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ESTABLISHED 1832. NEWARK, N. j., FRIDAY. DECEMBER 4, 1914.-26 PAGES. WEATHER: PROBABLY RAIN SATURDAY.
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BATTLE IS ON
FOR LEADERSHIP
OVER IN HUDSON
Much Will Depend on Result of
the Democratic Associa
tion Election.
EGAN AND WEDIN ARE
ARRAYED FOR THE BATTLE
Each Desirous of Filling the
Late Robert Davis’s Shoes.
Postmastership Issue.
fipn-iul to tho Evening Star.
JERSEY CITY, Dec. 4.—Despite
the talk of harmony in the ranks of
tiie Democratic party in Hudson
county that was prevalent all
through the recent campaign, an- |
cither merry little war has broken out. |
This time the question of who shall !
he president of tho Hudson County (
Democratic Association. the old
Davis association, is the cause of the
outbreak, and all indications point to j
the liveliest kind of a war next
Thursday night at the Mercer street
home of the club, when the election
w ill take place.
Former Sheriff X. Peter Wedin is
president of the organization at the
present time, and, together with the
old officers, is a candidate for re
election. When Hie slate was posted
by the nomination committee o{ the
organization this week that wing of
the members! !p made up of the fol
io,wers of S rogate John P. Egan
did not like ae idea of Wedin being
re-elected, and Immediately Egan
was placed in tho race for the place.
“If I’m wanted as president," said
Egtm. “I’ll take it." And the fight
was on.
AVedin Fund of a Figlit.
Wedin is not very keen lor the
place, but just as soon as he saw
that he was to have opposition he
decided to stick in the race to the
end. Wedin says that there is noth
ing he likes better than a fight, and
he is confident that lie will win.
As usual as In all Hudson county,
lights, th' battle has been divided
into fcer'ash between the AVittpenn
and oiui-Wittpenn wings of the
purty. The anti-AVittpenn wing is
favorable toward the Egan candi
dacy, while the followers of the for
mer mayor of this city and present
naval officer of the port of New’
York arc said to look with favor on
AVedin.
In some sections it is said that
filieriff-Congressman Eugene F. Kin
Jcead might be induced to enter the
contest for the place, and some of
the most influential members of the
dub would not be surprised to See
him make the tight, although to date
he has not expressed himself pn the
question.
Should Kinkead decide to fight
Egan s.nd Wedin for the place it
would lie a real battle, for t lie elec
tion would be a test of strength be
tween Egan and Kinkead on tho
question of county leader.
Anxious to Fill Davis' Shoes.
Egan is an avowed candidate for
tho shoes once filled by the late Rob
ert Davis, and Is not backward in let
ting his friends know the fact. At a
recent meeting of the Egan Associa
tion Assemblyman-elect Archibald
M. Henry, who was placetl on the
ticket last September by Governor
Fielder, came out openly for Egan
es county leader. Kinkead would
not ntlnd taking Davis's place as the
man to load the destinies of the
Democratic party in this county, and
Should the Egan boom assume any
real size lie is expected to take im
mediate s*»’ps to reduce tt. A step
in this dii 'tion would he to become
president of the Democratic, associa
tion.
While the adherents of Democracy
ere watching the fight with consid
erable interest, tho selection of the
man to take the place now held by
Postmaster I’. Fanner Wanser is also
awaited with more than the usual de
gree of interest. Just now the lead
ing candidates for the place seem to
lie Wedin, Boulevard Commissioner
John P. O'Gorman and Joseph
Kharkey, an attache of the sheriff’s
office.
E,ve» on tlic Wist ma»torslii|).
Tiie wiseacres say that the place
Will go to either Sharkey or Wedin,
although Congressman Kinkead is
confident that O’Gorman will be the
man. Sharkey is a close persona)
friend to President Wilson’s private
secretary. Joseph P. Tumulty, and If
he gets the place it will be a personal
appointment of the President’s
through Tumulty’s influence. AVe
<3in s candidacy has placed the chief
executive of tiie nation in a more or
less embarrassing position.
