; ? ; *=? ? , T
Hpfes Reported to Have Retaken Dixmude From Germans
Tuesday; thut their attempts to breal;
down the British resistance around
Tprca have failed, and that their at
tack In the vicinity of Labassce has
met with no greater success.
Tho German official report again says
tho German attacka are progressing,
and records the capture of prisoners.
Oil the other hand, the French official
communication declares all German nt- ]
tacks have been repulsed, and that an ,
advance has beon made by the allies
nearly everywhere.
Vienna admits tho Austrlans hnvo <
evacuated Eastern Gallcla, but as an i
offset to this, says the Servian rc- j
slstunce hsa been broken, and tho Aus- j
triaim have crossed the Danube, drlv- i
ingr the Servians back into their own j
country.
U\UIOAVORIN(i TO FOIICK
MOXTKNEGKINS BACK !
Vienna also reports that tho Aus
trlans have turned their attention to
the Montenegrins, and arc endeavoring j
to force them back. According to a \
Montenegrin report they have failed. ?
Accounts from tills part of the world j
are so contradictory that the only thing j
clear is that the Austrlans have .vlr- j
tuallv cleared their country of the j
enemy. England is beginning to learn
the cost of the European war. A white I
paper Issued to-dny shows that the j
government Intends to ash Parliament j
l'or ? 1,12.i,000,000, which, with their!
$r?OO.0OO.OOO voted at the last session. Is ]
expected to be Great Britain's bill for j
the fiscal year ending March si. Of |
t'.jis sum, however, a small part has j
been loaned to ltelgluni and Jservla.
A portion of the money also will be |
required for the additional* million men :
to be enlisted, who will bring the ling- |
lish regular army up to 2.180,000. ?
These figures do not include the tor- !
ritorlals, who number nearly 600,000. |
ATTEMPT TO PENKTItATE
TO YPRES IS HKPTiliSED i
TjOXDOX, November J3 (11:20 1>. M.). I
?The official press bureau Issued the j
following communication at 11 o'clock'
to-night:
"A severe attack against tho por- j
tion of the lino held by tho First Army j
Corps before Ypres was delivered on j
tho llth by a Prussian guard I
corps. The enemy made an especial j
effort on this occasion to break the |
line, which they hoped already hud j
been weakened by attacks of Infantry j
of the line. The facts briefly are as !
follows: |
"Our troops were subjected to the j
heaviest bombardment that wo have
yet experienced, lasting over three |
hours. This also was followed up by
an assnult In force, carried out by the j
First and Fourth Brigades of the I'rus- j
slan Guard Corps. It Is understood j
that these picked troops had been ]
brought up specially against us in !
order to force their way throilgh at j
joints whore previous efforts made |
by the infantry of the line had failed.
"The attack was pressed with the
greatest bravery and determination.
Owing to the gallantry of our troops,
and their splendid resistance against
great odds, the attempt to penetrate !
to Ypres was repulsed, but the weight I
Of the enemy's advance' enabled th?<ni .
to broak through our lines at three !
points. They were hurled back, how- j
fcvor, and pro von tod from gaining fur- I
thor ground.
"An immense loss had beon Inflicted
on the Germans, 700 of their dead
having been found on tho ground be
hind our front trenches alone. Their
casualties in advancing up to our line
under direct and enfiladed lire must
have been enormous. Our casualties
also wore heavy.
"Tho action of our iroopn.on this,
ar, well as on previous, occasions can
not be praised too highly."
FIGHTING CONTINUES
IN HEGION OF SOLDAU
PETROORAD, November 13.?Tho
following statement has been received
by the Russian commander-in-chiefs
staff:
? "In Eastern Prussia the fighting con
tinues In the region of Stnlluponcn for
the possession of the outlets In tho
eastern chain of the Mazurlan I<akes.
"Tho lighting in the region of Sot
dau continues.
"The German offensive has been rc- I
pulsed in the direction of Thorn on I
both banks of the Vistula toward i
Jlyfoln and Wlpelawok and further
west. The enemy brought here a part
of his troops from I^yclt.
"In the Czeiistochown region tho
Germans are moving gradually ft o ward
the Hlleslan frontier.
"In Gallcla our offensive toward
Dounaio'it now lias encountered resist
ance. j
"Wo occupied Krosno and inflicted j
heavy loet>e6 on the Austrian rear
guard.
? "In thft region of Kanok and Turkn,
DEATHS
/? A. " t
WINSTON.?'XVILL1 AM JORpOfii WrfC
STON fell asleep In Christ at 2 A. M:
Friday morning. November 13, at his
home after a short Illness of olght
hours. Besides a widow and four chil
dren he leaves his mother. Mrs. M. I?.
