The evening world. Newspaper, December 11, 1914, Page 2

cage i: _ Meret here that the German references to at last three vessels of the baving boon sunk may mean. that the Japanese fleet was actively yeas and that Japanese instead of British vessels wore sent to the ‘The Achilles, Cochrane and Natal, mentioned a included in the British Geet, are sister ships. They have a displacement of 13,660 tons and an average speed of 23.6 knots. Their armament includes six 9.2-inch guns, four 7.6-inch guna, twenty-four 3-pound- ‘The Shagnon Is @ cruiser of 14,600 tong displacement with 22.4 knots speed and an armament including four 9.2-Inck guns, a vm 7.5-inch guns, sixteen 12-pounders, All four ships carry more than 700 men and were built {n 1903 and 1904 f Berlin War Office Disputes The Claim of the French BERLIN (by wireless telegraphy to Londéon), Dep. 11 [Associated Prees.J—In the official communication fesued to-day by the German Army i Headquarters Staff, the Germans claim to have made progress on both siden E ef the Argonne Forest and in Flanders and to have repulsed French attacks tp the Woevre region. ‘The text of the statement fe as follows: “We have made progress in Flanders. To the east and to the weet of the Argonne (in France) the enemy's artillery positions were attacked with good remulta. French attacks in the Forest of La Pretre and to the west vf Pont-a-Mousson were répulsed. “There is no change in tho situation to the east of the Masurian Lakes (Kast Prussia). Our attacks in Northern Poland are pro- Gressing. No news is at hand from Southern Poland.” “Germans Driven From Two Towns; May Be Forced Out of Two More PARIS, Dec. 11 (United Pross).—Fighting over roads heavy with aa end througtt patches of wood which have been turned iato swamps by fre- os Yyem = French and British troops are advancing their ifnes yard ty ments omnis are to-day reported to Rave evactated Roulers, Move- of German troops indiéate that Thourout and Thiclt may also be @bandoned. ‘The persietent advance of the British along the ratlroad from Ypree to Bediers.bes forced this action upon’ the enemy. By/a trilliant dash the British troops took Passchendaclo, midway be- @eden Tores'and’ Roulers, several days ago. As a part of thin sume move- * gheat for posyesston’ of the importadt highway running from Roulers + through Menin, Lille, Bons and Arras, the Germans are reported to have been driven from Armentieres. * This tows js a! miles fram Lille and on a direct railway leading to (Ge arang! German position. ‘The Germans are hurrying reinforcements to the coast seetion, ac- POE & reports from Bagian towns: These new (rodps are declared to be mene youths of from eighteen to twenty years, The Fronch aptillery is | ~~ | @eting the idfantry an enormous amount of work in thei present operations ~ Now outranging the Germans, the artillery has been able te shell the 2 fiom aumerous trenéhes Wileh wére' occupied’ by the infantry with _ Det clight resistance. Casualties among the allied troops have therefore Been greatly reduced. ‘TheiGerman losses have increased proportionately. The attacks of the > @nemy have been repulsed after they hava carried, agsaults to the very Weta Of iy aBiod treaciies. Piles of dead remain im the open ground be- Beene, On ove efter German attack. ‘Al ON UNEMPLOYMENT OPENS TS WORK MITCHEL'S BOARD |" Would First Be L Be Relied On if Foe War and Worship— Tired Belgian Soldiers Sleep In a Church as Devotees Offer Prayers ESHIPS BEST, DANIELS CONTENDS Attacked United States, He Says—Submarines Next. THE RvEMING WORLD, FRIDAY, ‘DECEMBER 11, 19 ERLIN REPORTS ADVANCES MADE IN FLANDERS A AND ARGONNE ——_ PRUSSIAN LOSSES PUT AT 594,200 TO NOV. AMSTERDAM, We gemeen Hai informed that up te Nov. 30 Prussian ipssee were: Kil | 30 The the ited, about 6,000 efficere and 90,000 soldiers; woun efficers and 116,00) soldiers. « SUBWAY EXPRESS APERATED FROM | THE THIRD CAR His Counsel Claims. ° WASHINGTON, Dec, 11.—The which filled every seat. Amon, spectators, was Thaw's mother, 1,100 officers and 980,000 soldiers; missing, 1,100 THAW'S FINAL FIGHT FOR FREEDOM BEGINS IN HIGHEST COURT Having Been Declared Insane, He Cannot Be Extradited, final ‘fight for the liberty of Harry K. "Thaw, who killed Stanford White, was begun to-day in the Supreme [Court this afternoon before a crowd iz the William Travers Jerome began the — | capital. RUSSIANS HINT AT GIVING WARSAW UP 10 THE KAISER "| Evacuation of the Polish Capi- tal Suggested in Despatches From Petrograd. LONDON, Dee. 11 (United Presa).