When Woodrow Wilson made his
fight for delegates in this State
AVedin was one of the first to take
tip his cudgels. He was chosen as
delegate-at-large, and all through
the fight at Baltimore was one of the
leading figures. Naturally, the Presi
dent is aware ol' tills fact, and does
not want to break friendship with
the former sheriff over the postman-'
torship. On this account, and be
cause of the fact that Tumulty la
known to be boosting Sharkey’s can
didacy, the place may go to a dark
horse. If this happens James J. Gal
lagher, who holds a responsible po
sition in the postoffice at the present
time, may get the place.
Australia Raises Tariff
to Secure More Revenue
■VIELBOURNK. Australia, Dec. 4
(via London).—The existing preferen
tial rates to goods produced in and
shipped from the United Kingdom to
Australia as against the goods of
other countries have been advanced
in favor of Great Britain from 5 to 10
per cent. In the case of almost all
> imported dry goods. The duties pay
able by foreigners sending goods into
Australia also have been increased
from 5 to 10 per cent., and Great
Britain has been granted preference
rates on certain products which here
tofore have not been in the preferen
tial class.
These measures to secure increased
revenue in Australia follow the an
nouncement made yesterday that the
government's expenses in connection
I with the war would be $58,000,000 for
the present year.
I Sample Suits and Overcoats Slaughtered.
kJlich’a, Market and Mulberry; W. C. I. U.
FBld*.—Advertisement.
$800,000 in Art
Burned at Sea
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.—Art circles to
day learned that $800,000 in rare paint
ings were destroyed in a tire at sea
on the freight steamer Mississippi.
The ruined treasures composed the
largest shipment of the present art
season.
The Mississippi is a freight steam
ship of the French line, and arrived
here November 27.
No news of the Arc on board the
vessel, which started soon after the
Mississippi left Havre, was given out
when she arrived here, and some of j
the information regarding it became i
known only yesterday, when the re- |
port spread in art circles in Fifth ;
avenue.
The heaviest loser was the Arm of
Duveen Brothers. Another Arm
which lost pictures was that of E.
Kleinerger & Co., of Paris and New
York.
GOVERNOR MIXED
IN THE FIGHT FOR!
SENATE LEADER
Favors Hennessy Over McGin
nis to Guide Democrats.
Egan Spoken Of.
Special to the Evening Star.
TRENTON, Dec. 4.—There is un- |
doubtedly an ugly hitch oVer the ,
election of a Democratic Senate
leader, and it has reached the point
where Governor Fielder is under
stood to be involved in the contro- I
versy.
The governor is said to have cast
his lot with Senator Charles O'Con
nor Henncssy, of Bergen county, for
the position, and this has stirred feel
ing among those who favor Senator
Peter J. McGinnis, of Pastsaic county,
for the leadership.
As McGinnis was the party leader
last year, when the Democrats were
in the majority, Ills friends fail to
see why he should not be allowed to
lead when the party is in the
minority.
There were but six senators at yes
terday's conference—Egan, of Hud
son: Ackerman, of Monmouth: Mar
tens, of Hunterdon; McGinnis, of
Passaic, and Munson, of Sussex. They
are said to be strong for McGinnis.
Governor Fielder, who had been in
vited to the conference, did not put
in an appearance, but telephoned a
request that it be postponed.
It was said later that the governor
and the supporters of Senator Hen
nessy had counted noses and had
figured out a victory for McGinnis if
a vote should be taken yesterday, so
played for delay, in hopes of winning
over a few McGinnis men to the Hen
nessy cause.
An exolu nation that the Governor
had awmfer Wetinessy time lie wasr
with him, not knowing that McGin
nis was a candidate, doesn't take
well. If the Governor didn't know
that flic leader-of last year was not
a. candidate for leader this year,
when and how. some senators ask,
did he arrive at the conclusion that
McGinnis was not a candidate? It
is neither argument nor a good ex
cuse. they declare. The issue is cer
tainly important enough to have war
ranted investigation on the Gover
nor’s part.
