Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 12, 1914, Page 4

EIG BATTLE IN FRANGCE CONTINUES Tideof Warfare Ehbs and Flows, FIGHTING IS SEVERE ALONG THE GENTER Both Sides Rushing Reinforce- ments to Crucial Point of Engagement, London, Sept. 12—The key to the outcome of what perhaps will be the greatest battle in history, still raging on the plains of Campiegne, to the east of Paris, lies in the successes of the center of the opposing forces. For five days the tide of battle there has ebbed and flowed, bearing Germans and French alternately on its crest, but without permanent advantage to either side. The Germans still appear to be making headlong efforts to| drive their wedge into the French lne at a point to the south of Ver- dun, and the already large army un- der Crown Prince Frederick William bas been reinforced with the object of pushing home this attack, the re- sult of which is conceded to be of ex- treme importance. On the German right wing the Ger- mans officially admit retirement but not defeat, as was at first reported. From the extreme right of the French lines comes a report that battle scar- red Mulhausen again had fallen to the possession of France. If this is true it will be the fifth or sixth time that this Alsatian town has changed hands in the present war. Belgians Harry Reservists. The renewal of activities on the part of the Belgian army seems to be a fact, but up to the present it has not gone beyond harrying the small forces of German reservists left be- hind when the German army of occu- pation was sent to the battlefields to the east of Paris. Laconic announcements declare the Germans have been driven back thir- ty-six to forty-seven miles from the line they had reached to the east of Paris, but no indication is given of the breaking of the powerful battle array which swept through Belgium and Northern France. Berlin admits that its forces have retired before | the attack of the allies, but the in- vaders have been strengtheaed by the arrival of fresh troops frora Belgium and they may resume the offensive. The allies also are said to be pre- paring for German reinforcements by bringing up reserves. A French of- fensive is not unexpected by military experts, as the French lines cccupy ground that has been used for many years for maneuvers; consequently. every inch of it is known to the French officers. Claims Are Conflicting. The conflicting claims in official commuuications issued at the head- quarters of the opposing forces em- phasize the prudence of the advice volunteered in a late official French communication against drawing in- ferences from phases of the struggle before a decisive result is attained. The British official bureau reports the “enemy is retreating rapidly east of Soissons in some disorder.” In a later telegram it is declared that from further information “the captures of yesterday are higher than first re. ported. Considerable bodies of in- fantry are being found hiding owing to the rapid retirement of their forces. These surrender at sight. The pursuit of the enemy is being vigorously pressed.” German official reports say that in the battle east of Paris “the Germans held their own in a heavy two days’ fight against superior forces attack- ing between Meaux, Montmirail and from the direction of Paris. We cap- tured fifty guns and several thousand prisoners, but retired the flank when the advance of strong hostile columns was reported. The enemy failed to pursue.” ERVIANS MOVE FORWARD Continue Their Inva-'>n of Austrian Territory. Nish, Sept. 12.—It is officially an- nounced that the combined invasion of Bosnia by the Servian forces sent from Ushitza, and the Montenegrin troops that captured Fotcha, is well in progress. The forces effected a junction be- tween Fotcha and Vishgrad and are now marching against Sarajevo, the capital of Besnia. The Austrian forces defending the capital are de- clared to be numerically small and the capture of the city is considered certain. Prince Killed in Battle. London, Sept. 12.—A dispatch to Reuter’'s Telegram company from Meiningen, via Amsterdam, states that Emperor William has personally wired the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen of the death of Prince Ernest of Saxe- Meiricgen. He was buried with mili- tary honors at Maubeuge. A new match box is provided with a shield to protect lighted matches from the wind. | German Policy Bit- terly Denounced, GOVERNMENT MAY BE FORGED TO END WAR Railroads unable fo Transport the Immense Number of Wounded Soldiers. Vienna, via Rome, Sept. i2.—There is increasingly bitter feeling here against Germany and an almost uni- versal demand in popular circles that the government sue for peace. The acknowledgment that the Aus- trian armies were compelled to meet the Russian assault alone and unsup- ported while ~Germany invaded France, with the result that the Aus- trian army was crushed by over- whelming numbers, has resulted in a storm of bitter criticlsm of the gov- ernment. The known losses are enormous and it is believed that they have been far greater than the government will admit. So strong and bitter is the feeling that it is not belleved the gov- ernment can hold out long against it. Rioting Not Improbable. Unless Austria sues for peace in the near future it will be hard for the government to prevent stormy scenes not alone in Vienma, but in every big city in Austria-Hungary. The admission is made that the rail- roads are unable to tramsport the wounded. The Austrian Red Cross is- sued a demand that all automobiles