8 EXPECT DECISIVE CONFLICT 111 EAST Teutonic Allies and the Russians Are Pre paring to Engage in a Great Battle RUSSIAN POLAND j SCENE OF ACTION; Berlin Admits Having Withdrawn From the Niemen River While E.s sia Has Abandoned the Narrow Point Between Przemysl and Cracow London. Oi't. 13. 10.05 A. M.—All eyes to-day are turned to the East i ward, where, under conditions of the utmost secrecy, the Teutonic allies audi the Russians are preparing to engage in | what may prove one of the most de cisive combats of the war. Evidence is i accumulating to show that the gigantic conflict will be determined in Russianj Poland and the only question disturbing British experts is as to which side has chosen the battle ground. Berlin admits having from the Niemen river and at the same! time discounts the whole movement in | that region as being of no strategic im-j portance. It is now < ear that Russia! has abandoned the narrow jioint in Ga ilicia between Przemysl and Cracow, Russian forces having virtually oocu-j pied all of the Galicia with the exeep-j tion of these two places. Claims of Opposing Armies Petrograd claims this operation is due to strategic reasons while Vienna maintains that rejuvenated Austrian | armies have relieved the Przemvsl i fortress and driven the nvaders out. It is understood that more or less demor alized Austrian forces, stiffened by | German reinforcements, have resumed i the offensive but there is no informa l tion here to indicate that the Russian retirement is anything in the nature of 1 a rout resulting from vigorous lighting. Whatever may be the intention of! the armies operating on the ends of the | great Russian battle front, it is clear that these movements have paled iuto insignificance beside the tremendous! advance in the center. Broadly speak ing this s now the position of the an tagonists awaiting the word to open the engagement. Movement of German Armies The main German armies in Rits*iau Poland are mo\ ing toward the Vistula river oil a norrh and south front ex tending through Pio'eskoxv. 90 mile? southwest of Warsaw, Kielce and Busk, on the Bug river. 30 miles east ot' Lem berg. To the ieft of this arniv be tween Lod/. and Kalis? is another Ger man force and on the right of the main German army is an Austrian fore?. The bulk of the Russian troops are en the east bank of fhe Yistaiia. tjut a portion of their for es are still on the 'west side of the river. The nature of the country makes it probable tha: the center of the battle line will be between Sandomir and Ivaugorod. both on rhe Vistula rive* and about sixty miles aparr. Germans Abandon Strong Positions In order to take up ineir the Germans have been compelled to abandon strong |>ositions along the river Wa-the and avai! themselves of the trai sportatiou facilities of Russian railroads which are in 'ompavamy poorer than what rhev have beei accus tom e, I to. The Russians are described as keen to engage the enemy in a country of their own '-noosing and near the base of their 1 es. The Germans are said to be still re 'tir ng in the direction of East Prussia and in Petrograd rhere is a report of a Russian victory near Raczko. midway •between A;:-»t.- :owo and Snwalki. which resulte.i in the capture of several Ger man batteries sent from Konigsberg. Berlin declared that all of rhe west ern part of Russian Poiaud is now in the possession of the Germans and that every place west of the Vistula with the exception of Warsaw is in their! hands. !t would appear to be a fact . that no heavy engagements yet have •beeu foug.:! n : lis region, most of the fighting bei';g between sj-reens of cav alry. The Invasion of Silesia S*houKi the Auftro-Germun forces suf fer deefat along the bartie front now forming the way won d be opened, it is argued in London, for the invasion of Silesia, whieih, next to the Rhine prov inces. is the richest district of Ger-j many. ißut- it is not anticipated even ' in the event of their victory that the i Russians will advance with auv great a peed. Ttie tor>ographv of the country l and tiie la -k of transports precludes rhe possibility of anything like the German swee; through Belgium. R-ussia has suffered her most severe marine loss of tiie war in rti" sin'kin./ of the cruiser Pallada. wh h has bren torpedoed by a German submarine n •the Baltic. In every theatre of the war' Germany evidently is resuming the of fensive with unparalleled vigor, and British naval observers are inclined to expe-'t some o operative display of ac tivitv by the German fleet. The Battle Along the Aisne Along the battle line of the Aisne the \erv brier' official communi ation given out in Paris declares that what change there is in the situation favors the allies. A most interesting bit of news from the western front is found in the report from various sources (bar several of, the forts around Autwe p are still oc cupied by the defenders. If rnis « true, it is argilen don that the great a. tiviu- of the lier mxin cavalry near Lille is a s redoing movement to cover the retrest of the army of General Von Klu k. Suih a re treat is said even to be under way to the north and to the northeast. Basutoland to Aid England •London. Oct. 1 3.