Opposition to Hennessy is under
stood to be based on his single-tax
proclivities and known partiality to
local option. Then, again, it is held
that he is too arbitrary and auto
cratic in his methors and strong in
clination to follow out his own theo
ries. He is the reverse of demo
cratic in his methods and strong ln
cratic, in his ways, those opposed to
his choice for leader unhesitatingly
declare.
So tense is the situation that thcro
is a decided feeling to urge the se
lection of Senator Charles M. Egan,
of Hudson, as minority guide should
it be found that McGinnis cannot
muster enough votes to beat Hen
nessy. Egan is an earnest adherent
of McGinnis, but it is reasoned might
consent to enter the leadership con
test under certain conditions. He
was leader of the majority in the. As
sembly during his last year in the
lower house, and, therefore, does not
lack experience.
JURY IN EXCISE
CASE DISAGREES
After Being Out All Night
Elizabeth Veniremen Fail to
Find a Verdict.
Special, to the Evening Star.
ELIZABETH, Dec. 4.—After being
out all night, the jury before whom
the local Hoard of Excise was tried,
returned this forenoon. They had
been unable to agree on a verdict.
This probably means that the case
will be dropped.
The live members of the excise
board were accused of illegally re
newing the saloon license of Christian
i Lang, of G58 Elizabeth avenue, who
was convicted of Sunday selling.
The men on trial were President
Michael P. Devine, Commissioners
William Greisheimer, William Dunn,
Cornelius Kane and Michael Cum
mings.
The State rested at ?:30 o’clook and
the defense took twc hours. The
accused commissioners, Ising, the
saloon-keeper, and William It. Wil
son. his lwayer, were the witnesses
i palled. The defense tried to show
that the renewal of the Lang license
was justified by the man's good repu
tation.
Rahway Autoist Killed on
Somerset County Crossing
Special to the Evening Star.
RAHWAY, Dec. 4.—N. M. Eoote,
of this city, was instantly killed at
6 a. m. today when an automobile In
which lie was riding was struck by
a Lehigh Valley passenger train in
Manville. Somerset county. He was
the only occupant of the car.
Railroad off ials say the engineer
reported the automobile showed no
lights and was running thirty miles
an hour, and that the electric bell
on the crossing sounded and the lo
comotive'* whistle was blown.
Convicted Brooklyn Banker Ac
cused of Stealing Mortgage
and Interest.
CASES GREW FROM PROBE
OF SING SING JOY RIDES
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Alleged Thefts Committed on
Auto Trips With ex-War
den McCormick.
NEW YORK, Dec. 4.—Three indict
ments for grand larceny were re
turned against David A. Sullivan,
convicted president of the Wrecked
Union Trust Company, now serving
| a term in Sing Sing, by the Kings
county grand jury today. The in
dictments were returned before
Judge Robert A. Roy in Brooklyn.
The Indictments against Sullivan
grew out of the investigation made
by District Attorney Cropsey, which
resulted in the discovery that Sulli
van had been taken on "joy rides”
by former Warden McCormick after
his incarceration in Sing Sing, and,
it was alleged, thad been able to
transact business on trips which he
made to New York and Brooklyn
from the prison.
i One Indictment alleges grand lar
ceny In the first degree and a sec
ond offense charges Sullivan with
having taken a bond and mortgage
from the Union Trust Company on
November 3, 1913. The mortgage
was originally for *2,500, arid $1,000 |
remained unpaid. It. was made out
by Simon Fiere to Max and Ber
nard Cohen. The alleged offense was
after Sullivan’s conviction, which
was on January 20, 1913
Tile second indictment charges
Sullivan with stealing $65.75 on
i March 30, 1914. This indictment is
for grand larceny in the second de
gree, and the amount Sullivan is el
leged to have taken, presumably
represents interest on the mortgage
i which he collected. A third Indict
ment, also for grand larcey in the
! second degree, alleges that on June
113, 1913, Sullivan took,$60.50. This is
| also supposed to have been interest
I on the mortgage.
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MASS AS SILLS
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Austrians “Co to Church”
Massed on Hill of Battlefield
Near Przemysl.
BY WILLIAM G. SHJCt’AKD
United 1'rws Correspondent.