Jones; three slaters, Mra. A. M.
Houchlrif), Mrs. Carrie Winston Daw
Hon and Mrs. Muinmle 13. Creery. and .
three brothers, Samuel Rlnford. Henry!
R. and John J. Winston to mourn his,
departure.
The services will be held from the i
home nt 3:30 p. M. SATURDAY. No
vember 14. liurlnl In Rlverview.
IJDANN1NO.?Died, November 13, 1014. ]
-at 80s Hast Clay. MIDDR13D HAYS
BL.ANN1NG, use eight years, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. manning.
Her funeral will tuke place from
above residence at 4 I'. M. SATURDAY.
Interment Rlverview, Butler il'iu)
papers please copy.
LYONS.?Died, at l-.!s residence. 2S14
' ? East Marshall Stroet, MR. P. I!,
l^yons, age eighty-one years, llo leaves
a wife, one son, Andrew Ijyons. of the
Southern Railway Shops, and two
daughters. Mrs. T. K. Rlako and Mrs.
William Drennan, of Richmond.
Funeral notice later.
KENNON.?Died, at hit* residence at
Ashland, Vn? C. II. KKN.N'ON, In the
seventy-first year of his age.
Services at the Woodlawn Cemetery
:? t 4 P. M. SATURDAY.
Newport News papers pleaao copy.
funeral NOTICE
DROWN.?The funeral of MRS. IN
DIANA XV. DROWN will take place
2311 Falrinount Avenue, Saturday af
ternoon at 3 o'clock. Friends and ac
quaintances Invited to attend.
inmemorTam
MOSCHETTl.?In memory of our father.
ANTONIO MOSCHKTTI, who died
one year ago to-day.
Vou have left us. but not forever;
You have gone to the golden shores,
A Jul some day wo shall unite
And never more to ever p;u t.
Though our home has been broken,
And our mother prf-ceile you there.
For her love, to you. v/ns dearer.
And never more to ever part.
May be days, month*, or years.
Hut some day we shall unite
Un those happy golden shores.
And never more to over part.
It. ]-. MOSCHKTTI.
TOO IiATK TO CM HHI FY.
REGISTERED pbarinaclst, 10 years'
experience, desires to mako change;
now employed. All-round man. Best
of references. Address 13 ioo, care
Tlmes-Dlspatch.
WAITED, 3 or 4 young men In our
tiucklng department. \V. T. Hood fie
t.'O-. OInter Park.
whero wo stormed nightly a well-for
tittod position, tho Austrlans on tho
morning of November 11 began re
treating.
"In tho Carpathians on tho road from
Nadvorna to Marmarosxlget, ncur
Pnsiecann, we defeated a body of hos
tile Sokols.
"Turkish torpedo boats huvo been
(iKUMAXS HOPK TO DltEAK
SHOCK or.' nt'SSUNN !
PARIS. November 13 (7:50 P. M.).?
Havas-Petrogrnd correspondent tele
graphs:
"N'cws that the retreating Gorman
troops have occupied all d^fllos east of
tho Masurian I^akes (East Prussia),
whore thoy have placed heavy artil-""
lery, has led to the conclusion that
they intend to resist tho Russians tena- i
olously in that region. Tho Germans |
hope that hero the shock of tho Huh-I
sians will l>c broken.
"Throughout all Prussia railway j
paesenger traffic lias been suspended.
The lines are transporting only
troops, apparently with a view to new
concentrations said to have been do- |
elded by a recent council of the Auh- i
tro-Gcrman general stairs at Cracow, j
This council if? reported to liavs decld- !
ed to change completely tho plun of j
battle." j
AMERICAN All >1 V OFFICERS
?ro l?K WITH (iKKMAN ARMY
WASHINGTON*. November 18.?Ger
many, it was announced to-night at
the "War Department, has consented to
allow American army officers to ob- ;
serve military operations of the Gcr- ]
man army. Six officers have'been do-i
tailed for this duty.
Several officers have been sent to
Austria and France as observers, and
tho American army ie assured of learn
ing at iirst hand lessons which the
European war r/111 teach in inilitarv
strategy and tho conduct of big ffeld I
armies. j
VILMiik! RETAKEN
BV COUNTERATTACK
P All IS. November 13 (11 P. M.).? J
The followiri?- otllclal communication
/<Vas Issued to-night:
"Prom tho soa to the Lys the Ger
man action has not been strong, and In
some parts of the front we ourselvos
have taken the offensive.
"U"o have progressed to tho south
of UlxDchoote.
"At the east of Ypres wo have re- j
taken by a counterattack a village I
which had been lost.
"At the south'of Ypres we have re
pulsed an offensive movement of tho
Prussian Guard.