within the country be turned over to it to transport the wounded to places where they can e properly cared for. Every hospital in Vienna is filled with desperately injured soldiers. Al public halls have been requisitioned and are all flled. Public houses are AUSTRIAN [RUSSIANS POPULAGE | DEFEATED FORPEACE, INPRUSSIA now being utilized and still the long trains of men torn by shot and shrap nel continue to arrive here. Austrian troops fought with the greatest bravery. But they were a! ways outnumbered. ‘When a woman loses her husband by death in Korea she is forbidden from marrying again. In Hong Kong the law is that every household must have one cat. Gzar'sTroops Driven Back by Germans. SLAVS VICTORIOUS AGAINST AUSTRIANS Latest Reports, However, Indi- cate Earller Stories Were Exaggerated. London, Sept. 12—On the eastern fleld of battle the Russians appear to have been driven back in East Prus- sia, but according to Petrograd ad- vices they continue to punish the Austrians. The latest information from Berlin indicates that General von Beneckendorff und von Hin burg has gained an important suc- cess in East Prussia. According to this verson the Russians are in full retreat with the Germans in close pursuit. A Copenhagen d!spalch says the left flank of the Russians has been defeated by the Germans, thereby man ttoopx .contm\les. ‘The Exchanxe Telegraph company m Petrograd the following official communication: Big.: Victories~Alleged. - “The successes achieved by the Russian troops Sept. 9 in the fighting against the "Austro-German army at Krasnik, Ruséian Poland, continue to grow. On the Tomaszow, Rawa and Dreistet front ‘hard fighting has oc- curred. Germian troops have been transferred ' from the west and con- centrated in ‘Eastern Prussia on the River Alle; ° The Russian advance guards, who opposed the enemy’s ad- vance, retunted in an easterly direc- tion.” The Petrogmd correspondent of the Reuter agency says many Russian hospitals harbor more Austrian wounded than Russian. He says the Bourse Gazette asserts the Germans in Russian Poland forced some Polish coal miners to load the coal trucks of their trains. The miners did so, but concealed high explosives in the fuel. The results were appalling. One military train is reported destroyed. Cossacks are- credited with having wrecked a German armored train, carrying quick-fring guns, at a point northwest of Chenstokokk, by derail- ing it. The ‘Cossacks then. attacked the Germans with their swords, an- nihilating them and capturing the guns. B MOVEMENT IS KEPT SECRET d Indian Troops Cross : Canada. Torento, Sept. 12.—Ninety- trains ot Sihk and Ghoorkha soldiers, number- ing 30,000, the flower of the native BEast Indian army of Great Britain, have passed through Toronto and North Bay, bound for France. A por- tion of this army, which merely is the vanguard of troops from India, sail- #d from Quebec on the Megantic Aug. 29 and lended in Liverpool Sunday morning. The remainder proceeded across the Atlantic on special trans- ports and some of them are in mid- ocean. This remarkable movement, carried opening the way for attack cn the Russian rear in East Prussia. There are indicaticns hare that the the Austrian Russians apparent! attack either bec, or because the Aus forces were found to strong. Neither Holds Piace. On the East Prussian front neither side seems to have been able to hold its positicn. There is a possibility, however, that Russia is awaiting the advent of winter, which will freeze the marshes, before making a serious attack in this direction. Germany has about 500,000 men along the East Prussian border and doubtless will make a stubborn stand there to pre- vent the cpening of the most direct road to Berlin. ‘Wiring to the Times its Petrograd correspondent says: “Although some of the Austrian army -corps in the province of Lublin will probably make - good their re- treat, official dispatches describe the rout of Generals Dankl and Voa Auf- fenburg in such a way as to warrant the inference that the enemy is hope- lessly beaten. Large German forces have retrained at Tohenstochow and to the eastward the siream of Ger- out on such a colcssal scale, was kept secret by the department of militia and defense and not a word beyond a few rumors was allowed to reach the ears of the public. The army enter- ed Canada at Vancouver, took five days to cross the continent on special trains and departed at Quebec. PROMINENT TURKS IN DUEL Enver Pasha and Crown Prince in Gun Battle. Paris, Sept. 12.—A dispatch to the Havas agency from Rome says: “A telegram from Athens to the newspaper Vita says that a violent discussion arose between the crown prince of Turkey and Enver Pasha, the Turkish minister of war, on the subject of the political policy of Tur- key. “Enver Pasha, becoming greatly ex- cited, fired two shots from a revolver at the prince, who was slightly wound- ed. The pri"(e replied and shot En- ver Pasha in’the leg.” Barbs on the point and shaft of a new nail make it sold as securely as a Screw. London’s largest electric sign, re- cently erected, contains 1,000 lamps. St. Paul.—Special.