—Griffith, toe par.- mount chief of Basutoland. a British colonial |H).-sessiou in South Africa, has offere i to levy a tax of 115 ,-ents on each Bas.ito as a contribution to the funds being raised in Bngland for t'he | reiief of the sufferers from t'he war. ' FRANCE'S FIGHTING TURCOS FROM MOROCCO ARRIVING ON THE BATTLE LINE I AfCRdVAL OF TROOPS FROM MOROCCO AT AMIEN6 " ' Queer littleltJZrT f r M i rOCC ° are d r m ° nStr^ n? lhdr Hb :. iity 10 Upho,d thc hon ° r of the French fl "S- Th » POlograph .how, their arrival at the battle front. The quee uttle carts, drawn by mules, are surely something extraordinary m the way of transportation during wax time. SERVIANCRGWNPRISCEAND HIS BRfIIBERARE WOUNDED 1 jondon. Oct. 13, 12.10 A. M.— "The Star's" Copenhagen eorrespon i dent says the "Vossiche Zeitung" of Berlin reports that Crown Prince Al exander of Serx ia has been sl'ghtlv I wounded and that his brother. Prince George, of Servia, has been moita ly hurt in the fighting against the Austri ans. I Crown Prince Alexander, of Servia. second son ot King I'eter, is 26 years old an i became heir apparent to the Servian throne when his brother. Prince George, who is one year his senior, re nounced his rights to accession in 1909. Prince George had killed his servant and it was believed he had developed homicidal mania. Prince Alexander acted as regeiit of Servia during rhe ill ness of the king. Kruger's Nephew Released Ivoudon, Oct. IS.—The Kev. Epka . deWarr, a nephew of Paul Krtiger, and at one time secretary of state for the Transvaal and a general in the Boer army, arrived in London yesterday aft er two months' detention in Westpha i lia. Mr. DeWarr is a resident of the I Boer colony at Hohenward, Tenn., and s an American citizen, but he was held by the Germans as a British subject' be a use he did not have his naturaliza tion j apers with him. He appealed to the American embassy in Berlin and was released. Bombardment of Oattaro Ba^un Rome. Via Paris, Oct. 13. 3.4 2 A. M The Trench embassy here has issued a communication saving that the 'French j cannon of long range landed at An tivari Septembe- 22 have all been transported t the top of Mo ;.nt Lovi chen from which a bombardment of Cattaro, Daimatia, has' begun. Austrians Proud of Their Aviators Rome. Via Paris, Oct. 13. 1.3 l) A. t M. —The Austrians are proud of their : aviators who since tiie beginning of the I war have covered 12.000 miles in their : machines without being caught by the, < Russians, according to dispatch received here. The airmen have done good t scouting service, it is said, getting ex- r act details regarding the Russian ad l vance. , i MOTOR TRANSPORT FIGURES IIS THE GRE^^EU BRITISH MOTOR- TCANSPOftT TBAIN J*.THE ROADSHJE' follow this up by making the enemv ru'ifstH) flirt hei'"-i ■!!,* "AM V''.'' 5 Artllll ' ry ,uotorulan writes:—"While the battle Is on we have all OUT wits about us. and oven if we score a victory we must j «'K>n as there is an opportunity to e'u it Before ih ri V i ■ °r r °'' tse ' 1 e trans P orTS nlusl - follow hard after the troops, for they must be supplied with ammunition and wiil want food -is «r*..d br o!et t e -ado 'westar !lt 11, tr hour and can rise from the ground at a sharp angle. "German airship guns are so ef fective that it unwise for British or French aviators to fix lower than C,OGO feet from the ground. The Germans are us'iig ;i new ty e of bomb, which when it explodes leaves a smoke cloud that hangs in the air tor several min utes. tlius enabling the Germans to get the range of u hostile aeroplane quickly and accurately. '■ Virmen when under fire have f o keep up continual glides, sharp turns and evolutions in orjer to prevent tne enemy from getting accurate aim. looping the lpop. however, is strictly forbidden. *' AX ORDER FOR 50,000 STOVES FOR ALLIED ARMIES IN El ROPE Mercer. Oct. I.l.—That talk of early peace between European belligerents is not to be taken seriously is indicated ' by the fact that the Reznor Stove | Company lias received an order for 50,000 sneer metal tent stoves to be used by French and British soldiers during the winter campaign. Tliev. will burn either coal or wood. They rJe to' be built in "take down" stvle and when stowed away will occupy little space. Negotiations between the Reznor company and representatives of the I* rench government have been under way for some time. According to of ficials of tiie company orders for more tnan 200,000 ot these stove* have been given out. or will he given out within the next teu days. Japs Arranging for Final Attack Tokio, Oc". 