"On the other part of tho front only
cannonados aro mentioned."
WAliSIllP SIGHTED TWENTY
FIVE MILKS OFF COLON
PANAMA, November 13.?A warship,
believed to be tho Mritlsh cruiser Suf
folk. lias been sighted twenty-five
miles off Colon. She was steanilmr
with lights out. Her destination was
not ascertained.
NOVEL DKFBSSK SCHBMK
AIIOI'TEI) BY GERMANS
PAHIS. November 13.?A i:elgtan
civic guard who has traveled through
the Rhino provinces disguised has re
turned with a description of a novel
defense scheme which, ho declares, has
been adopted by Germany to check an
Invasion.
A narrow-gauge underground rail
way, ho says, runs along tho western
frontier behind the Rhino, with con
cealed trap-doors and collapsible plat
forms every few hundred yards. Pow
erful guns aro mounted upon platforms
which can automatically be shot Above
ground to shell tho invaders and then
lowered before being put out of ac
I tloh.
The railway will enable these Jacli
In-tho-box guns to be transported
rapidly to any vulnerable point.
KAISER Kill ST TO KIRK
EACH OK UK A V Y NEW <iUNS
[Special Cable to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.}
PARIS, November IS.?The Kaiser's
constant movement from one point to
another on tho front is now account
ed for by the German tradition that
the Chief War Lord shall flro the first
shot from oach of the now heavy guns.
Whenever a new seventeen-inch
howitzer is mounted, the Kaiser pro
ceeds to the spot and hurls the first
shell at the enomy by touching a but
ton from well In tho rear.
AUSTRIANS KKPVI.MKU
AKTICH FIERCE FIGHTING
LONDON. Novombor 13 (7:05 P. M.).
?An official telegram from Cettinjo
says:
"During tho last three days Aus
trians, with heavy reinforcements, at
tacked our entire front at Genaheva,
Klehouk and Timer, but though con
siderably greater in strength than
ourselves, were repulsed after fierce
fighting, our army fully maintaining
Its positions."
TURKISH SOLDIERS HEVOLT
AGAINST GERMAN OFFICERS
[Special Cable to The Tlmes-Dtspateh ]
BUCHAREST, November IS.?The
newspapers state that the revolt in the
Turkish army against its German of
ficers Is increasing. Two of these of
ficers at Constantinople and throe at
Adrlanople have been killed. On the
night of October 28 a great explosion
occurred at the palace of F.nver PaBha.
j who escaped. ,
A violent artillery duel occurred yos
! terriay between Servians and Austrlans
! near tho Roumanian frontier, west of
| OrHova, but tho Austrlans did not suc
ceed In crossing the Danube.
Tho total cases of choloru In Austria
up to the ond of October was 1,405.
a Mn ass a nous loihjk
Vlf.OHOUS I'HOTUST
j ATHENS, November IS.?Turkish au
thorities at Constantinople broke Into
and searched the buildings occupied
I by the lJritlsh, French awl Russian cm
j linesleB. The Italian ant] American nm
| bassudors lodged a vigorous protest.
i KAISErT|^~cHsTAn7 DANGER
|
i French .HpcolnKnt Say* He la Doomed
lOlther to MadnfM or I'arnlr^la.
1'AUIS, November 18.?That the
Kaiser In doomed either to madness or
paralysis is tho conclusion drawn In
an article In the Matin by Dr. Caba
j nes, an eminent French specialist,
from tho following diagnosis of the
j kJtnperor'n chronic otorrhea:
"He Is In constant danger that pus
| will llow into tho mastoid process and
i go Into the upper pnrt of his tympa
num. The wall separating tho middle
1 ear from tho cavity ot' cranium oon
; tabling tho brain is only one or two
j millimetres thick. Should this wall
j break, an abacus!) of tho brain la in
] evltablc."
Will VldU KipMlllon.
J WASHINGTON, November 13.?lTe?l*
! dent Wilson to-day told Uenjamln Ide
(Wheeler, who called'to Invito him to
; tlie San Francisco imposition, that he
[ was planning lo visit the exposition
immediately after formally opening the
rani*ma Canal.
obituary"
Flefelier C, IfnrrU.
i l-VNCHBL'JUO, VA., November IS.?
I While converainc with a neighbor this
afternoon. Fletchor C. Harrlfc, presi
dent of tho Harris Carriage Company,
of Lynchburg, dropped dead of-heart
disease. He was nlxty-flve yenra old,
and hla alfe and two children sur
[ vive.
iCORDESPONDEIT TELLS
OF EMDEN'S LAST FI6HT
. ?
j Australian Cruiser Ru#he? Up While
German Ship Is in Lagoon
at Keeling.
i l AII.S IX ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE j
Leaves Landing Party on SJhore and !
