Cheyenne record., December 17, 1914, Image 6

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RUSSIANS CHECK
GERMAN ADVANCE
Five Columns March Upon the
Polish Capital and Slavs
are Hard Pressed.
ALLIES CLAIM GAIN IN WEST
Two Important Point* Captured By
the French, Allle* Claim—
British Destroy Four of
Wilhelm’s Cruisers.
(i Summary of Eve tits.')
Of the five Austro-German col
umns which for some days appear
ed to be making steady progress
in their invasion of Poland, three
have suffered checks, according to
the official report from Russian
headquarters. The column which
was making a downward stroke
from Mlawa, on the east Prussian
frontier, and which was reported
in one dispatch from Petrograd to
be within fifteen miles of Warsaw,
was repulsed after an energetic
offensive, and under counter at
tacks from the Russians, was com
pelled to retire at some points.
Germans Repulsed.
The attacks of the main German
column which had Its front on the
line between Lodz and Lowlcz, and
which came down diagonally from
Thorn, were delivered with greaat
force, hut, according to the Russian
account, were repulsed with heavy
losses to the invaders. That the Ger
mans attached great importance to
the success of their attack here is
shown by the fact that In the two
days they faced the Russian trenches
seven times and wore driven back by
a murderous fire.
Didn’t Relieve Cracow.
The other column which has suf
fered Is that composed of German and
Austrian troops which has been trying
to outflank the Russian left south of
Cracow. In this case it was the Rus
sians who assumed the offensive, and
they claim that after a tenacious re
sistance they defeated the Germans,
taking several guns and 2,000 pris
oners.
Pursuing the Russians.
The Germans declare they are pur
suing the Russians to the south and
southeast of Lodz. Several American
correspondents were with the Rus
sian army when the battle of Lodz
broke, but nothing has been heard
from them for several days. Evident
ly they are under the hand of a strict
censorship.
Rritish military experts say that
three-quarters of the best material of
the German army has been held in the
western theater of war throughout the
campaign and that the troops opposed
to the Russians consist principally of
second line organizations.
Importance of Capture.
For weeks military critics have
called Lodz "the vital point of the
Polish campaign.” To ilie Germans
it meant everything, according to
Major Moralit, a German war expert.
To prevent an invasion by the Rus
sians the kaiser’s troops had to check
their enemy at the city and their cam
paign in doing so undoubtedly brought
out the greatest generalship the war
has seen.
Allies Claim Gains.
The Allies are reported from Pariß
and London to be making slow but
steady gains along the entire battle
I ne in northern France and in Bel
gium. This advance has been pro
ceeding for the last six days, accord
ing to tiie information. The Allies
have captured Roulers, in Belgium,
and Armentieres, in northern Franca.
Both are strategic points.
Heavy Fighting in Alsace.
Heavy fighting is reported in Alsace.
In the Argonne the German trenches j
are being assailed vigorously by
French artillery and 'through mining
operations. All new positions taken
by the allied troops along the Yser
have been held and the advantage is
being followed with determination, ac
cording to London reports.
Germans Move Headquarters.
The German divisional headquarters
was removed from Roulers when shells
began to Tall in the town after the
British had recaptured Passcliendaele,
eleven miles northeast of Ypres
Despite the vigorous attack being
made by the allied forces, reports
indicate that the Germans have
not abandoned their offensive at all
points. Heavy firing is reported along
the coast, with the Germans bombard
ing East Dunkirk, west of Nleuport.
The allied warships also are reported
to have been able to get back into ac
tlon and have shelled the German po
sitions.
British Win at Bea.
The British have retaliated for the
recent German naval victory In the
southern Pacific by sinking four at
the German warships which sank the
Monmouth and the Good Hope. The
German cruisers Scharnhorst, Gnelse
nau and Leipzig were destroyed east
of the Falkland Islands, in the south
Atlantic, in a battle December 8.