I'RZEMYSL. Nov. 1 (by courier to
Vienna, t lienee by mail to New
York).—It is Sunday evening. I
went to church this morning. It was
a, wartime service, held on a hillside
amici a litter of trenches and rifle
shelters. Two batteries of how
itzers in the valley, 300 yards dis
tant, boomed at intervals, and
our own Austro-Hungarian shells
screeched high over the improvised
altar while we were praying.
Imagine a group of hills and val
leys covering an area as large as the
city of Chicago. Y'ou stand on the
safe side of the hill nearest the Rus
sian lines, and you have tiie scene of
the service- Y'ou are near the top of
the hill, and you have orders not to
show your head above the rim. for
the slightest movement there might
give the Russian lookouts the rango.
From your .hillside you look to the
other hills. Across them come files
of soldiers in gray, narrow lines.
This is to be a service for the Ty
| roloan sharpshooters, the Eighty
eighth Austro-Hungarian regiment.
These men who are marching through
the cold, gray morning are straight
from the trenches, where they have
lain for three weeks.
The black earth is on their clothes,
hands, faces. The hill is steep, and
it is necessary for them to raise their
faces in order to fasten their eyes on
the altar.
The altar is a simple affair. It is
only a small lean-to made of fresh
pine boards. There is a "Christ
masy” air about it, for it is decor
ated with pine boughs amid which
candle's flicker. The priest is wait
ing. He is a short man. bearded,
kindly-eyed and ruddy-faced. Dig
boots and a heavy overcoat appear
under his white and gold vestments.
He remains• bareheaded, and the raw
wind moves the hair on his face and
head.
Phono for General.
A soldier comes along near the
brow of the hill, stringing a wire on
the ground behind him. He lays a
small box and a telephone receiver on
the ground near the altar. General
Schonburg, the brigade commander,
is coming to church this morning,
and he must be in touch with head
quarters every moment.
More lines of men pass through the
valley and climb the hill. They range
themselves behind the first comers.
From another part of the slope a
huge tall man accompanied by neatly
dresed officers appears and shakes
hands with the priest. The big man
is General .Schonburg.
this time more than a thou
sand men are grouped on the hill a
hundred feet below the altar. They
i are given "at ease" and stand as
much so as possible with a fifty
pound pack on eaelt back and a cold,
raw wind going. The priest turns to
his lean-to. faces the rude altar and
kneels. The mass for soldiers, living
and dead, is begun. At times when
the service requires that the wor
shippers kneel the soldiers raise their
hands to their caps in salute. Their
general kneels humbly and crosses
himself with heavily-gloved hand.
Cafe Snvnria, street Floor, Klnne^
Bids., entr i es broad, also Market M.
Advertisement. _ - ■
A PRISONER OF WAR
Et'WlftND
CHRISTMAS FUND NECESSITY
■ SHOWN BY APPEALS FOR AID
More Cases of Destitution Reported as Result of Evening Star's
Appeal for Cases Which Charity Organizations Have Inves
tigated and Which Include Deserving Persons.
That The Evening .Star’s Christmas i
I Cheer Fund will meet with the suc
j cess it deserves becomes more and
■ more apparent, for it is bringing to |
I light cases of destitution among en
I tirely worthy people, the seriousness
j of which were not even thought pos
j Bible. As an instance of thlH fact one
j oharHably inclir.ed woman write# as
] follows:
"The Evening Star is certainly en
gaged ill a noble work. That such
seriotis cases of want actually existed
in the city of Newark, especially
among people who so evidently arc
accustomed to better things, never
entered my mind. The histories of
the cases you have published, how
ever, have opened my eyes to the im
mediate need for aid. and I shall take
steps at once to relieve, in part at
least, one of the cases that appeals
to me the strongest. Am only sorry
that my. own ability to give is not
greater than it is. but I am sure
that others will not turn a deaf ear
to the mute pleadings of those un
fortunate little ones. Good iuclc to
The Evening Star and success in the
result of its great undertaking is
the wish of -V FRIEND.”
