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3 I I y,isr *v a* N •tan: 'J® .-rt-jKt,'•• IV •'i# 1, '''?vr It* i? ,tf -^^vi' VOLUME SIXTY-SEVEN BRITISH FLEETAID5HLLIEST0 Tl London, Oct. 19.—Prom the point of view of the allied armies, so far as could be learned from dispatches reaching London today, the situation in West Flanders and in France as far south as Lille, seemed on this, the seventy-seventh day of the war, per .' haps more hopeful than at any time since the German advance on Paris was checked. All tidings seem to indicate that the German advance from Ostend on the French coast towns has been blocked temporarily at least while further south in a region that was a week ago extreme German right, the invaders have been again compelled to give ground before the allies' wedge force concentrating on Lille. Several reports contend that the Germans have withdrawn from this town, but this is not confirmed nor is the report that they evacuated Coudt rai, nearly 30 miles northwest. It Beems plain, hdwever, that the menace here became marked and that the Ger man army operating along the coast of Flanders found itself in peril of being cut off from the main body. What opposition they met along the »ea is only guesswork for it has Bever been disclosed In Great Britain what forces the allies have, or at what point they touch the coast. All re ports seem to agree that Ostend is practically clear of Germans who ap parently are reforming to the south with reinforcements and the siege guns used to batter the Belgian iorts and that they now propose to hammer on toward Dunkirk and Calais. One report says that they are beyond Fumes, less than 10 miles from Dun kirk. Bombarding Lille? Further south in France reinforce ments from Brussels are said to have been brought up before Lille which the Germans are reporte3 as bombard ing in a desperate attempt to re-take the place. Warships Cooperating With the Land Forces to Stop 0 Advance of the Invaders Down the Line of the Coast Toward Paris Mine Field of Service KAISER'S BATTLE SQUADRON UNABLE TO REACH SCENE WITHOUT TERRIBLE RISKS London War Office Claims Teutons Have Been Driven Back Thirty Miles at One J\int on the West Wing of the Long Line of Battle in France London, Oct. 19.—By reaching their tentacles out to the seaboard the allied forces have established close con tact with the British navy, which is now on the extreme left of the line and seems, from the London view, for the moment to block effectually a further German effort to turn this wing. That the Germans may have grasped this is perhaps indicated in the otherwise unexplained appearance of four of their torpedo boat destroyers Saturday off the Dutch coast bound south. It is suggested that the object was for the destroyers to convoy submarines which would dispute the command of the sea on the Belgian littoral. Should the German navy undertake this venture, it „r would be confronted with much the same proposition as has met the British fleet since the commencement of the war and it would assume the same risks of colliding with mines heretofore faced by the British alone, because the British mine field stretches right along the Belgian coast (from Ogtend southward. If, as the allies claim, their left cannot now be turned, the only alternative left the Germans is to hack ^|a way through the trio of armies confronting them, and v? General Vorf Kluck or General Von Arnim or whoever is in command of the German right, seems in no way loath to make the attempt. That they have made a forward move is now evident, not only from the newspaper dis patches, but from a confirmation of these dispatches in Saturday's official communication from Paris, which stated that the Belgians had repulsed several attempts of the Germans to cross the Yser, which is ten miles nearer the coast than Torout, Roulers and Menin line, which they had occupied on the previous day. As an offset to this, the British official information bureau, in one of its rare communications, says that the allies in the northern area have driven the Germans back more than thirty miles. The precise locality of this ad vance and retreat is not indicated, but it can have been only at some point on this western wing where the Ger mans are trying to resume their interrupted dash on Paris by way of the coast towns. The Belgians themselves have been 1 putting in some hard knocks. Accord' ing to last night's Paris official com munication they have held the Ger mans in an attempt to cross the river Yser, southwest of Dixmude, Belgium. This was the first heard of the Belgian forces since the evacuation of Ant werp and now they are found ap propriately and picturesquely defend ing that little part of their own coun try that the invaders have not taken. King Albert, unheard of for some time ,is said to have cheered the men in the field. Some of the London papers describe the German evacuation of Ostend as a retirement to the east on the theory that the allies' progress to the north threatened to isolate the Ostend gar rison making a retreat imperative. The dispatches are far from unani mous on the direction of