Two other German cruisers, the
Numberg and Dresden, escaped. They
were pursued five hundred miles. The
Nurnberg was Anally sunk. The Dres
den, badly crippled, got into the
Straits of Magellan. The British
squadron was composed of nine bat
tleships, some of them the largest and
newest In the navy. This avenging
Heet was about twice the strength of
the German group.
Two colliers were captured. At the
same time a squadron of British and
Japanese warships sank three German
merchantmen ofT the coast of Terra
del Fuego. Announcement of these
Bea activities have just been made by
the British admiralty.
Serbs Win Big Victory.
An Important Austrian defeat In
Bosnia is now an established fact.
The Servians drove a wedge Into the
center of the Austrian forces, shatter
ing four army corps, which are now
in flight. The maßs of prisoners and
captured material Is so great that It
cannot be tabulated.
The Servians are pushing the pur
suit vigorously and successfully. The
roads in the rear of the Servian army
are blocked with incoming prisoners
who appear satisfied that their ordeal
is over. Entire battalions are seen
marching, under guard of a handful of
Servians, while many groups of pris
oners come In unattended, says a
Servian official report.
Sweden's Ire Is Rising.
A press dispatch from Copenhagen
says that it Is stated from Stock
holm that twenty-five floating mines
have been observed on the trade
routes in the Baltic near the Finish
coast. The mines are believed to have
been laid by Germans. Great Indig
nation is expressed In Stockholm, as
In the last few days three Swedish
shipping disasters have occurred at
the cost of fifty lives.
Kaiser Has Pneumonia.
Kaiser Wilhelm Is seriously 111. Mes
sages received from Berlin say the
kaiser is suffering from pneumonia
and that his condition is aggravated
by nervous depression caused by his
extreme exertion In remaining with
his troops in the field almost constant
ly since the war began.
Heavy Battle Losses.
Reports from the French war office
state that the losses of the French
army In killed, seriously wounded and
captured up to November 10, were
slightly more than 590,000. Of this
number nearly 100,000 have been
killed in battle. Press dispatches
from Berlin say the German official
list of dead, published from time to
time, now amounts to about 180,000.
The British list of dead to the middle
of November is reported at 20,000; the
Russian list, 00,000.
Austria has put a million and a half
men in the field and they have been
fighting constantly and desperately In
both western, eastern and southern
areas. Belgium’s little army, origi
nally about 180,000 strong, has swum
in blood almost constantly. Servia
has reported to Petrograd, London and
Paris the loss of about one-third of her
forces. They were originally about
100,000.
KING OF SAXONY
M The king of Saxony with his jj
k troops has joined the armies of M
= his war lord, the emperor of j|
If Germany.
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THE CHEYENNE RECORD.
DESTROY 500
POLISH TOWNS
ARMIES BWAY OVER DEBOLATEO
COUNTRY WITHOUT ANY
DECISIVE REBULT.
BELGRADE RECAPTURED
TROOPB ON FRENCH FRONTIERS
BTOPPED FROM ACTIVITY BY
THE WINTER WEATHER.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London, Deo. 15. —The Servians have
occupied Belgrade after a fierce bat
tle, according to dispatches from
Nish.
The Austrians captured Belgrade
Dec. 2 after having besieged It since
July 29, bombarding from batteries
near Semlin and from monitors on the
Danube. A large portion of the city
was said to have been destroyed by
the fire of the Austrians.
When war was declared the Servian
government moved from Belgrade to
Kraguyevats and later went farther
south to Nish, where it remains.
A striking feature of the day’s offi
cial news is the candid admission by
the Austrian government of the defeat
of the Austrian army in Servla and ap
parently of the abandonment of its
third attempt to Invade the territory
of Its Bmail Slav neighbor. While at
tributing the failure to the enemy’s
superior force, as all government bul
letins explain failures, the Austrian
war office announces plainly an ex
tended retirement and heavy losses.
"New decisions and measures con
sequently will be taken to repel the
enemy,’’ Bays the Austrian statement.
Apparently that means that the Aus
trian army directed against Servla
will assume a defensive line.