Not many contributions have as
yet been received, but numerous com
mendatory letters similar to the
above point to the fact that In the
end our appeals for aid for thes<
worthy unfortunate ones will not
have been in vain.
Imagine, if you can, the conditions
that must exist in a household com
posed of six children, ranging in ago
from one to thirteen > ears. The
father Is dead, and the entire support
of the family devolves upon a mother
herself in ill health, who bravel;.
takes in washing The children can
not attend school for lack of cloth
ing, and the entire family is suffering
for lack of nourishing food.
Surely, such a case as this, which is
verified to us by the Catholic Chil
dren's Aid Society, and others of a
like nature cannot fail to arouse your
keenest sympathy and your substan
tial aid. , ,
Everybody can give something, if
onlv a little, to make these people's
lot a little lighter and brighter. And
if everybody will give according to
their means this campaign of ours
will have a grand and successful end
ing.
The days are not many between
now- and Christmas. So let us turn
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| Aldermanic Committee Indorses
Plan to Erect New Building.
Clashes at Hearing.
The proposition to erect a new
market building on the site adjoin
ing the present Centre Market build
ing was approved by the building
committee of the Common Council
last night. If the Common Council
tonight concurs in the action of the
committee, bids will be advertised
for at once.
A public hearing on the new mar
ket question was held previous to the
building committee meeting last
night. There were several verbal
clashes and an exchange of person
alities. Several women objectors op
posed the erection of a new market.
The committee’s action In approv
ing the proposition to go ahead with
the new building renews its previous
effort. Several months ago the 'con
tract was awarded, hut the courts
| threw out the award. The plans, as
ItwUiucil os Page », Column l.)
to with a will and do what we can.
Pick out the case that appeals to
you the most and contribute some
thing for its aid.
EVENING STAB CASE NO. 1.
Here is a woman whose husband,
although sick and recently out of the
hospital, is’' still willing and anxious
to Uo light work, Piu. he may provide
for his wife and children. She writes:
"My husband has been sick for the
last two years and unable to work in
all that time. He was in the hospital
for. three months and now must be
under the doctor’s care all the time.
1 have two little girls and they need
shoes. If my husband could only
find a few days’ light work each week
it would help greatly.”
Who will interest themselves to find
this worthy man light work, or pro
vide warm clothing and food for these
little ones?
The following letter was received
today, which shows how individual
cases appeal to charitably-inclined
persons.
Editor Newark Star.
Dear Sir—I * am greatly interested
in your Christmas fund this year, and
wish you ail manner of success in this
worthy cause.
My sympathies were aroused bv the
letter you published from the needy
woman whose children need shoes and
who desires light work for her hus
band, and I enclose herewith cheek
for 56, drawn to your order, which I
would thank you to give to her.
EVENING STAR CASE NO. 2.
A lady writes as follows: ”1 know
of a widow with two children, a boy
and a girl, eleven and seven years old.
They are waiting for Santa Claus to
come and bring them clothes and
shoes, which they need badly. The
mother has ail she can do to provide
food and shelter for herself and little
ones.” Will someone help in this
case?
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES CASE
NO. 1.
After a long illness, a man in this
city died, leaving his wife penniless,
with tho responsibility of caring for
and supporting four children. She is
a cheerful, courageous little woman
and is making a brave fight against
big odds. She has not yet won out,
but in just a year tho oldest child
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HIT BY GILLEN
Delay on Military Park Loop
Franchise Is Attacked by
Commissioner.
Action on several trolley franchises
asked by the Public Service Corpora
tion was deferred by the Hoard of
Street and Water Commissioners at
its meeting yesterday afternoon. As
a lesult of numerous protests, the
board ordered the ordinance for the
looping of Park place and the track
privileges along Park place taken
from third and final reading and
placed back on second reading. Sub
stitute ordinances were then intro
duced. each covering one of the
rights asked. These were placed on
first and second reading.
The ordinance granting the cor
poration the right to lay tracks
along Roseville avenue was also
given a setback. Although up for
final reading yesterday this was laid
over until next Thursday, when an
other hearing will be held.
