i Negley spent Sunday with Mrs. Neg t
ley's .parents, Mr. and Airs. Gottschail, |,
I at Boiling Springs. I,
! Airs. Herman Long is spending a s
week with relatives near Carlisle. t
Mrs. Uivler and two sons, of Phila k
del.phia, an- visiting Mrs. Divler's sis- t
I ter, Airs. Negley, Reno street. n
I Misses Hester, Marie and Adda ji
"
Sponsler, of Steelton, spent Sunday
j hero with friend®.
MECHANICSBURG
Pennsylvania Conference of U. B,
Church Begins Sessions To-day
j Special Correspondence.
Mecliaiiicsburg, Oct. 7.—The one
| hundred and twenty-fifth session of
1 the Pennsylvania Conference of the
United Brethren in Christ convened
to-day in the First United Brethren'
church in this place. Bishop W. M.
Weakly, 1). iD., of tho Last District,
presiding. There are about two hun
dred ministerial and lay delegates pres
ent.
Last evening the Mite Society of the
Church of God, entertained the mem
bers of the church and Sunday school
at a social held in the lecture room of
the church. A very pleasing program
of music, recitations and tableau was
given after which refreshments were
served and a delightful social evening
enjoyed by all present.
011 Monday evening the junior cias*
of the High school to the
home of Miss Xenia Miller, near Shep
herdstown. Miss Miller is a member of
the class. A very pleasant evening was
spent with music and games and tho
moonlight on the homeward trip added
to the enjoyment.
Our grocery stores and some other
business places of town will close at
noon to-morrow to allow all connected
with them to go to Harrisburg to see
the firemen's parade.
The Rev. Charles F. Raach, pastor
of the Church of God and T. C. Tenip
lin, lav delegate from the church, went,
to Lancaster to-day to attend the Last
Pennsylvania Eldership of the Church
of God, which will hold *ts sessions
there this week.
Air. and Airs. .1. C. Moore, of Dills
bury, were visitors here yesterday.
Mrs. Mary Noll spent yesterday in
Carlisle.
Walter KHuffman and Miss Edith
Kauffrnan, of Voungstown, <)., formerly
of this place, were visitors here early
in the week.
Air. and Mrs. Bowser, of Bristol,
1 ml., are visiting their daughter, Airs.
Edward Hartch, and her family, <N«rth
Valley street.
Yes/erdav Jacob Bates, executor of
the estate of Elizabeth (tleim, sold at
public sale the residence on Kouth
High street, belonging to tiie estate.
David Glei 111 was the purchaser. Tho
price was $2,350.
TWO HURT IN RACE WAR
and Russians Engage in Bat
tle in Northumberland
Northumberland, Pa., Oct. 7. —
Austrian and Russian workmen had a
desperate battle here yesterday, that
may result in the death of Hkoly llel
mar and Nicholas Revitsky. Both
have fractured skulls.
The men, with a score of others, live
in a boarding house here, and for days
their arguments over the European war
have been exciting. Yesterday it was
brought to a pitched battle, when .Revit
sky declared that Russia could whip
the world. Each side brought xuiis,
knives, clubs and stones into requisi
tion. Dozens of shots were fired, and
nearly every one suffered more or less
injuries.