the retire ment, however, most of them describ ing it as a passage to the west. Allies Have Gunboats. From various sources came reports, none of which were confirmed that some sort of naval craft are being pres sed into use by the allied in the canals of Flanders and perhaps from the sea. Sunday a dispatch direct from Dunkirk said that heavy firing could be heard there and it was be lieved that gunboats were being used in the canals. It was added that heavy fighting was progressing south of Os tend which if true meant the presence of allied forces at a point further north than heretofore suspected. This is contradicted by the report that the Germans are west of Fumes. Anti-German Riots. Though there was a sporadic recur rence of the anti-German rioting in parts of London early this morning, police protection in such places has been increased and no serious out breaks' were reported during the fore noon in the city. At Saffron-Walden, in Essex, an English lawyer's house (.Continued on page 5) Official Reports Berlin, Oct 19.—(By wlrelesi to Sayville, L. I.)—According to re ports from Russian sources at Warsaw there are at least 800,000 Russians in the Poland campaign. There is great lack of medical and sanitary supplies and the hos pitals at Kiev, Moscow and else where are overcrowded. The Austrian offensive in Galicia is declared to be advanc ing. During the assault on Prez emysl the Russians lost 40,000 men in killed. Russian troops from Bessarabia have been sent to the Caucasus where revolts have broken out The Russians are finding dif ficulty in creating new military organizations. In spite of their numerical wMciority, .officers and Hoti«cdm missioned"' officer! are lacking in Warsaw. It is expected in Berlin that General Von Hindenburg, the German commander in Russian Poland, will be victorious. Paris, Oct 19.—The French war office gave out an official an nouncement this afternoon as fol lows: "In Belgium the heavy artillery of the enemy has cannonaded, but without result, the front from Nieuport to Vladsloo, to the east of Dixmude. "On our left wing between the river Lys and the canal of La Bassee, we have' advanced in the direction of Lille. There has been very stubborn fighting on the front from La Bassee to Ablain and to St. Nazaire. We are ad vancing from house to house in these localities. "To the north and south of Arras our troops have been fight ing without respite for more than ten days and with a perseverance and a spirit which never for a moment have been relaxed. "In the region of Chaulnes we have repulsed a strong counter attack delivered by the enemy and have won some ground/ "On the center there is nothing to report "On our right wing in Alsace to the west of Colmar, our advance posts are on the line between Bon homme, Paris and Sulzern. More to the south we still occupy Tthanii." Vfi MS CAPTURED Austrian Boat Sent to Bottom When It Tries to Attack French Fleet at Cattero. Cettinje, Montenegro, Oct. 19. An Austrian submarine was sunk in the Adriatic today by a French cruiser. Two submarine vessels went out from the Bay of Cattaro to attack a French fleet which was making its way along the Dalamatian coast. They were quickly sighted, however, by the French lookouts and a well directed shot sent one of them, the leader, to the bottom. The other submarine escaped. The French fleet subsequently recommenced the bombardment of the forts of Cattaro. GEMIK IRE CONFIDENT Reported Revolts in British and Rus sian Empires Cause Rejoic ing at Berlin. Berlin, Oct 19—(By wireless to Say ville, L. I.)—"Great Britain's cry for help to Portugal," the "chaotic situa tion" in South Africa and the "revolts in India," according to announcement made in Berlin today, are all tending to raise German confidence. Reports received here from Constantinople de clare that Great Britain has sent three active battalions from Malta to India. J* •,£ 'di W •S 1 Jk IOWA.—Fair Sun rises 6:16 a. m. acta 5:14 p. m. continued mild temperature. LOCAL TEMP.—9 p. m.. 58 7 a. m.. 45 2 p. m., 68. Army Transports Carefully Guarded While Crossing Sea New York, Oct. 19.—A line of gray transports led by a pilot boat and two British cruisers and flanked by an armada of battle Bhips cruisers and destroyers, a line so long that it laid the smudge of its smoke against the sky as far as sailors could see to the east and west —such was the fleet that carried Canada's troops to England—and its convoys as glimpsed from the decks of the Minnewaska, 370 miles from the mouth of the Thames on October 10. Officers of the steam er told of the spectacle upon her arrival here today. There were thirty-two transports in the line and they churned the water of one another's wakes at distances of half a mile to a mile. Each transport flew the British flag and each was painted the battle color of the sea, steel gray, even to the funnels. Well to the front of the long line, perhaps five miles in advance Bteamed the leader— apparently sent ahead to make sure the way was clear, for she car ried no troops—with a cruiser to the starboard and another to port forward. All the transports were converted passenger liners or mer chantmen and some of them were recognized or at least it 1b thought they were, by the Minnewaska's officers who viewed the 4 maritime procession through glasses. The Lapland and the Zeeland 4» were in the fleet But all the names had been painted over so the officers were uncertain about the others. 