13. —As the result of the communication to him of the .lap auese Kmperor's desire to spare tiie lives of non coiiibj.tants in Tsiny-Tau, Meyc Fal leck. < .xernor of Kim , Chow, has sent German rflicers to meet [ 'apanese officers to arrange the details' tor their departure before the inaugu ration of the final attack upon the Ger man fortress by the Japanese and Brit ish forces. RUSSIAN ARMIES PURSUED \I\RUN Fiffl EAST PRUSSIA London, Oct. 13, 8.50 A. M.—• Renter's Amsterdam correspondent sends the following German official coui inuiiication concerning events in tne eastern theatre of the war: " Vfter their expuision from East Prussia, the Russian armies were pur sued aerojs the frontier. The center of the Germaji military operations is now Poland. The whole of Poland, west of the V stula, is now in German possession. The Russians occupying only Wa; raw. "Tlo fen kilometers lost by the Ger mans in Russir.n territory near the Kast I'mssi: ii frontier were of little importance, as it was never intended definitely to occupy or govern Suwalki. "It in not true that the siege of Ossowitz- lias been abandoned as the fortress has never been besieged." j F.ed Cross Ship Sails for U. S. The Hasftie, Via London, Oct. 13, \ 15.15 A. M.—The American hospital ship R->d Gross which arrived at Rot terdam last Tuesday sailed at 3 o'clock] y. stcrday afternoon for New York with 150 passengers aboard. Those sailing) on the Re 1 C were refugees who I had been unable to get away on the regular lines. Killed in Quarrel Over War Ashland. Wis., Oct. 13.—After quar "eliug oxer the European war, George Gasper, a" farmhand, yesterday lured his employer. Bert Walsaek. into the xvoods and shot and killed hiin. Gas per returned to the farm house, in formed Mrs. Walsaek and committed suicide by shooting. Mildred Carter's Husband Wounded London, Oct. 13.—Viscount Ache son, a lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards, is among those named in the list of wounded recently made public. Viscount Acbeson married in 1910 Miss Mildred Carter, daughter, of John Ridgeley Carter, former first secretary of the American embassy in London. Foodstuffs' Du'y Free in Austria Vienna. Oct. 13.—The government has given no tree that the collection of duties on corn, flour and vegetables en tering Austria had been temporarily suspended. WHITLOCK REFUSED TO SEND NOTICE OF BOMBARDMENT Washington, Oct. 13.—An otlivial re-j : port received here yesterday describes j the efforts of German m'ilitary authori ties a t Brussels to send word through the American legation to the people of Ant- 1 werp of rhe intended bombardment of • that city. German officials asked Minister j W'hitlock to tiausnm thc notification • whif'h. uiitler Article 2tl of The Hague convention, an invading force is obliged 1 to give to the people of a city about to he bombard' I. Mr. Whit lock refused to | resent tiie crnmunicntion, desiring, in a. ;r.dance wi.ii the prtriit neutrality ot the I itited s, not to be t ie bear er of military messngtM to any of the belligerents. Tiie Germans insisted all other means of coiwii inicatioai had fail el. The Sianish Minister, who xtas in conference xvitn Mr. Whitloek xx-hen the j representations were made, finally de cided ti) send t'he Spanish naval attache ; to Antwerp with t'he notification. A report from American Consul Pie derit-h at Osteoid says he is endeavoring to return to Antwerp to resume his con 1 sular work there. SALVATION ARMY IS OFFERED SIOO,OOO FOR WAR BELIEF i. „ i New > ork. Oct. 13. A conditional | I offer of SIOO,OOO for relief work in the 1 ■ European war has been made to the Sal i vation Army, it xvas announced vester : day. Neither tihe conditions nor the name of the donor were made public. Commander Evangeline Booth also announced that steps have been taken to answer a call for aid from Holland, which is sheltering many refugees, ft' deeme i advisable, she said, a ■ ontiugent of nurses will be sent to t'he Nether lands. The proposed plan has been taken up xvrrh the State Department ait Washington, it was stated. «o that the ■ xvork can be outlined in such a way that phere may be no violation of Amer lean neutrality. Two Bombs Dropped on Ostend London, Oct. 13, 7.50 A. M. —A dis | patch to the "Times" from Ostend ' says that a German aviator dropped two bombs on Ostend Monday. Neither of the missiles explo led. The cor ' respondent adds that thc Germans oc-; jcupied Ghent at 7 o'clock Monday | morning and that refugees from that : city are coming into Ostend. CHURCHILL BLUNDERED IN S THE DEFENSE OF ANTWERP London. Oct. 13, 2.15 A. M.