Some of those present at the hear
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HOW VAST ARMIES
FIGHT UNSEEN IN
Correspondent Describes Per
fect Concealment of Men on
Flanders Battlefield.
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Bj thf freM.
IX FLAXDJSRS. Dec. 3. via Farts,
Pec. I.—A visit to the French
trenches in Flanders by a. correspond
ent of tiie Associated Press, under
the auspices of the French general
staff, is here described:
Standing in the shelter of a won
derfully ingenious and deep-dug
trench on what undoubtedly is the
bloodiest battlefield in European his
tory, the first and most notable Im
pression of an observer is one of
utter surprise at tiie absence of
movement and the lack of noise.
Within one's range of vision with a
strong field glass there were prob
ably concealed no fewer than 100,600
men, yet except for the few French
soldiers with rifles in their hands,
standing or kneeling in the immediate
vicinity and keenly peering over the
flat land toward the positions known
to be held by the Germans, no human
presence was noticeable.
A staff officer supplied the informa
tion that behind a slight elope 300
yards away many German guns were
hidden from sight, but only an oc
casional burst of flame and a sharp
whirring sound coming from an in
definite point told of the presence of
this artillery.
A little forest to the left is believed
to be bristling with machine guns,
backed by infantry in rifle pits and
I covered trenches. The approach to
these positions has been made almost
impossible from the standpoint of an
infantry attack by barbed wire en
tanglements strewn with brush and
branches of trees and having the ap
pearance from a distance of a small
copse of heather.
Latest Dispatches Declare Car
ranza Fears Disloyalty in
His Own Ranks.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 4. -Circ im
stantial reports of an jmitendlng peace
agreement between iSurranza and his
chiefs and the Gutierrez government
in Mexico City readied here today
from half a dozen sources. It is
known that Carranza is discouraged
because Villa and Zapata have
"buried the hatchet," and that he is
by no means convinced of the loyaltj
of his own chief generals. According
to Consul Canada at Vera Cruz, the
firmer first chief of the revolution has
not taken any active part in any of
the arrangements for attacks on the
Villa armies.
Meanwhile Villa and Zapata are re
ported working in complete accord
and as recognizing Gutierrez's
regime. The reports reaching the
state department of the Brazilian
minister at Mexico City, who repre
sents this government officially, and
from Its own confidential agents, de
clare that the ordinary business is
preceding untrammeleii and entire
country, with half a dozen isolated
exceptions, is more tranquil than in
recent years.
Germans Forestall Famine
in Part of Poland Invaded
B> th* .%*M>ciate«! Prt'ss.
BERLIN, Dec. 4 (by wireless to
Sayville, L. I.).—The German military
authorities hg,ve taken measures to
prevent famine among the inhabitants
of the parts of Russian Poland occu
pied by the German army, according
to news given out by the press bureau
today.
CRACOW’S OUTER FORTS
BEING BOMBARDED BY
RUSSIANS, SAYS REPORT
British, After Defeat by Turks,
Flood the Desert East of
Port Said.
ALLIES ARE NOW DEVELOPING
OFFENSIVE, IS CLALM OF PARIS
Action Northeast of Ypres and Along Line
Between That City and Roulers
Is Reported.
By the United Press:
PETROGRAD, Dec. 4.—.An attack u|ton the outer defenses of Cra
cow is reported today. With Wieliczka now held by the Russians the
enveloping movement at Cracow Is progressing and the city will soon be
completely invested. The attempt of the Germans to turn the Rusian left
flunk in the Ixalz region is declared to have been successfully resisted,
while the enemy is being seriously threatened by the movement north
west from Lowicz. which Is now held by the Russians.
CAIRO. Dee. 4.—A great area of the desert of Port .Said luts I teen
inundated. Following the sharp lesson which learned on November 20.
when Moslem fortes defeated a detachment of British and were able to
announce thy had readied the Sue/, canal, tiie military authorities took
this method of rendering the city immune from attack.
British aeroplanes whicli reconnoitered over th Sinai peninsula to
day reported they found no trace of the enemy, which retreated eastward
1 from Gatia and Bierinuss.
