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THE ADAIR COUNTY NEWS
BERLIN CELEBRATING BIG
VICTORY OVER RUSSIANS
Londou, Nov. 19 (12:07 p. m.). The. unexpected blow deliver
ed on the Russian center by Gen. von Hindenburg with the Ger
man army, which had retreated from before Warsaw, was the
predominant feature of the news reaching London to-day from
the eastern arena of war.
No change of importance has been recorded for some days
past in the western arena, where Flanders is still the scene of
heavy fighting. In spite of adverse weather conditions and flood
ed trenches the Germans appear to be holding their positions from
which intervals, they launch attacks for which the territory from
the Belgian coast to Arras has become famous.
The allied warships are still off the coast hurling shells inland
when opportunity offers, The Belgian army remains in the region
where the floods have been the worst and some dispatches say
that in certain places they have been fighting from small boats.
Having for the time being thrown back the Russian advance
toward the German frontier of Posen, Gen. von Hindenburg is the
liero of the hour in Berlin. There is much criticism in Berlin of
the German retreat from Warsaw, but if the present marked re-,
cversal of form proves permanent, the German center doubtless
will retrieve its reputation, just as the Allies retrieved, them
selves almost at the gates of Paris.
The German wedge from Posen would appear to have driven the
sRussian center more than fifty miles back from the frontier, so
that the line is now midway between German territory and War
saw. Elsewhere along the great eastern front the Russians,
'where they are not progressing, seem to be holding their own.
England, especially London, turned its eyes from the conflict
to-day to pay a last tribute to its greatest and best loved soldier,
"Field Marshal Lord Robarts, whose body, in the presence of King
'George and all the military leaders not at the front, was placed at
rest beside Wellington, Nelson and others celebrated in the coun
try's history, in St. Paul's Cathedral.
FEINT AT WARSAW.
Petrograd, Nov., 19, (via London, 1:35 p. m.) The German
.-advanee in considerable force along the narrow battle front on the
West bank of the river Vistula is regarned by Russian military ob
servers as a feint at the city of Warsaw, the intention of which is
to draw Russian troops from their advance upon Cracow and dis
tract attention from the efforts of the Germans to establish a
strongly fortified defensive line from Kalisz to Cracow.
This plan also is calculated by the military authorities to re
lieve the German troops in East Prussia, now giving way along
he entire line, by rendering-a Russian further advance untenable.
Despite this German Demonstration the converging lines of the
Russian advance on the Austrian fortress of Cracow are steadily
-progressing, the Russians say, having now reached within twenty
ifive miles of that point.
The Austrians are steadily contesting' the Russian offensive
rand are taking advantage of every creek and hillock in any way
available for defense, but the Russian columns in South Poland al
ready have traversed the last river between them and the fortress
of Cracow,
The Russian troops form two fronts, one facing Cracow and
the other facing the Carpathian Mountains, where yesteaday they
reoccupied the approaches to two of the most important passes in
to Hungary.
.GARMAN OFFICIAL REPORT.
"" "TBerlin, Nov., 19 (via Marconi wireless telegraphy to London, 3
rp. m.,) A German official communication given out in Berlin to-day
says:
"The situation in West Flanders and in the North of France is
: unchanged.
"A German aviation squadron encountered some of the en
' emy's aviators while making a reconnoitering flight, and caused
?them to descend, one of them falling. One of our flying machines
Vis missing.
"A fierce French attack-in the region of Servon, on the Western
slope of the Argonne forest, was repulsed with heavy loss to the
enemy. Our losses were small.
"In the Eastern theater of the war the newly commenced bat
.J;les are proceeding'
ARTILLERY FIRE.
"Paris, Nov., 19 (2:45 p. m.) The French official announce
meht given out by the War Office this afternoon says that yester
day saw in the North increased activity in artillery fire, partic
ularly between the seacoast and the River Lys. There were no in
fantry attacks in this region.
"Between the Oise and the Aisne, the operations in the vicinity
.of Tracy-le-Val had a termination very favorable for our troops.
jjt will be remembered that we took possession of this village sev-
eral days ago. The day before, yesterday the Germans endeavored
to recapture it. After having captured our first trenches they
succeeded in making their way as far as the central square of the
village. Here, however, a vigorous counter attack delivered by
our Algerian contingents drove the enemy back, wrested from him
all the ground we had lost, and inflicted on him very heavy losses.
"In the Argonne we have maintained our position: Along the
rest cf the front there is nothing new to report. "
BRILLIANT ATTACK.
Paris, Nov., 18 (11:11 p. m.). A brilliant attack by British troops
and French sailors caused, the Germans to evacuate Schoorbakke,
Belgium, which is practically surrounded by water from the broken
dykes, according to news reaching here from the battle front.
Because of the flood only two roads were open to the town,
and on one of these the British approached in two armored auto
mobiles. It was a night attack and the Germans in the town im
mediately turned their attention to them. Meanwhile the blue
jackets, who had made rafts on flat-bottomed boats, crossed the
water and took the Germans in the rear, forcing them to flee by
the one road still left open. The Germans abandoned many guns,
ammunition and stores and their dead and wounded.
There is some anxiety here as to just what has happened at
Chauvoncourt, a village near St Mihiel, on the Lorraine frontier.
On Tuesday the French official communication reported that the
French troops had occupied the Western part of Chauvoncourt and
yesterday's official statement said that this part of the town had
been blown up by theGermans, who apparently had mined the
place before they retired. How severely the French troops suffer
ed by this exploit is not yet known. Chauvoncourt, which con
tained vast French military buildings and stores, is on the right
bank of the Meuse. It has been occupied by the Germans for
some time and is an important link between Argonne and Metz.