— Che suggestion that the evacuation of Warsaw by the Russians might not * considered as a reverse under cer- tain conditions came from Petrograd to-day. Success af the Germans operating from the north, west and southwest would mean the bottling up of the Rusians in Warsaw if an attempt should be made to make and. This, it Is belleved certain, will be avoided by the Russians {f possible, and fall-’ ure in the present operations might he followed by the évacuation of War- weated. It f» obvious that the Germans dré endeavoring to swoop down upod Warsaw, making a’ detour to avoid the fortress of Novo Georglovsk, on the Vistula, northwest of the Polish Fighting is still in progress in the Tow-Léwicz-Glovno’ region, with the Gormans holding their lines in the vicinity of Ld’. Should the Gerinan @avaiice north of Warsaw Progress much further, the enemy would present a vast fanlike front about the fortress. Petrograd reports that the Germans are being held in check. A supreme effort is being made by the Austrians and Germans‘to relieve the bestéged fortress o. Cracow. so important Is this niovement regarded that Archduke Frederic... who has been in command of the main Aus- trian“army, is said to have yielded the direétion of operations to the Ger- man General Staff. The fighting to the south of Cracow is developing into one of the great battles of the war. The Austro-Ger- man fgrces have made desperate at- temptd to break the Russian line by massed frontal attacks, pouring men forward In seémingly une.ding .um- bers, The artillery fre has Been ter- rific, Every indication is that the saw for strategic ,reasons, as suf. | KAISER BETTER HAS CATARRHAL THROAT TROUBLE liness Due to Exposure While Visiting Armies the Field. By [arl H. con Wiegand. BERLIN (via The Hague), Dea, MM. —(United Press.)—Kaiser Wilhelm ts suffering from catarrh of the throat. Tam able to make this statement upon the authority of persons in @ position to know the nature of His Majesty‘a illness and his, present con- dition, The Kaiser’s tliness is due entirely to exposure while visiting his armies In the field. He has remained at the front almost constantly since the war hegan and hag visited the battiefpids under ail conditions, whether goo@ or bad. Those close to the, court te-day de- clared that his repeated viaits and consequent exposure during, inmclem- - eng weather caused him to contract a cold, resulting: in the present ca- tarrhal Infect of the, throat, An official statoment ae to the ‘8 condition issued to-day sald ity is considerably, improved. ‘This ts confirmed, by my informants ‘The official announcement declares that the catprrh, has spbpided. The Kaiser's temperature fs normal and he was able to-day to receive reports from the Chief of the General Staff. eS Se deavoring to get acrose passes in the Carpathians to: r@leve: the situation in Hungary. Along the Lososina River the Russians infilcted terrible losses upon the Austro- German In- fantry. BERLIN. (via wireless to London), Dec. 11 (United Prese).—Vast forces arrayed against each other on both aides ig Western, Galicia to-day are continuing the stubborn struggle for mastery of that territory. The claim that 10,000 Russians have been nade prisoners indicates partial success of the Austrian efforts. This news came in an official statement from Vienne Reports. reaching here, from Con- stantinople say.that an attempt.made | by Russians to land a force near Go- nia, in South Batum, under cover of WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—The dom- argument for New York State. He| German aftillery outranges ghe Rus- BILE FOR EVERY SOLDIER ecemeans inating necessity of dreagnoughts to| dectared he always had been undeFlsian, but the Russiine have ix thetr | Mon”, feb Vere bahar Se OF THE WARRING ARMIES ke maintain the strength of great pow- the impression that only four ques-| jines, the Comsacks fighting on foot. Lena = bis ‘Study Problem in General and Jers at sea, with submarine boats and] — (Centinuad.trom, Firat Page, _|tions wore open for consideration in| Qnethe eouthern: front’ te" indlca- teks on’ Vilajetwan, the GETS. GREAT WELCOME.