Goes Out to Engage Adversary, j
Fight Continues Eighty Minutes
| Before English Vessel Wins.
LONDON, November IS.-.?The corre
spondent of the Chronicle at Keeling.
Cocoa Inlands, under Unto of Thurs
day, November 12, sends the following
story of tho last light of the Uorman ?
cruiser lirnden:
"A four-funnelletl cruiser arrived at.
full speed at tho entrance of the la- i
goon at o'clock on Monday morn - |
ing. The suspicions of those ashore j
were at once aroused, .ib the aruleer ?
was flying no (lay an<l the fourth fun- ,
! liol was obviously a dummy made of!
painted canvas. / j
I "The cruiser Immediately loworod a ?
launch and two boats, which landed j
Ihreo officers ttnd forty men, all armed [
arid having four Maxims.
j "Tho Germans, for such thev proved
to be, rushed to the eablo station,
| turned out the operators, smashed tho
| Instruments, grappled unsuccessfully :
for the cables, and blew up tho elfw- ;
trleal stores, but a general call had j
already been sent out by wireless.
| "At 0 o'clock the Kinden blew he;-1
[ emergency siren for the return of the (
landing party, but did isot wait for !
j them. Prom ashore the reason for the
i ISmden's haste was apparent, as In the j
east a warship could be seen coming j
up at full npced.
"Tho Emden fired the first shot at !
a range of 3,700 yards, at the s:?ne |
time steaming In a northerly dlreo- j
tlon at her fastest possible speed, j
Meanwhile her pursuer was Identified
from the shoro as the Australian cruis- \
er Sydney. ?
: ENUKX'S Fill ST SHOT
wnist'Ks haxuk-kintjkh
j "At first the firing of tho ISmilen <
seemed excellent, while that of the
Sydney was erratic. This it after
wards developed, was due to the fact
that tho Emdon's first shot had wreck
ed the .Sydney's ranKC-finder. The
Hrltish gunners soon found the range
| however, and shot away two of the
' Ktnden's funnels and one mast. Both
! ships were blazing away with all their I
i xuns when they disappeared below the !
j horizon, and the Emdon was afire aft.
I "Meanwhile the landing party en
| trenched on the shore of the lagoon,
determined to fight If the 'Kritish sent
a party ashore. After a time, how- I
ever, they decided to quit the Island.
They embarked on the old schooner
Aynsha, seized a quantity of stores ?nd
sailed away. They have not since been
Been.
"Early on Tuesday the Sydney an
chored off the Island and reported her
victory. The officers explained that
they were able to keep out Of the
rango of, the TOilulen's guhs. mean
while bombarding her with their heav
ier artillery. Tho engagement lasted
eighty inltiutee, the Ktndon finally run
ning ashore on north Keeling Island,
an utter wreck.
"Only two of tho Einden's shots
' were effective. Tho first smashed the
| range-finder and killed one man, and
the second killed three inon and
wounded fourteen. lioth of tho cruis
| ers used torpedoes during the lighting,
, hut Ineffectually. The Sydney's speed
during the fight was twenty-six knots
and the l'imden'u was twenty-four.
"Tho Sydney also sank tho collier
Buresk, which had boen in attendance
on the Emdon, and after reporting hex
victory here loft a til o'clock Tues
I day to look for survivors. The Syd
| ney 9ailed finally on Wednesday, wlfn
! a number o,' prisoners."
BELGIAN RELIEF
COMMISSION WILL
MEET ON MONDAY
(Continued From First Page.)
mill promises to turn over to ns every
thing It receives."
Beginning to-day, the Belgian Fte
Hef ComnilflBfon will have lta head
quarters At 1104 Kant Br^ad Stree*,
where all responses to tho topeal will
ba received und tho geneidl work of
tho commission bo directed.
Tha't the need of the Belgian peo
ple 1h absolute and Immediate 1b shown
by a report which has been received
by Frederick E. Noltlrig, Belgian con
uul hero. The report says1: "Without
America tho Bcdgltmn feel that they
, would be crunlied out of existence by
l'Hmluo and war. More than SO por
cent of the Brusnels population now
live entirely on soup and bread, which
are distributed to them dally, and on
potatoes, which they receive only once
a weok. Families were living In par
tially burned buildings or in impro
vised structures. The suffering its in
tense, and food supplier; practically
do not exist"
The appointments to tho commission
made by Governor Stuart, ate us tol
I lows:
Colonel Henry M. Boykin, Hlohmond,
I commissioner and chairman: llomor I
! Ferguson, Newport News; S. Heth
Tyler, Norfolk; John Stewart Bryun,
Illohmortil; Charles T. Liassltor, 1'eters -
burg; Itev. ,1. Cleveland Hall, Dan
ville; William 3. Battlo, Roanoko;
Harry F. Byrd, Winchester; J. Frank
Wysor, Pulaski; Alexander-Robertson,
Staunton.