The Servians claim to be pressing
home their victory with more captures
of prisoners and to have driven part
of the Invading army across the Drlna
river. Moreover, they express confi
dence that they are about to retake
the capital and expel the invaders
from Servian territory.
The progress of the war In northern
Hungary Is less definite.
Sunday’s German wireless report
with candor equal to that of the Aus
trian bulletin spoke of the "severe re
sistance” which the German and Aus
trian arms are encountering In South
Poland and In Galicia, adding that It
was evident the Austrian forces In the
Carpathians are not numerically
strong enough to clear the Russians
out of Hungarian territory. But the
Austrians claim that they are driving
down the northern slopes of the Car
pathians the Russian Invaders, who
were last week in occupation of sev
eral towns south of that mountain
range.
Poland is fast becoming another
Belgium in point of suffering, while
tho opposing armies drive each other
back and forth, occupy and reoccupy
cities and villages and inflict upon the
inhabitants bombardments similar to
those suffered In Belgium and north
ern France.
More than 500 Polish towns have
been ruined, according to various ac
counts from the correspondents.
The French official statement given
out in Paris reports comparative quiet
tn Flanders and artillery exchanges of
relatively minor importance else
where. In the Meuse, German bat
teries are said to be moving to the
north. In the Woevre district the
French captured a trench and re
pulsed two counter attacks. The ad
vance of the French line into Alsace
has brought it to a point north of
Altklrch, and about ten miles to the
east of the frontier.
The troops in France and Belgium
are suffering from a plague of mud
and damp, which causes them greater
discomfort than did the cold wave at
the end of November, with its posi
tive hardships of frozen feet and
hands, and effectually vetoes any
movements on a big scale.
The Turkish army has not asserted
itself ,nor has it engaged in any
great battle. Enver Pasha has taken
command of the Caucasian army and
Talaat Bey has succeeded him as min
ister of war.
Committee Lops Off $2,000,000.
Washington.—" Economy” was the
watchword of the appropriations com
mittee in the preparation for the leg
islative, executive and judicial appro
priation bill, first of the big supply
measures, reported to the House. The
committee lopped off nearly $2,000,000
from the estimates submitted by the
various departments, cutting salary al
lowances all along the line, and
brought In a measure appropriating
$88,744,753.50. The bill provides for
more than 16,000 salaries of govern
ment employes.
P. O. DEPARTMENT
SELF-SUSTAINING
POSTMASTER GENERAL BURLE
SON BUBMITB ANNUAL RE
PORT TO PRESIDENT.
RAISE EMPLOYEES PAY
REVENUES FOR 1914 INCREASED
8 PER CENT, AMOUNTING
TO $287,934,565.69.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.—The postoffice appro
priation bill, carrying approximately
$325,000,000 virtually was ready for
submission to the House Monday.
The question of the acquisition of the
telegraph and telephone systems rec
ommended by Postmaster General Bur
leson would be left for further Inquiry
under the bill.
The bill contains a number of new
provisions, Including the abolishment
of the office of assistant postmaster;
re-grouping all activities in first-class
offices so as to concentrate all super
visory authority in each office under a
postmaster and superintendents of fin
nance and mall; raising the maximum
balances acceptable at postal banks
from SSOO to $2,000, the Interest to be
payable only on deposits up to $1,000;
Increased pay for rural carriers; au
thority for the experiment of putting
rural carriers of one county In each
state on a contract basis; Increase of
SIOO annually In the pay of postoffice
and railway mail clerks and letter car
riers until the maximum allowed by
law Is reached; authority for re-ar
rangement of the salaries of superin
tendents, their assistants, cashiers and
others, with provision for an addition
al $1,000,000 expenditure.
Asserting that for the firßt time
since its organization by Benjamin
Franklin the Postoffice Department is
on a self-sustaining basis, Postmaster
General Burleson submitted to Presi
dent Wilson his annual report. It re
cords enormous growth In the depart
ment's business because of the parcels
post and postal savings bank divisions.
Mr. Burleson features his report with
an estimate that a surplus of $3,569,-
545, the second of his administration,
will be shown for the fiscal year of
1914 when all claims and charges have
been met.