4 The fleet really moved in three lines the transports between a line of warships on each side. Among the warships were many de stroyers sent out from British ports to reinforce the larger craft as 4 the fleet neared its destination. The day was one of brilliant sunshine, the sky was cloudless and the distance of the Minnewaska from the line was about flve miles. Notwithstanding the fact that the British ensign floated over the lin 4* er, a cruiser darted from the line, circled the Minnewaska, came 4 quite close and steamed alongside until the last transport was a speck on the horizon. Then the cruiser turned about and steamed away without a word, to join the rear guard. 1 w-" 1 OTTUMWA, WAPELLO COUNTY, IOWA. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1914 LILLE EVACUATED BY THE 6E8MAIIS FRENCH TOWN CHANGES MAST ERS AGAIN AS INVADERS ARE COMPELLED TO LEAVE. London, Oct. 19.—"Lille has been evacuated by the Germans for the third time," says the Telegraph's cor respondent in the north of France. "This evacuation was made necessary by the allies' capture of Lauentie and Estalres which forced the Germans ^ayo&jthsi «9lain bqjweeti. Hazebroock and Lille. 1 "Everywhere along our left flank we have been successful and the Germans are falling back under pressure. It is not even certain that they will hold Ostend. Refugees tell me that there were no Germans in Ostend on Friday. "The German army has not been defeated in the western theater of ac tion, but its position is one of extreme peril. The allies took Bailleul, 17 miles northwest by west of Lille, on Thursday." BATTLE ON AISNE IS NOT YET WON FRENCH MILITARY CRITIC DIS COUNTS ALLIES' CLAIMS OF FINAL VICTORY. Paris, Oct. 19.—An interrupted of fensive movement by the allies at cer tain points in northern France was predicted here today as the battle was resumed. The retaking of Armen tieres on the river Lys on the Belgian frontier and the occupation ten miles west of Lille of the right line leading towards Douai, via Givenchy and Fromelles, was considered as consti tuting an excellent advance guard position by reason of its numerous places of support. This with the progress in several sections, notably Arras, gave the allies hope of a con tinuance of their advance. Lieutenant Colonel Rousset, the mili tary critic, in reviewing the military situation, refuses to concur in the statement made that the battle of the Aisne has been definitely won by the allies. "One never knows what will hap pen," he says, "and while the enemy will not take the return route a re vival of its activity can be produced in another vicinity, especially if the Germano see that their maneuver in the north is endangered. But it is cer tain thfct upon the horizontal line, go ing: from the Oise to the Meuse the allies have nothing to fear as every effort of the Germans from this side would certainly be stopped. "As to the new battle, that of Flan ders, it is clearly offensive on the side of the allies. The circumstance which inspires us is that it will de velop on ground more favorable for an attack than for defense and that it is undulating land widely spaced where troops cau easily defile for aggressive movements." The socialists of France have de clared as inopportune and premature the suggestions made that their com rades in the United Stages hold an in ternational socialist peace congress. The public was greatly pleased that Sunday passed without a visit from German aeroplanes and today it had much praise for the activity and vigilance of the aviation guard. 1 ite.il. & Interstate Commerce Body Again Hearing Plea to Raise the Charges CRISIS HERE SAY RAIL OFFICIALS Must Have Five Per Cent Increase on Lines East of Mississippi River Washington, D. C., Oct 19.—Public hearings on the new application of eastern railroads for increased freight rates, which they contend are neces sary because of the world-wide finan cial exigency, due in part to the European war, were begun here to day before the interstate commerce commission. The commission {shear ing arguments only upon issues which have arisen since its decision in July and which denied absolutely increases east of Pittsburgh and Buffalo and granted increases west from those points to the Mississippi river. All the commissioners except Chair man Harlan, who is ill, were present Commissioner Clements presided. The railway lines were represented by their principal executives. Individual shippers and shippers' organizations who oppose further increases were represented by counsel, among them Clifford Thorne, who led the opposi tion to the last application. Today's hearing was given over to a statement for the railroads. The' shippers and their representatives will be heard later. Daniel E. Willard, president of the Baltimore & Ohio, made the opening statement for the