NOHPDIiK CHAMHUH OF t'OMMKHCF,
WIKKS I'HOMIMK OF All?
Among the first to respond to the
appeal of Clovornor Stuaft In behalf
of the Buffering- and destitute Belgians
. in tho Chamber of Commerce of tho
city 6t Norfolk.
Following the publication yesterday
of the ofllolal statement Issued by the
Governor, the preBldont of the Nor
folk organization of business men tele
graphed the Indorsement of that body
for the relief plan outlined by the ex
executive and assurance of co-operation.
The message is an follows:
"Norfolk, Va., Novomber 18, 1 4.
"Honorable Henry C. Stuart, Uovernor
of tho Coinlnonwualth of Virginia:
| "Sir,?1 note with considerable ln
j tcrest the action which you have tak
' en In the direction of extending aid
to the distressed people of Belgium,
and 1 bog to anKtifo you of the earn
est desire of the Chamber of Commerce
of Norfolk to lend to this movement
'any and nil assistance possible.
"BARTON MYKRH,
President."
ltoaii CongrfHM Knrift Senalon.
ATLANTA, (>A? November la.?The
fourth Amorlean Boad Congress end
ed here to-day. Technical discussion
of methods of road construction and
maintenance occupied the final session.
The time and placo of next year's
mooting will be decided later by tho
executive committee.
Infantry Remains in Trenches uml
Approaches Enemy by Boring
Tunnels.
1JOTH SIUlOS SUFFER HEAVILY
Operations in Flanders Overshad
owed Doth in Extent and Influence
on War as a Whole by Eastern
x Campaign.
i
PARIS, November IS.?The convic
tion in growing here that the period
of tho Gorman strategic offensive is
drawing to a. close, and that tho war
on both the western and pastern fronts
is about to enter its third phase.
The present violent effort in tho.
Ypros region, while it may lutvo kuc
ceoded in bending the allies' line in
u Sew places, has not yet, according' tu
either French or Gorman reports, suc
ceeded in breaking it, and it sooms ]
Impossible that tho attempt can be
repeated under the same conditions.
Kven success at tills point might prove
merely momentary, llko that at St.
Mihlel, on tho Mouse, six weeks ago.
Hut General Joifro, the French corn- i
inander-ln-chief, is fully allvo to tho!
importance of tills position, and, ac- |
cording to an officer Just returned
from Ypres. that eventuality bad been !
prepared for. At Ypres and its envl- I
rons, although the artillery of the j
Gormans Is formidable, that of the ;
allies is still more so, and causes fear
ful carnage in the enemy's trenches. .
The fighting In thin region is largely !
an artillery duel, with Infantry re- ]
mainlng in the trenches. They cnn.j
only approach the enemy by boring j
tunnels, which aro converted intoJ
trenches by piercing the roof.
OVKItSIIADOWED IX EXTENT
BY EASTERN CAMPAIGN:
However important the operations j
in Flanders may be, they ara now over
shadowed; both in extent atul the in-I
fluence they have on the war as a
whole, by the eastern campaign.
?'olonel Feylor, editor of the Swiss i
Military lioview and one of the best j
known military specialists, declares ;
ut?>i Itussla is now about to bring to1
bear all her effectives, and If It is real- j
ised she intervenes at a moment when i
in Flanders German levies of the third
line?young scldleru with six weeks'
I training:?are being brought* into ac- I
j tion, the full significance of the opera
I lions on tho eastern front will be
[ recognised.
I "Three AuBtro-Gerni.m armies," be
I continues, "aro advancing toward the
! angles of Thorn and Cracow. The Rus
| sln.li commander seems to bo accentu
ating the defense in the latter direc
| tion. If he succeeds, the results will
| lie far-reaching. The Austrian army
will bo cut on* from the Germans and
forccd to accept battle with their backs
| against the Carpathians,
j "In addition, there is prospect of a 1
battlo in the centre of the lino from
i'osen to Breslau, toward which the
German army of Silesia Boems to be
directed in retreat, and at a more or!
j le*s early date West Prussia will be
; threatened by way of Thorn."
! NEW GOWrNMEnTTn HAITI
' t'eltcil States Notified Officially of Its
Establishment.
I WASHINGTON, November IS.?The
United States was notified officially to
day of the establishment of a new
government in Haiti, with Davilmar
Theodore. successful revolutionist
against President Zamor, as President.