| FROM SUNDAY. SCHOOLS HERE Not Alone 1914 Condi- tions,” Mayor Urges. \4L—The arrival of the Russian Em- ‘Peron of Tillis and the enthusiastic he has received in the Cau- tom and the World's Bun- ay School A. iation here to-day made mittee, eubmarine mines ag minor essentials, ‘wah emphasized to-day by Secretary Daniels before the House Naval Com-| be held at 2 o'clock. This hearing will foreign] embrace alt questions of improvement foe came to attack the United Statés|{n operation and construction of the He declared that {i extradition hearings. One wai identity of the prisoner, mot ni question. The second was the of the demand. the prisoner was a fugitive S the ow in form The third, whether from ¢ions ate that German cavalry is en- Ru statement says, also were repuised. the battleships would first be relidd uporf and then would come the sub- marines—and minos, Mr. Daniels reiterated that the European war so far’ had demon- atrated the wisdom of the naval pro- gramme outlined for this’ session of Congress. “Battleships,” “L" lines and will also deal with the One Hundred and Sixteenth Street accident. “We are told,” said Mr. Cram, “that the ‘L’ structure is too wenk to hold up traing of steel cats, That is no extuse’ for operating wooden cars. | Of course, steel cars’ were not thought he sald, “are the|of when’ the: ‘L’ roads wete built. Justice as a question of fact, and the fourth was whether, within the mean- | ing of the Constitution, Thaw was charged with crime in New York, “We contend that a conspiracy to escape from an insane asylum is a conspiracy to obstruct justice,” he! declared, During bis argument he said that plans which they say will result in .nd- ing & Bible to each soldier in the w ring armies of Burope. A. J. Heli cer residence the meeting was hekd, ‘ent@ that an appeal would’ be sent to every Aunday + :boed in the country, each I being asked'to contribute five cents he.has earned, Jotin Wanamaker of Philadelp! relieves considerable apprehen- Mayor Mitchel’a Committee on Emi- ployment, which is to attempt to find Jobs for the city’s unemployed, organ- ized this afternoon in the City Hall with Judge Elbert H. Gary, head of im the chair. City Chamberlain Heary Hruere wan appointed general secre- Mr. » and others boys. the only ships we can rely on to com-| That is no excuse: for continuing to|he nev c ft Natl ty Hains, ond. otbere have, guagentend the 1474” : © never had contended that New CUNGSTERS St every Nation. of the Turks and the Ger-| ents to the contributors, | “The problems you are caliéil'upon [sand the seas.” operate’ the ‘Lt roads with care de-|York was seeking custody of Thaw > De ‘entey and cole ‘Nov. ad started @ propaganda in. —— sald Mayor Mitchel, who| “We have to-day,” said Secretary | signed’to meet conditions existing @/as,an insane person. The aes Santa Claus sels my TURKISH. GUNBOAT BLOWN UP BY A MINE region promising the Georgians Daniels, “more and larger, speedier, more improved battleships than ever weneration ago. “The work of strengthening the Philander C. Knox, former Secre- tary of State, began the argument temporarity occupted the ehatr, ‘are not those of to-day or to-morrow, day! jere ioe, Christe att brings hefore, with a greater tonnage than| 47 structure cam be carried on-with-| for Th: ! rious as are conditions this year, The| ever before. We have more gun: “ ‘or Thaw by scoring the opposing AT THE BOSPHORUS. | (5a you wit do will have ite pffects | auch larger and ‘better: wite niet out interférence’ with’ tramc. Stell tawyers, cars could be ordered in‘ advance, to) | be ready when the structural changes jare completed. The question’ of ex- | perra. should: not stand in the way. Protection of the lives of the patrons of theL/ roads is of more importance than saving, money. for. the Interbor- ough.” range: never before and far er destructive power. Undoul we have more complete manitary oraf{, submarines, torpedo boats and more sulimarines,; much better coast defense, more men than ever before, and the men are far more efficient, better educated and more completely equipped than in all the history of he felt in yeara to comé. s “Not only are you éxpected ¢@ Help enn oe pac pacing ‘relieve the conditions responsible for qh coustivate three-quarters shops saye abe thé present general prevalence of un- Of the | been sunll by a Terkden mite atitheee | omployment, but to make a study of the things that cause general unem- ployment.” “This record is full of legal disas- ters for Thaw,” said he, - “Five times this man (pointing to Jerome) has sueceeded in sending him back to the asylum, and not until "Thaw got out- the State did he win @ point, and that the self-evident point that a man cultured Motammedans and Gesde ana mohe. LONDON, Dee 11 (United Press), A or two befor svdpivery 8 sony of our 12 stores are aglow with hundreds of Britliant Gift Inepirations. Special for Seturde teatan 12th, Judge Gary said he felt he wasn't] the country “The accident at One Hundred and reir we ep tenet for crime when big enough for the job, but -that-he Yen eRs4 th Street demonstrated that] tt Fecord on tts face shows that he For a Few felt_he would make good with the| DANIELS ANNOUNCES Pte geeasavearn ea bnarens 44 not competent to commit a erime mnie tun fi hin cobin mittee. Th 2 judge. maid ny wal time to find ue AUDACIOUS WAS easily telescoped, is grossly, improper.