railroads. Willard Outlines Case. President Daniel E. Willard of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, chairman of the committee of railroad presi dents, ipade the opening statement be fgta Uhe..lOmttiUgtQD today, for the. eastern. railways in their application tor Increased freight raUs. based upon the. world-wide financial exigency due in great measure to the Europiean war. "The needs of the carriers are press ing and immediate," he declared. "The actual situation has become extremely critical." The roads are seeking a flat in crease of 5 per cent in freight rates throughout the territory east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers. Mr. Willard called attention to the decision of the committee in the (Continued on page 5) Chicago, Oct. 19.—A shortage of meat faces the world as a result of the European war, George L. McCarthy of New York, secretary of the American Meat Packers' association, asserted before the ninth annual convention, which opened here todafy. "Europe will soon exhaust its own food supply and then will drain the world to feed its huge armies and helpless populations," Mr. McCarthy said. "The results will be felt the world over. Inasmuch as this country is extremely short of food animals, the prospects for an abundant supply either in the United States or abroad are riot encouraging." Methods to be adopted to induce farmers to raise more stcck and the Tokio, Oct. 19.—It is officially an nounced that the Japanese cruiser Takachiho was sunk by a mine in Kiao-Chou bay on the night of October 17. Only ten members of the crew are known to have been saved. The Takachiho was built in 1885 and refitted in 1900. She was a vessel of 3,700 tons and was 300 feet long and 46 feet beam. Her main battery con sisted of eight 6-inch guns and her speed was about 18 knots. The Takachiho carried a crew of 357 men, only ten of whom, according to the official report, are known to have been saved. BRYAN ON THE STUMP. Columbus, Kan., Oct 19.—William J. Bryan, secretary of state, opened a two days' tour in behalf of the demo crats of Kansas with an address here this morning. .- $ Y-V rn *r ft* •vi»V -virr ••. '•sapwif fTrfsw"^'' .-, mJ* Foresees Great Meat Shortage Threatens the World as a Result of War IS SENT TO BOTTOM STRIKES A MINE IN HARBOR OF KIAO CHAU AND LOST WITH MOST OF CREW. a Result of War Philadelphia, Pa., Oct 19.— dieting that the close of the European war will be thej sig nal for a tremendous Jewish immigration to American shores. Dr. Joseph Kranskopf, president of the national farm school, yesterday urged that plans be made at once for send ing the thousands of immi grants "back to the soil" and thus prevent congestion in the tenement house districts of great eastern cities. "One of the results of the present war," said Dr. Krans kopf, ''will be a decline in in dustrialism which will force the people back to the soil. "We are on the verge of the largest immigration in the his tory of our people. From all over Europe, and from the whole starved onent they will flock hither by the thousands as soon as the avenues of escape are open. When they come, what shall we do with them?" GERMANS PUN TO STRIKE BIC BLOW CORRESPONDENT THINKS THEY WILL ATTEMPT TO OVERRUN THE CHANNEL COAST. ... London, Oct. 19.—The advance of the German force threatening the northern French seacoast has been halted for the moment, says the cor respondent of the Chronicle in north ern prance. "The Germans have suffered heavily in the recent fighting and are now short of munitions and stores. How ever, they are preparing to strike a heavy blow. It is probable that they will attempt to penetrate the defenses of Dunkirk with the object that they Will attempt oi penetrate the defenses of Dunkirk with the object of over running the French coast as far as Calais and Boulogne. The heavy siege guns from Antwerp are being moved toward the present German line while large bodies of German troops are being pushed forward. "Dunkirk is calm although the city realizes that it is menaced. Along the front of both armies the duty in the trenches is made more unpleasant by heavy rains and the ground between the armies in many cases, is a bog. The weather is turning colder and the mists and fogs make tije low coun try unhealthy." effects of the war on the cost of food are. to be discussed by the convention. More than seven hundred representa tives of five hundred packing and sup ply houses are attending. E. T. Cash of St. Louis said that the young men today have a good chance to get rich by raising hogs. "There never was such a chance af forded," Mr. Cai& said. "Young, farm ers can make more money raising hogs now than in any other line of farm ing." Amoiig subjects up to be considered by the convention will be a request for the government to make an ap propriation to stamp out tuberculosis in cattle and to have the tax removed from oleomargarfne. IS PLACED ON TRIAL ALLEGED MURDRESS ATTRACTS MORE THAN THE COURT WILL HOLD. Mineola, N. Y., Oct 19.