Tho only Cnbinet officer selected so
i far is Joseph Justin, as Minister of
Foreign Affairs. Ho was director of
j tho law school at tho capital.
Although the transport Hancock,
with a regiment ^bf marines, has left
Port Au I'rlnce for Guantanamo, ths
battleship Kansas remains there and
tho cruiser Tacoma stays on the
north coast.
: FLY OvW ENGLISH SEAPORTS
) German Aviator* MnUc Air Trip to
SlitpriiFNN nnd Harwich,
BURLIN. November 13 (by wireless).
! ?According to information given out
to the press to-day in official quarter*,,
German aviators have flown over the
Mnglish seaports of Shocrness nnd
Harwich.
Sheorness ie a fortified seaport in
Kent., at the mouth of tho Thames. It
is about forty miles from London.
Harwich Is in Essex, and about bov
enty miles northeast of London. $
TAFT Fn^AUTO BREAKDOWN
j Former President Walks Five Mllen
I Mather Than (.'all on Farmer for Help.
I Special t o Tho Tlnies-Dispntoh.l
GHKAT HAUKINGTON, MASH., No
j vcmbor 13.? Former President William
, Howard Taft walked into Oreat . Har
rington this afternoon accompanied by
his brother, Horace W. Taft. They
j wero tired,' but said they felt fine. Five
miles from here, on Monument Moun
tain, the automobile In which they
were returning from Wllllamstown to
Now Haven, blew out a tiro, and they
elected to "hoof It" rather than .call
on a farmer for transportation. An
other automobilo was sent after their
car, which was brought here and re
paired in time for them to llnisli their
i 3?y "cy
; M?T DETtRMIHE F?TE 1
I - OF GERMAN KM
I . !
jllattle Around Ypren Continues to J
Huge With Dnalmtrd
Fury.
| ALLIES' LINK FIRMLY HOLDS
Despite Attacks of Unexumpled Vio
lence, Frunto-Fiiglish Forces Ke
ftiatn in Control of Key Situation, j
Fighting Breaks Out Along Coast.,
i
PARIS, November 13.?The buttle on
which probably depends the fate of
the Gorman invasion of Helium and.
Northern Franco continues to raxe with
unabated fury. Dospito the inasaes that
arc ceaselessly being hurled against
the allies, and despite the attacks of
unexampled violence the allien are
furoed to sustain, they ur?? said to still
hold the key position around Yprcs. !
The ancient city and the villages of I
Zouneheke, 1'ascheiidaele and llolle-1
beke, within a radius of nix miles, I
constitute the dangerous salient, or j
wedg.v fhrust into the Gorman lino, j
While Ypres remains in tiio possession'
of the allies, military strategists say]
| that the German advance toward the
coast by way of I>nbaase<i and F.ethuno
will bo impossible, since their north
(lank would bo threatened by the allies.
I If the allies should succeed in ail.
I vanclng further from Ypres, according
! to the ofllcers, the Germans would be
compelled to abandon Lille and vir
tually give up hope of reaching: tho
coust through Artois.
Advancing from t'lxmude. the Gcr-1
mans, it is said, at a:i enormous cost,'
| succeeded In crossing the Yser once j
j more, but ouly to be hurled back ;in*air..
> The Ysor is u small stream, out it is|
1 too deep to bo forded, and, therefore,!
passage over lr must be made by p'<n- j
toons, all the regular brldgos having!
been destroyed. The throwimr across:
| tlie stream of pontoon bridges in the I
i face of firing from thousands of well- i
[ posted men is an exceedingly cost!",* j
operation, but the possession of th?
Yser Is considered worth it, since it '
, facilitates the Slooding of tho country ;
! as far as Plxmude.
The struggle is not con lined to tiio
'region of L>lx.mude and Yprca. It is j
j again breaking out afresh along tii >
I seashore, where tho Germans ar.i ?*?? -,
clared to have been driven out of Ljiii- ,
I baortzyde, and are b?-ing slowly forced;
| toward' Ostein!. The Germans are ?ald !
to attach great Importance to the poe- j
; session yt' Lombaertzydo because it J
I commands the Nieuport region, and are'
; consequently making every effort to'
; regain it. Thus far their effort Ib said I
I to have been without success
! Kog probably hampers both aides, i
i since there is no mention in any of I
! the reports of the lighting of the (
j allied warships bombarding I.oni-j
baertzydc and tlie Ostend road, which J
tin clear weather are well within tlieiri
range.
The Germans cont'r.uo to attack t ie
| Urttlsh In the region of Armentleres ?
and Labassee without, it military ob-,
servers say, appreciably changing the1
1 lines. It is thought, however, that
I thev probably are not putting forth
! their full effort, as the operations hero
j necessarily are subordinate to those on
! the Yprcs position.