Tfrie Belgian army is drawing a supply of new officers in large
part from the Belgian civic guard. According to a member of the
Belgian War Office, at Havre the civic guard is composed of men
who have seen service in the army and are well qualified to be
come officers.
Figures are not yet available regarding the results of the mobil
ization of the Belgian class of 1915 or regarding the call of volun
teers, but it is known that the young men refugees in Holland,
England and France are responding with great readiness and enthusiasm.
California Woman Seriously
Alarmed.
"A short time ago I contracted a
severe cold which settled on my lungs
and caused me a great deal of annoy
ance I would have bad coughing
spells and my lungs were so .sore and
inflamed I began to be seriously alarm
ed. A friend recommended Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy, saysug she had
used it for years. I bought a bottle
and it relieved my cough the first
night, and in a week I was rid of the
cold and soreness of my lung's," writes
Mjss Marie Gerber, Sawtelle, Cal.
For sale "by Paull Drug Co. Ad
This, too, is War.
Now and then in the midst of
vague official dispatches and mor
tality statistics that the imag
ination cannot grasp, there
comes a little human story that
shows what the war means to
the human beings engaged in it.
Here is one of them.
Old Col. Von Koenig, retired,
had five sons. Three of them
were in the German army at the
outbreak of the war. The two
younger ones immediately joined
the colors. Three were killed in
the first advance toward Paris.
A fourth fell fighting against the
Russians in East Prussia.
The boys' mother was nearly
insane from grief. The father,
in spile of his Spartan army
training, could stand no more.
He went to Berlin, obtained an
auditi.ce with the Kaiser and
begged to have the fifth son re
move.! from dander.
Kaiser Wilhelm's heart was
touched. He sent a message to
the commander of ie division in
which the boy was serving, di-L,
-'
recting that he should be- re
moved and sent to an interior
post, where there was no fight
ing. "Do not thank me," said the
Kaiser to the grateful father.
"It is I and your country that
must thank you for the great
sacrifice you have made. You
have done nobly, but at a great
price."
The colonel left at once for the
front to greet his son and accom
pany him to his new post. He
met the commanding general and
asked whether the Kaiser's com
mand had been reseived.
"Yes," replied the general,
"but your son was killer ten min
utes before the message was re
ceived." It Really does Relieve Rheumatism
Everybody who is afflicted with
rheumatism in any form should by all
means keep a bottle of Sloan's Lin
iment on hand. The minute you feel
pain or soreness in a joint or muscle,
bathe it with Sloan's Liniment. Do
not rub it. Sloan's penetrates almost
immediately right to the seat of pain,
relieving the hot, tender, swollen feel
ing and making the part easy and
comfortable. Get. a bottle of Sloan's
fiiniment for 25 cents of any druggist
and have it in the house against
colds, sore and swollen joints, rheu
matism, neuralgia, sciatica and like
ailments. Your money back if not sat
isfied, but it does give almost instant
relief. Paull Drug Co. "Ad.
Uncle Abner.
The only fellers in this world
who really know any this about
the war in Europe are the fel
lers who are directing the thing,
and it sometimes seems as thouerh
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they didn't know very much
about it themselves.
Special
All Persons Who Are Behind
One Year on
tion
Will have to
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The Government
Will Not carry
Mail for Parties who Owe
More than
What has become of the old
fashioned mothers who used to
have a jar of fresh doughnuts
standing in the cupboard?
There are some towns where
the only excitement a feller kin
have is saving cigjtr coupons and
reading the premium lists.
If some of those Russian gen
erals would cut a few sections off
from their vestibule names shey
would get into the papers of ten
er. Old Pete Spivvins has put on
his felt boots and will not take
'em off until next spring. Ths
is taken to indicate for sure that
the pleasant weather is over for
1914. .
Elmer Spink says he expects
to lay aside his Palm Beach out
fit as soon as he kin sell enough
crayon portraits to buy a good
$7 suit. It looks as though he
might have to wear the Palm
Beaches all winter.
The Ladies' Aid of the Hard
Shell church expect to hold an
oyster supper at the parsonage
next Saturday evening. Hank
Tumms says "an oyster" is right.
A friend is the worst kind of
a fellow to borry money from.
Lera Higgins' oatmobile broke
Notice
our Subscrip
Books
Come off, Under
Papers in thf
one Year
down and he looked in the book
to see what was the matter with
it The book said, "Tickle the
carburetor valve," but Hank
said he didn't want to make his
oatmobile laugh, he wanted to
make it go.
Try This for your Cough.
Thousands of people keep coughing
because unable to get the right reme
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Tubes. What you need is to soothe
this Inflamation. Take Dr. King's
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and quickly relieves the congested
membranes. Get a 50c bottle from
your druggist. "Dr. King's New Dis
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ped ray cough" writes J. R. Watts,
Floydale, Texas. Money back if not
satisfied, but it nearly always helps.
Paull Drug Co. Ad.
London, Nov. 19, (3:22 a. m.).
"A week ago." says the Daily
Mail's Dunkirk correspondent,
"the Germans noticed that the
fire from the English warships
spread the houses on the sea
front at Middelkerke, whereup
on they took up quarters in them.
This fact became known to the
British, who suddenly bombard
ed the houses from five ships at
once. The German casualties
were enormous, the dead being
estimated at 1,700 "
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