By the Associated Press:
EONDON, Dee. 4 (12:47 p. m.)—A tew indirect references, in the
•Itape of picturesque sketches, to the visits of Emprrror William and
King Gorge to the respective battle fronts, and the activities of the Prince
; of Wales in the trenches, constitute virually th entire budget of war news
: in the past twenty-four hours, apart, of course, from the- unilluminating
1 reports given out at the French, Rusian and German headquarters. Of
i tile details of the fighting with its enormous toll of killed and wounded
; the public beats nothing.
For the moment the dominating issue remains in the eastern arena
j of the war. where the result of th great clash of millions of men in Po
land will go far toward determining the duration of the war as well as
its character during the next tew months, but those more or less behind
t the scenes believe they see signs that the deceptive intervael of relative
< alm which has marked ih operations In Flanders for the past few dayik
; has about reached Its limit.
The present activity of the German artillery is belieTed to be a pro
1 h-do to another formidable and concentrated onslaught somewhere on the
j «lUcs' lines. This line, however, is believed by both British and French
| experts to have beeH made impregnable since the last German effort was
! so nearly successful in hammering its way through.
Should the new German assault meet the same fate as have previous
attempts to reach the coast of the channel, observers In I .on (ion expect
| that it will be followed by a general advance on the part of the allies.
There are signs of approaching activity in Alsace, where the French
i recently have I teen proving their positions.
At the same time the Germans are said to have been heavli) rein
forced in this section. General Joffre's recent declaration to the Alsa
■ tians that "we are back here to stay” may soon be put to the test.
PARIS. Dec. 4.—The development of an offensive non beast itom
I Ypit's Is indicated In today’s official communique from th war office. The
statement reports heavy cannonades intermittently between Xpre* and
1 Honlers.
BIG BATTLE DEVELOPING
ALONG THE YSER, IS BELIEF
By the United Press:
WIKIS. Dec. 4.—Every attack of the reinforced German forces in
l'Lauders is now being met by a vigorous counter-offensive of the allies.
Four hundred thousand fresh British troops have reached France
within the last month anti are now on the tiring line. The English now
hold the line along the Yser. where the Germans are expected to centre
| their main attack in a final effort to break through to the roast. Heavy
cannonading lias been in progress during the past twenty-four hours and
the Germans continue to mass forces lief ween Ostend and Ypres for the
general engagement that Is expected.
The full force of the rounter-offenslve of the allies has by no means
yet been felt by the enemy. This is gradually developing, however, to
ward au engagement of the greatest proportions.
The visit of King George to the front has lieen marked by important
, conferences between the heads of the French. British and Belgium gov
ernments. l.ord Kitchener Is declared to have arrived in France soon
alter the king and before President Poincare returned to Paris there was
n conference at which King George and King Albert and General /offer
were present.
GERMANS ON DEFENSIVE
AGAIN, RUSSIANS REPORT
By the United Pres6:
PKTRORRAI), Dec. f.—The attempted resumption of the Berman
<•lYctudvc following the reforming of the lines of the invading army ha*
l.oeo without result, it is said here today. The Russians, it is asserted,
have extended their line further along the Vistula. In the region of
Lowicz they have again forced the tiermans to take the defensive. This
line extends to the north of Lodz., and unofficial reports claim the t.er
| mans have been forced to fall hack throughout this district.
Heavy reinforcement* are being rushed forward by the Bermans to
v\ard the southern end of the line, and at least five corps are lielieved
to have reached t z.enstochowa. A strong movement by these forces along
the railroad toward Kadotn.sk i anti Pictrkow in an attempt to relieve the
I pressure on tlte centre is anticipated.
KAISER INSPECTS TROOPS
ON THE FRONT IN POLAND
By the United Press:
Bl it 1.1 X (via wireless to London). Dee. L—Kaiser Wilhelm in
spected the Attstro-Germau lines on the southeastern front in Poland. It
was officially announced totlay. The kaiser's first xisit with his forces
in Poland was at <'zenstochowa.
“The situation in the northeastern theatre is unchanged," the war
^office statement declares.