ADVANCES IN FREIGHT RATES i
I lOautboond I.lne* lu Central Awsocla- j
(Ion Territory Kile Tariff!*.
! WASHINGTON*, November 13.?Fol- i
i lowing in principle recommendations |
! by tlie Interstate Commerce Cmnmls- ;
. slon in its recent advance rate decl
1 sion, eastbound lines from Central
Freight Association territory to-day |
j filed advances on live btoek. fresh i
meats and packing house products, tf- i
fective December 15. These rates be- I
tween Chicago und New York are pro ? j
posed:
Cattle, 38 cents 100 pounds, an ad
vance of 5 cents; dressed beef, hogs
j and sheep, 50 cents, an advance of ?>
! cents; calves, hogs and sheep, 33 conts
i to 38 cents, an advance of $ cents;
j packing house pi-oducts and provisions,
? 33 cents, an advance of 3 cents.
It is regarded as likely tlie proposed .
. tariffs will be allowed.
EDUCATORS-DIE~iN BATTLE
Four German University Professor*
Among Recent Victims,
I3ICRLIN (via The Hague and Lon
don), November 13.?The newspapers
printed yesterday and to-day tho obit
uary of four university professors who
have Just fallen in battle, showing
how lnrgely university peoplo are par
ticipating In the activo fighting.
The fallen men aro HelnrUh Her
mellnk, professor of church-history at
Kiel, Krnst Heldrioh, professor of art
and history at Strassburg; ICrnst
Htadler, professor of German philology
at Htraesfburg, und Professor Frlcke,
the head of the Hanover-Muendon For
estry Academy.
Frau lJelbrueck, wife of the Min
ister of the Interior and Vlee-Chan
cellor Clemens Delbrueck. is dead.
Count Matthias IJrudzewo Mlolzyn
t?kl, the ex-member of the Reichstag,
who shot his wifo and nephew in his
castlo near Graetz In February, bus
received tho decoration of tlie Iron
Cross of the first uluss for valor ? in
J the battle of Augustowo.
".The Mloizynskl tf-ugedy, tho result
of a love affair, caused a sensation.
Tho count was tried on a charge of
manslaughter, but was acquitted.
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It is the two years' ageing which
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Ill TO DUNKIRK STILL
i IS MM THEMIS
i ;
Unless Flank Attacks on Ypres Are
Successful, Dirmude Probably
Is Barren (.Jain.
BEACH WEST BANK OF BIVKK
Although Tliey Occupy Only Few
Hundred Yards, Allies Will Muke
i Desperate Attempts to Urlvo Back
'This Slight Wedge.
?
j J.ONDON. November IC.?The Ger
j tuatiH have crossed tliu Yger lilvor,
according1 to the admission in tho latent
I Paris official communication, and. al
i though.the invaders occupy only a few
hundred yards on tho left bank of the
stubbornly contented river, the allien
| cannot bo Indifferent to.-thls gain, and
desperate olforts will bo mailt to ilrlvo
j back till* alight wedge.
YpreB, extending llko a fortress
bastion Into tho linos of the invaders,
Ih still hold by the British, and, unless
j the flank attacks on this position are
1 auocossful, IMxtnude is llkoly to prove
n barren gain for tho GerniauB, who
| still find the way to Dunkirk barred.
Tho theory that the Germans are
| making an unprecedented attempt 021
this coast objective la confirmed by
an olVu'lal Just returned to Holland
I from Hast Prussia, where, ho claim.",
| the severity of tho German defeat Is
I due to tho fact that ?o many troops
have boon dctachcd for the effort
against Calais.
KlUHCK KlGIITIK(i
AI-O.Mi HIV Kit A IS N13
Idttle attention lately has been pfsid
! to tho operations along the Kiver Aibiie,
but. according to lat-s dispatches,
lieruc fighting, recalling tho early days
of the siege battle there, has been In
progress for some lime, with r.o great
alteration in the lino, but ho me slight
advantage In fuvur of the allies.
In the coast battle the latest reports
Indicate that the Germans, after heavy
artillery fire, nnido massed Infantry
assaults, suffering losses much heavier
than the defenders.
Krorn the 0:1st come reports that Pe
trograd Is expecting to hear any n>o
ment that the great battle before Cra
cow has been started, while past Kallsz
and behind a scroon of Cossacks their
Infantry and artillery in force arc said
to be within striking distance of tho
German frontier.
Bucharest reports two Austrian di
visions annihilated along the liiver
Pruth, which. If true, indicates that tho
AQutrlnn opposition in-Hukowina Is at
an end and the way opened for tho
'invasion of Transylvania.