—The, '"Morning Post" in an editorial to-day! severely attacks Winston Spencer | Churchill, first Lord of the Admiralty, j i for which it describes as a costly blun : tier in sending a s'uall force of marines hi Antwerp, j The newspaper expresses the beiief! that the British losses are greater than admitted and ccntends that if it xvas! impossible to send a large military force to Antwerp none at all shoul 1 ! have been sent and the Belgians been j permitted to urrender without bom-j bardment, "as they would have done, but British advice, which on.y resulted ' in loss of life and hampering the re-; tircment of the Belgian army." ARTILLERY Dl EL IN PROGRESS | IN DIRECTION' OF BEL FORT | The Hague. Via London, Oct. 13,1 7.15 A. M. According to a special ] | dispatch to the Cologne "Gazette''! : from Zurich, Switzerland, a large num ! ; ber of civilians who arrived in Zurich] from Belfort reported that an artillery ; duel was progressing in thc direction of Belfort when they departed. J A special dispatch to the " A vond | post'' says 1,500 German wounded have passed tluoiigli L ege for Aix-la-i Ohappelle, to xvhich place within the past txvo weeks, twenty thousand wounded have been transported. Most | of these, it is thought here, were from Antwerp. Caronia Patrols New York ttarbor New York, Oct. 13. —The converted I cruiser Caronia, formerly a Cunard liner, has been replaced as a patrol at j the entrance to New York harbor, where j she has been for the last three weeks j by thc British cruiser assumed that, the Carolina has sailed j , for a Canadian port to get coal and pro j visions. 1.50H Greeks Expelled by Turks London, Oct. 13, 9.20 A. M. —In a : dispatch from Athens dated Monday,! October 12, a correspondent of the Ex | change Telegraph Company, says 1,500; | Greeks have been expelled by the Turks I from the town of Eregli, oil the sea of j I Marmora, 53 miles west of Oonstanti-! nople, under the pretext that it is nec j essarv to fortify this region. GEIMIS FIT HDI FAANCB Endeavoring to Effect a burning Movement to North of hong Battle Line PICKING WEAK SPOTS Oh ALLIES Eftorts of the Kaiser's Troops, How evei, Are Being Met Successfully by Th(!lr French and English Op. ponents, It l s stated Paris. On. 13. 6.50 A. M.-The P f. fort, of the Hermans who are fighting ar < i" «" endeavor to t a turn mov ™™' to th P north of the long lln «* i» Kram-e, continue to hold ,l " > interest of the observers „f the war. According to an official announce ment Herman cavalry same dav H ago had advance iin the west as la as Cassel. _7 miles northwest of Un P . These German forces, now, howei-erj are said to extend only to Razebrouck (five miles south of Cassel). It this should l>e true it is consid ered that it will make somewhat great cr the iliflinilties of the Germans in bringing success to their efforts. This section of the war /.one continues the scene of particular violent actions the opposing squadrons fightiug desperated to gain the slightest advantage which so iirudi IIIHJ depend. The Hermans, at the same time ave not lessening their attempts to lia.i ~ other points on the battle line wo-,!< •spots in the allies front. All their efforts, it, is said, are being met su •• | cessrully bv their French and Kn-lis , [Opponents. The latest Herman dug i apt u red bv the French belonged to an active regiment, which w.is part of the corps stationed at Stettin. This fact according to the French, indicates tin' the Hermans have concentrated on the trench frontier forces which ordinarii • I would be assigned to guard the Russ, , , | border. The Stettin regiment is remain j ing where it is in s pite of tlie r e porte 1 advance of the Russians toward tho I west. The withdrawal of the Hermans from | the vicinity of \>r iun as ofticiallv indicated has been well received bv j thi* 11ench. It is taken to show tho I further disengagement of the enemv '•> j forces operating around the great French fort on the Mouse and what is 1 regarded in Paris as ihe retiring of the I enemy toward the frontier. Interned Belgian and English Soldiers i Hie Hague, Via London, Oct. 13, I ' A —The total number of in terned Belgian and Fnglish soldiers en route to Northern Holland is estimat ed nt .0,000, exclusive df the wounded who are being treated in cities near the Belgian border. The number of wounded has not yet been ascertained. < ther soldiers have been interned but. their number is still unreported. The English soldiers have been provided with a special depot at Groningen. European Order for 1.100 Shirts Von;. IV, Oct. 13,—The Industrial dewing Company, of Men Rook, has re ceived ain order for 1,100 *lnrrs for -Mia use of soldiers wounded in the Kurope.au war who are being cared for in hon don hospitals. The plant had been shut 'lown for several months. 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