—The world's fast- est long distance train—the White Flyer transcontinental mail train of the Great Northern railway—has estab- lished a record that is phenomenal in the annals of the United States postal service. It has made eighty-nine con- @ecutive trips on time between. St. Paul and Seattle. This new mark in the carrying of Oncle Sam's mail was made from April *7 to July 15, and the record is all the acre remarkable in view of the fact hat during those elghty-nine days the White Flyer had to make up a total-of | seventeen hours and fifty-five minutes, lost time waiting for the Chicago con- nection which delivers the mail to it in St. Paul. - On one occasion, for ex- ample, the White Flyer left St. Paul two hours and thirty minutes- late. Even that handicap did not mar fts clean score record, for the mail was delivered in Seattle on the dot. § Postal guthorities in, Washington, mail clerks and government mail de- partment superintendents all-declare the record of this train is unprecedent- #d in the history of the: postal service. The greatest single accomplishment of the Great Northern’s White Flyer perhaps was the shortening of the time of mall delivery a whole business day between New York and eastern points to Seattle, as well as between Chicagn and Seattle and the Twin Citles and Seattle. It is 1,814 miles from the Twin Citles to Seattle, and thirty minutes of esch day there is only one of the White Flyer fast mail trains on the road, Monday's train arriving in Se- attle thirty minutes before the de- parture of Wednesday's train from St. Paul. The scheduled time for the White Flyer from St. Paul to Seattle is forty-seven hours and thirty min- utes, or an average of about forty miles an hour. This is the fastest long distance railroad operation in the world, notwithstanding-that the Great Northern railroad’s right of way ex- tends over the two greatest mountain ranges of the continent—the Rockies and the Cascades. The fast mail train has become a spectacular attraction to tourists in the West. It is not an uncommon sight to see tourists-.on the mountain peaks in Glacler. National Park following The White Flyer, the World’s Fastest Long Distance Train Lhread.l.ng its way over the Continental Divide. The White Flyer is ten hours and thirty minutes faster than any other train that mns from St. Paul to Se- attle. The schedules of the mail trains making the transcontinental link with the White Flyer are as follows: From New York to Chicago, 968 miles, twen- ty-three hours, and from Chicago to | St. Paul, 410 miles, nine hours and twenty minutes.” The White Flyer was put into serv- ice Sept. 28, 1909. It is made up of steel cars exclusively. J. M. Gruber, vice president, in charge of operation, and W. S. Basker ville, in charge'of mail traffic for the Great Northevn ‘fiilway, both modestly dodge the cotipliments ~the govern- ment's postal Bificials at- Washington have paid the White Flyer's latest rec: ord breaking achievement. ‘‘The secret of this notabld’¥ailway achievement,” they say, “Hes‘in the fact that James J. Hill, master. railway builder, last spring completed, the work of recon struction on_ his' ‘billard table’ rond- bed to the. Pucflng coast, laying heavy. rafl and ellminflfing seores:n® _time de; | Rouman} American Red Cross President Sends Mercy Ship to Europe. The steamer Rea Cross, bearing 120 Red Cross nurses and thirty-four doc- tors for service in the European war hospitals, sailed for Falmouth, Eng. It was just before the gangplank was withdrawn that Miss Mabel T. Board- man appeared on the upper deck with Captain Armistead Rush, U. S. N, retired, and Miss Blanch Duffield, late prima donna. She asked for quiet, announced that Miss Duffield would sing the national anthem and asked all to joln. The medical supplies in the hold are already divided and par- celed out for the various countries. Lime Is Essential. The need of lime in the laying and breeding stock ration is very im- portant. In one dozen ordinary sized eggs there are nearly four ounces of lime. This element is best supplied by giving cracked oyster shell in hop- pers. Skimmilk also provides. life to a certain extent In palatable form, and alfalfa and clover are satisfactory sources of supplying lime. Germany has more women than men by over 800,000. Read the Want Ads. TREADY TO ATTACK TURKEY Greece and. Bulgaria Form. an Alliance. London, Sept. 12.—Telegraphing trom Rome a correspondent of the Daily Telegraph declares he has learned from diplomatic sources that Roumania, Greece and Bulgaria have signed an agreement which may be regarded as a real alliance, under. the terms of which these three nations engage to interfere whznever neces- sary in order to prevent Turkey's aid- fng Germany and Austria in the pres- ént war. If Turkey remains neutral, however, these nations will do the same, It is reported in Rome, the corre- spondent continues, that Berlin has become resigned to the idea of Ital- fan neutrality but is determined that Italy shall at least remain neutral until the end. Evacuating Upper Alsace. London, Sept. 12—A Central News dispatch from Rome says that tele- grams from Berlin state that the evacuation of Upper Alsace by the Germans continues. They are with- drawing to Strassburg and Metz. It is "admitted that the German army in France is extremely fatigued, whereas the enemy is continually re- ceiving fresh troops. McDermott Renominated. Chicago, Sept. 12.—Complete re- turns show that former Congressman James T. McDermott won his fight for the Democratic nomination for congress in the Fourth district, which embraces the stock yards. McDer- mott recently resigned from the house in the face of an unfavorable re- port of an investigating committee. Japs Land 20,000 Men. Peking, Sept. 11.—The Japanese have landed 20,000 men at Lungkow, who are now advancing on Chaoyuan, eighty miles north of Kiaochou, ac- cording to a telegram from German scurces. Troop Train Is Wrecked. 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