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Berlin Admits Having Withdrawn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 argile<i here, thai possibly the ex
pected reinforcements for tuc fir-man
right wing niav not be sen; forward i„
time.
Reports aiso continue to rea. h I/>n
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<M, " S l ° adT *» CC - in fact 0,1611 f " r one -a so it was thirty-six hours-before the bat.ie us. we have to !
newspaper the New York Herald ud L lIIT T T *" throU,fh *«"*«'»"*" The above picture, drawn by" Philip [)add. .special artist for thi« |
paper, the .New York Herald and the London Sphere, show, a motor transport train halted by the roadside, with an aeroplane rapidly approaching from the rear '
HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, TUESDAY EVENING, OOTOBtiK 13, 1914.
ENGLISH SCORE BIG SUCCESS
W ITH NEW TYPE OFAhROPLAXE
London, Oct. 13.—"The English i
aeroplanes have proved more than
equal to those of tne Germans,'' says
the Parts correspondent of tiie
'"Times." Especial success has been
score I with the new type of English
aeroplane ailed tiie 'chaser,' which
is capable of a speed of 130 miles ai>
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.
War Makes Zinc Works Boom
Blooniington. 111.. Out. 13. f a ,.
torics in Central Illinois are being rii'sfi
ed with orders for spel'ter to be used by
hurcvpeian nations in making ammuni
tion. Thirty carloads consigned to IVew
York for ex,port passed through he>ra
yesterday.
Cigarette Paper Famine
Philadelphia, Oct. 13.—The UnitM
States is tihreatene<l wit'h a cigarettta
paper famine, according to a report re
ceived from the Department of Com
merce. because the imports from Aus
tria and Prance are stopped on (tveount
of the war.
These two countries furnish most of
the cigarette pa . ers used in this cotrn
try.
Four Killed in Aeroplane Raid
London, Oct. 13, 8.25 A. M.—A let
ter received in Amsterdam from Dns
seldorf says the "Daily chronicle's"
Amsterdam, correspondent declares that
in the recent British aeroplane raid on
Dusseldorf, besides a Zeppelin airship
being destroyed, four persons were
killed and many wounded.
South African Command Rebels
Cape Town, Union of South Africa,
Oct. 13. 11.27 A. M. —lt has been of
ficiallv announced here that a command
under Colonel Maritx. has rebelled in
the northwest of the Cape provinces.
Martial law has been proclaimed
throughout the Union.
Eu?sian Fleet oil Black Sea
Berlin, Oct. 13. via Marconi wireless
to London.— It is re orted that a Rus
sian fleet of eight large vessels ami ten
small s.hi| s was sighted <nr unlay near
Ku.stendje (a s( \ >:. of 'He. mania* on the
Black sea), trtenm.ng in a southerlv di
rection.
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