The legislative program recommend
ed by the postmaster general in part
follows: Early action toward govern
ment ownership of telegraph and tele
phone lines and immediate taking over
of these systems In Hawaii, Alaska
and Porto Rico. Substitution of con
tract "star routs'* system for salaried
rural carrier service, to eliminate $40,-
000 annual loss on rural delivery. Post
office co-operation with state govern
ments in road-building, where improve
ments insure better postal service.
Of the department’s financial condi
tion the report says: "The postal reve
nues for 1914 amounted to $287,934,-
665.67, an increase over tire preceding
year of slightly less than 8% as com
pared with a corresponding increase
of slightly more than 8% for 1913.”
Thrift Shown by Postal Savings.
Washington.—ln a report to Con
gress the Postoffice Department
dwells upon the popularity of the pos
tal savings bank system in Colorado.
The large amounts on deposit in va
rious Colorado cities are set forth as
follows: Denver, $401,630; Cripple
Creek, $22,197; Ault, $25,079; Colorado
City, $20,941; Colorado Springs, $45,-
071; Florence, $28,379; Grand Junc
tion, $45,600; Leadville, $183,025; Mar
ble, $10,037; Pueblo, $84,991; Victor,
$33,671.
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS.
Wilson Names Number of Consuls to
Various Countries.
Washington.—The President nomi
nated: To be consuls general: Edwin
S. Cunningham of Tennessee (now con
sul general at Singapore) at Hankow,
China; Frederick M. Ryder of Connec
ticut (now consul at Rimouski) at
Singapore. To be consuls: Thomas D.
Bowman of Missouri, at Fernie, B. C.;
Jose de Olivares of Missouri, at Hamil
ton, Ontario; Milton B. Kirk of Illi
nois at Orilla, Ontario; Nelson T.
Johnson of Oklahoma, at Chunking,
China; Albert W. Pontius of Minne
sota, at Foochow, China; Frank Deni
son of Vermont, at Prescott, Ontario;
Thomas B. L. Layson of Louisiana, at
Tahiti, Society Islands; John Q. Woods
of Hawaii, at Chemnitz, Germany; Carl
F. Deichman of Missouri, at Bombay,
India; Lucien Memmlnger of South
Carolina, at Madras, India; Lucien N.
Sullivan of Pennsylvania, at Newcas
tle, New South Wales, Australia, and
E. Carleton Baker of California, at Na
gasaki. Japan.
WHY pay money for
fancy boxes when
what you really want is
high-grade cigarettes?
FATIMA; the Turkish-blend
cigarette. “No Gold Tips,
but finest quality"—2o for 15c.
“ Distinctively Individual ’’
Jf you cannot secure Fatima Cigarettes from
four dealer, we will be pleased to send you
three packages postpaid on receipt of 80c.
Address Filial DapC. 2UBftb Ara- N«wTm,N.Y,
Improved Circumstances.
"I understand that the Twobblea
have decided to move into a more
fashionable apartment houße.”
“Yes.- They are doing that on the
strength of the fact that Mr. Twob
bles has recently been let In on the
ground floor of a new enterprise."
Not So Favorable.
“What do you think of the location
they have selected for the new rail
road terminal, Mrs. Nurich?"
“I haven’t given much thought to
It, but I heard my husband say It’s
a perfect sight.”
Some fellows have artistic tempera
ments; others are simply disagree
able.
A woman doesn’t necessarily flb
about her age; she may refuse to
tell it
The beauty doctor’s handsome in
come is derived from customers who
are not.
It Is better to be a coming man than
to be forty miles ahead of the proces
sion.
Women had better not count much
on the love of a man who cannot be
made jealous.
The homely girl can't afford to keep
her domestic abilities under cover.
of' your " .kin.
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if used regularly will beautify and
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you retain the bloom of early youth
for many years. Try it for 30
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you get your money back. 50c
at druggists or mailed direct.
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year on an acre of land as dry as the Sahara Desert,
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