In the minor war theatres thero is
Httlo to report except the sovore de
feat adlnlnlstered to General de Wet
by his old comrade In arms, General
Botha.
SCOTT NEW CHIEF OF STAFF
Numed lir Warrlsoii lo ?iircei"il Wolh.'
ernpoou, Who Kellres on Mondof.
[Special to The TiinCb-Dispatch-l
WASHINGTON. November 18.?Brlg
adicr-GencfrU Hugh T.. Scott was
| nainoU to-day by Secretary of Wur
Garrison to bo clilef of staff of Ihc
army. General Boott.Is now assistant
| ehlef of slalf, and succeeds W. W.
Wotherspoon, present chief of ataff,
who retires next Monday.
Uoneral Tanker II. BIIkk, ii Is also
announced, will become chief of the
Mobile army division. General Bliss
Ih now In command of the troops on
the Mexican border.
General Scott's appointment a? chief
of staff and bis promotion to t.uijor
generalsiilp, creates a vacancy which
, will make Brigadier-General l'unaton,
i now in command at Vera Cruz, a ma
jor-general.
General Itllss will also become a ma
jor-general when .Major-General Car
ter retires In November, IPlu.
The next new brigadier-general
will be Colonel llonry A. flroen, of
the infantry; Colonel William A. Mann,
of the infantry, ami Krc-d H. Strong,
of the coast artillery, all of v/liom will
go up because of the promotion of
General Kunston, Uunernl Heott and
tho retirement of General lfoyle.
AMERICAN TROOPS
' TO LEAVE MEXICO
<C?,? ' ON NOVEMBER 23
i (Continued From Firat l'ugo.)
' the Jrw I,UV? u^a PorT"of Tatnpleo,
j .atH rttMoK? f?1, *" U,? rdVOlU"?
HAITLKSIIU. MXI'KCTKD
Tho ? . r? CWO* v"^A'ij ARUOU
Tho orders to tho Toxas win ?J0
'hlrh.v to 'ako u" 11 Position in t)iu
j jo) 01 ampico. Tt la assumed that
1 voTaCl', ?f th? b,ltt,c"U?P win
,80^0 O cool the ardor of Villa to
j close J ampico up.
I Tho movements or villa have ?ro.
n*J?u. ? , " ?overnnient.
r??i???? is.i5?0 ?K"iKl? ?? 'ho
r.oo,,.ly wkmSS' nearly al?
battleship* from lCa*/,.? ,, . ,tH
Siin'r *"7 to"
^'ay >??
IgaSSSsaS
> zSi
n?ce.?.ajy 'l'ha'Jt"i'h?T^'r'!.'???Ur the UuUed
Otrmur. ???ana. England and
?'HIOl'.UtATIOXS UMDRii WAV
... . *\Ma HKAIj HATTliU
Po?Tlt'rs
n,w,"t
hln' troonV ? Wan rcr'ortod a? moving
arssjj'cB
Kun organization among those leader*
| who remain*., loyal to the TrVci^f "
A BAD CASE
| AND ITS RELIEF
Lady Tells Details of Ten Years
Of Suffering Which Now Lies
Behind Her.
j Wallace. Va.?Mrs. Mary Vest, of
chl:j town, tays: "About ten years
age 1 had very poor health, and ror
I 'Ivo years It steadily got worse. I
| could* not Htand on my feet. I K0t
'.o 1 could only drag about In the
i ?Z"t, ?osl of the t,ruc 1 *" ?ot
1 able to do my work.
' I had terriblo boaring-down pains
my back ached all the tinio and was
pery weak. I could scarcely cam
nrtA i' ?i"?d sufrered agony when "r
, anything. The muscles In my
; abdomen were so weak I could
^thought" ImyKeIf1li,> ?tr,light, and
: i cnouglit I would surely ?roiv
j crooked. I had difficulty in walking,
in i i8 pu,"'ul- 1 suffered in hips
? coi"d hard,y rn,ac ?P
; Sc^dChae0ny- IjUBt ?t around
? vAL thi? tlm.e* about five years ago.
? tLgan to take Cardui, at my moth
j er .i insistence. After two or three
weeks' use I saw an improvement
L If"8 got ,ea" gradually until
j ?hcy disappeared, in two months
'do moil'frf wUhout paln an(? could
I do most of my work. For ahoutx
! .,"e? y?aJ'3 niy improvement Was
steady and continued until I had
back ray health and strength.
i t Jh? C.UJ? h.afl beei? pormaneut, for
! Iou.a\? bfien in Koo<l health for tho
past two years, due to mv havinr
,taken Cardui. which effected tho
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