|) Mr, Knox asserted that the five ad- D On jut what were the oapabilities of SENT TO THE BOTTOM. ‘The. time. has come for, the Intep-|judications ingktewmdYork that Thaw : ays howe OUt Of work Who are Wiing to "porous to get into step. with. the| Was inaune were. binding gn the Btate ue mew York ‘in seekin; tradite bi hief ustloe White asked if Thaw Rot havo the right to apply for Bee corpus now on the ground of aving recovered his sanity as well as | fener. Mr. Knox replied that an person need, not. renew , his! every day for release in order to bind the State. Gov, Stone concluded ments. A decision is not expected from the pourt for several weeks. | —_—_—— Fatally stab to ex- march.of progress on the “L” roads. “As for the subway, General Man. ager Hedley has been practically or- dered, to get rid of the wi cara, in the underground lines, The. Interborough has. pleaded for ime, and has claimed thag the.change in. the subway will cost $4,000,000, What it it does? However, in view of the tight condition of the money market, 1 am in favor of gtving the inter, borough @ reasonable time to replace ite subway wooder rolling stock with work. “M han been done tor the ® water ~nalt” the take one + but at the i 0 the hae ight Ar “Let it be rung fh the eure of unemployed outside jat_ copy WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Secretary Daniels, addressing the House Naval Committee to-day said that the Navy Pepartment had official information from London thit the Audacious pos! Lively wll lost, desflts *reports’ that whe*had been ratsod that we nave ac” |FRIGID SPELL DUE ALL OVER OVER COUNTRY Any -25c Pipe In Our ¥ an Stock, to pe Purchaser of a 90c Glass Humidor of. same time we ous the argu- complished mu: This iseno sme for theories whioh ve Bok baw toate: Rather we the work before us hay y Quarrel Over i 5 mils in Piekle. | ih @ matter-df fact husthenate ninn- steel. Bama egen Has ~"y iodgr pnucd\amadite Ha ae poeen me for the first vot. | Washington ven Warning of | ment, wow about elghteen! girvet, Brooklyn, refused to pay one "Phe date for the first business meet- pel iy Rene Ber yo Repl Meed ing was not set Freezing Weather That Will “Wooden cage om any railroad con- ets piece of Aged tee Bie a wrest 7 | stitute a menace to lifé and limb. The | keeper a! When an eater: laid Ne Maia nig SKIN HE GAVE GIRL | Laat Thich is Hours, | are now used on the elevated lines| fits Gordan’ stubbed hin him, Gatrom fs ts 7 WASHINGTON, 11.—Cold | are relies of bygone days; they do not) Hyini bn Gauverne ye Hosp! ta eH i 4 weather over all He sy of the country is| belong to the present, progressive | % os io even from them. badly heal indicated for at-lenet the next thirty- aix hours, in to-day’s Weather, Bugeau Predigtion. ow. sero, temperatures | akg aA eatin the northwest and a line’ of freesing extended to-day far Bouth over the Gulf States, age. If it is simply a question of whether or not a corporation abould wpend more money to safeguard the lives of the miliiops vot people, I:say it is our duty to see that the corpora- tion spends the,money, “I would not place # hardship upon &.corppration any mere than I would it.upom an individual. Every- ould be done in a reasonable, |, bane manner. But the fact remains that. wooden care must be wiped from both’ the elevated and the subway Ines of this city.” oor matter a hard fight by two detective: — CUTS DOWN: SENTENCE! Dressler, Who Injured Policeman, Gets Only Two Months Atter Girl Tells Story. | | Beveral inches of, akin which Louls | Dresslay of No. 4249 Vigton Ave- nue, the Bronx, sacrificed three yeare ago ta be grafted upon burns on the body of a young girl, came back to ‘him, ax it were, to-day, When he was arraigned in the Bronx County Court ‘for sentence for a felonious assault | upon Patrolman Noar of the Trémont Station, |. The-evidence showed that Noar had| ¥! / arrested Dressler and. oun Denssier, Ipicked the pollcampa in the grola, solutely non - bi inflicting severe injuries, in an effort to escape. Nvar told Judge Gibbs to-day he bad been threatened with bodily harm und the loss of htt job if he persisted in the prosecution of. Dressler, who haa a big political “pull.” Then a pale, slight young woman, whose’ name wan not revealed, wax taken to the Judge's bench, She whis red to the court that she owed her ife to Dressler, ba fee ete a reat quantity o: akin to help:her he dying from burng three asain abi yy ised ans silahGanttalby i