—From a special panel of 150 talesmen summon ed to appear in the supreme court here today twelve will be selected for the trial of Mrs. Florence Conklin Car man, charged with the murder on June 30 last, of Mrs. Louise Bailey. Hundreds of persons anxious to attend the trial were doomed to disappoint ment by the announcement that the court room would only seat 200 spec tators and doors would be'locked after that number had been seated. Mrs. Carman yesterday held final conferences with her counsel and her husband, Dr. Edwin Carman, in whose office at Freeport, Mrs. Bailey was killed by a shot fired through a win dow. The state will try to prove that Mrs. Carman fired this shot ty mViHill 4. ,m~ ^#1' NUMPER 27 IS GARDEN SPOT L. A. Andrew Returning From Bankers' Conven-^ tion, Reviews Trip' 'il FOUND CONDITIONS 3 IN VERY BAD STATB Improvement Slow in East But South Said to Be-J Beyond Description L. A. Andrew, president of the Citi zens' Savings bank, who in company with Mrs. Andrew, has just returned from the fortieth convention of the' American Bankers' association in Richmond, Va., has made a very care ful study and close observation of con ditions as they are existing today in the eastern part of the United States. Finds Conditions Bad. In speaking of his trip Mr. Andrew said he returned to Iowa more thor oughly convinced this trip than evei before that this is the garden spot ol the world and the best place of them all. "Here in prosperous Iowa we d« not appreciate the fearful hard times 'i other sections of the country are hav- ing," said he. ''The situation in the .. east industrial and financial, has been very bad and is only slowly im proving. The south is completely stag nated and is passing through one of the worst crisis in her commercial his tory. Her great cotton crop of fifteen million bales cannot be sold and, des perate measures are being taken to give the southern planters some relief from direct government aid to an in dependent campaign to 'buy a bale ol cotton.' In front of many of the stores in Richmond was a bale of cot ton and on it the placard reading: 'We have bought a bale. Have you? Cotton is practically the sole crop ol a great area in the south and the fail ure to market it is a calamity that we can hardly appreciate. A great num ber of men are. out oL work in all the industrial coast-centers Including Chi cago, and the east and sooth and west ern coast centers are no better. It it freely predicted that there will be greater suffering this winter than foi many years." Continuing he said, "Richmond "has a great many points of historical terest dating from the Jamestowi ettlement and is the center of civil ar activity. We were reminded thai now we had come from Washington in less than three hours when it had tak en a million men four years in th« sixties. We had the pleasure of visit ing a number-of civil war .battlefields and a very large number of historical places in and around Richmond." War Talk Chief Topic. Mr. Andrew states the present con- i, flict raging between principal coun tries of Europe is the main topic ol conversation in the east. The wai seems to have ten times greater effect there than in the middle west, accord- j^j| ing to the views of the Ottumwa banker. Everywhere it is discussed and different forms of social activity seem to be at a standstill and various organizations for the sick and relief of the poor and aid in the distress abroad have taken their places. Personal af- Vw flictions are not uncommon either, says Mr. Andrew, as a great many people in that part of the country have near relatives on the fighting line. This conventiok of the American Bankers' association was attended by 2,800 delegates and Mr. and Mrs. An drew made the trip from Chicago on a special train with the bankers fr6m that city. The Ottumwa man is vice president for Iowa in the association. The gathering was featured by a dis cussion in regard to the new federal reserve banks. The entertainment features oonsisted of automobile drives, a concert by Gluck, Scotti and Zimballi, a grand governors' ball, a .trip down the James river to James town and Norfolk beside numerous dinner parties, teas and banquets. -fi WILSON AND HIS Colonel Watterson's presence at the white house brought to an end the dif ferences existing between President Wilson and George Harvey, former editor of Harper's Weekly, and Mr. Watterson. MORE CANADIANS Avonmouth, England (via London), .i. Oct. 19.—A well known Atlantic liner fV arrived here today bringing a large number of Canadian troops to augment'^ those already encamped in England. The first news the townspeople had cf their arrival was the sound of the fife and drum on the streets. The men entrained immediately for a dfisti* nation no^ announced. $ $ *,Jr. -a- V-'-i,". :v 'a 5! »•&)! fit hV"' a* 3 is 1 I' Jtf: FOES NOW AT PEACEM Washington, D. C., Oct 19.—A lunch in his honor today by eon given former President Taft was the final incident in the visit to Washington of Henry Watterson, editor of the Louis ville Courier-Journal. Mr. Watterson, who following hiB call on President Wilson, had planned to leave for New York last night, decided to remain over when he received Mr. Taft's in vitation. I & ARRIVE IN ENGLAND S Kl •s M-